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The Willis Research Network (WRN), part of Willis Group Holdings Limited WSH , the global insurance broker, has strengthened its position as the world’s largest collaboration between academia and the re-insurance industry by announcing the addition ...
2009-09-07 11:41:00
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ATLANTA — The Georgia Institute of Technology officially installed its 11th president, G.P. “Bud” Peterson, at an investiture (inauguration) ceremony Sept. 3. The Institute is using the historic occasion to kick off its efforts to create a ...
2009-09-07 12:16:00
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BALTIMORE -- Felix Pie just needed time and opportunity, twin factors that seemed hard to come by as recently as early July. The Orioles had seen Pie struggle in the first two months of the season and had seen rookie Nolan Reimold pass him on the ...
2009-09-07 03:37:00
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MILAN (AP) — Discoveries on human memory and the development of a solar panel that imitates the workings of plants were among the achievements that earned four researchers Balzan prizes on Monday. The awards — each worth 1 million Swiss francs ...
2009-09-07 02:11:00
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Discoveries on human memory and the development of a solar panel that imitates the workings of plants were among the achievements that earned four researchers Balzan prizes on Monday. The awards _ each worth 1 million Swiss francs ($943,000) _ are ...
2009-09-07 02:18:00
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University is using a new computer system that shows students traffic-like red, yellow and green lights that can predict whether their efforts in class are enough to earn good grades. Purdue officials say the Signals ...
2009-09-07 03:30:00
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SIXTEEN of the 35-odd applications in mini-laptops distributed to NSW Year 9 students are freeware and open-source software such as Google SketchUp and Google Earth. The number of applications running on the Windows 7 netbooks will make each machine ...
2009-09-07 05:46:00
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I TAUGHT at the University of the Western Cape for 20 years and sat on other university committees and a university council for nine years. Over the years, I saw the results of a deteriorating basic education system, releasing to the universities ...
2009-09-07 03:34:00
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The mere thought of being a first-year principal of a Boston public school would drain the blood from most faces: budgets, MCAS scores, curriculums, discipline, anxious faculty, worried parents, cynical students. “It feels like flying a plane while ...
2009-09-07 06:11:00
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The recent meeting between the officials of Punjab Auqaf and Education departments with the administrators of five umbrella organisations to sort out modalities of constitution of religious boards on the pattern of Board of Intermediate and Secondary ...
2009-09-07 04:17:00
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Seventeen-year-old Margaret Eastman of the Number 29 Primary School who placed among the top 10 in Region Five at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination has her heart set on becoming a doctor. Margaret Eastman And ...
2009-09-07 04:17:00
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At least, that is, according to Jim Greer, chairman of the Florida Republican Party who recently testified, "As the father of four children, I am absolutely appalled that taxpayer dollars are being used to spread President Obama's socialist ideology ...
2009-09-07 09:03:00
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HOUMA — At a time when many marine companies are cutting back on their production, a new shipyard has begun a $2 million expansion to build towboats. “The brown-water market is excellent,” said Lou Parker, vice-president of operations for ...
2009-09-07 09:39:00
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Microsoft Education Labs is working to streamline the job of mathematics teachers when it comes down to handing over practice problems to students. In this regard, the Redmond-based company has made available for download the Math Worksheet Generator ...
2009-09-07 08:49:00
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SIXTEEN of the 35-odd applications in mini-laptops distributed to NSW Year 9 students are freeware and open-source software such as Google SketchUp and Google Earth. The number of applications running on the Windows 7 netbooks will make each machine ...
2009-09-07 09:25:00
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