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Seeing The Forest, And The Vanishing Foresters
The Hartford CourantRachel Holmes was an urban forester for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for exactly two years until Thursday, and she didn't go out quietly. The 31-year-old, with two graduate degrees from Yale, spent extra hours working on...Tags: Science and Technology, Natural Resource Industry, Lebanon, Forestry and Timber, South Windsor
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Weight Discrimination: Obesity Presents More Than Just Health Problems
If you're obese (and chances of that are pretty good in America right now), your odds of being found guilty in a jury trial are higher than if you're skinny. If you're an obese woman, things in court can be even uglier. And you do not want to be labeled...
Tags: Discrimination, Behavioral Conditions, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Defendants
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Too much salt may trigger autoimmune diseases: studies
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - Increased salt consumption may be a key culprit behind rising rates of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, researchers reported on Wednesday in a trio of papers looking at the role of a specific class of cells linked with...Tags: Vitamin D, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Harvard Medical School, Diabetes, Salt
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End-of-life talks lacking between doctors, patients
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although many older patients in Canada have thought about end-of-life care and discussed it with family members, a new study suggests fewer have spoken with doctors and had their wishes noted accurately in their medical record....Tags: Internists, Hospitals and Clinics, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine
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Arizona State dean, pianist to take helm at Columbia College
The dean of Arizona State University’s design and arts school has been named as the 10th president of Columbia College Chicago, the school announced today. Kwang-Wu Kim, a professor of music at Arizona State, was voted in as president by Columbia&...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Arizona State University, Columbia College Chicago, Entertainment, Music
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Tri-State briefs - Feb. 25
Waynesboro music students to present concert WAYNESBORO, Pa. — Several hundred Waynesboro Area School District music students will present the Music in our Schools concert Tuesday. The concert begins at 7 p.m. in the performing arts center of...Tags: Conservation, Colleges and Universities, Career and Workplace, Financial Aid, Environmental Issues
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Malloy Pulling Rug Out From Under Obamacare
The Hartford CourantGov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed budget could have a potentially devastating effect on health care in Connecticut. The plan could eviscerate the promise of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, even before it is fully implemented. This...Tags: New London (New London, Connecticut), Government, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Redirecting money after a loan is paid off
Dear Liz: I'll be done paying off my car in a couple of months. What's a good strategy for redirecting that money once it's paid off? Should I use the whole amount each month to start saving for my next car, or would I be better off splitting it up and...Tags: Contracts, Loans, Finance, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice
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Northwestern to probe founder's link to Indian massacre
Responding to pressure from a student alliance, Northwestern University has established a committee to investigate the history of John Evans, a university founder connected to one of the worst massacres of Native Americans in the country's history. The...
Tags: Regional Authority, Colleges and Universities, Executive Branch, Politics, Government
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Cadaver Care: Yale Medical Students Respect the Lives of Their Anatomical Donors
One dark January night in 1824, several men crept into a West Haven cemetery. They dug up the grave of a newly buried 17-year-old farmer's daughter named Bathsheba Smith and carried her body to Yale Medical College for dissection. These students or...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Computer Science, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Quinnipiac University
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William D. Waxter III, securities analyst
William Deal Waxter III, a retired securities analyst and World War II veteran, died of a stroke Feb. 11 at Broadmead Retirement Community. The former Roland Park resident was 88.
Born in Baltimore and raised on Lombardy Place, he spent his summers at...Tags: Sociology, Roland Park, Religion and Belief, Ocean City, Labor Day
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Walters Art Museum names new director, Julia Marciari-Alexander
In naming Julia Marciari-Alexander as executive director on Wednesday, the Walters Art Museum board of directors entrusted one of Baltimore's most important arts institutions to a rising star — and signaled an emphasis on community engagement even...Tags: French Literature, Colleges and Universities, Museums, Roland Park, Artists
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