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Sending your kid away to college
College-bound teen Shannon Murray — by her mother’s estimation — is “bubbly, trusting, outgoing and befriends absolutely everyone.” As the San Diego high schooler prepared to head off for her freshman year at Arizona State...Tags: Skype, Headaches, Stress, University of California, Davis, Foods and Beverages
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On a pilgrimage to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe White Mountains that straddle the California-Nevada border are known for their extreme environment. They get less than a foot of rain a year. The wind blows almost constantly, and the temperatures can dip to well below zero. Hard to imagine, then,...Tags: Conservation, Minority Groups, Weather, Science and Technology, Global Change
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Guns and alcohol: Gun owners drink more and take more risks, study says
Gun owners: Don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger. I must warn you, though, that the findings on gun ownership and risky alcohol behaviors published this week in the British Medical Journal do not paint an altogether flattering picture.
You're twice...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Firearms, Vehicles, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Caffeine's buzz chases away women's depression
Compared with uncaffeinated women, those who drank the equivalent of four or more cups of coffee a day are more likely to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes and less likely to volunteer their time in church or community groups. But a new study finds...Tags: Stroke, Diseases and Illnesses, Mental Health, Suicide, Depression
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Market Watch: Farm brings every muscat imaginable
Special to the Los Angeles TimesOne of the rarest but greatest pleasures of farmers markets is encountering passionate collectors who sell a wide range of rare fruit varieties normally grown only at specialty sites such as germplasm repositories and agricultural experiment stations....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, England, Muscat (Oman), Grapes, Restaurants
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Rollin Post dies at 81; veteran Bay Area political reporter
Rollin Post, who covered generations of local, state and national politicians from his perch as one of the Bay Area's most enduring and respected TV journalists, has died. He was 81.
Post died Monday at his home in the Marin County suburb of Corte Madera...Tags: U.S. Senate, Journalism, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Robert Redford, Television Industry
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'Pacific Standard Time': Exhibitions to keep an eye on
A few of the 60-plus shows have already opened, but "Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980" officially gets launched Oct. 1 and 2 with a trio of major surveys opening at the Getty, MOCA and LACMA. Here's an annotated list of some of the more...Tags: History (tv network), Ansel Adams, Minority Groups, Armed Conflicts, Arts
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Frederick A. Fay dies at 66; advocate for rights of the disabled
When he was in high school, Frederick A. Fay would shoot baskets for hours in his Bethesda, Md., backyard. Then, before heading inside, he might execute a routine of flips on a trapeze.
That was his intention one day toward the end of his junior year...Tags: Medical Specialization, Physical Disabilities, Diabetes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Philosophy
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Southland arts venues
18th Street Arts Center
1639 18th St.,
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 453-3711, 18thstreet.org
A + D Architecture and Design Museum
6032 Wilshire Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 932-9393, http://www.aplusd.org
American Museum of Ceramic Art...Tags: Minority Groups, MAK Center, Arts, Mingei International Museum, Gays and Lesbians
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Shifra Goldman dies at 85; champion of modern Mexican art
In the early 1970s, when Shifra Goldman proposed a doctoral dissertation on modern Mexican art, her professors at UCLA sneered. Compared to European art, the art of Latin America was, in their view, imitative, too political, unworthy of serious...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Arts, Fiction
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