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Sunrise Rotary earns Silver Bell
Rotary International’s coveted Silver Bell award was presented to Burbank Sunrise Rotary for being the best small club in its 33-club district for the past year. The presentation was made at the Rotary District 5260 Conference in North Hollywood...
Tags: Travel Channel (tv network), Awards and Prizes, Financial Aid, Duke University, Interior Policy
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Documentaries lead Jewish Film Festival
South Bend TribuneFive of the eight movies that will be screened at the 2013 Michiana Jewish Film Festival are documentaries. The festival runs Monday through Thursday at the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Two films are screened each...Tags: Judaism, Music Industry, Israel, Nazi Party, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Khaled Hosseini on "And the Mountains Echoed"
Khaled Hosseini stormed the best-seller lists with his debut novel, “The Kite Runner,” in 2003, following it up with the even more popular “A Thousand Splendid Suns” in 2007. Both set in the author's native country of Afghanistan,...
Tags: Ethan Canin, Authors, Taliban, Feminism, USA Today
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End of smallpox
Although polio has been reduced to its lowest level in history, three countries still have polio transmission — Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Last year 223 polio cases were reported. So far in 2013 there have been 19 cases, according to the...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Politics, Government, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine
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Rodney R Millar
On a beautiful May 3rd of 2013, while surrounded by family, Rodney Robert Millar did succumb to heart disease after a long and courageous battle. The son of Fred and Gladys (Jones) Millar, Rodney was born in Martin, SD on June 19, 1940. One of the...
Tags: Anglicanism, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Heart Disease
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Review: Brad Mehldau, the Bad Plus push jazz further ahead at UCLA
Sometimes, you can tell a lot about a show based on its audience. In addition to drawing an inspiringly big, deeply attentive crowd to Royce Hall to close out the first season for the newly named Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (and new...
Tags: Nirvana (music group), Dave King, Music, Entertainment
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Tom Willis uses his feet to spread his message at Camden Yards and other parks
Tom Willis knows all about making the best of whatever life throws at you. Born with no arms, he's had to make adjustments — about a million of them. He writes with his feet, for one thing. Steers a car with his feet. Cooks with his feet. He...
Tags: Arbitron Incorporated, Baltimore Orioles, Human Interest, Washington, DC, Birth Defects
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Rotarians led the fight to eradicate polio
Your health section recently noted that a Hopkins dean was among those who want to eradicate polio ("Hopkins dean joins effort to eradicate polio," April 21). I believe we all ascribe to that hope. My comment comes from the point of view of all the work...Tags: Rotary International
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Food and Wine Festival returns for 10th year
Taste buds will be tempted at the upcoming Taste of College Park Food and Wine Festival. The event, hosted by the Rotary Club of College Park, will be held at the Historic Dubsdread ballroom on April 25, at 6 p.m. "It's a fun social event if you live or...Tags: Social Issues, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, College Park (Orlando, Florida)
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NDSU Extension Specialist: Sheep susceptible to polio
Polioencephalomacia (polio) is a disease that can become a problem in some sheep flocks, North Dakota State University Extension Service sheep specialist Reid Redden warns. It is characterized by the death of brain cells and is different from human...Tags: Death, Diseases and Illnesses, Vitamin Therapy, Dietary Supplements, Diets and Dieting
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Hilary Koprowski dies at 96; developed oral vaccine for polio
Hilary Koprowski, a Polish-born researcher who developed the first successful oral vaccine for polio, has died. He was 96. Koprowski died of pneumonia April 11 at his Philadelphia home, said his son, Dr. Christopher Koprowski, a radiation oncologist....
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Technology, Diseases and Illnesses, Chemical Industry, Rubella
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March of Dimes fosters healthy pregnancies
alnotarianni@aol.comTerri Shoemaker had heard of March of Dimes. She knew a little about the organization, she said, but not enough to think about supporting it. Then 20 years ago, her son, Kelton Miller, was born five weeks early. “He was 6 and a half pounds. He...Tags: Pneumonia, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), March of Dimes Foundation, Premature Birth, Vaccines
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