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London, U.K.: November 13:Like children all over the country, the pupils of Deptford Park primary school, London, were fed up with their grotty school loos. But unlike other children, they were able to call on one of the country's top architects to redesign them. Mike Davies, a director of the Richard Rogers Partnership - that of the Pompidou Centre, the Millennium Dome and Heathrow's Terminal Five - did what he was instructed, and |
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In Britain, child obesity rates are rising and the overall figure for the population could go past 40% |
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The design revolution - Hilary Wilce, The Independent |
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Fighting the hidden pangs of hunger By Bong R. Osorio The Philippine STAR |
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11/10/2003 Manila, Philippines: The average Filipino eats at least five times a day, his meals consist mostly of rice, viand and, if available and can be afforded, vegetables. Most Filipinos believe eating regularly is enough to help them get through their work and daily activities. However, most families, particularly children belonging to the D and E socio-economic classes, usually have no other choice but to consume rice flavored with soy sauce, brown sugar or table salt. While this makes them feel full and satisfied, these meals lack the nutrients needed by the body to develop fully. As a result, children from the D and E groups are more prone to sickness and do not develop mentally and physically. They are usually shorter than most kids their age, get sick easily, cognition is impaired often severely and irreversibly, and do not do well in class, that is, if they go to school at all. Silent Hunger These children suffer from hidden hunger. Hidden because |
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More Details http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/story.jsp?story=463148 |
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More Details http://www.philstar.com/philstar/Lifestyle200311141003.htm |
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IT IS unlikely to meet with the approval of Walter the Softy, but the first novel to feature the Beano’s Dennis the Menace will see the terror of Beanotown riding to the rescue of the Loch Mess Monster. For the first time in his 52-year-history, Dennis has forsaken cartoons for the novel format in a bid to cash in on the upsurge in reading among children following the success of JK Rowling and Harry Potter. |
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Dennis the Menace toons in to children's growing love of novels Edward Black, The Scotsman |
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More Details http://www.news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1254802003http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031111/od_nm/launcher_dc_1 |
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“I don't’ want to be popular, but I do want to be noticed.” A reader from a middle-school, USA Send in something interesting you said or feel for this spot! |
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http://www.philstar.com/philstar/Lifestyle200311141003.htm |