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Digital Savant Micro: What is 'UltraViolet?'
Austin American-Statesman(In this space every week, we'll define a tech term, offer a timely tip or answer questions about technology from readers.) An increasingly common feature for those still buying DVD and Blu-ray movies is the option for an "UltraViolet" copy of the film....Tags: Xbox, Tumblr, T-Mobile, Amazon Kindle Fire, Google Inc.
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About Peter Bober
Mayor Peter J. M. Bober, a lifelong resident of Hollywood, was born in Miami. He is the youngest Mayor to serve in Hollywood’s long history and is the City’s first elected official of Hispanic background (Cuban). He was elected Mayor in...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Broward County, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Politics
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Three HCC employees honored with development awards
Three Harford Community College employees have been named recipients of the 2013 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Awards. Jan M. Brewer, assistant professor of sociology and social work; Deborah Jaeger, mathematics...Tags: Medical Specialization, Colleges and Universities, High Schools, Chiropractic, Sociology
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Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution's promise of equality for all before the law. Now, as the court heads into the final two weeks of this year's term, the justices may be about to close one...
Tags: Racism, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Marriage
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Philipp Meyer on "The Son"
In "The Son," Philipp Meyer's sprawling multigenerational saga about a powerful Texas family, the author harvests the state's sad, passionate, often violent history, from its origins as an embattled republic to its present-day condition as an arid...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, The Washington Post, Newspaper and Magazine, USA Today, Social Issues
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Student Academy Awards Go to USC, Ringling, Occidental and U of Texas
ReutersJun 09 (TheWrap.com) - Students from Occidental College, the University of Southern California, the Ringling College of Art and Design and the University of Texas at Austin won the top awards at the 40th Student Academy Awards on Saturday night, taking...Tags: Every Tuesday: A Portrait of The New Yorker Cartoonists (movie), Pixar Animation Studios, Columbia University, Academy Awards, Jason Schwartzman
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Grant Park chorus master readies singers for a busy festival summer
Having rolled out some pretty heavy artillery to mark the 50th anniversary of the Grant Park Chorus and other musical milestones last summer, what will the 2013 Grant Park Music Festival do for an encore? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Almost every...
Tags: New Music Mondays Millenium Park, South Shore, Concerts, Festive Events, Grant Park Chorus
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Student Academy Awards Honors Collegiate Helmers
VarietyThe 40th annual Student Academy Awards honored 16 students from various universities on June 8, with USC and the U. of Texas, Austin among top winners. Former Student Academy Award winner (1978) and writer-director Bob Saget hosted the kudos at the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Every Tuesday: A Portrait of The New Yorker Cartoonists (movie), Columbia University, Students, Academy Awards
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Court Should Uphold Race Factor In College Admissions
The Hartford CourantThe U.S. Supreme Court will soon announce its decision in a case that could affect diversity on college campuses nationwide. Given the compelling reasons why diversity is critical on our campuses, the court should uphold its previous decisions that...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups, University of Michigan, Connecticut College, Students
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Helping teen moms delay repeat pregnancies
Mary Ann Cross was entering freshman year at her Austin neighborhood high school when she had her first child. She was 16 when she had her second child. Now 18, she gave birth to her third two months ago. When people ask her why she's had so many...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Medical Specialization, Disease Prevention, Gynecology, Obstetrics
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Lerno sisters era ends at Southwest High
Special to this NewspaperBack in the fall of 2001, Melissa Lerno started school at Southwest High. Over the next four years she would go on to become one of the school’s greatest athletes and made a name for herself as one of the most dominant pitchers in the Imperial...Tags: Baseball, Softball, Sports, College Sports
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Verdict reversal in Guatemala sparks criticism of genocide charge
McClatchy Foreign StaffGUATEMALA CITY The overturning last week of former military dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt's conviction on charges stemming from Guatemala's brutal civil war has created a surprising consensus among critics on both the left and the right: Prosecutors...Tags: Racism, Punishment, Lawyers, Guatemala, International Court or Tribunal
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