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Texas Students Learn About Portion Sizes

Apr 14 - By Jamie Stengle, AP Writer

With a tennis ball and a yo-yo as props, first-grade teacher Kristy Brooks helped her class understand the correct portion sizes for vegetables.

health, lessons, size, kristy-brooks, portion, portion-size
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Negroponte's Office a Work in Progress

Apr 13 - By Katherine Shrader, AP Writer

In one year, the Office of the National Intelligence Director has grown from a staff of zero to 1,500, raising concern about whether it is becoming another clumsy bureaucracy as it tries to avoid the intelligence lapses of 9/11 and Iraq.

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Course Educates Docs on Malpractice Issues

Mar 26 - By Stephanie Stoughton, AP Business Writer

Except for a crop of gray hair, the enrollees in Sean Byrne's malpractice course at the University of Richmond Law School look like normal students. They sip Starbucks coffee and tap out notes on their laptop keyboards. And with lumpy hair and bleary eyes, a few looked like they rolled out of bed after a few hours of sleep.

business, lessons, malpractice, richmond-law-school, sean-byrne
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Army Creates Realistic Training in Germany

Mar 11 - By David Rising, AP Writer

Chatter in the Humvee came to an abrupt halt as the gunner looking through the thermal sight of his machine gun barked out: "Three hotspots at 2 o'clock on the hill."

world-news, iraq, germany, lessons
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Vancouver Vows Full Venues for 2010

Feb 24 - By David Crary, AP National Writer

Asserting that no-shows dampened the atmosphere at many events in Turin, organizers of the 2010 Games in Vancouver on Friday pledged an all-out push to ensure that VIP tickets are used and full houses are the norm four years from now.

sports, olympics, vancouver, lessons
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My First Father's Day Without Mine

Jun 17 - By Chello

This is my first father’s day without my father. He passed away in May at the age of 85. I still don’t believe he is gone. My father was a unique man. He filled me with great lessons on love, family, and anything you can imagine. Just a brief perspective.

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Who Else Wants To Master the Diminished Scale?

Jun 17 - Seeded by Graham English
Source: grahamenglish.net

The diminished scale is an extremely creative tool. Due to the diminished chord’s symmetrical structure of stacked minor thirds, we have two options of diminished scales: half step-whole step and whole step-half step.

arts, creativity, lessons, patterns, symmetry, music-theory, diminished-scale, john-coltrane, music-lessons, scales
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Using Prototype.js and PeriodicalExecuter

Feb 14 - Seeded by andru
Source: ajaxlessons.com

This quick tutorial will show you how to get started using prototype’s PeriodicalExecuter object. This object is useful for for when you have to repeat a function with a set interval.

technology, ajax, javascript, lessons, tutorials, prototype-js, periodicalexecuter
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WordPress Lessons!

Jan 6 - Seeded by Sue J
Source: codex.wordpress.org

Not only WordPress Lessons but excellent reads for anyone who wants to learn more about blogging or who wants to find out how to start blogging!

technology, blogs, blogging, howto, wordpress, lessons
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