Bizarre that DJ Steve Wright is getting stick for being overweight. Wright is 54 years old and makes his living in a non-visual medium. So why have papers been printing nasty pictures of him, resembling a bouncy castle with a moustache (sample headline: “Steve Weight in the afternoon”)? Wright handled it well, saying his...
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You may have noticed the prevalence of rhyme in children’s books and songs, but have you ever wondered why? There are several reasons why educators, authors, and song writers who target young children use rhyme so much. The first and simplest reason that rhyme and song are such an important part of early childhood education...
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The pandemic of HIV/Aids, and the poverty associated with it, is hitting children with a force no one foresaw, according to a new study. In Africa, in particular, it has already undone the achievements in social development of the last half century. Life expectancy has fallen by between 18 and 23 years in the worst...
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Helped along by the St George’s crosses fluttering from every second car and the “Ingerlands” being chanted from pub pavements, the “English question” is back on the agenda. It goes way beyond the World Cup fever though – it’s not about the strengths and weakness of the England football team. It is the old...
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Just recently, it was discovered that the hypothalamus produces a hunger hormone, dubbed “orexin” after orexis, the Greek word for hunger. When the brain senses a need to eat, such as after a drop in blood sugar, it starts producing more orexin. Lots of factors trigger hunger or lack of it: disease, emotions, weather (cold...
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The best window 7 trick to date – Enter GodMode Computers Articles | February 15, 2010 Learn the best windows 7 power user management trick to date… If you have Windows 7 and have been playing with it for a while then you might have noticed that most of its control options are somewhat hidden. If you...
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