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2 hrs ago | PhysOrg Weblog

The verdict on tiger-parenting? Studies point to poor mental health

Research shows authoritarian parenting, which can include tough academic pressure, can lead to poor mental health outcomes for kids and teenagers.

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Related Topix: Family, Parenting, Kids, Teenagers, Psychology, Science, Wellesley College

6 hrs ago | Noozhawk

Laguna Blanca Graduates Gain Real-World Experience with Senior Projects

Just before graduation, the seniors at Laguna Blanca School launched themselves off of campus in May and landed all over the globe, gaining valuable real-world experience as part of the school's long-standing Senior Project program.

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Related Topix: Johns Hopkins University, United States Naval Academy

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Centre Daily Times

Column | How poor students get soaked for college sports

As parents and students struggle to keep up with rising college tuition and take on greater burdens of debt, universities are being challenged to justify the ballooning athletic fees they tack on to the bill.

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Related Topix: University of South Carolina Upstate, Ohio University, UC Los Angeles, Berkeley, CA, University of North Carolina Asheville

Marin Independent Journal

Reward fund swells to $30,000 in slaying of Emeryville man last week

As the reward for information leading to Emeryville resident Aya Nakano's killer grew to more than $30,000 Tuesday, friends and family said goodbye to a young man with an intense love for basketball and a passion for Motown and soul music.

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Related Topix: Emeryville, CA, University of Oregon, Berkeley, CA, Stanford, CA

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Eating disorders plague teenage boys, too

The Simi Valley, Calif., youngster tossed out lunches or claimed he ate elsewhere.

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Related Topix: Brentwood (Los Angeles, CA), Los Angeles, CA, Fasting, Health, Magic Mike

SFGate

Caregiving dads face discrimination from coworkers, study says

In the professional pecking order, baby-raising knocks you down a few notches. Women have known this forever.

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Related Topix: Long Island University

EurekAlert!

MIT and UC Berkeley launch energy-efficiency research project

The E2e Project aims to give decision-makers real-world evidence on the most cost-effective ways to reduce energy and emissions "E2e, " is a new interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers from the MIT Energy Initiative and University of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business.

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Related Topix: Berkeley, CA

Chemistry World

Hydrogen generation using sunlight

Scientists from Spain have found a catalyst that can use sunlight to power an important industrial reaction for the production of hydrogen at ambient temperatures.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy

Grist Magazine

Syngenta plays dirty to shape public opinion on herbicide

As a journalist, it takes a lot to really piss me off: I've found that most scandals aren't really scandals if you dig past the screaming headlines and into the wonky details.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Opinion

The Guardian

Data interactive competition: Guardian Student Media Awards

The Guardian's James Ball and The Times social media editor Nick Petrie will be among the judges evaluating the data interactive category in the Guardian's annual Student Media Awards It allows audiences to find stories for themselves, gives context to disconnected anecdotes and, according to Tim Berners-Lee, it's the future of journalism.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Berkeley, CA

Marin Independent Journal

Police looking for two men who pistol-whipped, robbed pair at popular Berkeley lookout

A man sitting in his car with a woman at a popular lookout on Grizzly Peak Boulevard was pistol-whipped and robbed on Saturday, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Berkeley, CA, Kensington, CA

EDGE

James Broughton's 'Big Joy'

The life of poet/shaman/trickster James Broughton will unspool as part of the 37th San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival at the Castro Theatre on Sat., June 22. "Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton" is a new film from Stephen Silha, Eric Slade and Dawn Logsdon.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Berkeley, CA, Gay/Lesbian

NorCalBlogs

ERL rejects Richard Tol's comment on Cook et al 2013, but won't say who rejected it

Rejection letter by ERL: Article under review for Environmental Research Letters Comment on: "Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the literature" - Professor Dr Richard S J Tol ID: ERL/477057/COM BOARD MEMBER'S REPORT ============================ The comment raises a number of issues with the recent study by Cook et al. It ... (more)

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Related Topix: Environment, Science, Blog News

Mon Jun 17, 2013

LA Daily News

Arkyd telescope latest space project to create buzz through crowdsourcing

The Arkyd telescope, a publicly funded project planned by Planetary Resources, will let people control the satellite for education, space photography and A A'space selfies,A images with Earth in the background.

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Related Topix: Photography, Arts, Bellevue, WA

Washington Times

Engaging the American audience: What makes you care?

"What have you been doing for the past few months?" O'Reilly Factor producer Dan Bank asked the man on the street who had not heard of the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack until that moment.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, Berkeley, CA

Hotel Interactive

Master Class

To pass the Bot Test , please type the white text that you see in the gray box. This helps us prevent spammers from abusing the system.

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Related Topix: Princeton University, Dartmouth College, Michigan, Penn State University Park, University of Rochester

The Modesto Bee

Poverty Didn't Stop SCHOLARHe's going to Harvard, fully paid, ...

Lloyd Chen can't afford the $70 for a high school yearbook. His family can't pay for a graduation party or a trip abroad.

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Related Topix: Elk Grove, CA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UC San Diego, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA

Inhabitat

Ancient Roman Breakwater Reveals Clues to Environmentally Friendly Concrete

One of the world's most widely-used building materials, concrete has an enormous carbon footprint , but now researchers have unveiled clues to a more environmentally-friendly concrete mixture used by the Romans 2,000 years ago.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy, Berkeley, CA

A-Infos Radio Project

Women's Voices: Janie Rezner interviews Ronnie James,...

Ronnie writes, "I fell in love with the Mendocino Coast as a 9-year-old when I came to camp at the Mendocino Woodlands and visited Homer and Lil Drinkwater's Remedy Store in Mendocino for an ice cream.

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Related Topix: Mendocino, CA, Modesto, CA, Mendocino County, CA

EurekAlert!

Making a case for transparent corporate accounting information

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY'S HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - A new study by accounting professor Yaniv Konchitchki finds greater transparency in firms' earnings has a positive effect on the bottom line.

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Related Topix: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina