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Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings said Tuesday that a database drawn from information about specific students would provide high schoolers and their parents with better consumer information about colleges...
...strengthening currency. But in the slums, signs of progress prove as elusive as the rats that dart between the shacks. Wilson, 15, lives in the favela of Heliópolis, where half the 125,000 inhabitants are under 25. The vast majority come from Brazil's hardscrabble northeastern states, drawn by the hope of work, though unemployment runs at more than 20% in the slums. And while jobs are scarce, says Wilson, "there's no lack of opportunity to get into crime." Despite dire prospects, the poor keep arriving in the city of 18 million. As joblessness, crime and violence...
...fascination with the history of psychiatry. “What happens to people in their society when other people tell them they’re not sane anymore?” asked Schuleit. “What does sanity mean any more? I’m drawn to that because it’s the very core of what makes us who we are.” Schuleit said she gets her inspiration for art installations from speaking with the people who have worked at a site for years. “The stories of the people that work...
...demand for C-sections is so widespread that it has actually altered the obstetrician landscape, making it a challenge to find a doctor who will deliver you naturally. Caesareans are quicker than drawn-out vaginal delivery, and many doctors find it profitable to perform them exclusively, fitting in several per day. If a friend recommends a doctor, you must first ask if he or she is "C-section only." To be taken on as a vaginal delivery patient, you either have to adjust your standards (elderly doctors are more receptive to the idea, but they're out of date with...
...South Australian Desert and skirt the vast expanse of Lake Eyre's salt flats. Although cattle are transported in trucks these days, and make it to market in a matter of hours, doing it the old way takes up to six weeks. But relax: only your guides - drawn from the ranks of Australia's last generation of drovers - will do the full stint. City slickers join for a piffling five days at a time, and the conditions are hardly onerous. Tents are carpeted, there's a portable bar and library, meals include hot buffet breakfasts and gourmet dinners, and bathrooms...