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    Jan 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Some corals are 'always prepared' to take the heat

    As the tide drops, seawater in Ofu Lagoon gets cut off from the ocean swirling around American Samoa. Under the intense South Pacific sun, these shallow waters can reach 93 degrees -- temperatures that typically would make corals overheated, cause them to bleach bone white and die.
    As the tide drops, seawater in Ofu Lagoon gets cut off from the ocean swirling around American Samoa. Under the intense South Pacific sun, these shallow waters can reach 93 degrees -- temperatures that typically would make corals overheated, cause them to...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Research, Science, Medical Research

    2. Jan 1, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  2. Joel Brinkley: Falling birth rates portend a very different world

    American Voices
    HANOI -- As the new year dawns, the world is rapidly growing old, and I'm not talking about the earth beneath our feet. No, birth rates for nearly all of humankind are plummeting. In fact, fewer than 20 percent of the world's nations are now experiencing...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, World Bank Group, Demographics, Central Intelligence Agency, Population and Census

    3. Dec 24, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. W. Kennedy Cromwell III, foreign service officer

    W. Kennedy Cromwell III, a retired foreign service officer who spent the majority of his 32-year career in Africa, died Dec. 13 from complications of a stroke at the Fairhaven retirement community in Sykesville.
    W. Kennedy Cromwell III, a retired foreign service officer who spent the majority of his 32-year career in Africa, died Dec. 13 from complications of a stroke at the Fairhaven retirement community in Sykesville. The former Washington and Annapolis...

    Tags: Grinnell College, United Nations, Uganda, Politics, England

    4. Dec 31, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Don't underestimate your willpower

    Every year about this time, I write a list of New Year's resolutions. It's the usual stuff: Work out three times a week, cut back on coffee and alcohol, floss daily, relearn Spanish, watch less television, etc. I then put the list in the drawer of my bedside table, where it remains until I take it out a year later and laugh at my lack of progress.
    Every year about this time, I write a list of New Year's resolutions. It's the usual stuff: Work out three times a week, cut back on coffee and alcohol, floss daily, relearn Spanish, watch less television, etc. I then put the list in the drawer of my...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Physical Fitness and Exercise, University of Pennsylvania, Psychologists, Education

    5. Nov 26, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV

  5. Disabled parents face bias, loss of kids: report

    Millions of Americans with disabilities have gained innumerable rights and opportunities since Congress passed landmark legislation on their behalf in 1990. And yet advocates say barriers and bias still abound when it comes to one basic human right: To be...

    Tags: Pension and Welfare, Physical Disabilities, Justice and Rights, Cerebral Palsy, Syracuse

    6. Dec 7, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. John D. Silva dies at 92; introduced news helicopter

    John D. Silva was the chief engineer for KTLA-TV in 1958 when he outfitted a helicopter with a TV camera and changed television news coverage forever.
    John D. Silva was the chief engineer for KTLA-TV in 1958 when he outfitted a helicopter with a TV camera and changed television news coverage forever. He turned a rented Bell helicopter into the Telecopter, essentially a flying TV studio. The first of...

    Tags: Technology, Manufacturing and Engineering, Electrical Appliance, Arts and Culture, Santa Barbara County Fires (2008)

    7. Nov 19, 2012 |Story| Reuters

  7. Advisory panel moves to make HIV testing routine

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - An influential U.S. panel has called for routine HIV screening for all Americans aged 15 to 65, a change that could help reduce some of the stigma about getting tested for the sexually transmitted infection that causes AIDS.
    Reuters
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - An influential U.S. panel has called for routine HIV screening for all Americans aged 15 to 65, a change that could help reduce some of the stigma about getting tested for the sexually transmitted infection that causes AIDS. The draft...

    Tags: Internists, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    8. Dec 4, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  8. Chan Lowe: The iPad phenomenon

    There is a whole field of study focused upon the relationship between people and the products they own. I took a course in it at Stanford University, which was offered—of all places—by the engineering department.
    There is a whole field of study focused upon the relationship between people and the products they own. I took a course in it at Stanford University, which was offered—of all places—by the engineering department.   Stanford was one of...

    Tags: Apple iPad, Science and Technology, Technology, Engineering

    9. Nov 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. More Afghan land cultivated for opium poppies, U.N. finds

    More Afghan land is being used to grow opium poppies than a year ago, the United Nations drug agency said in <a href="http://www.unodc.org/documents/crop-monitoring/Afghanistan/Summary_Findings_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">a new report</a> released Tuesday that underscores the challenges in combating the illicit crop.
    More Afghan land is being used to grow opium poppies than a year ago, the United Nations drug agency said in a new report released Tuesday that underscores the challenges in combating the illicit crop. It marks the second year that opium cultivation has...

    Tags: Science and Technology, United Nations, Afghanistan, Inventories, Wars and Interventions

    10. Oct 12, 2012 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  10. Notre Dame, Stanford fishing in same pond

    Stanford did everything it could to try to land the star linebacker from Hawaii. The five-star recruit even used an official visit to the school.
    Stanford did everything it could to try to land the star linebacker from Hawaii. The five-star recruit even used an official visit to the school. With a different answer to his prayers, Manti Te'o could be carving out his Heisman campaign as a Stanford...

    Tags: Manti Te'o, Football, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Teaching and Learning, Sports

    11. Oct 8, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Executive Profile: Boris Elisman, president and chief operating officer of Acco Brands

    After arriving here from Russia as a 13-year-old, Boris Elisman developed a particular fondness for Twinkies.
    After arriving here from Russia as a 13-year-old, Boris Elisman developed a particular fondness for Twinkies. Enjoying one every day, the lanky teen eventually noticed he was putting on weight. His pants, which his parents couldn't afford to replace,...

    Tags: Apple iPad, Computer Hardware, Fortune Brands Incorporated, Apple iPhone, Walmart

    12. Nov 14, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. From Sun Magazine: 'Genius' pair rewrite rules of organ transplants, among other interests

    Think of Dorry Segev and Sommer Gentry as intellectual magpies.
    Think of Dorry Segev and Sommer Gentry as intellectual magpies. The glittery ideas they filch from fields as diverse as swing dancing, systems analysis, water skiing and medicine seemingly have little in common. But Segev and Gentry weave them together...

    Tags: Stroke, Medical Research, Electronics, Los Angeles Times, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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