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POPSParents affect brain development Love and affection are critical not only for emotional development - but also cognitive. Importantly, language stimulation (talking, reading, etc.) directly impacts language development, and consequentially, cognitive development.
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POPSHaaretz editor: Israel facing existential crisis The outgoing editor of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz spoke at the London Jewish Book Week. On the 2005 Chris McGreal series that appeared in the Guardian, comparing Israel to South Africa: Landau was "outraged" by the articles at the time, but went on: "I don't feel like that any more. I don't feel that my outrage did sufficient justice to that piece of journalism because I feel that we in Israel have got ourselves into a situation in which we will indeed be facing a South African dilemma. "We will have a country in which we will become the minority and the majority will be denied their political and civil rights. When I re-read the Chris McGreal reports I no longer feel necessarily that that was totally tendentious. It might have been a prophetic piece of journalism. But the point is that the outrage which I gave voice to was an inadequate reaction. The reaction should have been: 'has he got a point?'"
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POPSShared Hope International Shared Hope International is having a reunion in India. Follow their journey on their travel blog. Or visit their main site to find out how you can help.
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POPS US Slips Down Development Index Among other findings: * Of the world's richest nations, the US has the most children (15%) living in poverty * Of the OECD nations, the US has the most people in prison - as a percentage and in absolute numbers * 25% of 15-year-old students performed at or below the lowest level in an international maths test - worse than Canada, France, Germany and Japan * If the US infant mortality rate were equal to first-ranked Sweden, more than 20,000 babies would survive beyond their first year of life It also provides a snapshot of the inequalities between the richest and the poorest Americans and between different ethnic groups. "The Measure of America reveals huge gaps among some groups in our country to access opportunity and reach their potential," said the report's author, Sarah Burd-Sharps. "Some Americans are living anywhere from 30 to 50 years behind others when it comes to issues we all care about: health, education and standard of living.
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POPSThe first umbilical cord diamond I love this company, I have never known anything so fabulous as being able to make diamonds from ashes (bloody expensive, but I suppose relevant to the subject). I wish I could afford one.
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POPSTexans Love Bush and Babies In a tiny Texas community, children as young as 5 were fed powerful painkillers they knew as "silly pills" and forced to perform sex shows for a crowd of adults.
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POPSJennifer Garner expecting again? The Electra star who has become one of the most doting mothers in Hollywood with daughter Violet’s birth seems to be ready for a baby again. While out with husband or daughter in recent outings she has been wary of the flashbulbs but that bump seems to be more visible to all and sundry.
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POPSEncoded fear An interesting research, pointing to a non physical trait that is kept through centuries. i wonder where does it lie, is it in the genes? neuronal structure, or a memetic inheritance?
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POPSPopulate or perish: Pell Taking the racist line that we must breed up more soldiers to keep the infidel at bay. This at a time when David Attenburough regards overpopulation as the biggest of all the concerns for this planet ( and he is not the sole voice).
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