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• New York Ranks in Last Place in Happiness Rating

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  [Two professors] examined piles of data [...] and came up with a guide to American happiness, ranked by state. On the smiley scale, New York landed on the bottom. [...] At least New Yorkers can take comfort in knowing that their immediate neighbors in Connecticut (No. 50) and New Jersey (No. 49) are not appreciably ...
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• Pair held over $4m card skimming scam

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Police in Sydney have arrested two men over an EFTPOS scam which has so far netted more than $4 million from bank accounts in Western Australia. Thousands of Western Australians have had their card details stolen at several McDonalds restaurants across Perth since October. Police allege the 31-year-old Canadian man ...
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• Southern Maryland home assessments to plunge, but not taxes

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 947
  Property assessments in Southern Maryland are on the decline, but this summers tax bills are still likely to increase.
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• Crew finds Centaur shipwreck

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A search team has discovered the wreck of Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur. The WWII ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sank off the south-east Queensland coast. Of the 332 people on board the AHS Centaur only 64 survived. This morning, seven days into an official search, the crew of the ...
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• Oh, brother

  
  A life less ordinary? — Authority: 120
  Ive just had two therapists suggest to me that Dubya be evaluated for autism. Hes seven. The idea is not new. He doesnt make eye contact well (says it hurts him). Hes got a history "unusual" interests (ancient Egypt when he was 4 comes to mind). He is very sensory defensive. His OCD manifests in several ways, one ...
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• Gwinnett CPA Helps Taxpayers Resolve Tax Issues With the IRS

  
  Accounting News and Notes — Authority: 134
  Gwinnett CPA Helps Taxpayers Resolve Tax Issues With the IRS When the IRS comes knocking on your door it is best to as soon as possible retain a CPA who is well versed in such matters. Undergoing and addressing an IRS audit by one’s self is akin to performing major surgery on one’s self. Having a CPA to represent ...
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• Michael Merzenich on Brain Training, Assessments, and Personal Brain Trainers

  
  SharpBrains — Authority: 455
  Dr. Michael Merzenich , Emeritus Professor at UCSF, is a leading pioneer in brain plasticity research. In the late 1980s, Dr. Merzenich was on the team that invented the cochlear implant. In 1996, he was the founding CEO of Scientific Learning Corporation (Nasdaq: SCIL), and in 2004 became co-founder and Chief ...
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• OLPC Has Done Tremendous Good and Some Bad

  
  One Laptop Per Child News — Authority: 468
  Nothing has infuriated and excited technologists and educationists almost in equal measure like OLPC. When I first heard about the idea, I thought it was absurd! Taking a minute to do a back-of-the-envelope calculation would show that it was total unrealistic and not feasible financially, logistically and ...
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• Scottish Avalanche Information Service kicks in today

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 443
  Scotland’s Avalanche Information Service (SAIS), operating out of Glenmore Lodge near Aviemore in the Cairngorms, opened  today for the 209-2010 winter season.Providing situation reports and probability assessments,  it covers:Glencoe, in the county of ArgyllLochaber (Nevis range)Creag MeagaidhSouth ...
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• 10 Easy Writing Lessons That Get Kids Ready for Writing Assessments: Proven Ways to Raise Your Students’ Scores on the State Performance Assessments in Writing (Paperback)

  
  Quick Penmanship — Authority: 143
  Help students write effectively and raise their test scores with fun writing prompts and expert lessons on writing five-paragraph essays, organizing a story, writing expository pieces, mastering persuasive [...]
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• Summative? Formative? I Just Wanna Know What My Kids Dont...

  
  Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom — Authority: 468
  I was once a young teacher, fresh out of college, bright eyed and bushy tailed, full of great ideas. There were all these things I wanted to try with my kids, new ways of teaching and figuring out I was doing the best job possible. Then reality. My teaching was stuffed into a box and I was told that the only way to ...
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• What to Expect From the Assessment World in 2010

  
  ERE.net — Authority: 497
  It may be a stretch to say that 2009 was a good year for assessment. The impact of the downturn definitely hit vendors of assessment just as hard as it did those in other areas of recruitment and staffing. Most of the vendors I have spoken with over the year definitely felt the impact in terms of booking less new ...
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• Compliance & Ethics Program Assessments: CCI Interview with Jeff Kaplan

  
  Corporate Compliance Insights — Authority: 126
  This interview between CCI founder Maurice Gilbert and Jeff Kaplan, a frequent CCI contributor and partner at Kaplan & Walker, looks at how compliance and ethics program assessments are designed, and what some methods are for making them as effective as possible. (This is only a summary of the article. Click on ...
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• What is the pedagogical purpose of finals week?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 170
  I am an aspiring educator and I would like to know what others believe is the pedagogical purpose of having students cram for five or six major examinations in a single week. Do professors and teachers agree with this method? Do they think students might be better off if, perhaps, the finals were to be spread out to ...
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• Think! Safety

  
  Think Safety Signs — Authority: 115
  As we all head towards the end of 2009 company directors should be giving their Health and Safety Managers a pat on the back for their continued good work. As reported in a previous post Britain is now one of the safest places to work in Europe. Even though all this good work has been done there is still plenty to ...
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• High-pitched assessments u/s. 147/143(3) of the Income-tax Act – Some remedies

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 159
  After the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of ACIT vs. Rajesh Jhaveri Stock Brokers (P) Ltd. delivered on 23-5-2007 and reported at (2007) 291 ITR 500 (SC), a large number of actions are being initiated u/s. 147/148 of the Income-tax Act,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
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• A LOOK ON WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 116
  When the environment becomes less valuable or damaged, environmental degradation is said to occur. There are many forms of environmental degradation.   When habitats are destroyed, biodiversity is lost, or natural resources are depleted, the environment is hurt.     A habitat is a more permanent ecosystem ...
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• Property taxes too high and outdated? Dont wait, appeal

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 697
  Filed under: Real Estate , Tax , Taxes-advice Why wait? Thats the question more and more homeowners are reportedly asking themselves nowadays as they try to deal with property taxes on their homes that no longer represent anything remotely resembling reality. The Baltimore Sun newspaper tells the story of ...
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• Boat crew’s shock as shark gnashes oar

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A surf boat has been attacked by a white pointer shark while on a training run at Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle. The boat was about 400 metres off shore when the sweepers oar was ripped from his hands by the shark - thought to be a juvenile. Surf boat sweeper, Greg Ross says the crew got the shock of their lives. ...
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• PSYCHOLOGY IN THE COURTROOM - The RAPE of American Justice: download articles

  
  Battered Women, Battered Children, Custody Abuse — Authority: 440
  Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] A Human Rights Issue-Custodial Justice . Permalink PSYCHOLOGY IN THE COURTROOM download articles http://www.thelizlibrary.org/site-index/site-index-frame.html#soulhttp://www.thelizlibrary.org/therapeutic-jurisprudence/index.html Emery, Otto & Donohue: ...
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