Wednesday, 14 July 2010 07:40 'The writing on homeschooling in the new law is basically the same as in the old law. The law requires a fully satisfactory alternative to school and that the authorities can look into the homeschooling. However, the new law adds a third requirement: "there must be exceptional circumstances". Lawyers have told us that “exceptional circumstances” in a Swedish juridical context means as close to a definite "no" as you can get, regardless of the circumstances.' Read more: Sweden: New Education Law Makes Homeschooling Illegal Wednesday, 14 July 2010 07:55 'This could give a whole new meaning to the phrase power dressing. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a cloth that can hear and emit noise. The development, described in the August issue of Nature Materials, transforms the usual passive nature of textiles into a virtually all-singing, all-dancing version.' Read more: US Scientists Create Cloth That Can Listen, Produce Sound
Thursday, 15 July 2010
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