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25 Years Ago: Board votes to advertise all school system jobs, except teaching slots
From The Aegis dated May 21, 1987: Any job, except teaching positions, that came open in the Harford County Public Schools had to be advertised before they were filled, the school board voted 25 years ago this week. Despite objections from...Tags: Students, University of Pittsburgh, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Teaching and Learning, Cystic Fibrosis
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Algae "scrubber" tackles harbor pollution
In their quest to cure Baltimore's ailing harbor, advocates and authorities have tried one gadget after another: floating wetlands, a solar-powered aerator, even a trash wheel. Add now the "algal turf scrubber," a long wooden sluiceway in which harbor...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Fells Point, University of Maryland, College Park, Technology, Engineering
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Scientists use algae to scrub harbor water
In their quest to cure Baltimore's ailing harbor, advocates and authorities have tried one gadget after another: floating wetlands, a solar-powered aerator, even a trash wheel.
Add now the "algal turf scrubber," a long wooden sluiceway through which...Tags: Inner Harbor, Plant Openings, Chesapeake Bay, Fells Point, Crossroads
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Peach Bottom exercise under way to test ability of Harford to respond to emergency at nuke plant
If an emergency were to strike at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Harford County would be ready to go, Emergency Operations deputy manager Rick Ayers said Tuesday. The Emergency Operations Center in Hickory was the focus of a drill, the likes of...
Tags: Harford County, American Red Cross, FEMA, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Health and Safety at School
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The atomic age?
Since 1989, the opening credits to "The Simpsons," the longest running animated series on TV, has featured a short bit of animations showing the buffoon patriarch Homer sacked out at his post in the control room at a nuclear power plant. It's probably no...Tags: The Simpsons (tv program), Homer Simpson (fictional character), Government, Safety of Citizens
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Could fracking for natural gas be the cause of Tuesday's earthquake?
If you compare a map of this country's fracking sites with one of U.S. nuclear power plants, you will see that on both maps the area from the Great Lakes to the East Coast is the area of greatest concentration for both, and they overlap. If you then...Tags: Natural Resources, Nuclear Accidents, Disasters, Nature, Energy Resources
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Japanese students visit Arundel High
Japanese cultural exchange student Minami Tajima remembers one of her first visits to an American restaurant. She and about two dozen other students from Japan visited Anne Arundel County last year, and after she befriended Arundel High School student...Tags: Students, China Earthquake (2010), Tokyo (Japan), Culture, Japan
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Overstated Iranian 'threat' puts U.S. on path to war
A neocon joke, at the beginning of the Iraq war, was: "Anyone can go to Baghdad. Real men go to Tehran." It wasn't funny then, and it isn't funny now. Unfortunately, those "real men" who want to wage war on Iran are making so much noise that they may...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Barbara A. Mikulski, Iran, Iraq, Weaponry
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Calvert Cliffs wetlands permit approved
The state Board of Public Works gave its unanimous approval Wednesday to a wetlands dredging permit for a company that hopes to build a third nuclear reactor at the Calvert Cliffs power plant in Southern Maryland, even though the project is far from...Tags: Natural Resources, Manufacturing and Engineering, Companies and Corporations, Government, Wetlands
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No more Fukushimas
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan one year ago today precipitated the most serious nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. A worst-case scenario contemplated the voluntary evacuation of Tokyo, as the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission feared a...Tags: Naoto Kan, Japan, New York City, York County (Virginia), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Calvert Cliffs reactor challenge to be aired
Federal regulators plan a hearing Jan. 26 on a challenge to a French company's bid to build a third reactor at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant, and will take public comments the day before. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will air...Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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EDF reaches settlement over proposed Constellation merger
Exelon Corp. and Constellation Energy Group have won over French utility EDF, which agreed to drop its opposition to the proposed merger between the two energy giants after reaching a settlement, the companies announced Tuesday. While EDF's staunch...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Morningstar Incorporated, Joint Ventures, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Companies and Corporations
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