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Denver Broncos Kids/Youth Football Helmet Uniform Set – Medium


Kids get to look like they’re a player on their favorite team in this great Denver Broncos Helmet & Uniform Set! Set includes the Denver Broncos team logo helmet with foam padding, face mask, and adjustable chin straps. Also included is a 100% double knit polyester Denver Broncos jersey and a 100% double knit polyester pants with elastic waistband and cuffs. Officially licensed by the NFL. Size Small is intended for kids ages 4-6 (19”-22” waste; 20”-22” chest; 4… More >>

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30 percent of Northern youths are street beggars – AYM

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By: Victor Ulasi, Kaduna state, Nigeria

Arewa Youth Mobilization has presented statistics proving that 30 percent of Northern youths between the ages of 4 to 13 are street beggars.   AYM calls on the Kaduna state government to abolish the act of street begging in Kaduna state to prevent the unlawful engament of youths been used as political torques to cause crisis in the state.

In an interview with Nigerian Tribune on Monday, The Secretary General, Arewa Youth Mobilization Usuf A. Barau said” In the North begging has become a tradition and a way of life, it has come to the extent that parent now see street begging as a source of income which have lead to both the able and disabled ones begging to earn a living.”

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This Week’s News: Youth in Transition

Education

Closing graduation gap for minority students: Putting a price tag on a high school diploma
Twin Cities Daily Planet, Minnesota – August 2, 2010
There’s a dollars and cents argument for graduating more students from America’s high schools and for closing the graduation gap between white and non-white students, both here in the Twin Cities area and across the nation, a new study by the Alliance for Excellent Education shows.  One education proponent goes so far as to suggest “the best economic stimulus package is a high school diploma.”  That graduation gap is particularly alarming given that minority birth rates are increasing, added Bob Wise, president of the Alliance, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that has long worked to improve America’s high schools.

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