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Ina Lee Phares Hedrick, 82, of Seneca Rocks, passed away Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, in Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg.
She was born Aug. 7, 1930, at Circleville, the daughter of the late Elmer and Myrtle Sponaugle Phares.
On Dec. 18, 1951, Ina married Blake Robert Hedrick, who preceded her in death May 10, 2010.
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She was a 1951 graduate of Circleville High School and was a member of High Rock United Methodist Church. Ina had worked for Petersburg Garment Factory and Hedrick's 4-U Restaurant, and she was a homemaker.
Mrs. Hedrick is survived by two daughters, Diane McMorrow of Seneca Rocks, and Patti Hedrick of Scott Depot; two sisters, Mary June Bennett and husband, Henry, of Circleville and Dottie Warner and husband, Jerry, of Franklin; three brothers, Richard Phares of Onego, Raymond Phares and wife, Rose, of Circleville, and James Phares and wife, Beverly, of Circleville; four grandchildren, Doug Wimer Jr., Traci McMorrow, Kyle Kisamore and Ashley Kisamore Kimble; and a great-granddaughter, Madison Rose Sword.
In addition to her husband, Ina was preceded in death by two infant sisters, Bessie and Jessie.
Mrs. Hedrick's family received friends Tuesday at Basagic Funeral Home in Franklin.
The Rev. Rebecca Bennett will officiate funeral services today at 11 a.m. at High Rock United Methodist Church in Seneca Rocks. Interment will be in Hedrick Family Cemetery at Seneca Rocks.
Memorials may be made to High Rock United Methodist Church, Seneca Rocks Volunteer Fire Department or charity of choice.
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Symphony goers took a walk on the wild side Saturday night!
The Albany Symphony Orchestra is showcasing a series of themed concerts at the Municipal Auditorium and this weekend the theme was animals.
Folks from Chehaw were out with alligators, snakes and a screech owl.
Those attending the symphony seemed to enjoy the exotic animals and the music!
Next up for the Albany Symphony Orchestra is the Peppermint Pops Saturday December 10.

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Pios, Gents host playoff games
By Chris Quebedeaux
CROWLEY – The road to the 2009 LHSAA State Farm Prep Classic begins Friday evening with the first round of the playoffs kicking off across the state.
Local fans won't have to travel far, though.
Notre Dame, as expected, drew the top seed in Class AAA Sunday when seedings and pairings were announced. Cross-town and former district rival Crowley High, meanwhile, claimed the No. 15 seed.
With their seeds, both schools earned first-round home playoff games.
Notre Dame will play host to No. 32 Carver Friday in Rayne while Crowley will entertain No. 18 Livonia at Gardiner Memorial Stadium. Both games are slated for 7 o'clock.
For Notre Dame, the similarities between this year's draw and years past are numerous.
"This is the third year in a row that we've drawn a team for that New Orleans district in the first round," said ND coach Lewis Cook, whose Pios' opened the 2007 and 2008 playoffs against Clark and Sarah Reed, respectively. "They (Carver) have good size and some good athletes.
"This team seems to be well coached. Their quarterback can wing it and they have two really good wide receivers who can go get it. You have to be on your toes. Hopefully, we can continue to play well and put another good game together Friday."
For Crowley High, it is their second straight playoff berth. Last year the Gents were the No. 19 seed and fell to North DeSoto on the road, 32-6.
"We didn't know exactly where we'd be before the brackets were released," said CHS coach Tommy Tate. "There was a lot of talk of us being anywhere from No. 14 all the way up to No. 18.
"It turned out that we ended up in the middle at No. 15 and that gives us a home game. That's exciting. We have a home playoff game for the first time in a while (2006) and that is all the buzz around the school. It's an exciting time of the year - playoff time."
With Crowley at No. 15 and Notre Dame at No. 1, the only way the two teams would square off against each other would be if they both advance to the finals.
"You know, there are no guarantees," said Cook of looking ahead to the title game. "Teams that we've taken to play for the championship, I never would have thought would have made it. And teams that I thought might have had a chance didn't make it during the time I was here and at Crowley High."
Getting back to that title game for a second straight year will be difficult for Notre Dame, but their half of the bracket is definitely favorable with a number of traditional powers falling into the opposite half.
Parkview is the No. 2 seed and heads up the bottom of the bracket. They are joined by traditional title contenders Patterson, Amite, Independence, Richwood and Carroll.
Notre Dame is joined in the top half by Rayville, Holy Cross, Redemptorist and Eunice.
"Teams traditionally that we have played that have been pretty good are on the bottom half this year," said Cook. "You know, Richwood has exceptional athletes. Patterson and Amite, we've played them in the past. Parkview, we've knocked heads with and had some really tough games with. All those teams are on the bottom.
"If I had to pick where I'd rather be, I'd definitely feel I'd rather be on top of that sun of a gun than on the bottom."


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Cozy flat by the Magic Fountain
Størrelse40 m²
- Familie/børnevenlig
- Internet/WIFI
- Køkken
- Air condition
- Vaskemaskine / tørretumbler
- Håndklæder
|Amposta, 08004 Barcelona, Spanien
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- Located in 'Sants' district this fully equipped apartment has capacity to accommodate up to 3 visiting guests, within it´s double bedroom, single bedroom and living room. This typical Barcelona style apartment is clean and quiet, very bright and airy, and it is equipped with air conditioning and heating. There are original floor tiles throughout, classic Barcelona in a very relaxing atmosphere.
It´s in a 4th floor (bad thing there´s no elevator, good thing is a good way of burning the extra calories of the gorgeous spanish food).
-We provide free wi-fi and clean sheets and towels to make your stay in Barcelona as confortable as at home.
-Since you won´t be sahring the flat is ideal for families or groups of friends.
About the location:
- Metro lines (green and red) 250m from building exit!
- Great for Barcelona Airport (20 mins each way).
- Girona Airport Bus easy connection (10 mins from Bus Station by Metro)
"Sants" district is 15mis walk from Barcelona's centre, and one of the most lively and interesting areas of the city.
Located in the very famous Plaça España, is ideal for those who attend to international conventions in "Fira de Barcelona"
The brand new 'Arenas' Shopping complex - designed by the prestigious Hight Tech architect Richard Rogers over an old Bull Rings, offers everything you may need going from supermarkets, all kind of shops, restaurants, caffes, cinemas to a gym.
At Plaça España you can also find the The Magic Fountain, one of the last projects on the site of the 1929 Universal Exhibition, which included the cascades and smaller fountains which fill Avinguda de Maria Cristina and its dancing water show.
Just arround the corner ( i mean it literally) you´ll find The Caixa Forum, one of the main Modern Art Cultural Centers and The Olympic Stadium.
The Cataluya National Art Museum, The Mies Van der Rohe Pabillion and The Joan Miró fundation are also very close by. You can see some of them from the window.
A 15 minutes walk in the opposite direction and you're in the nerve centers of Barcelona: Plaça de Catalunya, leading on one side to the Ramblas and on the other to Passig the Gràcia Av.
At 3 blocks from the entrance, you´ll find the aerobus stop 'Plaza Espaya' and the Metro Lines 1 and 3 (red and green), from where you can easily connect to any area of the city.
The area is really safe and offers an excellent variety of shops, cafes & restaurants and it's out of the main tourist trap of Old Barcelona (better looking in picts than in real life) but only 20 mins away from the gothic quarter.
Places of interest:
-There's a large supermarket Mercadona and "Veritas Organic products" supermarket (in the Arenas shopping centre) very close by.
-A Bike rental store just arround the corner
For an extra 30 euros we offer transfer service from the airport.
For any further information please don't hesitate in contacting me - you'll receive a prompt reply.
We are available to answer any question you may have - and we´ll try to make your stay as easy as possible ;)
No parties.
Do not make noise after 22:00.
The check-in later than 21:00 has an extra charge of 30 €.
|Pris for > 2 gæster
|78 DKK pr. gæst/ekstra nat
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Mi estancia en Barcelona ha sido estupenda.
Miguel ha sido un buen anfitrión.
Tengo que decir que el apartamento estaba ubicado en un sitio centrico y cerca de todo. Para ir al estadio olimpico nos ha venido superbien.
Sin embargo tengo que ponerle algunas pegas al apartamento: Al ser un cuarto sin ascensor, las escaleras eran agotadoras. La cafetera no funcionaba, no habia tostadora y lo peor...no habia televisor ¡¡¡ . El apartamento estaba muy limpio sin embargo las paredes no lo estaban.
En definitiva mi estancia ha sido inolvidable ya que Barcelona es una ciudad maravillosa y sus gentes agradables y acogedoras. Sin duda volveré lo más pronto posible.
Lejligheden var helt perfekt til os med sine tre soveværelser og centrale beliggenhed og der var alt hvad man skulle bruge i lejligheden. Der var mange trapper for vores "abuelha" på 83' men hun klarede det fint. Blot måtte vi have en vagt ved trappelyset for ikke at gå på trappen i mørke..
uden ord!
senza parole!!!
Indkvarteringen er stille, funktionelle og meget godt placeret. 8 minutters gang fra stranden og havnen. 15 minutter fra Gare de Mataro er meget godt tjent (35 minutter fra Barcelona).
Byens centrum ligger få skridt fra lejligheden, Mataro er et hyggeligt og charmerende by, restauranter og barer er virkelig rart!
Le logement est calme, fonctionnel et très bien située. A 8 mn à pied de la plage et du port . A 15 mn de la Gare de Mataro qui est très bien desservie ( à 35 mn de Barcelone ).
Le centre ville est située a quelque pas de l'appartement, Mataro est une ville charmante et agréable, les restaurants et les bars sont vraiment sympa !
Great week in Barcelona. Appartment was very comfortable and quiet in the little sreet. Near of all in walking (10-15 mn to Rambla, 10-15 mn to playa Barceloneta ) If you like tipycal appartment in the old town, it's a good place. there are many bars of tapas, little place for spend time for breakfast, or dinner. Thanks to Gabie.
My friends and I had a great time staying in this lovely apartment in a really nice part of the city. Hosts Gabie and Miguel were really helpful throughout and always responded to questions very quickly. The apartment is very well equipped and the brilliant and large roof terrace gives excellent views of the city. At night the air-conditioning was good in the hot weather. The nearest metro station is less than 5 mins about and the apartment is also within easy walking distance of Sants station - useful if arriving via the mainline station. I would certainly stay here again and happy to recommend this apartment to others.
The apartment was clean, calm and very nice. Miguel the Host was very friendly and handling the Keys even late at night was no problem. The Terrace was awesome for breakfast in the sun. The Area is very nice too and it is not a big deal to reach all the beautiful spots in BCN within minutes. There are two supermarkets and quite a few nice restaurants around the corner too. So we enjoyed our three nights stay and say muchas gracias to Miguel and Gabie.
The apartment is absolutely recommendable, clean, fully equipped and well located in the hearth of the city. The nearest Metro station is at less than 10 minutes on foot and if you wish to cook in the apartment, supermarkets are everywhere at that place. In other case you just need to go out... some of the best tapas bar of Barcelona are around the corner. Gabie's and Miguel are very friendly people's and we thanks them to having made our stay so comfortable and uncomplicated.
Gabie's apartment is very nice, clean and well located in the heart of the City : D
Gabie's husband waited for us in the flat when we arrived and explained everything that we needed to know. Our stay was very comfortable and uncomplicated!
Thx! : D
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very comfortable and newly refurbished flat for 3 persons, low noise air condition, nice bathroom with enough water pressure. Nearby Metro #5, Entenca, now noise from the streets.
Sehr angenehme und neu möblierte Wohnung für 3 Personen, sehr leise Klimaanlage, schönes Bad mit genügend Wasserdruck. Direkt an der Metro Linie 5, Entenca. Kein Straßenlärm
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Isabelle Adjani Has the Face That's Launching a Thousand Scripts
What makes Adjani the belle de jour of European cinema is her morbidly compelling performance as Victor Hugo's neurotic and self-destructive daughter in The Story of Adèle H., for which she has already won a New York Film Critics award. Director François Truffaut wrote the script himself five years ago but had waited to cast the right actress for the part. When he saw Adjani combine adolescent sensuality and innocence in a comedy called The Slap, he decided, "I wanted to shoot with her right away, urgently."
For Adjani, working with Truffaut meant giving up a stage career that had already marked her as France's most promising classical actress. At 16 she became one of the youngest women ever to join France's temple of theater, the 296-year-old Comédie Française. But when a Comédie role conflicted with Adele H., Adjani quit the group in a cause célèbre, spurning a 20-year contract that would be a lifetime's ambition for any other French actress. To Adjani, "It's like asking, 'Will you love the same person in 20 years?' "
"I'm a fanatic, a very dangerous person," Adjani explains of her high-voltage career. "Intensity is all that counts for me. I have very little time, so I accelerate my process of concentration. When work keeps me busy, I feel like I'm drunk. I don't ask for anything more. It's my kind of eroticism."
Adjani will surely be the only nominee at the Academy Awards ceremony who is still living with her parents. She grew up in the Parisian working-class suburb of Gennevilliers, raised by a German mother and a Turkish father who ran a garage. In the classic Hollywood cliché, Isabelle was stopped on the street at the age of 14 by a French TV producer who launched her career.
In many ways, Isabelle is still more a petite French schoolgirl than an international beauty. She wears no makeup and knocks around in unglamorously plain clothes. She has kept up her education, passed her baccalauréat, is now auditing classes in philosophy and psychology at the University of Vincennes in Paris. She's fluent in both English and German and actually does read Sartre, Nietzsche and Freud. "All forms of analysis and synthesis interest me," Isabelle says. "Every actor has his own fortress. I'm always in search of myself."
Adjani's introspection and passion for privacy make her an enigma even to her few close friends. She refuses to talk about her family, and a leading man has yet to surface in her young life. (When asked, she replies cryptically, "I'm in love nonstop: one hour, three days, one month.") The French press has awarded her its put-down Prix Citron (Lemon Prize), presumably because she refuses to act like a starlet. In Amsterdam, where she's currently shooting André Téchiné's Barocco, most of the cast stays in a hotel. Isabelle rented an apartment and in her spare hours pedals a bike around the cobblestoned streets. "I've known Isabelle since she was 16," says one good friend. "But I really never know what she is thinking or how she will react."
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Gun-waving men arrested at Oklahoma City club, police say
Drugs, weapons found in suspects' car, according to officers
Two men were arrested after waving guns at a group of club goers, Oklahoma City police said. OK Corral security called officers to the club in the 2300 block of North MacArthur early Monday morning after patrons said two men in the parking lot were waving guns.
According to police, Efrain Ayon, 29, and Lucio Rodriguez Aguilar, 24, tried to speed away in their SUV, but were detained and handcuffed until officers arrived.
Investigators said they found cocaine on Ayon and he was arrested on complaints of possession of cocaine and public drunkenness. Aguilar was arrested on complaints of carrying a firearm under the influence and public drunkenness.
No one was injured.
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Overgrowth creates dangerous driving conditionsUPDATED 6:48 PM CDT Jul 03, 2014
Overgrowth due to recent rains is causing dangerous driving conditions in part of the city.Video Transcript
OF WHEN THESE SHOWERS WILL MOVE IN AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT YOUR FIREWORKS CHANCE. JESS. HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF OVERGROWN GRASS, DANGEROUS FOR DRIVERS. KOCO'S ARIANA DRIVER. THIS YEAR IT'S MORE OF A PROBLEM THANKS OALL OF THE RECENT RAIN THAT WE'VE SEEN. IN MAY ALONE, THE CITY HAD MORE THAN 1700 COMPLAINTS AND JUST TODAY, SEVEN ABOUT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AREAS. HERE IS ONE EXAMPLE ON 15th AND 10. RAY PEREZ IS GLAD CITY CREWS ARE FINALLY TAKING A LITTLE BIT OFF THE TOP. WE HAD QUITE A FEW ACCIDENT HAPPENS ON THE CORNER. , TALL GRASS OVER THERE. GRASSES AND WEEDS TALLER THAN 12 INCHES VIOLATES CITY CODES. IF YOU DON'T TRIM IT, THE CITY WILL DO IT COSTING YOU UP TO $350. IT ALSO ATTRACTS RATS AND MOSQUITOES AND MAKES THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE REALLY REALLY BAD AND IT DEVALUES THE PROPERTIES AROUND THEM. IF YOU SEE PROPERTIES LIKE
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Porcelain, with enamels painted over the glaze
Museum no. 309-1877
Japan began to manufacture porcelain after 1600. The main centre, Arita, created porcelain of exceptional quality, inspired by Chinese blue-and-white wares.
Around 1640, Arita also began to produce enamelled porcelain. Pieces such as this dish were once attributed to central Japan and called 'Kutani ware'. The maker of this dish sketched the fir tree, bamboo and rocks in black before adding the colours.


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Please, no ties. We got more than we could ever use. It's such a cliched Father's Day gift anyway.
No outdoor cooking apron either. Few things look quite as ridiculous as Dad wearing a "Grill Master, The Man, The Myth, The Legend" apron while trying to wipe the dirt off the hamburger meat he dropped on the cement.
A sleeve of golf balls, a set of socket wrenches, a gift certificate to that favorite restaurant. All nice and appreciative, but not really a necessity.
What we dads need are practical gifts, little trinkets that may be small in size but big in benefits. Something that will not only be a boon to dear old Dad, but to the entire family as well. They're out there, if you know where to look.
Understand that while we are fathers, we are first and foremost men. And for that, we apologize.
We can't help it. We were born that way, so some things - like voluntarily handing over the TV remote - are genetically impossible.
As fathers enter middle age, it's true that physically we become a living, breathing practical joke.
Never tell me God doesn't have a sense of humor. I easily can envision the Almighty putting his hand over his mouth to hide a grin as he watches fathers coming apart at the seams, and their families suffer because of it.
But there are a few practical Father's Day gifts that can help, and I'm not talking about socks with straps on them.
Though, come to think about it, that's not half bad. But these are legitimate gifts with their own Web site that can be ordered in a flash.
Like the ManGroomer, www.mangroomer.com. Once upon a time, men stared at a mirror, and the only hair was a thick mane on top that we confidently combed and groomed. Then, the ravages of aging hit, and there ain't much on top, but the rest of the body looks like Lon Chaney Jr., under a full moon in "The Wolf Man."
The back and shoulders begin to look like a blackened version of newly installed FieldTurf. Ears start sprouting hair, and don't get me started on the nose. The thing is with the back, it can't be shaved because it will only multiply and come back twice as thick, making us look like the once-popular Chia Pet.
But the ManGroomer, with its sleek, compact design, is the answer to all of that. For $39.95, it purports to be better than waxing, chemicals and lasers, and since it's able to open up to 135 degrees, it easily reaches over the shoulders to shave all areas of the upper and middle back.
And of the five ways it can improve a man's life, the best one is less sweat and body odor.
Which is a nice segue to two other practical products for Dad. Let's delicately talk about the 800-pound gorilla in the room.
Flat-D Innovations, Inc., the self-styled "No. 1 name in flatulence odor control products," does just that at www.flat-d.com. In its masthead is a quote I wish every wife would take to heart:
"Flatulence is part of life. It is the natural result of good digestion." See, in a way, it's a left-handed compliment to your fine cooking.
Flat-D goes on to say its research has found the average male has a flatulence issue 14 times a day. Two points here: At least 12 times he tries to pass the blame on to someone else, and how can it be that low? At any rate, there are several fine products that can eliminate embarrassing odor and make the home and office safe again.
Or as D.M. said in one of many testimonials: "Just one weekend of using your product, and I'm no longer a social pariah!"
The secret is this new charcoal technology, which sounds cutting edge. There's the Men-D for $14.95, which looks like a cross between a wash rag and diaper. Men just wear it every morning. It's washable - thankfully - and reusable. Plus, it's discreet.
There's the Chair Pad for $25 for office use. Greg G. of Pittsburgh has used it for six months and now recommends it to co-workers. And for those with extra-wide girth, there's the Overpad Plus at the same price.
And, wives, I can read your minds. You're thinking that it's not only that, but elsewhere, that crime tape should be stretched across the bathroom door when Dad comes out. That's where Nature Calls at yourritual.com comes in.
Remember the old Brylcream ad, "a little dab'll do ya?" Well, two deodorizer drops from Nature Calls in the toilet does it when used as a preventive measure. A little bottle lasts three months, but probably less if Mexican food is a favorite. As the Web site boasts: Say goodbye to the courtesy flush.
And at $9 a bottle, well, how can you go wrong?
So, wives, ask yourself: Do you want the same old hairy, foul-smelling husband and father with yet another silk tie, or do you want to make a real difference in the leader of the home?
Jon Mark Beilue's column appears Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (806) 345-3318.
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Mercyhurst survey: State GOP wants compromise on 'fiscal cliff'
A majority of Pennsylvania Republicans aren't optimistic that leaders in Washington can avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff."
And that majority strongly wants a compromise deal that would include a combination of tax increases on higher-income Americans and spending cuts.
Those are two of several findings from the new Mercyhurst University poll of 430 registered Republicans released Monday.
The poll from the Mercyhurst University Center for Applied Politics surveyed Republicans on two key issues -- how their party should address the fiscal cliff as the Dec. 31 deadline approaches and their views of the party in the wake of Mitt Romney's defeat.
The statewide poll, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percent, was conducted Dec. 5-13, before the most recent development Monday that President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner had resumed talks to avert the cliff.
Joseph Morris, director of the Mercyhurst Center for Applied Politics, said that Mercyhurst wanted to gauge where state Republicans stood on the fiscal cliff issue, with recent nationwide polls casting Republicans as obstructionists on the matter.
"I think our results were pretty interesting there. In some ways, they were consistent with polls taken of the national population ... as a whole -- that there should be compromise,'' said Morris, an associate professor of political science.
The poll asked Republicans about compromise in three different ways, and each answer came back with a majority favoring it, he said. "So we think we have a pretty clear indication that Republicans are in the mood to make a deal when it comes to the fiscal cliff,'' he said.
Here are some of the key findings from the poll:
- Sixty-four percent said they are pessimistic that Obama and congressional Republicans can strike a fiscal cliff deal before Dec. 31.
- They find fault on both sides of the aisle. Seventy-five percent said Obama had not shown enough willingness to compromise since the Nov. 6 election. And 50 percent, in a separate question, said the GOP had not done enough.
- Those polled said the president and GOP should compromise even if they must sacrifice some of their beliefs.
- A majority, 60 percent, said a budget deal should include a combination of tax increases on higher-income Americans and spending cuts. That contrasts with only 28 percent who want just spending cuts and only 4 percent who want just tax increases.
- Seventy-six percent said failure to avoid the fiscal cliff will affect their own financial situations, and 81 percent said it will hurt the state and national economies.
In the wake of the election, the respondents don't identify a clear national party leader and don't agree on why Romney lost the election. A majority, 54 percent, were unable to identify even one person as their leader, and only Boehner, -- at 13 percent -- and Romney -- at 10 percent -- reached double digits in the poll on that question.
"That's not uncommon in a party that just lost a presidential election, but when you're in the midst of serious negotiations like the fiscal cliff, that can be problematic,'' Morris said.
As for why Romney lost the election, 12 percent said that voters' misperception about him or his personal attributes was the most important factor.
Others cited a poor campaign, 11 percent; Obama's "promise of entitlements,'' 9 percent; alienation of minority voters, 8 percent; voters being misinformed or uneducated on issues, 7 percent; media bias, 4 percent. Another 36 percent cited various other reasons, while 14 percent said they didn't know or had no answer.
The percentages total 101 due to rounding.
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DOHA: The Central Municipal Council (CMC) has severely criticised the government and says there is favouritism in land distribution to citizens for housing.
A particular section of the Qatari community is being forced to accept plots of land for residential purposes in Al Wakra much against their will, said the chairman of the CMC.
Saud bin Abdullah Al Hanzab said there is no transparency in land distribution as some people whose names do not even figure on the waiting list are allotted land while many have been awaiting allotment since 2005.
Some 3,000 people on the waiting list are yet to be allotted land since 2005, said the CMC chairman.
The government allots plot of land to citizens free.
Al Hanzab has claimed that the Land and Survey Department of the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning which is responsible for making the allotments doesn't even keep its offices open for the required number of hours.
"If they do so, they would get 3,000 requests daily for plot allotment and not just 80 to 120 applications as they claim," Al Hanzab was quoted by local Arabic dailies as saying.
The CMC chairman lauded higher authorities for being kind enough to order allotment of land to citizens, and said the irregularities are committed by the Land and Survey Department of the civic ministry.
Al Hanzab said large Qatari families should be allotted plots of land on a priority basis so they could build houses and move out of their smaller homes.
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Erin DiMeglio may be a third-string quarterback but she's garnered as much attention as any star athlete.
The 17-year-old senior at South Plantation High School in Plantation, Fla., is making waves as a female quarterback on an all-male football team, the New York Times reports.
At 5-feet-5-inches and 140 lbs., DiMeglio doesn't fit the build of a typical football player, especially at her high school where many of her teammates will pursue athletics in college.
DiMeglio's father, Tom, taught her to throw a football when she was a young girl. In the fourth grade, she joined a flag football league where all the players but four were boys.
When she was a freshman, DiMeglio became quarterback of the girls' flag football team.
"She'll get upset because the girls can't catch her ball because she throws too hard," said Coach Doug Gatewood. "For the most part, she'll drill them in the hands and it'll fall off. She can pretty much wing a girls' football wherever she wants to put it."
Last spring, Gatewood, who also coaches the boys team, invited DiMeglio to practice with his team at an off-season workout. DiMeglio quickly adjusted to the bigger football and asked to return the next day.
"I said, 'Sure, but you're not playing,' " Gatewood said. "She wore me down and she wore her parents down."
While her parents worried about seeing their daughter get tackled, DiMeglio, who was also the star point guard for her school's girls' basketball team, reminded them she had suffered a broken nose, a torn labrum, dislocated fingers and a concussion.
"We kind of realized she'll actually be protected with a helmet and shoulder pads," DiMeglio's mother, Kathleen, said.
After proving herself in spring and summer workouts, DiMeglio officially joined the team. She changes in the girls' locker room, but is otherwise seen as one of the guys.
"Everybody says, 'What happens when she gets hit?' " Gatewood said. "This isn't a knock on Erin, but she's bigger than 10 kids on my team. I have a wide receiver that weighs 25 pounds less than her. And the pads she wears are the same as the pads he wears."
Gatewood has told DiMeglio that she might not see any action this season. The chances of her entering a game are slim, South Plantation will probably have a sizable lead and be trying to run out the clock.
But it doesn't seem to faze DiMeglio.
"My friends all think I'm crazy," she said. "But they also think it's pretty cool."
Erin DiMeglio Is a High School Senior – and Quarterback
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TRENTON — City Council last night rejected measures to pay two law firms who have continued working for the city at the behest of Mayor Tony Mack's administration although their contracts expired at the end of June.
The firms, one of which includes former governor Jim Florio as a partner, are owed more than $130,000 in unpaid bills amassed between July 1 and the end of October. Council was asked last night to approve contract extensions retroactive to July 1 and running through the end of the month.
The city had attempted to secure new contracts for the law firms earlier this year but, according to a memo from acting city attorney Walter Denson, "The resolutions that were placed on City Council's docket were either removed by administration or denied. Therefore the bids became stale."
With contracts in place through the end of 2011, officials said, the administration intended to seek fresh bids for legal services. With the extensions rejected last night, however, the process remains uncertain going forward.
While Council Members Zachary Chester, Phyllis Holly-Ward, George Muschal and Verlina Reynolds-Jackson voted down payments for the two firms, Councilman Alex Bethea questioned his colleagues' decision.
"How can we not pay for service that has already been rendered?" he asked. "Is that legal?"
The two firms are Marlton-based Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt, & Fader, and Philadelphia-based Zarwin, Baum, DeVito, Kaplan, Schaer, & Toddy.
The city was recently cited in an audit by the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for authorizing firms to begin working, or in some cases to be paid, without first seeking Council approval.
Denson said that, in the end, either through Council approval or through legal action by the firms, the city would ultimately have to pay for the work.
"We're going to pay them one way or another," he said. "Whether it's by lawsuit or voluntarily, we'll have to pay."
In the meantime, he added, it was uncertain whether the firms would be willing to continue working on a number of continuing legal cases that hang over the city's head.
"We're in the midst of a multimillion-dollar settlement," Denson said. "The fact of the matter is they're working without a contract and it's their prerogative whether or not to cease work as of right now. Where it leaves you is at the mercy of the law firm."
The Florio firm is in the midst of settling a case brought against the city by Westrum Development, officials said.
The delay in awarding the contracts, Denson said, was partly thanks to high turnover in the city's law department, which has had two resignations, including that of its director, and one reassignment since June.
"We want excellence, and that's what we're striving for," he said. "Because there were problems or issues in the past, that's where we're trying to get to a baseline to make it correct. We need to work cooperatively together rather than pointing fingers."
Chester maintained that he would not sign off on the administration's mishandling of contract procedures.
"The turnover in the law office was strictly the administration's doing, not this Council's. I'm not in support of paying late bills," he said. "You're going to come correct or I'm not voting for it."
In other business, council once again pulled a resolution to spend $300,000 in federal grant money to install a citywide ShotSpotter gunshot detection system for the Trenton Police Department. The system has been tested in certain areas of the city since June 2009, and Muschal, a former Trenton cop, says that he's had numerous complaints from officers about the system's inaccuracy.
"We've got officers on a wild goose chase all night long when we're chasing shots that were fired that don't even exist," he said.
In a presentation last night, acting police director Dave Armitage invited council to see the system in action at police headquarters.
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Clay Guida top 3 in the division? Unless he's moved to some new division with only 2 other guys in it I just can't see that being the case.
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Do you remember the other rounds in Sanchez-Guida?
Guida trying for takedowns and stalling on the ground.
Guida is energetic and popular, but he's not exciting.
Guida has had 17 fights in the UFC. Tell me about the good fights please. Bendo and Sanchez need not be mentioned.
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I'd rather watch Guida LOOK like he's doing something than watch Fitch. Just my preference
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Well then I guess Guida is probably gonna get cut after his next loss.
It's a shame because Greg Jackson has totally ruined him. He use to be the most entertaining fighter in the UFC.
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The most entertaining in the ufc? Really?
I mean everyone is entitled to their opinion, and everyone seem to love Guida until he actually fights, but which of his pre Greg Jackson fights make him the most entertaining fighter in the UFC?
Sanchez, sure, but that had very much to do with Sanchez. Guida humped him for a large portion of that fight.
Please, i'm not trying to be an *******. I'd really love to know and i'll promise to go rewatch those fights.
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his fight vs Sanchez was his last before joining Jackson's.
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Wait a ****ing second here. You're saying the fight vs. Nate Diaz was great? It was an abomination.'
First round was ok, but rest? Mehhh.
Nate Diaz trying to fight and Guida just pushing him against the cage.
How anyone can say Fitch is boring and point to this fight as a testament to Guida being exciting comes off as two faced if you don't mind me saying. It's the same thing Fitch does.
Now i have to turn your initial question back to you, do you actually watch mma?
The fight vs. Huerta was not very exciting. It was mostly Huerta just bashing Guidas head.
I don't remember the Griffin and Din Thomas fights.
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Not to mention Damien Maia was the one making the fight boring, yet everybody still wants to ride his diiiick.
Rashad Evans is boring as fuuukkk I can't stand especially when he talks so much shiiiiiit and then just stalls the whole time. His most exciting moments where when Rampage & Silva almost knocked him out.
Chael was boring asss shiiiiit before he started talking you definitely got that right.
Bisping is boring as hell too. He's like the MMA calzaghe, No power whatsoever. It was so terrible watching him fight Miller when he was a totally different level striker yet pitty pattied him the whole time.
Fitch is the 3rd greatest welterweight of all time and like said came off a sick fight with Silva only to be dry humped by Maia which wasn't his fault.
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Maybe i should go back and watch Huerta-Guida again. From what i remember it was not that great, but i've been wrong before.
Will check Griffin, don't think i've even seen it.
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I'm not even a huge fan of Guida's cuz I prefer to watch highly skilled fighters who are also entertaining whereas Guida was just entertaining(pre-Jackson). Not a big fan of the Balboa type fighters that just take a lot of punishment unless they can actually come back like Frank Edgar.
Bader he is on and off depending on the fight.
The thing about Fitch is that he does the same thing for a whole fight for every single one of his fights.
Yes all those other guys are also ground fighters but they aren't nearly as 1 dimensional as Fitch. Those other fighters are still pretty entertaining on the ground whereas Fitch seems like a borefest.
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With my 19th wedding anniversary taking place this month, I thought this would be a great time to produce my first-ever interactive monthly column. In other words, I want to know what you think. I want to know if what I am about to tell you was wrong. If you see me in the street or out somewhere, stop and tell me. Call me. My number is at the bottom of this piece. Email me if you have to but I want feedback!
I use the past tense of was because it is something I did back on July 15, 1992. And it involves my wife, and because there are close friends of mine who call me an idiot for saying this, I tell my wife everything about my past. Shell tell you I tell her too much stuff she doesnt want to know but she listens because ... well, when you talk as much as I do, the person with me really has no choice.
Back on Saturday, July 11, 1992, I met my wife for the first time ever at a place called Uriahs Pub in Altoona. The next day, I called her and asked her for a date, which she accepted. She was at home, living in Hollidaysburg, and I was living in Lewistown at the time where I worked. We were to go out on Saturday, July 18 for the first time. But there was one small thing that the former Ann Marie Kuhn did not know at the time -- I had a date to attend to on July 15.
You see, before I knew I was ever going to meet my future wife, I had a date set up in Lewistown. I had asked out a lady prior to ever meeting Ann Marie, and this woman had accepted. We were to go out on Wednesday, July 15. I saw no reason to cancel that date without knowing how things would turn out with my Blair County babe.
Lucky for me, that date turned out to be not so good. We went to dinner and a movie, and the lady was just way too quiet for me. And she seemed bored, too. Is that possible?
I tried to involve her in the conversation, but the lady wasnt biting, unless it had something to do with her meal. It was easy to see that neither one of us was interested so that thing ended quickly.
To make things more interesting, on Tuesday, July 14, I ordered a bouquet of flowers to be delivered to my wife where she worked, telling her I was looking forward to our date. Was that wrong?
When she took the flowers home, her father told her to be wary of guys she meets at bars. Of course when she informed him that I was a sportswriter who covered Penn State football, the word wary dropped from his vocabulary. I think it was replaced by Hey, can he get tickets? Just kidding -- sort of.
My wife asked me once what would have happened had that date gone well, and to be honest, I dont know. Would I have dated two women at the same time? Could I have dated two women at the same time? For some of my married friends back then, they would have been living their former bachelor lives vicariously through me. I would have been a her to some.
But maybe God made my date with the Mifflin County woman go bad for a reason. Now that I think about it, that explains a lot of things because lets be honest for those of you who know me really well, can you imagine me NOT being entertaining on date? Ann Marie Kuhn couldnt and we have 19 years of marriage to prove it.
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Special Collection: Online Learning Tools on Violence Against Women
Table of Contents:
What is an Online Learning Tool? | Back to top
Electronic learning (e-Learning) refers to education where the primary medium of instruction is computer technology. Common applications include "virtual classrooms" and "online blackboards," developed to support distance learning. However, tools that support e-Learning are not limited to use in academic settings. As professionals seek new and convenient training alternatives, a variety of web-accessible tools have surfaced.
In the broadest sense, an Online Learning Tool is any web-based resource that supports educational development. Ideally, these tools are interactive, self-guided, and engaging. Examples include online classes, learning modules, articles with discussion guides, slideshows, podcasts, videos, web conferences, online toolkits, and even virtual exhibits.
Purpose of this collection | Back to top
This collection provides a sampling of available Online Learning Tools with subject matter related to violence against women prevention and intervention. Materials included in this collection have four key components: they are 1) free*, 2) available online, 3) interactive, and 4) self-guided. The resources listed here can be used for the purposes of staff development (by individuals), or as tools for trainers (in groups). Potential audiences include human service professionals, advocates, volunteers, educators, students, medical personnel, attorneys, judges, probation officers, law enforcement officers, and others with an interest in developing their knowledge base on violence against women and intersecting issues.
Many of the tools in this list offer Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) to fulfill licensure requirements for professionals in certain disciplines. For more complete lists of online trainings that offer CEUs, it is recommended that you check with affiliated professional associations.
This list is not comprehensive, but can serve as a starting point to explore e-Learning options. VAWnet's goal is to keep this collection updated by regularly adding new materials. Our hope is that you will help us to build this collection of cutting edge, high-quality resources. If you know of a useful tool to add, please submit your recommendation using our Online Contact Form.
*Note: VAWnet strives to provide materials that are accessible to the general public and available in full at no cost. A list of Online Learning Tools with Associated Costs is provided at the end of this collection for those who are interested in exploring those options.
A Note Regarding Accessibility | Back to top
The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) are committed to providing resources that meet standards of Universal Design, which promotes accessibility to the greatest number of people regardless of age, ability, etc. Accordingly, alternate formats of the materials listed here are included wherever possible.
The nature of the Internet lends itself to both increasing and restricting accessibility, which is dependent on many factors. Some of the resources in this collection are highly accessible to people with a variety of auditory or visual abilities based on the multi-faceted media that are utilized. However, some formats will require that users consider additional avenues for increasing access, such as (but not limited to) captioning or translation. The authors ask that you keep these considerations in mind when utilizing any training tool.
For more information and guidance regarding the development of accessible materials and programs, visit the VERA Institute of Justice - Accessing Safety Initiative (ASI) at http://www.accessingsafety.org/.
Considerations | Back to top
Applications of Online Learning Tools
Online Learning Tools can be applied in a variety of settings and situations by many types of audiences:
The possibilities for the ways these materials can be utilized seem endless. If you have creative applications to recommend, please submit your ideas using our Online Contact Form.
- Trainers can use and adapt these tools when developing workshops on various topics.
- Program staff and other human service providers can utilize the self-directed training modules for continuing education.
- Managers can include these resources in staff orientation packages.
- These resources can serve as the basis for discussion at in-service learning sessions or staff retreats.
- Students can benefit from accessing these resources as part of a class curriculum.
- Educators can get new ideas for the creative presentation of information as demonstrated in these multi-media formats.
- Survivors can learn about the dynamics of abuse and share reflections based on their own experiences.
Benefits and Limitations
As the Internet becomes more and more a part of our daily lives, the trend towards embracing e-Learning has grown. New and creative ways of facilitating e-Learning surface every day as the web evolves from an information-sharing medium to a forum that emphasizes human interaction and social networking.
With this shift, organizations are exploring the potential usefulness of e-Learning. While evidence has shown that e-Learning is just as effective for the learner as in-person learning, there are several benefits and limitations to consider regarding this format.
Benefits of e-Learning:
- Self-paced
- Individualized instruction
- Addresses different learning styles through varied activities
- Interactive (often collaborative in virtual learning communities)
- Available on-demand
- Encourages students to take responsibility for their learning
- Participant takes an active learning role
- Can provide access to experts worldwide
- Cost-effective
- Facilitates information-sharing
- Repetition and consistent message
Limitations of e-Learning:
- Reduced cultural and social interaction (communication & peer-to-peer learning)
- Instructor is often unavailable
- Participants need a certain level of technological capacity (memory, high-speed connection, etc.) and ability (personal computer skills)
- Skill-building may be limited without hands-on practice
- Difficult to address nuance
- Requires the development of quality control and information-sharing processes by organizations
You are encouraged to consider these benefits and limitations, and decide on a case-by-case basis whether or not e-Learning is the best medium for accomplishing the learning objectives and purpose of each specific training. In fact, a combination of e-Learning and in-person training approaches can be very effective as well.
In the article No Significant Difference and Distance Education (2002), Rick Shearer challenges us to envision new ways to use technology to accomplish learning goals:"It is not whether we can meet the same learning outcomes with technology, but how do we use the technologies to enrich the experience, to go beyond what can be done in the face-to-face or other delivery environment."
Evaluating Resources: Credibility, Validity, and Quality
When evaluating web-based resources, it's important to remember that anyone can put anything on the world wide web. It is important to take a close, critical look at the information you find online. The resources listed in the Special Collection: Researching Violence Against Women Online provide some general information and tips on critiquing web-based resources.
Needs Assessment
A good place to begin when implementing a training plan is by conducting an organizational needs assessment. The Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC) offers this useful online tool to facilitate the process:
- Online Training Self Assessment Tool | HTML
by Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC)
This online assessment tool was developed to help identify and assess organizations' training/technical assistance needs by guiding the user through seven major areas of interest. Receive a printable summary of responses and a list of available resources.
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Tools | Back to top
Online Classes/Tutorials/Courses
This selection of resources includes self-guided, interactive course modules that utilize various formats for presenting information (case studies, literature review, lecture, etc.) followed by some type of assessment tool that allows the user to gauge his/her understanding of the material presented. Most include suggested resources for further study and many provide a completion certificate based on evaluation scores.
A go-to resource for free online training is Trainingforums.org, an accessible, dynamic e-learning facility providing relevant, timely training and discussion to the domestic violence victim service provider community. Funded by OVW, a department of the U.S. Department of Justice, this facility offers timely courses on topics, trends and issues relevant to service providers serving domestic violence victims.
- Angela's Family: A Story of Intimate Partner Violence | HTML
by Global Violence Prevention, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)
This online training module is based on a case study where participants are asked to respond to multiple choice questions as they read the case, taking on the perspectives of many different types of professionals that come into contact with Angela.
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- Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault Online Training | HTML
by Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault (2008)
The primary purpose of these self-guided training modules is to assist rape crisis programs in Arkansas in training their staff and volunteer advocates, however the materials provide valuable information to anyone wanting to learn about sexual assault.
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- Balancing Acts: Keeping Children Safe in Congregations | HTML
by Reverend Debra W. Haffner and Joan Tabachnick, New England Adolescent Research Institute, Inc. with the Unitarian Universalist Association
This online course offers information, policies, and procedural suggestions to create a congregation where children and youth will be safe from sexual abuse. This course provides essential tools for a comprehensive approach to safety and prevention.
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- Center for Sex Offender Management Training Curricula | HTML
by Center for Sex Offender Management
These online training curricula are intended for use by trainers of probation and parole agencies and other stakeholders across the country who share responsibility for sex offender management. Topics include supervision, treatment, and secondary trauma.
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- Cultural Competency | HTML
by Trainingforums.org, Witness Justice (2009)
This course covers how culturally appropriate and effective services can be created and provided by professionals in the domestic violence community and the importance of mastering culturally sensitive attitudes, skills, and behaviors.
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- Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence: Applying Best Practice Guidelines | HTML
by Silvia Y. Beaupre, Access Continuing Education, Inc.
Developed for continuing nursing education, this online course defines domestic violence, discusses consequences, identifies risk factors, introduces screening practices, provides best practices for intervention, and lists available resources in Florida.
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- Domestic Violence Online Course | HTML
by William S. Smock, University of Louisville Continuing Health Sciences Education (December 2004)
This 3-hour online course provides an in-depth look at the medical, social and legal issues surrounding domestic violence. The target audience is physicians and other healthcare professionals who routinely interact with patients.
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- Domestic Violence & Pregnancy: Effective Screening and Intervention | HTML
by SafePlace
This 1.5-hour online training is intended for health care professionals, social workers, and case managers in Ob/Gyn and family planning. It explores knowledge required to identify, treat, document and, if necessary, report domestic violence.
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- Domestic Violence Training Program | HTML
by NASW Domestic Violence Committee c/o Ann Fleck-Henderson, Simmons College School of Social Work
This online domestic violence training program is geared to social workers at all levels of experience. Develops skills for interviewing and assessment, provides justice system resources, describes the impact on children, and explores perpetrator mindset.
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- Environmental Strategies for Prevention: A Guide to Helping the Prevention Professional Work Effectively in the Community | HTML
(21 p.) by Prevention Pathways, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) (March 2005)>br /> This course is designed to introduce prevention professionals and concerned citizens to the basic principles of environmental strategies of prevention work, and to help them learn how to apply these approaches in their own communities.
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- Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse: Adjudicating this Hidden Dimension of Domestic Violence | HTML
by National Judicial Education Program of Legal Momentum
This online course covers the legal, medical and social science aspects of intimate partner sexual abuse. It is focused on judges but is also intended for a multidisciplinary audience including court personnel.
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- Irene's Journey: Examining the Issues of Domestic Violence in Later Life | HTML
by Cari Michaels, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (October 2005)
This interactive case study (including current research and programmatic resources) presents a story of domestic violence in later life and a series of questions that require taking the perspectives of professionals, family members and friends.
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- It Won't Happen to Me: Substance Abuse Related Violence Against Women for Anyone Concerned About The Issues | HTML
by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP): Prevention Pathways (2004)
This 11-module online course discusses substance abuse, violence against women, the connection between the two, signs and symptoms, myths, how to see if a problem exists, as well as prevention, treatment and legal options.
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- Orientation to Violence Prevention & Scope of the Problem | HTML
by PREVENT
This is a series of short, self-directed online learning modules offering an introduction to violence prevention. Each module includes several slideshow presentations with audio. A printable outline (slides and script), and a glossary are available.
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- Responsible Fathering: Intervention at the Intersection of Woman Abuse and Child Maltreatment | HTML
by Global Violence Prevention, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)
This series of 3 online training modules is based on case studies where participants are asked to respond to multiple choice questions as they read the cases, taking on the perspectives of different types of professionals.
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- Sexual Assault Advocate/Counselor Training | HTML
by Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC)
The 2-day curriculum teaches advocates about advocacy/counseling, the realities and impact of sexual assault, procedures to follow in common situations, techniques to support recovery, and compassion fatigue and self-care.
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- Sexual Harassment: Trend of Turning Point, A self-paced sexual harassment prevention course | PDF (97 p.)
by Riley Harvill, Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University (April 2006)
The method of this online workbook is to help users analyze actual workplace scenarios, put themselves in the role of both victim and harasser, and covertly practice what they would do if a similar incident occurred.
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- Silence Hurts: Alcohol Abuse and Violence Against Women (for Professionals) | HTML
by Prevention Pathways, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) (2004)
This online course describes these 'hidden problems' and identifies risk factors, screening and assessment tools, prevention and intervention strategies, tools for clients, and legal issues.
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- Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care | HTML
by Trainingforums.org, Witness Justice (2008)
This online course explores the causes, impact, experience, and types of trauma as it relates to domestic violence survivors, and delves into the nature, application and implementation of trauma-informed care.
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- 12 Teaching Scenarios: Responding to Rape, Domestic Violence, and Child Abuse | HTML (15 p.)
by Woman's Justice Center (2000)
Teaching scenarios used in this self-paced online course are designed for use in groups and classes of all kinds.
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- Undocumented Survivors | HTML
by Trainingforums.org, Witness Justice (2009)
This course addresses specific issues for undocumented survivors of domestic violence. Special attention is placed on the unique needs and considerations of immigrants.
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- The Victim Assistance Training Online (VAT Online) | HTML
by Cicatelli Associates Inc. with the National Center for Victims of Crime and Safe Horizon, Inc., Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC)
This online program is a basic victim advocacy training offering victim services providers and allied professionals the opportunity to acquire the basic skills and knowledge they need to better assist victims of crime.
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- Violence Against Women on the Internet | HTML
by Diane L. Rosenfeld, Harvard Law School, Berkman Center for Internet & Society (2002)
This series of 5 online learning modules explores the various ways in which violence against women is facilitated through the use of the Internet, as well as ways in which the Internet may be used as a site of resistance to such violence.
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- West Virginia Online RA Training Module on Sexual Misconduct and Stalking | HTML
by West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services
This training module, formatted as a slideshow presentation with audio, is designed to provide information and resources on the issues of stalking and sexual misconduct for resident assistants/resident advisors (RAs) on college campuses.
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Online Slideshows & PowerPoint Presentations
This section includes slideshow presentations – with or without audio accompaniment – on topics related to violence against women. Some can be adapted as tools for trainers, and others are better suited to individual use for self-teaching purposes.
Prevention Connection offers a large catalog of Online Presentations – tutorials on topics related to the prevention of violence against women. These short (5-10 minute) narrated animations can be shared with others for training, presentations, and fundraising.
- Prevention Connection Online Presentations | HTML
by Prevention Connection, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Online Presentations are tutorials on topics related to the prevention of violence against women. These short (5-10 minute) narrated animations can be shared with others for training, presentations, and fundraising.
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- Case-Based Teaching Modules on Interpersonal Violence | HTML
by Public Health and Education Task Force, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
This set of online slideshows includes four case-based modules for medical resident instruction about violence throughout the life cycle. Participants learn to recognize clinical manifestations and apply appropriate interventions.
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- Domestic Violence and Policing Presentation | HTML
by Captain Pete Helein, Appleton Police Department with Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs
Includes 2 slideshow presentations from the "Taking it to the Streets" program, designed to provide education about domestic violence: "Preventing Domestic Violence Through Integrated Community Policing Strategies" and "WI Law Enforcement Legal Update."
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- Finding Evidence for Sexual Violence Prevention Programs | HTML
by Andres Villaveces, PREVENT
This 1 hour slideshow with audio helps participants be able to identify and evaluate the best sources of information (or evidence) on which to base intervention decisions and prevention activities.
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- Intersections Between Domestic Violence & Childhood Maltreatment Conference | HTML
by Ontario Women's Directorate, Scott Research Lab, University of Toronto (October 2004)
This is a collection of powerpoint presentations orginally presented at the conference in Toronto. These conference materials are helpful to professionals working to address the intersection of violence against women, fatherhood and parenting.
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- Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: A Guide for Clinicians | HTML
by American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Work Group on the Prevention of Violence During Pregnancy (2006)
This online screen show is a training tool for clinicians to increase understanding of the important role they can play in identifying, preventing, and reducing intimate partner violence, emphasizing the critical role of prenatal care providers.
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- Making a Difference: Your Role in Sexual Violence Prevention | HTML
by Joan Tabachnick, National Sexual Violence Resource Center (2009)
This PowerPoint slideshow was developed for a general audience with various customizable elements for trainer adaptation. It is based on NSVRC's publication, "Engaging Bystanders in Sexual Violence Prevention," by Joan Tabachnick.
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- Orientation to Violence Prevention & Scope of the Problem | HTML
by PREVENT
This is a series of short, self-directed online learning modules offering an introduction to violence prevention. Each module includes several slideshow presentations with audio. A printable outline (slides and script), and a glossary are available.
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- Series on Sexual Violence | HTML
by Government Innovators Network, Harvard Kennedy School, Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Materials listed here include recordings and presenters' slides on the topics of: sex offender residency restrictions, sexual violence evidence collection, an international perspective on sexual violence, and sexual assault on college campuses.
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- Sexual Violence | HTML
by PREVENT
This 20 minute slideshow with audio defines sexual violence, describes the scope of the problem and risk factors, identifies related data sources, and explores the impact of sexual violence and its intersection with other forms of violence.
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- Sexual Violence Prevention: What You Can Do | PPT (14 p.)
by American Academy of Pediatrics
This short PowerPoint presentation is meant to facilitate participants' involvement in community-level sexual violence prevention efforts.
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- Step Up and Speak Out: A Parent Guide for Selecting Youth Serving Organizations | HTML
by Darkness to Light (August 2007)
This slideshow presentation with audio is a guide that teaches parents about their personal power and responsibility to protect children from sexual abuse.
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This section lists audio resources including interviews, lectures, speeches, newscasts, radio shows, and podcasts. A podcast is simply a series of audio or video digital media files that can be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically by users.
Prevention Connection offers a large catalog of Audio resources including Podcasts and Interviews that discuss prevention of violence against women. PreventConnect Audio Podcasts highlight prevention themes and Interviews present voices of those who have been innovative, successful in implementation, and thoughtful in the development of effective violence against women prevention strategies.
- Engaging Bystanders in Violence against Women Prevention | HTML
by Hosed by David Lee for Prevent Connect, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (August 26, 2008)
This web conference highlighted two promising and well-evaluated bystander intervention programs, Bringing in the Bystander and Mentors in Violence Prevention.
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- PreventConnect Audio | HTML
by Prevention Connection, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault
PreventConnect Audio Podcasts highlight prevention themes and Interviews present voices of those who have been innovative, successful in implementation, and thoughtful in the development of effective violence against women prevention strategies.
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- Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence | HTML
by Kathleen Brooks with Darkness to Light, Ethicalife Internet Talk Radio
This talk show features experts in the area of child sexual abuse and offers an arena for people who are concerned about this issue to discuss and share their experiences of courageously facing and healing this global epidemic.
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- Break the Silence: Stop the Violence | HTML
by National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (August 2008)
In this podcast, parents talk with real teens before dating, stay involved in their lives, and role model to help young people develop healthy, respectful relationships.
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- Cultural Competence, African Americans and Domestic Violence | HTML
by Tricia B. Bent-Goodley, Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (September 2006)
This webcast provides an overview of cultural and societal influences that impact disparities related to domestic violence in the African American community and resulting implications for policy and practice.
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- Domestic Violence, Immigration & Trafficking Teleconference
by National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (September 2004)
The collection of documents address legislation aimed at both legal and illegal immigrants and its potentially harmful effects on victims of domestic violence and trafficking. The documents also provide additional resources for research and assistance.
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- Domestic Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury Episode | HTML
by Northeast Center for Special Care (November 1, 2008)
This podcast on traumatic brain injury and domestic violence is hosted by Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST with guest Sarah M. DeWard, MS, from the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
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- Hairdressers Take a Stand Against Domestic Violence | HTML
by National Public Radio (December 8, 2008)
This podcast spotlights New York hairdressers who are partnering to fight domestic violence by learning the warning signs and extending help to clients who may be suffering in silence by participating in the Beauty Salon Awareness Project.
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- Internet Predators - DOJ's Project Safe Child Initiative | HTML
by DC Public Safety (January 15, 2009)
This podcast features an interview with Marsali Hancock, president of the Internet Keep Safe Coalition, working in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency under DOJ's Project Safe Childhood initiative.
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- Interview with Chris Krebs-Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault and Factors that put Women at Risk | HTML
by Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice (September 4, 2008)
This podcast is an interview with Chris Krebs, the author of a study about drug-facilitated rape on college campuses.
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- Supervising Domestic Violence Offenders | HTML
by DC Public Safety (August 6, 2007)
This podcast consists of the audio from a 30-minute television show addressing efforts in the District of Columbia to provide supervision and treatment services to domestic violence offenders. The podcast is hosted by Leonard Sipes.
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- Teleconference: Housing and Domestic Violence
by National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (September 2004)
Teleconference facilitated by Allison Randall of the National Network to End Domestic Violence. The collection of associated articles address the numerous complex difficulties victims of domestic violence face in obtaining and maintaining housing.
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- When Closeness Goes Wrong | HTML
by Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (February 2008)
In this podcast, Michele Black discusses a link between intimate partner violence and illnesses, including asthma, arthritis, stroke, increased heavy or binge drinking, smoking, and risk factors such as HIV or sexually transmitted diseases.
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Videos – Lectures, Workshops, Trainings
The video files listed here are available online for download or to watch "live" via streaming over the Internet. Resources include lectures, workshops, survivor stories, trainings, documentaries, and more.
- Break the Silence: Stop the Violence | HTML
by CDC-TV, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) (August 2008)
In this short video, parents talk with teens about developing healthy, respectful relationships before they start dating. The webpage includes other video resources around the topic of health matters.
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- Bystander Interventions: The Movement NC State peer group | HTML
by North Carolina State University (2008)
The NCSU sexual and relationship violence peer education group created this video to train all incoming first-year students about bystander interventions.
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- Caroline - Co-Parenting as a Victim and a Mother | MOV
by Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)
In this video, a survivor tells her story about co-parenting as a victim and a mother.
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- Causing Pain: Real Stories of Dating Abuse and Violence | HTML
by Choose Respect Initiative
Available in 2 versions (30 minutes and 13 minutes), this video contains true stories of teens, parents, and professionals who describe their experiences and insights so that teens and parents can recognize and prevent dating abuse.
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- Center for Digital Storytelling | HTML
by Center for Digital Storytelling
This non-profit training, project development, and research organization is dedicated to assisting people in using digital media to tell meaningful stories from their lives. View stories here on community, education, family, health, identity, and place.
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- Chuck - Co-Parenting as a Former Batterer and Father | MOV
by Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)
In this video, Chuck shares his experience of co-parenting as a former batterer and father.
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- Dealing With Campus Violence Against Women | HTML
by The Grant to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus Program, University of Southern California (2006)
Video clips featuring college students candidly discussing different scenarios of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Myths and stereotypes are addressed, as issues are examined from different gender perspecives and multicultural viewpoints.
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- DVERT Training CD and Lesson Plan | HTML
by Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team
Video clips and lesson plan from the DVERT Training CD provides an overview of the principles and practices the DVERT collaboration follows in combating domestic violence.
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- Free Documentaries Online | HTML
by Free Documentaries Online
This website hosts free documentaries on a variety of topics. Videos are grouped into subcategories including human rights, health, society, religion, and more.
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- Frontline Video | HTML
by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Videos contain extended interviews, teacher's resources, and additional material that cover the human experience. Related topics include: trafficking, growing up online, Darfur, HIV, the O.J. Simpson verdict, and other interesting issues.
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- Frontline World | HTML
by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
This national public television series turns its lens on the global community, featuring "short stories" that take viewers on journeys to foreign lands from Argentina to Zimbabwe. Themes include human rights and women's rights.
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- M'Liss - Co-Parenting as a Victim and a Mother | MOV
by Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)
In this video, a survivor shares her experience of co-parenting as a victim and mother.
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- No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons | HTML
by Human Rights Watch
This video discusses male prison rape and system reform.
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- Patrick - Co-Parenting as a Former Batterer and a Fatherly Figure - What is a parent? | MOV
by Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)
In this video, Patrick shares his experience of co-parenting as a former batterer and a fatherly figure. Explores the question: "What is a parent?"
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- Protect the Human | HTML
by Amnesty International (AI)
This online media campaign uses film, music, art, events and more to inspire activism and action to protect human rights. By connecting people on a global scale, the goal of the website is to form a community dedicated to protecting basic human rights.
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- Rape Myth Research Workshop | HTML
by Jennifer Warwick & Dr. Joanna Gregson, Pacific Lutheran University Voices Against Violence Program
This video is a workshop presentation describing research on rape myths and attitudes towards sexual assault on campus.
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- Sexual Assault Peer Education Team Workshop | HTML
by Pacific Lutheran University
This video is a workshop on sexual asault peer education teams on college campuses.
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- Strengthening the Characters of Boys: What We Know and Can Do | HTML
by Eli Newberger, M.D., White House Conference on Helping America's Children (2005)
This video explores strategies for strengthening the characters of boys, noting essential elements to raise respectful young men.
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- Tough Guise: Masculinity and Violence | HTML
by Dr. Sut Jhally, Pacific Lutheran University
This video is a keynote address exploring masculinity and violence.
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- The Truth Behind the Screen | WMV
by Hispanic Communications Network, Project Safe Childhood, U.S. Department of Justice
This 4 minute webisode illustrates the dangers children face online and compels parents to get informed and involved and to supervise their children's Internet activity. Includes transcript.
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- UNFPA Online Channel | HTML
by The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
This video channel contains a collection of videos that are organized by topic and easily searchable by country or keywords including human rights, gender equality, culturally sensitive approaches, safe motherhood, among others.
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- United Nations Development Fund for Women Video & Audio | HTML
by United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
This is a collection of video and audio resources on ending violence against women, including resources on gender-responsive budgeting and the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women.
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- Violence on the Job | HTML
by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (2004)
This video explores violence in the workplace.
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- Wide Angle | HTML
by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Exclusively dedicated to international current affairs documentaries, each broadcast reports on an event, issue or trend through the eyes of the people who are living it day to day. Related topics include: women's rights and roles, human rights, health.
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Web Conferences
A web conference is an online workshop or meeting that utilizes a shared virtual space to pair a visual presentation (slideshow, white board, video, etc.) with audio that is accessed via the computer or by telephone. Some applications allow users to engage in an online community through text chatting. Web conferences are generally interactive between participants and presenters.
Peace at Work offers free Webinars related to domestic violence and the workplace.
Prevention Connection is a go-to resource for materials in this format (specific to prevention), with a large catalog of recorded Web Conferences and monthly opportunities to register for upcoming Web Conferences. These conferences provide participants with a way to join hundreds of other people also interested in prevention, with opportunities to participate in an online question and answer session and a live text chat between participants.
- Prevention Connection Web Conferences | HTML
by Prevention Connection, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Prevention Connection hosts web conferences and web dialogues on topics related to prevention of violence against women. Materials from the web conferences are available here, including readings, PPT slides, transcripts, and recordings.
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- Engaging Bystanders in Violence against Women Prevention | HTML
by Hosed by David Lee for Prevent Connect, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (August 26, 2008)
This web conference highlighted two promising and well-evaluated bystander intervention programs, Bringing in the Bystander and Mentors in Violence Prevention.
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- Step up! Train the Trainer Webinar: A Pro-social Behavior/Bystander Intervention Program for Student-Athletes | HTML
by University of Arizona, C.A.T.S. Life Skills Program in partnership with NCAA
This one hour online training will make you more familiar with the STEP UP! program and give you tips and instructions on facilitating the training.
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- A Call to Men: Ending Domestic Violence, Becoming Part of the Solution | WMV
by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (October 19, 2005)
This archived web seminar discusses strategies for working with men and boys to prevent IPV. Highlights the Futures Without Violence's Online Toolkit.
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- Cultural Competence, African Americans and Domestic Violence | HTML
by Tricia B. Bent-Goodley, Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (September 2006)
This webcast provides an overview of cultural and societal influences that impact disparities related to domestic violence in the African American community and resulting implications for policy and practice.
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- OVC HELP for Victim Service Providers Web Forum | HTML
by Office for Victims of Crime
This online resource features discussion boards and archived transcripts of web forums on a variety of topics of use to victim service providers and allied professionals. It facilitates peer connections and sharing ideas for best practices.
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- Series on Sexual Violence | HTML
by Government Innovators Network and the National Institute of Justice (2008)
Recordings, transcripts, and presenters' slides captures 4 online events that are part of a series on sexual violence covering sex offender residency restrictions, evidence collection, an international perspective, and sexual assault on college campuses.
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Online Toolkits
An Online Toolkit is a collection of resources that guides the user through a particular topic or issue using interactive features with deliberate step-by-step navigation.
- Runaway and Homeless Youth and Relationship Violence Toolkit | HTML
by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, in collaboration with the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program of HHS (February 2010)
This toolkit was developed by and for advocates in the runaway and homeless youth and dv/sa fields to help programs create partnerships, meaningful services, and effective intervention and prevention strategies for working with youth at risk.
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- Instigate! An Online Toolkit for Community Mobilization | HTML
by Transforming Communities: Technical Assistance, Training & Resource Center (TC-TAT) (2001)
Provides tips, tools and exercises to guide the development of a Community Action Team in your neighborhood, city, faith-based group, school or place of employment. Designed primarily for use by domestic violence and public health organizations.
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- Instigate! An Online Toolkit for Starting a Community Action Team | HTML
by Transforming Communities
Set of tips, tools and exercises to start up a Community Action Team (CAT) in your neighborhood, city, faith-based group, school or place of employment. This toolkit is designed primarily for use by domestic violence and public health organizations.
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- Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals | HTML
by American Academy of Pediatrics
This online toolkit designed for use by health care providers is organized around four video case vignettes: Preschool, School Age, Younger Adolescent, and Older Adolescent.
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- Shifting the Paradigm: Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence Toolkit | HTML (24 p.)
by The American College Health Association (August 2008)
This online toolkit was developed to provide facts, ideas, strategies, conversation starters, and resources to everyone on campus who cares about the prevention of sexual violence.
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- Toolkit for Working with Men and Boys to Prevent Gender-Based Violence | HTML (24 p.)
by Futures Without Violence (2007)
This web site is a comprehensive tool kit designed to help you work with men and boys to prevent gender-based violence.
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The resources listed here include tools to assess individual understanding of specific issues.
- Are you being Abused? | HTML (1 p.)
(1 p.) by American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
This simple true-false online quiz helps victims and those who care about them identify the signs of abuse.
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- How much do you know about stalking? | HTML
by Stalking Resource Center
This interactive online quiz guides the user through 10 questions about stalking definitions, prevalence, policy, and intervention. Misconceptions are addressed, and sources for information are provided.
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- Sexual Assault Myths & Realities | HTML
by Tri-Valley Haven
This online quiz tests the users' knowledge on sexual assault myths and realities.
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- Sexual Assault: Trivia | HTML (12 p.)
by Gurl.com
This online quiz is a set of questions to test the users' knowledge on sexual assault.
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- Talk About Rape: The Quiz | HTML (7 p.)
by Women's Justice Center (2000)
This online quiz on rape will help facilitate group discussions of rape and associated myths.
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Additional materials suited for online learning, including exhibits, games, and other web projects, are listed here.
- Gallery of Children's Art | HTML
by Domestic Abuse Project, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)
This gallery features art created by children in the Domestic Abuse Project's Children's Program. All children in this program are child witnesses of violence committed by one adult household member against their mother.
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- Online Exhibition | HTML
by Ending Violence Against Women, United Nations Population Fund
This exhibit can be used as both an advocacy and programming tool. It documents UNFPA's experience in the field supporting projects that address violence against women in its many forms, highlighting approaches that can be used to confront this problem on
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- Protect the Human | HTML
by Amnesty International (AI)
This online media campaign uses film, music, art, events and more to inspire activism and action to protect human rights. By connecting people on a global scale, the goal of the website is to form a community dedicated to protecting basic human rights.
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- RePlay: Finding Zoe 2.0 | HTML
by Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC)
This online video game for youth ages 8-14 opens a dialogue about abuse, addresses the 'rumour mill' they experience, educates about healthy, respectful relationships, and teaches players about places they can go for help.
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- The Voices and Faces Project | HTML
by The Voices and Faces Project
This non-profit national survivor network was created to give voice and face to survivors of sexual violence, while raising awareness of how this human rights and public health issue impacts victims, families and communities.
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- A world of violence against women | HTML
by Amnesty International (AI)
This clickable map allows the user to explore facts and figures on violence against women by country.
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Tools w/Associated Costs
The training materials listed here are available online with associated costs for users. Most of the tools in this list offer Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) to fulfill licensure requirements for professionals in certain disciplines. For more complete lists of online trainings that offer CEUs, it is recommended that you check with affiliated professional associations.
Some useful starting points include:
- NASW WebEd: NASW WebEd is the venue for online course offerings developed and offered by the National Association of Social Workers National Office. NASW WebEd courses are credited and social workers who pass the course exam will receive CEUs.
- ceu4u.com: CEU4U is an online continuing education provider and all states accept courses offered by CEU4U.com. CEU4U's primary goals are to provide up-to-date educational courses for professionals and that all courses meet the standards of each discipline's regulatory agency.
- National Association for Continuing Education: Accredited courses for psychologists, school psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and addiction professionals.
- Social Work CEUs Online: Provides a variety of quality online social work continuing education (CEU) programs for licensed clinical social workers, medical social workers and psychiatric social workers (including ethics).
- NEARI (New England Adolescent Research Institute): NEARI has provided state-of-the-art professional development training in areas of behavior management, staff development, organizational development, and special education. NEARI's Training Center showcases nationally recognized experts to create effective learning opportunities for the professionals and families who care for emotionally disturbed, traumatized, neurologically challenged, and learning disabled children and adolescents.
End Violence Against Women (EVAW) International's On-Line Training Institute
EVAW International has developed an On-Line Training Institute to bring state-of-the art training to anyone who is interested, on the topic of criminal justice response to sexual assault. Training content is primarily focused on the techniques for successful law enforcement investigation of non-stranger sexual assault. Yet training modules also address a broader range of content that is relevant to the criminal justice and coordinated community response to sexual assault, as well as sexual assaults that are committed by strangers.
Media Education Foundation Study Guides
These comprehensive study guides are designed to help teachers and students engage the issues raised by MEF videos. Free and available for most videos, MEF study guides feature video section summaries, key points, discussion questions, writing and research exercises, and additional resources and internet links.
nformed.on.sexual.assault College Program(Administrative Preview)
Steven Pearlman
This online program is accessible to university students with video learning and pre- and post-tests. Membership is administered by schools.
Stewards of Children ONLINE
A web-based sexual abuse prevention training program designed to educate adults to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. The training equips and empowers adults to keep children safe.
Violence Against Native Women
UCLA Extension - The Online Professional Development Program, Tribal Learning Community
Presented in cooperation with the UCLA Native Nations Law and Policy Center, this series of courses is a collaborative initiative to develop, pilot, and implement Tribal Studies curricula in support of Native educational issues and community concerns. Offered fully online, these courses are available not only to regional Native nations in the U.S. and Canada, but also to the surrounding national and worldwide community who have a professional interest in tribal issues.
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Researching Violence Against Women Online offers guidance that is meant to enhance skills and confidence on the Web, teaching ways to efficiently produce meaningful, relevant results.
Technology Safety & Advocacy includes a categorized and annotated listing of selected articles, fact sheets, papers, reports and other materials regarding the use of technology as it impacts and intersects with violence against women and children.