us high school years

Black college students extra harshly disciplined in Victor Valley excessive colleges, feds say

19/09/2024Oktavina

Khan, Irfan –– B582213710Z.1 VICTORVILLE, CA, July 03, 2012 ––– A pedestrian crosses 7th. Street in old town area of Victorville. City is teetering on the brink of financial ruin due to some bad financial investments. Green Tree golf course, where the city dumped a ton of money into the club house, the old airbase, the old plane boneyard and an abandoned house that city paid $375,000 are some of many bad financial decisions that put into trouble.(Irfan Khan/ Los Angeles Times) — Seventh Road within the outdated city space of Victorville, Calif., the place a number of colleges within the Victor Valley Union Excessive Faculty District are situated. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Instances)

The Victor Valley Union Excessive Faculty District disciplined Black college students extra harshly than others and has agreed to rectify its historical past of discriminatory practices, the US Division of Schooling introduced Tuesday.

The report by the division’s Workplace for Civil Rights revealed one principal within the Inland Empire district instructed investigators that Black college students are disciplined extra as a result of they’re “loud” and it is

Berea teen skips high school, enrolls at Baldwin Wallace

07/01/2023Oktavina

Advice from a BW physics professor helped gifted junior high school student William Warren decide to forego high school and go straight to college.

BEREA, Ohio — One motivated local middle school student will never make it to high school. That’s because he skipped it and went straight to college! There are plenty of smart, ambitious freshman at Baldwin Wallace, but only intellectually-gifted Berea teen William Warren celebrated a 14th birthday.

Warren says for most of his life he struggled to stay engaged and fulfilled in his own school grade. It’s safe to say he is obsessed with the science

Liar-Elect George Santos’ List of Dubious Claims Is STILL Growing

30/12/2022Oktavina

George Santos campaign/Handout via REUTERS

The perplexing series of alleged lies from George Santos, the Republican congressman-elect from Long Island under investigation by county, state and federal prosecutors, have continued to roll in this week—with each “embellishment” as shocking as the last.

Among the new claims under scrutiny in the last 24 hours: Santos’ high school education, his claim to be half-Black, a claim that his family’s Jewish last name was Zabrovsky, and that “9/11 claimed” his mother’s life after she ‘d “fled socialism” in Europe.

In reality, a genealogist told CNN Santos’ mother was born in Brazil, where her

One More Cure for Hiccups

20/12/2022Oktavina

December 20, 2022 · 5:50 AM

I’ve written previously about how Paul Ingraham helped cure my patello-femoral pain syndrome.

More recently, Paul looked into hiccup cures because his father had an intractable case. What finally worked for dad? Breathing into a plastic bag.

Boosting blood CO2 (hypercapnia) by breathing in a PLASTIC bag. This one is quite plausible and is easy and safe to try. Hypercapnia definitely affects some kinds of hiccups. The story (from a smart source, a good “friend of PainSci”): “There’s an even easier way out of hiccups — at zero cost. Learned it from my uncle,

COVID19: Although Biden Says the Pandemic Is Over, You May Still Want to Know About Nasal Irrigation, Which Reduced Deaths and Hospitalization

27/11/2022Oktavina

October 23, 2022 · 7:00 AM

From ScienceDaily:

Starting twice daily flushing of the mucus-lined nasal cavity with a mild saline solution immediately after testing positive for COVID-19 can significantly reduce hospitalization and death, investigators report.

They say the technique that can be used at home by mixing a half teaspoon each of salt and baking soda in a cup of boiled or distilled water then putting it into a sinus rinse bottle is a safe, effective and inexpensive way to reduce the risk of severe illness and death from coronavirus infection that could

Ultra-Processed Foods May Impair Cognition in Elderly

23/09/2022Oktavina

An article earlier this year in the European Journal of Nutrition reported that high consumption of ultra-processed foods is linked to worse-than-average performance on one particular test of cognitive function in older US adults (60+ years-old) who did not have chronic diseases such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease. The particular test was “Animal Fluency.” Never heard of it? Me either. Keep reading.

The study included 2,700 participants, average age 69. Participants were asked to recall what they ate in the prior 24 hours. Foods were “classified according to NOVA, a food classification based on the extent and

Overweight US Adolescents Eat More Ultra-Processed Foods

22/09/2022Oktavina

September 21, 2022 · 7:00 PM

An article in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found an association between overweight/obesity and consumption of ultra–processed foods in US adolescents.

The study looked at 3,600 adolescents who reported their food intake over a 24-hour period. The results are pretty strong: the more ultra-processed food consumed, the greater the odds of overweight and obesity.

Jan at The Low Carb Diabetic blog reported that:

Ultra-processed foods make up ‘two-thirds of calories consumed by children and teens’
Experts from Tufts University in Massachusetts studied

Amador High football team suspended after chat thread surfaces

21/09/2022Oktavina

The Amador County Office of Education is investigating a “chat thread” involving the varsity football team

SUTTER CREEK, Calif. — The Amador High School varsity football team remains off the field indefinitely following word that the school district is investigating a “chat thread.”

“It’s concerning. That’s a huge step for a supervisor or superintendent to take,” said Sutter Creek resident Dennis Daniels.

In an email to parents, in part, it reads, “The District is aware of the chat thread associated with the Amador Varsity Football Team. At this time, the team is suspended until further notice and three staff members