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Agile programming: Beneficial but it'll ruffle feathers - InfoWorld
InfoWorld, CA
During an event at IBM offices in San Mateo, Calif., speakers from the agile development space offered perspectives on benefits and issues faced when moving to an agile paradigm. "I think the challenge, whenever we try to encapsulate a short definition …
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Berkeley resident to travel world for free - Contra Costa Times
Contra Costa Times, CA
By Ann Tatko-Peterson Chris Danner never had kept a blog, didn't know how his digital camera worked and had to learn video making by watching iMovie tutorials. Turns out none of that mattered in his landing a plum gig that will have him blogging, …
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Cassidy: Chip inventors getting their due at Hall of Fame induction - San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Mercury News, USA
The sold-out ceremony is in Silicon Valley for the first time, because the Ohio-based hall is honoring 15 who are responsible for breakthroughs in semiconductor technology — the technology that put the "silicon" in Silicon Valley. …
WMU News
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SF Health Department confirms first swine flu case - Golden Gate [X]Press
Golden Gate [X]Press, CA
by Tara Haghighi, staff writer The San Francisco Health Department announced today that a San Francisco resident has the swine flu. The resident is a child who recently came back from Mexico, but is not in school. In a press release, Dr. Mitch Katz, …
KGO-AM
The San Francisco Examiner
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UC farm project still needs cash - Scotts Valley/San Lorenzo Valley Press-Banner
Scotts Valley/San Lorenzo Valley Press-Banner, CA
Benjamin quit her studies and became a full-time apprentice at the garden, which turned out to be a major American center for organic gardening and farming before it was mainstream. “It was like being a garden monk,” she said. …
Long Beach City College Viking
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Devastated friends not surprised Santa Clara school nurse died … - San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Mercury News, USA
Everyone who knew the 59-year-old nurse — Girl Scout leader, dog lover, school volunteer and devoted mother — is shocked at Bowden's sudden death. But they're not at all surprised that she died helping somebody else. "That was so her,'' said Kirsten …
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Hamas warns Abbas not to form new government alone - Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem Post
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH After failing to reach agreement with Hamas over the formation of a Palestinian unity government, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is planning to form a new government that would not include representatives of the …
AFP
PRESS TV
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US House Lawmakers Move To Rein In Credit Card Cos - Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
By Michael R. Crittenden and Patrick Yoest WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–US House lawmkers overwhelmingly voted Thursday to restrict certain credit card industry practices, as supporters sought to give a boost to consumers along with the government's many …
Kansas City Star
Bloomberg
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SENIOR ACTIVITIES - Contra Costa Times
Contra Costa Times, CA
Drawing, painting, gardening, ceramics and crafts. Gentle exercises. Card games and puzzles. Conversational Spanish and sing-along Fridays. 510-620-6812. Neighborhood House of North Richmond Seniors — 10 am-4 pm weekdays. 515 Silver Ave. …
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Japan and China making historic amends, one humdrum trip at a time - Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso ended a two-day trip to Beijing Thursday. Both countries affirmed their desire to cooperate but avoided troublesome topics.
AFP
Xinhua
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