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PENSACOLA, Fla. — The series of storms that rocked much of the South and Midwest earlier in the week was slowly moving off the coast Thursday after drenching much of the East in torrential rains and severe flooding.
More than 2 feet of rain buried vast swaths of the Florida Panhandle and Alabama's Gulf Coast. Heavy rains also brought havoc farther north. In Baltimore, a sodden retaining wall buckled and sent cars and mud crashing 75 feet onto railroad tracks. A similar event took place in Yonkers, N.Y.
In Florida, homeowners in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties climbed into attics, motorists abandoned submerged cars on streets and rescue workers went without sleep to field a barrage of 911 calls. Emergency crews responded to more than 1,000 calls for assistance in 24 hours, the Pensacola News Journal reported.
Officials in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties have said they do not have official tallies for property damage or casualties.
A gas explosion at the flooded Escambia County Jail in Pensacola left two people dead and scores injured, although officials had not determined what if any impact the weather had on the tragedy.
One woman, 67-year-old Betty Faye Word, drowned when her Mercedes was submerged by floodwaters on U.S. 29 in Escambia County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. County Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas said that Word was a retired employee of the school system.
"It's a tragedy when anybody loses their life, and we mourn with her family and any other families that have suffered loss in this event," he said.
The official weather station in Pensacola received 15.55 inches of rain on Tuesday, which is the city's rainiest single day on record, according to the National Weather Service. Weather records go back to 1880 in Pensacola, meaning that Tuesday was the wettest day out of the past 50,000 days in Pensacola.
At one point late Tuesday, 5.68 inches of rain fell in one hour in Pensacola, according to the weather service. That much rain might happen once in 200 to 500 years, the weather service reported.
On Tuesday, Mobile, Ala., picked up 11.24 inches of rain, which is the city's third-greatest calendar day total on record. Mobile weather records go back to 1842.
Further north, Wednesday was a record-setting day for rainfall in the Washington, D.C., area, with all three main weather reporting stations (Washington National, Washington Dulles, and BWI) all picked up daily record rainfalls.
Some spots northwest of the city received as much as 8 inches of rain on Wednesday.
The storm system had swept East after leaving a wide path of destruction in the Midwest and South earlier in the week. More than 30 people were killed in tornadoes and related storms in Arkansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama.
Rain soaked Alabama late Wednesday even as it tried to recover from Monday's tornadoes. The Weather Channel reported widespread flash flooding along Alabama's Gulf Coast. Nearly 9 inches of rain fell in Mobile in one of the wettest days ever there.
On Wednesday, officials in Georgia reported one death in Athens. Police say winds pushed over a tree that crashed into a car, killing its driver at a mobile home park.
The prolonged weather pattern was unusual, forecasters said, noting that Monday and Tuesday marked the first time in 22 years with 10 or more tornado deaths for two straight days.
A few showers and thunderstorms are likely Thursday afternoon for parts of the Mid-Atlantic southward to the Southeast Coast, the weathe service said. Cities that have the chance of experiencing heavy, gusty thunderstormsinclude Charleston, S.C.; Raleigh, N.C.; Norfolk, Va.; along with Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Tampa in Florida, AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski reported.
The weather system will finally move off the Mid-Atlantic coast by Friday morning, the weather service predicts, though showers and thunderstorms will continue over parts of Florida through Friday evening.
But recovery was already underway in many areas Thursday. Schools were opening, roads were being cleared.
"The great thing about this area is that when we have an event like this we find a way to get back on our feet," Thomas said in Florida. "We saw it after (Hurricane) Ivan, and we'll see it again after this."
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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) - Adair County officials have identified a 74-year-old man who was stabbed to death and whose dismembered arms were tossed at bystanders by the man accused in his murder.
Adair County Coroner Brian Noe said Tuesday that Willis Edward Meredith died Jan. 6 in Kirksville of multiple stab wounds. Noe said Meredith's body had also been burned.
Paul Potter of Kirksville is charged with second-degree murder, arson and tampering and is being held on $1 million bond. Potter's court-appointed lawyer hasn't returned a call seeking comment.
Noe says he used Meredith's tattoos to positively identify him, but that fingerprint identification has also been ordered.
Police say Potter threw the victim's dismembered arms at people who had gathered at the apartment complex observing a vehicle fire Potter's also accused of setting.
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Politicians in Washington, D.C., have been saying some scary things of late.
They often do this, of course.
Yet recent rhetoric seems to me especially troubling because one of the words in fashion is "fairness."
Besides, say, "taxes," I can't think of any word I would less like to hear from the larynxes of lawmakers.Fairness, in most contexts, has a pleasant connotation.
Congress is not like most contexts.
Congress is not like most things, actually. Which is good. Can you imagine if, for instance, fast food restaurants were like Congress?
A cheeseburger would cost $75 and the special sauce would as likely contain E.coli as mayonnaise.
As for words, all sorts of honest nouns and adjectives and even an occasional verb have gone to Washington and gotten themselves corrupted, like country rubes who travel to Hollywood hoping to become stars but end up lurking on the Sunset Strip.
Take, for instance, "investment."
When you read that word you envision giving 100 bucks to someone who, some years later, will give you 200 bucks back (or next week, if you're Hillary Clinton).
What Congress means by investment is taking your $100 and giving you. . . . well, they'll get back to you on that.
When lawmakers talk about fairness these days they're referring, in many cases, to the Fairness Doctrine.
The doctrine, which was enacted in 1949 and overseen by the Federal Communications Commission, was never very fair.
Fortunately, it wasn't much of a doctrine, either.
Anyway, the FCC abolished the Fairness Doctrine in 1987.
It was supposed to ensure that radio and TV stations which broadcast over the publicly owned airwaves not only enlighten listeners and viewers about controversial issues, but do so in a "fair" way.
The notion that the government should control in any way what Americans say seems peculiar indeed in a country that thinks so highly of freedom of expression that it put it right at the top of the Bill of Rights.
But in reality "doctrine," with its intimations of forced indoctrination, makes the rule sound a lot more sinister than it really was.
In 1974, a quarter-century after the Fairness Doctrine took effect, the federal government admitted as much. According to an FCC document from that year, although the commission concluded it had the legal authority to enforce the Fairness Doctrine, "it had not yet exercised that power because licensed broadcasters had voluntarily complied with the spirit of the doctrine."
But the FCC also warned at the time that "should future experience indicate that the doctrine (of voluntary compliance) is inadequate, either in its expectations or in its results, the Commission will have the opportunity — and the responsibility — for such further reassessment and action as would be mandated."
At least until 1987, when, at President Ronald Reagan's behest, the FCC basically said "never mind."
(And just to dispel the rumor that repealing the Fairness Doctrine was part of Reagan's plot to stamp out liberalism, consider that the president's advisers urged him to keep the doctrine. They argued that doing away with it would entice the Big 3 TV networks and PBS to indulge in some good old-fashioned Hitler-Reagan warmonger comparisons whenever they wanted.)
In the past couple of years some prominent politicians, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. John Kerry, have said they support reviving the Fairness Doctrine, or some facsimile.
Their chief exhibit is the predominance of conservative talk radio.
I'll admit the argument has the makings of a cool conspiracy theory.
After all, Rush Limbaugh — the godfather of conservative talk — went national with his show in 1988, the year after Reagan killed the Fairness Doctrine.
Sure, and Lee Harvey Oswald was the proverbial lone gunman.
The basic premise of the Fairness Doctrine — to ensure that the public gets something from its ownership of the airwaves besides being scared out of its mind while listening to Orson Welles narrate a Martian invasion — is admirable.
And in 1949, when just 9 percent of American homes had a TV set and the net was something you hit shuttlecocks back and forth over, the government could make a credible case that without regulation, the public airwaves were vulnerable to the evil machinations of the propagandists.
(Well, credible if you don't account for newspapers and magazines, which, I am pleased to note, have never had to kowtow to the whims of a federal agency's doctrines, fair or otherwise.)
Today, of course, the notion that Americans can't figure out what's really going on without the government's help is laughable.
Or it would be if Nancy Pelosi weren't implying it's true.
Pelosi and the other proponents of "fairness" seem to believe that the popularity of right-wing radio in some way threatens our republic, or at least weakens it.
Actually, Americans have never had it so good, information-wise.
Everyone has an opinion about everything. And all of them were in my e-mail inbox this morning.
In 1949 the only way your wacky neighbor could publicize his theories about Harry Truman and the Illuminati was to stand on the street corner and shout until his voice gave out. Or the police showed up.
Today your wacky neighbor who thinks George W. Bush was running air-traffic control on Sept. 11 has a blog.
And so do millions of other neighbors whose hypotheses are equally well-researched.
There's plenty of the propaganda that government officials were fretting about back in 1949 when they imposed the Fairness Doctrine.
But I doubt they could have imagined that propaganda would become what it is today — so pervasive, so diverse, and most importantly so accessible, that a person has to be awfully stubborn, and clever, to remain oblivious to the reality that every issue has at least two sides.
And based on what I see on cable TV, most have a lot more than two.
If the absence of the Fairness Doctrine had allowed Limbaugh to become the omnipotent controller of minds that certain Democrats seem to believe he is, then Bill Clinton would still be living in Arkansas and Barack Obama would still be a Senator from Illinois.
(And Rod Blagojevich would be less famous, but a lot happier.)
In a recent column that was published in the Baker City Herald, Bill Press lamented conservatives' near-monopoly in talk radio.
"And that must change," Press wrote. "Not necessarily by bringing back the Fairness Doctrine, but by requiring owners of broadcast licenses to serve the general public."
I'm not sure what Press means by "serve."
I'm afraid, though, that he's been up to some Washington-style shenanigans with the word's meaning.
The people radio stations ought to serve are their listeners. Which they do, by putting on programs that people like to listen to.
More people want to listen to Rush Limbaugh than to Randi Rhodes.
I'm all for Rhodes trying to change that. I just don't want the government to help her.
Press contends Rhodes and other liberals can get good ratings and make money for stations if only they were "given a level playing field."
But liberal talkers are denied that chance, Press argues. The "only reason there's not more competition on American airwaves is that the handful of companies that own most radio stations do everything they can to block it."
This is nonsense.
Does Press expect us to believe that the monolithic radio companies care more about ideology than about the profits that made them monoliths?
To believe that Rhodes could whip Limbaugh if only the government made sure she had a fair chance?
Sorry, Bill, but Rhodes has that chance every time she switches on her microphone.
Press mentions in his column six radio stations that have boosted their ratings since switching to what he describes as a "progressive" format.
Six out of 13,500.
And of the six, one is in Portland, and another in Madison, Wisc. I could get big ratings in either of those cities by chanting "George W. Bush is evil" for three hours a day.
In 1974 Warren Burger, Chief Justice of the United States, wrote that "government-enforced right of access inescapably dampens the vigor and limits the variety of public debate."
Berger was writing about a lawsuit involving a newspaper, but his conclusion is true of radio and TV as well.
Those who want to revert to 1949-style FCC control have, I think, perverted the concept of fairness that is expressed, with elegance and brevity, in the First Amendment.
It's not fair, in their view, that conservatives dominate talk radio.
But that dominance is the result of all of us being free to turn the dial wherever we want.
The First Amendment doesn't guarantees results. It guarantees rights.
It says each of us is free to express our opinion, but it doesn't say anyone has to listen to us express it.
(Nor does it preclude anyone from telling you, or me, to shut the hell up.)
Put simply, we can say what we want, and hear what we want.
Which sounds pretty fair to me.


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(1) Establishment.— The Secretary of Transportation shall establish and carry out a motor carrier and motor coach research and technology program.
(2) Multiyear plan.— The program must include a multi-year research plan that focuses on nonredundant innovative research and shall be coordinated with other research programs or projects ongoing or planned within the Department of Transportation, as appropriate.
(3) Research, development, and technology transfer activities.— The Secretary may carry out under the program research, development, technology, and technology transfer activities with respect to—
(B) means of reducing the number and severity of accidents, injuries, and fatalities involving commercial motor vehicles;
(C) improving the safety and efficiency of commercial motor vehicles through technological innovation and improvement;
(D) improving technology used by enforcement officers when conducting roadside inspections and compliance reviews to increase efficiency and information transfers; and
(4) Tests and development.— The Secretary may test, develop, or assist in testing and developing any material, invention, patented article, or process related to the research and technology program.
(5) Training.— The Secretary may use the funds made available to carry out this section for training or education of commercial motor vehicle safety personnel, including training in accident reconstruction and detection of controlled substances or other contraband and stolen cargo or vehicles.
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(A) non-Federal entities, including State and local governments, foreign governments, colleges and universities, corporations, institutions, partnerships, and sole proprietorships that are incorporated or established under the laws of any State; and
(2) Cooperative agreements.— In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may enter into cooperative research and development agreements (as defined in section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a)).
(3) Cost sharing.—
(A) Federal share.— The Federal share of the cost of activities carried out under a cooperative research and development agreement entered into under this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent; except that, if there is substantial public interest or benefit associated with any such activity, the Secretary may approve a greater Federal share.
(4) Use of technology.— The research, development, or use of a technology under a cooperative research and development agreement entered into under this subsection, including the terms under which the technology may be licensed and the resulting royalties may be distributed, shall be subject to the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.).
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It's been seven weeks since a 13-year-old boy was last seen, and authorities are beginning to run out of leads.
The La Plata County Sheriff's Office is continuing its search for Dylan Redwine, but says the once abundance of tips has slowed to a trickle. Where authorities were previously getting several dozen a day, LPSO says it is now only getting two to three per day at most.
Dylan was visiting his father in Vallecito Lake, which is near Durango, for Thanksgiving when he disappeared. Dylan lived in La Plata County until four months ago, when his mother moved to Colorado Springs.
Dylan's father says that his son was still sleeping when he last saw him on the morning of the 19th. When Mark Redwine returned home a few hours later, back from running errands, Dylan was gone. Authorities were notified later that afternoon.
A reward for information on Dylan's disappearance has risen to $20,000. A dinner to raise money for the continued search is happening later this month.
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- The 1997 hard state outburst of the X-ray transient GS 1354-64/BW Cir
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- Brocksopp, Catherine; Fender, Robert P.; Groot, Paul J.; Jonker, Peter G.; Tingay, Steven J.; van der Klis, Michael
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- We present observations of the 1997 outburst of the X-ray transient GS 1354−64 (BW Cir) at X-ray, optical and, for the first time, radio wavelengths; our results include upper limits to the linear and circular polarization for the radio data. The X-ray outburst was unusual in that the source remained in the low/hard X-ray state throughout; the X-ray peak was also preceded by at least one optical outburst, suggesting that it was an 'outside-in' outburst – similar to those observed in dwarf novae systems, although possibly taking place on a viscous time-scale in this case. It therefore indicates that the optical emission was not dominated by the reprocessing of X-rays, but that instead we see the instability directly. While the radio source was too faint to detect any extended structure, spectral analysis of the radio data and a comparison with other similar systems suggest that mass ejections, probably in the form of a jet, took place and that the emitted synchrotron spectrum may have extended as far as infrared wavelengths. Finally, we compare this 1997 outburst of GS 1354−64 with possible previous outbursts and also with other hard-state objects, both transient and persistent. It appears that a set of characteristics – such as a weak, flat-spectrum radio jet, a mHz QPO increasing in frequency, a surprisingly high optical/X-ray luminosity ratio, and the observed optical peak preceding the X-ray peak – may be common to all hard-state X-ray transients.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
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- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 323 (2001), pp. 517-528
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The generation features many changes such as 3D cel-shaded graphics, more in depth battle scenes and a brand new camera view. The name of the new region is not known yet, but the region probably draws inspiration from the continent of Europe. This is suggested from similarities of the tower that the male player is skating? away from in the trailer, and the Eiffel Tower which is the main monument of the city of Paris, France. Also, a bridge that may be based on the popular London Bridge has also been seen in the game, as seen in the trailer with the female player running over it. Near the bridge stands a large statue of Golurk, that's something important to the town.
The only known new Pokémon are the starters Chespin (Grass), Fennekin (Fire), and Froakie (Water). The mascots have been shown and their names are Xerneas (Exclusive mascot to Pokemon X Version), and Yveltal (Exclusive mascot to Pokemon Y Version).
There has also been a new Eeveelution, or evolution from Eevee, revealed, Sylveon, or Ninfia in Japanese.
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WASHINGTON – A trainer and basketball coach in Virginia has been arrested and charged with sexual assault and solicitation of child pornography.
The Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman says 39-year-old Marlow Mikassa Afshartous of Reston has provided basketball instruction at Claude Moore Recreation Center in Sterling and the now-closed Hoop Magic in Chantilly.
He was an employee of Loudoun County's recreation program and a former professional basketball player in Europe.
Afshartous also is known as Marlow Talley. Authorities say he additionally participated with the Fairfax Stars and at Georgetown Day School.
Investigators with the sheriff's office in June began looking into allegations that Afshartous had a sexual relationship with a female athlete under the age of 13. He was arrested last weekend with the help of Fairfax County police and is being held without bond.
Authorities say they are continuing the investigation to see if there may be additional alleged victims. Anyone with information is asked to call 703-777-0475.
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Have you been watching the new season of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta?" If you have, you'd already know that former Miss USA Kenya Moore, now an actress/model and film producer, is staking her claim as this season's drama queen. Arguing with Cynthia over a "Jet" magazine model search? Check. Hiring her own personal security guard? Check. Throwing a hissy fit over the fact that her boyfriend once asked out Kandi Burruss? Check. Paying just a little bit too much attention to the husband of another Housewife? Check. Watch Kenya in action at a "Jet" magazine model search event.
So just who IS this Kenya Moore? We caught up with Moore, behind the wheel on an L.A. freeway, and asked her for the truth behind some of the rumors. Read on for some facts about "The Real Housewives of Atlanta'"s new diva in town.
Was she booed as a pageant queen?
TRUE. Yes, Kenya says. In 1993, after winning the Miss USA crown she represented the country at the Miss Universe pageant in Mexico City. When Miss Mexico failed to make the top 10, the host country got a little upset. "They booed the late Dick Clark, [who hosted] they called in a bomb threat and the judges had to be escorted out and they booed me because the U.S. owned the Miss Universe pageant. I came in fourth and the top three finalists were all Spanish-speaking women. (Dayanara Torres, Miss Puerto Rico and the woman Mark Anthony divorced to marry Jennifer Lopez was the winner.) You had 85 girls from all over the world. We were all titleholders. It didn't matter if we won. It wasn't as competitive as Miss USA. It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life." Watch Kenya Moore crowned as Miss USA 1993.
Did Kenya go to the same high school as Diana Ross?
TRUE. Moore graduated from Detroit's famous Cass Technical High School which was once best known as the school that also graduated Diana Ross. Since then, a number of future celebrities have graduated from Cass Tech including rapper Big Sean, David Alan Grier, TV hostess Shaun Robinson, and two current NFL players – New York Jet Vernon Gholson and Oakland Raider Joseph Barksdale. The school is still considered among the top public schools in the Detroit area. "Cass Tech is not only a famous high school, it's a school for gifted children. You have to be tested to get into Cass and you have to maintain a certain GPA. I'm proud to have walked the same hallways of some of the famous graduates, but I'm also proud to have gone to a school that promoted education.
Are her hair, eyes and breasts fake?
FALSE. Moore does not wear a weave, colored contacts and hasn't had breast implants. "I don't wear a weave, a wig, clip-on hair extensions or whatever all that stuff is. I've actually been working on my own hair care line and that's something I'm going to introduce on the show. I think weaves and wigs are perfectly fine. My product line is basically to promote healthy hair. You can wear weaves or wigs if you want to, but you can wear your own hair as well. I'm very serlous about healthy hair. I do have my own hair. It is just hair. I don't live and die by my hair. I've worn weaves for a movie but in my every day life when you see me on the RHOA, it's all my hair. I don't have fine textured hair. I have very thick hair. I don't perm it. I don't' relax it. I'm wearing color in my hair right now but I don't put any chemicals in it other than color. I wash it, let it air dry and flat iron it in small sections and use roller sets. As for everything else, my fans who've known me for a long time know that I'm a natural girl.
Has she really been proposed to six times and if so, is it anyone who's name we would recognize?
TRUE. (Laughs) But no, I don't think so and that's my final answer.
Did she date Mike Tyson, Jay-Z, Jamal Anderson, Allen Iverson and Terrell Owens?
FALSE. No to all of the above. Mike Tyson: "I'd consider us friends. No story there. Jay-Z: "We did a video together(pre-Beyonce) and he's a great guy and he made me laugh. But he never asked me out." Jamal Anderson: "I've known him since forever and he's always had a woman the entire time. I never, ever dated him." Terrell Owens: "There was interest, but I caught him at a bad time and didn't want to be part of the drama." Allen Iverson: "I've met the man one time." But did she ever date an NBA player? That is true, but Moore was cagey about which one, although it's possible that he is the "Houston" boyfriend she and Miss Lawrence mention on "RHOA."
Is she still estranged from her mother, Patricia Moore?
TRUE. In 1993, after winning Miss USA, Moore told "People" magazine that she had little contact with her mother. I can honestly say I don't love her," Moore told the magazine. "I don't even know her." At the time, "People" reported that Kenya was not even named by her mother and was instead raised by her grandmothers. "That is true," Moore says. "It will come up on the show and I've written a book that will be out next year called "Invisible." One of the nice aspects of the show is that you do get into our personal lives. I was raised by my beautiful grandmothers. I owe my strength and my positivity to them. We are our parents, our family and our experiences and you'll see a little bit more about me and kind of understand how I got to where I got to today."
Is what we've seen in two episodes indicative of the person Kenya Moore really is?
FALSE. "I am a really sweet person and 20 years in the business you don't get anywhere being nasty. There's a lot left up to editing and that's something that I can't control. People don't change their colors overnight. That's one of the biggest fears I had in doing a realty show that you're not being portrayed the way you really are. I was disappointed when I watched the footage as well, although I think I was portrayed better in the second episode. You're only two episodes in and my journey is my journey with these girls and you have to watch. The show has 18 episodes and if you prematurely judge from what you see then you would be remiss. You need to see the entire season play out.
Will she be the one getting married on this season of RHOA?
MAYBE. "You know you gotta watch to find out. I'll say that someone is definitely going to get married."
Read the full transcription of Kenya Moore's interview with the TJMS below.


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I am not the first person to talk about how being a sponsor is as much of a blessing to the sponsor as the child, but I nevertheless want to tell you about the blessings I have received and especially the lessons I have learned through sponsoring a child in India.
About four years ago I started sponsoring a boy from India named Johnson. It was the start of quite a journey. I had made it a point of familiarizing myself with my children's cultures and discovered in India a fascinating history.
As I corresponded with Johnson I also discovered a wonderful person. He was bright and friendly, eagerly teaching me the rules of cricket and about the various adventures in his life.
In those letters I saw a life full of joy, even in the midst of poverty. I was touched by his enthusiasm and quickly learned it was not a trait only he possessed.
As I researched the history of Christianity in India, its culture and people, and began to talk with Indian Christians, I discovered a culture steeped in joy and a strong family ethic. This was very refreshing.
I've spent a number of years helping with youth ministry, and I have been deeply saddened at the growing destruction of family values and the rise of depression in teenagers and even small children.
I have seen a growing loss of emotional security for our young ones. But India is a vibrant, loving culture, which brings up healthy, happy, confident children even in extreme poverty. Needless to say, I have been taking notes.
First, appearances can be deceiving. I've often heard Indian people described as reserved and quiet. While it is true that they aren't as forward and openly affectionate as Westerners, don't let that trick you into thinking they are emotionally aloof.
At the center of each family is a deep wellspring of love and concern. They are delightful people with very deep feelings even if they don't always wear them on their sleeves.
Cultural lessons aside, the greatest lesson I learned was just how vital it is that we reconnect with the values of Christian family fellowship. Jesus said that whoever does the will of His Father in heaven is His mother and sister and brother. He says that for a very good reason: The church needs to function as a family.
What allows these wonderful people to thrive in such hardship is a Christian family ethic that nurtures its members, especially the ones who have fallen on hard times. In such a climate of support, even the strongest disasters can be weathered.
In America we have come to worship the concept of the "rugged individualist" and it has given us the habit of striking out on our own at the first inconvenience. In marriage or in church politics it doesn't take long for someone to decide, "I can do better on my own," and institute a separation. And anytime these separations occur, spiritual orphans are left in the wake.
In order to prevent these tragedies from happening, we need to regain our ability to cooperate, even when the going gets tough. This is the second lesson I learned from the Indian Christian community. Indians have a knack for living and working in close quarters with minimal friction. In most cases they have no other choice.
Large families living in small dwellings require a person to cultivate a more relaxed personality. I often find that our American culture is extremely high-strung. We tend to be impatient and get very irritable when our needs and desires are not promptly met (I am one of the worst offenders), and it contributes to the friction that drives our families and congregations apart.
In Indian culture, patience is a virtue and its reward evident in its close-knit, loving families – both biological and spiritual. The last lesson India has taught me is to never underestimate the value of a kind word. In America, when someone is going through a hard time, we often don't know what to say. So we say nothing.
Yet just as a single harsh word can tear right through a person, so can a single kind word heal. It never ceases to amaze me how much these children thrive on the kind words we give them in our letters. And there is so much blessing when they return with kind letters of their own.
A couple of years ago I went through a terrible illness. Thinking about how Johnson and his family were praying for me every day was one of the few things that kept my hopes up.
We can take these lessons we learn from writing to our children and put them into practice. Take time to build people up; make an effort to find ways to praise your co-workers, church staff and family.
You'd be surprised just how much good it does. Workplace tension drops dramatically, families get along. A kind word is a great blessing.
These are the lessons I have learned from the wonderful Christians of India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tyler Lee, a volunteer in his church's youth ministry, has been a Compassion sponsor for five years. He currently sponsors two children and corresponds with a third.


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Examine yourself so you can find a healthy relationship.
Most people I work with as a relationship coach believe they have a particular "type" in love. They base relationship choices on a specific personality or physical look. They're looking for chemistry and fear that anything outside this established model will be boring, incompatible and physically unappealing. One primary key to attracting love that will last is the willingness to look at what is not working in your relationships and opening your heart to change.
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•The less he communicates with me, the more I have to be with him.
•When a guy wants more from me emotionally, I lose interest.
If you can see yourself in those type of relationships, the barrier is the fear of revealing your authentic self. It is only through vulnerability in your interactions with others that you will be able to attract the right one for love. For many individuals, being an open book signals emotional caution as it is associated with heartbreak. If you've vowed not to allow anyone to have that power over your heart again, you've probably built a wall which keeps the very thing you desire away.
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•I always need to be the strong one, the person who has it all together.
•I'd rather please others than reveal my true emotions.
•I don't want to rock the boat in relationships.
•I shut down and keep my true feelings to myself when tension arise.
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•I'll never let anyone hurt me again.
•Revealing my emotions is very risky.
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•I have no problems, and if I did, I'd never tell.
•No one respects a weak person.
If you find your answers affirm a fear of vulnerability, the next step to relationship readiness is healing from the initial heartbreak. Hiding behind a facade only leads to attracting those who cannot fulfill your emotional needs.
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There are certain films that are beautifully rendered and a joy to watch because of the way in which the cinematographer has chosen to use light or a certain kind of film that produces striking and dynamic images. Here are a few of my favorite films where color, light and shadows are as central to the end product as are the plot, characters or setting.
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The process has been long, intense and at times grueling, but Heidelberg's Master of Arts in Counseling program has achieved a milestone – extension of its accreditation by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.
According to the CACREP Board of Directors, Heidelberg's accreditation for both the school counseling and community counseling programs runs through March 2019. Previously, the program had received two-year conditional accreditation.
"This took a while, but it was something that was very necessary for us to do," said Dr. Jo-Ann Lipford Sanders, professor and chair of the Graduate Studies in Counseling program. "Anyone who is in the counseling profession understands how important this is to our programs."
CACREP accreditation provides recognition that the content, curriculum and quality of the programs have been thoroughly evaluated – both internally and by an outside review team – and meet the highest professional standards.
One of the most significant changes that occurred in the preparation process was the fusing of the two concentrations – school counseling and community counseling – under the graduate counseling umbrella, and the addition of a dual licensure option.
While accreditation affirms the quality of the program and has positively impacted enrollment for Heidelberg, its students may benefit most significantly. Those who enroll and complete graduate work from CACREP-accredited institutions may ultimately have greater success in the job market, Lipford Sanders said.
Research indicates CACREP graduates are better prepared and perform better on licensing exams. State licensing requirements in Ohio are aligned with CACREP's high standards. In short order, Lipford Sanders said, there will be few jobs available for those who come from non-CACREP programs.
"For our graduates, what this says to the world is that they needn't be concerned about the quality of education they are getting here," she said. "When a person graduates with their master's degree in counseling from Heidelberg, none of the (program's) credentials have to be checked (during the licensing process)."
And perhaps most importantly, "Employers understand the quality of the education they received."
The transition into doctoral programs will be smooth. "Other programs want CACREP-approved students. Mental health programs want them," Lipford Sanders said.
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The Haines Solar Cooker combines the power of a Funnel cooker with stability of the traditional CooKit. It has been designed by Roger Haines of San Diego, California, USA. The cooker is made in the USA from a mylar-coated reflective bubble insulation material that is sold "off-the shelf" at Lowe's Home Centers in 4-foot by 25-foot rolls. The material can also be ordered on-line in the US under different brand names, and is also available in Europe, India and China. The material is strong (Roger has driven his car over it without breaking the bubbles) and it is unaffected by boiling water. The cooker is made from a single 48" by 48" rectangle of bubble material, and requires only three cuts with ordinary scissors for cooker assembly. In testing in San Diego, this cooker heated an empty pot to a sustained 380 degrees Fahrenheit (193 degrees Celsius) and heated a liter of water from room temperature to boiling in less than an hour.
The two curves of the cooker form an oval funnel that focuses the sun's rays on the cooking pot. The base of the cooker should be anchored with rocks or bricks as shown in the photo. On windy days, the bottom curve of the cooker can be prevented from being blown upward, by wrapping a circle of string around each side of the curve, and securing the string with the same brick or rock that is used to hold down the cooker. Cutting off the corners of the bottom curve will also reduce wind problems without affecting the cooker's performance, When the sun is high, the cut at the front bottom of the cooker can be overlapped and clipped together with a binder clip to form a kind of parabola to concentrate more sun on the cooking pot.
The Haines Polycarbonate Sleeve eliminates the nylon cooking bag commonly used in solar cooking. This sleeve is a 6" x 36" rectangle of UV-stabilized polycarbonate plastic film (.020"), such as Bayer Bayfol UV-1-72, or Lexan 8030, which is rolled into a cylinder to enclose the bottom and sides of the pot but not the top. The cylinder is held together with jumbo paper clips, thus allowing its diameter to be adjusted to fit a variety of cooking pots The pots must be round, with no handles, and must have a top rim that can rest on the top of the cylinder. The cylinder elevates the pot above the surface of the cooker, allowing the sun's rays to bounce off the reflective surface of the cooker and be absorbed by the bottom of the cooking pot. It also provides an insulating "greenhouse" making a traditional cooking bag unnecessary. Haines's testing indicates that a pot with a glass lid retains more heat than one with a metal lid.
Kirkpatrick Solar Cooker (Kirk-ook) variation
Mark Evans Kirkpatrick has offered modifications to the Haines Solar Cooker, known as the Kirk-ook. The base reflector is slotted through the rear reflector to provide more stability for the cooker in windy conditions (with less base material extended and more base material supported). The bottom-rear of the cooker can be supported with rocks as shown in the picture. By extending the sides you will create a wave-like formation focusing more rays in the center for higher effectiveness (depending on the angle of the sun). Higher temperatures can be reached using a turkey bag around the pot & lid on windy days (alleviating the effect from high winds, elevating the pot 2" with black rocks) . The plastic film can be coated with UV agents to avoid discoloration and distortion. Alternate transparent plastics are being tested for higher heat resistance (*email suggestions). It is recommended using clear packaging tape to cover each area that is cut (easier when applied prior to cutting out the design) on each side of the cooker. Tape can also be added to other areas prone to wear-and-tear (mainly the latching triangles that replaced the Velcro or binder clips).
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For purposes of this section, the term "withdrawal liability payment fund", and the term "fund", mean a trust which—
(2) maintains agreements which cover a substantial portion of the participants who are in multiemployer plans which (under the rules of the trust instrument) are eligible to participate in the fund,
(4) is administered by a Board of Trustees, and in the administration of the fund there is equal representation of—
(A) trustees representing employers who are obligated to contribute to the plans participating in the fund, and
(c) Payments to plan; amount, criteria, etc.
(1) If an employer withdraws from a plan which participates in a withdrawal liability payment fund, then, to the extent provided in the trust, the fund shall pay to that plan—
(B) the employer's withdrawal liability payments which would have been due but for section 1388, 1389, 1399, or 1405 of this title,
(2) The fund may provide for the payment of the employer's attributable liability if the fund—
(A) provides for the payment of both the attributable and the unattributable liability of the employer in a single payment, and
(3) For purposes of this section, the term—
(A) "attributable liability" means the excess, if any, determined under the provisions of a plan not inconsistent with regulations of the corporation, of—
(B) "unattributable liability" means the excess of withdrawal liability over attributable liability.
Such terms may be further defined, and the manner in which they shall be applied may be prescribed, by the corporation by regulation.
(A) The trust of a fund shall be maintained for the exclusive purpose of paying—
(B) The amounts paid by a plan to a fund shall be deemed a reasonable expense of administering the plan under sections 1103 (c)(1) and 1104 (a)(1)(A)(ii) of this title, and the payments made by a fund to a participating plan shall be deemed services necessary for the operation of the plan within the meaning of section 1108 (b)(2) of this title or within the meaning of section 4975 (d)(2) of title 26.
(d) Application of payments by plan
(1) For purposes of this part—
(A) only amounts paid by the fund to a plan under subsection (c)(1)(A) of this section shall be credited to withdrawal liability otherwise payable by the employer, unless the plan otherwise provides, and
(e) Subrogation of fund to rights of plan
The fund shall be subrogated to the rights of the plan against the employer that has withdrawn from the plan for amounts paid by a fund to a plan under—
(1) subsection (c)(1)(A) of this section, to the extent not credited under subsection (d)(1)(A) of this section, and
(f) Discharge of rights of fiduciary of fund; standards applicable, etc.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a fiduciary of the fund shall discharge the fiduciary's duties with respect to the fund in accordance with the standards for fiduciaries prescribed by this chapter (to the extent not inconsistent with the purposes of this section), and in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the fund insofar as such documents and instruments are consistent with the provisions of this chapter (to the extent not inconsistent with the purposes of this section). The provisions of the preceding sentence shall supersede any and all State laws relating to fiduciaries insofar as they may now or hereafter relate to a fund to which this section applies.
(g) Prohibition on payments from fund to plan where certain labor negotiations involve employer withdrawn or partially withdrawn from plan and continuity of labor organization representing employees continues
No payments shall be made from a fund to a plan on the occasion of a withdrawal or partial withdrawal of an employer from such plan if the employees representing the withdrawn contribution base units continue, after such withdrawal, to be represented under section 159 of this title (or other applicable labor laws) in negotiations with such employer by the labor organization which represented such employees immediately preceding such withdrawal.
(h) Purchase of insurance by employer
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the purchase of insurance by an employer from any other person, to limit the circumstances under which such insurance would be payable, or to limit in any way the terms and conditions of such insurance.
(i) Promulgation of regulations for establishment and maintenance of fund
The corporation may provide by regulation rules not inconsistent with this section governing the establishment and maintenance of funds, but only to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of this part (other than section 1402 of this title).
Source(Pub. L. 93–406, title IV, § 4223, as added Pub. L. 96–364, title I, § 104(2),Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1241; amended Pub. L. 101–239, title VII, § 7891(a),Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2445.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (f), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 93–406, known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Titles I, III, and IV of such Act are classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of this title and Tables.
1989—Subsecs. (b)(1), (c)(4)(B). Pub. L. 101–239substituted "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954", which for purposes of codification was translated as "title 26" thus requiring no change in text.
Effective Date of 1989 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 101–239effective, except as otherwise provided, as if included in the provision of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99–514, to which such amendment relates, see section 7891(f) ofPub. L. 101–239, set out as a note under section 1002 of this title.
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Gallium Scan
Test Overview
A gallium scan is a nuclear medicine test. A nuclear medicine test uses a special camera to take pictures of specific tissues in the body after a radioactive tracer (radionuclide or radioisotope) makes them visible. Each type of tissue that may be scanned (including bones, organs, glands, and blood vessels) uses a different radioactive compound as a tracer. The radioactivity of a tracer decreases over a period of hours, days, or weeks. The tracer stays in the body until it is eliminated as waste, usually in the urine or stool (feces).
During a gallium scan, the tracer (radioactive gallium citrate) is injected into a vein in the arm. It travels through the bloodstream and into the body's tissues, primarily the bones, liver, intestine, and areas of tissue where inflammation or a buildup of white blood cells (WBCs) is present. It often takes the tracer a few days to build up in these areas, so in most cases a scan is done at 2 days and again at 3 days after the tracer is injected. Areas where the tracer builds up in higher-than-normal amounts show up as bright or "hot" spots in the pictures. The problem areas may be caused by infection, certain inflammatory diseases, or a tumor.
Why It Is Done
A gallium scan is done to:
- Detect the source of an infection that is causing a fever (called a fever of unknown origin).
- Detect an abscess or certain infections, especially in the bones.
- Monitor the response to antibiotic treatment.
- Diagnose inflammatory conditions such as pulmonary fibrosis or sarcoidosis.
- Detect certain types of cancer (such as lymphoma). A gallium scan also may be done to see if cancer has spread (metastasized) to other areas of the body, or to watch how well a cancer treatment is working.
How To Prepare
Before the gallium scan, tell your doctor if:
- You are or might be pregnant.
- You are breast-feeding. If you will no longer be breast-feeding after the test, you will be asked to stop breast-feeding 2 weeks before the test so that the radioactive tracer will not build up in your breast tissue. If you will continue to breast-feed after the test, it is recommended that you not use your breast milk for 4 weeks after a gallium scan because the tracer can be passed to your baby. Some doctors may advise you to stop breast-feeding completely after this scan.
- Within the 4 days before the gallium scan, you have had an X-ray test using barium contrast material (such as a barium enema) or have taken a medicine (such as Pepto-Bismol) that contains bismuth. Barium and bismuth can interfere with test results.
Gallium builds up in the large intestine (colon) before it is eliminated in the stool. You may need to take a laxative the night before the scan and have an enema 1 to 2 hours before the scan to prevent the gallium in your colon from interfering with pictures of the area being studied.
Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have regarding the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will mean. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form(What is a PDF document?).
How It Is Done
A gallium scan is usually done by a nuclear medicine technologist. The scan pictures are usually interpreted by a radiologist or nuclear medicine specialist.
The technologist cleans the site on your arm where the radioactive tracer will be injected. A small amount of the radioactive tracer is then injected. You will need to return for the diagnostic scans. Gallium scans are usually done 24 hours (1 day), 48 hours (2 days), and 72 hours (3 days) after the tracer is injected.
When you come in for the scan, you will need to remove any jewelry that might interfere with the scan. You may need to take off all or most of your clothes, depending on which area is being examined (you may be allowed to keep on your underwear if it does not interfere with the test). You will be given a cloth or paper covering to use during the test.
You will lie on your back on a table, and a large scanning camera will be positioned closely above you. After the radioactive tracer is injected, the camera will scan for radiation released by the tracer and produce pictures of the tracer in your tissues. The camera may move slowly above and around your body. The camera does not produce any radiation, so you are not exposed to any additional radiation while the scan is being done.
You may be asked to move into different positions so the area of interest can be viewed from other angles. You need to lie very still during each scan to avoid blurring the pictures. You may be asked to hold your breath briefly during some of the scans.
Each scan may take about 60 to 90 minutes.
How It Feels
You may feel nothing at all from the needle puncture when the tracer is injected, or you may feel a brief sting or pinch as the needle goes through the skin. Otherwise, a gallium scan is usually painless. You may find it difficult to remain still during the scan. Ask for a pillow or blanket to make yourself as comfortable as possible before the scan begins.
There is always a slight risk of damage to cells or tissue from being exposed to any radiation, including the low level of radiation released by the radioactive tracer used for this test.
Allergic reactions to the radioactive tracer are rare. Most of the tracer will be eliminated from your body (through your urine or stool) within 4 days. The amount of radiation is so small that it is not a risk for people to come in contact with you following the test.
Sometimes you may have soreness or swelling at the injection site. These symptoms can usually be relieved by applying moist, warm compresses to your arm.
A gallium scan is a nuclear medicine test that uses a special camera to take pictures of certain tissues in the body after a radioactive tracer (radionuclide or radioisotope) makes them visible. The results of a gallium scan are usually available within 2 days after the scans are completed.
The collection and activity of gallium in the bones, liver, spleen, and large intestine (colon) is normal. No areas of unusual gallium accumulation are seen.
An abnormally high gallium accumulation (hot spot) is present in one or more areas of the body, possibly meaning inflammation, infection, or a tumor.
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Pregnancy. A gallium scan is not usually done during pregnancy because the radiation could damage the developing baby (fetus).
- Having barium or bismuth in your system. If a gallium scan is needed, it should be done before any tests that use barium (such as a barium enema). Taking a medicine (such as Pepto-Bismol) that contains bismuth can also interfere with a gallium scan.
- Not being able to remain still during the test.
What To Think About
- A gallium scan is used for specific types of cancers, mainly of the lymph nodes, bones, or bone marrow. A normal scan does not exclude the possibility of cancer, because some types of cancer do not show up on a gallium scan. A gallium scan also cannot determine whether a tumor is cancerous (malignant) or noncancerous (benign).
- The results of a gallium scan should be interpreted along with the results of other tests, such as a physical exam, blood tests, and X-rays. In many cases, results obtained from a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or positron emission tomography (PET) scan may be as accurate as the results obtained from a gallium scan.
- If other nuclear scanning tests need to be done, these tests should be scheduled before a gallium scan because the gallium tracer stays in the body longer than other tracer compounds.
Other Works Consulted
- Chernecky CC, Berger BJ (2008). Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 5th ed. St. Louis: Saunders.
- Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
- Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
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44 U.S. Code § 3512 - Public protection
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that is subject to this subchapter if—
(1) the collection of information does not display a valid control number assigned by the Director in accordance with this subchapter; or
Source(Added Pub. L. 104–13, § 2,May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 181; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1064(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–275.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3512, added Pub. L. 96–511, § 2(a),Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2822, related to protection of persons failing to maintain or provide information if information collection request did not display current control number prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 104–13.
Another prior section 3512, added Pub. L. 93–153, title IV, § 409(b),Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 593, related to information for independent regulatory agencies, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 96–511.
2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–398substituted "subchapter" for "chapter" in introductory provisions and par. (1).
Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 106–398effective 30 days after Oct. 30, 2000, see section 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1065] of Pub. L. 106–398, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3531 of this title.
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Tested, and confirmed:
I found a way to do both the Free Lotto and Mirage Master on the same day! O_O
1) Do a successful duel, so that Free Lotto can be pulled.
Once done, everything is simplicity.
2) Load up Mirage Master
When loaded, it'll have the gran counter at the bottom right. This shouldn't be saying 0. In fact, if it does, it means you've done your daily already, and cannot do this trick.
3) Pull Free Lotto
You must pull while Mirage Master is up and running. You don't have to start a Mirage Master game, but it does have to be running; after checking that Mirage Master is loaded, just click straight to the Shop tab, and pull the Free Lotto.
4) Complete Mirage Master
You will have received your free card. The Mirage Master gran counter will still have a nonzero number in it. From there, without closing anything, complete Mirage Master. You will receive Gran as if your daily was never used.
Not sure if people have been doing this, and I'm just slow on finding this out or something. In any case, may we have permission to do this?


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Greensboro, NC -- These days, when you think of Sweet 16s, you may think of MTV's show, featuring big parties and big gifts.
But some Greensboro teens had their Sweet 16s together and used it as an opportunity to give back.
Iman Cook and Nadia Winfield didn't want birthday gifts. Instead, they asked their friends and family to bring money for Joseph's House, a safe haven for homeless youth. The girls raised almost $400.
The Northern High School students said giving back makes a big difference in the community. Winfield said, "The things you have for yourself, sometimes you don't appreciate them and you should make sure other people can get what you have and make them happy and make them feel the same."
Cook agreed. "Even if you do something really small, it always comes back to you. So just the fact that you can go out in your community and help out, may not seem like its doing a lot for you but it really is."
Joseph's House director Reverend Nancy McLean said the money may be used for general operations, or to cover their graduating seniors' costs.
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A small Colorado school district is now shut down for the rest of the week because too many students and teachers are sick.
It's happening in Elbert, about an hour northeast of Colorado Springs.
Many students have the flu, and at least one child is confirmed to have whooping cough.
Kelli Loflin, the Superintendent for Elbert School District, says about 80 of the 200 students in the district stayed home Tuesday. Even more kids had to leave after school started.
"Within an hour of opening school, we had almost a dozen students presenting with fever," said Loflin.
After talking with the health department, school officials decided to close for the rest of the week.
Teachers and staff spent hours Tuesday afternoon wiping down tables and chairs, trying to disinfect each classroom.
"We also have turned down all of the heating units so that it will drop to a pretty chilly temperature to kill any germs that might be in the air or in the air ducts," said Loflin.
11 News talked to one mom who was surprised by the outbreak. "I didn't realize we had this big of a problem," said Beth Swenson.
All sporting events and extra-curricular activities have also been cancelled for the rest of the week. Classes will resume next Tuesday.
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