The Gift of Language by Theodore Dalrymple No, Dr. Pinker, it’s not just from nature. Source: The City Journal [New York -USA]
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Growing Up in Australia annual report available. 'Growing up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children' is the first comprehensive study of children in Australia. The study is providing researchers and policy makers with data on a range of issues relating to children and families including childcare, children's health and development, parenting and work-family balance. The newly released 2005-06…
Google Earth File Against Logging Leads to Support from Al Gore, and Other Anti-Logging Efforts. The San Jose Mercury News published a story by Scott Herhhold December 3rd on the efforts to stop a logging plan for the Santa Cruz mountains near Los Gatos, California. The efforts to stop the plan by residents in the area got a huge boost…
Broadband blueprint. The Broadband blueprint provides a national framework for the future of broadband in Australia. The Blueprint articulates the essential elements of the broadband market and a forward strategy to encourage their development. [edna education news]
Educating Engineers for 2020 and Beyond. Charles M. Vest Though two years departed from the MIT President
Slow Going for Alt Vehicles. A new DOE report predicts how many vehicles will use alternative fuel by 2030. Looks like by the time Jenna Bush or Chelsea Clinton consider presidential runs, 72 percent of vehicles will rely entirely on the trusty internal combustion engine for power. In Autopia. [Wired News: Top Stories]
Two years' preschool reduces failure. Providing two years of quality preschool education, fast becoming the norm in many European countries, can almost halve the number of children at risk of failing later on at school. But Australia's fragmented childcare policy, which differs from state to state and is beset by problems of carer supply and quality, is leaving the nation…
State Candidates Surveyed 2006. Victorian State Election 2006 On behalf of the members and communities served by the Central Ranges Local Learning and Employment Network Inc, the Board of the LLEN has asked each of the candidates contesting the Lower House State electorates of Macedon District, Seymour District and Ballarat East District in the upcoming State election to respond to…
Maplecroft Risk Analsysis Global Maps in Google Earth. Maplecroft has launched over 30 Google Earth files to complement its Global Maps series. These analyze a wide range of environmental, social, economic and political issues that impact on business and society around the world. By using Google Earth, it is now possible to view Maplecroft risk data on an interactive globe,…