New research shows that brain stimulation boosts mental ability
Posted by: arkar
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-20 13:31:09 -0700 | health-news
Can the brain be “stimulated” to make it perform better? Well, that is one question that researchers from Oxford University in the UK have tried to answer in their latest study, in which brief electrical stimulation of the brain was...
Oxford sexual exploitation of children, seven persons guilty.
Posted by: mahhy
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-18 12:32:06 -0700 | disasters-news
A victim of a gang of men who enslaved young girls for sex on the backstreets of Oxford has told how she and her mother frequently pleaded social services staff to rescue her from their clutches. talking solely to the...
Robin Gibb's son pays tribute to his inspirational father a year after his death
Source: Mail Online UK
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-17 00:47:44 -0700 | entertainment-news
To welcome in 2013, we all went outside and wrote Robin's name in the darkness with sparklers.' A wide smile lights up Dwina's face as she talks about the baby. It would have meant so much to Robin to have...
Mid century retro posters
Posted by: gsgetsy
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-16 10:48:49 -0700 | business-news
Mid century retro posters were mostly the painting, using dark shades and abstract art to give information of anything; through posters the trends of mid century life style can be seen.
It's DSM 5 day
Source: Left Brain Right Brain
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-18 08:33:08 -0700 | health-news
Yes, the day has arrived that the DSM 5 (the Diagnostic and Statistical manual) is released by the American Psychiatric Association. The DSM codifies the traits which make up, among many other things, an autism diagnosis. There was a great...
Le double dip: A year after taking office, embattled Hollande faces fresh pressure as France plunges ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-16 06:47:56 -0700 | political-news
15 May 2013 France plunged back into recession last night exactly a year after Francois Hollande took office, piling more misery on the beleaguered socialist president. Figures showed the single currency's second largest economy shrank by 0.2 per cent in...
Chinese man abducted as 5-year-old reunited with parents using GOOGLE MAPS
Source: Mail Online UK
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-18 05:34:43 -0700 | political-news
38 Click to rate Rating 11 Surprising - my adopted son was abandoned when he was 5 years old, (he's now 11) but he remembers little of his biological parents, just flashes. - dario , Italy, 18/5/2013...
Police 'probing 54 grooming gangs'
Source: BBC
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-21 11:26:48 -0700 | disasters-news
Police 'investigating 54 child grooming gangs' The discussion in the Lords followed a spate of recent court convictions Police are investigating 54 alleged gangs in a crackdown on child grooming in England and Wales, peers have heard. The figure was...
The One Word That Shouldn't Exist in an Entrepreneur's Vocabulary
Source: Inc.
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-20 11:10:13 -0700 | business-news
Now let me walk you through a broader story because avoidance of the word in and of itself will seem cliche...She was a nurse but was never graduated from a four-year college. Still -- she can do the NY Times...
Oxford sex child abuse ring: 'Nobody can feel sorry for them unless they're sorry themselves': ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-19 10:20:37 -0700 | disasters-news
19 May 2013 The mother of two brothers who formed part of the Oxford sex grooming gang has blamed her sons' victims for the abuse they suffered. A group of seven men were found guilty at the Old Bailey last...
Victims blamed for child sex abuse as Oxford council chief faces calls to quit over exploitation ...
Source: The Independent
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-15 12:21:38 -0700 | sports-news
Victims of child sex exploitation are still being blamed for their own abuse by the people responsible for protecting them, the author of a major study into sex trafficking gangs has said. Deputy Children's Commissioner Sue Berelowitz told The Independent...
Four Nigerians among 5 shortlisted for African writing prize
Source: Daily Nation
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-15 19:26:30 -0700 | political-news
Four of the five writers shortlisted for this year's Caine Prize for African Writing are from Nigeria, a first for the prestigious award, organisers revealed Wednesday. The fifth contestant is from Sierra Leone, according to a list released on the...
Rail buffs move restored gondola car
Source: The Durango Herald
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-16 00:03:47 -0700 | technology-news
Durango Herald Olaf Rasmussen of the Durango Railroad Historical Society shoots video of a century-old high-side gondola railcar that was used to transport coal. Restoration was completed in an aircraft hanger at the Durango-La Plata County Airport, and the old...
Imams to preach against grooming of girls for sex
Source: The Independent
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-17 11:05:19 -0700 | sports-news
Imams across Britain will give simultaneous sermons condemning sexual grooming next month, as part of a grass-roots Muslim campaign to tackle the problem of abuse. The co-ordinated event on 28 June will follow a conference organised by the Muslim Council...
Correspondence course
Source: Financial Times
Oxford :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-17 12:12:13 -0700 | entertainment-news
Italo Calvino's personally reticent, intellectually generous letters Italo Calvino, photographed in February 1981 Italo Calvino: Letters 1941-1985 , edited by Michael Wood, translated by Martin McLaughlin, Princeton, RRP£27.95 / RRP$39.50, 632 pages When Italo Calvino was becoming a big name...
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