| MIT dean takes aim at admissions anxiety | | Posted Sunday, September 17, 2006 7:03:49 PM by Blog57 Team | | Though just teenagers, the applicants to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are a scarily accomplished lot. They have started businesses and published academic research. One built a working nuclear reactor in his garage. In their high schools, they have led every extracurricular club and mastered the SAT. .... | |
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| | | Helping youngsters cope with bus anxiety | | Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 5:29:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | He didn't want to get into the big school bus -- then with patient coaxing from Dot Remo, Sarasota County School District bus driver, he boarded. "When the parents bring their child to ride the school bus, youngsters become upset," said Remo. "I didn't even know he was afraid of the bus," said Carol Horton of Venice, his grandmother. "Usually the child feels better after the mother or father leaves, but you have to get them into the bus first," Remo said. Lessening the anxiety of Kyle and other first-time bus riders was the purpose of a program put on by the staff at AAA's Venice branch Friday. They got safety tips about school and bus riding, learned how to buckle up and took a 10-minute ride so they would good feel about riding. Transportation Supervisor Marilyn Adams was on hand with a remote control mini bus to entertain the children.... | |
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| | | Oil price hits anxiety high | | Posted Sunday, July 09, 2006 6:57:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | GLOBAL crude oil prices briefly soared to record highs of nearly $US76 a barrel in New York on Friday as strong demand and international tensions continued to influence the energy market. Worries about Iran's nuclear program and North Korea's missile tests supported high oil prices. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in August, closed down $US1.05 at $US74.09 a barrel. In earlier trading the contract had shot up to $US75.78 a barrel, smashing a previous record high on Wednesday in the aftermath of North Korea's missile salvo. In London, Brent North Sea crude for August delivery fell 57 cents to $US73.51 a barrel in closing trades. Source: The Sun-Herald .... | |
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