Is is possible for “educational” technology to inappropriately stimulate and harm the developing brain? “…this is important because we’re technologizing childhood today in a way that is previously unprecedented.” Forty years ago, children began watching some television at age four (like calm speaking Mr. Rogers) now they start as infants […]
I’ve gotten to the point where I cringe whenever I hear the word ‘war’. Even when it’s used to seemingly combat something noble sounding such as the war on poverty or the war on hunger. It’s become apparent that all wars cause damage no matter if it’s a figurative war […]
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Woolworths New Zealand’s underlying profit margins have increased much faster than the cost of food for the past three years. Australian-owned Woolworths, which operates Countdown supermarkets locally, said the results were due to improved efficiency, but the Green Party said an investigation into supermarket pricing is overdue and the industry […]
Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said an embargo on arms supplies to Syria is out of the question – along with any resolution that could threaten to aggravate conflict in the country. [youtube]x2ISJijICLA[/youtube] Churkin, speaking to journalists via video link, spoke out strongly against a possible arms […]
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One ‘Wanted Militant’ Slain, Rest Termed ‘Al-Qaeda’ At least 12 people, and by some accounts as many as 15, were killed today in Yemen after being attacked by US drones. The attack targeted vehicles in the nation’s contested Abyan Province. . Read the rest here
An embarrassing blunder has revealed the Government’s original intention to keep a crucial Treaty of Waitangi clause out of legislation required for state asset sales. The information appeared in the draft of a key document that appeared on the Treasury’s website yesterday for a few minutes before it was taken […]
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