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Anson County School District Recognized for Helping Struggling Readers Achieve Significant Gains (Centre Daily Times)
Scientific Learning Corp . (NASDAQ:SCIL) has selected the Anson County School District in North Carolina as a National Reference Site for its outstanding use of the company’s Fast ForWord® program. Fast ForWord is a family of educational software products that accelerate learning by developing the student brain to process more efficiently.
Anson County School District Recognized for Helping Struggling Readers Achieve Significant Gains (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OAKLAND, Calif.----Scientific Learning Corp. has selected the Anson County School District in North Carolina as a National Reference Site for its outstanding use of the company's Fast ForWord® program.
EFSA gives the nod to 10 more packaging chemicals (Food Production Daily)
The opinions mark the 13th batch of food contact materials EFSA's scientific panel has evaluated for their potential effects on human health. The panel evaluated scientific studies on the chemicals, which were submitted for consideration by food packagers.
Moderate alcohol intake associated with bone protection (EurekAlert!)
( Tufts University, Health Sciences ) In an epidemiological study of men and post-menopausal women primarily over 60 years of age, regular moderate alcohol intake was associated with greater bone mineral density (BMD). Associations were strongest for beer and wine and, importantly, BMD was significantly lower in men drinking more than two servings of liquor per day.
Fish removal badly handled (South Coast Register)
NOTHING destroys confidence in a government agency as much as when it is seen to ignore its own rules and regulations.
WHO Standards Predict Death In Malnourished Children More Accurately Than Other Measurements (Medical News Today)
A study comparing measurements used to assess malnutrition in young children in Niger has found that the new World Health Organisation (WHO) Child Growth Standards-introduced in 2006-are accurate predictors of death of these children following their admissions for malnutrition.
ECRI Institute Guidebook Confronts Convergence Of Medical Devices And IT (Medical News Today)
IT professionals in healthcare now confront a new challenge: the convergence of information technology and medical devices. As rapid advances in technology blur the boundary between medical devices and computers, IT professionals must deal not only with mission-critical IT systems but also with life-critical medical devices. And, as the saying goes, failure is not an option.
RECORDATI : 2008 ACCOUNTS APPROVED BY THE BOARD. NET INCOME + 18.3%. DIVIDEND PER SHARE E 0.25 (ITNews)
(ITnews) - (Hugin) - - 2008 results: Consolidated revenue E 689.6 million (+9.7%), operating income (EBIT) E 144.7 million (+ 10.1%), net income E 100.4 million (+ 18.3%). - Dividend proposed: E 0.25 per share, an increase of 16.3% over dividend paid last year. Overall dividend E 49.3 million.
Pro bono attorney needed to protect water quality (Whitefish Pilot)
At the outset of this writing I make full disclosure that although I did attend law school, I am not licensed to practice law.
More Hot Air from George Will (Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel)
Syndicated Washington Post columnist George Will and the Post's ombud Andrew Alexander are still failing to address the majority of the inaccuracies in Will's February 15 column on climate change.