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With seminars geared toward newspaper executives but available for every department from circulation to production, the American Press Institute in its prime offered learning programs led by nearly a dozen discussion leaders over a two-week period. With much silence surrounding the merger, questions of how an organization can disappear after years of influential seminars and notable discussion leaders - former Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, the late Washington Post Publisher Katharine Graham, Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Poynter Institute Chairman Eugene Patterson and countless others - went largely unanswered.
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An Australian company plans to build a $29 million plant at Institute that will convert coal into an activated carbon product and eventually employ about 40 full-time workers, said David Warner, executive director of the West Virginia Economic Development Authority. A $13 million, low-interest loan to Carbonxt Inc. received preliminary approval Thursday from the authority. Warner said the activated carbon product will be used to remove mercury from coal-fired power plant emissions. Mercury emissions are a current target of the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Carbonxt is a start-up that will use proprietary technology. David Mazyck, a professor at the University of Florida, is a major contributor to the technology thats being utilized, Warner said. He will be working full time o...
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This paper examines a Small Business Institute (SBI) project from the perspective of the, client, students, and final examination judges. The same client was the subject of two different team projects. One team split into two factions and presented two separate reports, a total of three projects. Students liked the real world experiences and lack of structure, although they felt not all students could handle the lack of structure. The wide background of the judges was an advantage although the scoring system needed to be improved. A clear definition of the scope of work was important. The recommendations of two of the reports were used by the client as they were practical in nature. The student-client interaction was found to be important in one case as the student's enthusiasm and work...
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The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services announces the publication of the final Long- Range Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2013-2017 (Plan) for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Services (NIDRR). This Plan provides an overview of NIDRR's goals and objectives, identifies contributions that NIDRR research has made to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities, and presents NIDRR's specific goals and objectives for the next five years.
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We do a lot of hands-on experience with our classroom environment; it's a theory/application type of learning," [Amanda Glover] said, adding that the differences lie in the programs offered. "That launched my career," said Glover, who's been in higher education for more than 12 years. "That kind of branched me off from the helping professions in the medical field, and then I ended up in the helping professions with regard to education," she said. "We want students to start, but most of all we want them to graduate, so they can leave our campus and actually work and be an important part of the environment of our communities, and things of that nature," she said. "Preparing them for on the job training is huge for us. That's really our focus, to have our students come here, get an educat...
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On Saturday, August 16, the Business Renaissance Institute organized its third dialogue session for 2008. The topic was "Character and Leadership at Work," and the guest speaker at this event was Joyce Millikan, Principal at Character Works! This article presents some highly useful insights on character for members of today's workforce at any level. The first part of the article entails a summary of Millikan's presentation, while the second part presents a fragment of the dialogue that evolved after the presentation.
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The American Petroleum Institute (API), with the assistance of other interested parties, continues to develop standards in several areas. This notice lists the standardization efforts currently being conducted by API committees. The publication of this notice by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on behalf of API is being undertaken as a public service. NIST does not necessarily endorse, approve, or recommend the standards referenced.
