✽ Teens exiting church youth groups in mass? ~ USA Today
✽ "Brain works more like internet than 'top down' company" ~ BBC
✽ As it widens its reach, Google is trying to figure out its boundaries. ~ WSJ
✽ It used to be that private sector employees earned more than government sector employees. Now it appears that "federal employees' average compensation has grown to more than double what private-sector workers make." ~ AZ Central
✽ Why Americans don't use dollar coins: "Retailers will not stock the coins because they do not see consumers using them, while consumers will not use the coins because retailers do not stock them." If we are serious about cutting federal spending we'll figure this one out. ~ BBC
✽ "Does Arizona need an image makeover?" Well, yes. We could start by repealing 1070. Then we could close down the Jan and Joe shows. A few choice changes in the fall election would go a long way, too. However, none of that is likely to happen. So, we'll probably hire a PR firm -- and the nation will laugh at us every time they hear the ads on the radio because they can see how desperate we've become. ~ ABC15
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Interesting that as teens exit the church, the Dartmouth Medical School Commision on Children at Risk has called for the establishment of more "authoritative communities" for young people, (as opposed to "authoritarian"). Such communities have the following characteristics:
It is a social institution that includes children and youth.
It treats children as ends in themselves.
It is warm and nurturing.
It establishes clear limits and expectations.
The core of its work is performed largely by non-specialists.
It is multi-generational.
It has a long-term focus.
It reflects and transmits a shared understanding of what it means to be a good person.
It encourages spiritual and religious development.
It is philosophically oriented to the equal dignity of all persons and to the principle of love of neighbor.
(cf. http://tiny.cc/5sjtg )
Hmmm, sounds a lot like what church is all about, no?
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