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Homework Wars: How Can Parents Improve the Odds of Winning?

By Guest PostAugust 20, 20101 commentEducationchildren, daphna oysterman, detroit area, homework, mesmin destin, psychologist, united states, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Children are more likely to do their homework if they see it as an investment, not a chore, according to new research at the University of Michigan.

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Korean Reunification, and the Sound of Rattling Weapons

By PravdaAugust 17, 20101 commentPoliticscheonan, dprk, Economy, german, kim il sung, kim jong il, korea reunification, korean peninsula, lee myung bak, north korea, president, pyongyang, south Korean, united states, yellow sea

On August 15, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak delivered a plan for unification of his country with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The proposal was made during the ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean peninsula from the Japanese colonial rule.

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Amazon.com Announces “Your Kindle Commercial Contest”

By Guest PostAugust 3, 2010TechnologyAmazon, commercial, gift card, grand prize, kindle, rich williams, united states

*Amazon invites customers to submit their own Kindle advertisement, with opportunity to win a $15,000 Amazon.com Gift Card as Grand Prize*

SEATTLE, Aug 03, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the “Your Kindle Commercial Contest” and invited customers in the United States to compete in a contest to create the best 30-second or less Kindle advertisement for the chance to win $15,000 in Amazon.com Gift Cards.

Kindle is the #1 bestselling item on Amazon.com for two years running.

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Spy Incident May Resurrect Cold War Between USA and Russia

By PravdaJuly 5, 20101 commentPoliticsBarack Obama, cia, cold war, dmitry medvedev, fbi, illegals, moscow, nuclear safety, russian spies, sergei lavrov, start, svr, thinktanks, Twitter, united states, Washington, world trade organization, wto

The arrest of 10 alleged Russian spies in the United States suggests that Washington and Moscow are predestined to be eternal adversaries in a Cold War without end, despite a slight respite. Kindnesses and courtesies seemed to give the world hope for achieving the long sought after social peace sought after among all the peoples of all mankind.

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UN Predicts Global Rise of Food Prices

By Guest PostJune 27, 20103 commentsEconomyafrica, agricultural products, agronews, asian farmers, biofuel, brazil, bric, canada, Chicago, China, coarse grains, dairy products, developing countries, eastern europe, fao, food and agriculture organization, food colonization, food consumption, grain traders, India, oecd, organization for economic cooperation and development, russia, the philippines, ukraine, un, united states, us midwest, vitally salnik, Wall Street Journal, western europe, wheat

In the next ten years, prices for agricultural products in the world will grow in real terms by 15-40%, say experts from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. The reason for it is the increasing demand for food in developing countries and production of biofuels.

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Afghanistan’s Natural Wealth Evaluated at $1 Trillion

By PravdaJune 18, 2010Economyafghan economy, afghanistan, american geologists, blackberrys, China, cobalt, copper, drugs, gold, hamid karzai, iron, kabul, laptops, lithium, Pakistan, soviet scientists, taliban, united states

In Afghanistan, American geologists have discovered deposits of iron, copper, lithium, cobalt, and gold worth $1 trillion.

Experts believe that these reserves may not only stop the poverty in one of the poorest countries in the world, but turn Afghanistan in a flourishing country and one of the largest centers of natural resources excavation.

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Violent Video Games May Increase Aggression in Some But Not Others, Says New Research

By Guest PostJune 10, 20101 commentTechnologyagreeableness, american psychological association, asthma attacks, behavior problems, christopher j. ferguson, cognitive skills, commercial video games, conscientiousness, diabetes, diabetes treatment, Europe, extraversion, five-factor model, neuroticism, openness, pain, pain management, pamela kato, patrick markey, perfect storm, personality trait, psychological model, psychotherapy, review of general psychology, Social networking, t. atilla ceranoglu, texas a&m international university, therapy, united states, violent video games

*Bad effects depend on certain personality traits; games can offer learning opportunities for others*

WASHINGTON – Playing violent video games can make some adolescents more hostile, particularly those who are less agreeable, less conscientious and easily angered. But for others, it may offer opportunities to learn new skills and improve social networking.

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Rise in Global Temperatures and Extinction of the Lizards

By Guest PostMay 29, 20101 commentEnvironmentaaas, andrew sugden, barry sinervo, brazil, carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide emissions, carlos frederico duarte rocha, chamaeleonidae, department of ecology and evolutionary biology, donald miles, extinction, fausto méndez-de-la-cruz, furcifer lateralis, global climate change, google earth, google scholar, ignacio de la riva, jack sites, lizards, Madagascar, Mexico, mexico climate-warming, santa cruz, sceloporus lizard, Science, united states, university of california

For many lizards, global climate change is a matter of life and death.

After decades of surveying Sceloporus lizard populations in Mexico, an international research team has found that rising temperatures have driven 12 percent of the country’s lizard populations to extinction.

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