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Refuge through learning

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

citizensvoice.com - By Csheaffer@Citizensvoice.Com - Feb. 09 (Special Report) - Although a medical doctor in his home country, Nyein pursued additional education in the United States to escape persecution in Burma, now known as Myanmar. He had served five years in prison after joining the democratic revolt as a young doctor. He sought refuge in the U.S. and figured becoming a student was the best way to do that. “Dictatorships neither forgive nor forget their opposition,” Nyein said. “They aren’t agreeable to people leaving, either.” Nyein recently started in his new position as Misericordia University’s dean for adult and continuing education. At 59 years old, he says a philosophy of lifelong learning is what brought him to the Back Mountain institution. It is a philosophy he formed early in his life and he is glad to see others gravitate toward it as well. “I’ve embraced that and it put me on a good path,” said Nyein, who completed his doctorate in health education at the University of Tennessee.

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Cooper Union’s Appeal (No Tuition) Is Heightened by Recession

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Lisa W. Foderaro - Feb. 09 (News Report) - Already among the nation’s most competitive colleges, with an admissions rate of about 8 percent — on par with Juilliard or Harvard — Cooper saw about a 70 percent surge in applications for early decision this year, after annual increases of 5 percent to 10 percent over the last decade. Over all, the school expected to receive 3,300 applications this season for the 265 spots in the Class of 2013, including 750 students vying for 30 seats in the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. “I’m pretty confident that the economy played a big role,” said the dean of admissions, Mitchell Lipton. “You probably had a lot of parents who said: ‘Look, I know you’re looking at Cooper Union. You ought to make it your first choice.’ ”

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Five Ways Amazon Could Improve Kindle

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

PC World - By Melissa J. Perenson - Feb. 09 (Review) - Rumors abound as to the features we'll find in Kindle 2. Those rumors should be put to rest at a press conference on Monday morning, where Amazon is expected to officially unveil Kindle 2. From the looks of the leaked Kindle 2 photos and information, the new Kindle will be notably thinner and less angular--which means Amazon has addressed at least part of the first item on our list for Kindle improvements. So what else could Amazon offer in Kindle 2? The wish list below considers not only Amazon's need to stay competitive with other e-book readers, but also takes into account the competitive pressures Kindle could face from other mobile devices, like the Apple iPhone 3G and T-Mobile's G1 (I, for one, enjoy reading news and books on my mobile handset, and am thrilled by the prospect of a news that Amazon is working on a Kindle book reader for other platforms, too.

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