Just for fun, Im posting some of my notes for todays workshop on investigative reporting at the Lesbian and Gay Bloggers Initiative in Washington, DC. ef
Secondary Sources
Anything another scholar or journalist has written; this includes verified published materials from journals, blogs, newspapers, magazines, radio, television as long as you can keep a copy for fact checking. These are used in investigative reporting but are not the basis of it. Secondary sources are subject to fact checking and must be used with the utmost care. Verification against one or two other secondary or primary sources, to avoid reporting errors by you and loss of your credibility, is highly recommended. On controversial issues, major newspapers can be some of the most dangerous sources of misinformation.
Primary Sources
Government or corporate documents, such as memoranda
Court records such as exhibits or transcripts of trials or depositions
Interviews with eyewitnesses or those affected by a situation, such as the residents of a contaminated neighborhood or citizen participants in an issue
Interviews with government officials whose job involves the subject you are writing about
Interviews with scientists (as long as they are not ringers, or identified as such), so you must personally verify the reputation of every expert
Your own eyewitness accounts of a situation
What is a ?
A ringer is the opposite of a whistleblower. A whistleblower is someone with direct or indirect knowledge who risks his or her reputation or life to tell you the truth.
A ringer is someone who may be a scientist or other corporate or academic expert who is really paid by industry to take the viewpoint of industry. They may be someone who has in the past had a high reputation for integrity but has since sold out to a corporate position. They are scattered throughout academia, private laboratories and other places that the public would hold as credible.
Anyone identified by the media as a needs to have their publications and CV scrutinized for government funding, and the truth is you may never find out. You need to check the validity of your scientific or expert sources through your most trusted community sources.
In investigative reporting, it is generally your non-expert sources who will give you your best leads, documents, tips and understanding of the issue.
What is Fact Checking?
Fact checking, essential to investigative reporting, is the process of verification or auditing of your reporting after the fact. It is best done by someone besides you. Fact checking includes everything from proofreading to checking the spelling of proper names; to knowing every source for every fact in your reporting, even if that source is not mentioned in the story.
Fact checking is an attribution audit. For example, if the Verrizano Bridge opened in 1964, you dont need to say, according to the New York Times, the Verrizano bridge opened in 1964, but you do need to know you got that fact from the New York Times. If the story is about the bridge, you need that reference in your document collection; if it is a passing fact, you most likely do not.
As you work, prepare for fact checking by knowing the source of every statement of fact that you make.

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I voted today! I spent most of the night dreaming about voting haha! I was in a rush early to vote only to walk surprisingly right in and do it. It was before 8 am tho so you know - Hopefully a lot of people in my area are either absentee or came after me. I really hope people turn out to vote. Theres lots of stuff going on. Im glad I didnt have to stand in line for hours like they have been showing on TV! 
As I walked out of the polling place after casting my vote, I felt GOOD. Im no longer in my state as I have been for the good part of about 2 weeks. Ive done what I could and marked my ballot! Nothing else can change that. Lets hope some form of CHANGE does occur. It might not happen instantly, but everyone should be willing to work towards the betterment of every aspect of American society. Lets keep freedom ringing and equality in place! I voted NO on Prop 8 so I can have the full benefits as str8 couples. They are no better than I. Hopefully the gays showed up and voted as well! 
I hope YOU voted too.

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http://christthegaymartyr.blogspot.com/
For the benefit of LGBT folk who know little or nothing about Christianity (and there are quite a few of you out there), here, taken from Scripture, is a parallel between the treatment of Jesus Christ thousands of years ago and our treatment in modern times.
LUKE 23: 1-5, 13-24
Then the assembly rose as a body and brought Jesus before Pilate (the governor). They began to accuse Him, saying: "We found this man perverting our nation . . . saying that He Himself is the Messiah, a king." Then Pilate asked Him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered: "You say so." Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds: "I find no basis for an accusation against this man." But they were insistent and said: "He stirs up the people by teaching . . ." Pilate then called together the chief priests, the leaders and the people, and said to them: "You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people, and here I have examined Him in your presence and have not found this man guilty of any of your charges against Him . . . He has done nothing to deserve death. (But) they all shouted together, "Away with this fellow! Release Barabbas for us!" (This was a man who had been put in prison . . . for murder.) Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, but they kept shouting" "Crucify, crucify Him!" A third time he said to them: "Why? What evil has He done? I have found in Him no ground for the sentence of death. I will therefore have Him flogged, and then release Him." But they kept urgently demanding with loud shouts that He should be crucified, and their voices prevailed. So Pilate gave his verdict that their demand should be granted. He released the man they asked for . . . and he handed Jesus over as they wished.
Like Jesus Christ, we speak and live the truth of our lives. Like Jesus Christ, we are condemned for telling our truth. We are told that we spread perversion. We are judged for transgressions that our enemies fail to articulate convincingly. Like Jesus Christ, we are found blameless by a judiciary (state Supreme Courts). The judiciary sees no wrong in what we do (seek legal recognition of our committed relationships). Like Jesus Christ, we then stand by and watch the judiciary cave in to political cowardice. We see judges abdicate their duty as jurists and throw our fates to a hostile electorate. If nothing else, this infamous incident shows how outrageously unethical putting justice up for popular vote is. Anyone can see that Jesus Christ was railroaded. Were being railroaded, too! And the worst part of it is, were helping to steer the train.
Why do we validate ballot initiatives designed to legally marginalize us? For the last twelve years, weve suffered the passage of "marriage protection" amendments in state after state, all bankrolled by religious denominations who are as hostile to us as the Hebrew hierarchy was to Jesus Christ. (Dont doubt that many of them would eagerly impose the death penalty on us if they could!) We decry these evil campaigns to disenfranchise us of our citizenship rights, but at the same time, we lend them credibility by launching counter-campaigns.
We decide that voting on marriage equality as if it were a proposed tax increase is a perfectly acceptable thing to do, as long as we win! We dont win, but we still play the game. We willingly play a political crap game with our dignity that were certain to lose. What other outcome could there be, given centuries of superstition and misinformation about Gay identity? Not to mention daily reinforcement of such ignorance by modern religious ideologues? Jesus Christ had good reason for playing a losing game: The salvation of humankind. Whats our excuse?
After these odious ballot initiatives inevitably pass (twenty-nine so far), some of us get to brag about having added another high-profile political fight to our activist resumes. Thats an awfully shabby consolation prize, though! How much good have we really done? Did we stand tall and give our enemies a tooth-and-claw fight to the finish (the lily-livered "No on 8" campaign in California would not be a good example), or have we once again allowed them to trick us into wasting our money and resources? More important, have we sacrificed democratic values to a panicked, tunnel vision focus on marriage equality at the State level?

We dont seem to know what privileges American citizenship entitles us to. We beg for legal protections that are actually guaranteed to us in our countrys founding documents! If you dont believe me, you dont have to take my word for it. View the evidence for yourself.
Exhibit A: Article IV, Section Two of the United States Constitution, adopted 17 September 1787: The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.
This rule invalidates the federal Defense of Marriage Act! States cannot choose which citizenship rights from other States they will or will not honor.
Exhibit B: The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified 9 July 1868: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The language of this amendment underscores the illegality of Proposition 8 and other "marriage protection" ballot initiatives! States are prohibited from cutting certain citizens off from the right to marry, file joint tax returns, adopt children, etcetera.
Exhibit C: Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence, signed 4 July 1776: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
A long train of abuses and usurpations . . . I think 29 "marriage protection" amendments to State constitutions meet that definition, dont you? Not to mention the ban on Gay people serving openly in the US military, bans on Gay people working for church-affiliated agencies and businesses, bans on students forming Gay-themed clubs in public schools, bans on Gay people adopting or foster-parenting children, and various laws that forbid "promoting homosexuality" . . . whatever the Hell that means! At last count, forty States retained some kind of anti-Gay legislation on their books. All of it violates the Constitution.
The excerpt from the Declaration of Independence that you see here, still startling in its boldness after 230 years, gives us the right as American citizens to challenge the validity of our government if it denies us basic human rights. Take a moment to absorb the full impact of what it says. The founders placed such high value on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness that they all but advocated government overthrow in the absence of same! Such unabashed militancy on behalf of democratic values is hard to find today, especially in LGBT circles. Do we actually need to see the words , , or written down in order to realize that were included within the scope of this paragraph?
Right now, the Gay blogosphere is filled with talk about how we should emphasize to Straight minority voters and other culturally conservative communities. The idea is that we must do a better job of selling ourselves and our issues to the public. Oh, please! What are we supposed to be . . . ward politicians? Im not running for office, I just want to be treated fairly! Why on Earth should we lobby Straight America for rights already guaranteed us as citizens? Why do we beg their permission to live as equals? Why dont we simply demand our constitutional rights, as did the bus boycotters, sit-in students and racial equality marchers whose mantle we claim to have taken up? African-American Civil Rights activists didnt win the support of White southern racists. They earned their respect! Do we honestly think we can earn the respect of bigots by presenting a shamefaced response to their bigotry?
"Save The Country" continues with Part Two.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may be Hollywoods hottest couple, but things certainly arent as steamy in the kitchen.
I can rock a Sunday BBQ but thats as far as my culinary talents go, Pitt told his chef pal Jamie Oliver for the inaugural issue of Jamie Magazine.
And the best thing Jolie has prepared for him? says Pitt.
However, the jetsetters arent shy when it comes to experimenting with food from all over the world. ve eaten crickets in Cambodia, sea urchins in France, goat in Ethiopia and Rocky Mountain oysters (balls) in Montana, says Pitt.
Angie and I made crocodile curry from a can.
But their celebrity friends need not worry about getting cereal and BBQ on the menu if invited over. Asked what he fixes when he has guests, Pitt, 44, quips, I order out.

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Competition is quite tough in the dating world. Men battle it out to catch the attention of the women they fancy. The same thing happens to the online dating scene.
Women have so many guys to choose from on the internet. It is not unusual for a woman to receive plenty of messages all at the same time. She can either reply or ignore the message. Its definitely her call. However, there is a way for your messages to stand out.
It will be a good idea for you to write a catchy subject line for your message. Pretend that it is going to be a headline of some article. Remember, the subject headings of your messages can make a great impact on the woman. This means that women do read every part of your message including the heading. It is most likely that the woman will read the mail with the most interesting subject line first.
The subject line isnt the only thing that matters. Do make sure that your email makes sense. Women have no patience to carry on some dull conversation. Chemistry is one of the things that a person looks for a potential partner. A woman will presumably ignore your message if she can not understand what youre trying to say.
It is also a good idea to spell and grammar check what you would like to send. Women also look for intelligent men. How can a woman believe that you are intelligent if you cant even put a decent conversation into writing?
Dont make the mistake of asking her questions that are obviously in her profile already. For example, where she lives when she has clearly stated that shes been in Florida (or whatever state) all her life. It will only show that you didnt read her profile. Shell think that you are not taking her seriously. That is something that the women shouldnt think of guys like you.

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I remember blogging (a few months ago) about wishing - and hoping - that I'd meet some gay guys who I could hang out with and - hopefully - befriend. New Zealand is pretty much a swamp when it comes to the "Gay Community" so I pretty much just avoid the Gay Scene; where it seems like everyone knows everyone's business, I.e. If you sleep with person X, then the word will spread and everyone will basically know.

Well, the last few weeks I've been trying to be more open-minded about the Gay Scene; and being a flaming-homo-fag myself, I thought it'd be apt to give the "Scene" another chance. I went to Gay Guy's birthday party(friend of a friend of a friend) and, of course, 95% of the people there were gay. So I think to myself: "Ok, don't be snobby, just socialize with your fellow Gays, and don't be scared," and I did just that - I socialized my ass off [Note: I feel much, much easier hanging around "Straight" Guys/Girls, it's just much-much easier for me]. Because I don't hang out much at the popular Gay Scenes (bars/pubs/clubs), most of the guys that I talked to said things like "never seen you before!" or "where you from? you sound [accent] like you're arround here, but I've never seen you at or ." That night [which was a few weeks ago] I made a few acquaintances: we exchanged numbers and would hang out during class breaks during University - or something like that anyway.

First of all, the acquaintances [Names: K, V, S] that I met at the aforementioned party all knew that I was seeing someone; I was wearing a "commitment ring" on my engagement finger, so of course they asked, and of course I answered honestly. Oh yeah, I guess it pays to note that me and The Boyfriend bought each other commitment rings (gay, I know) before he left [to another country].

Well... K goes to my University, so we hung out during our breaks; at first I thought it was so nice to meet someone who - at the time - seemed nice and genuine. The more I got to know him, the more it felt like he was bullshitting me; it was as if he was trying to put up this "perfect mask" up in attempt to wow-me-off-my-feet, and well it didn't work. After a few weeks of getting to know each other he asked if I wanted to go see a movie, or grab some dinner (I declined on numerous occasion because I'm just broke - but K said he'd pay...). So I agreed to go watch one movie with him, and throughout the movie he kept making "moves" -- reaching over to grab the popcorn that was on my side while brushing against my body, or spreading his legs so that his leg would be brushing up against mine [until I move my leg anyway] e.t.c. -- this of course startled me, I'm already in a relationship [long-distance relationship, but it's still a relationship to me] so I thought K's actions were rude and inconsiderate, and I was just getting mixed signals: I was thinking to myself, "is this normal for gay-friends? is it okay for gay friends to act flirtatious towards another friend [who is in a relationship]?" Being the confrontational person that I am, I confronted K. I told him how I felt, and that I don't have many [if any] gay friends, and that I don't know what he's doing, and if it's "nothing" then I apologize. Of course K reacts in the worst possible way: defensive, hostile, ignorant, idiotic.

The next day, I get text messages from K's friend V and S ,saying how I shouldn't have led K on
[This is just Bullshit #1, I didn't lead him on in any way], and that I shouldn't have made a 'move' on K if I wasn't going to go through with it [Bullshit #2, he made the move on me]. I was too tired of justifying myself, so I just told them to go fuck themselves and that they were all crazy. I couldn't care less if they continued to gossip about me, and quite frankly, it just seems like they were jealous of me in some way, which is funny.

I either have bad luck [in regards to meeting friends], or the gay guys [who I want to befriend] in New Zealand are gossipy, jealous, bitter, crazy, and sexually frustrated -- all of these characteristics - of course - morphs to create a deceptive, manipulative person. And for all these reasons, and many other reasons which I do not blog about, I find it very, very difficult maintaining a genuine relationship with Gay Guys - one where I do not have to constantly watch what I say, and watch my back.

However, in saying all of this, I feel that the people that I've met via-blogging-world seem much more genuine than the people that I meet [in person] here in New Zealand. This could be due to many factors, the obvious, being that it's a - mostly - anonymous community.

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Oh! Hardly anyone has ever had such hardcore fucking! The guy is so possessed with lust that he is ready to rip the cheeks of his fuck mate with his throbbing meat! Hes literally pulling his head onto his stiff rod! Hes slapping the guys lips and cheeks with his red cap! Then hes fucking him passionately up his unprepared little hole! Still he cant have enough! Giving away a loud moan, he pours a massive load of cum right into his boyfriends open mouth.

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Well.when you put a slew of men together who are into barebacking and tons of cum, and are getting each other off in a canyon, you get Cum Canyon of course. He He. And being as its presented by none other than HDKRaw, the cum gets swallowed and the limits are very few. This is Matt Sizemores very first bareback flick, and from what we can see, the man will never look back. Also starring Chad Adams, Scott Bradley, Dillen McFate, Mark Reed, and Erik Venture, the splendor of these mens lust is mostly appropriately displayed in the canyons surrounding Palm Springs. If the neighbours only knew what was going on right next door to them. He He.
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Deep in the bowels of the HDKRaw dungeons there are some intense and scary things going on. Totally bareback monster cocks are using hot and willing manholes for the total pleasure. Evey man knows his role and plays it well. It is a hierarchy that is very seldom questioned. Once the holes have been thoroughly primed with large endowments, gloves are donned on the fists of the tops and grease is applied to said weapon. Sphincters are stretched, anus are explored, and it all happens within the bowels of the HDKRaw beast.

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Although I certainly adore every single Asian boy that I get to shoot, Bee and I had a special friendship right from the start. For one thing, he is sincerely into feet. When he jerks off his gorgeous man meat with his thick peds, its like watching one of the most amazing things youve ever seen in your life. As you can probably notice, Bee is hung quite well, and considering he isnt a very big young man, thats even more astounding. One of his favourite things is to feel his hot, warm jizz dripping from his sexy feet after a good wank off session. Such a hottie and thats why hes one of our favorites gay asian feet porn stars!
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Before Sean and Trey head into a raunch hardcore, raw ass pounding, things had to get heated up beyond the norm. Sean took on Treys huge cock and sweet asshole like he had been locked in a room for a week and not fed. Trey spreads open as wide as he can to allow Seans extremely talente tongue to delve into his depths. True HDKCentrals never ending theme, the action is once again just about as raw as you can get. Assholes open so wide, air breezes right up inside them. He He. Spit and shove is the name of the game here. And when someone cums, thats just more natural lube.

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I dont know who would be the luckier bloke in this excerpt from the Best of HDK. Is it Will West for being serviced so well by such an incredible looking mature ebony stud? Or the black God himself for having the likes of a total bear hunk such as Will to play with? Lets just say theyre both very fortunate to be able to get hooked up like this and put on a sensational show for us. Theres nothing like the great outdoors to bring out all that natural animal magnetism as they rim, suck, and take one another to outstanding and messy climaxes. We dont call it the Best of HDK for nothing you know!
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In order to get around the world, we make predictions about what other people do. We guess that a friend will remember to make a reservation for a lunch date next week. We assume that a spouse will pick up a bottle of wine to bring to a friend's party. We expect that our children will choose the same item from the menu at a restaurant that they always do. These predictions work well enough. Often, our predictions are borne out. Yet frustratingly, sometimes they are not. We make predictions based on our beliefs about other people's behavior, and sometimes people do not do what we expect. We come to rely on other people's predictability to the point where their failures to be predictable often lead us to wonder what is wrong with them.
As it turns out, though, unpredictability is a fundamental part of human nature.

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I dont know who would be the luckier bloke in this excerpt from the Best of HDK. Is it Will West for being serviced so well by such an incredible looking mature ebony stud? Or the black God himself for having the likes of a total bear hunk such as Will to play with? Lets just say theyre both very fortunate to be able to get hooked up like this and put on a sensational show for us. Theres nothing like the great outdoors to bring out all that natural animal magnetism as they rim, suck, and take one another to outstanding and messy climaxes. We dont call it the Best of HDK for nothing you know!
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Hello, hello. These are photos of Sarah Palin chilling by the pool at her Miami hotel yesterday. She was in town for the Republican Governors Association meeting where she was all business, but after hours, she's all sexy a gosh-darn don'tcha know. Not bad looking legs on the Governor. Almost makes me reconsider my vote. Okay, not really, but if she ever wants to shoot some moose together, I'm game. NOTE: For the record, I hunt Adam Eve style: Au naturale. Governor? If you want to scope out some more Sarah Palin legginess, the rest of the set can be found exclusively on Celebuzz.

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I have a feeling that a foursome like this is what got this knocked up coed in trouble in the first place. She just cant control her sexual urges and keep her legs shut. About six months ago, she discovered she was pregnant after a wild night just like this one. And that wasnt her first gangbang either! Shes just a one hundred percent slut that loves having sex with more than one fellow at once. And now that she is pregnant, dont think that her sexual desires are going to go away. If anything, shes more fuck addicted than ever!
Check out these hardcore photos from her latest gangbang. She invited four of her man friends over tonight and when she got there she was waiting in this black lingerie. It wasnt long before that lingerie was coming off and so were the boys clothes. She went back and forth, giving them all attention with her mouth. They even fucked her pregnant love bud. All three of them fucked her before they all came on her!
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The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), the people who teamed up with Hilary Duff to fight the offensive use of the phrase "that's so gay," is now going after Nelson for his homophobic comment on the show.

In a statement to TMZ, GLSEN says: "Nelson's use of 'that's so gay' in a negative way is not surprising considering that 90 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth say they hear the term used this way frequently or often at school. Nelson should visit ThinkB4YouSpeak.com where he can send an apologetic e-card to Milhouse. GLSEN would also welcome Nelson's participation in our next PSA so he can make amends by helping to educate young people about why such language is wrong."

A rep for the show was not immediately available for comment. Nelson's people couldn't be reached for comment either ... since he's a cartoon.

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Everyone's moving on with their lives and I'm still back in school. What am I going to do?

I feel for you. I really do. It must be agonizing -- stuck in limbo between pretend adulthood and real adulthood, pining for a sense of accomplishment in academia and yet unable to break immature, irresponsible habits. Procrastination's an awful vice, isn't it? Sigh.

The way I see it, you have three options. You could lock yourself in your bedroom, dwell on your completely meaningless existence and periodically break into heart-wrenching sobs while incoherently crying, "I'm such a loser!" over and over again until your tears burn away all uncertainty.

Or, you could isolate yourself from all of those pesky, successful friends and only associate with like-minded wastes of life who will continue to validate your sloth. Together, you and your new posse of misfits could not go to class, turn papers in late, switch from major to major and drink away your mediocrity at the cheapest happy hour. It would be a whole new world.

Or, better yet, you can just quit school altogether! I mean, clearly education is not your forte, so you may as well just forget about it. You can get a nice, low-skilled government job -- like a toll collector. I hear it's very lucrative. And you'd get a pension.

Oh, I almost forgot. There is a fourth option. Get yourself together and graduate from school. Commit to a major (News flash: It doesn't have to be the "perfect" choice, as long as you make one); study once in a while; turn in a paper from time to time; oh, I don't know, maybe go to class.

I know, I know, this is quite a rigorous schedule. Only kids in China are worked harder in school! But really, if you just put in some effort, not only will you be on par with your friends (who can then hook you up with jobs, since they're already plugged in), but you might actually learn something. And then you won't have to ask any more annoying questions.

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