Inspirational and good news.
Schooling is very important for everyone, a better educated population makes for a better country. Afghanistan has opened up its school system to women and at first many were afraid to go since they were banned by the Taliban from schools previously. Many young women were worried about being beaten. Today women are attending schools and Afghan society is benefiting.
Recently women ran in the nation’s election. A giant step since they were banned from all but existing under the Taliban.
A group of scientists have used human neural stem cells to rebuild damaged spinal cord tissue in mice. This is very promising as it would help to regenerate tissue needed by those with broken backs. The cells themselves helped to rebuild what needed to be there on their own.
JetBlue Flight 292 ran into trouble yesterday before landing – its front landing gear was twisted 90 degrees. With great skill the pilot was able to land the plane with slight physical damage to the plane and there were no reported injuries!
A suit has been filed in Los Angeles against Wal-Mart for overlooking sweatshop working conditions in a few countries. Workers in six countries launched the class-action lawsuit and lists 15 workers in Bangladesh, Swaziland, Indonesia, China, and Nicaragua.
The plantiffs claim that they were beaten, forced to work overtime – unpaid. Four California planitiffs are also listed, who at first glance seem to have a much weaker case since they claim that Wal-Mart forced their employer to cut wages and benefits.
The class action suit could cover 100,000 to 500,000 workers.
Dr Norman Wildberger has created a new framework for trigonometry that is easier to learn and more accurate. No more sines, cosines and tangents; they have been replaced by “spread” and “quadrance.”
Simple algebra can be used to better figure out triangles, which means that students have less to learn and don’t need a calculator.