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- Stephens, N. M., Cameron, J. S., & Townsend, S. S. M. (2014). Lower social class does not (always) mean greater interdependence: Women in poverty have fewer social resources than working-class women. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45, 1060-1072.
- Stephens, N.M., Hamedani, M. H., & Destin, M. (2014). Closing the social-class achievement gap: A difference-education intervention improves first-generation students' academic performance and all students' college transition. Psychological Science, 25, 943-953.
- Stephens, N. M., Markus, H. R., & Phillips, T. (2014). Social class culture cycles: How three gateway contexts shape selves and fuel inequality. Annual Review of Psychology, 65, 611-634.
- Stephens, N. M., & Townsend, S. S. M. (2013). Rank is not enough: Why we need a sociocultural perspective to understand social class. Psychological Inquiry, 24, 126-130.
- Stephens, N. M., & Townsend, S. S. M. (2013). How can incentives improve the success of disadvantaged college students? Insights from the Social Sciences. Policy brief for a project sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at the George Washington University.
- Stephens, N. M., Fryberg, S. A., Markus, H. R., & Hamedani, M. G. (2013). Who explains Hurricane Katrina and the Chilean earthquake as an act of God? The experience of extreme hardship predicts religious meaning-making. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 44, 607-619.
- Stephens, N. M., Markus, H. R., & Fryberg, S. A. (2012). Social class disparities in health and education: Reducing inequality by applying a sociocultural self model of behavior. Psychological Review, 119, 723-744.
- Stephens, N. M., Townsend, S. S. M., Markus, H. R., & Phillips, T. (2012). A cultural mismatch: Independent cultural norms produce greater increases in cortisol and more negative emotions among first-generation college students. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 1389-1393.
- Stephens, N. M., Fryberg, S. A., Markus, H. R., Johnson, C., & Covarrubias, R. (2012). Unseen disadvantage: How American universities' focus on independence undermines the academic performance of first-generation college students. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 1178-1197.
- Kraus, M., & Stephens, N. M. (2012). A road map for an emerging psychology of social class. Social Psychology and Personality Compass, 6, 642-656.
- Stephens, N. M., Fryberg, S. A., & Markus, H. R. (2012). It's your choice: How the middle-class model of independence disadvantages working-class Americans. In S. T. Fiske & H. R. Markus (Eds.), Facing social class: How societal rank influences interaction (pp. 87-106), New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.
- Stephens, N. M., & Levine, C. S. (2011). Opting out or denying discrimination? How the framework of free choice in American society influences perceptions of gender inequality. Psychological Science, 22, 1231-1236.
- Savani, K., Stephens, N. M., & Markus, H. R. (2011). The unanticipated interpersonal and societal consequences of choice: Victim-blaming and reduced support for the public good. Psychological Science, 22, 795-802.
- Stephens, N. M., Fryberg, S. A., & Markus, H. R. (2011). When choice does not equal freedom: A sociocultural analysis of agency in working-class contexts. Social and Personality Psychology Science, 2, 33-41.
- Fryberg, S. A., Stephens, N. M., Covarrubias, R., Markus, H. R., Carter, E. D., Laiduc, G. A., and Salido, A. J. (2011). How the media frames the immigration debate: The critical role of location and politics. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 0, 1-17.
- Sheperd, H., & Stephens, N. M. (2010). Using culture to explain behavior: An integrated cultural approach. Social Psychology Quarterly, 73, 353-354.
- Fryberg, S. A., & Stephens, N. M. (2010). When the world is colorblind, American Indians are invisible. Psychological Inquiry, 21, 115-119.
- Stephens, N. M., Hamedani, M. G., Markus, H. R., Bergsieker, H. B., & Eloul, L. (2009). Why did they "choose" to stay? Perspectives of the Hurricane Katrina observers and survivors. Psychological Science, 20, 878-886.
- Stephens, N. M., Markus, H. R., & Townsend, S. S. M. (2007). Choice as an act of meaning: The case of social class. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 814-830.
Papers Under Review:
- Apfelbaum, E.P., Stephens, N.M., & Reagans, R. Beyond one-size-fits-all: A norm-fit model of managing diversity in organizations. Administrative Science Quarterly.
- Cheryan, S., Siy, J. O., Jones, V., & Stephens, N. M. Ethnic deviance and group status: Who is reprimanded for acting like the outgroup? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
- Destin, M., & Stephens, N. M. Looking beyond the individual can enhance academic motivation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
- Savani, K., Stephens, N. M., & Markus, H. R. A Cognitive Consequence of Choice: Selecting among Alternatives Promotes Analytic Thought and Decreased Attention to the Context. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Papers in Preparation:
- Stephens, N. M., Townsend, S. S. M., Hamedani, M. G., Destin, M., & Manzo, V. Connecting students' backgrounds to the college experience predicts better coping among first-generation college students.
- Stephens, N. M., & Levine, C. S. Giving voice to underrepresented groups can reduce social identity threat and increase levels of social fit and trust.
- Stephens, N. M., Brannon, T. N., Markus, H. R., & Nelson, J. E. Leveraging a sociocultural self approach to reduce social class disparities in higher education.
- Fryberg, S. A., Stephens, N. M., & Leavitt, P. Teacher mindsets and diversity beliefs: Implications for closing the achievement gap.


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In what will become a weekly edition to TheWavierWire, Mike Aurigemma and Jeff Balinski will sit down and discuss what happened in the previous night's episode of The Real World: St. Thomas.
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Mike Aurigemma: Okay so we had a lot of in-house drama going on last night. It seemed like there was another argument every minute.
One thing I want to quickly go over is how Swift brought those two girls home and Laura yelled at them for being too loud. This is really the first time we have seen this happen and I cannot believe the roommates had already had enough and told the girl to be quiet. Every other season it takes more than just one time before someone makes a complaint about a visitor being too loud.
Now onto some of the drama. I know you have defended Marie at times and everyone clearly has issues in the house including her, but what she is doing with Robb is over the top. She is telling him not to listen to everyone else, but be a bitch and listen to her. I think that is extremely hypocritical of her to do and originally the guys were talking to Robb about something that is an issue and not just the fact that he drinks too much. No need for her to react that way. I would also call her shallow for acting towards Fillipo the way she does because it is all about the money, but I give her the benefit of the doubt because I think she is joking around with him.
I will let you give your take on Marie and also talk about Swift who is also is the wrong with the way he acts towards women as was pointed out.
Jeff Balinski: The episode this week has completely changed my feelings about this season of the Real World. I had, as Petey would say to coach Boone, "ZERO FUN SIR". I don't know what television show these people think they are filming. Since when is The Real World about taking our lives as seriously as possible? No drinking, no sex, worried about relationships every second, trying to go to bed early so they can wake up for work. WHAT SHOW AM I WATCHING? WHY IS THIS ON TV? Nothing has made me want The Challenge to be here sooner, especially since finding out what the cast is going to be like, but maybe we'll be doing a preview for that in the near future.
Here's my list of the cast in order of biggest asshole to smallest asshole (aka smallest dick to biggest dick):
1.Trey-for just being an awful human towards everyone and having no fun.
2.Swift-For being full of himself and I believe (totally making this up) the leader in most arguments while banging your hands together.
3.Marie- for being a slightly more entertaining person than Swift.
4.La Toya- for lecturing everyone on anything they do. Also, for letting Swift get it in.
5. Brandon, Laura, Robb- For doing nothing too horrible in particular other than being self-deprecating most of the time.
I don't really understand Swift's motivation for bringing the girls. First off, this whole gay joke stuff is extremely immature on everyone's part. Trey, the man who wears dresses and makeup, is the one to start these
"jokes", or course. Swift, as an insecure person, overreacts in the worst way. Let me clarify that both calling someone gay as an insult, and justifying that insult by reacting to it, make you bad people (see 1&2 on the list). La Toya gets off the hook a little for this because I think she's just laughing at Swift being pissed off rather than thinking he's gay. All in all, this nonsense needs to stop. So apparently Swift brings these girls over to prove he's not gay? I think? Brandon stands idly by in the hopes of an OTPHJ from the friend. The girls are loud and half-naked and cold in a pool and Swift disappears to get a towel and be a jerk. I'm interested to know how long he actually left this girl in the pool before Brandon offered his shirt. Also, I really wanted to see Brandon swipe Swift's girl.
Because Swift doesn't get it in, Marie is even more upset that her sleep was disrupted. She is absolutely shallow enough to want Fillipo for his money. That's not to say Robb doesn't have a chance, but she doesn't know what she
wants and apparently goes from relationship to relationship with the attention span of a goldfish. The argument between Marie and Swift is boring, petty, and a waste of my time. Nothing good is happening in this house. Aren't these people trying to have a good time? Why aren't people trying to bring strangers back to the house more often. I could not be more disappointed with how this season is turning out.
MA: I would have to agree with your ranking and how this season has turned. I thought we were turning a corner, but I just feel like this cast is not into the fun and going out that we have seen from some of the past casts.
Your list of the worst people is really perfect and Trey is a huge douchebag. You could tell when Swift and Brandon were trying to help Robb out that Trey could care less about the whole situation. Just a completely selfish person in general.
I liked Swift trying to bring girls back home and I think the show needs more of that. He was trying to go out and make a statement, but it completely blew up in his face and I was hoping Brandon pulled the robbery on them with the way Swift was acting. Swift is always going around trying to drop Marie or La Toya a level, but he would never do that to Trey who clearly needs it the most.
The last thing that I wanted to touch on was the La Toya and Swift relationship. They clearly are close with the way they act towards each other and how they seem to get past all of the fighting so quick. I think they did hook up unless this is just the producers literally telling Swift to make up this story. I do not know what he really gains from this and why he would clearly call her out and immediately say that reason. Also La Toya seemed a little lost for words when Swift brought it up in front of Robb and Marie. What do you think? Who is telling the truth? And give me something to look forward to next week.
JB: I thought La Toya confirmed it in her confessional. But maybe that was me drawing conclusions. Either way I really don't care what actually happened. It really makes no difference to me who wins the argument.
I don't really want to get too much into Challenge talk, but it was revealed that this new season is going to be a Battle of the Seasons. I believe in my first recap for this season that I talked about it just being a kind of drafting pool. And lo and behold, four of these cast members (Trey, Laura, Marie, Robb) will be representing St. Thomas in the Challenge. Does this make me some kind of genius? Yes. Yes it does.
MA: Genius? I don't know if I am willing to go that far yet. Although I am interested to see how The Challenge plays out, but that is a discussion for another day.


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Faculty - Dr. Alexander Grab
Adelaide & Alan Bird Professor of History
340 Stevens Hall
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Ph.D., UCLA
I offer courses in Early Modern and Modern European history. I also offer one course on the history of the Middle East. I regularly teach the following courses: European Civilization 1700-present (HTY 106); Europe 1648-1815 (HTY 407); Modern Italy 1796-present (HTY 429); The Holocaust (HTY 410); Modern Middle East (HTY 411). I also offer a graduate seminar in Early Modern Europe and a Senior Seminar on the French Revolution and Napoleon. My area of research has focused on Italian history in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Initially, I have studied eighteenth century Lombardy, when that region was a part of the Habsburg Empire. Currently, I am researching the Italian Peninsula, with special emphasis on northern Italy, during the French Revolution and the Napoleonic period. I am a member of the American Historical Association and the Society of Italian Historical Studies.
Representative Publications:
Napoleon and the Transformation of Europe (McMillan-Palgrave, 2003). Winner of first prize of the International Napoleonic Society, 2004.
La politica del pane: Le riforme annonarie in Lombardia nell'eta teresiana e giuseppina (1986)
- "Conscription and Desertion in Napoleonic Europe" Weiner Zeitscrift zur Geschichte der Neuzeit (2008, Heft 2), 14-32.
- "Jewish Education in Napoleonic Italy The Case of the Ginnasio in Reggio Emilia" Jahrbuch des Simon-Dubnow- Instituts, Simon Dubnow Institute Yearbook, University of Leipzig, VI (Göttingen, Germany, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007), 269-289.
- "The Napoleonic Empire in Italy: The Transfer of Tax Ideas and Political Legitimacy," in Global Debates About Taxation, Holger Nehring and Florian Schui, eds. (London, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2007), 61-79.
- "Public Education in Napoleonic Italy," in Napoleon and His Empire Europe, 1804-1814, Philip Dwyer and Alan Forrest, eds. (Basingstoke, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2007), 149-164.
- "From the French Revolution to Napoleon," in The Risorgimento and Unification (1789-1896) The Short Oxford History of Italy, John Davis, ed. (Oxford University Press, 2000), 25-50.
- "The Politics of Finances in Napoleonic Italy (1802-1814)," in The Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 3(2), 1998, 127-143.
- "La politica finanziaria nella Repubblica e nel Regno d'Italia sotto Napoleone (1802-1814)," in L'Italia nell'et napoleonica. Atti del LVIII congresso di storia del Risorgimento italiano (1996), 39-113.
- "Army, State, and Society: Conscription and Desertion in Napoleonic Italy (1802-1814)," The Journal of Modern History, 67, (March 1995), pp. 25-54.
- "State Power, Brigandage and Rural Resistance in Napoleonic Italy," European History Quarterly, 25, (January 1995) pp. 39-70.
- "The Politics of Subsistence: The Liberalization of Grain Commerce in Austrian Lombardy under Enlightened Despotism," Journal of Modern History, 57 (June 1985) pp. 185-210.
Work in progress:
- Italy Under Napoleon


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In July 2009 I attended a talk on large whale disentanglement given by David Morin, who works for NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and previously worked for the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies(PCCS) in Provincetown, MA, an organization which has taken the lead on rescuing entangled whales along the East Coast of the U.S. Entanglement is an important issue in whale conservation, because it is one of the major threats to whales today.
Check out the photos on PCCS's web site, and you might get an idea of what a dangerous job it is to disentangle whales. Imagine approaching a 40-foot humpback whale, who weighs as much as 500 people, and trying to cut off sometimes hundreds of feet of rope that wrap around the animal's tail, flippers or head. It's not a job for an amateur!
While fishermen, conservationists and government agencies are working to prevent entanglements through modifying gear and closing some areas to fishing when whales are present, there are a number of whales entangled each year.
Whale Entanglement Statistics
According to PCCS's web site, in 2007 alone, PCCS addressed 30 cases where whales were entangled. Four of these were right whales who had been reported entangled in previous years. The whales included 11 humpbacks, 6 right whales, 4 fin whales, and 3 minke whales.And these are just the cases that we know about. It's estimated that 10-20% of the population of humpbacks and right whales in the Gulf of Maine acquire new entanglement wounds each year.
How Entanglements Affect Whales
Entanglements can be life-threatening to a whale. According to the PCCS web site, "When these animals become fouled in gear, normal breathing and movement may be impaired or stopped completely. If the animal does manage to struggle free, portions of gear may remain attached to the body. This trailing gear...may create excess drag, snag onto objects in the environment and impede normal behavior like breathing, feeding, movement or breeding. Other effects include infections and deformations."
In New England, the primary gear culprits are gillnets and lobster traps, which have lines near the ocean bottom and lines that attach to buoys at the surface, resulting in multiple potential entanglement points. Gillnets have mesh netting, which the whales could break through, but whales may roll in panic when they feel an unfamiliar substance, causing them to wrap up in the gillnet panels.
Rescuing Whales Is Dangerous
Disentangling whales can be life-threatening to humans. Inexperienced, well-meaning people have died trying to free a whale from a harmful wrap of fishing line. That's why there are less than a dozen people in the U.S. who are authorized to attempt a disentanglement. Whales are huge and unpredictable, and so far, there isn't any indication that the whales know that the team is there to help them. There is also the very real possibility that the rescuer will get trapped in the line entangling the whale, which is especially life-threatening if the whale picks that moment to dive!
A rescue effort is not undertaken lightly. When an entangled whale is reported, there is much assessment that goes on before a disentanglement is attempted. A response is determined necessary only in situations deemed safe enough for humans to attempt a rescue effort. Because many of the animals that are entangled are endangered species, even saving one can make a difference.
Disentanglement Is Not the Solution
Prevention, not disentanglement, is a solution to the problem of whales interacting with fishing gear. Fishermen, scientists and government agencies are working every day to learn how to prevent entanglements in the first place. In Massachusetts, for example, lobstermen have switched the type of line used between their traps. Instead of the traditional floating line, which can loop up into the water column, they now use line that sinks, lessening the risk to whales.
Each disentanglement attempt helps scientists learn more about who's getting entangled and why. The efforts of PCCS and other rescue organizations around the world will hopefully aid in future prevention efforts.
Disentanglement example: Scientists use sedation to free entangled right whale (January 2011) - Click here.
Note: Photo shows a young humpback whale that was anchored by gear and reported in May 2005. More on this whale and its rescue is available at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies web site.


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This would be a great haul for the B's to come away with:
#2 - Tyler Sequin
#15 - ________
(if you are lazy and don't want to click, it's Gormley.)
That just seems highly unlikely, but since it's been speculated once online, we can talk about it a bit right?
I'll be honest and submit I don't know enough about the players 3-14 who are picked but there are four blue liners taken before Gormley:
And then Gormley.
I read the write ups on each of these defenders and honestly if any of them other then Pysyk are available at 15, I think they would be good for the B's. The Forbot kid has good size, which I like with Chara aging and entering the final year of his contract.


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Joyent is also integrating node.js with the Ubuntu Juju service orchestration tool. Maintained by Joyent, node.js is a popular open-source, server-side platform for running JavaScript code. Joyent is developing a node.js Charm, which is a set of Juju commands for deploying a piece of software as a service. This will allow customers to automatically deploy node.js on Ubuntu virtual images.
Initially, Joyent will offer the 12.04 LTS "Long Term Release" and 13.10 editions of Ubuntu. When Canonical issues new versions of Ubuntu, it will prepare a new specific version for Joyent as well.
The new Ubuntu distribution can be run on Joyent starting at $0.020 per hour. Pricing for the Canonical-backed enterprise support has not been established yet, though customers can also obtain routine support through the company's Ubuntu Advantage support service -- which offers support beginning at $337 per year.
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Officer Buenting was one of four officers on the Rockwell City force. Today, a wreath was set out next a patrol car in front of the police department.And, purple ribbons were hung.The police chief says officer's Buenting's wife and two children are devastated... and so is his police family.
"Great Officer. He loved his job. You could tell. Day in, day out he loved it. He was always willing to do whatever it took. It's hard. He's gonna be sorely missed, " said Larry Schoop, Rockwell City Police Chief.
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WASHINGTON: Secretary of State John Kerry told his Egyptian counterpart Friday that the United States intends to make good on its promise to deliver 10 Apache helicopters to help Cairo's counterterrorism efforts.
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By RANY MOSTAFA
CAIRO: Renovation work at the Sakkara Step Pyramid must be completed as soon as possible, according to Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty.
During a visit Thursday, Damaty inspected ongoing renovations at the rock core body of the step pyramid's exterior along with the process of consolidating its underground corridors leading to the burial chamber.
"The latest restoration techniques have been used in the interior of the step pyramid but since the exterior has to be entirely authentic, a blend of a strong mortar, made from components similar to those used by ancient Egyptians, was used to hold thousands of stones together," Damaty said.
He also inspected restoration work on the wall decorations and the natural ventilation inside the pyramid and the southern tomb and said the renovation is scheduled to be completed in 2015.
"[Sakkara] is not just the oldest pyramid in Egypt, it is the most ancient surviving stone structure in the history of mankind; it is not just an Egyptian heritage but rather of the world," Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Amin told The Cairo Post.
The step pyramid, a world-heritage site listed by UNESCO, was built in the 26th century B.C. to house the mummy of Pharaoh Djoser, the founder of the third Dynasty, Amin said. It is composed of six successively smaller mastabas (rectangular stone structures), one on top of the other.
The structure of the step pyramid is attributed to Imhoptep, the Pharaoh's vizier and a genius architect who used over 4 million cubic meters of stone and clay.
The pyramid was badly damaged in the 1992 earthquake, which caused severe damage to the walls of its burial chamber and the descending passages leading to it, Amin said, in addition to the collapse of a huge chunk of the pyramid's southern side.
The step pyramid, located 26 km south of the Giza Pyramids, is a part of Djoser's mortuary complex, which houses his mummification temple along with a huge wooden solar barge that was found in the 1920s in a pit south of the pyramid.
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By AYA IBRAHIM
CAIRO: "Poor families who have their children attending school regularly and ensure they are immunized on time will get a monthly income of 550 to 660 EGP from the Ministry of Solidarity," Ministry of Education Mahmoud Abou el-Nasr said in a phone interview on Al-Hayat TV channel Thursday.
Abou el-Nasr said the Ministry of Education issued a year ago exempting low-income families from paying school fees, including children of "martyrs," breadwinning women, and orphans.
"The ministry aims to support poor families and enable them to directly pay for their own children's education," he said. The Ministry of Solidarity is coordinating with the Ministry of Education to apply this decision on the five poorest governorates in Egypt. "This program will boost cooperation between both ministries for the benefit of all Egyptians," Al-Mary Al-Youm reported Tuesday.
The ministry will grant poor families a monthly pension if they follow up on the health condition of their children under 6 years of age. Children ages 6 to 18 will have to attend school, keep their attendance over 85 percent, and not miss a class more than three days a month.
Abou el-Nasr said social specialists in each school are studying cases of students to find out who is most worthy of the aid and then will gradually apply this decision throughout all governorates.
The new program targeted 500,000 poor families in five governorates; Sohag, Qena, Assiut, Beni Suef, and Giza. The Ministry of Solidarity announced on Tuesday to help the poor and needy students continue their education.
The program will be applied to students in technical education and general education, Minister of Solidarity technical advisor Hania Sholkamy said during her Tuesday meeting with Abou el-Nasr.
The Ministry of Education recently adopted a strategy to boost the educational process and eradicate illiteracy in Egypt. Abou el-Nasr promised in March that by the end of 2017, all students would have a tablet to make their educational process easier.
"The Ministry of Education sent over a batch of electronic sets, including tablets, smart blackboards, and computers," Youm7 quoted Qena Governor Abdel-Hamid el-Hagan as saying Thursday.
"So far, the ministry distributed 96 tablet devices to a school for first-grade students in Ain Shams, allocating four tablets per teacher, to develop the educational process," Abou el-Nasr announced.
"Egypt's new constitution puts education and health among its top priorities. In the next school year, all students will be provided school meals, costing the ministry 8 billion EGP ($1.12 million), which will increase the attendance rate to over 97 percent," Abou el-Nasr said in a phone interview on ONTV channel on Aug. 13.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) issued a study called Nationalism and Homogeneity in Contemporary Curricula on Aug. 13 describing Egypt's program of educational curriculum as "superficial" and "simplistic." The study also criticized the Ministry of Education's "inflexibility" in the past few years; history textbooks used during former President Hosni Mubarak's era have not changed in the two years following the January 25 Revolution in 2011.
According to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAMPAS), Egypt's poverty rate hiked by 26.3 percent in 2013 compared to 16.7 percent in 2000. It also reported that the total number of illiterate people aged 10 years or more has exceeded 16 million in 2012.
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Dès le mois prochain, l'opérateur historique Telecom Egypt pourrait enfin lancer ses services de téléphonie mobile dans le pays, tandis que Vodafone Egypt, Etisalat Misr et Mobinil exploiterons la téléphonie fixe. Ce sera le résultat de l'activation de la licence unifiée des télécoms dans le pays à la période proposée par Atef Helmy, a indiqué Mohamed Hanafy, le porte-parole du ministère des technologies de l'information communication, au journal Daily News Egypt.
Ce dernier indique que toutes les parties ont donné leur accord sur les termes de la licence, en avril dernier, avant son approbation et sa présentation officielle à la presse par l'Autorité nationale de régulation des télécommunications (Anrt). Dans la première phase de mise en œuvre de la licence unifiée, qui était à l'origine prévue avant le 30 juin dernier, une «entité nationale» sera mise en place pour déployer des projets d'infrastructures de communication dans toute l'Egypte. Cette charge était jusqu'alors confié à Telecom Egypt. Après l'approbation de la licence unifiée, il a été décidé que le gouvernement et les trois sociétés de téléphonie mobile seront désormais chargés de cette tâche. Telecom Egypt, Vodafone, Etisalat et Mobinil ont le droit de détenir des actions dans cette « entité nationale ».
Lors de la présentation de la licence unifiée des télécoms à la presse le 2 avril 2014, il avait été décidé que Telecom Egypt devra verser des frais de licence s'élevant à 2,5 milliards de livres (360 millions de dollars) contre 100 millions de livres chacun (14 millions de dollars) pour Vodafone Egypt, Mobinil. Contre versement de 300 millions de livres (43 millions de dollars), les opérateurs pourront également construire ou louer des infrastructures.
Dans un souci de saine concurrence, Telecom Egypt ne pourrait pas utiliser sa propre fréquence. La société devra louer les fréquences des opérateurs de téléphonie mobile pour offrir ses services d'appels sur 2G et 3G. Les opérateurs mobiles pourront construire leur propre infrastructure réseau en cuivre, alors qu'ils visaient des infrastructures de fibre optique. Ils pourront aussi acquérir des licences de passerelle internationale contre la somme de 1.8 milliard de livres (251,6 millions dollars) pour Vodafone et 1,5 milliard de livres (209,7 millions dollars) pour Mobinil qui utilisent encore les équipements de Telecom Egypt. Etisalat qui offre déjà des services internationaux devra payer 8 livres (1,11 dollars) pour chacun de ses abonnés.
Au sujet du conflit d'intérêt que suscite l'entrée de Telecom Egypt dans le mobile, alors qu'il détient 45% de Vodafone Egypt, il a été accordé à l'opérateur historique une année pour réfléchir à son désengagement de la filiale égyptienne du groupe télécom britannique Vodafone.
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By NOUR MOHIE EDDIN
CAIRO: Any factory that dumps its waste into the Nile River would face severe consequences, Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy said Wednesday.
The ministry so far observed nine violating factories, four of which agreed to stop polluting the Nile since it severely damages the environment; the other five were warned, Shorouq reported.
"The Nile has19 billion cubic meters of waste dumped into it annually, 78 percent of which is agricultural and industrial wastes and sanitary drainage," Fahmy told Tahrir channel Tuesday. "Industrial drainage represents one percent but it has a more negative effect on environment than other types."
Fahmy said 102 factories used to drain their wastes directly into the Nile but now they are only nine, four of which made plans with the ministry to find other green alternatives. The other five are "disobedient" and the ministry will handle the situation.
In case the remaining factories have no set plan to stop draining their wastes by Nov., the ministry will enforce the law to shut down the factories and imprison the violating chairperson.
"Available technologies can turn waste into fertilizers and fertilizers can be burnt to generate electricity. Each country follows this process according to its economic condition since generating electricity from fertilizers is expensive," Fahmy said.
Tens of men sit listening carefully to the preacher as he speaks over theminbar (pulpit) at the neighbourhood mosque where they go every Friday. In his khutba (sermon), the preacher follows the topics the Ministry of Religious Endowments has selected at the beginning of the month.
A recent study, "To Whom do Minbars Belong Today?", released by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) raises the question and attempts to answer it through analysing the state's policy in the management of mosques.
The study discusses the conflict over the management of mosques in modern Egypt and explores its roots in Islamic Jurisprudence and historic practices.
The state has built its policies in managing religious affairs on a presumption of Muslim unity, according to the study. However, these policies have had a narrow margin for multiplicity and diversity.
Mosques, according to Islamic Jurisprudence, are classified as Waqf (endowment), a property of God or property that the Muslim public is said to benefit from, according to the study.
"The question here is: Are the Muslim Public united?" said Amr Ezzat, the study author and EIPR's Freedom of Religion and Belief Program officer.
It is always thought that government's policy discriminates against minorities only, he said. "The study highlights the fact that this policy does not only discriminate in favour of Muslims, but also against them."
Throughout different regimes, the state policies have been against anyone who has different beliefs than "the official Islam of the state," said Ezzat. Presuming the need for the state's interference in religious affairs as it is considered the Imam, an Islamic reference to the leader, has not change with time.
"President Al-Sisi once said that there is no Islamic leader, the only leader is the Egyptian state," he said, "I find this very precise."
Islamists have argued that the Egyptian state is "not Islamic enough", but the state always argued that it is, he said, adding: "The compass is always political."
The Ministry of Religious Endowments, the only Egyptian ministry that works exclusively with Muslims, has issued rules such as unifying topics for Friday Khutba. This would be to control the spread of different religious ideologies through mosques.
Other rules the ministry has forced include preventing scholars who were not educated at Al-Azhar from preaching. The rule excludes many groups, such as Salafi scholars, since most of them studied in places other than Al-Azhar, the institution with whom they disagree with in much of its beliefs, said Ezzat.
"Diversity is there even inside Al-Azhar," he said. "Some people in Al-Azhar University are against any kind of elections because it could bring the Salafis."
During the time of former president Gamal Abdel-Nasser, he used to name the preachers of the most important mosques in the country, said Ezzat. Prior to the 25 January Revolution, state security had to approve the ministry's selection of Friday preachers.
As the Muslim Brotherhood and their allies controlled the Ministry of Religious Endowment during the time of former president Mohamed Morsi, only their supporters were selected for leading positions.
"Some preachers said they had to go to the Guidance Office to prove loyalty so they can be selected again," said Ezzat.
After the ouster of Morsi, the state has forced more restrictions in order to exclude the Muslim Brotherhood and their sympathisers, he said.
However, logistical limitations have prevented the state from forcing its authority on all mosques.
Not a single mosque was added to the mosques that are fully controlled by the ministry of Religious Endowments since 2011, said Ezzat.
"I was told in the ministry that there was no money to add any mosques," he said.
These limitations force the state to allow some diversity through some tactics that still preserve its control, he said.
Tactics include "conditional" permissiveness of diversity, which allows different ideologies as long as they don't clash with the state's authority or "Islam as defined by Al-Azhar", he said. Such tactics do not allow religious groups as Shi'a or Bahai to practice their faith in mosques.
Permissiveness "outside of the law" and permissiveness "to ensure loyalty" are other tactics the state has followed to keep control over mosques run by Islamist groups or NGOs, he said.
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Finding the Perfect Mantel
Young couples dream of the day when they will become the sole owners of a home. Until that day comes, many list items or features they would love to have, and a fireplace is often found on those lists. However, just having a fireplace (real or artificial) is only half the challenge. The thing that determines just how beautiful a fireplace looks within a room is the mantle. If you are searching for the perfect mantle for your in-home fireplace, here are some tips for things you ought to keep an eye out for:
If your home has an existing style of molding, doors, furniture, or other elements, try to find a fireplace mantle that really accents these things. The design of the mantle will look best if it is shaped like the other things in the room. For example, if the space is furnished with stately but geometric furniture, having a mantle that reflects those ideas will serve to make the space a coherent and beautiful one.
Pick the Right Materials
Not all fireplace mantles are made equally—let that be known up front. Some are made of cheaper materials that are simply designed to mimic the "real deal." However, if you are looking for a fireplace mantel that will show off your home and add to its value, you need to find the mantle made of material that can last. This does not always mean that it is made out of wood, however. There are other materials that can create just as striking a presentation as a well-shaped piece of wood. Take a look at some of the other options that may be available to you, such as brick, stone, or otherwise.
Take Time to Choose Your Design
Running out and buying the first fireplace mantel that you see does not always mean that you get the one that you want—or the one that you can afford, for that matter. Investing in items like this for your home generally means that careful consideration of your options will lead to a better choice in the end. Depending on the company with whom you choose to work, you may have the opportunity to choose from mantle designs that date from many years ago, to new and exciting styles that fit in a more modern, exciting atmosphere. The prices that go along with these pieces will differ between each one, due to the materials used, designer brand name, or even cost of installation.
Take time to compare the prices of the products and services offered by competing companies as well. You may come across a sale or opportunity that will make purchasing a fireplace mantle even more affordable than you initially planned it to be.
No matter what you do, however, be sure to find something that you feel you will be happy owning for the next several years. A fireplace mantle is an investment that you should be happy with at the end of the day. If you are successful in finding something that will increase your home value and aesthetics, and you will see the benefits of doing so in the years to come.
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WWE Monday Night Raw comes waltzing back into our lives tonight (Feb. 18, 2013) from the Lafayette Cajundome of Lafayette, LA, TN; featuring the fallout show for the Elimination Chamber.
Scheduled appearances may be had from The Justice League themselves, Shield members Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, as well as Ryback, John Cena, Sheamus, Jack Swagger, Big E Langston, Dolph Ziggler and more!
On last night's pay-per-view (PPV) event our native Chicago Superstar fell short against The Rock for the second time this year, "barring any shenanigans" he has basically locked himself out of the title picture for the first time since Nov. 2011. WWE.com has warned the WWE Universe in regards to this, that:
"...given that this is CM Punk we're talking about, further shenanigans are likely to ensue. What trickery will the former WWE Champion pull off to facilitate his return to the mountaintop?"
They then link us to an Exclusive video of Heyman reacting to the Straight Edge Superstar's defeat.
We also saw Dolph Ziggler in an impromptu match booked on the fly by none-other-than Booker T himself. Ziggler was able to dispatch of Kofi Kingston and then allowed his bouncer Big E Langston to take a turn at him as well post-match. One thing that didn't occur, was Zigs cashing in his MitB briefcase just yet. Although many smarks thought Elimination Chamber would be the place for it to occur, this is what is now being teased about The Showoff over at WWE.com:
"...WrestleMania is quickly approaching, and there's no bigger show for Ziggler to steal. Will he look to redeem his free pass at the "Big Gold Title" before The Show of Shows? Or does he have a larger scheme in mind?
Come right back here to see how it all plays out at 8 p.m. ET when the Raw live blog kicks off once the show starts on the USA channel. It will be below this line here:
Rex here. Let's mark out with our snark out. See you tonight!
And we are live!
John Cena is kicking off the show tonight.
The road to Wrestlemania is heating up. Thanks for the note.
Reminds everyone that it will be Swagger-Del Rio and Cena-Rock 2.
He is doing it in third person.
CM Punk is on the scene now.
Punk tells Cena that that he is taking the easy way out.
Punk says the Rock beat him fair and square, if you want to ignore the count fact that Punk had him pinned for a 18 count and struck an official which should have been a DQ.
Cena has never beat Punk.
Cena says it doesn't matter because he won the Royal Rumble.
Punk is destroying the fact that Cena won the Rumble and that the match is just a re-run.
What do you want me to? -Cena
Punk says Cena should jsut walk away because he has something that doesn't belong to him.
Cena says that Punk has some merits is his criticisms. Cena challenges Punk and puts his title shot on the line right there and now.
Punk accepts but for next week, Cena agrees.
Cena says he will get the job done against Punk and then against the Rock.
Matthews is in the back with Sheamus. He tries to answer the question but Ryback keeps pacing back and forth in front of him. Sheamus tries to give him a motivational speech.
They almost come to blows and Jericho breaks them up. Jericho mentions they are like nWo and Nexus but on a whole different level. Jericho is providing a rallying cry against the Shield.
He says that he will get Vickie to make it happen tonight.
Mark Henry vs Sin Cara
Sin Cara opens up with some leg kick buts eats a head butt for his trouble.
Henry just ragdolls him into the corner and just steps on him.
Sin Cara with a kick that temporarily stops Henry.
Henry responds with a running power slam and World's Strongest Slam.
Henry wins by pinfall.
After the match, Henry sits on Sin Cara and begins to choke him with his hands.
Henry goes to hit World's Strongest Slam again but Khali's music hits and he staggers to the ring.
Khali gets in the ring but Henry bails because Khali isn't worth his trouble and he starts mocking Khali's dancing. This is great.
"If I wanted to dance, I'd get a date"
Antonio Cesaro vs Miz in a No Disqualification Match
Miz comes out like a rapid animal and knocks Cesaro over the top rope.
Miz on the apron and hits a double axe handle.
Miz tries to throw Cesaro into the barrier but Cesaro counters throws him into the ring post.
He tosses Miz back in and gets two chairs and a kendo stick into the ring.
Hits Miz in the should with the kendo stick and sets up a chair in the corner.
Tries to drive Miz into the chair but Miz counters with a roll up but only gets a one ocunt.
Cesaro sets up the other chair and uses it in a a shoulder lock.
Cesaro tries for a shoulder breaker but Miz counters, only to get countered himself and thrown into the chair in the corner.
Cesaro misses with a knee in the corner and hits his knee on the chair. Miz than takes Cesaro down into the other chair and gets the figure four in for the win.
Miz wins by submission.
We now cut to a video of Colter and Swagger in a shed somewhere with a Gadsen Flah.
Colter starts to rail against illegal immigration.
He says if they want a hand out, Colter and Swagger will give them one. A one way ticket back to wherever they are from.
Bryan walking in the back and he is upset with Kane. Bryan requested a singles match with Swagger and he doesn't want Kane coming out with him.
Kane says he will do the same. Kane says he doesn't snakes. Cue Randy Orton.
Orton says Kane isn't intimidating anymore. Calls him Barney the Dinosaur. Bryan laughs at it.
Kane is just speechless.
Vickie is on the phone in the back and Heyman interrupts her.
Vickie taunts Heyman about his stipulations not working last night and says there are more surprises tonight.
Alberto Del Rio vs Dolph Ziggler
Ziggler opens up with a drop kick and some punches to a downed Del Rio.
Del Rio fights back and tosses Ziggler onto the apron. He hits an enziguiri as we cut to break already. Really? That soon?
Back from break and we are back in the middle of the ring with Ziggler in control.
Ziggler hits a big drop kick on Del Rio and goes for the pin. Two Count.
Ziggler uses the rope to strangle Del Rio. The ref warns him for this and while the ref is distracted Big E punches Del Rio.
Colter and Swagger are watching the match in the back as Del Rio starts to make a comeback. Knee to the stomach ends the comeback and Ziggler hits a leg lariat for the nearfall.
Ziggler goes up top but Del Rio stops him and then hits a reverse suplex that causes Ziggler to land face first.
They both recover and are exchanging punches and kicks. Del Rio takes control with some clothesline and hits a tilt a whirl backbreaker and then a superkick. Only gets a two count.
Ziggler counters Del Rio's attempt to get the arm bar with a swinging neck breaker.
Del Rio gets Ziggler caught up in the ropes and hits him with forearms to the back and a back stabber for hte nearfall.
Langston tries to climb in the but gets his legs taken out by Del Rio.
Ziggler goes for the DDT but gets countered into the arm bar.
Del Rio wins by submission.
Big E takes out Del Rio after the match.
Ziggler makes a bee line for his Money in the Bank Briefcase.
He tries to hand it to the ref and Ricardo grabs it and runs to the back with Big E in pursuit.
AJ gets control of it and hands it to Ziggler but Del Rio has recovered and hit the enziguiri. No cash in.
Wade Barrett in the ring and he introduces a trailer for his new movie.
Movie does look good.
Sheamus on the Titantron now. He says that the movie is good because of his good friend Collin Ferrell.
Sheamus says we are out of time so Barrett can't respond. Apparently Sheamus runs the production now.
Clay and Tensai make their way to the ring but their entrance is interupted by Primo and Epico. Apparently this will be a mixed tag match.
Clay/Tensai/Naomi vs Primo/Epico/Rosa
Rosa and Naomi starting things off. Naomi takes early control and does a springboard cross body to Rosa.
Epico tries to interfere but eats a hurricarana from Naomi.
Rosa tags in Primo, so Tensai is in now.
Delivers some offense before tagging in Clay and they hit the double splash on Primo for the win.
Clay/Tensai/Naomi win by pinfall.
Recap of the press conference earlier today that announced WM30's location as New Orleans.
Zeb Colter and Jack Swagger are giving a State of the Union Address.
Del Rio and Ricardo watching from the back.
Swagger says tonight is about him but about the country. He says that Colter is the only man who is brave and wise enough to do so.
Colter on the mic now. He thanks the founding fathers for Constitution and the right to say what he has to say.
He says that America is in pathetic shape because of illegal immigrants.
Real Americans need to take charge and that is what Swagger is doing.
Says his program with Del Rio is shaping up to be about the soul of America.
Colter let's us know that Swagger will retake the title and reclaim America.
Swagger starts chanting We the People as Bryan's music hits and we head to break.
Jack Swagger vs Daniel Bryan
We come back from break and apparently the match has already started.
Cole says Swagger was dominating during the back.
Bryan tries for a roll up and then the surfboard stretch but Swagger kicks him off.
Bryan his a running drop kick to Swagger's leg.
Bryan works over the arm of Swagger. Swagger though clotheslines Bryan over the top rope.
On the outside and Bryan is able to throw Swagger and into the post.
Swagger ducks under Bryan's attempt at a running knee from the apron. He picks him up and drives him into the barrier and tosses him back in the ring.
Swagger with knees in the corner and then picks Bryan up and throws him over his shoulder.
Swagger hits a splash in the corner.
Bryan fights back with kicks and is able to retake control.
Swagger goes for a big clothesline but Bryan pulls down the rope and Swagger goes tumbling to the outside. He follows it up with a suicide dive.
They make it back to the ring and Bryan hits a dropkick off the turnbuckle for a two count.
Bryan with kicks to the chest of a kneeling Swagger.
Bryan locks in the No Lock but Swagger is able to get to the rope for the break.
Swagger hits a gut wrench power bomb on Bryan and locks in the Patriot Act for the win.
Swagger wins by submission
Back from break and Vickie is in the ring with Paul Heyman for her major announcement.
Vickie announces that the new assistant to the Managing Supervisor of Raw is Brad Maddox!
Maddox says that he is being rewarded for his loyalty to WWE.
Brad thinks he is the Assisting Managing Supervisor of Raw but Vickie corrects him.
Heyman interrupts and says he is getting out of here because it has nothing to do with him.
Vince McMahon pops up on the titantron via satellite to stop Heyman.
Vince says he doesn't have a heart, and if he did it would be black and cold.
Vince says that firing is too kind for Heyman and challenges Heyman to a fight next week. Seriously?
Oh lord....
The Shield vs Jericho/Sheamus/Ryback
Ryback and Rollins start things off tonight.
Ryback goes right after him and delivers about twenty should to Rollins gut in the corner.
Amrbose and Jericho tagged in.
Jericho with a chop and suplex. Punches in the corner by Jericho and a dopkick.
Jericho with a cross body to Ambrose after eating a knee.
Sheamus and Reigns get tagged in. Time for a HOSS FIGHT!
Sheamus and Reigns trading a flurry of punches.
Sheamus with some axe handles and a big knee.
Sheamus hits White Noise on Reigns.
He preps the Brogue Kick put Rollins pulls Reigns out of the ring and Sheamus decides to Brogue Kick Ambrose as we head to break.
Back from break and Shield is in control. Cole tells us that they have kept Sheamus isolated.
Rollins is working a headlock on Sheamus and then some kicks in the corner.
He tags in Reigns but Sheamus fights back out and get a tag into Ryback who begins to clear house.
Rollins was tagged in again and is the legal man.
Ryback goes for Shellshock but Ambrose distracts the ref and Reigns hits a huge spear on Ryback.
Rollins gets the tag into Ambrose and he is working over Ryback in the corner.
Tag into Reigns and he gives a big headbutt to Ryback.
Ambrose gets a cheap shot in and Rollins tags in.
He keeps stomping on Ryback everytime he tries to get up.
Ambrose tags in and gets some quick offense in before Reigns tags back in.
Reigns goes for a big boot in the corner but Ryback dodges and eventually gets the tag in to Jericho.
Ambrose tags in.
Jericho hits the running bulldog and lionsault for a two count.
Jericho goes for the Walls but gets rolled up for a two count. Reigns and Ryback are brawling outside the ring.
Back in the ring and Jericho gets the Walls of Jericho locked in.
Reigns tries to break it up but Sheamus get in the way and is brawling with Reigns on the outside. While that is happening, Rollins goes off the top rope with a big flying knee and gets Jericho to break the hold.
Ambrose takes advantage and pins Jericho for the win.
Shield wins by pinfall.
Excellent match and finish
Sandow out to the ring. He is putting over his ancestors as advisers to previous presidents. Sandow is great.
Sandow attacks Kingston before the match can be started while his robe is on and all.
Finally strips off the robe and throws Kingston into the post.
He has Kingston over the apron and is giving huge knees to Kingston in the head.
R-Truth returns!
Truth makes the save and gives Sandow his comeuppance.
Never officially had a match.
The go to two of Rock's co-stars in the audience and they show a trailer for the new GI Joe movie
Randy Orton vs Kane
Kane opens up with a whip into should block.
Orton fires back with some kicks and a big boot in the corner.
Orton sitting on the turnbuckle with Kane in his grasp and is punching him repeatedly.
Kane breaks free and knocks Orton to the outside as we head to break.
Back from break and we are back in the ring.
Orton eats a big boot from Kane for the two count.
Orton takes back control and gets in a chin lock.
He starts stomping on the ankles and wrists of Kane.
He goes for a clothesline and eats an uppercut from Kane and then a knee.
Orton recovers and is able to hit his scoop slam. He tries to follow it up but Kane counters with the sidewalk slam.
Kane goes up top but Orton dodges and maneuvers Kane for the draping DDT. Kane fights out though and takes control.
Daniel Bryan comes down to the ring and distracts Kane long enough for Orton to hit the RKO for the pin.
Orton wins by pinfall.
Time for the Rock's celebration and out comes some university's marching band to line the ramp for his entrance.
Rock enters and after a few minutes of him posing with the belt he finally gets on the mic.
Calls out Punk for spitting in his face, but it doesn't matter because the Rock has won back-to-back against Punk.
Goes through the finally bit.
Rock starts trashing the look of the current title and there is something under the table.
Rock hands off the spinner belt to a production guy so it can be retired.
He unveils the new title and of course is has two bulls on the side flanking a WWE Logo in the middle with some diamonds. It's got that black background. It looks like a high school class ring!
Rock starts to talk about his opponents for WM and Cena's music hits and here he comes.
Cena goes to say something but gets attacked from behind by Punk with the spinner belt.
He just tosses the belt at Cena and points to the Rock saying "I want that one"
He then walks out and we fade to black as Rock is pacing in the ring and Cena is struggling to get up.
No over run tonight folks. See you next week.


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From Gery Woelfel of The Woelful World of Sports:
- Although Magloire is far from a great player (see GSoM reader Clem's great diary on Jamaal Magloire and also laflyhalf's diary on the "Consolation Prize" from Milwaukee), he's a dramatic upgrade over incumbent center Adonal Foyle. Ike and Magloire might make for a decent 4/5 combo.
- The last time a healthy B Diddy and Magloire played together they made the playoffs.
- After this season Magloire's contract comes off the cap. Packaging Magloire's $9 million dollar expiring contract with the other expiring contracts the Warriors have might be enough to net a star player at the February 2007 trading deadline. The 2007 free agent class is also supposed to be pretty hot too (but that might have changed with the recent extensions that Paul Pierce, Lebron, DWade, and Melo signed).
Jamaal's down with The Informer! [photo from Toronto.com]
Would you move Troy Murphy for Jamaal Magloire? Do you think it would vault the Warriors into the playoffs?
Also see: Rumor: Troy Murphy for Jamaal Magloire
99% of rumors never happen, but 99% of them are fun to talk about!


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Posted on May 18, 2012 | by Aaron Earls
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WASHINGTON (BP) -- Heritage Keepers, an abstinence-based sex education curriculum offered by Heritage Community Services in Charleston, S.C., has been approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after a study found it effective in delaying sexual initiation among youth.
The study involved 2,215 students in grades 7-9 and demonstrated that those receiving the Heritage Keepers curriculum were significantly less likely to become sexually active at the 12 month follow-up than those in a comparison group.
For those in the comparison group, sexual experience increased from 29.2 percent to 43.2 percent, compared to an increase from 29.1 percent to 33.7 percent among those who participated in Heritage Keepers.
The HHS has specific metrics with which to determine if a program is "effective," and Heritage Keepers is the only abstinence-based program to this point to gain this HHS status.
Yet Heritage Keepers is not the first abstinence education curriculum with positive behavioral results, noted to Valerie Huber, executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association.
"We currently have 26 such studies," Huber said, "but their [HHS] list does not reflect this impact."
Heritage Keepers is on the Web at
The Heritage Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based policy think tank not affiliated with Heritage Community Services, points to 17 separate studies that indicate significant positive results from abstinence education, such as delayed sexual initiation and reduced levels of early sexual activity.
According to Christine Kim, a policy analyst at Heritage Foundation, and Robert Rector, a senior research fellow at Heritage, teenagers who are abstinent in high school are "almost twice as likely to attend and graduate from college when compared with sexually active teens from identical social backgrounds."
Kim and Rector also report that abstinence education programs are not simply teaching teenagers to avoid sexual initiation but are "developing character traits that prepare youths for future-oriented goals."
Heritage Keepers abstinence education program states that its goal is not only "to reduce the number of teens initiating sexual activity and increase the number of sexually active teens returning to abstinence" but also to encourage students "to develop a strong sense of personal identity and worth, set protective boundaries," resist negative peer pressure, determine and protect personal values and goals and set high standards for themselves.
Daniel Heimbach, senior professor of Christian ethics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in North Carolina, said biblical sexual morality, including abstinence outside of marriage, "always works for the best mentally, biologically and sociologically, whether people believe in God or not."
"Not only is there much less risk to human health in avoiding promiscuity," Heimbach, author of "True Sexual Morality," said, "but scientists have found that the human brain is wired to make much stronger attachments when sex is limited to one partner and that promiscuity makes stable attachments harder and harder to achieve."
For Heimbach, however, "the only true and sufficient foundation for moral obligation to keep sex holy is the holiness of God. All men are called to 'be holy as God is holy,' and keeping sex holy requires abstinence outside of marriage and fidelity within marriage."
Richard Ross, professor of student ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas, agreed that as important as the practical benefits of abstinence are in encouraging teenagers to make wise decisions, they are outweighed by helping students remain pure out of a response to the lordship of Christ.
"Sexual purity is a powerful way to acknowledge the supremacy of Christ," said Ross, cofounder of the True Love Waits movement. "It allows students to move out in Kingdom activity with great passion and power.
"Avoiding [sexually transmitted diseases] and not having early babies are good things, but they pale in comparison with a focus on bringing great glory to Christ through a generation who abide in Him in purity.
"The most powerful way to impact prom-night decisions is for parents, leaders and peers to more fully awaken teenagers to God's Son, to invite them to make a promise to Him, and to walk beside them in a shared journey toward purity."
Heimbach believes the home should be the primary place for teaching God's standard for sex.
"Nothing influences the sexual expectations and moral character of children more than the behavior of their parents," he said.
Heimbach also encourages parents "to speak, explain and instruct children to help them understand what sexual purity requires and why it is truly best for all in the long run."
Ross added that, while the home and the church must work together in a partnership, primary responsibility falls to the parents.
"Parents will lead children spiritually, one direction or another. The faith and morality of the children almost always will mirror that of parents," Ross said.
This does not require parents to have perfect pasts, Heimbach said.
"It is never too late to start modeling sexual purity 'from now on.' But what will never work at all is for parents to expect children to 'do as I say, not as I do.' That approach will assure disastrous results every time," he said.
Working with the True Love Waits campaign, Ross is continually reminded of the individual importance of abstinence being encouraged at home, church and school.
"Tens of thousands of students who made purity promises and kept those promises are moving into biblical marriages," Ross said.
"They are finding deep joy in committed sexual relationships, without flashbacks, emotional scaring or guilt. By waiting on sex, they now are experiencing the greatest delight in sex -- just as God planned."
Aaron Earls is a freelance writer in Wake Forest, N.C. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).
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"Officially a Brooklyn Net! Signed my contract on an iPad. Just thank God for this wonderful Opportunity âª#HelloBrooklynâ¬," Williams tweeted.
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Jaguars release QB Bouman
The Jaguars released veteran QB Todd Bouman on Tuesday. They signed DL C.J. Mosley to take his roster spot.
Scobee, Jags kick Colts to the curb in stunning fashion
Sunday's win over the Colts buys much-criticized Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio and QB David Garrard at least a bit of breathing room.
Left tackle Eugene Monroe and linebacker Daryl Smith are back at practice for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Both players returned Saturday and are expected to play in Thursday night's preseason finale against Atlanta.||||||| Monroe missed the past two exhibition games after sustaining a concussion in practice. Coach Mike Mularkey says Monroe passed his concussion test Friday and was cleared to practice. He was working with the starting unit Saturday. Guard Will Rackley also was back in a limited capacity after missing much of training camp with a high-ankle sprain.
Monroe left the practice field on a cart Wednesday after getting hit in the head during drills. Team doctors were checking him for a possible concussion, and coach Mike Mularkey said the results would determine whether Monroe plays in Friday night's preseason game at New Orleans.||||||| Losing Monroe would be the latest setback for an injury plagued unit. Guard Will Rackley missed the preseason opener because of a high-ankle sprain, is still wearing a walking boot and will be sidelined at least another week. Backup guard Jason Spitz is out at least a month because of a foot injury, and reserve center is John Estes is likely out for the season because of a knee injury.
The Jacksonville Jaguars could be without Monroe for Sunday's season finale against Indianapolis.||||||| Defensive tackle C.J. Mosley stepped on Monroe's left ankle in practice Thursday, and Monroe was wearing a walking boot Friday. He sat out practice and was listed as questionable for the game. Monroe says the injury doesn't seem that bad and he expects to play against the Colts.
Monroe has ended a 12-day holdout by agreeing to a five-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars.||||||| Monroe, a 6-foot-5, 320-pound left tackle taken No. 8 from Virginia, could rejoin his teammates Saturday. He probably won't play in Monday night's preseason opener at Miami. Monroe had been expected to start this season. But he fell behind three-time Pro Bowler Tra Thomas and Jordan Black after missing 22 workouts.


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