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3 Ocak 2013 Perşembe

Trouble for Paradise? Sawyer School abruptly closes three branches in R.I.

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Here's what was reported yesterday in the Chronicle of Higher Ed:

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/jp/conn-officials-investigate-closures-of-career-training-schools?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

And here's the report in the Hartford Courant:

http://articles.courant.com/2013-01-02/news/hc-school-close-0101-20121231_1_students-sawyer-school-three-schools

Senator Richard Blumenthal has sent a query letter to President Carol Paradise of owner Academic Enterprises, seeking assurance that current students won't get shafted.

Sawyer School abruptly shuts down
Career training school in RI abruptly closes doors
Displaced Sawyer students invited to meeting
Sawyer students demand answers
RI-based business school shuts Conn. operations

Thirty blogs that aim to keep your kids safe online

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INFOGRAPHIC: Most kids are already social media adults by the age of 13 (Photo credit: AVG Technologies)

http://www.nannywebsites.com/blog/30-blogs-on-keeping-kids-safe-online/

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Stephen Balkam: Mind the Online Generation Gap
Fla. boy designs kid-friendly rival to Facebook

PA's Governor Corbett sues NCAA

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Penn State Nittany Lions head coach Joe Paterno on the sideline during warmups prior to the 2006 Homecoming game versus the University of Illinois on Friday, October 20, 2006. Taken by me. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Corbett claims NCAA overstepped its authority for improper reasons, when it leveled mega sanctions on Penn State.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130103_Corbett_sues_NCAA_for_Penn_State_sanctions.html

I have to say that it's hard for me to understand the relationship between Sandusky's sex abuse crimes and Penn State's win-loss record. The cause-effect relationship between, say, Armstrong's doping and his Grand Priz victories clearly justifies stripping the bicycler of his titles and trophies. The closest connection I've heard between Sandusky's crimes and Penn State's football record is that, as a defensive coach, the convicted child molester may have contributed to those wins. That connection seems far too tenuous to me to justify stripping PSU of its football record during the Sandusky and/or Paterno years. A lot of innocent players and fans were punished for crimes by Sandusky and those who covered for him. It simply makes no sense to me.

That being said, it's easy to believe the Governor's allegations of nefarious motives on the part of the NCAA.

Pa. governor sues NCAA for Penn State sanctions
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Gov. Corbett says he waited to sue NCAA until football season was over
Joe Paterno's family pleased by state's plan to sue NCAA
Pennsylvania to Sue Over 'Illegal' $60 Million NCAA Fine

The Price Is Right

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California legislator proposed a $10,000 bachelor's degree.

http://chronicle.com/article/10000-Bachelors-Degree-Is/136437/?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

Texas may follow suit with a no-frills $10K diploma.

http://chronicle.com/article/Texas-Could-Offer-a/127281/

Real relief from college debt
Hot jobs, no diploma required
The $10,000 Degree
It's not a joke. Republican voting states have lower education & income.
Bust: California named worst-run state in the nation

Higher-Ed Heavy Hitters Calling for Gun Control

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US Marine Corps Designated Marksman, armed with the Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR), derived from an M14 rifle with a telescopic sight. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Association of American Universities has issued this statement:

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/assn-of-american-universities-calls-for-laws-to-curb-gun-violence/53667?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

Meanwhile, a reported 160 college presidents have signed this open letter:

December 19, 2012

On the same day our nation learned in horror that 20 first graders and six educators were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School, young people around the country were learning if they had been accepted to their favored colleges and universities. For many years now, our nation’s leaders have engaged in fevered debates on higher education, yet lawmakers shy away from taking action on one issue that prevents thousands of young people from living lives of promise, let alone realizing their college dreams. That issue is gun safety.
Among the world’s 23 wealthiest countries, 80% of all gun deaths occur in the United States and 87% of all children killed with guns are killed here (Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery). In 2010, 2,694 young people were killed by gunfire. 1,773 were victims of homicide; 67 were elementary school-age children. If those children and teens were alive today, they would fill 108 classrooms of 25 each.
We are college and university presidents. We are parents. We are Republicans, Democrats and Independents. We urge both our President and Congress to take action on gun control now. As a group, we do not oppose gun ownership. But, in many of our states, legislation has been introduced or passed that would allow gun possession on college campuses. We oppose such laws. We fully understand that reasonable gun safety legislation will not prevent every future murder. Identification and treatment of the mental health issues that lie beneath so many of the mass murders to which we increasingly bear witness must also be addressed.
As educators and parents, we come together to ask our elected representatives to act collectively on behalf of our children by enacting rational gun safety measures, including:
• Ensuring the safety of our communities by opposing legislation allowing guns on our campuses and in our classrooms• Ending the gun show loophole, which allows for the purchase of guns from unlicensed sellers without a criminal background check• Reinstating the ban on military-style semi-automatic assault weapons along with high-capacity ammunition magazines• Requiring consumer safety standards for all guns, such as safety locks, access prevention laws, and regulations to identify, prevent and correct manufacturing defects
The time has long since passed for silence and inaction on the issue of reasonable and rational gun safety legislation. We hereby request that our nation’s policy leaders take thoughtful and urgent action to ensure that current and future generations may live and learn in a country free from the threat of gun violence.
Respectfully,

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US: When guns kill twice as many kids as cancer

2 Ocak 2013 Çarşamba

Judge suspended for fining cell phone offenders

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A Baltimore judge, who fined people whose cell phones rang in his courtroom, has been hit with a five-day suspension for being over zealous in his noise-abatement campaign.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legal_profession/2012/12/noise-sensitive-judge-gets-five-days-without-pay.html

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-12-14/news/bs-md-co-judge-suspended-20121214_1_jail-time-contempt-charge-judge-stone

Some judges are definitely more aggressive --- and creative --- in dealing with miscreants, than the bench at large. Here's another example:

Judge Confident 'Idiot Sign' Sentence Worked

Let's drop pink slime from school lunches... our kids are fat enough already

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CREDO says:

Please spread the word to help increase pressure on the USDA to drop pink slime from school lunches. If McDonald's has dropped it, we shouldn't be feeding it to kids either.

If you are on Facebook, click here to post the petition to your Wall.

If you have a Twitter account, click here to automatically tweet:
Tell @USDANutrition: No ammonia-treated, pink slime beef scraps in school lunches! http://bit.ly/wfUlwZ @USDAgov

You can also send the following e-mail to your friends and family. Spreading the word is critical, but please only pass this message along to those who know you -- spam hurts our campaign.

Thanks for all you do.

--The CREDO Action Team

Here's a sample message to send to your friends:

Subject: Tell the USDA: No ammonia-treated pink slime in school lunches!
Dear Friend,

So-called pink slime is a beef-like product created by grinding together connective tissue and beef scraps normally used in dog food, and treated with ammonia hydroxide to kill salmonella and E. coli.

It is "not meat" according to a 35 year veteran USDA microbiologist, and was recently rejected by the likes of McDonalds, Taco Bell and Burger King.

So it's pretty disturbing that the USDA continues feeding this stuff to kids, and plans to buy 7 million pounds of it for school lunches.

I just signed a petition to the USDA. You can learn more and add your name here:

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/pink_slime/?r_by=36394-3441008-EZs5Arx&rc=confemail

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Pink slime attack!

Guest article: How to raise responsible kids

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La niÃ±ez no tiene limitaciones Raciales / The childhood doesn't have Racial limitations (Photo credit: New Perspective / Nueva Perspectiva)

My hat's off to this writer, if he's really figured it out. But here it is for whatever it's worth:

How to raise responsible kids

http://www.hireananny.org/blog/how-to-raise-responsible-kids/