[Not wanted in the classroom: parent associations & the education of trainable retarded children in Ontario, 1947-1969]

This provocatively entitled work traces the historical evolution of educational provisions for a group of Ontario's exceptional students. The book documents changes in these students' educational status from trainable retarded children schooled in settings run primarily by parents, to their identification as pupils under the umbrella of Ontario's Special Education legislation. By means of this change, these pupils become participants in Ontario's publicly funded education systems. Drawing on a variety of sources, including an impressive collection of private papers, the author generates a slim volume significant for the material it preserves, the questions it raises in the reader's mind, …

-Nissan Motor Company collaborates with Daimler AG.

Auto Business News-January 9, 2012--Nissan Motor Company collaborates with Daimler AG(C)1994-2012 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing.co.uk

Auto Business News - 09 January 2012

Nissan Motor Company (NASDAQ: NSANY)(TYO: 7201), a Japan-based automaker, has collaborated with Daimler AG (NYSE: DAI)(FWB : DAI), a Germany-based automaker.

The collaboration is aimed at producing Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder engines for Infiniti …

ARE NEILSEN'S LITTLE MACHINES CHEATING THE YOUNGER VIEWERS?(Weekend)

Byline: Michael Dougan Hearst News and Feature Service

The first group of television viewers to get cheated by A.C. Nielsen's People Meters - those insidious little boxes that tell the ratings company who's watching what on the tube - can be identified by checking out ABC's new Saturday morning lineup. Gone are "Little Wizards," "The Flintstone Kids," "The Care Bears" and "The Pound Puppies" - animated shows aimed at the post-toddler set. In their place are series appealing to somewhat older viewers: "Beany and Cecil," "A Pup Named Scooby Doo," "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" and "Animal Crack-Ups."

"It does sound like the younger audience is going …