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Community events
A Skate Competition will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Mike's Surf Shop, located on 2170-C Coliseum Drive, in Hampton. The competition will promote awareness and raise money for multiple sclerosis. Skate competitions will take place at the beginner,...Tags: First United Corporation, Christianity, Academic Progress, Hampton Roads, Colleges and Universities
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Board Approves Costly School Improvements
The Hartford CourantThe state Board of Education today approved a costly proposal to remake Connecticut high schools by raising graduation requirements, requiring students to pass state exams in certain classes and ensuring every student has an adviser and an...Tags: Elementary Schools, Teaching and Learning, Schools, Colleges and Universities, Examinations
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Hate public speaking? Tips can help quiet types pipe up
Public speaking and networking are two activities business people either enjoy or detest with a passion. Some seem to take to these activities naturally, but experts say they've just practiced — a lot. "You're not born with this. It's a skill,"... -
Lake County boosts recruitment of minority teachers
Sentinel Staff WriterThe number of minority teachers in Lake County schools has jumped nearly 60 percent in the past three years -- more than any other school district in Central Florida. In neighboring Volusia County, for instance, administrators hired 20 percent more...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Lake County (Florida), Teachers, Leesburg, Volusia County
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When 'guys' are dolls
The Boston GlobeCan guys, if they're plural, be dolls? The debate resurfaced recently in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after reader Eugene P. Foley complained about waiters who greet men and women as "you guys." "My wife is not a 'guy,' " Foley declared. Frances Cohen-...Tags: Georgetown, Newspapers, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Americans would be wise to learn a second language
Perhaps you remember the dust-up several weeks ago when Sen. Barack Obama, speaking at a town hall meeting in suburban Atlanta, suggested that parents should urge their children to learn foreign languages. Xenophobic commentators and GOP activists...Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Jeb Bush, Republican Party, Colleges and Universities
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A lesson in using the right language
Ah, a columnist's dilemma: Which of two stories about Sen. Barack Obama should I do for this week? Do I go with the one about Jesse Jackson, Obama and what Jackson said about Obama's genitalia? Oh, it's tempting. Jackson making a fool of himself is...Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, Minority Groups, Police
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Climate change? Once more, 'I don't know'
My partner, Teller, and I are professional skeptics. We do magic tricks in our live show in Las Vegas, and we have a passion for trying to use what we've learned about fooling people to possibly get a little closer to the truth. Our series on Showtime...Tags: Global Warming, Conservation, Christopher Hitchens, Global Change, Ecosystems
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Opening up at Toastmasters to tackle fear of public speaking
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterYou're introduced to make a presentation. Suddenly, your legs go numb, your mouth gets dry, your mind goes blank and the only thing you hear is your heart throbbing. Sound familiar? For many people, public speaking tops the list of immobilizing fears....Tags: Academic Progress, Government, International Organizations, Charity, Los Angeles
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Gardens as art and refuge in full bloom for free tour
Special to the SentinelThere must be something nourishing in the Winter Springs water supply. The city is the site of three of the six homes chosen for this year's Seminole Garden Walk organized by the county extension office's master gardeners. The free tour features...Tags: Rivers, Gardening, Bodies of Water, Florida, Apopka
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"Dictation" by Cynthia Ozick
By Art Winslow In an appreciation of Henry James written in 1905, his fellow novelist and acquaintance Joseph Conrad maintained that the writing of fiction was "rescue work, this snatching of vanishing phrases of turbulence, disguised in fair words, out...Tags: Arts, Celebrity, Cynthia Ozick, Theater, Henry James
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Oscar alters song, foreign film rules
It's only June, but there's already some intrigue in the impending awards season.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences approved the rules for the upcoming 81st Academy Awards at a meeting Tuesday night. Rule changes in the categories of...Tags: Movies, Awards and Prizes, Cannes Film Festival, Music, Academy Awards
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