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Learning Comes Alive for Students Taking Courses, Interning in LBJ School's Washington Program
Professor Kate Weaver explains the advantages of on-the-ground experience for those pursuing a career in the policy world
AUSTIN, Texas, August 17, 2011 – As the first class day of the fall semester approaches, students who participated in the newly-launched LBJ School of Public Affairs Washington, D.C. program this summer are returning to Austin. Associate Professor Kate Weaver describes how living, working and learning in Washington, D.C. over the summer has provided LBJ School students with the valuable experience and connections in the nation's policy nerve center. The LBJ School launched its inuagural Washington, D.C. program in May 2011 with two graduate courses. In addition to graduate coursework, the program includes student internships, career fairs and alumni events.
Q: What is the importance of a program in Washington, D.C. for a school like the LBJ School of Public Affairs?
A: Washington, D.C. is the hub of national and global policy making. There are constant opportunities to meet and interact with people who make, implement, critique, and re-make policy. It is incredibly easy, once on the ground in D.C., to get looped into conversations with policy experts and practitioners. And in D.C., who you know is nearly as important as what you know. Networking – and putting a face to a name -- is critical to getting policy careers started.
The D.C. summer program is a great way for our students to get on the ground and kick-start connections. For example, we had numerous speakers in our seminar, each time spending 1-3 hours with our small group in intense conversation over critical policy debates. The speakers unanimously came away with the same impression: LBJ students are really smart, well trained and engaged on important issues. Many of our speakers encouraged our students to contact them later, and several even asked me to help them recruit LBJ students into their internships and other jobs. In short, having the program in D.C. has provided an incredible learning experience for our students to see the world of policy making up close, and it has enhanced the visibility of the LBJ School in a manner that will certainly benefit our ability to place our students in highly sought-after careers.
Q: What topics did you cover in your course and what were the benefits of teaching the course in the nation's capital?
A: The course was entitled "Crisis and Change in International Organizations" and it empirically focused on the challenges currently facing the United Nations, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. D.C. is the natural place to teach this course. The World Bank and IMF are literally right across the street from our classroom, which gave us great opportunities for site visits and interaction with staff within the organizations. The UN is headquartered in New York, but has a strong D.C. presence. We were able to draw in fantastic speakers who worked directly with the UN on peacekeeping, refugee assistance, and UN reform. Most importantly, being in D.C. allowed us to interact directly with experts who could provide varying perspectives on the issues we were studying -- often off the record and with great candor.
For example, in our analysis of challenges and reform at the IMF and World Bank, we had speakers not only from inside the IMF and World Bank, but also from the Senate Foreign Relations Council, the Bank Information Center (a major watchdog NGO in D.C.), and the Center for Global Development (the leading think tank on international development). The students came away with an intimate understanding of the issues facing these organizations from the inside out and the outside in from staff, Congress, civil society activists and academic experts. They could not have reached this level of understanding by simply reading books.
And just being in D.C has immense advantages. In addition to events scheduled for the course, the students were able to go to talks at D.C.'s numerous think tanks and attend public events at organizations such as the World Bank. They also did primary research on their own for final papers, which included conducting interviews with organizational staff and other experts from around D.C.
Q: Many of your students also interned while taking your course, maximizing their time in D.C. Some are also blogging about their experiences on our Thinkers and Doers summer internship blog. What have your students been saying about their experiences participating in the D.C. program?
A: I think the students have had a fabulous experience living and working in D.C. I think they are amazed at how D.C. actually starts to feel like a small town, where everyone knows each other and where things you once thought happened far away actually happen right down the street. The second week of the program, the IMF chose its new Managing Director, Christine Lagarde – the first woman to ever head the IMF. This all happened literally one block from where many of our students were interning at Development Gateway, and several saw Christine Lagarde as she came out to the front of the IMF for the media blitz. One of our students even spotted President Obama having ice cream with his daughters in Georgetown.
The program also made learning come alive for the students. For example, we held one of our classes in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearings room in the Dirksen Building on Capital Hill. We met with the senior aide to Senator Dick Lugar (R-Indiana), the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee (FRC), about U.S. perspectives on reforming the United Nations. We had just read the transcripts of the FRC's hearing on the future of the UN. The aide, who had over a decade's experience working on the committee as the lead UN expert, gave us one of the most animated accounts of how the hearings unfolded, what's really going on in the room during these events, what the back story is on Congress-UN relations, and what it all means for the future of US-UN relations. He let the students pound him with questions for nearly two hours, and then insisted they all sit in the Senators' seats for a photo.
But if I had to pick what the students liked best, I would probably say the World Bank cafeteria. It really is the best place to eat in downtown D.C. and perhaps the only place where you can hear 20 different languages being spoken around you while you eat your choice of food from over 12 different ethic food booths.


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Win an Offensive CNN T-Shirt!
CNN.com introduced a new feature today that allows you to buy t-shirts featuring some of their more outrageous headlines. Of course, even their most outrageous headlines are no match for the ones various bloggers and commenters are creating using their easily-hacked t-shirt store URLs. So let's have a contest! Knock up one that's funny—not purely offensive, please—and whichever one tickles our fancy the most wins a prize. If we're able too! Examples to get you started here and in the comments here. Enter in the comments below with a link and, if you can manage, an image of the shirt. Quick, before they fix it! The prize? We'll buy you the t-shirt you created! (If we can.) Standard contest rules apply.

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Free teachers' astronomy in the classroom workshop offered
What makes the sun a star? What are the impacts of sunspots on Earth? What are the Earth's defenses against the sun's harmful rays? How can the Faulkes Telescope be used in educational programs? These are just a few of the many questions to be answered in a free Teacher Training and Astronomy in the Classroom Workshop slated for Friday and Saturday at Kealakehe High School's cafeteria and science lab (G-203).
"Studying the sun is a good beginning for science, technology, engineering and math education. Students feel comfortable because they are familiar with it. And Super M math is an exciting way to engage students in math. These workshops are designed to provide more resources to our dedicated Hawaii Island teachers. Furthering STEM education will help our children be qualified for the next generation of 21st century jobs," said Sandra Dawson, Thirty Meter Telescope Hawaii community relations manager.
The 6 to 8 p.m. Friday program will feature a Faulkes Telescope teacher training exercise and stargazing for the entire family. Middle and high school teachers will be able to test drive the large, research-grade Faulkes Telescope and learn how to obtain and use it in their classroom. In addition, representatives from Hale Pohaku Visitor Information Station will bring telescopes, and the community is invited to participate in stargazing with VIS volunteers.
The Heliophysics in the Classroom program is from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The term heliophysics was coined in the early 1980s to denote the physics of the entire sun. The teacher training will focus on hands-on activities and demonstrations to be used for grade appropriate science courses answering the following questions. How does the sun get its energy? What are sunspots? How do you count them? How does the Earth's magnetic field protect us from the sun's radiation? What happens on the sun to cause the hazardous solar storms?
The astronomy teachers' workshops are funded through a NASA heliophysics education and public outreach grant. Follow-up with the participating teachers after the workshop is planned.
Teachers will also be provided training in the innovative Super M program. Super M is a project at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Hawaii at Manoa and funded by a National Science Foundation Graduate STEM Fellows in K–12 Education program. Super M creates partnerships between graduate mathematics students and K-12 teachers to design innovative, developmentally appropriate and engaging activities for K-12 students.
Childcare and astronomy, and fun math activities for the teachers' children will be available, as will Gemini Observatory's mobile planetarium. Continental breakfast and lunch will be served Saturday.
The workshop events are sponsored by the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy and the Thirty Meter Telescope.
To reserve a spot, contact Laura Aquino at 326-7820 or email@example.com.


text: Breck's new cultural CEO: a bold future By Carrie Saldo • Feb 13, 2014 TweetShareGoogle+Email Listen Listening... / interview with Robb Woulfe Meet Breckenridge's first Cultural CEO, Robb Woulfe – charged with overseeing and expanding arts and culture in the town. He's not afraid to take some risks in his new pursuit. Credit Summit Daily "It needs to be bold, it needs to be big, it needs to be flashy," said Woulfe of the programming he wants to launch in Breckenridge. "I am a big fan of spectacle and I think that takes its shape in a lot of different things." Since the 1960s when Breckenridge opened its mountain and saw both its year-round and seasonal populations surge, it has also seen a steady increase in arts related activities. Today, Breckenridge attracts an estimated 1.5 million skiers annually and hosts hundreds of arts and cultural events. There's now a number of now has many performing arts venues, hundreds of annual events, and a robust art gallery scene. In 2001, town leaders designated a downtown Arts District. Expansion and renovation work within the district is slated for completion Nov. 2014. The growth of its cultural community prompted Breckenridge's nationwide search for a Cultural CEO back in 2013. As the new head of a yet to be named nonprofit, Woulfe sees the town's already robust ski scene and existing arts and cultural offerings as complimentary, rather than competitive tracks. "I think it is how you bring those two elements together," said Woulfe. "And how we build upon that identity of what Breckenridge is and not fight it." There are demographic trends Woulfe will have to contend with in this popular ski town. Its population between the ages of 18 and 34, 39 percent of its 4,600 residents, is higher than the national average. Youth is often seen as a plus for marketers and advertisers, it runs counter though to the National Endowment for the Arts' finding that the majority of performing and visual arts attendees are those 35 and older. Woulfe's near decade as leader of the Ann Arbor Summer Festivalhas him well versed in entertaining an age group that often wants to assure their 1,000 closest "friends" and "followers" can also vicariously take part in their experience via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the like. He's learned the 18-34 set isn't always interested in an off-the-grid experience in a darkened theater. With that in mind, he hopes to program some new free outdoor events. "It's less in my mind about trying to get that group to come to the symphony as is trying to create an experience for them that they will attend," said Woulfe. Moving forward, Woulfe said he will explore partnerships with recreational organizations and other town businesses, adding he tends to see "everything" as a venue. "It's not just the theater or the performing arts center but I look at streets as venues, I look at mountains as venues," continues Woulfe, "I look at the local bar down the street as a venue and I think, for us, it's really putting together a portfolio of those venues to be able to tell the story of arts and culture in the community." Although there are a growing number of communities in the state with arts leaders, Colorado Creative Industries believes Breckenridge to be the first in the state to use the title "Cultural CEO." That's recognition that arts' mean business is on the rise in Colorado. (Closing track by Jeff Parker Trio, "Swept Out to Sea," from the CD Bright Light in Winter.) Arts District is a collaboration of KUNC, Rocky Mountain PBS, and KUVO. Tags: Arts DistrictCarrie SaldoRobb WoulfeFirst TakeTweetShareGoogle+Email Related Content Competition fierce at Breckenridge Snow Sculpture Championships 2 years ago Denver's culture plan "Imagine 2020" Still Taking Input 3 years ago Starz Denver Film Fest: Gene Kelly The Legacy 3 years ago View the discussion thread.


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Interested in being a part of the Hampton Coffee Company family of high-quality community-oriented espresso bars and cafés?
It is an exciting time to be a part of the Third Wave specialty coffee industry and there are lots of opportunities for successful new Hampton Coffee Company locations.
We offer a unique business model: Superior customer service, expertly-prepared Italian-style beverages by real Baristas, our own small-batch hand-roasted estate-grown coffee, a real bakery in every café, and a local commitment to community service that has led to tremendous success in our more than 22-year history. We are confident that our unique business model, based on community and quality, sets us apart from our local and national competitors and makes us the perfect choice for your success.
We're always looking for highly-qualified hands-on owner-operators to be a part of Hampton Coffee Company's continued growth. In fact, we have locations waiting in many areas!
Hampton Coffee Company is not looking to build a traditional franchise system. Instead, we are looking for a small number of partners who can continue to help us strengthen our culture and help us build our business in new areas. We are looking for leaders with a proven track record of food-service success and who are committed to our company values. Potential partners must have experience in restaurant/retail, be committed to taking an active role in their potential Hampton Coffee business, have knowledge of and take part in the community of the area they wish to open in, and have the net worth and liquid assets to be successful.
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Inspiration, ideas and information to help women build public speaking content, confidence and credibility. Denise Graveline is a Washington, DC-based speaker coach who has coached more than 140 TEDMED and TEDx speakers--many featured on TED.com--and prepared speakers to testify before the U.S. Congress, appear on national television, and deliver industry keynotes. She offers 1:1 coaching and group workshops in public speaking, presentation and media interview skills to both men and women.
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Big Lots' Sales up 3.8% in 4Q
February 8, 2011-- Home Textiles Today,
COLUMBUS, OHIO - Despite flat comps, Big Lots' fourth quarter sales rose 3.8% to $1.45 billion. Home, furniture and seasonal were the best performers.
The company said poor weather conditions during the last three weeks of January hampered same-store sales. The quarter ended Jan. 29.
Preliminary sales tally for the full fiscal year is $4.9 billion, up 5.0%. Comps for the year were up 2.5%.
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A local woman has become the second Prince Albert resident to cash in a lottery prize in recent weeks.
Margaret Bantle won $50,000 after her $3 Year Of The Horse Scratch 'N Win ticket took the top prize. She bought it and four other tickets at Mac's Convenience Store at 2805 Sixth Ave. E. when she stopped to pick up some other items.
She told Saskatchewan Lotteries that she's a regular scratch'n win player but that this is her first big win.
Saskatchewan Lotteries announced last week that Don Czasnojc of Prince Albert won $10,000 with a Monopoly Multiplier Scratch 'N Win ticket.


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By Kimberly Hanna: Special to QCS
The Mesalands Community College rodeo team had the best college rodeo in the program's history at the Tri-College Challenge in Taylor, Ariz., last weekend.
The team won eight titles, including the men's team title and both the men's and women's all-around titles.
The men's team claimed the team championship with 730 points. That set a school record. The women's team placed third with 330 points.
The men were paced by J2 Bridges, who won both rounds and the average in the bareback riding with scores of 75 and 77 points, respectively. The 77-point ride was a personal best for the freshman from Hazelton, Idaho.
Bridges also won both rounds and the average in the steer wrestling.
Bridges was named the all-around champion at the rodeo.
Mesalands doubled up on the all-around titles with Sydni Blanchard of Albuquerque winning the women's all-around title.
Blanchard was fourth in the first round of the goat tying with a run of 8.5 seconds. In the second round ,Blanchard had the fast time of the round with a 7.8-second run. Her two-run total of 16.3 seconds won her the average in the goat tying.
Blanchard's most impressive win came in her signature event, the barrel racing. She turned in the two fastest runs of the rodeo on the way to a sweep.
Fran Marchand, of Omak, Wash., earned the bull riding average title at the Tri-College Challenge. Marchand placed third in the first round with a score of 72 points. In the second round, Marchand placed second with a 68-point ride. His two-head total of 140 was good enough for the first-place finish.
"This was by far the best college rodeo in the history of the program. We have J2, Fran and Sydni all score over 300 points at one rodeo," said Mesalands Rodeo Coach C.J. Aragon.
"There is one rodeo left and we are still in contention to win more individual titles and possibly the men's team title. Fran, J2 and Sydni all put themselves in contention to the regional all-around titles as well as individual event titles."
For the third consecutive year Coach Aragon was named Grand-Canyon regional coach of the year.
Both the men's and women's teams are ranked nationally for the first time in school history.
Their next rodeo is this weekend at the Grand Canyon Regional Finals in Las Cruces.


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This Fashionisto caught my eye outside of work the other day while I was on break. He was wearing mostly head-to-toe black with a dash of nude, which is a huge color combination for this season. He paired his black under shirt with some skinny jeans that are cuffed to reveal his awesome leather boots. One of the most unique things about Dustin is his choice of body art and the undercut hairstyle he rocks which gives him a chic edge while rocking the classic Wayfarer Ray-Ban sunglasses. Less is more when it comes to summing up this look.
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Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
The new add-on to Company of Heroes is tested in DirectX 10 mode only since it provides the highest quality of the visuals.
Against our expectations, 1 gigabyte of graphics memory brings about no advantage in this game. The unique card from Gainward does not improve performance much – the minimum speed is higher, yet not high enough for comfortable play. You can try to play at such settings but slowdowns below 25fps are unavoidable.
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
The game having a frame rate limiter, you should consider the minimum speed of the cards in the first place.
The game shows no difference between the Gainward Bliss 8800 GT 1024MB GS and Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512MB due to the frame rate limiter. Both cards deliver superb performance at every resolution with enabled FSAA.
World in Conflict
This game is quite satisfied with 512 megabytes of graphics memory. The difference between the Gainward Bliss 8800 GT 1024MB GS and the reference Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512MB is only due to the difference in the GPU and memory frequencies of the two cards. The Gainward is somewhat closer to the comfortable level, but for practical purposes 22fps and 24fps are actually the same thing. The minimum speed of 13fps is uncomfortable, too.


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LAST DATE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IS OCTOBER 28 (You may register to vote the day of elections on November 8)
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Closed for the following holidays in 2016
Payment Types Accepted – The Town Clerk now accepts credit cards as well as cash or checks. An additional fee of 2.79% is charged for any credit or debit card transaction.
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Please have your drivers license available as it will be required for any motor vehicle transaction.
Renewals – please bring a copy of your old registration or the mail-in notice that you receive from the Town. If you are new to Epping, you must have a copy of your most recent registration, as well as proof of residency.
Transfers – To get credit for time remaining on your old registration you must have your original registration or a certified copy which can be obtained for a fee of $18.00
Paperwork needed to register a new vehicle
2000-2015 model years must be Titled. If purchased from a NH dealer you must have the blue paper which is the Application for Certificate of Title. If you do not have this, you must have the certificate of origin or the Tile signed over to you. All new owners will need to sign the application for the new title.
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ABQ Memorial Day ClosuresMay 23rd, 2013 at 4:10 pm by Magdalena Sharpe under Latest Posts
Monday, May 27th the following city services and facilities will be closed or have limited hours.
City Services
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- Buses - Rapid Ride, ABQ Ride
- Solid Waste–Offices closed. Regular pickup of trash and recyclables as scheduled for Mondays.
- Animal Welfare Shelters and Offices - Lucky Paws Adoption Center in Coronado Open 11:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Monday
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What isn't on this list of signs of human trafficking? Has there ever been a vaguer term than abuse of vulnerability? It could describe being a parent or teacher easily. If informants are supposed to make a telephone call based on any of these signs – which is what this says – then heaven help the switchboards. No wonder Rescue-Industry groups have to ask for so much funding.
Lists of the so-called signs of being a victim of trafficking are now common, even placed in airports in hopes that victims may experience revelation and realise they need rescue. Such techniques demonstrate how the Rescue Industry institutionalises, submitting to funding guidelines written by government bureaucrats. The particular group that produced the list you see here have expanded from the US to the UK. It's a sort of globalisation of weak thinking.
There are young people now who have grown up surrounded by campaigning against trafficking, unaware there is conflict about how to define the term. Some want to dedicate energy to combating what is figured as a modern social evil. Some compare themselves with 19th-century anti-slavery advocates and feel outraged that anyone would question what they are doing.
The field gets critiqued regularly, and I don't always contribute when asked for comment. I regularly send a link to Dear Students of Sex Work and Trafficking (students can be taken as a general term for those who wish to inform themselves). I don't want to repeat the same ideas over and over when it's all easily findable on a website, and I don't like reducing complexity to bullet points. I also think everything has been said, and claims that insights are new are untrue. Online Editors routinely splash every banal keyword into headlines, sometimes without reference to what the item actually contains. Exaggeration has taken over.
Recent inquiries roused me to sketch out a few basic ideas that take in the history.
The Convention on Transnational Organised Crime was published in Palermo in 2000 by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Two protocols on human mobility were appended, one on trafficking, the other on smuggling. The process of defining these was long and conflictual and has been documented publicly. It was all supposed to pertain to undocumented migrants, a topic nearly always omitted from current commentary. I've written about these protocols more than once, particularly their genderedness and how sex is pointed to when the mobile people are women but not when they are men. The cover to my book Sex at the Margins used the image of mobility and human agency seen here.
After the Convention was published, the idea of trafficking began its ascent, and soon we who were interested in migration, sex work and labour policy realised it was useless for gaining equity or rights. The framework of the Convention is Crime – there is no fixing that. The assumption is this human mobility to work is fomented by criminals who use force and coercion against their victims – notions impossible to pin down because they vary infinitely amongst individuals according to momentary conditions. If you look at the footnotes opposing sides published on the language of the protocols you see how they argued about these keywords. Later some wag used the term sex trafficking, moving towards reductionism that is typical to the campaigning of moral entrepreneurs.
Behind this over-simplification and over-focus on sex lie real social inequalities and oppressions: migration policies that favour middle- and upper-class jobs, out-of-date notions of the formal economy and productive labour, young people who want to get away from home, job-seekers willing to take risks to make more money, laws that make commercial sex illegal, laws that make sweatshops illegal and there is more. To lump all this under a single term simply disappears the array of different situations, encourages reductionism and feeds into a moralistic agenda of Good and Evil. The term trafficking is an invention incapable of describing so many realities, and it does not help to reduce them all to two possibilities – the Free vs the Enslaved, the Autonomous vs the Coerced. In the case of those who sell sex it does not help to reduce them to Sex Workers vs Victims of Trafficking.
I am asked what better language would be, but the issue is not language, as though everything might be fixed by changing the words. The framework setting out the problems is good for nothing but policing. I suggest addressing specific injustices on their own terms. For example
-If the subject is runaway teenagers who don't want to live with their parents or go to school and don't have money or job-skills, then talk about that.
-If the subject is people who took a job that didn't turn out the way they expected but they need the money so don't leave it, then talk about that.
-If the subject is migrants who crossed borders with false papers so they are not legal to work at any job, then talk about that.
And so on. Get down to specifics, deal with real situations, stop arguing about ridiculous abstractions. Social policies do not have to be so dumb.
–Laura Agustín, the Naked Anthropologist
Tags: campaigns, gender equality, informal economy, migration, mobility, police, rescue industry, sexwork, trafficking
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Very true! While some argue whether to use 'human trafficking', 'forced labour', 'modern slavery' or whatever, indeed the best would be to address separate injustices separately. I already quite liked it when part of this was published in the New Republic last week.
As for weak thinking and dumb language, an in particular, dumb campaigns against trafficking and 'slavery', I just wrote this '14 fun and easy ways to #EndSlavery' the other day – bgerasimov blogspot com
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Well said and to the point.
Here in South Africa n new trend of trafficking is emerging. The basics being:
Babies and children are removed from their families without due process, Government officials are part of this syndicate. Substance users are mostly targeted. While the removers themselves are substance abusers.
The syndicate then get donations for the "rescued children" from the factories generating funds allowing them luxuries(double story houses) and to support their habits(I know their drinking habits+ photos). At the same time they act as "Safe Houses" that entitle them too "Foster Care Grants" payable by Government.
The indication seems that donations are dependent on the amount of children removed.
The best part being I reported 10 cases to the Police(Hawks) 8 months ago but these police are still determining if it is HT cases.
Like you said…to put it in simple terms… if the Police cant connect sex to the act it's probably not HT….how stupid actually???
I would love to see comments that are angry at you for daring to say such things about their noble cause because that would mean you are NOT just singing to the choir. The truth will break thru the hyperbole – I hope. So many of these media / hysteria driven issues could change our overall way of life if left unchallenged. I am a student of demography doing research in one of the largest "adult entertainment" centers in the world and nothing – nothing! – looks like the common narrative we are taught to believe about sex world. I meet happy women NOT from broken homes, no pimps, age of first sex over 17, age when paid for first time over 24, and no physical violence – repeat, NO physical violence – not here! If I thought the right people were reading this I would suggest they demand their donations back – -


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After such a long season like baseball, I can never remember what the hell I do with my time during the off-season. Then I take into account school, college basketball, and the holidays and I realize that even without baseball, life isn't too, too bad. It's beyond weird how much of an impact something like baseball can have on a person. I'm pretty sure I had the shakes for a few days after last Wednesday.
Staying on the impact topic, I've also realized that there are some people that legitimately don't get it. I've told my friends about how much I love the Yankees. Now, I know I can be emphatic, but I don't think I've ever realized how much it shows. I get made fun of, playfully, but still. People really don't get it, and honestly, I don't think I get it either. How does baseball get into someone's veins and wreak havoc on their brains and emotions and, well, lives?! It's a mind-boggling idea… and a blog topic for another day. =)
So, what's happened since last Wednesday? Well, the Parade of Heroes, of course. My boys clean up pretty damn nice if I must say so. Mmmmm. ;D I can only imagine what the first-time player paraders must have been thinking. Watching that footage [and playing hooky, ssshhh! ;D] certainly made it seem like they were all having the time of their lives. The youngins especially. Great, great stuff. I'm glad I missed classes to watch it. I used it as a well earned & well needed mental health day.
And, even though it's only been a week, there have already been talks about contract extenstions, contract renewals, tenders, free agencies, and all that jazz. Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon, Andy Pettitte, Jerry Hairston, Jr., and Jose Molina are among the free agents from our boys in blue. So, in essence, their journey for 2010 has already begun. It will no doubt be interesting to see who gets re-signed and who gets the boot. But, no matter what happens with any of these guys, let's remember one thing: they ALL helped this team make it to the World Series this season, and they ALL helped to win it in one way or another. I can certainly say, at least for myself, that no matter where they end up, I wish them nothing but the best, and they will always be Yankees in my heart (yes, even if any of them end up in Boston [cough HIDEKI cough]). Another cause[s] for celebration? Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira win the Gold Glove Awards for their respective positions. BALLIN'. Many, many, many congratulations to them, of course. I WUV YOU GUYS! =D
Hmmm, other stuff from this week, let's see… Well, I've decided I'm going to put a collage on one of my walls dedicated to these fabulous men in pinstripes. It's a work in major, major progress, but I'm optimistic that it's gonna be pretty bada$s. Be sure to look for pictures of the finished product sometime in the near future! Also, my substitute sport of obsession for the off-season – men's college basketball – officially began on Monday with the Coaches vs. Cancer tournament. Let's go Tar Heels! WOOOOO! They're on tonight at 9, so you know where I'll be at. At the moment I'm watching Syracuse play the
Handmaids of Mary Robert Morris. Go 'Cuse! I can't wait until the season gets into full swing. Then come the holidays, and winter break from school. Ahhh, I cannot wait.
So, from here on out, expect a little less about baseball and a little more about other stuff. A sad thing to see, I know, but I hope that doesn't hinder anybody from visiting iBleed: Yankee Pinstripes. I have always and will always bleed blue, even if I don't always write about it! Hehe. Here's to a great and productive off-season for the Bronx Bombers [and all of baseball], and here's to hoping beyond hope that our sanity stays intact!
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here, here! i definitely agree w paragraph 3. i'm sad it's over, but i'm actually more relieved than sad. now i have time to concentrate on other things i neglected during the season. yay for keeping up with the blog!
– Jessica
I'll tell you what to do this off season. Savor the championship for a couple of weeks — buy some shirts, sweatshirts and any other Yankees championship apparel. Then, enjoy what will be a great off season. Already, we have seen a lot of rumors and big signings, just wait until players start talking to other teams. It's going to be exciting. Just be happy the Yankees won. Imagine how bad it would be if they lost in the World Series!
— NYColeman
The hot stove will keep us hot for the game… and yes! Bring in OTHER STUFF! Hell, half the stuff Al and I write about would fall in that "other" category. Make yourself unique! That's what it's all about!
Isn't it funny how our friends don't get our baseball obsession? THEY'RE the ones who are missing something! I agree with Jeff. Just write about whatever interests you during the off-season. It's your blog so go for it!
I know it feels, Lisa. When baseball's over, you don't know what to do with yourself. Thank God for the MLB Network – there's tons of new programming that will be on between now and Spring Training and I'm looking forward to it.
On my blog, I'm of course doing the Yankees World Series Championship Tournament of Champions, which is already going on to Round 2, and I'm really excited about it. This website I found that allows you to run simulated games between two teams, no matter the era, is extremely addicting.
After that, I hope to do some more "Team of the Decade" posts, working backward and since I did this decade, the next one will be the 90s. It all depends on the feedback I get from my readers about it. I would hate to put a lot of work into something like that and get no response.
Syracuse looks to be good this year, liek always. but the real beasts of teh Big east will be my West Virginia Mountaineers. cant wait for this basketball season….and CHRISTMAS…so pumped already got a tree up in my apartment and holliday music blasting
Yes it's that time of year where horizons are expanded to include all sorts of stuff, as they say one persons trash is another ones treasure… can't wait for the other stuff…
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True that, Jess. I think you need to give your brainchild some lovin'. Now it's your turn! LOL
I do need to get myself some new stuff for the wardrobe, NYColeman. I can't lie though, this week has sent me into a bit of a depression. I think I'm coming out of it though, thankfully! And at the moment, I'm actually watching Yankees Hot Stove, so I'm getting my fix!
Very true, Jeff. Don't worry, I plan on being as random as possible!
It's so sad [for them] Jane. They're totally missing out! And I'll be sure to keep up with my other obsessions during the off-season!
Yes, the MLB Network is a godsend, Beth. Right now I'm trying to wean myself off of baseball a bit [even though I'm watching Yankees Hot Stove right now =X LOL]. I'm loving your brackets! Look forward to me stalking your blog for the latest updates!
I don't know about always, Matt, but they sure looked good against those scrub teams, LOL. We'll see about your Mountaineers… You have a tree up already?! Sheesh! I'll be adding some tunes to my iPod really soon. I can't wait!!!
Haha, that phrase has never sounded more appropriate, Peter. I'll be looking forward to seeing what you have to say too!
It is not going to be as exciting of an offseason as last, so it will just be a long time of waiting until Spring Training.
Ha! Lisa, I totally blew off class on the day of the parade, too. Gotta love those mental health days…especially when its ACTUAL spiritual healing watching the Yanks celebrate a WS win! But seriously…the Venga boys as they were getting the keys? Ugh. It's like going to a fancy restaurant, ordering a dinner that costs more than some people make in a week, and then having a glass of Arbor Mist to go along with it. Ya just don't do it! haha, but I digress…
I am looking forward to seeing your creation … make sure you post it up when you're done!
Well, Babu, I hope it's somewhat exciting nonetheless. I'll take whatever I can get!
Got that right, Chris! I was pretty annoyed about the Vengaboys thing to… like, really? That's the best song you could come up with? I'd like to take whoever picked the tunage and throw them off a cliff. I could've done 248956297659745x better as the DJ!
Don't worry Buz. As soon as it's finished, it'll be up here! It may take a while though… =X LOL.


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If left untreated, each of these forms of anthrax can spread to the blood or brain and cause severe illness or even death.
How is anthrax diagnosed?
The bacteria that cause anthrax can be grown from the blood, skin lesions or respiratory secretions. Special tests to confirm the identification are performed at reference laboratories. Antibody tests and tests to look for anthrax DNA in tissue or blood specimens are also available at specialized labs. There is no laboratory test for anthrax before symptoms begin. Nose swabs are NOT useful to test for anthrax.
Can anthrax be spread from person to person?
A person who has cutaneous anthrax, with draining open sores, presents a low risk of infection to others. The only way cutaneous anthrax can be spread is by direct contact with the draining. Inhalational anthrax is NOT transmitted from person to person, by casual contact, sharing office space, coughing or sneezing. Even when people have developed symptoms of inhalational anthrax they are not contagious to others.
What is the treatment for illness caused by anthrax?
There are several antibiotics that are used successfully to treat anthrax. Treatment is highly effected in cases of cutaneous anthrax and is effective in inhalation and gastrointestinal anthrax if begun early in the course of infection.
Is there a vaccine available?
Currently, the only available vaccine is for military personnel who are thought to be at a higher risk for exposure to anthrax in combat settings, or certain civilian workers who may come in contact with anthrax spores in the course of their work. There is no anthrax vaccine that is available commercially.
Anthrax as a bioterrorist weapon
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and reports of anthrax transmission through the U.S. mail, public concern about a biological attack with anthrax heightened.
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Many moons ago I had a psychiatrist tell me that I wasn't feminine enough and that, in effect, he doubted my commitment to Sparkle Motion. Well, I saw where he was coming from. I wasn't particularly feminine. In fact, by a lot of metrics, I was downright fucking butch (and crass and vulgar and and and). At the time, I felt like my body fit me like an ill-tailored suit and I spent a lot of energy trying to be as small and as invisible as I could be (and given how tall I am, that was a great deal of energy indeed.) I just assumed that I had bigger fish to fry and that one day I'd finally get around to blossoming like the goddamned flower I was supposed to be.
Fast forward…oh, 18 fucking years. I'm still processing that accusation and the imprint it's left not only on my outwardly crafted persona but on the expectations I have for where my life will take me and what's really "underneath." See, I've lived every day thinking that no one really got to see the real me. I would make efforts now and then to satisfy the demands that this doctor placed upon my identity – the demands that I held to represent my true self – but it would never quite latch. I'd buy whole new wardrobes that were fitting of a woman my age but I would wear them as if I were a circus bear walking on its hind legs. These consistent failures of course would lead to more self loathing and reaffirmation that I was doing it all wrong.
That I made these efforts to satisfy his expectations shouldn't be taken to mean that I was fully onboard with the plan. All the while that I held these expectations I was actively rebelling and sabotaging my efforts through tattoos and piercings and other unseemly modifications. Whenever I'd remember his words keenly enough to cause hurt I would reactively do something to spite him. I knew I wasn't doing myself any favours if my intention was to satisfy his image of what I should be and yet I did it all anyway. On one level I clearly gave up on expecting to make the change his conditioning demanded.
And yet, I still held myself to his standards. When I looked in the mirror and saw the antithesis of what he expected I should be I would chide and insult myself in his voice. It didn't matter that on many levels I liked what I saw – it was still unacceptable when measured against this narrative and ideal that had lodged itself inside my head.
I've come to realize that I'm not some butterfly waiting for the right moment to emerge from a cocoon – I AM a gruff and fundamentally unfeminine caterpillar. It's not some armour I hide behind and I wont some day get over it and blossom. I'm pushing forty – this is who I am.
And how the fuck did I ever let some stupid man convince me that this was somehow a problem? Jesus, if any of my friends ever gave themselves the shit that I've given to myself I'd let them have an earful. I don't know how I've been so willfully ignorant of this conditioning for so long. It's only in the past few months that I've finally managed to get a good hard look at this part of my psyche and see it for what it is – utter shite and…
A waste of 18 years.
I've spent so long trying to live up to someone else's expectations of what I should be that I never once stopped to consider if it's really something I wanted at all. And I don't. Throwing these poisoned assumptions aside, when I look in the mirror right now… y'know what? I'm pretty fucking okay with what I see. There are things I still would like to change and work on, but on my terms and to my specifications. I need to stop dragging around some dinosaurs assumptions on what a woman should be.
(For the record: I'm not angry. I am however feeling incredibly intense. For whatever reason I'm having a profound moment (or series of moments) so the profanity is going to flow freely for the time being. Context may come later. Or not. Whatever, no one's reading this anyway. 🙂 )


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According to Fox News, 15-million babies worldwide were born prematurely in 2010. 1.1 million of those babies died.
A Reuters report explains that premature birth rates have doubled in developing countries since 1995, despite widespread efforts to reduce them.
The difference between death from premature birth and survival lies in where these babies are born.
"While more than 90 percent of babies born before 28 weeks in wealthier countries survive, however, in poor countries more than 90 percent die."
Of the eleven countries that have preterm birth rates of 15 % or higher, nine of those are in sub-Saharan Africa. But, while geography is at play, wealth alone does not determine preterm birth rates.
The U.S. ranks poorly, coming in at 130th out of 184 countries. With a 12 percent rate– 12 preterm births per 100– USA ties with Somalia, Turkey and Thailand. It only just edges out Honduras and Timor.
The reasons behind this are not entirely clear. But health experts have some ideas? From the Fox report:
"Experts can't fully explain why the U.S. preemie rate is so much worse than similar high-income countries. But part of the reason must be poorer access to prenatal care for uninsured U.S. women, especially minority mothers-to-be, said March of Dimes epidemiologist Christopher Howson. African-American women are nearly twice as likely as white women to receive late or no prenatal care, and they have higher rates of preterm birth as well, he said."
Another theory, put forth by researchers, relates to a culture that is prone to delaying pregnancies and also to medical intervention:
"In richer countries, the causes of prematurity include more older women having babies, multiple pregnancies due to fertility drugs and inductions and Cesarean deliveries done for convenience rather than medical necessity."
Foreign and domestic aid groups, like March of Dimes, Save the Children, The partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, and the World Health Organization, with help from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, continue to focus on education as the solution for reducing preterm rates and preterm deaths: Kangaroo care, holding newborns skin against skin, has saved many lives. And medical interventions, like administering steroid shots to speed up lung development during preterm labor, have had an effect.
But preventing preterm births, the ultimate goal, proves elusive.
In America, where the high preterm birth rate is confounding, prevention comes down to not just prenatal care, but pre-conception care. According to the Fox report, a whopping 50% of all pregnancies are unplanned. Improving the health of all women, not just pregnant women, is key. But how do you go about telling young women to always live their lives as if they could get pregnant tomorrow?
Does the figure of 15-million premature babies shock you? Are you surprised that the U.S. preterm birth rate ranks so poorly worldwide? Any insights as to what is contributing to these high rates?
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CHARLESTON - Another record is set in the total number of pills collected during this weekend's prescription drug take back day.
U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Resident Agent in Charge Suzan Williamson jointly announced today that as a result of the October 26th Prescription Drug Take-Back event, a total of 4,976 pounds of unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs were collected from citizens and households across West Virginia.
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Does Hillary regret standing by her man?
The power couple are back in the news: Huma Abedin (former deputy chief of staff of state to Hillary Clinton) and her husband, Anthony 'The Sexting Rep' Weiner, (disgraced New York State Rep. who resigned after his Twtter-pic scandal) were on the coveted cover of The New York Times Sunday Magazine recently. They want a come back of some sort and clearly hoped this public, well-lit mea culpa might help them climb out of the darkness of public infamy.
The whole thing took me right back to the white heat of the original scandal, when Weiner first lied about then admitted sending crotch shots via Twitter to various ladies. His power-wife was pregnant at the time. Now they're parents.
She stood by her man. During the time, I imagined how Hillary Clinton was advising her longtime friend and aide, Huma.
To: Huma Abedin, Deputy Chief of Staff of State
From: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Subject: On Standing and Men
Dear Huma:
We have a long personal and professional history and much good work still to do together. We're jetting off to Northern Africa for a global diplomacy trip so before we get all diplomatic, I feel compelled to offer you this advice.
As a woman of a certain age and experience, I cannot let you continue on this road. I've known you since 1996 when I was First Lady and you were my intern. You've been my longtime aide, my trusted personal assistant. I have invested a significant amount of time, training and mentoring in you. I have schooled you in grave matters of public policy, diplomacy, international law, human rights and how to wear pant suits. Remember what the New York Daily News wrote about you:
"Abedin is a deputy chief of staff at State, one of the tight and incredibly loyal circle of Hillaryistas who are fiercely protective of their boss."
I love 'Hillaryistas.' Anyway, today, we're talkin' turkey. More specifically, the turkey you married (funny how my turkey presided over your marriage to your turkey. Weird. And PS: Nice call on not taking his last name.)
You know I only give it to you straight. And you can take it. You're smart, talented, driven. You've had to be. You've kept up with me. But girl, I do not know how you stay so thin. And you never sweat. Listen to me carefully. Now is your moment, sister. Now is when the universe is showing you the ultimate scales, revealing the ultimate truths from which you must select and seal your fate.
Should you stay or should you go? Oh, should you stay or should you go, now. Sorry. Love that song.
Not only am I Secretary of State, but I'm a crackerjack attorney. Yale Law School, baby. Did you know they didn't even let women into Yale until just a few years before I attended? Still makes me mad. Anyway, let's calmly review the evidence. You've been married 11 months. Before your marriage, your husband, New York Rep. Anthony D. Weiner, says you were aware he had sexually-charged, explicit online interactions. You married him knowing he had certain fetishes, no?
You are not the first woman to do so. Alas, there's a humidor filled with Cuban cigars in Bill's and my basement that stands as a testament to that annoying marital truth.
And now, as you've been tossed and turned and shredded in the last 48-hour news spin cycle we the people have learned (apparently just a little while after you, the wife, had learned) according to The New York Times:
"Mr. Weiner, 46, has admitted to engaging in salacious online conversations with at least six women over the last few years, including an incident last month in which he sent a photograph of himself in underwear to a college student in Washington State. He apologized to his wife and declared that they have no intention of splitting up.
"We will weather this," Mr. Weiner said on Monday, during his emotional news conference. "I love her very much, and she loves me."
And then today, The Times reports that you are pregnant. Congratulations. Now listen up.
Honey, I will share with you what Oprah Winfrey shared with me, that Maya Angelou shared with her, that she shared with 497 gazillion viewers, that we all shared with Maria Shriver just a couple of weeks ago:
"When people show you who they are, believe them."
And, just as important, Ms. Angelou always adds: "And believe them the first time."
Look, you are a super-successful, smart, well-connected, beautiful 35-year-old woman with the world at her feet. I'd say 'the world is your oyster' but when I was pregnant with Chelsea just hearing someone say the name of a shellfish made me gag. Oooh. You too, I see. Sorry.
But maybe it wasn't the oyster. Oh, sorry. Guess it was. I thought maybe it was the obscene irony of me – the Reigning Gold Medal-Olympic Champion in Standing By Your Man – telling you to dump yours.
Look, cookie, I get it. You're thinking: Pot. Kettle. Kettle sitting on counter in Glass House. You're wrong. My standing-by-my-man had a significant pay off. It was cold, calculated math, honey. My man is wicked smart and made of political Teflon. He was the Leader of the Free World. He had supreme power, access, and everybody owed him something because he was rather generous with his power.
Without him, I would have done fine, no doubt. But with him, well, with him I've done supremely fine. In fact, I myself will be the Leader of the Free World one day precisely because I stood by my man. It gave me the human vote.
Your guy? Goose egg.
What's he gonna get you? He's known as a pain in the arse. Blah blah blah. Smug. And now he's done. Put a fork in him, sister, he's done. You can't parlay his limp career into anything for you. But you, if you leave now, if you keep your mouth shut, and let your divorce decree do the talking, you'll be the antidote to all of the depressing broads (myself included) standing up there in our muted, pastel pant suits, smiling our muted, wan smiles, behind our pathetic husband holding his press conference, confessing about one iota of the sins he's actually committed, feigning tears, seeking redemption through the teleprompter. Don't be that gal, honey.
Be the gal who stands up, tilts her head down ever so slightly so her Prada Polarized sunglasses drop smartly onto the bridge of her elegantly uplifted nose, and says: Enough.
I am speaking to you as your boss and mentor, who knows the depth of your intelligence and the professional possibilities your life holds. I am speaking to you as the mother of a daughter, which you may soon be; and as the wife of an arrogant, narcissistic, power-hungry perv – which you already are. Get out now, so the child doesn't know life before the divorce. And what she does know is that her mother chose the road less travelled by too many smart women.
Stand up and leave your man.
Very Sincerely Yours,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State of the United States of America
To read more stories of men in power behaving badly and how social media like Facebook and Twitter can wreck marriages, check out:
Can You Protect Your Kids and Grandkids from Rep. Anthony Weiner's Twitter Sexting Scandal?
How Can Maria Shriver Get Her Groove Back
Facebook now a divorce lawyer's best weapon
Old Flames on Facebook Wreck Marriages
Tools to Detect Internet Infidelity


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Almost a year has passed since Thermalright Archon came out, which we still consider the best air cooler for CPUs. A lot of highly efficient cooler has come out since then, but only one of them, NZXT Havik 140, managed to slightly outperform the leader in cooling efficiency, though yield to it in acoustics.
And finally the Dutch Phanteks Company with 20 years of experience in thermal industry, but no presence in the computer component market, has released PH-TC14PE cooler that combines a number of interesting solutions, some of which we have already come across before.
Moreover, the cooler is available in four different color schemes: silver, blue, red and orange. In other words, the cooler is the same, but there are four of them :) Let's see what the new Phanteks offspring is capable of and if it will be able to outperform the Thermalright cooler.
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We received two cooler samples for our today's review: a silver PH-TC14PE and a red PH-TC14PE-RD. Both coolers are shipped in identical boxes made of thick cardboard. Although the boxes are pretty large, they do not have any carry-handles:
But this is a real trifle. As for the informational value of the Phanteks boxes, we can't complain: the back and side panels of the boxes bear extensive information about the cooler, its features and unique peculiarities:
The packaging is also extremely reliable, because there is additional cardboard casing inside. The small box with accessories is inserted between the heatsink arrays and there is soft polyurethane foam padding on top:
The accessories box contains several different retention kits, installation manual and a few other items:
It is very convenient that each kit is sealed inside a separate plastic bag and marked accordingly, which simplifies the assembly and installation procedure and minimizes the number of times you will consult the manual (although we strongly recommend reading it anyway before installation).
The retention kits for Intel platforms include a backplate with insulating padding, two steel brackets, black plastic bushes, mounts, screw-nuts and additional double-sided mounts for the LGA 2011 systems:
The retention kit for AMD processors contains steel retention brackets, white plastic bushes and four screws. In this case you will be using a default backplate that is why it is not included with the kit.
All components that are identical for both platforms are sealed in an individual plastic bag:
Here you will find a universal retention plate, six silicone strips for the fans, fan retention kit with wire clips, an adapter with a lowering resistor, a Y-splitter, and even Phanteks RH-NDC thermal paste. As for the latter, the only thing we know about it is that it contains diamond nano-particles. However, for some reason Phanteks didn't mention anything else about this thermal paste, even such a common characteristic as thermal conductivity. I can't help mentioning that some of the bundled accessories remind us of the Austrian Noctua NH-D14. I assume this is simply a coincidence, but who knows, maybe not quite? Especially, since Phanteks PH-TC14PE heatsink is very similar to that of the NH-D14, as you will very soon see…
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