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At Wilde Lake High, diversity welcoming to exchange students
There are more than 1,200 students at Wilde Lake High School — a diverse mix of young adults representing the heritages of nearly 50 countries, according to Principal James LeMon. LeMon said he thinks it's that diversity, and the welcoming...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Google Inc., Students, Austria
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Great Baltimore cocktails, the Spicy Orange Caipriña at Joe Squared
Well folks, spring is officially upon us and it's time to start wetting our whistles with some light, fun, refreshing drinks that are more conducive to outdoor frolicking than hermiting next to an open hearth or space heater. And what better liquor to...
Tags: Limes, Salt, Station North
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Peace Corps Week a time of reflection for former volunteers
Sally Foster worked in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a health educator in the early 1960s. Mike McQuestion was stationed in the Philippines in the mid-1970s, trying to teach basic preventive medicine to mountain villagers. Chris Carneal...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Teaching and Learning, Catholic Relief Services, HIV, Health and Medical Professionals
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Sports on TV
FRIDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || M. bask. || Illinois@Michigan State (T) || ESPNU1 || || Minnesota@Wisconsin (T) || BIGTEN2:30 || || Arizona@Washington (T) || ESPNU2:30 || || Manhattan@Siena || ESPNU7 || || Youngstown State@...Tags: National Hockey League, Manhattan (New York City), Manhattan (Will, Illinois), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), National Basketball Association
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Recipe Finder: Christmas fruitcake
Marie Racine of Huntley, Ill., was looking for a recipe she had lost for making fruitcake that contained dried apricots and Brazil nuts. I did not receive any reader responses to her query, so I decided to do a little research. The recipe world is loaded...Tags: Pumpkin Pie, Baking Powder, Butter, Religious Festivals, Holidays
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Orioles release 2013 spring training schedule
The Baltimore SunThe Orioles' spring training begins with pitchers and catchers reporting to Sarasota, Fla. on Feb. 12, position players arriving by Feb. 15 and the first game at Ed Smith Stadium against the Minnesota Twins on Sat. Feb. 23. It's all a little earlier this...Tags: Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, World Baseball Classic, Grapefruit League
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Facebook: One billion served
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced this morning that the massive social networking site had reached an awesome milestone: One billion active monthly users. "Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most...
Tags: Music, Social Media, Mark Zuckerberg, Media Industry, United Kingdom
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Grand Prix of Baltimore: Driver bios
No. 26 Marco Andretti Age: 25 Country: United States Racing team: Andretti Motorsport Driver points: 237, 16th place, 185 behind leader Top finish in 2012: Andretti finished second behind teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay at the Iowa Corn Indy 250 on June...
Tags: Marco Andretti, Dragon Racing, Penske Racing, Tony Kanaan, Auto Racing
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Tony Kanaan, Rubens Barrichello are teammates on, off the track
IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan is sitting beside his best friend and teammate Rubens Barrichello. Together they are talking about the value of friendship and how important it is to separate competitiveness from what is most important in life. It is then...
Tags: Open-Wheel Racing, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Tony Kanaan, Auto Racing, KV Racing Technology
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Brazil, Russia, India and China: The world's trouble children
As the world struggles to deal with its two largest foreign-affairs dilemmas, Syria and Iran, resolutely standing in the way are the BRICs. That's the acronym foreign-policy wonks use for the block of nations that routinely refuses to join the...
Tags: Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, Culture, Bashar Assad, The New York Times, Health Organizations
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An urgent task: reducing health disparities
For the first time in history, slightly more than half of newborn Americans are people of color. It is projected that by 2050, the majority of Americans will be from minority populations. This demographic shift has serious implications on a myriad of...Tags: Smallpox , Polio, Slavery, Demographics, Diseases and Illnesses
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Lansdowne parish to host discussion about same-sex marriage
A Lansdowne church will host a night of constructive discussion about an often-divisive topic on July 12 that will feature a documentary that focuses on the children of gay and lesbian parents. After the screening at the worship space of St. Charles of...
Tags: Referenda, Interior Policy, Marriage, Indigenous People, Roman Catholicism
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