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16. Children who found fame in live shows and made a fortune by endorsing commercial products will have to halt their early career, as their ads will be banned after Sept. 1 when the new advertising law goes into effect. Under the new law, those under the age of 10 cannot be used to promote products.
17. The stick really is better than the carrot when it comes to motivating people, a study has found. Although modern management and schooling techniques favor praising workers or students, the new research suggests that negative feedback produces more improvement than positive affirmation. In fact, punishments were up to three times more effective at improving performance than rewards.
18. The UN Children’ s Fund reports school attendance in Zimbabwe has rapidly declined from more than 85 percent in 2007 to just 20 percent by the third term of 2008. The LMCEF Representative in Zimbabwe, Roeland Monasch, says the cholera epidemic and the collapse of basic services are adversely affecting the population. He says children are staying away from school because they have to help their parents look for food or find ways to earn money to help support their families.
19. Sea Life London’ s divers have taken to the depths of the famous aquarium’ s tanks to form an underwater orchestra. Our friends at Sea Life London never fail to impress us! Sea Life London’ s professional divers took to the depths of the aquarium’ s tanks in their not-so-regular diving gear. In addition to their regular tanks and masks, they’ re also sporting orchestral tails, instruments and sheet music!
20. The United States National Weather Service says that this huge winter storm has dumped some 68.3 centimetres of snow in Central Park, making it the worst blizzard to hit New York City since records began in 1869. To add to the problems facing the entire north-eastern seaboard, winds across the region have been gusting at up to 96 kilometres an hour, causing serious localised drifting.