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...issue that deserves more attention. Of primary importance is making the problem visible. Thank you for giving us the example of rock stars, philanthropists, doctors and activists who are fighting a battle that seems impossible to win. That truly is journalism that makes a difference. Sheela Braganca Innsbruck, Austria Highlighting the unique alliance of Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates will bring new hope for solving the global health crisis. Having practiced medicine for almost 50 years, mostly in France, I recently returned from a teaching mission in sub-Saharan Africa. I was appalled to see patients there with acute...
...Austria's weekly newsmagazine Profil recently ran an illustration on its cover of an agonized-looking Mozart squashed beneath his father's leather britches and spewing out gold coins. The message in the headline: Mozart has been "brutally marketed for 200 years." And this year, during the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, the accompanying article concluded, "the threat of total marketing looms." Nowhere is that commercial exploitation more evident than in Salzburg, the quaint Austrian city where Mozart was born, which hopes to cash in on the anniversary with an incongruous mix of kitsch and high culture. "Salzburg...
...more affordably and efficiently and on a mass scale. In November, MBA opened the world's largest commercial-scale plastic-recycling facility for durable goods, in Guangzhou, China. The plant can process 40,000 metric tons of plastic annually. Another plant is set to open in Austria next year...
Duque was further encouraged by the success others had experienced with foreign teachers. New York City has recruited teachers from such countries as Austria, Canada and Spain for years. Three years ago, it began recruiting in the Philippines. Administrators in the city say only 10% of those recruits have left and 530 Filipino teachers are currently working in the city's schools. So last fall Duque took an 18-hour flight to Manila, courtesy of Avenida International Consultants (AIC), an agency that specializes in connecting U.S. schools with Filipino teachers. AIC put him up in a five-star hotel...
...Podcast nonetheless offers, to anyone in the world with an Internet connection, a glimpse into the classroom of the Extension School’s most introductory computer science course,” Malan wrote.Indeed, Malan has received enthusiastic e-mails from people in Mexico, to France to Austria, all thanking him for his educational Podcasts.Harvard is not the first university to offer Podcasted lectures. Princeton University’s University Channel Podcasts public lectures from different universities.Executive Director Donna M. Liu said that she is noticing more and more schools capitalizing on the Podcasting trend, whether they offer Podcasts individually...