http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/ Applying Sociology Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:14:55 GMT William Du Bois http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/865 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/865 http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090710/NEWS/907100367 July 10, 2009 Sheldon residents see their dreams come true By STACI HUPP shupp@... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:39:41 GMT John Glass http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/864 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/864 Hi, Kathy I am not familiar with anyone personally who has volunteered with CCS. I have been impressed with the speed of response(s) to my initial query and Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:53:13 GMT Kathy Stolley http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/863 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/863 HI John: This looks really interesting. Do you know anyone who has volunteered with them? Kathy To: applyingsociology@yahoogroups.com From: jglass@... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:07:52 GMT John Glass http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/862 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/862 Del Haven't heard of that particular organization, but just found this one; hope to volunteer for them next summer: http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/ John Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:13:22 GMT del thomas http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/861 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/861 I thought that some of you may have heard of this organization and could provide feed back Thank you Del *Introduction to Nepal* Nepal is a small country Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:07:36 GMT William Du Bois http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/860 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/860 The debate about how much taxes you pay is irrelevant. It strikes me that the only thing that matters is how much money you have left over after you pay all Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:53:06 GMT William Du Bois http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/859 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/859 In just 12 months (March 2008 - March 2009), taxpayers are on the hook for $15 trillion for the Bush-Obama bailouts. To put that in perspective, that is twice Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:40:46 GMT John Glass http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/858 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/858 Hi Looking for server-side software that permits a user to enter data and see results of their entries in real-time. Sort of like the CNN polls that you can Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:47:20 GMT ZIMMERMAN Ken http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/857 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/857 Actually private prisons have a long history in the US dating back to the Revolution, and even before. Their popularity waxed and waned until a big up tick in Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:23:00 GMT William Du Bois http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/856 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/856 actually, I use several of Elliott Currie's books Crime and Punishment in America, 1998 The Road to Whatever, 2007? Reckoning: Drugs, Cities and the American Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:21:17 GMT del thomas http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/855 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/855 The privatization of service prison, military and the rest is not to save money. It is designed to make government look smaller than it is and to provide Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:10:38 GMT Chizeck, Susan P http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/854 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/854 One comment I must make with that, is "follow the money." At some point, Republicans started the movement to privatize prisons. Why? Ostensibly to save Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:39:28 GMT William Du Bois http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/853 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/853 I have been trying to find an answer to this question... _________ Do you have any info on California spending on Education as compared to Prison costs? I've Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:12:29 GMT John Glass http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/852 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/852 Found this organization the other day; attended a webinar they sponsored this morning. They are doing some great work. I have become a member, thought others Fri, 29 May 2009 02:27:16 GMT johneglass http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/851 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/851 not to beat a dead horse (can neither confirm nor deny that that is a pun nor if it is intended or not), but here is an erudite gentleman who eloquently said