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...ethnic make-up of children in the system, even though the law says they must, so racial disparities have persisted within the family services system. Black children are adopted less frequently and more slowly than kids of any other race. Fifteen percent of U.S. children are black, but they account for nearly a third of children in foster care and a third of those awaiting adoption. White children are five times as likely as to be adopted than children from any minority group, and are adopted out of foster care an average of nine months sooner than black children...
...most disturbing findings of the Save the Children study is that many abusers are never held to account for their actions. Of the 856 sexual misconduct allegations against U.N. personnel and peacekeepers between 2004 and 2006, less than 40% were resolved within the year the abuse was reported. In many cases, the suspected abusers were either fired from the organization or repatriated back to their country of origin. "In general the U.N. as a whole has a zero tolerance policy on this," says Michael Klaus, spokesman for UNICEF in Geneva. "If these cases are proven, those responsible are immediately fired...
Expect creative menus and bar options at coming weddings as more couples aim to shave their bill; after all, food and drinks usually account for the biggest chunk of costs. More than 6 in 10 wedding professionals say their clients are buying less expensive meals than in the past. "As silly as it sounds, go with the chicken," says Daniel Briones, NACE president and director of catering at the Four Seasons Philadelphia. Shelley Harrington, who married Scott Barber on May 10 in Rochester, Mich., opted for chicken with Boursin cheese in a phyllo-dough wrapping plus a fish option. Both...
...thirtysomething anachronism. I still read the hard copies of the New York Times and the Boston Globe, and I refuse to consider changing my habits. My students marvel at me the way I once marveled at my mother for being slow to get an e-mail account. They don't understand why right-thinking people would willfully make their hands dirty every day when they don't have to. To them I am like a person who takes a shower in the morning and then decides to do gardening before work. True, smudge isn't great, but it seems...
Setting up the Roku was about as painless an experience as I've had and took less than five minutes. I cabled it to my TV, powered up both, then followed the onscreen prompts. I watched video by logging into my Netflix account (you'll need one) and adding movies and TV seasons to my "instant" queue. The queue shows up on the Roku box in mere seconds. To test the gadget, I moldered on the couch in my office for a few days, watching The Office reruns, some old Kubrick and Peckinpah movies and a Jimi Hendrix documentary...