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Byrne said that children’s values and beliefs could also predict resistance to attempts from their parents to protect them on the internet. The strategies resulting in the least amount of disagreement were the most effective because they empowered the youth to protect themselves while providing legal or academic consequences for online misconduct...
...movement like Advent Conspiracy is countercultural on two fronts - fighting the secular idea that Christmas is a monthlong shopping and decorating ritual and also the powerful conservative notion that the holiday requires acknowledgement from the nation's retailers to be truly meaningful. It's not easy, says a youth pastor whose church supports Advent Conspiracy. "When you start jacking with people's idea of what Christmas is and you start to go against this $450 billion machine of materialism and consumerism, it really messes with people," he explains. "It takes a lot of patience to say there's a different...
...really hope that [the youth] will take away a deep appreciation for how important our natural environment is,” Zofnass said. “The woods, the woodlands, the New England forests—it’s kind of all around us. What I’m hopeful is that kids and visitors see how these processes interact with each other, support each other, and better appreciate that you really need to keep...
...Fort Hood in Texas, is a psychiatrist and Army major. David Coleman Headley, who allegedly plotted to bomb a Danish newspaper and has been implicated in the Mumbai attacks, is a Chicago businessman. And the five young Virginia men who were detained in Pakistan last week have only their youth in common with Zazi: two are sons of businessmen, and the group's supposed leader, Ramy Zamzam, is a Howard University dental student. (The five men have not yet been charged, but Pakistani officials allege that they hoped to seek combat training in order to fight against U.S. forces...
While not all Iranians remember Khomeini fondly, and most of the youth barely remember him at all, the late Ayatullah seems to be inching closer to the center of the political crisis in Iran. This is likely because, as with most revolutionary leaders in history, what Khomeini symbolizes to the country and its political system has become more important than what he actually did. (See the top 10 news stories...