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...strengthening currency. But in the slums, signs of progress prove as elusive as the rats that dart between the shacks. Wilson, 15, lives in the favela of Heliópolis, where half the 125,000 inhabitants are under 25. The vast majority come from Brazil's hardscrabble northeastern states, drawn by the hope of work, though unemployment runs at more than 20% in the slums. And while jobs are scarce, says Wilson, "there's no lack of opportunity to get into crime." Despite dire prospects, the poor keep arriving in the city of 18 million. As joblessness, crime and violence...
This hard stance comes at the same time as BPD’s “Operation Student Shield,” introduced in 2005 specifically to combat underage drinking in Boston. And if BPD’s experience with Boston College, Boston University, and Northeastern University are any indication, students can expect harsher enforcement as Harvard expands undergraduate housing into Allston. We hope instead that BPD will reconsider its methods, and keep safety as its priority even while it must continue to enforce drinking laws...
...Andrew Sum, a sociologist at Northeastern University who studies youth in the workforce, has a bleaker explanation: traditional jobs for youths are disappearing. As immigrants and oldsters crowd the market for jobs flipping burgers or packing groceries, teens are getting squeezed. In 1978, 61% of kids aged 16 to 19 worked; in 2005, it was 40%. Sum's data does not include internships...
...report last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. A team of Japanese researchers was able to link green-tea consumption with decreased mortality from all causes--including cardiovascular disease. The researchers tracked 40,530 healthy adults ages 40 to 79 in a region of northeastern Japan where most people drink green tea, following them for up to 11 years. Those who drank five or more cups of green tea a day had significantly lower mortality rates than those who drank less than one cup a day. There were also fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease...
...possession and creating opportunities just outside the box, while the Gaels persistently counteracted to challenge Mann. “Our defense was solid, but [St. Mary’s] was really good at sending those through balls into the box,” Mann said. “Against Northeastern the team just had one one-on-one opportunity after another.” During the first half, Mann shined against the counterattack attempts, coming off her line to make three key stops on possible breakaways. Mann also came up with a diving save on a shot from six feet...