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Sir Ken Robinson on how schools stifle creativity « Asian Correspondent
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The tragedy is that meeting the many social, economic, spiritual and environmental challenges we now face depends absolutely on the very capacities of insight, creativity and innovation that these systems are systematically suppressing in yet another generation of young people.
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Reforming these systems is not enough. The truth is that we are caught up in a cultural and economic revolution. This revolution that is global in scale and unpredictable in nature. To meet it, we need a revolution in the culture of education.
B'wood's expensive films Photos - Celeb Themes - Celebs - The Times of India Photogallery
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The SRK-Kajol starrer My Name is Khan has been picked up by Fox for a whopping Rs. 100 crores, more than double the budget of the film. It is one of the most awaited films of 2010 as it marks the return of screen's golden couple Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol.
19 Nov 09
Energy - Salon.com
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According to the World Wind Energy Association, by the end of 2008, wind power accounted for 1.3 percent of global electricity consumption.
Doesn't sound like much, does it? But at growth rates of 30 percent a year, it can start to add up quickly, particularly in areas where wind farms are concentrated, such as Texas, or Spain. Just over a week ago, wind power accounted for over half of Spain's electricity consumption for five hours (albeit in the middle of the night, when overall usage hit a low.) Even more amazingly, as the Wall Street Journal's Environmental Capital blog informs us, on Oct 28, at about 8:30 p.m., wind power accounted for 18 percent of all of Texas' electricity consumption -- or about 6223 megawatts.
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There are many reasons why Texas is suddenly the U.S. leader in wind power -- lots of wind, fewer bureaucratic constraints on siting new facilities, generally high electricity prices that make wind power relatively more attractive. Some of these can be replicated elsewhere and some can't. But maybe the most important fact to consider about Texas is how fast the wind power marke thas grown. Ten years ago, Texas had an installed capacity of just 180 megawatts. In 2007, 4296. Two weeks ago...6223 at 8:30 p.m.
So whenever you hear someone pooh pooh the idea that renewable energy will ever account for a significant proportion of global energy consumption, just refer them to Texas. If the economics are right, change can happen, very, very quickly. If, for example, a cap-and-trade system rejiggered energy prices to make wind and solar even more competitive, investment would flow to the cleantech sector like the Mississippi flows to the Gulf of Mexico. Sure, there are storage and transmission issues, but these can and will be solved, if the prices are right.
Riding on China's coat-tails - Q&A by Isabelle Oderberg - News - Business Spectator
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In the past two years I think there have been 110 investment proposals by Chinese companies, of which 105 have been approved without conditions with a total investment value of almost $40 billion. There are five that had been approved with conditions and a couple of very high profile ones that were withdrawn, right. The first thing to recognise is the fact that Australia has been extremely open to investment from Chinese state-owned enterprises and it’s only in a very small number of cases that conditionality has been imposed.
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This will probably require some kind of response by the government to scale back things, so I think there’s a natural equilibrium around eight per cent. However, from the standpoint of Australian resource producers, that eight per cent is going to feel more like 12 or 13 per cent because so much of that growth, about 95 per cent of that growth, is coming from fixed asset investment which is very resource intensive, so the level of investment is similar to what it was when China was growing much faster a few years ago, so I think Chinese growth in total stays around eight per cent, but it’s so investment intensive that the next two or three years it’s still broadly positive for resource producers.
BBC - Religion & Ethics - Meditation: Zen Meditation
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Zen is about living in the present with complete awareness.
14 Oct 09
Atanu Dey on India’s Development » Blog Archive » A Digression on Corruption in Six Acts
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Google LatLong: Introducing Google Building Maker
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One of the best ways to get a big project done — and done well — is to open it up to the world. As such, today we're announcing the launch of Google Building Maker, a fun and simple (and crazy addictive, it turns out) tool for creating buildings for Google Earth.
We like to think of Building Maker as a cross between Google Maps and a gigantic bin of building blocks. Basically, you pick a building and construct a model of it using aerial photos and simple 3D shapes – both of which we provide. When you're done, we take a look at your model. If it looks right, and if a better model doesn't already exist, we add it to the 3D Buildings layer in Google Earth. You can make a whole building in a few minutes.
12 Oct 09
Info 101: How TV affects infants and toddlers
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How does television affect the development of infants and toddlers?
Physical Development: Children who watch too much television are more likely to become couch potatoes. Because they are not exercising, they are more likely to be obese.
Language/Social Development: Language is developed through reading and social interaction. When infants or toddlers are watching television, they are not learning communication skills from those around them.
Intellectual Development: When you are watching TV, the brain switches from the left side of the brain to the right side. The right side of the brain does not think through information that is coming from the TV. It is responsible for emotional response of people. It also reduces brain activity and provides an access to the subconscious. It exposes infants and toddlers to the influence of commercial advertising.
Emotional Development: Infants and toddlers are watching sex and violence. Sometimes, even movies that are supposed to be for children contain sex and violence. Because children absorb what they see, it is advised that children under the age of two do not watch any television.
Tidewater School, A Waldorf Approach to Education: Babies and TV
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Watching television does not make babies smarter, according to a study released this week in the journal Pediatrics, adding to existing research that challenges the usefulness of baby educational videos and DVDs. A pediatrician recommends using blocks, puzzles and books to entertain the baby rather than TV.
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Babies who spent more time watching TV had lower language and visual motor skills at age 3.
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- First woman to have two separate sets of quads
- Now delivered a set of IVF twins
- Has had 12 children through in-vitro fertilisation
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08 Oct 09
Population mini-boom provides opportunities for SMEs - Business news, business advice and information for Australian SMEs | SmartCompany
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Australian businesses, particularly in the retail and construction industries, should take advantage of the country's booming population by identifying key growth areas and offering services for immigrants setting up new homes, a new report states.
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- Seven out of eight arrivals are international migrants - most at risk from Federal cutbacks to international migration intake
- Business investment particularly strong
- Export earnings shrinking
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22 Sep 09
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Kids breathe better is an asthma awareness initiative by the Asthma Foundations of Australia, supported by partners Dyson and Harvey Norman.
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Helping parents, carers and children themselves understand how to manage asthma, is key to ensuring this condition does not stop kids leading a healthy, active and happy lifestyle.
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