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Clarisonic Mia
1048 reviews
79% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.4
Price: $$$$
Package Quality: 4.4
Price: $$$$
on 11/25/2014 1:58:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
So, my skin. It's oily, acne prone, and was just a mess when i got this. I was breaking out all over in whiteheads and cystic blemishes. But this? It's a god send for my skin. Honestly, I had my doubts about this product. It seemed too good to be true. But I've been using it for a little over a year now, and I can honestly say my skin has done a complete 180. I rarely break out anymore, and can go comfortably in just a light layer of bb cream, whereas before i had to wear a full face or I'd feel totally insecure. The price of this is more than I'd like to spend, especially with the brush heads costing extra every few months, but I love this product to death. It really makes my skin feel clean, soft, and smooth. If you haven't tried this, I really reccommend you do. Within a week my skin looked dramatically better, and I didn't experience an initial breakout like I thought I would.
on 11/23/2014 12:29:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
Purchased this brush with my very first paycheque a couple years back and it's still doing me wonders to this day. It cleans and exfoliates (yes it exfoliates! so be wary of this when choosing to use an exfoliant after having cleansed with this brush) and makes your face feel squeaky clean. I wouldn't recommend using this brush everyday though, especially on more sensitive and younger skin since it could exfoliate/cleanse too much of the natural oils on your face, resulting in more acne and dry skin.
on 11/4/2014 9:28:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
After using the MIA 2 for 9 months, I have to say, I can't live w/o it. I just don't feel clean anymore not cleaning my face with it. It's like going back to a normal toothbrush to brush your teeth after you've used an electronic one.
Skin is def better, feels cleaner, does not dry skin and best of all, no break outs.
The only CON is the price of the device and especially those brush heads. At $27 a pop and replacement every 3 months, it can be costly. I've replaced it twice with the original and on the third replacement, I purchased a non brand brush head on Amazon at $15 for 2 by Procizion procizion.com and they work just like the originals. I understand the device is expensive and I can live with the one time payment but I refuse to be enslaved by Clarisonic with their pricey brush head replacements.
Overall, I'm real happy with my purchase and I highly recommend it to those who want beautiful skin. If you are looking for an alternative, check out the Olay. I have that too and it's also good but I prefer the Carisonic MIA 2.
on 11/1/2014 12:48:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Green
I love, love, LOVE my Clarisonic Mia. I travel a lot so the smaller size is super handy, and it keeps my skin clean, soft, blemish, and flake free completely. I don't use the brands face wash, instead I use Neutrogena Stay Clear (which I've been using for years). I was using the sensitive brush head for a while, quite gentle, but have now switched to the normal on and it works great.
on 10/29/2014 5:18:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm
Hair: Blond, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I loved this for the first month or so. But then my skin started to get very spotty. Once I stopped using it my skin was fine again. Started using again recently and hey! I have spots again. To much exfoliation I think...
Oh, and now it doesn't turn on :(
on 10/29/2014 5:12:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I love my Clearisonic, I've been using mine for almost a year and I use it daily. I can't imagine being without it. It cleans my clogged pores, exfoliates my dry patches and helps with my acne prone skin. This is super deep cleaning. My recommendation is to start with the sensitive brush head and move up from there based on your needs. The brush head definitely makes all the difference.
on 10/27/2014 7:34:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Love, Love, Love my clarisonic. LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What more can I say? I just cannot imagine not using this at night to cleanse my skin. I have had a clarisonic Mia for probably 4-5 years. I got it when my skin just first started going haywire after a lifetime of very easy going skIn. I recently got a new Mia because mine started acting funky, and I didn't want to be caught without it the night it finally would not turn on. I am impressed that my original lasted as long as it did because I have used in daily since I got it . My new one came with a sensitive skin brush(I had always just used the normal head). This brush is phenomenal and definitely cleanses and exfoliates, so I will stick with the sensitive version from now on, since my skin is after all indeed sensitive.
The difference between the Mia and the larger one (as far as I know) is that the larger one has a timer built in for each section of your face, and maybe different speeds?
I didn't care so much about those things so the little Mia seems fine to me. I have worked very hard on my skin over the past few years, and have done lots of research on keeping skin healthy and young looking. I totally credit this little gadget with helping me to clear my skin, and probably has helped with wrinkles too because of the gentle exfoliation every night. You will see a difference in your skin with continued use of this(and a good skincare ritual)
The clarisonic brush is the best of the best for a great skin care routine!!! In addition to helping skin stay clear, I believe it to be great for anti aging as well.
(Remember to wash off the brush head, disconnect and dry after each use so your machine stays clean, and replace the brush every three months!
on 10/10/2014 12:09:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Green
I like this a lot. I was going to get the cheaper Olay version but when I saw that it is not rechargeable, I changed my mind. There's nothing more annoying than having to replace batteries.
So I went to Ulta and got this because my skin has been looking really rough, dirty, and uneven recently.
This device really cleans out my pores and that's amazing since nothing ever works for me. I use it after the Aztec Clay Mask and it smooths out everything.
I have no reactions like some people described. I have noticed two new zits on my chin but that's where my pores were really clogged and I get zits there once in a great while, but nowhere else on my face.
I really like it and hope it outlives the warranty.
on 10/8/2014 12:17:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This Clarisonic Mia does not work for me at all. I've tried it for a year at least 3 times in different seasons because of the fab reviews, and it always keeps breaking me out like crazy and doing more harm than good! I'm disappointed, since I already bought a different set of brushes, thinking of changing them more often to assure my facial skin keeps always clean. I don't understand how you can even remove your thick foundation with this brush to clean your skin, and then keep using the same brush the next morning to exfoliate and theoretically clean and improve the condition of your face! No... it does not work for me, sorry... but I wish it worked as it is not cheap and it sits on my bathroom... (I'd suggest to do a nano-Mia, by the way, as this one is not small at all, in my opinion). It looks that other companies are starting to market similar appliances though...see how it goes! To conclude, I would not repurchase nor recommend.
on 10/8/2014 9:01:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Very Dry, Medium Brown, Warm
Hair: Black, Other, Fine
Eyes: Black
i've used the mia for about 3 years now i believe and we definitely had honeymoon phase where for a month i used it everydayy and noticed my skin looked fab. my skin is very dry and for as long as i could remember i'd have flaky skin around my nose..vaseline at night helped a bit but by the end of the day after waiting for busses in the cold and walking from class to class my flaky nose would show up under my foundation.
so for a month i used the mia everyday and i did not experience dry flaky skin even once!!! but than i fell off it a bit i think because i became a bit lazy and other exfoliant type products caught my eye and i didn't want to overdo it. tbh, i know i'm going to sound lazy here but i hate cleaning this thing. like just washing it and keeping antibacterial soap handy and remembering to not let it sit around in the damp shower for too long..ugh..i know it sounds obsessed but i'd be really grossed out if i ever saw any mildew and whatnot.
so after a year i began using this again probably everyday as opposed to twice a day. after that i noticed an increase in breakouts and realized my skin was probably too thin now and this was overkill. now i have gotten down to a nice rhythm of 1-2 times a week. for my thin/sensitive/dry skin this works nicely. does it clean better than ur own hands? yes. will it brighten or even out skin. yes..but i think any exfoliant would.. does it keep skin clear? yes, but ymmv. if you have sensitive skin it can have the opposite effect. i would definitely repurchase forever, for me it is an essential part of my routine and good for all busy ladies. (and men)
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The Kronprinsparets Fond (Crown Prince Couple's Fund), in cooperation with Universal Music, will release a Christmas album titled "Vi tenner våre lykter" (We light our lamps) on November 14, 2011, to raise money for disadvantaged young people. It contains traditional carols, as well as newly written songs, which will be performed by young Norwegian artists. Those are Ida Jenshus, Gunhild Sundli, Thomas Dybdahl, Moddi, Samsaya, Marit Larsen & Garness, Ingrid … Continue readingPosted in Norwegian Royals | Tagged Christmas, Crown Prince and Princess' Humanitarian Fund, Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Music, Patronage | Leave a comment
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May 7, 2009 2
The Malakand Division War Begins
The nation of Pakistan begins its greatest test in decades as Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani declared war against takfiri terrorists in the Malakand Division in a national address this evening.
Gilani called on Pakistanis to unite behind their army and government in a war to "completely eliminate" militants who have reaped havoc and death in the once tranquil greater Swat area.
The prime minister's speech is part of an aggressive public relations campaign by the Pakistani state to rally public support for a full-fledged war against the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan in Swat. The campaign centers around using Islam to de-legitimize the militants.
Around a week ago, a news anchor close to the military-intelligence establishment read the following Qur'anic verses — unprecedented on his program — at the end of a segment on Swat:
And when it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "We are only peacemakers."
Verily! They are the ones who make mischief, but they perceive not.
(Surah al-Baqarah, Ayat 11 & 12)
Immediately, I realized that the verses were probably offered to him by elements of the state security apparatus and signaled the start of a campaign to take away the Islamic legitimacy of the takfiri terrorists.
Today, the Pakistani government began airing public service announcements on private and government television channels, broadcasting the same Qur'anic verses. As the bullets and mortars fly and hundreds of thousands flee their homes, the war of ideas begins.
Islamic scholars from all backgrounds — Ahl-e Hadis, Barelvi, Deobandi, Jafri (Twelver Shia), modernist, and Islamist — including Muhammad Rafi Usmani, Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, and Khalid Masud, have come on television to speak out against the violent methodology of the militants and their campaign of terror against Pakistanis.
Generations ago, four young men told the Muslims of India: "The issue is now or never. Either we live [and establish Pakistan] or perish for ever."
Pakistan faces the same choice today: to live or perish forever.
There is no question as to how the takfiri terrorists will respond. The will begin hitting Pakistani cities tomorrow. The battlefield will not be contained to the Malakand Division.
But as for the Pakistani people, we will learn of their decision — and fate — soon.


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Mew2King, commonly known as M2K, is an American smasher from Cinnaminson, New Jersey who is currently residing in Phoenix, Arizona. He started playing competitively and attending tournaments in 2005 for Melee and 2008 for Brawl, and has worked up a reputation of being one of the best Melee and Brawl players in the world due to his great chaingrabbing, camping, and comboing skills, as well as his extremely technical and intelligent play style, earning him the nickname The Robot. Worldwide, he is widely considered to be the best Melee Sheik player, the 2nd best Melee Marth player, one of the top Melee Fox players, one of the two best Melee Mewtwo players, and one of the best Brawl Meta Knight players. Mew2King was also considered one of the best King Dedede players when he played him shortly after Brawl's release (whom he still uses along with Falco in MK-banned tournaments). He was ranked 3rd on both the discontinued Smash Panel Power Rankings and SSBPD, was ranked 1st on the discontinued North Atlantic Regional Power Rankings, was ranked 1st on the discontinued Tristate Melee Power Rankings, was formerly ranked 1st on both the SoCal Project M and Smash 4 Power Rankings (right below ZeRo on the latter, who held the 0 spot), and currently ranked 2nd on the Tristate Brawl Power Rankings. He is also ranked 15th on the unfinished Smash 64 ELO Rating, was voted 3rd best player in 2013 by panelists on the 2013 SSBM Player Rankings, and was voted 4th on the 2014 SSBM Player Rankings.
Mew2King was a major threat in Melee's tournament scene in the years before Brawl's release, consistently placing in the money at nationals. In the first few years of Brawl's lifespan, Mew2King dominated the national scene, rarely losing sets in tournaments, and remains one of the best players in both Melee and Brawl to date. During late 2013, after years of not winning a major Melee tournament, Mew2King went on a winning streak which saw him win The Big House 3 as well as almost every other singles event he entered, taking sets off of players who he had seldom defeated in that recent time, including Mango, Hungrybox, and PPMD. This is commonly referred to as "The Return of the King".
Mew2King made many important discoveries about Melee on his own by testing several aspects of the game. This includes character weight, falling speed, attack knockback, priority, game physics, and so on. He stores this information here as a repository for Melee statistics, which, to this day, many casual and professional Smashers refer to alike for more information about their character's data and inner workings. Because of this, Mew2King is able to play the majority of the cast at a high level, exemplifying this by beating Mango in two 26-character battles at Smash the Record, having only had to use five characters the first time, and 15 characters the second time.
Playing Style[edit]
Mew2King is arguably the best defensive player in the world. He has one of the if not the best power-shields in the game. He usually waits for an opponent to make a mistake, and lands ridiculous punishes, which tend to lead to death. Mew2King also has the best edge-guard game, and has consistently defeated top spacies mains. He also has outstanding reading abilities, able to predict where an opponent will tech and punish accordingly. On the other hand, Mew2King's neutral game is one of his weak points.
Notable tournament placings[edit]
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]
Project M[edit]
Super Smash Bros.[edit]
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]
Bracket manipulation controversies[edit]
Mew2King has been accused of harming the progression of multiple tournaments in the past, with much of the controversy focusing on three bracket manipulation infractions in Brawl tournaments:
In response to some of these splitting controversies, Mew2King has stated that he was either in a poor mood during the tournament sets, or that he agreed to split because splitting was extremely common at the time, with him believing that splitting money was considered acceptable behaviour; he has stated that he was also not aware that the MLG's ruleset banned splitting.
Revival of Melee 5[edit]
After some time without major controversy from bracket manipulation, Mew2King caused a significant stir-up at Revival of Melee 5's Melee singles event. Assuming that Dave's modified stupid rule was in effect, as it was with most other tournaments during that year, he counterpicked Final Destination, a stage he had already won on, for his game 5 against Unknown522 in Winners' Semis. After M2K won the match, Unknown expressed his skepticism to the TO, Alukard, who ruled that game 5 was to be replayed. Unknown proceeded to win the replay, leading to the following chain of events:
While this controversy started with Mew2King's mistake in his stage counterpick, it is not considered entirely his fault. Many place the majority of the blame on Alukard for forcing the players to replay the match, and some on Unknown for not checking the rule until after the game.
Public image since 2013[edit]
CLASH Tournaments, a Tristate located gaming team, sponsored Mew2King in around a time when his actions were particularly infamous among the community, mostly in the form of various, embarrassing "Mew2King stories" which were almost never true or greatly exaggerated. The most notorious of these stories were circulated around the time of his trip to Japan to participate in the Sun Rise Tournament, where numerous bloggers reported false or exaggerated information about Mew2King's conduct that ended up staining his reputation. After sponsorship, the public's view of his attitude has improved dramatically, making him a much more respectable figure in the community than he had been before. Many players cite to have found a new faith or respect for him after air time on CLASH Tournament's stream of Collision VI on January 5th, where he commentated two exhibition sets at the end of the tournament with fellow caster Keitaro. Many newer players in the community have also said that unlike most other top-ranked smashers, he is willing to take the time to play friendlies with anyone, even the weaker players, despite being requested to do so frequently. He has also helped players of all levels improve their technique, including top professionals such as Hax and Armada, and publicizes their accomplishments. His tournament placements since then have also gone up, especially in Melee.
Mew2King, in response to the rumors and criticism that he has received, has also been actively working to improve his personality, taking in feedback while also admitting flaws that he had displayed in the past[2]. This was later demonstrated by a publicized incident in 2014; after the Japanese release of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Mew2King shipped his Nintendo 3DS to an unofficial craftsman as to install a capture device on it, as to allow for Mew2King to record footage of himself for video sharing sites like YouTube and Twitch. After receiving non-functional units two times, Mew2King immediately lashed out against the craftsman, demanding that they fix his system free of charge, and also demanding that they send him seven free systems, under the belief that he had lost significant revenue in his YouTube and Twitch channels from being unable to record footage of the new game[3] [4]. After significant community backlash against his poor conduct, Mew2King later admitted his immaturity in the exchange, and apologised to the craftsman for his behaviour[5], stating that he was blinded by his anger and was convinced by one of his friends to demand compensation.
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- New Jersey smashers
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- Kirby professionals (SSB)
- Marth professionals (SSBM)
- Fox professionals (SSBM)
- Sheik professionals (SSBM)
- Peach professionals (SSBM)
- Meta Knight professionals (SSBB)
- Mewtwo professionals (SSBM)
- Roy professionals (SSBM)
- King Dedede professionals (SSBB)
- Captain Falcon professionals (SSBM)
- Falco professionals (SSBB)
- Jigglypuff professionals (SSBM)
- Fox professionals (PM)
- Mewtwo professionals (PM)
- Mario professionals (PM)
- Marth professionals (PM)
- Donkey Kong professionals (PM)
- Sheik professionals (PM)
- Falco professionals (PM)
- Peach professionals (PM)
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Justin Bieber's baby mama drama seems like it's only going to get worse before it gets better. Though really, does baby mama drama ever get any better than this? In the portion of her Insider interview airing tonight, Mariah Yeater, the woman claiming the Biebs is the father of her child, breaks down crying and has to leave the studio when asked if any of her fellow concert goers can verify her claims. Hmmm, sobbing when asked a direct question about her extremely serious allegations? That's what we would call, "not a great sign."
Meanwhile, Justin Bieber's DNA test is scheduled for two weeks from now, once the singer returns from his European promotional tour for his #1 album Under The Mistletoe. "I can confirm that the team has proactively made arrangements for Justin to be tested upon his return and we're going to hold everyone who is involved responsible," Bieb's rep Matthew Hiltzik told MTV News yesterday. Meanwhile, one of Yeater's lawyers Jeffrey Leving visited Lifechanges with Dr. Drew on Tuesday to explain how they tried to settle the matter out of court, before deciding to file a lawsuit when Justin's camp wouldn't reply. Hopefully the upcoming paternity test will clear up this whole sloppy mess, because, from what we've seen, there is no way Yeater could handle taking the stand.
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Food Relationships among Organisms
What is Photosynthesis?
Meaning of Herbivores
Meaning of Carnivores
Meaning of Omnivores
Meaning of Scavengers
The most important interaction shared by all the organisms in the community is food-getting.
Populations in the community may be divided into three groups according to their way of getting food.
The main source of energy for all the living things in the community is the sun. Most plants have a green coloring in their leaves called chlorophyll. Because of chlorophyll, plants can use the energy from the sun to make food in a process called photosynthesis (from photo which means "light" and synthesi which means "to put together"). Because plants can make their own food, they are called the producers in the community. Some kinds of bacteria and the algae are also organisms that can make food. They are also called producers.
Other living things in the community that do not have chlorophyll depend on producers for food. They are the consumers. People, animals, and other living organisms are consumers of food. Consumers can be grouped into four, according to the type of food that they eat.
Consumers that eat plants only are called herbivores. Grasshoppers, rabbits, cows, goats, zebras and other grazing animals are examples of herbivores.
Consumers that only eat meat of other animals are called carnivores. Tigers, lions, sharks, and hawks.
Consumers such as bears, human beings, and raccoons, eat both plants and meat of animals. They are called omnivores.
Animals that feed on dead animals are called scavengers. These kinds of consumers do not hunt other animals by themeselve. They just eat leftovers of other animals. Vultures and some bottom dwellers in the ocean are examples of scavengers.
When plants and animals in the community die, their bodies are acted upon by the organisms of decay. The dead bodies are broken down into simple substances which can be used by other organisms in the environment. These kinds of organisms are called decomposers. Microorganisms like fungi and bacteria are examples of decomposers.
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Man escapes from local work release
HUNTINGTON — Authorities are searching for a convicted burglar, who escaped late Sunday from the state's Huntington Work Release Center.
Thomas Dunn, 41, was at the facility completing a sentence out of Mercer County, in southern West Virginia. It stemmed from a conviction on three counts daytime burglary and a single count obtaining money by false pretenses, according to a release from the agency.
Dunn was working at a Shoney's restaurant in Huntington. The supervisor contacted Work Release at midnight advising Dunn had not returned from taking out garbage. Dunn was last seen at 11:30 p.m. Sunday.
Dunn is described as 239 pounds and 5-feet, 9-inches in height. He has multiple tattoos including a cross at his right eye, a teardrop at his left eye, the word "Patsy" on his right forearm and "Mickeymouse" with flames on the left forearm.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
The St. Johns Cavaliers improved to 7-1 on the season with three big wins against Charleston Collegiate and Faith Christian.
Luke Hutto fired a one-hit shutout and helped his own cause with a two-run homer as the Cavs swept a doubleheader from Charleston Charter School 11-0 and 6-3.
Hutto allowed just one hit over five innings to pick up the shutout and improve to 2-1 on the season.
In the nightcap, Dustin Parsons two hits and three RBIs powered the Cavaliers to a 6-3 win. Hunter Singletary allowed three runs on four hits in picking up his second win of the season.
Against Faith Christian, SJCA made it three straight for the week after a walkoff single by Singletary. Parsons improved to 3-0, scattering three hits in the complete game win.
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Maine Plays First Women's Basketball Game of 2013 at VCU Tuesday
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The Black Bears boast reigning Rookie of the Week, Liz Wood, who notched her second double-double of the year with 11 points and 10 boards in a loss at Towson. Maine is looking to stop an eight-game losing skid before beginning conference play on Saturday.
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• The free mobile dental clinic will be in Sanford today and tomorrow to care for underprivileged and uninsured local residents. For eligibility screening and appointments, call Helping Hand Clinic at (919) 776-4359.
• Chatham Central High School graduation will be held at 7 p.m. at the stadium.
• Overhills High School graduation will be held at 3 p.m. at Campbell University's John W. Pope Convocation Center.
• Triton High School graduation will be held at 7 p.m. at Campbell University's John W. Pope Convocation Center.
• As part of the Southern Pines "Wide Open" festivities during the U.S. Open golf championships, The Arts Council of Moore County and Southern Pines Recreation & Park Department will offer a free concert by the U.S. Army Ground Forces Concert Band at 6:30 p.m., followed by a showing of Disney's "Frozen" at 8 p.m., at Downtown Park, 145 S.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Attendees are welcome to bring their own blankets or chairs; concessions will be available for purchase. No alcohol is permitted in the park. For additional information, contact Emma Guthrie at (910) 692-7376 or firstname.lastname@example.com, or Chris Dunn at (910) 692-ARTS (2787) or firstname.lastname@example.com.
• BelFlex Staffing Network, in partnership with PNC Bank, will hold a drive-through job fair from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Walmart parking lot behind the Chick-fil-A. The event is particularly for those seeking jobs as maintenance mechanics, stand-up forklift drivers, production workers, injection molding workers and HR coordinators. Call (919) 718-0403 to learn more.
• The Sanford Farmer's Market will be held from 9 a.m.–noon at Depot Park in downtown Sanford. All products are locally grown or hand-crafted, and credit, debit and SNAP EBT are welcome. Follow the market on facebook for bi-weekly updates of what's in season, recipes and more at www.facebook.com/pages/Sanford-Farmers-Market/219549214730985, call (919) 343-8440 or email email@example.com.
• The Powerade State Games of North Carolina will open with registration at 8:30 a.m. at Deep River Sporting Clays, 284 Cletus Hall Road, Sanford. The entry fee is $65. This year's event will consist of a 100-target National Sporting Clays Association-registered event shot over 13 fields, NSCA Rules will be in effect. NSCA members will compete for medals in their class and concurrent class. Non-NSCA members will shoot in an open class with class winners receiving medals determined by the Lewis Class System of classification. Activities begin at 9:30 a.m., and the last shooter must be on the course by 1 p.m. Call (919) 774-7080 to learn more.
• The free mobile dental clinic will be in Sanford to care for underprivileged and uninsured local residents. For eligibility screening and appointments, call Helping Hand Clinic at (919) 776-4359.
• In honor of National Get Outdoors Day, Kids in Parks and Raven Rock State Park will celebrate the grand opening of the Raven Rock State Park TRACK Trail. Attendees will meet at 10 a.m. in the picnic area parking lot for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and free kids' prizes and refreshments, followed by a ranger-guided hike. The trail follows the American Beech Trail, a half-mile loop that features signs about the local trees and is great for young children. Those wishing for a longer adventure may choose to connect to the 2.6 mile Raven Rock loop, which features an overlook on the Cape Fear River and an offshoot to the iconic Raven Rock.
• A grand opening celebration will be held from 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. at the new Dairy Queen, located at the 2204 Jefferson Davis Highway Kangaroo Express store in Sanford. There will be raffles from various businesses, a Victory Junction Organization prize raffle, kid bike raffles and more.
• Northwood High School graduation will be held at 1 p.m. at UNC-Chapel Hill's Carmichael Arena.
• Jordan-Matthews High School graduation will be held at 10 a.m. at the stadium.
• Western Harnett High School graduation will be held at 10 a.m. at Campbell University's John W. Pope Convocation Center.
• Harnett Central High School graduation will be held at 2 p.m. at Campbell University's John W. Pope Convocation Center.
• Rogue Alpha Rush, a 5K Mud Run benefiting the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, will begin at 8 a.m. (gates open) at 5724 Swanns Station Road, Sanford. At 9 a.m., the first wave of runners will begin, and additional rounds of challengers will be allowed to begin the course every 15-20 minutes. The last round of challengers will start the race at 1:30 p.m. To learn more, see www.rarush.com.
• Temple Theatre will present the Saints and Sinners Comedy Tour at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.), at 120 Carthage St., Sanford. The tour features Matthew Lumpkin and Patrick Jolle, mixing the mainstream, working man's material of Lumpkin with Jolle's ego-boosted flair. The comics wrap up every show with their duo segment, in which Jolle rejoins Lumpkin on stage and the two showcase their talents in a verbal contest of camaraderie and wit. General admission tickets are $15. Military, police, firefighters and Lee County Schools employees get half off. Call the box office at (919) 774-4155 or see www.templeshows.com to order.
• The Eleven Bar East Ranch Saddle Series, presented by Eleven Bar East Ranch and Parker Arena, will be held at noon (sign-up at 11 a.m.) at. Eleven Bar East Ranch, 2805 Lower Moncure Road, Sanford. Membership is $25, but not required to rope. Stalls and camper hookups are available; call Chad Shepherd at (813) 477-4740 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. USTRC and METRA numbers will be used; management has the right to reclassify anyone.
• Jazz fans and families are invited to the third annual Paul Montgomery Memorial Father's Day Jazz Concert at 6:30 p.m. at the Raleigh Little Theatre Scottie Stevenson Amphitheatre. The concert is dedicated to the memory of Paul Montgomery, a longtime musician in the Raleigh area and beloved "Uncle Paul" of WRAL. The concert will bring together student and veteran jazz musicians to play tunes from "Uncle Paul's" favorite repertoire. Paul's daughter, Kathy Montgomery Gelb, will be the featured vocalist, plus the Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra and the Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble, which are directed by his son-in-law, Gregg Gelb. Special guests will be the Second Line Stompers, a New Orleans-style jazz ensemble, including players who used to play in groups with Uncle Paul. In addition, the Second Line Stompers will be giving a free workshop on jazz for the students. Ticket information for the June 15 concert is available at the Raleigh Little Theatre website —http://raleighlittletheatre.org/events/jazz.html.


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He's the type to lose a fight with a dyke
They don't laugh cause you're whack, they laugh cause you're white with a mic
You're a laughing stock
But when the laughter stop, when you and Everlast
Bitch ass get popped
You a wigger that invented rhymes for money
Watch Lil' Tic spit, kick, the energizer Bunny
Rip the Rabbit head off, toss it to Hugh Hefner
Cuz I don't play boy, now tell me who's fresher (You ARE!)
Lil' T, that's right, cock the heat and shoot ya
I'll punish Rabbit, or obsolete Future
My paws love to maul an MC
Cause he's faker than a psychic with caller ID
So that bullshit, save it for storage
Cause this is hip hop, you don't belong you're a tourist
So put ya hockey stick and baseball bat away
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RE: The Lorax - Firefly - 09-14-2011 07:50 PM
isn't this movie in 3D
RE: The Lorax - angiecakes1990 - 09-14-2011 11:28 PM
it is a 3D movie lol but seeing it in 3D hope not the seeing 3D movies in 3D suck
RE: The Lorax - Fearless - 09-15-2011 06:58 AM
i heard it's also imax...it's actually the first ever dr seuss movie in imax 3D...but im going to watch this in normal theatres...
RE: The Lorax - angiecakes1990 - 09-15-2011 02:27 PM
RE: The Lorax - mirandagirl - 09-15-2011 05:33 PM
2D and 3D, you can see it as either.
RE: The Lorax - Fearless - 09-16-2011 05:51 AM
3D sickens me and i swore, i wont watch any 3D movies anymore....
it seems like the trailer is still far away lol
RE: The Lorax - mirandagirl - 09-16-2011 12:53 PM
I like 3D occasionally, but not all the time.
RE: The Lorax - Firefly - 09-16-2011 10:08 PM
i've never seen a movie in 3d
is it really that bad
RE: The Lorax - angiecakes1990 - 09-16-2011 11:29 PM
^^ trust me it sucks
i seen toy story 3 in 3D and trust me 3D sucks in theatres
3D was way better back in the 90s i remember i did a dinosaur game at sega world and 3D was the bomb i remember my bro put his hand out trying to touch the dinosaur lol
RE: The Lorax - Firefly - 09-17-2011 12:33 AM
oh wow lol!


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Chad Abshire
Staff Writer
GILBERT — In an effort to help better the area, one local organization is offering assistance in education.
The Strong Through Our Plan (STOP) Coalition will offer free GED tutoring classes to the public beginning Monday, April 1.
The classes will be held twice a week at the STOP offices in Gilbert, next to the Gilbert post office, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays.
"Our goal is to increase access to needed services in our communities," Lara Fox, STOP's Executive Director, said. "Education is not only a step in substance abuse recovery, but a cornerstone for anyone to be successful."
The GED tutoring classes are made possible by a technology grant from Chad Pennington's 1st and 10 Foundation.
For more information, call the STOP offices at (304) 664-3986.


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Updated: 07/16/2013 3:35 PM KSTP.com By: Joe Mazan
Aaron Schaffhausen was sentenced Monday, July 15.
What's next for Aaron Schaffhausen?
His first stop is the Dodge Correctional Institute in Wisconsin, where he'll undergo medical and mental health tests.
He'll likely be sent to a maximum-security prison and may be placed in a mental-health unit. Schaffhausen's safety is a major concern. University of Minnesota sociology professor Joshua Page studies prison culture.
Page says people who commit crimes against children can be targeted by other inmates.
Due to the safety risk, Wisconsin has the option to send Schaffhausen to a prison in another state.
A jury found in April that 35-year-old Schaffhausen was sane when he killed 11-year-old Amara, 8-year-old Sophie and 5-year-old Cecilia at their River Falls, Wis., home.
Family Moves On
Family and friends testified about their most fond memories of the three girls at the sentencing hearing. The judge listened to witnesses from both the prosecution and defense before making his decision of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The girls' young cousin, Eryn Schlotte, said, "I thought the world was a better place than this, not somewhere where people are killed before they go to kindergarten, before they have a chance to buy a house or get a job. Why does this happen, and why would someone do this?"
University of Minnesota professor Dr. Abigail Gewirtz says, "The closer you are, the closer the family is to your family or your life, the harder it is to come to terms with it." But she adds that Schlotte's testimony says, "I'm holding on to the memories you can't take that away from me... I'm going to keep her in my heart."
Dr. Gewirtz added that events like this can cause Post Traumatic Stress for the children involved and family members need to look for warning signs, or anything that gets in the way of normal life. That's when she says professional help should be sought.
Events to Help Family Memorialize Girls
An event this weekend could help in that healing process. The Tri-Angels 5k Fun Run will be held this Saturday at 7 a.m. at Hoffman Park in River Falls.
All the money raised will help pay for a new playground in honor of the three sisters. You can register online or on the morning of the race.
Also, the girls' mother, Jessica Schaffhausen, is organizing an art show to honor her daughters. The show will feature more than 100 pieces of framed artwork made by her daughters.
The event will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Aug. 9 at Gallery 120, 120 N. Main St. in River Falls, Wis.


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South Korean Contemporary Art
Koh Sang Woo - Luca Sangjun Kim - Gee Song
4 June - 3 July 2009
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into the future, full throttle, firing on all cylinders
- what
if you stop and think about what's been left behind?
This is the predicament for
the contemporary artists of South Korea, a nation that
has rocketed from rural
economy to technological powerhouse in the space of only
a few years. Living through seismic geographical and
social changes, they have been forced to hit the ground
running in the brave new globalised world. To take stock
of how this progress affects and shapes contemporary
Korean culture, 'Ideal Worlds' brings together
the work of three exciting emerging artists: Koh Sang
Woo, Luca Sangjun Kim, and Gee Song.
Koh Sang
Woo's vibrant photographs explore an
idealised version of pure love, uncorrupted by power
or greed. Working with real couples to document their
relationships, he paints onto their bodies before taking
their portraits as part of a theatrical performance.
By reversing the colour and light in the exposure, he
gives his photographs an unmistakeable visual electricity
and intense emotional charge – hyper-real romance
for the IT age. Koh Sang Woo has exhibited at Christies
and the Armory in New York, and SUN Contemporary in Seoul.
This is his first UK exhibition.
Luca Sangjun
Kim's paintings are a process of
sedimentation, reduction and renewal. Into compositions
of natural phenomena – a horizon line, the sun's
disc – he pours "skins" of brightly-coloured
paint, working into each wet layer with one intense gesture
so that each one evolves by human intervention, much
like the landscape itself. The edges are left clean,
like a geological cut in the painting, while the centres
glow vividly as an idealised space where artist and nature
meet. Luca Sangjun Kim has exhibited at the Jerwood Space
in London as well as throughout South Korea.
Gee Song's paintings are like stereotypical snapshots
of holiday paradises – a tropical beach, diving
in a coral reef, or a sunset above a jungle canopy – with
bold, lush colours enhancing their allure. But beneath
the innocent idealisation, the paintings underline how
these are just ideas, dreams, and how, the more we live
removed from the natural world, the more nature itself
becomes an idealised, packaged product – an "other" to
be consumed in our increasingly complex relationship
with our environment. Gee Song is a South Korean painter
and recent MFA graduate from Goldsmiths.
Each artist grapples with
issues of rapid change over the past decades in their
native land, and how this has
altered traditional relationships to the land and to
each other. Each has their own way of examining and resolving
the beauty of an ideal with the stark realities they
find in contemporary society. Together, Ideal Worlds
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The role of fathers has recently received increased attention from academics, the government, and private foundations. Fatherlessness is not only viewed as a cause of child poverty, but has also been shown to affect child development and children's prospects for academic and labor market success. There is also a perceived link between fatherlessness and social problems such as youth violence, domestic violence, and teen child bearing. The seriousness of father absence has prompted the federal government and organizations such as the Ford Foundation to begin funding programs that promote responsible fatherhood. There is, however, a paucity of evaluation information on the effectiveness of these programs.
The increased interest in programs that promote responsible fatherhood and the limited information currently available on the services provided and effectiveness of these programs has generated interest in the systematic evaluation of responsible fatherhood programs. For this reason, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Ford Foundation have funded The Lewin Group and Johns Hopkins University to conduct an evaluability assessment of responsible fatherhood programs. The goal is to provide the Department and other policymakers with an evaluation design that can be used to evaluate a variety of responsible fatherhood programs. In addition, this report is intended to provide direction to organizations that would support or conduct evaluations by illustrating what is involved in the evaluation process and what mechanisms must be in place before a formal impact evaluation may be undertaken. It may also provide direction to programs that are building the capacity be evaluated.
In developing this report, we conducted several activities designed to learn more about fatherhood interventions and to identify the specific evaluation issues confronting these programs. These activities include:
In the remainder of this chapter, we provide a brief overview of the aim of fatherhood interventions; discuss the objectives of evaluating fatherhood programs; describe the major components of a program evaluation; and discuss some of the characteristics fatherhood programs must have in order to be ready for an evaluation. In the final section, we provide an overview of the remaining chapters of the report.
Many non-custodial fathers are responsible parents and want to be actively involved in the lives of their children. However, there may exist substantial barriers that prevent or inhibit a father's involvement with his child. The National Center on Fathers and Families identified seven core findings about fathers based on the experiences of front-line people working with fathers.(2) They include the following:
The core findings provide an important context for understanding the unique challenges faced by young and adult men who want to become responsible fathers and the programs that help them achieve that goal.
In a recent publication, Jim Levine and Ed Pitt compiled the most extensive work to date on responsible fatherhood programs.(3) Their research and analysis of 300 community-based initiatives revealed characteristics common to the programs. Based on their findings, they offer the following strategic objectives as a framework for programs that promote responsible fatherhood:
The Levine and Pitt framework provides a broad view of the aim of fatherhood interventions. Individual programs, however, vary substantially in both the specific outcomes they attempt to achieve and the activities they undertake to achieve them. Among the five programs we visited, we observed substantial variation in the numbers of fathers served, the recruiting methods used, the services fathers received, and program goals (see Appendix B). One common theme, however, was an underlying philosophy that in order to be an effective and responsible father, men needed first to develop the capacity to take care of themselves.
Fatherhood programs and emphasis on male parenting are relatively recent phenomena in the social service sector. Many of the programs currently in place are either very new or, if established, have been experimenting with new interventions or changing the program focus over time to meet the interests and objectives of funders. It is generally the case that fatherhood programs have not adequately documented their performance. This may be because of limited resources, a lack of experience with methods of measuring performance, or simply because the focus of program staff has been on serving fathers rather than proving that methods are effective. While program staff may believe that their activities are helping fathers and resulting in positive impacts on society, others, particularly funders, may be skeptical of evidence of program effectiveness that is limited to anecdotes.
Evaluations of responsible fatherhood programs can serve two important functions:
From the program funding perspective, the results of an evaluation can be used to attract and justify funding from outside sources. The results of an objective evaluation conducted using accepted scientific methods provide believable evidence of a program's effectiveness. In addition to using evaluation findings as evidence of effectiveness, programs can use the findings to demonstrate how their objectives are similar to the objectives of potential funders. Both of these are critical elements for convincing organizations that they should provide funding to a particular fatherhood intervention.
From the program design perspective, an evaluation can address a variety of questions, the answers to which can help program staff tailor their programs to more effectively serve their clients. Examples of questions that might be addressed through an evaluation include:
An evaluation design can provide a structured framework for collecting and analyzing the information necessary to answer these questions.
Systematic evaluation of fatherhood program outcomes is crucial to both program design and funding. Conducting rigorous evaluations using standard scientific methods can assist program operators in effectively planning their programs to meet funding requirements, in improving their work with fathers, and in furthering the development of the field of fatherhood research and policy.
There are three primary components to conducting a program evaluation: the process evaluation, the impact evaluation, and the cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness evaluation. In Chapter Two, we describe how and why a process evaluation should be conducted, and in Chapters Three through Eight we describe in great detail the steps necessary for conducting an impact evaluation. This report does not address cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness evaluations, but we include a brief discussion of them here because they represent the next logical step once process and impact evaluations have been conducted. In addition to these three components, an important element of the ability to conduct a program evaluation is having a management information system (MIS) in place that is capable of maintaining and processing some of the data necessary for an evaluation.
Before launching into the detailed discussion of process and impact evaluations in the subsequent chapters, we provide a brief overview of the primary evaluation components.
An automated system for tracking program participants is a precursor to any evaluation effort. A program management information system (MIS) is necessary to document a client's participation in the program, the services he receives and does not receive, and important outcomes related to program participation. If it cannot be shown from a cursory analysis of program administrative data that there are beneficial outcomes related to program participation, then there is often no point in conducting a full-scale impact evaluation. The ability to track a client's progress through the program, both in terms of the services he receives and changes in important outcomes, is not only necessary before an evaluation effort can be undertaken, but is also useful to program managers who may use the information to improve program effectiveness. Mature social service programs often have an MIS in place for administrative purposes, including quality control.
A process evaluation is the systematic collection and synthesis of information on the program environment and processes. It provides contextual information to support analyses of program outcomes, impacts, and costs. The types of information collected in a process evaluation are not only vital inputs for helping to assess program effects, but also provide feedback that can be helpful in efforts to refine the program intervention and to support replication of successful program components at other locations. A process evaluation can tell us if the underlying model for the program was implemented with integrity, as well as identify variations in treatment and participants. It can identify key similarities and differences across program sites in program objectives, participation levels, service delivery strategies, the environment, and a variety of other areas. A process evaluation can also suggest hypotheses to be tested in an impact evaluation.
The types of information collected under a process evaluation include information on: the social, economic, educational, and cultural environment in which the program operates; program goals and objectives; program strategies and interventions; major program components and services; clients' goals and objectives and their flow through the service delivery system; participant characteristics; and funding and referral sources. In general, the information collected for the process evaluation is more qualitative than quantitative in nature.
The steps involved in conducting a process evaluation include: determining the specific information to be collected/questions to be answered; identifying key program stakeholders; developing interview discussion guides; conducting interviews with program stakeholders; analyzing program administrative data; and reporting findings. The information and insights obtained through conducting a process evaluation are extremely useful to evaluators in designing and conducting an impact evaluation.
An impact evaluation determines the extent to which a program causes change in the outcomes of interest. The concept of impact assessment implies that there are a set of defined objectives and criteria of success that may be used to measure the impact of the program. Impact evaluations are essential when there is an interest either in comparing different programs or in testing the effectiveness of new efforts to ameliorate a particular community problem.
To conduct an impact evaluation, the evaluator must develop a plan for collecting and analyzing data on program outcomes that will permit him or her to demonstrate that observed impacts are a function of the intervention and not a result of other factors. Impact analyses typically involve the comparison of outcomes for program participants to those of a comparison or control group. To undertake such a comparison, appropriate scientific methods and controls must be employed in the sampling, data collection, and data analysis steps to ensure that the estimated program impacts are unbiased.
Unless programs have a demonstrable impact, it is difficult to defend their implementation or continued operation. A rigorous impact evaluation provides information about the effectiveness
of a particular program that may be used to modify and improve program design and to justify continued funding and operation.
The major steps involved in conducting an impact evaluation include the following:
Establishing the degree to which programs have an impact on desired outcomes, as is the purpose of an impact evaluation, is important to program managers, funders, and policymakers. What may be equally important is the comparison of program outcomes to their costs. A comparison of costs to benefits, whether done formally or informally, is inherent in decisions regarding whether to implement, expand, or continue any social program.
Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness evaluations provide a formal framework for relating program costs to program outcomes. Cost-benefit evaluations address the issue of economic efficiency. In other words, what are the benefits (to individuals, funders, or society) of allocating resources to a particular program relative to the benefits of allocating those resources to any alternative endeavor. Cost-benefit evaluations attempt to translate all program benefits and costs into dollar values so that what is gained can be compared to what is be given up. A cost-benefit evaluation can answer questions such as:
Cost-effectiveness evaluations are more limited in scope. They focus on the cost of producing a particular outcome. Here, the outcome or benefit need not be expressed in monetary values, as with a cost-benefit evaluation. Instead, the effectiveness of a program in attaining a particular outcome is related directly to the costs. Assuming that paternity establishment is the relevant outcome, a cost-effectiveness evaluation can answer questions such as:
In general, a cost-benefit analysis informs questions regarding whether or not an outcome should be pursued at all, while a cost-effectiveness analysis informs questions regarding the most effective method for achieving a desired outcome, assuming the decision to pursue that outcome has already been made.
Whether a cost-benefit evaluation, a cost-effectiveness evaluation, or both are conducted will depend on the specific questions a program, funder, or policymaker wants answered and the feasibility of conducting such evaluations. Cost-benefit evaluations are considerably more difficult to perform than cost-effectiveness evaluations because of the difficulty in putting dollar values on the benefits of social programs. Placing a dollar value on outcomes such as paternity establishment and improved father/child relationships is a difficult and controversial task. Cost-benefit analyses must often rely on strong assumptions made by the evaluator when benefits or costs cannot be easily determined. For this reason, cost-effectiveness evaluations are often a more feasible alternative. Neither cost-benefit nor cost-effectiveness evaluations should be undertaken, however, until program impacts have been quantified.
There are several important traits that programs must develop before a rigorous impact evaluation may be conducted. These include:
Below, we discuss why each of these is important to the evaluation process, and describe where the fatherhood programs we visited are in their development of each trait.
Fatherhood programs need to have clearly stated goals to guide the evaluation process. Program goals may be very broad or quite specific, but in either case, the evaluator must be able to translate the goals of the program into a set of measurable outcomes that can be analyzed in an evaluation of the program. The outcomes that are chosen will play a major role in determining the kinds of data that will be collected, the methods that will be used to collect that data, the required sample size, the methods used to conduct the analysis, and, hence, the cost and feasibility of conducting an evaluation.
Most of the fatherhood programs we visited were able to articulate a set of measurable outcomes believed to be influenced by the program. Among the most common were increased education and employment, reduced alcohol and drug use, improved parenting skills, and increased father involvement with his child(ren). Programs also cited some more difficult-to-measure outcomes, for example, improved attitudes or feelings toward children and improved social and family interactions.
One program had some difficulty defining a set of measurable outcomes influenced by program participation, mostly because the focus of the program was on general attitude change rather than on achieving more easily measured objectives. The primary goal of this program is to reconnect fathers with their children, or, in their words, "to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers." The underlying philosophy and secondary goal of the program is attitude change. Staff at this program believe that reconnecting fathers to their children will lead to changes in attitude and behavior leading to paternity establishment, job placement, and improved relationships with their child and the child's mother. For evaluation purposes, it is difficult or impossible to devise a measure of "turning hearts of fathers to their children" and vice versa. Attitude change is also difficult to measure, but consequences of attitude change, such as paternity establishment, employment, etc., can be measured. Staff were, however, somewhat hesitant to identify specific consequences that could be used in an evaluation of their program, although an assessment of potential program impacts had been previously conducted by outside researchers.
Before an evaluation is conducted, there should be an established, underlying model relating specific program services to specific outcomes. If a program cannot identify the mechanisms through which it affects outcomes, it may be that its services are not affecting the outcomes of greatest interest to the program. As discussed above, an impact evaluation should not be undertaken unless programs can demonstrate some beneficial change in outcomes among participants, and have a logical reason for attributing the change to program services.
In addition, if there is the intent to evaluate the effectiveness of specific service components, it is necessary to identify those components and characterize them in a manner that may be used to quantify their presence and impact on outcomes of interest. While this is not crucial to an evaluation of overall program outcomes, including information on service components can be useful in gaining a better understanding of the determinants of favorable program outcomes, and can be used to control for differences in treatments both within and across programs.
Of the programs we visited, all were able to define the services they offered and, with the exception of the one program described above, link those services to hypothesized impacts on a set of measurable outcomes. The specific services offered tend to change over time, however. All programs seemed to be in the process of adding new services or refining those already in place. This is probably because most of the programs we visited are only a few years old.
Responsible fatherhood programs often recruit their participants through a variety of channels including the courts, welfare agencies, hospitals, mothers, media, and word of mouth. The method of recruitment is an important consideration in designing an evaluation as it can point to potential sources of selection bias, dictate the feasibility of an experimental evaluation approach, and offer innovative ways to derive a comparison group if a non-experimental approach is adopted. For these reasons, the recruiting methods must be thoroughly understood by the evaluator and must remain consistent throughout the evaluation process.
Determining when and how a father actually enrolls and begins participation in the program is also important in conducting an evaluation. There should be an identifiable event that marks the individual as a formal participant receiving the program treatment. If "partial" participants or non-participants are counted as full participants, the effects of the treatment may be underestimated in the evaluation. The enrollment process is also important to consider because it may be a source of selection bias. If programs are using criteria to select participants such that those allowed to participate are most likely to experience successful outcomes, then not controlling for this selection will lead to an overestimate of the program's effect.
Of the programs we visited, most have established recruiting and enrollment practices. Only one program is in the process of experimenting with new recruiting techniques, as it is having difficulty attracting participants. This program also has a rather lengthy pre-screening process that would be difficult to replicate in recruiting control group members if an evaluation were to be conducted. With respect to program participation, two of the programs we visited are having difficulty defining exactly who is an active participant in their program. This is because a number of men in their programs do not participate on a regular basis, periodically returning to the program after long intervals of non-participation.
Having an understanding of the characteristics of the target population, the characteristics of program participants, and the economic, policy, and social environment in which the program operates is important in designing the evaluation. This information can assist the evaluator in developing the sampling methodology to ensure that a study sample representative of the target population is obtained. This information is also important in deciding which variables should be included in the data collection effort and subsequently used in the participation and impact analyses. Finally, an understanding of the characteristics of the population served and the program context can help evaluators interpret the findings once the evaluation has been conducted.
All of the programs we visited seemed to have a good understanding of the population they serve and the environment in which the program operates. Many of the program managers live in or near the neighborhoods in which they operate their programs. While all but one of the programs lack an MIS, most of the programs still produce descriptive statistics on important characteristics of their participants, such as age, race, education, marital status, employment, number of children, and paternity status. In addition, most of the program managers we met seemed to be very knowledgeable about and well-linked to other agencies in the community such as state and local health and welfare agencies, child support enforcement, the criminal justice system, and agencies providing specific services to persons with low income such as housing, employment services, legal services, medical care, and substance abuse treatment.
As discussed above, a program MIS is necessary to document a client's participation in the program, the services he receives, and important outcomes related to program participation. The ability to track a client's progress through the program, both in terms of the services he receives and changes in important outcomes, is a necessity for conducting an evaluation.
Only one of the programs we visited has any kind of computerized tracking system, and its system was still being developed and modified at the time of our visit. Another program has an MIS, but it is being used only to track female clients enrolled in its primary program. No computerized tracking of male clients is currently conducted.
In order to conduct an impact evaluation, there must be a sufficient number of individuals participating in the program to obtain a reasonable level of statistical precision when estimating the program impacts. The sample size necessary for conducting an evaluation will depend, in part, on the outcomes of interest. Outcomes with values that vary greatly among those in the study population will require a larger sample size for statistical precision. This is also true for program impacts that are small. The smaller the program impact, the greater the sample size necessary to detect it.
Most of the programs we visited serve a very small number of individuals, so it would be difficult for an evaluator to obtain statistically significant results. Only one program serves a relatively large number of fathers. The caseload of this program at the time of our visit was about 500 fathers. The program receives from 50 to 60 new referrals each month. This program is by far the exception. Three of the programs we visited serve only about 50 new fathers each year. In addition to simply serving more clients, there are ways to enhance sample size for evaluation purposes. If programs operate at multiple sites, or use a relatively homogeneous methods to serve fathers, then multiple sites may be pooled for the evaluation. Another way to increase sample size is to increase the period of recruiting study participants for the evaluation. There are some disadvantages (discussed in Chapter Six), however, to prolonged periods of recruiting in conducting an impact evaluation.
To summarize, most of the programs we visited appear not to be ready for a formal impact evaluation. This is due primarily to three factors: the programs are very new and still at the stage of refining recruiting methods and program services; the programs lack automated systems for tracking and reporting on clients; and the number of fathers served by most of the programs is very small.
The remainder of the report is organized as follows:
In Chapter Two, we describe the elements necessary for conducting a process evaluation. We begin with a brief overview of the reasons why conducting a process evaluation in conjunction with an impact evaluation is useful, and then describe the evaluation questions and major data sources that can and should be incorporated into a process evaluation of responsible fatherhood programs. We then provide a detailed description of various data collection methods that may be used for obtaining new and existing data. We also provide an overview of an automated participant-level data system that could be used by responsible fatherhood programs to track participant characteristics, service utilization, and outcomes. We conclude with examples of descriptive, comparative, and exploratory analyses that could be conducted to address key process evaluation questions.
In Chapter Three, we discuss two major design choices that must be made in the planning process for an impact evaluation. These choices concern: whether to use an experimental (i.e., randomized program assignment) or non-experimental design, or some hybrid; and whether to evaluate each individual site independently or to pool the data from multiple sites and evaluate them jointly. We describe the options and discuss criteria to be considered in making the choice between design alternatives. The main criteria we discuss include: feasibility, impact estimator bias, estimator precision, and cost. We conclude the chapter with a summary of the most important points with respect to these criteria for each design feature.
In Chapter Four, we describe potential outcomes of fatherhood interventions, suggest specific measures that may be used in an evaluation, and discuss difficulties that may be encountered when developing measures for outcomes of fatherhood interventions. In Chapter Five, we provide a similar discussion for explanatory variables, including a discussion of how and why explanatory variables are used in an impact analysis.
In Chapter Six, we address issues related to the selection of the study sample and methods for collecting data on study participants. We begin with a discussion of the process by which treatment and control/comparison groups may be selected and methods for determining sample size. We then describe methods available to evaluators for collecting data on study participants, including surveys and program administrative data sources. We conclude the chapter with a discussion of the content and timing of baseline and follow-up data collection efforts.
In Chapter Seven, we discuss reasons why a participation analysis should be conducted in conjunction with an impact evaluation of fatherhood interventions, and present methods that may be used to perform such analyses.
In Chapter Eight we discuss the analyses of the evaluation data that will be necessary to estimate the impacts of responsible fatherhood programs. We present methods of conducting analyses under each of the alternative evaluation designs. We also discuss methods for jointly analyzing the impacts of multiple programs.
In Chapter Nine we provide summary and concluding comments.
Finally, we include several Appendices to the report: In Appendix A, we list the experts interviewed for the project; Appendix B contains site visit summaries of the fatherhood programs we visited; In Appendix C, we provide sample discussion guides for conducting a process evaluation; Appendix D contains preliminary evaluation findings from the Racine Goodwill Industries program; and in Appendix E, we provide a technical discussion of the participation and impact analysis methods presented in Chapters Seven and Eight.
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1. The Technical Review Group members are: Fred Doolittle (Manpower Demonstration and Research Corporation), Ronald Ferguson (Kennedy School, Harvard University), and Jeffrey Smith (Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario).
2. See National Center on Fathers and Families (1994). "Fathers and Families: Building a Framework to Support Practice and Research," Concept Paper. Philadelphia, PA.
3. See Levine, Jim and Pitt, Ed (1995). New Expectations: Community Strategies for Responsible Fatherhood, Family and Work Institute. New York, NY.


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- 27winstreak - Apr 16, 2013 at 2:03 AM
Damn, I get he's on the Heat but can't show no love for Norris Cole? Kid flirts w/ a triple double, makes game saving steal (on Kyrie Irving mind you) & not even an honorable mention for the little guy?
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Norris Cole? Ty Lawson? I mean, come on.
Well whatever. I should just count my blessings that they didn't put Kobe on the list.
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Lol yeah its pretty hilarious how much NBA players carry the ball. It's like "holding" in football. Happens all the time and is arbitrarily called… Well come to think of it, carrying is almost never called. SMH for fundamentals.
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