| October 2006
The initiative must have failed, because today you don't see many kids in school uniforms and the issue seems to have dropped from the media radar screen. It is the nature of much so-called educational innovation to capture the imagination with or without adequate evidence to support claims. People can intuitively agree that having same sex classes might help some kids, but when you look at what studies exist to support this, there isn't much. Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is the landmark legislation that bans sex discrimination in schools, whether it is in academics or athletics. It states: "No person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid." This latest initiative appears to have started when the US Department of Education announced that Title IX restrictions would not apply to experiments in grouping students on the basis of sex. I can find no reason why federal law is being waived for this except that many feel that Title IX, the gender equity law, applies only to how much money schools should be spending on school sports.
New research shows vitamin D slashes risk of cancers by 77 percent ...
Exciting new research conducted at the Creighton University School of Medicine in Nebraska has revealed that supplementing with vitamin D and calcium can reduce your risk of cancer by an astonishing 77 percent. This includes breast cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer and other forms of cancer. This research provides strong new evidence that vitamin D is the single most effective medicine against cancer, far outpacing the benefits of any cancer drug known to modern science.
The study involved 1,179 healthy women from rural Nebraska. One group of women was given calcium (around 1500 mg daily) and vitamin D (1100 IU daily) while another group was given a placebo. Over four year, the group receiving the calcium and vitamin D supplements showed a 60 percent decrease in cancers. Considering just the last three years of the study reveals an impressive 77 percent reduction in cancer due to supplementation.
Make My Day
Instead, it gives them barely enough juice to clock in at number 98 on "The Top 100 Flops" on the E! Network. This hubris is what compels people like Al Sharpton, Steve Forbes, and other little known political figures to run vanity campaigns for President of the United States. Of course, it's also what prompts governors of small Southern states like Arkansas to run for President too, so I shouldn't scoff. I've never been a big fan of celebrity gossip though, but after hearing Limahl's rags-to-obscurity journey, I've become a sucker for a good "Where are they now?" story. So I did some digging into one of my favorite bands from the '70s and '80s, George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers, the blues-rock band best known for their hit, "Bad to the Bone." (Real fans also know all the words to "You Talk Too Much" and "Move It On Over.") I'd heard rumors that George, their eponymous lead singer, was out of music.
It's time to step up homeless dog control
For many animal lovers, dogs are a man's best friend. Yet the huge canine population in Taiwan has had an impact on the environment and caused a public safety problem. Government and private efforts to deal with the issue have been far from adequate. This situation was highlighted again recently by mysterious attacks on goats at a farm in Linkou, Taipei County. Taipei County Government officials have caught two homeless dogs that allegedly are responsible for the death of the goats. A black dog was caught Tuesday morning in a cage-trap at the Linkou goat farm, owned by a man surnamed Hung, following the capture of a white stray nabbed the previous day at the farm. The attacks on the goats were first reported by an Indonesian laborer, who said she saw a tiger attacking the goats kept by her boss.
Rs.1874 billion, Budget 2007-08 floated with 275 billion defence ...
ISLAMABAD: Presenting the Budget 2007-08, State Minister for finance, Umer Ayub have said that I am grateful that I have the privilege to present the 5th Budget of a democratic government, which is historically an unprecedented event. As a mater of fact this is the first time that an elected government is completing its five years term and the honour of having achieved this land mark rests with Muslim League and its allied parties. Indeed it is the Muslim League that has guided the Muslims of the Sub-Continent at every critical juncture. I do not have any soft corner for economic terrorists whose sole purpose is to push society into an economic abyss. Our opponents are afraid that the seeds of prosperity that we have sown will bear fruit; but the nation is destined to develop and prosper.
Gallery to open exhibition on Zheng He’s great voy
THE Embassy of the People's Republic of China in collaboration with the National Gallery of Zimbabwe will this month open an exhibition on the envoy of peace from Chinese maritime explorer, Zheng He's great voyages.
This year marks the 600th anniversary of Zheng He's western voyages.
Zheng He used the most advanced nautical technology of his time to lead huge fleets of Chinese sailing ships on seven major trans-oceanic expeditions.
In each of the countries he visited, Zheng He engaged in wide-ranging exchanges in areas such as religion, calendar development, architecture, medicine, navigation and shipbuilding.
These activities promoted friendly Sino-foreign relations bringing China into the world community and embodying the desire of people everywhere for peaceful co-existence.
Last week in Iraq
Tyler Jackson and Jerry Shumate Jr., who pleaded guilty in the case of an Iraqi civilian slain in April 2006 in Hamdania, were released from military prison Monday, four months early. Pvt. Robert Pennington, who had served 15 months of an eight-year sentence, was released Friday. John Jodka III and corpsman Melson Bacos have served their sentences, with time off for good behavior. Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins, the squad leader, was sentenced to 15 years. He is appealing. Rebuilding - Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged Aug. 5 that political stability in Iraq won't likely happen before the Bush administration makes its crucial September assessment of its war strategy. - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Aug. 5 rejected the resignations of six Cabinet ministers from the country's largest Sunni Arab bloc, asking them to rejoin his government.
Pregnant woman is Vietnam's latest H5N1 victim
Jul 31, 2007 (CIDRAP News) A hospital official in Vietnam today said a 22-year-old woman who was 7 months pregnant died of H5N1 avian influenza 3 days ago, pushing the country's death toll from the disease this year to three. Tran Thuy Hanh, director of Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi, where the woman was a patient, told the Associated Press (AP) that tests confirmed she was infected with the H5N1 virus. She was admitted to the hospital Jul 24 with a lung infection and breathing difficulties and was placed on a ventilator. The woman's case and three others (including two deaths) reported recently by Vietnamese officials have not yet been confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Confirmation of those cases would bring the WHO count for Vietnam to 99 cases with 45 deaths.
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