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Bullying is in our schools, and it's online. Why do kids do it? What can be done to put an end to it? Don't miss an "AC360°" special report in collaboration with PEOPLE Magazine, "Bullying: No Escape," all this week at 10 p.m. ET on CNN.
Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi was 18 when he jumped off the George Washington Bridge to his death.He committed suicide after his roommate and another college classmate allegedly placed a camera in his dorm room and streamed his sexual encounter online. A mobile status update September 22 on a Facebook page purportedly belonging to Clementi revealed his plan: "jumping off the gw bridge sorry."As the school and community continue to mourn his death, it is clear that bullying is a serious problem in our schools. From traditional school-yard to cyberbuyllying, experts say the problem has expanded to elementary-school aged children and college students such as Clementi. [Read the full article]
Experts refer to Detroit, Michigan, as a "food desert" - half of the city's population struggles to find ready access to fresh food and supermarkets.People like Hantz Farms President Mike Score, who is trying to create the world's largest urban farm, and Fair Food Network's Oran Hesterman are working to fix that.Saw this report earlier and must say-Well Done Poppy! I applaud these folks trying to bring back the rundown sections plus trying to help the poor.I work teaching reading for a non-profit in Detroit and am well-aware of the lack of decent food there. I often eat my lunch with the children and many of them cannot eat apples because their gums bleed and teeth hurt. Lack of healthy food and lack of dental care. This is America.Nope, it is not America... just Detroit. Will the last person to leave that dump please turn the lights off.So happy to see this story being told. [Read the full article]
I'm a pretty easygoing customer. Servers are overworked, someone in the kitchen doesn't show up for work, the AC is on the fritz - a whole mess of problems are potentially on the menu, and I'll let it roll right off my back. I'm out to have a good time, and we're all only human, right?And then every once in a while, I sit down at a restaurant that just doesn't seem to give a darn. It looks like a nice place going in, but the service is indifferent, the food is awful (not to mention overpriced), they're out of the one thing you wanted, the table wobbles, there's a draft - and you get the sense that no one's trying to do anything about it.In the case of this dreadful brasserie, I'm voting with my wallet and just vow to never return (I'm not a Yelp-er, but if I were, I'd consider airing my grievances online). [Read the full article]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- As the labor market continues to struggle, one surprising bright spot stands out amid the list of battered industries -- factory jobs.Manufacturing employment began its decline long before the recession, losing jobs every year since 1998. But since the start of this year, there's been a 1.6% gain in manufacturing jobs -- about twice the pace of growth in other private sector jobs.Even if manufacturing hiring stays flat the rest of this year, the industry is poised to post its biggest percentage gain in jobs since 1994."In 2008 and 2009, manufacturers would not hire," said Norbert Ore, head of the Institute for Supply Management's survey of manufacturers. "Today they're willing to fill openings, willing to hire. Here and there, they're adding a shift."About 26% of manufacturing companies surveyed by ISM reported adding staff, compared to only 5% cutting workers. [Read the full article]
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