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...Saturday morning in Singapore, and around 20 men have turned up at the Chongfu Primary School to hear Wong Suen Kwong give a talk about fathering. Wong, who heads an NGO called the Centre for Fathering, begins his presentation with a PowerPoint slide declaring his organization's purpose: "Inspiring fathers to be involved with their children's lives." A little way into the meeting, one of the men explains his way of rising to this challenge. He has rigged up his home with over $2,000 worth of remotely operated camera equipment, so that when he's at work...
...math, and that children whose fathers encourage them in sports are more successful in their adult careers. Other researchers have found that children who were fathered well are more tolerant and socially responsible as adults. Precisely the same behavior is shown in the animal world: as part of his PowerPoint presentation, Wong Suen Kwong tells the story of how orphaned young male elephants in a South African game reserve began killing rhinos and threatening vehicles. When older bulls were introduced to the park, he says, the killings and delinquency stopped...
...nothing was taken from the room during the incident. This is not the first time the three residents of this room have experienced a break-in. Earlier this year, an iPod and video camera were stolen from their residence. The robber left a note in the form of a PowerPoint presentation on Dasher’s computer that insulted the roommates and Dasher’s concentration. Since the first robbery, the three roommates have been very careful to lock their door, leaving it open only when they were present in the room, Dasher said. According to Catalano, burglaries...
Pinker, who delivered his spiel for starch in characteristic PowerPoint form, introduced a forthcoming book, “The Latke Instinct: Why Latkes are Compatible with Universal Grammar and Human Nature.” The psychologist has penned many bestsellers, including a 1994 book titled “The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language...
...Pentagon vetted the briefing in Washington to ensure it was "absolutely accurate," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Feb. 2. But one day after the secretive PowerPoint presentation, U.S. Marine General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conceded he couldn't confirm that the Iranian government shipped the weapons to Iraq. So the bad news was that the briefing wasn't absolutely accurate. The good news: we found out before the invasion...