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6 Time Management Techniques From a Guy Who Has No Time School gives children male dolls with replica genitals A horrified mother has withdrawn her daughter from school over 'explicit' toy dolls which she claims are inappropriate and unsuitable for young children. Ziba Khan took her four-year-old out of the Forest Lodge Academy in Leicester in November after discovering the youngster had been playing with dolls which have male genitalia. She insists the dolls have no 'educational value' and promote a 'premature exploration of body of opposite sex' but the academy has refused to stop giving them to children. Ziba Khan claims these dolls used by the Forest Lodge Academy are 'inappropriate' for her daughter Ms Khan, from New Parks in Leicester, said: 'My daughter started coming home and talking about willies and I wondered where on earth she had got this from. 'My eldest daughter is a teacher and she suggested I ask the school, so I did. 'It's not part of the curriculum. Ziba Khan took her four-year-old out of the academy in Leicester in November 'Parents should be made aware.

The 22 books to read before you quit your job - BestSelf Blog I was recently visited by a good friend I went to university with. He’s still in the field of architecture, and it was the first time we’d seen each other since I’d given up on the industry in favor of entrepreneurship. During his visit we talked a lot about the Architecture industry as a whole, our biggest problems with it, and why I ultimately decided it wasn’t what I wanted. As I mentioned in my previous post, when I was working at my job in architecture, I started a side project, Calm The Ham, which after 18 months of work was making decent money, especially compared to the $40,000 I was making at my job (which does not stretch far living in New York City). What could I create if it was my only focus? Then the negative thoughts would kick in. I wasn’t about to quit my job, join an MBA program, and then start a business. I needed to learn the basic principles of business, both running and growing one. I must read my list of 22 books before I was allowed to quit my architecture job. 1.

Everyday Mysteries  |  Library of Congress Fun Science Facts from the Library of Congress. Did you ever wonder why a camel has a hump? If you can really tell the weather by listening to the chirp of a cricket? Or why our joints make popping sounds? These questions deal with everyday phenomena that we often take for granted, but each can be explained scientifically. Everyday Mysteries will help you get the answers to these and many other of life's most interesting questions through scientific inquiry. All of the questions presented on this Web site were asked by researchers and answered by librarians from the Library's Science Reference Services. Browse All Questions

NeoCoat - innovative CVD Diamond Solutions Studies Suggest There Is No Long-Term Harm on Minors Who Have Sex With Adults; Christian Sociologist Responds Expand | Collapse A Christian sociologist is sounding the alarm that recent scholarship is suggesting that sex between adults and minors has no long-term damage on the children. And whereas in years past this kind of research would have been roundly condemned publicly, it is now being met with silence. Writing in the Public Discourse Monday, Mark Regnerus, a professor of sociology at the University of Texas-Austin and author of Cheap Sex: The Transformation of Men, Marriage, and Monogamy, noted a disturbing development in both the dissemination and public consumption of research on sex and sexuality. The Archives of Sexual Behavior journal published in the past year two studies by psychologist Bruce Rind, both of which claim that "minor-adult sex tends not to be reported as a bad experience, as unwanted, or as one with longstanding negative consequences," Regnerus explained. Regnerus showed Rind's research to a friend who endured several types of sexual abuse growing up.

Tutorials Lecture Notes by Helmuth Spieler (files in PDF format) A more detailed exposition of much of the material contained in these tutorials is presented in my book Semiconductor Detector Systems (Oxford University Press, 2005; 2nd printing 2006). Download the Preface (160kB), Table of Contents (190kB) and a sample chapter (1.7MB). Analog and Digital Electronics for Detectors (text, published in Proceedings of the 2003 ICFA School on Instrumentation, Itacuruca, Brazil) (930kB) Semiconductor Detectors (USPAS lecture series, sponsored by Michigan State University, June 21-29, 2012) Notes from 2012 USPAS-MSU lectures Front-End Electronics and Signal Processing (text, published in Instrumentation in Elementary Particle Physics, AIP Conf. Radiation Detectors and Signal Processing (lecture series presented at University of Heidelberg, Oct. 10-14, 2005) Notes from 2001 Heidelberg lectures Spring Semester 1999 Course Notes, UC Berkeley Physics 198 Homework assignments low-resolution (2.6 MB)

What Is Queerbaiting? – Meaning & Explanation What is queerbaiting? The term queerbaiting refers to the practice of implying non-heterosexual relationships or attraction (in a TV show, for example) to engage or attract an LGBTQ audience or otherwise generate interest without ever actually depicting such relationships or sexual interactions. For example, a TV show may be accused of queerbaiting when interactions between two same-sex characters are consistently suggestive of sexual attraction or a sexual relationship but the characters never actually enter into such a relationship (including and especially when their sexuality isn’t otherwise discussed or portrayed). The term queerbaiting is used to criticize the practice as an attempt to take advantage of and capitalize on the appearance or implication of LGBTQ+ relationships without actually having real LGBTQ+ representation.

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