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Fears of a U.S. manufacturing skills shortage are exaggerated: report

2013-08-27 19:07:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines

The projected shortage of skilled labor in the U.S. will be far less of a problem than many people believe in the short term, and it is unlikely to prevent a resurgence in U.S. manufacturing in the next few years, according to a new report...

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Hawaii schools' new teacher shortage

2013-08-10 17:36:23| Airlines - Topix.net

Jonathan Sager was an idealistic 22-year-old recent college graduate when he arrived in Hawaii in 2006, yearning to make a difference in the lives of children in hardscrabble neighborhoods like those on the Waianae Coast.

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Himalayan researcher reverses earlier findings of looming water shortage

2013-08-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: One of the big unknowns of climate change predictions -- and one that has led to considerable contention -- lies in knowing the future of water runoff from the Himalayas. The snow- and ice-rich region supplies water for billions of people in Asia and is sometimes referred to as the Earth's "Third Pole." For years, scientists struggled to understand how precipitation will change in these mountains (ClimateWire, Oct. 24, 2011). They have also had difficulty determining how much glacier melt from the...

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