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Several months have passed since that rainy, emotion-filled afternoon. Today, Monroe wants to see how Brown, who became a grandmother while in prison, is adjusting to life on the outside. "You look gorgeous!" Monroe says, bounding out of the car and giving Brown a squeeze. Indeed, the transformation is striking: Brown looks nothing like the vacant-eyed woman in red prison sweats pictured in news accounts. She's downright radiant, with elegantly swept-back hair, proud bearing and a bright new smile, enhanced by implants donated by a local dentist. And yet, five months after her release, Brown still seems dazed to be out in the brilliant sunlight. "We're healing," she says a bit wistfully of the long, bittersweet process of reuniting with her family, some of whom blame themselves—unfairly, says Monroe—for failing to secure her release sooner.
The two laugh and chat over coffee until Brown abruptly turns serious. "When I met you, it was just like turning a Bic lighter completely up on the flame," she says to Monroe. "Because the hope, instead of flickering, went whoof! I started believing, This is really going to happen."
"Jeesh, Deb, you give me way too much credit," Monroe says, shaking her head in protest. "I just have a belief that some cases can be won. That with enough digging, perseverance and fighting in court, you can win."
Missteps send the wrong people to prison every day—some to death row. False confessions. Unreliable forensics. Snitch testimony. Police who ignore evidence that doesn't fit their hunch, and prosecutors who cut corners to win. Even experienced prosecutors concede that on occasion innocent people have been ground under the wheels of justice, although in their view such cases are rare. "Police and prosecutors are under a tremendous amount of pressure to solve crimes," says Scott Reed, criminal-justice-division chief of the Utah attorney general's office. "When there are dead bodies, people want to know that the guy who's responsible has been taken care of. They want to know they're safe. And maybe that's why hunches get pressed into service with what otherwise might be troubling holes in the fabric of their proof."
Reed, like every other prosecutor interviewed for this story, said he was deeply troubled by the thought of an innocent person imprisoned for the crime of another. "There are always contradictions" in the evidence, he points out. "There are always things that you can't reconcile. And maybe it's an excuse, but you say, OK, we'll leave that up to the jury." That's precisely the problem, Monroe says. Juries are often ill equipped to deal with factual holes and inconsistencies—-especially when the problems are papered over or even obfuscated. "A trial isn't a clean event," she says. "There's all sorts of room for mind games and channeling of evidence. And what goes on at trial is often far from the truth of the matter."
Monroe learned that lesson the hard way; in 1992 her mother, Beverly Monroe, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for a murder she did not commit. An organic chemist, Beverly, then 54, worked for Philip Morris in Richmond, Virginia, and had been romantically involved with Roger de la Burde, a tobacco scientist, for 13 years. On the night of March 4, 1992, Beverly dined with de la Burde at his house. She drove home but felt uneasy; de la Burde had been severely depressed over personal and financial troubles. Unable to reach him by phone later that evening, she returned to his home the next morning—and found him dead on the couch, a single bullet wound in his head, his handgun at his side.


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Ranked among the nation's most integrated healthcare systems, Community Health Network is Central Indiana's leader in providing convenient access to exceptional healthcare services, where and when patients need them—in hospitals, health pavilions, workplaces, schools and homes.
Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is a special therapy for patients with cancer or other diseases which affect the bone marrow. A bone marrow transplant involves taking cells that are normally found in the bone marrow (stem cells), filtering those cells, and giving them back either to the patient they were taken from or to another person. The goal of BMT is to transfuse healthy bone marrow cells into a person after their own unhealthy bone marrow has been eliminated.
The bone marrow is a soft, spongy tissue found inside the bones. The bone marrow in the hips, breast bone, spine, ribs, and skull contain cells that produce the body's blood cells. The bone marrow is responsible for the development and storage of about 95 percent of the body's blood cells. The three main types of blood cells produced in the bone marrow include:
Each of these cells carries a life-maintaining function. The bone marrow is a vital part of the human body.
Every type of blood cell in the bone marrow begins as a stem cell. Stem cells are immature cells that are able to produce other blood cells that mature and function as needed.
Stem cells are the most important cells needed in a bone marrow transplant. Stem cells, when transplanted, find their way to the recipient's marrow and begin to differentiate and produce all types of blood cells that are needed by the body.
The goal of a bone marrow transplant is to cure many diseases and types of cancer. When a child's bone marrow has been damaged or destroyed due to a disease or intense treatments of radiation or chemotherapy for cancer, a bone marrow transplant may be needed.
A bone marrow transplant can be used to:
Bone marrow transplantation has risks involved, some of which are life threatening. The risks and benefits must be weighed in a thorough discussion with the bone marrow transplant team prior to the procedure.
Each child experiences diseases differently and a bone marrow transplantation may not be appropriate for everyone who suffers from these diseases. Some of the diseases that have been treated with bone marrow transplant include the following:
There are different types of bone marrow transplants depending on who the donor is. The different types of bone marrow transplant include the following:
Because the stem cells are "new," they are able to produce more blood cells from each stem cell. Another advantage cord blood has is that the T-lymphocytes (part of the immune system that causes graft-versus-host disease) are not completely functional this early in the stage of life. Recipients of cord blood transplants have a decreased risk for severe graft-versus-host disease.
The group of specialists involved in the care of children who are undergoing a transplant procedure is often referred to as the "transplant team." Each individual works together to provide the best chance for a successful transplant. The bone marrow transplant team consists of:
An extensive evaluation is completed by the bone marrow transplant team. The decision for your child to undergo a bone marrow transplant will be based on many factors including:
For the child receiving the transplant, the following will occur in advance of the procedure:
Matching involves typing human leukocyte antigen (HLA) tissue. The antigens on the surface of these special white blood cells determine the genetic make-up of a person's immune system. There are at least 100 HLA antigens; however, it is believed that there are a few major antigens that determine whether a donor and recipient match. The others are considered "minor" and their effect on a successful transplant is not as well defined.
Medical research is still investigating the role all antigens play in the process of a bone marrow transplant. The more antigens that match, the better the engraftment of donated marrow. Engraftment of the stem cells occurs when the donated cells make their way to the marrow and begin reproducing new blood cells.
A bone marrow transplant is done by transferring stem cells from one person to another. Stem cells can either be collected from the circulating cells in the blood (the peripheral system) or from the bone marrow.
A medication may be given to the donor for about one week prior to apheresis that will stimulate the bone marrow to increase production of new stem cells. These new stem cells will be released from the marrow and into the circulating or peripheral blood system.
If the donor is the child him/herself, it is called an autologous bone marrow transplant. If an autologous transplant is planned, previously collected stem cells from either peripheral (apheresis) or harvest, are counted, screened, and ready to infuse.
For umbilical cord blood transplants, blood has been collected at the time of a birth and stored. Cord blood is collected after delivery, when the placenta and umbilical cord are separated from the infant. The site of collection is cleaned to prevent bacteria from entering the collection process. The blood that is contained in the cord is collected in a sterile container. The blood is then tested for type and the presence of viruses or disease, and the stem cells are counted. The cord blood is then stored in special freezers and is registered in a national registry for potential recipient matches.
The preparations for a bone marrow transplant vary depending on the type of transplant, the disease requiring transplant, and your child's tolerance for certain medications. Consider the following:
The days before transplant are counted as minus days. The day of transplant is considered day 0. Engraftment and recovery following the transplant are counted as plus days. For example, a child may enter the hospital on day -8 for preparative regimen. Days +1, +2, etc., will follow. There are specific events, complications, and risks associated with each day before, during, and after transplant. The days are numbered to help the child and family understand where they are in terms of risks and discharge planning.
During infusion of bone marrow, your child may experience any, or all, of the following symptoms:
After infusion, your child may:
Your child's physical and mental health are important in the success of a transplant. Every measure is taken to minimize complications and promote a healthy, happy, safe environment for your child.
Engraftment of the stem cells occurs when the donated cells make their way to the marrow and begin reproducing new blood cells. Depending on the type of transplant and the disease being treated, engraftment usually occurs around day +15 or +30. Blood counts will be performed frequently during the days following transplant to evaluate initiation and progress of engraftment. Platelets are generally the last blood cell to recover.
Engraftment can be delayed because of infection, medications, low donated stem cell count, or graft failure. Although the new bone marrow may begin making cells in the first 30 days following transplant, it may take months, even years, for the entire immune system to fully recover.
The following are complications that may occur with a bone marrow transplantation. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. Complications may vary depending on the following:
Possible complications may include, but are not limited to, the following. These complications may also occur alone, or in combination:
Blood tests are performed to prevent, detect, and treat infections. Often, multiple antibiotics are started if an infection is suspected.
Diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting may occur with chemotherapy, radiation, and/or GI irritation. Calories and proteins may be given through an intravenous (IV) line until your child is able to eat again and the diarrhea has resolved.
When your child is discharged following a bone marrow transplant depends on many factors, including the following:
Frequent visits to your child's transplant team will be required to determine effectiveness of treatment, detect complications, detect recurrent disease, and to manage the late effects associated with a bone marrow transplant. The frequency and duration of visits will be determined by your child's transplant team.
Prognosis greatly depends on the following:
As with any procedure, such as bone marrow transplant, prognosis, and long-term survival can vary greatly from child to child. The amount of transplants occurring for an increased number of diseases and medical developments has greatly improved the outcome for bone marrow transplant in children and adults. Continuous follow-up care is essential for the child following a bone marrow transplant. New methods to improve treatment and to decrease complications and side effects of a bone marrow transplant are continually being discovered.
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Strength Training
Making your diet and exercise routine work for you (again) is simpler than you think. We asked fitness and nutrition experts to zero in on the challenges that surface after 40 (sluggish metabolism, hormonal shifts, changing body composition), and they came up with 28 small, doable changes. We've grouped their suggestions into three broad categories: strength training, cardio, and nutrition. Choose just one tweak — the one that seems easiest — and try it for a month, about the time it should take you to notice an effect. Then try another, and another. Before you know it, you'll be seeing the results you want.
If you're not doing any weight training, start now. If you are, ramp it up. "Between ages 30 and 50, women can lose 10 pounds of muscle mass. For every pound of muscle you drop, you lose the ability to burn 35 to 50 calories a day," says Pamela Peeke, MD, author of Body for Life for Women. "This means you have to take in 300 to 500 fewer calories a day if you don't want to gain weight. But if you strength train with intensity, you build muscle and preserve your ability to eat with a little more freedom." To get more out of your weight workouts:
Integrate, Don't Isolate
"Instead of working individual muscles, choose exercises that target more than one muscle group at a time," says Kathy Smith, developer of The Matrix Method: Ultimate Sculpt DVD. Multi-muscle moves, such as lunging while pressing weights overhead or doing a squat with a biceps curl, are more time-efficient and burn more calories than single-muscle-group training. Plus, when you work arms and legs simultaneously, you're using your core muscles as stabilizers, so your abs (a prime 40-plus problem area) get worked, without crunches.
Heft Heavier Weights
Beginners need to start with light weights. But if you're still using the same weight you've been lifting for years, now's the time to increase it. Don't worry about bulking up. "In fact, the more you lift, the leaner and smaller you will be, because muscle is more compact than fat," says Kathy Kaehler, author of Fit and Sexy for Life. Start with eight reps of an exercise, using a weight that's slightly heavier than you're used to. As soon as you can comfortably complete 12 reps, increase the weight the next time you work out.
Alternate Training Patterns
Try an easy-hard program: "If you give your muscles time to totally recover, you'll get better results," says Douglas Brooks, an exercise physiologist in Mammoth Lakes, California. One week, limit your usual strength workout to one set for each exercise. The following week, go back to harder multi-set sessions, doing two to three sets of eight to 12 reps with heavier weights. Then switch back.
Combine Sets
"Instead of doing extra sets or more exercises for the same muscle groups, do back-to-back training," says Wayne Westcott, PhD, fitness research director at the South Shore YMCA, in Quincy, Massachusetts. That means making your muscles work to fatigue — twice. For example, if you're doing a chest press and you normally do 60 pounds for three sets, try reducing the weight by about 10 percent, to 50 pounds, after the first set; without resting, do as many reps as you can until you work your muscles to fatigue again. "When you do the second set immediately, you'll target the slow-twitch fibers of your muscle, because you've already worked the fast-twitch ones to exhaustion," Westcott says. "This stimulates better muscle growth."
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"When you move through weight-training exercises too quickly, you're using momentum instead of muscle to lift the weight," Westcott says. This not only decreases the effectiveness of the exercise but also increases the risk of joint injury. "Aim to do a set — eight to 12 reps — in a little over a minute, about six seconds per rep," he says. Slowing your pace can also be an intensity technique: By adding a one- to two-second pause in the fully contracted position, or the "top" of the move, "You'll get stronger fast," says Westcott, whose research on superslow lifting showed 50 percent strength gains.


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Sixty-Four UIC Student-Athletes Named to HL 2012-13 Honor Roll
June 26, 2013
INDIANAPOLIS - Sixty-four UIC student-athletes representing 16 sports were named to the Horizon League's 2012-13 honor roll, as announced by League officials. The list is compiled of eligible student-athletes through both the fall and spring semesters.
The UIC baseball team led the way with 10 student-athletes being named to the honor roll. The men's soccer, softball and women's cross country/track & field teams all saw eight student-athletes receive the honor.
The men's track & field team had seven student-athletes named to the honor roll, while the volleyball and men's tennis programs both had five student-athletes receive the accolade. The Flames' men's and women's swimming & diving teams both earned four honor roll plaudits, while the women's tennis team saw three student-athletes receive the honor.
Senior-to-be Hayden Humes represented the Flames' men's basketball team on the honor roll, while sophomore Kayla Stueland became UIC's first-ever honoree from the women's golf team.
Candidates for the Honor Roll must meet three criteria in order to qualify: 1) participation in at least one of the League's 19 sports during the most recent (or current) season; 2) completion of three semesters as a full-time student at the same member institution (freshmen and first-year transfers are not eligible); and 3) a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale).
Below are UIC's 2012-13 Horizon League Honor Roll representatives.
Men's Basketball
Women's Golf
Men's Soccer
Men's Swimming & Diving
Women's Swimming & Diving
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis
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|WBB continues road trip at UW
The Idaho women's basketball team will look for its third straight win when it travels to Seattle to face the Washington Huskies at 1 p.m. on Dec. 16.
Idaho has put together back-to-back double-digit road wins against UC Irvine and UC Riverside to get to 3-6 on the season. Washington is 6-1 on the year, and will host UC Santa Barbara on Dec. 15 before taking on Idaho.
Washington has not relied on depth to get off to its 6-1 start. All five of Washington's starters average more than 30 minutes per game, only seven players have played in all seven games, and only eight players have seen game action this season. Despite these facts, the Huskies are a second-half team. UW has outscored its opponents by only two points in the first half of its seven games this season (0.3 ppg), but outscored them by 38 points (5.4 ppg) in the second half and overtime. UW has used the same starting lineup in every game this season, and all five starters average more than nine points per game.
The Vandals and Huskies are among the NCAA's best 3-point shooting teams. Washington ranks 14th out of 343 teams with 8.0 3-pointers made per game, and 51st with a 35.0 3-point field goal percentage. Idaho, meanwhile, ranks 10th with 8.2 3-pointers made and 101st with its 31.9 3-point field goal percentage.
Idaho junior Alyssa Charlston leads the team in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage, with 13.4 points and 6.8 rebounds per game to go with a 44.3 percentage. Freshman Christina Salvatore has made at least one 3-pointer in every game this season, and averages 3.0 made 3s per game, the second most in the WAC and the 16th most in NCAA Division I.
Washington beat Idaho 66-49 in Memorial Gym on Nov. 30, 2011. Stacey Barr led Idaho with 11 points in that game while Amina Williams, who also scored 11 points, is UW's returning leading scorer from that game.
Idaho will wrap up its non-conference schedule on Dec. 20 at Gonzaga before returning home for the first time in a month when it opens Western Athletic Conference play against Seattle U on Dec. 29 in the Cowan Spectrum.


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La Monnaie ¦ Concerts ¦ Alain Altinoglu ¦ Intro
Alain Altinoglu
After his brilliant debut at La Monnaie in Cendrillon, Alain Altinoglu continues to browse through the French repertoire. Like some of Ernest Chausson's other compositions, his only symphony, composed in 1889, is an undervalued gem. It confirms Chausson's key position in the evolution of French symphonic music: building on the legacy of Franck and Wagner, he pointed the way forward to the burgeoning impressionism in music. Several years later Fauré composed music for Maeterlinck's play Pelléas et Mélisande, from which he distilled a concert suite that is his symphonic masterpiece. The big hit by Ravel that is also on the programme was equally inspired by the performing arts. In 1927 Ida Rubinstein asked him to write the music for a ballet. Ravel based his composition on the bolero, because of the melodic simplicity and repetitive rhythm of this Spanish dance. It is no exaggeration to say that this Boléro immediately found its way onto the concert platform and has stayed there ever since.
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The Floyd Central High School boys' varsity golf team traveled to Evansville last Saturday for the Evansville Memorial Varsity Invitational, which was held at The Players Club (par 72).
On April 12, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed Senate Bill 46 into law, after it passed both the House and Senate. This bill allows 16 year olds to donate blood in the State of Indiana with parental consent. The American Red Cross hails the new law as a new opportunity to engage youth in regular blood donations.
Previously, Indiana State law was silent on the issue of 16 year old blood donations. The law will go into effect on July 2, 2010 and will encourage 16 years old to donate blood with parental consent in the State. This means that now more high school students can help save a life by donating blood.
The American Red Cross is excited to spread awareness that blood donation is something a 16 year old students can do to make a difference in their community. 23 states, including Ohio and Kentucky, already have written laws that specifically encourage 16 year olds to donate blood.
The Bonnie Sloan American Legion Auxiliary Unit 28 of New Albany will send 12 girls recommended from their respective high schools to the 70th annual session of Hoosier Girls State scheduled for June 20-25, on the campus of Indiana State University in Terre Haute. Local organizations, businesses and private individuals funded the sponsorship fee of $300 for each of these young women to attend this memorable and life changing experience.
The following junior students from New Albany High School will attend:
Haley Robison, daughter of Shawn and Debbie Robison; Kira Ferguson, daughter of Darnese Jackson; Keerthana Mohankumer, daughter of Mohan Surya and Padmaja Mohonkumer, Shelby Lewis, daughter of Christopher and Julie Lewis.
The following junior students from Floyd Central High School will attend:
Caroline Didelot, daughter of Joe and Lisa Didelot; Alyssa Spears, daughter of Tim and Joy Spears; Amee Azad, daughter of Deepak Azad and Vyoma Pathakjee; Chelsey Carr, daughter of Denise Barber and Madison Atkinson, daughter of Mark and Amy Atkinson.
The following two students from Our Lady of Providence High School will attend:
Catherine Aubrey, daughter of Russell and Laura Aubry and Claire Joksimovic, daughter of Michael and Maria Joksimovic.
These young ladies will join approximately 600 other young women for this government program designed to educate our leaders of tomorrow in the duties, privileges, rights and responsibilities of citizenship. This session of government and practical politics is non-partisan and non-political.
For more information about Hoosier Girls State, you may call Jennifer Moulden at 1-502-296-5497.
Borden Valley Fay festival will be held Saturday, June 12 with the 5K Run/Walk starting at 8 a.m. The top three males and females will receive a trophy and all finishers will receive a medal. If you would like more information on the 5K Run/Walk you may email
In addition to the Ru/Walk a parade will be at 10:30; tractor expo at 11 a.m.; food and craft booths open at 11 a.m.; flag ceremony at 11:45 a.m.; princess contest at noon; HS Volleyball tourney will be at noon; entertainment will start at 12:30 p.m.; queen contest at 2 p.m.; rubber duck creek race will be at 3 p.m.; corn hole tourney at 5 p.m and hot air balloon launch will begin at 7 p.m.
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Assistant Curator Meredith Rutledge discusses late fashion designer Alexander McQueen's influence on the look of rock and roll
When talking about rock and roll's relationship to the world of fashion, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame chief curator Jim Henke said, "virtually every artist defines (themselves) as much by the way they look as by the music they play."
It's been said that fashion and style are the natural visual counterparts to creative musical expression. Rock and roll artists have had a long relationship with the world of high fashion — picture Elvis Presley's iconic gold lamé suit designed by Nudie, then fast forward to Madonna's equally iconic gold bustier designed by Jean Paul Gaultier. Fashion designers like Gaultier, Thierry Mugler and Gianni Versace have all become synonymous with the branding of rock stars like Madonna, Mick Jagger and Elton John. That's why the tragic death of clothing designer Alexander McQueen, whom Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour called "one of the greatest talents of his generation," has especially resonated here at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. McQueen was a favorite designer of the rock world, creating red carpet, stage and album cover looks for luminaries such as Janet Jackson, Lady GaGa, Bjork and David Bowie. Mc Queen's envelope-pushing design for the album cover of Bowie's 1997 release, Earthling, can be seen in the Museum's Main Exhibit Hall. The exquisite tailoring of Bowie's distressed Union Jack frock coat shows McQueen's early background as an apprentice on London's Saville Row, while the coat's ripped and burned flag fabric is a nod to Bowie's Mod roots crossed with McQueen's iconoclastic punk sensibility. Alexander Mc Queen's talent and vision will be sorely missed, but his legacy will live on in his work, which has contributed so much to our experience of the artists we honor at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.


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The Purpose of the Holy Spirit
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Acts 19:11-16
Acts 19:11-16 NKJV
Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches." Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?" Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Why should I desire the Power of the Holy Spirit
1) To Become Christ-like 2) To be a Witness 3) To help me pray
Acts 1:8
Acts 1:8 NLT
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Galatians 5:22-25
Galatians 5:22-25 NKJV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Romans 8:26
Romans 8:26 NKJV
Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
-Holy Spirit is not the means of Salvation. -When the Spirit of Truth is come, He will not speak of himself but will lift up the name of Jesus -We do not Worship the Holy Spirit, He enables and assists our Worship. -


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"The Fabulous Girl Groups" is the third installment in a special series that highlights the evolution of women in music by placing their accomplishments, inspirations and influence in the context of the eras that shaped their sounds and messages. "America's Foremothers" introduced the series, and "Pioneers of Rock" was the second feature.
The roots of the girl-group era date back to 1956, the year when a vocal group called Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers lit up the charts with "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Mary Wilson of the Supremes remembers that many girls around her neighborhood weren't content just to listen to Frankie Lymon sing on their transistor radios – they wanted to be Frankie Lymon. Ronnie Spector of the Ronettes auditioned for her future producer and husband, Phil Spector, by singing "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" when they met in 1962.
The first real girl-group hit was the Bobbettes' "Mr. Lee," which reached Number Six in August 1957, just a month before nine African-American kids had to be escorted by the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army to desegregate their high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1958, as Swedish diplomat Agda Rossel became the first woman to head a permanent delegation to the United Nations, and the first American satellite, Explorer I, was launched, a group of Catholic school girls from the Bronx who called themselves the Chantels scored the second girl-group chart hit with a song called "Maybe." The fact that Chantels' lead singer Arlene Smith wrote "Maybe" was a bit of an anomaly in the music industry of the time. In the girl-group world, most of the actual performers were teenage girls, as were some of its most prolific songwriters, including Ellie Greenwich, Cynthia Weil and Carole King. Even one of the most successful girl-group record labels, Scepter, was owned and run by a woman, Florence Greenberg, who had been a housewife in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City. Greenberg also managed the Shirelles (pictured), the most successful of the girl groups. But again, Greenberg's executive position was the exception to the rule of the male-dominated music industry. In 1960, the birth control pill became widely available for the first time. It's no coincidence that this was the same year that the Shirelles released their Carole King-penned Number One hit, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow." The song frankly addresses the real fears that girls and young women had about the about the consequences of having sex in a way that hadn't been dared before.
In 1963, Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique launched the reawakening of the Women's Movement in the United States. That same year Goldie and the Gingerbreads became the first all-female rock band to be signed by a major record label. The band toured the U.K. and Europe and became extremely popular there, appearing on bills with such bands as the Animals, the Kinks, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Hollies and the Yardbirds. The group notched one U.K. hit, 1965's "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat," which failed to chart in the U.S., as it was edged out by a heavily promoted version of the same song that was released by Herman's Hermits two weeks before the Gingerbreads' version. Lead singer Genya "Goldie" Zelkowitz, who would later change her last name to Ravan, recorded a number of solo albums and became lead singer of the jazz-fusion group Ten Wheel Drive. She also became one of the first independent female record producers, producing Ronnie Spector's first solo album, Siren, and the Dead Boys' debut, Young, Loud and Snotty. Ravan also hosts two radio shows for Little Steven's Underground Garage on Sirius/XM radio. One of her shows, Chicks and Broads, features influential female musicians from the Fifties to the present. (pictured above: Mary Wilson of the Supremes' Green Petals Dress, 1968, part of the Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power exhibit now at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)
Girl groups, while sometimes seen as puppets manipulated by unseen and mostly male handlers, were an authentic manifestation of the worldview of teenage girls – a group just coming into its own in the early 1960s and increasingly recognized for its growing economic power as consumers and arbiters of style. The girl-groups reflected teenage girls' explorations of their world, their limitations and their limitless potential. Groups including the Bobbettes, the Chantels, the Shangri-Las, the Shirelles, Goldie and the Gingerbreads and the Ronettes; and songwriters such as Ellie Greenwich, Cynthia Weil and Carole King gave voice to those explorations and the possibilities that waited down the street — or just around the corner.


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Classic Fruit Kolaches RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 6 to 7 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 cups 2% milk
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
- 1/2 cup water
- 6 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 can (12 ounces) raspberry and/or apricot cake and pastry filling
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 to 6 tablespoons 2% milk
- In a large bowl, combine 3 cups flour, sugar, yeast and salt. In a large saucepan, heat milk, cubed butter and water to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Add egg yolks; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky). Do not knead. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.
- Turn dough onto a floured surface; roll to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place 2 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Brush with melted butter. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°. Using the back of a spoon, make an indentation in the center of each roll. Spoon a heaping teaspoonful of raspberry and/or apricot filling into each indentation. Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.
- Combine confectioners' sugar, butter, vanilla, salt and enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Drizzle over rolls. Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.
Reviews for Classic Fruit Kolaches
"These are very tasty but do not keep well. Very easy to make but when I try again I will only make half as many. I tried to make them to have for Christmas morning and didn't have a plastic on trainer to store them in at the time."
"Would it of raised the first time if I killed the Yeast?"
"I would like to try it again. The dough raised the first time, but after i rolled it out and cut it it would not raise. I tried opening the oven for heat, boiling water to warm the room. I am not sure what happened?"
"I will rerated after I finish baking but have a question for those of you who did make... Isn't that a heck of a lot of icing?? I made it.. it tastes great but WOW~~ so much!"
"One of the best things I've ever baked (so says one of my daughters). EVERYONE loved them."


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ZF-3768: testNoResolvers(Zend_Auth_Adapter_Http_ObjectTest) unit test problem
testNoResolvers(Zend_Auth_Adapter_Http_ObjectTest) unit test fails with the following report:
{panel} 1) testNoResolvers(Zend_Auth_Adapter_Http_ObjectTest) Tried Digest authentication without a resolver. Invalid or absent credentials; challenging client /home/cawa/ZendFramework/svn/framework/branches/release-1.5/tests/Zend/Auth/Adapter/Http/ObjectTest.php:259 /home/cawa/ZendFramework/svn/framework/branches/release-1.5/tests/AllTests.php:51 /home/cawa/ZendFramework/svn/framework/branches/release-1.5/tests/AllTests.php:65 {panel}
It seems the problem is caused by incomplete merge from the trunk.
[ZF-3092] has commit with a revision number 9403 and 9404 (not actually attached to the issue, but mentioned in the merge commit and also links to the issue from the commit message).
[ZF-3092] also has commit with a revision number 9477 which merges trunk changes into the release-1.5 branch.
Both commits affect only two files: Zend/Auth/Adapter/Http/ObjectTest.php library/Zend/Auth/Adapter/Http.php
These files are identical in the trunk and in the release branch (accurate within @version tag) before these commits.
9403 + 9404 and 9477 are the latest updates for these files in both branches but they are different now.
Diffs between release-1.5 branch and trunk are exactly the same as differences between 9403 + 9404 and 9477 changesets (see attachments).
Both files are copied from the trunk: Zend/Auth/Adapter/Http/ObjectTest.php library/Zend/Auth/Adapter/Http.php


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Every year, Utah's best chefs and restaurateurs gather at a gala event to receive their due praise. Who dares to feed the state's culinary stars?
Cuisine Unlimited
Maxine Turner and assistant Megan Rhoads working at Turner's office dining table.
Talk about grace under pressure. Maxine Turner and the staff of Cuisine Unlimited Catering & Special Events have cooked and served their way through years of high-profile events that might have caused a lot of other caterers to wither. Feed and water the ravenous crew of a Rolex commmercial on the Salt Flats? Sure. Formal dinner for 1,200 people at the University of Utah Fieldhouse? Done. Party for 500 in a tent, in a snowstorm, on the side of a mountain? They've been there, done that—not to mention catering seven Olympic Games, from Salt Lake City to Turin.
And then there are the Salt Lake magazine Dining Awards. Over the past 12 years, the event has evolved to include a festive cocktail reception with ample nibbles before and after the event rather than a sit-down dinner. Regardless, the challenge is to regale and honor Utah's best chefs on their big night out. For the past six years, the challenge has gone to Turner and her team, and they've delivered from the floral bling to a chic martini menu.
"We were honored to be asked," Turner recalls of her company's first Dining Awards. "But at the same time, I was plenty nervous. I still get nervous. Catering this event is like opening night of an Olympic project. We know it has to be spot on, so we plan for it just like any other event. There's a lot of pressure those first few hours before, but once the party starts, we can't help but feel we're among friends and colleagues who really share a passion for what we all do. The first Dining Awards evening we catered was at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Our 'back of the house' was a freight elevator. Thankfully, I was notified well in advance that this was somewhat of a drinking crowd. The lines to the bar were never-ending, so that may have been an understatement."
What many people may not realize is that the event is as beneficial for Cuisine Unlimited as it is for Utah chefs—it offers a terrific showcase in front of a panel of tough judges.
"Catering is sometimes perceived to be the bastard child of food service," Turner says. "I like to dispel that notion."
But beyond that, "Our chefs really enjoy the event. We know we are with the best of the best. And, over the years we've developed friendships that go beyond the awards. We've done work for various restaurants, and we have hired winning chefs to join our Olympic teams. Jerry Liedtke of Tin Angel fame was one our chefs in Turin for the 2006 Games. Gastronomy Group always comes through for us—when we need extra staff we'll tap into their chefs and servers for big projects. The synergy that has resulted from being involved has been entirely positive on both sides."
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ZF-3781: URL view helper does not escape html special chars
The URL view helper currently does automatically escape html special chars, so it has to be done manually yet. Since it is only intended for the view, it actually should.
Can you provide a use case to for this? To me since it just uses the router to assemble the url you should have to escape the data before you pass it in. But if you can make a good case for this it can be considered for a change.
Yeah sure (and hi Jon, btw, hope you remember me ;)).
When creating a URL in a view, which creates an ampersand, double-quotes or other characters (which are valid for URLs), the generated source code isn't valid anymore. Since this is a view helper, it should escape it's output with the escape() view helper.
Yes i do remember you. And What view helper are you using? I'm using The Rewirte Router (urls are formated like /help/1/foo/bar) so i don't get the ? and & on my urls. I think this may be a possibility to change but it has to be specific to a router...
Can you also produce a test case for this issue?
I could even do the changes myself, I just didn't to it yet cause I was too lazy.
Zend_Controller_Router_Route: /article/:name $route->assemble(array('name' => 'foo & bar'));
Actual Output: /article/foo+&+bar
Expected Output (with default escape() settings): /article/foo+&+bar
Argh, wrongly escape...
Expected Output (with default escape() settings):
Ok now it gets stupid...
Expected output:
Doing this would break BC as most people are already using the $this->escape() and it would double escape anything that they have already escaped.
Then I mark this as fix for 2.0, as there we are able to break BC.
Moving this issue to be Unassigned as it's posponed till the 2.0 cycle as it would break BC.
I found a solution to not have it as a BC-break, but instead as additional feature (until we clearify the default behaviour for 2.0):
I'll add a static method Zend_View_Helper_Url::setEscape(boolean $enable). By default it will have the old behaviour (of not escaping ULRs), but those who want that feature can enable it (e.g. in their bootstrap). I would also suggest an additional parameter in the Zend_View_Helper_Url::url() method to set the escaping for a single call (null = default behaviour set by setEscape, false = don't escape, true = escape).
I'll let Matthew review this before working on it.
I see three solutions: * Pass variables through escape() as you pass them to the helper (current method) * Add an optional argument to the url() signature for "escape", allowing per-call escaping * Have a static flag for setting the default behavior
All of these are BC.
Should we postpone or move forward with one of Matthews proposed solutions?
I'd say postpone it for 2.0 and make escaping be the default, but have an option to disable it.
Added Next Major Release as an affected version for filtering
Should I resolve this ticket as 'Postponed' and clone it into ZF2, then?


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CU played the host 49ers in four doubles matches, then later in the day played New Mexico in a round robin singles format. Also participating in the invitational is Nevada.
Juniors Winde Janssens and Carla Manzi Tenorio, and freshman Dhany Quevedo began their respective singles matches of the 2013 season with victories. Janssens won her third match in her last four matches dating back to the fall campaign defeating Maria Sabina of New Mexico, 7-6(5), 6-3.
Manzi Tenorio tallied her fourth win of the year in eight attempts defeating UNM's Katie Wookey, 6-3, 6-3.
Also picking up a win was Dhany Quevedo. The first semester freshman from Venezuela rallied from a set down to defeat New Mexico's Nikolina Grbac, 6-7(5), 6-0, 6-2. It was Quevedo's first collegiate win as a Buff.
"We had solid performances in the singles, fighting hard and working through our ups and down in the first match of the year," said CU head coach Nicole Kenneally. "It was good to have Dhany on campus and playing with the team. She rebounded very well after coming up short in her first set. We're looking forward to continuing her development."
In CU's other three singles matches against the Lobos, sophomore Julyette Steur fell in three sets to No. 74 Michaela Bezdickova 7-5, 1-6, 6-4; junior Mattison Sperry came up short against Laura Richardson 7-6(7), 6-4; and freshman Laura Wegleitner fell to Michaela Oldaniu, 6-1, 6-3.
In doubles, the Buffaloes dropped all four matches to the host 49ers.
It's the second year of the 49er Invitational with the Buffs, Nevada, and New Mexico participating in a staggered round robin, in which each team will face the other in both singles and doubles, but not in a team format. Individual matches will count similar to fall action, but all players will be available to play in a warm-up for the spring dual season.
Saturday, the 49ers will play New Mexico in doubles before taking on the Buffaloes in singles. Finally, on Sunday, CU will play New Mexico.
Long Beach State Invitational
Doubles: Long Beach State vs. Colorado
Friday, January 18
Ebba Unden/Karolina Rozenberg (LBSU) def. Julyette Steur/Winde Janssens 9-8 (7-4)
Klaudia Malenovska/Sarah Cantlay (LBSU) def. Dhany Quevedo/Carla Manzi Tenorio 8-0
Anne-Sophie Willems/Hazuki Onaga (LBSU) def. Ashley Tiefel/Mazy Watrous 8-6
Eva Rodriquez/Ania Jeczmionka (LBSU) def. Mattison Sperry/Laura Wegleitner 8-2
Singles: New Mexico vs. Colorado
Winde Janssens (CU) def. Maria Sabina (UNM) 7-6(5), 6-3
Dhany Quevedo (CU) def. Nikolina Grbac (UNM) 6-7(5), 6-0, 6-2
Carla Manzi Tenorio (CU) def. Katie Wookey (UNM) 6-3, 6-3
(74) Michaela Bezdickova (UNM) def. Julyette Steur 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
Laura Richardson (UNM) def. Matti Sperry 7-6(7), 6-4
Michaela Oldaniu (UNM) def. Laura Wegleitner 6-1, 6-3


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"You have to really love racing," says Adam Wachtel, owner of Wachtel Stable in Briarcliff Manor, New York, "because it's very risky. And the reason it's risky is that horses get hurt. I bought a horse with a partner for $225,000. She had had three tremendous races in a row before we bought her, and in her first race for us, she got hurt and never ran again. It's devastating—and it happens all the time."
In racehorses, as in stocks, diversification is key. Because of the risk of injuries, you're better off buying smaller pieces of many horses than owning all of a single horse. But even if you don't want partners, you should not put all your eggs in one basket, said Wachtel. Beginning investors typically buy those smaller pieces through a syndicate, like West Point Thoroughbreds or Team Valor. (Find leads on sites like thoroughbredtimes.com, bloodhorse.com and teamvalor.com.)
The age of the horse can be a factor. You can buy yearlings at auction, or buy those that are already racing. Wachtel prefers the latter. "If you buy babies and they've never had a workout, I'd say the odds are 1 in 10 that you end up doing well and the horse is profitable. If you're buying a horse with a track record, your odds improve dramatically."
You can step into the racehorse market for as little as $500 for an unproven horse at auction or you could pay up to seven figures for horses that have been syndicated, which means you buy a share in a well-pedigreed horse, says Wachtel. Buying a horse yourself means high expenses—trainers, vet bills, board. The rule of thumb in New York State, where Wachtel lives, is an additional $3,000 a month, or even more if the horse has high vet bills or has a famous trainer, but other parts of the country can cost half that amount.
Depending on the market, horses have to earn a lot just to break even. In smaller markets, they must earn at least $25,000, while in larger markets such as New York, southern California or Kentucky, they need to earn upwards of $55,000 to break even. Of course, if you have a winner, or a horse that's related to a winner, breeding rights might pay off: Find yourself owning a piece of a Kentucky Derby winner and you could be looking at stud fees of at least $50,000 to $75,000 a pop—more than 100 times a year.
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Jamie XX (producer for The XX) has released several remixes from Gil Scott-Heron's 2010 album I'm New Here. Songs like "New York is Killing Me" and "I'll Take Care of You" got a whole new vibe from Jamie's remixes, introducing a new generation to the legendary Gil Scott-Heron. Now Jamie XX is putting out a full album of these remixes, aptly titled We're New Here.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Potholder Extravaganza 2010
Because chances are you got a couple of these from me.
It's like, you decide to make potholders for a few people. Quick and easy gift, right? Then you proceed to make the design needlessly time-consuming. (String blocks. Seriously.) And then you think of a few more people to add to the list. And before you know it, you're making a whole army of the things and you're seeing potholders in your sleep.
This pair is definitely my favorite. These went to my sister-in-law. She's a veterinarian. Even though she probably doesn't take care of a lot of 10-cent goldfish, I thought she'd appreciate this print.
I used the easy wavy-line quilting that has made several appearances in blogland recently. Just use your machine's wavy decorative stitch, set at the highest width/length possible. You move the quilt straight, the machine does the wavy action. What a great way to quilt something! So easy, and I love how it looks! I think you'll be seeing more of this from me, the original FMQ-phobe. I also need to inspect the rest of my decorative stitches (because I've got a lot of them, the vast majority of which have never been used). I wonder if there's more quilting possibilities there.
Happy Tuesday. Now go get something hot out of the oven.
11 comments:
- Elizabeth D. said...
Cool! I really love that stitch you used, I'll have to add that to the list of things to find on Betsy 2.0. Awesome, awesome potholders! Did you use Insul-Bright or something else for batting?
- December 28, 2010 at 6:39 AM
- Becky said...
These look great! you've been sewing like a sweatshop! I love the wavy stitch. There are so many possibilities with the decorative stitches. I'm always scared to use them after spending so much time piecing the item to be stitched. Maybe a goal for 2011...try new quilting techniques!
- December 28, 2010 at 6:52 AM
- Megan said...
Love, Love, LOVE!!!! I have pots that need holding :) Just kidding! These are awesome! I have used that stitch once on a twin size quilt, I think after seeing these I am going to have to pull that one out more often.
- December 28, 2010 at 6:57 AM
- Hillbilly Handiworks said...
Pot holders are always needed. I haven't seen that wavy quilting yet. I love it. Now if I had some other machine than a mechanical with 2 kinds of stitches!!
- December 28, 2010 at 8:08 AM
- Lindsay Conner said...
These look great! Love the Heather Ross fishes and all the bright colors... http://www.lindsaysews.com
- December 28, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- traceyjay said...
they're cute! what great little gifts. :)
- December 28, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- live a colorful life said...
Very cute potholders. Hey, maybe by next year we're "know" each other very well and I'll have some pots you want to take care of. :)
- December 28, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- Georgia said...
I think they're fabulous! I must try that wiggly quilting - it looks so good!
- December 28, 2010 at 2:34 PM
- A.J. Dub. said...
Lee! You rock! These are so great!
- December 28, 2010 at 6:02 PM
- corinne said...
The pot holders are great. I plan on making pot holders, placemats and table runners this year for family. I love your version of potholders, thank you
- December 28, 2010 at 6:12 PM
- Heidi said...
Great idea on the decorative stitch. Feeling like a dummy that I have never "thought" of my sewing machine that way...being a FMQ a-phobe my self. (I have only done it a few times on SMALL quilts!)
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High School: Herbert Hoover
College: USC (school history) (Gay college stats)
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 2nd round (55th overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 50 (1463rd overall since 1950)
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Leisel Jones (second from left) with Emily Seebohm, Alicia Coutts and Melanie Schlanger after winning silver in the women's 4x100 medley relay final at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 4, 2012 in London. Photo: AFP
Australia's most successful female swimmer Leisel Jones has confirmed her retirement.
The champion breaststroker - Australian swimming's first four-time Olympian - has today announced the end of a 13-year international career.
At the London Olympics this year, Jones became the first Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympic Games. She won a silver medal in the women's 4x100m medley relay team, and finished fifth in the 100m breaststroke.
The Olympic medal in London equalled Ian Thorpe's record for most won by an Australian.
Jones was already considering retirement on the eve of the London Games. "Retirement is always in the back of your mind but I haven't decided anything yet", she said at the time.
Jones, now 27, swam for Australian in the Sydney 2000 Olympics at the age of 15, where she won silver in the 100m breaststroke.
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Magazine article praised
Published: Friday, February 1, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 5:16 p.m.
Editor: I'm the 91-year-old, U.S. Navy, World War II vet who lives on the far west side of Winston-Salem and who eats often at Herb Lohr's Southern Lunch restaurant and believes strongly that Davidson County and/or Lexington is a truly great place to live, work and play. But that's another story.
Today, I wish to direct every reader's attention to the November 2012-February 2013 issue of your area's Focus Magazine and a quite marvelous story by its editor, Stacy Hilton Vanzant, titled "Letter to Lindsey."
As you read this story it provokes a degree of soul-searching, but, keep in mind the ending is dynamite.
Wade L. Edwards
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Gymnastics: Yates places third
Published: Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 1:12 a.m.
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Isabelle Yates finished third all-around in Level XG Ages Jr. A in this weekend's 2013 Winter Blast in Concord.
Yates was fourth on vault, fifth on bars, third on beam and fourth on floor.
In Level XS ages CH, Haley Eddinger was first on vault, ninth on beam, second on floor and sixth all-around. Also in that age group, Bailey Hegler ws eighth on vault, ninth on bars and 10th all-around. Grace Upton ws 10th on vault, and Kaitlyn Euler was eighth on floor.
In Level XS ages Jr., Natalie Wilson was fourth on vault, and Kenslie Young was 10th on vault and 10 on bars.
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Open Accessibility Workgroup Charter
Version 1.0 -- 16 Sept 2003
1. Identify Problem and Proposed Solution Abstract
1A) A general description of the current problem.
Far too often people with disabilities are excluded from participation in the benefits that technology provides in society today. Though it may be unintentional, this exclusion remains far too common because the needs of users with disabilities are rarely considered appropriately (if at all) in the design process. Consequently, many of today's technology products and services remain inaccessible to, or only marginally usable by persons with disabilities. However, it has also been widely demonstrated that technology can profoundly enhance the lives of persons with disabilities. A properly designed technology tool is often a disabled person's best choice for active participation in society--whether at home, at work or at play.
Adherence to some simple criteria in software design, such as provision of keyboard navigation and adherence to user-specified system appearance settings can reduce or eliminate these barriers for many users, including users who may not identify themselves as 'disabled'. It is furthermore well known that properly designed assistive technologies (AT) are capable of delivering unparalleled benefits to users with more severe disabilities who usually have no other viable alternative for performing many common tasks.
Assistive technologies can:
- provide the means for individuals, who do not have the use of their arms and hands, to write and correspond. Often user interfaces programmatically prevent these users from performing important tasks simply by not providing mouse and keyboard alternatives.
- enable individuals who are blind or visually impaired to read online text. Often user interfaces programmatically prevent or severely encumber the users ability to read and traverse the screen by only supporting graphical, mouse driven user interfaces.
- support participation by individuals who can't speak or hear on today's telephony interfaces and tomorrow's multimodal computer interfaces.
There are many needless barriers that could be readily removed by systematically providing appropriate contextual information to both applications and system services through well-defined standards of practice (and adherence to those standards).
In addition, standards facilitate the creation and distribution of assistive/adaptive technologies and user agents appropriate to a range of end-user abilities and ensure that applications and operating system services operate in cooperation, rather than in conflict, with such technologies.
The accessibility workgroup proposes to provide the standards and the best practices guidance for the implementation of consistent and robust user support for individuals with disabilities across any and all platforms that implement free and open standards.
Currently, free and open source platforms have many graphical user interface (GUI) applications that are inaccessible to users who are blind, have severely impaired vision, or live with mobility impairments that prevent them from using their arms and hands. Only a very few, rudimentary assistive technologies exist for the GUI desktop environment. Application developers may not have the expertise needed to write accessible applications that meet the requirements of users with disabilities. At present there is not a standard toolkit for meeting these requirements.
Assistive technology developers are expected to have the expertise needed to meet these user requirements. However, the developers must have standard API level support that provides the information required for assistive technologies to run properly on all applications.
The heterogeneous nature of toolkits, component inter process communication models, libraries, and applications can make the development of robust and effective assistive technologies difficult, at best. Without standards and binary interface components:
- Users with various disabilities can not effectively use the system.
- systems do not meet legal requirements (which hampers marketing of free standards based systems).
- developers cannot consistently write accessible applications.
- comprehensive and consistent platform services that support accessibility do not exist.
- assistive technology developers cannot create assistive technologies for free standards platforms.
- the lack of standardization prevents leveraging the existing work, sharing of expertise, and reduces the value of individual contributions.
1B) A brief abstract of the workgroup's proposed solution, in the form of a standard.
People with disabilities generally seek to perform the same tasks as any other technology users. In addition, many disabled users rely on assistive technologies to provide access to the GUI desktop environment. We believe it is prudent, expedient, and economical to support the accommodations that users with disabilities require through standards that developers can adopt and implement across their product portfolios.
In proposing an Accessibility workgroup to the Linux Foundation, we are, therefore, proposing to develop and codify such standards to the extent that they are identifiable and can be implemented through Application Binary Interfaces (and as a set of best practices), and through a consensus process among all stakeholders. In particular, the workgroup will provide:
- A well defined standard for user features that support a consistent experience across applications. Technologies that are required to support these features and applications must not defeat the intended functionality. For example, if the standard states that "Sticky Keys" is a standard desktop feature, onscreen keyboard application developers can rely on the presence of "Sticky Keys" and design applications that take advantage of this function, while avoiding keyboard conflicts.
- A comprehensive standard for application program interfaces to support the development of robust assistive technologies across the heterogeneous free standards environment. It is imperative to provide for a dynamic nexus between applications and assistive technologies so that characteristics such as time-out or keystroke event injection can be adjusted appropriately.
1C) Existing Software & Partial Solutions.
We benefit from the fact that the greater majority of requirements to support users with disabilities are well understood. Several generations of technologies for supporting users with disabilities have previously been implemented, sometimes on several platforms, though usually on proprietary ones. The value and viability of such standards is, therefore, well established. The most comprehensive solutions available today were created for Microsoft Windows computers. An incomplete solution has long been available on Macintosh computers. Elements exist for free and open platform desktops, and significant robust solutions for certain user communities are well established on the console side of free and open platforms. Examples include:
keyboard accessibility:
- end-user features:
- AccessX
- Gnome's Keyboard Accessibility Preferences Dialog
- APIs/ABIs:
- XKB Specification, X.org
- word completion APIs
- brltty (Braille display access APIs)
Accessibility APIs/ABIs (i.e. existing open solutions and also prior art in the proprietary domain):
- applications-side:
- Java Accessibility API
- UNO Accessibility API (StarOffice/OpenOffice.org)
- assistive-tech client-side:
- GNOME's Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface (AT-SPI)
- Java Accessibility API
- kttsd APIs
- Mac Accessibility API
- gnome-mag magnification API
- gnome-speech text-to-speech AP
1D) Existing free software projects related to the proposed standard.
- AT-SPI (GNOME) including libspi, libcspi, and AT-SPI's CORBA IDL.
- brltty (libbrlapi)
- Console508
- Emacspeak
- Festival
- gnome-mag
- Gnome Onscreen Keyboard (GOK)
- gnome-speech
- gnopernicus screenreader (examples of an AT written to standard APIs)
- Java Access Bridge for Gnome (LGPL license, but requires Java 1.4)
- KMagnifier
- KMouseTools
- KMouth
- kttsd (KDE TTS Daemon)
- Speakup
- X11R6/XFree86 (includes XKB)
1E) Companies and organizations in the field that would benefit from the standard.
These standards will be applicable across the entire industry. We will, therefore, look for representative participation throughout the industry.
Application developers will be empowered to support users with disabilities in a straight forward manner.
Marketers of distributions based on free standards will be able to include accessibility support in their distributions which, in turn, will enable them to meet legal requirements in various markets worldwide (such as in sales to U.S. Government entities).
Developers of assistive technologies will be empowered to focus their energies on the creation of innovative solutions to the particular needs of the specific disabled population they serve.
The beneficiaries of these standards are similarly numerous, cutting across all sectors engaged with either providing or using technology.
Implementations of free standards such as GNOME, KDE, and GNU software
- Vendors of Unix and Linux such as Red Hat Inc., Sun Micro Systems, United Linux, among others.
- Vendors of hand-held devices, consumer and business products using embedded technologies, as well as those providing large industrial systems such as Hewlett-Packard Corporation, IBM Corporation, and Motorola Corporation, among others.
Both individual consumers and institutional ones such as governmental agencies and educational institutions, many of which are now legally required to support accessibility.
1f) Other parties that would benefit from the standard, including free software projects or classes of end users.
The principle beneficiaries of LF Accessibility Standards will, of course, be persons with disabilities worldwide. They are the reason for these standards. However, the wider world of developers and marketers of technologies based on free standards will also benefit.
Users with disabilities will:
- Find compatible free as well as commercial software more useful and usable.
- Enjoy consistent, integrated accessibility from boot-up to shutdown in both console and desktop environments--wherever they might need it.
- Find personal and public devices and systems, such as telephones, personal data assistants (PDA), entertainment systems, public kiosks, banking and voting machines, useful and usable.
The world of free standards based technology will:
- Extend its coverage to support any and all users regardless of disability, physical, or sensory condition.
- Increase participation in future software development.
- Become yet more robust, innovative, and generally attractive to all users by integrating multiple ways by which users can access information and perform tasks.
- Meet, and even exceed, social and legal mandates requiring inclusion of persons with disabilities in electronic and information technologies.
- Expand into new market segments and provide business' the ability to compete effectively in markets where accessibility is a selection criterion.
It is important to note that these benefits will be available world-wide in developing and developed nations alike because cost will never be a barrier to anyone's participation, either as an end user or as a technical contributor.
2. Initial Party Involvement
2A) Policy Agreement
The following 19 people have been involved with creating this document and putting together the formation of this proposed workgroup. Just prior to this document being presented to the Board of Directors for consideration, a vote was taken on agreement to the contents shown here. All but 3 of the participants responded, voting yes, to accepting the document as presented. (We are still waiting on responses from: Pupeno, Marco, and Jan).
- Janina Sajka -- email@example.com (American Foundation for the Blind)
- Bill Haneman -- email@example.com email@example.com (GNOME Accessibility project and SUN Microsystems)
- JP Schnapper-Casteras -- firstname.lastname@example.com (University of Wisconson Trace Center)
- Sharon Snider -- firstname.lastname@example.com (IBM Linux Accessibility - Linux Technology Services)
- Randall (Randy) Horwitz -- email@example.com (IBM Accesssibility Center)
- Allen Wilson firstname.lastname@example.com (IBM Accesssibility Center)
- Jonathan Blandford Hat -- email@example.com (Red Hat Inc.)
- Jennifer Lamb -- firstname.lastname@example.com (Red Hat Inc.)
- John Goldthwaite -- firstname.lastname@example.com (GA Tech - Senior Research Scientist over accessibility team, Center for Assistive Technology & Environmental Access)
- Mario Lang -- firstname.lastname@example.com (Debian representative, maintainer of brltty & Debian accessibility)
- (Pupeno) Jose Pablo Ezequiel Fernandez -- firstname.lastname@example.com (KDE developer)
- Aaron J. Seigo -- email@example.com (KDE developer)
- Gunnar Schmidt -- firstname.lastname@example.com (KDE Accessibility Project)
- Kirk Reiser -- firstname.lastname@example.com (The Computer Braille Facility University of Western Ontario; Author of Speakup screen reader)
- Matthew Wilcox (Willy) -- firstname.lastname@example.com (HP Linux Kernel developer monitoring Accessibility issues)
- Marco Skambraks -- email@example.com (SuSE's representative)
- TV Raman -- email@example.com (IBM - Author of EmacSpeak software)
Monitoring the group until an engineer is appointed is:
- Jan Aarsaether -- N/A (Technical Sales Manager of Trolltech Inc.)
Acting as an advisor when requested:
- Neil Scott -- N/A (Leader and Chief Engineer of the Archimedes Project at Stanford's Center for the Study of Language and Information)
Neil acts in an advisory role. He has been a member of several White House committees on access issues and is a frequent reviewer of disability-related grants for the National Science Foundation.
2B) Technical Agreement
The participants have all agreed upon the following items as important work for this group:
2B.1) AT-SPI (Year One)
The Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface (AT-SPI) was developed for the GNOME2 desktop and its approach to providing accessibility is in the process of being adopted by KDE.
AT-SPI is toolkit-neutral. It is already compatible with and supported by GTK+2, Java/Swing, the Mozilla suite, and StarOffice/OpenOffice. Support via reuse of the related ATK interface in version 4 of the Qt toolkit (on which KDE is based) has been announced by TrollTech.
AT-SPI enables assistive technology tools, e.g. screen readers, magnifiers, and even scripting interfaces to query and interact with graphical user interface (GUI) controls." As such it facilitates access for individuals who cannot use the standard GUI. It enables developers (or a third party) to build applications that are, or can be made accessible. The AT-SPI enables developers and distributions to meet the accessibility requirements of many individual and corporate customers.
AT-SPI is an existing mature API that we propose to adopt.
2B.2) AT Device Shared I/O (Year One)
AT device shared I/O would make it possible for devices that are commonly used by persons with disabilities to operate smoothly with several client applications simultaneously.
In some circumstances it is necessary to support simultaneous access for different client applications. For example, allowing a software-based speech synthesizer to speak while a multi-media stream is playing, rather than queueing its messages to play after the stream concludes. In addition, it may also be necessary to have messages queue or supress until a particular window or console has focus.
We will support/coordinate the development of libraries that allow client applications to share these I/O devices. Shared access to accessibility related devices, such as Braille displays, reduces the cost of ownership and improves the user experience.
These libraries should offer a generic high-level abstraction of the underlying device to allow client applications, to use those libraries independent of the actual hardware in use. This simplifies the development of accessibility related software by sharing commonly used code such as low-level driver implementations in these libraries.
Two representative candidate libraries/APIs providing this service for braille devices, libbrl and brltty, are already available on the Linux platform.
2B.3) Keyboard Accessibility (Year One)
Persons unable to use a keyboard and mouse sometimes use alternative devices. However, many users can be accomodated programatically through software that causes a standard keyboard to behave differently. Many of these features and behaviors have long been available in the XKB specification available at http://ftp.x.org/pub/R6.4/xc/doc/specs/XKB/XKBlib/allchaps.ps.
"Sticky Keys" is one keyboard accessibility feature provided in the XKB specification. It supports users who cannot press key combinations. For example, the user is unable to press the Ctrl-Alt-TAB keys simultaneously, Sticky keys allows them to achieve the same result by pressing the keys sequentially.
Individuals with mobility impairments will benefit by having such features built-in and available through standard activation strategies, such as tapping the Shift key five times to activate Sticky Keys. The routines provided by the API will also benefit assistive technologies such as on screen keyboard and screen reader applications.
We propose to identify and adopt a subset of the XKB specification in order to provide standard keyboard features and behaviors required by persons with mobility impairments.
2B.4) Text-only accessible booting (Year Two)
It should be possible for any user who is a person with a disability to access any user supported interface during the boot process, including the selection of the kernel to boot, rescue modes, interactive device loading, etc. We will support/coordinate the development of best practices and coordinate with kernel and boot loader development teams to facilitate the interfacing of assistive technologies at any point during the boot process where user access is supported.
This will particularly benefit those users with disabilities who are technology professionals and need, or desire, to participate in development and testing of system products and features.
2B.5) Accessible Feature Configuration (Year Two)
Users who are persons with disabilities should have accessible applications and tools to assist them with configuring their system user interfaces to best advantage.
Quite often the user is left trying to configure their own system, because technical support staff does not have sufficient knowledge about the available configuration options. However, most of the information these users need can be documented and exposed in a systematic manner.
We will support/coordinate the development of scripted wizards and best practices documentation to facilitate the end user by providing easy to use tools and clear, non-technical documentation for creating appropriate configurations on individual workstations. For users whose needs may vary from day to day, we will support/coordinate the development of scripted mechanisms to allow users to select an alternative configuration easily, as their needs change during system use.
2B.6) Magnification (Year Two)
Service API support for magnification should make it possible to provide sophisticated magnification of one or more portions of the video display screen for users who require, a larger or different font, and alternate foreground or background color.
In addition, magnification of icons and text should be able to achieve a wide range of magnification ratios. Many users with visual disabilities need 3X, 4x, etc. magnification, while other users can benefit from ratios as small as 1.2X magnification.
Currently it is not possible to achieve required magnification functionality on X platforms without requiring high-end video hardware with multiple frame buffering. This should not be a requirement. Also, the user should be able to maintain magnification while applications are writing to the screen.
Historically the networked nature of the X technology has not made it possible (nor desirable) for AT to replace device drivers or write directly to video hardware. We will support/coordinate the development of enhanced windowing technologies capable of supporting magnification technologies more robustly and appropriately. Creating this standard will require significant cooperation with X, GNOME, and KDE developers. There are currently projects under development, among some vendors, that can provide reference implementations.
2B.7) Text To Speech (Year Two)
Interfaces based on synthesized text to speech (TTS) technology have proven a successful and powerful accomodation for users with various disabilities, including persons who are blind or who have learning disabilities. A standard mechanism supporting numerous voices in numumerous languages, yet providing a single, consistant interface to applications is preferred.
We will support/coordinate the development of a standard API for TTS services capable of supporting numerous languages and including the ability to smoothly and quickly switch among different languages and/or voices. This project will adopt or develop standardized mark up for spoken dialog, and provide an API for TTS services, such as JSAPI.
People with disabilities benefit by a larger availibility of languages choices, many that may not be supported by assistive technologies today. Providing a robust, reliable TTS interface supporting multiple voices will make it possible to facilitate the vast populations around the globe who otherwise, might not soon participate in a tecnology based economy.
2B.8) Alternative Interface Access Protocol (Year Three)
The Alternative Interface Access Protocol (AIAP) is being developed by a technical committee of the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) (see www.v2access.org). The AIAP provides for a Universal Remote Console (URC) "that allows users to control a mass-market device/service (target). The URC may be a dedicated device or a feature running on a computer, a cell phone, an Assistive Technology, or other device. The key to this approach is that the target projects a presentation-independent version of its user interface (UI) which is rendered as a concrete user interface by the URC. The concrete UI may be visual, speech-based, braille-based, or in some other form. If desired, the manufacturer may also provide customized concrete UIs to optimize aesthetics and usability for certain classes of users or devices. The structure of a V2 user interface definition is intended to facilitate the use of intelligent software agents to control services and devices in the future."
The objective of the AIAP standard is to allow two devices to negotiate, in a transport independent manner, the interface that is appropriate to a particular user. This standard will be especially important for use in public access systems to provide user appropriate interfaces rather than only a single user interface as is the case today. It will also be useful for providing a defined mechanism whereby a user's PDA (or similar device) can serve as an alternate interface to a public access system and to the full range of consumer devices such as thermostats, kitchen appliances, laundry facilities, and home security and entertainment systems.
Without this (or a similar) universal remote console (URC)technology public access and consumer technologies are likely to become even less accessible to an ever wider range of users than they are today. Users with disabilities are often unable to use public kiosks such as ATMs, airline boarding pass systems, etc., because they cannot use the default user interfaces provided by such systems. The INCITS V2 specs are designed to provide these interfaces directly or to negotiate, over a secure wireless transport-independent channel with the user's personal device to provide service.
The V2Committee expects to have a candidate 1.0 specification available for ANSI certification early in 2004. We propose to adopt relevant portions of their specifications.
2B.9) Guidelines for System Administration (Year Three)
System Administrators who have disabilities should be able to continue in their profession as new system administration tools are developed. In addition, all System Administrators and technical support staff should have accessible applications and tools to assist users, to define user interface and alternate configurations appropriate to the user's needs (including any assistive technology that the user may rely on).
Linux and Unix environments arguably have the most accessible documentation of any operating system today. The console environment is arguably the most accessible environment for many computer professionals with disabilities today. We wish to ensure that free and open operating environments remain the most accessible and inclusive platforms available even as the tools used by system administrators (and other computer professionals) become more sophisticated.
Professional system and application administrators are responsible for the installation, configuration, and management of a system's operating system, applications, and system management tools. An example is a system running the Apache HTTP server using a "Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning" (WebDAV) tool. Administrators use commands, tools, and documentation that are not normally useful to nonadministrative users. We will support/coordinate the use and adoption of LF accessibility standards and best practices for all applications, including operating system and application administration resources. We will support/coordinate the development of best practices and tools documentation to facilitate assistance to end users with disabilities by technical support staff who may not themselves be familiar with accessibility solutions.
2B.10) Installation (Year Three)
It should be possible for persons with disabilities to install and configure a full system or individual application package. The same considerations that make the operational user interface accessible can be applied to the installation process.
We will support/coordinate the development of scripted wizzards and best practices documentation to support accessible installation.
3) Core Participants List
Consult section 2a for a list of core participants. These individuals have been instrumental in putting together the details of this proposed workgroup and will remain as core participants.
3A) Task Outline
The overall tasks for years one through three have been documented in section 2B. Other tasks being considered through year five can be found on our proposed roadmap.
The group has discussed and plans on providing written specifications, as well as references to current specifications and standards, as discussed in the other sections of this document. It will also form a subgroup whose purpose will be to develop and provide test suites to be used in a certification process. The certification process will be for validating compliance to the standards set forth by this group, and will be similar in nature to those currently being used by the LSB group. The standards and specifications provided by this proposed workgroup will be seen as an add on module to the core LSB specifications when resolutions and direction to accessibility issues are needed.


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In the bottom of the sixth inning Rose Bud broke open a tie game when senior catcher Madelyn Murphree lifted a two-out, RBI single to left field.
Moments later second base player Destany Naquin nailed an RBI triple over third base and down the left field line, giving the Lady Ramblers a 3-1 cushion, which was all the run support pitcher Dana Naquin needed for a first-round victory over Genoa Central in Thursday's opening round of the Class 3A state tournament.
"I just feel fortunate right now. This is two games in a row that we've battled back at the very end against a great team," said Rose Bud Coach Matt Porter. "Somebody steps up and makes a play for us. Somebody steps up and gets a big hit for us and that's what we needed to move on. Madelyn Murphree had two huge hits. She scored a run, had the go-ahead hit and played like a senior should play. She did a good job behind the plate and did everything I expect of her."
The fourth-seeded Lady Dragons took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning as Abrie Morton led off with a triple to right center and scored on a one-out, RBI single from pitcher Bailey Flournoy. Rose Bud escaped without further harm when Brandi Saulsbury lined out to Tori Willborg, who turned a double play by throwing out Flournoy at first base from her shortstop position.
Flournoy pitched around a two-out single by Tori Lemieux in the bottom of the first inning before Dana Naquin struck out the side in the top of the second, only allowing Makayla McCoy to reach on a one-out walk.
Trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the second, Murphree roped a one-out triple to deep right field. With two out, Misty Newcom reached on an error that allowed Murphree to score as the Lady Ramblers tied the game at 1-all but Flournoy escaped further trouble.
Genoa strung together three straight singles with two out in the top of the third, loading the bases for Brianna Martin, who Dana Naquin retired on a fly-ball to Lemieux in left field.
Flournoy worked around a one-out Willborg single and two-out Dana Naquin double in the bottom half of the third, leaving both stranded in scoring position when Sara Sartin lined out to left field as Genoa's strategy of hugging the line saved at least two runs.
Dana Naquin sat down the Lady Dragons in order in the fourth but Flournoy retired the Lady Ramblers in order in the bottom half, leaving the score knotted at 1-all entering the fifth.
Dana Naquin pitched a perfect fifth with the help of a strikeout and tremendous diving catch by Lemieux in left field. But, Rose Bud once again went down in order in the bottom half as both pitchers began to settle into a groove.
Page 2 of 2 - In the top of the sixth, Flournoy drilled a leadoff triple deep down the left field line but was stranded as Muphree corralled a foul pop-up, Destany Naquin caught a pop-up to second and Dana Naquin recorded a strikeout.
In the bottom of the sixth, Rose Bud took its first lead, starting when Lemieux slapped an infield single to the left side and moved to second on a throwing error. Following a strikeout and Sartin groundout, which advanced Lemieux to third, Murphree guided an RBI single over shortstop, scoring Lemieux for a 2-1 lead.
Destany Naquin's triple scored courtesy runner Kailee Hannah from first base as Rose Bud stretched its lead to 3-1 before Flournoy escaped the sixth.
With Genoa needing two runs for a tie, Dana Naquin slammed the door in the top of the seventh as she sandwiched two strikeouts around a hit batsman. With the tying run at the plate, Naquin retired Morton on a pop-out to twin sister Destany Naquin at second base as Rose Bud held tight for a 3-1 victory.
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