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Maelani Parker

Poor housing can destroy a child's future, says Lisa Harker | Society | The Guardian - 0 views

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  • News Society Second thoughts Home truths Poor housing can destroy a child's future, says Lisa Harker Share 3 Email Lisa Harker The Guardian, Tuesday 12 September 2006 Britain is hooked on housing. Queues snake round DIY retail parks each weekend, and TV schedules are saturated with home makeover shows. But there is one area where the appetite for all things housing appears to have stopped short.While the government's Every Child Matters programme for child welfare picks out health, safety, economic well-being, making a positive contribution, enjoying and achieving as the critical factors that shape children's lives, there is no explicit recognition of the role that housing plays - despite the fact that more than a million children in Britain are living in poor housing.That figure will come as no surprise to professionals working at the sharp end of the housing crisis, but whether the scale of the problem is grasped by those shaping public policy is far from clear.Earlier this year I was commissioned by Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity, to undertake a comprehensive review of research examining the impact of bad housing on children's future chances. The resulting report, Chance of a Lifetime, published today, documents the powerful influence of poor housing on children's lives and shows how its destabilising impact is felt long into adulthood.
  • Earlier this year I was commissioned by Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity, to undertake a comprehensive review of research examining the impact of bad housing on children's future chances. The resulting report, Chance of a Lifetime, published today, documents the powerful influence of poor housing on children's lives and shows how its destabilising impact is felt long into adulthood.
  • On every aspect of life - mental, physical, emotional, social and economic - living in bad housing can hand children a devastating legacy. Studies show that poor housing can lead to a 25% higher risk of experiencing severe ill-health and disability before they reach middle age. In particular, such children face a greater chance of developing meningitis, infections, asthma or other respiratory problems
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  • It can also have a devastating impact on emotional wellbeing. Research shows that homeless children are three to four times more likely to have mental health problems than other children
  • How can a homeless child flourish when they are two to three times more likely to be absent from school and become used to watching their no more able, but well-housed, contemporaries leapfrog their progress? How can a child develop healthily when their home is cold and damp, their chest hurts when they breathe, and they can't sleep at night, as one girl described her experience of living in a house where the heating does not work?
  • Maelani Parker on 26 Aug 12
     
    Where a child is required to make their home has a lasting effect on their health and their well-being. This carries into society and has an effect there as well.
Billy Gerchick

Church in the Wild « - 0 views

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  • Church in the Wild Why self-proclaimed country outsider Eric Church is secretly the savior of a long-dead brand of rock and roll
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      Billy Gerchick on 12 Feb 14
       
      Exemplary title and subhead, using the double-entendre, literary allusions, and capturing the topic in the title while clarifying thesis/central claim in the subhead. Outstanding writing!
Billy Gerchick

Lincoln (2012) movie preview - IMDb - 0 views

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  • Billy Gerchick on 15 Nov 12
     
    If choosing fiction (even historical fiction) to supplement your site, evaluate the ethos of the company, director, etc. Lincoln, from my perspective, is solid: "As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves..."
Billy Gerchick

Gina Rinehart, world's richest woman, makes case for $2-a-day pay - latimes.com - 1 views

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  • And now she's back with some more helpful advice.
  • , well, she wouldn't have to spend so much money on things like workers' salaries and benefits.
  • Yep, it's getting harder and harder to be a job creator.
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  • Rinehart knows what it means to pull yourself up by the bootstraps.
  • That's a heavy burden to bear.
  • Yet, inexplicably , Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard didn't take Rinehart's advice in the generous spirit with which it was offered.
  • inexplicably
  • Socialist.
  • And, apparently, you should be happy with whatever table scraps you receive by way of compensation.
  • This Jabba the Hut look-a-like inherited all of her money. I would like to see how she would recover if all of it were gone in one fell swoop. She also needs to eat less.
  • Billy Gerchick on 14 Sep 12
     
    L.A. Times editorial attacking Gina Rinehart's suggestion on pay for Australian workers and against having a minimum wage.
Gabi Martorana

New FDA anti-smoking campaign eyes teens at risk of becoming 'replacement customers' - ... - 0 views

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  • published literature about cigarette use, dissected previous public education campaigns and even conducted quantitative testing with 1,600 youths before settling on the group of ads.
  • The graphic TV ad is part of a first-of-its-kind national anti-smoking campaign spearheaded by the Food and Drug Administration and targeted at young people ages 12 to 17.
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Gabi Martorana

Tobacco advertising - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • signed into law by President Barack Obama, the Tobacco Control Act became active on 22 June 2010. This act not only placed new restrictions on tobacco marketing but also extensive constraints concerning the circulation of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to minors
  • When young people no longer want to smoke the epidemic itself will die
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Lindsey Venetos

Opposing Viewpoints in Context - Document - 0 views

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  • If passed, Senate bill S. 344 would require U.S. Supreme Court proceedings to be televised except in cases where it is deemed harmful.
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  • This legislation would increase the public's awareness and understanding of how the nation's highest court works
  • It decides by 5-to-4 decisions so many vital cases, including partial-birth or late-term abortion, deciding who will live. It decides the question of who will be elected, controlling the constitutional decision on campaign contributions. It decides the constitutionality—
  • The Supreme Court of the United States, again in a series of 5-to-4 decisions, has decided what is the power of Congress, declaring in U.S. v. Morrison [2000] the legislation to protect women against violence unconstitutional because the Court questioned our "method of reasoning," raising a fundamental question as to where is the superiority of the Court's method of reasoning over that of the Congress. But that kind of decision, simply stated, is not understood.
  • Justice Stevens has been quoted recently stating his favorable disposition to televising the Supreme Court. Justice Breyer, during his confirmation hearings in 1994, indicated support for televising Supreme Court proceedings. He has since equivocated, but has also noted that it would be a wonderful teaching device. In a December 13, 2006, article by David Pereira, Justice Scalia said he favored cameras in the Supreme Court to show the public that a majority of the caseload involves dull stuff. In December of 2000, an article by Marjorie Cohn noted Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's support of camera coverage, so long as it is gavel to gavel—which can be arranged.
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