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Economics 298a John Miller
Sweatshops in The Global Economy 006 Knapton
(508) 286-3667
Office Hours:
A century ago, when immigrants from eastern
and southern
This course engages students in the controversy regarding
sweatshops and their role in the global economy. We ask why sweatshops have returned to the
The course pays special attention to what we should and can do about sweatshop labor and asks students to develop an appropriate public response to sweatshops, as well as poor peoples' and workers' movements in the developing world. We will ask if international labor standards, including calls for a "living wage" have been effective in alleviating sweatshop conditions. We also ask if industrial codes of conducts and the recent self-monitoring efforts of corporations such as Reebok and Mattel are effective ways to regulate sweatshops. In addition, we will assess the impact of social movements – first-world anti-sweatshop movements led by consumers, religious groups, and students and third-world workers' and poor peoples' movements – have had on sweatshop conditions and examine our role in that movement.
Behind The Label: Inequality in The
Beyond Sweatshops: Foreign Direct Investment Globalization in Developing Countries by Theodore H. Moran.
Can Labor Standards Improve Under Globalization? by Kimberly Ann Elliot and Richard B. Freeman
China's Workers Under Assault: the exploitation of Labor in a Globalizing Economy by Anita Chan.
Made in
No Sweat: Fashion, Free trade, and The Rights of Garment Workers edited by Andrew Ross.
Photocopied Packet of Readings available in Knapton 007 (for $10).
Class Participation – This class should operate as a seminar. A seminar allows each of us to try out new ideas, to learn from each other, and to develop our critical facilities. All of this is possible only if each of us is willing to participate actively in our class discussions. Part of your grade will be based upon the quantity and quality of your class participation. This is just as much a requirement for the course as any written assignment.
While effective class participation requires more than just showing up, you certainly can't be a regular participant in our class discussions if you don't show up. I will expect you to attend each class. Missing more than two classes will lower your final grade.
Papers – You will complete four short essays addressing different themes of the course as the required formal writing. The essays will between 500 and 2000 words and due different times during the semester. One essay will be based on your oral report described below.
Oral Reports -- Each student will make a class presentation as part of a research team. You will present the results of your library study on working conditions and economic conditions in the clothing, footwear, and toy industries in various countries of the global economy. We organize teams of students by industry, country and corporation. You will develop an annotated bibliography of electronic and printed sources. You will present the class with copies of your annotated sources and a handout that summarizes your presentation.
Special Class Sessions -- We will spend one class spend one class meeting touring Slater Mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the first textile mill in the United States
Mid-term and Final Exam Essays: You will have a take-home mid-term and final exam that will ask you to write essays that explore the themes we develop during the semester.
Course Grading – Your grade for the course will be determined by:
Papers Class Participation and Discussion Questions Oral Report and Paper Mid term and Final Exam Essays
Course Outline and Tentative
Sept. 4, 9, 11 Introduction: Sweatshops and the Anti-Sweatshop Movement
"Two Cheers for Sweatshops," by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn,
"Tide of
In No Sweat: "Introduction" by Ross.
"Knight Is Right," by Thomas
VIDEO: "Sweating For a T-shirt" by Global Exchange (1999).
BROWSE: Smithsonian Institution Exhibit, Between A Rock and A Hard
especially Fashion Food Chain and Dialogue and
Sept.16,18 What is A Sweatshop?
In No Sweat: "The Economics of the Sweatshop," by Piore and "After the
Year of the
Sweatshop: Postscript," by Ross, "
Workers" by Su, and "They Want to Kill Us For Little Money," by Mort..
Sweatshop Warriors, ch. 1, ch. 2, "Rojan 'Na' Cheuchujit," pp. 235-242.
China's Workers Under Assault, cases 19a & 19b. pp. 185-196.
fold on sweatshop lawsuit,"
of these is a Sweatshop?
The Ottawa
BROWSE: Sweatshop Watch, especially Factsheet, the Garment Industry,
and Corporate
Watch, Facts on the Global Sweatshop, Feminists Against Sweatshops, Frequently
Asked Questions, , and "Sweatshops in the
Sept.23, 25, 30
Oct. 2* In No Sweat: "Labor, History, and Sweatshops in the New Global
Economy" by Howard.
Behind The Label, intro. Part I: Capital, ch. 1 – 4, Part II: Labor , ch. 5 - 7.
Sweatshop Warriors by Miriam Ching Yoon Louie ch. 2,
"Maquiladoras: The View from the Inside," by Fernandez-Kelly in
The Women, Gender, and Development Reader edited by Visvanathan et al. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and Sweatshop Reform In American History by
Suzanne Lieurance, ch 1, ch.2, ch. 4- ch. 6.
"Budgets of the Triangle Fire Victims," in The Triangle Strike and Fire,
by McClymer, pp. 107-109.
"The Big City: A 1911 Fire as Good TV, Bad History," New York Times,
BROWSE: Cornell ILR Triangle Fire Website, especially narrative 2 & 3
and Letters, Newman; "Remembering Rose Freedman, last survivor of the
Triangle Factory Fire," CBC, 2001; Smithsonian
Institution Exhibit, Between A Rock and
Oct. 7, 9,16 Why Would Economists Defend Sweatshops?
"In Defense of Sweatshops," in The Sweatshop Quandary, ch. 3.
"Why Economists are Wrong About Sweatshops and the Anti-Sweatshop
Movement,' by Miller, Challenge, Jan./Feb. 2003.
"In Praise of Cheap Labor," by Paul
Krugman, Slate
"A Defense of Sweatshops" by Weidenbaum All in Child Labor and
Sweatshops edited by Williams, 1999.
"Academic Consortium on International Trade), Letter to University
Presidents,", available at the ACIT website.
"Scholars Against Sweatshop Labor Statement," available at PERI..
Contours of Descent by Pollin, pp. 156-163,
Browse "Clothes Encounters: Activists and Economists Clash Over
Sweatshops," by Liza Featherstone and Doug Henwood, Lingua Franca,
March 2001. "Antisweatshop Movement: A Letter and a Response" by Linda Lim and John Miller, Challenge, July-August 2003.
Oct. 21, 23 Two Views of Globalization and The Role of Direct Foreign Investment
28 Beyond Sweatshops: ch. 1, ch. 2, ch. 3.
"Global Capitalism: Can it be made to work better?" Business Week
"Globalism's Discontents," by Joseph Stiglitz, The American Prospect,
Vol. 13, Issue 1,
"The Scorecard of Globalization 1980-2000: Twenty Years of Diminished
Progress, " by Wesibrot et al and "Globalization: A Primer" by Weisbrot,
both from The Center For Economic and Policy Research.
for the Holy Grail?
Making FDI Work for Sustainable Development," by Zarksy and Gallagher.
VIDEO: Global Village or Global Pillage (Global Exchange).
BROWSE: Braunstein and Epstein. 2002. Bargaining
Power and Foreign Direct Investment in
"But Mr. Clinton, Globalization has a Human Face," by Bhagwati, The
Financial Times,
Oct. 30 Clothes
Production in the Global Economy:
Nov. 4, 6
BROWSE. Global Exchange, Global Trade Watch, and National Labor
Nov. 11, 13 The Athletic Footwear Industry:
In Made in
Intro , Labor Law in
Imprisoned, Rhetoric vs. Reality.
"Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global
Athletic Footwear Industry," by Korzeniewicz, in Commodity Chains and
Global Capitalism, edited by Gary Gereffic and Miguel Korzeniewicz.
"The Globetrotting Sneaker," by Enloe, Women's Lives, edited by Gwyn
and Okazawa-Rey.
VIDEO: Now with Bill Moyers
THE WEB: "Nike's Satanic Factories in
commitment to human rights is genuine," by Hong Kong Christian
Industrial Committee 2/00.
Nov. 18, 20, Labor Standards and The Living Wage Debate;
Nov. 25
Beyond Sweatshops, ch. 4, ch. 5.
Can Labor Standards Improve Under Globalization?, ch. 1, ch 2, ch. 3.
Contours of Descent by Pollin, pp. 156-163,
BROWSE: "Thinking About Social Responsibility," by Jagdish
Bhagwati, World Link , Feb. 2001. "The Case of Corporate
Responsibility: Paying a Living Wage to Maquila Workers in El
Workers in
Clean Clothes Campaign; "The Effects of Multinational Production
on Wages and Working Conditions in Developing Countries," by Brown, Deadorff, and Stern; "Global Apparel Production and Sweatshop Labor: Can Raising Retail Prices Finance Living Wages?" by Pollin, Burns and Heintz, Cambridge Journal of Economics, forthcoming.2003.
Dec. 2, 4 Government Enforcement, Labor Rights, Corporate Responsibility, and
9, 11 Antisweatshop Movement
Behind the Label: ch. 8, ch. 9, ch. 10.
Beyond Sweatshops, ch. 6, ch. 7, ch. 9.
Can Labor Standards Improve Under Globalization?, ch. 6, ch. 7.
"The Era of Corporate Rule," by Naomi Klein, Corporate Watch.
"Knight Is Right," by Thomas
"Foot Fault,' by Peter Drier and Richard Appelbaum, The American Prospect
On Line, Sept. 2003.
Sweatshops Pressed by U.S Campus Power,"
BROWSE: Bata Shoes, Corporate Watch, Fair Labor Association, Global
Exchange, Global Trade Watch, Mattel, Reebok, and Unite,
Association, , Sweatshop Watch, United Students Against Sweatshops.
* Field Trip to Slater Mill, date to be announced.
large Canadian owner manufacturer of shoes operating in
governmental organizations (NGOs) as a more responsible employer that pays a living
wage and does not use subcontractors.
Covers the Nike in Vietnam Story reported on CBS provides a report on the dangerous and
abusive labor practice
in the factories of Nike's subcontractors in
grassroots activism throughout the
sweatshop abuses and
child labor. Large sections on Nike in
and sweatshops in
Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC)
"Remembering Rose Freedman, last survivor of the Triangle Factory Fire." CBC, 2001.
A British website with updated reports on Nike in
A national non-profit education organization that works to promote a socially responsible
market place.
Contains pictures of and commentary on the fire and its aftermath.
Bills itself as the watch dog of the web when it comes to corporate irresponsibility. Of
interest are its Nike expose page and its newsletter Blood, Sweat, and Shears.
Garment Industry Association that emerged from a White House organized anti-sweatshop
meeting. It members include Kathie Lee Gifford, Liz Claiborne, Reebok, and other
corporate giants and its fair labor guidelines demand that member corporations open their plants to inspection by external monitors and that members pay the prevailing minimum wage, not a living wage.
These standards emerged from the labor struggles of the 1930s and the New Deal and were
enacted in 1938. They include the minimum wage, time and a half for overtime, and the
prohibition of homework and child labor.
This feminist web site points out that women make up 90% of sweatshop laborers in the
global economy. Their frequently asked questions section is especially helpful.
One of two leading groups in the
Information on global economy as well as corporate reports such as Nike Update.
Part of Ralph Nader's Public Citizen devoted to promoting government and corporate
accountability in the world economy
A site managed by United For A Fair Economy contains the latest data on U.S inequality.
International Labor Organization (ILO)
Official international labor and human rights organization known as the authors of
International Labor Conventions and for its studies of the informal sector.
their January 1999 report on Sweatshop in the
Mattel, the toy company, one of the largest contractors of toys producer in the developing world, recently published a study of conditions in the factories of their subcontractors.
TV News: Sweatshops:
Assembled for their Dateline Program. See especially the undercover diary and timetable.
National Labor Committee (NLC)
One of the two (along with Global Exchange) leading Human and Workers Rights
organizations in the
NLC has conducted successful campaigns against Kathie Lee Gifford/Wal-Mart and the
Gap and has
recently turned its attention to
Nike's social responsibility webpage that contains: Nike's response to student
protests, Nike's take on the labor conditions in its factories in China, and an explanation of Phil Knight's (the CEO) decision to no longer donate to the
Sponsored by
Community Aid Abroad,
dedicated to a campaign to get Nike to upgrade its code of conduct.
Site contains a study of wages paid workers in factories of Nike subcontractors in
Department of Labor (D.O.L.) anti-sweatshop page includes lists of corporations granted
The D.O.L. no sweat label. Uses the GAO definition of sweatshops.
Poverty Net: Resources to Support People Working to Understand and Alleviate Poverty
World Bank poverty page with data, interviews, and program descriptions.
One of the largest manufacturers of athletic footwear, regards itself as a model employer,
and recently
published a self-monitoring report on its subcontractors in
Reports on its Summer 1997 Volume devoted to sweatshops. It includes helpful exercises
And curriculum suggestions.
controversial Sweatshop in
on the history of
the global production game.
A coalition of labor, community, civil rights, immigrant rights, women's, religious and
student organizations and individuals committed to eliminating sweatshop conditions in
the global garment industry. See What is a Sweatshop under garment industry.
role among
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
UN agency that publishes the Human Development Report and is know for its work on
Global inequality by income, region, and gender.
An international coalition of students devoted to stopping sweatshop labor. It reports
On the USAS-directed Sweat-Free-Campus Campaign which demands that colleges
Initiate codes of conduct that go beyond the standards set by the Fair Labor


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The world's highest geothermal field, the Geysers del Tatio are a breathtaking natural phenomenon. The sight of dozens of fumaroles, or geysers, throwing columns of steam into the air is unforgettable. A trip to El Tatio usually begins at 4 am, on a guided tour, when San Pedro is still cold and dark (any of the tour agencies in San Pedro can arrange this trip). After a three-hour bus trip on a relentlessly bumpy road, you reach the high plateau about daybreak. (The
entrance fee is covered if you are on a tour.) The jets of steam are already shooting into the air as the sun slowly peeks over the adjacent cordillera. The rays of light illuminate the steam in a kaleidoscope of chartreuses, violets, reds, oranges, and blues. The vapor then silently falls onto the sulfur-stained crust of the geyser field. As the sun heats the cold, barren land, the force of the geysers gradually diminishes, allowing you to explore the mud pots and craters formed by the escaping steam. Be careful, though - the crust is thin in places and people have been badly burned falling into the boiling-hot water.
On your way back to San Pedro, you may want to stop at the Termas de Puritama hot springs. A hot soak may be just the thing to shake off that early morning chill 10,000 pesos.
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FORT MYERS, Fla.- WINK News has confirmed the fire that destroyed condos in South Fort Myers Friday was electrical in nature. Iona-McGregor Battalion Chief Barry Ashman said the fire started in a storage shed in the back side of the second unit of the Courtington Condos on McGregor Boulevard.
Firefighters deemed all six units in the Hyde Park neighborhood a total loss. They condemned the building and cordoned it off with yellow tape. Those who lived there returned Monday to try to salvage any recognizable belongings. Most of them were looking for heirlooms and family photos to take with them.
The battalion chief told WINK News the building will eventually be torn down.
Bruce Plummer, Jr. helped his parents who own the unit the fire started in Monday afternoon. Plummer told WINK News the family owns the unit, but it is not insured.
"I feel for my family. I mean there's nothing else I can do. I've just been trying to help. I've taken off from work, and just trying to help search for anything that will help my family," he said.
The Red Cross will provide accommodations for the displaced residents for five days, so many are looking for a place to go after that.
Donations are being accepted at First Assembly of God Church on Summerlin Road in Fort Myers.


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November 28, 2014
February 14, 2008
What causes autism is a question that still looms among doctors and experts, but this latest report has created more insight into this mysterious disorder.
We sat down with an autism expert for these emerging details.
In a flood of new studies closely looking at autism, the latest has confirmed what many parents have told Doctor Ken Norwood for years, that a fever can temporarily unlock autism's grip on a child.
"It suggests that there may be something about what is going on in fever that could be affecting how the brain is working," said Dr. Norwood, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Developmental Pediatrics at UVa's Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center.
The study examined 30 children between the ages of 2 and 18. Researchers found a temperature of 100 caused the most predominant symptoms of autism to weaken, briefly freeing children from their developmental disorders.
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Doctor Norwood added, if indeed fever can normalize autistic behavior, it suggests the neuro pathways that are necessary for the child to act typically may be intact.
"That's very exciting, because that then suggests that maybe we can come up with ways to make those neuro path ways to work like they are supposed to." Norwood said.
Although the study is another chapter in autism research, it opens up a whole new book of questions
Norwood says it's very important more studies are conducted on the topic. This was the first research looking at fever and autistic behavior.
It is believed that one out of every 166 kids is diagnosed with autism.
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- Studio: FilmDistrict
- Release Date: Nov 27, 2013
- Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Josh Brolin, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharlto Copley
- Summary: An advertising executive is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment. [Film District]
- Director: Spike Lee
- Genre(s): Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
Positive: 12 out of 41
Mixed: 18 out of 41
Negative: 11 out of 41
In the end, the most impressive performance may be Spike Lee's. He uses skill without gimmickry, flash without fuss, to tap the mesmerizing soul of this pulp.
Oldboy is an immersion into pure twistedness. The purity of its twistedness is its saving grace.
Spike Lee's remake of 2003's Oldboy is as brutally perplexing as the South Korean original, and needless for both its repetition and tweaks. Nothing is really lost in translation, or gained.
While Lee edges in enough unique elements to argue a second look at the brutal revenge tale, his lean, blackly comic result is transcendent only in fits and starts, stripping away much of its thematic and emotional heft into one of the most frustratingly accomplished disappointments this year.
A slumming Spike Lee is still better than most directors at the top of their game, but Oldboy isn't just Lee's worst movie, it's practically his "Wicker Man".
The longer it drags on, the sillier it gets. A preposterous narrative, illogical red herrings, trick endings, bad acting and—shazam! — Spike Lee turns into M. Night Shyamalan!
Score distribution:
Positive: 15 out of 32
Mixed: 6 out of 32
Negative: 11 out of 32
Nov 29, 2013Everyone in the review section is a idiot. They're just hating on it because it's a remake.
This movie was great. I'll just leave it at that.
And IMO this stacks well with the orginal, I'll even say it does just about everything better.
Again don't listen to these but hurt idiots, they just can't take off their nostalgia goggles.… Expand
Sep 6, 2014I have a confession to make: I have never seen the original, so called 'superior' Korean original. But from what I've seen: it's a case of 'lost in translation'. For the most part, Oldboy's plot is highly original, the ultimate denoument of the story, shocking and heartbreaking. The casts gave their best A-game: be it Brolin, Olsen and Cooper as well as a particularly hammy Copley. But for the most part, it's a well made thriller that seemed to be 'butchered' a bit by the Producers before release, rumor has it. If such plot line and signature set pieces were based on a Korean film, then I suppose it's time for me to dwell into Korean fare then. Originality...something that Hollywood has missed in recent year....… Expand
Dec 2, 2013A few others have said this already but be wary of both the critical and user reviews they seem to largely be commenting on this movie in relation to the original. And I'll put it out there and say, without question, the original is better. If you haven't seen it, you should.
If you haven't seen it and just hate subtitles (which is a shame, but I understand there are people out there that feel that way) this is absolutely a worthwhile film. It is dark, unpleasant and at times shocking. As noted elsewhere, some of the artistry and complexity of the original is lost here. But, what remains is a much more adventurous and disturbing film than you will find just about anywhere in Hollywood produced cinema these days (certainly I can't recall anything this dark getting a wide release). If you like your movies shocking, upsetting, violent, gritty and generally just extreme you can do a lot worse than giving this a watch.
For those that have seen the original but are curious about the remake, so long as you go in knowing it's in no way going to beat the predecessor it's passable. I realize people are divided on Sharlto's character I thought it worked, but agree it was not nearly as well done as it could have been. The first and third act have some significant changes mostly for the worse, I feel, but I credit Spike Lee for actually trying. And I should note they aren't changes to neuter the extreme nature of the film quite the opposite actually, I feel they just didn't work. In particular, there was a great line in the original, 'Smile and the whole world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone' (or something to that effect) which is haunting within the context of the film but is never used here. Despite it being a small thematic element I found it one of the most profound and the film suffers greatly for not introducing it. All that being said, I still prefer this over the shot-for-shot remake of 'Carrie' where the director tried nothing new and presented us with basically just a carbon copy of the prior film.… Expand
Dec 1, 2013I came into the movie with open arms and i tried to embrace it but it just fell flat. Yes, I am comparing it to the original. Is that unfair? No, every remake has the opportunity to learn from its predecessor and fix mistakes but Lee's Oldboy doesn't do that. There are a few enjoyable sequences in the beginning but after Brolin goes to meet with the antagonist, the movie is almost worthless to continue watching. It doesn't match the pacing, suspense, or acting from '03. It's so poorly directed that I laughed at inappropriate moments. And there's this soap opera behind-the-shoulder zoom-out around the finale that feels like a megaton bomb of garbage thrown in for good measure; to assure that no one would walk away satisfied from the theater. There's no contest between this and the original. In it's own right, I give the movie a 5. 5 for the first half of the movie and 0 for the other half. On a side note, Josh Brolin was not the right choice for this project. He can't match the dynamic emotional acting that we saw Choi give in 2003. That was so critical to the sympathy the main character is supposed to draw.… Expand
May 25, 2014was hoping this was going to be a good remake but i was completely wrong everything about this movie is pure crap. Spike Lee has made some decent film in his time so i was hoping that he wouldnt mess this film up. I already knew it wasnt going to be anything like the original as in most cases with remakes but this is a slap to the face to the original. The cast is one of the things that really made me want to watch it with Josh Brolin, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Elizabeth Olsen but in this i find Brolin's character a joke and dont care for as with the original i feel sympathy for the rest are just "meh" so you dont even care for them as well. I guess the fact that i was expecting more from this movie makes me dislike it even more. In the end this is just another average remake with nothing to see and i would recommend watching the original and never watching this movie unless want a good laugh.
Overall i give it a 4.0… Expand
Feb 25, 2014I gained absolutely nothing from watching this. I completely wasting my time. I hoped it would do something interesting and new with the premise, but instead it treads the same ground, and somehow it manages to not do that properly.
Watch the original. It did it better than this.… Expand
Mar 4, 2014I saw the original first just to make a comparison and this was a really clumsy remake. All the subtleties of the original were bulldozed with obvious plot points that the original only gave away at the end. As twisted as the story is, I actually cared about the characters in the original. Spike really should have spent a little more time developing the main characters and maybe this would have worked. Really disappointed… Expand
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I had little actual sewing time this weekend, but I managed to make the narrow shoulder alteration on my muslin. The right shoulder point is higher than the left shoulder point (unsure why).
There are still annoying drag lines on the front sleeve.
Marji and assorted women rom my ofice reminded me that a fitted woven shirt won't have a ton of give. I do need to get used to that. But, it now feels tight across the neck. Below, you can see the pull lines on the top three shirt buttons. Which it may have before and I don't recall.
Look at the back neckline below. See how the fabric seems to be creeping up over my neck a little? I think this gives creedence to my having forward shoulders. And, those wrinkles at the arm… they remind me of a sloped shoulder adjustment I made last year.
And, you can see that the shoulder seam is pulling forward a bit. That could be from the shoulder adjustment (I took the excess in at the princess seams). Marji thought this might be the case last week.
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Scores of people gathered Wednesday morning at Santa Rosa Courthouse Square with one message: human trafficking is real in Sonoma County and it must be stopped.
As part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the Sonoma County Human Trafficking Task Force held a rally to not only highlight its member agencies' collaborative efforts to end trafficking, but also to bring awareness to the underreported issue.
Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch, who spoke at the event, said there has been a dramatic increase in the number of cases prosecuted. In 2011 there were 2, in 2012 there were 8 and in 2013 there have been upward of 15. "Bigger numbers means success, but there are still many cases we don't see."
"Human trafficking is human slavery – nothing short of it," Ravitch said. "And the fact we are talking about human slavery in 2014 means we have failed … and we need to succeed."
According to a report from the office of California's attorney general, from mid-2010 to mid-2012, California's nine regional human trafficking task forces identified 1,277 victims, initiated 2,552 investigations and arrested 1,798 individuals. Of those victims whose country of origin was identified, 72 percent are American.
Santa Rosa Police Department Det. Chris Mahurin, who has worked to infiltrate trafficking rings, arrest traffickers and rescue victims for the last seven years, said the average age of entry into sexual slavery is 12 to 14 and many of the victims he sees are from the United States, specifically from California, and are moved around the Bay Area by various pimps in trafficking rings. A majority of the cases Mahurin sees take place along the Highway 101 corridor in Santa Rosa, particularly on Santa Rosa Avenue.
Many of these women and girls come from abusive families or are trafficked by a family member or "boyfriend," Mahurin explained. Children who run away also fall prey to traffickers, with 90 percent of runaways approached by human traffickers within 24 hours of being on the streets.
Traffickers have moved to online advertising and Internet trafficking through sites such as Craigslist, myredbook.com or backpage.com, to sell sex. Mahurin said this marketing shift makes it harder to track down traffickers and victims without an exact physical location. "We don't know about a lot of the stuff that is going on online without a search warrant," he explained, "but you can't just get a search warrant to see what's going on, so it's a whole other layer of complexity."
As part of the task force's efforts to reduce the fear of reporting trafficking among victims, and to promote a cultural shift to remove the stigma associated with prostitution, Mahurin urged the audience to stop looking at these women as prostitutes or hookers, and rather to see them as women, children and most importantly, victims. "No woman at any age puts down a doll and says, 'When I grow up, I want to have sex with as many men as I can and be forced to do things by a man who burns me with cigarettes and hits me.'"
Ravitch added, "Twenty-seven years ago when I started (my legal career) in Oakland, these women were prostitutes. She noted how protocol at that time was to prosecute the women, often with minor punishments, and put them back on the street. "Now, 27 years later, they are victims because we understand they are being trafficked – being forced to do this."
Sonoma County's human trafficking task force includes the district attorney's office, several victim and youth advocacy groups, Santa Rosa and Petaluma police departments, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Homeland Security. Ravitch credits the task force's collaborative efforts and the unique design of the diversion program for helping so many women and children. From the law enforcement officers who pursue traffickers and rescue victims, to the advocacy groups who shelter and rehabilitate these women, the joint effort enables victims to reclaim their lives and their self esteem, focusing on mental health, food, clothing, housing and financial stability.
Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane, who represents the third district that includes most of central Santa Rosa and a portion of Rohnert Park, honored victims with a moment of silence. "This is a crime against not just a young person's body but against their very soul – and we have to help them reclaim their lives, their dignity," she said.
Alli Brinkerhoff, a sexual assault victim advocate at Verity, a Santa Rosa-based victim advocacy and intervention group, took a moment to reflect on the other side of trafficking and look at the "brothers, fathers, teachers, men in the community who are purchasing sex." Brinkerhoff said there must be a cultural shift to really put an end to trafficking. "There is a reason men in our society think a woman's body is something that can be bought."
She added she wants to see any person who purchases sex be put on a sex offender registry with letters sent to their family and friends, and have their names printed in the media. "We have to dissuade people that purchasing women or children is even a choice. … We will cut into demand by going after these consumers."
The final speaker, a woman who escaped sex slavery last year after authorities got involved in her case, offered a first-hand reminder that human trafficking does exist in the county and is far too common in the United States. She noted she had lived in 12 different states as a trafficking victim and was in constant fear of being punished by police for sex acts she was forced to do. She asked that the community take a chance to "help these girls because maybe she can be like me and help more girls and can turn herself around completely."
Other speakers included Sonoma County Sheriff's Det. Mechelle Buchignani, and Dana Bryant, executive director of Crossing the Jordan, a victim advocacy group.
Santa Rosa Avenue is not going to change overnight," Mahurin said at the end of the event. "You will still see women walking down the street scantily clad in the middle of winter, but the difference is now you will know. We are no longer ignorant that human trafficking exists in Sonoma County, we are educated."


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Dining with a 3.5 year old...
- shiro miso Apr 17, 2008 01:34 PM
Hi Everyone,
My 3.5 year old son and I are looking for places to have the *restaurant experience* in the Danforth/Leslieville/Beaches area of the city. I am looking for kid-friendly but not total garbage food. ;-)
If anyone has had good experiences in these areas with young children, please share! My son is quite well behaved, but won't sit for long periods without losing it a little bit (what 3.5 year old can?!)
Thanks all,
Shiro Miso.
Seven Numbers on the Danforth, or really any Greek spot on the Danforth. All very family friendly. And loud! But I suppose that comes with the territory. :)
Now that the weather is nicer, maybe a spot with a patio out on the street? Lots of things to watch to keep your son entertained.
Il Fornello is very kid friendly. The food is decent for what it is and you won't get any attitude from the staff for having the "nerve" to dine out with your child.
For brunch another couple and us have taken our two now-two year olds to Hello Toast and Barrio on a number of occasions. The Sunshine Cafe in the Beach is pretty accommodating as well for lunch (they are used to the mommy crowd).
Il Fornello on Queen was excellent to us the one time we were in there. Very helpful and incredibly sweet!
re: JamieK
Just thought of another one -- Ten Feet Tall is kid-friendly. Try the sweet potato frites.
Ten Feet Tall
1381 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4J, CA
Here's a recent article in Toronto Life that you might find interesting. It has some suggestions of kid-friendly (as well as kid-unfriendly) establishments: http://www.torontolife.com/features/b...
On the Danforth, I'd recommend Mezes for a kid-friendly restaurant.
re: phoenikia
Thank you all so much for your suggestions. I have been meaning to try out Ten Feet Tall forever... didn't realize they were kid - friendly.
re: shiro miso
I live in the Beaches and we regularly take our two and a half year old to The Beacher Cafe -- Queen and Maclean. It is very kid-friendly and the servers are all about getting things to the table as quickly as they can manage and it is usually quite full with families and kids.
Food is standard brunch fare - my son like the kid's order of French toast and the waffles. They have a narrow outdoor seating area that would be great on a weekday.
re: shiro miso
TFT is definitely very kid-friendly in attitude. My only concern is that the food can take a while, especially if they are busy. I suggest ordering the sweet potato fries for your son to nibble on as soon as you sit down.
Three's Company have always been friendly to us at brunch. Euro Crepe Cafe is casual, but they really get it there, they make my kid's crepe first.
re: julesrules
To add to the chorus of comments - we've taken our 17 month old to Melanie's and 10 Feet Tall about 6 times in the past month - both places are very baby friendly!
Am I right in thinking you would likely go earlier in the evening? If so, that always makes places easier for kids before the 8:00 crowds turn up. But in my circle of friends the places we have frequented with kids are below:
Lil' Baci
892 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4M1J3, CA
401 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4K1P1, CA
Paul's Spaghetti
488 Cosburn Ave, Toronto, ON M4J2N5, CA
New York Cafe
757 Broadview Ave, Toronto, ON M4K2P6, CA
456 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4K1P4, CA
Three's Company
673 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4J, CA
Just wanted to add Quattro Ragazze to your kid-friendly list. Family owned and operated and they love children. On the Danforth about a block and half east of Coxwell.
Quattro 4 Ragazze
1792 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4C1H8, CANADA
re: peppermint pate
TFT has one or two high chairs (and, IIRC, a change table in the women's restroom). Three's Co. has at least one. Euro Crepe Cafe has a few. I have found that more restaurants have them than I expected.
re: julesrules
Thanks for all the info, julesrules - I'm often surprised with how many places DON'T have high chairs (and as a twin mom, I need a pair!). I think I'll start a separate thread on baby-friendly places around town but I'll read the Toronto Life article first.
re: peppermint pate
Hmm two high chairs can be an issue at some places! We actually purchased a portable folding chair that hooks onto tables and find that pretty handy (Phil and Ted's makes a similar one). www.weewelcome.ca has a section where people rate baby facilities at various restaurants and stores, but it is heavy on chains and seemed to be down when I checked yesterday.
TFT was actually featured by weewelcome as a baby-friendly place, even before that I had the definite impression, from the staff's attitude, that they really want to attract families.
re: julesrules
Thanks - yes, 2 chairs can be hard - even places that have chairs typically only have 3 or 4 at best and if they're baby-friendly, the chances for us to snag 2 are limited. I know the Phil and Ted's chair that you mean and I think we're going to get ones like that. I once went on to the weewelcome site but it seemed to be pages and pages of chains so I didn't bother. I've been meaning to check out TFT for some time now - pre-kids in fact! - and with all the recent endorsements, it's definitely high on my list. Thanks again!
re: peppermint pate
Those chairs are overall great but sometimes there are balance issues with tippy tables, ie. you might have to put them across from each other rather than side-by-side.
re: Village Mama
Hmm, I forgot about Michelangelo's. Good call. Haven't been in a while but the veal picata was great there.
1910 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M4L2C1, CA
HAving been through this (twice) on the Danforth, I would add:
Bibiche Bistro
Aji Sai
Danforth Dragon
Mong-Kut Thai
Avli (I think this was mentioned)
This ranges from lower to medium end, but I have to emphasize that so much depends on the child, as I'm sure you understand. In principal, I would say that most places would be OK, as long the child doesn't disturb other diners. We were ALWAYS prepared to leave if necessary. Fortunately we have two great kids who rarely had issues at that age and it happended maybe twice.
re: bluedog
We were at Relish last night (Danforth one block east of Woodbine) and had a great great meal - and they have 1 high chair and 1 booster.....


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The year is 2085, two decades after the great economic collapse that destroyed Western civilization. With its power broken and its cities ruined, life in the West continues in scattered communities. In rural Dorset Jake Reed lives with his 14-year-old son and memories of the great collapse. Back in '43, Jake was a rich, young futures broker, immersed in the datascape of the world's financial markets. He saw what was coming - and who was behind it. Forewarned, he was one of the few to escape the fall. For 22 years he has lived in fear of the future, and finally it is coming - quite literally - across the plain towards him. Chinese airships are in the skies and a strange, glacial structure has begun to dominate the horizon. Jake finds himself forcibly incorporated into the ever-expanding 'World of Levels' a global city of some 34 billion souls, where social status is reflected by how far above the ground you live. Here, under the rule of the mighty Tsao Ch'un, a resurgent China is seeking to abolish the past and bring about world peace through rigidly enforced order. But a civil war looms, and Jake will find himself at the heart of the struggle for the future.
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Question: How did your
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and sticking with it. For me, it was about character. If a character
trait was interesting, how do I get it into what I'm trying to tell?
And try to have the true essences.
Dakota said she was looking forward to the scene when she sings "Cherry
FS: She was really excited about it. It was so great to see, because
I actually held her back in previous performance scenes. I didn't want
her to come across as too confident [yet] and she was probably waiting
and waiting for that scene.
Were there any conflicts about what you wanted to do artistically,
what Joan or Cherie wanted to see, factually?
FS: No, I mean, they both read the script, and maybe had some
to talk about. It's a film, it's not a documentary. For me, it was
a story about the two of them, and not focusing on too much of what
happened on the outside. You can get distracted.
What are the things that are timeless in this story? This movie speaks
to a lot of people, whether they ever heard of Joan
Jett and The Runaways or not.
FS: For me, it was important to do a coming-of-age story. That time
when you're 15 and finding your identity. You're in your body, feeling,
and other people are reacting to you. You're changing, confused, your
hormones are going crazy. That's what I loved about the music, too.
That era was very apropos to the story because it was very physical
and primal.
Joan Jett or Kristen Stewart? It's Stewart getting primal.
After The Runaways kicked down the door for all-girl bands in hard rock,
no one really followed with the same level of success. People cite the
Bangles and the Go-Go's, but they were not rock bands. What happened
to the revolution?
FS: No, it's not really the same. The Runaways owned it. They owned
their sexuality – it was a very hard, aggressive rock. I don't think
it's happened [since]. It's never blown up. Hopefully this will help
a little bit. It feels a little like 2001.
AE: Joan Jett is still out
there, doing what she loves. But she doesn't have a lot of company.
FS: I know. I know Joan feels that way, too. She's still committed,
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EMC blows CIFS benchmark away
EMC has blown a CIFS benchmark away with a result 2.7 times better than the previous record, but why is it bothering? The only other suppliers on the list are Apple, Fujitsu and Silicon Graphics. The benchmark is the SPECsfs2008 CIFS file access benchmark. There is a similar benchmark for NFS which is much more popular in terms …
This is actually rather bad for EMC
Using a setup that large and then yielding only three time the performance is not exactly something I would shop around.
I mean, how much was the Apple setup? 30k USD?
How much for the DMX? 3M USD?
Don't compare NFS vs CIFS results
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...and returned a throughput score of 18,784, 2.36 times less than the CIFS throughput score. As a crude comparison, let's suppose then that the EMC Celerra Gateway NS-8 set-up above would score proportionately the same in the NFS benchmark.
From the SPEC website referenced in the article:
SPECsfs2008 results may only be compared to other SPECsfs2008 results for the same protocol. SPECsfs2008_cifs and SPECsfs2008_nfs.v3 are not comparable because they are generated using completely different workloads.
So, no, it's not a crude comparison. You can't just do maths and assume that the platforms perform identically with different protocols. Because none do. NFS (2/3) are much simpler protocols than CIFS and it can show on the throughputs on devices that support both (natively). Where non-native CIFS emulation (e.g. Samba) is involved I'd expect the difference to be orders of magnitude different.
Craptastic Implosive Failure System
So much fun running SMB, nevermind the fancy rebranding shuffle. It doesn't perform, never did, never will, and is so full of holes that exposing it to the wider internet ensures that installing a new windows box gets infected within 15 minutes on average, or well before it can download and install the requisite patches, nevermind the required rebooting a couple of times.
If that's all EMC can beat, then that isn't exactly worth a press release, unless they believe that any news at all must be good news.
Re: Don't compare NFS vs CIFS results
Couldn't agree more. These sorts of "leaps" of mathematics always smack of people who have never been involved in any real testing. It's one thing to make a leap within a single product or a vendor's line of products. It's another to assume that because one vendor saw a particular result, others will be the same.
I'm a big fan, El Reg. But this is the worst analysis ever.
Epic Fail.
EMC have posted a SPEC SFS2008 NFS Number
See http://www.spec.org/sfs2008/results/sfs2008nfs.html
As far as I can tell it is the same configuration they used for their CIFS number. And interestingly it seems does not suffer the same differential between CIFS and NFS performance that Apple does.
Apple's number is surprising - given that OS X is based on BSD I would have expected it to do better with NFS than CIFS, not the other way around.
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