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NEW YEARS EVE GALA
Thursday, December 31, 2009
8:00 PM till Midnight and beyond
Grand Ball Room
Knights of Columbus
5256 Verona Road
Fitchburg, WI 53711
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My question was if they are concerned about the high numbers, what are
their plans for reducing them?
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On Dec 20, 2009, at 8:46 PM, Emilie Ngo Nguidjol
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> NEW YEARS EVE GALA
>
> Thursday, December 31, 2009
>
> 8:00 PM till Midnight and beyond
>
>
> Grand Ball Room
>
> Knights of Columbus
>
> 5256 Verona Road
>
> Fitchburg, WI 53711
>
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> Do you really find the Republicans' (rejected) amendments
> responsible? What ever happened to the proverbial "prevention is
> better than cure"? Where are these Republicans when the teen mothers
> need help raising their babies? Aren't they the same people who have
> ostracized the teen and single economically disadvantaged mothers?
>
> In any case, careful scientific studies indicate rather consistently
> that condom distribution programs are not significantly related to
> initiation of sexual intercourse (in other words, they don't prompt
> young people to start having sex), but they DO promote safer sexual
> practices among youth who are sexually active. With Milwaukee's
> relatively high rate of teen pregnancy, this is a bold but very
> responsible move on the part of the school district.
>
> Kudos to the MPS for this bold move.
>
> --Emilie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vera Crowell <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009 8:26 pm
> Subject: Re: What are your thoughts?
> To: [log in to unmask]
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>> NEW YEARS EVE GALA
>>
>> Thursday, December 31, 2009
>>
>> 8:00 PM till Midnight and beyond
>
>>
>> Grand Ball Room
>>
>> Knights of Columbus
>>
>> 5256 Verona Road
>>
>> Fitchburg, WI 53711
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>> "Republicans offered amendments - rejected by Democrats - that would
>> have required schools to teach students about fetal development and
>> the potential for criminal charges against underage students for
>> having sex."
>>
>> Too many of our young men get into trouble having sex with underage
>> girls & too many girls are victimized by older boys & grown men.
>>
>> Teaching fetal development might decrease drug & alcohol use among
>> females.
>>
>> Nothing wrong with those amendments.
>>
>> Explain again how passing out condoms will lower the % of students
>> having sex.
>>
>> There's a very interesting paper in the current issue of 'Demography'
>> showing that delaying the onset of sexual activity among girls
>> increases the likelihood of her graduating from high school.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/demography/v046/46.4.sabia.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Joseph J. Sabia
>> Daniel I. Rees
>> The Effect of Sexual Abstinence on Females’ Educational Attainment
>> Demography - Volume 46, Number 4, November 2009, pp. 695-715
>>
>> Population Association of America
>>
>> A number of studies have shown that teenagers who abstain from sex
>> are
>> more likely to graduate from high school and attend college than
>> their
>> sexually active peers. However, it is unclear whether this
>> association
>> represents a causal relationship or can be explained by unmeasured
>> heterogeneity. We employ a variety of statistical techniques to
>> distinguish between these hypotheses, using data on females from the
>> National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Our results provide
>> evidence that delaying first intercourse leads to an increased
>> likelihood of graduating from high school. This relationship appears
>> to be strongest among respondents in the bottom third of the ability
>> distribution. Controlling for fertility reduces, but does not
>> eliminate, the estimated effect of delaying intercourse.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Dec 20, 2009, at 7:24 PM, Emilie Ngo Nguidjol
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>
>>> NEW YEARS EVE GALA
>>>
>>> Thursday, December 31, 2009
>>>
>>> 8:00 PM till Midnight and beyond
>>>
>>>
>>> Grand Ball Room
>>>
>>> Knights of Columbus
>>>
>>> 5256 Verona Road
>>>
>>> Fitchburg, WI 53711
>>>
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>>>
>>> Here's an article from the Milwaukee Journal/ Sentinel that reports
>> on a gutsy and responsible move by the Milwaukee school district. The
>> vote is to be applauded.
>>>
>>> http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/79580982.html
>>>
>>> Happy holidays,
>>> --Emilie
>>>
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