The USA Today article, "CEOs Often Spanked as Kids," by Del Jones, (10/10/06), is significant for what it does not mention as much as for what it does. A presupposition of the article is that CEOs are successful human beings, perhaps among the most successful. However, that is, at best, a dubious assumption.The Canadian forensic […]
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Idyllic childhoods of CEOs reconsidered
Wishes come true on Cherry Hill man's Web site
What does a National Guard soldier who lost his contact lenses in a sandstorm in Kuwait have in common with a bankrupt mom from South Jersey who needs new tires on her car?They both made wishes on the Internet. Both wishes came true. And in both cases, the genie was a 36-year-old Cherry Hill man.Dave […]
A business owner shot and killed himself during a City Council meeting Thursday night after members voted against his request to rezone his property
CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- A business owner shot and killed himself during a City Council meeting Thursday night after members voted against his request to rezone his property, witnesses said Ronald "Bo" Ward, owner of Bo's Barber Shop, had told the council his business would go under if he couldn't get his home rezoned as […]
Record companies win music sharing trial
DULUTH, Minn. - The recording industry hopes $222,000 will be enough to dissuade music lovers from downloading songs from the Internet without paying for them. That's the amount a federal jury ordered a Minnesota woman to pay for sharing copyrighted music online.This does send a message, I hope, that downloading and distributing our recordings is […]
German Prosecutor Wants Homeschooling Parents in Jail
A new situation representing the plight of homeschoolers in Germany is developing in the state of Hesse.The Dudeks, a homeschooling family of eight, were tried, convicted and fined 900 euros (about $1,200) in May for not sending their children to school. Hessian law allows for an exception to compulsory school attendance in "compelling cases." But, […]
Homeschool Success Proving Critics Wrong
When you hear stories of high academic achievement by homeschoolers, it's routine for opponents to try to minimize the results by asserting that not all homeschoolers are required to test over the same testing instruments.Their goal is to show that homeschooling isn't a viable educational alternative that can benefit a large number of children. If […]
Couple who married in their teens Celebrate 80th Anniversary
A Scottboro couple recently celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary, one of the longest marriages among living people when compared to reports in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records.Alonzo, 97, and Beulah Sims, 94, celebrated their anniversary a day early Sunday at the nursing home where they have lived since May 2002.Without their families' approval, […]
Girl stripped for forgetting homework
A SEVEN-year-old girl was made to strip naked by her teacher in a New Delhi school for not completing her homework.She was made to strip completely naked and stand on a desk in her class on Friday while other students were asked to boo her."The teacher was arrested on a complaint by the parents but […]
Couple sentenced to life plus 30 years for beating death of their 8-year-old son
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - A suburban Atlanta couple was sentenced Tuesday to life plus 30 years in prison in the beating death of their 8-year-old son, a case that prompted authorities to raid the family's church because it supports corporal punishment.Prosecutors said Joseph and Sonya Smith beat their son Josef, locked him in a wooden […]
Boys have biological reason to be troublesome
Children with ADHD have less activity in parietal brain areas while performing attention-demanding problem-solving tasks. Credit: UQA team of researchers working with UQ's Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) has discovered more compelling evidence that attention-deficit disorder in young boys is substantially attributable to brain development.UQ neuroscientist, Dr Ross Cunnington said there appeared to be a biological […]
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