Friday, March 11, 2016

Growing Up With Gay Parents, How Is It Like?

Young People Share Their Experiences Of Growing Up With Gay Parents

Gabriela Herman is asked people with one or more gay parents about how it has affected them.

posted on Jun. 30, 2015, at 2:54 p.m.

The US Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality came after years of intense debate about the merits of same-sex parenting.

During the ongoing debates about same-sex marriage, one subject routinely arises: children. Judges, activists, and academics have been locked in a search for evidence of how having gay parents affects a child’s family life.

Photographer Gabriela Herman decided it was time to ask the kids themselves.

Same-Sex Marriage and Children Upbringing

New Study On Homosexual Parents Tops All Previous Research
By Peter Sprigg Senior Fellow for Policy Studies

In a historic study of children raised by homosexual parents, sociologist Mark Regnerus of the University of Texas at Austin has overturned the conventional academic wisdom that such children suffer no disadvantages when compared to children raised by their married mother and father. Just published in the journal Social Science Research,[1] the most careful, rigorous, and methodologically sound study ever conducted on this issue found numerous and significant differences between these groups--with the outcomes for children of homosexuals rated "suboptimal" (Regnerus' word) in almost every category.

SOS to Standard Organization of Nigeria,SON

Stakeholders Urge SON to Monitor Steel Bar Production
By Tunde Alao | 08 February 2016

IN line with the passion for safe building industry, stakeholders have urged the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) and other regulatory bodies to ensure that production of reinforcement bars and steel in Nigeria complies with prescribed standard.

Mile One Market Phase II, To Commenced Soon

Wike Lays Foundation for Mile One market phase II

By Ann Godwin (Port Harcourt) | 07 March 2016 |

In fulfillment of its pledge to embark on urban renewal schemes that would uplift citizens standard of living, the State authorities have laid the foundation for the Second Phase of the popular Mile One Market in Rumuwoji, Port Harcourt.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike while performing the foundation laying ceremony, said he remains committed to the delivery of quality projects that will enhance the people’s welfare.

Ogoni Clean-up

Stakeholders hold talks on implementation of Ogoni clean-up

By Kelvin Ebiri | 07 March 2016 |

President Muhammadu Buhari is to flag off the commencement of the implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme report (UNEP) on Ogoni.

But the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned against the politicization of the process leading to the implementation of the UNEP report for positive results to be achieved.

R. I. P.

In Honour of the Departed Minister of State for Labour, Mr. James Ocholi (SAN);

his wife, Blessing; and son, Joshua . May They find Rest in God.

Homelessness- (She Runs This Town)

Homelessness is perhaps the worst decease ever

This homeless hoarder with a block-long caravan of grocery and laundry carts was movin’ on up — really slowly — along the West Side Tuesday as area workers and residents looked on in disbelief.

It took Sonia Gonzalez hours to move her staggering collection of junk a few feet at a time as she made her way north on Tenth Avenue from West 39th Street.

“[I’m going] uptown, where I belong,” Gonzalez, 60, told The Post as she shouted at annoyed passers-by in Spanish.

“I got all day.”

Housing Saves Lives and Money-Case Studies

Carlos

A Resident of the AFC Supportive Housing Program

•Top Docile of High Users of Medicaid in Illinois -2009

•Carlos arrived in Chicago from Puerto Rico in the late1990s as an individual already living with HIV/AIDS

This lucky little girl from Melbourne, Australia, has become the envy of over 100,000 fans on Instagram, thanks to her mom's amazing hair-braiding skills. Shelley Gifford has been posting images of braiding art that she creates on her daughter Grace’s hair on the account Pretty Little Braids. She told the Daily Mail that she braids Grace’s hair every morning before school, and it only takes her 15 to 20 minutes each time.

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AGATU ATTACK

Aftermath Of Agatu Attack: Burnt Houses & Charred Corpses

Posted by: Godwin Elsie in News, Real Estate March 4, 2016

Dozens were killed and many houses razed to the ground when suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked villages in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State last week. Ikwulono John Anthony visited Agatu on Wednesday, March 2 and revealed the things he saw.
Below is what he wrote along with the photos

“I took the risk and came to Agatu together with the delegation from presidency where we visited Obagaji, Egba, Aila, Adagbo, Okokolo, Akwu, Ugboju, Odugbeho, Odejo.
Entire villages were burnt down completely by fulani herdsmen, unidentified corpses of Agatu were discovered, properties were looted by invaders, as I speak fulani herdsmen are camping in the deserted villages. I couldn’t believe what my eyes saw.
Fellow Nigerians, if government did not wade into the Agatu crisis immediately by camping military in the crisis areas, then the hope of an Agatu man or woman is gone.
President Buhari, Governor Ortom, Governor Almakura, You must act now not later. I am weeping for my people as I am reporting from Agatu. Fulanis were seeing with surfiscated weapons, face to face some of them ran but some did not. This is barbaric”

Minister, quantity surveyors validate curricula for schools

By Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze, | 07 March 2016 | 1:10 am

Words of assurance came last week from the Minister of Power, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, supporting steps towards reviewing the curricula of quantity surveyors in Nigeria.
The Minister, the profession’s regulatory body, Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN) and the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), said the move was in good direction, which must be supported by all stakeholders.
Besides, Fashola urged quantity surveyors to bring their expertise to bear in cost management of infrastructure and construction process to achieve the resource optimization and value maximization needed to put the country back on the right track to sustainable growth and development.
The need to review curricula in the nations institutions of higher learning was of paramount value if the profession would address the nation’s domestic needs and also meet global challenges, Fashola said.

New construction technology tops products at AfricaBuild

By Happiness Otokhine | 22 February 2016 | 3:00 am

PLANS to improve the nation’s technology in the building and construction industry got a boost last week as 91 exhibitors from 16 countries in the AfricaBuild fair showcased latest breakthrough in modern equipment designs and products.

In the exhibition tagged: Nigeria Between Affordable Housing and Mega Luxury Projects’, major display included, first ever drones for building and construction, which will be used in safeguarding precious lives often put at risk at construction sites and monitoring urban developments.

Pioneered by Drones 9ja, the drones can be deployed to all types of construction works where height is involved, according to the managing director Tobi Akinbiyi. He explained further that whereas construction workers are put at risk to perform inspection of roofings, bridges, high-rise buildings, scaffoldings and so fort.

Real Estate

New York Discovers Keyless Entry Systems

By MICHELLE HIGGINSJAN. 1, 2016

New keyless systems are being rolled out at apartment buildings by companies like Latch. Credit From left: Latch; Christoffer Dalkarls

In the next few months, residents at a handful of buildings in the city will be able to walk up to their apartment doors and go inside without fumbling for keys. And if the dog walker or cleaning service comes by while they are out, residents can use an app to let them in remotely. Ditto for deliveries.

Keyless entry systems are starting to make their way to your apartment door. While smart locks have been available to individual homeowners for a few years, developers and property management companies have been hesitant to lose the key, citing the cost of upgrading hundreds of locks and the risk of losing money if the technology goes the way of Betamax.

Now that’s starting to change.

Real Estate

Supertall Buildings Lure Mumbai’s Elite

By REBECCA BUNDHUNMARCH 3, 2016

Omkar 1973 is a luxury three-tower development being built on a former slum site. Credit Omkar Realtors & Developers

MUMBAI, India — Babulal Varma can’t wait to be able to sit on the terrace of his three-level penthouse towering about 900 feet above the chaotic streets of Mumbai, enjoying a cup of tea while admiring the views of the Arabian Sea.

Pop Art, Along With Eye-Popping Views in Tobago

By JEWEL FRASERMARCH 3, 2016

The living room of the concrete, steel and glass Marion Villa in Tobago features contemporary furnishings and tall windows that allow a panoramic view of the sea. Credit Jay Ferreira

BACOLET BAY, Trinidad and Tobago — Jay Ferreira, who was born in Trinidad and had grown to love its sister island, Tobago, had yearned to build something groundbreakingly modern there, eventually choosing Bacolet Bay, a stomping ground of Hollywood celebrities in the mid-20th century, as the site for his eco-friendly property.

Mr. Ferreira, 35, recalled that the Blue Haven Hotel, close to his property, which he named The Marion Villa, had hosted people like John Lennon, Rita Hayworth and Queen Elizabeth. “This is where all the high-end people live,” a taxi driver had remarked as he pulled up to the property, mentioning the name of a retired United Nations diplomat who lived nearby.

But for Mr. Ferreira, a real estate and securities investor, the $1.8 million property was another step in realizing his goal of owning guest properties throughout the Caribbean that “stay clear of the classical Caribbean architecture” with its colonial influence.