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LIL B – BITCH MOB RESPECT DA BITCH VOL.1 CHOPPED AND SCREWED!!! AMAZING!May 31st, 2011 by BASEDGOD
Lil B NEW MIXTAPE!!! "BITCH MOB" RESPECT DA BITCH VOL.1 *RARE COLLECTABLE*May 16th, 2011 by BASEDGOD
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Lil B FEATURED in The Guardian Newspaper UKFebruary 20th, 2011 by S
If splitting an audience can be a by-product of creative risk-taking, Lil B is out there on the edge. Born Brandon McCartney, he debuted as part of teenage San Franciscan crew The Pack, who scored a 2006 US hit with their sneaker anthem Vans. But it's as a solo artist that McCartney found his niche. Over the past 18 months, he's marked himself out as an inexhaustible online presence, releasing a never-ending stream of songs and homemade videos, collaborating with ringtone rap merchant Soulja Boy and comedian Andy Milonakis, all the while extolling his hippyish, think-positive "Based" philosophy.
Being "Based", for Lil B, appears to mean saying whatever's on his mind at any given time. Indeed, hyper-prolificacy would seem to be an aim in itself. The latter half of 2010 saw him drop three mixtapes in as many months while, two weeks ago, he uploaded an archive collection that ran to a staggering 676 tracks. Quality, as you might expect, varies wildly: for every track like The World's Ending, with genuine musings on consumerism and society, there's a handful of deliberately moronic club bangers called things like Violate That Bitch or Ellen DeGeneres (sample lyric: "Ellen DeGeneres! Swag! Ellen DeGeneres!"). Meanwhile, his debut album proper, last year's Rain In England, transcended familiar notions of good and bad, being one of the most peculiar rap albums ever pressed: a beatless, Beat poetry-style set where Lil B, voice a-quiver with earnestness, ponders love, beauty and all the bad things in the world over naïf new-age synth washes.
A handful of New York shows to date have pulled sell-out crowds but, right now, Lil B's real home remains the internet, where he maintains around 100 MySpace pages, constantly retweets his 135,000 mostly female followers, and spawns memes aplenty. Fans post homemade Jpegs declaring "Thank You Based God!" or videos of themselves doing the Cooking Dance (dance like you're whipping cream or flipping burgers). They turn up to concerts with spatulas and chef hats, and the best dancers are crowned "master chefs". He even boasts a catchphrase, an oft-repeated and somewhat questionable line that goes "Hos on my dick cuz I look like …", with look-alikes apparently numbering Bill Clinton, JK Rowling, Mel Gibson, Jesus and "a Frenchman".
Lil B is far from the first rapper to toy with persona, but this slippery nature makes him an unknown quantity: will he remain a cult figure, or can he take "Based" style into the mainstream? An attempt to court Kanye West by suggesting he'd fuck the eminent rap celebrity of our generation "in the ass" if he didn't acknowledge him on Twitter came to naught, but rumours linking him to G-Unit Records seem to have some credence, with 50 Cent and Lil B pictured together in New York earlier this month. Meanwhile, for his next album, Glass Face, B told MTV he's working with Prince. Sounds unlikely – but then, as with everything in the realm of the Based God, you wouldn't rule it out.
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"Wonton Soup"
Written by Brandon "Lil B" McCartney
Oh my god Basedgod
You could fuck my bitch, Basedgod
You swag to the maximum
Swag on a hundred thousand, one hundred trillion. Oh god damn Basedgod
[Hook] X 2
Hopped up in my car, then I drop my roof
Wet like Wonton soup, that's just how I do
Then I park my car, then I fuck your bitch
Eat that Wonton soup, wet like Wonton soup
[Verse 1]
Eat the cake like Annie Mae
Young Basedgod and I been doin my thang
Take my shirt off and the girls go insane
4 diamond rings, 2 big-ass chains
Eat that Wonton soup I got the cash like chang chang chang
Bitches suck my dick because I cum like 36 ways
AK-47 leave that bitch with no fuckin' name
Got my main bitch and she stay giving me brain
Put a bitch to shame, violate that brain
Young Basedgod dope my bitch like I'm cocaine
Bitches snort my ring, that crackpipe like my chain
Found a dope man, I ride that bitch like Ace of Spades
Ho don't play that game
I'm Rapping not for the fame
I almost went to jail for like 500 days
Bitch don't give no fuck, that's why I fucked her in the face
Fuck you sucker's heads then I ask her what's her name, Basedgod
[Hook] x 2
[Verse 2]
Suckers stay talking on them Internet comments
Mad cause I'm most wanted like Osama
Please bitch, you haters don't got no felonies
Young Basedgod flex 10 armed robberies
Young Basedgod been breaking & entering
Young Basedgod ride hot when you bought it
30 on my dick on that court like Spalding
Bitches suck my dick because I look like JK Rowling
Harry Pot my bitch I fuck my ho her brain is awesome
Fuck my damn ring, bitch I pay what it's costing
Jewelry is awesome, Basedgod is gorgeous
Going down to Georgia to fuck my thick bitch
Mane fuck her cuz she gorgeous, young Basedgod stay posted in the fortress
Fuck my main bitch then I dumped her in the forest
You niggas know I got money bitch one hundred thousand Basedgod nigga
[Hook] x 2
[Verse 3]
Damn I look good so I'm running for the mayor
Young Basedgod got hoes in different flavors
You know I'm fucking two and I run like Jason Taylor
Hoes on my dick cause I look like Frasier
Andy Milonakis, bitch I'm Johnny Cochran
Smooth with that chopper, I'm gone like my father
Ho suck my dick cause I took her to the opera
Bitch suck my nuts cause I wear nice watches
I'm looking like an ostrich, black like I'm Gothic
Hos suck my dick cause I laugh when they shopping
Young Basedgod gives a fuck about your problems
Label left me dead and they gave me no options
Fuck you rap niggas cause you scared of your damn self
Bitch suck my dick cause it's good for her damn health
Young Basedgod kill a bitch with my ring
Young Basedgod got the world insane, Basedworld
[Hook] x 4
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While this posting is a little off topic in that it does not apply to the workplace, it does apply to discrimination against homosexuals and it is a legal decision of some real significance in the State of Florida.
The opinion of the trial court and the appellate court in Florida draws into question the legality of Florida statute Section 63.042, which provides, "No person eligible to adopt under this statute [the Florida Adoption Act] may adopt if that person is a homosexual." § 63.042(3), Fla. Stat. (2006). Curiously however, under Florida law, homosexuals can serve as foster parents.
The Florida adoption statute calls for an individual, case-by-case evaluation to determine if the proposed adoption is in the best interest of the child. This includes things such as home studies and many other factors. Except for homosexual persons, there is no automatic, categorical exclusion of anyone from consideration for adoption.
The trial court determined that there was no rational basis for this statute and the appellate court upheld that determination. The Third District Court of Appeal stated "Under Florida law, homosexual persons are allowed to serve as foster parents or guardians but are barred from being considered for adoptive parents. All other persons are eligible to be considered case-by-case to be adoptive parents, but not homosexual persons—even where, as here, the adoptive parent is a fit parent and the adoption is in the best interest of the children.
The Department has argued that evidence produced by its experts and F.G.'s experts supports a distinction wherein homosexual persons may serve as foster parents or guardians, but not adoptive parents. Respectfully, the portions of the record cited by the Department do not support the Department's position. We conclude that there is no rational basis for the statute."
The case is called Florida Department of Children and Families v. In re: Matter of Adoption of X.X.G. and N.R.G., and is located at http://www.3dca.flcourts.org/Opinions/3D08-3044.pdf.
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films such as South Pacific, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park
have been filmed there. Kauai, a small island of sun, sand beaches and
indescribable beauty, is the oldest of the Hawaiian Islands and one of
the most uncommercialised travel destinations. Hawaiians call it Pihanakalani,
"where Heaven touches the Earth". Could this lush island also
become a Hindu pilgrimage spot?
MESSAGE BEARER: (from above) Kadavul Hindu Temple; Subramuniyaswami
with Bodhinatha; the quartz crystal lingam
After all, it is home of the Kauai Aadheenam, also known as the Hindu
Monastery, with the Kadavul Hindu Temple and the future site of San Marga
Iraivan Temple. It is the headquarters of Saiva Siddhanta Church established
by a tall, colourful American with a flowing white beard, clad in saffron,
who unleashed a Hindu renaissance, teaching American Hindus as well as
first generation Indian-Americans about their faith, and helping to build
scores of temples outside India.
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, 74, who had terminal cancer, died last
month after undertaking Prayopavesa, or a self-imposed fast. The author
and spiritual leader, born to an American family, lost his parents at
the age of 11. He was raised by a family with Indian connections and went
to India in search of spirituality. Sage Yogaswami, the leading guru of
Sri Lanka, ordained Subramuniyaswami into his lineage in 1948, when he
renounced his American name. As successor to Yogaswami, he became a spiritual
leader of the Tamils of Sri Lanka and founded the Saiva Siddhanta Church
in 1949.
Subramuniyaswami opened the first Hindu temple in America, and in 1960
initiated his first monastic disciples and opened centres in Nevada and
California. From his ashram in Hawaii, the Kauai Aadheenam, he set out
to bring Saivism to the western world.
Regarded as the hereditary guru of 2.5 million Sri Lankan Hindus, Subramuniyaswami
established the Hindu Heritage Endowment to meet the needs of the burgeoning
Hindu Diaspora. He also guided the construction of dozens of temples among
Hindu communities outside India, from Malaysia to Fiji, including the
first Hindu temple in Anchorage, Alaska.
Many Toronto fans know him by sight. Dressed in his turban,
jumping animatedly, screaming raucously, waving balloons and
towels, this man is impossible to miss, and a permanent fixture
at every Raptors game. In Toronto, he is known as the Superfan.
His family, though, had christened him Nav Bhatia.
Basketball is an obsession with Bhatia who has never missed
any game of the Raptors since its creation in 1995. He spends
$80,000 annually on six-season tickets. That, incidentally,
is only a fraction of what he expends on the game. Once he
gave away 40 tickets to a classroom of underprivileged children.
Close friends never schedule an important event at game time-they
know he'll not come. For Bhatia, life revolves around the
Raptors. "If you ever hear of me getting a divorce, it
will be because of all the time I spend with the Raptors.
My wife calls me a mental case and says that my first wife
is basketball," laughs Bhatia.
"I want Sikhs to be recognised in the mainstream."
Nav Bhatia, superfan
The Superfan status was acquired when Isaiah Thomas gave
him a T-shirt with the word printed across it. But Bhatia's
favourite remains Vince. He bid $11,200 to attend the Vince
Carter Charity All-Star Golf Classic Tournament with four
friends even though he does not play golf himself. Sometimes
he wears a Raptors headband with a white turban-his identity.
There's a story behind the attire. "I was sitting behind
Spike Lee for the playoffs in New York. After the game, Vince
came over and said, 'Thank you for your support and for coming
all this way to New York.' He then gave me his headband,"
Bhatia shows off.
At Baisakhi, he buys 4,000 tickets and sells them at subsidised
rates to the South Asians. Fans are treated to a colourful
display of bhangra at half time. "I want our community
to be recognised in the mainstream. The realisation that Sikhs
are not merely taxi drivers, but come from all walks of life
has to be emphasised," says Bhatia.
He also wants South Asian youth to get more involved in
sports, preferably basketball. "I want their energy to
be focused on positive things and have fun. Once they take
interest in the sport, they will integrate into the mainstream.
At school, they will connect with children of other cultures
by discussing the various points of the game and channelise
their energy in sports conversations." This year, Bhatia
is sponsoring a Muslim Eid game to show solidarity and support
for the community.
By the way, Bhatia has never played basketball himself.
-Renu Mehta
Through his insightful and practical books, including the Siva Trilogy-Dancing
with Siva, Living with Siva and Merging with Siva-he brought Hindu rituals,
philosophy and techniques within the grasp of non-Hindus and Hindus alike.
Contemporary, witty and a problem solver, he was able to bridge cultural
and language barriers.
He and his monks presented Hinduism in an accessible manner to mainstream
Americans and first generation Indian-Americans through the 23-year-old
Hinduism Today, an award-winning international magazine with incisive
reporting on Hindu events and controversies. All the monks are computer
savvy and also produce a daily Hindu e-news service.
Subramuniyaswami's designated successor, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami,
has been installed as guru of the ashram and work continues on making
Kauai the centre of Hinduism. An ambitious undertaking is the building
of the Iraivan Temple on the 51-acre temple-monastery complex on a riverbank
near the foot of an extinct volcano. This all-stone hand-carved granite
temple is expected to take several years to complete and includes a 700-pound
quartz crystal lingam, the largest six-sided, single-pointed crystal ever
found. According to Thiru V. Ganapati Sthapati, the India-based architect
of the temple, "If all the crystal lingams in India were put together
into one, they would still not equal the power of this one crystal."
Temple stones are being handcarved in India by 75 sculptors at a village
outside Bangalore, the only such facility in India for sculptors and their
families with Internet access and a retirement programme. Devotees in
45 countries have already contributed over $2 million toward the $16 million
fundraising goal.
According to The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook, the Polynesian natives of
this Hawaiian island have some interesting links to India: "Many
of the ancient beliefs and practices of these intrepid adventurers bear
striking resemblances to Hinduism, such as the belief in one supreme God,
Kane, along with other significant deities, and working closely with the
spirits of nature. These corollaries and recent linguistic and DNA revelations
have led some authorities to speculate that the ancestors of the Hawaiian
settlers may have begun their journey in India."
Now, thanks to Subramuniyaswami's Kauai Aadheenam, it may all be coming
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Quimby Thinks I'll of Maine People, Continues to Alienate and DivideBy admin • Oct 10th, 2011 • Category: News, Uncategorized
Roxanne Quimby has an odd way of seeking support for her 70,000-acre national park. As was pointed out in an earlier featured article on the Maine Web Report, Quimby has not made very many friends since becoming a land baron in the state of Maine. She has taken that continued poor public relations campaign to a new level by calling Maine a "welfare state" and a host of other elitist and derogatory comments leveled at the state of Maine and the people who live there.
The Bangor Daily News on Friday of last week reported on comments Quimby made in an interview with Forbes.
The Black Bear Blog has reported on Quimby's poor public relations in the past and just today remarked on all the nasty comments Quimby had to say about Maine and how it will affect her chances of getting a park.
As Ms. Quimby continues her pursuit to formulate a national park, one has to wonder just how divisive this person has become. Has she alienated enough people that that alone will not give her the support she needs for her park?
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid a visit to the United Nations Security Council on Monday to appeal once again to the international community about the crisis in Syria, making pointed remarks in the general direction of China and Russia as she urged all member nations to get with the regime change program, and soon. —KA
Ms Clinton told the UN Security Council meeting in New York: "We believe that now is the time for all nations - even those who have previously blocked our efforts - to stand behind the humanitarian and political approach spelled out by the Arab League."
In a clear reference to China and Russia, she appealed to the international community to "say with one voice - without hesitation or caveat - that the killing of innocent Syrians must stop and a political transition must begin".
Her words echoed those of British Foreign Secretary William Hague, and of Mr Ban who said the Syrian government had "failed to fulfil its responsibility to protect its own people and instead has subjected its citizens in several cities to military assault and disproportionate use of force".
He said the Council must "unite strongly" behind UN and Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan's efforts "to help Syria pull back from the brink of a deeper catastrophe".
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the situation in Syria remained a "grave concern" but warned that change in the Arab world "must not be achieved by misleading the international community or manipulating the Security Council".
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This webinar will detail the world of federal and foundation funding today. The two major components that are universal to all who wish to be funded are the grant seeking and grant writing models. The grant design will also be a large component of our discussion.
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Dr. Mathilda Harris
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During the past twenty years she has written grants, conducted capital campaigns, developed strategic plans on grant procurement and assisted individuals and institutions nationally and internationally to successfully write and receive funding from federal, corporate, private, foundation and multi-lateral donors.
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Is there usually a long delay when emailing them? I sent them an email in regards to a boat a few days ago and have yet to receive a reply.
They've usually been prompt and very helpful. I'd give it at least until later Monday before a followup email.Lots of packrafters here. Could we help?
I just sent them an email asking if they would put a deck on a Scout. I've heard they won't do it. Anyone have experience decking out a pack raft by themselves?
Hmmm, I dunno! I suppose that really is a question just for them.Can't see why not though.
Has always been prompt and helpful when I've called or emailed. Perhaps the team has been out on the water or in the woods for a few days. Or somebody just missed the email.
Still no reply from them. If nothing tomorrow, I guess I'll shoot them another email. I've "heard" that they won't put a deck on a Scout. But I figure if someone is going to pay the money, why wouldn't they?
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I used other means and got answers. 1) No they won't attach a deck to a Scout and 2) which I think is total BS they won't sell me a Scout and a spray deck separately. I guess a decked Scout is only for "special people".
Why do you want a scout? Because of the price? Or are you genuinely that small?The Scout certainly is the bargain in the Alpacka lineup. If it had 5 more tie outs and a seat it would cost $850 like the rest of the regular rafts instead of $525. The seat by itself sells for $50 and you could easily add the missing tie outs ($5 each from Alpacka plus a few dollars in glue), so there shouldn't be a $325 difference....maybe $150.With that said, you can end up regretting a great deal if the boat simply doesn't fit. I haven't sat in a Scout, but it's gotta be tiny. I'm a slim guy with a 31" inseam (I'm 5'11, 160 lbs) and my Yukon Yak doesn't have any extra space. From my PFD thread, I recall you're a similar size. At first I thought the Yak was maybe a little too small, but having sat in it more I think it's the right size. I'm sure the Alpaca model would be too short for me though and the Scout is a couple inches shorter than that. Unless you have a 26" inseam, your knees are going to be popping up out of the Scout, so a spray deck wouldn't work anyways.If you're willing to get a little adventurous, you could simply make your own spray deck for a Scout. A non-removable deck wouldn't be that hard. Slap on a big piece material with the right PU glue, cut a hole in it for you, then cut a slit or two and slap velcro in there so you can open/close the deck. Lastly, improve the skirt area by adding some fabric so it comes up your ribs and has bungie cord. You also might want a little floating chamber to prevent puddling on the top, but this is easy too with some heat sealable fabric and an iron.If you're trying to do this cheaply, ask them for an extended length Scout, if they'll do that. If not, look at used rafts or a Flyteweight raft. The FlyteWater raft looks to be quite durable and it has lots of tie outs for 3.5 lbs. If you're going to make your own spray deck, maybe start with this boat as it would be a larger size.
Edited by dandydan on 02/01/2012 15:13:57 MST.
Pretty much yeah, it's over costs. As for used boats, I've tried pack rafting.org and it seems that people on there list their boats and then forget about the listing. As for the right size for me, I would probably need a Yak. 6', 32" inseam. I guess trying to get a decked Scout was just a way to try to justify the whole want over need thing.
At 6' you would totally destroy a decked scout if you could keep it from flipping over. Not really made for anything but replacing a sleep pad for river crossings.I bought my alpacka on the packraft forums for $650, it is an alpacka original, it is tiny! If you are really just concerned about budget, save yourself a couple pounds and get a flyweight rafthttp://flyweightdesigns.com/products.aspx
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Arranged by the University of Oulu Faculty of Science, this unique program provides a solid introduction to the ecosystems and the fauna, flora, and vegetation of Finland and northern Scandinavia. Through lectures, courses, and seminars held in Oulu and field courses arranged at the university's research station in northern Finland, students explore the country's natural and cultural beauty while learning about biodiversity and genetic adaptation in the North.
Oulu, Finland
Language of Instruction: English
ISEP-Exchange Summer for all US and I-to-I exchange member students
Course offerings for Summer 2016 will be announced in Spring 2016. Please refer to the following courses offered in 2016 for an overview of the following year's potential program:
2016 Courses
• 4 ECTS (usually equivalent to 2 US credits)
• Content: This course is carried out in Oulu and the Oulanka Research Station (Kuusamo). It involves an introduction to basic ecology and identification of fish and invertebrates that live in different kinds of inland waters, basic methodology of sampling and analysis. At the end of the course, an identification exam is given on animal species encountered in the field.
• Arranged: June 3 – June 10, 2016
• 5-6 ECTS (usually equivalent to 3 US credit)
• Content: This course involves vegetation types of forests and peatlands, succession of uplift shore, laboratory works, and identification of about 450 plant species. The course is held in two parts in Oulu and on the Hailuoto Island, and in the Oulanka Research Station in Kuusamo. Prerequisite: Students are advised to arrive early and independently study the needed plant species (752303A Identification of Plant Species 2-3.5 ECTS: usually equivalent to 1-2 US credits) from the herbarium samples with the help of a handout and take the identification exam before the botany field course starts. Studying can also be done between the different field courses (middle – end of June).
• Arranged: June 23 – July 6, 2016
• 4 ECTS (usually equivalent to 2 US credits)
• Content: In this course, the fauna in different kinds of terrestrial habitats are studied using several ecological sampling and research methods in the Oulanka Research Station. The projects are done partly in the field and partly in the laboratory.
• Arranged: August 4 – 10, 2016 (with arrival at the research station August 3, 2016)
• 2-14 ECTS (usually equvalent to 1-8 US credits)
• It is also possible to participate in biology research projects during the summer or between the summer courses. Research topics include: the adaptation of plant and animal species to the northern conditions; sub arctic plants in changing environment; soil as an ecosystem; seasonal adaptation; life history strategies and population dynamics in northern populations of birds, etc. Research groups work in Oulu, Oulanka research station and Kevo research station.
The student should contact the head of the research group beforehand and agree with him/her about the project work before arriving.
Please note: This summer program is intended for students who have studied biology for two or more years.
I-to-I applicants who are not native English speakers must submit the ISEP Language Proficiency Report. Note: The host institution ultimately determines proficiency level and course eligibility.
See the Membership Directory for more details.
early June to late August, 2016 - exact arrival and departure dates depend on which and how many courses a student will take (see course dates above)
March 15, 2016
Based on tuition, housing, and meals at home university
The University of Oulu was founded in 1958 and has since grown rapidly, establishing itself as one of the leading universities in Finland. The university prides itself on high-quality teaching and learning as well as innovative research. Total enrollment is more than 16,600 students, around 800 of which are international. The premises are modern, spacious, and equipped with the latest computer and data processing facilities. The main campus was designed to accommodate a northern climate and features colorful, comfortable interior spaces with greenhouse plantings and sunrooms. The university's Botanical Gardens (called Romeo and Juliet), zoo, Natural History Museum, and Museum of Geology are located on the main campus. There is also a well-equipped sports complex.
The pleasant and modern city of Oulu is situated on the western coast of northern Finland, about 125 miles south of the Arctic Circle. Oulu is the leading educational, commercial, industrial, and administrative center in northern Finland. It is rich in culture and provides many opportunities for leisure activities including music festivals, concerts, art festivals, sports events, theater performances, and a unique music video festival each summer. Oulu also offers excellent travel connections to the rest of the country and world in general.
The botany and zoology field courses take place in Oulu and also in two other locations. Please note: rubber boots are needed in the field courses as the conditions are too wet for hiking boots. Warm and waterproof clothes are also necessary as there might be some cool days in June.
On the Island of Hailuoto, just outside of Oulu:
A field facility exists on the Island of Hailuoto, the largest island in the Bothnian Bay and bird observation station at Tauvo.
At the Oulanka Research Station, situated in the Oulanka National Park close to the Finnish–Russian border, about 20 km south of the Arctic Circle:
Oulanka Research Station is part of the Thule Institute and is situated in Kuusamo as a regional unit of the University of Oulu. Its modern research and educational facilities provide an inspiring environment for researchers, teachers, and students alike.
Please consider the following requirements when filling out the online application :
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D. Other Promising Public Health Approaches Aimed at Risky Youth Behaviors
Prevention efforts targeted at youth traditionally rely on education and persuasion approaches. Because schools are the primary institutions with access to youth under the age of 20, the most common prevention strategy has been education—especially school-based prevention.36 13 This approach focuses on changing knowledge and beliefs, teaching new skills, and/or modifying other individual-level factors (e.g., increase self-esteem, stress management, or personal commitment).
Much research has been conducted to determine the effectiveness of school-based strategies.131 164 70 14 99 66 According to Caulkins, Pacula, Paddock, and Chiesa,21 the benefits of school-based drug prevention are several times greater than the costs. They estimate that society benefits by $840 on an average student's participation in drug prevention, compared with a program cost of $150 per participating student.
Researchers now contend that educational approaches—especially those in schools—do not provide an answer to the problem. Young people are affected by a broad range of societal influences, such as peers, family, media, and the government. Thus, environmental approaches, particularly those focused on policy development, have been considered promising. However, these two seemingly polar approaches—educational and environmental—are perhaps best when paired together. Goodstadt examined the effectiveness of both approaches and determined that (1) neither traditional alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) education curricula nor school policies by themselves can effectively prevent ATOD abuse, and (2) education and school policies must incorporate the norms of the community into planning and implementation.
1. Prevention Principles and Practices
In reviewing literature on high-risk adolescent behaviors (generally ATOD), several themes emerge:
One framework that has received considerable attention is the theory of risk reduction and protective factors. Risk factors include biological, psychological/behavioral, and social/environmental characteristics. One often tested and supported hypothesis derived from this framework is that the more risk factors a youth experiences, the more likely it is that the youth will experience ATOD use and related problems in adolescence or young adulthood. The more the risk in a child's life can be reduced, the less vulnerable that child will be to subsequent health and social problems. Protective factors, such as solid family bonds and the capacity to succeed in school, have the potential to safeguard youth from ATOD use. Research on protective factors examines positive characteristics and circumstances in a person's life and attempts to find ways to strengthen and sustain them. The domains in which risk and protective factors exist are at every level of which an individual interacts with others and the society (i.e., individual, peers, family, school, community, or society).
In a recent Prevention Researcher publication,130 Cheryl Perry of the University of Minnesota notes that models driven by social psychology and empirical findings on antecedents of drug use generally identify three levels of risk factors critical to the development of effective prevention programs. These include: (a) environmental, (b) personality, and (c) behavioral. The author continues to discuss that longitudinal research increasingly supports a broad-based, multi-level, three-factor prevention approach rather than concentrating on a single factor or subset of risk factors. The social influence model suggests that primary prevention programs are most effective when (1) the target behavior of the intervention has received increasing societal disapproval, such as cigarette smoking, (2) multiple years of behavior health education are planned, and (3) community-wide involvement or mass media complement a school-based, peer-led program.
With respect to school-based prevention programming, Hansen70 found that successful programs tended to include social influence approaches. In other words, most programs included a variation of tactics that were aimed at not just the student, but the environment around the student. Specifically, he identified that effective school-based prevention programs included some combination of normative beliefs, personal commitment, information, and resistance skills strategies. Affective approaches (e.g., self-esteem, decision making, stress management, and goal setting) were least likely to be successful.
Bosworth's recent examination into prevention programs13 found evidence that some strategies are actually ineffective. These include scare tactics, providing only information on drugs and their effects, self-esteem building, values clarification, large assemblies, and didactic presentation of materials. Bosworth notes that ATOD prevention needs to target all students and that because risk factors are present years before initiation, prevention activities must start early, in elementary school, and be periodically reinforced as students encounter new social situations and pressures to use substances. Further, programs designed to meet the developmental needs of the students also should be offered at each grade level with care not to over-saturate students to the point where they discount the information. Content areas that were identified as necessary for an effective curriculum include: normative education, social skills, social influences, perceived harm, protective factors, and refusal skills. These principals can certainly be applied to the teen safety belt issue. Normative education and positive peer pressure, along with environmental strategies (e.g., enforcement) may be more effective than scare tactics, for example.
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Most smokers begin to smoke at an early age and are smoking on a regular basis by 18.168 169 While there are some health risks at early ages (e.g., to pregnant women), most of the major health risks, such as for lung cancer and heart disease, occur after age 40. However, because of the addictive qualities of cigarettes, smokers have difficulty quitting. Relative to teen safety belt use, the health risks are probably larger, but in the more distant future.
The effect of tobacco control policies on smoking behavior may provide guidance in the type of policies that might encourage teen safety belt use. An array of strategies has been adopted in attempts to stem smoking behaviors. Interventions will be considered in two categories: (1) those directed at youth, and (2) those directed at the general population. In a concluding section, general lessons that may apply to teen safety belt use will be given.
a. Strategies Aimed at Youth
National, State and local community media campaigns have been directed at decreased smoking and/or increased health-enhancing attitudes among minors.103 177 83 57 Following implementation of a comprehensive State campaign in Florida, Bauer, Johnson, Hopkins, and Brooks9 found that cigarette use among middle schoolers declined by 40 percent and among high schoolers by 16 percent over a two-year period. School education programs and community programs accompanied the media campaign in Florida.
However, some studies of State- and community-level youth campaigns have shown less promising results.57 157
The success of media campaigns has been found to depend on the content, other policies in effect, and the intensity of ads.106 108 53 Studies of the Massachusetts and California media campaigns report that different contents proved successful. The more successful campaigns employ a social-marketing approach in which multiple themes are directed at specific demographic groups (e.g., Hispanics, African Americans, etc.), followed by consumer testing and feedback, and responsiveness to that feedback.104 111 Those campaigns, which are part of more comprehensive programs, such as those in California, Florida, and Massachusetts, also tend to be more successful. The media attention from other tobacco control policies reinforces the message of the tobacco control media campaigns. Campaigns of greater intensity (e.g., expenditures per capita, or advertisement per person) and of longer duration also tend to be more successful.
Like early mass media campaigns, early school education programs were often geared toward educating students about the harms of smoking. More recent programs have focused with somewhat greater success on teaching life skills, and about the socio-political climate surrounding tobacco use.
The studies of school education policies yield mixed results.23 85 103 168 169 Some studies find reductions in prevalence rates as high as 50 percent, and effects sustained as long as 5 years, but many of the better studies fail to find any long-term beneficial effect.132 Those that indicate success generally find that they affect attitudes and lead to some short-term change in use. Most of the studies that find success examine younger students (age 12–15) and do not examine later smoking behaviors, such as those after graduating from high school.
Youth access policies aim to enforce laws that prohibit the sale of cigarettes to minors. Enforcement by States and local communities may involve some combination of compliance checks, penalties, publicity, and bans on self-service displays and/or vending machines.
Reviews by Levy and Friend109 and Forster and Wolfson54 report consistent evidence from a large number of studies that youth access policies reduced the percentage of stores selling to youth. Studies indicate greater retail compliance rates when there are self-service and vending machine bans, sufficient compliance checks, strict penalties, merchant awareness programs, and community mobilization. However, the studies provide limited evidence that youth access policies are effective in terms of reducing smoking prevalence, 109 159 50 except in some cases when retail compliance is high (i.e., above 90 percent). Two of the studies93 55 reporting reductions in smoking rates involved programs with heavy community participation, suggesting the need for supportive tobacco policies. Studies indicate that youth generally obtain cigarettes from non-retail sources, such as theft, older peers, and parents.57 As retail sales to youth are reduced, youth further switch to non-retail sources, 107 58 50 suggesting the need for other policies to also target these other sources.
Youth access policies are usually directed at retailers selling to youth, and hence the application to teen safety belt use is less clear. However, an important lesson from these policies is that, like media campaigns and school education programs, they are more successful when part of a broader campaign. This suggests that there are synergies from multiple policies. A higher intensity of individual programs also appears to improve their success at reducing risky behaviors.
b. Strategies Aimed at the General Population
Another policy found to reduce smoking is clean air laws.83 169 109 By limiting smoking in public places, clean air laws reduce opportunities to smoke. They also reduce smoking by reinforcing social norms against smoking. While clean air laws do not have a direct analogue in safety belt campaigns, they both can be considered parts of broader campaigns to reinforce social norms against unhealthy behaviors; policies that encourage safety belt use are part of a broader strategy to encourage traffic safety.
One of the policies most consistently found to be effective in efforts to reduce smoking in the general population is raising cigarette taxes.123 185 28 83 105 169 Tax increases generally yield at least commensurate increases in cigarette price,97 163 which, in turn, reduces the quantity smoked per smoker and induces some smokers to quit. Studies also indicate that youth are particularly sensitive to price increases. This result follows from economic theory, which suggests greater effects, because cigarettes costs are a larger portion of youth's disposable income.
While taxes also do not have a direct analogue to strategies to increase safety belt use, tax studies suggest the importance that economic factors can have in influencing risky behaviors. This tendency would suggest that more severe and more certain fines or differential insurance rates may be an effective strategy, especially among youth, in encouraging safety belt use by imposing higher costs on non-users.
Some States (e.g., Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and Oregon) have had large impacts on adult smoking rates through comprehensive campaigns.22 24 26 The campaigns involved increased taxes, clean air laws, media campaigns, and cessation treatment programs, again suggesting the importance of multiple approaches. This suggests that through role modeling and increased attention to traffic safety, general safety belt use campaigns may be an effective way of reaching youth.
c. General Lessons
a. Model Programs, Interventions, and Strategies That Have Potential Application to Increase Teen Safety Belt Use
Although there is some disagreement about what exactly constitutes a harm-reduction approach to drug and alcohol use, e.g. 84 generally, harm-reduction policies are intended to prevent alcohol-related problems by targeting heavy (risky) drinking, drinking in risky situations, or the relationship between drinking and problem outcomes, without necessarily affecting overall consumption.137 147 As with public health policies, some harm-reduction policies may rely on deterrence. However, the focus of the deterrence is on specific problematic drinking behaviors (e.g., drinking and driving, or intoxication). Other harm-reduction policies may not depend on deterrence, but rather provide the means for young people to avoid risky drinking situations (e.g., safe rides programs). Traditionally, drinking prevention for youth has relied largely on educational and persuasional approaches. Such approaches focus on changing knowledge and beliefs, teaching new skills, or modifying other individual-level mediating factors. However, educational and persuasional approaches cannot provide a complete answer to the problem of drinking by young people. This limitation arises, in part, because people are immersed in a broader social context in which alcohol is readily available and glamorized.113 In contrast, policy approaches address: (a) formal legal and regulatory mechanisms, rules, and procedures for reducing the consumption of alcohol or risky drinking behaviors; and (b) enforcement of these measures.68 165 Policy approaches to prevention have considerable promise for addressing the harms associated with drinking and other risk behaviors by changing the environment. In particular, policy strategies can be used to reduce alcohol availability, directly deter drinking by increasing the personal costs associated with it, and communicate norms regarding acceptable and unacceptable drinking practices.
Although often presented as two distinct approaches to reducing and preventing youth alcohol problems, clearly distinguishing between public health and harm-reduction policies is often difficult. Some policies are implemented to reduce overall consumption, but may also reduce heavy drinking or drinking in risky situations. Similarly, policies based on a harm-reduction approach may also lead to a decrease in overall consumption. In attempting to place policies into this typology, it is necessary to focus on the primary target of a specific policy. Hence, for the purpose of this report focusing on teens, policies implemented to reduce availability of alcohol to young people or deter young people from drinking in order to reduce overall consumption are considered public health approaches, whereas policies specifically targeting risky drinking, drinking in specific risky situations, or specific drinking-related risky behaviors are considered harm-reduction approaches.
In addition to problems of distinguishing between public health and harm-reduction policies, there is no consensus as to what constitutes alcohol policy. In this paper, alcohol policy is used only to refer to (a) formal legal and regulatory mechanisms, rules, and procedures for reducing the consumption of alcohol or risky drinking behaviors, and (b) enforcement of these measures.68 165 Alcohol policies may be implemented at the national level, State or provincial level, local level, or even at the institutional level.
b. Policy Strategies for Reducing Alcohol-Related Problems That May Be Relevant to Safety Belt Use Warning Labels and Signs
In the context of safety belt use by young people, warning labels could be required in advertising for motor vehicles, in the driver's compartment of all motor vehicles, and on roadside signs. To some extent, this approach is already being taken. Safety belt use reminders, for example, are now used on some highway and freeway on ramps. Stronger messages indicating that safety belt use can reduce serious injuries and death could be designed and required, particularly in advertising for motor vehicles. The effectiveness of such warnings, however, is doubtful given the experiences with alcohol.
Zero Tolerance
Safety belt use by young and novice drivers could be mandated even more strongly than for adults. For example, a zero-tolerance program for nonuse of safety belts by youth could be implemented, with immediate loss of license or other administrative penalties resulting for non-compliance. As with zero-tolerance drinking-and-driving programs, enforcement and strategic media campaigns to increase young peoples' awareness of the law and of its enforcement efforts could significantly increase the effectiveness of zero-tolerance safety belt laws.
Graduated Driver Licensing
Safety belt provisions could also be incorporated into GDL laws. As with zero tolerance, such provisions could require stricter penalties for nonuse among young and novice drivers. In addition, as with alcohol, GDL laws could be used to provide cause for stopping young drivers and ascertaining compliance with safety belt laws.
Random Breath Testing/Sobriety Checkpoints
Enforcement and public awareness seem to be key to the success of these programs. Moore, Barker, Ryan, and McLean119 found that men and those under 30 years old perceived it was unlikely they would be apprehended for drinking and driving despite RBT programs. However, the perceived likelihood of apprehension increased with exposure to RBT, notably when that exposure was recent. Additional studies4 76 82 115 158 discuss the reasons for differing results in different areas of Australia after the implementation of RBT laws. They conclude that lack of enforcement in areas showing low effect was one reason for the observed differences. In contrast, however, there is also some evidence that drinking drivers may change their driving patterns and use minor and relatively less safe roads when enforcement of RBT is intense and publicity is high, thus increasing their chances of a crash.18 Generally, these results suggest that random breath testing is a promising strategy if it is well advertised and enforced. However, studies specifically focusing on the impact of RBT on young drivers apparently do not exist. Still, there is reason to believe that when enforced, the efficacy of this approach also applies to young people.
Sobriety checkpoints in the United States can be implemented under proscribed circumstances as determined by State laws, often involving pre-notification about when and where they will be implemented. Breath tests at such checkpoints can usually be given only if there is probable cause to suspect that a driver has been drinking.128 Even under these restricted circumstances there is some evidence that they reduce drinking and driving and related traffic crashes. An evaluation of a Tennessee checkpoint program,100 for example, found a 20 percent decrease in alcohol-related fatal crashes and a 6 percent reduction in single-vehicle nighttime crashes that were maintained up to 21 months after implementation of the program. Sobriety checkpoints can potentially be used to help detect safety belt nonuse among young drivers and motivate use. In this case, checking for safety belt use could be incorporated into standard procedures implemented at such checkpoints.
A similar situation probably exists with regard to safety belt use. That is, the difficulty of enforcing even primary safety belt laws for young people may undermine their effectiveness.
c. Conclusions and Implications for Youth Safety Belt Use
Based on the available evidence, the most effective alcohol policies appear to be:
Implementation, enforcement, and public awareness are essential to the success of any policy approach to preventing youth drinking problems. The case for safety belt use is likely to be similar. No policy can be effective unless it is adequately implemented and enforced, and there is awareness of both the policy and the enforcement efforts on the part of the intended targets.e.g. 68 78 79 172 Awareness and knowledge of policies on the part of those charged with enforcement is also important for effective implementation.51
Another potentially important element in effective policy is public support. The difficulty of implementing effective polices in the face of public opposition may be considerable given perceptions on the part of law enforcement officers and community leaders that there is little community support for such activities.174 176 Public support for policies may be greater for those policies that are least effective in reducing underage drinking and drinking problems. Surveys in Canada and the United States, for example, indicate that public support may be strongest for interventions such as reducing service to intoxicated patrons and treatment.e.g. 3 60 140 There is also considerable public support for policies targeting promotion such as providing warning labels and banning or restricting alcohol advertising. These surveys indicate that there may be less support for more demonstrably effective policies targeting access such as increasing the drinking age or increasing taxes. Nonetheless, other recent research shows considerable support for policies targeting underage drinking.75 Thus, a majority of Americans favor increasing taxes to fund prevention programs, and limiting drinking in public places. The difficulty of implementing effective polices in the face of public opposition—or perceived public opposition on the part of policymakers--may be considerable. The strategic use of media, however, can help overcome such resistance and elicit public support for effective environmental interventions.e.g. 81 These lessons can be transferred to the safety belt issue for teens by building public pressure to enforce use laws and changing teen norms on this behavior.
4. Science-Based Prevention Resources
To help professionals in the field become better consumers of prevention programs, the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), created the Models Program directory, which is reviewed by the National Registry of Effective Prevention Programs (NREPP). NREPP reviews and identifies science-based prevention programs. All the programs included on the NREPP list are theoretically driven by the risk and protective factors framework. The rating criteria for inclusion into the NREPP directory include: intervention fidelity, process evaluation, sampling strategy and implementation, attrition, outcome measures, missing data, data collection, analysis, other plausible threats to validity, replications, dissemination capability, cultural and age appropriateness, integrity, and utility. The list currently includes nearly 50 programs. Each program identifies its target population and the domains in which the program is appropriate (i.e., individual, school, peer, community, etc.). Additionally, program activities and key findings are listed to assist in the learning and selection of programs. The 2003 Model Program list is included in Appendix D.
The CDC has also responded to the need for information concerning successful ways to improve public health. The CDC convened an independent, nonfederal Task Force on Community Preventive Services to examine existing scientific studies and make recommendations. The topics that are reviewed include: Alcohol; Cancer; Diabetes; Mental Health; Motor Vehicle Occupant Injury; Nutrition; Oral Health; Physical Activity; Sexual Behavior; Socio-cultural Environment; Substance Abuse; Tobacco; Vaccine Preventable Diseases, and; Violence Prevention. The Task Force completes systematic reviews of the available literature and provides recommendations on use or nonuse of interventions based on the strength of the evidence. The findings and recommendations are published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Recommendations and Reports series and the American Journal of Preventive Medicine; the recommendations are also posted on the Community Guide Web site (www.thecommunityguide.org).


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Farmington Hills, Mich. (March 27, 2013)---Botsford Hospital welcomes the real arrival of spring with its second "Walk with a Doc" of the season on April 18. At this free community walk, Dr. Nathan Foster, a board-certified cardiologist, will tell you everything you want to know about atrial fibrillation. Dr. Foster will also field your questions.
Walk with a Doc events are held at the Heritage Park Nature Center in Farmington Hills. The park is on the west side of Farmington Road, between 10 and 11 Mile Roads. Look for Walk with a Doc dates at noon on the third Thursday of every month through November. Walks held rain or shine. Healthy snacks provided. Register by calling Botsford at 877-477-Doc1 (3621), option #1.
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Kevin Crane's passionate play helped Nordhoff win its first title
After the final seconds had ticked off in the CIF-Southern Section Northwest Division championship game securing, officially, Nordhoff High's first section football title, Kevin Crane celebrated just like he plays.
The senior outside linebacker was all over the field.
He launched himself into a joyful slide on the rain-slickened turf at Torrance-North High. He hugged any teammate within range. He turned to the visiting stands and pumped his fists.
Could anything else be expected of the most passionate player on the Rangers?
"It was just a great feeling of accomplishment," Crane said. "I looked at the crowd. I celebrated with my teammates. I slid on the turf. I was feeling a lot of passion, a lot of happiness at that moment.
"I thought about all the hard work that went into the championship. I thought about how it meant so much to a lot of people."
Nobody appreciated the championship — the prize at the end of a 13-1 season and a 31-14 victory over North in the division title game — more than Crane himself.
The memorable senior campaign featured a mainstay role on a stalwart Rangers defense that yielded just 162 points in 14 games. There were a team-leading nine sacks and 12 quarterback hurries, two fumble recoveries, one forced fumble, one touchdown and 65 tackles, including 50 solos.
The postseason laurels include co-Defensive MVP honors in the Tri-Valley League, a first-team selection on the coaches all-county small schools team and, now, recognition as The Star's Defensive Player of the Year.
"He did so much for us," said Nordhoff coach Tony Henney. "Nobody played any harder, and he did it every game."
Truth be told, a happy ending to his high school career didn't seem very likely after Crane's tumultuous freshman year.
He entered ninth grade at Dos Pueblos High and spent most of the year skipping classes and messing up his grades.
His uncle, Mike Crane, helped him transfer to Nordhoff High, where he earned a fresh start as a sophomore. Crane didn't mess that up.
Football, it turns out, was a life-changer.
"It means so much to me to have a chance to put those pads on," he said. "It definitely was a motivating factor for me with my grades. I realized that if I didn't do the job in the classroom, I wouldn't be playing."
Crane joined the Rangers football program as a sophomore and was placed on the junior varsity team. At Nordhoff, where athletic transfers happen about as often as UFOs fly overhead, Crane's new teammates didn't quite know what to expect.
"I thought he was weird," said standout two-way lineman Cody McMillan with a grin. "He was real quiet. He never said anything. Then he put on his pads and I saw what he could do. I knew he would fit right in."
Cornerback Brad Sloan seconded that sentiment.
"You could see right away that he played with a lot of passion," Sloan said. "I knew he was going to be a pretty good player."
At 5-foot-10, 180 pounds, Crane isn't going to overpower opponents with his size. But his nonstop motor and never-quit attitude turned him into an impact player.
Truth be told, Crane operates with a zest and fearlessness that few opponents can match.
"I try to be a little crazy on the football field," he said. "I just keep going until the whistle is blown."
Crane for two years has practiced for mixed martial arts and Brazilan Jiu Jitsu, self-defense disciplines that come in handy as a pass rusher.
"It has helped me a lot with my speed," he said. "I feel like I'm quicker and more aggressive with my hands and feet. That helps me get after the quarterback."
Playing football for the Rangers in Ojai has been a memory-maker, said Crane. He's found an entire community as passionate about football as he is.
"I imagine it's like playing football in Texas under Friday Night Lights," he said, in reference to the book and television show of the same name. "Everybody's excited at the games. It seems like the whole town roots for us.
"People are still talking about the championship game. Anywhere you go in town, people seem to know who you are and they're thanking us for winning a championship."
Crane said he will likely play for a community college next season.
"Whether it's Santa Barbara, Ventura or Moorpark, I just want to keep playing," he said. "It's just what I love to do. I look forward to playing at the community college level."
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In 1999, labor productivity—as measured by output per hour—increased in 70 percent of the manufacturing industries measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Output rose in 61 percent of the industries, while hours of labor increased in 33 percent of the industries.
Four out of the five largest manufacturing industries, those with more than 500,000 employees, recorded growth in output per hour in 1999. Of these, the largest labor productivity gain occurred in electronic components and accessories with an increase of 39.3 percent followed by a 9.0-percent increase in motor vehicles and equipment; a 5.5-percent increase in miscellaneous plastics products, not elsewhere classified; and a 4.8-percent increase in commercial printing. Labor productivity declined by 0.1 percent in meat products manufacturing.
This information is from the BLS Industry Productivity Program. Data are subject to revision. Industries discussed in this article are at the 3-digit level of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual. Learn more in "Productivity and Costs: Manufacturing Industries, 1990-99" news release USDL 01-141.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Productivity higher in over two-thirds of manufacturing industries on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2001/may/wk2/art03.htm (visited October 09, 2015).
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