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[Science: Biology]: Cancer nurse ‘had relationships with former patients’

Science in the News from ClassPress.Net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:52:23 +0000

A nurse who cared for terminally ill women with cancer had sexual relationships with their partners after they died.

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[Art]: Zimbabwe : Tribute to First Lady of Sculpture

Art in the News from ClassPress.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:48:23 +0000

allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience

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[Art]: Where Art and Haute Cuisine Meet in Paris

Art in the News from ClassPress.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:50:05 +0000

Nomiya, a temporary rooftop dining room at the contemporary-art museum Palais de Tokyo, one of several high-end restaurants installed at cultural institutions in Paris.

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[English: General]: Google to digitise literary masterpieces

English in the News from ClassPress.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:10:12 +0000

The contents of Italy’s two national libraries are set to be digitised at Google’s expense and made available free on the internet.

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[Science: Physics]: Radiation results give health all-clear

Science in the News from ClassPress.Net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:10:43 +0000

The Western Australian Government says the results of a radiation survey prove there is no health risk from a decommissioned uranium testing site near Kalgoorlie.

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[Geography: Economic]: MPs query non-political ministers

Geography in the News: ClassPress.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:23:22 +0000

Ennobling people from outside Parliament to make them ministers should be “exceptional”, cross-party MPs say.

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[Science: Biology]: Frequent napping linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes in older adults

Science in the News from ClassPress.Net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:23:28 +0000

A study shows that frequent napping is associated with an elevated prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in an older Chinese population.

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[Geography: Human]: Immigration Reform Effort Re-Emerges With New Senate Bill

Geography in the News: ClassPress.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:47:47 +0000

Three years after efforts by Congress to reform the immigration system went down in flames, the issue is slowly re-emerging onto the national stage as two senators from the opposite sides of the political aisle work on crafting another bill.

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[English: General]: Mysteries of literacy

English in the News from ClassPress.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:58:05 +0000

Ros Asquith on why boys choose simpler books Ros Asquith

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[Music: Classical]: Prince of Wales celebrates the Birmingham Royal Ballet’s 20th Anniversary

Music in the News from ClassPress.Net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:34:02 +0000

Prince of Wales at the Birmingham Royal Ballet’s 20th Anniversary.

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[History: General]: Holocaust denial law signed by president

History in the News from ClassPress.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:17:49 +0000

HUNGARIAN president Laszlo Solyom yesterday signed a law making Holocaust denial punishable by three years’ jail.

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[Music: Classical]: Classical music – Mahler: East-West

Music in the News from ClassPress.Net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:16:28 +0000

AUDIENCES at tomorrow night’s Glasgow performance of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony will hear a very different piece from Edinburgh audiences at the Usher Hall on Friday. To

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[Geography: Physical]: Unveiled: Scotland’s carbon capture plans to challenge climate change

Geography in the News: ClassPress.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:17 +0000

THE Scottish Government has unveiled a vision for Scotland to lead the way globally in key technology to capture carbon dioxide from power stations and store it underground.

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[Geography: Economic]: Foxes and crows face culls in bid to save bird population

Geography in the News: ClassPress.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:07 +0000

FOXES and crows should be culled in the Scottish uplands to protect threatened wading birds, scientists have argued.

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[Geography: Human]: Gordon Brown sends condolences over deaths of Red Road flat refugees

Geography in the News: ClassPress.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:13:07 +0000

PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has sent his “sincere condolences” to the family and friends of three asylum seekers who died in an apparent suicide.

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[History: General]: David Ross: Historian and authority on Sir William Wallace

History in the News from ClassPress.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:10:43 +0000

David Robertson Ross, a passionately patriotic Scot, specialised as a writer and historian in the story of the great Scottish hero, Sir William Wallace. In 2005, to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Wallace’s execution, he trekked the 450 miles from Robroyston in Glasgow to London, retracing the route his hero followed to his grisly execution in 1305.

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[History: 1900-2000]: Cambodia puts the cremation site of Pol Pot on ‘historic’ tourist trail

History in the News from ClassPress.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:06:21 +0000

The place where the body of Pol Pot, the former Khmer Rouge leader, was unceremoniously burned in a pile of rubbish is set to be the latest location from Cambodia’s dark recent history to be transformed into a tourist spot.

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[English: Shakespeare]: All the classroom’s a stage, as RSC helps bring Shakespeare to life

English in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:16:11 +0000

Eleven-year-olds are to learn Shakespeare using techniques employed by RSC actors, and English teachers will be encouraged to let pupils walk around the classroom rather than reading the plays while sitting at their desks.

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[English: General]: Swedish newspapers unite to defend freedom of speech over Muhammad cartoons

English in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:55:59 +0000

Three leading Swedish newspapers and the national broadcaster carried a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body after an alleged plot to murder the artist who drew it was unveiled in the Republic of Ireland.

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[Geography: Physical]: Jennifer Schwab: ECO:nomics — Creating Environmental Capital

Geography in the News: ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:59:26 +0000

If there is one clear message coming out of the ECO:nomics Conference, it’s that we need to assign a price or cost to carbon emissions, and soon

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[Science: Biology]: Annie Leonard On Colbert

Science in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:58:57 +0000

What’s Your Reaction’ Environmental activist/consumerist critic Annie Leonard appeared on The Colbert Report Tuesday to discuss her new book, “The Story of Stuff,” which was released Tuesday.

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[DT]: Malcolm Levene: Personal Branding From The Inside Out

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:59:06 +0000

Energy level, facial expressions and body language are important forms of communication. When these characteristics are in place, words become secondary. That’s how powerful your Inner Brand can be.

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[ICT]: Internet up for Nobel Peace Prize

ICT in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:18:43 +0000

The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

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[DT]: Hotel chain starts Christmas ads

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:56 +0000

Radio listeners in central Scotland can expect to hear the first Christmas adverts of the year in the next few days.

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[English: Authors/Poets]: Appeal to restore Dickens’ chalet

English in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:01:43 +0000

A £100,000 appeal is launched to save the wooden chalet in Kent in which Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations.

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[Geography: Physical]: Forecasters Predict Active 2010 Hurricane Season- U.N. Set to Announce Review of Climate Panel

Geography in the News: ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:43 +0000

MIAMI — AccuWeather.com said Wednesday it expects five hurricanes to hit the U.S. coast in the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season, which begins on the first day in June, Reuters reported.

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[Geography: Human]: Asylum seekers

Geography in the News: ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:48:18 +0000

UNHCR and other agencies also cater for asylum seekers and urban refugees, bringing the total to 142,758, according to UNHCR’s 28 February figures. “Overall, the food security situation in the country deteriorated last year in comparison to the previous year,” UNHCR said in a briefing document.

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[ICT]: Facebook killer police criticised

ICT in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:24:36 +0000

Merseyside Police is criticised for not referring earlier its handling of the case of a known sex offender who killed a teenager.

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[Science: Physics]: Physicists take atoms for a quantum walk

Science in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:23:00 +0000

A team of physicists has achieved a quantum walk in a quantum system with up to 23 steps. It is the first time that this quantum process using trapped ions has been demonstrated in detail. This latest advance promises to be important for the development of quantum computers in finding search quantum algorithms that outperform their classical counterparts as different directions could be chosen …

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[History: 1066-1500]: Medieval village to be protected

History in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:18:30 +0000

A County Durham village with a population of 63 is given Conservation Area status.

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[ICT]: Mozilla Jetpack flies out of laboratory into loving arms of Firefox

ICT in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:25:56 +0000

SDK lands with a bump Mozilla has promoted its web extensions prototype package – Jetpack – by pushing it upstairs and readying it for production with its Firefox browser.… What is your recession sales strategy’

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[Music: General]: Church signs deal to fund album

Music in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:27:30 +0000

Singer Charlotte Church agrees a £2m deal with a music investment company to finance her next record.

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[DT]: Sculpture centre in bad shape

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:42:51 +0000

A MULTI-million pound arts centre is at risk of never being built unless it raises £450,000 by the end of the month.

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[Music: General]: Music and lyrics: How the brain splits songs

Music in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:27:30 +0000

When you sing along to the radio, is your brain processing the words and music separately or as one’

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[Maths]: Use Freeform Calculator to calculate figures

Maths in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:57:50 +0000

If you find the numbers on the Windows calculator too small, try Freeform Calculator . It works with any web browser. It is simpler than trying to use Excel because you can type or paste numbers more easily.

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[Art]: Tate Modern announces plans for 10th birthday celebrations

Art in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:57:20 +0000

A free arts festival is to be staged in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in May to celebrate the gallery’s tenth birthday.

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[ICT]: Rooney is ICT hat-trick hero

ICT in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:41:57 +0000

CALEY Thistle moved to within six points of league leaders Dundee thanks to a treble from Adam Rooney.

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[Music: Classical]: Trumpet fails to sell at auction

Music in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:20:49 +0000

A trumpet which was played at dances at Balmoral Castle in the 1940s and 1950s fails to sell at auction.

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[Art]: Attic art

Art in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:08:51 +0000

Friends create mini-museum to help earthquake victims

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[MFL]: Bilingual juries decided against

Modern Foreign Languages in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:02:46 +0000

Proposals for bilingual juries in Wales have been rejected on the basis the idea conflicts with the principle of random selection.

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[MFL]: Bilingual juries decided against

Modern Foreign Languages in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:53:41 +0000

Proposals for bilingual juries have been rejected on the basis the idea conflicts with the principle of random selection.

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[ICT]: Facebook murderer who posed as teenager to lure victim jailed for life

ICT in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:03:14 +0000

Peter Chapman, who lured 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall with a fake internet profile, had history of sex offences A serial sex offender was today sentenced to life in prison after he admitted kidnapping, raping and murdering a teenager whom he ensnared using a fake profile on Facebook. Peter Chapman was told he must serve at least 35 years in prison by judge Peter Fox today, following the killing of …

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[ICT]: Cotton is the fabric of your lights, your MP3 player, your cell phone

ICT in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:24:48 +0000

Consider this T-shirt: It can monitor your heart rate and breathing, analyze your sweat and even cool you off on a hot summer’s day. Or a solar-powered dress that can charge your MP3 player’ This is not science fiction — this is cotton in 2010.

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[Geography: Economic]: UK seeks Afghan political drive

Geography in the News: ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:28 +0000

Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to urge the Afghan president to seek a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban.

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[Geography: Physical]: Australian cares for Haiti earthquake victims

Geography in the News: ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:13:31 +0000

ABC Correspondent Craig McMurtrie returns to Haiti to ask how the 1.3 million homeless people will survive after emergency workers leave.

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[Geography: Human]: Third world living conditions

Geography in the News: ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:24:42 +0000

The Broome Shire has accused the West Australian Government of failing to address what it calls the “third world” living conditions of Aboriginal visitors to the town.

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[ICT]: Alexander Howard: National Broadband Plan takes shape with Digital Literacy Corps, USF update

ICT in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:58:17 +0000

Despite widespread deployment, nearly a third of Americans have not embraced broadband, said an attendee at the Digital Inclusion Summit, an event co-hosted by the Federal Communications Commission and the Knight Foundation.

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[Geography: Human]: Triple suicide puts pressure on PM over asylum seekers

Geography in the News: ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:38:55 +0000

GORDON Brown will today be urged to improve the way asylum seekers with mental health issues are handled by authorities in the wake of the “exceptional tragedy” in whi

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[History: General]: ‘Heroes of Holocaust’ honoured

History in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:36:00 +0000

GORDON Brown last night paid tribute to the “selfless humanity” of Britons who helped save Jews and other persecuted groups during the Second World War as they were ho

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[Art]: Man tells court he was ‘helping’ to return stolen painting

Art in the News from ClassPress.net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:35:09 +0000

A “LOVEABLE rogue” claimed he was acting out of decency in helping secure the return of a stolen £20 million painting, a court heard yesterday.

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