NewsRack: 'Education' news in 'women' topic for user newstrust

Latitude: Religious Women In Turkey Have Been Left Out of Emancipation Movement	24.5.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Latitude: Religious Women In Turkey Have Been Left Out of Emancipation Movement
John Kline: Honoring our heroes by supporting those who serve	24.5.2013	Twincities.com: Opinion
August marks the 68th anniversary of a day "Chum" will never forget.
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Cleared of charges after explosion, Florida teen gets full scholarship to space academy	23.5.2013	Daily Kos
Kiera, 16-year-old junior, was arrested after the incident, which happened outside about 15 minutes before the school day began. No one was hurt, nor did she cause any damage. The school's resource officer arrested her on two possible felony charges, possessing a weapon on campus and discharging a destructive device. Kiera was suspended for 10 days, sent to an alternative school, which she still attends, and told she faced expulsion. The explosion struck a chord with 18-year NASA veteran Homer Hickam, a former lead astronaut training manager for Spacelab, and later for the International Space Station. In the late 1950s, Hickam had a brush with law enforcement for allegedly starting a forest fire. State police came to his high school and led him and his friends away in handcuffs, but his high school physics professor and school principal came to the rescue, clearing him of wrongdoing. "I couldn't let this go without doing something," Hickam said. "I'm not a lawyer, but I could give her ...
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President Barack Obama's speech at National Defense University – full text	23.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Remarks of President Barack Obama, as prepared for delivery and entitled: The Future of our Fight against Terrorism Prepared remarks of President Barack Obama, before delivery. It's an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791– standing guard in the early days of the Republic, and contemplating the future of warfare here in the 21st century. For over two centuries, the United States has been bound together by founding documents that defined who we are as Americans, and served as our compass through every type of change. Matters of war and peace are no different. Americans are deeply ambivalent about war, but having fought for our independence, we know that a price must be paid for freedom. From the Civil War, to our struggle against fascism, and through the long, twilight struggle of the Cold War, battlefields have changed, and technology has evolved. But our commitment to Constitutional principles has weathered ...
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Cheers and Jeers: Thursday	23.5.2013	Daily Kos
People who wish to make a donation to support the Red Cross response can visit redcross.org , dial 1-800-REDCROSS or text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE… Oh! More Things I Know: The Netroots Nation convention starts four weeks from today in San Jose. The recent tornado outbreak reminds me once again that it's nice to be able to hear "I'm from FEMA and I'm here to help" without cringing. The spellchecker on my new laptop didn't recognize "Stephanopoulos" and wanted to replace it with "Postmenopausal." I said sure, why not. If I was Terry McAuliffe, I'd send Virginia Republicans a gift basket with a thank-you card for nominating that crazy guy for Lieutenant Governor. Another thing I know: this guy turns 72 tomorrow. I would never join a tea party. I would, however, join a whiskey rebellion. The Maine Department of Tourism reminds you that for the 257,000,034th day in a row, no freakishly-large man-eating Burmese pythons have ...
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Army: West Point sergeant took illicit photos	23.5.2013	Twincities.com: Nation
Nation & World briefing WASHINGTON -- An Army sergeant has been charged with secretly photographing and videotaping at least a dozen women at
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'14 Million: Life, Family & Liberty’ Movement Sparks Controversy in Ecuador (Cached)	23.5.2013	Global Voices
"14 million" is a citizen initiative that seeks to protect the rights of the family by opposing the free distribution of the day-after pill and other family planning policies in Ecuador. Even though part of the citizenry supports the movement, others -including President Rafael Correa- reject the group's ideas.
First lady lauds preservation of slave quarters near White House as vital to 'national memory'	23.5.2013	Star Tribune: Politics

Manufacturing Can Help Save the Economy, If We Fix These 6 Gaps (Cached)	22.5.2013	Inc
Yes, manufacturing can be an engine of growth again. But it will only happen if we address these critical issues. It seems hard to believe with people still struggling to find work, but there are 600,000 jobs in U.S. manufacturing that aren’t being filled because employers say they can’t find applicants with adequate skills, according to a recent survey. At a recent event at the Aspen Institute in Washington, Deloitte’s Craig Giffi attributed that disconnect to several gaps in manufacturing. People in business, academia and all the way to the Oval Office believe that advanced manufacturing is poised to deliver substantial job growth if we can bridge some of these gaps: The education gap. In a 2009 study of high school graduates around the world, the U.S. ranked 31 in math, 23 in science and 17 in reading. China, by the way, ranked first in all three. The modern factory, even a small or mid-sized one like mine, increasingly relies on sophisticated technology. We desperately ...
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Augmented reality game for NYC's Jewish cultural history (Cached)	22.5.2013	Boing Boing
Augmented reality game for NYC's Jewish cultural history
South Sudan initiative aims to keep young girls in primary school \| Mark Tran	22.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
A UK-backed project in Western Equatoria state seeks to ensure domestic and social factors don't deny girls an education Bridget Nagomoro used to get up at five in the morning to fetch water from the stream, cook breakfast for the family, then walk the five miles to school. In the evening, she would eat at 10pm having cooked dinner, done the household chores and completed her homework. It's a familiar routine for girls in South Sudan, but Nagomoro was a trailblazer. She was the first girl from Ibba county – a community of 90,000 people – in landlocked Western Equatoria state to finish primary school. Being the only girl at her school was hard. "Some of the boys used to threaten me because I got better results than them," said Nagomoro last week during a visit to Britain. Now a local government commissioner in Ibba county, she wants to make it easier for girls to get an education by setting up a boarding school for girls aged 10 and above – the point at which most drop out because of ...
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Susan B. Anthony List's forced-birthers will fund fellow extremist Cuccinelli for Virginia governor	22.5.2013	Daily Kos
Extremists will plug hard for Virginia's premier extremist. The SBA List says its “budget is comprehensive” and will include TV, radio and online ads, live phone banks and direct mail, among other elements, to develop an effective message that can be deployed to other states next year. In Virginia, the SBA List plan reads, “a longtime red state is shading purple, with liberal partisans claiming a shift in their direction.” [...] But Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said the SBA List “represent[s] extreme politics out of step with the consensus of Americans who believe that women and families know what’s best for them. Exactly. Cuccinelli epitomizes the extremism that has intensified across states coast to coast in the past few years. He's a climate-change denier, favors anti-gay discrimination and backed Arizona’s draconian immigration law. So his extremism isn't just about abortion. But that plays a big role. Which is obviously why the SBA List is on board trying out ...
Gabriel Gomez's bad private equity deal	21.5.2013	NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed
Gomez in his swiftboating days. I figured it was worth a quick look at the only deal Gomez was credited with leading for Advent: Synventive Molding Solutions, a Peabody, Mass.-based provider of hot runner systems and components. [...] For starters, a source close to the original 2005 transaction tells me that the deal was valued at around $160 million, including debt. A regulatory filing also suggests that around $59 million of equity was involved, but chances are that Advent's actual contribution was less. By 2011, however, the deal was severely underwater and Synventive was having trouble meeting some of its debt obligations. So Advent swapped most of its equity with creditors, led by Littlejohn & Co. It remains unclear exactly what percentage ownership stake Advent retained, although I have confirmed that it did still have a piece. The sale for $335 million to Barnes Group (B) came about one year after Littlejohn took over, with a source telling me that Advent received less in ...
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Take a hard look at racism, sexism and homophobia on college campuses \| Andrew Longhi	21.5.2013	Guardian: Comment is Free
My recent experience at Dartmouth College has shown me that we are still not the society we want to be Like many universities, Dartmouth College has venerated traditions. The annual Dimensions show – a festive, student-organized musical revue performed to entice admitted, but undecided, students to come to Dartmouth – is one such tradition. Many prospective students decide to attend Dartmouth because of how much they enjoy the performance. On 19 April, a group of students calling themselves "#Realtalk" interrupted the show , protesting sexual assault, racism, and homophobia at the university. It was a real jolt for the campus community. President Carol Folt cancelled classes on 24 April for the first time since the mid-1980s due to the backlash: a barrage of rape and death threats on social media sites and internet forums. The ugliness and volume of these threats – not to mention the negative PR – convinced the administration that the school was in a state of crisis. In place of its usual ...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Meet the Virginia GOP's new LG nominee, E.W. Jackson	21.5.2013	NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here . • VA-LG, VA-AG : Oh yeah. This one's gonna be fun. Over the weekend, Virginia Republicans nominated hyperconservative Christian minister E.W. Jackson as their candidate for lieutenant governor, in a move almost perfectly designed to alienate moderate voters who might otherwise cast ballots for the GOP. (Jackson led in every round of voting and won on the fourth ballot at the party's convention.) Let's just say that Jackson loves hateful rhetoric and has never, ever thought to restrain himself when speaking publicly. Right Wing Watch has been all over it . Here's a small sample: • Referred to gays and lesbians as "perverted," "degenerate," "spiritually darkened" and "frankly very sick people psychologically, mentally and emotionally." • Said regarding homosexuality: "it poisons culture, it destroys families, it destroys societies; it brings the judgment of God unlike very few ...
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No State Earns A Top Grade For Promoting Economic Security For Working Families	21.5.2013	Think Progres
No State Earns A Top Grade For Promoting Economic Security For Working Families
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Patty Murray in 19 Takes	21.5.2013	American Prospect
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster No. 1: The Fixer Patty Murray may be the dullest, most unremarkable member of the United States Senate. Two decades in, she lacks any major legislation to her name, isn’t associated with an issue, rarely appears on television, almost always speaks in gray generalities, and seems to have spent the bulk of her time focused on sending earmarks back to Washington state. As one staffer puts it, the most interesting thing about Murray is how uninteresting she is. She’s also the most important politician you’ve never heard of. As conference secretary, she’s the fourth-ranking Democrat in the Senate, which makes her the highest-ranking woman in the chamber. Last year, she chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), spearheading the party’s surprising string of victories in the November elections. Thanks to her efforts, the Senate now has 20 women, the most ever. And as chair of the powerful Budget Committee, she is going up against Paul ...
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Pam Gellar-Linked Group Puts Out New Anti-Muslim Ad In DC Metro	20.5.2013	Think Progres
Pam Gellar-Linked Group Puts Out New Anti-Muslim Ad In DC Metro
Saudi women teachers demanding full time jobs	20.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Saudi women teachers demanding full time jobs
'Too many names': Boulder memorial, walk honor those who died from AIDS	20.5.2013	Denver Post: News: Local
'Too many names': Boulder memorial, walk honor those who died from AIDS

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