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Information Daily A new report by private health insurance company MediBank has found that, whilst significant funding is being directed at mental health services, the system needs better coordination.
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Mother Jones Workers sandblast denim in Dhaka, Bangladesh. You might think sandblasted jeans are trendy. Too bad they're also making workers sick.
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SAMHSA National Prevention Week is a SAMHSA-supported annual health observance dedicated to increasing public awareness of, and action around, substance abuse and mental health issues. This observance is an opportunity to join with other individuals, organizations, and coalitions in your community to promote prevention efforts, educate others about behavioral health issues, and create and strengthen community partnerships.
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In These Times Do corporations count as people? The Supreme Court said as much in Citizens United, but a Pennsylvania judge recently issued a resounding “no.” On March 20, Judge Debbie O’Dell-Seneca ruled that the state’s constitution doesn’t guarantee corporations a right to privacy—because that’s a privilege reserved for people.
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Globe & Mail | Canadian Press/A Vaughan Premier Darrell Dexter addresses a news conference to mark May as sexual assault awareness month, at the legislature in Halifax
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stuff.co.nz | Auckland Now OPEN HEARTS: Kirstyn and Chad are looking forward to spending their first Mother’s Day together with their daughter and 22-month-old adopted son.
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Science Daily | L Milasan/Fotolia Using MRI, neuroscientists have found significant differences in brain anatomy when comparing men and women with dyslexia to their non-dyslexic control groups. Their study is the first to directly compare brain anatomy of females with and without dyslexia.
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In These Times | S Loeb/AFP/Getty Images 1) Union-busting
2) Conflicts of interest
3) Shady business dealings
Sounds like business as usual in the Obama White House
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Science Daily | Brain Stimulation PET scans of patients successfully treated with vagus nerve stimulation show marked increases in cerebral glucose metabolism after 12 months of treatment (bottom image, red/orange area in yellow circle) in parts of the brainstem thought to be critical in depression. In nonresponders, glucose metabolism decreased in the same brain region (top image, blue/green area in yellow circle).
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Guardian | G Barclay/Bloomberg News The 12-month period of statutory offender supervision will be implemented by companies such as G4S or Serco on payment-by-results contracts.
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BBC Social workers in Northamptonshire are frustrated and feel undervalued, the director of the county's young people's services has said. In a message to staff at the county council, Alex Hopkins said he had been "impressed and humbled" by their work since February's Ofsted review.
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Information Daily | ADASS According to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, services for the elderly and people with disabilities are suffering as austerity continues to tighten its grip.
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KPCC | M Ryan Monitcello Stephens talks to a police officer about a recent fight at Augustus Hawkins High School in L.A. A former gang member, Stephens is now trying to bridge the gap between gangs and the police to create a safer neighborhood.
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Wanda Whittlesey-Jerome, Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at New Mexico State University.
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Edmonton Journal | L Wong Human Services Minister Dave Hancock introduced the Children First Act on Tuesday, a new law that will touch every program or service the Alberta government provides to children and families at risk.
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Advocate | Meet the Press House Speaker and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich asserted that religiously affiliated organizations are told they cannot discriminate against gay couples and families, so those organizations are the ones being oppressed.
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WAMU The most recent estimates suggest 1 in 10 seniors are abused, neglected or exploited, and that has serious implications for individuals and communities. Victims of elder abuse are much more likely to end up in hospitals and nursing homes. Seniors lose almost $3 billion a year due to financial exploitation, which leaves them vulnerable and dependent on government or family assistance. With an aging population, elder abuse is only expected to increase, and social service agencies are often not able to keep up. In this five-part series, we look at the complexities of elder abuse in the D.C. region and why the problem is so difficult to address.
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Guardian | G Robertson In percentage terms, the IFS says relative child poverty will rise by 6% between 2010–11 and 2020–21
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Illinois State University Prof. Edmonds-Cady joined the faculty of the School of Social Work in 2007. Edmonds-Cady has been an outstanding teacher, implemented a comprehensive research agenda, and provided valuable service to the school, the University and the profession.
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Spiegel | Reuters The courtroom in Munich where the NSU trial got underway on Monday. "The many ugly outgrowths of right-wing extremism seem in comparison to the gigantic barbarity (of the Third Reich) to be marginal. Which is why we either don't pay much attention or don't take them seriously. Both approaches are negligent."
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CBS | Arlington County Police Dept. The mug shot of Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski shows signs of struggle on his face. The police report alleges that a drunken Krusinski "approached a female victim in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks." The victim fought the suspect off as he attempted to touch her again and alerted police.
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Deutsche Welle The sign prohibits discrimination on the grounds of "skin color, religion, nationality or sexual orientiation"
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NY Times | S DeChillo Itziar Llamoca, originally from Peru, is now a United States citizen and an owner of a party-supply store in Port Chester, N.Y.
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Phuilly.com | R Tarver Inmate Joseph Davis asked for a challenging dog. He was given Mike, a feisty tan pit bull who had been returned to the Hunting Park shelter repeatedly for bad behavior, hyperactivity, and aggression over toys.
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Toronto Star | R Johnston York University researcher Uza Anucha hopes that through social action projects, the Jane-Finch youth will begin to see themselves as future post-secondary students.
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Spiegel | DPA The worldwide application of computer technology, they find, has become so much more cost-effective and efficient that people are no longer only replaceable in certain sectors, but in entire occupational areas. Cashiers are being replaced by self-service check-out lines, airline employees by self check-in kiosks, financial traders by algorithms and travel agencies by online travel sites.
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Guardian | M Ostergaard/Panos for the Observer Away from public view, this safe haven for drug users has 1,000 regulars. Crime is down, the streets are safer. Could it work in Britain? (Above): Ivan Christensen, who manages the drug consumption room in Copenhagen.
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Sydney Morning Herald | Norfolk Island Tourism Desperate families have been forced to leave their homes on Norfolk Island and there are fears many more will follow, after the federal government backed away from a financial reform package that would bring social security services including Medicare and unemployment benefits to islanders.
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Guardian | M Rickett/PA Stuart Hall, above, admitted indecently assaulting 13 girls during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. The BBC may be liable to pay compensation to the victims, says Lord Patten.
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UN | K Park A female employee at a garment factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh. Bangladeshi lawmakers will receive an agreed upon labour reform package as soon as next month to improve the nation's working conditions, the United Nations labour organization today said wrapping up a high-level visit to the South Asian country still reeling from the deadly collapse of a garment factory.
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http://www.investineu.com It has been proved that adequate social benefits and services that focus on developing people's capabilities from cradle to grave bring a high social and economic return. Investing as early as possible to prevent hardship from arising later and 'preparing' people to cope with life's risks rather than simply 'repairing', is the most effective way forward.
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Guardian | J Fox/The Stroke Association Inger says: 'My job used to be part of my identity. I used to be a gold-standard multi-tasker, but the part of my brain which made me so good is damaged.' There are 1.2 million people in the UK living with the effect of stroke.
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During her years as a teaching assistant at Washington Early Childhood school in Urbana, Kristen Burd worked with a number of children in the state's foster care system. After she retired, she fulfilled her longtime dream of becoming a foster mother.
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NY Times | A Camlin While the high jobless numbers are partly a legacy of the Great Recession, the fact is that our economy has generated too few jobs for most of the last 30 years and is likely to continue to do so. The only viable response is a return to an idea that once animated domestic policy making: full employment, the notion that everyone who wants to work should be able to find a job, and if the market isn’t up to the task, then the government must fill the gap.
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UN | WHO According to the World Health Organization (WHO), pedestrian casualties account for 22 per cent of the total 1.24 million road traffic deaths. To draw attention to the needs of pedestrians and generate action to protect them, WHO organized the Second UN Global Road Safety Week, which kicks off on 6 May with events in 70 countries.
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NY Times | C Birmingham The idle young European, stranded without work by the Continent’s dysfunction, is one of the global economy’s stock characters. Yet it might be time to add another, even more common protagonist: the idle young American.
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ABC | A Legg Navy veteran Adam Legg said a long jobless spell after tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan left him feeling hopeless and led him to "go weeks without smiling, walking around like a shadow, like you're not there."
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Bryn Mawr The Campbell Collaboration has elected Professor of Social Work Julia H. Littell as co-chair of their steering group.
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NY Times | J Jaen It’s not clear what we should do about all this. Partly that’s because much of our public conversation about education is focused on the wrong culprits: we blame failing schools and the behavior of the poor for trends that are really the result of deepening income inequality and the behavior of the rich.
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The State | AP/BKA Undated photo: Beate Zschaepe, 38, is charged with complicity in the murder of eight Turks, a Greek and a policewoman. She is also accused of involvement in at least two bombings and 15 bank robberies carried out by her accomplices Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Boenhardt, who died in an apparent murder-suicide two years ago.Thomas Grund, a social worker in Jena who knew the trio when they first showed up at his youth club 20 years ago, said Zschaepe showed no hint of political extremism until she befriended the two young men who, he said, would later become her lovers. Grund says social workers warned throughout the 1990s that extremist groups were setting up base in small towns and villages in the region but authorities did little. Sometimes, he says, it appeared as if officials were protecting the far right.
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communitycare.co.uk | South Shields Labour Party Social worker and Labour candidate Emma Lewell-Buck made history after securing 12,593 votes to comfortably stave off a challenge by UKIP, whose candidate won 6,505 votes.
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Guardian Pauline Turner says the best thing about her job is seeing how inspection drives improvement.
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Independent.ie | B Moran/B Meade Jessika Zebo. "Up until my 20s, I continued to mix sprinting with hurdling until I made the move to Limerick, and similarly I made the move to 400m," says the qualified social worker.
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Mother Jones | Courtesy of the family Mark with Houston at Houston's high school graduation in 2009. It's insanity to kill your father with a kitchen knife. It's also insanity to close hospitals, fire therapists, and leave families to face mental illness on their own.
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Southwest Riverside News Network | Thomas/Wikimedia California State University San Marcos. Students will choose one of two concentrations: Children, Youth and Families (CYF), or Behavioral Health (BH). Students in either concentration may also select an additional optional specialization from one of two areas: Health Care and Older Adults or Military and Veteran’s Services.
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New Orleans Magazine | MyNewOrleans.com | A Nead Several years ago I was asked by a friend, who was a social worker, to teach a one-evening class in Orleans Parish Prison.
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Guardian | I Smith/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images Aneurin Bevan, who spoke of “collective action to transform society and so lift all of us together”.
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Health Resources and Services Administration This attention is warranted given that, according to the Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis, an estimated 33% of persons living with HIV are coinfected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV). Further, the progression of viral hepatitis is accelerated among persons with HIV; therefore, persons who are coinfected with HIV and HCV experience greater liver-related health problems than non-HIV infected persons.
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Spiegel | G Rohde/Fotolia.com Feelings of guilt and hopelessness can put extreme pressure on prisoners. In one German prison, inmates are discovering a new sense of calm with regular meditation that also prepares them for life on the outside.
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CTV News Many organizations that help sexual assault victims are reporting an increase in demand for their services since the death of 17-year-old Rehteah Parsons.
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Chicago Tribune | N Stone In 1985, she joined the family business as a financial analyst at Hyatt. The next year, A.N. Pritzker died. He had built a multibillion-dollar empire. Yet he had shifted so many assets into trusts, the executors of his estate reported his net worth to be $25,000. The Internal Revenue Service sued to collect $53.2 million in estate taxes. The two sides settled in 1994 for $9.5 million plus interest.
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NIMH | Gabrieli Lab/MIT Patients with social phobia whose brains “lit” up the most, particularly in two regions towards the back of the brain that process what we see, responded the best to psychotherapy.
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HRONICLE HERALD | Archive About 140 former residents of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children have submitted a proposal for a class-action lawsuit alleging abuse at the home.
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Mother JOnes | F Zhe/Xinhua/Zuma NRA president David Keene (left) watches as executive vice president Wayne LaPierre testifies before the Senate in January.
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Guardian | G Robertson A sexual harassment group at a Bedouin village in Palestine. Investment at community levels can reduce levels of stigma.
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Scotsman | R Perry Children’s Minister Aileen Campbell (above) told the committee that the responsibility for providing a named person will belong to health boards until the age of five when it would be transferred to councils. She was appearing before an inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Scotland.
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MLive | Bridge/L Wynn FAMILY REUNITED: Norma Das, 29, faced the prospect of a short jail term -- and of seeing her children go into foster care. A volunteer group, Safe Families fo Children, stepped in to provide short-term care until Das could put her life back in order. Das has been reunited with: (left to right), Alyssa, 10; Amaya, 1; Cayden, 3; and Esther, 12.
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Center for Public Integrity | T Gutierrez/AP This aerial photo shows the remains of a emergency responders vehicle, top right, and a fertilizer plant destroyed by an April 18 explosion in West, Texas. Stephanie Moulton, a 25-year-old social worker at a Massachusetts group home, died at the hands of a schizophrenic client on Jan. 20, 2011. She was among 468 workplace homicide victims that year, according to the BLS.
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NY Times | E Davis THE collapse last Wednesday of a Bangladeshi factory complex — the latest, deadliest chapter in the story of miserable labor conditions in the international garment industry — must seem distant to many Americans. Their tragedy is not ours because their working conditions, and construction regulations, are not ours. Again and again we see the same pattern, which stretches back to the original hiring of rural New England girls to operate the first spinning and weaving machines. The girls were delighted, for the most part, to leave behind rural drudgery. After a few decades, management began various cost-cutting measures that eventually became untenable. Labor activism spread rapidly and was countered, sometimes brutally. To avoid increased expenses associated with labor reform, the mill managers essentially would flush their working population and pull in a new one.
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Hackney Gazette | PA Members of the public protest against bedroom tax. Residents in Hackney were the third worst affected local authority in the UK by the controversial bedroom tax – with the average Hackney resident losing £28 per year.
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Reuters | S Nenov A supporter of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) shields herself from the sun with balloons during a rally marking May Day, or Labour Day, in central Sofia May 1, 2013.
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Guardian | Y Karahalis/REUTERS At the conference policy leaders described the dire social situation in Greece.
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The Tyee Tim Stainton, PhD and director of the UBC School of Social Work, endorsed a call for shutting down almost all these institutions. "All institutions for the mentally challenged engender abuse, and have since they were first founded in the 19th century. We've tried institutions for a century. They don't work," he said.
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NY Times | M McQuade For the past several years all the ingredients have been in place for an urban crisis. Unemployment has hovered above 15 percent in many of our most distressed cities. High-poverty neighborhoods have spread beyond cities and into the suburbs. The housing collapse has left large sections of communities boarded up.
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Socialist Worker | B Simpson In Chicago, workers at more than 40 workplaces, including McDonald's, Subway, Macy's, Sally Beauty Supply, Victoria's Secret and Whole Foods Market, organized rolling strikes that swept across the city from 5:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. This was the latest workplace action called by the Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago (WOCC)--also known as Fight for 15 (its central demand is that Chicago's minimum wage be raised to $15 an hour).
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Center for Public Integrity Each year, some 4,500 American workers die on the job and 50,000 perish from occupational diseases. Millions more are hurt and sickened at workplaces, and many others are cheated of wages and abused. In the coming months the Center for Public Integrity will publish, under the banner Hard Labor, stories exploring threats to workers — and the corporate and regulatory factors that endanger them.
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Information Daily Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said inmates must “actively earn” perks such as TVs in their cells and gym sessions, and that lack of bad behaviour would not be enough.
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Irish Times | A Andersson/Getty Kids these days: with high levels of digital usage within families, there can be problems defining non-digital time.
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the informationdaily.com The money-saving replacement of Council Tax Benefit (CTB) with Council Tax Support (CTS) marks a move from a nationally devised system to one of 326 different local schemes in England. The restructuring includes a significant 10% cut in funding.
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Warrington Guardian Dr Bibauti Bhusan, aged 79, of Ventnor Close, Great Sankey is aiming to provide affordable machinery to support poor communities in his home country.
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NIH The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, will stop administering injections in its HVTN 505 clinical trial of an investigational HIV vaccine regimen because an independent data and safety monitoring board found during a scheduled interim review that the vaccine regimen did not prevent HIV infection nor reduce viral load (the amount of HIV in the blood) among vaccine recipients who became infected with HIV.
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Chicago Tribune | AP/N Dreyer This February 2010 photo provided by the family shows siblings Benjamin and Nancy Dreyer in New York. Nancy, a lesbian, says she has noticed the different ways society treats gay men and lesbians, partly because Benjamin is gay. The two say it’s difficult to compare their experiences because he came out in college, and she in her early 30s. So he was the first to tell their parents. “They yelled at me. They took you to dinner,” Benjamin Dreyer, who’s 54 and works in publishing in New York City, now jokes with his sister.
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www.cmhnetwork.org/ On April 18, 2013, the National Association of Medicaid Directors sent a letter to Congress outlining several recommendations regarding mental health legislation. Two key recommendations in the letter focused on doing away with a policy that generally prohibits state Medicaid programs from covering long-term treatment for the mentally ill ages 21 to 64, and ensuring continuity of care for individuals with mental illness who transition between Medicaid and Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) offered through Exchanges.
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NY Times | D Gordon The last time I saw my old self, I was 27 years old and living in Boston. I was doing well in graduate school, had a tight circle of friends and was a prolific creative writer. Married to my high-school sweetheart, I had just had my first child. Back then, my best times were twirling my baby girl under the gloaming sky on a Florida beach and flopping on the bed with my husband — feet propped against the wall — and talking. The future seemed wide open.
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Reuters | UF Public university students in Florida next year will be able to start working toward college degrees without actually going to college, under a law Governor Rick Scott signed on Monday in front of educators and business lobbyists. The online university degree programs are part of an education package pushed by Scott and the state's Republican party leadership that they say will more closely link curriculums with the needs of employers.
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Deutsche welle | G Galimberti Gabriele Galimberti travelled the world for 18 months, capturing the world's children in their play environments. The differences and similarities are clear to see in his photo collection called "Toy Stories".
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South China Morning Post Less than half of 15-year-olds in Hong Kong expect to complete a university education, compared with more than 80 per cent of their peers in South Korea, a study shows.
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