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No News on Teen Sex (But Only Because We're Asking the Wrong Questions)
It's time to stop looking at the share of teens who've had sex as an indicator that needs to go down every year and accept that about half of all teens aren't going to have sex and half are.
Last week, two surveys on teen sexual behavior were released by different divisions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These surveys which are conducted at regular intervals provide a snapshot of what today's teens are doing and a way of tracking trends over time.
So the big news of these two studies is, well, that there is no big news. In recent years, there have been very few changes in the behaviors that we track such as whether teens have ever had sex, whether they are currently sexually active, and if they used condoms or contraception the last time they had sex.
The first of the studies, the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Summaries (YRBS) conducted by the CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), surveys high school students every two years. The results released last week were from the 2009 survey. It found that 46 percent of all high school students report ever having had sexual intercourse. This does not represent a statistically significant change from the 2007 results. And while there has been a decrease since the survey started in 1991 (when 54 percent of high school students reported ever having had sexual intercourse), it has been hovering around the 46 percent mark since 2001.[i]
The second study, released by the National Center for Health Statistics, is a report on teens ages 15 to 19 who participated in the most recent National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). The NSFG surveys women and men ages 15 to 44 and asks questions regarding "family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men's and women's health." The report, Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, National Survey of Family Growth 2006–2008, is among the first bits of data to be released from the most current survey.[ii] Again, this study found that there was very little change in sexual activity among teens; 42 percent of never-married females and 43 percent of never-married males ages 15 to 19 reported having ever had sexual intercourse which is not significantly different from the numbers found in the 2002–04 survey. Like the YRBS, the NSFG noted long-term decreases (in 1988 for example, 51 percent of 15 to 19 year olds had had sex), but the numbers have been holding steady for awhile.
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Interestingly, few organizations on either side of the sex education debate commented on the results of these studies. Those that did, tended to lump teen sex in with other numbers (such as teen pregnancy and contraceptive use) and suggest that the stagnation we are seeing represents a failure to properly address the issues. While I am in complete agreement that we are failing to properly address the issues, I wonder if one of the reasons is that we are asking the wrong questions and looking for the wrong results.
Trends over time are interesting but when it comes to educating today's teens they aren't all that enlightening. For one thing teens change over time. In 1988, the year the NSFG notes as having the highest teen sex rate, I was in high school. I'm not quite ready to collect social security, but let's face it, there is no definition on this planet that includes me, at 37, as a young person.
Maybe it's time we stop looking at the percentage of teens who had sex as a number that needs to go down every year and start accepting that about half of all teens aren't going to have sex and half are. If we start there, we can use our time and resources to make sure that those who do become sexually active as teens do so safely, without consequences (such as unintended pregnancy and STDs) or regrets. To do this successfully, however, we have to change our most basic attitudes toward teen sex, overcome some misperceptions about what teens are doing, and start asking better questions.
We Changed our Message and Tone (and Not for the Better)
I came into the field of sexuality education at what I now see was an interesting time, a crossroads of sorts. It was 1998 and the initial panic over the HIV/AIDS epidemic that had brought sex education into many classrooms (including my own) was dying down. The public health messages that told young people and adults alike how important it was to use condoms were under attack. And, the abstinence-only-until-marriage movement was gaining momentum both financially and politically.
Still, when I first began I don't remember a consensus in belief or message that teen sex in-and-of-itself was bad. In fact, one of the first workshops I presented (at a CDC–DASH conference nonetheless) examined the concept of adolescent sexual health and suggested that "responsible adolescent intimate relationships, like those of adults, should be based on shared personal values and should be: consensual; non-exploitative; honest; pleasurable; and protected against unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases; if any type of intercourse occurs."[iii]
As the years went by, however, even those of us who strongly supported comprehensive sexuality education began to approach this topic in a different way and shied away from using phrases like "responsible adolescent intimate relationships." The shift was certainly understandable given the political realities of the last decade. The end result, however, seemed to be that both sides of the sex education debate began to start with the premise that "teens shouldn't be having sex" or at least "we wish teens weren't having sex." The abstinence-only-until-marriage side would go on to say "and that's why we have to give them a strict message about abstaining," whereas advocates and educators who believed in a comprehensive approach would finish that sentence by saying something like "…but many teens are or will so we have to provide them with good education to help protect them against pregnancy and disease."
While this approach was, as I said, politically necessary, it limited the conversation to at best one about risk avoidance and disaster prevention. Instead of fostering a comprehensive view of teen sex, it suggested that our goal was simply to ensure that all young people made it to their 20th birthday without getting pregnant, getting someone pregnant, or contracting an STD.
Such an approach to teen sex is very evident in how we ask teens about their sexual behavior. The CDC describes the YRBS as "monitoring priority risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disability and social problems among young adults in the United States." The handful of questions about sex are flanked on either side by questions about whether teens wore a helmet while bike riding, always used their seatbelt, got in a car with a drunk driver, or ever carried a gun.
We can't get past this disaster-prevention approach until we stop treating all teen sex as a disaster. Instead of just focusing on, as a colleague of mine used to say, "who put what where, when, and how often," we could really help young people navigate the world of sexuality if we were to look at their motivations, thoughts, and feelings.
Misperceptions About Teen Sex
The root of our society's negative attitudes about sex is something that sexuality educators, psychologists, and historians have and will continue to debate for many moons. My husband once glibly explained it by saying, "What do you expect from a nation founded by people so uptight they were kicked out of England?"
Whatever the global source, I think some of the fear and judgment surrounding teen sex stems from simple misperception of what teens are doing. Here, the surveys that came out this week can help set the record straight.
It's Not the Youngest Ones
One of the problems when we talk about teen sex is that our minds automatically turn to the youngest of teenagers; those 13 and 14 year olds whose playground days are not far behind. I would venture to guess that most, if not all, adults agree that these teens are too young to be having sex. Moreover, research shows us that earlier initiation of sexual activity increases one's risk, in particular one's risk for STDs. Some of this is just logical; the earlier someone has sex, the more time they have to accumulate partners, and multiple partners can certainly lead to more exposure to STDs. Some of it may have more to do with the characteristics and circumstances of those teens who do have sex early.
The good news is that, for the most part, 13 and 14 year olds are not having sex; according to the YRBS, 6 percent of high school students report having had sex before age 13. Not surprisingly, the percentage of teens who have had sex goes up steadily with age. If you look at the YRBS, this number jumps from 32 percent of ninth graders to 62 percent of high school seniors. Similarly, the NSFG found that among never-married males only 29 percent of those ages 15 to 17 had had sex compared to 65 percent of those ages 18 and 19. Among never-married females, 28 percent of those ages 15 to 17 had ever had sex compared to 60 percent of those 18 and 19.
Not everyone agrees that pre-marital sex is okay at any age, but I think few people find it alarming when 19-year-olds, many of whom are in college or living on their own under other circumstances, are having sex. So, perhaps instead of focusing on the total numbers of teens having sex and declaring all teen sex to be bad, morally wrong, or something to be eliminated, we can look at it as a fact of life that as teens age toward 20, the majority of them will have sex. Then, we can focus our efforts of reduction on those younger teens who have plenty of time to grow up.
Virgin/Slut Myth
Our society likes to categorize people, women in particular, as either pure and saintly or slutty and promiscuous. While used on adults as well, this image is even stronger when it comes to young people. In our minds and our media, there seem to be either responsible, studious young people with hopeful futures who remain abstinent or their less virtuous peers who lose their virginity in high school and proceed to hop into bed with any and everyone they meet.
Well, it turns out that sexually active teens really aren't boffing like irresponsible bunnies. They are doing what many single adults do; entering into a small number of selective sexual relationships. Both the YRBS and the NSFG found that only about 14 percent of young people had had more than 4 partners in their lifetime. Among never-married, teen males and females, 2 partners was most likely according to the NSFG. And, as much as we hear about hook up culture, it is not true that teen sex is all about friends with benefits and one night stands. In fact, according to the NSFG the most common first sexual partner (for 72 percent of females and 56 percent of males) is someone with whom they were "going steady."
We should also note that while many teens are sexually experienced far fewer remain continuously sexually active. The YRBS found that only 34 percent of high school students had had sex in the three months prior to the survey. And, the NSFG found that of those never-married teens who had ever had sex only 38 percent (of males and females) had done so in the last year and only 28 percent of males and 30 percent of females had done so in the last three months. This suggests that sexually active teens, like adults, are being selective about when and with whom they choose to have sex.
Contraceptive Use
When it comes to responsible sexual behavior, one of the most telling signs is contraceptive use, and though there is certainly room for improvement, the statistics show us that sexually experienced teens are capable of protecting themselves against pregnancy and STDs.
The NSFG found that 95 percent of sexually experienced, never-married teens had used a condom at least once and that the majority of them (79 percent) used a contraceptive method the first time they had sex. This is even more important than you might think because research has shown that using a contraceptive method at first sex is a good indicator of future use. In fact, the NSFG found that teen females are almost twice as likely to have a birth before reaching age 20 if they did not use a contraceptive method at their first sex.
The YRBS asked sexually active teens (which it defines as those who had sex in the 3 months prior to the survey) if they used condoms the last time they had sex and 61% of them said they had. This is somewhat disappointing because the numbers had steadily gone up between 1991 and 2003 and have not changed since, but it does suggest that with a little prompting and education, teens will protect themselves. Similarly, the NSFG found that among those never-married teens who had had sex within the month prior to the survey only 51 percent of females and 71 percent of males used condoms 100 percent of the time. (I say only because we'd want that number to 100 percent, but 71 percent of teen males using condoms every time they had sex is pretty impressive and definitely flies in the face of the irresponsible "boys will be boys" image that comes to mind when we think of teen guys and sex.)
In fact, when it comes to contraception, teens behave roughly the same way as adults (and sometimes better). According to the NSFG, 89 percent of all women at risk of an unintended pregnancy were using contraception in the month of the interview. (The NSFG includes most women who had had intercourse in the past 3 months as "at risk" whether or not they were using contraception. The only women who are considered "not at risk" are those who were currently pregnant, trying to get pregnant, sterile for health reasons, had never had intercourse, or had not had intercourse in the last 3 months.) When looking just at teen women, this went down slightly to 81 percent of teens at risk of an unintended pregnancy.[iv] Again, not the 100 percent number we would want, but clearly not a generation of young women who are unwilling or unable to take the necessary precautions.
Looking at the facts from these surveys (rather than inaccurate perceptions of what teens are doing) suggests that it's time to stop telling our young people that they are too immature and irresponsible to understand or engage in sexual activity, give them some credit for what they are doing right, and help them improve those behaviors that still place them at risk.
Getting to the Heart of the Matter
The NSFG does ask some questions that take us out of the pure public health and risk assessment range, and give us a brief glimpse of what we can and should be asking young people and how we can help them think critically about sexual behavior.
For example, the NSFG asks sexually experienced teens how they felt about the first time they had sex. Most never-married, females (47 percent) said they had mixed feelings about the first time they had sex "part of me wanted it to happen at the time and part of me didn't" though a similar number (43 percent) said they "really wanted it to happen at the time." Not surprisingly, the older a teen was when she first had sex, the more likely she was to say she really wanted it to happen. And, though, never-married, teen males were more likely to report they "really wanted it to happen" (62 percent), the same trend holds true for guys; those who waited until they were at least ages 15 to 17 were more likely to say this.
As a sexuality educator, I think this information is incredibly valuable. If we change our goal from preventing teen sex to preventing sex that teens will regret later, we can work to make sure that all teens wait until the right experience (the one that they "really wanted to happen at the time") comes along. We can do this by engaging teens in conversations and skills-building exercises that help them understand their own beliefs and feelings, negotiate sexual situations, and communicate with partners.
Such critical thinking exercises will likely also improve condom and contraceptive use. While the good news is that among those never-married teens who had had sex in the 3 months prior to the survey, 96 percent of females and 86 percent of males felt there was a "pretty good or almost certain chance" that they or their new partner would appreciate it if they used a condom, some teens (10 percent of females and 8 percent of males) still found the subject of condoms embarrassing to discuss with a new partner. Moreover, many teens (14 percent of females and 36 percent of males) felt there was a "pretty good or almost certain chance" that they would feel less physical pleasure if they used condoms. Interestingly, teens who had used a condom at last sex were less likely to say this. This suggests that education about condoms designed to overcome both embarrassment and misperceptions about pleasure could go a long way in increasing the number of teens who use condoms regularly.
Unfortunately, one of the most telling and alarming statistics to come out of this most recent NSFG has to do with young people's attitudes toward teen pregnancy. The survey found that 14 percent of females and 18 percent of males ages 15 to 19 would be "a little pleased" or "very pleased" if they got (a partner) pregnant. This implies that avoiding pregnancy is not the motivator many of us had hoped it would be when it comes to helping teens either delay sexual activity or use contraception. In fact, among those never–married teens who had never had sexual intercourse, only 18 percent of females and 12 percent of males cited avoiding pregnancy as their main motivator.
Still we don't ask enough of these questions, at least in part because there is a fear that doing so will send an unwitting message of acceptance or put ideas in young people's heads. I don't understand either of these fears; when the YRBS asks about drunk driving we don't fear that teens will think we're in favor of it and I can't imagine an idea about sex that would come from a survey before it would come from say, Gossip Girl or Maxim magazine.
Let's Change Again
I remember having lunch a number of years ago with a Dutch graduate student who shared some of his research with me and a few colleagues. He had at his fingertips the average age that young people in his country had their first open-mouth kiss, how long it took them to go from that to other sexual behaviors like petting and oral sex, and from there to sexual intercourse. He also knew whether these behaviors took place with the same partners or different partners.
My colleagues and I already knew that European attitudes were more understanding of teen sex than we are in the United States and we had long been jealous of their model of sexuality education (not to mention their statistics on teen pregnancy and STDs which have always been much lower than ours). Still, faced with this wealth of information, we were envious. Not only do we in the United States limit our conversations and data collection to risk behaviors, we almost exclusively collect data on penile-vaginal intercourse. While some researchers and pollsters have looked at other sexual behaviors like oral sex as well as relationships other than those between heterosexual youth, such data are sparse at best.
We dreamed of having this kind of information and talked about all of the ways we could use it to help teens. We could remind them there are pleasurable experiences other than intercourse, such as kissing and petting, that pose no risk for pregnancy and minimal risk of STDs. We could help them understand that sexual behavior is not necessarily linear and scripted; you don't have to have intercourse with someone this week just because you had oral sex with them in the last month. We could use it simply to understand the realities of sex for today's teens.
Well folks, we are at another crossroads. The abstinence-only-until-marriage movement is waning having lost much of its financial, political, and public support. While it has not been completely defunded, as many of us had hoped, far less money is going to these programs. Moreover, the federal government has put aside some money to fund more comprehensive approaches to sexuality education. Though this funding does primarily take a disaster-prevention approach, it is an important start.
I'm hopeful, though, that we can use this moment to make an even more significant change in how we think about, talk about, and teach about teen sex. We have to start by changing our attitude and approach to teen sex from one of disapproval and risk to one of understanding and critical thinking, and by collecting more and better information from teens.
Sure some things about sex, love, and relationships never change, but others do. None of us know, for example, what it's like to have deal with sex as a teen in the age of the internet, bullies with blogs, facebook, or cell phones with cameras. So, let's use these surveys to find out what the teens of this moment are thinking, feeling, and doing. Because when it comes to teen sex I don't believe there is ever no news.
Surveillance Summaries, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 59, no. SS-5 (4 June 2010), accessed 4 June 2010, http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm.
[ii] Unless otherwise cited, all statistics from NSFG from: JC Abma, et al, "Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, National Survey of Family Growth," National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Health Stat 23 (30). 2010.
[iii] This presentation was based on Facing Facts; Sexual Health for America's Adolescents, a report written by the National Commission on Adolescents, edited by Debra W. Haffner, and published by SIECUS, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States in 1995.
[iv] W.D. Mosher & J. Jones, "Use of Contraception in the United States: 1982-2008," National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Health Stat 23 (29), 2010.


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Mr President, thank you for convening this debate, for your own presence here today, and for Azerbaijan's strong leadership of the Council this month. I thank the UN Secretary-General for his briefing. I would also like to thank Mr Ihsanoglu and welcome him, not for the first time to the Council, but as the first OIC Secretary-General to brief under this important agenda item.
The OIC makes a valued contribution to fostering international peace and security as its own Charter mandates. And today's Presidential Statement rightly encourages the benefits of deeper cooperation with the OIC. Australia recognised the OIC's role in adopting with the organisation last year a cooperation agreement to underpin closer engagement, including on political and humanitarian issues.
As we know, the partnership between the UN and international and regional organisations is a crucial instrument of our collective efforts to maintain peace and security. And as Mr Ihsanoglu notes, many of the issues on the Council's agenda relate to the Muslim world. The OIC has unique strengths and distinct comparative advantages in these different regions, borne of its deep knowledge of context, cultural understanding and moral authority. The UN can draw upon these to help shape responses to threats to peace and security.
We see these strengths manifestly through the very substantial contribution of OIC member states to UN peacekeeping operations. It is also evident in the OIC's invaluable mediation efforts – in Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia as well as the Philippines and Thailand. The OIC's newly-established Peace, Security and Mediation Unit offers new opportunities for cooperation on the peaceful settlement of disputes, the prevention of relapse into conflict and on conflict resolution initiatives, which we should embrace.
We acknowledge and welcome the OIC's growing role in responding to humanitarian crises, from drought in the Horn of Africa to floods in South Asia. The OIC's humanitarian work is also demonstrated by its rehabilitation programs in the Palestinian Territories and reconstruction efforts in Darfur. In Somalia and Yemen, the OIC has negotiated better access for humanitarian actors. We also welcome the forthcoming visit by the OIC to Myanmar to examine ways to help meet humanitarian and Muslim community needs there.
The joint needs assessment conducted by the OIC and OCHA in Syria, which culminated in a comprehensive humanitarian response plan was important. Australia is pleased to support OCHA's provision of technical training to the OIC's Department of Humanitarian Affairs and its NGO partners to participate in coordinated international humanitarian efforts.
I note Mr Ihsanoglu's comments this morning on the OIC's concerted campaign against polio. I note polio has now resurfaced in Syria for the first time in 14 years.
My country shares the OIC's deep concern about the conflict in Syria which has precipitated an enormous humanitarian crisis and is destabilising neighbouring countries and the Middle East region. We agree that the Council could and should do more to protect civilians caught up in the fighting and to ensure humanitarian access and assistance. Australia fully supports the OIC's call for an immediate cessation of violence and a process of peaceful transition through the Geneva II process.
We also agree with the OIC that the current peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel are an opportunity to achieve the two-state solution that we must not miss.
Australia welcomes the OIC's efforts along with the UN to foster a global dialogue for the promotion of tolerance and peace, and we were pleased to co-sponsor the OIC's General Assembly resolution on combating intolerance due to religion or belief. We strongly support enhanced cooperation to improve understanding across countries and cultures, as evidenced by Australia's role in co-chairing over the past decade the Regional Interfaith Dialogue in South East Asia with our close partner and OIC member, Indonesia.
We look forward to examining the practical recommendations to enhance cooperation between the UN and OIC in the UN Secretary-General's next report. Our focus should be in areas where the UN and OIC share common objectives and complementarities – mediation, conflict prevention and resolution and post-conflict rehabilitation.
In concluding, I would like to congratulate the incoming Secretary-General, Mr Madani. I would like to pay tribute to Mr Ihsanoglu for his vision in leading the OIC over the past nine years and for enhancing the partnership with the UN. You will leave behind an important legacy for us to build on.
Thank you.
Source: http://australia-unsc.gov.au/2013/10/cooperation-between-the-un-and-the-organisation-of-islamic-cooperation-oic/

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01-18-2013 #52
honestly, i read all this crap 4 or 5 days ago posted on b3d or semi-accurate (can't remember which) from mistercream. he wasn't taken seriously then, and isn't now - and i certainly never saw him, or anyone else claim he had insider knowledge. he was just exploring patents and potential hardware.
for this architecture to then 'popup' as a source in a mainstream article seems incredibly suspicious/unlikely to be accurate.
as i said, i'd love it to be true. but i doubt it.Got YLOD? In the UK? I'll buy it off you.
01-18-2013 #53
01-18-2013 #54
It is kinda funny that Nowgamers rumor indicates Next Xbox would have "blitter". That idea didnt float around until we had started talking about it.
kind of puts paid to their 'insider' imo.Got YLOD? In the UK? I'll buy it off you.
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well im 50% more impressed by this news lol
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50% huh?
That's a pretty good percentage..lmao
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01-18-2013 #58
http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/113960.html as the source of their proof? That has to be one of the biggest fanboy sites I've ever seen.
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01-18-2013 #60
either they are endowed with future seeing powers or have guess incredibly accurately (as they've admitted to not having any insider info and where only guessing what the rumour 'custom blocks' were - added to the fact that blitters were last used in atari's/pre gpus as far as i'm aware) or the 'source' of this new rumour (reposted by a few major sites) is either nonexistant, or taking them for a ride.
the blitter comment was a joke by a poster as far as i'm aware. i don't really rememberGot YLOD? In the UK? I'll buy it off you.
01-18-2013 #61
and the problem with this latest rumour is that it is being put forward as 'insider knowledge', not speculation.
all i'm saying is that this info was posted (diagrams and all) days ago by mistercream. he wasn't getting much attention and then (as far as i know) got banned. all of a sudden misterxmedia pops up with a limited number of posts and then gaming sites start getting hold of it.
maybe there is some truth to it, and he knew something all along and was dropping hints that everyone was ignoring, but the timing is odd and i very much doubt it. he seemed to be attention seeking.Got YLOD? In the UK? I'll buy it off you.
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On the second day of my trip the top of the boot started rubbing on my ankles causing a bruise. Now I've got to wear them without the tops tied and now no ankle support, that was one of the reasons for the upgrade!
By day 4 I've got huge open sores on my left ankle (even with Second Skin band aides) and a nice big bruise on my right.
The hiking was intense high altitude terrain mostly up and down hiking over Mount Whitney. By day 5 the boots no longer fit my feet, my toes were jammed at the end of the boot causing extreme pain.
I had my Keen sandals with me and was able to hike out in those despite the fact the stitching was coming out on those, another disappointment with Keen manufacturing.
Keen needs to get their sizing under control so all their products are true to size. How hard can it be to make a size 8 really a size 8? As far as I know US sizes are supposed to be universal in all shoe types and all my other Keen products were true to size.
What has Keen changed in their production to screw this up?
I'm sorely disappointed in Keen and will hesitate to purchase another Keen product in the future.


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TOLEDO -- Ohio officials are responding to last week's water emergency in Toledo with a plan to help cities test their drinking water and fix up their treatment plants.
The state is making $150 million in interest-free loans available so that cities can upgrade water treatment and wastewater plants.
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The plan being announced Thursday and outlined to The Associated Press also calls for the state's Environmental Protection Agency to put $1 million toward new drinking water testing equipment and training for city water operators.
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All of those programs will target communities in the Lake Erie watershed and those relying on lakes and rivers for drinking water.
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Pebbles is feeling pretty vindicated today (Nov. 13) thanks to a statement VH1 made about their recent TLC biopic, Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story. She was so happy in fact, that she released a press release about it via Twitlonger.
Pebbles, who was the group's manager from 1991 to 1995, has claimed that she is unfairly portrayed in the film.
"The movie contains many false and defamatory statements and scenes about me," she wrote in a statement posted on her personal website (via Huffington Post). "Please know that I have never cheated or mislead anyone. I will defend my reputation, accomplishments, and character."


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Tracking Police Abuse
The Libertarian Republic has closely tracked police abuse of authority since its inception in October of 2012. The behavior of state officials has been to advance an ever more militaristic approach to domestic policing acts in recent years. Recently, The Libertarian Republic featured a video of a man being arrested for filming police officers. The man had to watch the authorities shoot his dog in front of him for trying to protect him.
Although the amount of violent crime has been on a steady decline, abuse of police authority is up. Citizens have reacted to this overreach by taking up cameras and fighting back by spreading videos and information. The reaction to the public from The Libertarian Republic's coverage of police abuse has been overwhelmingly positive. People have a strong reaction to seeing the needless abuse or killing of animals and this is a natural marketplace of ideas that could result in positive education and civic activism.
No doubt that many officers do perform heroically in the line of duty in many ways but it is a shame that it is so politically incorrect to monitor and report on the negative abuses which are frequent and substantive. A free society would discourage the militarization of domestic police forces so as to avoid unnecessary tragedies such as the ones recorded below. The first step in fighting back against these types of abuses is to be educated.
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Mangaluru: Seven days from today, Hindus will be celebrating their biggest feast-Ganesh Chaturthi, which this year falls on September 17- and Ravi Bhandary, owner of Ravi Arts located on Car-Street Cross road is all set to create some unique idols of Lord Ganesha. A few days the city will display colorful Ganesh idols in shops. It's natural to wonder about how they're made and the amount of work that's gone into creating them. If you're interested in finding out, it's possible to see the statues being crafted. Where and how depends on how much time you have available, and one place in town you can witness the carving talents of these statues is at Ravi Bhandary's business.
Idol making is big business. The skill is handed down from generation to generation, plus many experienced artists come down to Mangaluru during this time of the festival to help in the labor intensive process. It gets underway around few months before the festival takes place. Ganesh idol making industry in City is huge, especially at this time of the year. But, just how huge is huge? The figures are impressive. From hundreds to thousands of idols are made here. People from neighbouring towns, and from places as far as Hassan, Sakleshpur, Shimoga, Madikeri, and even from Kerala buy Ganesh idols from Ravi Bhandary.
The statues of Lord Ganesha are carved in more than 300 different forms and poses. They consider it as a holy mission which bring them closer to the Lord. While most of the idols are done solely by Ravi, but during occasions like these he takes help from 3-4 artisans to overcome the demand of statues for Ganesh Chaturthi. They are happy with the response they are getting in the city. These artisans are here to showcase their skills. This year, an idol depicting Ganesh with Sri Radhakrishna with peacocks on either side and another one showing him savouring ghee with Lord Krishna will be the major attractions this time. Idols sitting on lotus, cow and snake are also added to the variety of idols available during this festival season.
Ganesh idols are worshipped individually and in a collective manner on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. But this is not the only occasion for them to earn as they were busy in making the idols of Goddess Durga and other lords throughout the year. "We are always working. We make Durga idols during Navaratri. Idols of Lord Shiva for Shivratri and idols of Lord Ganesha for Ganesh Chaturthi," said Bhandary.
Elaborating the sequence and process of making these pious statues, Bhandary said that mainly the sculptures are made of mud and clay. But as per the new trend, the Ganesh idols are mostly made of plaster of Paris or China clay. "We prepare Ganesh idol from China clay or mud. The demand these day is for idols made from plaster of Paris. These are lighter and more attractive. There is a difference between idols made from mud and plaster of Paris, said Ravi's assistant who was giving final touches to a 4 feet Ganesh statue.
There are references in the Puranas that Ganapati was created from grime. Hence, the artisans find it appropriate to use a Ganesh idol made of mud for ritualistic worship. It is worth mentioning here that as per the Hindu mythology, the spiritual Idols should be a seated one, not standing. Bhandary informed me about the reason why the Idols were made only in sitting position.
If a guest pays a visit to our home, we offer him a seat and not keep him standing. During Ganesh Chaturthi, we invoke Lord Ganapati, that is invite Him. One should offer Him a seat and proper hospitality. Hence for this spiritual emotion, all the statues of Ganesha are made in sitting position, said Ravi. He informed that scientifically the reason for sitting statues is due to the entire weight of the idol resting on the feet. The idol may break if it is kept in the standing position for ten consecutive days.
Making idols is a holy mission for the artisans. "Every idol-maker should be pure and spiritually inclined. He must keep one thing in mind that it is not he who is making the idol, rather it is the Lord, who is getting it done through him," said the senior artisan. "An sculptor should have a faith that making idols is not a vocation but a holy mission. When an idol is made with faith, amidst chanting of the Lord's name and observance of all the restrictions, it becomes more pious" Ravi added.
Already a few clients were at Ravi's place this afternoon placing orders for Ganesh idols-Hundreds of magnificent Ganesha idols in different sizes and themes were stocked inside the shop, and some were wrapped in transparent plastic sheets. While Ravi Bhandary who could spend only a few seconds since he busy giving final touches to the idols, his wife was kind enough to give more information on their idol making business.
Their business was started by Govinda Bhandary 90 years ago, which is now run by his son Ravi Bhandary. About 70% of the idols they make are from clay, and the remaining 30% are made from Plaster of Paris, which comes ready-made from other state. The prices are bit expensive since clay is not easily available, and also it takes pretty good hours to create a clay idol. It takes an hour and a half for the artists to put in place the initial structure and then 48 hours for it to completely dry off. Then they have to be given final touches and painted, in some cases. "To make a fully completed 3 feet Ganesh idol takes 6-7 days", said Ravi.
The prices for clay idols start from Rs 100…..Rs 1000, and the largest idol will cost around Rs 7000 to 8000. Bhandary said, " Many of my customers are like my well-wishers, who offer me pretty good money for the idols without me even quoting them a price. Our customers are happy with our work and quality, and they keep coming back year after. Satisfying our customers is our motto, and creating quality products is our business. Most of the time we don't fix prices for the big Ganesh idols, our regular clients fix the price"
Business is brisk for the big idols despite rising costs of inputs. Although the most wanted idols are the life-sized ones made of Plaster of Paris, but many people prefer the eco-friendly clay idols, since they easily dissolve in water which is good for the environment. So if you are looking for a clay-idol of Ganesha or a idol made of Plaster of Paris, head on to Ravi Arts, where your search for your your favourite "Ganesha" will be over. On behalf of Team Mangalorean, wish all our Hindu friends a Happy Ganesh Chaturthi well in advance.


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Early morning risers at Saturday's Economic Summit buzzed about the latest bit of good news: Elk Valley Rancheria's plans to break ground on its resort late this summer.
The planned resort is an example of all the things the chamber touts: development, tourism, collaboration and partnerships.
It took the tribe seven years to make the resort and casino a reality. Today, Tribal Council Chairman Dale Miller and Bureau of Indian Affairs Regional Director Amy Dutschke are scheduled to sign the final papers in Sacramento putting the Martin Ranch land into a trust. The resort and casino could be complete in two to three years.
andquot;Our business is moving forwardvery few people have that experience,andquot; Miller said about the long-hoped-for resort. andquot;But we need help from the outside community.andquot;
People who visit the resort for a few days need things to do while in Del Norte County. That's where the community comes in.
andquot;Our resort is happening. We need the harbor to come alive,andquot; said Gerry Nailon, CEO for the Elk Valley Rancheria.
A team effort
There will be a lot of business spillover, Nailon said, and the city needs to prepare for it.
andquot;We can get them once or twice,andquot; he said about out-of-town customers. andquot;If the service or food isn't good, they won't stay.andquot;
Speaking to business owners, he emphasized that they are all in this together.
andquot;You can provide goods and services while they stay,andquot; Nailon added, calling on potential entrepreneurs.
He showed artist renderings of the resort, which includes a 156-room hotel, 40,000-square-foot-casino and 20,000-square-foot conference center, three restaurants, bars and retail shops. The resort will also be themed and tell the tribe's story throughout the facilities.
The lodge-style design is being built with the next 20 years in mind, Nailon said. The tribe wants to make sure that local people and those up to 200 miles away feel comfortable coming to the resort.
Nailon estimated that for every $1 spent at the resort and casino, $3 goes back into the community. In addition, there will be 460 construction jobs and 200 long-term jobs. The Transient Occupancy Tax for the first year of business will be about $300,000 and will generate $50,000 in fees to the county, he said.
andquot;What are you going to do?andquot; Nailon asked the business crowd. andquot;This is the start of the economic renaissance in Crescent City and Del Norte.andquot;


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Perhaps it's time that Kate Gosselin hung up her hopes of extending her fame and opted to go back to work in the medical field. While the former reality star was once on top of the world she seems to have milked the celeb system dry with various ideas on how to stay in the public eye. Since divorcing Jon Gosselin Kate continued to use her 8 kids as a way to pay the bills and when offers to do her own show finally dried up then Kate starting popping up on all sorts of other reality shows until she was left with no choice but to realize that it's not her that people want to watch – it was her family.
According to the Oct. 21st print edition of In Touch, Kate was recently spotted at a local PA grocery store looking extremely thin and miserable. It seems that even the locals tend to shun her because they feel she used her family to get rich and refuses to do any real work herself. Kate has no steady income and her ex doesn't pay child support, leaving her to figure out how to provide for her huge family on her own.
One of the last ideas that Kate pitched was yet another reality show that centered on her dating life. I guess she figured she could make some cash and maybe land a new man all at once. Unfortunately no one seemed very interested in the idea of watching Kate in action so her show has yet to even be considered by any network. I have to wonder why Kate refuses to return to the real nursing job that she went to school for. Usually when parents are desperate for cash they'll take any job to feed their kids. Does Kate think she is that far above going back to a normal job? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!
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Colorado's "Mile High City" sits on a plain nestled against the Rocky Mountains which provide a dramatic view from the window of your Denver flight as you land. Denver balances big-city life with a love of the great outdoors. Here's where you'll find the nation's largest city park system, 90 golf courses, about 650 miles of paved bike trails, and a mile-long pedestrian promenade in downtown.
A must-see list, once you step off your Denver flight, would include the Denver Performing Arts Complex, the world's second-largest performing arts centre, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, an open-air natural theatre and the setting for thousands of rock and classical concerts and the Denver Art Museum which has one of the most impressive collections of Western art in the US and an excellent American Indian collection.
The trendy historic district is Lower Downtown, called LoDo. Carefully restored Victorian buildings are now homes to jazz clubs, art galleries, restaurants, and shops. LoDo, the city's birthplace, is the trendiest part of the city and the heart of Denver's night scene.
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Jennifer Aniston on 'Friends' DVD Cover Has the Internet in a Tizzy
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Revisit our favorite moments for the iconic TV series.
The actor behind Ross Geller said it was 'lovely' to rejoin some of his old co-stars.
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The cast of "Friends" and other hit sitcoms reunite to honor director James Burrows.
Now your phone can walk you home. There's a new app called Companion that lets your friends and family track your movements (when you want them too, of course). But what sets this app apart from similar ones out there is something called the "Are You OK?" button.
The Age of Revivals spurred along by the likes of Netflix's Fuller House or whatever NBC drags out of the dumpster next has many hopeful that Friends will finally get its oft-discussed reunion. Nope! Co-creator Marta Kauffman bluntly states "reunions suck," at last putting an end to speculation.
Not to be outdone by HBO's announcement of a standalone streaming service (although totally outdone by Warner Bros.' DC slate), Netflix has picked up a few 'Friends' of its own, 236 to be exact. The streaming service confirms today that all episodes of Monica, Chandler, Joe, Rachel, Phoebe and Ross will be ready to watch in time for New Years' 2015, as announced by Gunther and the Rembrandts.
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Like anyone who lived through the '90s, Jimmy Kimmel loved 'Friends,' but while being a fan of the television staple is wholly understandable, the depth of his affection is, well, perhaps not. Kimmel hosted 'Friends' star Jennifer Aniston on his show last night, and while she might have expected to chat about her latest movie, 'Life of Crime,' and share some fun tidbits and anecdotes, the host had other ideas.


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The children are not the ones who committed the crimes. It's their parents who committed the crimes. So we've harmed indirectly a whole generation of children who are now having difficulties growing up, difficulties coping."
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Program Summary: A staggering 10 percent of all children in America have a parent who is incarcerated or under supervision of the criminal justice system. Thus more than seven million kids face the social stigma, the developmental problems and the greater risk of getting into trouble themselves. This special one-hour documentary, "Children Left Behind," examines the challenges and the futures of these kids. In the first segment, we hear the personal stories of Chesa Boudin and Emani Davis -- two bright, articulate young people who at an early age experienced the long-term imprisonment of a parent. What's it like for a child to visit a parent in an unfriendly prison building? What emotional obstacles must these kids undergo? Can a meaningful relationship be maintained between child and incarcerated parent?In the second segment, we learn about current efforts to reach out to and support this vulnerable population. We hear former Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode, himself the child of a prisoner, who heads a mentoring program for these kids. We visit a California school that has incorporated a program to counsel children of prisoners and to show them many options in life. We talk with a grandmother who is raising her grandchildren while the mother is locked up. And we attend a parenting class for recently released inmates who must now try to heal broken family relationships. Total time: ~1 hour
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The Senate's failure to move forward on a bill to strengthen U.S. computer defenses leaves little chance that Congress can find a compromise this year, as lawmakers turn their attention to November's election.
The chamber's Democratic leadership failed yesterday to get the 60 votes needed to force a final vote on the cybersecurity measure before the Senate leaves this week for an August recess. The vote was 52-46, largely along party lines, as most Republicans opposed a bill their leaders called a burden for businesses.
"As a practical matter, it's probably dead," Stewart Baker, a former assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Homeland Security, said in an interview. "There's some people hoping against hope to revive it, but given the calendar and the difficulty of the issues, it would be almost impossible."
The Republicans' roadblock was a setback for President Barack Obama's administration, which tried to build support through a series of briefings for senators on potential dangers of a digital attack on the nation's infrastructure, including a simulated assault on New York City's power grid.
The bill from Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, originally proposed government-issued computer security standards for privately owned infrastructure, such as electrical and water systems, considered essential to national security. It also promoted information sharing about cyber threats between businesses and the U.S. government.
Last month, Lieberman and his co-sponsors sought to attract Republican support by revising the measure, replacing mandatory security rules with a system for developing voluntary industry standards, with incentives for companies to adopt them.
The Senate's Republican leadership, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups opposed the legislation even with the changes, saying the voluntary infrastructure standards would be a back door to later imposing government regulations.
"Between business pressures and electoral pressures, there's no way they're going to get to anything useful," James Lewis, technology program director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said in an interview. "The game now will be each side blames the other."
Obama may be able, by executive order, to accomplish some of the legislation's goals, said Baker, now a partner at the Steptoe & Johnson law firm in Washington.
Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, in an e-mailed statement yesterday blamed the Senate vote on "the politics of obstructionism, driven by special-interest groups seeking to avoid accountability."
Cyber attacks on U.S. computer networks increased 17-fold from 2009 through 2011, General Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command, said last month, citing reports that digital adversaries have stolen $1 trillion of U.S. intellectual property.
Citigroup Inc., the third-largest U.S. bank by assets, and Lockheed Martin Corp., the world's largest defense company, were among U.S. companies that suffered cyber attacks last year.
"It's not just another political argument in a campaign," Lieberman told reporters after yesterday's vote. "This is about what everyone acknowledges is rising to be a serious threat to America's security in the years ahead."
Lieberman said he wasn't optimistic about the bill's chances, though he said he's open to further negotiations on amendments.
A co-sponsor, California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, said backers would continue to seek an agreement during the August break. "Either it's done by September, or we're not going to be able to do it," she said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said before the vote that Majority Leader Harry Reid was trying to "steamroll" the bill past opponents seeking to vote on amendments. Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said Republicans are "running like scared cats" to please the Chamber, the largest business lobbying group.
Five Republicans crossed party lines to vote in favor of proceeding with the bill, and five Democrats sided with Republicans in blocking the measure. Reid also voted no for procedural reasons, so he can later bring up the bill for reconsideration.
A cybersecurity measure that passed the Republican- controlled House of Representatives in April focuses on cyber- threat information sharing without setting standards for companies. It is sponsored by Representative Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican who leads the House Intelligence Committee.
Carney described the House bill as "deeply flawed," saying it threatens the privacy of consumer data and does nothing to protect the nation's infrastructure.
Lieberman's bill is S. 3414. Rogers's bill is H.R. 3523.
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If you don't like Diablo type games its a waste of time. The game is about build management. The skill tree in PoE is 100% impactful. I finished the game last night with a gimped Marauder who took too much 2h specialization and strength instead of armor and life. The end boss was a catastrophe of frustration.
I started Diablo 3 tonight. I like it more than I thought. As a barbarian Stun+Rend for bleed damage makes short work of bosses. Killed the Skeleton King and I have not been defeated yet. I really like the crafting. My gear is looking very good and I'm gearing the followers as well. It is *much* easier than PoE because the skill system is noobish. Enjoyable though!
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Comanche is a quality, cross-platform, GUI tool for configuration and management of open source software. Packages supported include the Apache Web server and Samba. It is easily extensible through plugins, and runs on most flavors of UNIX, Windows, and even Macs.
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Stevie Nicks has joined the upcoming season of The Voice as an adviser to Adam Levine's team.
The 66-year-old Fleetwood Mac singer has been working with Levine and his 12 team members as they assign songs and rehearse with the contestants in preparation for the 7th season's battle rounds, currently in production.
"I just think it's a great show," she told Extra in an interview with Levine. "Adam would never be sitting here seven years later if this wasn't a great show."
So just how did Levine persuade Nicks to join his team?
"Bribery, begging, pleading," said Levine.
"Presents… fur coat, some beautiful shoes, sheets," continued Nicks.
Thunder only happens when it's raining tears down your face because @StevieNicks is now part of #TheVoice family. pic.twitter.com/RZBjbigHgw
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#TeamAdam it's time to welcome @StevieNicks to #TheVoice family! http://t.co/ii7oquW8yE
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New coaches Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams will join Levine and Blake Shelton when the NBC show returns on Sept. 22.
Pharrell and Gwen Stefani Get 'Happy' In 'The Voice' Fall Teaser http://t.co/iU7kS8hakj #Pharrell pic.twitter.com/OzqjT0Ndkb
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Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams took a picture with The Voice judges. What a good looking panel. @MandyShewFM pic.twitter.com/T13LFBWp0B
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Stefani and Williams are replacing a departed Usher and a pregnant Christina Aguilera this season, and Levine said it has been an easy transition.
"It was smooth sailing from the beginning. They are frighteningly good at it," said the Maroon 5 frontman.
Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks is joining "The Voice" as adviser to Adam Levine's team http://t.co/KTwsUO8AK6 pic.twitter.com/oFDL39sDf6
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In August 2009, Los Angeles Times reporter Jason Song had just finished the investigative series "Failure Gets a Pass," about how difficult it was to fire some teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
He had his first byline at the newspaper as the school district reporter in November 2008. The series garnered a lot of attention, and Song's editors asked him to keep the ball rolling, to find something else to investigate. They paired him up with experienced education reporter Jason Felch, and together the two decided to examine elementary school standardized test scores using a value-added method of evaluation, which evaluates teachers by comparing the improvement in individual students' standardized test scores.
In the next year and a half of reporting, Song and Felch interviewed more than 100 teachers and principles, produced a database of more than 6,000 teachers with their effectiveness ratings and reported a currently on-going series called "Grading the Teachers," about the value-added approach, which is not a large factor in LAUSD teacher evaluations. Song and his team obtained millions of test scores, which they hired a consultant to analyze and worked with an in-house database team to organize and explore.
The series, which began in August 2010, has received a huge response, both positive and negative. United Teachers Los Angeles President called for a boycott of the Times. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan lauded the series and the release of such information. In recent months, universities have questioned the method of evaluation the Times used. The Times received thousands of responses from teachers and parents, some supporting the information and many others criticizing the newspaper for the release of sensitive information.
Twelve years ago, though, Song was an English student at Occidental College with no intention of becoming a journalist. His most extensive print experience was for his high school newspaper, and he applied for Los Angeles Times' Metpro program, designed to help beginning journalists launch their careers in Tribune newsrooms .
Song's longest engagement away from the Times after joining Metpro in 2000 was his four-year stint at the Baltimore Sun, where he worked in bureaus and covered higher education before returning to Los Angeles in 2005 and to the Times newsroom in November 2008.
AAJA reporter Sonali Kohli sat down with Song to talk about his reporting experience and the aftermath of the series.
SK: How did you and Jason Felch come up with the idea for the "Grading the Teachers" series?
JS: Neither of us can really remember who came up with the idea first, but at some point we were like, "Hey, they have these test scores, they exist, and we know they're usable. Not every school district keeps clean data, and we believe that we can get it, so let's see what happens there." And that's how it started.
SK: How does the process of collaboration work between the database team and the writers who are reporting on the story?
JS: There are just a ton of questions that Felch and I are not really equipped to answer on our own, we need some kind of expertise. I think that holds true for any kind of really big data-driven project-you need to have support and you need reporters who have a different skill set than you might have to look at the data and figure out where the soft spots are, and to test the data to make sure that our conclusions are right.
SK: The stories are very narrative, with you in the classroom observing the teachers. Why was it important to visit so many teachers, even though you ended up using only 15-20.
JS: We're interested in teacher effectiveness-we want to see what good teaching looks like and we want to see the whole spectrum of teaching … Part of that was us testing the data as well – talking with principals about who their best teachers are, because we wanted to make sure this actually has some basis in reality … We wanted to make sure we were putting the information in the right context. There's a limit on what you can see-what does good teaching look like?
SK: How did you go about observing individual teachers?
JS: We did it several ways-sometimes we'd observe first then compare to our own information, but knowing that there's a limit to what we can actually report. Causality is not necessarily going to be totally apparent to us, which is why it's important to talk to the principles and parents if we could. Since the kids were in elementary school, it's kind of hard to interview them about how good their teacher is.
SK: How much did you know going into this that it would have the impact and the amount of feedback that it has had?
JS: I think we had a pretty good idea it would be controversial. (Once you get the data), there's the question of, "Wow, so we can actually do this now? We are about to embark on a very controversial path." I knew people would read the story, I knew people would have really strong opinions. I never even thought to think, "What will Arne Duncan think of this? How many bloggers will look at this?" That never really crossed my mind. I spent most of my time thinking about how I can make sure the story is correct.
SK: A University of Colorado study was released in December that used the same data and found certain percentages of discrepancies between your results and theirs. What was your reaction to that?
JS: That's a complicated topic. My basic takeaway was this is fine, this is good, this is what people should be doing. Because we wanted to be as transparent as possible. In other words, if you want to check our stuff we are going to give you the white paper that explains how our consultant did it. If you want to ask LAUSD for the same data that's great. And we knew there's no such thing as a perfect value-added system, so you're bound to get different results using different systems … I think the greater takeaway is that there are different systems, and if you're going to implement this system you as a school district have to kind of figure out what the best system for you is. Our way is not wrong, the other way is not wrong. There's not some kind of gold standard.
SK: Did you have a specific goal going into this project of what school districts would do with the data?
JS: I can only control what happens between now and when it goes out into the public view … This is not me trying to push some kind of project. If they want to adopt value-added, that's fine, if not, I don't really care. Just as long as they're open in the process and tell me what they're thinking, that's what I want to know. How they actually use the data is not something I can control.
SK: I know you got thousands of responses from teachers. What is your response to people either being supportive, or really blasting the entire project?
JS: I can see where they're coming from. I'm sure they never thought something like this would ever happen, and so I'm certainly sympathetic. … But in the end it is something we struggled with a lot. It's a newspaper's job to publish information. If we've checked and we believe that it's right, I am of the view that we should publish it.
SK: With newspapers like the LA Times suffering financially, how do you fund a project like this and have a team of reporters working on this almost full-time where there are so many other things that need to be covered on a daily basis?
JS: I don't know. That's above my pay grade. I think a lot of people saw the promise of the stories. A newspaper has to be kind of nimble, and we have less reporters than we had in the past. So if I'm not covering the school district the way I once did, someone's going to have to cover it for me, and that's the way it's going to have to go. No one said, "Hey write more stories while you're doing this." They just kind of said, "Go report." So I guess the people upstairs thought it would be worth the stretch.
SK: Was this your first experience with database journalism to this degree?
JS: I've never looked at something like this where there are millions and millions of records. How do you organize it? That was really more (LA Times database editor Doug Smith). He would give us the raw scores, and we would figure out how to organize it. Do we want to organize it best to worst, organize it by school, how much information do we really need to do our reporting? So we had many iterations of the data because we needed something that we could actually use and take into the field.
SK: Do you think database journalism is going to take a greater role in this kind of investigative journalism? How do you think that's going to happen?
JS: I think so. Since there's so much information out there, it's a question of how do you organize it? So in the case of newspapers, databases just make sense. They can tell you things that you could never find out in a million years on your own … As I read other newspaper series' and there's just so much out there in terms of how they organize information. It's kind of inescapable. And I would say that's a good thing.
SK: There have been questions from a lot of people about what makes you qualified to put this much out there about teachers and qualify them in these ways. What's your response to that?
JS: We have reporters here that cover the health care industry that aren't doctors. This is what they pay us to do. And they pay us to ask questions, to educate ourselves as much as possible … I don't have a teaching credential or anything like that, but I don't feel that's necessary to write authoritatively and to understand the subject that we're working on, especially since we spent 18 months on the project. I think we're qualified to write the stories.
SK: Do you have any sort of timeline as to how long you're going to be working with and pulling stories out of this data?
JS: No. It would be nice to know, but no, I have no idea. I assume I'm not going to be an education reporter for the rest of my life, although I wouldn't mind that. But there are very long story lists, so it would be nice to tackle that if we could.
SK: What is your reaction to all the attention you've been getting?
JS: It's fine. I mean, it's a little strange to be on television yourself. The public speaking aspect of this job has been strange, and getting used to being on television cameras and whatnot. To a certain degree we have become the story, which I guess was kind of inevitable. I don't mind doing it, I understand why they're doing it. It's just that … I could not be an anchor or a field person for TV. I just like my notebook.
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