Lessons From "The Giving Tree"
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If the season of giving is wearing you down, remember the difference you'll make for those who receive your gifts.
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Given at the University of Regensburg on Sept. 12, 2006
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This year abut 5,000 needy children in Broward County will receive toys, clothes, shoes and other gifts through the Salvation Army&#39;s Angel Tree program.
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By Dr. Jacques Gibble  As I write this, seasonal music is playing on the radio and I am reminded that this is a special time of year. I am going to talk about two gifts worth giving and then offer a New Year's challenge.   The first one is an unselfish gift to others.
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How to maximize your charitable contributions.
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This book excerpt uses an example sales campaign to introduce the Java Data Mining application programming interface.  From data preparation to modeling to evalution and deployment, the short example gives a feel for the business problem and solution.
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By Anonymous  MORGANTOWN - Learning about business also means learning to be a good community member. That's why West Virginia University students at the College of Business and Economics handed out $20,000 to local charities April 26.
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By Donna Vavala, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Jun. 10--Bob Silverio has an expensive, little hobby -- growing bonsai trees. About five years ago, a co-worker gave Silverio a small bonsai tree for his birthday.  "I didn't want it to die, so I did a lot of research," he said.
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Looking for an eco-friendly gift for that special tree-hugger in your life? This guide has you covered, right down to the wrapping paper. By Lewis Wallace.
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Gifts that will disappear, but not because they have been regifted.
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The more you teach, the more you learn.
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In some places, holiday givers are coming up with creative alternatives this season.
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You can learn a lot from a holiday shopping bellwether.
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By Tara M. Manthey, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 23--Erica Palmer imagined she was making a presentation to her grandmother, not the governor.   The sixth-grader held that picture in her head as she explained Spanaway Elementary School's gardening project to Gov.
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Innovation doesn't stop when the giving starts.
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One recent Saturday morning, I woke with one seemingly simple thing in mind: cleaning out and organizing the closets in my bedroom. If my closets were a database system, the contents would be stored as BLOBs (binary large objects) of varying sizes with no defining structure â just a dumping ground for stuff. As I began dragging things out of the closet, I found items as varied as a backpack, a pair of old ski gloves, about 10 square feet of foam padding, and pocket change in three different international currencies (anyone need Thai bahts?). Faced with a mound of the messy detritus of my own life, I did what most people would probably do: I went to the store to buy even more stuff to organize the stuff I already had.
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HOUSTON - The father of three children went from playing Santa Claus to playing the Grinch after he determined his children were being naughty instead of nice, and taught them a lesson on by auctioning their presents on eBay.  And they'd better watch out - the tree may come down, too.