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आंखी के कजरवा | Aankhi Ke Kajrava | Manvi | Mantu Mishra | Latest Bhojpuri Song
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#JeRahuKetuKaunHain #RahuKetu #PulkitSamrat #VarunSharma #PiyushMishra #TarshSrivastava #shorts
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#Shilpi Raj | आरा कॉलेजिया | Ara Collegiya
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Listening to music is linked to lower dementia risk, study suggests – The Washington Post
A new study finds that listening to music regularly is associated with a significant decrease in risk of dementia. (Maansi Srivastava / For The Washington Post)Listening to music most days could guard against dementia, study suggests
A new study finds that regularly listening to music or playing a musical instrument may help older adults protect against cognitive decline.
November 13, 2025, 6 min
Regularly listening to music is linked toa lower risk of developing dementia, according to a new study.
In the study, published in October, researchers looked at data spanning a decade and involving more than 10,000 relatively healthy people, aged 70 and older, in Australia. People who listened to music most days slashed their risk of developing dementia by 39 percent compared with those who did not regularly listen to music, the study found.
The ASPREE Longitudinal Study of Older Persons followed participants to investigate what factors are associated with the risks of developing various diseases — and how much lifestyle changes could make a difference.
“Music was one of the areas we were interested in,” said Joanne Ryan, head of the Biological Neuropsychiatry and Dementia research unit in the School of Public Health at Monash University and the senior researcher on the new study.
Researchers collected data annually from participants and their medical providers, and cognitive function assessments were conducted by trained staff.
They found that of the 10,893 participants in the study, the 7,030 who said they listen to music most days had the biggest drop in dementia risk compared with people who were not as frequent music listeners. The study did not specify what kind of music.
“They also had a decreased risk of experiencing more general cognitive decline,” Ryan said. “And we also found that in that time period, they performed better, consistently better, on the tasks of memory and also on a global cognitive function test.”
Ryan pointed out that this is an observational study, and the research can’t determine if listening to music caused the decreased risk in cognitive decline. There might be other factors associated with listening to music that account for the difference. But she found the results striking.
“If we do consider our findings in light of other research that has been done,” Ryan said, “we think there could be a real direct link.” Ryan pointed to the large body of research that has shown that music can boost our moods and stimulate a number of areas of our brains, which is beneficial for cognitive function.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Listening to music is linked to lower dementia risk, study suggests – The Washington Post
#aspreeLongitudinalStudyOfOlderPersons #australia #health #joanneRyan #listeningToMusic #lowerDementiaRisk #maggiePenman #october2025 #research #study #theWashingtonPost
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Listening to music is linked to lower dementia risk, study suggests – The Washington Post
A new study finds that listening to music regularly is associated with a significant decrease in risk of dementia. (Maansi Srivastava / For The Washington Post)Listening to music most days could guard against dementia, study suggests
A new study finds that regularly listening to music or playing a musical instrument may help older adults protect against cognitive decline.
November 13, 2025, 6 min
Regularly listening to music is linked toa lower risk of developing dementia, according to a new study.
In the study, published in October, researchers looked at data spanning a decade and involving more than 10,000 relatively healthy people, aged 70 and older, in Australia. People who listened to music most days slashed their risk of developing dementia by 39 percent compared with those who did not regularly listen to music, the study found.
The ASPREE Longitudinal Study of Older Persons followed participants to investigate what factors are associated with the risks of developing various diseases — and how much lifestyle changes could make a difference.
“Music was one of the areas we were interested in,” said Joanne Ryan, head of the Biological Neuropsychiatry and Dementia research unit in the School of Public Health at Monash University and the senior researcher on the new study.
Researchers collected data annually from participants and their medical providers, and cognitive function assessments were conducted by trained staff.
They found that of the 10,893 participants in the study, the 7,030 who said they listen to music most days had the biggest drop in dementia risk compared with people who were not as frequent music listeners. The study did not specify what kind of music.
“They also had a decreased risk of experiencing more general cognitive decline,” Ryan said. “And we also found that in that time period, they performed better, consistently better, on the tasks of memory and also on a global cognitive function test.”
Ryan pointed out that this is an observational study, and the research can’t determine if listening to music caused the decreased risk in cognitive decline. There might be other factors associated with listening to music that account for the difference. But she found the results striking.
“If we do consider our findings in light of other research that has been done,” Ryan said, “we think there could be a real direct link.” Ryan pointed to the large body of research that has shown that music can boost our moods and stimulate a number of areas of our brains, which is beneficial for cognitive function.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Listening to music is linked to lower dementia risk, study suggests – The Washington Post
#aspreeLongitudinalStudyOfOlderPersons #australia #health #joanneRyan #listeningToMusic #lowerDementiaRisk #maggiePenman #october2025 #research #study #theWashingtonPost
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Sexuelle Gewalt in Indien: Vergewaltigung als Normalität?
"Wir erleben jetzt die schlimmste Phase von sexueller Gewalt und Frauenfeindlichkeit", sagt Kavita Srivastava, Generalsekretärin der indischen Menschenrechtsorganisation Peoples Union of Civil Liberties, im Gespräch mit der DW.
"Das ist das neue Indien, in dem es einen völligen Zusammenbruch der Rechtsstaatlichkeit zu geben scheint, was Frauen direkt am meisten betrifft, da es auch eine Zeit der unverfrorenen Konsolidierung des Patriarchats ist."
"Zum Beispiel werden die Trolle in den sozialen Medien, die jede selbstbewusste Frau oder ihre Tochter entweder zum Schweigen bringen, missbrauchen oder vergewaltigen wollen, nicht zur Rechenschaft gezogen", sagte Srivastava.
"Mit der zunehmenden Straflosigkeit für die Täter und den juristischen Instrumenten, die in den Händen der politisch Verantwortlichen liegen "ist der Kampf gegen Vergewaltigungen schwierig geworden".
Jaya Velankar, Direktorin von Jagori, einer Frauenrechtsorganisation, sieht den Anstieg von #Sexualverbrechen gegen Frauen im Land als Ergebnis einer Kultur der Straflosigkeit von oben nach unten, die als ermutigender Faktor für diejenigen wirke, die sich als überlegen ansehen……
https://www.dw.com/de/sexuelle-gewalt-in-indien-vergewaltigung-als-normalit%C3%A4t/a-68446263
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Exploding pagers join long history of killer communications devices
Israel, blamed by Hizbollah for Tuesday’s attack, has long used telephones and their successors to track and kill enemiesby Mehul Srivastava
September 17, 2024"Israeli spies have a decades-long history of using telephones — and their technological successors — to track, surveil and even assassinate their enemies.
As far back as 1972, as part of their revenge on the #Palestine Liberation Organization for the killing of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, #Mossad operatives swapped out the marble base of the phone used by Mahmoud Hamshari, the PLO’s representative in Paris, in his French apartment.
On December 8, when he answered the phone, a nearby #Israeli team remotely detonated the explosives packed inside the replica base. Hamshari lost a leg and later died."In 1996, #Israel’s internal security agency, #ShinBet, managed to trick Yahya Ayyash, a skilled Hamas bombmaker responsible for the killing of dozens of Israelis, into accepting a call from his father on a Motorola Alpha #CellPhone brought into #Gaza by a Palestinian collaborator.
Hidden inside the phone was about 50g of explosives — enough to kill anybody holding the phone to their ear. Both instances are now part of Israeli spy legend."Among former intelligence officials, the cases are considered textbook successes, in which the phones served several crucial purposes: monitoring and surveilling the target ahead of the #assassination; identifying and confirming the identity of the target during the assassination; and finally making it possible to use small explosive charges that killed only Ayyash and Hamshari in each case.
"As hundreds of pagers suddenly exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon, the suspicion has immediately turned to #Israel, the only regional power with a spy network capable of carrying out such an audacious, sophisticated and co-ordinated attack.
"Hizbollah, the militant group many of whose devices were blown up in the attack, said that 'we hold the Israeli enemy fully responsible'.
"Israel’s military declined to comment on the attack, though Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu was on Tuesday evening consulting with his top security chiefs after the blasts, which killed at least nine people including a child, and injured more than 2,700.
"The Lebanese militant group had turned to the pagers to avoid Israeli surveillance after a public plea by Hizbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, for its operatives to ditch their smartphones as Israel stepped up attacks against its commanders during almost a year of intensifying clashes.
"With no GPS capabilities, no microphones or cameras, and very limited text broadcasting, pagers — at least in theory — have smaller 'attack surfaces' than smartphones, making them tougher to hack.
Hizbollah appears to have preferred them for the same simplicity: they collect very little data to be siphoned off by Israel’s military intelligence.
"But they seem not to have counted on the possibility that the tiny devices, usually powered by single AA or AAA batteries — and in the newest models, #lithium — could be forced to explode."Read more:
https://www.ft.com/content/dbaac693-2fd2-41bc-b5e7-6c2c7dd92277Archive:
https://archive.ph/12ALq#IsraeliWarCrimes #EyeForAnEye #Malware #Sabotage #CyberWarfare
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Both Miss USA, Noelia Voigt, and Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava, have relinquished their titles this week. Voigt described in a leaked letter a "toxic work environment" within the Miss USA Organization, and Srivastava said her personal values "no longer fully align with the direction of the organization.” Fans soon observed that the capital letters of the first 11 sentences in Voigt's social media post spell out "I am silenced." Vox dives into what the heck is going on, including a look at the pageant's unedifying history. What's your opinion on beauty pageants?
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Both Miss USA, Noelia Voigt, and Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava, have relinquished their titles this week. Voigt described in a leaked letter a "toxic work environment" within the Miss USA Organization, and Srivastava said her personal values "no longer fully align with the direction of the organization.” Fans soon observed that the capital letters of the first 11 sentences in Voigt's social media post spell out "I am silenced." Vox dives into what the heck is going on, including a look at the pageant's unedifying history. What's your opinion on beauty pageants?
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Both Miss USA, Noelia Voigt, and Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava, have relinquished their titles this week. Voigt described in a leaked letter a "toxic work environment" within the Miss USA Organization, and Srivastava said her personal values "no longer fully align with the direction of the organization.” Fans soon observed that the capital letters of the first 11 sentences in Voigt's social media post spell out "I am silenced." Vox dives into what the heck is going on, including a look at the pageant's unedifying history. What's your opinion on beauty pageants?
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Both Miss USA, Noelia Voigt, and Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava, have relinquished their titles this week. Voigt described in a leaked letter a "toxic work environment" within the Miss USA Organization, and Srivastava said her personal values "no longer fully align with the direction of the organization.” Fans soon observed that the capital letters of the first 11 sentences in Voigt's social media post spell out "I am silenced." Vox dives into what the heck is going on, including a look at the pageant's unedifying history. What's your opinion on beauty pageants?
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Both Miss USA, Noelia Voigt, and Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava, have relinquished their titles this week. Voigt described in a leaked letter a "toxic work environment" within the Miss USA Organization, and Srivastava said her personal values "no longer fully align with the direction of the organization.” Fans soon observed that the capital letters of the first 11 sentences in Voigt's social media post spell out "I am silenced." Vox dives into what the heck is going on, including a look at the pageant's unedifying history. What's your opinion on beauty pageants?
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I'm guessing dinner at her parents house was a spicy affair!
"Her bio on the Miss Teen USA website describes Ms. Srivastava as “the first Mexican Indian Miss New Jersey Teen USA”" #MissTeenUSA #pageants https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/miss-teen-usa-resign-umasofia-srivastava.html
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I'm guessing dinner at her parents house was a spicy affair!
"Her bio on the Miss Teen USA website describes Ms. Srivastava as “the first Mexican Indian Miss New Jersey Teen USA”" #MissTeenUSA #pageants https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/miss-teen-usa-resign-umasofia-srivastava.html
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I'm guessing dinner at her parents house was a spicy affair!
"Her bio on the Miss Teen USA website describes Ms. Srivastava as “the first Mexican Indian Miss New Jersey Teen USA”" #MissTeenUSA #pageants https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/miss-teen-usa-resign-umasofia-srivastava.html
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I'm guessing dinner at her parents house was a spicy affair!
"Her bio on the Miss Teen USA website describes Ms. Srivastava as “the first Mexican Indian Miss New Jersey Teen USA”" #MissTeenUSA #pageants https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/miss-teen-usa-resign-umasofia-srivastava.html
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I'm guessing dinner at her parents house was a spicy affair!
"Her bio on the Miss Teen USA website describes Ms. Srivastava as “the first Mexican Indian Miss New Jersey Teen USA”" #MissTeenUSA #pageants https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/miss-teen-usa-resign-umasofia-srivastava.html
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"Earlier this year, MIT made headlines with a report that found 95% of organizations are getting no return from AI — and this despite a groundbreaking $30 billion investment, or more, into US-based internal gen AI initiatives. So why do so many AI initiatives fail to deliver positive ROI? Because they often lack a clear connection to business value, says Neal Ramasamy, global CIO at Cognizant, an IT consulting firm. “This leads to projects that are technically impressive but don’t solve a real need or create a tangible benefit,” he says.
Technologists often follow the hype, diving headfirst into AI tests without considering business results. “Many start with models and pilots rather than business outcomes,” says Saket Srivastava, CIO of Asana, the project management application. “Teams run demos in isolation, without redesigning the underlying workflow or assigning a profit and loss owner.”
A combination of a lack of upfront product thinking, poor underlying data practices, nonexistent governance, and minimal cultural incentives to adopt AI can produce negative results. So to avoid poor outcomes, many of the techniques boil down to better change management. “Without process change, AI speeds today’s inefficiencies,” adds Srivastava.
Here, we review five tips to manage change within an organization that CIOs can put into practice today. By following this checklist, enterprises should start to turn the tide on negative AI ROI, learn from anti-patterns, and discover which sort of metrics validate successful company-wide AI ventures."
https://www.cio.com/article/4095159/a-cios-5-point-checklist-to-drive-positive-ai-roi.html
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We have speakers! List belowz time slots and further details to come:
Aidan Farnsworth – Key Insights From Infiltrating a North Korean ITW Cell
Gabriel Thompson – Red Team, Blue Team – Aren’t we all on the same team?
Bajiri – Click, Paste, Compromise: Unpacking ClickFix
Aviral Srivastava – ROP Alchemy: Crafting Universal Gadgets for Arbitrary Code Execution via Type Confusion and Control Flow Bending
Ann Petersen – Research Security
Chase Peterson – Lava Cakes, Anyone?
Santiago Holley – Cybersecurity – The Least Professionalized Profession
Marie Fromm – Modern Cryptography in Practice
Alan Clinard – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – When and How to Unwind Vendor Relationships#bsides #bsidesTC #twincities #minneapolis #minneapolismn #stpaul #saintpaul #minnesota
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We have speakers! List below time slots and further details to come:
Aidan Farnsworth – Key Insights From Infiltrating a North Korean ITW Cell
Gabriel Thompson – Red Team, Blue Team – Aren’t we all on the same team?
Bajiri – Click, Paste, Compromise: Unpacking ClickFix
Aviral Srivastava – ROP Alchemy: Crafting Universal Gadgets for Arbitrary Code Execution via Type Confusion and Control Flow Bending
Ann Petersen – Research Security
Chase Peterson – Lava Cakes, Anyone?
Santiago Holley – Cybersecurity – The Least Professionalized Profession
Marie Fromm – Modern Cryptography in Practice
Alan Clinard – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – When and How to Unwind Vendor Relationships#bsides #bsidesTC #twincities #minneapolis #minneapolismn #stpaul #saintpaul #minnesota
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We have speakers! List belowz time slots and further details to come:
Aidan Farnsworth – Key Insights From Infiltrating a North Korean ITW Cell
Gabriel Thompson – Red Team, Blue Team – Aren’t we all on the same team?
Bajiri – Click, Paste, Compromise: Unpacking ClickFix
Aviral Srivastava – ROP Alchemy: Crafting Universal Gadgets for Arbitrary Code Execution via Type Confusion and Control Flow Bending
Ann Petersen – Research Security
Chase Peterson – Lava Cakes, Anyone?
Santiago Holley – Cybersecurity – The Least Professionalized Profession
Marie Fromm – Modern Cryptography in Practice
Alan Clinard – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – When and How to Unwind Vendor Relationships#bsides #bsidesTC #twincities #minneapolis #minneapolismn #stpaul #saintpaul #minnesota
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23 books that shaped you in high school – NPR
What books shaped you in high school? Here’s what you said
August 28, 20255:00 AM ET, By Beth Novey, Meghan Collins Sullivan, and Andrew Limbong
Maansi Srivastava/NPRThis summer, we asked you to tell us about the books you read in high school that profoundly affected you. It turns out you had a lot to share. More than 1,100 of you wrote back to tell us about the formative texts you were assigned as teens.
You told us about books that broadened your perspectives and stuck with you as you got older. These dog-eared volumes got packed and unpacked every time you moved homes. They led you to become English majors, librarians, writers, teachers and editors. They inspired tattoos, pet names and baby names. Many of you shouted out the English teachers who, decades ago, pressed these texts into your hands, your heads and your hearts.
We’re sharing your thoughts here. This list reflects a time when fewer female authors and writers of color were being published and assigned in high schools — and many of you expressed hope that today’s syllabuses are more varied and diverse.
So, at the start of a new school year, with gratitude to English teachers past, present and future, here’s what you told us about the books that shaped you.
Readers’ responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Two books came up far more often than any of the others:
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Reading about racism from the perspective of a child — 6-year-old narrator Scout Finch in Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel — was an eye-opening experience for many who responded. Steve Kennebeck, 65, of Ranchos de Taos, N.M., was in seventh grade when his family moved from San Diego to Memphis, Tenn. “Not long after I arrived, my English teacher, sensing I was having difficulty adjusting, asked how I was doing. … I told her I didn’t like the humidity and that I didn’t understand why all the Black kids seemed so angry. She reached for the bookshelf and handed me a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird and said: ‘Read this — it will help you understand.'” Christopher Anderson, 60, of Gloucester, Mass., felt such a connection to Scout’s lawyer father that he named his first child Atticus. Nathaniel Hardman, 41, of Midvale, Utah, acknowledges: “I know some object to the ‘white savior’ narrative. That’s fine. Let that be part of the discussion.”Signet Classics
1984 by George Orwell
Whitney Todaro, 44, of Louisville, Colo., remembers being so upset by the ending of 1984 that she threw the book across the room. Many of you told us that George Orwell’s dystopian novel encouraged you to think critically, question authority and be wary of state surveillance. There was a strong consensus that high schoolers should still be reading the book today. “More important than ever — but retitle it to 2025,” writes Thom Haynes, 65, of Apex, N.C. Rayson Lorrey, 73, of Rochester, Minn., says, “Teens live in a world partly Orwellian — fish need to understand all they can about water.Continue/Read Original Article Here: 23 books that shaped you in high school : NPR
#1984 #2025 #America #Books #BooksReadInHighSchool #Education #HighSchool #History #Libraries #Library #NationalPublicRadio #NPR #Opinion #Reading #ToKillAMockingbird #UnitedStates
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23 books that shaped you in high school – NPR
What books shaped you in high school? Here’s what you said
August 28, 20255:00 AM ET, By Beth Novey, Meghan Collins Sullivan, and Andrew Limbong
Maansi Srivastava/NPRThis summer, we asked you to tell us about the books you read in high school that profoundly affected you. It turns out you had a lot to share. More than 1,100 of you wrote back to tell us about the formative texts you were assigned as teens.
You told us about books that broadened your perspectives and stuck with you as you got older. These dog-eared volumes got packed and unpacked every time you moved homes. They led you to become English majors, librarians, writers, teachers and editors. They inspired tattoos, pet names and baby names. Many of you shouted out the English teachers who, decades ago, pressed these texts into your hands, your heads and your hearts.
We’re sharing your thoughts here. This list reflects a time when fewer female authors and writers of color were being published and assigned in high schools — and many of you expressed hope that today’s syllabuses are more varied and diverse.
So, at the start of a new school year, with gratitude to English teachers past, present and future, here’s what you told us about the books that shaped you.
Readers’ responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Two books came up far more often than any of the others:
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Reading about racism from the perspective of a child — 6-year-old narrator Scout Finch in Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel — was an eye-opening experience for many who responded. Steve Kennebeck, 65, of Ranchos de Taos, N.M., was in seventh grade when his family moved from San Diego to Memphis, Tenn. “Not long after I arrived, my English teacher, sensing I was having difficulty adjusting, asked how I was doing. … I told her I didn’t like the humidity and that I didn’t understand why all the Black kids seemed so angry. She reached for the bookshelf and handed me a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird and said: ‘Read this — it will help you understand.'” Christopher Anderson, 60, of Gloucester, Mass., felt such a connection to Scout’s lawyer father that he named his first child Atticus. Nathaniel Hardman, 41, of Midvale, Utah, acknowledges: “I know some object to the ‘white savior’ narrative. That’s fine. Let that be part of the discussion.”Signet Classics
1984 by George Orwell
Whitney Todaro, 44, of Louisville, Colo., remembers being so upset by the ending of 1984 that she threw the book across the room. Many of you told us that George Orwell’s dystopian novel encouraged you to think critically, question authority and be wary of state surveillance. There was a strong consensus that high schoolers should still be reading the book today. “More important than ever — but retitle it to 2025,” writes Thom Haynes, 65, of Apex, N.C. Rayson Lorrey, 73, of Rochester, Minn., says, “Teens live in a world partly Orwellian — fish need to understand all they can about water.Continue/Read Original Article Here: 23 books that shaped you in high school : NPR
#1984 #2025 #America #Books #BooksReadInHighSchool #Education #HighSchool #History #Libraries #Library #NationalPublicRadio #NPR #Opinion #Reading #ToKillAMockingbird #UnitedStates
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23 books that shaped you in high school – NPR
What books shaped you in high school? Here’s what you said
August 28, 20255:00 AM ET, By Beth Novey, Meghan Collins Sullivan, and Andrew Limbong
Maansi Srivastava/NPRThis summer, we asked you to tell us about the books you read in high school that profoundly affected you. It turns out you had a lot to share. More than 1,100 of you wrote back to tell us about the formative texts you were assigned as teens.
You told us about books that broadened your perspectives and stuck with you as you got older. These dog-eared volumes got packed and unpacked every time you moved homes. They led you to become English majors, librarians, writers, teachers and editors. They inspired tattoos, pet names and baby names. Many of you shouted out the English teachers who, decades ago, pressed these texts into your hands, your heads and your hearts.
We’re sharing your thoughts here. This list reflects a time when fewer female authors and writers of color were being published and assigned in high schools — and many of you expressed hope that today’s syllabuses are more varied and diverse.
So, at the start of a new school year, with gratitude to English teachers past, present and future, here’s what you told us about the books that shaped you.
Readers’ responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Two books came up far more often than any of the others:
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Reading about racism from the perspective of a child — 6-year-old narrator Scout Finch in Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel — was an eye-opening experience for many who responded. Steve Kennebeck, 65, of Ranchos de Taos, N.M., was in seventh grade when his family moved from San Diego to Memphis, Tenn. “Not long after I arrived, my English teacher, sensing I was having difficulty adjusting, asked how I was doing. … I told her I didn’t like the humidity and that I didn’t understand why all the Black kids seemed so angry. She reached for the bookshelf and handed me a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird and said: ‘Read this — it will help you understand.'” Christopher Anderson, 60, of Gloucester, Mass., felt such a connection to Scout’s lawyer father that he named his first child Atticus. Nathaniel Hardman, 41, of Midvale, Utah, acknowledges: “I know some object to the ‘white savior’ narrative. That’s fine. Let that be part of the discussion.”Signet Classics
1984 by George Orwell
Whitney Todaro, 44, of Louisville, Colo., remembers being so upset by the ending of 1984 that she threw the book across the room. Many of you told us that George Orwell’s dystopian novel encouraged you to think critically, question authority and be wary of state surveillance. There was a strong consensus that high schoolers should still be reading the book today. “More important than ever — but retitle it to 2025,” writes Thom Haynes, 65, of Apex, N.C. Rayson Lorrey, 73, of Rochester, Minn., says, “Teens live in a world partly Orwellian — fish need to understand all they can about water.Continue/Read Original Article Here: 23 books that shaped you in high school : NPR
#1984 #2025 #America #Books #BooksReadInHighSchool #Education #HighSchool #History #Libraries #Library #NationalPublicRadio #NPR #Opinion #Reading #ToKillAMockingbird #UnitedStates
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23 books that shaped you in high school – NPR
What books shaped you in high school? Here’s what you said
August 28, 20255:00 AM ET, By Beth Novey, Meghan Collins Sullivan, and Andrew Limbong
Maansi Srivastava/NPRThis summer, we asked you to tell us about the books you read in high school that profoundly affected you. It turns out you had a lot to share. More than 1,100 of you wrote back to tell us about the formative texts you were assigned as teens.
You told us about books that broadened your perspectives and stuck with you as you got older. These dog-eared volumes got packed and unpacked every time you moved homes. They led you to become English majors, librarians, writers, teachers and editors. They inspired tattoos, pet names and baby names. Many of you shouted out the English teachers who, decades ago, pressed these texts into your hands, your heads and your hearts.
We’re sharing your thoughts here. This list reflects a time when fewer female authors and writers of color were being published and assigned in high schools — and many of you expressed hope that today’s syllabuses are more varied and diverse.
So, at the start of a new school year, with gratitude to English teachers past, present and future, here’s what you told us about the books that shaped you.
Readers’ responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Two books came up far more often than any of the others:
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Reading about racism from the perspective of a child — 6-year-old narrator Scout Finch in Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel — was an eye-opening experience for many who responded. Steve Kennebeck, 65, of Ranchos de Taos, N.M., was in seventh grade when his family moved from San Diego to Memphis, Tenn. “Not long after I arrived, my English teacher, sensing I was having difficulty adjusting, asked how I was doing. … I told her I didn’t like the humidity and that I didn’t understand why all the Black kids seemed so angry. She reached for the bookshelf and handed me a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird and said: ‘Read this — it will help you understand.'” Christopher Anderson, 60, of Gloucester, Mass., felt such a connection to Scout’s lawyer father that he named his first child Atticus. Nathaniel Hardman, 41, of Midvale, Utah, acknowledges: “I know some object to the ‘white savior’ narrative. That’s fine. Let that be part of the discussion.”Signet Classics
1984 by George Orwell
Whitney Todaro, 44, of Louisville, Colo., remembers being so upset by the ending of 1984 that she threw the book across the room. Many of you told us that George Orwell’s dystopian novel encouraged you to think critically, question authority and be wary of state surveillance. There was a strong consensus that high schoolers should still be reading the book today. “More important than ever — but retitle it to 2025,” writes Thom Haynes, 65, of Apex, N.C. Rayson Lorrey, 73, of Rochester, Minn., says, “Teens live in a world partly Orwellian — fish need to understand all they can about water.Continue/Read Original Article Here: 23 books that shaped you in high school : NPR
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23 books that shaped you in high school – NPR
What books shaped you in high school? Here’s what you said
August 28, 20255:00 AM ET, By Beth Novey, Meghan Collins Sullivan, and Andrew Limbong
Maansi Srivastava/NPRThis summer, we asked you to tell us about the books you read in high school that profoundly affected you. It turns out you had a lot to share. More than 1,100 of you wrote back to tell us about the formative texts you were assigned as teens.
You told us about books that broadened your perspectives and stuck with you as you got older. These dog-eared volumes got packed and unpacked every time you moved homes. They led you to become English majors, librarians, writers, teachers and editors. They inspired tattoos, pet names and baby names. Many of you shouted out the English teachers who, decades ago, pressed these texts into your hands, your heads and your hearts.
We’re sharing your thoughts here. This list reflects a time when fewer female authors and writers of color were being published and assigned in high schools — and many of you expressed hope that today’s syllabuses are more varied and diverse.
So, at the start of a new school year, with gratitude to English teachers past, present and future, here’s what you told us about the books that shaped you.
Readers’ responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Two books came up far more often than any of the others:
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Reading about racism from the perspective of a child — 6-year-old narrator Scout Finch in Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel — was an eye-opening experience for many who responded. Steve Kennebeck, 65, of Ranchos de Taos, N.M., was in seventh grade when his family moved from San Diego to Memphis, Tenn. “Not long after I arrived, my English teacher, sensing I was having difficulty adjusting, asked how I was doing. … I told her I didn’t like the humidity and that I didn’t understand why all the Black kids seemed so angry. She reached for the bookshelf and handed me a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird and said: ‘Read this — it will help you understand.'” Christopher Anderson, 60, of Gloucester, Mass., felt such a connection to Scout’s lawyer father that he named his first child Atticus. Nathaniel Hardman, 41, of Midvale, Utah, acknowledges: “I know some object to the ‘white savior’ narrative. That’s fine. Let that be part of the discussion.”Signet Classics
1984 by George Orwell
Whitney Todaro, 44, of Louisville, Colo., remembers being so upset by the ending of 1984 that she threw the book across the room. Many of you told us that George Orwell’s dystopian novel encouraged you to think critically, question authority and be wary of state surveillance. There was a strong consensus that high schoolers should still be reading the book today. “More important than ever — but retitle it to 2025,” writes Thom Haynes, 65, of Apex, N.C. Rayson Lorrey, 73, of Rochester, Minn., says, “Teens live in a world partly Orwellian — fish need to understand all they can about water.Continue/Read Original Article Here: 23 books that shaped you in high school : NPR
#1984 #2025 #America #Books #BooksReadInHighSchool #Education #HighSchool #History #Libraries #Library #NationalPublicRadio #NPR #Opinion #Reading #ToKillAMockingbird #UnitedStates
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Happy Women in Maths Day! 🥳 🎊 🙌 Today we celebrate all the incredible women like Maryam Mirzakhani that paved the way for new generations and everyone who supports women in maths today!
Here we‘ve got six tips for you how to spend the day reading about inspiring women:
1. Check out this Plus magazine article about Maryam Mirzhakani's work - https://plus.maths.org/content/mm
2. Mathematical Association of America News on the European Girls' Math Olympiad - https://maa.org/news/us-team-earns-2nd-place-at-2025-european-girls-mathematical-olympiad/
3. Ingrid Daubechies, mathematician from Duke University offered special tours of "Mathemalchemy", a traveling multimedia math-meets-art installation - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/science/mathematics-daubechies-mathemalchemy.html (https://mathemalchemy.org/about/)
4. Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize 2025 awarded to 3 outstanding women mathematicians, Si Ying Lee, Rajula Srivastava and Ewin Tang - https://breakthroughprize.org/News/91
5. International prize in Statistics awarded to Grace Wahba this year - https://imstat.org/2025/04/02/2025-international-prize-in-statistics-winner/
6. Science News Explores covering the fascinating math journey of Angela Tabiri (Her Maths Story, Alumni) on becoming 2024's world's most interesting mathematician - https://www.snexplores.org/article/worlds-most-interesting-mathematician (also check out her story on our website)
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Happy Women in Maths Day! 🥳 🎊 🙌 Today we celebrate all the incredible women like Maryam Mirzakhani that paved the way for new generations and everyone who supports women in maths today!
Here we‘ve got six tips for you how to spend the day reading about inspiring women:
1. Check out this Plus magazine article about Maryam Mirzhakani's work - https://plus.maths.org/content/mm
2. Mathematical Association of America News on the European Girls' Math Olympiad - https://maa.org/news/us-team-earns-2nd-place-at-2025-european-girls-mathematical-olympiad/
3. Ingrid Daubechies, mathematician from Duke University offered special tours of "Mathemalchemy", a traveling multimedia math-meets-art installation - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/science/mathematics-daubechies-mathemalchemy.html (https://mathemalchemy.org/about/)
4. Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize 2025 awarded to 3 outstanding women mathematicians, Si Ying Lee, Rajula Srivastava and Ewin Tang - https://breakthroughprize.org/News/91
5. International prize in Statistics awarded to Grace Wahba this year - https://imstat.org/2025/04/02/2025-international-prize-in-statistics-winner/
6. Science News Explores covering the fascinating math journey of Angela Tabiri (Her Maths Story, Alumni) on becoming 2024's world's most interesting mathematician - https://www.snexplores.org/article/worlds-most-interesting-mathematician (also check out her story on our website)
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Happy Women in Maths Day! 🥳 🎊 🙌 Today we celebrate all the incredible women like Maryam Mirzakhani that paved the way for new generations and everyone who supports women in maths today!
Here we‘ve got six tips for you how to spend the day reading about inspiring women:
1. Check out this Plus magazine article about Maryam Mirzhakani's work - https://plus.maths.org/content/mm
2. Mathematical Association of America News on the European Girls' Math Olympiad - https://maa.org/news/us-team-earns-2nd-place-at-2025-european-girls-mathematical-olympiad/
3. Ingrid Daubechies, mathematician from Duke University offered special tours of "Mathemalchemy", a traveling multimedia math-meets-art installation - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/science/mathematics-daubechies-mathemalchemy.html (https://mathemalchemy.org/about/)
4. Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize 2025 awarded to 3 outstanding women mathematicians, Si Ying Lee, Rajula Srivastava and Ewin Tang - https://breakthroughprize.org/News/91
5. International prize in Statistics awarded to Grace Wahba this year - https://imstat.org/2025/04/02/2025-international-prize-in-statistics-winner/
6. Science News Explores covering the fascinating math journey of Angela Tabiri (Her Maths Story, Alumni) on becoming 2024's world's most interesting mathematician - https://www.snexplores.org/article/worlds-most-interesting-mathematician (also check out her story on our website)
#womeninmaths #womeninstem #celebratewomen #mathsisbeautiful #womeninscience #hermathsstory -
Happy Women in Maths Day! 🥳 🎊 🙌 Today we celebrate all the incredible women like Maryam Mirzakhani that paved the way for new generations and everyone who supports women in maths today!
Here we‘ve got six tips for you how to spend the day reading about inspiring women:
1. Check out this Plus magazine article about Maryam Mirzhakani's work - https://plus.maths.org/content/mm
2. Mathematical Association of America News on the European Girls' Math Olympiad - https://maa.org/news/us-team-earns-2nd-place-at-2025-european-girls-mathematical-olympiad/
3. Ingrid Daubechies, mathematician from Duke University offered special tours of "Mathemalchemy", a traveling multimedia math-meets-art installation - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/science/mathematics-daubechies-mathemalchemy.html (https://mathemalchemy.org/about/)
4. Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize 2025 awarded to 3 outstanding women mathematicians, Si Ying Lee, Rajula Srivastava and Ewin Tang - https://breakthroughprize.org/News/91
5. International prize in Statistics awarded to Grace Wahba this year - https://imstat.org/2025/04/02/2025-international-prize-in-statistics-winner/
6. Science News Explores covering the fascinating math journey of Angela Tabiri (Her Maths Story, Alumni) on becoming 2024's world's most interesting mathematician - https://www.snexplores.org/article/worlds-most-interesting-mathematician (also check out her story on our website)
#womeninmaths #womeninstem #celebratewomen #mathsisbeautiful #womeninscience #hermathsstory