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Follow-Up to the 2015 Smith County, Texas Education Report
My follow-up analyzes dominant occupations as a prerequisite to education solutions: education/medicine, home construction, hospitality, & oil/gas. Child poverty correlates with less education.
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COPD Diet Tips
Eat a little all day, but we need to eat a lot. Vitamins C & E are antioxidants as is olive oil. Beware of gas-producing foods. Drink plenty of fluids, such as dairy. Potatoes are good.
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Art of Peace 2012 Tyler: Service at U.U. Fellowship
Tyler’s second annual Art of Peace Festival ended with a peace service at the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship featuring a sermon by Rabbi Neal Katz of the Reform Judaism synagogue: Congregation Beth-El. The Art of...
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Stimulus Project (ARRA) Benefits in Tyler,TX
The Stimulus Project is the nickname for the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Smith County has received almost $161 million; this was updated in February 2012. The county seat is Tyler--a city of roughly...
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Globalization in Teaching as Sustainability
Globalization is becoming aware of the world--technology, communication, & trade. Global governance refers to multinational cooperation in problem-solving despite no power to enforce compliance.
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"The Meaning of Life," according to Tu Wei-ming with Analysis
Dr. Tu was a featured author in a 1988 Life article, "The Meaning of Life." Modern life was transformed by Copernicus, Darwin, Marx, & Freud. Overview of Confucius Institute is provided too.
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Reasons for Community Attachment & Happiness: Thoughts from Richard Florida & Forbes.
Community attachment is based on openness, social offerings, & aesthetics, according to Richard Florida. The main reasons for happiness are free of pain, rested, respected, and intellectually engaged.
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Bilingual All-Level Academic Vocabulary: A Focus on Cognates
Utilize the Spanish & English glossaries in Texas secondary textbooks for ESOL students. The NCTE declares ESOL students should have the chance to use their 1st language to learn English--cognates!
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Buy American vs. Going Overseas: Missed Points on Each Side, Revisiting Fareed Zakaria
Inspired by Fareed Zakaria of CNN, I analyzed low-skilled manufacturing going overseas. Some of it is due to lower wages overseas & educational deficits here. Agri. trade has helped North Dakota.
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College Composition Topics: Give Regional a Chance, an Issue of Sustainability
The sustainability in composition theories of Derek Owens vindicates freedom to explore ®ional/contemporary model essay choice. Owens was published by the Refiguring English Studies of the NCTE.
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Military Aircraft and Social Media: Help in Disasters
This article looks at the role of US military aircraft and social media helping with floods in Pakistan and the typhoon in Japan; five links are provided.
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Approaching Tyler's Downtown Square through Richard Florida's "Soul of The City": Openness, Social Offerings, and Aesthe
Downtown Tyler arts programming as a social offering is the main focus of this article. Art Walks, Meet the Artist nights, and 6" X 6"painting fundraisers are standout events.
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Introduction to the Thought of J.D. Meyer, aka. "bohemiotx."
My top articles are about sustainability theory in college composition, bilingual academic vocabulary for all levels, and positive effects of the stimulus project (ARRA) in Smith County (Tyler), TX.
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