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Pro Tip: Masturbate in the McDonald's Parking Lot at Your Own Risk
An elderly Florida man was arrested last week for allegedly masturbating to porn on a laptop in the front seat of his Mercedes, while parked at the local McDonald's.
Spencer Toner, 79, was allegedly lovin' it when he "was observed by a deputy inside his 1982 black Mercedes Benz C300 looking at pornographic pictures on a laptop computer," according to the Southwest Florida News-Press:
After knocking on the car window, the deputy said Toner rolled the window down, removed the laptop, and asked if he could help the officer.
The deputy said that once the laptop was removed he saw that Toner's pants were unbuttoned and there was a white rag placed between his legs.
Toner told the deputy that he'd stopped by McDonald's to "get a bite to eat," according to WBBH-TV. But a witness who identified Toner said the man had been happily jerking it in the car, even as kids walked by, and when asked to stop by passersby, he "told them they were invading his privacy."
Toner, who says he lives out of his car, was booked for indecent exposure and released on a $2,000 bond. It was unclear from the reports whether he had gotten a Happy Meal.


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Brittni is a second semester senior at Washington College from Cambridge, MD. She is majoring in Anthropology and History. On campus, Brittni also works for the Gibson Center for the Arts, is a member of the Cater Society for Junior Fellows, and completed a study abroad program in Oulu, Finland in fall 2012. This is her second year working in the GIS Lab. Since starting in spring 2012, Brittni has worked on the storm water mapping project for the town of Easton and is currently working on the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum project.

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1.1.1 The project gathered information on the current position of archaeological archive collecting in England, compiled a report to inform the profession of where things stand, and updated the map and database of museum collecting areas. A range of related issues was investigated concerning the use, storage, and curation of archaeological archives in museums, and the provision of specialist expertise.
1.1.2 The core of the project consisted of a survey of the 161 museums in England that accept, were believed to accept, or have previously accepted, archaeological archives. Curators and staff from 134 museums responded, including 39 who were interviewed by telephone. The questionnaire sought information at four distinct levels, from outline data to a comprehensive account of archaeological collecting history over the past fifty years. Only nineteen respondents completed the survey at all four levels of detail.
1.1.3 Alongside the survey of museums, FAME undertook a survey of archaeological contracting organisations to investigate the issue of completed archives which could not be deposited because there was no store or museum willing or able to accept them. Thirty-one major archaeological contracting organisations based in England responded.
1.2.1 Although 120 respondents said that their museum was able to accept archaeological archives, just 84 were able to accept archives without known conditions. Thirty-six respondents mentioned that lack of space might be an issue, or identified specific non-geographical conditions to acceptance.
1.2.2 Gaps in collecting areas: there were no museums collecting from 47 local authorities, plus parts of another four. In two others alternative museums were covering for museums unable to accept archives.
1.2.3 There were specialist archaeological curators in around 30% of museums contacted. The effects of local authority cuts were apparent from survey responses. Staff numbers had been reduced, and curators have taken on additional responsibilities for collections or management.
1.2.4 In some museums archaeological collections took up more space than other collections, but on average local history collections took up 45% of storage space compared with 22% for archaeological collections. More museums appeared to use archaeological collections for loans, teaching collections, and handling packs than other types of collections.
1.2.5 Data from 40 museums suggested that together they receive around 2,000 visits to archaeological collections in store each year, or about 50 visits per museum per year.
1.2.6 Respondents used archaeological collections and archives in many different ways, including contributions to specific exhibitions and projects. A significant number of these would be impossible without specialist archaeological expertise. Archaeological collections, including archaeological archives, have been used by respondents to reach a very wide and diverse range of audiences.
1.2.7 FAME estimated that there were 9,000 undepositable archaeological archives in England. The estimated volume of undepositable archives was 1,1
1.2.8 Taken together both surveys identified a wide range of issues relating to archaeological archives and museums. Whilst general trends can be identified nationally, many of the issues are locally based, influenced by the local history and development of museums in their towns, districts, or counties, and subject to local pressures and political agendas.
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It's Snowing Down Under!
As our spring wraps up and we transition in to the hot, sometimes sticky months of summer here in the United States, New Zealand has fully begun to see signs of an already epic season. It's seriously dumping down there, Cardrona Alpine Resort in New Zealand posted this on their Facebook page this morning, "We have made the call to delay opening until Saturday. There is so much snow we simply can't get ready in time for tomorrow. Oh.. And it's STILL snowing!"
While we sit here enjoying our summer vacation daydreaming of fresh dry pow, teams of hundreds of resort employees are working frivolously on the other side of the world, getting ready for what's sure to be one killer opening weekend. Checkout these up-to-date photos from a few resorts down under.


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2013-03-25 • "UpHill Both Ways"
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alt: hello daviss
daviss: Hi there alt!! how in the heck are you and Congrats to Ohio for advancing.
alt: same to you on both accounts
daviss: thank ya sir lol
alt: now we're ready to whup 'Zona LOL
daviss: Ha!!!! I am excited
alt: me too!! March Madness, is on us
daviss: Yep How was your week-end?
alt: full of basketball, how bout yours?
daviss: half full lol the other half I was at a Hicks Family Reunion...A family I have known since 1959 or so lol one of the ladies who is now in her fifties just found out I was not her real aunt
alt: oh, is that right???
daviss: You should have seen her eyes get huge
alt: I can imagine
Seventies: Good afternoon alt and daviss
daviss: Hello Seventies!!
alt: Hello Seventies
Seventies: what y'all talking about? The Hicks family reunion?
daviss: yes Seventies It was nice
Seventies: great!
daviss: I even had a plastic cup lol lol
Seventies: oh no! lol lol
alt: so, how long have you known the HICKS family? You were a guest, right?
daviss: :o
alt: hello vkn
Seventies: We know what goes in the plastic cup daviss... lol Hello vkn!
daviss: I have known them since the 50's alt and not really a guest Hi there vkn!
vkn: howdy alt and how are you?
daviss: How are you doing vkn?
vkn: Howdy seventies and how are you ?
alt: okay, like a family member, but not really genealogically related.
Seventies: doing well.
daviss: right alt
vkn: Howdy Daviss I am splendid and how be you ?
daviss: I just didn't drive by and smell the BBQ alt lol lol
alt: you ate and partook of the beverages LOL
daviss: hahahaha
Seventies: lol daviss and her plastic cup... lol okay so what is new on the genealogical front?
daviss: You tell us Seventies
Seventies: no not time yet...
daviss: shucks..
Seventies: So now, I see vkn posted a link with new records available online.
daviss: I did not do any research this weekend
alt: Robert Goins posted a reall nice article on an 1833 census of free blacks & mulattoes in Albemarle Co., VA.
Seventies: Hi Selma.
daviss: which link was that Seventies Hello Selma!!!
Selma: Good Monday afternoon alt, daviss, seventies and vkn..
alt: Hello Selma.. read my last entry on today's chat
vkn: howdy selma hope all is well
Seventies: Its on the forums daviss. I cannot recall which one.
Selma: About what alt? No research daviss..are you not well
alt: Census of free blacks & mulattoes in albermarle Co., VA for 1833, Selma
Selma: Where is it posted alt.
daviss: lol Selma I was out and about
alt: it's on a MyFamily website... I can forward to you if you would care to have it Selma
daviss: I did do my duty though selma and asked a couple " Whose your people"
Selma: LOL
daviss: my daughter just shook her head lol
alt: and said "oh, Mama!!!" LOL
Selma: LOL Like seventies is doing now.. LOL
Seventies: lol
Selma: Seventies..how was the Toni Morrison presentation?
daviss: yep
Seventies: Oh it was ok. Our young people lack any kind of depth... Scares me.
daviss: just ok Seventies
Selma: I was looking for pictures
Seventies: yep, she read two passages out of her latest book "Home" and answered like 4 questions.
alt: wonder where I've heard that statement before?
Seventies: Photos are coming. I used our work camera... I promise..
Selma: I saw an article in the newspaper, but I thought you might have had more info I am familiar with that census alt...
vkn: Morrison is no baby so gets tired early
Seventies: yep. They had to escort her on and off the stage.
Selma: After 4 questions vkn.. Oh...
Seventies: Well you know she's a nobel laureate... soooo I guess she gets a pass.
alt: not sure Selma.. but it is about 25 screen page long...and on it are madison, Mary & Sally Hemmings
Seventies: There's no shame in using a walker, especially if you are 82 years old.
Selma: Yes..I have seen alt...Ervin Jordan published an article in a journal a number of years ago about the census and transcribed the list.
vkn: and selma they roll Maya Angelou off stage
alt: that's the one Selma by Ervin Jordan
Seventies: I remember seeing her about 10 years ago.. and she had a walker then RE: Maya Angelou.
Selma: I can't laugh vkn..cause they might be rolling me around soon..
vkn: i hear that lol
Seventies: Selma, you got 20 plus years to go before you get to be rolled... lol
Selma: Chile I am gonna get me one of the Scootters from the Scootter Store
Seventies: lmao... done with you Selma! If vkn doesn't use a hover round scooter, nobody can.. lol
alt: I use a cane when walking and when I go to the Mall, or a store like Wal-Mart, I hurry up and grab a cart to use as a walker LOL LOL
Seventies: lol
Selma: Jeez we sound like a Medicare seminar
vkn: just grab a cart selma lol
Selma: I already do that vkn..
Seventies: Ok we're going to have to quit talking like this.. I am going to the gym tonight.. lol
vkn: lol lol lol
alt: aw come on Seventies, when WE were under 40, WE didn't even know what 'tired' was.
Seventies: lol I know...
Selma: Alt..on the 1830 census Sally Hemmings was listed as White..but she showed up on the 1833 list..cause folks always know who you are
alt: We walked 4 miles to school in the rain and snow, uphill both ways.
Seventies: oh shoot here we go... lol
Selma: Speaking of snow..we had snow starting last night..
alt: right Selma
Seventies: Well, I am trying to get out of here to go to the National Archives this week.... Gotta figure out what days I can go... no more than one night.
alt: Selma, I see several families on the 1833 census for Albermarle Co. that start showing up in the Ohio census for 1840, like Madison Hemmings, the Bowls/Bowels, Isaac & Tate families
Seventies: Are those families/surnames that Klassicglass is researching?
alt: I'm not sure Seventies
Seventies: or Karoshi8?
alt: dunno Seventies As Selma can tell you the 1833 census on these folks was taken to see who was willing to go to Liberia, because after Nat Turner in 1831, they had to "get out of Dodge".
Seventies: Funny story, I was talking to our Associate Director today about this genealogy thing. Showed him my blog and facebook page.
Selma: and what did he/she say?
Seventies: He said that his family doesn't go back as far as mine did...lol I told him I know. Most black families have been here since the 18th and 19th centuries.
alt: He is "white"? why so quiet?
daviss: waiting on Seventies answer lol
alt: okay
Seventies: yes. he is white. sorry got a phone call from a candidate who can't follow or understand instructions. :{
daviss: so did he enjoy your blog seventies
Seventies: yes he did.
Selma: You know he is going to be reading it all the time..
Seventies: lol I hope so.
daviss: that sure could expose him to new revelations
Seventies: well you know he's british white, last name Wilson.
daviss: You know that if we weren't taught about us in school, neither were they lol
Seventies: Of course not... lol why would they be?
daviss: they should, mabe the world would have been a tad better place
Seventies: So that's enough of that...
Selma: The slave trade gave Britain its wealth
daviss: for sure Selma
Seventies: It gave Europe its wealth.
Selma: True
alt: I remember learning in school that "the sun never sets on the British Empire'. something the Anglophiles were very proud to state.
Seventies: I heard about that too... :/ But the fact of the matter is the sun never sets on the influence of the African..
alt: form the British I'm not sure they saw that 'motto' as a form of conquest & explotation.
Seventies: Absolutely, they mastered that propaganda.
daviss: later folks gotta run take care
Seventies: later daviss. Alright, I gotta get going too... things to do.
alt: get well Daviss & ready for that whupping OSU is gonna put on' Zona
karoshi8: Hello everyone!
Selma: Afternoon karoshi
alt: hi karoshi8, you almost missed us
karoshi8: I figured. I'm a bit late. Getting ready for my trip to Kentucky/Ohio to research some things. Any tips?
Selma: Lucky you
karoshi8: And alt it better not be snowing when I come up!!
alt: when on Ohio will you be visiting?
Selma: You better check the weather channel
karoshi8: My parents bought me a car for my birthday. So I have to come and pick it up. So far I'm focusing on KY then to Dublin, Ohio Though, I would like to stop up your way around Troy and or Woodstock, and Washington Court House.
alt: okay, I'm only 40 miles from Dublin.
karoshi8: I'm in KY the 2-4ish then on to Ohio. I'm going to a dinner by the Pickaway county African American History Society on the 6th.
Selma: Happy Birthday
karoshi8: Thank you. It was in January. But I haven't been able to make it up until now.
alt: and if you get to Troy and/or Woodstck you're in my neighborhood this is in April?
karoshi8: Well, I have to come back up at the end of June for the family reunion so I don't know if I'll make the trip this time or in June. Yes, in April.
alt: do you have family in Circleville?
karoshi8: Not that I know of. I did at one time. But I don't think so now. I still have some in Chillicothe though.
alt: oh,okay
karoshi8: But they are honoring a couple of my families. Adams, Haithcock, Lett and Redman.
alt: Do you know of Bev Gray, the genealogist, in Chillicothe?
karoshi8: Yes, I've spoken to her several times.
alt: ah so, Bev is a very good friend.
karoshi8: She has helped me a lot. My Winbun's lived in Chillicothe and the Hackley's.
alt: matter of fact we've found thru DNA testing that we're related in some way.
karoshi8: That is interesting. Do you know where her Gray's come from?
alt: Gray, that's her married name, not sure about them, but I know of her Davis ancestors in/from SE Ohio.
karoshi8: Oh, that's right. Was she a Davis?
alt: yes,
karoshi8: Oh I see. I do have a lot of Gray's but not many Davis'
alt: okay
karoshi8: I know we have quite a few people in common.
alt: is that right
karoshi8: 65 or so. Lol
alt: wow!!!!!!
karoshi8: Lett, Moss, Espy, Cunningham, Tyree, Elder, Crosswhite, Lucas, Dolby, mostly.
alt: oh my, Moss, Crosswhite, Lucas & Dolby from Champaign Co., in Ohio cross into my famil lines.
karoshi8: And I just connected one of my KY Penman's to a Lett in Ohio. Again, my grandma and grandpa's side connecting together.
alt: know many Lett's Espy Elder's & cunninghams
karoshi8: 4 Dolby, 11 Lett, 3 Espy, 3 Elder. 3 Cunningham
alt: a William Espy married my great-grnadmother 's sister "Essie Bridges in Springfield, Ohio in 1903.
karoshi8: I have James, Walter, and Frank.
alt: william's father was a James Espy who maried a Martha Roberts in Urbana, Ohio ca 1857.
karoshi8: Yes, those are the ones I have.
alt: is that right, okay
karoshi8: And I'm assuming Martha is a part of the Robert's group that moved to Indiana. Saponi Indian mix.
alt: Not sure, but she was originally from NC, could be from the same Roberts group from the NC area.
karoshi8: And your Elder's connect to the Pritchard/Pritchett.
alt: I'm not sure John Elder married to a Mary Jane Dolby in Pike Co., OH and wiley dolby maried to a Margaret Lett also in Pik \e Co., OH
karoshi8: We both have Leroy Elder who's father was Milan or Milam Elder born in KY. Milam son Foster married both Rebecca Winburn who would be an great aunt of mine(or something) and he also married Mary Haithcock who is also of some relation.
alt: I guess these are the same families karoshi8
karoshi8: Yup! The link I constantly see is the Saponi Indian relation. Now I'm trying to translate that into my KY family.
alt: okay, these aren't in my direct family lines, but I have them in my database.
karoshi8: They stay around the same people ALWAYS! And also being free before the Civil War seems to be a pattern.
Selma: Many of these free families traveled together..
alt: well, we have additional notes/families to compare/share karoshi8 I must run for today.... talk with y'all later.
karoshi8: Have a good day!
alt: you too
Selma: Me too bye
alt: ma


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A student was taking video of his Sensei performing kata.
"Sensei," the student asked, "May I put video of you doing kata ten years ago on the internet?"
"No," answered the Sensei. "I am not satisfied with that video because I have learned since then."
"How about film from last year?"
The answer was the same.
"How about the film I am taking right now? Surely that must be OK."
"No, tomorrow I will have realized that I could have done better."
Some Sensei -- the best ones in my experience -- never seem to be satisfied with themselves. They are not satisfied even with what they are doing right now... it could be better.
Other instructors, I have observed, seem to talk and talk about their accomplishments from years, even decades ago. Looking back too much, one might strain his neck!
There is no end to learning in Karate. One step leads to another and another. But this requires constant work.
Don't be satisfied. Everyone can do better.
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City Heights is centrally located in the San Diego metropolitan area, south of Mission Valley, north of the Martin Luther King Freeway (state Route 94), between Interstates 15 and 805 on the west and 54th Street on the east. Development in City Heights is a mixture of single-family and multi-family residential with commercial and other non-residential development concentrated along the major arterials, including El Cajon Boulevard, University Avenue, Fairmount Avenue, and Euclid Avenue. There are also pockets of neighborhood commercial areas throughout the community. A small portion of industrial development is located on the southern edge of the community.
Within City Heights there are sixteen distinguishable neighborhoods, each with its own identity. Neighborhoods that comprise City Heights are: Corridor, Teralta West, Teralta East, Colina Park, Cherokee Point, Castle, Azalea Park, Hollywood Park, Fairmount Park, Bayridge, Fairmount Village, Swan Canyon, Islenair, Ridgeview, Chollas Creek and Fox Canyon. Neighborhood associations in each neighborhood are the focal points for local control of local affairs and are the sources of recommendations to the City Council.
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The Complete Boulevard Planning Study worked with the City Heights and Talmadge communities to propose multi-modal mobility infrastructure improvements within the El Cajon Boulevard corridor between Highland Avenue and 50th Street, and produced a planning study that includes preliminary engineering drawings for the highest priority improvements. Please visit the project's web page for more information.
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The City Heights Urban Greening Plan makes recommendations to improve and protect functional, aesthetic and environmental sustainability of the public spaces and resources found in the City Heights Community Planning Area. These public spaces include canyons, parks, road right of ways, and other publicly owned or dedicated lands. The project utilizes these spaces to physically and visually connect the major destinations found within the community and encourage efficient development patterns with an emphasis on improving pedestrian and bike mobility. Enhancements will include landscape treatments, walkway improvements, bike facility improvements, signage, street furnishings, lighting, traffic calming strategies, naturalized storm water runoff areas, and trail facilities. Additional benefits can include options to promote healthy living, decrease urban heat buildup, improved air quality, increase active transportation, restore natural processes and long term community involvement and investment.
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The City of San Diego is undertaking the Chollas Creek Enhancement Program as a key element in revitalizing this culturally-rich portion of the City. The goal is to create an open space system that lends identity to this area and provides a safe recreational and natural resource for the region.
Construction on two Pilot Projects for the Chollas Creek Enhancement Program has begun. Segment 2A is at the intersection of Market Street and Euclid Avenue and Segment 8 is adjacent to the intersection of South 38th and Alpha Streets.The scope of this project includes the removal of concrete channels along the creek, restoration of native vegetation and the creation of a linear park type setting with the inclusion of a trail system and an educational / interpretive element. This project will transform these two sections of the creek and the surrounding areas into positive open space features that the community can be proud of.
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If you're using your fingers to count the number of Yakima Amateur Invitational titles Dusty Frontis has won, plan on using two hands. The Yakima golfer claimed his sixth championship this past weekend.
The Yakima Am traditionally brings together the Valley's finest linksters for a three-day, three-venue competition. Frontis proved once again he's still "the man" among the Valley's elite.
His 2013 title, however, didn't come without several stiff challenges. The sternest test Frontis faced came in Sunday's closing round at Sun Tides Golf Course, when Yakima's George Pechtel briefly grabbed the lead from the eventual champion. Frontis rallied after a rough start, though, to eke out a four-shot victory for his sixth Yakima Am championship.
Among the pursuers hot on Frontis' trail this year were two Lower Yakima Valley golfers – Sunnyside's Trini Madrigal and Mabton's Nathan Espinoza.
Madrigal, like Espinoza a regular at Sunnyside's Black Rock Creek Golf Course, opened the tournament last Friday with a 1-under-par 71 at Toppenish's Mt. Adams Country Club. The sub-par round put Madrigal in a two-way tie for fourth, only three shots back of Frontis, who opened defense of his title with a blazing, 4-under 68.
Madrigal jump-started his opening round by notching back-to-back birdies right out of the gate. "I was pretty pumped," he admitted.
That enthusiasm waned a bit, as he – as well as the rest of the field – had to adjust their game plans when they reached Mt. Adams' greens. Known for their quickness, the greens last Friday were anything but.
"Normally they're very fast," said Madrigal. "But Friday the greens were super slow. I hadn't seen them that slow and spongy before."
He said the round soon turned into a situation of "…holding it together for the rest of the day.
"Saving your score is what it came down to," he said.
Posting par after par after par, Madrigal did exactly that. He hit the clubhouse turn with a 2-under 34, then grinded out a nifty 1-over-par 37 on Mt. Adams' back side.
The 20-year-old Espinoza, fairly new to the tournament aspect of golf and currently rated a 4-handicapper, was just as impressive in making his Yakima Am debut on Friday. The Mabton golfer said he got in a practice round at Mt. Adams the day before, "…so I knew the greens were playing slow."
Executing a slightly more aggressive putting style, Espinoza got around the front side with a 1-over 37. He moved thicker into the hunt by shooting a 1-under 35 on the back nine, his lone tweeter coming on Mt. Adams' toughest rated hole, the par-5, 13th.
Espinoza's opening, even-par 72 left him in a two-way tie for sixth heading into day two action.
Figuring to move up the leader board with home course advantage on Saturday, things didn't go exactly as planned for either Madrigal or Espinoza.
Madrigal's undoing came on Black Rock Creek's No. 1 rated hole, the par-5, sixth. He took the safe route off the blocks, pushing his drive out to the right away from the OB markers to the left. In attempting to lay up to the corner that is flanked by a small pond on the right side, Madrigal's ball hit the lone tree in the fairway, kicking it into the water.
"I tried the same shot again, with the same result…two balls in the water."
He ended up walking off the green with a bogey-four, which eventually led to a front side 43.
Madrigal righted the ship on the back nine and posted a 1-over 37, but the damage had been done. Absorbing an 80 on his home course, and with the tourney leader – Frontis – firing a 1-under-par 71, Madrigal was basically out of the race.
Espinoza got off to a decent start Saturday, making the turn at 2-over-par 38. He said he had to scramble a bit, "…but I was playing alright."
Things started to sour for the Mabton golfer when he got to the back side, then went completely south when he four-jacked the 12th green with his flat stick for a double-bogey.
"Kind of had a hiccup with my putter on No. 12," Espinoza said.
Unable to get back into a groove, Espinoza eventually settled for a back nine 43, which left him at 9-over-par 81 on the day.
Finishing up the tourney at the par-70 Sun Tides course midway between Selah and Naches on Sunday, Espinoza and Madrigal gave good accountings of themselves. Es-
pinoza carded a 1-over 71, with Madrigal a single stroke back at 72.
The eventual winner, Fron-tis, closed with a 2-under 68 for a three-day total of 207, seven strokes under par.
Madrigal, who carries a handicap of 1, had a three-day total of 9-over-par 223. Espinoza tallied a score of 224.
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Impacts of Climate Change on Workers' Health
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health. Please check back later for the full article.
As a result of climate change, workers are at increased risk to their health and safety. Workers, especially those who work outdoors or in already-hot indoor environments, are at increased risk of heat stress and other heat-related disorders, occupational injuries, and reduced productivity at work. Increased ambient temperatures may contribute to chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology among workers. A variety of approaches have been developed to measure and assess workers' occupational heat exposure and their risk of heat-related disorders. In addition, increased ambient temperature may increase worker exposure to hazardous chemicals and the adverse effects of chemicals on workers' health. Global warming will influence the distribution of weeds, insect pests, and pathogens, changing the types and amounts of pesticides used and thereby affecting the health of agricultural workers and others. Global warming is increasing ground-level ozone concentrations, with adverse effects on outdoor workers and others, as well. Extreme weather events related to climate change pose injury risks to rescue and recovery workers. Reducing the risks of work-related illnesses and injuries from climate change requires a three-pronged approach: (1) mitigating the production of greenhouse gases, the primary cause of climate change; (2) implementing adaptation measures to address the overall consequences of climate change; and (3) implementing improved measures for occupational health and safety.


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Lisle, Illinois ~ Dalitso Sulamoyo arrived in America homeless, friendless, with a few dollars and a bag of clothes.
He came to the United States to escape Malawi – a country of 12 million people in southeast Africa and one of the poorest countries in the world – where the average life expectancy is 50 years of age, where 15 percent of the population is infected with AIDs and where more than 1 million children are orphans.
"Growing up in Malawi, there was a prevailing sense of hopelessness," Sulamoyo said. "My future was supposed to be decided for me because of the circumstances of where I lived and where I was born. I was supposed to be a statistic like many of the people whom I grew up with."
Instead, Sulamoyo left his homeland and was taken in by an American family, who paid for his undergraduate and graduate education without asking for a penny in recompense. He graduated magna cum laude from Illinois College and earned two master's degrees from the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Today, the Springfield, Illinois resident and recent graduate of Benedictine University's Ph.D. in Organization Development (OD) program heads the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies (IACAA), a membership organization of 40 nonprofit and public entities that provides an array of services to children, families and senior citizens throughout Illinois.
"Because of my background, poverty and the need to fight it has always influenced my academic and career aspirations," Sulamoyo said. "I have thus dedicated my life to fighting man's worst enemies – poverty, ignorance, disease and oppression."
The mission of IACAA is to help people and change their lives by giving them a hand up and not a hand out. The organization is one of the last remnants of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty.
"For the last 13 years that I have been the leader of this five decades-old movement in Illinois, I have witnessed the transformation of people's lives and communities through the fulfillment of Community Action's mission," he said. "I believe in the effectiveness of Community Action's approach in fighting poverty, which it has done for almost 50 years."
But responding to the needs of Illinois' poor and needy is just part of IACAA's work under Sulamoyo's leadership. In 2010, he led a delegation of five community action professionals to Haiti after the devastating earthquake left more than 100,000 dead and more than 1.6 million homeless.
"We decided that raising funds and collecting necessities for the people of Haiti was the easiest part we could have played," Sulamoyo said. "We wanted to be on the ground with the people of Haiti to assist them with their recovery efforts."
Despite warnings by the U.S. Department of State to avoid certain impoverished neighborhoods around Port au Prince due to violence and kidnappings, Sulamoyo and his team helped to rebuild a school that had been destroyed by the earthquake. Some of the money they raised was used to hire local Haitian labor.
"We rebuilt the school, had new desks and chairs made, purchased books and materials for the students and provided a scholarship to college for the main teacher of the school," Sulamoyo said. "It was gratifying to know that we played a small part in providing some sense of normalcy back to Haitian children in the most difficult and tragic of circumstances."
That same year, Sulamoyo was named the recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award from the Illinois Head Start Association.
"Being in a position to give back and make a difference in the lives of those who are in desperate need in these very trying times is indeed gratifying," he said. "I can only hope that I have made a lasting contribution to what we do in improving and changing lives for the better."
Sadly, community action groups are not without their detractors. They are haunted by a history plagued by agencies that were shut down by the government because of their ineffectiveness. They have also been stymied for no other reason than differing philosophically and politically with those in power at the state and federal levels.
Sulamoyo decided to pursue a Ph.D. at Benedictine to help him overcome the many organizational challenges his members face on a daily basis.
"I had been searching for a program that would elevate my leadership skills and enhance my instincts in an environment that proved to be fast-paced and very dynamic," he said. "We needed our agencies to not only overcome organizational challenges, but to excel as organizations of excellence."
Sulamoyo instituted a number of organizational changes that improved membership's performance. The IACAA was rewarded by being included in President Barack Obama's efforts to boost the American economy with job creation through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
"We knew that our success was contingent upon our ability to plan effectively and to ramp up our organization's systems, structures and processes," he said. "OD allowed us to respond strategically and systematically by creating green jobs in a troubled economy while helping thousands of families save on utility costs in the state of Illinois."
Meanwhile, his parents, sister and two brothers continue to live in Malawi. His parents are retired from civil service but continue to farm. Sulamoyo hopes to return one day to his native country and help his homeland emerge from the poverty and desperation that has ravaged it for hundreds of years.
"Even though my battle with poverty has been here in America, I am striving to one day give the same hope and opportunities that I have had here in America to the people of Malawi – the hope that I have seen in the eyes of those in this country who find themselves in the predicament of poverty and have the opportunity for transformation to self-sufficiency," he said.
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The Footrace at the Falls, run in memory of Duane Crammond, above, will be contested Saturday, Aug. 17, in Ticonderoga's Bicentennial Park.
The Footrace at the Falls, run in memory of Duane Crammond, will be contested Saturday, Aug. 17, in Ticonderoga's Bicentennial Park.
This is the second year the event, sponsored by the LaChute Road Runners Club, will be held in downtown Ti. It was run seven years at Fort Ticonderoga.
The 5-kilometer cross country run will begin at 10 a.m. It will be followed by a free children's race at 10:30 a.m. All children will receive a free certificate for an ice cream at the Wind Chill Factory. Parents must sign a waiver for each child running.
Registration for both races will be at the Ticonderoga Elks lodge at 5 Tower Avenue 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Restrooms and parking will be available at the Elks lodge.
Entry fee for the 5K race is $15 for students age 18 and younger, $20 for adults in advance and $22 for adults on race day. Checks can be made payable to the LaChute Road Runners. The first 100 runners to register will receive a T shirt.
Awards will be presented to the top three finishers in each age group in the 5K.
For information call Matt Karkoski at 585-7206, Email email@example.com or go online at www.lachute.us
"We promise to have another exciting day with a scenic 5K cross country course that runs along the LaChute River Falls, crosses a covered bridge and finishes to music in front of a grandstand," said Jeff Greer, a race organizer.
Race proceeds will benefit the Duane Crammond Memorial Fund. The fund helps support the Ticonderoga High School cross country and track teams as well as youth running programs in the community.
During its first seven years proceeds from the race were used to fund the Duane Crammond Memorial Scholarship. That $1,000 annual scholarship is now fully funded and will continue to be awarded.
The Duane Crammond Memorial Scholarship and the Duane Crammond Memorial Fund are named for a former Ti High running stalwart.
Crammond died in a car accident in 2005 at age 24.
Crammond, the valedictorian of the Ti High Class of 1999, was a cross country and track champion in high school. He went on to become an honor student at RPI, where he majored in engineering and was captain of the college's cross country team. He was also the leading distance runner on RPI's indoor and outdoor track teams.
After graduation from college, Crammond dominated local races. In 2003 he won the Montcalm Mile in Ticonderoga and the Race the Train event in North Creek. He was third in the Whiteface Uphill Run in Wilmington, fourth in the Prospect Mountain Road Race in Lake George and fifth in the Lake George to Bolton Adirondack Distance Run. He capped that season by winning the Adirondack Marathon in Schroon Lake.
In 2012 a pair of former Ticonderoga High School runners claimed victory in the Footrace at the Falls.
Jesse Berube won the 3.1-mile cross country men's race in a time of 17 minutes, 1 second, while Connie Belkevich captured the women's event in 25:24.


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Just got back from RWA and had an amazing time and met so many fabulous people (many of which I met first online via this blog.) I'll have more RWA posts in the upcoming week.
I usually don't post on Sundays, but just wanted to stop in for the "My book comes out in six months" squee! And I'm sharing the squee with my RWA roommate and beta buddy Julie Cross whose YA thriller TEMPEST comes out the same day as mine.
Here are me and Julie in NYC:
Julie and I met each other blogging. When we started reading each other's work, neither of us had an agent or even a glimmer of a book deal. We each just had a pile of rejections. We were both newbie writers trying to figure all of it out. Less than two years later, we're six months from seeing these on the shelves...
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One of Portland's lesser-known neighborhoods, Kenton is located near Hayden Island off of Interstate 5 in the north quadrant of the city. Kenton was a separate industry town when it was built in the early 1900s and was annexed to Portland later, where it briefly served as the cattle capital of the West Coast.
The recent influx of residents have added new flavor to this historic industrial neighborhood, bringing more restaurants and cafes, along with improvements to beautiful Kenton City Park and Peninsula Park. The North Portland Tool Library is also located in this area, forging a community of Portlanders who share tools and resources for at-home construction projects.
There is plenty of activity going on in this tight-knit community. Enjoy Third Thursdays where one can wander the neighborhood and enjoy galleries, shops and restaurants. Kenton is also home to the Portland International Raceway and Portland Metropolitan Expo Center, which hosts over 100 events a year.
Kenton is home to two parks with a variety of amenities for all to enjoy. Kenton Park is a great place for the whole family with a playground, basketball court, soccer field, and beautiful green landscape. Not too far away is Peninsula Park, a 16-acre sanctuary that was home to Portland's first public rose garden. One can walk the paths, play tennis, or relax at the picnic tables.
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(I'm just going to start blogging again, I think, without any fanfare or anything. Okay? I feel very rusty; it's going to take me awhile to get warmed up. Anyway.)
Jax Aubrey is going through a rough time. His father is dead, leaving him orphaned, and rather than being left with relatives, he's been given into the custody of Riley, a boy he hardly knows--a boy not much older than himself. He's just counting the days until he's allowed to go and live with his aunt and cousins; just keeping his head down in his new school and trying to survive.
Until he wakes up one morning, completely alone in the world.
He panics, believing an apocalypse has come. He breaks into a store and loads up for survival, stashing his supplies back at the house and falling asleep while trying to figure out what to do next.
When he wakes up the next morning, however, everything's back to normal.
With the help of Riley, he learns that he's one of a very few people who live through an eighth day every week; a day which the rest of the world is completely unaware of. Within that world, Riley has a sacred, sworn duty to protect a young woman upon whose safety the entire world hangs--our world, and the world of the Eighth Day. If Jax ever wants to figure out who he is and where he belongs, he's going to have to help and trust Riley.
So. There is a LOT going on in this book. In the beginning it had a real MIDNIGHTERS (Scott Westerfeld) feel to it, but it quickly becomes its own thing. It's got a lot of Arthurian and Welsh legend woven into it. When I read that in the summary I couldn't imagine how that would work but it does. I am always a sucker for a tale that includes these elements, so I was really excited to see where the book took them.
Salerni does not disappoint. This is a very original take on the Arthurian mythos, and is not another "This is Arthur, King of the Britons, come back to live among us" tale. The characters are good--flawed and doubting and very human. Jax is very much a regular boy thrust into extraordinary circumstances, but he doesn't suddenly become a hero with mad skills of any kind. There's a lot about his struggles to find his identity and his home that I think will resonate strongly with readers.
The end sets it up for a sequel, and I very much look forward to reading it.


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WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - Jun 7, 2012) - As the House sets to vote today to repeal the medical device tax, MichBio takes strong issue with yesterday's statement released by the White House that threatens to veto any tax repeal legislation.
"We disagree with the President's premise that the device industry will benefit from the new health care law," said Stephen Rapundalo, Ph.D., president and CEO of MichBio, and chair of AdvaMed's State Medical Technology Alliance. "The medical device industry and others have asked for evidence to substantiate that claim but the White House has not done so. They make faulty assumptions based on erroneous data. Indeed, while initial estimates called for $20 billion in taxes, the latest White House budget estimates it will cost over $30 billion -- a 50% increase! In addition, they don't account for anticipated industry job losses, expenses associated with managing the tax tracking and accounting, and lower expected device sales, as others reduce their healthcare costs through reduced procurement."
The impending 2.3% medical device tax will be a devastating blow to one of the few U.S. industries that has a net trade surplus and is responsible for millions of jobs. Over 700 organizations, associations, companies, patients, providers and venture capital firms, and prominent non-industry groups like the National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have joined to support the bipartisan legislation, H.R. 436, The Protect Medical Innovation Act.
With passage of H.R. 436, as many as 40,000 jobs can be preserved and the device industry can continue to invest in new medical technology innovation that can bring life-saving treatments for Americans, and thereby lower healthcare costs.
"We understand the necessity to preserve affordable healthcare, but going forward with a device tax is not the way to pay for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)," said Dr. Rapundalo. "Eliminating fraud and waste in the healthcare delivery system and ensuring that individuals receive only subsidies that are legally permitted under ACA, alongside eliminating rebate overpayments, is a much better approach than singling out a specific industry sector."
The H.R. 436 contemplates a "pay for." A subsidy recapture offset is designed to protect taxpayers from overpayments of health insurance exchange subsidies. MichBio disagrees with the President's claims that the provision will increase taxes on middle class families. Moreover, any repeal is not a "tax break" for the device industry, but a penalty for innovating and saving lives.
Repealing this tax on innovation will allow America's medical device developers, who employ two million workers nationwide, to invest in the creation of new high-wage positions and maintain America's global leadership in new medical technology.
"At a critical time for the U.S. economy, the new tax runs counter to our goal of domestic economic growth and the priorities set out by the Administration's National BioEconomy Blueprint, as well as those discussed during numerous White House Business Council meetings with regional leaders," added Dr. Rapundalo. "We urge the White House to stand alongside Congress to end the medical device excise tax."
MichBio is Michigan's statewide, non-profit industry association that represents the medical devices and other bioscience sectors. With well over 200 medical device and equipment-related companies in the state, including some Fortune 500 businesses, the sector is integral to Michigan's economy.
"Our device companies have already taken and are continuing to pursue strategic steps to contend with the impending device tax," stated Rapundalo. "Unfortunately, this has meant job layoffs and downsizing, along with the consideration of moving manufacturing operations off-shore. The medical device tax is a job-killer for Michigan, and the U.S., and will only ensure that this sector of the bio-industry will lose its competitive edge."
MichBio is the trade association committed to driving growth in Michigan's biosciences industry and its many sectors, including ag-biotech, food and nutrition, bio-based technologies and renewable chemicals, industrial and environmental biotech, medical devices and equipment, pharmaceuticals and consumer healthcare, diagnostics and research products, testing and research services, and clinical research. MichBio members include biosciences companies, academic and research institutions, biosciences service providers, and related organizations. For more information, visit www.michbio.org.
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So, you're tired of the standard museum and Chelsea gallery routine, and you want to soak up the raw energy of the Brooklyn art worldbut you don't have any clue where to start? We feel your pain, so we sought out Kate Wadkins, a gallery manager, visual artist and writer with her ear to the ground of the North Brooklyn scene. We caught up with Kate recently to find out about her latest work, her most abiding influences, and her recommendations for where we should all go next.
SCOUT: How did you first start participating in the Brooklyn art scene?
KATE: My heart is in the Brooklyn punk scene, where I've met lots of radical women artists like Lauren Denitzio, Tamara Waite-Santibanez, and Cristy Road. In 2008, I teamed up with these ladies to organize an art show at Death by Audio called Leave Home. Since then, I have continued curating shows with For the Birds, a creative feminist collective. A few years ago my sister introduced me to the talented multimedia artist and former gallery owner Austin Thomas. After working with Austin on some of her social experiments and art openings, I met Bushwick's major mover and shaker, Jason Andrew, and assisted him in producing his many projects. In January 2010, Jason and artist Deborah Brown opened STOREFRONT, a gallery promoting local and establish artists, and I've been there ever since. In June of that year they hired me as Gallery Manager; it has been a wonderful experience. I've also begun working on films: last year I got to work with my heroes in Le Tigre on their documentary Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour, and this summer I'm doing production and research assistance on The Punk Singer, a documentary film about Kathleen Hanna.
SCOUT: How would you describe your work to people who haven't seen it?
KATE: I love working with collage and book materials. The intimacy of smaller works has always compelled me, and I use that as a venue to navigate personal and political meanings. Utilizing collage, I collect rough and found materials with intricate patterns, visible signs of decay, and contrasting bright colors to create a disjointed visual narrative. I have recently become more invested in photography; I find comfort in the quiet observation of the bad or beautiful feelings of other places, people, and objects. My drawings are more of an outlet for my goofiness. I'm kind of a huge goofball with a dark side.
SCOUT: What made you want to work with zines?
KATE: Everyone around me growing up made zines, and zines have always been a vital information source for me, so it was a natural progression. I am really fond of the widespread access that zines afford by their low-cost quality. As someone who works in print and collage, zines speak a lot to my artistic process. I recently co-edited and published International Girl Gang Underground (IGGU) with Stacy Konkiel, which was my first experience ever working on a compilation zine. IGGU is an 82-page multimedia zine with a web component about feminist cultural production twenty years after the riot grrrl movement and in the wake of its legacy. The zine was tons of work but so rewarding. There are lots of exciting things going on in the zine world: Cindy Crabb of Doris is raising money to publish a new collection, The Doris Encyclopedia. I curate a zine and print collection at STOREFRONT called Brain Waves, which includes a lot of my favorite local artists and features many works by Pen Fifteen Press, a local press and studio. There is a ton of new work constantly being made in my community.
SCOUT: What inspires your work?
KATE: Lately I've been doing a lot of artwork for my friends' bands, and that is always exciting. I try to tap into whatever is going on musically or lyrically in an album in order to create a concept for the cover art. Shared experiences inspire me, as does the dissonance between the idea of shared experience and isolation. I'm an anxious person, and it excites me to work some of that out visually and textually rather than keeping it all swimming around in my head.
SCOUT: Where are your favorite places in New York to check out new art?
KATE: Well, STOREFRONT of course. My neighbors at iN RiVERS in Greenpoint have had a really active program so I stop by as often as possible. I can't wait to see Booklyn's summer program, which I've heard will focus on giving a forum for zine and print artists to exhibit in a gallery setting. David Zwirner in Chelsea is a pretty obvious one, as they house some of my favorite artists. I really enjoyed White Columns' annual retrospective this year; they appeal to the social artist in me. I always love walking to PS1 on a sunny day.
SCOUT: So, it's a Saturday, and you're looking to wander the city. Where do you go?
KATE: My ideal day would start with brunch at Habitat. I would head to Desert Island for some new reading material and spend the morning reading in the sunshine in McGolrick Park. To stave off sleepiness I'd walk over the Pulaski Bridge (to Long Island City) for coffee at Sweetleaf and then to PS1 for an arty afternoon. At night, I would go to Sweet Revenge for a beer and cupcake pairing (it's no coincidence that many of my favorite places have "sweet" in the title). Then I'd go home and snuggle up to Veronica Mars in bed.
SCOUT: Which local artists would you recommend we start following?
KATE: I already mentioned some above, but I'll add Andrew Hurst, Aimee Lusty, Shona Masarin, Jeri Coppola, and Mike Taylor. There are too many to name. Hermine Ford's solo show is up at STOREFRONT right now and it is wonderful. Music-wise, my favorite local artists are Aye Nako and Big Eyes at the moment. I'm also thrilled about the i am not a good enough feminist show that recently went up in conjunction with Festival of Ideas for the New City.
SCOUT: Anything exciting on the horizon as far as your own work?
KATE: I am curating a Mail Art show at Hyperallergic for Northside Open Studios next month, so, mail artists and non-mail artists alike, send away! For the Birds and Her Girl Friday will be announcing our summer plans in the coming weeks as well, so stay tuned.
Meet Kate Wadkins, Artist and Zine Wizard
Tuesday, May. 24, 2011


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Ron Wyden Speaks Out Against COICA: We Shouldn't Toss Out The First Amendment Just To Go After A Few Bad Actors
from the say-it-again deptSenator Ron Wyden (who just joined Twitter) was kind enough to send over the remarks he made to the Senate Judiciary Committee concerning COICA. It's an excellent read that highlights many of the points we've been making. Basically, he says that we need to be careful not to decimate basic principles of free speech and create all sorts of collateral damage in an effort to go after a few bad actors who can be targeted via other laws:
Make no mistake, I share the committee's goal of fighting counterfeiting and protecting our creative industries and the good paying jobs they support. The Internet has unquestionably created new opportunities to traffic in counterfeit and illegal goods. The fact that the law has not always kept pace with technology may make it easier for bad actors to exploit new opportunities. Congress is right to want to go after those who are "stealing American intellectual property." However, in writing laws to target the bad actors, Congress cannot afford to forget that the primary uses of the Internet are activities protected by the First Amendment, not civil or criminal violations.He also laid out six specific points to consider in dealing with these issues. I agree with all six, and am particularly happy to see him mention the importance of separating counterfeiting from copyright protection, a key point that we've discussed here, but I had not seen anyone in politics pick up on until now.
[...] Yes, the Internet needs reasonable laws and bad actors need to be pursued, but the freedoms of billions of individual Internet users cannot be sacrificed in the interest of easing that pursuit. The decisions we make to police the Internet today will also govern how this relatively new medium will continue to develop and shape our world. I objected to last year's Combating Online Infringement of Copyrights Act not because it might reduce the Internet's ability to facilitate infringement, but because I believe it went about it in a way that would also reduce the Internet's ability to promote democracy, commerce and free speech.
- Don't be hasty. Good public policy is not made on the back of a galloping horse. While both Congress and law enforcement are understandably eager to go after bad actors, both must be mindful of the precedents that they are setting in the U.S. and around the world. The law is best applied when the government's assertions can be challenged before its actions are approved.
- Avoid collateral damage. Granting law enforcement broad authority to censor online content has a chilling effect on free speech. Narrowly focus law enforcement's authority on those who are deliberately breaking the law or infringing on others' property rights for commercial gain.
- Preserve Fair Use and secondary liability protections. These safeguards are fundamental to Internet commerce and explain why American companies have been so successful in the global marketplace. The network effect is such a powerful driver of commerce on the Internet that any restriction on links and referrals is a serious barrier to economic activity.
- Be mindful of how remedies can threaten and shape the integrity or architecture of the Internet. Decisions made today can have lasting results.
- Avoid taking actions that will empower foreign regimes to censor the Internet. The United States has led the world in promoting free speech; our example cannot be allowed to give authoritarian regimes any excuse to go backwards.
- Recognize the difference between copyright infringement and counterfeits. A one-size-fits-all approach towards trademarks and copyright may not be appropriate.
Filed Under: coica, collateral damage, copyright, counterfeiting, freedom of speech, unintended consequences


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Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Young Adult Self Report, Wave 2, 1997-2000 (ICPSR 13666)
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Felton J. Earls, Harvard Medical School; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Scientific Director. Columbia University. Teacher's College. Center for the Study of Children and Families; Stephen W. Raudenbush, Scientific Director. University of Michigan. School of Education and Survey Research Center; Robert J. Sampson, Scientific Director. Harvard University. Department of Sociology
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The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) was a large-scale, interdisciplinary study of how families, schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development. One component of the PHDCN was the Longitudinal Cohort Study, which was a series of coordinated longitudinal studies that followed over 6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young adults, and their primary caregivers over time to examine the changing circumstances of their lives, as well as the personal characteristics, that might lead them toward or away from a variety of antisocial behaviors. Numerous measures were administered to respondents to gauge various aspects of human development, including individual differences, as well as family, peer, and school influences. One of the measures that composed the Longitudinal Cohort Study was the Young Adult Self Report (YASR). The YASR protocol, a self-administered survey, was first developed by Thomas M. Achenbach. It has been a widely used measure for evaluating subjects between the ages of 18 and 30 with respect to their functioning in social relationships, level of mental, emotional and physical health, substance use and abuse, and their tendencies toward antisocial and criminal behavior. The Wave 2 PHDCN version of the Young Adult Self Report, including an officially revised version of behavior problem items, offered a thorough self-assessment of the respondents belonging to Cohort 18 of the Longitudinal Cohort Study, scoring each respondent based on his or her level of psychological and behavioral functioning.
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Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.
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The Murray Research Center conducted the initial data and documentation processing for this collection.
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Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) was a large-scale, interdisciplinary study of how families, schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development. It was designed to advance the understanding of the developmental pathways of both positive and negative human social behaviors. In particular, the project examined the causes and pathways of juvenile delinquency, adult crime, substance abuse, and violence. At the same time, the project provided a detailed look at the environments in which these social behaviors took place by collecting substantial amounts of data about urban Chicago, including its people, institutions, and resources.
Longitudinal Cohort Study
One component of the PHDCN was the Longitudinal Cohort Study, which was a series of coordinated longitudinal studies that followed over 6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young adults, and their primary caregivers over time to examine the changing circumstances of their lives, as well as the personal characteristics, that might lead them toward or away from a variety of antisocial behaviors. The age cohorts include birth (0), 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 years. Numerous measures were administered to respondents to gauge various aspects of human development, including individual differences, as well as family, peer, and school influences.
Young Adult Self Report (YASR)
The data files contain information from the Young Adult Self Report (YASR) protocol. The YASR was an extension of the Youth Self Report, designed to obtain a self perceived assessment for subjects between the ages of 18 and 30 in order to measure behavioral and emotional functioning. The widely used YASR has been shown in a variety of experiments to produce excellent results evaluating its respondents' psychological and behavioral functioning. As a result, it proved to be the ideal instrument to evaluate the subjects belonging to Cohort 18 of the Longitudinal Cohort Study. In Wave 2 of the PHDCN, the YASR focused primarily on obtaining information on specific aspects of the respondents' lives, such as interpersonal relationships and conflicts, tendencies toward various behavior problems, and habits regarding nonmedical drug and alcohol consumption. The YASR also sought to identify personality traits and behaviors that might be viewed as unusual. The goal of the YASR was to obtain an overall score for each respondent based on the answers provided that could be used to make observations and determinations regarding their psychological, emotional, and behavioral health and overall quality of life.
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Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
The city of Chicago was selected as the research site for the PHDCN because of its extensive racial, ethnic, and social-class diversity. The project collapsed 847 census tracts in the city of Chicago into 343 neighborhood clusters (NCs) based upon seven groupings of racial/ethnic composition and three levels of socioeconomic status. The NCs were designed to be ecologically meaningful. They were composed of geographically contiguous census tracts and geographic boundaries, and knowledge of Chicago's neighborhoods were considered in the definition of the NCs. Each NC was comprised of approximately 8,000 people.
Longitudinal Cohort Study
For the Longitudinal Cohort Study, a stratified probability sample of 80 neighborhoods was selected. The 80 NCs were sampled from the 21 strata (seven racial/ethnic groups by three socioeconomic levels) with the goal of representing the 21 cells as equally as possible to eliminate the confounding between racial/ethnic mix and socioeconomic status. Once the 80 NCs were chosen, then block groups were selected at random within each of the sample neighborhoods. A complete listing of dwelling units was collected for all sampled block groups. Pregnant women, children, and young adults in seven age cohorts (birth, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 years) were identified through in-person screening of approximately 40,000 dwelling units within the 80 NCs. The screening response rate was 80 percent. Children within six months of the birthday that qualified them for the sample were selected for inclusion in the Longitudinal Cohort Study. A total of 8,347 participants were identified through the screening. Of the eligible study participants, 6,228 were interviewed in the Wave 1 data collection, and 5,338 were interviewed in the Wave 2 data collection.
Data collection for Wave 2 began in 1997 and ended in 2000. It included a letter sent to study participants notifying them that they would be contacted to schedule an interview. This letter explained the study, reimbursements, and offered a monthly drawing prize of $1,000 for those participants who kept their first scheduled appointment. A toll free number was also included in the letter, so participants could call and schedule their own interviews or ask questions.
For all cohorts except 0 and 18, primary caregivers as well as the child were interviewed. The primary caregiver was the person found to spend the most time taking care of the child. Separate research assistants administered the primary caregiver interviews and the child interviews. The primary method of data collection was face-to-face interviewing, although participants who refused to complete the personal interview were administered a phone interview. An abbreviated telephone interview was conducted for the primary caregivers in Cohorts 0-15 and Cohort 18 study participants in Wave 2 who lived outside the nine-county metropolitan area to which research assistants were able to travel for interviews. A total of 221 telephone interviews were conducted during Wave 2, representing 3.55 percent of the sample.
Proxy interviews were conducted with study participants who were emancipated minors (under 18 but married or living independently). The study participants answered questions from the primary caregiver's interview on the primary caregiver's behalf. In Wave 2, four primary caregivers and two study participants were interviewed in jail. Study participants in foster care could not be interviewed. The Department of Children and Family Services did not allow interviews of the foster parent or the child. Permission was granted for a brief period in Wave 1, therefore there are some children in the sample who could not be followed up in Waves 2 and 3. Some children were not in foster care in Wave 1 but were placed in foster care by Wave 2 or 3. They were also not followed up. Lastly, some participants were interviewed in Wave 3 but not in Wave 2, as they were in foster care during Wave 2.
Some participants in Wave 1 spoke a language other than English, Spanish, or Polish. In Wave 2, an abbreviated version of the primary caregiver's protocol was administered, and the research assistant arranged for someone in the household to translate on the spot. In Wave 2, the complete protocol was translated into Spanish, and a subset of the primary caregiver's interview was translated into Polish.
Depending on the age and wave of data collection, participants were paid between $5 and $20 per interview. Other incentives, such as free passes to museums, the aquarium, and monthly drawing prizes were also included.
Interview protocols included a wide range of questions. For example, some questions assessed impulse control and sensation-seeking traits, cognitive and language development, leisure activities, delinquency and substance abuse, friends' activities, and self-perception, attitudes, and values. Caregivers were also interviewed about family structure, parent characteristics, parent-child relationships, parent discipline styles, family mental health, and family history of criminal behavior and drug use.
Young Adult Self Report (YASR)
Completed between 1994 and 1995, the Young Adult Self Report was filled out by the subjects belonging to Cohort 18 of the Wave 2 PHDCN Longitudinal Cohort Study. The PHDCN version of the Young Adult Self Report consisted of 119 questions, some with multiple parts, and was designed to obtain information regarding various aspects of the respondents' psychological and behavioral functioning. Because of the potentially sensitive nature of much of the information sought by the YASR, the fact that the YASR was self-administered was important for ensuring that the respondents would feel comfortable responding honestly, without the inhibitions and fear of judgment that might have resulted had the measure been administered by an interviewer. Respondents were asked to rate themselves on how truthfully each statement characterized their behaviors, thoughts, and actions. Respondents rated themselves on nine different facets of psychological and behavioral functioning. For example, the YASR attempted to record information indicating whether the respondents could be characterized by having internalizing problems. To achieve this, subjects were asked if they believed statements such as "I feel lonely" or "I am shy or timid" to be true of themselves. The Wave 2 YASR instrument varied somewhat from the Wave 1 version, including some questions that were not previously used and omitting others that had been present in the Wave 1 instrument. The response format was unchanged. The majority of questions asked the respondent to answer questions in the following manner: 0 = not true, 1 = somewhat true, and 2 = very true. As in Wave 1, multiple responses were not permitted. The final three questions pertained to substance abuse. Respondents were asked to disclose the frequency of their tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drug use within the past six months.
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Stratified probability sample.
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Children, adolescents, young adults, and their primary caregivers, living in the city of Chicago in 1994.
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The Wave 2 data includes, in addition to the variables containing the responses to the YASR, the same nine scale variables that appeared in the Wave 1 data. These scale variables give each respondent a score with respect to the various syndromes that the YASR attempted to identify. Respondents were assigned a withdrawn score, somatic problems score, anxious/depressed score, show-off problems score, delinquent behavior score, aggressive behavior score, strange behavior score, internalizing score, and an externalizing score based on their responses to the questions composing the YASR protocol. The internalizing score variable is a combination of the anxious/depressed score and the withdrawn score, while the externalizing score is composed of the delinquent behavior score and the aggressive behavior score. A tenth variable contains the respondent's total YASR score, which is simply the sum of the other nine scores. Higher scores suggest the presence of behavioral and emotional problems. As such, lower scores are more desirable. Finally, the data also include a number of administrative variables to record identification numbers for the respondents and the interviewers, as well as the time and date that the respondent completed the YASR.
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The overall response rate for Wave 2 of the Longitudinal Cohort Study was 85.94 percent or 5,338 participants. The response rates for subjects by cohort were:
- 0 percent for Cohort 0
- 87.5 percent for Cohort 3
- 88.0 percent for Cohort 6
- 85.6 percent for Cohort 9
- 86.2 percent for Cohort 12
- 82.7 percent for Cohort 15
- 80.2 percent for Cohort 18
The response rates for primary caregivers by cohort were:
- 83.3 percent for Cohort 0
- 88.3 percent for Cohort 3
- 88.3 percent for Cohort 6
- 86.6 percent for Cohort 9
- 87.2 percent for Cohort 12
- 85.9 percent for Cohort 15
- 0 percent for Cohort 18
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- Earls, Felton J., Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Stephen W. Raudenbush, and Robert J. Sampson. Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Young Adult Self Report, Wave 2, 1997-2000. ICPSR13666-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-16. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR13666.v1
2006-01-16 The study was originally released without restricted variables. It was then decided that certain variables needed to be restricted so both public use and restricted use files were created. The public use files have certain variables restricted, while the restricted use files allow users full access to the original data. See RESTRICTIONS for more details.
2005-07-18 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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- The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.
This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.


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NEW HAVEN — Authorities are warning residents of New Haven, as well as the general public, to be wary of wild animals that act strangely after a rabid raccoon attacked a local man and his brother on Summer Road near New Haven Mills this week.
Larry Buck said he was out walking with his brother, Bob, on the road near his home Tuesday afternoon when a snarling raccoon confronted them. Buck, who has been battling health problems, could not run from the animal.
The raccoon bit Buck's knee and latched on, but Bob Buck, who was visiting from Minnesota, beat it off with Larry Buck's cane.


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|Tulsa, Okla.
|High School:
|Holland Hall
2010-2011: NGCA Scholar All-American...Appeared in five tournaments, including a fourth-place finish against Longwood University in Yale's season opener (75)...finished tied for 19th at the Yale Women's Intercollegiate with rounds of 81, 75 and 74...tied for 13th at the Sacred Heart Invitational (78, 83).
2009-10: Appeared in four tournaments as a sophomore…Finished tied for sixth at the Yale Intercollegiate with rounds of 73 and 80…Best round of the year was 73 at the Yale Intercollegiate…Averaged 82.45 strokes per round…Widdy Neale Award.
2008-09: Appeared in four tournaments as a freshman…Best finish was a tie for 27th at the Ross Resorts Invite…Also finished tied for 29th at the Yale Intercollegiate…Best round was a 77 shot at the Eagle Landing Invite…Averaged 82.7 strokes per round…Widdy Neale Award.
Before Yale: A 2008 graduate of Holland Hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma…Four-time First Team All Southwest Preparatory Conference (2005-2008)…Three-time Southwest Preparatory Conference Champion…Runner-up in 2008…2006 PGA South Central Section Champion …Also played Field Hockey and Basketball…AP Scholar… Cum Laude Society…Chemistry Award and Visual Arts Award at Holland Hall….Alec M. Hill Award…Received several regional and national awards for sculpture.
Personal: Parents are Thomas Boettcher and Pam Olson Vennerberg. Older sister, Evelyn, rowed for the University of Pennsylvania. Father played football and wrestled for the United States Air Force Academy. Paternal cousin, Doug Blubaugh, was an Olympic gold medalist in wrestling.
Nickname: Iowa
Residential College: Pierson
Major: American Studies
Future Plans: Architecture or Law School Possibly
Lowest Score: 70
Why She Chose Yale: The greatest combination of wonderful people, residential college system, Yale Golf Course, Coach Rompothong, and academics.
Other schools officially visited: Yale was my first choice.
Favorite place at Yale: The Yale Golf Course, Commons, and Sterling Library.
My favorite class at Yale: Civil War with David Blight
Band: The Killers, Coldplay
Song: Viva la Vida by Coldplay
Food: Egg and cheese sandwiches from Gourmet Heaven on Broadway and Dunkin Doughnuts coffee. And essentially anything without tree nuts because I'm really allergic to them!
Book: The Great Gatsby
Golf Course: South Lakes and LaFortune Park Golf Courses in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where I first learned to play golf.
Place She'd love to visit: Mongolia and Thailand


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Everyone's favorite clone of worm-warfare, Hedgewars recently got a rather big new release as one of the developers pointed out to us by email.
|One of the new level themes for Hedgewars 0.9.19
The changes are quite extensive, so instead of failing to summarize them here, check out the above linked quite extensive original release announcement.
You can also have a look at this fan-made trailer if you enjoy cheezy stuff ;)


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Breadholing is a sexual act performed between consenting partners. It requires at least two partners, a reasonably sturdy and wide straw or tube, and soft, chewy bread. The first partner chews up the bread and then uses the straw to blow the bread into the gaping anus of their partner. This is an extremely pleasurable act for all involved regardless of biological sex. A variation of this act exists called the frosted breadhole. It is otherwise the same except that it must immediately follow or precede an anal creampie.
I was at the market the other day and the bread was on sale for half-off. I knew it was breadholing night!
by definitelynotfrank November 02, 2013