Subject: Afternoon Buzz: There is light at the end of this winter’s cold, dark tunnel
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:30:35 -0500 (EST)

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There is light at the end of this winter’s cold, dark tunnel <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPDFS8PoFhXHKLVBAa3b1>
Jason Samenow
This update is intended to reassure you milder weather is truly around the corner [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPDFS8PoFhXHKLVBAa3b1> 

Police arrest suspect in latest carjacking in District <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPDFS8PoFhXHKLVLA0544>
Peter Hermann
A series of violent carjackings across the District continued this week, the latest targeting Georgetown and prompting a high-speed, midday police pursuit of a stolen Mercedes Benz that ended with a crash and one arrest, according to law enforcement authorities.Read full article &gt;&gt; [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPDFS8PoFhXHKLVLA0544> 

Manassas doctor accused of sexually assaulting four more men <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPDFS8PoFhXHKLVZA6f7e>
Julie Zauzmer
A doctor previously charged with sexually assaulting a male patient has been accused by four more men who came to his Manassas medical practice.Prince William County police charged Tony Chieuvan Bui Nguyen, 35, of Oakton with four more counts of sexual battery on Thursday.Read full article &gt;&gt; [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPDFS8PoFhXHKLVZA6f7e> 

Md. First Lady Yumi Hogan serves her own kimchi at Lunar New Year celebration <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPDFS8PoFhXHKLVnAb6ff>
Michael S. Rosenwald
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and his wife Yumi hosted more than 200 people from the Asian community Thursday night at the governor’s mansion to celebrate the Lunar New Year. It was not the first such celebration at the mansion, but it was the first hosted by an Asian-American — the first lady, a Korean artist who immigrated to the United States in her 20s, raised three daughters as a single mother, pursued a painting career, and met her husband at an art show.Read full article &gt;&gt; [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPDFS8PoFhXHKLVnAb6ff> 

‘The good teachers are starting to leave’ <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPBJiMPoHaa62Wt1Af37c>
Valerie Strauss
Susan B. Barber has been teaching for the last seven years at Northgate High School in Cowan County, Georgia. In the following open compelling letter to new George State School Superintendent Richard Woods, Barber lays out how standardized test has affected teachers and students in her school, and asks that he find ways to give teachers more instructional time and reduce pressure to “teach to a test.” Her first paragraph refers to a letter that Woods wrote to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, which is published in the post below this one. Barber’s  open letter to Woods, which I am publishing with her permission, appeared on her blog, Teach With Class.Read full article &gt;&gt; [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPBJiMPoHaa62Wt1Af37c> 

NASA satellite captures global precipitation, 3-D views of D.C. winter storms (Video) <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPDFS8PoFhXHKLV2Aac16>
Angela Fritz
Thanks to the new satellite mission, scientists can now collect and study continuous precipitation patterns extending over nearly the entire globe. [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPDFS8PoFhXHKLV2Aac16> 

‘Focus,’ ‘Maps to the Stars’ and other new movies, reviewed <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPDFS8PoFhXHKLWBA7f02>
Macy Freeman
In this week’s new releases, Will Smith stars in “Focus,” a film about a con artist and head of a criminal organization that specializes in small jobs. Julianne Moore stars in “Maps to the Stars,” a film that paints a satirical portrait of Hollywood.Read full article &gt;&gt; [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a529018402by02.4bbn/VPDFS8PoFhXHKLWBA7f02> 

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