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6-year-old gives up savings to help rebuild family home, assists classmates after storm
Mark Dennis 
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Inside the criminal mind
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Inside the criminal mind
Psychiatrist outlines factors, some from birth, that set people on path to prison
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December 29 12:28 AM
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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Senior cop points to complex investigation
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
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Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
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Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
December 29 12:22 AM
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December 29 12:22 AM
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28 graduate from CSI computer repairs course
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28 graduate from CSI computer repairs course
JIS 
January 30, 2010
Career & Education PERMANENT secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Major Richard Reece, has charged graduates of a course under the Communit...
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Improving company values
January 30, 2010
CHARACTER and value have an important place in the business world. Dave Anderson, author of How to Run Your Business by THE BOOK: A Biblical Blueprint...
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School for the deaf in need
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School for the deaf in need
BY COREY ROBINSON Career & Education staff reporter robinsonc@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 30, 2010
Career & Education AFTER 30 years of ensuring access to primary education for the hearing impaired, the work of Danny Williams School for the Deaf is ...
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Employee gets interviews but no job offers
January 30, 2010
I started my job search before I was laid off last year. I have gotten interviews but never the job, and I feel something is blocking me. How do I che...
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Work resolutions
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Work resolutions
January 30, 2010
Career & Education WHETHER you are trying to keep your job or looking for a new position, it is smart to develop some resolutions for the new year. De...
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A friend in career need
January 30, 2010
Career & Education My friend doesn't know how to research situations and make the right decisions for herself. She worked for an Internet company that...
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Advantages of temporary positions
January 30, 2010
Career & Education AN unemployed worker's solution to finding a full-time position could begin with a temporary job. A temporary position gives the co...
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Elite German school reports sexual abuse cases
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January 30, 2010
BERLIN, Germany (AP) —The director of one of Germany's most prestigious high schools says that several former students were sexually abused by teacher...
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The grocer and his store
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The grocer and his store
BY PETRE WILLIAMS-RAYNOR Career & Education editor williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 23, 2010
Making inroads toward growth PEOPLE have to eat. Omar Allen is counting on that simple fact to help make his six-month-old minimart in the upscale Lon...
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Gov’t to help the poor with increased school costs
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Gov’t to help the poor with increased school costs
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Career & Education writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 23, 2010
Career & Education GOVERNMENT has admitted that the recent hike in transportation and food costs -- the result of the new petrol taxes -- could negati...
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Progressive discipline
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Progressive discipline
Wayne Powell 
January 23, 2010
Career & Education EVERY organisation, including institutions of learning, has established rules and regulations that all members of the community mus...
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Conquer your ‘inner gremlins’ for career, life success
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Conquer your ‘inner gremlins’ for career, life success
BY HENRY LEWIS 
January 23, 2010
Career & Education COULD you be in a better financial position today had you followed through on a certain business idea you had in the not so distant...
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Blind students overcome stigma
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Blind students overcome stigma
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Career & Education writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 23, 2010
DESPITE limited resources and the stigma they endure from some members of society, students of the Salvation Army School for the Blind and Visually Im...
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UWI vice-chancellor receives Martin Luther King Jr Legacy Award
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UWI vice-chancellor receives Martin Luther King Jr Legacy Award
January 23, 2010
Career & Education UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI) vice-chancellor, Professor E Nigel Harris has earned the prestigious Martin Luther King Legacy ...
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Fascinated by Mother Earth?
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Fascinated by Mother Earth?
BY PETRE WILLIAMS-RAYNOR Career & Education editor williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 23, 2010
Look into geophysics A magnitude-7.0 earthquake occurred in Haiti two weeks ago, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without a roof over their hea...
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CPTC hosts advanced film workshops
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CPTC hosts advanced film workshops
January 23, 2010
THE Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC)/Media Technology Institute (MTI) will conduct the next three of four advanced film workshops over t...
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Mona School of Business to host strategic round-table talks
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Mona School of Business to host strategic round-table talks
January 23, 2010
THE Mona School of Business (MSB) has launched a forum to help public and private sector entities manage risk in the current economy. The event, dubbe...
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How to find valuable employees
January 23, 2010
Career & Education THE most desirable employees are those willing to be team players. Even with an increase in unemployment, managers need to search f...
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Potter shapes new life
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Potter shapes new life
January 16, 2010
Career & Education BEVERLEY Brown, 52, spent her early years making brooms and baskets, which she sold on the roadside a few miles from her home in Fy...
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your job in 2010
BY PETRE WILLIAMS-RAYNOR Career & Education editor williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 16, 2010
THERE is yet hope for Jamaicans concerned by the downturn in the economy, which could see hundreds, certainly from the public sector, losing jobs this...
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‘Come join the tertiary challenge’
January 16, 2010
THE Jamaica Manufacturer's Association (JMA), in partnership with the National Commercial Bank Foundation (NCBF), has invited tertiary-level students ...
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College colleague
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College colleague
BY PETRE WILLIAMS-RAYNOR Career & Education editor williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 16, 2010
Nicole McLaren offers higher education services to J'can students NICOLE McLaren is a woman on a mission -- to help Jamaican students access and excel...
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