Participation in Team Sports May Stop Girls from Becoming Mean …


For girls in high school, participating in a team sport may help deter bullying and physical violence, though the fascist camaraderie of athletic cooperation apparently does little to dissuade high school boys from bullying and …

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. . . If only this were true! 

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There’s more to battling racism than removing Confederate names and symbols


I don’t want to take a stand that lands me on the side of racists and fans of the Confederacy. But I can’t support the push by civil rights activists and Sacramento politicians to force a Long Beach elementary school to erase Robert E.

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Well-written piece on this latest issue splitting our nation.

25 Painfully Disturbing Facts About Human Trafficking – YouTube


Did you know that there are more slaves today than ever before in history? These are 25 painfully disturbing facts about human trafficking. https://twitter.c...

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It is mind-boggling to me that so few people understand the scope of human trafficking and how little our lawmakers have done to protect the terrible abuses suffered by the victims.

Local man teaching the importance of fatherhood


Police brutality against African American men has played out across the country in recent months. So a local man is teaching a class to help people avoid these confrontations. He’s also showing you…

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Teaching: A Profession Unlike Most Others


Sarah Blaine is the author at the excellent and thoughtful Parenting the Core blog.  She recently explored the question of whether or not teaching is a profession, recounting a law professor who ar…

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Kazakhstan Wants to Turn Baikonur Cosmodrome Into Tourist Attraction | News … – The Moscow Times (registration)


Kazakhstan hopes to turn Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome into a tourist attraction within the next two years, expecting it to accommodate thousands of potential visitors wanting to watch space launches from the Central Asian steppes.

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Kazakhstan’s Transition to Modernity | Fotografia Magazine


Stamp of the Week is a series of features showcasing some of the best work we discover via Stampsy, an amazing new sharing platform for the visually-driven. Kazakhstan is a Central-Asian country bordering on the likes of …

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Film on Uttarakhand village becomes a teaching tool in west – Hindustan Times


A 16-minute film on the life of Uttarakhand’s Makar Singh, his economic hardships and his efforts to uplift his community has won several awards and become a key teaching tool in universities across UK, US, Canada and Australia.

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What if teaching online was simple, affordable and yet, very effective?


What if teaching online was simple, affordable and yet, very effective?

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