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German government plans to invest billions into universities and science institutesPassau Germany- The German government plans to invest heavily into universities and scientific institutions. The overall bill is estimated to exceed about 6,000,000,000 Euro in total till the end of this legislative period. Bundesforschungsministerin Annette Schavan (CDU) told the (Passauer Neuen Presse) �We have to protect Germans future as an innovative industrial site (location) and develop into a talent factory for extraordinary scientific offspring.� The six billion Euro investment is a part of a 25,000,000,000 Euro investment program which the Union and the SPD have agreed on during their negotiations for this coalition. The program is ought to be in place by the middle of February 2006. The main part of this investment will go to the science of health, the Nano technologies and the automobile technologies and development. Translated by Taiwan-taipei.com to read this news in German visit website link provided below
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Taipei December 17th World Vision Taiwan WVT collects Christmas gifts for poor children!World Vision Taiwan WVT has managed to raise Christmas gifts for more than 60,000 children. Read the complete news report at the website link provided below
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Taipei Taiwan stocks are on the rise!Taiwan stocks rose about 1.47 percent on Friday. This is the highest close in four month. The hope that consumer demand will continue till the beginning of next year is assumed to be a factor for this good result. To get more information on Taipei Taiwan stock markets visit the website below.
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San Jose wants new strategy for Down town nightlife going Hollywood This article is about new strategies for policing the night bar and nightclub life in S.J. San Jose eventually is going to use some of Hollywood's practices to control nightlife activities. Video surveillance and late night closing hours are a part of the new strategy for controlling the streets. Dropping late night diners and club visitors onto the streets didn't seem to be a good idea. London for example turned after many years of closing hours for bars and the resulting violence on the street just the other way too. San Jose bar and nightclub owners are working on a concept of serving drinks till 2:00 am and staying open much longer. to read the full story on nightlife visit website link provided below
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Who has the biggest artificial Christmas treeWho has the biggest artificial Christmas tree in Taiwan? Near the Taipei 101 building at Warner village is probably the biggest artificial Christmas tree at least in Taipei or even Taiwan. Many foreigners experience a big nightmare before Christmas. Especially for those working in the childhood education field. Putting some effort into the Christmas decoration is more of the fun part, but for those who really care about Christmas, even a little bit, for the purpose of having some holidays or seeing the family or getting the 13Th month paycheck, Christmas in Taiwan is an artificial Nightmare. Back at home most foreigners will have some days vacation, or get up to 100% extra pay if not. But here they have to be Santa Claus, a rain deer, an angle a king No, not a king. For free! for fun! of course! And after doing it, getting on those red pants and that itchy beard, clowning the HOHOHO, working extra hours, canceling others and making less money than any other month of the year, the feeling of being disappointed is just around the corner. Where is my Christmas gift you want to say, but everybody knows you're coming from a good home so be quiet get some chemical help and smile. With a perfect timing you'll get your Christmas card and you can stick it into your red pants or find some stocking. Or think of Chinese New Year and those red envelopes with the 7/11 coupon good for a six pack Taiwan beer. Hey! smiling not grinning. You'll get unexpected two, three or even four weeks off. The boss is gone say in front of the whole staff "we'll pay you". Say your stupid shie-shie-ni and watch your paycheck, one six pack Taiwan beer per week. Now this really doesn't make you want to see your family or does it? I am gone stay home this year burn some candles and do nothing. Santa Claus is on strike! A labor union for all Santa Claus and those poor rain deers selling American beer in Taipei's nightclubs. All I want for Christmas is you to smile happily and that artificial Christmas tree.
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Berlin city explores new pedagogic waysGerman's capital city Berlin explores new pedagogic ways for young children! The project intents to increase students interest in science with mobile workshop-containers designed for nature science and future technologies. Berlin's natural science teachers are anxious to go ahead with the new educational project. To read the whole story follow the link provided below.
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Dr. Lee Yuan-Tseh forced to apologize for education reformDr. Lee Yuan-Tseh forced to apologize for education reform The president of the Academia Sinica Dr. Lee Yuan-Tseh, was forced to apologize for the failure of the education reform which he initiated a decade ago. It is said that Taiwan's students work harder and harder till past 11:00 pm and lowered the quality of higher education in Taiwan. Lee was asked if he thought that his reform was a success. To read the full story on Taiwan's education reform visit chinapost.com News follow the link below.
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Kindergartens and buxibans in taipei taiwanImportant news for all kindergartens and buxibans in Taipei Taiwan! free advertisement for kindergartens, buxibans, elementary schools etc. Taipei's classifieds ad section grands kindergartens and buxibans to place their ads in the classified ads for free! Posting and viewing of all ads is for free! Taipei Taiwan Kindergarten and elementary school
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New TOEFL English Proficiency TestThe TOEFL Test has made some major changes. For students who want to study in the U.S.A this might be a concern. The new TOEFL guideline focuses more on the students communication skills. This could cause problems for students in Taiwan who especially focus in their English studies more on written English rather than spoken and listening comprehension. One of the biggest change in the TOEFL test is the new speaking section. Here students will have to express their own opinions on topics and discuss academic materials. To read more visit the website below
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Opera removes integrated ad banners!Opera removes integrated ad banners! Great news for private English teachers who go on line while teaching English to private students. The Opera web browser has the superior zoom in and out function. It keeps the pages layouts, even you magnify to 200% or 300%. If you don't want your students getting headaches from reading too small fonds, or looking at overlapping page contents, you can use Opera. It's the fasted browser out there. Your students don't have to wait for pages to load. You can download Opera in all languages English, Chinese traditional, Chinese simplified, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean etc. No more advertisement is integrated into the browsers window. To download Opera just click on the link provided below. Select your language.
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Taipei's teachers board has added a new feature!The classifieds ad section for Taipei's teachers forum has been added to improve our service. The classified ads buy & sell provides a free advertising platform for the purpose of buying and selling second hand goods. English teachers who are coming and leaving Taiwan can post their ads for free. To visit Taipei's teachers forum follow this link http://www.carookee.com/forum/Englishteachers. To enter the classified ads buy & sale directly visit the website below.
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Central weather bureau changed its websiteTaipei Friday August 17, 2006 Taiwan's central weather bureau changed its website providing 7-day Weather Forecast Island wide. They also have a special tourist forecast section. Providing detailed information in English on Typhoon warnings, earthquakes, and general weather. In addition they have a 48 hours satellite imagery and a radar display! For more update information Taiwan's weather visit http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V5e/index.htm central weather bureau website! Link is provided below.
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Number of deadly traffic accidents in GermanyNumber of deadly traffic accidents continues to decrease Wiesbaden Germany August 25, 2005 The number of the traffic-death in Germany continues to decrease. In the first half-year 2005, 2418 people were killed in traffic accidents, ten percent less than during the same period last year. In comparison to the first half-year 2003, this means a decrease by 21 percent. Deadly accident 2005 reported the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden. The number of traffic-death is declining for years those are the good news in some shocking numbers. The number of injured people is declining as well. In the first six months 202,077 humans were hurt in accidents, 1.2 per cent less than one year ago. Altogether the police registered about one million accidents, approximately 156,000 resulted in personal injury. In nearly all Lands of the Federal Republic the number of traffic-death decreased. In Bremen the number remained the same with four. In North Rhine-Westphalia the number of the traffic death rose by14 to 402. Based on the number of inhabitants the death toll lies at about 29 to 52 in a million. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has the highest with 52 fatal accidents per million citizens. Someone might just wonder what those numbers in Taiwan with so many scooters are. For the original story in German language visit this website below
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Rick Perry 's education reformRick Perry introduces his reform plans on the Office of the Governor Rick Perry website. His highlights are: Education, Teacher Compensation, High School Reform, Math and Science Initiatives, Early Childhood Education, School Safety, Higher Education Accountability System, Higher Education Participation and Work Study. Read the whole story and the 2002 Proposed 5�VPoint Plan. Follow the link below and click on education. visit http://www.governor.state.tx.us/priorities/education/
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Strengthening Higher EducationPresident Bush highlighted the need to prepare our students for the future. To read more about this follow the link to http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/education/ website below.
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Teachers boardThis forum gives you the oportunity to edit your own topics.
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