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Movement Aims to Restore Play to the Lives of Children0
- Home & Family
- January 12, 2011
Sarah Wilson has started a movement to give kids the chance to do something we took for granted years ago when children went to kindergarten- to play, to pretend, to use one's imagination, and to interact with other children. These opportunities seem to be greatly needed in the kindergartens of today, where one is more
READ MOREHoliday Heroes: Boatsie’s Boxes lift troop’s spirits0
- What Others Are Doing
- January 3, 2011
Gail Van Vranken, aka Boatsie, started Boatsie's Boxes in 2004. Working out of her basement and garage in Wheeling, W.Va., Boatsie and her volunteers collect and send needed items overseas to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. USA Today, 12/26/2010
READ MOREMeet the Twiblings0
- Family & Kids
- January 3, 2011
New reproductive technology is producing new kinds of families, leading to complex relationships and a range of complicated new emotions. Read the story of Melanie Thernstrom, an infertile 41-year old who used an egg donor, two gestational surrogates, and her husband's sperm to produce a son and, five days later, a daughter. The tale is
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Can you tweet your way to a job?0
- Work Life and Career
- January 3, 2011
How much of a help can Twitter be in the job search? Read the full article for a reality check on the ways tweeting can and cannot help advance your career. TheLadders, 12/27/2010
READ MOREGoogle Launches Site to Teach Technology to Parents0
- Family & Kids
- January 1, 2011
For anyone who has ever struggled to show mom how to upload photos or has spent an hour walking dad through changing his screensaver, relief is within reach. Google on Monday launched TeachParentsTech.org, a new Web site geared toward assisting those who need some help in the technology department. PCMag, 12/14/2010
READ MOREGeorge Clooney Teams with Google to Stop War in Sudan0
- Celebrity Causes
- January 1, 2011
A new human rights project — initiated by George Clooney — will combine satellite imagery analysis and field reports with Google’s Map Maker technology to deter the resumption of war between North and South Sudan. Launched this week, the Satellite Sentinel Project will use satellite imagery analysis and crowd-sourced mapping to monitor the tense border
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