College Experience Becoming Family Affair

As the number of returning and adult students continues to grow in an economy where advanced skills are necessary to not only land a good job but keep that job, it was only a matter of time when we’d start seeing more students in school at the same time as their parents. We’ve already written about growing community college enrollment .

New Windows phones won’t run current apps

NEW YORK – Microsoft Corp . has said its new software for smart phones, Windows Phone 7 series, is a “clean break” with the past. Now it’s clear just how clean that break is: The new phones, expected late this year, won’t run any applications written for older versions of Microsoft’s phone software

New Windows phones won’t run current apps

NEW YORK – Microsoft Corp . has said its new software for smart phones, Windows Phone 7 series, is a “clean break” with the past. Now it’s clear just how clean that break is: The new phones, expected late this year, won’t run any applications written for older versions of Microsoft’s phone software.

Ireland: Master Scholarships in Comparative European Politics, Trinity College Dublin

Master Scholarships in Comparative European Politics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Please kindly mention ScholarshipNet when applying for this position Merit-based scholarships are available for the Masters programme in Comparative European Politics at Trinity College Dublin.

Ireland: Master Scholarships in International Politics, Trinity College Dublin

Master Scholarships in International Politics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Please kindly mention ScholarshipNet when applying for this position Merit-based scholarships are available for the NEW Masters programme in International Politics at Trinity College Dublin. Trinity’s M.Sc

Former Birmingham mayor gets 15 years for bribery

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Former Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison for taking clothes, Rolex watches, loan payments and cash worth more than $240,000 as bribes in return for lucrative bond work. U.S.

Foods at Cafeteria

Source: School lunches put to the test by Leslie Bohl Jones on (woai.com) SAN ANTONIO — For many kids in our area, the school cafeteria is where they get a good portion of their daily nourishment for almost 13 years of their life, from kindergarten to graduation. With one in three American children overweight, some wonder if schools could be feeding students’ waistlines in addition to their brains.

USOC eager to build on 2010 record medals haul

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — After watching their heroes in action during the 2010 Winter Games, somewhere out there are the next Shaun White, Apolo Anton Ohno, Shani Davis, Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn – and the U.S.

The Daily Flash -Eco, Space, Tech (2/25)

Sperm Whales Use Teamwork to Hunt PreySperm whales sometimes collaborate when they forage the depths, new tracking data suggests, with some individuals herding prey into dense schools while others lunge into the fray and feed. Scientists have long known that…

Rocky-Mountain-High Tower at Center of Mars Crater Reveals History of Violent Climate Change

Near the center of the Martian Gale Crater (about the size of Connecticut), hundreds of exposed rock layers form a tower as tall as the Rockies and reveal a record of major environmental changes on Mars billions of years ago. Gale crater, like the Gusev crater, sits near the boundary between Mars’ southern highlands and northern lowlands. Its interior is filled with layer upon layer of rocks standing 5.5 kilometers (3.4 miles) higher than the northern crater floor, but it is unknown whether these are sediments came in with ancient floods, or lava flows, or windblown ash deposits.  The geological history told by the rock layers matches what has been proposed in recent years as the dominant planet-wide pattern for early Mars, according to a new report by geologists using instruments on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter