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High school girls basketball: Palo Alto roars back to stun Wilcox 47-46 - San Jose Mercury News
High school girls basketball: Palo Alto roars back to stun Wilcox 47-46
San Jose Mercury News
She calmed her breathing and sharpened her focus, then made the second shot to cap a remarkable comeback as Palo Alto defeated Wilcox 47-46 in a key SCVAL De Anza Division girls basketball game. "I called my best friend Lindsay (Black) over and asked ...
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21 national and six regional projects including transport, energy, water ... - Coastweek
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21 national and six regional projects including transport, energy, water ...
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But Kyte who was accompanied by Jamal Saghir, the Bank's Director for Sustainable Development in the Africa Region, held meetings with other top level government officials including the ministers of finance, roads and agriculture; and with development ...
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Wolverines Top Both Stanford and Cal Poly in Palo Alto - Utah Valley University Official Athletic Site
Utah Valley University Official Athletic Site
Wolverines Top Both Stanford and Cal Poly in Palo Alto
Utah Valley University Official Athletic Site
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Utah Valley snapped a five-match losing streak with a bang Friday night by defeating two solid Pac-12 wrestling programs at Burnham Pavilion in Palo Alto, Calif. The Wolverines (5-7, 0-3 WWC) started the night with a 19-17 win over ...
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Faith resources - Amarillo.com
Faith resources
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Messianic 101 Questions and Answers: 7 pm Tuesdays, Mayim-Hayim Hebraic Learning Center, 1412 W. Eighth Ave. “Jesus Christ Heals”: 7 pm Tuesdays, Unity Church, 2224 S. Taylor St. 806-376-9746. Donation-based. Improve Your English: Free English classes, ...
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Farmers share love for the land - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Farmers share love for the land
Minneapolis Star Tribune
She eventually organized urban farming in her community, where vacant lots would be converted to urban farm sites. Teng Lee, 19, is a farm steward for the Youth Farm and Market Project, which builds youth leadership in the Twin Cities through growing ...
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Secret Is Out in Prospect Lefferts Gardens - Wall Street Journal
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Secret Is Out in Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Wall Street Journal
Parks: Prospect Lefferts Gardens is near the southeastern portion of Prospect Park. It is close to the park's lake and also the Parade Ground, which has baseball fields, a football field, a soccer field and basketball and volleyball courts. Schools: ...
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San Diego urban agriculture - East County Magazine
East County Magazine
San Diego urban agriculture
East County Magazine
February 3, 2012 (San Diego) – On Tuesday, San Diego's City Council voted unanimously to approve an “urban agriculture plan” that encourages city residents to grow their own food--and sell some items. It's now legal to own up to 25 chickens (roosters ...
San Diego City Council Approves Backyard Chickens, Goats and BeesKPBS
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Down to Earth: Fed up with school food? - Daily News Transcript
Down to Earth: Fed up with school food?
Daily News Transcript
The current “Occupy” generation of students is looking for change, and for some, it is a desire to have access to fresh, organic, local and ethically sourced food at an affordable price, which ironically is often hard to find on a college campus.
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French mothers are calmer: Bringing up Bébé by Pamela Druckerman - Toronto Star
French mothers are calmer: Bringing up Bébé by Pamela Druckerman
Toronto Star
But this is what we learn from Pamela Druckerman, a former Wall Street Journal reporter who fell in love with a Paris-based British sportswriter named Simon. Marriage and a wilful baby nicknamed Bean followed, as did the observation that the French ...
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Meg Whitman: $1 salary, $16.5 mln in compensation - MarketWatch
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Meg Whitman: $1 salary, $16.5 mln in compensation
MarketWatch
By Ian Sherr The Palo Alto, Calif., technology company said in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Whitman received a salary of $1, about $16.1 million in stock options, and $372598 in "other compensation," which includes ...
HP brings in new CEO with $16.5 million pay package tied mostly to company's ...Washington Post
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Finstad to discuss Reindeer: Tundra Gold - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Finstad to discuss Reindeer: Tundra Gold
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Caribou and reindeer are an important part of the food system for many rural Alaska communities. The majority of the reindeer industry is centered on the Seward Peninsula, where reindeer are managed over large, rugged and remote areas with little or no ...
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Softball preview: Defending champs Gardens in tough district - Sun-Sentinel
Softball preview: Defending champs Gardens in tough district
Sun-Sentinel
By Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel correspondent Palm Beach Gardens softball coach Randy Jackson enters his 10th season with back-to-back Class 6A state championships (four overall) and is on the brink of 300 career wins at the school.
Treasure Coast Arts and Entertainment Calendar, Updated Feb. 3, 2012TCPalm
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East Palo Alto city manager announces retirement - Palo Alto Online
East Palo Alto city manager announces retirement
Palo Alto Online
by Sue Dremann ML Gordon, the soft-spoken East Palo Alto city manager, has announced he will retire on March 2 or 3. Gordon, who has been in public service for 37 years, has spent the last 19 months as city manager after previously serving as assistant ...
East Palo Alto City Manager to retire March 3San Jose Mercury News
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How Do We Fix Our Food System? Experts Weigh in on This and Other Probing ... - Audubon Magazine (blog)
Audubon Magazine (blog)
How Do We Fix Our Food System? Experts Weigh in on This and Other Probing ...
Audubon Magazine (blog)
By Julie Leibach What would it take to solve climage change? Or to create sustainable ocean fisheries? What about supplying the world with clean energy? These and other probing questions garner contemplative responses from various experts, ...
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Lost LA: School gardens, an idea planted a century ago - Los Angeles Times
Lost LA: School gardens, an idea planted a century ago
Los Angeles Times
Good schools make good citizens and responsible citizens plant gardens. Combine the two and you get the school garden movement that's back in Los Angeles a century after it began. In 1889, officials built one of the city's first public schools, ...
How School Garden Mania Swept Los Angeles a Century AgoLAist
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Niles Community Calendar for Feb. 9, 2012 - Niles Herald-Spectator
Niles Community Calendar for Feb. 9, 2012
Niles Herald-Spectator
The Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, offers a variety of classes for the adults in the horticulture, garden design, nature studies and botanical arts by Garden staff and other experts.
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Hazelwood community garden takes students back to nature - Newcastle News
Hazelwood community garden takes students back to nature
Newcastle News
But Kate Ingalls, whose second-grade class will tackle the air and water kit this year, said she's ready to take that hands-on learning to a whole new, integrated level by way of founding Hazelwood Elementary School's first community garden.
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Fred Magdoff & William Camacaro - Monthly Review
Fred Magdoff & William Camacaro
Monthly Review
by Monthly Review Press Growing Change follows the filmmaker's journey to understand why current food systems leave hundreds of millions of people in hunger. It's a journey to understand how the world will feed itself in the future in the face of major ...
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'Youth of the Year' finalists share stories - The Almanac Online
'Youth of the Year' finalists share stories
The Almanac Online
High school senior Ruben Ruvalcaba of East Palo Alto said he learned the value of hard work from his father, a sanitation worker, who "has endured many trials, misfortunes and difficult conditions." Raised by a single mother, student Rossmeri Ramirez ...
East Palo Alto Teen Named Youth of the YearPatch.com
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Patch Chats with Debbie Schmill - Patch.com
Patch Chats with Debbie Schmill
Patch.com
These actions are all important, but little attention was being given to the impact of the industrial food system on the climate (what we eat and where it comes from really does matter), or to the growing disconnect between people and nature.
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