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In a 1999 book, "The Great Good Place," Ray Oldenburg identifies third places, or "great good places," as public places where people can gather and interact. In contrast to first places (home) and second places (work), which Mr. Oldenburg explains too, third places allow people to put aside their concerns and simply enjoy the company and conversation around them.
Here at the Scranton State School for the Deaf we are truly a third place for all of the reasons that Oldenburg and other urban planners and sociologists believe.
If you ask people, deaf and hearing, why they enjoy coming to SSSD, they will not say that SSSD is their "third place," but with very little explanation, they would quickly agree with the analysis of the importance of SSSD for their own public place to gather, learn, study, and receive psychological support and encouragement for their endeavors.
They would also say that SSSD is the heart of social vitality and the center for the grass roots of democracy as demonstrated so effectively by students, staff, politicians, business leaders, university presidents, legislators, alumni, parents and citizens of Northeast Pennsylvania, alumni from other deaf schools, and many others from around the United States that have taken up our cause to remain a public institution.
SSSD is also a first place (home) designed with the needs of deaf students in mind in its curriculum and its teaching philosophy. SSSD has a commitment to excellence in the education and social development of each student it serves. For all students, those who live on campus and those who attend as daily commuters, emphasis is placed on using each aspect of daily life as a springboard for growth and learning.
It is our commitment and our duty to prepare students educationally and socially to be positive contributors to society.
SSSD is also a second place (work) in that staff and personnel are on campus 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This also makes for a learning experience for students because they actually witness how adults go about doing their jobs on a daily basis 24 hours a day. Many of these adult staff are deaf and serve as excellent role models, as do our supportive alumni.
It is important for SSSD to exist and to continue to keep our entire important first, second and third places for future years.
As you know, Gov. Ed Rendell, as recommended by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, has proposed that our budget be cut for 2009-2010.
SSSD, and all of our many supporters, do not agree with this proposal. We want the governor to know how important it is for SSSD to remain in this portion of the state for the public good. For when the means and facilities for relaxation, leisure, learning, education and social gatherings are not publicly shared, life for the entire Northeast Pennsylvania community and the entire state will become diminished and less than what it has been.
Northeast Pennsylvania is proud of its heritage, history, customs and its first, second and third places all wrapped into one at SSSD. Extinction is not an option.
Please continue to write letters, contact your legislators, and ask the good Governor Rendell for a change of heart, so that SSSD will remain one "great good place" and public place as it has been for nearly 130 years.
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U.S. Army Col. Mario Diaz, commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, leads the Patriot Brigade during the post run, June 13, 2014. Fort Polk celebrated the Army's birthday with a post run. All installation tenet units participated to show their Army pride. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Edge, 4th BCT, 10th Mtn. Div. Public Affairs)
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It's Monday and Pulse 2010 is open and people from all over the country and world are still filing in to the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada for Pulse 2010! Pulse 2010 is the premier service management event and this year's theme is "Optimizing the...
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I'm sure you all know that Pulse 2010 is less than two weeks away. I just wanted to take another opportunity to let you know that Energy & Efficiency is well represented at this year's event. Our presence this year is three-fold, with a strong Energy...
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Is green still on your radar screen when it comes to managing your data center assets? If not, perhaps it should be. A greener data center can be achieved through various means, not the least of which is gaining efficiencies in the area of power (energy)...
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Serbia's Foreign Minister visits Berlin
Foreign Ministers Mrkić and Westerwelle
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On 21 November, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met his Serbian counterpart, Ivan Mrkić, who was paying his first official visit to Berlin.
The talks focused on bilateral issues as well as Serbia's path to EU membership. Both Foreign Ministers underlined the sound bilateral relations between the two countries. Mrkić pointed out that Germanywas Serbia's most important trading partner, its largest donor and one of its biggest investors. One of the key projects of the new Serbian Government, which had been in office since July 2012, was advancing the rule of law. For, he went on to say, the rule of law was an important factor when investors came to decide where to invest.
Serbia's steps towards the European Union
With regard to Serbia's steps towards the EU, Westerwelle stressed that Germanysupported a clear European perspective for Serbia. The necessary conditions for this had to be met. Normalized relations between Serbiaand its neighbours, including Kosovo, were especially important. The dialogue process between Serbia and Kosovo, which came about thanks to the mediation efforts of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, was an encouraging sign. It was now vital that the agreed measures were implemented and that the two countries remained constructively engaged in this process. Mrkić briefed Westerwelle on the talks.
He said that the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the countries of the Western Balkans, which was to take place the next evening in Berlin at Westerwelle's invitation, would provide a forum to discuss these regional issues further.
Serbia presented its application for EU membership in December 2009 and it has had candidate country status since March 2012.
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Today I was humbled in talking about architecture as I stumbled through some explanations of principles and key terms. For those that know me I am very passionate and professional on how I approach things, including discussions. I found myself stumbling because I got myself stuck on answering an open question about how I would architect something anyway I wanted to (skies the limit). I struggled because everyday architects resolve issues within the constraints of budgets, personnel, and technology stacks. It was like asking me, if you could do anything in the world, you want what would do? Flight or invisibility? But at the end of the day, the laws of gravity and physics comes into play.
I asked myself, why is architecture important?
Like everything else to me it is a process and with that it has defining characteristics. Some of the main issues that seem to get focused on is acronyms and perceptions. What I mean by that is acronyms have different meanings to different industries – they also seem to overlap. Like a house, software needs a strong foundation to build on and without it everything built on top of it is at risk – do we really need to concern ourselves with what we call it. Sometimes I think quite a few great discussions get last with acronyms and there usage
With that what should the goals of Architecture be?
The main focus should be bridging the gap between business requirements and technical requirements by understanding the software's use cases and working out ways to implement them.
Well then, what key principles should an Architect consider?
- Instead of building to last, build to change.
- To reduce risk and model to analyze.
- Use visualization as a collaboration tool.
- Work to identify key engineering decisions.
With emergent architecture try using a more iterative or agile approach to help minimize risk of change throughout the process.
So, to answer the main question without a strong foundation you simple end with a house of cards, that is difficult to deploy, modify, manage, and support. While architect by nature is conceptual, without walking that mile or suffering through a bumpy foundation – how do you really know what foundation to build?


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West Scranton students spend Thanksgiving "walking the line"
It was still dark outside when Felisia Goni woke up Thursday morning.
The West Scranton High School sophomore isn't normally a big athlete, but that didn't stop her from walking from Pittston to Scranton.
"I never pictured myself walking a 10.8-mile walk," she said. "It's refreshing."
She was joined by about 30 other Invaders to "Walk Up the Line" on Thanksgiving morning. It was the third year for the event, which this year benefited the American Red Cross and victims of Hurricane-turned-Superstorm Sandy.
The walk began as a graduation project three years ago and has blossomed, explained Amy Rummerfield, a teacher and now adviser for the event. West Scranton students Jon Kobrynich and Brooke Spindler founded the fundraiser, selecting the route and name as a reference to the Laurel Line Railroad.
"That first year, it was just the four of us," Ms. Rummerfield said, looking around at her students with pride.
Cheeks were flush from the walk and the chilly morning, but Ms. Rummerfield and the students were all smiles as they prepared to hand over an oversize check for $1,000. This year, the students organized the event in only one week, she said.
The dedication of the teens was noted by Carmon Flynn, the executive director of the American Red Cross in Lackawanna, Bradford-Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties.
"How can you turn down the kids?" he asked with a grin, adding that he was happy to give up a portion of his holiday morning for the group.
After accepting the check, Mr. Flynn told the students that he had shared the story of their efforts with other Thanksgiving volunteers working in the most impacted areas of New Jersey.
"If they're willing to give up their day, so am I," Mr. Flynn said of both groups.
The group, which included a Siberian husky named Aria, ended their trek at the Radisson at Lackawanna Station hotel around 10:30 a.m. Aria's owner, sophomore Maritza Cherry, said the cause had a personal connection.
"My family in New York didn't have power," she said. "This will help with everything."
On a holiday marked by thankfulness and turkey consumption, sophomore class President Andrew Simpson said their efforts would have a bonus benefit.
"I wanted to help out with the hurricane relief because it was a tragedy that was close to us," he said. "Plus, you've get to exercise the turkey off before you even eat it."
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Does anyone think this is a good idea? I've noticed that there's a few young cyclists out there. I think this would be cool, Mods!
Does anyone think this is a good idea? I've noticed that there's a few young cyclists out there. I think this would be cool, Mods!
My son is 12, about to be 13, and I would certainly get him involved if there was a forum just for younger folks here. My daughter too, who is 10.Originally Posted by livestrong91
"It hurts so good..."
hmmmm, hard decision.
upside: I could talk with other kiddos about stuff(I do that anyway???)
downside: if it was STRICTLY for younger riders(like women's forum is strictly women only) we would lose the experience of the older more knowledgeable riders answering our q's.
In conclusion...... I don't really care. I suppose it would be better if you were kind of shy about posting and having older people reading/responding. I know my little sister is only comfortable around family members or other kids her own age group.
Anyone else think it's a good idea? Oh well, I tried.
I like the idea. It could get the younger ones more interested, and create a space for them to share with ppl the same age. Nothing prevents the kids from posting in other forums to get help from more experienced riders.
I don't think it should be stricly for kids either though.
Thought we already gone over this. Go to the BMX forum. All the kids you want. Typing all the AOL'ese you want.
That's a pretty arrogant thing to say. I've never seen any of livestrong's posts indicate that he would be in the slightest bit interested in the BMX forum or typing in "AOL'ese". You seem to think that all BMXers are of lower intellect, and that all kids should be BMXers. That's quite a lot of generalization you have going on there in just a few words.Originally Posted by operator
"It hurts so good..."
hmmmm, social problems...
I have a few of those that could be discussed
Hay Livestrong91: Don't give up so soon. I think you have a very great idea. I am 83 years old and so I don't really qualify for your forum. But I have been a strong advocate for the bicycle for the last sixty years and the recent increased popularity of bicycles has been most gratifying to me. You young peaple are so important in the continuation of this popularity. So Livstrong91, why don't you grab the bull by the horns and continue to push for such a forum. My cousin Joe Gardner is quite impressionable and I'm sure he will go along with you.
Due to COPPA laws, if you are in the United States, and under the age of 13, you can not be legally registered on this site. For this reason alone, I doubt we will see a "young cyclists" forum.
More info: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/coppa.htm
Lol OWNED.Originally Posted by Joe Gardner
I don't see anything there that makes it illegal for a child 13 or younger to register. I see restrictions on the web site operator in how they can gather and use personal information, which would be wise for any site owner to follow anyway. I do.Originally Posted by Joe Gardner
"It hurts so good..."
You're right. But if Joe accidently fails to dot an i or cross a t, he can have the feds breathing down his neck. I can see why it wouldn't be worth the trouble.Originally Posted by twahl
the teen forum thing is a bad idea, yes i know i wanted one to when i first registered but then i came to my senses and realized that there is nothing to talk about that cant be put in anyother forum and i would rather get advice from riders who have experience then from kids who dont know anymore then I do.
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Individualizing Exercise: Some Biomechanical and Physiological Reminders
Browder, Kathy D., Darby, Lynn A., JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
Biomechanics and exercise physiology form the knowledge base for selecting and evaluating exercises. Individuals perform exercise to improve personal fitness, control body weight, improve psychophysical well-being, improve rehabilitation efforts, and achieve optimal performance. Whether improving personal fitness, leading exercise for a group, or revitalizing a routine workout, a person needs to individualize his or her exercise. Individualizing exercise means identifying needs that are unique to the exerciser (e.g., fitness level, abdominal muscle weakness, muscles involved in swinging a golf club), and then designing an exercise program to meet these needs.
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM, 1995) notes that systematic, individualized endurance exercise includes the appropriate type, intensity, duration, frequency, and progression of physical activity. These general guidelines for prescribing cardiorespiratory (endurance) exercise appear in table 1. For improving muscular strength and endurance, the National Strength and Conditioning Association (Baechle, 1994) has specified guidelines that include specificity, intensity, progressive overload, frequency, periodization, and exercise order (table 2).
While these guidelines are familiar to many physical educators, exercise specialists, and sports medicine personnel, their individualization is sometimes overlooked as exercise programs become routine and serve a large number of participants. ACSM and NSCA have produced several publications to assist individuals with this task (ACSM, 1993; ACSM, 1995; Baechle, 1994). This article will review several key points that may help exercise leaders to individualize new exercise programs or act as reminders to rejuvenate routine workouts.
Cardiorespiratory Training
Before beginning a cardiorespiratory training (i.e., aerobic exercise) program, it is important to determine the goals of the program. Two questions should define these goals:
(1) are you training for a specific skill, activity, or sport, or are you simply training to improve overall health and fitness, and (2) if training for a specific skill or sport, is the goal of your training endurance or power? The guidelines presented in table 1 are important regardless of the answers to these questions, but they should be varied depending on those answers. If the program aims for overall health and fitness, then balance should be maintained between developing endurance and power. If training for a specific activity is the goal, then one of these may be emphasized more than the other (e.g., long, slow, distance training to improve endurance versus high-intensity speed training to improve power). In order to individualize a program, the following five concerns should be addressed as well.
Specificity of Training. Specificity of training for cardiorespiratory training means having exercise that is suited to the muscle groups, the energy pathways (i.e., biochemical pathways, aerobic vs. anaerobic, that produce energy to do exercise), and the movement patterns involved in performance of the activity. Cross training (completing a number of different activities during a workout) has become a popular training method. During cross training, an exerciser may spend six minutes on the stair climber, move to the stationary bicycle and exercise for eight to ten minutes, and finish with six minutes on the rower. By adding variety, cross training can prevent boredom in a workout. However, if the exerciser is not achieving his or her training goal(s), it may be that "specificity of training" has been neglected. Exercise routines need to be matched to the exerciser's goals.
For aerobic exercise to be specific, two criteria should be considered: (1) intensity and duration of exercise, and (2) type of exercise. Short term, high intensity exercise (e.g., sprints or stop-and-start activities in racquet sports) depends on anaerobic biochemical pathways. …


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Massachusetts showed its true-blue colors Tuesday by rejecting Republican and third-party challengers and re-electing all the Democratic members of Congress seeking new terms.
Sen. John Kerry headlined the list, defeating former Army Delta Force member Jeff Beatty to win a fifth six-year term. Winning another two years in the House were Reps. John Olver, Barney Frank, John Tierney and Edward Markey.
"I am humbled to receive the support of voters from Williamstown to Provincetown and every city and town in between, and I promise to continue to prove worthy of your confidence in me over the next six years," Kerry said in a statement issued before he addressed supporters at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel.
Kerry's support for Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, who also won Massachusetts, has prompted speculation he might be tapped for a Cabinet job should Obama win nationally, but Kerry tried to tamp that down in his remarks.
"I have always been honored to represent the people of Massachusetts, and I can't wait to return to Washington with my friend Ted Kennedy by my side and continue to deliver for you and your families," he said, alluding to Sen. Edward Kennedy, who is suffering from brain cancer.
Beatty, a Republican, hinted to supporters that he would run again if either Kerry left office or Kennedy were unable to complete his term in 2012.
"Tonight over a million people in Massachusetts joined you in saying we want to start heading off in a new direction," Beatty told a crowd at a Westborough hotel. "We've seen the coming-out party, really, of a movement that represents what I think are the beliefs and values of a majority of out citizens. It's just our job now to go out and reach them."
The six other House members had no challengers, and Kennedy was not up for re-election.
One of the most vocal challenges came to Frank, who had two opponents: Republican Earl Sholley of Norfolk and Democrat-turned-independent Susan Allen of Brookline.
Allen accused Frank of not standing up to the Bush administration. Sholley said the House Financial Services Committee chairman was architect of the nation's housing crash and financial meltdown.
Olver was challenged by an Iraqi war veteran, Republican Nathan Bech, while Tierney's opponent was Republican Richard Baker of West Newbury and Markey's was John Cunningham of Revere, a self-professed libertarian running under the GOP banner.


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Lori asked this question Jun 19th, 2011 10:54 pm
Congrats Olivia, with the weight loss. That is wonderful, I just have a question? Now that the weight is gone what is the plan for the stretched out skin. I myself had lost 100ibs and find that I struggle with this annoying extra stuff and well lets just say my two friends are not where they are to be. Any advice??
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Here is a link to an eating plan called "the Drip". I was started by Tom Danielson's former coach. I found it on the site where I get my training program. It looks good to me but I am not sure of its feasiblity. I currently eat about 4-5 times per day.
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I would have preferred if the couple had been in separate bathtubs, but, creative differences…Via the Pornhub press release:
Price — and the other PornHub brass — of course knew the spot would be rejected. This is not new footage that they shot for the Super Bowl, and they had no plan to spend the nearly $4 million in media money CBS is getting for a :30 slot during the game. What they did plan on was sites like this one posting the video.
Super Bowl TV network CBS has stepped up its defensive line ahead of this Sunday's big game, blocking a proposed multi-million dollar commercial from Pornhub.com…a CBS spokesperson offered this brief response via email to the website's proposal: "CBS Television Network Standards do not permit advertising related to pornography. Therefore, we cannot accept your submission."
Pornhub Vice President Corey Price said: "The Super Bowl is the Holy Grail of ad spots and given our website's huge following in the US, we developed a G-rated commercial that we felt would meet the network's advertising standards."
PETA played the same game back 2009 with their naughty "Veggie Love" spot.
And in 2011, Ashley Madison also "submitted" a racy spot that was summarily rejected.
- Iraqi forces have launched an offensive to take back ISIS-held Fallujah. About 50,000 civilians are trapped in the city.
- Yep. Marco Rubio said he's sorry for implying Donald Trump has a small penis.
- Chad's ex-ruler Hissene Habre has been convicted of crimes against humanity in a groundbreaking trial in Senegal.


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An Application of the Decision-Making Model for Democracy Education: A Sample of a Third Grade Social Sciences Lesson
Baysal, Z. Nurdan, Kuram ve Uygulamada Egitim Bilimleri
This research which aims at sampling the solution of a life problem using the decision making model and showing the contribution of this application to democracy education was planned in accordance with the objective research technique. Student worksheets and camera recordings were used for data analysis. Sixty-six third grade students studying in a public primary school were participated in this study. Based on students' responses to open ended questions, content and descriptive analyses were carried out. 39 students decided against cutting the tree and 19 ideas were put forward. Students evaluated their ideas and made their final decisions. It can be emphasized that an atmosphere where different ideas and decisions are put forward can contribute to democracy education.
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Social Sciences, Social Studies, Decision Making, Democracy Education.
The purpose of social sciences and social studies is to enable students to gain knowledge analytically in problem solving, to develop the values and attitudes of a democratic society and to take action as a citizen to establish a democratic society (Barth, & Demirta?, 1997). The purposes mentioned above (i) knowledge, (ii) skills, (iii) attitudes and values and (iv) social participation can be evaluated as the universal purposes accepted all over the world (Öztürk, 2009).
Decision making is one of the most important abilities because people are always in the position of making decisions both in their private lives such as where to live, which job to choose, and in social issues such as which leader to elect and which team to support. They have countless number of issues to decide on in their daily lives and their daily lives are shaped by the decisions made by themselves or other people (Armstrong, 1980; Naylor, & Diem, 1987). Making decisions is an ability to be learned (Parker, & Jarolimek, 1997; Smith, 1998).
Decision making is defi ning the alternatives and choosing one of them by applying certain criteria. Effective decision making ability is closely linked with creative and critical thinking abilities. Creative thinking is needed to produce the necessary alternatives to choose from in decision making and critical thinking to evaluate these alternatives. Shirly Engle, the well-known social sciences instructor (1960), argued that the criterion to be a good citizen was the quality of the decision made in private and social issues. Thus, she was of the opinion that to develop the ability of decision making should be the main target of social studies teaching (cited in Naylor, & Diem, 1987). The interests of adults and children are different. Decisions made easily by children may be the decisions which adults don't approve (Thomas, 2000). When children make wrong decisions on trivial subjects, it is important for parents not to interfere in because they mostly learn from their mistakes.
Decision making, in short, is to choose one from different alternatives. Those who study cognitive psychology defi ne decision making as activities of mind in the position of choosing one out of many alternatives (Galotti, 2002). If there is only one alternative, it means there is no decision making. Yet, even in such a limited situation, there is a need to make a decision on whether to act or not. One or two alternatives are evaluated in decision making other than habits. We should keep in mind that in order to develop the ability to make decisions, additional knowledge, personal values and abilities are needed. Besides these, the person who will decide needs to know the opportunities around him, limits and possibilities for change (Katey-Walker, 1987). Decisions are made under vague conditions. Therefore the decision-maker may not be sure whether his decision will bring the best results or not. Making logical decisions depends on choosing the ways of thinking and behaving in a manner to serve the aims, results and ethical values (Vars, 1993). …


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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In the fall of 2008, a pastor traveled through the barren countryside of Haiti asking parents to give him their children. He promised an education and a better life at an orphanage he said was bankrolled by Americans.
Twenty-eight children were sent with the pastor. But his promise proved false: Within three months, one child had died, and two dozen more were sick and emaciated when discovered by Haitian police, according to United Nations reports on the incident.
Even before the Port-au-Prince earthquake left as many as 300,000 children homeless — and before the spotlight fell on 10 Idaho missionaries charged with kidnapping Haitian kids — Haiti was a country where children were commonly reduced to a commodity. They were smuggled across the border as cheap labor, peddled for black-market adoptions, abandoned by their parents or forced into servitude, records and interviews show.
Despite the constant urging of human rights organizations, Haiti's government has made little progress toward protecting its children from exploitation or neglect, a McClatchy Newspapers examination found. By its own account, the government inspected only half of the country's documented orphanages — and no one can say how many orphanages work off the books.
The situation is sure to worsen. Thousands more children were left homeless or lost parents in the earthquake, while the country's feeble safety net was left in tatters.
"The government must care for the children," said Father Luc Jolicoeur of the Good Shepherd orphanage in Port-au-Prince's Delmas neighborhood. He said no government inspector has ever visited his orphanage, where he fed oatmeal breakfasts to 78 boys Thursday morning.
"No one asked me anything," Jolicoeur said. "That means those children are forgotten."
Many Haitian orphanages open with good intentions, and the plight of the suddenly parentless in the impoverished country has triggered an outpouring of people rushing to Haiti. Yet even those wanting to help enter a system woefully unregulated and facing a crushing need that overwhelms.
Haiti's record before the Jan. 12 earthquake showed just how vulnerable to abuse the country's children have been. Consider:
In September, U.S. prosecutors indicted Douglas Perlitz, a Colorado missionary, on charges that he used food and gifts to extract sexual favors from teens at an orphanage he ran in northern Haiti. The orphanage was financed with donations from a Connecticut church group. Perlitz has pleaded not guilty.
Two years ago, two Canadian aid workers were convicted in their home country of sexually abusing boys at an orphanage in southern Haiti.
In 2007, the International Organization for Migration discovered 47 children who were solicited from their parents by the operators of a rogue adoption center in Port-au-Prince.
That same year, Haitian police arrested the operator of an orphanage housing 32 children being offered in black-market adoptions.
Haiti is overwhelmed with children with nowhere to go. Thirty-eight percent of the population is under 15, nearly double the U.S. rate of 20 percent.
Nobody knows how many Haitian children are living in orphanages or group homes — making the problem hard to measure and harder to trace. UNICEF estimated that roughly 50,000 children in Haiti lived in orphanages before the earthquake, but the nonprofit Save the Children puts the figure at 380,000. After the earthquake, the number of vulnerable children is estimated to be as high as one million.
Unaccompanied children now wander the cramped, chaotic squalor of Port-au-Prince's tent camps, seeking food and protection from strangers.
Joseph Marcel built a tent from cardboard, tarp and twine for 50 children in the camp called Mais-Gate after the earthquake cracked the walls of his orphanage. Twenty new children have joined him in the past three weeks.
"None of the authorities have contacted us," Marcel said. "That is the biggest struggle. They don't ask for information. They don't ask how I'm living with the children. They don't offer any help."
Some children have drifted into the fold of other families. Charnell Bonhomme, 13, has been in the care of his neighbors after he stumbled upon them in a tent camp called Champs de Mars. Charnell's parents were killed when their house collapsed.
"His uncle and his older brother know where he is," said Marie-Ange Pierre, 43, the boy's adoptive mother. "But we are his family now. We pulled together when that happened."
For some families, the burden is too much, and they have resorted to desperate measures — willingly offering their own children to foreign aid workers and journalists.
In the Mais-Gate camp, Jean Fernand Auguste said the foreigners offer the only chance of a better life for her 8-year-old daughter, Difrancesca.
"I want her to have a good education," Auguste said. "It doesn't matter if it is in the United States or Haiti. She is beautiful. She is a good daughter."
At the Champs de Mars camp, Orianna Gilbert offered Josena, the 8-month-old baby on her hip. If a foreigner wouldn't take her, Gilbert planned to take the child to an orphanage. "I don't have the things a baby needs," she said. "It's impossible."
Even before the earthquake, it was not uncommon for parents to give up their children. More than 200,000 are in forced domestic servitude. Meanwhile, aid groups estimate that less than half of the children in orphanages were true orphans. Most were kids whose parents simply had no way to care for them.
"There are such levels of poverty that a family will put a child in an orphanage just so that they get fed," said Melissa Winkler of the International Rescue Committee.
Experts believe most of the country's orphanages — several of which are financed or managed by American charities or church groups — operate without any regulation or oversight. Only about 600 orphanages are officially registered with the government. Inspectors reach just 300 of those, according to UNICEF.
The owners of some facilities don't consider themselves orphanages, and feel no need to submit to government oversight. Karen Bultje, who runs an unregistered home called Coram Deo in Delmas, said all but one of the 13 children in her care were brought by their families.
"They're not true orphans without a mother and father," Bultje said. "I'm helping out families because the families can't look after them."
Yet a disturbing pattern of exploitation has also emerged from the orphanage industry, Haitian officials say — illustrated most recently by the case of the 10 American missionaries, who were charged Thursday with kidnapping for trying to cross Haiti's border with 33 undocumented children.
The missionaries have said they planned to set up an orphanage for earthquake orphans in the Dominican Republic. Haitian police said the group was planning adoptions for the kids without government approval, and many of the children found with the missionaries were not orphans at all; they had been solicited from their families.
Aid workers and Haitian officials say in many cases parents are tricked or manipulated into giving up their children to traffickers, not realizing the kids could be taken out of the country.
"If they believe this person can save their child, they will choose to give the child away," Haiti's Social Affairs Minister, Yves Christalin, told McClatchy Newspapers. "But when the shock is over, many begin to realize the error of their decision."
Many of the unaccompanied children around Port-au-Prince may only be separated from surviving parents or relatives who cannot yet find them.
"We know from past emergencies that these things take time," said Rebecca Fordham of UNICEF'S child-protection office. "Children have been reunited, sometimes in a matter of days."
For years, the Haitian government has struggled to cope with the orphanage industry and curb child trafficking.
In 2002, the Haitian police founded the Brigade for the Protection of Minors, a special squad targeting traffickers. Yet human-rights groups and the U.S. State Department have called it understaffed and ill-equipped. In 2008, Amnesty International reported that the squad — which had fewer than 20 officers — did not even have access to a car.
Now the Haitian government is increasing security at the airports and along the border, Christalin said. No child will be allowed to leave the country without government approval, he said.
The government has made little headway addressing Haiti's other child-welfare crisis: the pervasive custom of forced domestic servitude known as restavek, Creole for "stay with."
A recent study found that about 225,000 children, most of them girls, are forced to work as servants in the homes of relatives. These children are often sent from rural areas to homes in Port-au-Prince, where they were offered — often falsely — a chance to go to school.
Instead, the children are forced to work, and are often abused, neglected and discarded. One health study found that 15-year-old restavek children weighed 40 pounds less on average than other children about their age.
Because these restaveks were rural children sent to the capital, experts believe many will be among the thousands on the streets of Port-au-Prince.
Now aid groups such as UNICEF and Save the Children and the Haitian government are trying to figure out what to do with them all.
This weekend, UNICEF plans to begin canvassing the tent cities to identify and register unaccompanied children. Aid workers will photograph the children and build a database to help reconnect missing children with their parents — a tricky task in a nation where birth certificates are rare, and where so much was destroyed.
"If they don't remember where they live, they might do a drawing or say that their house is next to a church," said Miguel Fontaine, a UNICEF child-protection advisor.
The primary goal is to reunite children with their families, even with distant relatives. For those children with no place to go, the country offers few options.
UNICEF is organizing teams to inspect still-standing orphanages and locate available bed space. But many orphanages had already swelled to capacity before the earthquake. Last week, Rolande Fernandez of the Bresma orphanage near Petionville said he had already turned away five children.
"We can take one or two but not more than that," Fernandez said. "We don't have the structure. We don't have the food."


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MADISON, Wis. -Assembly Democrats are demanding former Majority Leader Bill Kramer resign in the wake of sexual assault and harassment allegations.
Majority Republicans stripped Kramer of his leadership position last month. They have asked Kramer to resign but say they won't push to expel him from office. The Assembly has adjourned for the year and Kramer has said he won't seek re-election in November.
Four Democrats sent Kramer a letter Monday demanding he resign. They also sent a letter to Republican leaders accusing them of not going far enough to discipline Kramer and suggesting they form an ethics committee to develop sanctions.
Kramer's attorney, James Gatzke, says both Democrats and Republicans are ignoring Kramer's due process rights to score political points. A spokeswoman for Assembly Speaker Robin Vos didn't immediately return messages.
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WORCESTER, Mass. Rezwan Ferdaus, the local college graduate and physics major facing detention as an accused terrorist, was described in starkly different terms in federal court Monday. The government calls him a "ticking time bomb" and his defense team describes him as a "mentally troubled" resident of a fantasy world.
Ferdaus is charged with attempting to attack the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol by remote-controlled aircraft packed with explosives.
But the detention hearing put the FBI under the spotlight in what's become a two-ring circus.
In the first and main ring, Magistrate Judge Timothy Hillman didn't decide, and recent history says that whenever he does, the strong odds are he will rule for the government prosecutors who want to keep Ferdaus behind bars.
"This is not a one-page plan," prosecutor Stephanie Seigmann proclaimed in her closing argument. Holding up a thick detailed memo Ferdaus had allegedly given to the undercover agents he thought were al-Qaida operatives. She said the attack plan was "to terrorize the U.S. and kill as many 'kafir' (non-Muslims) as possible."
Ferdaus' 'Fantasy' Plan
"The only thing he wanted to do in life was this," she said, while the thin, goateed defendant sat in a semi-trance, head down, his eyes half-lidded, as he did throughout the proceeding.
"Whose idea was the remote-controlled aircraft?" she had asked the FBI supervisory agent who took the stand earlier.
"Mr. Ferdaus," the agent replied.
So too were the automatic weapons and the cellphones to be used as detonators.
Thirty times the undercover agents gave Ferdaus a chance to pull out, the federal prosecutor told the judge, but Ferdaus responded, "I just can't stop. There is no choice for me."
The prosecutor said Ferdaus' attack plan was "to terrorize the U.S. and kill as many 'kafir' (non-Muslims) as possible."
But this was all the fantasy of "a troubled mind," the defense responded. Public defender Miriam Conrad told the judge the government provided no evidence the defendant's plan would have actually worked.
"His plan is fantasy, because he's saying to the government informant, 'We're going to crash into the Pentagon, mow all the people down,' " Conrad said. "There are two of them — the informant and the defendant. It reads like something out of a video game."
Actually there would be four of them, the FBI supervisory agent had retorted earlier: the informant, Ferdaus and the undercover agents. In other words, Ferdaus had no one but imposters in his would-be terrorist cell.
"On his own, without the FBI, Mr. Ferdaus would not have done anything," said his defense.
Those were the arguments for and against detention, but then there was the second ring and sideshow involving the informant the FBI sent out to engage Ferdaus.
FBI Informant Under Fire For Past Convictions
The informant was known as Khalil, and the guy who signed him up was FBI agent John Woudenberg.
With the scalpel of a surgeon, Conrad established the informant's record: two convictions for selling drugs, unlawful restraint, a robbery conviction whose eight-year sentence he cut down to three by cooperating as a government witness elsewhere. And, of course, his history of what the agent referred to as Khalil's "difficulties" with heroin.
"When I signed him up, I believed him to be clean," Woudenberg said.
"You didn't ask him about his past history?"
"No," he replied.
The defense established the informant's record: two convictions for selling drugs, unlawful restraint, a robbery conviction whose eight-year sentence he cut down to three by cooperating as a government witness elsewhere.
Under further questioning, the agent acknowledged that Khalil had purchased heroin while on FBI video, though the agents missed it.
"Did you terminate him?"
"At that time we helped him get into a program," Woudenberg said.
The program lasted a week.
Did you terminate him, came the question again.
"We didn't use him for quite a few weeks."
Under FBI guidelines, Conrad pointed out, if you become aware an informant is committing crimes you have to report him. As it was, when Khalil was terminated in June 2010, he was not terminated for causes the agent acknowledged. That allowed the the FBI to bring Khalil back as an informant, once again, at the end of 2010 to go after Ferdaus.
Here's the earlier exchange between Conrad and Woudenberg:
"What steps did you take to ensure he wasn't using heroin?"
"He was much scrutinized. He was under the microscope."
"Did you give him a drug test?"
This was the first person the FBI sent out on the secret mission. From the agent who signed the informant up, the defense attorney extracted the following: On one wire, Khalil is heard to say that he's dope sick and needs a gram; he shoplifts while wearing the wire. He got got paid $10,000 by the FBI for his work with Ferdaus, $40,000 more for his informant work elsewhere.
And in April, when the FBI rented a room for Khalil and his girlfriend and she was blamed for trashing it, the FBI paid those damages, too.
But Woudenberg said he never gave his informant a drug test.
"We thought of it," he told the defense attorney, "but bureau policy didn't allow for it. So we didn't do it. There was no funding for that sort of thing."
So, Conrad said in closing, "You found it harder to get a drug testing kit than getting C4 explosives?"
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"Sustained," snapped the judge magistrate, who told Conrad, "you're way out of line."
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Have you ever wondered why the people who need the most help are the ones who have no clue they need helping?
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And I've also been curious, how does one continue to do, do, do for others without becoming the one who needs assistance?
One more: How does one have unconditional love for a person but also practice "tough love"?
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Provisional ballots decide NPR election NEW PORT RICHEY A tight City Council election that appeared headed for a recount was decided after the supervisor of elections office opened three provisional ballots that helped swing the outcome. As a result, Chopper Davis edged out Rose Mohr by 10 votes � 296 to 286 � in the Tuesday New Port Richey City Council race.
�Provisionals do matter,� said Brian Corley, Pasco�s supervisor of elections. Voters were choosing two City Council members from a ballot with seven candidates. Jeff Starkey easily took one seat, garnering 415 votes. After the provisional ballots were counted, Davis increased his lead to 10 votes and a .51 percent margin that was just beyond the .50 difference that triggers the automatic recount. School employees won�t get raises LAND O� LAKES With just two months left in the school year, Pasco County school employees have overwhelmingly voted to ratify proposed contracts with the school board, United School Employees of Pasco announced. Before the contracts become official, though, they must be approved by the school board, which meets Tuesday. The contracts, which cover the current academic year, don�t include raises, nor do they include two unpaid furlough days that the school district originally proposed in a budget-trimming effort. 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I don't know how many times I've told myself before I go to bed that tomorrow would be different, and it never is.
In the past, my problem was I was in University, and I ate out a lot. Not necessarily unhealthy things, but not the healthiest either. I had a friend who wanted to work out, etc and I would be inconsistent with my desire.
Fast forward just a few months, and I'm living in the United States, in another time zone, with no friends and I spend most of my time alone. My husband works almost 12 hours a day most days. Another change in our lives is that I cook mostly all fresh meals. We have very little processed food in the house, and when we do eat out, its usually something a little 'healthier'. We don't do any burger fast food or that kind of stuff.
That being said, my problem is and always has been my major sweet tooth. In the past, it wasn't so much of a problem because I was at least somewhat active. Now, I can't work and I spend most of the days sitting around. Yes, I could go out and walk or go to the gym, but it's very very hard for me to be motivated when I essentially spend so much time by myself. I find I spend my boredom or my depression eating, and eating sweets in mass form.
I've ballooned up to bigger than I've ever been, and since obesity is in the family, I'm concerned, but yet I can't seem to do anything to fix it. My husband is fit, and thin and he struggles to put on weight where I can't seem to stop. It's frustrating for me!
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Once I'm armed with these things, I'm going to bear down and make Monday the 6th my b*tch. I would also like to make each day after that feel my wrath. So let's see how long I can keep this desire to fight back against obesity.
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Ordinarily, we're wary of sequels especially for comedies (we love you Will Ferrell, but "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" has a huge bar to hit), but we'll say this: the first red band trailer for "22 Jump Street" made us laugh. A lot.
Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are back as Schmidt and Jenko, this time operating across the street at—you guessed it—22 Jump Street (no more Korean Jesus?). This time, they are heading to college to bust yet another drug dealer blah blah blah partying, college life, booze and these two dudes in the mix. And again, it looks like a pretty awesome blend. Here's the official synopsis:
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Considering the volume of short films that are being made, and their necessity as calling cards for anyone who wants to work in the industry, it's frustrating that there's no real market for the form. You would think that the bitesize nature of the format would be perfect in the internet age, but outside of the few that make it on to iTunes, normally thanks to festival success or awards nominations, most filmmakers are reduced to lumping their baby on Vimeo and hoping it reaches the right pair of eyes to help them up the ladder.
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The film stars "Cloverfield" supporting players T.J. Miller ("She's Out Of My League") and Lizzy Caplan ("Party Down") as the titular high-functioning drinkers, is written by Miller, and was produced by its two stars and Vogt-Roberts (who's since gone on to work on a string of "Funny or Die" shorts). We called it "hilarious, and then kind of heartbreaking" when we caught it at SXSW, and we're glad it's finally widely available -- we've been predicting big things for all involved ever since we saw it. Check out the trailer below if you're not yet convinced.
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Nashville crooner Rick Monroe is right: "Great Minds Drink Alike." It's one of many new songs he'll perform while on the Ultimate Summer of Music Tour.
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The message of the 21st Century National Service Summit in Aspen, Colo., was loud and clear — national service is key to national strength. Top leaders from various sectors, including Tulane University President Scott Cowen and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, gathered earlier this week to present and discuss the Aspen Institute's Franklin Project plan of action to make national service a universal expectation and a new American rite of passage.
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