Between the bombing and manhunt in Boston and the explosion in nearby West, we’re exhausted. It’s been a tough and tiring week for our country and our state, and as parents it can be tough and tiring to keep up with events yourself without exposing your family to too many frightening images. How do we acknowledge the bad stuff happening around us without deluging our kids – and ourselves? Dr. Wendy Middlemiss, associate professor of educational psychology at UNT, offers the following tips for discussing (or not discussing) difficult events with your children. 1. Guide children away from...
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Seven Candidates Crowd The Ballot For Dallas Council Seat, District 14
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Thu, May 2, 2013 - 1:27pm
It’s the end of an era in Dallas City Council District 14. The outspoken Angela Hunt is stepping down because of term limits and seven candidates are lined up to take her place. It’ll be a big job for the newcomer chosen to represent a diverse and demanding district. So, what do constituents want?
During her eight years on the Dallas City Council, Angela Hunt was often the dissenter: questioning issues and proposals that had the support of a majority of her colleagues. She led a referendum against the proposed Trinity Toll Road, brokered a peace between neighbors and noisy, rowdy bars on Lower...
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Southwest Airlines Gives $150,000 To Clean Up Trinity River Corridor
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Mon, Apr 29, 2013 - 10:28am
Southwest Airlines is teaming up with the Trinity Trust Foundation and City of Dallas to create the Trinity River Conservation Corps. With the help of a three-year, $150,00 grant, this new program will help clean up and conserve the Trinity River Corridor.
About 130 volunteers spent Friday morning pulling weeds and other invasive species and replacing them with native plants, an example of what’s to come with the new program.
Ginger Hardage, Senior Vice President of Culture and Communication for Southwest Airlines said this effort will ultimately help the city, allowing four clean-up projects during...
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Will bone-cutting lasers replace surgical saws and drills?
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Mon, Apr 29, 2013 - 10:26am
The chairman of University of North Texas' Materials Science and Engineering department has filed a patent on a technology he developed that uses lasers to cut, drill and shape bone in place of traditional surgery tools.
I talked with Dr. Narendra Dahotre, whose doctorate is in materials science and engineering, about the technology earlier today.
"A laser is a very powerful tool," Dahotre said. "It can be controlled very precisely and it can be automated for rapid processing and precision...
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Fertilizer explosions rare, but often deadly
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Mon, Apr 22, 2013 - 10:37am
A deadly explosion at a West fertilizer facility highlights the hidden risks that accompany modern life.
Pipelines carrying flammable fuels run beneath our homes. Tractor-trailers hauling hazardous chemicals share our highways.
And the fertilizer necessary to feed the world happens to be highly explosive. While accidents may be rare, they are very often deadly, as evidenced in West.
The cause of the fire in the small North Central Texas town is uncertain. But critics say this much is clear: Such operations require more oversight because of the potential for catastrophe.
“There is a small chance...
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