One In Three Aussie Meth Users High On The Job
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One in three employed Australians who take methamphetamine admit going to work high on the effects of the dangerous stimulant.
A new report on stimulant use among Australian workers has revealed that four per cent of the workforce has recently taken ice, speed or some other form of methamphetamine.
One in five said they had injected it.
The [...]
Earth To Young People Help
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Environmental consciousness-raising is a big thing now in children’s books, and that’s good. But as a genre, it can be kind of a bummer, which may explain why it doesn’t bring in nearly the returns of, say, fantasy novels. DK Publishing’s “Earth Matters†is a perfect example of why.
This “family encyclopedia of ecology†is filled [...]
Teen Drivers Perceived Risks Point To Gaps In Education Strategies
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Thousands of teens reveal their perceptions, experience in scientific survey
Perception does not equal reality with teen drivers according to a study released today by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and State Farm Insurance(R) in the journal Pediatrics. Using the National Young Driver Survey, researchers studied more than 5,000 9th through 11th graders from across [...]
Clinic Gives Volunteer Nurse Intense Education
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Amber Croft of Petaluma was the only volunteer wearing hospital scrubs when she joined one of Dr. Frank Artress’ outdoor health clinics in the African bush.
“OK, you’re being promoted to doctor,” Artress said, handing her a stethoscope.
“What?”
It wasn’t quite what the 32-year-old Kaiser pediatric nurse was expecting when she signed up to join Artress on [...]
Violence in schools worries the Jamaica Teachers’ Association
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As the nation observes May 4-10 as ‘Education Week’, Ena Barclay, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), has expressed with regret the growing number of violent incidents in schools across the island.
“The year so far has offered many challenges and opportunities,” Barclay said in her Education Week message.
Among the challenges, she said, is the [...]
Universidad Austral to Host AACSB International Conference This June
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IAE Business School-Universidad Austral will host AACSB International’s World Class Practices in Management Education conference from 1-3 June 2008. AACSB International is an association of more than 1,100 educational institutions, businesses and other organizations in 70 countries that are dedicated to the advancement of business education worldwide. AACSB International is the longest serving and largest [...]
Renaults Romania workers to strike over pay claim
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“Negotiations with the management have failed, our strike
involving more than 80 percent of the 13,000 workers will begin
on March 24. Production will stop,” Ion Iordache, a leader at
the Dacia trade union told Reuters.
He said Dacia workers earn around 1,070 lei ($445) as basic
salary on average a month, before tax.
Workers at the plant, [...]
Scuffles over the water pipe in Sierra Leone slum
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FREETOWN (Reuters) - Marie Bangura’s six children are too busy selling water to go to school.
Aged 10 to 19, they spend what should be their school days wandering the 12,000-strong Mabella slum in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, selling tiny plastic bags of water from bowls perched on their heads for 100 leones (4 U.S. cents) [...]
Malaysian ruling coalition suffers poll debacle
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia’s ruling party faced its biggest electoral debacle on Sunday, as the opposition won five of 13 states, putting a dark cloud on the prime minister’s political future.
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s multi-racial National Front coalition managed to win just a simple majority in parliament and will form the government at [...]
Angelina Jolie promotes education for Iraqi kids
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Actress and human rights activist Angelina Jolie urged the international community on Tuesday to make educating Iraqi children a greater priority.
“The best way to heal children of conflict from trauma is to have them focus on their future,” Jolie told the Council on Foreign Relations.
Jolie, who visited Iraq in August, and other [...]
