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Economic difficulties could bring more than 100 dairies to the point of bankruptcy, foreclosure or sale by year's end, according to this story from the San Francisco Chronicle.
"I've never seen it as dire as it is now," Frank Mendonsa, a Tulare, Calif., dairyman who serves on the Western United Dairymen board, told the newspaper. "Pride is just eating these guys up. People are calling me and asking me what to do. It becomes like a counseling session to stop people from hurting themselves. But it's not just losing our jobs that is driving the desperation. We're losing our houses, in some cases the same houses that our grandparents lived in, and we're losing our entire identities."
Tough times began in late 2008. Corn prices were high because of ethanol mandates, dairy exports suffered because of a global economic downturn, and a recession here at home made it more difficult for families to eat out at restaurants. Many producers had to dig into their equity to survive. 2009 went down as the worst year in the dairy industry since the Great Depression. There was moderate relief in 2010, followed by a good year in 2011. But feed costs skyrocketed out of control this year, making it very tough on dairymen in California and elsewhere.
The situation is so bleak that at least one dairy cooperative has launched a crisis hotline for dairy farmers and their families. The hotline provides members with confidential counseling and support services to help those in the industry cope with life-altering changes. Read more here.

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It certainly is exciting to see the Florida Department of Environmental Protection wrapping its big arms around Silver Springs these days. It has been a long time coming.
It certainly is exciting to see the Florida Department of Environmental Protection wrapping its big arms around Silver Springs these days. It has been a long time coming.
DEP is aggressively developing a plan — finally — to curtail the flow of nitrates into the springs and Silver River so that its water will once again be crystal clear and its bottom once again glistening silver. And now, after years of pleas from the community, DEP's Division of Recreation and Parks is on the scene with a fast-track plan to turn Silver Springs Attraction into Silver Springs State Park.
While both the environmental action and the park development have been local dreams for years, DEP's involvement is rather recent — a year or so in the case of the water cleanup, a matter of months regarding the park plan.
It's a good, nay, great thing that Silver Springs is getting this long-needed attention from DEP. What is amazing is that it took so long to convince the folks in Tallahassee that the granddaddy of Florida's springs was worthy of its paternal attention. Now that it is focused on "Nature's Theme Park," they seem to be moving with speed not heretofore seen in government.
Bids are being let, plans are being drawn, contracts are being signed, buildings are being designated for demolition. Bim. Bam. Boom.
And who can quarrel with the DRP, which runs Florida's 160 state parks and 11 trail systems. Year after year it is judged among America's finest state park system, and, speaking from the personal experience of a lifetime of visiting so many of them, it is deserved.
Yet, I hope those in charge of DEP, DRP and any other set of vowels that might be applicable pause and recognize this is more than just another state park project to the people of Ocala/Marion County. We have state parks and trails. Acres and acres of them — not to mention a 400,000-acre national forest.
This is not just an environmental restoration. Not just a new state park. It is a resurrection of a part of this community's heritage that, for the home folks, anyway, carries promises of great things — more than just a state park. There are some big ideas floating around, and they're worth hearing.
Silver Springs is seen by many as the missing link, the linchpin, in what is potentially a national ecotourism magnet. It also could be the place state and private donors collaborate to establish a springs research center in hopes of finding ways to save all of Florida's increasingly endangered springs. It could be a hub of local economic development, and even an educational center. Imagine a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) magnet school being build nearby. A dream? Maybe. But worth discussing, for sure.
The point is, I appreciate what DEP is doing as much as anyone. It is overdue and badly, badly needed. But this can be so much more than another piece of an award-winning state park system. I just hope the people at DEP & Co. will take an award-winning breath and ask the community in earnest what its ideas are for Silver Springs — not just next year, but for generations to come.


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Frequency of Axial Spondyloarthropathy Among Patients Suffering From Fibromyalgia
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Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is a non - inflammatory condition characterized by the presence of chronic, widespread musculoskeletal pain and tenderness; FMS is considered to be the result of increased processing of pain by the central nervous system.
Axial spondyloarthropathy is the hallmark of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), an inflammatory joint disease involving the axial spine, the sacroiliac joints as well as peripheral joints.
Although FMS and AS differ vastly in their pathogenesis, a considerable clinical overlap may exist between these conditions. Both disorders typically cause chronic nocturnal back pain and disturbed sleep may accompany either condition. In addition,the investigators have previously described an increased prevalence of (secondary) FMS among female AS patients.
This overlap may have important clinical implications since the presence of comorbid FMS may lead to increased severity results on commonly used instruments in the evaluation of disease activity in AS, such as the BASDAI and BASFI .
Recently, the Assessment of Spondyloarthritis international Society (ASAS) has published updated classification criteria for axial spondyloarthropathy. These criteria, which are summarized in table 1, are based on the evaluation of patients suffering from chronic back pain with an age of onset of less than 45.
The objective of the current study is to evaluate the prevalence of axial spondyloarthropathies among FMS patients, utilizing the new ASAS criteria.
|Fibromyalgia Ankylosing Spondylitis
|Device: Evaluation by manual Dolorimeter Other: SIJ imaging
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Frequency of Axial Spondyloarthropathy Among Patients Suffering From Fibromyalgia - Application of the ASAS Classification Criteria
- Prevalence of Ankylosing Spondylitis as diagnosed according to ASAS criteria [ Time Frame: 1 month ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|August 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|January 2011
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|January 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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FIbromyalgia Patients
Patients diagnosed as suffering from Fibromyalgia according to the ACR criteria
Device: Evaluation by manual Dolorimeter
Patients will be examined by a manual DolorimeterOther: SIJ imaging
Patients will undergo imaging of the Sacroiliac joint by plain x-ray or MRI and sacroileitis will be documented
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients fulfilling American College of Rheumatology criteria for classification of Fibromyalgia:
- Widespread pain lasting over three months
- Tenderness in at least 11 of 18 points
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with known inflammatory joint disease prior to the study
- Patient not able to give informed consent
- Pregnant women
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01167413
|Contact: Jacob N Ablin, MD
|Principal Investigator:
|Jacob N Ablin, MD
|Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
|Responsible Party:
|Jacob Ablin, MD, Director, Fibromyalgia Clinic, Institute of Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
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|NCT01167413 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 24, 2010
|Last Updated:
|August 5, 2010
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Myofascial Pain Syndromes
Spondylitis, Ankylosing
Muscular Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Rheumatic Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Bone Diseases, Infectious
Bone Diseases
Spinal Diseases
Joint Diseases
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Skaggs might be pressing to impress D-backs
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The line in the box score did not look pretty, but D-backs left-hander Tyler Skaggs thought he threw the ball better than that.
Skaggs allowed five runs (two earned) on three hits and walked four in 2 2/3 innings against the Padres on Saturday.
All of the runs, as well as the walks, came in his final inning of work.
"I thought I actually threw the ball really well [Saturday]," Skaggs said. "Without that last inning, it's actually a really good outing. A very, very good outing."
It has been a struggle for Skaggs this spring as he has been outpitched thus far by Patrick Corbin and Randall Delgado as the trio battle for the No. 5 spot in the rotation.
"It's very frustrating to see the two guys you're battling with succeed and you want to succeed," Skaggs said.
Manager Kirk Gibson said he thinks Skaggs has been pressing too much.
"Seems like he's overthinking things," Gibson said. "He's very mechanical. Somehow we need to get him back to where he's just pitching. He came out throwing the ball decent [Saturday]. Last inning, though, he just totally lost it. He just had a lot on his mind."
Said Skaggs, "I wouldn't say I'm putting too much pressure on myself. You're going to think that you want to do well, that's just human nature, and you want to win a spot, that's also human nature. I'm just not having the results that I want."
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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GODCHICKS Night Of Amigas 2013
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We are so excited for our next gather GODCHICKS NIGHT OF AMIGAS on Saturday, February 23rd at 6pm at Oasis Church!!! Night of Amigas is an evening filled with hope, laughter, healing and friends!
This annual GodChicks Night is dedicated to celebrating and inspiring your friendships and the strength that each of your Amigas brings to your world! We will have amazing worship, an inspirational message, surprises, prayer and what would a GC Night be without a great after party!!!
This is a great time to celebrate the women in your world and bring some new amigas into your life!
Tickets are $10 so get your ticket and your amigas tickets now! Hurry this event sells out!
We will also be celebrating and blessing amigas we have in the community by donating canned food for our Food Pantry. So grab a paper bag, fill it up with blessings and bring it to the door to enter a GREAT raffle!
See you there!!!!!
oxoxoxox-The GodChicks Team
Please note: Tickets are non-refundable.
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5100 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles,
Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 6:00 PM (PST)
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Drive smarter (known as hypermiling) - Drive more smoothly, avoid heavy breaking or accelerating and coast to a stop in order to improve your vehicle's fuel efficiency and save on gas by maximizing miles per gallon. Avoid idling by shutting off the engine for prolonged waits (for the kids at school or at a train crossing). Remove roof racks whenever possible as they can create significant drag. When carrying clamshell storage containers, bikes or other burdens, you reduce your fuel efficiency by as much as 5 percent, so take them off the car roof when not needed. Learn more about getting better mileage.
Slow down - Ease up on the pedal. Slowing down from 75 to 65 miles per hour will drop your highway gasoline consumption by about 15 percent. That's money in your pocket.
Switch to compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) - Change the six bulbs you use most in your house to compact fluorescents. CFLs are 80 percent more efficient than conventional bulbs. Each CFL will keep half a ton of carbon dioxide out of the air over its lifetime. And while compact fluorescents are initially more expensive than the incandescent bulbs you may be used to using, they last ten times as long, and replacing six bulbs can save you an average of $36 per year in electricity costs.
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Set heating and cooling temperatures correctly - Set your thermostat in winter to 68 degrees or less during the daytime, and 55 degrees before going to sleep (or when you're away for the day). During the summer, set thermostats to 78 degrees or more. Get an electronic thermostat that will allow your furnace to heat the house to a lower temperature when you're sleeping and return it to a more comfortable temperature before you wake up. Learn more on EPA's Energy Star website.
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Recycle - If your office doesn't have a recycling program, work with your office manager and custodial staff to set one up. Paper, aluminum cans, and plastic bottles are easy to start with, and additional materials can be added as the staff gets used to recycling. Set up bins in convenient areas to collect each type of material your office recycles, and make sure everyone knows they are there.
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Buy products with less packaging - A large percentage of the paper, cardboard, and plastic we use goes into packaging - much of it wasteful and unnecessary. When you buy a product, look at the packaging and ask: Can it be reused? Is it made of post-consumer recycled materials? Is it necessary at all? Reward those companies that are most enlightened about their use of packaging by purchasing their products. Contact companies that over package and tell them you will be more likely to buy if they change this policy.
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I began to self-study Buddhism last year (mainly the Pali canon) and did a 10-day Vipassana retreat after several months.
The retreat has unquestionably altered my view and has revealed (to a limited degree so far) the truth in, and benefits to, the content and application of what I've studied of the Buddha's teachings so far. It cemented my desire to follow the Path.
Initially I was involved in an FPMT centre near me. The more I have studied the Mahayana tradition, however, the less I am personally able to accept the intention behind and practice of Vajrayana and several other rituals and aspects of Mahayana, which causes me problems with the rest of the orthodoxy, practice and literature.
I enjoy reading the Pali canon and, from what I understand so far, feel that the Theravada tradition will be of more benefit to me in my progress along the Path.
I am currently a trainee in the professional services industry, and qualify in the next couple of years. I am told that I am good at what I do, give it my all, and was fortunate to secure the job as vacancies have become increasingly sparse and competition increasingly fierce. I could, I'm told, make a successful career of it, whatever success is.
However, whilst I am not averse to the work, I do not feel that I am benefitting others or myself sufficiently through this work, nor is this situation likely to change. It will simply lead to spending the majority of my life in an industry centred around striving to enhance the wealth of others whilst moderately increasing ones own wealth and responsibility, to whatever end one defines as having 'made it'. The environment is often conducive to intense pressure and great personal stress.
I watch this state arise and pass, and am aware that is rooted in a deep sense of dissatisfaction. The nature of the work and lifestyle also presents many hindrances and obstacles to practice. Whenever I apply mindfulness to the conventional activities I previously took pleasure in, I conclude that they are not conducive to progressing along the Path and in many cases simply hinder my progress or add additional material for the unsubdued mind to attach to.
The desire to ordain arises and passes on a regular basis. It is, however, increasing in frequency, intensity and duration.
I am single and have no financial attachments. I believe that ordaining will allow me to renunciate, reduce temptation and focus more fully on meditation, study and practice.
The practicalities of my situation are that if I do ordain, it will be after qualifying. When, I'm not yet sure. I am fully aware that the monastic lifestyle will not be a utopia in which one is free from all that plagues the human condition and can devote every waking moment to meditation, study and practice. Where there are people, there will be conflict and the things that arise when groups of people spend time together. I considered initially the possibility of the desire to ordain merely being a fantasy of escape from a dissatisfactory lifestyle. However, it is motivated by the desire to focus on meditation, study and practice in a conducive environment for the benefit of myself and others. I need to look more thoroughly into the whole 'package' of monasticism, and would be grateful for any resources in addition to the 'Going Forth' page of links posted elsewhere. The aspect of contributing to the community the monastery serves and is supported by, where I can, also appeals.
At present I strongly feel that the monastic life is the best option for me to engage in intensive meditation, study and practice. In particular, I intend to research ordination at monasteries in Thailand, and hope to embark on a couple of general recon/familiarisation trips over the next year or two, whilst simultaneously looking at the long-term implications of ordination on my family etc.
I gain pleasure and benefit from the study of the Suttas, my preliminary study of the Abbidhama and the practice of Vipassana, and would be grateful for recommendations as to which monasteries have good teachers and a good balance of both study and meditation. I have no preference whether the monastery has a large Western population. I'll adapt either way. Any other feedback on the above would be very valuable as well.


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Burma – or Myanmar– is the 'it' destination of the moment, having featured in almost every recent travel magazine's 'where to go' list.. It's a far cry from a few years ago when the travel media was debating whether it was ethical to go, human rights groups were advising travellers not to, and publishers were slammed for releasing books on Burma.
A lot has changed in a couple of years. This Southeast Asian country lying on the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal, with Thailand and Laos on its eastern border, China to its north, and India and Bangladesh to its west, has gone from being a military junta isolated from the world – following a 1962 military coup d'etat which ousted the democratically elected government – to a nation pursuing democracy that opened up following the 2010 elections and the November release that year of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who'd been under house arrest for almost 15 years. After Aung San Suu Kyi encouraged tourists to visit, the international community lifted informal travel boycotts that had been keeping travellers away.Read more
Despite featuring in luxury travel magazines, Burma remains a rustic place to visit. Still relatively undeveloped, life moves at a snail's pace and modernisation has been equally slow, although, since the recent boom in tourism foreign investment is ensuring an improvement in infrastructure and the building of new hotels . Mildew-dappled colonial buildings dominate cityscapes, although shiny skyscrapers have been making an appearance. Most Burmese still prefer to wear the traditional lonyi to modern dress. Streets aren't illuminated with neon-lit signs like Bangkok and Hong Kong and there aren't Seven-11s on every corner.
While 2012 saw the introduction of ATMs (mostly in Yangon), US dollars remain the main currency to exchange for local kyat, however if even slightly creased or marked are rejected. While a glut of shopping centres opened in recent years, they aren't the monumental malls of Singapore or KL and most locals still prefer to shop the markets. Each day sees more new cars on the streets, but they still share the roads with horse carts, trishaws, bicycles, and motorbikes.
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The big four sights are Rangoon (Yangon), Bagan, Inle Lake, and Mandalay, which most tourists visit on organized tours, while destinations such as Pindaya Ngapali Beach and Hsipaw see more intrepid tourists. Travellers are also increasingly getting off-the-beaten-track, visiting traditional hill tribes and choosing home stays over hotels. Not yet jaded by tourism – tourists remain a novelty in Burma – the Burmese are some of the friendliest people you'll meet and encounters with locals are a highlight of a trip.
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SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - November 08, 2011) - Medistem Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MEDS) announced today the appointment of Dr. Hugh S. Taylor to its Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Taylor is the first scientist to identify the bone marrow origin of endometrial tissue, and performed independent experiments demonstrating that endometrial stem cells are capable of treating diabetes and Parkinson's Disease in animal models.
Dr. Taylor is Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; Section Chief, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; Director, Yale Center for Endometrium and Endometriosis and Director of the Yale Center for Reproductive Biology.
"Dr. Taylor has literally defined the field of endometrial stem cells. His fundamental discovery of the bone marrow origin of endometrial cells in humans was one of the major forces behind the now growing field of endometrial stem cell research," said Thomas Ichim, CEO of Medistem. "We strongly believe that Dr. Taylor's deep scientific understanding of biological mechanisms occurring in the endometrium will serve as a foundation for our clinical development programs."
Medistem is the first company to obtain regulatory approvals by the FDA and international regulators for using endometrial derived stem cells, the Endometrial Regenerative Cell (ERC), for the experimental treatment of patients. It appears that one of the major functions of the Endometrial Regenerative Cell in the body is to produce new blood vessels, a process that occurs every month before menstruation. Medistem is focused on harnessing this natural function of the Endometrial Regenerative Cell to produce new blood vessels in the limbs and hearts of patients with poor circulation.
"I am honored to join the Medistem Team, which has a consistent track record of rapid clinical development while concurrently performing in-depth mechanistic analysis behind their products," said Dr. Taylor. "We are eager to take the lessons learned from our animal models and work with the Medistem team to translate them into new medicines."
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State auditor Adam Edelen recently released the annual audit for Bullitt County Fiscal Court and several concerns were pointed out.
In each case, local officials pledged to make sure the errors did not occur in the future.
Tichenor & Associates was retained by Edelen's office to prepare the audit for the 2011-12 fiscal year.
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Most of our focus on year-end stocking stuffers has been on companies that have been navigating well through uncertainty and show significant promise in 2013. Today we focus on a great company which despite, or perhaps because of, a recent stumble should also be a stocking stuffer, as it, too, offers significant upside potential in 2013.
Schlumberger (SLB) ($69.68) is one of the great multi-national companies, widely regarded as the world's pre-eminent energy servicing company. On Friday, SLB announced that fourth quarter earnings would come in light by 5 cents a share to 7 cents a share as a result of delayed drilling activity in North America and select international operations.
While investors were expecting weak North American results because of low natural gas prices, the "contract delays" in several international markets that the company mentioned were not expected.
Since international results are the core to the company and represent 80% of revenue and earnings, and SLB was expected to be entering a multi-year period of recovery based on better international results, this downbeat announcement prompted a substantial sell-off.
A closer review however reveals that these so-called "contract delays" were primarily in Algeria and the North Sea, areas that while important are relatively less critical to the company. Moreover, the core and rapidly growing drilling projects, both on and offshore, in Saudi Arabia, West Africa, Brazil, Russia and Australia appear to be intact. We therefore believe that the earnings disappointment should be more transitory and non-recurring in nature.
Most importantly, the disappointment does not change our fundamental outlook for the company, nor our abiding conviction that SLB remains the best in class oil service player. It is uniquely positioned to benefit from an oil market where 2013 growth is expected to come from newly recovering international markets (rather than the U.S.), where SLB is the dominant force.
SLB's business has been in the rapidly growing international markets which are just beginning to recover. The company dominates the premium-end of the service markets with its industry leading wire-line and offshore drilling technologies units. On top of this, most of its North American business relates to the growing offshore oil drilling markets, as opposed to supply-glutted natural gas markets.
With still highly favorable oil prices, Schlumberger will be the key beneficiary of the next up-cycle in offshore drilling. Since 2005, more than 200 major offshore oilfields have been discovered by international energy firms.
Over the next five years, these fields will move from the discovery phase to the full development and production phase. In this critical and increasingly sophisticated implementation phase, SLB will likely be the pre-eminent 'go to' services contractor.
After lagging the market in 2012, we feel energy is poised for a rebound in 2013. And we think that oil field services will be a leader within the sector.
Based on 2013's earnings per share estimates of $4.90, Schlumberger is trading at only 14.2 times earnings, compared with its historical range of 17 to 19 times earnings.
We believe that Friday's sell-off should provide an attractive point of entry for powerful results in 2013.


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May 5 Board of Supervisors Meeting Features 7 Proclamations
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
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May 2, 2008
May 5 Board of Supervisors Meeting Features 7 Proclamations
(Note: A downloadable photo and synopsis of each presentation will be posted on the county's Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/opa/presentations.htm on Monday, May 5. Video will be available by the middle of the week.)
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on Monday, May 5, scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., will issue seven proclamations. For more information, call 703-324-3187, TTY 711. For more information on the May 5 meeting, including an agenda, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/government/board/meetings/may-5-2008.htm.
Police Week in Fairfax County
The Board of Supervisors will issue a proclamation to designate May 11-17 as Police Week and May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day in Fairfax County. Law enforcement agencies serve the residents of Fairfax County by safeguarding life and property, protecting against violence and disorder, and defending the innocent against deception and the weak against oppression. Mention will be made of those Fairfax County police officers and sheriff's deputies who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the community, including Deputy Sheriff George A. Malcolm; Police Officer Karen Bassford; Special Police Officer Hendrik "Sandy" Gideonse; Captain Tommy Bernal; Detective Vicky Armel; and Master Police Officer Michael E. Garbarino.
Angelman Syndrome Awareness Day is May 17
The Board of Supervisors will designate May 17 as Angelman Syndrome Awareness Day in Fairfax County. Angelman syndrome, named after Dr. Harry Angelman who was the first physician to recognize certain developmental irregularities in young patients, is a genetic disorder caused by an abnormal gene dysfunction. The syndrome affects males, females and all ethnic groups equally. It is estimated that there are 1,000 to 5,000 cases of Angelman syndrome in the U.S. and Canada. The Angelman Syndrome Foundation will hold its annual walk-a-thon in more than 15 cities nationwide, including the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area on May 17.
May Is Older Americans Month
The Board of Supervisors will designate May 2008 as Older Americans Month in Fairfax County. The county is home to nearly 148,000 residents 60 and older, which is approximately 15 percent of the total population of the jurisdiction. This is an increase of nearly 13,000 people since 2007. The Board of Supervisors approved the "Anticipating the Future: Fairfax 50+ Action Plan 2007" for building a strong, healthy and supportive community for all as our population ages and to ensure that those in need of our help and protection receive it.
Bike to Work Day
The Board of Supervisors will designate May 16 as Bike to Work Day in Fairfax County. May is National Bike Month during which bicycling is promoted as a means of transportation and recreation. Recently, the board approved the Comprehensive Bicycle Initiative and expects to release a new Fairfax County bike route map on May 16, 2008, in conjunction with Bike to Work Day. There will be six Bike to Work Day events held in Fairfax County this year, including Reston, Fairfax Corner/Government Center, Vienna, Fairfax City/George Mason University, Tysons and Springfield.
Fairfax Symphony Maestro to be Honored
The Board of Supervisors will designate May 10 as Bill Hudson Day in Fairfax County.Hudson, music director of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra for more than 35 years, firmly established the organization as one of the finest regional orchestras in the country. His reputation as a musician encourages community partners to join in developing programs for all residents in Fairfax County and the region.
Nurses Week is May 6-12
The Board of Supervisors will designate May 6-12 as Nurses Week in Fairfax County. Nursing embraces dedicated people with varied interests and strengths. Those in the nursing vocation serve with passion for the profession and share a strong commitment to patient safety. Nursing encompasses a variety of roles — from staff nurse to educator to nurse practitioner and researcher. An adequate nursing staff is critical to the delivery of quality patient care. Northern Virginia is facing a critical shortage of nurses, with a projected shortage of more than 6,000 by 2020.
May is Community Action Month
The Board of Supervisors will designate May as Community Action Month in Fairfax County. More than 40 years ago community action agencies were created to promote self-sufficiency for individuals and families with low incomes. The Fairfax County Community Action Advisory Board has created the "The State of the Poor 2008" report to convey the challenges faced by individuals and families with low income.


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BELLE GLADE, Fla. — Rebounding from small early January freeze damage, Florida grower-shippers say buyers should expect strong spring volume on most vegetables.
Green bean production, however, will probably remain hit-and-miss in February.
Bryan Biederman, assistant sales manager for Pioneer Growers Co-op, said two consecutive nights of temperatures falling to 28 degrees Jan. 3-4 damaged some Belle Glade-area green beans.
"It didn't totally knock us out, but it interrupted supplies and caused some quality issues," Biederman said in late January. "We are feeling it now. Supplies in February will be spotty due to that weather."
Biederman said the cold caused gaps in planting. bit [roduct from Homestead remains strong. Belle Glade production should improve in March, he said.
Other Florida vegetables, including bell peppers and squash, should see higher volume beginning in February with big spring volume commencing in late March and early April, said Brian Rayfield, vice president of sales and marketing for J&J Produce Inc., Loxahatchee.
"Every field and crop is looking great now, especially in Palm Beach County," he said in late January. "We see qualities and volumes across the board in Florida looking better in February than in January. And March should be better yet.
"Unless there's another serious cold front, everything that's scheduled to harvest in February over the next 30 days looks very good."
For squash, Rayfield said prices shot to as high as $30 a box after the early January freezes. Prices, however, began declining and Rayfield reported 1/2-bushel cartons of green and yellow squash selling for $18-20 in late January.
On Jan. 24, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported 1/2-bushel cartons of zucchini small from south Florida selling for $26.35-26.85 with medium at $24.35-24.85; 1/2-bushel cartons and crates of yellow straightneck small, $22.85-25.85, medium, $20.85-23.85; 3/4-bushel cartons of yellow crookneck, small, $22.35-22.85 with medium at $18.35-18.85.
Rayfield called squash prices strong. He said he doesn't expect prices to crash but said markets may normalize by mid-February.
For bell peppers, 1 1/9-bushel cartons of green jumbos and extra large from all Florida districts sold for $10.35-12.25 with large at $9.35-9.85, according to the USDA.
Cabbage prices, however, remained low in late January.
Jeff Williams, president of Wimauma-based Wm. P. Hearne Produce Co. LLC, called prices "terribly low."
Williams quoted $5 for green cabbage mid- to late January, and said some shippers were quoting in the $4-a-carton range.
Williams said abnormal warm weather kept Georgia and North Carolina producing longer than normal, and favorable growing conditions are helping Florida production.
"Gradually, it will get better," Williams said.
In late January, the USDA reported $5-5.50 for 50-pound cartons of medium green cabbage with red selling for $9-10.


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This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan, in Washington. And we begin with a note to explain that we're going to be talking about sex crimes, and the conversation may not be appropriate for children.
In 1999, Debra Gwartney's 14-year-old daughter saw a man taking photos outside her window. When the police arrived, they found evidence that someone had climbed on a bucket to peer through that window, and had done so many times. The unsettling discovery was just the first in a long series of disturbing details that Gwartney and her daughters would learn about a peeping Tom.
While the act is reviled, it's sometimes dismissed as relatively harmless, a victimless crime, some say. But there are victims. And these days, they can find themselves exposed on the Internet, and their computer webcam can be hacked to serve as a digital window into their bedroom.
If this is your story, give us a call. Our phone number is 800-989-8255. Email us: email@example.com. You can also join the conversation on our website. That's at npr.org. Click on TALK OF THE NATION. Later in the program, Haley Barbour on the state of the Republican Party. But first, victims of peeping Toms.
We're going to begin with a caller, and Ann(ph) is on the line, Ann calling us from Tucson.
ANN: Hello?
CONAN: Hi. You're on the air, Ann.
ANN: Yes, hi. About 10 years ago, when I lived in Los Angeles, I lived in a ground-floor apartment. And I was driving home, and I saw this young man walking down my street. It was late. And something about him, I noticed the shape of his head, and just the way he was walking.
And by the time I got in my apartment about 15 minutes later, I saw a shadow by my window on the sidewalk, and I said: That looks like him. And why is he so close? And then I went to look out the window, and there he was, staring back at me.
And so I ran into my hallway, called - because I was so scared and terrified, and then called the police. They came, but by the time the first set of cops came, he was gone. And for some reason, I guess they dispatched a second set of officers, and while they were talking to me, I could see him slinking down the block again.
And so I screamed there he is. There he is. And they took - you know, chased (unintelligible) but unfortunately, he was small and wiry, and they had on all their gear, and he got away. But I remember from the experience just feeling so frustrated and angry, you know, and just completely violated, even though we'd caught him - I mean, you know, nothing major had happened, but just the fact that he did this to me, you know. And all these years later, it still haunts me. And yeah, that's my story.
CONAN: I can still hear the anger in your voice.
ANN: Yeah, yeah. It just - because, you know, you're home. You're supposed to be safe. And lucky there were bars on my window, but the idea that - you know, and I would come home late at night. But I was just glad that my hackles went up, and I was immediately suspicious of him, because the way he was walking just didn't feel right.
CONAN: Any lingering effects?
ANN: No, not really. I mean, I do pay close attention. I live in a very safe suburb, and my husband often forgets to lock the door. But I get up in the middle of the night, and I double-check and triple-check. And I close my curtains, because, yeah, like you said, you know, someone could be taking pictures and putting them on the Internet now.
CONAN: Well, thanks very much for sharing your story. We appreciate it.
ANN: Thank you. Bye.
CONAN: And with us from Tucson. Joining us now is Debra Gwartney. She's at member station KLCC in Eugene, Oregon. Her piece about her family's experience appeared in the New York Times last month. She's the author of a memoir called "Live Through This."
And nice to have you with us today.
DEBRA GWARTNEY: Thank you.
CONAN: And I know the details of your story is different from that we just heard from Ann. I guess the details of everybody's stories are different. Some of the emotions, though, are the same.
GWARTNEY: Absolutely, yes. I certainly understand her anger and the lingering effects of what happened to her.
CONAN: What went through your mind when you heard your daughter scream that time when she saw someone taking pictures outside her window?
GWARTNEY: Well, I - you know, it was a video camera that she saw, and so I knew that somebody had actual footage of her. She was undressing for bed, and she saw this light in her window and went over to investigate, and saw the man's hand and the video camera.
And I, of course, I was terrified. I'm a single mother of four teenage daughters, and I ran outside to see what was going on. I was really scared to do that, but - and he was gone. And when we called the police, you know, they came right over, and they were very assuring, but they kept saying oh, it's just a prank. You know, these - kids do this. Don't worry about it.
And that was the story we heard for the next year or so. We saw him several times. One time, my oldest daughter was in the backyard at night, and she saw him climb the fence and just heard right toward her, as if he was just going to knock her over. He didn't care she was there. This was a man who was going to look through the window, and he was going to videotape.
And I should mention here that when he was caught, finally, by the police, and they searched his home, they found dozens and dozens of videotapes, and he had taped 120 girls in our town.
CONAN: And after that, it's what you describe in your moment as the crossroads of the story. You were invited down to the police station to see if you could identify some of the pictures and if you would ask your daughter, 14 years old, to help them identify some of the other victims.
GWARTNEY: Yes, that's why I decided to write the piece. I know it was many - this all happened a long time ago, but I've been compelled to write about it for a long time. And finally, with the whole Penn State situation, it just kind of roiled around in me, and I realized how difficult it was at that time to decide how involved to allow my daughters to become in his prosecution.
They very much wanted him to be convicted. They wanted to be involved. But as a parent, I thought: Do I want this voyeurism to continue, where he's staring at them in a courtroom? And do I want them to be grilled by attorneys? And it was super-painful to decide that.
I'm glad they were involved, and they - all four testified against him. But the thing is that it was disappointing at the same time, because videotaping a child through her own bedroom window is only a misdemeanor, and most of those charges were dropped.
CONAN: And so did the man go to jail?
GWARTNEY: He went to jail because he eventually was - it was discovered that he been breaking into my home and about 10 other homes in our town of Eugene, Oregon, and he was setting up his - when we were gone, he was setting up his video equipment in the girls' bedrooms and taping himself masturbating in their beds and splicing that footage with the footage he'd caught of them undressing.
CONAN: So breaking and entering, yeah.
GWARTNEY: Breaking and entering is what put him in jail, prison.
CONAN: Looking back on this, there's a moment you said in your piece that you sometimes regretted that you went down that road.
GWARTNEY: Well, sure. I mean, the, you know, the judicial system is complicated, of course, and I understand that it is. It was - what you talked about at the beginning, this idea of a victimless crime, there was just - it felt to me all along that it was just sort of gosh, all he did was look. He never touched them, you know, 120 girls who were about 11, 12, 13 years old.
But nobody seemed to be so worried about it because they weren't actually physically accosted by him. But his crimes were obviously escalating. He was breaking into homes. He was stealing underwear, bathing suits. He was taking very private things from the girls' bedrooms and saving them.
So, you know, he was on his way to doing something, I believe, that would be very dangerous. But it was interesting to me, through the process, how so much of it was downplayed or dismissed because he was just looking.
CONAN: David Prescott is a clinical social worker. His work focuses specifically on those who've committed sexual abuse, and he joins us now from a studio in Portland, Maine.
Good of you to be on the program with us.
DAVID PRESCOTT: Oh, thank you.
CONAN: I just wanted to follow up specifically on that point that Debra Gwartney was just talking about. Do - she clearly believed her voyeur, the peeping Tom, was escalating. Is that typical?
PRESCOTT: It actually - it certainly can be typical. There hasn't been a great deal of research, unfortunately, to determine who's most at risk to escalate and who isn't. The good news in all of these situations is that people who do wind up being caught and brought to justice do tend to refrain from further abuse afterwards.
CONAN: So they stop?
PRESCOTT: A majority of them do.
CONAN: What motivates this behavior?
PRESCOTT: Well, there's several components. And as you've just heard, the details in each case differ. But the response tends to be - or the - what people notice is that the person didn't care that they had done this dozens of dozens of times before.
I think we have to break it out into several different components, and the first is some men are very interested in looking at women. And we certainly know that there's lots of pornography available on the Internet, and so on. At the same time, there are people, as we've just heard, who are very interested in looking at women or girls, and they're willing to break the law in order to do so.
And then there are some who are willing to break the law in order to do so, and do this in a very, very flagrant fashion. So just as there are no two people that are exactly alike, likewise there are lots of different kinds of sex offenders in the world. And, in fact, when somebody tells me that another person is a sex offender, in fact, that actually doesn't tell me very much.
CONAN: Is this always classified as a sex crime?
PRESCOTT: When it comes to somebody being arrested, that would really vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and what kinds of plea deals people accept in court situations. As far as I'm concerned, it is very - it is indeed a sex crime and should be treated seriously, just as any other sex crime.
CONAN: And what about the victims?
PRESCOTT: Well, you've heard from a couple of victims, and I think one thing - one point that's important to make is that everybody who experiences sexual abuse responds in a slightly different way. And so I am reluctant to make any presumptions about how anybody could or should respond to a crime like this.
Just the same, in my experience it's left people with several years of wondering: Where exactly does safety lie in my life if I can't be safe in my own bedroom, in my own bathroom? And after this, how should I respond when a man looks at me? Because people can be returned to the same kinds of emotions that they experienced with a look or a comment or a gesture or a glance from just about any man.
CONAN: Stay with us, both of you, if you will. We're going to take a short break. We're talking about victims of peeping Toms. If this is your story, give us a call: 800-989-8255. Email us: email@example.com. When we come back, we'll talk with a woman who wrote an open letter to her voyeur and promised she's nobody's victim.
Stay with us. I'm Neal Conan. It's the TALK OF THE NATION, from NPR News.
CONAN: This is TALK OF THE NATION, from NPR News. I'm Neal Conan. We're talking about peeping Toms and the sense of violation that many victims feel after a crime that's often misunderstood. Debra Gwartney's our guest. She described her family's experience with a peeping Tom and the aftermath in a piece in the New York Times.
I hadn't protected my daughters, she wrote, neither Mary nor her three sisters, in their own home. That's a failure I've had to live with more than a decade now. We've posted a link to her full piece at our website. That's at npr.org.
If this is your story, give us a call. Our phone number: 800-989-8255. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also join the conversation on our website. That's at npr.org. Click on TALK OF THE NATION.
Also with us is David Prescott, a clinical social worker and past president of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. Nikki Lynette is a singer, songwriter and producer based in Chicago. Last month, she wrote an open letter to her peeping Tom for the blog Chicago Now, and she joins us today from New York. Nice to have you with us today.
NIKKI LYNETTE: Hi, great to be here.
CONAN: I just wanted to read a bit from your letter. I am writing this to you to let you know that I intend to get you caught. You shouldn't have let me hear you moan at my window, sir. I make a living with my ears. You thought I wouldn't recognize the timbre of your voice. The fact that you know which window belongs to my bedroom and how to hop over my neighbor's fence to get to that window convinces me that I know exactly who you are. After all, I love my apartment. I won't let anyone run me out of it. I am nobody's victim.
That's - you're certainly not taking this lying down.
LYNETTE: Not at all, not at all. You know, I'm an abuse survivor from when I was a child. So when things like this happen that are a violation of my privacy as a woman, you know, I have to take it very seriously.
CONAN: And it changed your idea of home.
LYNETTE: It does, because, you know, you have to keep the windows closed. You have to - you know, I live in an area that is pretty much a family area, and in my city, I'm well-known. So I specifically chose this area because it doesn't have a lot of foot traffic, except for people that live there, and it's relatively quiet.
And I always really loved my apartment until this stuff started happening.
CONAN: And I understand it's not all that easy, given the layout, to get to that window.
LYNETTE: Oh, no, because there is private property next to my apartment. So they literally had to go climb onto that property and know which window to look into to be able to find me. Because when I'm home, I pretty much keep all of the lights on, except this one night I had the window open just because I wanted air.
And it's just unfortunate that that's something that you have to go through in your own community, in your own neighborhood, and you have to worry about that kind of thing. But it's not something that I intend to allow to go on.
CONAN: And how did the police respond?
LYNETTE: The police were actually very concerned. You know, they took a lot of information. They sat and spoke with me. They followed up. You know, they were concerned that maybe it was a guy that had been in that area routinely doing stuff, but they had reason to believe that it was not that guy specifically because of the details of what happened.
You know, I was sitting there writing an article, and I heard a guy moaning, like moaning. And when I jumped up and I yelled, I hear him running away. And when I told the police that, they believe yeah, that this is likely someone who knows who you are.
CONAN: And that's a little scary.
LYNETTE: It was horrifying. I had never had anything like that happen before.
CONAN: Obviously, given your profession, you're on the road a lot. In some ways, that must be a relief.
LYNETTE: It is. You know, I do enjoy being able to work from home. I like being able to work on my music, you know, at home in my room, not have to worry about it. That's one of the beautiful - I mean, anyone who's visited Chicago knows, like, you know, the residential areas where all the families are.
Like, we have neighborhoods, legitimate neighborhoods, and it's a really good feel to be there and work. But it does make me uncomfortable. I haven't been home much since it happened, but I will return in about a week. And I intend to feel comfortable in my home.
CONAN: What kind of responses did you get? Did anything change?
LYNETTE: I sort of believe that I know who did it, or I know someone who knows more about it than he's saying. And so, you know, a lot of people reached out to me as a response, just - I think that people really don't understand how big of an issue the peeping Tom thing is. Like, it's one of those things that you would think because of the Internet existing, they can just go online and have their voyeur experience.
But people still want to see the real thing, I guess. And one thing that people don't understand is that a lot of women experience this, and because you don't always catch them, you don't know how to resolve it. So a lot of women reached out to me and expressed that they had gone through similar things.
And I made a point of - on my social media, I have really good traffic on my social media. I posted these other women's stories so that people would know it's not uncommon. And I definitely made a point of letting everyone know on my social media the steps that I am taking to rectify the situation.
CONAN: Well, Nikki Lynette, good luck on your gig, and I hope you have a safe journey home.
LYNETTE: Thank you very much.
CONAN: Nikki Lynette, a singer, songwriter and producer. Her piece, "An Open Letter to My Peeping Tom," appeared on the blog Chicago Now, and she joined us on the phone from New York.
And Debra Gwartney, as you mentioned earlier, it turned out there had been 110 women and girls who had been the victims of the peeping Tom in your case. How did your town, your neighborhood, your community respond?
GWARTNEY: Well, it was a difficult time for the community. That's a lot of girls. I don't think there were anybody over about 15. He was very interested in young, the younger the better in states of undress. So there was a real sense of shock and horror, but I also heard a lot of people just in denial about it. They just really didn't want to believe that this could happen in our sweet little western Oregon town.
And we - you know, when we went to the courtroom, his side was jammed with supporters, people who wanted to testify about what a great guy he was. And my daughters and myself were the only people who testified against him.
CONAN: Really? No one else wanted to testify?
GWARTNEY: The other parents didn't - and I totally understand this completely. The other parents just felt like it was not something they wanted to put their children through.
CONAN: Here's an email from Claudia in Boise: One night I was reading on my bed and heard a rustle and looked out the window, and a man went running. When it happened again to my roommate at a different window, we chased him down. He was a man living in the complex.
We called the cops, and I'm quoting exactly what they said: Don't get undressed anywhere but in your bathroom with the door closed. You are single women. He's a married man. You need to not tempt people. And we don't want to cause problems in his marriage.
It was so insulting. It was a horrible, horrible experience. I can't explain how it feels to be violated like that. It's not a victimless crime. I was victimized, and it changed my life's course.
And David Prescott, is that a - we don't want to make trouble for the man's marriage?
PRESCOTT: I really believe very strongly, after nearly 30 years of doing this work, that people simply have to be held responsible for their actions. I understand the difficulty of going and testifying in court, and this is a deeply personal decision that every person has to make who's involved in these situations.
Unfortunately, a great number of people who go through the legal system attempting to bring about justice find the experience to be extremely challenging at best, and many say that they would never go through it again.
CONAN: Let's get Patricia on the line, Patricia with us from Lexington in South Carolina.
PATRICIA: Hi.
CONAN: Hi. You're on the air.
PATRICIA: Thank you, Neal. Where to start? I'm tense just sitting here waiting to talk and even to think about this. This happened when I was 12. I sensed that I was being watched as I was getting ready for bed, didn't see him at that time, but the landlord who lived upstairs over us was subsequently caught peeping in on a neighbor's daughter.
But as far as does it end there, he went on to actually assault me, managed - he came in one day and asked me to open - to unlock a door that he would have - that we had common access to. And my parents were gone, and so I went to unlock the door, and the next thing I knew, one arm was around me holding my arms against my side, and the other hand was down the front of my shorts. And Neal, that was 60 years ago. And I feel it right now the same way I felt it right then.
CONAN: I'm so sorry.
PATRICIA: And believe me, I've done a lot of therapy on it. It sticks with you. You know, this idea of somebody saying oh, well. You know, I can't - to this day I cannot sit with my back exposed because I can still feel myself being watched. It's not - you know, it's not an easy thing, not an easy thing.
CONAN: Debra Gwartney, again the details in your case are different, but the man broke into your house several times. Assault was not involved, but that escalation, that fear of escalation, you - the unpredictability of it, the...
GWARTNEY: Right.
PATRICIA: Exactly.
GWARTNEY: It's true that assault wasn't involved, but he took my daughters' underwear and masturbated with it. He took photos from our photo albums that I - pictures I had taken, and he made collages with pictures of himself with an erection next to the girls. Believe me, it was an assault. Even though he didn't physically touch them, it couldn't have been more violating.
My daughters were young teenagers just trying to understand who they were in their own bodies, and this man came along and disturbed their sense of - profoundly their sense of safety. And, you know, as this wonderful woman who just spoke said, all these years later - it's been 10, 11 years later - if a video camera appears in a room, my daughters are gone. They can't deal with any idea of the camera.
I also want to say that people say to me, well, why didn't you just close your windows or your shades? Well, we did, but he was breaking into our home and bending the blinds or moving the curtains in such a way that he could come back later that night. These are people who are determined to make this happen, and I just think people need to know that this is happening in the world.
CONAN: Patricia, thank you so much for sharing your story.
PATRICIA: Thank you for allowing me to.
CONAN: Here's an email we got from a woman: I would like to remain anonymous, though my email address states my full name. When I was 15 years old - I'm now 27 - I caught my stepfather videotaping me and my sister in the bathroom. I was drying off after a morning shower, looked down to find a camera staring back at me. At first I didn't think anything of it. Per my stepdad being electrician, I grabbed the camera, and it was hot. He was recording.
I got so scared, and the biggest wave of adrenalin crashed into my heart. I felt my walls caving in. No teenage girl should ever feel what I felt. Now when I'm at my parents' house, I don't feel comfortable. I find myself looking around. I never stay over, and I moved out at a very young age.
Let's go to Chet, and Chet's on the line with us from Albany, Georgia.
CHET: Hi. You - boy, you really covered everything that I wanted to talk about. Your guest brought up one of the most important points, is that - I actually work with law enforcement agencies. I'm a former cop, and I work in training now. And the mentality that most, especially older, police officers have - and, of course, they pass it on to the younger ones - is that it is a victimless crime.
And I agree with your guest that more research needs to be done, because I - it may be a bad analogy to some people, but it's almost like a serial killer or somebody who starts off killing small animals and escalates to something else. A peeping Tom sounds trivial to some people, but it can lead to other things, like the man breaking into the woman's house there, and then the woman who just spoke a few minutes ago. After 60 years, you can tell how traumatized this woman is.
CONAN: And so how do you get police to take this more seriously? Do we need lawmakers to take it more seriously, as well?
CHET: I think you just spoke on one of the best points. It needs to be - and your guest also talked about this - it needs to be classified as a sex crime, and maybe there could be different classifications, different levels. But that would be one step.
But the other thing is it's hard to get cops to change. I was one. Same thing with domestic violence, you know? In most states now, if you go up and you see physical evidence of bruises, they should grab the person, the perpetrator, and lock him up. And I still see it where they don't see that as - they don't - they didn't see the crime, and the woman's scared to prosecute. And it's the same mentality. And you've just got to retrain these guys, and it's hard to do.
CONAN: You'd think when minors were involved, you could write some - well, that people would be more exercised.
CHET: Well, it just - I think one of the most important areas is research. More research is needed, and your guest really talked about that. You really - I try to listen often, and this is one of the more interesting programs I've heard lately.
CONAN: Well, Chet, thanks very much for the call.
CHET: Thanks.
CONAN: Appreciate it. We're talking about voyeurism, peeping Toms. Our guests are Debra Gwartney, the author of the memoir "Live Through This." And her piece "Seared by a Peeping Tom's Gaze" appeared in The New York Times last month. David Prescott is also with us, past president of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION, from NPR News.
And, David Prescott, I thought I heard you trying to get in there.
PRESCOTT: No, I wasn't.
CONAN: Oh, was it you, Debra?
GWARTNEY: It was. I just wanted to say that even though when my daughters first saw this man around our house, the police were very dismissive. We were very fortunate to have a particular detective here in Eugene take on the case, and he was determined that he was going to get this man into prison. And working with him was a marvel, and to have one police officer who was that dedicated to the case was fantastic. The problem was when we got to court, the judge basically said, it's a misdemeanor, so what, and pretty much dismissed all of the videotaping charges.
CONAN: Let's go next to Annette. Annette is with us from Boise.
ANNETTE: Hi.
CONAN: Hi, Annette.
ANNETTE: Thanks for doing this subject, because I think it's portraying to people how even though you're not touched, it can really violate your sense of, I don't know, security or trust. I am 52 now, and the incident I remember seems small in comparison with the things other women have told. But it was when I was 17, and I was in a boutique clothing store, and I was undressing.
And in between the sidewall and the door, there was a gap of about an inch, inch-and-a-half. And in the mirror, as I was undressed, not completely - I think I was in my underwear - but I looked and there was a guy staring at me. And I was stunned. I was shocked. And I quickly put on my clothes.
And when I got out, the guy was still at the counter, talking with the cashier/owner of the store. And, you know, he seemed, you know, like everything was fine, like nothing had happened. I couldn't believe his gall.
But after he left, I told the owner, and the owner didn't believe me and said: Why didn't you say anything when it happened? And also said: Look, he was just in the store. You didn't say anything (technical difficulties). I don't know if I was taught to be nice or what my programming was, but I didn't say anything until the guy left because, I don't know, maybe I didn't want to cause a scene or I really don't know what. But the lesson of that was that men - and the guy knew the other guy. I guess they were friends.
CONAN: Right.
ANNETTE: And I just felt like men will stick together and men will not believe you and men will turn it on you and ask you: Why didn't you this and why didn't you do that? Because they're looking at it from a man's eyes because maybe a man would have done those things. But a girl programmed to be nice or I don't know what, I still don't know the answer to why I didn't say anything at the moment. You know, I was afraid...
CONAN: Well, you can't blame yourself for the crime, and they shouldn't have been blamed on you in the first place. But thank you so much for sharing your story.
And we'd also like to thank David Prescott and Deborah Gwartney who joined us from member station KLCC, talking about her case and that of her daughters.
Coming up, we'll talk with Haley Barbour, the former RNC chief, from Tampa. Stay with us. It's the TALK OF THE NATION, from NPR News.
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Washington — Meaningful reform of the Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry is on its way — and probably much sooner than many would have believed as little as six months ago.
But whether those changes come from within, or through some form of government intervention, seems to be the question — especially after a Congressional subcommittee questioned representatives of the industry, and some leading veterinarians, about problems such as legal and illegal medications and a rash of racetrack injuries and deaths that have heaped negative publicity on the sport the last couple of years.
But the industry isn't exactly sitting still.
Two days before the hearing, a seven-member Thoroughbred Safety Committee appointed by the Jockey Club immediately after the fatal breakdown of the filly Eight Belles at the Kentucky Derby, announced its recommendations: elimination of steroid use in racing and race training, a ban on friction-enhancing toe grabs and a series of whip-related reforms, all to be in place at North American tracks by Dec. 31. Virtually all major racing-industry groups endorsed the proposed changes.
Industry executives who testified at the hearing used the recommendations as proof that the industry is serious about taking prompt action to improve regulation of the sport.
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"Unlike every other professional and amateur sport, horse racing lacks any national regulatory authority that can promulgate rules and regulations," Schakowsky said. "What is going on here? Horse racing remains a confusing patchwork of different regulations from state to state. One of the central questions this subcommittee wants to explore is: Does horse racing need a central governing authority? Is the racing industry truly capable of making reforms of its own within the current regulatory framework?"
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The 39-year-old man had called the police control room at 4am this morning and made what the police called "graphic" threats to the police and himself and claimed he had a weapon.
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Every year I watch the Pacers as much as I can, but I don't really relinquish my role as a husband/father until the playoffs.
Now that they are over, I'll see you some time next year. I'm sure I'll read Peck's final wrap up, but its time to get back on with life.
I really appreciate being able to come here and get stuff off my chest. Only a Pacer fan can really relate to another Pacer fan.
Wow, I am so unbelievable depressed right now. Not only did we lose to the Pistons 4-2 again in consecutive years, but Reggie is gone. Reggie is gone. That is so painful to type.
Usually I am fine by morning... we'll see!
Good Night and what a great season. I am never happy to see us lose, but I am very proud of this team.


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Legend of Harvey grows, but ace stays focused
NEW YORK -- You can't be on an even keel without first learning how to balance.
Matt Harvey made headlines on Tuesday night with the best pitching performance of his young career, but he calmly and quickly dismissed the memory of that gem on Wednesday.
Harvey met the media and said that he'd enjoyed his start and the attention that it brought him, but he also said that he's trained his mind to move on to the next assignment. Win or lose, Harvey said he only allows himself 24 hours to think about what went right or wrong in any given start.
"I've been like that since high school," he said on Wednesday. "I can be mad. I can be happy. But when it's time to throw my bullpen, it's time to move on to the next start. ... I got help from one of my mentors, Bill Caudill. He told me, 'Give yourself 24 hours and then flush everything out.' Going through college, I definitely got the practice of being able to do that. Now it's pretty easy to do."
Harvey, who took a perfect game into the seventh inning and wound up with a career-high 12 strikeouts, said that he watched the ESPN package celebrating his start on Wednesday morning. And even though he got a no-decision, Harvey said his cell phone was inundated with text messages.
There were the usual suspects -- his mom and his sisters -- but also some surprises. Harvey, a diehard Rangers hockey fan, said he got a congratulatory text from goalie Henrik Lundqvist.
One reporter tried to relay a statistic to Harvey on Wednesday, but it wasn't something the youngster had studied. Harvey had accrued a 97 Game Score for his performance on Tuesday night, the highest rating for any Mets game in 20 years and one of the top 50 scores since 1916.
Still, after hearing that statistic, Harvey elected to stick to his 24-hour policy.
"I don't pay attention to that stuff. We're here to win and that's about it," he said of advanced statistics. "The numbers are nice, but when we end up winning as a team, that's what it's all about."
Harvey wasn't being flippant; he was being honest. It's just not an area of the game that brings him much interest, but the Mets were happy to talk about his accomplishments for him.
"Well, that's the best game I've seen," said Mets manager Terry Collins of Harvey's nine-inning, one-hit gem. "Probably [Johan Santana's] no-hitter last year was maybe one of the most exciting, but certainly as far as just a purely pitched game, that was probably the best one I've ever had."
Specifically, what did Collins find so impressive? Mostly, Collins liked that Harvey was able to keep his poise in a tie game, and he loved how he carried his stuff on seven days' rest. Harvey's routine was interrupted for Tuesday's start, but the youngster didn't allow that to affect him.
"I was very amazed by it," Collins said of Harvey's outing. "I thought he would have the tendency to overthrow a little bit because he was so rested and so strong. But he really didn't. He stayed within himself. As he's done so far, when he needed a real good fastball, he reached back and got it. He was 94-95 [mph], but when he needed that 96-97 [mph], he went and got it. Because it was still there."
Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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RETURNING Robins rider Nicolai Klindt is confident he can put two points on his bargain 4.24 average when he returns for the new season.
The Dane won the Blunsdon club's rider of the year award for being a rare shining light in what proved to be a disastrous 2011 season, but since then has slipped down the averages due to a combination of a loss of form and injury problems.
After spells with King's Lynn and Peterborough were cut short last season Klindt is now back and raring to go and believes he is capable of making significant improvements over the course of the 2014 campaign.
"I said the same last year and it didn't happen for me but I should really increase my average by two points this season," he said.
"Now I'm down at 4.24 so I should increase it by two at least but if I can have a consistent season I will be really happy.
"I would rather be scoring seven or eight points a meeting rather than 10 one week then three the next and I need to be more consistent.
"I don't really set goals but I should be able to put two points on for sure, I would have liked to have thought I would be a 6.50 average rider by now."
Despite moving to Blunsdon on what appears to be a bargain average, the Robins were the only Elite League team to express any interest in Klindt which came as a bit of a surprise to the rider.
"I didn't really have any other offers from any Elite League clubs which was a massive surprise to myself really because I know what I'm capable of," he said.
"I know I can increase my average loads next season at Swindon and I thought I would get more offers than I did.
"I actually made a deal with a Premier League club but when Swindon came along I had to say no and turn them down at the last minute. I wasn't happy to do that because I don't like to break a deal but I have to do what's best for me."
Although most of the Elite League clubs are now complete, Klindt is unsure which sides are the strongest due to the unknown quantities at reserve following the National League riders draft.
"With this new rule with the juniors it's pretty hard to tell who has come out good because a few of them are unknown riders," he said.
"It's hard to know which teams have been given the best riders but Josh (Bates) has a lot of talent and Steve (Worrall) came on really well at the end of last season.
"Pete (Kildemand) and Troy (Batchelor) are our top men and they should deliver so it's going to be a really good season."


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Crazy Stupid Love Trailer Starring Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Emma Stone, and Julianne Moore
Movie Preview: Ryan Gosling Gives Steve Carell Lady-Killer Lessons in Crazy, Stupid, Love
Were you hoping to see Ryan Gosling shirtless today? Of course you were. He takes it off in the trailer for Crazy, Stupid, Love, in which he plays Jacob, a love guru of sorts to Steve Carell's character, Cal. In the midst of a divorce from his wife (Julianne Moore), Cal is heartbroken, newly entering the world of dating, and utterly lost. Enter Jacob, a ladies' man with no problem wrangling women and an urge to help Cal find his way. Cue the male movie makeover!
The preview reminds me a bit of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, particularly as you watch a bewildered Carell receive seduction advice. Crazy, Stupid, Love seems like it's also going for the same mix of humor and heart, as both Cal and Jacob become vulnerable for love. In Cal's case, he doesn't seem to be over his ex, and skirt-chasing Jacob falls for a woman who challenges him (an adorable Emma Stone). What I like most about the trailer, though, is that Gosling seems to be the prime source of comedy, something I've been excited about since he was cast in this movie. Watch him getting the laughs (and showing his abs) when you


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It's been reported that Vince Carter may be available so here's my proposed trade:
Ron Artest - 19.4 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.2 apg in 37.8 minutes
Jonathan Bender - 5.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.0 apg in 10.5 minutes
Vince Carter - 21.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.6 apg in 36.0 minutes
Change in team outlook: -2.9 ppg, -1.4 rpg, and +0.4 apg.
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It could be much worse. Vince is still an All-Star and an exciting player. His contract is a downside but he could be an upgrade for our SG position.
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Selena Gomez Covers Nylon in Shredded Blue Basketball Jersey
Selena Gomez has already started the promotion machine for her against-type role in the film 'Spring Breakers.' Shedding her good girl image, the former Disney queen covers the February 2013 issue of Nylon, cloaked in a shredded, baby blue dress fashioned out of a basketball jersey and a cap. It's street style Selena. Even the cover tag celebrates her professional maturation: Selena Gomez Drops the Princess Act.
We all know what else she dropped. Or, at least we think we know. It's not a what but a who – her reported ex, Justin Bieber.
"I'm having fun," Gomez said. "At the end of the day, love is such a normal thing, and everyone deals with it. Just because it's a different lifestyle doesn't change the meaning of what I've been raised on, which is fairytales."
Way to tell us absolutely nothing about the status of you and JB, Sel. Thanks for the clarification.
Gomez also spoke about her BFF Taylor Swift, saying they "never once talked about our industry. She just became the person I'd go to for an issue with my family or boyfriend. It's so hard to trust girls, so I'm lucky to have her."
Aw. Something tells us the girls are burning up their smartphones, texting about Biebs and Swift's ex, Harry Syles.
Sel, who's lush, shiny dark brown hair is wild and untamed on the cover and the accompanying photo from the shoot, also spoke about the much-discussed 'Spring Breakers' role.
"I definitely felt that with my first stepping-out role, I should choose something that I could understand a little more. I was really nervous, but [director] Harmony [Korine] took a chance with me," Gomez revealed. "He said, 'You live in this bubble, and I'm going to take you out of it, but you have to trust me.'"
Even though Gomez is eager to embrace her "bad girl" side, she isn't turning her back on her core, target audience. "I've told parents, 'Make sure you don't let your kids see 'Spring Breakers,' because with the title, you could think it would be cute or something," she said. "I know it isn't for the younger generation I have following me, but I'm also about to be 21. I felt like it was my little side project that I was super excited about, that would be under the radar."
Under the radar? It's all anyone is talking about re: Selena.
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