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In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

  
  Banned Books Online
E for Ecstasy, a book on the drug MDMA, was seized by Australian customs in 1994, and at last check (May 2000), the official ban on the book was still in force in that country.
In a 1996 New Jersey case, a student selected by his teacher to choose a story to read to the class was told that he could not read the story he chose, once he announced that he had chosen the Biblical story of Jacob and Esau.
Generally speaking, though, students should be free to read the Bible on their own initiative on the same terms as any other book they might bring to school.
onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu /banned-books.html   (4502 words)

  
 DA Information Services-Books just arrived(Humanities)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Are students ready for a technology-rich world?: what PISA studies tell us.
Our underachieving colleges: a candid look at how much students learn and why they should be learning more.
Young activists: American high school students in the age of protest.
www.dadirect.com.au /Books/choice_humanitie.asp   (4407 words)

  
 1965 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
April 28 - US troops are sent to the Dominican Republic, by President Lyndon B. Johnson "for the stated purpose of protecting US citizens and preventing an alleged Communist takeover of the country", thus thwarting the possibility of "another Cuba".
April 28 - Vietnam War: Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces that the country will substantially increase its number of troops in South Vietnam, supposedly at the request of the Saigon government, although it is later revealed that Menzies had asked the leadership in Saigon to send the request at the behest of the Americans.
June 2 - Vietnam War: The first contingent of Australian combat troops arrives in South Vietnam.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1965   (4591 words)

  
 Jonathon Delacour: the heart of things
Thus it is perhaps not entirely surprising that he was appointed to the constitutional committee of the National Assembly in 1789, and became a signatory of the constitution that the committee presented to the King.
By 1968, student radicals were citing [Bertolucci’s film] as explanation and inspiration, and the phrase “before the revolution” appeared in accounts of the events of May in the French press.
If “Before the Revolution” is a prophecy of the rebellion of May ’68, in which students from the Sorbonne marched in solidarity with workers from the Renault auto plants, it is also a prophecy of its failure.
weblog.delacour.net   (6326 words)

  
 Net Family News: Online-Safe Resources for Kids and Families
Student.com - a site for college/university students by students - founded in 1995 by Ivy League ones, apparently ("Except for Adam, who's a senior at Columbia, everyone goes to Yale," they tell us).
TeAch-Nology.com - The K-12 ed-tech portal's tagline is "the art and science of teaching with technology." The site includes tutorials; educational lectures, workshops, seminars, demos for pre-service and/or in-service teacher education programs; and professional development consultations for planning programs about using technology in teaching.
The Christian Science Monitor - not just "good news," as many people think, and not as comprehensive as CNN or the New York Times, but says its objectives are clarity, balance, fairness, and solution-oriented journalism.
www.netfamilynews.org /links.htm   (3680 words)

  
 Christianity
Eremos Institute to explore, express and deepen their spirituality within an Australian context.
Chronology of Christianity (1AD-Present) Et Cum Spiritu Tuo
Critical Questions about the Christian faith Doctrine and Liturgy Committee, Synod of Victoria of the Uniting Church in Australia
www.trinity.wa.edu.au /plduffyrc/subjects/re/bible/christlink.htm   (119 words)

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