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More impressively, he posted those numbers under almost constant pressure from a Crusader pass rush that sacked him six times on the afternoon...
...screens are dark because the geeks who backed this rush to get computers in schools forgot one key element--training the teachers. Education Week magazine has just completed a comprehensive report on technology in schools that shows teachers don't know what to do with all that RAM. Almost 50% don't use computers at all in teaching, and only 61% percent use the Internet. And the educational software that's out there doesn't provide much promise: 70% of high school teachers said finding useful products is nearly impossible, and the software-savvy give materials that are usable...
Many people assume it's all right to walk in almost any shoe because it's not as demanding as running. Not true, says Dr. Carol Frye of the orthopedic academy: "Walking shoes should be at least 2 1/2 in. thick in the heel area, giving you comfortable cushioning, and have a rocker-sole design that encourages the foot's natural roll as you move...
...Almost all of Adams' contemporaries, who swore they'd retire, have started new companies. But Adams is steadfast in his refusal to work. So he's going to spend his weekdays this fall commuting to Los Angeles to study guitar, and then fly back for his weekend drawing classes. He knows all kinds of things now, such as what time of the day the supermarket is least crowded. And ever since reading a tome called Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, he's got a little weird about progress. He doesn't use the Internet or watch...
...disease of this type to global warming," says Gorman. "But there?s an argument being made that climate change may change patterns of disease ?- some plant and animal forms are certainly occurring further north than we?ve ever seen them before." Not much comfort to beleaguered New Yorkers suffering almost nightly pesticide bombardment from the mayor?s helicopters. And if climate change is a factor, the anti-mosquito crusade could be just the first of a bizarre set of epidemiological battles over the coming decades...