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STEUBENVILLLE - Dr. Stephen Mascio, who performs examinations of children suspected of being sexually abused, said the best intervention to stopping child sex abuse is prevention at an early age, including educating children on what is considered appropriate contact.
The Jefferson County Job and Family Services, Children Services Division, hosted the annual Child Abuse Prevention Luncheon on Thursday at the YWCA.
Mascio has been a physician working with A Caring Place Child Advocacy Center , which investigates reports of child sexual abuse, since its opening.
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PREVENTING ABUSE — The annual Child Abuse Prevention Luncheon was held Thursday and attended by several social service agencies and police departments to recognize efforts to prevent child abuse in Jefferson County. Participating in the event were, from left, John Rodesh, Jefferson County Job and Family Services, Children Services Division administrator; Dr. Stephen Mascio, who examines children who may have been sexually abused; and Elizabeth Ferron, county Job and Family Services director.
Mascio is part of the multidisciplinary team that works investigating child sexual abuse. The team also includes police, children services workers and the prosecutor's office.
Mascio said he performs the examinations at the child advocacy center because he said the last thing a child who has been sexually abused needs is to go to a hospital emergency room.
"We do it in an environment where the child and parents feel safe," he said.
"No child is immune to becoming abused," Mascio said, adding girls and special needs children are most at risk. He said children in low-income households with alcoholism and drug abuse also are at risk to being sexually abused.
He said the majority of the perpetrators are family members or acquaintances, such as the boyfriend of the mother.
Mascio said child victims of sexual abuse face higher risks of depression, substance abuse and eating and personality disorders. He said there is some evidence the brain chemistry can actually change as a result of sexual abuse.
Mascio said he wants to be able to go into schools to talk to younger children about sexual abuse. But he said such talks can be tricky because children can become confused about what constitutes appropriate contact.
County Job and Family Services, Children Services Division, received more than 1,000 calls about suspected child abuse in 2012, with about 28 percent being considered substantiated. Children services officials reported there has been an increase in the number of children born to mothers with drug dependency.
Elizabeth Ferron, county Job and Family Services director, said without community support, the jobs of social workers would be much more difficult.
Ferron said it is a privilege working with such a professional and dedicated group of social workers.
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.


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Optimus-Klein Talks About Multitude Of Awards
Posted: 10:47 PM Dec 4, 2012
Reporter: KSU, posted by Kinch O'Kelley
KSU Football Honors
On Tuesday Heisman Trophy Finalist and K-State quarterback Collin Klein met with the media to talk about the multitude of awards that he's up for, and some he's already won.
Senior Quarterback Collin Klein
On where he was when he heard about being a Heisman Trophy finalist…
"I was actually doing some shopping with Shalin (Klein) to pick up some things for the trip. I got a few text messages. I actually was not watching the official announcement. Again, I am super honored to be able to represent our team and Kansas State with an award like the Heisman. It is an honor."
On what he wants people to know about him…
"I think the main thing that I want people to know is, first of all, anything I have accomplished has been through a God-given opportunity with God-given ability. That is my first goal is to honor Him in that and with what He has given me to do. That is the most important thing to me. That is the first and the main thing I want people to take away from my story. I would also want them to maybe know that sometimes it is true that with God, all things are possible. If you were to ask anybody a couple years ago that we would be sitting here having this conversation today, they probably would not have believed you. People would have put a lot of money down on it.
"It has been a journey. It is one that I definitely could not have scripted this way. Again, the Lord did have a plan, and I am just so blessed and fortunate to have this opportunity with this team and these people here and be a part of this family. I think those would be the main things that are most important to me."
On ever dreaming about having the chance to win the Heisman Trophy…
"I have been a huge football fan forever. If you were to interview 10 kids playing football on the playground when they are young, they will probably all answer that question, 'Hey, I want to play for a National Championship or win a conference championship or win the Heisman,' or stuff of that nature. I think I was no different than that. I obviously knew what it was. It is funny, my mom actually was digging through some of my stuff recently. She said, this was when I was a sophomore or junior in high school, she found a little sheet of when I had written down some goals. This was one of those things that I had written down on that paper. I had completely forgotten about it. Obviously, it is a piece of history. Again, I was very blessed and have been very blessed that people in my life, my parents, Coach Snyder and especially the foundation of my faith, has put in to perspective of what is truly important. That has been trying to be the best I can be with what God has given me. Trying to serve this team to the fullest with everything I possibly have and invest in the lives of people, which is the most important thing. Those people are my teammates and the people around here, and that will leave a longer legacy than any award, even as prestigious as the Heisman. With that perspective and knowing that, it kind of puts it all in order for me."
On how many random things had to happen for him to get where he is…
"There is definitely a lot to it. I do not know if I would call them random. Just kind of going back, everything happens for a reason, and some crazy things have happened to lead our team and myself to this point. There are a lot of reasons for that. There is a lot of hard work, a lot of preparation, that has been put in on so many people's part. So many people have invested in me when I was going through a hard time or struggling, and so many people, like my parents, coaches, Coach (Del) Miller and Coach Snyder kind of spoke in, encouraged me at different times that I think have carried and been a huge part of what has brought me here."
On any Heisman winners that he would like to talk to…
"I am excited to meet a lot of new people. I am sure that there are a lot of people that I have a tremendous respect for. It will be a great experience, and I cannot wait to meet everybody."
On when he felt comfortable with the offense and felt like he could lead the team…
"I think it has been a little bit of Coach Snyder's mentality that is engrained in me now, and has been over my time here, that I still do not feel like I am comfortable with my current knowledge of the offense. Even though I have been in it and ran it obviously for a while now, I still want to know more. There are still new nuances, new things that we can do. I guess that constant feeling of being comfortable with being uncomfortable and constantly trying to improve is something, and I understand what you are saying is not complacency, but if you ever get to comfortable, then you kind of throw it into neutral and you quit moving forward. I think to answer your question directly, there was a time probably after my redshirt freshman to sophomore year when I really felt like I understood everything that was going on around me."
On the last time that he wrote down any goals…
"I do not think I have done anything like that since I have been to college. I think it is a little bit more that perspective from Coach Snyder and our team's 16 goals. They kind of supersede and lay a bigger foundation than this amount of wins, this championship, this award, and that kind of sums up what is most important. It is not the wins or the awards. It is something much bigger."
On how broad his plans are after graduation…
"I do not know exactly what that looks like. Even though I do not know the exact opportunity or the exact landscape of what that looks like, I know that I want to honor and serve my Lord and Savior. I want to take care of my family spiritually, financially and physically, and serve the people in whatever community I am going to be around at that time. Whatever that looks like – if it is using my finance degree or if it is playing ball, or a mixture of both. Who knows what it could be. Whatever it looks like, as long as those three things are intact, then we will be just fine."
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SpongeBob Squarepants, Cartoon Invertebrate, is Smarter Than Murdoch's Fox News Hominids
Fox News repeatedly criticized a SpongeBob SquarePants book and video about manmade global warming because "they did not tell kids that that is actually a disputed fact." In reality, it is not controversial among the mainstream scientific community that humans are changing the climate.
The cartoonish hominids who pretend to be journalists on Fox News have a new villain — SpongeBob SquarePants. Why are they incensed at the high-energy invertebrate? Because he understands climate science, that human emissions are warming the planet, and would like to explain that to the children whose climate will be destroyed by the professional deniers like Fox.
Fox News believes this is a "disputed fact" — we'll set aside the oxymoronic phrase "disputed fact" and merely note that for the National Academy of Sciences, it is a "settled fact."
Of course, we learned last year that Fox News boss Bill Sammon ordered staff to cast doubt on even the most established science: "We should refrain from asserting that the planet has warmed (or cooled) in any given period without IMMEDIATELY pointing out that such theories are based upon data that critics have called into question." Hmm. Maybe he isn't a Sammon, but an octopus, specifically Squidward Tentacles.
If you watch the video — which I don't recommend without several head vises — it is interesting to note that SpongeBob is only concerned about warming. In fact, the far greater threat to ocean life is ocean acidification.
Last year, a Nature Geoscience study found our oceans are acidifying 10 times faster today than 55 million years ago when a mass extinction of marine species occurred. Also, last year the Geological Society reported that acidifying oceans spell marine biological meltdown "by end of century." And some of the world's top marine scientists reported in June that acidification, warming, and human activity have put the world's oceans in 'shocking' decline with the 'speeds of many negative changes … tracking the worst-case scenarios.'
But Murdoch's Fox News doesn't care about ocean life — fictitious or real. They care only about pushing their corporatist, pro-pollution, anti-science agenda.
Here's more on their assault on the famous sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea, from Media Matters:
Fox Blasts Nickelodeon For "Pushing A Global Warming Agenda"
CNS News Reported That Education Department Offered Free Books, Including SpongeBob Global Warming Tale. In an August 2 article, CNSNews.com reported that during a July Department of Education event promoting reading, children "were treated to free books," including a SpongeBob SquarePants book that "promotes the idea that global warming is manmade." [CNSNews, 8/2/11]
- Glenn Beck's Website Asked If Ed. Dept. Is "Indoctrinating Children." On August 2, Glenn Beck's The Blaze promoted the CNSNews story and asked: "Is the U.S. Department of Education indoctrinating children to accept man-made global warming as fact?" The Blaze also embedded a 2005 SpongeBob video with the same storyline as the book. [The Blaze, 8/2/11]
Fox's Steve Doocy: "Clearly Nickelodeon Is Pushing A Global Warming Agenda." On the August 3 edition of Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy said:
DOOCY: The Department of Education invited a bunch of DC kids in and they had this festivity and they handed out these particular Nickelodeon books where clearly Nickelodeon is pushing a global warming agenda. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 8/3/11]
Fox's Gretchen Carlson: SpongeBob "Blamed Man For Global Warming" But "Did Not Tell Kids That That Is A Disputed Fact." Fox & Friends aired clips from the SpongeBob video and co-host Gretchen Carlson said:
CARLSON: The Department of Education using SpongeBob SquarePants now to teach kids about global warming. The government agency showed kids this cartoon and handed out books that blamed man for global warming, but they did not tell kids that that is actually a disputed fact. Oops! [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 8/3/11]
- Department of Education: "We've Never Shown Any Videos" At The Reading Events. Contrary to Carlson's claim, Tim Tuten of the Department of Education said that the SpongeBob video was not shown at the reading events. "We've never shown any videos ever, so I have no idea where that is coming from," he said. Tuten added that participants were permitted to choose one of dozens of diverse books to take home with them and the SpongeBob book was one of those options. [Phone conversation, 8/3/11]
Doocy Claims Unnamed "Parents" Think SpongeBob Book Pushes "Over-The-Top Green Agenda." On Fox & Friends, Doocy said:
DOOCY: The Department of Education giving kids free books about SpongeBob. Seems like a good idea right? Well some parents don't think so. They say the books are being used to push an over-the-top green agenda regarding global warming. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 8/3/11]
Carlson On SpongeBob: "He Is Only Looking At It From One Point Of View." On Fox & Friends Carlson also said of the Nickelodeon show:
CARLSON: We all know that SpongeBob is popular with the kids and for the life of me I still keep trying to figure out why it is. My kids watch limited TV but every time they chose that show, I'm like, 'Why?' Anyway — it's hard to even follow sometimes. Anyway now maybe that will be a good thing because SpongeBob is talking a lot about global warming, and he's only looking at it from one point of view. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 8/3/11]
Fox's Dave Briggs: Global Warming Is "Unproven Science." On Fox & Friends, guest co-host Dave Briggs added:
BRIGGS: It's unproven science. And again, this is public education system that we all pay our tax dollars for and the SpongeBob book says that it's a manmade problem that requires human intervention.
DOOCY: Right. They're presenting it as fact.
BRIGGS: As fact. Meanwhile, the schools there — I mean, we're talking about 14th in the world in reading, 17th in the world in science, 25th in math. So we're forcing an issue that is not yet proven — we can't even teach our kids the adequate math, reading and science at this point. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 8/3/11]
Fox: SpongeBob Shows "Bias" By Blaming Humans For Global Warming. The following on-screen text aired on Fox & Friends:
[Fox News, Fox & Friends, 8/3/11]
Notion That Humans Are Changing Climate Is Not Controversial Among Mainstream Scientists
National Research Council: "Preponderance Of Scientific Evidence" Indicates That Humans Are Changing The Climate. In a recent report, the National Research Council stated: "[T]he preponderance of scientific evidence points to human activities — especially the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere — as the most likely cause for most of the global warming that has occurred over the last several decades." [National Research Council, 5/12/11]
American Chemical Society: Climate Change Is "Largely Attributable To Emissions From Human Activities." According to the American Chemical Society: "[C]omprehensive scientific assessments of our current and potential future climates clearly indicate that climate change is real, largely attributable to emissions from human activities, and potentially a very serious problem." [American Chemical Society, accessed 8/3/11]
AAAS: "Global Climate Change Is Real" And "Is Caused Largely By Human Activities." The American Association for the Advancement of Science said in a 2009 statement: "The vast preponderance of evidence, based on years of research conducted by a wide array of different investigators at many institutions, clearly indicates that global climate change is real, it is caused largely by human activities, and the need to take action is urgent." [American Association For The Advancement of Science, 12/4/09]
American Meteorological Society: "Humans Have Significantly Contributed" To Climate Change. In a February 2007 statement, the American Meteorological Society said "there is adequate evidence" to conclude "that humans have significantly contributed" to climate change and that "further climate change will continue to have important impacts on human societies, on economies, on ecosystems, and on wildlife through the 21st century and beyond." [American Meteorological Society, 2/1/07]
Geological Society Of America: "Human Activities … Account For Most Of The Warming Since The Middle 1900s." From an April 2010 position statement of the Geological Society of America:
The Geological Society of America (GSA) concurs with assessments by the National Academies of Science (2005), the National Research Council (2006), and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) that global climate has warmed and that human activities (mainly greenhouse gas emissions) account for most of the warming since the middle 1900s. If current trends continue, the projected increase in global temperature by the end of the twentyfirst century will result in large impacts on humans and other species. [Geological Society of America, April 2010]
Fox Cites Scientists "On Both Sides" To Claim There Is A "Big Question" About Global Warming
Doocy On Manmade Global Warming: "There's A Lot Of Scientists That Say It's This. Others Say It's That." Suggesting that kids should not be taught that humans are changing the climate, Doocy said:
DOOCY: While there is no disputing the fact that the earth is getting a little warmer, the big question is, is it manmade or is it just one of those gigantic climactic, you know, phases that we're going – for a while we're cold and then we get warmer and then we get colder and warmer. Is it – which one is it? The science on both sides – there are a lot of scientists who say it's this. Others say it's that. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 8/3/11]
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Finally they are taking on someone their own size (intellectually speaking).
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Richard Brenne · Top Commenter · UCLA
I'm not saying Gretchen Carlson pretends to be a spit-drooling idiot to bring herself to the level of her Fox viewers, but Jon Stewart and the Daily Show did make a compelling case for that. Carlson was her large high school's valedictorian and graduated cum laude from Stanford after also studying at Oxford.
Yet she claims on Fox that she had to Google the words and terms "czar, double-dip recession" and "ignoramus," finding the last was defined first as "Fox News viewer.".
She claims above that she cannot follow the Dostoyevskian plot lines of SpongeBob SquarePants.
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Richard Brenne · Top Commenter · UCLA
Maybe the fact that Michelle Bachman was Carlson's nanny (true story) explains a lot. As a Manchurian Candidate Carlson's an upgrade from Bachman, who instead of Stanford and Oxford attended Winona Ryder State Collage and Oral and Occasionally Written Roberts "University" "Law" "School".
2 · Like · Reply · August 4 at 6:50pm
Julia Kuglen · Top Commenter · University of Texas School of Law
I haven't seen Jon Stewart's clip, but perhaps he gives her too much credit. Her academic credentials are not especially impressive: A bachelor's degree (in sociology). Besides, there are plenty of deniers with degrees from prestigious schools. Most have limited scientific background, some have enough scientific background to know better, and almost all are motivated by deeply held political and/or religious beliefs and/or images of success and money that have a stranglehold on their ability to reason.
Like · Reply · August 5 at 10:02am
Richard Brenne · Top Commenter · UCLA
Julia – I'm sure your list of reasons for lack of reason in Carlson and all those like her is probably accurate in some combination. The best sociologists would use the scientific method as applied to an admittedly soft science, but the hardest thing about such an undergraduate degree at Stanford is getting in, because after that your hand will be held throughout and grade inflation is rampant.
And speaking of such things, you should be proud that the UT Law School denied admittance to George W. Bush and so his safety school was Harvard Business, which knows a legacy when it sees one, even a Yalie. All in all you're quite a bright cat.
Like · Reply · August 5 at 10:05pm
Rob Honeycutt · Top Commenter
Fox News engages in a activity called "paid stupidity."
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treasurecoastskywatch (signed in using Yahoo)
1 · Like · Reply · Subscribe · August 4 at 11:34pm
Dumb bunnies are dumb. Fox "News" is a misnomer. FoxViews should have a health warning along the lines of "watching this network will seriously reduce your mental agility and chances of getting laid".
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treasurecoastskywatch (signed in using Yahoo)
climate progress and soros http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCQMTdf7mEY.
1 · Like · Reply · Subscribe · August 4 at 11:34pm
treasurecoastskywatch (signed in using Yahoo)
Man made global warming is a fraud just like Al Gore.
1 · Like · Reply · Subscribe · August 4 at 11:32pm
Joan Savage · Top Commenter · SUNY-ESF
Let's note (if not exactly applaud) when concessions creep into the rhetoric of skepticism.
Doocy: "And while there's no disputing that the world is getting a little warmer"…
Now that is a step.
Doocy: "…or is it one of those gigantic climactic phases.."
At least he's getting a notion of the scale.
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Dean Grodzins · Visiting Scholar at Massachusetts Historical Society
I wonder why they're just now getting around to attacking this video, which has been around for years and millions of kids have already seen (including mine).
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Lydie Krenzke · Head Honcho at Mommy
I don't allow my children to watch it. It's honestly more of a grown up cartoon with all the undertones it has. The only thing they got out of it after watching a few episodes was to try and karate chop each other. Now TV time is very restricted and limited. I'm criticized all the time for it, but honestly, they have little brains and imaginations. I want them to use them not rot them.
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Dean Grodzins · Visiting Scholar at Massachusetts Historical Society
Lily got hooked for a while visiting her older cousins, but then lost interest. The show is a toned-down, kid version of "Ren and Stimpy," and can be very funny, but at home we stick to PBS.
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Dean Grodzins · Visiting Scholar at Massachusetts Historical Society
The real crime here is Fox News's lies about global warming, as my cousin Joseph Romm points out.
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Marcus Cato · Combat Medic at U.S Army
I hate fox more.
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- treasurecoastskywatch (signed in using Yahoo)
Why because they question propaganda from the fraudsters ? why the hate ? global warming is a hoax !
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Ruben Bernardino · Co-Founder at REELAB, LLC
When I realize that organizations like FOX news who dare to question and deny (subtly or not) global warming, evolution and other scientifically proven and otherwise universally accepted facts, the only comfort I receive is that I probably live in the most democratic country in the planet. Where else would people take seriously such backward fundamentalistic non-sense. The price of this freedom to believe and make believe whatever lunacy you find comfort in (and suits your political/financial agenda) does not come without a high price tag though: irreversably degrading the biosphere. What is truly pathetic, disturbing and quite dangerous is that the public in this great country of ours is so devoid of critical thinking, so naive and so ideologically biased that we cannot have any realistic debate on the subject. This is no di…See More
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laska1818 (signed in using Yahoo)
I wish I could have watched the audition for those Faux shows. It must have been a howl watching them out dumbing down one another. SpongeBob..seriously?
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Neil Gascon · UNEXPO Antonio Jose de Sucre
instead of unreasonably argue with Spongebob. Why don't they show how screwed-up is our economy and critize our rulers of doing nothing about unemplyment? it's the media! They own everything and keep all to themselves… sick!
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Stuart Levine · University of Maryland, College Park
Joe–The link in the third paragraph tied to the words "settled fact" appears to be broken.
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Carol L. Tieso · Associate Professor at The College of William and Mary
Seriously? SpongeBob?
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Then that would make Patrick smarter than the left leaning Democrats and CNN ABC NBC MSNBC and CBS
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Paul Magnus · Top Commenter
Yep, that was written speciall for fox…
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6 Baffling Mistakes Criminals Apparently Make All the Time
About once a week you get a wacky "dumb criminal" story in the newspaper, like the guy who tries to rob a police station, or the dude who sticks up a bank and then boasts about it on his Twitter account. Either crime is apparently way harder than it looks, or else criminals are a whole lot stupider than we previously thought possible.
We're thinking it's the latter. Here are some seemingly easy rules that real criminals have failed to follow, often in spectacularly retarded ways.
#6. Make Sure You Have the Proper Tools
The traditional approach to criminal weaponry is "keeping it simple." Guns, knives, a rabid weasel tied to a stick... anything will do as long as it conveys the message that you are not to be fucked with. If you don't own a gun or a knife, any number of objects can be used in their place. A South Carolina man had some success in stealing a laptop while making stabbing motions at store employees with a regular toothbrush; John Szwalla almost robbed a cafe with a banana in his pocket pretending to be a gun; and in 2007, one of the nerdiest kingpins of crime held-up a Food Mart with an old NES Zapper.
Didn't they notice that it wasn't plugged in?
There also exists, however, a group that rebels against the orthodox school of criminal thought. Not wanting the world of robbery to go stale, they came up with such innovations like threatening people at snakepoint, where real life snakes are used to intimidate the victims in lieu of broken beer bottles. But the undisputed king of nu-crime (which is less commercial and more original than mainstream crime), has to be the Colorado Springs mugger who in 2009, successfully robbed two convenience stores using a Star Trek bat'leth replica.
Pictured: A bat'leth with its typical user
There is an undeniable streak of genius in employing snakes or Star Trek props in your crimes, because sufficiently weird weapons like that will keep the victims from taking a good look at your face, making future identification very difficult indeed.
John Oldenburg, on the other hand, did not concern himself with such trifling things as the proper choice of criminal tools. When he went out to steal gas, all he ever used was his trusted personalized power-drill with "J. Oldenburg" etched into its body. Normally labeling your property is a good thing, but not when you are a gas thief and lose it during a job, leading the police straight to your apartment. Especially if that apartment doubles as the local meth lab.
Professor Moriarty, he is not.
#5. Fight the Urge to Give Away Personal Information
No matter how badly you want to be recognized for your criminal achievements, not bragging about them is the basic requirement for avoiding a prison shank between the ribs in your immediate future.
The absolute worst you can do in terms of boastfulness is sharing every bit of info about yourself with the people you're planning to rob, as one New Zealand crook did. Approaching the cashier at a Sydenham music shop he requested a CD to be held for him, but when the employee's back turned he grabbed a handful of dollars from the register and sprinted away to spend it all on some slutty sheep... mere seconds after writing his personal information on the CD reservation form--information he didn't bother to falsify--leading to his arrest.
PS, thanks for the money, suckers!!!LOL!1
Aaron Evans is another cautionary tale against bragging. Evidently fearing that someone might take false credit for his illegal deeds, Evans had his full name and birth date tattooed on the back of his neck. This was a particularly poor decision considering he was a car thief from the UK--the place which treats Orwell's 1984 as a set of instructions concerning video surveillance. Thanks to the footage of his ink, Evans was sentenced to seven months after trying to steal a car in 2008.
Besides modesty, the other thing that might spare you the embarrassment of identifying yourself all over the target is "leaving your wallet at home when you go a-thieving." Let's learn from the Niagara Falls criminal who executed the classic "Grab n' Get the Fuck Out Of There" play at a Walgreens with a carton of smokes. He could have gotten away with it if not for one tinsy-winsy mistake: He left his driver's license with the clerk, who was checking his age. The arrest literally took minutes.
But absentmindedness is one thing, complete lack of understanding how personal identification works is another. Like with the West Virginia man who used his debit card at the store he then tried to rob. Piece of advice: If you think that signing the receipt "John Doe" will throw the cops off your trail, you probably deserve to go to prison.
#4. Keep in Mind That There is a Time and a Place For Everything
You are a busy man. There are countless houses and people out there who won't just rob themselves. We get it. But that doesn't mean that you have to catch up on your daily activities while inside a victim's house. Nothing good will ever come out of it.
"No sense waiting to do my taxes."
One Pennsylvania burglar learned that the hard way. In 2009, Jonathan Parker broke into a Martinsburg home and stole two diamond rings, worth over $3,500. But instead of just leaving then and exchanging the jewelry for enough narcotics to make a chess match between two narcoleptic accountants seem exciting, Parker used the victim's computer to check his Facebook... forgetting to log out afterwards. So when the owner came back and went to her own FB account (because the first thing you want to do after being robbed is apparently post about it on your wall) she found Parker's profile who was then arrested.
To be fair, maybe Parker had some urgent strawberries to harvest on FarmVille. That would actually make his actions very understandable (if not completely forgivable), but it's a whole different story with the burglar who entered an Easton, PA house, cleaned it out and was later discovered by the owners cooking chicken in their kitchen. Dude, stop at a freaking KFC on the way home. Businesses like that exist for busy people just like yourself.
Still, coming home to a stranger eating your dinner can't be nearly half as insulting as finding some guy masturbating in your chair after having packed all of your stuff into a big bag marked "swag." Luckily, only a certain New Orleans homeowner knows what that's like, after catching Richard Barnes red(rocket)-handed, rubbing one off to online porn on her computer. Unluckily for Barnes, real life is nothing like the porn flicks he loves so much, so instead of offering to "help [him] with that" the lady called the police.


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Dealing with rejection
Posted 16 April 2012 - 03:08 PM
To be fair, I have only had two rejections so far - one from a US agent saying that although my premise was intriguing, they'd pass, and another just saying that they will have to say no for now.
I know I have to be stronger, but how does everyone else manage to stay so calm and positive after a rejection? Do you have any tips?
Also, I am just new to this business so could anyone possibly give me some advice to where I may be going wrong with my query?
Here is a sample of my current query. Any help would be much appreciated as I don't want to waste my time with it if it is no good. Thanks in advance.
I am seeking representation for a memoir book based on my experience with anorexia. I understand you are currently accepting submissions and I hope you may be interested in my manuscript.
An intensely honest, raw and detailed account of one girls addiction to hunger, STARVED brutally describes just how powerful the voice of anorexia can be.
The memoir of Lisa Boyle - who at the age of 14 - makes a deadly pact with anorexia, leading her to take a sickening plunge deep into the dark side of reality.
Her best friend Kelly is gone, her mum is becoming more ill by the day. However if she loses some weight, things will become clearer, sharper, more in control. Things might be better if she just disappeared…
It starts off as a diet. However when she finds outher mother has cancer, her 'diet' soon becomes an obsession. She must control her food intake for things to get better.
She's starting to get too skinny, but she likes the new pelvic bones which jut like pyramids. She likes the surge of power it gives her. If she eats - god forbid - then the voice will cut her like a knife, telling her she's just as disgusting and weak as she already believed.
Yet in mirror-land, she is god - the starving actress, the star of the show. She must push her body as far as she can go, test the boundaries, savour the proximity to death.
She is eventually hospitalised weighing just 54lbs with a week to live. She must eat or die.
STARVED takes readers a journey through hell as it explores the dark, vicious mind of a teenager controlled by the voice of anorexia. The book delves deep into many psychological and physical aspects of anorexia as well as exploring its brutality and shocking consequences.
Readers will be able to relate to the pressures felt to obtain the perfect body, and just how far one might go to achieve it.
On a personal note, I am the editor of online and upcoming Scottish magazine Styletto. I have a BA Honours degree in Journalism and have been writing and publishing stories and articles from the age of 16.
STARVED is a story of madness, obsession, food, weight, society, teenage angst, illness, fear, death and recovery. Unlike many other stories on eating disorders, this is darkly humorous, gritty and insightful.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Posted 16 April 2012 - 03:28 PM
The hardest rejections to handle are the personal ones. Those are always the ones that make me cry. The form letters are so routine and so impersonal that they mean very little to me. I have a giant pile of them.
The first ones are harder to handle than the rest of them. You'll get used to the form rejections at least.
And awesome, you got complimented by an agent. That's actually a good sign. For my personal rejections, I've only been told that my first chapter was boring and for my short story, I was told that I had no plot and that I rambled a lot.
And what gets me through it is hope. Hope that maybe in the future one of them will sign me on and if not, maybe I can make some money self-published anyway.
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 03:50 PM
I think it is because this is the first time I am submitting my manuscript, I just felt like I was punched in the stomach after reading my rejection email. Although I was already expecting it, it still hurt.
I have to try and be stronger and fight the demons that tell me I am not good enough to be in this industry but I just hope I will receive some more positive feedback in future to encourage me to go on.
Many agents can be rather mean, this is something I am a little scared of but I suppose I have to go through with it.
Posted 16 April 2012 - 04:36 PM
I study the English language. Have been for awhile and I still don't know how to spell certain words and mess up grammar rules all the time. And that's just superficial stuff. I was told "show, don't tell", but I'm still learning what that means exactly. I've had to work on describing things better and writing better dialogue. I sucked at characterization in the past and am just beginning to learn how to do it right now. (If you count rough drafts that I never editted to completion, this is technically my third novel that I am working on right now and I still didn't know any of this stuff BEFORE now. Ridiculous!)
Also, the first novel I ever wrote sucked and the first query I ever wrote was even worse. I posted it on here and I still don't think I know how to write queries.
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 05:50 PM
You will hear people tell you not to take it personally. Not having gotten anything but form rejections...I find them frustrating because with all the words they put in them, they don't really tell you anything. There is an agency that decided not to even send out form rejections (you'll just never hear back from them...ever) because they felt there was no worth in doing so. I disagree. I'd rather have a form rejection then nothing at all. It still hurts, yes, but it gives some closure.
As Serena said, we rely on hope.
Posted 16 April 2012 - 09:18 PM
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Posted 17 April 2012 - 07:35 AM
Posted 17 April 2012 - 09:16 AM
I think agents should take the time to give a small amount of feedback so that we can query the way which they want. No wonder they get frustrated at times because there seems to be no set way to approach a certain agent and they give little feedback on how to make it better!
They genuinely don't have the time to give feedback like that with all the submissions they receive daily. Yes, it would help us a lot, but I don't blame them for not doing it. Not to mention, it would take even longer to hear replies from them (and it can take a year or more sometimes as it already is) if they personalized all of them.
Not to mention, it's not like their jobs involve only reading queries all day. It also involves working with their current clients to perfect their novels, talking to publishers and signing contracts to get their authors published, and I'm sure other things that I can't even think of right now.
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Posted 17 April 2012 - 12:27 PM
About the only advice I can give is what works for me. It may, or may not work for anyone else.
One; although I love writing, and won't stop for any reason I know of, it is NOT the key to my happiness. Happiness is an inside job. The odds are, a person who is not happy with themselves will not be happy no matter what they accomplish.
Two; rejection by a single person, or a group of people is NOT the end of the world. It's pretty much the same as the "cool" kids in school rejecting you. (Unless you happen to BE one of them. I wasn't.) Big deal! I still had friends, and they turned out to be better than the so called friends of the "in crowd." There are more ways than one to get to Rome.
Three; who am I trying to please? The agents, the readers, or myself. My answer is the readers, and there are more ways to reach them now-a-days than there has ever been in the history of storytelling. At one time the only way your story to the reader was through a publisher. That is certainly NOT the case any longer. After that, all that matters is what I'm willing to put into the work.
Last, but not least; in the end I'll leave this world with the exact same things I brought into it with me. NOTHING but myself. No amount of accomplishment, money, fame, or glory is going with me. All of that is left back here for others; I won't know a damned thing about it. The only thing any of us really possess is ourselves, all the rest is nothing more than temporary window dressing. So, why should I, or anyone else for that matter, allow these temporary things define us, or our happiness with ourselves? That's akin to trying to put out a forest fire by pissing kerosene on it. It just isn't going to get the job done.
Rejection is temporary; being happy and comfortable with yourself is as permanent as you allow it to be.
"But that's OK. There's treasure children always seek to find.
And just like us, you must have had, a Once Upon A Time."
~Elton John
Posted 18 April 2012 - 08:29 AM
As for agents not having time: for me, it comes down to common courtesy and professionalism. There are some things that just come with a job. If you are open to submissions, you should at least give the decency of a response (or have your assistant/gatekeeper do it). I've read a few agent websites that are written with such attitude, I wonder why they are even in the business.
Posted 18 April 2012 - 09:57 AM
Posted 18 April 2012 - 10:04 AM
- they already have enough stories for that issue
- your story doesn't fit the theme of the issue
- your story doesn't quite fit the style of the mag
- they have too many similar stories already
- they have a personal preference and your story doesn't fit it
- and, it has to be included: your just story isn't good enough quality
I used to send out upwards of 30 stories at a time, and watch the rejections come rolling back in (along with a fair proportion of acceptances, if I was lucky and had worked hard on editing) - it's not necessarily a case of becoming numb to it, but you develop a 'hey ho' relationship with the whole process. And that's all it is - they're not pointing their finger at you, as a person, and saying: YOU ARE TERRIBLE. They're just saying: "not for me, right now, because of any of the reasons above, and probably more besides, like 'I just don't have time to go through all these queries with a fully open mind' or 'I just sold a book on the same theme and I can't do another one' or 'I have a quota for x-type of stories' or 'I had a great aunt who was exactly like your main character and I hated her, therefore I can't bear to read about it'..." and on and on.
I'm no good at percentages, but I'd bet the split between luck and talent is very unbalanced. Yes it sucks to get a 'no'. But it's not going to kill you. You have to keep going and adjusting and honing, especially if you're getting a string of 'no's. Every time you get a personal, with some decent feedback (even if it's just a line saying: "I really liked XYZ but it's not for me"), treasure it and take hope - because as others have said, most agents don't bother to give you a 'real' reply. And then query someone else...
Oh, and I think people really underestimate the benefits of researching your agents thoroughly. You can't just submit to every agency who represent your genre. Look at the agents themselves, their bios, the types of books and authors they rep. I submitted to a big agent because I loved his author list and wanted to be up there with them. He politely declined, but passed me onto a colleague, who represented a whole list of very similar stories to mine - I hadn't really looked properly at her because I didn't know the authors' names, but she would have been a much better fit. (She passed too, natch, but still, lesson learned). Check out the new/junior agents who are looking to build up their client base - they're more likely to give your work a proper glance and take a chance (ooh, that rhymed, maybe it should be a slogan).
Think of it as a job interview - you don't get 'em all. Sometimes there's someone more suitable than you. Sometimes things just don't fit together. It's not a personal jab, it's just business, unfortunately.
Posted 18 April 2012 - 11:48 AM
It's a bit more touch-and-go for us because we're not creating "commercial product" …
… or are we?
Currently working on my first nonfiction book, "And Then We Saw an Eye: Caring for a Loved-One with Alzheimer's at Home."
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Just posted: 'After Benedict'
Now on our homepage, the editors on the ramifications of the resignation:
Even Benedicts most ardent supporters concede that his papacy has been marred by too many scandals and too many gaffes. The few glimpses the public has gotten into the opaque operations of the Holy Seefrom the Vatican bank controversy to the inept machinations of the popes own butlerreveal an institution in crisis. These intrigues are especially disconcerting as the church still struggles to come to terms with the legacy of the sexual-abuse crisis. Unfortunately, the courtly secrecy surrounding the deliberations to elect the next pope provides an all-too-obvious reminder of the lack of transparency and accountability in the operations of the entire hierarchy.In the modern era, but especially over the past half-century, there has been an unprecedented concentration of authority in the papacy and the Roman curia. Under the tireless and charismatic John Paul II, this focus on the pope seemed providential to many. Yet John Pauls commanding personality left little room for younger episcopal talent to flourish or alternative institutional structures of leadership and authority to develop. Only the most obdurate ultramontanists think the governance of a global church of more than 1 billion should rest principally on the shoulders of one man. In resigning for reasons of ill health and physical frailty, Benedict himself strongly suggested that the demands of the papacy have become a crippling burden, especially for a man of his age. Many think that the papacy is now a crippling burden for a man of any ageand that this is one of the many signs that ecclesial authority has become too centralized.
Read the entire editorial here.
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Lost promise of Joseph Ratzinger indeed. Pope Benedict has probably forgotten more than some his critics ever learned in the first place. Save the crocodile tears; Benedict is/will be fine.
The Vatican Council revealed two things. First, a lack of leadership on the highest level, especially as far as Pope John Paul and Pope Benedict are concerned. Rather than face the challenge offered by the Council and help the Church understand it, they chose to follow their fears and limit the Council. Second, the Council opened the door to a new vision of the Church, with a new understanding of the role of the baptized and the role of the Holy Spirit in helping establish an inner authority. . It seems clear to me that the institutional church, represented by the hierarchy, is simply incapable of walking through that door. And maybe that is as it should be. The majority of Catholics do not get past the fear of hell and the need for the external authority supplied by the institution. So maybae the Pope is forever the pope of those people. But he should not try to block the door to those who want to find out what is on the other side.
JPII and B16's church appeals to the indifferent, the fearful, and the ignorant. Collectively they are known as "sheople". I'm halfway hoping we get a pope so reactionary that he'll make B16 look like a moderate in his approach to gay civil marriage, women's ordination, collegiality, etc. Perhaps we need to see things getting so bad --- so very, very bad --- in the old institution before we have any possible hope of ecclesial renewal, the primary theme of Vatican II. Catholics really do need to take the Vatican, turn the da*n place upside down, and shake the literal hell out of it.Maybe we need an implosion or explosion, metaphorically speaking.
It would seem that circumstances call for a hermeneutic of rupture.
Take the neocons off the payroll and the renewal can begin.
Prior to VII there were only two kinds of Catholics from the perspective of rank and file members: good ones and bad ones. Good Catholics were those who went to Mass on Sundays and Holy Days, abstained from meat on Fridays, went to confession and communion (after following the rigorous fast) maybe as often as monthly, followed the precepts of the church, and were pretty much ready to follow whatever the Pope, bishops, priests, and nuns said that Catholics believe. Bad Catholics were those who screwed up most of the above or weren't very good at it and included those who failed to follow the marriage laws of the church. They were the infamous "fallen aways" who were destined for hell or the lowest rungs of purgatory. The media coverage--including that of the Catholic press--of VII made it clear that the bishops and the pope had had serious discussions about very important matters like the Mass and that there was more than one point of view expressed. It came as a surprise, even a shock, to many Catholics that any thinking at all might be involved in being a good Catholic. First they learned that not abstaining from meat on Fridays was really an option and that they could choose another kind of penance or charitable sacrifice. Huh! I could have sworn the Sisters said we were hell bound for eating meat. Then the communion fast was changed from twelve hours to three to just one. Then we could satisfy our Sunday obligation on Saturday evening. Then we were told that we only had to go to confession if we had mortal sins to confess, and that we should strive to receive Communion worthily every Sunday. For the first five years or more following the council there was a perception that "everything was up for grabs". This brought about a reaction from the Vatican especially from those who had warned against the danger of making so many "changes". In my diocese, a progressive and permissive bishop was followed by a lay down the law guy. Paul VI and John Paul I were followed by a lay down the law Pope who was enormously popular because of his peripatetic travel schedule. Then he got a hold of a lay down the law Prefect for the CDF who, in turn, became a lay down the law Pope. A whole new breed of "Super" or "Orthodox" Catholics emerged during those years to counteract the perceived distortions and heresies of the "Call to Action" liberals whom they saw as destroying the church. The question for me is: Have we had enough yet of the reaction to the reforms ushered in by VII? More importantly, have the Cardinals had enough? Are there among them those who can articulate an alternative path in which a new Pope can continue to affirm the eternal truths of the Gospel while at the same time reforming the central administration of the Church so as to give the bishops and bishops conferences a larger role in leading the church in its various dioceses, nations, and regions? Can this new Pope open up discussion by bishops, priests, and laity of vexing questions like is it time to welcome mature married men to the priesthood? Liberals can take it to the bank that a new pope is not going to raise the issue of ordaining women nor announce that the church is no longer opposed to gay marriage. I personally think a man like Cardinal Tagle of Manilla may be the kind of younger man (born in 1958) who as an Asian might be able to bring a new perspective. He was educated at Catholic University and speaks impeccable English. I think he also speaks Italian, but is probably not a Latin scholar. He would be a very "pastoral" Pope who could inspire people to give serious thought to considering listening and responding to the Good News of Jesus Christ.
John Feehily - Cardinal Tagle is among those who are fighting tooth and nail against legislation that would give women in the Phillippines access to modern birth control methods, calling its most recent step towards passage a "tragic event". He vows to continue to fight the legislation. This alone makes him an undesirable candidate for pope.
Anne: how is he fighting "tooth and nails"? For example, is he threatening to withhold communion from those who use birth control, or from those politicians who vote to give access to birth control, or from those who vote for those politicians who vote to give access to birth control?
... or from the pharmacists who sell birth control methods, or from the people who work for pharmaceutics companies that makes birth control pills, or from people who invest money in such companies?
or from doctors who write prescriptions for birth control, or from bakers who sell bread to doctors who write prescriptions for birth control?
Claire, I don't know if he personally is threatening to excommunicate or withhold sacraments from all politicians who support this legislation (or anyone in the pipeline). However, the Catholics Bishops Conference of the Philippines has threatened politicians who support the legislation with excommunication. I do know that he, along with his brothers in the hierarchy, do not want poor women to have access to anything but "natural" family planning and has not publicly opposed the Bishops Conference in its threats that I am aware of. It doesn't matter what he threatens or doesn't threaten personally, the mindset revealed by his rhetoric should rule him out from consideration. But then, there may not be anyone out there in potential-popeland who understands that the 1960s birth control commission had it right and would be brave enough to say so out loud. Given that the vast majority of the hierarchy and all of the voting aged cardinals were appointed by Benedict and his predecessor, it is not likely that there are many independent thinkers among the papabile.
Flock of sheep is what they are. Baa! Baa! Baa!
This small cadre of 16th century Catholics can't handle what B16 has done .. and quote their guru Joseph Bottum to add fuel to their easily-ignited fire: http://cal-catholic.com/wordpress/2013/02/20/the-papal-abdication/And note that he didn't resign, he abdicated.
According to The MoynihanReport of Robert Moynihan, an Italian newspaper La Repubblica, has reported that the report of the three old cardinals to Benedict about Vatileaks contains scandalous claims. Specifically, the cardinals are said to have reported to Benedict that there is a gay lobby in the Vatican (they name three names), pursuing what aims Moynihan doesn't say. Further:"The Report is explicit. A number of high-ranking prelates are being subjected to 'external influence' -- we would say blackmail -- from laypeople to whom they are linked by ties of a 'worldly nature.'"The matter of who should be candidates in this election no doubt is becoming even more fraught with uncertainty. Can't be good for the conclave.Sorry, I can't give you an internet address. I got the report as an email (it's a newsletter that comes out weekly or so), but it does not include an internet address. I assume the address will appear after the next report comes out.God help the electors.
Ann: the story has been picked up by "Le Figaro", the main French newspaper.Making homosexuality strictly taboo, like making marijuana illegal, has all sorts of deleterious side effects.
Claire --The BBC and others have now picked up the story.
Oops -- that should be: The Guardian.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/21/pope-retired-amid-gay-bishop...
"I was privileged to kiss Benedict's ring twice" (from California Catholic Daily's thread).The "river rat" in me is tempted to offer a word choice here :-)Sycophants all.
Look what story the Guardian is now running with:http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/21/pope-retired-amid-gay-bishop... has to be a growing, gnawing consciousness that B16's resignation maybe little more than Ratzinger trying to exit without the door hitting him on the way out.(Sorry, you'll have to copy and paste the web address yourself. I couldn't figure out how to activate the direct link.)
Commentator Andrew Sullivan's piece on "The Lost Promise of Joseph Ratzinger" is very compelling even though Sullivan does stop just short of stating the obvious: Ratzinger diverted from his early promise as a reformist theologian at Vatican2 when he embarked upon his quest up the clerical power ladder. Sadly, it seems that Ratzinger, for all his gifts, failed to accept Jesus' challenge: "Jesus said to [the young man], If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions." (Mk 19)http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/02/12/the-lost-promise-of-joseph-rat...
This pontificate will drown in words and sink through lack of managerial acumen. If the Curia is not a nest of vipers, I don't know what is. That's the fault of 2 pontificates of lousy leadership ... and lots of words.


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I'm wondering which one of these expressions is correct?
This stuff or these stuff?
I'm wondering which one of these expressions is correct?
This stuff or these stuff?
closed as general reference by RegDwigнt♦ Oct 18 '12 at 12:55
This question is too basic; it can be definitively and permanently answered by a single link to a standard internet reference source designed specifically to find that type of information.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
Stuff is a collective noun — it represents a group of objects. Just as one would say "this group" or "this pile," one would say "this stuff".
Stuff is an uncountable, uncount, or mass noun so "this stuff" is correct.
Stuff has a similar problem to the words content and land. they are already plural but we sometimes want to treat them as singular. E.g
Alf sold some stuff at auction.
Ben also sold some stuff.
Charlie also sold some stuff.
Dan didnt sell all his stuff.
We wish to say "3 out of 4 loads of stuff were sold at auction". Here the prefix "loads of" converts stuff to a singular collective noun phrase. "plot of" works for land. Not sure what works for "content". Some words (usually animals) already have collective nouns. E.g if stuff was sheep then we can say that "3 out of 4 flocks were sold at auction".
In your expressions, stuff is a noun and is uncountable. I would say it is "this stuff".
The only time I can think of stuff being plural is when it is a verb—as in he stuffs the turkey with ….


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International Services Home > International Students > Current International Students > Renewing a Student Visa > Student Visa Types
Your visa is the stamp in your passport that was issued to you by a U.S. consulate or embassy abroad. It is considered an entry document, so it only needs to be valid when you travel and plan to re-enter the United States. If it expires while you are studying in the United States, and you have no plans to travel outside the U.S., you will still be in status.
International students usually come to the United States with either a J-1 or F-1 visa.
F-1 Student Visa
The F-1 is the most common visa for undergraduate students at Saint Louis University. After you are admitted to the University, SLU will send you a Form I-20, which you will use to get the F-1 student visa.
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The J-1 exchange visitor visa is for students who will be attending Saint Louis University temporarily (one or two semesters). After you are admitted to the University, SLU will send you a Form DS-2019, which you will use to get the J-1 exchange visitor visa. Some exchange visitors are subject to a two year home residence requirement. Learn more about this requirement.
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text: Tis the season to be jolly! Hey guys, I'm back once again and with my return I bring presents. Today we will be learning "how to draw a Christmas gift", step by step. These are the only thing that really matters to kids and some childish adults when they awake Christmas morning. Seeing a box wrapped up in shinny comic book like paper topped with a decorative bow, makes you feel all warm, fuzzy and loved inside. I love receiving presents especially the small ones because small gifts means there is something real expensive and good inside. Have fun drawing a Christmas gift folks. I will come back in a bit with more for ya'll. Peace out people.


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I have a list of several dozen product attributes that people are concerned with, like
- Financing
- Manufacturing quality
- Durability
- Sales experience
and several million free-text statements from customers about the product, e.g.
"The financing was easy but the housing is flimsy."
I would like to score each free text statement in terms of how strongly it relates to each of the attributes, and whether that is a positive or negative association.
In the given example, there would be a strong positive association to
Financing and a strong negative association to
Manufacturing quality.
It feels like this type of problem is probably the realm of Natural Language Programming (NLP). However, I spent several hours reading up on things like OpenNLP and NLTK and find there's so much domain specific terminology that I cannot figure out where to focus to solve this specific problem.
So my three-part question:
- Is NLP the correct route to solve this class of problem?
- What aspect of NLP should I focus on learning for this specific problem?
- Are there alternatives I have not considered?


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Sarah's Room (Hardcover)
A beloved Sendak title finally available again to a new generation of children.
About the Author
Doris Orgel was born in 1929 in Vienna, Austria. To escape the rise of the Nazi party in Austria, her family fled to Yugoslavia and finally to New York. She attended Radcliffe College from 1946 to 1948 and graduated cum laude in 1950 from Barnard College. Prior to 1955, Ms. Orgel worked in magazine and book publishing. Since that time she has written and translated several fairy and folk tales, as well as served as a translator for other authors. Her first original book, Sarahs Room (1963) was published under the pseudonym Doris Adelberg. It was also republished in England and in Switzerland in German. In 1960, Ms. Orgel received the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for her translation of Willhelm Hauff's Dwarf Long-Nose (1960). She also worked as a childrens book reviewer for "The New York Times".


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Combination large-capacity hopper with a bit of a platform for ground feeders feeds many different types of birds and looks like an art piece in your yard. Large, hinged roof opens easily to reveal a wide opening for easy filling and no spilling. Peaked roof with wide overhang also protects seed from moisture. Seed diverter directs seeds into four bottom openings and gives birds easy access to seed. Wide platform at bottom accommodates even large birds like jays and cardinals. Feeder is crafted of insect- and rot-resistant premium cedar with a water-based protective stain. Clear, crack-resistant acrylic sides make it easy for birds to see seed. Clear acrylic sides slide in and out for easy cleaning. Rust free- hardware means it looks good and lasts. May be set on any flat surface or use Post Mount to mount on post. Exclusive 5-year manufacturer's warranty. 12" x 12" x 16" high; inside dimensions 7" x 7" x 11"high. Holds approximately 8 quarts of seed.
This feeder serves cardinals, chickadees, grosbeaks, finches, titmice, jays, nuthatches, juncos (and other ground feeding birds).
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Carroll County Memorial Hospital is introducing a new Pain Management Clinic to our expanding Outpatient Clinics. Dr. Dennison R. Hamilton MD, MPH, will begin seeing patients Friday, July 15, in the new CCMH Medical Plaza.
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Carroll County Memorial Hospital is excited to announce that we are moving our Outpatient Clinics into the new CCMH Medical Plaza. Staff is busy packing up and transitioning into the new space over the holiday weekend and we will be ready for business with our OB-GYN Clinic, Outpatient Surgery Clinic and Wound Clinic on Tuesday, July 5.
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Carroll County Memorial Hospital has reached another milestone as it is now performing Chemotherapy Treatments at the hospital.
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NYU uses a statistics analysis program called Urchin that provides detailed reports about who is visiting your website.
Reports include information about general traffic through your site, what content is most heavily read, and other userful statistics for analyzing the way people use your website.
The Urchin Analytics application is available to those content providers who manage pages on the university CMS or who manage pages on the legacy (e.g. - non-CMS) NYU web server.
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Arrests in Trash-Haul Scheme
Authorities arrested dozens of reputed members and associates of three alleged crime families on racketeering and other charges stemming from an extortion investigation involving garbage-hauling companies in New York and New Jersey.
Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney of the Southern District of New York, announced that 30 suspects were arrested on Wednesday following a 3½-year investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Westchester County Police and New York State Police. Two other men who will face charges from the investigation were expected to turn themselves in.
Authorities say many of those arrested were reputed members of the Gambino, Genovese and Luchese crime families.
Among those charged Wednesday was Carmine Franco, a 77-year-old man from Ramsey, N.J., who authorities said had the nickname of "Papa Smurf." Mr. Franco was once a major figure in the garbage-hauling business but had been barred from the industry after being convicted of corporate misconduct charges in 1998 for illegally disposing of trash out of state.
The indictment said that Mr. Franco continued to assert control over waste and hauling businesses by extorting proceeds from the owners of those companies. He was awaiting arraignment on racketeering, extortion and other charges Wednesday. Neither he nor his lawyer could be reached for comment.
Five reputed members of a Genovese crew located in Lodi, N.J., were also charged in the same indictment with racketeering for allegedly attempting to extort their own "protection money" from one of the company's that Mr. Franco allegedly secretly controlled.
Another man charged with extortion in the indictment is Mario Velez, a 44-year-old former New York State Police officer who had been assigned as a school resource officer at a Westchester County high school. Mr. Velez is charged along with two others in the indictment with allegedly forcing a trash hauler to turn his business over to them in 2011 while Mr. Velez was still on the police force. He was also awaiting arraignment Wednesday and couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
Others were charged with loan sharking to those working in the garbage-hauling business. One $12,500 loan, for example, came with an interest rate of $375 a week, the indictment states. The indictment charges that other men were involved in stealing garbage containers and selling them to rival trash hauling businesses.
"The indictments show the ongoing threat posed by mob families and their criminal associates," said FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge George C. Venizelos in a statement. "In addition to the violence that often accompanies their schemes, the economic impact amounts to a mob tax on goods and services. The arrests—the culmination of a long and thorough investigation—also show the ongoing determination of the FBI to diminishing the influence of La Cosa Nostra."
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I'm having fully functional user signup/authentication system using express and connect middleware.
app.use(express.session({store: require('connect').session.MemoryStore( {reapInterval: 60000 * 10} ) }))
The only problem is that sessions drop every time you perform server restart.
https://github.com/remy/nodemon - and nodemon restarts node.js every time it detects a file change.
How can I have persistent sessions ?


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Harley Quinn's Greatest Moments from "Batman: The Animated Series"
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Was "Greatest American Hero" nearly a Superboy TV series? Did Warren Ellis use a loophole to kill off his Stormwatch characters? Plus, a Mutt and Jeff comic about...suicide?!!?
CBR News spoke with Howard Mackie about DC Comics' upcoming "Second Wave" title, "The Ravagers." Mackie described his plans for the book and the meta-teens from N.O.W.H.E.R.E.
DC has revealed a first look at Ian Churchill's art for "The Ravagers" #1 written by Howard Mackie featuring Dr. Caitlin Fairchild. The "Second Wave" book launches in May.
Scott Lobdell's "Teen Titans" and Jeff Lemire's "Animal Man" are the first of DC's New 52 to get the annual issue treatment this May.
CBR spoke with writer Keith Giffen and writer/artist Dan Jurgens about Helspont, Jimmy Olsen and what's in store for the Man f Tomorrow when their run on "Superman" starts with issue #7.
Writer Scott Lobdell spoke with CBR about the Boy of Steel's upcoming battle with Rose Wilson, the significance of Caitlin Fairchild and teases the inevitable meeting with Superman.
DC Comics has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of "Teen Titans" #4. Written by Scott Lobdell with art and cover by Brett Booth, the issue hits stores December 28.
This week, learn how Superboy almost had a TV series during the 1960s! Plus, discover the Aquaman mini-series that never was, and the strange origins of the Marvel villain Shuma-Gorath.
DC Comics has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth's "Teen Titans" #2. The team starts to come together Wednesday, October 26!
At the DC All Access Superman panel at New York Comic Con, DC Editor In Chief Bob Harras joined the writers and artist behind the Superman books, announcing "Superman: Earth One" and more.
Scott Lobdell writes "Red Hood and the Outlaws," "Superboy" and "Teen Titans" for DC Comics, and thanks to the publisher's launch of the New 52, he has a clean slate to tell his tales of the teenage titans.
DC Comics claims its relaunched number one issues are new reader-friendly, so CBR News asked non-comic book readers to weigh in on the latest batch of New 52 titles, including "Red Lanterns," "Superboy" and more.
DC Comics' New 52 flood of art via Twitter continues with today featuring a page from DnA's new "Resurrection Man" and several pages of pencils from R.B. Silva's "Superboy" leading the charge.
Courtesy of DC Comics, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Superboy" #11. The series final issue by Jeff Lemire, Pier Gallo, Pete Woods and Cafu hits stores August 17.
Courtesy of DC Comics, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Superboy" #10. Written by Jeff Lemire, the series penultimate issue hits stores on Wednesday, August 3.
DC Comics has released the solicitation information for Superman titles releasing in October, 2011, including the second issues of "Action Comics," "Superman," "Superboy" and "Supergirl."
Courtesy of DC Comics, CBR presents exclusive previews of the Jeff Lemire-written "Superboy" #9 and "Jonah Hex" #69 illustrated by Lemire and written by the team of Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti.
Writer Scott Lobdell discusses about his relaunched "Teen Titans" and "Superboy" series for DC Comics, as well as his views on modern comic book storytelling.
As we close in on the halfway point for 2011, Tim looks back on the best comics of the year (so far), and identifies ten that stand out, including "iZombie," "Nonplayer," "Superboy," and "Scalped."
Today's DC Comics' relaunch announcement is teen-centric, with news on new Legion titles, Static, a Scott Lobdell-helmed "Teen Titans" and a Rob Liefeld-illustrated Hawk & Dove ongoing series.
DC Comics has released a preview of "Superboy" #6 by Jeff Lemire and guest artist Marco Rudy with a cover by Eddy Barrows. It's Doomsday versus the Boy of Steel tomorrow, April 13!
CBR News spoke with Jeff Lemire about Doomsday crashing smack dab into Smallville in April's "Superboy" #6, but first we asked a few questions about this week's first ever race between Superboy and Kid Flash.
It's the Boy of Steel versus the Fastest Boy Alive in DC Comics' preview for "Superboy" #5 as Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo detail the face-off between Teen Titans Superboy and Kid Flash! The race begins Wednesday, March 9.
The CW has released a new clip and preview for this week's all-new episode of "Smallville," introducing Connor Kent to Clark, Lois and the rest of the cast. "Scion" airs Friday at 8PM, 7PM Central.
Another face familiar to fans of the DC Universe will make its way onto The CW's decade-long Superman drama as producers have confirmed Connor Kent will enter the story in advance of Michael Rosenbaum's Lex Luthor.
DC Comics has released a preview for "Superboy" #3. The issue, written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Pier Gallo, features covers by Phil Noto and Dustin Nguyen and hits stores tomorrow, January 5.
In the first of a special four-part feature, CBR invited some of DC Comics' rising writer stars to interview each other, starting with Scott Snyder digging into the history of "Sweet Tooth" and "Superboy" with Jeff Lemire.
With "Sweet Tooth" Vol. 2 in stores this week, CBR News checked in with writer/artist Jeff Lemire to see what lies ahead for the nine-year old boy with antlers trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.
In his first interview with CBR News, "Superboy" artist Pier Gallo shared which American and European artists he calls upon as influences in his work, what he loves most about drawing Conner Kent and more.
CBR's Doug Zawisza gave "Superboy" #1 a rare 5 star review, calling Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo's take on the Teen of Steel "a great first issue that offers a lot of promise and delivers one hell of a fun read."
Augie likes both DC's new "Superboy" title and Michel Gagne's "The Saga of Rex" collection. Also, some of the costumes Augie noticed this past Halloween inspire hope for the future of comics. Or do they?
DC Comics has released a preview of "Superboy" #1 by Jeff Lemire and artist Pier Gallo with covers by Rafael Albuquerque and John Cassaday. The new era of the Teen of Steel begins next Wednesday, November 3!
In this update to a pair of CBLRs, see the odd way Superboy and Supergirl were once written out of the Legion and see J.M. DeMatteis' dramatically different original ending to Marvel's "Star Wars" #46!
A Batman Beyond ongoing series? A new headlining character for "Adventure Comics" after "Flashpoint"? Conner Kent playing hockey in "Superboy"? All were discussed at the DC Universe panel at Fan Expo in Toronto, Canada.
Learn the strange behind-the-scenes journey Geoff Johns took on his way to changing Superboy's origin! Plus, what is the connection between a caveman comic strip and David Bowie? Find out today!
When his run kicks off in "Teen Titans" #88, J.T. Krul says readers will see an A-list roster including fan favorites Superboy and Kid Flash and that he has big plans for the team well beyond the 100th issue.
ROBOT 6's Tim O'Shea spoke with Jeff Lemire about his plans while working on DC Comics' Atom and Superboy, the future of "Sweet Tooth," his writing and plotting techniques and much more.
Jeff Lemire spoke with CBR about his exclusive deal with DC Comics, sharing details on why the time was right for this type of an arrangement, why he's so excited about co-writing "Adventure Comics" and more.
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Both have their own importance. I like both FB and Twitter. I want to try my hand at Pinterest which has been creating a lot of buzz.
I use twitter and facebook google plus but I am confused which one is better in social media marketing. Somebody says twitter and some says Facebook and some people says google Plus..
if you want to do social media marketing in India than facebook is better and if your want to do markeiting in global than twitter is better.
There is really no point in this question as to which is better, because they are both free to use and different people will get different results.
Thread closed.
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I installed gnome-shell - for who knows what reason - on Natty, from gnome3 launchpad PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
sudo apt-get install gnome-session
After I realized I made mistake:
ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
and reverted system to previous state. Everything seems fine except one problem - vertical spacing on some gtk elements. I had screenshot taken week ago and made new one for comparison (left window is good and right is bad):
Screenshot is from scite editor, but it's same in other editors, in Eclipse, in Nautilus side pane... Everything is condensed and in some cases (Firefox 10 dropdown addressbar history) bottom part of font is missing because of this issue.
Changing theme doesn't help, so it's not some gtkrc issue. If I use spartan non GTK+ theme there is not issue, in case it matters
Can I do something to solve this issue?
Update 1:
I launched Guest Session, and there were no issues, so problem is in my own profile.
I deleted ~/.compiz folder, but nothing changed after relogin
Following the link provided by Amith, I did:
gconftool --shutdown
killall -r -I -9 dconf
killall -r -I -9 gconf
mv gconf-backup .gconf
mv config-dconf .config/dconf
sudo reboot
Still nothing :(
What else could it be?
Update 2:
I managed to make Nautilus side pane as before, by hand crafting current theme's gtkrc file:
GtkTreeView::vertical_separator = 2
Now if someone could only provide tip how to set vertical separator for editors gtk widgets (whatever they are called). I could not find any reference
Also I found out that root user doesn't have this problem, as can be seen from this screen-shot:
In case someone gets other idea ;)


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A Bid for Victory - Building the eBay Editor's Challenge NovaWritten by on May 15, 2006 Contributors: Bob Mehlhoff Burning Rubber and Budgets for Charity
Elsewhere in this issue we detailed the buildup of two project cars, a Fox Mustang and a Nova, constructed for the eBay Motors Editor's Charity Challenge. In addition to the efforts of those two teams, there were eight additional groups of editors from other titles that prepared vehicles of their own. The ultimate objective of this exercise was to have all of the teams convene on a level playing field with their completed vehicles to shoot it out for the glory that can only come from defeating a small group of your peers. Those who conspired to engineer the Editor's Challenge were obviously well aware of the competitive nature of magazine types and wisely sought to use that ego factor to add an element of drama to the program--a well-calculated plan.
The ChallengeThe basic guidelines were simple: Take $25,000, buy a vehicle on eBay, and spend the balance of the budget upgrading the vehicle to improve its performance for the Editor's Challenge. The program began about four months prior to the event, and the rules allowed for 20 percent of the budget (after purchasing the vehicle) to be spent outside of eBay to allow for labor costs or other specific items that couldn't be acquired on eBay (though these days there's little that can't be found there). The structure of the Challenge event was laid out up front: an automotive triathlon consisting of a dragstrip competition, braking test, and slalom course. The vehicle selected and the scheme for its metamorphosis were left completely to the imagination of the team members.
The CompetitionAs would be expected, the vehicles selected tended to fall in line with the subject matter for each team's magazines, making for an interesting field of competitors. The Mustang Cobra and the Nova were obvious choices for their respective teams; less apparent was the reasoning behind selections like Hot Rod's front-engine dragster. Motor Trend selected a late-model VW Golf with an all-wheel-drive conversion and a heavily boosted VR6 engine, while the European titles scored a '95 BMW M3 and then made it even better with a turbo kit, bigger brakes and stickier rolling stock. Truck entries posed less of a threat; and then there were the bikes, including a Suzuki GSX-R 1000--a ringer right off the showroom floor.
As is often the case with magazine projects, most teams had to thrash to complete their vehicles for the event, but all 10 were present that morning, including the Hot Rod rail, finished just hours earlier. There was little breakage and none of the teams fell out of the competition as a result of mechanical issues. In the end, the GSX-R took the glory, but all of the vehicles will be offered for auction in the near future, with the proceeds going to charity. Check out eBay Motors for additional coverage of the Editor's Challenge and to find out when the auctions for the vehicles will begin so you can bid to make one of these gems your very own.
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|Lane Splitters
|'92 Harley Davidson FXR
|79.3 mph
|Euro Trash
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|Motor Trend
|'00 VW Golf
|68.4 mph
|Deadly Viper
|Assassination Squad
|'94 Acura Integra
|64.1 mph
|Got Boost
|'93 Ford Mustang Cobra
|60.5 mph
|Dirt Rider
|Honda CR80R
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|Custom Truck
|'97 Chevy Silverado
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Ron Krabill: Associate Professor
Adjunct Professor: Communications, UW Seattle; Culture, Communication and Media Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Ph.D., Sociology & Historical Studies, New School for Social Research
Areas of expertise: Social Movements, Media, Postcolonial Studies, Southern Africa, Public Scholarship
Rebecca Aanerud: Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., English, University of Washington
Areas of expertise: Feminist/Womanist Theory, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, Wisdom Studies, Ethics and Social Justice Studies
Christian Anderson: Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Geography, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Areas of expertise: Cities and Urban Processes, Everyday Life, Inequality and Social Justice, Geography and Social Space, Ethnography
Dan Berger: Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Areas of expertise: American Studies, Critical Race Theory, Social Movements, Prison Studies, Media and Cultural Studies
Lauren Berliner: Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Communication, University of California, San Diego
Areas of expertise: Critical Pedagogy, Media Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Visual Studies, Digital Media Studies, Film and Media Production, Youth Media
Bruce Burgett: Professor
Ph.D., English, University of California, Berkeley
Areas of expertise: American Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender and Queer Studies, Critical Race Studies, Public Culture
S. Charusheela: Associate Professor
Ph.D., Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ben Gardner: Associate Professor
Ph.D., Geography, University of California, Berkeley
Areas of expertise: Global, Cultural and Environmental Politics, Africa, Development, Cultural Geography.
Kristin Gustafson: Lecturer
B.A. English and Women's Studies, St. Olaf College
M.A. Mass Communication, University of Minnesota
Ph.D. Communication, University of Washington
Areas of expertise: Journalism, Media, Communications
Susan Harewood: Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Areas of expertise: Media and Communication Studies, Caribbean Studies, Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Popular Music Studies.
Kari Lerum: Associate Professor
Adjunct Professor: Women Studies, UW Seattle
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Washington
Areas of expertise: Gender, Sexuality, Organizations, Culture, Visual Studies.
Jed Murr: Lecturer
Ph.D., English, University of Washington
Areas of expertise: American Studies, Cultural Studies, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Popular Visual, Literary, and Sonic Cultures, Violence and Social Movements.
Yolanda Padilla: Assistant Professor
Ph.D., English, University of Chicago
Areas of expertise: Theories of Race and Subject Formation, Border Studies, Study of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Americas.
Julie Shayne: Senior Lecturer
Affiliate Associate Professor: Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UW Seattle
Ph.D., Sociology, University of California at Santa Barbara
M.A., Women Studies, San Francisco State University
Areas of expertise: Feminism and Revolution in Latin America and the diaspora, Social Movements and Culture, Political Exile, and Critical Development Studies.
Eric Stewart: Associate Professor
Ph.D., Clinical-Community Psychology, University of Illinois
Areas of expertise: Community Psychology, Prevention and Promotion, Theories of Change, Queers, Cultural History of HIV/AIDS, Research Methods.
Amoshaun Toft: Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Communications, University of Washington
Areas of expertise: Discourse and Language, Media Studies, Technology and Society, Network Studies, Social Movements, Poverty and Homelessness
Miriam Bartha: Director of Graduate Programs, IAS
Ph.D., English, Rutgers University
Areas of expertise: Humanities, Public Scholarship, Cultural Studies.
Shannon Cram: Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Geography, University of California, Berkeley
Areas of expertise: Environmental and Health Justice, Social Studies of Science, Critical Geography, Atomic Studies
Johanna Crane: Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Medical Anthropology, University of California San Francisco/Berkeley
Areas of expertise: Anthropology of Medicine, Illness, and the Body; Global Health and Inequality; Social Studies of Science and Technology; Postcolonial Technoscience.
Sarah Dowling: Assistant Professor
Ph.D., English, University of Pennsylvania
Areas of expertise: Modern and Contemporary Literature, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Ethnic Studies, Creative Writing and Poetics.
Jeanne Heuving: Professor
Ph.D., University of Washington, English
Areas of expertise: Cultural Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cross Genre Writing.
Bruce Kochis: Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., Slavic, University of Michigan
Areas of expertise: Policy Studies, Human Rights, East European Studies.
Carrie Lanza: Lecturer
Ph.C., Social Welfare, University of Washington; M.S.W., University of Michigan
Areas of expertise: Community engaged scholarship, social work and welfare policy history, visual studies, community arts and social movements
Joe Milutis: Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Modern Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Areas of expertise: Media Production, Literary and Cultural Studies, Experimental and Hybrid Art Forms, Sound and Radio.
Georgia Roberts: Lecturer
Ph.C., English, University of Washington
Areas of expertise: Global Hip Hop Culture, American and Comparative Cultural Studies, Critical Race Theory, Public Scholarship
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