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A new study released by NASA shows that the aquifers for California's primary agricultural region -- the Central Valley -- and its major mountain water source -- the Sierra Nevadas -- have lost nearly enough water combined to fill Lake Mead, America's
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Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com/climate/article/40830
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vast water and sewer systems, transportation systems, and schools far beyond the foreseeable need. For the last 40 years, we have relied on the overcapacity of this infrastructure and have not effectively increased its size nor properly maintained
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Inside Bay Area
http://www.insidebayarea.com/opinion/ci_14018609?source=rss
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In an open letter today to Governor Schwarzenegger and the leaders of all California universities based on their decision to increase student tuition fees next semester by 32 percent, Chegg.com Co-Founder
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PR Newswire
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cheggcom-responds-to-governor-and-californias-board-of-regents-with-a-proposal-to-save-students-16-billion-79526887.html
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Places like Sentinel Meadow in Yosemite National Park are more than just pretty places. They're contributing to balancing California's carbon budget. Photo via glennwilliamspdx
NASA is giving California a helping hand by using its satellite imaging
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Treehugger
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/nasa-calculates-californias-carbon-budget-monitors-ground-water.php
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In the coming years one of the major challenges for agriculture and horticulture will be finding water to irrigate crops. In some areas of the US the situation is already becoming difficult:
A new study released by NASA shows that the aquifers for
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Grow Organic Food
http://organicgarden.org.uk/?p=5128
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When I was a kid I was over at a friend's house when he said a bad word and his mother washed his mouth out with soap. It was impressive. I don't think my friend said that word again for a long time. Now California's action-figure governor is acting
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-ostertag/governor-schwarzenegger-s_b_394245.html
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New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California’s primary agricultural region—the Central Valley—and its major mountain water source—the Sierra Nevadas—have lost nearly enough water combined to fill Lake Mead, America’
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Grist
http://feeds.grist.org/click.phdo?i=caae55ab4ebf3fbe82f4f5d3a92c833f
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New data from satellites show the vast underground pools feeding faucets and irrigation hoses across California are running low, a worrisome trend federal scientists largely attribute to aggressive agricultural pumping.
The measurements show the
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Fresno Bee
http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/1748288.html
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A speaker at a Fresno agribusiness conference tossed some cold water on the hopes of some participants that had been raised the day before when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an $11.1 billion water bill at nearby Friant Dam.
ROBERT LEAVITT, left,
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Delta Farm Press
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WesternFarmPress/~3/1bVNRCv72BM/water-policy-1214
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The big picture here is that conservatism is about elite rule, and maintaining or resurrecting social structures, institutions and practices that support it, while liberalism is about the spread of individual freedom, equality, and open, democratic
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Open Left
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenLeft-FrontPage/~3/CGUvBgByzDA/californias-budget-crisis-privatization-vs-democratization
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For thousands of people in the central San Joaquin Valley, a tomato costs at least a dollar. So does a single roll of toilet paper. That's the price of being poor.
It's a well-known but unsolved paradox: Poor people often spend more than their
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Fresno Bee
http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/walters/story/1746377.html
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BERKELEY, Calif.—Eight people were under arrest Saturday after protesters broke windows, lights and planters outside the home of the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.
University spokesman Dan Mogulof said 40 to 70 protesters also
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Boston Globe
http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=b15ff5c8568f9d81188991c95fc6b582
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Increased shipping at the Port of Oakland, above, reflects the role Northern California is playing in trying to help California rebound from the trade doldrums. Shipping containers leaving the Port of Oakland were up 17.2 percent in October from the
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Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/business/story/2387085.html#mi_rss=Business
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[Iran Press TV Latest] Forecasters have portrayed a grim outlook for California's economy, saying that the golden state is going to remain stagnant for the next two years.
The new study comes on the heels of a forecast indicating a budget deficit of 2
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Rantburg
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=2009-12-11&ID=285371
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University of California President Mark G. Yudof went to Sacramento this week in another valiant effort to convince legislators that they're playing with fire when they shortchange the state's higher-education system.
In the course of his presentation,
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Los Angeles Times
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/business/~3/sz79FO3l1Wg/la-fi-hiltzik10-2009dec10,0,4424169.column
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University of California Press and the California Digital Library are pleased to announce the official launch of a collaborative publishing venture, UC Publishing Services (UCPubS). UCPubS offers a suite of open access digital and print publication
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ResourceShelf
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/12/09/uc-press-california-digital-library-launch-venture/
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At a time of unprecedented peril for the state's education system, a growing number of school districts are going the extra mile to promote a law that allows illegal immigrant students to receive a break on their tuition fees at California colleges and
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Daily Bulletin
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_13956946?source=rss
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Perhaps the most vexing labor organizations are the teachers' unions. These groups were the driving force behind Proposition 98, locking in mandatory spending on public education without regard to any other fiscal considerations. But that's only
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Ben Casnocha: The Blog
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItsLikeBensBlog/~3/jeqxx5ljYt4/the-selfishness-of-public-school-teacher-unions.html
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California's promise of an affordable higher education for its residents is being jeopardized by state budget cuts, the leaders of the state's college and university systems warned.
The cuts threaten to violate a half-century-old
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Boston Globe
http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=0a73eca4bc35d578fe59724b3b314452
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In 1960, California adopted a Master Plan for Higher Education to coordinate the state's colleges and universities. Some basics of the plan:
It envisions the University of California as the state's primary public research university, granting
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Sacramento Bee
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http://www.sacbee.com/education/story/2378216.html#mi_rss=Education
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Public colleges and universities educate 80% of students in the United States. They remain an engine of opportunity for students from all backgrounds.
But they are slipping.
In California, for example, per capita state funding for higher education in 1
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Fresno Bee
http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/1739254.html
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California lawmakers begin the process today of updating the long-term goals and strategic blueprint for the state's public colleges and universities.
The Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education kicks off the discussion with a 9 a.m.
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Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/2009/12/am-alert-monday-4.html#mi_rss=Latest%20News
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The kickoff hearing of the Joint Committee for the Master Plan for Higher Education is scheduled 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday in Room 437 of the Capitol in Sacramento. You also can watch it on California Channel (see cable channel listings or watch online
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Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2375189.html#mi_rss=Opinion
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The California Legislature's decline from a widely hailed national model to an ineffective laughingstock has generated many academic and journalistic autopsies, and a spate of nostalgia-tinged books.
The latest of the latter just appeared under the
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Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/walters/story/2373693.html#mi_rss=Dan%20Walters
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In 1960, a committee of educators working under the leadership of the visionary University of California President Clark Kerr handed Pat Brown, an equally farsighted governor, something he'd long hoped for: a master plan for higher education in
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Los Angeles Times
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/~3/9mi5A7-8Hh4/la-oe-rutten5-2009dec05,0,4814045.column
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"There is a saying, 'A crisis is a terrible thing to waste,' and that is my view"some things we probably should have done 10 years, five years, 20 years ago may get done when you have a crisis." (Mark Yudof, May 8, 2008)
Many of our, if I can put it
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History News Network
http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/120931.html
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Pacific Legal Foundation announced today that prominent California
farmer-rancher John C. Harris has been elected as the new Chair of
Pacific Legal Foundation's Board of Trustees.
Harris is CEO of Coalinga,
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Street Insider
http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Prominent+California+Farmer-Rancher+Elected+PLF+Board+Chair/5158980.html
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PFP Candidate Alexander Offering Alternative to Tuition Hikes
Stewart A. Alexander
For California Governor
Peace and Freedom Party 2010
http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/
December 3, 2009
If there were any questions about there being a crisis in
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Portland Indymedia
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2009/12/395865.shtml
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12/02/2009 -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today released California’s Climate Adaptation Strategy (CAS) final report, a first-of-its-kind comprehensive, multi-sector analysis that will enhance the state’s management of climate impacts
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All American Patriots
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48757037-ca-gov-releases-climate-adaptation-strategy
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Assemblyman John Pérez of the 46th District would become the Assembly's first openly gay speaker.
Speaker
Karen Bass
said she was
announcing
her support
for John Pérez
to succeed her
because
continuous
campaigning
for the position has
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Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2366227.html#mi_rss=Top%20Stories
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TUCSON, Ariz.(AP) -- Jeremiah Masoli tied it with a touchdown pass to Ed Dickson with six seconds left, then won it with a 1-yard run in the second overtime as No. 11 Oregon defeated Arizona 44-41 on Saturday night and took a big step toward the Pac-10
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AOL Sports
http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/22/oregon-gets-wild-win-over-cats/
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UC Berkeley students carry signs during a demonstration in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on September 24, 2009 in Berkeley, California. Thousands of students and faculty staged a walkout and demonstration against proposed fee hikes and
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Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/2340528.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Google unveiled a map of California's climate-changed future on Wednesday, part of the most populous U.S. state's first steps in planning to adapt to "inevitable" global warming.
California
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Reuters
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/environment/~3/0op_KF6ou3I/idUSTRE5B202R20091203
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In the 2007-2008 academic year, California did something it had not
done since the 1980s: sent more college students out of state than it received
from elsewhere.
For years, the Golden State’s public universities were a draw, offering a low-cost, high-
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Capitol Weekly
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http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=yggkgo8qf8xygh
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A picture is worth a thousand words; just stare at entomologist Frank Zaloms photo.
FRANK ZALOM, entomology professor, University of California, Davis, studies mites in California orchards and vineyards.
Zaloms PowerPoint slide of a severely-damaged
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Delta Farm Press
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WesternFarmPress/~3/q2ZzeptWO-U/mite-identification-1130
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Abstract: Conventional wisdom holds that offshore oil and gas production harms the surrounding environment. This blanket "wisdom" ignores the fact that the largest source of marine hydrocarbon pollution is offshore natural oil seepage. It also ignores
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The Heritage Foundation
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http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/bg2341.cfm
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project's total cost is $46.7 million. Berkeley-based Seeo Inc. will get almost $6.2 million to develop and deploy a prototype battery system based on the company's proprietary nanostructured polymer electrolytes; this new class of advanced lithium-ion
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Inside Bay Area
http://www.insidebayarea.com/crime-courts/ci_13869114?source=rss
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Seeking players Visalia Thunder Baseball is seeking committed players to join their 10-and-younger baseball competitive travel team. Team operates year round. Information: Cameron Kelly, 559-786-4057.
Camp The South Valley Pro Baseball Camp players
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Visalia Times-Delta
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20091125/SPORTS/91125002/1006/SPORTS
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Mark Yudof has been roundly criticized for likening his role as the president of the University of California to being the caretaker of a cemetery. On Nov. 18, faculty and staff learned that it is the policymakers and leaders of state government who
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Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2343455.html#mi_rss=Opinion
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Last Thursday, the University of California Board of Regents approved a 32 percent increase in student fees (equivalent to tuition). For the first time ever, in-state residents will pay over $10,000 a semester in student fees, limiting the possibility
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Cornell Daily Sun
http://cornellsun.com/section/opinion/content/2009/11/24/tuition-hikes%E2%80%88students-strike-%E2%80%94-yikes
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At the end of the day, the regents have hardly done anything criminal. The situation is, in fact, exactly the opposite. The regents need to raise the money to make up for the lost state funding (almost $1.5 billion), lest the state eliminate even more
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Politics Daily
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/23/to-california-student-protesters-why-target-the-regents/
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Bungled business efforts can lead to embarrassment, evidenced by the recent Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles due to allegedly distracted pilots.
Similarly a huge error can also occur in agriculture if U.S.
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Delta Farm Press
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WesternFarmPress/~3/VFQ03Uz4ZK4/mrl-management-1123
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Police are arresting and attacking student protesters on University of California (UC) campuses again. Why did he beat me I wasnt doing anything, screamed a young Cal Berkeley women student over KPFA radio on Friday evening November 20. Students are
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Global Research
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=PHI20091123&articleId=16237
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)- A California law school graduate who was temporarily blocked from taking the state bar exam over a technicality and took her case to the state Supreme Court has passed the bar exam, officials said Saturday.
Sara
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Legal NewsLine
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LegalNewsLine/~3/7TstdmZXVDk/224187-disabled-woman-passes-bar-exam-after-supreme-court-fight
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California UC Students Receive Education in Capitalism 101
Stewart A. Alexander
For California Governor
Peace and Freedom Party 2010
http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/
November 21, 2009
When the University of California's Board of Regents made the
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Portland Indymedia
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2009/11/395548.shtml
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Doug Pongrazc checks out a large screen television while shopping at a Best Buy store in Elk Grove, Calif. The state has imposed a first-in-the nation mandate on TV energy use, intended to lower electricity demand.
On Wednesday, the California Energy
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Christian Science Monitor
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/11/20/how-will-californias-new-tv-energy-standards-affect-you/
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Despite multiple attempts to balance California's budget, the state can still expect to confront shortfalls approaching $20 billion during each of the next five years, according to a long-range forecast released Wednesday.
The
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/20/california-faces-20b-defi_n_365395.html
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The Arizona Board of Regents watched the results of a 32 percent tuition hike in the University of California system, worrying Arizona is in a similar situation.
“The decision we’re facing in the spring really mirrors what happened in California
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AZ starnet.com
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/318365.php
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Students are outraged at the University of California's Board of Regents decision to raise tuition rates up to 32% due to the steep cuts in the state budget. The action was approved on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at the University of California.
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2413378/california_tuition_increase_outrages.html
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Could there be any better index of the relative strength of hope and fear in a polity than spending on universities and prisons? For the American "states", who have no armies, universities and prisons are the most concentrated and material
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PrawfsBlawg
http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2009/11/hope-v-fear.html
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