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County Schools to offer buyout

In an attempt to help shoulder an expected budget shortfall, Rutherford County's Board of Education hopes to offer an early retirement incentive to employees who have worked with the system for at least 15 consecutive years. Board members unanimously

Feb. 13   6:31 pm

Full Story at Rutherford Daily News Journal


Utter balls

I'm glad that the Government is showing an interest in our favourite game and admire the sentiment of the speech by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families that cricket is a good thing and teaches children about more than just sport.

Feb. 13   6:31 pm

Full Story at Times Online


Crime lab at GCC isn't a forensic lab

Recently, there was a ribbon-cutting ceremony held at the Guam Community College campus to open a new facility there. It amuses me that news accounts in the printed dailies and the TV news, in a somewhat cavalier fashion, are calling the new building

Feb. 13   6:30 pm

Full Story at Guam Pacific Daily News


Students put on their dance shoes

DUNCAN ? EDGE Academy students are learning a few steps in history ? make those dance steps. About 40 EDGE students, and even some of the alternative education teachers, are learning to ballroom dance. While ballroom dancing is an older art form, it

Feb. 13   5:46 pm

Full Story at Duncan Banner


Safe school trips list published

Ofsted inspectors have said pupils should not miss out on trips The first officially-approved list of safe places for school trips in England and Wales has been published. Schools Secretary Ed Balls has announced 65 places and organisations which have

Feb. 13   5:28 pm

Full Story at BBC News


Russell Simmons: What Inspires You?

Valentine's Day is here and we are thinking about love. Not the passionate, intense, anxiety-producing am-I-worthy/are-they-worthy kind of love. Not the dim the lights, cue the Al Green music, heart pounding, getting lucky kind of love that can leave

Feb. 13   5:14 pm

Full Story at Huffington Post


Wake Tech Plans Four-day Summer Schedule

RALEIGH, N.C. (February 13, 2009)?Wake Technical Community College is planning a four-day week for students and faculty during the Summer 2009 semester, with a corresponding four-day, 40-hour work week option for staff. The plan includes holding

Feb. 13   4:58 pm

Full Story at NBC 17.com


2009 - Year of Peace, Reconciliation and true Independence - President

2009 is our country's Year of English and IT. With the liberation of our people from the clutches of terrorism which destroyed our country for more than 25 years, 2009 will also be our country's Year of Peace, our country's Year of Reconciliation, and

Feb. 13   4:56 pm

Full Story at Sri Lanka Ministry of Defense


Tiny details in three dimensions

IMAGE: This is a three-dimensional cryo-electron tomogram of two different Borrelia species. They are borne by ticks and can cause acute and chronic symptoms in joints, muscles and the nervous system the bacteria that cause Lyme borreliosis, which 80,

Feb. 13   3:46 pm

Full Story at EurekAlert


Man, where was this class when I was in college?

They've eaten sweet sauces and dry rub, ribs and sandwiches, cole slaw, potato salad and banana pudding. "You want sweet tea with that?" a waitress asked at Dreamland Bar-B-Que in Tuscaloosa, stop No. 17 on the journey. After cleaning their plates and

Feb. 13   3:35 pm

Full Story at KnoxNews


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