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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MJ who wrote (88423)	7/30/2010 3:13:37 PM
From: tonto	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224737

Kenneth says that they are partisan. Maybe he will provide a link backing up his statement. But since they are so partisan...(s) I wonder why he posted his lie? The National Federation of Independent Business is the leading small business association representing small and independent businesses. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1943, NFIB represents the consensus views of its members in Washington and all 50 state capitals.

To: MJ who wrote (88423)	7/30/2010 9:08:21 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224737

pelosi, reid, obama thinking ahead on to how to keep the abortion big business going... Federal government funds virtual 'sex' game Kids pressured to make out, fool around in taxpayer-supported project July 30, 2010 By Chelsea Schilling © 2010 WorldNetDaily wnd.com Charles Hughes, University of Central Florida computer-science professor, stands in front of avatars developed for new game (Photo: University of Central Florida) As if real-life pressures for young girls to have sex were not bothersome enough, now the federal government is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop a video game simulating situations where preteens are thrust into sexual situations. The National Institutes of Health, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded a $434,000 grant to the University of Central Florida to develop a video game for Hispanic children ages 12 to 15 that will use avatars to simulate sexy situations. University nursing professor Anne Norris and university computer-science professor Charles Hughes will work with the university's Institute for Simulation and Training for two years on the project. "A boy similar in age might approach the person playing the game and ask her to make out or there might be some sexual innuendo," Norris told Fox 35 News. Read the alarming "Sexual Sabotage: How One Mad Scientist Unleashed a Plague of Corruption and Contagion on America" to learn about the culture of sex rampant in America. Players will wear a motion-capture suit to control movement of the life-size avatars. "It's a place to practice where there aren't any social consequences," Norris said. The plan is to use the game in after-school and youth outreach programs to help girls ages 12 to 15 learn how to respond to peer pressure to have sex. Norris told Fox 35 that the game sounds risqué, but she claims it's not. "They'll have an opportunity to interact with the avatars, and they'll earn points for particular social skills that they develop," she said. "Our ultimate goal is to reduce pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease among the young Latina population," Norris said in a report posted on the university website. Developers are now collecting focus-group data from students in Orlando's After-School All-Stars program based at Stonewall Jackson Middle School. After the game is developed, it will be tested on Hispanic girls. Norris said game developers are focusing on young Hispanic girls for a variety of reasons: They have higher teen birth rates and higher rates of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases than white peers. She also said the best time to teach girls abstinence and peer-resistance skills is during middle school – before they become sexually active. The students' progress will be evaluated three, six and nine months after they begin playing the game. Norris said if the game is successful for the girls, a similar game may be developed for youth of other ethnicities. Developers expect to finish the game by spring of 2011.