| Class to teach young hunters is going online
The Missouri Conservation Department has launched a test of new online curriculum for its hunter education classes that will allow students to complete a portion of their classwork at home. Bryan Bethel, hunting and shooting range coordinator for the Conservation Department, said the effort is in keeping with youth demographics and the need to better reach rural residents. A study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 78 percent of teenagers used the Web as their primary source of news and information in 2005. Most young people are getting their information from the Internet, and we dont want to lose touch with them, Bethel said. We want to learn how to talk their language. The new Web classes will be coupled with a day of hands-on learning that will be required for the online classes, and they remain a requirement for traditional classes.
Smart Card Training Made Easier With Online Course From Smart Card ...
PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/05/07 -- Smart cards are becoming commonplace around the world, used in financial, healthcare, identity, security, transportation and telecommunications applications. As such, it's important for individuals who provide products and services or who may become users of smart cards in these industries to be grounded in the basic fundamentals of this emerging and evolving technology. To provide this foundation, the Smart Card Alliance has introduced a new online course, Fundamentals of Smart Card Technology, available at http://www.smartcardtraining.com. The course has evolved from years of classroom instruction developed by leading industry experts for the Educational Institute operated by the Alliance. It provides a thorough overview of the basic components of smart card technology and the many security and payments applications for which smart cards are used throughout the global marketplace.
PA adopts University of Education (amendment) bill
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Monday adopted the University of Education (amendment) bill 2006 after a clause-by-clause reading.
Under the new bill, the university will be authorised to affiliate or de-affiliate any educational institution on the governments directive. All government colleges of education, the Government College for Elementary Teachers, Vehari, the Government College for Elementary Teachers, Joharabad, and the provincial education assessment centre, Lahore, will become the constituent colleges of the university.
An employee of a constituent college shall stand transferred to the university on the terms and conditions determined by the government. The universitys staff will consist of a chancellor, a pro-chancellor, a vice-chancellor, directors, principals of the constituent colleges, a registrar, a treasurer, a controller of examinations and a librarian.
Education and Music Key Highlights of CRS-38
[ClickPress, Mon Mar 05 2007] Combine two major research presentations, one keynote address featuring Jon Bon Jovi, over twenty educational panels, three performance driven luncheons, one Jam featuring superstar Toby Keith (with surprise guests Bobby Bare and Crystal Gayle, among others), five New Faces and many varied sponsored and late night events and you have CRS-38.
Over 2800 radio and music executives attended the Country industry's premier convention February 28 - March 2 at the Nashville Convention Center.
Opportunities for Country music growth were highlighted in the two research projects presented at CRS-38 by Edison Music Research. The Hispanic study identified opportunities for Country radio and labels in that rapidly growing demographic. An in-depth study of Country radio's core listeners (P1 Research) yielded a positive outlook for the Country radio format and confirmed the Internet as an increasingly popular source of new music discovery.
Uganda: Tax Educ for Schools Or Kyankwanzi?
It is rumoured that the job of Uganda's chief tax collector, the commissioner general of Uganda Revenue Authority, carries an almost secret monthly salary of about Shs28 million (plus perks); neither confirmed, nor disputed. If the President's job did not carry an infinite range of fringe benefits and "classified" opportunities, as well as the sheer thrill of power - the exhilarating feeling that if you wanted you could order the shooting, bombing or tear-gassing of anyone without any serious consequences for yourself and your immediate family - then even President Yoweri Museveni would probably envy the chief tax collector. .
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