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Education Needed To Decrease Teens' Misconception About Emergency Contraception
Published August 20, 2008, 7:14 pm, Science Daily
Targeted health education may help urban, minority adolescent women better understand how the emergency contraception pill works and eliminate some misconceptions about side effects, confidentiality and accessibility, according to a study by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Davis lawmaker carries bill to ensure compliance with disability access laws
Published August 20, 2008, 2:06 pm, The Daily Democrat
Legislation has been presented to promote and increase compliance with providing public access to people with disabilities. The proposed law, SB 1608, is being carried in the Assembly by Davis lawmaker Lois Wolk. It was approved 67-0.
Online teacher certification increases by 21,000
Published August 20, 2008, 12:46 pm, KXAN 36 Austin
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- The State Board for Educator Certification is seeing the growing popularity for the online teacher certification testing in Texas, with more than 51,000 tests taken via the Internet in the past year.
Bridgepoint Education Ranked 14th Fastest Growing Private Company in the United States by Inc. Magazine
Published August 20, 2008, 12:06 pm, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Bridgepoint Education, an independent private education company focused on delivering high-quality and affordable education in both traditional and online environments, today was named the 14th fastest growing private company in the United States by Inc. magazine in its annual "Inc. 500" rankings.
A Spirited Debate On A Lower Drinking Age
Published August 20, 2008, 11:30 am, CBS News
There's a new push to change the drinking age, and it's coming from an unlikely group of people. College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities say lowering the age from 21 will reduce binge drinking on campuses.
Endowment is largest non-corporate gift
Published August 20, 2008, 10:18 am, Pontiac Daily Leader
NORMAL — The Heartland Community College Foundation recently received an endowment of $140,000 from the estate of Florence Marie (Bowman) Ronnow-Burcky, a longtime Pontiac resident. The gift is the largest single non-corporate gift from an individual in the college's history and will be used to create a memorial scholarship in honor of her mother, Pearl Davies Bowman (1887-1974), according to a ...
Typhoon Karen kills 7
Published August 20, 2008, 10:18 am, Manila Bulletin
BAGUIO CITY – Seven persons, including three children, were killed while a woman was injured when landslides triggered by the heavy rains and strong winds of Typhoon Karen buried their houses in this mountain resort city and in the nearby town of Itogon, Benguet, and in La Union, yesterday morning.
Teachers OK contract
Published August 20, 2008, 10:00 am, The Escanaba Daily Press
GLADSTONE - After 15 months without a contract, teachers in the Gladstone School District ratified a contract agreement Tuesday for the next three years. It most likely was with a great sigh of relief teachers ratified the contract, taking comfort that the process had been concluded, and the business of educating students could begin in earnest.
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Loan bargains for college students
Published August 20, 2008, 7:35 am, The Record
NJCLASS offers very favorable terms: low, fixed interest rates and a 20-year repayment term.
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- Text Prefs - how do you prefer your text?: Test for text readibility.
- NMAH | Polio
- Usability News A-Z List: " free web newsletter that is produced by the Software Usability Research Laboratory (SURL) at Wichita State University. The SURL team specializes in software/websi te user interface design, usability testing, and research in human-computer interaction.&q uot;
- A List Apart: Articles: Deafness and the User Experience: (...)"to enhance the online user experience for the deaf, we must understand how deafness influences web accessibility. "
- Form Validation on the Client Side [JavaScript & AJAX Tutorials]
- The Open & Closed Project
- 30 Usability Issues To Be Aware Of | How-To | Smashing Magazine
- NCAM Rich Media
- 1 Stop for Free Assistive Technology: Has FREE resources for all kinds of assistive technology.
- W3C Timed Text Working Group
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- Alexa > Accessibility
- DMOZ > Accessibility
- Feeds Filtered > Accessibility
- Google > Accessibility
- News Meme > Accessibility
- Nuah: News > Accessibility
- The Feed Directory > Accessibility
- OBP > Accessibility
- Open Tag Directory > Accessibility
- Podzy > Accessibility
- Yahoo > Accessibility
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