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Love it or list it? HGTV challenges for public schools

By Mary Turck, News Day

Imagine the public school system as a house, Mary Cecconi said. The house is not working for us. Do we move? Do we tear it down? Do we renovate? To me, that sounds a lot like Love It or List It?, the popular HGTV program in which interior designer Hilary tries to renovate a family's home to make it work for them, while real estate agent David tries to find and sell them a new home.

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What to do about moldy strawberries and slimy lettuce

By Mary Turck, News Day

Photo by misterbisson (Published under Creative Commons license)

I hate throwing away food, but sometimes ...

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Mother's Day dinner, then and now

By Mary Turck, News Day

I remember when Mother's Day dinner for our very large family meant the A&W drive-in. Mother and Dad piled all of us in the station wagon and we feasted on California burgers and root beer.

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The elephant in higher education

By Mary Turck, News Day

Photo by Adam Groffman, used under Creative Commons license.

There's a folk tale, variously attributed to India, China and Africa, about blind men describing an elephant. One feels the trunk and says the animal is like a snake.

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Land of 10,000 lakes — and not enough water

By Mary Turck, News Day

Think the end of the drought means no water problems? Think again. In lots of places, we are over-using groundwater, and the situation is getting worse by the year, if not by the month.

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