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Helicopter Parenting Wrong for All Cultures

Parenting is an incredibly rewarding albeit frequently challenging experience. Unfortunately issues from 'over-parenting' — where parents dominate their children's life with the meddling often extending into adolescence and continuing until college entry — transcend ge …

How to Web Enable Seniors

The information age has arrived. Cell phones and word processors rule.

Social Networking 3.0

The information and cultural transformation spawned by social networking may soon upgrade to a new level of sophistication.

70 Percent of Young Americans Are Unfit for Military Duty

WASHINGTON (Nov. 3) -- Are America's youth too fat, dumb or dishonest to defend the nation against its enemies?

Child Aggression Linked to More TV

Nov. 2, 2009 -- Parents, here's one more reason to turn off the television. A new study shows that children who watch more television -- and even those who are exposed to the television while other people in the home are watching -- are more likely to be aggressive.

GNW: A $100 Sent In The Mail Goes A Long Way -- A Kindness Story

I do my best to save money wherever I can, but I have to admit, recently I have had a bit of a tough time making ends meet. My husband has stopped paying child support which has made things difficult.

Tele Scouter -- retinal-display translation glasses

Electronics giant NEC has reportedly developed a wearable optical device that interprets foreign languages and projects a real-time translation directly onto the retina, enabling the wearer to communicate with other language speakers without an interpreter.

Animated stereoviews of old Japan

In the late 19th and early 20th century, enigmatic photographer T. Enami (1859-1929) captured a number of 3D stereoviews depicting life in Meiji-period Japan

Space junk storm will up mission costs: experts

LONDON (Reuters) - A growing storm of debris flying around in space is dramatically increasing the risk of orbital crashes, and steps to avoid them will add greatly to the costs of future space flight, British space experts say.

Space Junk Could Be Tracked Like Vultures

Dangerous debris near rocket launches could be tracked in real time by combining tricks from particle colliders, moon landings and vulture tracking, a new study finds.

The myth of Fox News' ratings spike | Media Matters for America

Fact: The breathless claim that Fox News' ratings recently spiked thanks to the White House's public critique is bogus hype -- hype that Fox News and the Beltway press have relentlessly pushed. It's just not true.

Days of the Dead - The Big Picture - Boston.com

From October 31st through November 2nd, a number of festivals, holidays and solemnities take place, all loosely related and revolving around remembrance of the dead.

Memory lapse: Politico asks, "What if Bush had done" things he actually did | Media Matters for America

In support of his dubious argument that the press is treating President Obama more favorably than President Bush, Politico's Josh Gerstein falsely suggested that unlike David Axelrod, Karl Rove was never involved in national security meetings.

Secretary Of The Army: Military Ready To Lift Ban On Openly Gay Service

In an interview with the Army Times published Sunday, Secretary of the Army John McHugh indicated that the army would be ready to lift the ban on gays serving openly if both Congress and President Obama decided to repeal "don't ask, don't tell."

Xerox's Fabric-Printable Circuitry Coming to Production, Heralds Electronic Clothing

you're like me, the lack of computing power in your T-shirt causes constant problems. Well, thanks to the guys over at Xerox, you'll never have to worry about a jacket that can't run Windows 7 ever again.

Changing the World

Americans have tended to watch with a remarkable (I think frightening) degree of passivity as crises of all sorts have gripped the country and sent millions of lives into tailspins.

Why teach the arts? Art inspires learning

Science emphasizes quantities. Art emphasizes qualities. Their mix, although paradoxical, moves us closer to completeness.

Colbert on Washington State's "Everything but Marriage"

Stephen Colbert returned to air last night after a week off with a particularly funny and diverse episode, tackling everything from George Will's sartorial hypocrisy to gay rights.

Buddha Space: Signs: The Wisdom of Ajahn Chah

"Any speech that ignores uncertainty is not the speech of the sage."

The Greatest Science Fiction Sites We'll Miss On Geocities

Anyway, we searched through Geocities in its last remaining moments, and pulled up some of our favorite sites that cover obscure or odd topics, plus a few of the silliest. What are your favorites that you'll miss when it's gone?

Baby Einstein Refund: Kids Too Much Like Real Baby Einstein

Disney's recently announced decision to offer a refund to parents who purchased its popular "Baby Einstein" videos vindicates researchers who had been attacked by the company.

The Appalling Decline of Literacy Among College Graduates

Everyone who cares about higher education in this country knows about the chronic under funding of public universities, which has been going on for at least 25 years but has now reached crisis levels owing to the current recession.

Women pay up to 50% more for health insurance premiums

Checking the "female" box when buying health insurance is likely to cost extra — perhaps up to 50 percent more than a man would pay for the same coverage. Gender-rating — or what some term as flat-out sexual discrimination — is linked to the simple fact that women, particu …

Michael Moore: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now

You want something to do? Well, you've come to the right place! 'Cause I got 15 things you and I can do right now to fight back and try to fix this very broken system. Here they are:

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