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Texas Takes Another Crack at Textbooks

Written by Teaching Tolerance Southern Poverty Law Center | 12 March 2010

The Texas State Board of Education has made nationwide headlines in recent weeks by rewriting the curriculum standards for its k-12 textbooks. Texas is the 500-pound guerilla in textbook publishing. It has the second-largest textbook market after California and a highly centralized way of buying the books. Long story short, Texas often creates the template for others states’ textbooks.

Managing Expectations Is Crucial as High Unemployment Persists, Says Expert

Written by University of Alabama at Birmingham | 12 March 2010

Unrealistic expectations amid the country’s continued unemployment struggles are a double-edged sword that can cut equally into the well-being of job seekers and the companies that hire them, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) strategic management expert.

Preventing AIDS Deaths in Blacks

Written by Rebecca Nuttall | 12 March 2010

(NNPA) – Although the number of HIV infections is growing at an alarming rate throughout the Black community, African-American women are the group most disproportionately affected. While representing only 12 percent of the U.S. female population, they account for 61 percent of all new HIV infections among women.

Research Counters Risky Image of Popular Financial Investments

Written by Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) | 12 March 2010

They have been called “financial weapons of mass destruction” and blamed for a number of catastrophic losses and bankruptcies. New research by a finance professor at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business, however, counters the popular perception of derivatives as dangerous tools and investments.

Investors and Ideas Will Meet at U.Va. Venture Summit

Written by University of Virginia | 12 March 2010

The University of Virginia, which last year hosted a summit that brought together venture capitalists representing nearly $20 billion in active capital funds, will hold its Second Annual Venture Summit on March 25 and 26.

CFW/DVC Conducts Information Sessions for Grant Applicants

Written by North Carolina Council for Women/Domestic Violence Commission | 07 March 2010

The N.C. Council for Women/Domestic Violence Commission will present a series of information sessions this month to assist agencies interested in applying for future grant funding. All sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sessions are free and open to the public, but advance registration is requested.

DISPLACED HOMEMAKER/DIVORCE FILING FEE GRANT APPLICATION
Registration for the first session, to be held Thursday at Catawba County Community College in Hickory, has met capacity and is closed. Remaining sessions include:

Date: March 17
Location: Craven Community College, 800 College Court, New Bern. Session will be held in Training Room 102.

Date: March 19
Location: 313 Chapanoake Road, Suite 201, Raleigh. (Look for the “pink” building and enter from the left side of the building.)

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/MARRIAGE LICENSE FEE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT GRANT APPLICATION

Date: March 24
Location: 313 Chapanoake Road, Suite 201, Raleigh. (Look for the “pink” building and enter from the left side of the building.)

For information, visit the CFW/DVC website <http://www.nccfwdvc.com/> or call 919-733-2455.

Texas Takes Another Crack at Textbooks

Managing Expectations Is Crucial as High Unemployment Persists, Says Expert

Preventing AIDS Deaths in Blacks

Research Counters Risky Image of Popular Financial Investments

Investors and Ideas Will Meet at U.Va. Venture Summit

CFW/DVC Conducts Information Sessions for Grant Applicants

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