Posts Tagged ‘knowledge’

Google Book is under attack

Friday, September 4, 2009 18:51 By NARUTO

Google received formal warning of the Department of Justice of the United States that investigators of the section of defense of the competition are evaluating the agreement of the company with publishers for online distribution of millions of books.
Under the agreement firmed in October gone by Google with Authors Guild and the Association of American [...]

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Reluctance to Read

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 21:24 By GSerrano

Most people are reluctant to read. The downside of this is poor knowledge. People generally do not have the interest to read because they feel discouraged by their inability to comprehend what they read. Reading comprehension skills can whet the appetite for reading because they encourage the person to learn more and more, since he [...]

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Information Becomes Useful Only With Reading Comprehension Skills

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 21:18 By GSerrano

Everybody in the civilized world reads but not everyone understands what he reads. Communication and information would be much more efficient if reading comprehension skills are enhanced in individuals. In this day and age when there is a glut of information simultaneously going on around from a wide variety of sources, anyone who has the [...]

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Higher Educational Attainment Equals Fatter Compensation Package?

Saturday, March 28, 2009 14:21 By GSerrano

Educational attainment comes to those who have had the opportunity and material resource backing to go to school and get an education. The more financially capable can get better education from better schools that are, more often than not, more expensive. Quality has its price.
The strength of educational attainment lies in the fact that it [...]

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Work Stress

Friday, March 27, 2009 14:28 By GSerrano

The Programme of Occupational Health by the World Health Organization (WHO) published a series of occupational health documents entitled Protecting Workers’ Health. This is the result of the implementation effort of the Global Strategy on Occupational Health for All. Both the WHO and the International Labor Organization (ILO) recognize work stress as a major global [...]

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Can Music Really Make The World A Better Place?

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:29 By Madhuri Katti

When asked by BBC to outline a simple idea that can improve lives and make the world a better place, Neuroscientist Gregory Berns has put his faith on music.  No, he simply isn’t suggesting listening to music he stresses that everyone should learn to play music.
Music plays an important role in our life. But we [...]

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