Science Education & Policy

Bringing Shakespeare's Quartos Into The Digital Age

An international collaboration is creating an innovative "freely-accessible, high resolution" digital interactive archive of William Shakespeare's pre-1641 quartos; living artifacts that tell the story of how Shakespeare's Hamlet, Henry ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2008 - 12:45am

Federation Warns Against Risks Of Buying Software From Online Auction Houses

LONDON, March 27 /PRNewswire/--- It Could Damage Your Health People illegally selling copied software via Internet auction sites have been warned that the net is closing in on them. The Federation Against Software Theft (The Federation) is determined to a ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 27 2008 - 8:30am

Patent Awarded For Virtual Telemicroscope That Assists In Remote Diagnosis Of Patients

After nearly ten years of research and development, scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn and Peking University in Beijing were awarded a United States patent for their virtual telemicroscope. This patented software permits off-site patho ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2008 - 8:50pm

Institute Of Business Forecasting & Planning IBF In Mumbai, India

MUMBAI, India, March 31 /PRNewswire/-- The IBF will hold its landmark Supply Chain Forecasting & Planning Training & Forum: A Hands-On Workshop in Mumbai on 19 & 20 May 2008. This 2-day workshop will teach key forecasting methods and processes ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 30 2008 - 6:32pm

First IPSec VPN Client For Microsoft Windows XP 64 Bit Is Now Available For Larger Installations

NUREMBERG, Germany, March 31 /PRNewswire/-- NCP engineering GmbH releases version 9.03 of its Secure Enterprise Client. The most important feature is support for the Windows XP operating system in its 64 bit mode. Thereby, NCP is rounding off the client t ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 31 2008 - 6:32am

Significant Reductions In Mortality And Cardiovascular Events Shown Using Blood Pressure-Lowering Treatment In Those Aged 80 And

LONDON, March 31 /PRNewswire/-- Lowering the blood pressure of elderly patients could cut their total mortality by a fifth and their rate of cardiovascular events by a third, according to a new study presented today at the American College of Cardiology i ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 31 2008 - 10:32am

Nonprofit Education Association Opens Middle East Offices

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 31 /PRNewswire/--- ASCD Middle East is first organization of its kind to provide educators in the region with tailored professional development and capacity building The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (A ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 31 2008 - 11:30am

Industry Veteran Laura Brumage To Lead NetSuite On-Demand Business Software Education Initiatives

SAN MATEO, California, April 1 /PRNewswire/--- New VP to Lead ERP Software, CRM Software, and Ecommerce Software Business Application Suite Training Programs ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 1 2008 - 8:33am

Ironically, Fears About Making Mistakes And Appearing Racist Cause Segregation

Democratic consultant Donna Brazile brought home America’s reluctance to talk openly about race in a New York Times article that preceded the Barack Obama speech that now has the whole nation buzzing. In essence, she said in her quote, any serious discussi ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2008 - 4:09pm

Knowledge Is Power

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about a Chicago charter school. I was naive enough to believe that if a group of ninth graders could not read it was unique to this Chicago school. Today I read a report by Christopher B. Swanson, Ph.D. titled "Cities in ...

Article - Jim Myres - Apr 2 2008 - 12:41am