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To make shopping for college easier, Bed Bath & Beyond is offering advice on making the most of dorm room space, and tips on how to make a clean and comfortable college bed. For more info go to http://bedbathandbeyond.com/shopforcollege.To make shopping for college easier, Bed Bath & Beyond is offering advice on... more
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In this "4th and Forever: Coach's Corner," Coach Raul Lara explains the importance of brotherhood and family for Long Beach Poly's football team.
"4th and Forever" chronicles the 2010 football season of Long Beach Polytechnic High School, touted by Sports Illustrated as the "Sports School of the Century" and boasts the largest roster of high school players who have gone on to the NFL. After decades of success, Poly had a down year in 2009. They had their worst season in 15 years and lost to local rival Lakewood for the first time in over 25 years. After years of being pegged as "the team to beat," the aura of invincibility is gone. The players are worried that their hopes for a college scholarship have dimmed. The clock is ticking and the question is: Can Head Football Coach Raul Lara pull the team together for one more season of greatness? And, can the players avoid the temptations of the street, succeed in the classroom, and emerge victorious on the field?
Tune in Thursdays at 9/8c for all-new episodes of "4th and Forever."
For more, go to http://current.com/4thandForever
Current Media, the Peabody-and Emmy Award-winning television and online network founded in 2005 by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, engages viewers with smart, provocative and timely programming -stories that no one else is telling in ways that no one else is telling them. Current's programming shines a light where others won't dare and boldly explores important subjects -- opening minds, sparking conversations and forming deep connections with its viewers. The channel's audience is comprised of affluent, curious, social and connected adults who crave the kind of entertaining, enlightening, witty and informative programming found on Current's TV and online properties. Current is now available via cable and satellite TV in 75 million households worldwide - 60 million households in the US - through distribution partners Comcast (Channel 107); Time Warner ; DirecTV (Channel 358 nationwide); Dish Network (Channel 196 nationwide); Verizon and AT&T. In the UK and Ireland, Current is available on BSkyB (Channel 183) and Virgin Media (Channel 155), and in Italy, Current is available on Sky Italia (Channel 130). Viewers can also find Current online at http://www.current.com.In this "4th and Forever: Coach's Corner," Coach Raul Lara explains the... more
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A recently released survey titled, “American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2010” revealed that the number of college freshmen rating themselves as having “below average” emotional health has increased significantly.A recently released survey titled, “American Freshman: National Norms Fall... more
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Unless you’re dating an upperclassmen or have an older brother or sister to give you the lowdown on college dos and don’ts you’re probably pretty clueless. Here are the ABC’s of freshman life to help you along the way.
Link: http://www.bestcollegesonline.net/blog/2010/abcs-of-freshman-life/Unless you’re dating an upperclassmen or have an older brother or sister to give... more
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Nicole John, the daughter of U.S ambassador to Thailand died after falling from a 22 storey building on early Friday morning.
According to reports, 17 year old Nicole John stepped out on to the window ledge of the high rise building in Midtown, Manhattan possibly to take a photograph.Nicole John, the daughter of U.S ambassador to Thailand died after falling from a 22... more
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US News and World Report ranked the top 100 high schools in the United States.
The highest rated school in the nation, was Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. The school offers courses in DNA science, neurology, and quantum physics.
That's pretty impressive. I'm sure all of these students will attend incredible universities. And for this, I feel so sorry for all of the graduate student instructors, who will teach their freshman sections.
Students who come from great high schools, end up being the cockiest. I know from personal experience. I went to an excellent humanities magnet school (though not good enough for this list.) We studied and embraced socialism, postmodernity, and the philosophy of aesthetics. We were thus, very well prepared to bullshit the hell out of first-year TAs.
I 'd throw around words like hegemony and poststucturalism, even though I didn't actually understand them. I'd talk about Foucault and Sartre, despite only reading several paragraphs of their writing. I was very good at convincing these instructors that I understood what I was talking about.
Since TAs don't expect much from freshmen, they reward them heavily for throwing around buzzwords.
As I learned more my head grew. I became overly confident with my intellect. I attribute my high school experience to my current levels of pretension, elitism, and narcissism.
So before you consider sending your kids to an excellent school like the International Academy of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan or KIPP Houston High School, think the about the effects this might have on your kids later in life.
Because as the bard once wrote:
"Nobody likes it when homeboys be gloating 'bout their high schools."US News and World Report ranked the top 100 high schools in the United States.
The... more
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Searching through the drawers in a Drew University student's dorm room, FBI agents turned up letters signed by five presidents, some dating back to the 1700s and worth as much as $12,000.Searching through the drawers in a Drew University student's dorm room, FBI... more
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This young 14 year old freshman invented a new technique to "improve a procedure called the endo stitch, used in hysterectomies that could not be clamped down properly to close the tube where the patient’s uterus had been. The teen devised a vertical way to apply the endo stitch and, using a medical dummy, completed the stitching in a third of the time of traditional surgery."This young 14 year old freshman invented a new technique to "improve a procedure... more
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