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  First Antarctic Educational Center to be Opened Soon
...This week Robert Swan plans to begin his expedition to Antarctica. The adventurer says his aim is to open an online education center, which by his words will be the first in the world. The center will allow children to watch in real-time how life goes on the ice. It is to mention that Robert Swan was the first adventurer to walk to the North and South poles without any assistance. Now his aim is to build a center on a ...
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  Schools include MySpace in the curriculum
... function MLnkMk(str) { s=''; for(i=0;i#iuuq;00efm/jdjp/vt#!!ubshfu>#`cmbol#?Efm/jdjp/vt=0b?')) feeds for educational purposes. If earlier, the access to these sites were seen as a an obstacle and were banned, now many teachers see it a helpful tool as this attracts great interest among teenagers. Every participant taking part in the project will have a blog with profile page, and have an opportunity to shar...
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  Additional Billion PC Users for Microsoft
...special forum launched for government leaders. The collection of software will comprise Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Live Mail Desktop, Office Home and Student 2007, as well as a number of educational products. To take part in the program, governments will have to purchase half the suite for the PC. It will be possible to apply the software on refurbished computers for just $ 50. The software will be distribut...
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  School Cleaner Took Pics of Kids in the Toilet
...en and their families are outraged at Mayne's behavior and many of them feel stressed and scared. Some children are afraid to use toilet and others have sleep disorders. Tasmania's Department of Education ordered to check all the school toilets to prevent the shameful situation. Department also provided support to school staff, children and their families. Powered by www.infoniac.com. ...
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  School to be Guarded by a Robot
...ther to warn the offender via loudspeaker or send school's security guards. The firm's officials stated that their invention is the world's first robot that is used for the purpose of guarding an educational institution. The speed of OFRO is 5km/h. The robot is able to patrol pre-programmed routes or it can be controlled by a human, i. e. manually. A camera and microphone are attached to OFRO so to maintain connectio...
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  Violence in US Costs $70 Billion
...United States invests $70 billion on decreasing interpersonal violence and self-inflicted violence, i. e. suicide or attempt to suicide. Such huge investments can compete even with federal education spendings, which are about $67.2 billion, as well as the spendings regarding damages caused by Katrina estimated at $80 billion. The lead author of study, health economist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
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  Schools turn back on 40 HIV kids
...here they are taught basic knowledge: letters and numbers. They will pass exams in isolated place once a year. Neeta Damle, a teacher who is teaching these kids, said that they tried to give informal education to them in the hostel. Hassan Mushrif, Minister of State for School Education promised to deal with the matter and discuss it with the local authorities. A teacher from the hostel was asked to appoint one more te...
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  8.2% Social Workers Took Drugs Last Month, Study Says
...s every twelfth American employee took drugs at least once during last month. The results are based on surveys conducted in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007. Each survey featured answers of 42,000 social, education and constructions' workers. Every employee was paid $30 for answering the researcher's questions. According to the study, the most drug affected were restaurant workers (17.4%) and construction workers (15.1%), wh...
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  Men prefer relationships to career
... Catherine Mosher and Sharon Danoff-Burg, scientists that conducted a study also examined the priority of life goals. All life goals were divided into two groups: achievement goals (like career, education, physical fitness, financial achievements) and relationship goals (like friendship, romance, marriage, children). Most participants said that personal achievement and relationships were important to them. But whe...
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  New Software Developed to Convert Speech into Avatars
...K developed a software that is able to replace speech by sign language and use avatars to render gestures. The software program called "Say It Sign It" can be used by hearing impaired people for education, as well as to make their access to media easier. Developers claim that it can be integrated on television, personal computer, mobile phone or any other screen tech. Among the researchers from Universities of Ox...
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  4D Ultrasounds Challenge Abortion Laws
... giving a video-quality view of the foetus in real time. With this scientific improvement, one can see the small features like eyes and lips that can be distinguished for a person without any medical education. The 4D imagery augment the opinion when the foetus is considered to be conscious around 18 weeks. Dr. Savell says that new scans can become a powerful tool to take part in the debates referring to the limiting t...
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  AIDS to Spread Faster with Catholic Condom Ban
...gua and Costa Rica said that the authoritative position of Catholic Church with condom ban is making situation even worse. Youngsters start their sex lives at age 15 to 19 and they have no proper sex education programs to warn of the STI's including AIDS. Many programs already showed that abstinence is not effective in modern society and Church principles to abstain from sex before marriage together with the contracepti...
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  Male Birth Selection to Cause Dramatic Social Imbalance
...strong preferences for sons could easily avoid bearing daughters. The civil groups are now making efforts to prevent sex selection, running the Care for Girls programme in China, including public education, giving support to older people and taking measures against domestic violence. Powered by www.infoniac.com ...
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