(latimes.com ) The state beach is close enough for day trips to UC Santa Cruz but far from the sights and sounds of civilization. Manresa Uplands, Calif.

(washingtonpost.com ) Children have welcomed the Harry Potter books in recent years like free ice cream in the cafeteria, but the largest survey ever of youthful reading in the United States will reveal today that none of J.K. Rowling's phenomenally popular books has been able to dislodge the works of longtime favorit...

(washingtonpost.com ) D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, continuing a series of aggressive personnel moves, has started notifying principals -- possibly as many as 30 -- that they will not be reappointed for the 2008-09 academic year, officials said yesterday.

(latimes.com ) The educator was not charged at the time because of insufficient evidence, officials say. A Santa Monica middle school teacher who allegedly molested five of his female students was investigated by police...

(pbs.org ) The sad case of Megan Meier, the girl who killed herself after being bullied by her neighbors in an online hoax, is back in the news again. One of the perpetrators of the hoax is speaking out for the first time, as federal prosecutors explore filing charges against the mother at the center of the...

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Publicado por Jose Pardo on Mayo 9, 2008 Planes de inversion directa de compañias como: BellSouth, Coca-Cola, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Motorola, etc. lo permiten. A continuacion le indicamos como. Ofrecidos por mas de 1.300 compañias, los planes de inversión directa, también llamados planes de reinversión de dividendos (DRPs o DRIPs, por sus siglas en inglés), son planes que permiten invertir efectivo o reinvertir los dividendos para comprar más acciones de la compañía, sin necesidad de... Read Full Story

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Testimony of Yacov Gurfein about the Sobibor Transport "Jumpers"       Photo of a German soldier near the bridge at Sanok Israeli Police 6th Bureau   Date: 23.6.1960   Investigating Officer:  Rosenfeld   Yacov Gurfein   Date of Birth: Born 1921   Place of Birth:  Sanok, Poland   Profession: Carpenter   Father’s Name:  Abraham Gurfein Read the full testimony here: http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/revolt/sobijumper.html The Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team www... Read Full Story

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waaaaaaaaa, I want my old life back :( Seriously, I'd love to go. I just get so darn discouraged when I do these things, art fairs, concerts, fireworks, etc. I am so sick of being in so much pain within a couple of hours of all the walking and standing. Then suffering for many days later. It's like being punished just for having some fun. It really stinks. So I have to weigh it all. I could maybe do an hour, but if I can't find a place to sit for a while after all the walking, it just... Read Full Story

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  Urine is the main source of some of the chemical nutrients that have to be removed in sewage treatment plants if they are not to wreck ecosystems downstream. Despite making up only 1 per cent of the volume of waste water, urine contributes about 80 per cent of the nitrogen and 45 per cent of all the phosphate. Peeing into the pan immediately dilutes these chemicals with vast quantities of water, making the removal process unnecessarily inefficient. Urine ("yellow water") enters the... Read Full Story

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NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Carbon Monoxide Hazards from Small Gasoline Powered EnginesMany people using gasoline-powered tools such as high-pressure washers, concrete cutting saws (walk-behind/hand-held), power trowels, floor buffers, welders, pumps, compressors, and generators in buildings or semienclosed spaces have been poisoned by carbon monoxide (CO). CO can rapidly accumulate (even in areas that appear to be well ventilated) and build up to dangerous or fatal concentrations within... Read Full Story

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