Engaging the US astronomy community -- NSF awards partnership-planning grant to TMT

Public release date: 18-Mar-2013
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California Institute of Technology

Today the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a cooperative agreement to the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Observatory Corporation to explore a potential partnership between the organizations.

The award is a milestone for the TMT project, initiating a broad dialog between TMT, the NSF and the United States' astronomical community. The partnership-planning award also paves the way for the NSF to confer with TMT's international partners.

"The NSF award is a key development in our vision for TMT," said Henry Yang, Chancellor of the University of California - Santa Barbara, and Chair of the TMT Collaborative Board. "The full promise of this revolutionary telescope will be realizable with the engagement of the national astronomical community."

The NSF award allocates $250,000 per year for five years to partnership-planning activities that include scientific workshops and participation by U.S. scientists in the TMT Science Advisory Committee and the TMT Collaborative Board. The five-year program of engagement and planning will deliver a plan that addresses science, education and public outreach, instrumentation, and operation of the facility from the perspective of the U.S. astronomy community. This plan will be developed and refined in a series of joint meetings bringing together all U.S. and international stakeholders.

The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) in Tucson, AZ will play an important role in carrying out the activities of the cooperative agreement. NOAO will establish a U.S. TMT liaison activity within its System Community Development group and NOAO astronomer Todd Boroson has been selected as the U.S. TMT Liaison Scientist.

"With this award by the NSF, an important process has begun of engaging the astronomical community in the ongoing design and development of TMT," said Boroson. "Astronomers nationwide have a great opportunity to offer their expertise in advancing the TMT project."

The TMT partnership plans to initiate construction in 2014. At present, the NSF does not commit to helping fund the construction costs of TMT; however TMT planning allows the entry of the NSF later in the construction period. TMT's development plan calls for it to provide valuable research opportunities and discoveries for 50 years.

As the partnership planning moves ahead as a result of the NSF award, international partner organizations and their governments will soon be able to consult more closely on TMT's development.

"We are delighted by the dialog the NSF partnership-planning award enables. This elevates the dialog to the national and international levels," said Ed Stone, David Morrisroe Professor of Physics at Caltech, and Vice-Chair of the TMT Collaborative Board.

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About TMT:

TMT is the next-generation astronomical observatory scheduled to begin scientific operations in 2021 on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. TMT is a collaboration of California Institute of Technology, University of California, the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, a consortium of Chinese institutions led by the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and institutions in India supported by the Department of Science and Technology of India. Major funding for TMT has been provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

For more information about TMT: http://www.tmt.org

About the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, established in 2000, seeks to advance scientific research, environmental conservation and patient care. The foundation's Science Program has committed $250 million to fund the design, development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). For more information, please visit http://www.moore.org.

Contact:

Gordon K. Squires
TMT Communications & Outreach Lead
squires@tmt.org
626-216-4257

Todd Boroson
U.S. TMT Liaison Scientist
tyb@noao.edu
520-318-8352

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Public release date: 18-Mar-2013
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Contact: Gordon K. Squires
squires@tmt.org
626-216-4257
California Institute of Technology

Today the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a cooperative agreement to the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Observatory Corporation to explore a potential partnership between the organizations.

The award is a milestone for the TMT project, initiating a broad dialog between TMT, the NSF and the United States' astronomical community. The partnership-planning award also paves the way for the NSF to confer with TMT's international partners.

"The NSF award is a key development in our vision for TMT," said Henry Yang, Chancellor of the University of California - Santa Barbara, and Chair of the TMT Collaborative Board. "The full promise of this revolutionary telescope will be realizable with the engagement of the national astronomical community."

The NSF award allocates $250,000 per year for five years to partnership-planning activities that include scientific workshops and participation by U.S. scientists in the TMT Science Advisory Committee and the TMT Collaborative Board. The five-year program of engagement and planning will deliver a plan that addresses science, education and public outreach, instrumentation, and operation of the facility from the perspective of the U.S. astronomy community. This plan will be developed and refined in a series of joint meetings bringing together all U.S. and international stakeholders.

The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) in Tucson, AZ will play an important role in carrying out the activities of the cooperative agreement. NOAO will establish a U.S. TMT liaison activity within its System Community Development group and NOAO astronomer Todd Boroson has been selected as the U.S. TMT Liaison Scientist.

"With this award by the NSF, an important process has begun of engaging the astronomical community in the ongoing design and development of TMT," said Boroson. "Astronomers nationwide have a great opportunity to offer their expertise in advancing the TMT project."

The TMT partnership plans to initiate construction in 2014. At present, the NSF does not commit to helping fund the construction costs of TMT; however TMT planning allows the entry of the NSF later in the construction period. TMT's development plan calls for it to provide valuable research opportunities and discoveries for 50 years.

As the partnership planning moves ahead as a result of the NSF award, international partner organizations and their governments will soon be able to consult more closely on TMT's development.

"We are delighted by the dialog the NSF partnership-planning award enables. This elevates the dialog to the national and international levels," said Ed Stone, David Morrisroe Professor of Physics at Caltech, and Vice-Chair of the TMT Collaborative Board.

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About TMT:

TMT is the next-generation astronomical observatory scheduled to begin scientific operations in 2021 on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. TMT is a collaboration of California Institute of Technology, University of California, the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, a consortium of Chinese institutions led by the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and institutions in India supported by the Department of Science and Technology of India. Major funding for TMT has been provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

For more information about TMT: http://www.tmt.org

About the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, established in 2000, seeks to advance scientific research, environmental conservation and patient care. The foundation's Science Program has committed $250 million to fund the design, development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). For more information, please visit http://www.moore.org.

Contact:

Gordon K. Squires
TMT Communications & Outreach Lead
squires@tmt.org
626-216-4257

Todd Boroson
U.S. TMT Liaison Scientist
tyb@noao.edu
520-318-8352

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Obama's State of the Union Calls for Universal Preschool Education ...

In his State of the Union address, given in February, President Barack Obama called for universal early childhood education, citing studies that demonstrate that the ?sooner a child begins learning, the better he or she does down the road.? He then went on to say that less than 30% of four-year-olds are ?enrolled in a high-quality preschool program,? which he clearly believes to be problematic. He seeks to ?make sure none of our children start the race of life already behind,? which can only be understood as an admirable goal.

President Obama?s overall plan is to work with states to make high-quality preschool education available to every child in America. He estimates that every dollar invested ?can save more than seven dollars later on ? by boosting graduation rates, reducing teen pregnancy, [and] even reducing violent crime.? In his later released detailed plan for this proposal, he outlines three main components:

• A state-federal partnership to guarantee pre-K to all 4-year-olds in families at or below 200 percent of the poverty line, to be provided by school districts and other local partners, and to use instructors with the same level of education and training as K-12 instructions.
• A massively expanded Early Head Start program ? building on the existing program, which has proven very effective?in randomized controlled trials ? which provides early education, child care, parental education, and health services to vulnerable children ages 0 to 3.
• Expanding Nurse Family Partnerships, a program that has also earned top marks?in randomized trials, and which provides regular home visits from nurses to families from pregnancy through the child?s second birthday, intended to promote good health and parenting practices.

Professor James Heckman, Nobel Prize-winning economist at the University of Chicago, is presumed to be the author of the studies President Obama cited in his Address. His studies have concluded that preschool programs drastically affect children?s futures.

Two landmark studies demonstrate Heckman?s conclusions. The Perry Preschool Project in Ypsilanti, Michigan and the Abecedarian Project in North Carolina compared low-income children who attended preschool with their peers who did not attend preschool. Researchers studied the groups for decades, and found that the children who enrolled in preschool, ?scored higher on achievement tests, attained higher levels of education, required less special education, earned higher wages, were more likely to own a home, and were less likely to go on welfare or be incarcerated than controls.?

It is still uncertain when the President?s proposals might come into effect and the reaction toward his plan has been divided. Opponents to universal preschool education are likely not against the goal of education for our youth to help their future, but more likely are opposed to the idea of taxpayer?s dollars paying for it.

Source: http://childrenandthelawblog.com/?p=2059

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Addressing Funding Gaps In Nigeria's Broadband Deployment

Addressing funding gaps in Nigeria?s broadband deployment

WEDNESDAY, 13 MARCH 2013 00:00 ADEYEMI ADEPETUN COMPULIFE - COMPULIFE

Globally, countries are putting in place various strategies to deepen broadband penetration, for economic growth. For Nigeria to tap into the immense benefits of broadband, stakeholders believe that the challenge of funding must be adequately tackled.

Against this backgrand, key sector players gathered last week, in Lagos, to address the issue headlong and proffer solutions.

ADEYEMI ADEPETUN was there. Excerpts

THE World Bank research indicates that the contribution of broadband to the GDP is 1.38 percentage points for every 10 per cent increase in penetration, for low- and middle-income countries.

Indeed, investments in broadband have a vital role to play, both in moving the global economy back onto a higher growth trajectory, and in generating sustainable social and economic growth.

Like water, roads, rail and electricity before it, broadband is of fundamental importance to the social and economic development of all nations. Arguably, investments need not be solely focused only on infrastructure development - they must also provide for advanced online services, locally relevant content and services, and support for media and information literacy development to address inequity and deliver broadband inclusion for all.

Today, it is no more news that networked Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play an ever-increasing role in all societies, with 2.4 billion people using the Internet, more than a billion mobile broadband subscriptions worldwide, and telecommunications service revenues now exceeding $2 trillion dollars yearly, Nigeria cannot afford to walk in other nations? shadows. It must brace up to overcome its challenges of providing its citizens ubiquitous broadband.

Though, the Federal Government last year inaugurated a broadband committee, headed by Former Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Ernest Ndukwe and assisted by the founder of Visafone Communications Limited, Mr. Jim Ovia, government must play a key role ? for example in helping to put in place pro-competitive and pro- investment policies for communications markets, lowering barriers to entry, as well as direct investment, where appropriate ? the business sector remains a fundamental part of the equation.

Indeed, speakers at the Broadband ExPro Forum organised by Telecoms Answers Associates in conjunction with the , the theme: ?Access to funding is a critical requirement of extending Broadband Internet Access to Nigerians?, noted that limited broadband infrastructure and high cost of service has created issues of affordability.

Speaking on: ?Mapping the broadband investment in Nigeria?, Prof. Adekunle Suraj of the Department of Communications Technology and Broadcasting, School of Communications, Lagos State University, noted that there were vast broadband infrastructural investment opportunities in Nigeria.

Suraj listed two broadband infrastructure investment options in Nigeria, which were the access network and the backhaul and core network facilities.

According to him, access network comprised the connection between the end user and the nearest network node, while the other provide links between network nodes to allow connectivity over large distances.

Suraj noted that partnership and alliances with Mobile Network Operators (MNO) because of their firm grip on the consumer mass market could deepen penetration, stressing that this could involve ISPs, large corporations, and other wholesale users incorporating into broader long term partnership that goes beyond sales and purchase agreements.

He said, based on universal service targets for broadband access, investment in high-speed backbone networks to rural communities (schools, hospitals and other public institutions as anchor points for high speed connection in the community) may be more efficient than projects that pay for lost-mile connection to homes.

In the presentation of Fidelity Bank Plc, the firm noted that with improved infrastructure, the industry could deliver converged services (that is, voice, data, video streaming, IPTV and online gaming) with the aid of next generation equipment.

To this end, Fidelity Bank noted that the country required in addition about 16,100 Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) and 15,000km optic fibre to be able to improve broadband services.

To fund this gap, Fidelity Bank revealed that with an average sum of $200,000 per base station and $4,500 per km of fibre, the total sum of $3.9 Billion (N585 billion) was required to fund the gap.

According to the convener of the forum, Titi-Omo Ettu, the major issue hindering expansion revolves around Right of Way (RoW) issues, which required urgent government attention.

Omo-Ettu, in what he described as the ?Bill of Request? to the government, advised that government should deploy Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) to support the payment of RoW for Service Providers.

He also emphasized the need for service providers to be encouraged to approach the USPF and other institutional funding mechanisms in convenient cooperative groups to seek funding support for broadband related investments.

While appreciating the Ministry of Communications Technology for its achievement so far including the provision of an ICT Policy for the country, though in draft, significant work on issue of resolving the RoW guidelines, the creation of a critical infrastructure bill that will protect communications infrastructure and the Student PC Ownership Scheme, the establishment of ICT incubation Centres to facilitate software development, IT Innovation Capital Venture Fund among others, ?using all these as realities, we can only take advantage of them if we bring to attention of our people to them and attention of government to the major hindrance which lack of access to investment funding is capable of throwing in to slow the march towards realising these goals.

In MainOne Cable Company?s presentation, Nigeria and other countries must secure their position in the global digital economy.

Jumoke Akande, who presented on behalf MainOne, said that submarine cables had significantly impacted broadband penetration in Nigeria, claiming that there had been over 80 per cent reduction in wholesale prices on International bandwidth.

By and large, in her response, the Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson noted that providing country wide, demand driven ICT services at reliable broadband speeds and at affordable prices positively impacted several of the pillars by which the country?s global competitiveness is judged.

Johnson noted that with over $25 billion invested in the industry by the private sector to date and a healthy number of participants in the market, ?I think you will agree with me that government has played her part credibly well.?

However, she said that with low broadband penetration rates and high cost of access significant work still remained to be done and significant investments are still required to be made.

?The industry landscape has changed since the early days of liberalisation ? the competitive landscape has changed, the technology continues to evolve consumers are getting more demanding for bandwidth and industry priorities for infrastructure are now more focused on broadband employment raising new challenges for our network operators and infrastructure providers.

Source: http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/2013/03/addressing-funding-gaps-in-nigeria.html

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British father and son found dead in Alps

You can blame CNN all you want for its reporters feeling sorry for the now convicted rapists in the ongoing case in Steubenville, Ohio, but MSNBC, Fox News, and?CNN all just outed a 16-year-rape victim to millions. Seeking to report on an emotional case for all that it's worth, apparently, all three networks ran this unedited clip from the courtroom video feed, in which one of the defendants responds to Sunday's verdict by apologizing to the Jane Doe victim by name:

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/british-father-son-found-dead-alps-235258698.html

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Samsung Galaxy S III leaked in purple, pegged for April release on Sprint

Starting next month, Sprint loyalists will likely be able to get their paws around the Galaxy S 4. Or, if the budget has been a bit tight, a brand new Galaxy S III. The image above has been posted by the typically-reliable evleaks, showing off a heretofore unannounced purple edition of one of Samsung's cash cows. We aren't given too many details beyond a proposed April ship date, but one can only expect it to be offered for a song given the imminent arrival of its successor. To date, the GS III has been issued in red, white, grey, brown and black -- clearly, the only thing missing is a version that Willy Wonka himself would endorse.

Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Samsung

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Source: @evleaks (Twitter)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/18/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-purple-sprint/

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Pope wades into crowds, shocks bystanders in Rome

VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Walking up to crowds, shaking hands with surprised bystanders in the street, mixing his formal speeches with off-the-cuff remarks, Pope Francis stamped his own style on the papacy Sunday.

His humor and down-to-earth manner captivated many of 150,000 people who filled St. Peter's Square in Rome to overflowing, and he embraced the crowd in a way that had to give his security staff palpitations.

"Brothers and sisters, 'Buon giorno,'" Francis said in Italian in his first welcome from the window of the papal residence, setting an informal tone that has become the defining spirit of his young papacy.

Earlier Sunday, he made an impromptu appearance before the public from a side gate of the Vatican that startled passers-by and prompted cheers as he shook hands and kissed babies. He then went back inside to deliver a six minute homily ? brief by church standards ? at the Vatican's tiny parish church, St. Anna.

Francis started speaking at the window even before the stroke of noon ? the appointed time for the weekly papal address ? when the window of the papal study in the Apostolic Palace is usually flung open. The shutters were opened for the first time since Francis' predecessor, Benedict XVI, gave his last Sunday blessing on Feb. 24. Four days later, Benedict went into retirement, the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years.

Francis, the first pope from Latin America, was elected Wednesday and has been staying in a hotel on the Vatican's premises until the papal apartment is ready.

"The pope is down-to-earth. He is a people person and it is amazing," said Emanuel Anatsui from Britain. "He is going to do wonderfully for the church."

After Mass, Francis again put his security detail to the test as he waded into an intersection just outside St. Anna's Gate. Francis stepped up to the crowd, grasping outstretched hands. The atmosphere was so casual that several people even gripped Francis on the shoulder.

"Francesco! Francesco!" children shouted his name in Italian. As he patted one little boy on the head, he asked "Are you a good boy?" and the child nodded.

"Are you sure?" the pope quipped.

At one point he glanced at his watch and turned to an aide ? as if to ask "How much time do I have?"

The pope then ducked back inside the Vatican's boundaries to dash upstairs for the address to St. Peter's Square.

Only occasionally looking at the text clutched in his hand, Francis told the crowd that he wanted to talk about mercy, saying he was inspired by a book about forgiveness that he was reading. Citing the author, an elderly German cardinal, and praising him as a "top-notch" theologian, Francis quipped: "Don't think I'm making publicity for my cardinals' books!" drawing a roar of laughter from the crowd.

Francis said mercy can "change the world" and make it "less cold and more just."

He spoke only in Italian ? ending with "buon pranzo" (Have a good lunch) ? a wish that triggered nods of approval from the crowd in Rome, where a leisurely Sunday family lunch is a cherished tradition.

But Francis did tweet in English and other languages, saying: "Dear friends, I thank you from my heart and I ask you to continue to pray for me.'"

Past pontiffs have used the Sunday window greetings to offer brief reflections and wishes in several languages.

Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said Francis would likely stick with Italian, a language he's comfortable with for spontaneous remarks. Lombardi left open the possibility the 76-year-old pope would use other languages in future public appearances.

During his window speech, Francis also talked about of his family's roots in the northwestern Piedmont region of Italy. He told the crowd that by naming himself as pope after St. Francis of Assisi, an Italian patron saint, he was "strengthening my spiritual time with this land, where, as you know, my family has its origins."

The crowd was cheering wildly when Francis appeared, but fell into rapt silence when he began to speak. Some people's eyes welled up. Many people waved the blue-and-white flag of Argentina, the pope's homeland. Some people held their children aloft or on their shoulders to get a better look.

"We are so proud. He is Argentine, but also belongs to the rest of the world," said Ivana Cabello, 23, of Argentina.

Angela Carreon, a 41-year-old Rome resident originally from the Philippines, ventured that Francis "looks like John Paul II. "

"I hope he is like him," she said. "He has a heart."

The globe-trotting Polish-born John Paul, who died in 2005, loved to charm the crowds.

Several hundred extra traffic police were deployed Sunday to control crowds and vehicles for Francis' first window speech as well as the annual Rome marathon. Bus routes were rerouted and many streets were closed off to channel the curious and the faithful up the main boulevard from the Tiber river to St. Peter's Square.

Giant video screens were set up so the huge crowd could get a close-up look at Francis, and dozens of medical teams were on hand for any emergencies. In the last hour before noon, a large backup had formed of people trying to squeeze through three openings in the fence ringing the front of the square. But by the time Francis appeared, all had calmly found a viewing spot.

Among Francis' first formal meetings is an appointment Monday with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez. That will provide an opportunity to see if the new pope's easygoing manner still holds ? the two have been on opposite sides for many years. As Buenos Aires archbishop, Francis had lobbied hard against the government's move to legalize gay marriage and make contraceptives available for free.

On Tuesday, Fernandez will join other world leaders and senior international envoys, including U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and the president of Jesuit-run Georgetown University, for Francis' formal installation as pope.

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Associated Press writers Daniela Petroff and Karl Ritter contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pope-wades-crowds-shocks-bystanders-rome-180624251.html

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Steubenville verdict fires up Twitter

Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond in the courtroom before their trial (AP/Pool Photo)

The news that two high school football players in Steubenville, Ohio, were found guilty of raping an intoxicated 16-year-old girl lit up Twitter on Sunday, with many users?most of them women?celebrating the verdict while calling for more work to be done to transform America's rape culture.

GUILTY verdict in #Steubenville! Let's hope this serves as a lesson nationally?only yes means yes.

? Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) March 17, 2013

These young men have forced a young woman to relearn trust, dignity, self worth and sexuality. And demonized her afterwards.

? Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) March 17, 2013

Full justice will not be realized for survivors until we stop blaming victims and destroy the culture that feeds this. #Steubenville

? Lily Bolourian (@LilyBolourian) March 17, 2013

There are a lot of tears in the courtroom. Wonder where the tears were for the victim that night? #Steubenville

? Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) March 17, 2013

When I was in college guys used to joke "passed out equals consent" and it made my stomach turn. So glad for the Steubenville verdict.

? Erin Drummond (@ebdrummond) March 17, 2013

Solidarity w/ Jane Doe. Happy for verdict, but it doesn't stop today. She has to live with this when media coverage stops. #steubenville

? Katie Hnida (@KatieHnida) March 17, 2013

Steubenville young men were found guilty ... But it still doesn't fix the problem of society devaluing women.

? Esha Hand (@handesha) March 17, 2013

CONGRATULATIONS, JANE DOE! Justice in Steubenville is in your favor! Next stop: civil court!

? Roseanne Barr (@TheRealRoseanne) March 17, 2013

The verdict came a day after the victim testified she did not remember anything from the night of the attack, but was "embarrassed and scared" to learn what happened to her via text messages from witnesses, Instagram photos and a YouTube video.

#Steubenville rape case had more undeniably damning evidence than many other high profile cases--texts, tweets, photos. Hard to ignore.

? Irin Carmon (@irincarmon) March 17, 2013

#Steubenville case looked at "10s of 1000s of texts found on 17 phones seized." May texting do away with he-said-she-said trials forever.

? Selena Ross (@seleross) March 17, 2013

Steubenville community leaders would have covered up this abuse as they had before, but bloggers and Anons shined a light on it. Well done.

? Random Pinko (@anon_pinko) March 17, 2013

The case "drew wide attention for the way social media spurred the initial prosecution," the New York Times said, "and later helped galvanize national outrage"?outrage that was evident to anyone scanning tweets with the #Steubenville hashtag on Sunday.

Going to have stop commenting on #steubenville case now, as every time I think about it, I cry. I have so much respect/love for the victim.

? Emma Jayne (@EmmaJaynewithaY) March 17, 2013

You will not reduce, redefine, diminish, or take away from what you did. And what you did was rape her. #Steubenville

? Kimberly Hurtt (@MrsHurtt) March 17, 2013

Too much sympathy in court being shown for these disgusting little rapists. It is not a tragedy when a rapist is found guilty.#Steubenville

? Radical Feminist (@RadicalFeminist) March 17, 2013

"She Never said no" is such a hideous defense, and one of the many sad examples of how much work needs to be done. #Steubenville

? Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) March 17, 2013

I wish I had heard the judge utter one word--one word--about respecting women and girls and the issue of consent. #Steubenville

? Truly S. (@hotincleveland) March 17, 2013

"Those poor boys' lives are ruined!" ? exactly what you should not be thinking after the #steubenville guilty verdict.

? Matt Binder (@MattBinder) March 17, 2013

So many feelings as a survivor of intoxicated, teenage rape about Steubenville. The howling for blood makes me really sad.

? Suzan Eraslan (@SuzanEraslan) March 17, 2013

Don't feel sorry rapists: Stop airing the men crying. Those were adult actions, they should've been tried as adults. #Steubenville #stopVAW

? Kimberly S. Brusk (@peaceforus4ever) March 17, 2013

The five-day trial put a spotlight on the football culture surrounding Steubenville High School, a point of pride for a city hard hit by the collapse of the steel industry.

The community of #Steubenville should now do some soul-searching about how they treat their boys like gods. It won't.

? Abraham Lincoln (@Mr_Lincoln) March 17, 2013

I guess the question coaches should ask themselves is this: "Is rape culture part of my locker room?"

? Joel D. Anderson (@blackink12) March 17, 2013

#Steubenville coach and adults also #guilty, protecting the rapists, demonizing the victim

? Progressive Voices (@progvoice) March 17, 2013

Sign across the street from Steubenville Courthouse: "Be a parent, not a best friend."

? Maggie Jordan (@MaggieJordanACN) March 17, 2013

Drink responsibly? Children should not be drinking anyway, and if they do should not get raped, no matter how drunk they get. #Steubenville

? Mark Hoggan (@Markho23) March 17, 2013

Breaking: Rape is wrong even if you are good at sports. #Steubenville

? Katy, Esq. (@kayteeod) March 17, 2013

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/steubenville-verdict-twitter-163715978.html

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