Australia celebrates Father’s Day every year in September with books being among the most popular gifts.Among the offerings this year is one aimed at children from an Australian-Arabic background entitled ‘My Baba is the Best’ penned by AFL great and father-of-three, Bachar Houli.Mr Houli cemented his place in footballing history by being the first devout Muslim to play in the Australian Football League (AFL) and only the third Muslim overall.He played 232 games over a 15-year career with Richmond and Essendon and was a three-time premiership player with Richmond.Testament to his stellar career, he was also named an All-Australian half-back…
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Humans help each other — it’s one of the foundations of civilized society. But a new study by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, reveals that a lack of sleep blunts this fundamental human attribute, with real-world consequences. Lack of sleep is known to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, depression, diabetes, hypertension and overall mortality. However, these new discoveries show that a lack of sleep also impairs our basic social conscience, making us withdraw our desire and willingness to help other people. In one portion of the new study, the scientists showed that charitable giving…
The Christ Child Society of Cleveland expanded its offerings to meet the growing needs of children in Greater Cleveland by undertaking a Beds 4 Kids program recently. The initiative was organized by Cathy Lawler Caruso, Janie Nickodem and Carol Janas with support from the Cleveland Police Third District headquarters. Volunteers distributed 50 portable beds to 30 families. Each recipient got a new, two-piece platform bed, futon mattress, mattress protector, sheet set, pillow, quilt, children’s books and smoke detector batteries from the Cleveland Fire Department. (See photo gallery above.) “It was exciting watching this event unfold and seeing social workers and…
Lionesses Leah Williamson and Beth Mead have topped a list of female role models for youngsters. After their ground-breaking success in the Women’s Euros, the pair took first and second place in the top 20 list of confidence-boosting icons, ahead of Harry Potter star Emma Watson and the Duchess of Cambridge. Other role models include football stars Lucy Bronze and Alex Scott, and Olympian Laura Kenny. The poll of 1,000 parents, carers and guardians of children aged 3-6 also found 72 per cent feel their young children are, or were, worried about starting school, with 51 per cent of parents…
Each year, the international education company Education First EF (EF) publishes its English Proficiency Index, which ranks more than 100 countries based on the English skills of their populations. Several leading organizations such as Statista constantly use and replicate this ranking. Even foreign investment attraction agencies around the world quote the index to strengthen the case in favor of the labor force in their respective markets. The EF Index steadily ranks European countries like the Netherlands and Austria as global leaders in English skills. Nations in Africa and the Middle East, such as Yemen, Iraq and South Sudan, usually end…
Fueled by her own childhood experience as an English language learner, a Milwaukee medical school student is collecting donations of books for newly arrived Afghan children.Maie Zagloul, a second-year student at the Medical College of Wisconsin, believes books will be key to helping Afghan evacuee kids learn English and feel settled in their new communities.”That doesn’t need to be something that holds them back,” she said.The International Institute of Wisconsin, a Milwaukee refugee resettlement agency, will distribute the books she collects to their Afghan clients.Zagloul knows well the value of reading. She was born in Milwaukee but shortly thereafter moved to…
courtesy It makes sense that the popularity of board games for kids went through the roof during quarantine and in the early days of the pandemic — families were looking for a way to pass the time while they were stuck at home. But even as the world has opened up again, game night has stuck around, as parents and kids have re-discovered the joys and rewards of rolling the dice and shuffling the deck. When the family gathers around the table to play a board game, kids benefit in big ways. The screen-free time helps little ones develop critical-thinking…
Reflections BY LOUISA ROGERS The author, age 11, poses for the camera in Bethesda, Maryland.Courtesy of Louisa Rogers I’m 8 years old, trying to focus on what my tall, lanky fourth grade geography teacher, Mr. Brow, is saying. Suddenly, apropos of nothing, I erupt into noisy sobs. This marks my first day in a new school (the bilingual Colegio Americano) and a new location (Quito, Ecuador). All the kids stare at me. Mr. Brow frowns, obviously concerned. I can’t explain it myself, though this is hardly the first time I’ve started sobbing for no reason in class. I’ve been breaking…
MEADVILLE, Pa. (PRWEB) September 01, 2022 “Joy Cometh”: a heartfelt message of God’s light. “Joy Cometh” is the creation of published author Sarah Ankney, a physically challenged woman who enjoys painting and writing, especially children’s books. Ankney hopes someday to team up with someone with music knowledge to turn lyrics into songs. She also loves the Lord and the Pennsylvania mountains. Ankney shares, “One afternoon during a quiet time with the Lord, my eye was drawn to a small angel on the bookshelf. On the angel’s skirt was one word: joy. While contemplating on the word, a verse immediately…
AUDIO STREAM | VIDEO STREAM | LIVE STATS | TICKETS | GAME PREVIEW FRESNO, Calif. — It will be a reunion of sorts when Cal Poly visits Fresno State in the 2022 season opener for both football teams Thursday night in Valley Children’s (formerly Bulldog) Stadium.Cal Poly “traded” running backs coach James Montgomery to Fresno State for former Bulldog standout running back Robbie Rouse, who rushed for 4,647 yards and 37 touchdowns along with 794 receiving yards and five more scores. Rouse, who was the first Bulldog to compile three 1,000-yard seasons on the ground, coached the last two seasons at North Dakota.In…