Medvedev Urges Obama to Rethink Missile Shield Plans

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has said he will call of his threat to deploy missiles in the Kaliningrad region, a Russian excave within the EU, if Barack Obama calls off the Bush Administration's plans to build a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. An...

Corporal punishment rife in U.S. schools, report shows

I was shocked to learn from this report that 21 US states still allow teachers in public schools to hit students! It's also amazing to see who is getting hit. The report concludes that in the states which still allow corporal punishment, which are mostly in the South, blacks...

Death row inmate: I'm too fat to execute

"He raped and murdered 2 women, I don't care if he suffers or not when executed. He certainly had no qualms about inflicting pain on his victims.COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would...

Taleban 'cleared from Kandahar'

After staging a coup of Jail raid more than 350 Taleban fighters had escaped with other intimates from a prison in Kandhar. Now Afghan forces have claimed to capture or clear the area form Taleban. Taleban which draws its power from south of country is still very active. "A...

Bush: I voted for Maliki before I voted against him

Bush is catching some heat from the Arab world for his remarks on the Iraqi Government: "CAIRO, Egypt: U.S. President George W. Bush's conflicting remarks on the effectiveness of the Iraqi government prompted comments in the Arab media which described them as yet another...

CAE launches first advanced simulation-based maintenance program for Boeing 7...

"World Airline Training Symposium (WATS), Orlando, June 13, 2007 – (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) – CAE has launched the first advanced simulation-based program for Boeing 737NG maintenance type training. With European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval, this innovative course...

Shut up and talk to me!

"You communicate everyday, but did it ever occur to you that words are only a tiny part of your “speech”? A UCLA study revealed that up to 93 percent of communication effectiveness is determined by nonverbal cues. Another study indicated that the impact of a performance...

Action Science

"Learning occurs when participants detect and correct gaps between descriptive claims and practical outcomes, or between intentions and results, thoughts and actions, theories and practices; produce what they claim to know. Action science calls this "reducing gaps between...