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at the International Women’s Year Conference of the United Nations in Mexico City, which led to a grant awarded to the NCNW from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) • The establishment of the Bethune Council House, the former home of Mary McLeod Bethune, as a national historic |
site through the National Park Service. The BCH is the first institution devoted to black women’s history and houses the Bethune Museum and Archives for Black Women. Among her numerous other achievements, Height was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, is a recipient of the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal, |
is a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and on her 92nd birthday she accepted the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian and most distinguished award presented by the U.S. Congress. After receiving the 2008 Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit’s Legacy Award, Height had this to say about her circle |
of women: “It is a great reminder to me that I have had the benefit of so many women who showed their power, who understood that power was neither bad nor good; it’s how you use it.” Click here to view Women of Power Legacy Award Dorothy Height Tribute video. |
Tyler Clementi. Amanda Todd. Felicia Garcia. The list of teens that have committed suicide continues to grow and many cases have been linked to bullying, more specifically cyberbullying. In what |
was once a face-to-face encounter on the schoolyard, bullying has morphed into a 24/7 ordeal with tweens and teens using their smartphones, tablets and computers to harass peers mercilessly. While |
many young adults report seeing positive encounters online, 88% of social media-using juveniles have witnessed someone be mean or unkind to another person on a social networking site, according to |
a report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. Ninety-five percent of teens that have witnessed this behavior on social media sites say they have seen others |
dismiss the mean behavior, and 55% see this frequently. It’s that hands-off approach—the case of the dismissive bystander— that leads to larger issues. Dr. Deborah Temkin, research and policy coordinator |
for bullying prevention initiatives at the U.S. Department of Education, reminds young adults and parents that technology is not to blame for the harassment, rather it’s the way in which |
it’s being used that’s the real issue. BlackEnterprise.com talked with the StopBullying.gov expert on ways to prevent and stop cyberbullying from taking place: Look for warning signs “When kids start |
syndromes that are preventing them from going to school. These are all signs to say something is going on with my child,” says Dr. Temkin. Engage with your child online |
While parents may think sheltering their children is the perfect solution to curbing inappropriate behavior online, that tactic does more harm then good. “That actually tends to make things worse |
because then parents may not even know that their kids are online and experiencing something,” says the bullying expert. “The best thing is to make sure that you’re actively engaged |
with your child online, making your child aware you will be friends with them on a social media site and you will have their password so you can follow up |
on them.” Take things one step further and really connect with your child, letting him or her know cyberbullying is wrong and you will be there to help ensure things |
will be okay. While it’s not advised that you cut off cell phone and Internet use altogether, limits should be placed on when and how your children are using their |
mobile devices. Your child should know that you are monitoring them, and if something is bothering them or is happening, you will check in and handle accordingly. Communicate the connection |
between life online and offline It’s vital you explain to your child that the online harassment goes beyond the screen and will likely impact their daily life. “Make sure kids |
understand that the online environment is not separate from day-to-day life; that what happens online doesn’t stay online,” says the bullying prevention coordinator. “It’s something that is going to contribute |
to day-to-day occurrences in person.” Legislation surrounding bullying varies from state to state, but there are some overall steps you can take to ensure your child’s rights are protected. Don’t |
hesitate to report the harassment to the website on which the bullying is taking place. There’s not a “one-size-fits-all approach,” reminds Dr. Temkin, but you can report the bullying to |
I’ve written before about the fact that both mothers and fathers experience the same hormonal bonding to their children both before and after birth. Now, Lisa Belkin at the New York Times brings to our attention a new study of the nonapeptide oxytocin that seems to play a role in both mother-child and father-child bonding post-partum. Read about it here (New York Times, 9/2/10). |
A little background. Mammals, as we know, are born immature. They therefore require long periods of care by their parents (or someone), in order to grow to adulthood. Without that nurturing and protection they’d die very shortly after birth. But there are many problems with asking adults to devote their time and energies to anything but their own survival. Immature mammals eat but, if |
they’re predators, they don’t kill. Lactating females require vastly more calories to survive than do males and non-lactating females, and yet, due to childcare responsibilities they too are impaired when it comes to predation. Immature mammals are easy prey for predators, thus placing added strains on adult members of the group. In short, the birth of an infant makes life difficult for adult mammals. |
When a female is pregnant, her prolactin levels go up. When she’s nursing, oxytocin levels rise. Experiments with laboratory animals show that, nonexpectant adults, when injected with prolactin and cortisol start behaving like expectant parents. Likewise, after birth, the levels of the sex steroids testosterone and estradiol drop, thereby muting sexual behavior and aggression. All of this has been well known for years about |
fathers for fatherhood. The new research cited by Belkin finds that oxytocin levels in new fathers is equal to that of new mothers at both six weeks and six months postpartum. Exactly what stimulates the hormonal changes in males seems to be uncertain, but it may have to do with female pheromones or possibly visual stimuli. But there’s a catch that Belkin doesn’t mention. |
In a society in which 40% of births are to single mothers, a man’s involvement with the mother of his child during pregnancy, may be limited. It also may be zero. Therefore, that separation likely deprives him of the one vital thing that nature provides to connect all mammals to their offspring – prolonged exposure to his pregnant partner. Our legal system imposes no |
requirement on women that they inform men that they’ve fathered children. In decades and centuries past, that was less of a problem because there was such a stigma attached to unmarried childbearing. That meant that, in the overwhelming majority of cases, fathers were present during pregnancy. But we’ve abandoned the stigma and failed to replace it with anything legal, moral or otherwise that would |
connect mothers to fathers. The inevitable result is that fathers are often denied the vital hormonal connection to their children that every parental mammal requires. We then wonder why men aren’t more involved in their children’s lives. The more of this type of information that comes out, the more the case is made that women should not be able to keep children from their |
The Odyssey Notes & Analysis The free The Odyssey notes include comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. These free notes consist of about 94 pages (28,068 words) and contain the following sections: The Odyssey Plot Summary The tale begins on Mt. Olympus where Athena draws Zeus' |
attention to Odysseus whose journey has been halted on the island of Calypso. Zeus sends Hermes to have Odysseus released and Athena goes to Ithaca. In Ithaca she assumes a disguise and convinces Telemachus to go on a journey seeking news of his father. Telemachus calls an assembly announcing that |
the suitors who have besieged his house and have eaten his food for years are in the wrong. He goes to see Nestor at Pylos and Nestor does not know anything recent about his father. Nestor advises him to go to Sparta to see Menelaus. When he gets to Sparta, |
Menelaus tells him that the last thing he heard about Odysseus was that he was trapped on the island of Calypso. They feast together and talk into the night. Athena reminds Zeus to send Hermes to Calypso and he tells her that Odysseus may leave but under strict conditions: he |
has to build his own raft. Calypso isn't happy about the command and Odysseus has problems believing her. Once he has built his raft, she gives him food and sends him off. He sails for seventeen days and then his raft is destroyed by Poseidon. He is aided by a |
nymph and floats for two days to land. He is found by Nausikaa and told to go to the house of her father Alcinous. Alcinous hears part of his tale and secures passage for him back to Ithaca. There are athletic games and feasts at which a minstrel sings. The |
minstrel's songs make Odysseus cry and this makes Alcinous even more curious about his situation. Alcinous asks Odysseus if any of his relatives died at Troy and Odysseus begins his tale. He tells them how he left Troy and lost some men in a botched raiding party. Soon after this |
they came near the land of the Lotus eaters where some of his men were almost lost to the enchanting flower. Then came the island of the cyclops. Odysseus led his men in to investigate and were trapped by Polyphemus, one of the cyclops. They had to blind him and |
sneak out in order to get away from him. They came to the island of the King of the winds, but when they approached Ithaca with his gift of the storm winds restrained, Odysseus men opened the bag of the winds thinking it was treasure sending them all the way |
back to the same island. The king refused to help them again. They ended up at Circe's island where the witch turns some of his men into pigs. With the help of Hermes, Odysseus resisted her magic and impressed her. His men were restored and they remained on her island |
for a year. When they left, Circe told them they had to go to the land of the dead first. At the land of the dead they spoke with Tiresias who told them how to get home. They also spoke with many relatives and dead heroes. After they left the |
land of the dead, they returned to Circe's island and then made their way home. Even though they made it through Scylla and Charybdis, the men insisted on stopping at the island where the cattle of the sun were kept. Here they eventually disobeyed Odysseus and killed the cattle. This |
resulted in the destruction of their ship. Odysseus, the sole survivor, floated back through the dangers of the sea and ended up on Calypso's island. Alcinous is moved by Odysseus story and he gives him more gifts. His men take Odysseus to Ithaca and he sleeps the entire way. Because |
of Poseidon's wrath, their ship is turned into stone when it nears their home harbor. Athena comes to Odysseus and tells him he is home. She instructs him to spend a night or two at the hut of the swineherd disguised as a beggar. She tells him that while he |
waits she will get Telemachus to return. Odysseus goes to the house of the swineherd and tells a long lie about his fall from riches to rags. The swineherd takes him in and gives him hospitality but refuses to believe any news about Odysseus. Telemachus leaves the house of Menelaus |
with gifts and avoids Pylos so that he will get home faster. He makes room for a seer in his ship and departs from his men near the house of the swineherd as Athena instructed. When they first meet, Odysseus is still a beggar, but after the swineherd leaves, Athena |
has Odysseus reveal himself. They plan out how they are going to get rid of the suitors. Odysseus is changed back into a beggar when the swineherd returns. The next day Telemachus returns to his house first and the swineherd follows with the beggar. On they way they are mocked |
by the goatherd. When they get to the house Odysseus is given food as a beggar but must withstand the taunts of the suitors. When he implies that they are generous because they are giving away somebody else's food, Antinous throws a stool at him. Odysseus continues to test the |
loyalty of people around him. He tells his story to Penelope and when his old nurse gives him a bath she recognizes his scar. Penelope tells him that she will challenge the suitors to string Odysseus' bow and shoot it through twelve axeheads. Whoever does this may marry her. Odysseus |
is forced to box another beggar and is rewarded with blood pudding and wine when he wins. They sleep one night and the suitors return the next day. When Penelope rises she retrieves the bow and the axeheads and announces the contest. Telemachus tries to bend the bow and almost |
can, but his father has him stop. None of the suitors can bend it and Antinous proposes they carry on with the contest tomorrow. Odysseus asks for a try and the suitors would have denied him but Telemachus demanded that he be allowed. Odysseus strings it and shoots through the |
axeheads easily then he begins to kill suitors. Telemachus joins him with the cowherd and the swineherd. The goatherd helps the suitors get weapons, but the other herders stop him. Athena joins the battle and they slaughter everyone but the minstrel and the herald. Odysseus has the bodies piled up |
and he hangs the disloyal serving girls. He bathes and approaches Penelope who does not believe it is him until they speak of secret proof. They sleep together and tell each other their stories. In the morning, Odysseus instructs everyone to pretend there is a wedding feast so that no |
one will come looking for the suitors. He goes and finds his father and lies to him at first but then reveals his identity. Meanwhile, the town assembles, enraged at Odysseus' deeds. When the herald tells them that a god helped him, half of the townspeople calm down. The others |
About the Program In this Encore Booknotes presentation from 2002, law professor, journalist and author Frank Wu discusses his book “Yellow." The book examines the current state of civil rights in the United States through the experiences of Asian Americans. |
Prof. Wu provides an overview of the official and unofficial policies that have shaped Asian-American history and identity in the United States. He also addresses Asian American stereotypes like "the model minority" and illustrates how these concepts and others have |
damaged relations between communities. Frank H. Wu is the first Asian American to serve as a law professor at Howard University Law School in Washington, D.C. He is a co-editor for the course book "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and |
the Japanese American Internment." Mr. Wu has written for numerous publications, including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and The Nation. He also writes a regular column for Asian Week. In addition, Mr. Wu is the |
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia is one of the 20 regions of Italy, and one of the five autonomous regions with a special statute. This region is situated in the north-east of Italy and borders Slovenia and Austria. Friuli-Venezia Giulia overlooks the Adriatic Sea and is surrounded by high mountains, enclosing varied landscapes. The impressive Carso plateau is formed by windswept rocks, and |
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Lament for the Destruction of UrArticle Free Pass Lament for the Destruction of Ur, ancient Sumerian composition bewailing the collapse of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur (c. 2112–c. 2004 bc) in southern Mesopotamia. The lament, primarily composed of 11 “songs” |
or stanzas of unequal length, begins by enumerating some of the prominent cities and temples of Sumer and the deities who had deserted them. In the second “song,” the people of Ur and of other cities of Sumer are urged |
to set up a bitter lament. The third “song” relates that the goddess Ningal hears the pleas of the people of Ur, but she is not able to dissuade the gods Anu and Enlil from their decision to destroy the |
city, and the remaining “songs” relate the devastating results of Ur’s defeat in battle. The last stanza ends with a plea to Nanna (Akkadian: Sin), the husband of Ningal, that the city may once more rise up and that the |
Thomas, 2nd earl of LancasterArticle Free Pass Thomas, 2nd earl of Lancaster, (born c. 1278—died March 22, 1322, Pontefract, Yorkshire, Eng.), a grandson of King Henry III of England and the main figure in the baronial opposition to King Edward |
II. His opposition to royal power derived more from personal ambition than from a desire for reform. The son of Edmund (“Crouchback”), 1st Earl of Lancaster, he became involved in politics during the controversy over Edward II’s favourite, Piers Gaveston, |
and was among the earls who demanded Gaveston’s banishment in 1308 and who compelled Edward in 1310 to surrender his power to a committee of “Ordainers,” among whom he himself was numbered. After Gaveston returned to England in December 1311, |
Lancaster and other barons formed a confederacy to defend the Ordinances, and in the ensuing conflict it was on Lancaster’s territory that Gaveston was executed in 1312. Pardoned by Edward II in 1313, Lancaster forced changes in the royal household |
in 1314 and by 1315 virtually controlled England. But his ambition became apparent, and a failure of statesmanship led to a fresh baronial grouping that by the compromise Treaty of Leake (1318) effected a formal reconciliation between him and the |
king. The rise of Hugh Le Despenser the Elder and Hugh Le Despenser the Younger as royal favourites by 1318 renewed Lancaster’s quarrel with Edward, who, after their banishment in 1321, took up arms on their behalf. Lancaster was defeated |
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MonarchianismArticle Free Pass Monarchianism, a Christian heresy that developed during the 2nd and 3rd centuries. It opposed the doctrine of an independent, personal subsistence of the Logos, affirmed the sole deity of God the Father, and thus represented the extreme monotheistic view. Though it regarded Christ as Redeemer, it clung to the numerical unity of the Deity. Two types of |
Monarchianism developed: the Dynamic (or Adoptionist) and the Modalistic (or Sabellian). Dynamic Monarchianism held that Christ was a mere man, miraculously conceived, but constituted the Son of God simply by the infinitely high degree in which he had been filled with divine wisdom and power. This view was taught at Rome about the end of the 2nd century by Theodotus, |
who was excommunicated by Pope Victor, and taught somewhat later by Artemon, who was excommunicated by Pope Zephyrinus. About 260 it was again taught by Paul of Samosata. It is the belief of many modern Unitarians. Modalistic Monarchianism took exception to the “subordinationism” of some of the Church Fathers and maintained that the names Father and Son were only different |
designations of the same subject, the one God, who “with reference to the relations in which He had previously stood to the world is called the Father, but in reference to His appearance in humanity is called the Son.” It was taught by Praxeas, a priest from Asia Minor, in Rome c. 206 and was opposed by Tertullian in the |
tract Adversus Praxean (c. 213), an important contribution to the doctrine of the Trinity. See also Sabellianism; Adoptionism. What made you want to look up "Monarchianism"? Please share what surprised you most... |
Simply begin typing or use the editing tools above to add to this article. Once you are finished and click submit, your modifications will be sent to our editors for review. As a result of these differential geologic forces, the highest ridges in the contemporary Altai—notably the Katun, North (Severo) Chu, and the South (Yuzhno) Chu—tower more than 13,000 feet |
(4,000 metres) in elevation, running latitudinally in the central and eastern portions of the sector of the system within the Altay republic. The Tabyn-Bogdo-Ola (Mongolian: Tavan Bogd Uul), the... What made you want to look up "North Chu"? Please share what surprised you most... |
Second EmpireArticle Free Pass Second Empire, (1852–70) period in France under the rule of Emperor Napoleon III (the original empire having been that of Napoleon I). In its early years |
(1852–59), the empire was authoritarian but enjoyed economic growth and pursued a favourable foreign policy. Liberal reforms were gradually introduced after 1859, but measures such as a low-tariff treaty with |
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