Language skills improve when parents talk to their preemies.
Preemies Can Hear You, So Talk to Them, Not Just Around Them
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Czechs Split Over Joining the Euro
By DAN BILEFSKY
PRAGUE — When the pro-euro Milos Zeman takes over next week as
president, euro enthusiasts will rejoice. But celebrations might be
premature.
The regime is over
I listened to Andrew Stunnel, a minister for communities and local government (CLG) in the new coalition, speaking at a conference two weeks ago. He made it absolutely clear: there will be no specifications coming down from the centre. I asked him, for clarification, that this really would mean getting rid of those roles, he said yes. I read Eric Pickles’ article in the Local Government Chronicle, he is the minister in charge at CLG; he said the same. Last week I met Greg Clark, another minister at CLG and he too was unequivocal.
The regime is over. No longer will children in Whitehall dream up their dumb ideas on how to design, manage and measure public services; no longer will they tell local public service managers what to do and send the Audit Commission in to bully people in to compliance. The message from the ministers is crystal clear: they want leaders of local public services to get on with it. Responsibility has been put in the right place. We should rejoice.
The politically savvy American Federation of Teachers has decided that it is better to get in the game. In New Haven, the union has agreed in its new contract to develop an evaluation system in collaboration with the city. Secretary Duncan praised the agreement lavishly. But the accolades seem premature given that crucial details have yet to be worked out.
Cramer said that "in this bullish tape, Google is going way up." With all the talk of the death of newspapers, "every single ad that would have gone in ...
Eating a Bit Less Salt Can Be a Big Health Boon
By Tiffany Sharples
Americans consume way, way too much salt. Cutting just one gram a day would go a long way toward preventing heart disease and premature death, according to a new report
preemie 早產兒
Line breaks: pree¦mie
Pronunciation: /ˈpriːmi
/
noun (plural preemies)
North American • informaladverb INFORMAL
used to emphasize degree or separation, especially in space or time:
After the third lap, she was way behind the other runners.
She spends way too much money on clothes.
prematureadj.
- Occurring, growing, or existing before the customary, correct, or assigned time; uncommonly or unexpectedly early: a premature end.
- Born after a gestation period of less than the normal time: a premature infant.
[Middle English, ripe, from Latin praemātūrus, ripe too early : prae-, pre- + mātūrus, ripe.]
prematurely pre'ma·ture'ly adv.prematureness pre'ma·ture'ness or pre'ma·tu'ri·ty n.
ges·ta·tion (jĕ-stā'shən)
n.
- The period of development in the uterus from conception until birth; pregnancy.
- The conception and development of a plan or an idea in the mind.
[Late Latin gestātiō, gestātiōn-, from Latin, a carrying, from gestātus, past participle of gestāre.]
gestatory ges'ta·to'ry (jĕs'tə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) or ges·ta'tion·al adj.un·e·quiv·o·cal (ŭn'ĭ-kwĭv'ə-kəl)
adj.
Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous: an unequivocal success.
unequivocally un'e·quiv'o·cal·ly adv.
rejoice
v., -joiced, -joic·ing, -joic·es. v.intr.
To feel joyful; be delighted: rejoiced at the news; rejoiced in her friend's good fortune.
v.tr.
To fill with joy; gladden.
phrasal verb:
rejoice in
- To have or possess: rejoices in a keen mind.
[Middle English rejoicen, from Old French rejoir, rejoiss- : re-, re- + joir, to be joyful (from Vulgar Latin *gaudīre , from Latin gaudēre).]
rejoicer re·joic'er n.
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