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President Obama voices support for boosting poor and low-performing schools
2015-03-16 20:20:00| American School & University
Superintendents attending the Council of Great City Schools conference meet with the president. read more
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Vanuatu's president blames climate change for extreme weather
2015-03-16 07:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The president of Vanuatu says climate change is contributing to more extreme weather conditions and cyclone seasons, after cyclone Pam ripped through the island nation. The damage from the category five storm to the island nation has been extensive, and is still being assessed as aid workers scrambled to get to affected areas on Monday morning. The official death toll remains at six, with many more injured, and is expected to rise as communication begins to be restored. Vanuatus president,...
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President cyclone-hit Vanuatu urges global action on disasters
2015-03-15 11:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Governments meeting in Japan to adopt a new global plan to reduce the risk of disasters should heed the devastation caused by a fierce cyclone in the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu and take practical action, the country's president said. "The reality of what is happening now is in Vanuatu," President Baldwin Lonsdale told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview on Sunday in the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai, where the U.N. conference is taking place. "We don't have to depend...
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Lyric Opera president Kenneth Pigott remembered with music, laughter
2015-03-15 05:25:01| Apparel - Topix.net
A Lyric Opera production can be years in the planning. So just the fact that a 90-minute concert was staged in memory of Kenneth G. Pigott, the company's president and CEO, on Friday, exactly one month after his sudden death Feb. 13 at 71, is itself a tribute, even before factoring in that all the musicians, the Lyric orchestra and singers, donated their services, including superstar Renee Fleming and conductor Sir Andrew Davis, who, in a rare shift of roles, sang.
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Lyric Opera president Kenneth Pigott remembered with music, laughter
2015-03-15 01:41:17| Footwear - Topix.net
A Lyric Opera production can be years in the planning. So just the fact that a 90-minute concert was staged in memory of Kenneth G. Pigott, the company's president and CEO, on Friday, exactly one month after his sudden death Feb. 13 at 71, is itself a tribute, even before factoring in that all the musicians, the Lyric orchestra and singers, donated their services, including superstar Renee Fleming and conductor Sir Andrew Davis, who, in a rare shift of roles, sang.
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