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Cyber help wanted
Nineteen thousand four hundred thirteen. Focus on that number. Like so many numbers in news articles, you might easily have skipped over 19,413. But this is an important number for what is happening in Maryland higher education. According to the Cyber...
Tags: Security, Marketing, Employment Opportunities, University of Maryland, College Park, Students
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In the Pipeline: Air quality leaders' responses not based in facts
OK, hot off the presses, grim lowlights from the new Air Quality Management District (AQMD) staff report, published Wednesday, with proposed amended rules for 444, the beach bonfire ban. To anyone that has not quite grasped just how agenda-driven this...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Science and Technology, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Authors, Travel
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Review: 'Confederacy of Heretics' a delicate task
It's difficult to imagine a more delicate curatorial task than the one Todd Gannon, Ewan Branda and Andrew Zago faced in putting together "A Confederacy of Heretics: The Architecture Gallery, Venice, 1979." The exhibition, running through July 7 at...
Tags: Robert Venturi, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne
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Commentary: Proposed bonfire ban is not based in sound science
As the Great Bonfire War of 2013 continues, we can agree to one thing: If beach fire rings really do generate demonstrably dangerous levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions, they probably need to go or be reduced ("Fire ring hearing may be delayed,...Tags: Science and Technology, Air Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Building bridges between Mexican and Mexican American art
Mexican art and Mexican American art often have treated each other more like strangers or distant cousins than like the fraternal twins they really are. In the United States, apart from in California and the Southwest, many museums and art professionals...Tags: Education, Museum of Modern Art, The Getty, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Southern California architecture: the missing early years from PSTP
Two years ago, when the Getty Trust helped organize and fund more than five dozen exhibits on 20th century art in Los Angeles, a massive enterprise it labeled "Pacific Standard Time," it wasn't difficult to guess which era the museum would focus on. It...
Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Thom Mayne, CBS Corp., The Getty, Arts
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Federal firefighters push for shift-swap flexibility
When city or county firefighters have a family event or unexpected obligation pop up on a workday, their solution is familiar to most shift workers: They find a colleague willing to trade hours. But for the roughly 10,000 firefighters employed by the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, National Government, Budget Control Act of 2011, National Institutes of Health
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Home Depot to pay $8 million to settle air-quality violations suit
The Home Depot USA has agreed to pay $8 million to settle a lawsuit alleging violations of anti-pollution rules and laws prohibiting false and misleading advertising in connection with sales of paints and other coatings containing illegal smog-forming...
Tags: The Home Depot, Science and Technology, Agriculture, Asthma, Trials
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Gun Law Misses Mark, Puts Jobs At Risk
The Hartford CourantPresident Barack Obama is expected in Connecticut on Monday. He returns to celebrate what he and other longtime gun control advocates see as a shining example of more gun control laws on the books. If he follows his political playbook, he will again raise...Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Laws, Barack Obama, Behavioral Conditions
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Hungry for a group to safely deliver leftover food to charities
On a recent evening, students at Pomona College feasted on chicken pot pie, steamed veggies, biscuits and rice. And, as is often the case, there were plenty of leftovers in the dining hall, enough for about 100 extra meals. Those leftovers, however,...Tags: Providence College, Education, Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Human Interest
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New U.S. rules seek cleaner gasoline
The Obama administration is expected to propose new rules today that would slash the amount of sulfur in gasoline, one of the most significant steps the administration can take this term toward cutting air pollution, people with knowledge of the...
Tags: Baltimore County, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Environmental Politics, American Lung Association, U.S. Congress
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End this outrageous 'black liquor' subsidy
Tim Wheeler's most recent article about the fight over black liquor in Maryland's renewable energy standard ("'Black liquor' bill resurrected," March 25) highlights the overwhelming need to reform our state energy policy. Over the last seven years,...
Tags: Baltimore County, John A. Olszewski, Sr., Science and Technology, Energy Saving, Paper and Product Packaging Industry
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