USPS May Close More Than 3,600 Post Offices, Leaving Thousands Unemployed.

 

Thousands of Postal Service workers may soon find themselves without a job.

Due to severe loss in revenue as customers increasingly turn to computers for most postal needs, the U.S. Postal Service is considering closing 3,653 post offices, a move that could potentially save $200 million, reported The Wall Street Journal.

“We’ve lost a tremendous amount of first class mail; it’s down 28% in the last four years and that’s what pays the bills; that’s what pays for six days of delivery,” explained Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe.

Penn’s UNI Youth Hosting 13th ’Rooted in Community’ Conference With Focus on Food Justice

 

WHAT:       The Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative, a program of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania, will host the 13th annual “Rooted in Community” national food and justice conference this week in Philadelphia.

Events include a community-wide potluck dinner, and the conference will culminate in a “Declaration of Youth Food Bill of Rights” at the National Constitution Center that outlines the youths’ mandate for the basic human right to fresh, nutritious food.

WHO:         More than 100 young people from across the country will come together to build a youth-led food justice movement.

AUNI teaches children and adults to grow, cook and eat simple healthy food and that obesity and limited access to fresh, healthy food are a huge health problem for many communities.

WHEN &

WHERE:     Community potluck (attendees should bring a dish to feed 20)

University City High School garden

3601 Filbert St., Philadelphia

6:30-8 p.m., Friday, July 29

 

Declaration of Youth Food Bill of Rights

Independence National Historical Park

5th and Market Sts.,  Philadelphia

2 p.m., Saturday, July 30

 

Reporters seeking more information on RIC programming should contact Tyler Holmberg at 518-304-3402.

 

Baddour stepping down as UNC athletic director

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A day after firing football coach Butch Davis, North Carolina also will start searching for a new athletic director.

Dick Baddour said Thursday he plans to step down after 14 years as soon as the school can hire a replacement. Entering the final year of a three-year contract that expires next June, Baddour said it’s important for his successor to name the next football coach instead of inheriting a hire.

“It is my responsibility to do what is in the best interest of the program, and this is my decision,” Baddour said in a news conference to discuss Davis’ firing a day earlier.

Chancellor Holden Thorp said Baddour will attend the school’s hearing before the NCAA infractions committee in October, then serve out the rest of his contract in another position. Baddour took over in 1997 after John Swofford left to become commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Baddour’s sooner-than-expected departure is the latest development in a bumpy year for the Tar Heels.

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How To Get Your Facebook Profile Ready For College Application Season.

If youre like most high schoolers, Facebook is a part of your everyday life. But when it comes time to apply for college, what you posted on Facebook two years ago could come back to bite you.

So whats an ambitious wanna-be college freshman to do? The smart thing, of course, is to never post potentially embarrassing information in the first place. But even if you have, there are still ways you can protect your online self from the eyes of  curious college admissions officers.

Lock down your Facebook privacy settings before sending off those college applications.

Facebook privacy policies change almost as often as Lady Gaga changes her hair. Which means you need to keep a sharp eye on them.  Settings you should take a good hard look at include:

  • How (and with whom) you share information
  • Who can see  your photos
  • Who can check you into Places
  • How you show up in search results
  • How much information your friends can share about you

Comb through all those photos of you before college admissions officers do.

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Student trips and falls — should school have to pay?

She said she saw the uneven sidewalk, but she tripped and fell anyway. Was the school at fault?

Seattle University student Catherine Webert was walking on a campus pathway when she tripped and fell, sustaining injuries to her hand, wrist, knee, chin and mouth.

The area of the walkway where Webert fell had been damaged by plant roots, but the school had made repairs. Even after the repair, the walkway was not completely even. Webert said that when she fell there was foliage that created a shade canopy and prevented her from seeing the uneven area until she was mid-step.

Webert sued the school for negligence, claiming the walkway created an unreasonable risk of harm.

She lost. Webers only evidence that the walkway was unreasonably dangerous was the fact that she fell, and it was not enough to establish legal liability. Even if she had shown an unreasonably dangerous condition existed at the time, there was no evidence the university should have known she would fail to appreciate the danger and protect herself from getting hurt.

Should the college have been held liable?

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