Word: denmark
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Remember when bluetooth was going to change your life? Named after Harald Bl?tand, a Viking King who united Norway and Denmark in the 10th century, Bluetooth (English for Bl?tand) is a wire-free way to unite electronic devices - and it promised to eliminate cabling for good. Originally dreamed up by Ericsson and released as an international standard in 1998, Bluetooth has been the subject of the wildest predictions; one report issued last year said that by 2006, Bluetooth-enabled devices would generate an astounding $333 billion in revenue. So far, Bluetooth has failed to live up to its hype. Analysts...
Mikkelsen hails from the Faroe Islands, population 48,000, and he rattles off the Faroe lowdown with the ease of someone who regularly must enlighten the geographically challenged: Yes, it is its own country—but unfortunately not yet a state (it was colonized by Denmark and has never fully seceded from it)—comprised of 18 islands located between Iceland and Scotland. It may be loosely considered part of Scandinavia. Indeed, Mikkelsen fits the blond-haired, clear-blue-eyed, fair-skinned stereotype and speaks Danish and English fluently in addition to Faroese—ironic, because...
...advances, the U.S. is one of the few modern, democratic nations that continues to allow the banning of gay and lesbian adoptions. Last May, the United Kingdom officially eliminated its ban, allowing all gay couples to adopt. They follow in the footsteps of four other European nations including Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and the Netherlands. It is about time the United States joined them...
While policymakers and administrators will view success in Philadelphia largely in terms of scores, the families in the schools will grade it by their own standards. Tanya Denmark, who is sending her third child through Shoemaker Middle School in West Philadelphia, regularly attends parent meetings, often checks in with teachers and enforces strict rules at home about homework and uniforms. With her daughter Shaliah, 12, about to enter seventh grade, Denmark closely followed news reports on Chancellor Beacon Academies, the private company designated to take over her neighborhood school. Shaliah had been attending a charter school that Denmark says turned...
...course, is that Chancellor Beacon's efforts will translate into academic gains for Shaliah, a bubbly Bs-and-Cs student, as well as for the Shoemaker pupils performing below grade level, whom Chancellor Beacon plans to target aggressively with personalized assignments and weekly monitoring of classwork and homework. The Denmarks like this cautious approach but also have some immediate concerns. Mom Tanya wants new textbooks; the ones Shaliah has are torn and marked up, and she's stillwaiting for a science book. Denmark would also like to see the discipline code strictly enforced in the sprawling, sometimes rowdy, four-story...