San Francisco, here comes Disrupt. Starting on September 7, our annual conference kicks off at the San Francisco Design Concourse. As usual we've rounded up Silicon Valley's luminary entrepreneurs and savviest investors along with the best up-and-coming startups. And this year's show is going to be great. Today we're excited to announce Marc Benioff, Doug Leone, and Jeff Weiner are set to take the Disrupt stage.
Lawsuit alleges Aaron Hernandez shot man in Florida
New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is dealing with more than one legal problem. Just one day after law enforcement was at Hernandez's Massachusetts home in connection to a possible homicide investigation, news emerged of a civil lawsuit filed against Hernandez in Florida.
NFL.com obtained a copy of the complaint filed June 13 in a federal court in South Florida. The complaint alleges that, on Feb. 13, Hernandez and Alexander S. Bradley got in an argument while at a strip club in Miami-Dade County. The complaint said that later, while driving toward Palm Beach County, a gun in Hernandez's possession discharged, hitting Bradley.
The lawsuit alleges that the shooting caused Bradley to lose his right eye, among other injuries. The complaint also said that Hernandez's gun was not properly licensed.
The case was voluntarily withdrawn on June 17, but a lawyer representing Bradley told NFL.com the case has not been resolved, and he refiled a new complaint Wednesday. He said the first complaint was withdrawn because of an error in the filing.
Lawsuit alleges Aaron Hernandez shot man in Florida - NFL.com
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Schools near military bases and tribal lands will face a $60 million shortfall between now and September and aid to college students will be cut by almost $90 million, according to the Education Department's plan to carry out the automatic spending cuts mandated by Congress.
In all, the Education Department lost $2.6 billion as part of failed budget negotiations that forced deep spending cuts to reduce the nation's debt. Every corner of the federal government has been slashing services to comply.
"Budgets are never just numbers. They reveal our values. They reveal our value choices," Education Secretary Arne Duncan told reporters on Monday at an event to discuss prekindergarten programs. "You do not see our high-performing competitors defunding education and innovation via sequestration. Other nations, our international competitors, they keep their eye on the prize and they don't let dysfunctional politics create a man-made mess."
Taken as a whole, the cuts could force fast changes at the end of the school year.
For instance, areas where large portions of land are owned or managed by the government, such as military or tribal areas, receive more than $1 billion in federal aid annually to make up for the lack of land subject to property tax. Under the automatic budget cuts, that sum is being slashed about 5 percent.
Students who work in college libraries, dining halls or elsewhere on campus will see a collective $51 million in work study aid cut. Separately, grants for needy students will be cut $38 million. Some $1.6 billion in college aid will remain, however.
Most of the Education Department's cuts will translate to fewer dollars to pay salaries at the state and local levels. For instance, the department's plan cuts $20 million from a program designed to help students who move between states or countries during the school year catch up. Often, those students are children of migrant farmers who require additional help to get on the same page as their classmates.
Separately, programs to help students learn English were slashed by $38 million.
As implemented, the spending plan also will cut $28 million from the administration's "Race to the Top" competition that rewards states for implementing changes in how schools teach and students learn. Some $520 million, however, remains in that pot for states to try new approaches to boost student performance.
An additional $13 million for charter schools and $5 million for magnet schools were expected to be cut, according to the budget outline.
And the budget cuts would reduce student counseling services, school safety and community development efforts by $13 million.
Across all agencies and departments, the reductions total $1.2 trillion over 10 years. The first-year cuts are $85 billion but many programs are exempt from the cuts such as Social Security and Pell grants.
U of M research: Mentoring, leadership program key to ending bullying in at-risk teen girlsPublic release date: 30-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Barbara Schlaefer barbss@umn.edu 612-626-9079 University of Minnesota Academic Health Center
New research from experts within the University of Minnesota School of Nursing has found teen girls at high risk for pregnancy reported being significantly less likely to participate in social bullying after participating in an 18-month preventive intervention program.
This research, in combination with University of Minnesota School of Nursing research findings from March 2013, demonstrate the preventative intervention program can reduce social bullying among all girls, including those who did and did not have strong family ties. Furthermore, girls in the intervention program were significantly more likely to enroll in college or technical school, actions that reduce the risk for involvement in serious violence during early adulthood.
The latest findings were recently published in the journal Prevention Science.
To evaluate the approach, the intervention program Prime Time was offered alongside primary care clinical services. The program provided 13 to 17-year-old girls at high risk for teen pregnancy with one-on-one mentoring and peer leadership opportunities in an effort to reduce bullying and other risky behaviors.
After 18 months of participation in the program, girls self-reported a significant decline in the amount they bullied others via relational aggression a social form of bullying including gossip, rumors and ostracism that aims to damage the self-esteem or social status of a peer.
"These findings suggest that building supportive relationships with adults, peers and family members contributes to reductions in bullying and other risky behaviors among adolescent girls at risk for involvement in violence," said study lead author Renee Sieving, Ph.D., R.N., F.S.A.H.M., an associate professor with the University of Minnesota School of Nursing's Center for Adolescent Nursing and adjunct associate professor in the university's Department of Pediatrics.
A 2010 statewide survey of Minnesota youth found 42 percent of ninth grade girls and 28 percent of twelfth grade girls reported teasing or making fun of another student in a hurtful way within the past 30 days. Nationally, a 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found approximately 22 percent of female high school students reported being bullied on school property within the past year.
Bullying and violence among girls are linked to a range of poor physical and mental health outcomes. In 2011, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies issued a call for better clinical screening and counseling for interpersonal violence with both adolescent and adult women.
"There is a startling lack of evidence in the scientific community about effective approaches to preventing bullying and violence among girls," said Sieving. "This preventative intervention program, which employs a dual approach of addressing risks while building protective factors that buffer girls from involvement in bullying and violence, holds great promise in preventing violence among girls."
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U of M research: Mentoring, leadership program key to ending bullying in at-risk teen girlsPublic release date: 30-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Barbara Schlaefer barbss@umn.edu 612-626-9079 University of Minnesota Academic Health Center
New research from experts within the University of Minnesota School of Nursing has found teen girls at high risk for pregnancy reported being significantly less likely to participate in social bullying after participating in an 18-month preventive intervention program.
This research, in combination with University of Minnesota School of Nursing research findings from March 2013, demonstrate the preventative intervention program can reduce social bullying among all girls, including those who did and did not have strong family ties. Furthermore, girls in the intervention program were significantly more likely to enroll in college or technical school, actions that reduce the risk for involvement in serious violence during early adulthood.
The latest findings were recently published in the journal Prevention Science.
To evaluate the approach, the intervention program Prime Time was offered alongside primary care clinical services. The program provided 13 to 17-year-old girls at high risk for teen pregnancy with one-on-one mentoring and peer leadership opportunities in an effort to reduce bullying and other risky behaviors.
After 18 months of participation in the program, girls self-reported a significant decline in the amount they bullied others via relational aggression a social form of bullying including gossip, rumors and ostracism that aims to damage the self-esteem or social status of a peer.
"These findings suggest that building supportive relationships with adults, peers and family members contributes to reductions in bullying and other risky behaviors among adolescent girls at risk for involvement in violence," said study lead author Renee Sieving, Ph.D., R.N., F.S.A.H.M., an associate professor with the University of Minnesota School of Nursing's Center for Adolescent Nursing and adjunct associate professor in the university's Department of Pediatrics.
A 2010 statewide survey of Minnesota youth found 42 percent of ninth grade girls and 28 percent of twelfth grade girls reported teasing or making fun of another student in a hurtful way within the past 30 days. Nationally, a 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found approximately 22 percent of female high school students reported being bullied on school property within the past year.
Bullying and violence among girls are linked to a range of poor physical and mental health outcomes. In 2011, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies issued a call for better clinical screening and counseling for interpersonal violence with both adolescent and adult women.
"There is a startling lack of evidence in the scientific community about effective approaches to preventing bullying and violence among girls," said Sieving. "This preventative intervention program, which employs a dual approach of addressing risks while building protective factors that buffer girls from involvement in bullying and violence, holds great promise in preventing violence among girls."
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Funding for this research was provided by National Institute of Nursing Research and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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LONDON (AP) ? Markets were headed for a strong close to a historic week after the release of forecast-busting U.S. payrolls figures for February.
The Labor Department reported Friday that the U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs during the month, way ahead of expectations for a gain of about 170,000.
The unemployment rate also fell, to 7.7 percent in February from 7.9 percent the previous month, adding to the upbeat mood surrounding the U.S. economy.
Hopes over the world's largest economy have pushed stock markets higher this year, with the Dow hitting a string of record highs this week. They have also given the dollar a lift as investors think the run of positive news may prompt the U.S. Federal Reserve to bring an end to its super-loose monetary policy sooner than previously thought.
The payrolls figures lifted stocks in Europe from session highs and doubled the gains anticipated at the Wall Street open.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 0.5 percent at 6,474 while Germany's DAX rose 0.8 percent to 8,000. The CAC-40 in France was 1.3 percent higher at 3,842.
The Dow futures and the broader S&P 500 futures were up 0.6 percent.
In the currency markets, the euro was 0.6 percent lower at $1.3020 while the dollar was 1.6 percent higher against the Japanese yen, at 96.33 yen ? its first foray above 96 yen since the summer of 2009. The yen has also been on the retreat over the past few months amid expectations of a change in Japan's economic policy that will likely involve the Bank of Japan printing more money.
A lower yen has the potential to make Japanese exports cheaper and that's been at the heart of the Nikkei's recent surge. Earlier, the index jumped 2.6 percent to 12,283.62, its highest close since September 2008.
Elsewhere in Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.4 percent to 23,091.95 while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.3 percent to 5,123.40. Those in mainland China and Singapore fell.
In Bloomberg's big story on Apple's iWatch, it dropped this nugget:
Apple design chief Jony Ive has long had an interest in watches. Besides owning many high-end models himself, he had his team visit watch factories and ordered boxes of a sports watch made by Nike Inc. in the mid-2000s, said Wilson, who was then Nike?s creative director.
The "Wilson" Bloomberg referred to is Scott Wilson. Wilson led one of the first big Kickstarter successes with the TikTok and LunaTik, which were watchbands designed for the small touchscreen iPod Nano. He's the creative director of design studio MNML.
We emailed him to find out which watches Ive bought. He told us:
Well, he didn't buy them. We just gave them to them as designer bro deals. He and others in the design group just requested them and we sent them a ton of Nike Presto Digital Bracelets and the aluminum Oregon Series Alti-Compass watches. Was flattered that they were requesting them. Thought they were only personal requests but their materials guy followed up with many questions on the materials and processes. This meshes up with their research in watch manufacturing during that timeframe which has been documented in previous stories. They definitely drew upon watch industry techniques and manufacturing in their products since the first iPhone. Interesting that it may come full circle to an actual iWatch at some point.
These Nike designs were circa 2002-2004.
He included the watches, which we've published below. It's interesting that Ive and his team have been thinking about this stuff for a long time.
Bloomberg reported Apple is hoping to start selling an iWatch this year.
Scott Wilson
Scott Wilson
Now Watch: Apple's Answer To The Google Glasses Is Past The Experimental Stage
San Francisco, here comes Disrupt. Starting on September 7, our annual conference kicks off at the San Francisco Design Concourse. As usual we've rounded up Silicon Valley's luminary entrepreneurs and savviest investors along with the best up-and-coming startups. And this year's show is going to be great. Today we're excited to announce Marc Benioff, Doug Leone, and Jeff Weiner are set to take the Disrupt stage.
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