| The market for good
Twenty years ago, Wellesley College graduate Jennifer Eplett Reilly and a few friends had an idea: help Boston's neighborhoods by recruiting young people from diverse backgrounds to volunteer full-time. Not only would the city benefit from painted classrooms and spruced-up playgrounds, but “corps members" would be so inspired by their experiences it would trigger lifelong civic involvement. It was a familiar concept rooted in the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Peace Corps, but what made City Year different was that its founders infused business strategy and innovation into the program's DNA. They had studied the market: Boston's ignored communities needed a steady supply of volunteers. They had willing customers: Young people wanted something gratifying to do. And, the founders sensed that if they could grab—and keep—the attention of the private sector, their program would thrive and expand where other nonprofits stagnate.
Britney Spears' family reunion: Chock full o' crazy
Britney Spears' parents came into town Monday night with plans of staging an intervention to get Britney mental help. Yesterday afternoon, Sam Lufti persuaded Britney to go car-shopping and they brought Lynne Spears along. It didn't go well, according to People: "Lynne and Britney were arguing in the car the whole time. They're both upset and arguing, not having a good time at all," an onlooker tells PEOPLE.
After 15 minutes at the dealership, Britney drove a black Escalade off the lot. "After she came out, she pulled over to the side of the road to argue with her mom more," adds the onlooker. TMZ then reported that Sam was disrupting the family's intervention, so Sam called TMZ's own Harvey Levin to set the record straight. Presumably through grave-pissing: Lutfi said of the family, "They have an agenda.
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I'll fight to save Union from SNP, says Brown
He wanted to build a country "proud of its progress towards equality and confident of its future," he said.The message sets the scene for a major battle of wills, as the SNP Government seeks to further its case for Scottish independence, in the teeth of bitt .
Crash could revive debate about seat belts on tour, transit, school ...
When a tour bus crashed in Utah on Sunday, nearly everyone on board was thrown from the wreckage. No one was wearing a seat belt. Motorcoaches, like the Arrow Stage Lines bus that rolled, are not required to have seat belts for bus riders. But neither are school buses or mass-transit buses like those used by School District 51 and Grand Valley Transit. The debate regarding seat belts in buses has risen and fallen through the years. "In my opinion seat belts certainly are much better than without," Mesa County Chief Deputy Coroner Rob Kurtzman said Monday. "The vast majority of motor vehicle deaths that I do an examination on, if they were wearing their seat belt, they would have survived." But bus industry advocates say there is no evidence that seat belts on buses save lives.
N.S. bylaw will ban smoking in cars with kids
Our town is very progressive in its pursuit of change and global responsibility. I believe many of you are naive to this fact. We were the first non smoking town in 2001 and were the first Fair Trade Town in Canada this past April. To this end it is inappropriate for many of you to comment on a situation, and a town, you have never lived in nor visited. The bars, pubs and restaurants complained to no end when we were the first to ban smoking in public places. They were afraid they'd lose business. So far I do not know of any business that has had to close it doors because of the non smoking bylaw. I acknowledge that change brings resistance. I also acknowledge that many parents feel they will be treated like children when this bylaw comes into effect. The fact is, when you have a habit, no matter what kind, you often fail to make the right decisions for those most important people in your life.
Watching Violent TV at Pre-School Age Linked to Aggression in Young ...
SEATTLE, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Watching violent television programs between the ages of 2 and 5 years of age is clearly linked to aggressive and anti-social behaviors in boys when they reach age 7 to 9, according to a new study published in the November 2007 issue of Pediatrics. Investigators Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH, and Frederick Zimmerman, PhD, both of Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute and the University of Washington School of Medicine, add these findings to their growing body of research on the effects of television and media on children and their ability to learn, socialize and develop. The journal article titled "Violent Television Viewing During Preschool is Associated with Anti-social Behavior During School Age" reviews data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, which is a 40-year study of 8,000 U.S.
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