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Nathan Rabin Nathan Rabin is the head writer for The A.V. Club. His books include “The Big Rewind” and “My Year of Flops.” He also collaborated on “Weird Al: The Book.” He has written for the Wall Street Journal,...Tags: The Huffington Post, Teachers, The Second City, Chicago Sun-Times, Poetry
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Daum: Online's 'nasty effect'
Finally! Scientific research backs up my perennial gripe about the soul-killing, society-destroying effects of online comments. A study published last month on the website of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (which does not allow comments)...
Tags: Jesus Sanchez, Science and Technology
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Research cites parallels of debt and depression
Does your debt nag at you and make you miserable? A researcher has now put a number to the emotions. He has quantified just how much debt drags some people down. Lawrence Berger, a University of Wisconsin at Madison associate professor of social work,...Tags: Research, Employment, Retirement, Credit and Debt, Loans
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Nowadays, Valentine's Day is less sweet — and peanut-free
The rules for 7-year-old Riley Krieger's Valentine's Day party recently arrived from school: Bring one valentine addressed to each child on the list attached. Make a heart-covered shoe box on your own time or just bring a bag. Any treats for the class...
Tags: Allergies, PTA, Teachers, Students, Peanuts
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Chamber orchestra presents 'The Virtuoso Orchestra' concerts
The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra will present a concert titled "The Virtuoso Orchestra" at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, at the First Congregational Church of Charlevoix and at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 10, at the First Presbyterian Church of Harbor...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Music, Entertainment, Lakes and Ponds
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Gerda Lerner dies at 92; pioneered field of women's history
Gerda Lerner spent her 18th birthday in a Nazi prison in Vienna and feared that birthday would be her last. Her jailers meant to starve her, but her cellmates — two gentile women imprisoned for their anti-fascist views — shared their rations...
Tags: 12 Angry Men (movie), U.S. Congress, Columbia University, Feminism, Stanford University
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Mid-America Alfalfa Expo & Conference set for Feb. 5-6
COZAD, Neb.-Winter survival following a drought and how to best manage through that situation will be one of the key topics discussed by Dr. Dan Undersander at the Mid-America Alfalfa Expo & Conference to be held Feb. 5-6 in Kearney, Neb. We'll piece...Tags: Droughts, Natural Disasters, Auction Service
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Setting an online example in educating women
The United States is leading a revolution in higher education. With the advent of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, U.S. universities will be increasingly exporting hundreds of college-level classes every year to the rest of the world. The...
Tags: Teachers, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Science, Arts and Culture
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Business People - Dec. 23
Susquehanna Bank Susquehanna Bank announces the following new employees: Darren T. Basore joined the company as vice president, commercial relationship manager in the Central Maryland Region, centered in Hagerstown. He will be responsible for...Tags: New York City, Real Estate, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Banking, Kutztown
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Remarkable Woman: Kay Alden Nelson
Kay Alden Nelson's big break into daytime television sounds like a plot out of one of her soap opera scripts. "I was doing a dissertation for my Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on how daytime television serials can be used as mediators...
Tags: The Bold and the Beautiful (tv program) , Streeterville, Writers Guild of America, Primetime Emmy Awards, Another World (tv program)
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Busted! Test-based teacher-evaluation program fingers the worst 8th grade math teacher in New York City (but don't worry, she's gone now)
Change of SubjectEducation Week tells us about Carolyn Abbott: Her score on the Teacher Data Report, the New York City Department of Education’s effort to isolate a teacher’s contribution to her students’ performance on New York State’s math and... -
Experts evaluate carrots at UC Cooperative Extension carrot research day
Staff WriterResearchers, scientists and agricultural business representatives evaluated a carrot crop at the University of California Desert Research Extension Center in El Centro on Tuesday. Just like sommeliers rate wines by flavor and color, discerning tasters...Tags: Cheese Corn, Education, Washington State University, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities
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