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Paul Baran dies at 84; inventor helped lay foundation for Internet
Paul Baran, who helped build the foundation for the modern Internet by devising a way to transmit information in chunks, has died. He was 84.
He died Saturday at his home in Palo Alto of complications from lung cancer, said his son David.
Paul Baran...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Los Angeles Police Department, Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Entertainment
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Cynthia Holcomb Hall dies at 82; U.S. 9th Circuit judge
Senior U.S. 9th Circuit Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall, a trailblazer for women in the federal judiciary who evoked both controversy and feminine tradition during a legal career that spanned six decades, died at her Pasadena home Saturday after a long...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Navy, High School Sports, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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'Value-added' teacher evaluations: L.A. Unified tackles a tough formula
In Houston, school district officials introduced a test score-based evaluation system to determine teacher bonuses, then — in the face of massive protests — jettisoned the formula after one year to devise a better one.
In New York, teachers...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hillsborough County, Minority Groups, African Americans, Teachers Unions
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Lender 2.0: Kiva's Premal Shah
I could just see the eyebrows rising around the room. I was moderating a panel on philanthropy not long ago, and on my left, Premal Shah, the president of Kiva.org, was talking animatedly about how much fun Kiva donors had, competing with each other, in...Tags: Charity, Crime, Law and Justice, Metal and Mineral, Forestry and Timber, Nobel Prize Awards
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James Nelson dies at 83; longtime L.A. Municipal Court judge
James Nelson, a longtime Los Angeles Municipal Court judge whose career included high-profile preliminary hearings involving Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as the Night Stalker, and Cathy Evelyn Smith, who was charged in the death of comic...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Ronald Reagan, Justice System, Murder, Saturday Night Live (tv program)
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Going back to their roots at Nikkei Senior Gardens
Tom Doi harvested a bountiful crop of vegetables last fall: tomatoes, corn, eggplant and green beans. He reaped so much produce from his garden, in fact, that he could share his vine-ripened Big Boy tomatoes with the folks at Nikkei Senior Gardens, a...Tags: Social Sciences, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities
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PASSINGS: Peter Wood
Peter Wood, 81, a Stanford University professor of medicine whose research helped decode the effects of diet and exercise on human health, died March 3 in Palo Alto of bile duct cancer, the university announced. In a pioneering study published in 1977,...Tags: Research, Drugs and Medicines, Hormones and Metabolism, Human Body, Colleges and Universities
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Book review: 'We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess' by Daniel Akst
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWe Have Met the Enemy Self-Control in an Age of Excess Daniel Akst Penguin Press: 304 pp., $26.95 Daniel Akst borrowed his new book's title from "Pogo" creator Walt Kelly, whose "We have met the enemy and he is us" became a slogan marking the first...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Medical Professionals, Craigslist, Inc.
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Words & Ideas
Compiled by Grace Krilanovich. SUNDAY T. Jefferson Parker: The author will read and sign his new novel, "The Border Lords." Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. 6 p.m. Free. (626) 449-5320. MONDAY Lo Bosworth: The reality TV...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Patton Oswalt, University of Southern California, Entertainment, Amy Chua
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Kay Mills dies at 69; journalist and award-winning author
Kay Mills, a widely respected journalist and award-winning author whose books reflected her deep interest in women's issues and the civil rights movement, died Thursday at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica. She was 69.
The cause was a heart...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, History, Newspaper and Magazine, University of Southern California, Fiction
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Study supports teacher ratings
For The Record
Teacher scores: A Dec. 11 article in the LATExtra section reported that a preliminary study by education experts had found that teachers whose students said they "taught to the test" scored lower than average on value-added analysis. In...Tags: Harvard University, Charity, Colleges and Universities, Teachers Unions, Social Issues
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