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Jurors find Jodi Arias eligible for death penalty
PHOENIX — The jury that convicted Jodi Arias of first-degree murder last week took less than three hours Wednesday to determine that the former waitress is eligible for the death penalty in the killing of her one-time lover.
The swift verdict sets the stage for the final phase of the trial to determine whether the 32-year-old Arias should be sentenced to life in prison or the death penalty for the 2008 murder of Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home.
Prosecutors will call Alexander's family and other witnesses in an effort to convince the panel Arias should face the ultimate punishment.
Arias' defense lawyers will have her family members testify, and likely others who have known her over the years, in an attempt to gain sympathy from jurors to save her life.
Arias showed no emotion Wednesday after the jury returned a decision that was widely expected given the violent nature of the killing.
She slashed Alexander's throat, stabbed him in the heart and shot him in the forehead after a day of sex at his home in June 2008.
The victim suffered a total of nearly 30 knife wounds in what prosecutors described as an attack fueled by jealous rage after Alexander wanted to end his affair with Arias and prepared to take a trip to Mexico with another woman.
The jury simply had to determine the killing was committed in an especially cruel and heinous manner to complete the "aggravation phase" of the trial and move on to the penalty portion. The panel got the case around noon, took a lunch break and returned with the verdict around 3 p.m.
Alexander's family members sobbed in the front row as prosecutor Juan Martinez took the jury through the killing one more time earlier in the day.
He described how blood gushed from Alexander's chest, hands and neck as the 30-year-old motivational speaker and businessman stood at the sink in his master bathroom and looked into the mirror with Arias behind him, a knife in her hand.
"The last thing he saw before he lapsed into unconsciousness ... was that blade coming to his throat," Martinez said. "And the last thing he felt before he left this earth was pain."
Wednesday's proceedings played out quickly, with only one prosecution witness and none for the defense.
The most dramatic moments occurred when Martinez displayed photos of Alexander's corpse and the bloody crime scene for the jury, then paused in silence for two minutes to describe how long he said it took for Alexander to die at Arias' hands.
Arias appeared to fight back tears most of the morning, but didn't seem fazed by the verdict.
Afterward she chatted with her attorneys.
She spent the weekend on suicide watch before being transferred back to an all-female jail where she will remain until sentencing.
Arias' attorneys didn't put on much of a case during the aggravation phase, offering no witnesses and giving brief opening statements and closing arguments. They said Alexander would have had so much adrenaline rushing through his body that he might not have felt much pain.
The only witness was the medical examiner who performed the autopsy and explained to jurors how Alexander did not die calmly and fought for his life as evidenced by the numerous defensive wounds on his body.
Minutes after her first-degree murder conviction last Wednesday, Arias granted an interview to Fox affiliate KSAZ, only adding to the circuslike environment surrounding the trial that has become a cable TV sensation with its graphic tales of sex, lies and violence.
"Longevity runs in my family, and I don't want to spend the rest of my natural life in one place," a tearful Arias said. "I believe death is the ultimate freedom, and I'd rather have my freedom as soon as I can get it."
However, Arias cannot choose the death penalty. It's up to the jury to recommend a sentence.
Arias acknowledged killing Alexander but said it was self-defense.
She initially denied any involvement, even proclaiming to a detective while being interrogated in 2008: "I'm not guilty. I didn't hurt Travis. If I hurt Travis, I would beg for the death penalty."
She later blamed the attack on masked intruders. Two years after her arrest, she settled on self-defense.


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Supporters of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants to gather at Capitol today
They call it ASSET, or "Advancing Students for a Stronger Economy Tomorrow," and supporters of the idea will gather at the Capitol this morning at a press conference promoting Senate Bill 126.
The bill, sponsored by Sens. Angela Giron, D-Pueblo, and Michael Johnston, D-Denver, would allow high school students who are illegal immigrants who have graduated from Colorado high schools to attend a state college or university at the in-state tuition rate.
The bill is similar to one that died in 2009 in the state Senate after a handful of Democrats joined Republicans in voting no. Supporters are hoping their luck changes this year with a retooled bill that would prevent illegal immigrants from being granted College Opportunity Fund scholarships, which are basically disbursements of state higher education funding that follow the individual student.
By not giving these students COF funding, proponents of the bill argue, there won't be any direct impact on the state budget. Opponents counter that colleges and universities still get lump-sum appropriations from the state, so there would still be an impact.

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The Rolling Stones opened up their 2013 North American leg of their "50 And Counting..." tour Friday night in Los Angeles, but it was rather obvious special guest Gwen Stefani didn't quite get the memo.
The group's 23-song set at Staples Center kicked off with the UCLA Marching Band coming out before "Get Off My Cloud" but it was Stefani's guest appearance during "Wild Horses" which had many diehard fans talking afterwards. As shown in a YouTube clip, Stefani didn't quite know the lyrics to the classic, fumbling through a few lines in the second verse before Mick Jagger saved her from further embarrassment.
The lyrics are: "I watched you suffer a dull aching pain/Now you decided to show me the same/No sweeping exits or off stage lines/Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind." However seconds into the clip (which doesn't show the entire song) Stefani can be heard singing "...give me the same" before the snafu continues.
The No Doubt singer — sporting a sleeveless Stones t-shirt — continues "No offstage... could help me feel bitter." From there Jagger — positioned to Stefani's left, looks at her before glancing downward to what is most likely the lyrics teleprompter. Meanwhile, guitarist Keith Richards gives Stefani a glance wondering what just happened.
"It would never make me feel bitter or treat you unkind," Stefani continues before Jagger comes in for the chorus. The remainder of the song is error-free but Jagger seems to keep a watchful eye on Stefani throughout.
"Gwen Stefani, thanks Gwen," Jagger says as the two hug after the song, adding he's got to "get one of those t-shirts." Stefani also got kudos from fellow No Doubt member Tom Dumont.
According to authoritative Stones fan site It's Only Rock N' Roll the concert also featured the live premiere of "Emotional Rescue" as well as the inclusion of "Factory Girl," a song the band hadn't played since 1997. Keith Urban appeared as a special guest for "Respectable" while former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor guested on "Midnight Rambler." But one poster to the fan site's message board didn't mince words regarding Stefani. "The looks mick and keith give her when she butchers the lyric is amusing... sad that they have guests come on who don't even know the songs," a poster named Sonomastone wrote.
The tour continues Sunday night at Oakland's Oracle Arena.


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Park Planners' Toolbox
This toolbox contains documents and links to other resources for park and recreation providers.
The documents are available in Adobe .pdf format. If it's not already installed on your computer, you can download it for free by clicking on the following link: Adobe Reader .
Resources, Tools & Publications
See our collection of resources, tools and publications below, organized into five sections:
- The California Park Planner newsletter, May 2010 (8 pages, 765kb .pdf) features articles on maximizing park services when funds are tight.
- CPRS 2007 -Crafting a New Benefit Assessment (32 pages, power point, 2.53 mb, pdf)
- Crafting a New Benefit Assessment (6 pages, 47 kb .pdf, Nov. 2006)
Here are some useful links for funding and grant information:
- Sure Ways to Get Your Grant... And Other Words of Advice (74 kb .pdf, November 2005)
- Local Needs Assessment Report (104 pages, 1.2 mb .pdf, June 2004 )
- Directory of Grant Funding Sources for California Park and Recreation Providers, March 2004 (143 pages, 700 kb .pdf)
- Getting a Grip on Grants: A How-to Guide for Park and Recreation Providers, February 2004 (136 pages, 532 kb .pdf) For your convenience, download sections separately:
- Front & Back Covers (4 pages, 81 kb .pdf)
- Getting a Grip Body of document (80 pages, 223 kb .pdf)
- Grip Appendices Only (52 pages, 202 kb .pdf)
- Better than Chasing a Rainbow: Practical ways parks can find new fiscal resources (28 kb .pdf, January 2004)
- Paying for Parks: An Overview of Fiscal Resources for Local Park and Recreation Agencies, 2003 (57 pages, 1.2 mb .pdf)
Trends/Demographics/Public Opinion
- Recreation Opportunity Bulletin: Here Come the Millennials (8 pages, 5 mb .pdf) March 2010
- Survey on Public Opinions and Attitudes on Outdoor Recreation in California, 2009 Summary findings (12 pages, 1 mb .pdf) and 2009 Complete findings (300 pages, 2.6 mb .pdf)
- Recreation Trends Worth Talking About (6 pages, 64 kb .pdf, June 2006)
- Volunteers: What Park and Recreation Professionals Want to Know (6 pages, 50 kb .pdf, Nov. 2006)
- Newest Publications, Surveys, and Studies Highlight Current Recreation Trends, Local Needs, Health and Wellness (3 pages, 132 kb .pdf, May 2006)
- Trends Worth Talking About (2.7 mb .pdf) CPRS Conference, March 16-19, 2006
- Park and Recreation Trends in California (23 pages, 1 mb .pdf) May 2005
- Trends Worth Talking About (1.7 mb .pdf) CPRS Conference, March 9-12, 2005
- What School Superintendents Think about Recreation (109 kb .pdf) California Parks & Recreation Society Conference, March 12-13, 2004
- Let My People Play: Opportunities for Cities (35 slides, 316 kb .pdf), League of California Cities Annual Meeting, September 9, 2003.
- Business Leaders' Opinions of Parks and Recreation: California Chambers of Commerce Survey Results (3 pages, 81 kb .pdf, 2003)
- Education Leaders' Opinions of Parks and Recreation: A Survey of California School Superintendents, 2003 (85 pages, 327 kb .pdf)
- California Leaders' Opinions of Parks and Recreation (126 kb .pdf), Survey of County Board of Supervisors, County Executives, Legislators and Mayors, 2002 - Survey being updated June 2006
- Business Leaders' Opinions of Parks and Recreation: A Survey of California Chambers of Commerce, May 2002 (45 pages, 231 kb .pdf)
- Recreation Opportunity Bulletin - Group Areas for Picnicking and Camping (6 pages, 6 mb, pdf, May 2009)
- California Recreation Trails Plan is a guide produced by California State Parks for California agencies and recreation providers that manage trails.
- Recreation Trends Worth Talking About (6 pages, 51 kb .pdf, May 2006)
- California's Recreation Policy (900 kb .pdf, 2005)
- Health and Social Benefits of Recreation (1.2 mb .pdf, March 2005)
- Alternative Camping for California State Parks (748 kb .pdf), 2005 California State Parks Conference / California State Park Rangers Association, March 7-10, 2005.
- Take a Look Under the Hat: Resources for Tourism Providers (31 slides, 2.9 mb .pdf), 2004 Rural Tourism Conference, California Travel Industry Association, October 15, 2004.
- Educating Trail Users: Advice for Planning Interpretive Trail Signs and Exhibits (126 kb .pdf, August 2002)
- Multi-use Trails: Ensuring Successful Regional Planning (145 kb .pdf, May 2002)
- Pilot Program for Unleashed Dog Areas (11 pages, 46 kb .pdf, December 2001)
- CPRS 2007 -Agricultural Conservation Easements for Public Use (35 pages, power point, 2.50 kb, pdf)
- Land Conservation Tools: the Effective Use of Agricultural Conservation Easements and the Williamson Act (5 pages, 59 kb .pdf, June 2006)
- Planning Handbook - April 2010
The Planning Handbook provides information and guidance to planning teams and others preparing planning documents (e.g., General Plans). This handbook will be updated periodically as revisions become necessary or additional guidelines are prepared.
- Tried and True Public Relations and Promotional Tools (73 pages, 684 kb, pdf)
- California History Plan: Telling the Stories of the Californians, published in 2009 by the Archaeology, History and Museums division, is for stewards of California's cultural and historic resources.
- CPRS Crafting a New Benefit Assessment (32 pages, 2.53 mb, pdf, March 2007)
- CPRS Agricultural Conservation Easements for Public Use (35 pages, 2.50 kb, pdf, March 2007)
- The Gift of Time: Effective Volunteer Program Management for Local Park and Recreation Agencies (73 pages, 324 kb .pdf) is a guidebook developed by California State Parks to help local park and recreation agencies establish successful volunteer programs.
- Innovative Practices: Case Studies, Vol.1, October 2004 (157 pages, 3.6 mb .pdf), a compendium of innovative solutions and ideas submitted by park and recreation professionals, including topics highly relevant to today's rapidly changing profession.
- Park and Recreation Professional's Glossary (137 pages, 766 kb .pdf, July 2004)
- Media Strategies: Tips from a Professional Reporter, Roy Stearns (63 kb .pdf, April 2003)
- Media Strategies for Park & Recreation Professionals (8 slides, 76 kb .pdf), 2003 CPRS Conference
- Quimby Act 101: An Abbreviated Overview (107 kb .pdf, May 2002)


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Area 69 is the highly protected and secretive government research facility in the heart of Bone County, San Andreas depicted in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. It sits immediately to the south of Verdant Meadows, to the west of Las Venturas, to the east of El Castillo del Diablo, and directly to the north of Green Palms.
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Design and usage Edit
The base is a spoof of the Area 51 in southern Nevada, but named after the 69 sexual position. The in-game base differs greatly from Area 51, evidenced by the lack of a runway, smaller overall size, and different layout. In the past, Area 69 was associated with the long-held rumor of aliens and UFO sightings in the game. Entering or flying over the base will result in a 5-star wanted level. Flying over the base results not only in the wanted level, but also tracking and attack from SAM sites and pursuing Hydras. Flying too close to the edge of the base will also result in attack from the nearest SAM site, although a wanted level will not be obtained if close enough to the base's periphery. The base's four SAM sites may be destroyed using powerful weaponry such as missiles from a jet, a rocket launcher, or a minigun. Furthermore, their heat-seeking missiles may be avoided using countermeasures (flares), if equipped on the player's aircraft.
The base houses various clandestine government projects, including the Black Project Jetpack, a couple of weapons, including the Minigun and the SPAS 12, and a couple of body armor and health icon spawn points. Echoing the conspiracy theories surrounding Area 51, it is implied that the facility may be tied to local housing projects involving UFOs and extraterrestrial life, as suggested by the presence of the nearby Lil' Probe'Inn, the dialog on the base's PA system during the "Black Project" mission (Quotes: "Would the owner of a green alien saucer move it somewhere else please." "Would the personnel working with the alien body, please put it away." and "Personnel found stealing alien technology will not be invited to the next employee outing."), and by dialog on Marvin Trill's in-game radio show. Much of the base consists of underground research labs, although the player can only enter these labs during the course of a single mission (or by finding a way into San Andreas' "Blue Hell" — an area under the main terrain mesh — and finding the underground base there). The above-ground structures include a series of control towers, guard posts, small airstrip and garages for military vehicles. These garages are the first area in the game in which military vehicles will automatically spawn.
Local impact Edit
An "unauthorized" photo of Area 69
Added by Eganio
Public relations for Area 69 have suffered from a great deal of distrust and suspicion from the people of Bone County. There have been reported over 30 deaths due to people attempting to trespass onto the base. In fact, front-page headlines of an issue of The San Andreas Times read, Over 30 people killed in Area 69, Demolish Area 69!!, and also Area 69 = Rubbish.
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M4 - Behind a staircase leading to a watchtower
Night Vision Goggles - On a watchtower platform
Thermal Vision Goggles - Inside the control room
SPAS-12 - In a dark Floor inside the base
Vehicles Edit
Barracks (on airstrip)
Two Hydras (after Vertical Bird)
Cargobob (near Hydras)
Patriot (on airstrip)
Two Rhino tanks (in hangars on airstrip; after Black Project)
Tug (within underground complex; only during Black Project)
Events of GTA San Andreas Edit
After making his way out to Bone County to meet up with Mike Toreno at the abandoned airstrip, Carl Johnson begins performing dangerous and difficult tasks for this shady government agent, whose "paymasters" remain unidentified (although it is speculated that Toreno may be working for the NSA or the CIA). After temporarily satisfying Toreno's wishes, Carl receives an unexpected visit at the airstrip from The Truth, who Carl hasn't seen since leaving San Fierro. The Truth, disturbed by Carl's allegiance to Toreno, makes his own request: to steal the Black Project from the nearby Area 69 military research facility. The Truth drops Carl off in front of the facility's main gate, and drives off in a hurry, leaving Carl to infiltrate the base alone. Armed with thermal vision goggles, Carl sneaks into the base, and down into the underground research labs. Carl is forced to shoot his way through soldiers and scientists alike, as he makes his way into the depths of the compound, where he finally locates the jetpack. Climbing into the jetpack's straps, Carl boldly applies thrust and escapes through the open sky bay overhead, and blasts off away from the facility as quickly as possible to avoid being shot down by SAM sites and military personnel. As he escapes, a voice over the loudspeaker can be heard frantically shouting, "Get General Mills on the line!", a tongue-in-cheek reference to an American cereal manufacturer.
The name is a reference to the sex position called 69.
The jetpack is the most rapid means of infiltrating the base, but at the cost of being attacked by SAM sites, even at ground level, as the game considers the jetpack to be an aircraft.
In one of the underground labs, a crowbar is seen, may be a reference to Gordon Freeman's (the protagonist of the Half Life series) signature melee weapon.
The underground building can be accessed by driving a Freeway onto the air vents and getting off the bike. Carl should fall through the vent and appear in the base next to the Minigun.[1] There are only two ways to get out: by killing Carl, or by standing under the vent and trying to get back on the Freeway - Carl may appear back on it if done correctly.
If the player enters the area of the base where the Rhinos spawn (and the Cargobob), there is a mysterious green glowing light over the player, with its source in the underground lab.
If the player enters the second area after infiltrating the underground part of Area 69 in Black Project, the player can spot two giant objects (that are half-crated) which look like two nuclear warheads.
The SAM sites perform surprisingly poorly against high-flying helicopters, with the missiles frequently missing several yards to the sides of the player's helicopter as long as it maintains moderate forward momentum.
The SAM sites would also target and shoot at boats. The only ways to achieve this is with a water level editor or car spawner mod.


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"This is the Titanic." That's how former Medtronic Chairman and CEO Bill George described Obamacare.
"It's just at the iceberg and everyone is looking at the tip: HealthCare.gov," George told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday. "It's not going to be solved by the end of the month," when the Obama administration has promised to have the troubled website working smoothly. Government officials and outside contractors have been rolling out improvements overnight for weeks.
At an Obamacare event in Florida, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday she's confident that the government-run HealthCare.gov website is on the right track. She encouraged users who previously had problems to return—promising them a better experience already.
(Read more: Senior officialdrops Obamacare bombshell)
"You cannot solve a management problem with politics," said George, a professor of management at Harvard Business School. "Sebelius has done her time. ... Let's bring in the pros," people with private sector experience, he said.
Beyond the website, George said, "Look at this fiasco we have right now, we're trying to take people's insurance plans away; now we're giving them back." President Barack Obama acted "too late on the insurance plans."
Obamacare has to be fixed, he continued. "You're not going to repeal it. It's not going to be repealed because by 2017 this thing is going to be locked."
(Read more: Obamacare may need bailout: Ex-HHS head)
One of the ways George said to fix the law is to give people an incentive for living healthier lives. Until then, he said, "We're going to have a huge snowplow effect of costs. It will not happen in this president's term. It will happen in the next president's term."
As for the tax on medical device makers, like Medtronic, to help pay for Obamacare, George called it a punishment for the industry's lack of support for the health-care law.
—By CNBC's Matthew J. Belvedere. Follow him on Twitter @Matt_SquawkCNBC.


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AT&T's got some new shared data plans that, thankfully, look a lot simpler than Verizon's. Shared data is a good thing that makes your life simpler. But every time you look at AT&T's page, it's hard not to stare at that absurd little 250MB plan.
The $15 250MB data plan is preposterous in a few ways. First: It's 250MB. If you open the Netflix app with your butt, you're going to have an overage charge. Second, it's half the price of the 3GB plan. Half price, ONE TWELFTH the data. Gah. And lastly, the overage charge is $15 for 250 more megabytes. It's $10 for 1GB on the reasonably priced 3GB and 5GB plans. AT&T: charging more for the privilege of being charged less.
And lastly? It's a shared plan now. Two devices, at least. Offering the 250MB level for shared plans is just trolling for overages.
The only thing more insane might be the the $20 300MB plan. $5 for 50 more megabytes. Ugh AT&T why are you like this.
Do any of you make good use out of the $15 plan?


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FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) has launched the second season of the "The 1billionhungry project" initiated in May 2010.
It all started with a simple signature drive.
Hunger worldwide was out of control. Government leaders from all five continents travelled to Rome for a summit, to see what could be done.
While the presidents, prime ministers and other leaders deliberated, it was felt that their citizens should also have a say in the matter. A petition was put online for individuals everywhere to sign. It called the world hunger situation "unacceptable" and challenged politicians to act.
The 1billionhungry project launched with the aim of collecting a million signatures by November 2010.
The slogan was: "We who support the petition find it unacceptable that close to one billion people are chronically hungry. Through the United Nations, we call upon Governments to make the elimination of hunger their top priority until that goal is reached".
The campaign triggered a storm of public anti-hunger events, drew thousands of fans to its Facebook page, and by November 2010 had attracted over 3.3 million signatures. The 1billionhungry campaign is continuing, and the petition will be presented to government leaders for a second time in October 2011.
The new sister website to the 1billionhungry.org is – EndingHunger.org –, offering the public concrete ideas on what they can do to help end hunger. Endinghunger.org is aimed at high school and college students and those just out of university, who are the people with the greatest potential to actually change the world. The site offers ideas about what individuals can do to help fight hunger, featuring video, animations, podcasts and recommended books.
The message of the new campaign www.endinghunger.org is the following:
"Nearly a billion hungry is a much higher level than we would have anticipated in our worst dreams. It is absolutely horrific which is why now we really want to shout about it. We are way off track for meeting the goals set by the UN to reduce the number of hungry to 420 million by 2015. We can find hundreds of billions of dollars overnight to shore up currencies and bail out the banks, so we can find the resources to end hunger if the political will is there. Numbers of hungry have risen due to high food prices and the financial crisis. The poorest on the planet pay the heaviest price. That is something we should really get angry about."
The objectives? A critical mass of people who no longer accept the presence of one billion fellow human beings living in chronic hunger. To make a lot of noise about the problem. To build up political pressure for change.
History has shown time and again that when young people by the thousands push hard enough, anything is possible. Even ending hunger.
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Hawaii Five-0 Mega Buzz: Why Was McGarrett a "Lifeline" for Danny?
Apr 13, 2017 3:57 PM EDT
All great love stories start with the moment two soulmates meet. And Hawaii Five-0 fans are about to find out what that looked like for McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) and Danny (Scott Caan). An upcoming episode will tell, in flashbacks, the story of how… Read more


text: As of today, I have been in Washington DC for two weeks. I am happy to report that I can finally navigate the Metro and feel well grounded in my internship. My name is Juliana Bennington and I am one of the two interns at the American Anthropological Association this summer. My off-site placement is with the International Center for Research on Women, which is a global research institute dedicated to empowering women, advancing gender equality and fighting poverty in the developing world. I am working on their Gender-Based Violence team which works to reduce violence against women as well as improve gender relations. In addition to this work, I spend two days a week at the American Anthropological Association, helping with social media and gathering information on current events which are relevant to anthropology. I am currently a rising senior at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. My major is anthropology and I am pursuing minors in economics, physics and public policy. Prior to coming to DC, I spent six months in Geneva, Switzerland, taking classes and interning at the World Health Organization. It was during my time in Geneva that I first heard about the internship opportunity with the AAA. I received emails from nearly all of the anthropology professors telling students to apply to this new program. After reading through the description of the gender internship, it seemed like a perfect opportunity for me. I have mostly focused my study of anthropology on health and violence. While there is much overlap between my academic focus and the internship, I was excited to be able to look at the issue of violence from a non-health perspective. I was also very excited about the possibility of being at an institution where the anthropological perspective was valued and desired. After submitting my application, I was nervous. I thought that there was no way that I would get such an interesting and exciting internship. When I finally received my congratulatory email, I was in disbelief. I feel honored to have received this internship and to be one of the first two interns which the AAA has hosted. I am very fortunate in that my supervisors at the International Center for Research on Women are dedicated to making my experience there rewarding. They have placed me on two interesting projects and invited me to the related meetings. I have felt very included and like my input and opinions are valued by them. They have also laid out deliverables so that I will be able to contribute to their work in a meaningful way. At the AAA office, I have been working on keeping the social media outlets up-to-date with news relevant to anthropology. I have also been doing background research to help inform some of the AAA committees on decisions which they are in the process of making. So far, my internship has been very exciting and educational. I am happy to be expanding my skill set while producing useful work. Though the split internship has been hard at times, as I spend Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at the International Center for Research on Women and the remaining days at the AAA, I feel that it allows me to stay on my toes and not get too bogged down in a daily routine. I would like to thank my wonderful anthropology professors at Wheaton College, who made me aware of this internship and helped to become as passionate about anthropology as they are. I would like to thank the AAA for hosting me and for the wonderful experience they are giving me. I look forward to what the next few weeks will bring.