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...will only be eight days of programming. This time period is too short to be conducive to a meaningful learning experience. In contrast, M.I.T.’s Independent Activities Period, conceived of in the same spirit as J-Term, is four full weeks long. This allows students to take in-depth courses such as “Kokikai Aikido for Beginners,” “CASTOR Satellite Design and Build,” “Basics of Obtaining a Patent,” and “Germany Today: Intensive Study of German Language and Culture...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: J-Week | 4/14/2010 | See Source »

...When you go home at night and have dinner and close your door, you are always expecting someone to come and take you to jail," says Abdel Fatah Rizq, a high-ranking Brotherhood member. "They come after midnight - at 1 o'clock, at 2 o'clock, at 3 o'clock. If 3 passes and they didn't come, you can sleep well. This is a daily experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egypt's Opposition: Will the Islamists Join ElBaradei? | 4/14/2010 | See Source »

...such message read, "The largest scheduled shootout in the history of Reynosa will be tomorrow or Sunday, send this message to people you trust that tomorrow a convoy of 60 trucks full of cartel hitmen from the Michoacan Family together with members of the Gulf Cartel are coming to take the city and take everyone out alive or dead!" Schools and shops closed that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Battle Cartels, Mexico Weighs Twitter Crackdown | 4/14/2010 | See Source »

Krame says that passing the bill would be the worst action the government could take in combating crime allegedly committed via Twitter and Facebook. Twitter, some observers say, has allowed citizens to become amateur journalists, thus fulfilling a huge need in Mexico, where many broadcast and print media outlets have refrained from publishing certain news stories because of the threat of retribution from the cartels. Four journalists have been killed this year because of reporting on drug-related issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Battle Cartels, Mexico Weighs Twitter Crackdown | 4/14/2010 | See Source »

...Brook, N.Y. Older adopted children often arrive in their new homes after being taken away from or abandoned by abusive parents. In the case of Russian adoptees, children have to spend at least a year in an orphanage before the country deems them eligible for international adoption. It can take years for older adopted children to fully integrate into their new families; some never do, and require a lifetime of therapy and extra care. (See pictures of Moscow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russian Adoption: What Happens When a Parent Gives Up? | 4/14/2010 | See Source »

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