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Pub's new start as Welsh centre
A former pub is opening its doors again in an attempt to get local Welsh speakers to have a drink and a chat in their own language.
www.bbc.co.uk
#OccupyThis: A Postmortem For Marketers On The Occupy Autumn
As we watched the sun set on 2011, we also watched the waning of the movement formally known as #OccupyWallStreet, and its global outposts of voiced and mobilized frustration. While a number of encampments still exist in various cities, the meetings have moved to corporate lobbies (ironic) and online streams and chat rooms. I was perplexed at how acutely aware I was of this movement, but how ...
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Personal Finance: Cyber crooks target those looking for love
It started so sweetly. She was a lonely Yuba City widow, looking for conversation online. He was an Auburn architect, divorced with two teenagers and a job that took him overseas.
www.sacbee.com
College Chat: Standardized Torture
At a certain point in every student’s life, he or she is forced to take the most dreaded kind of test—standardized. By my definition, a standardized test is when some unknown money-hungry establishment convinces educators that they must evaluate students by putting them in a stuffy room for ...
www.thedailynewcanaan.com
Saturday Chat: Lowell's milestone in medical history
Kendall Wallace is chairman of Lowell Publishing Co. He has more than 50 years of newspaper experience, starting as a reporter at The Sun in 1959.
www.lowellsun.com
Local high school student busted in internet child sex sting
A Collier County high school student was arrested in an internet child sex sting in Central Florida, law enforcement officials announced Tuesday.
www.marconews.com
Enforcers, but also mentors
As Gordie Allen strolls through the hallways of New Haven High School, teens call out to him and several stop to chat. Minutes later, as the hallway clears, one young man is still struggling with his locker.
www.journalgazette.net
This Week In Bots: Dogs Of War
Alpha Dog: Goes "Hi Ho," Romps Over Hills If you're any sort of fan of robotics, you'll know about Boston Dynamics' Big Dog and Alpha Dog--research prototype robots that will be used to inform the design of a genuine military support quadruped robot. Now DARPA has just taken Alpha Dog out into the wild to put it through some grueling tests: [youtube xY42w1w0TWk] The tests include hauling 400 ...
www.fastcompany.com
Local briefs
Ashland ScienceWorks will feature several hands-on activities on Jan. 28 and 29 to show the science behind fire and ice.
www.mailtribune.com
Cherished icon changes with the times
By Charlene Dean The history of Pahrump cannot be accurately recorded without the inclusion of the first businesses and the people who owned them, how the town’s beginnings relied and revolved around thos businesses, and offer a snapshot of the future. One of those original businesses is Ace Hardware, and the spirit of the entrepreneur[...]
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