State of the State Huntsman urges Utahns to aspire to reach higher
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Utahns “must aspire to reach higher,” Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. told his constituents Tuesday in his fourth annual State of the State address, the first to be delivered in the newly remodeled Capitol.
Huntsman, who is seeking a second term this November, delivered an upbeat assessment [...]
Richard Darman Tax Architect for Reagan Bush Dies (Update1)
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Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) — Richard Darman, an influential
adviser to Republican presidents who had a hand in Ronald
Reagans landmark 1981 tax cuts and the 1990 increases that
marked George H.W. Bushs retreat from his “no new taxes
pledge, has died. He was 64. [...]
Rem Koolhaas to Redesign Hermitage Museum#39;s Art Displays
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Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — Architect Rem Koolhaas will redesign
the art displays inside St. Petersburgs State Hermitage Museum
over the next six years to bring the landmark Russian
institution up to date.
In tandem with [...]
Celia Hoyles The magic numbers
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Like Bertrand Russell, for whom mathematics was “my chief source of happiness”, Celia Hoyles has always adored a subject that terrifies and repels large sections of the population. She sees life, she says, through a numerical lens and instantly appreciates the mathematical patterns in things like snails’ shells. “There’s something wonderful about logical proof,” she [...]
Green dreams
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Following planes and scooping up their emissions, making buildings out of carbon, weighing rubbish and getting staff on their bikes: these are just a few of the ideas that universities are coming up with to combat climate change, according to a report out today. It all sounds wonderful, but it’s hard to believe that this [...]
Further falls
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These are increasingly desperate times for adult educators. The latest figures from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) show a drop of 1,400,000 adult learners from publicly funded education in just two years, and there has been a decimation of provision for adults over 40.However, it is rare for a secretary of state to take [...]
The singing professor
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It’s show time in the antipodes. An award-winning performer strides to the front of a regular gathering, picks up an acoustic guitar and strums the opening bars to one of his folk-tinged originals. The fans gawp with undisguised pleasure - heads nodding in time, feet tapping, pens clicking.Welcome to another lecture by Warwick Murray, a [...]
Roll up for the Eddies
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The results are in for this year’s Edublog awards (”Eddies” for short), an online event that showcases the best use of blogs, podcasting and other social software in education.Now into their fourth year, the 2007 awards were more ambitious than ever. There were more than 500 nominations in 14 categories, including new additions such as [...]
Healthier students a computer click away
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At the start of the school year, Bristol Township students are checked to see if they are maintaining a healthy weight. Their parents, though, usually don’t get those results until summer vacation starts.
School nurses find that collecting and processing body mass index results for more than 6,000 students, as state law requires, means they [...]
