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Citrus growers desperate for more weapons to battle greening
After a costly eight-year battle against citrus greening, including a punishing 2012-13 season during which the disease likely caused about 13 percent of the orange crop to drop to the ground before it could be harvested, Florida growers have implored scientists for a better life preserver. [Source: Lakeland Ledger]
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Housing, not tuition, is biggest cost for many Florida students
While Florida's tuition ranks among the lowest in the country, state universities' room prices are above the national average. In fact, students pay more, on average, to live at a public university in Florida than they do at a private one, according to 2010-11 data from the National Center for Education Statistics. [Source: Orlando Sentinel]
Cyber criminals target little guys too
Technology is becoming an increasingly important part of running a business, and this means the risk of incurring a cybersecurity breach is becoming more likely. A cybersecurity breach, which can often result in a data breach, can come in many forms ranging from hackers to employee error. And any size business, no matter how small, can become a victim. [Source: Fort Myers News-Press]
For Common Core, a new challenge — from the left
Conventional wisdom held that liberals and teachers supported the new Common Core curriculum standards. Until the Badass Teachers Association crashed the party. “It’s not just the Tea Party that’s skeptical of the Common Core,” said Bonnie Cunard, a Fort Myers teacher who manages the Facebook page for the 1,200 Florida BATs. “We on the left, like the folks on the right, are saying we want local control.” [Source: Miami Herald]
How to make reusable rockets for cheap space travel
For decades, the aerospace industry has sought to build a fully reusable rocket launch system to bring down the cost of ferrying people and payloads into orbit. Despite dozens of concepts and millions of dollars directed at that goal, no truly reusable system has been created yet. What does it take to build one? [Source: Space.com]
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» California vies for new space industry
ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:
› Workforce Central Florida offers 'Develop you' job-skills classes
Workforce Central Florida is offering a variety of classes to help build job skills for those seeking a new career or employment. The "Develop You" classes cover such topics as resume writing, coping with unemployment, networking, social media and overcoming challenges of being overqualified for a position.
› UF Research funding stays constant despite federal budget sequestration
Research awards to the University of Florida held steady last year at $640.6 million despite a slowdown in federal funding brought on by the budget sequestration. The total is within 1 percent of 2012’s $644.4 million.
› 2 companies bid on downtown Orlando bike-share program
Two companies, one with a local connection, are vying to start a bicycle-sharing program in and around downtown Orlando. Cyclehop LLC, which absorbed Orlando-based SunCycles, and B-cycle LLC, of Waterloo, Wis., have submitted bids to the city, which will provide free spots for bike racks.
› Business community largely silent on St. Pete mayor's race
Amid all the talk about crime and bettering neighborhoods, business leaders were waiting for mayoral candidates to differentiate themselves on their plans to grow the city before Tuesday's primary. It never happened.
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