ABORTION DOCTOR ARRESTED FOR MURDER:
"A Voorhees doctor faces multiple murder charges in connection with late-term abortions that were performed at his Elkton, Md., clinic. Dr. Steven Chase Brigham was being held Friday in Camden County Jail, pending extradition to Maryland. He is accused of 10 counts of first- and second-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. The unborn babies of Brigham's patients are considered to be the murder victims, according to Elkton, Md., police Brigham already faced legal challenges from medical regulators over his practice of starting late-term abortions for women in New traveled to the Maryland clinic. His medical license has been suspended in New Jersey and revoked in Maryland. Maryland authorities said they began a criminal investigation after an 18-year-old woman suffered. .."
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20111231/NEWS01/312310029/Abortion-doc-charged-10-deaths?odyssey=nav%7Chead
WHY IS FINLAND SO SUCCESSFUL IN EDUCATION?
"... many even in Finland said it couldn't be done." Clearly, many were wrong. It is possible to create equality. And perhaps even more important -- as a challenge to the American way of thinking about education reform -- Finland's experience shows that it is possible to achieve excellence by focusing not on competition, but on cooperation, and not on choice, but on equity...."
* Since the 1980s, the main driver of Finnish education policy has been the idea that every child should have exactly the same opportunity to learn, regardless of family background, income, or geographic location. Education has been seen first and foremost not as a way to produce star performers, but as an instrument to even out social inequality. In the Finnish view, as Sahlberg describes it, this means that schools should be healthy, safe..."
"...And while Americans love to talk about competition, Sahlberg points out that nothing makes Finns more uncomfortable. In his book Sahlberg quotes a line from Finnish writer named Samuli Puronen: "Real winners do not compete." It's hard to think of a more un-American idea, but when it comes to education, Finland's success shows that the Finnish attitude might have merits. There are no lists of best schools or teachers in Finland. The main driver of education policy is not competition between teachers and between schools, but cooperation.
http://m.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/
WHY IS FINLAND SO SUCCESSFUL IN EDUCATION?
"... many even in Finland said it couldn't be done." Clearly, many were wrong. It is possible to create equality. And perhaps even more important -- as a challenge to the American way of thinking about education reform -- Finland's experience shows that it is possible to achieve excellence by focusing not on competition, but on cooperation, and not on choice, but on equity...."
* Since the 1980s, the main driver of Finnish education policy has been the idea that every child should have exactly the same opportunity to learn, regardless of family background, income, or geographic location. Education has been seen first and foremost not as a way to produce star performers, but as an instrument to even out social inequality. In the Finnish view, as Sahlberg describes it, this means that schools should be healthy, safe..."
"...And while Americans love to talk about competition, Sahlberg points out that nothing makes Finns more uncomfortable. In his book Sahlberg quotes a line from Finnish writer named Samuli Puronen: "Real winners do not compete." It's hard to think of a more un-American idea, but when it comes to education, Finland's success shows that the Finnish attitude might have merits. There are no lists of best schools or teachers in Finland. The main driver of education policy is not competition between teachers and between schools, but cooperation.
http://m.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/
1/4/12 W. VIRGINIA BLOWS OUT CLEMSON 70-33, ORANGE BOWL:
1/4/12 W. VIRGINIA BLOWS OUT CLEMSON 70-33, ORANGE BOWL: " The offensive fireworks that have dominated this bowl season continued Wednesday night with No. 22 West Virginia's record-setting 70-33 rout of 14th-ranked Clemson in the Discover Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium. It was the sixth bowl to produce at least 70 total points, joining the Rose, Fiesta, Alamo, Military and Maaco bowls The Mountaineers led 49-20 at the half, the most points by one team in a half in any bowl..."l
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/story/2012-01-04/west-virginia-wins-orange-bowl-in-rout-of-clemson/52383218/1
1/5/12. KID ATTACKED BY TIGER AT RUSSIAN ROADSIDE "ZOO": " ...3-yo boy is in a critical condition after being mauled by a tiger at a roadside zoo in Russia. was tied to a post behind a small fence when the attack happened at the zoo in Blagoveshchensk, in Russia's Amur region. ho was shown on Russian television inside the tiger's enclosure said he tried to stop the attack. he tiger) with a stick, there was a metal thing on it. But it clutched the kid very tight," he said. at the Amur Regional Hospital said: "The boy was brought in a bad condition, he had an emergency operation which lasted several hours.'..."
http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16142624
1/5/12. KID ATTACKED BY TIGER AT RUSSIAN ROADSIDE "ZOO": " ...3-yo boy is in a critical condition after being mauled by a tiger at a roadside zoo in Russia. was tied to a post behind a small fence when the attack happened at the zoo in Blagoveshchensk, in Russia's Amur region. ho was shown on Russian television inside the tiger's enclosure said he tried to stop the attack. he tiger) with a stick, there was a metal thing on it. But it clutched the kid very tight," he said. at the Amur Regional Hospital said: "The boy was brought in a bad condition, he had an emergency operation which lasted several hours.'..."
http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16142624
1/5/12 SCIENTISTS STUNNED BY NEW SPECIES OF CRAB DISCOVERED: "Stunning Finds at Antarctic Deep-Sea Vents ...(Newser) - Stunned scientists taking their first-ever look at deep-sea vents in the ocean that surrounds Antarctica spotted new species clustered in vast numbers 8,000 feet below. A new species of yeti crab—dubbed the "Hasselhoff crab" because of its hairy chest—was found in huge piles near the outflow,... More »
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1/5/12 SCIENTISTS STUNNED BY NEW SPECIES OF CRAB DISCOVERED: "Stunning Finds at Antarctic Deep-Sea Vents ...(Newser) - Stunned scientists taking their first-ever look at deep-sea vents in the ocean that surrounds Antarctica spotted new species clustered in vast numbers 8,000 feet below. A new species of yeti crab—dubbed the "Hasselhoff crab" because of its hairy chest—was found in huge piles near the outflow,... More »
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[pray4] "Police Kill Gunman, 15, at Texas School (AP) - Police have shot and killed an armed 15-year-old student at a middle school in Texas. A Brownsville police detective says police received a call around 8am today about a person with a weapon. Police found the gunman, a student at the school, in a hallway and shot him. The school... More »
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