How People Like Levi Strauss Put Their Mark on the American West

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Many men and women helped to shape popular images of the American West. Some of these people can be seen in a show at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. FRANK GOODYEAR: The individuals who you see pictured along this wall are...

A False Sense of Security on the Internet?

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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Sony officials held a news conference in early May in Tokyo. They apologized for the theft of personal information f...

Students Compete to Find Tech Solutions for World Problems

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Hundreds of students from around the world recently gathered in New York City for the Microsoft Imagine Cup finals. They came to present their ideas for using technology to solve world problems. Microsoft education director Suzi Levine says...

World Leaders Urged to Meet Development Goals by 2015

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In September, world leaders met in New York City to discuss progress on the Millennium Development Goals they set ten years ago. Five years remain to meet eight goals to reduce hunger, poverty and disease and expand education.United Nations...

Surviving a Drought: A Farmer's Old-Fashioned Lessons

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This summer, the remains of what had been Hurricane Isaac moved over the American Midwest. The storm brought rain to areas suffering from a severe drought. But the rain came too late to save many farmers' corn and soybean crops. Crop insura...

How an Allowance Helps Children Learn About Money

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Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance. The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly. The amount of money that parents give to their children to s...

South Korea Tops 'Information Society' Report

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Falling prices are fueling growth in high-speed Internet services, especially in developing countries. Recently the International Telecommunication Union released its "Measuring the Information Society 2011" report. The ITU, part of the Uni...

A Shelter for Abused Animals, Where Volunteers Also Find Healing

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Ellie Laks started the Gentle Barn Foundation in California. Her group gives a home to animals it rescued from abuse or in need of care. When recovered, the animals spend time with troubled young people and disabled adults. ANA GOLDBACH: "I...

How to Make Your Own Solar Water Heater

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Solar water heaters are used around the world and are not very difficult to build. The system we are going to describe is based on a design developed some years ago in Afghanistan. Since then, it has been built and used in many countries. I...

Living in a World With Facial Recognition

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A new study looks at privacy in a world where computers can increasingly recognize faces in a crowd or online. Alessandro Acquisti at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, led the study. Professor Acquisti ...

Three Sisters Follow in the Flight Path of a Family of Pilots

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The Smith family of Washington State loves to fly. KELLY SMITH: "My grandfather, however, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Corps and he flew everything. He flew helicopters, large aircraft, fighters. And we have some pretty cool ...

Taking a Closer Look at the Future of Video Conferencing

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Technology Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish High-quality systems used in video conferencing are called telepresence systems. The images are li...

Educational Technology: Not Just Computers

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com We received a question from a listener about how American schools use educational technology. There is not a simple answer. It depends on the subject and lev...

'Passive' Homes Save Energy, Money

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Heating and cooling equipment are the biggest users of energy in American homes. And homes are responsible for about ...

Paying Tech Talents to Drop Out of College

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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish What do Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison have in common? They all made billions of dollars in technology. And...