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Specialist Program Details
18 months | Credit Hours: 27
The purpose of the Ed.S. program in Instructional Technology is to provide superior student-focused education that is personally relevant and intellectually challenging. The program is committed to the following areas of excellence:
- Preparing progressive, innovative, academically grounded instructional technologists;
- Building and enhancing skills in research and program evaluation to support instructional growth and improvement;
- Developing innovative delivery options to maximize educational experiences;
- Cultivating diversity of ideas, values, and persons responsive to changing needs and technologies; and
- Promoting the advancement of learning through scholarship and service.
Program Description
Students must have a Master's degree for admittance into the program. A teaching certificate is not required for this degree program. A teaching certificate is required for students seeking a certification upgrade from the Georgia Professional Standards Commission. Students who already hold a Teaching or Service certificate with the Georgia Professional Standards Commission will be eligible for Certification in Instructional Technology.
In addition to completion of program requirements, students seeking Certification with the Georgia Professional Standards Commission must also pass the GACE for more information click here.
Coursework completion is possible in 18 months. Degrees are conferred in May, August and December.
The Department of Educational Technology and Foundations website includes a program handbook, directory of instructors and their credentials, as well as other vital information. Contacts Dr. O.P. Cooper (Professor), firstname.lastname@example.com 678-839-6108 or Ms. Vicki Griffin (Pre-enrollment contact) firstname.lastname@example.com 678-839-5259
Method of Delivery
Coursework is available 100% online.
The University of West Georgia is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACCSCOC).
Credit & Transfer
Total semester hours required to earn a degree: 27
Maximum Hours Transferable into program: 3
Tuition & Fees
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TK20 - Electronic Portfolio Assessment System
Students in the College of Education are required to purchase a subscription to an electronic portfolio assessment system called TK20. For more information about TK20, visit the COE About TK20 Page. (Note: do not buy a subscription to TK20 until you are enrolled in your program and instructed to do so.)
Projected Offerings
All required courses for the Ed.S. in Media - Instructional Technology Concentration will be offered over two years. No campus visits are required. Students may begin the program any semester. During the initial advising session, a projected sequence of courses is developed for each student. Any changes in the projected sequence need to be determined jointly between student and advisor in order for the student to be able to complete the program in a timely manner.
The Ed.S. in Media – Instructional Technology Concentration requires students to complete 27 credit hours (9 courses at 3 credit hours each).
Five courses are required: MEDT 8461, MEDT 8462, MEDT 8463, MEDT 8480, and MEDT 8484. Students must also complete four elective courses.
Note: Students who are seeking Certification in Instructional Technology with the Georgia Professional Standards Commission must take MEDT 7490, MEDT 7464, and MEDT 7476 from the list of electives and then choose one more course as a fourth elective.
Admissions Process Checklist: program checklist . Always consult with an advisor before selecting courses.
Designing Technology Enhanced Instruction - MEDT-7464
Description: This course will focus on the application of instructional design principles as they relate to instruction. A systems approach to instructional design which includes information and application of skills and techniques necessary in the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of instruction will be used.
Supervision of School Library Media Programs - MEDT-7469
Description: A study of the supervision of the school library media program from the district perspective. A field based experience is included.
Data Networks for Instruction - MEDT-7471
Description: Enrollment requires completion of MEDT 6401 or instructor¿s permission. The design and development of data networks for instructional settings will be covered. In addition to current trends and issues, students will also explore how to use data networks for a variety of instructional contexts and how to perform basic network trouble shooting and repair.
Introduction to Distance Learning - MEDT-7472
Description: This course is a general introduction to conceptual, theoretical, and practical ideas concerning distance education, including the current status of distance learning and its impact on education. Students will become conversant in the terminology of the field of distance education, review its history, conduct research on specific areas of practice, investigate instructional and learning design strategies, explore the technologies commonly used, and understand the unique roles and responsibilities of the distance learner and the distance instructor.
Advanced Multimedia - MEDT-7473
Description: An intermediate to advanced level course on the design, development and formative evaluation of multimedia software delivered locally and online. Strategies based on research on effective practice are emphasized. Students use software development tools to create and evaluate interactive software including strategies for instruction and assessing learning.
The Distance Education Professional - MEDT-7475
Description: This course focuses on current issues and challenges for the distance education professional. Students will be prepared to assume the role of an e-learning teacher and professional through the study of distance education research as well as the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of e-learning environments. Students will examine the management of e-learning initiatives including cultural impact; budget, technological and managerial requirements; quality support; policy issues; development of e-learning materials; facilitating instruction and interaction; and other areas of professional development and training.
Assessing Learning in Technology-Enhanced Instruction - MEDT-7476
Description: This course will focus on application of the principles of assessment of student learning as they relate in the context of technology-enhanced instruction and diverse populations. Specific concepts covered include formative and summative assessments, alternative assessment, and standardized testing, especially the use of technology-based instruments. Students will design and develop assessment tools for their content areas and contexts.
Special Topics in Media - MEDT-7485
Description: Individually designed studies of topics in media or instructional technology focused on the student's areas of specialty.
Visual and Media Literacy for Teaching and Learning - MEDT-7490
Description: This course is an introduction to visual and media literacy principles that support student learning in specific content areas. Students will explore elements of photography and videography that support learner-centered instruction. Instructional applications in the workplace and instructional settings, shooting high-quality digital photographs and video vignettes, how to produce enhance digital-based instructional materials and resources are covered.
Diffusion of Innovations - MEDT-8461
Description: This course will study effective communication skills, group dynamics, time management, and facilities planning with special emphasis on applying these skills to facilitate the integration of newer technologies into school library media centers and classrooms.
Leading and Managing Instructional Technology Programs - MEDT-8462
Description: This course provides an overview of the procedures in planning, designing, developing, implementing and managing instructional technology programs in schools. Emphasized are: leadership skills, managing people and resources, effective training techniques, program development, funding, and trends and issues associated with school uses of instructional technology.
Issues in Instructional Technology - MEDT-8463
Description: Advanced topics in the theory, selection, production, and utilization of technology-based instructional materials will be examined, and issues, trends and problems in instruction technology will be emphasized.
Issues in School Library Media - MEDT-8464
Description: Current issues and trends in school library media services and programs will be examined. The basic vision of the school library media program comprised of collaboration, leadership and technology will be emphasized.
Program Evaluation - MEDT-8480
Description: This course is designed to prepare students to effectively and efficiently participate in program evaluation at the school sites Students are expected to evaluate efficacy of existing programs and/or the appropriateness of programs being considered for implementation.
Research on Media and Instructional Technology - MEDT-8484
Description: This course provides an overview of research on media and instructional technology. Because the course addresses both theoretical and practical dimensions of research on media and instructional technology, students will study exemplary research studies through printed and digital materials.
This describes the general information about faculty for this program.
Guidelines for Admittance
- All graduate applicants must complete the online Grad Application. A one-time application fee of $40 is required.
- Applicants should also review the Graduate Studies Website for individual program specific requirements and tasks that must be completed prior to admission. See Graduate Studies Application Process.
- International applicants are subject to additional requirements and application deadlines. See Procedures for International Students.
- Official transcripts from a regionally or nationally accredited institution are required and should be sent directly to the UWG Admissions Office.
Program-specific Admittance Guidelines
- Students must hold a master's degree from a regionally accredited institution to be admitted to the program.
- A teaching certificate is not required for this program, but teacher certification is required for students seeking a certificate upgrade from the Georgia Professional Standards Commission.
- GPA of 2.7 on most recent degree.
Application Deadlines
- Fall - July 21
- Spring - Nov 15
- Summer - April 15
* Application, app fee, and document deadline; Dates may vary for Readmit, Transfer, and Transient students.
See The Scoop for more specific deadlines: http://www.westga.edu/registrar/766.php
Specific graduate deadlines are listed here: http://www.westga.edu/gradstudies/important-dates.php
Admission Process Checklist
The Graduate Studies Application Process checklist is available here: http://www.westga.edu/gradstudies/apply-now.php
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College of Education Office of Graduate Studies Phone: 678-839-5430 or Fax: 678-839-6174 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Department of Educational Technology and Foundations website includes a program handbook, directory of instructors and their credentials, as well as other vital information.
Dr. O.P. Cooper, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator, firstname.lastname@example.com, 678-839-6108 or Ms. Vicki Griffin Pre-enrollment Contact, email@example.com, 678-839-5259
Specific graduate deadlines are listed here: http://www.westga.edu/gradstudies/important-dates.php
* Application, app fee, and document deadline; Dates may vary for Readmit, Transfer, and Transient students.
See The Scoop for specific deadlines related to Registration, etc: http://www.westga.edu/registrar/766.php
Learning Objectives
- Candidates demonstrate content, pedagogical, and professional knowledge and skills.
- Candidates develop, implement, and evaluate learning opportunities for all students.
- Candidates demonstrate professional dispositions and ethics.
- Candidates demonstrate ability to serve needs of diverse populations including special needs.


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1.Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy.
Noobs or trolls.
2.Create secret prisons where torture takes place.
Secrete forums where enemies are interigated.
3.Develop a thug caste or paramilitary force not answerable to citizens.
4.Set up an internal surveillance system.
5.Harass citizens' groups.
Yes, they do that too.
6.Engage in arbitrary detention and release.
Can I tell you how often this happens?
7.Target key individuals.
Woah, looks this happens too.
8.Control the press.
They are the press.
9.Treat all political dissents to be traitors.
I can't tel you how many times I have heard "You don't like the way this site works, then get out of here."
10.Suspend the rule of law.
All mods and admins again.
I say they need a revolution.

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Advantages & Disadvantages of Investing in Emerging Economies
Original post by Geri Terzo of Demand Media
Emerging economies have great potential for growth because there is still major development occurring. Investors can gain exposure to these regions and see dramatic increases in investment portfolios. Unfortunately, there is also a lot of risk involved in emerging markets. This is often due to political and economic uncertainty in emerging nations, which can be reflected in investments in these countries.
Unlike developed that have already attained enough growth to create major economies, emerging markets remain in the early stages of expansion. Emerging economies typically hold great promise, however, and can exhibit faster growth than what can be achieved in developed markets. Investing overseas has its challenges in even the most developed economies because of the differences in the political and economic structures. By adding the instability that is often present in developing economies, investors could be in for some severe market swings.
One of the advantages of investing in emerging market economies is the diversification that investors can achieve. MSCI, which provides investment decision support tools, tracks performance in nearly two dozen developing economies in its emerging markets index. Economists streamline the selection process further by identifying the the leading developing economies. Brazil, Russia, India and China, for instance, make up the so-called BRIC nations. These emerging economies are among the largest and fastest-growing markets. They also have the greatest potential to influence the global economy. Investors can track market performance in these countries by following the MSCI BRIC index.
When investment professionals tout the prospects of the emerging economies, it's not long before investors who are in search of returns set their sights in these places. This is especially true when the profits available in the domestic markets are lackluster. The disadvantage of this rush into the emerging economies is that it inevitably makes these markets more pricey. In February 2011, with escalating tensions in the Middle East and fewer countries to spot value because of a run-up in prices, investors began withdrawing assets from emerging market mutual funds by the billions of dollars and redirecting that money into major economies.
Growth & Risk
Growth is an attractive attribute of the emerging economies, while high risk can be a major deterrent. For investors, emerging markets would provide expanding economic conditions with reduced risk exposure. These were the conditions in the leading emerging markets during the spring and early summer of 2011. During this time, investors were turning to emerging market bonds for safety at the expense of some major developed markets. The appeal was formidable economies and a manageable credit risk.
- MSCI: Index Definitions
- "The Wall Street Journal"; The Fading Allure Of Emerging Markets; Dave Kansas; February 2011
- "Forbes"; Risk Averse Investors Stick With Emerging Market Bonds, US Treasurys; Kenneth Rapoza; June 2011
About the Author
Geri Terzo is a business writer with over 15 years experience reporting on Wall Street. Her coverage ranges from institutional investing, including hedge funds and investment banking, to family topics and her career experience includes work for Fox Business, CNBC and "IDD Magazine." Terzo is a graduate of Campbell University, where she earned a B.A. in mass communication.
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no more, no less. stories behind you stumbling upon them or why you love them appreciated too.
5. The Beatles - She Loves You
'you think you lost your love,
well i saw her yesterday'
one of the first songs i properly listened to at the ripe age of ten and most definitely the first song i ever fell in love with the simplicity of the times and the complications of love effortlessly put together to create a masterpieces for the ages.
fun fact: it was this day in 1964 that she loves you entered the billboard top 100 chart. it stayed there for fifteen weeks.
4. Lee Moses - Bad Girl
'this is a song about a bad girl,
somethin' the happened to me a long time ago.'
introduced to me by god ( ) it was unusual in the sense that most of my favourite songs are songs i hated upon first listen and grew to love but i loved this as soon as that beautiful guitar line hit my ears and i heard the pinnacle of soul music in the early seventies. the trumpets rockin' to and fro introduced me to a whole 'nother world i'd never heard of before and the sound of the vinyl coming into life as the second part began playing hit me like a brick: this be it yo. this be it. god damn you feel bad about lee for being turned down by his girl next door but damn, praise the lord it happened.
3. Radiohead - Idioteque
'we are not scaremongering,
this is really happening.'
by 2000, radiohead had already cemented its place in the musical hall of fame with its revolutionary guitar work on ok computer. all of the critics back then ask 'how, as a rock band, do you follow the most towering records of rock there ever was?' radiohead's answer: you don't. after becoming exhausted by the ok computer world tour, thom yorke became completely disillusioned with the world of anything guitar-related. he retreated to electronic beats, wondering what he could do with music in the digital age. his band followed him and together, the five members created what is most definitely the most important record of that decade, if not all time. in it, there is a track called radiohead, probably the band's most experimental work: it is in essence a dance track. a challenging but easy to understand drum beat; synths lifted from one of the earliest electronic songs in the seventies. radiohead were revolutionising rock by calling back to early electronic; they were plowing ahead into their future vision with aid from the past. people say 'the singer sounds so real,' when they describe certain emotional songs... but this song does not rely on the vocals. the uncertain, odd chords used for the synth to the the rushed drums to the anthem-like screamings of yorke himself are just noise; the song itself is real. the song itself is fear.
2. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
'i may not always love you,
but long as there are stars above you,
you never need to doubt it.'
what do you do when you are the most gifted musician of all time? you make the universally acclaimed, visionary, beautiful, greatest album of all time. pet sounds was ahead of its game. still is. today, there's nothing like it. sure there are people who attempt to recreate it into their own vision (noah lennox, the beatles etc) but nobody's really come close. and how can you come close to this? the most beautiful melody we'll ever hear? probably. the bar every hopeful musician should try to raise? definitely.
1. Arcade Fire - Wake Up
'you better look out for love!'
a simple chord progression. simple singing. simple arrangement. simply perfect.
in a world where the media's objective is to make us miserable, where growing up means we accept we are just organisms, victims of whatever tends to be overseeing us at the time, whether it be socialism, capitalism, communism, the government, our parents, our friends, our hormones - the system. there's not a day goes by where something don't go wrong, where we wish everything was as perfect as it once was, when we were too young to understand, to be self-conscious, to be anything at all. wake up is an ironic title because it urges us to go back to sleep - to return to how our lives were as young children.
unfortunately, we must face reality - we cannot go back in time. not yet anyway. we are victims of the system and for the most part, everyone is against you. nothing is perfect. when you work up the courage to do something, when you put the effort in, you usually are under appreciated and shot down. that's life. the redeeming force is something our homones, our very basic human nature, urge us to crave for: love. the single, most powerful emotion in the world. people try to conquer death and fail. people who try to conquer power are already corrupt. but to try and conquer love? we see it on a daily basis and here it is: songified.
the song got me through all the bad times in my life. and all the good times. and even when i'm older, my heart is colder and i can see that it's a lie, i'll still love it and it will be my second heart.
thank you very much and goodnight


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What could be more aptly Texan than the seventh annual Elizabeth Toon Charities Concert and Shootout? More than 1,5oo people packed Gilley's Palladium Ballroom to watch Jack Ingram and Pat Green chat with the crowd and play some acoustic hits. The shootout was a must-attend event, with 400 people, 82 teams, and some ecstatic winners—first place to Brant Landry's team and second to BBVA Compass. The event raised more than $467,000 was raised to benefit children in need and their families throughout Texas. Photography by Jerry McClure


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Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during childbearing years. Also called leiomyomas (lie-o-my-O-muhs) or myomas, uterine fibroids aren't associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer and almost never develop into cancer.
Uterine fibroids develop from the smooth muscular tissue of the uterus (myometrium). A single cell divides repeatedly, eventually creating a firm, rubbery mass distinct from nearby tissue. The growth patterns of uterine fibroids vary — they may grow slowly or rapidly, or they may remain the same size. Some fibroids go through growth spurts, and some may shrink on their own. Many fibroids that have been present during pregnancy shrink or disappear after pregnancy, as the uterus goes back to a normal size.
Fibroids range in size from seedlings, undetectable by the human eye, to bulky masses that can distort and enlarge the uterus. They can be single or multiple, in extreme cases expanding the uterus so much that it reaches the rib cage.
As many as 3 out of 4 women have uterine fibroids sometime during their lives, but most are unaware of them because they often cause no symptoms. Your doctor may discover fibroids incidentally during a pelvic exam or prenatal ultrasound.
In women who have symptoms, the most common symptoms of uterine fibroids include:
Rarely, a fibroid can cause acute pain when it outgrows its blood supply. Deprived of nutrients, the fibroid begins to die. Byproducts from a degenerating fibroid can seep into surrounding tissue, causing pain and, rarely, fever. A fibroid that hangs by a stalk inside or outside the uterus (pedunculated fibroid) can trigger pain by twisting on its stalk and cutting off its blood supply.
Fibroid location, size and number influence signs and symptoms:
See your doctor if you have:
Seek prompt medical care if you have severe vaginal bleeding or sharp pelvic pain that comes on suddenly.
Doctors don't know the cause of uterine fibroids, but research and clinical experience point to these factors:
There are few known risk factors for uterine fibroids, other than being a woman of reproductive age. Other factors that can have an impact on fibroid development include:
Although uterine fibroids usually aren't dangerous, they can cause discomfort and may lead to complications such as anemia from heavy blood loss.
Fibroids usually don't interfere with conception and pregnancy. However, it's possible that fibroids could cause infertility or pregnancy loss. Submucosal fibroids may prevent implantation and growth of an embryo. In such cases, doctors often recommend removing these fibroids before attempting pregnancy or if you've had multiple miscarriages. Rarely, fibroids can distort or block your fallopian tubes, or interfere with the passage of sperm from your cervix to your fallopian tubes.
Your first appointment will likely be with either your primary care provider or a gynecologist. Because appointments can be brief, it's a good idea to prepare in advance for your appointment.
For uterine fibroids, some basic questions to ask include:
Make sure that you understand everything your doctor tells you. Don't hesitate to ask your doctor to repeat information or to ask follow-up questions.
Some questions your doctor might ask include:
Uterine fibroids are frequently found incidentally during a routine pelvic exam. Your doctor may feel irregularities in the shape of your uterus, suggesting the presence of fibroids. If you have symptoms of uterine fibroids, you doctor may order these tests:
If traditional ultrasound doesn't provide enough information, your doctor may order other imaging studies, such as:
There's no single best approach to uterine fibroid treatment — many treatment options exist. If you have symptoms, talk with your doctor about options for symptom relief.
Many women with uterine fibroids experience no signs or symptoms, or only mildly annoying signs and symptoms that they can live with. If that's the case for you, watchful waiting could be the best option. Fibroids aren't cancerous. They rarely interfere with pregnancy. They usually grow slowly — or not at all — and tend to shrink after menopause, when levels of reproductive hormones drop.
Medications for uterine fibroids target hormones that regulate your menstrual cycle, treating symptoms such as heavy menstrual bleeding and pelvic pressure. They don't eliminate fibroids, but may shrink them. Medications include:
MRI-guided focused ultrasound surgery (FUS) is:
Certain procedures can destroy uterine fibroids without actually removing them through surgery. They include:
Options for traditional surgical procedures include:
For all procedures, except hysterectomy, tiny tumors (seedlings) that your doctor doesn't detect during surgery could eventually grow and cause symptoms that warrant treatment. This is often termed the recurrence rate. New fibroids, which may or may not require treatment, also can develop.
Some websites and consumer health books promote alternative treatments, such as specific dietary recommendations, enzymes, hormone creams or homeopathy. So far, there's no scientific evidence to support the effectiveness of these techniques.
Although researchers continue to study the causes of fibroid tumors, little scientific evidence is available on how to prevent them. Preventing uterine fibroids may not be possible, but only a small percentage of these tumors require treatment.
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With whitish hair and skin, as well as pale, light-sensitive eyes, people with albinism usually suffer more from social stigma than from their actual physical disabilities. And while this condition is found in all races around the globe, nowhere is it more dangerous to be an albino than in Tanzania. Here, it's deadly.
In the last year alone, more than 50 albinos have been murdered, some as young as six months old. Many more have been attacked with machetes, their limbs cut off while alive. Their body parts are used by witchdoctors in potions and remedies as they are believed to bring wealth and success in business.
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SEATTLE - Out of the thousands of high school athletes that participate in cross country and track every year in the state of Washington, only a handful will finish at the head of the pack and earn a coveted state title. The title chances in this state were even more scarce over the past five years, however, as three women combined to run off with twenty-nine titles between them.
Maddie Meyers, Katie Knight, and Amy-Eloise Neale probably should invest in some rented storage space, as no mantle in the world is large enough to support their prep achievements. The trio dominated the local scene like very few before them, Meyers at the 1A level and Knight and Neale battling in seemingly every 3A state final. They made their names nationally known, winning elite titles like Meyers at the Jim Ryun Dream Mile, and representing Team USA (Knight) and Team Great Britain (Neale) at junior world championships.
And now they're all Huskies.
"I think we had all talked about it plenty of times before, like 'Oh, it would be so cool to go to school together and be on the same team,' but in the back of your head you never think it's going to pan out," said Meyers, now a sophomore and the first of the three to make the leap.
On Saturday in Springfield, Oregon, Husky Head Coach Greg Metcalf was able to see this particular Northwest Dream Team in action together for the first time. Neale made her college debut and led UW to the win at the Bill Dellinger Invitational with a third-place finish, while Knight and Meyers crossed the line side by side in ninth- and tenth-place in identical times.
"It's a dream come true from a coaching standpoint," says Metcalf. "This has been in the works for years. For us to land three of the best girls in the history of the state of Washington, it's exciting. They've been so great with each other. Amy and Katie being on our campus I think has elevated Maddie's game a little bit too."
Flotrack.org ranked Washington's freshman class third nationally, calling Knight and Neale "two of the most highly touted preps in the nation." While the program's outstanding run of success (five top-10 NCAA cross country finishes in the last six years), great academics and everything the city of Seattle has to offer might have factored into Knight and Neale's decisions, Meyers gets a little credit herself in securing their skills.
"Maddie is the greatest recruiter ever," Knight says matter-of-factly. The two freshmen had a familiarity and trust with Meyers built up over their entire racing careers.
"With her," says Neale, "I didn't have to think, 'Are they actually telling me how it is here?' Maddie is just super open about it."
Knight echoes that sentiment. "It's fun to have a host you actually know, because other people can feel like they need to entertain you, but with her you can just hang out," she says. "I trusted the people here a lot."
All three came to distance running at a fairly early age. Meyers, a Seattle native and Northwest School grad danced ballet all through elementary school, then when school sports entered the picture she tried soccer, basketball, and a little ultimate Frisbee along with track.
"I didn't think she was a freshman. When they called her up on the podium and said 'And freshman Amy-Eloise' I was like 'no way, she's a senior!'"
Growing up in Spokane, Knight was into multiple sports and hated having to pick and choose based on the high school seasons. "I was so devastated when I found out that girls can't do both soccer and cross country," she says. "I was also really into the swim team. I kind of always knew I was going to be a runner, but I dabbled in other things. I wasn't very good except for the fact that I could get to the balls first."
Neale, born in England before her family moved to America at a young age, has had running as a lifelong passion growing up in Snohomish, Washington. Apart from a short early stint with gymnastics, getting perennially faster and faster on the track has been the goal.
Their paths started to cross before they even reached high school.
"I think I was in fifth grade and Maddie was in sixth," Neale says about the first time she can recall racing with Meyers. "It was all the Junior Olympic age group stuff, and Maddie was running for Rain City Flyers," referring to a local youth club that Neale herself ran with the previous year in the lower age group.
"So we were almost on the same team then," says Meyers.
"I just remember you killed me on Woodland Park every time," Neale says to the always-smiling Meyers.
Knight, the Spokane native and North Central grad, remembers the moment when it dawned on her that this Neale girl would be a force that would have to be reckoned with for her career.
"The first time I raced Amy was at Costa Cross, it was my first high school race ever. I didn't think she was a freshman," Knight says. "When they called her up on the podium and said 'And freshman Amy-Eloise' I was like 'no way, she's a senior!'"
Neale ran away with the win by forty seconds that day in Idaho, with Knight taking second-place. At their first 3A state meet in 2009, Knight closed the gap, but Neale got her first title by just one second. The two would be first and second at every state cross country race from 2009-12, with Neale winning three, and Knight winning in 2011.
With all that constant competition, including constant state track finals, regional and national championships, spectators assume a heated rivalry must have developed. Glares on the starting line? Elbows in the hidden parts of the cross country course? The three say that some people might have wanted that juicy plot twist, but it was never there.
Meyers says their parents would hear some of it watching as spectators, "Because no one knows what your parents look like, so they would hear 'Oh yeah, Katie and Amy-Eloise, they're always competing against each other and they're not so nice to each other.' Or 'Maddie and Katie don't like each other,' which is just total lies. I feel like people want there to be this drama."
Knight and Neale were competitive on the track, they explain, but that was where it stayed. "After races we would be cooling down together," says Knight.
More than just friendly, the three were downright thankful for the success of their "rivals" during their high school careers.
"I think that in high school if you don't have good competition you're not going to get anywhere, so in the end we were actually grateful for each other," says Knight.
Neale agrees that the competition only fueled her. "I definitely would not have tried as hard in workouts and races if there wasn't someone pushing me."
Meyers did not get to test herself as often against the other elites in the state, as many of her 1A state titles were runaways. That just made the chances that did come up all the more special.
"I remember my coach saying 'okay, this is the one meet where Katie and Amy are going to be there…' They had state which is a big one for them, but I remember Pasco being a big one because we were all there."
Thinking about some of the Pasco Invitational showdowns leads Katie to mention a photo from one race that reveals it might have been another former Washington state champ who helped kickstart the recruiting efforts.
Current Huskies Katie Knight, Baylee Mires, Amy-Eloise Neale, and Maddie Meyers at the 2011 Pasco Invite. Maddie would hold on for the win that day.
"I have a picture on my magnet board in my dorm of Maddie, Amy, Baylee Mires and I all racing in our high school uniforms at Pasco in a mile," says Knight. "It's one of my favorite pictures. We're all in a row."
Turns out that Mires, the 800-meter school record holder, held a pretty big influence over the state track scene from Spokane, where she ran for Mead and racked up seven 4A state titles.
"Everyone knew Baylee and wanted to be Baylee," says Knight, and Meyers agrees that "Baylee was definitely the cool kid of running."
"At one point Baylee was in this phase where she dyed her hair a bunch of weird colors," remembers Knight, "and I swear every single person in Spokane had different colored hair at those track meets. I definitely did, I dyed my hair blue for a while."
Is the abundance of local talent in recent years just a stroke of luck? The three don't think it's a coincidence.
"Once you see one person and all their accomplishments and what they've been able to do, it kind of fuels the fire," says Meyers. "Other people want to do it. I think it's pretty cool that we have such a big Washington group on the team."
When the Huskies won the program's first national title back in 2008, the only Washingtonian in the top-seven at NCAAs was Amanda Miller, a five-time All-American from Wenatchee, though locals Kenna Patrick and Kailey Campbell were key contributors in the top-10. Meyers, Knight and Neale were vaguely aware of the team's success, but they were still in the earliest stages of their careers, in eighth and ninth grades.
Neale says that at the time she wasn't clued into the college scene, "But looking at that picture in Metcalf's office of them with the trophy, they just look so happy, it's so cool."
"You're not going into a race alone and knowing you're going to be ahead of your team, there are going to be all these women you train with every day with you in that race."
In 2011, the Huskies took second at nationals, led by current Dawgs Katie Flood and Megan Goethals, who both finished in the top-20. The Huskies were without a local in the top-seven in Terre Haute, but the following indoor season would see Sammamish native Chelsea Orr team with Baylee Mires from Spokane, sprinter Jordan Carlson from Spokane, and Flood, to win the program's first NCAA distance medley relay title.
"I think I was more aware when they got second that year because that was when I was starting to think about college," says Knight.
Meyers and Neale would train some nights during the offseason in the Dempsey, where UW annually hosts some of the NCAA's fastest indoor track meets. "You start to see girls (succeeding in college) that you recognize from high school and think 'Wow, that would be pretty cool,'" Meyers says.
Knight and Neale both looked at Colorado and Stanford before committing to Washington. They even took their visit to Stanford together. Still, they were certainly not a packaged deal, and made their choices independently based on what felt right to each.
"It was a personal decision for both of us," says Neale. "Katie committed before me, then I committed the day before state for cross country. I remember on our cool down after state we were just super excited."
Knight believed the Huskies were the team where she fit in best. Neale felt the same way.
"Washington was my last visit," says Neale, "and coming here I knew all these schools academically are really good, but when I came here I fit in really well with the coaches and the team."
Both of the newcomers are already setting their sights on rigorous majors, with Knight considering structural engineering and Neale molecular biology.
"College is supposed to challenge you, because it's the next step," says Knight, "but I just find myself waking up every day and being really, really happy here."
Neale is also enjoying the transition, having a host of Huskies to run with every day as part of a pack. "You're not going into a race alone and knowing you're going to be ahead of your team, there are going to be all these women you train with every day with you in that race," she says. "It's definitely the right place for me."
Happy at home, the three hope to continue leading a Purple & Golden Age for Washington distance running.


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Faculty Projects
Writing Center Resources
Dr. Cindy Baer
A Writing Center is only as good as the resources and staff it provides for students' writing development. To maintain a high standard of tutorial instruction, the Writing Center continues to develop resources and train staff. Both Writing Specialists and Assistant Writing Specialists are tasked with developing handouts used in tutoring sessions and available for download from the website. Writing Specialists also design and conduct workshops on special topics of interest to SJSU writing students across the curriculum and at all levels of writing development, from students enrolled in basic writing courses, to graduate students working on theses.
As faculty in residence I am tasked with fostering the Writing Specialists as they develop resources for tutoring: homegrown handouts and workshop topics and lessons plans. As part of their ongoing training in effective writing instruction, I will help them to examine the resources we currently have, identify the gaps in our resource cache or weaknesses in current resources, and develop or revise the materials.
One specific direction in which to guide the general pedagogy of the handouts and workshops is their correlation with the current changes to the way writing instruction is happening at SJSU. As English 1A is reimagined and reconfigured to mainstream remedial freshman in first year composition, the Writing Center may want to encourage students to explore more fully the intersections of reading, writing, and thinking in their writing processes. Also, useful as SJSU seeks to streamline writing instruction, advancing students from first-year composition to a new critical thinking and writing course, to a writing in the discipline junior-level writing workshop will be a greater emphasis on developing early in their sojourn as writers the rhetorical awareness that current studies suggest helps students to transfer lessons learned from one writing class to another as they advance through their degree program.
How might an understanding of audience and purpose help students to integrate reading into their writing process? How might the student advancing from first-year composition to a second semester of writing focused on critical thinking and writing need to rethink the compound or complex sentence, not just as a grammatical structure requiring a certain pattern of punctuation, but as a rhetorical and logical tool in argumentative writing?
As I survey the current list of Homegrown Handouts, and see the format for current workshops, these are the directions for future development that I detect. With an expanded awareness of the ways in which grammar, logic, and rhetoric intersect, and of the pathways toward integrating reading, thinking and writing toward continued development across four years of college writing—and beyond—the Writing Center can continue to improve its delivery of writing instruction across the curriculum at SJSU.
One of the first things I will do is make sure each Writing Specialist understands the revisions to the student learning objectives that are being implemented this year. These learning objectives define a path for continued writing development in the baccalaureate program here at SJSU.
Homegrown Handouts
Initially, I will ask Writing Specialists to review the resources we have—handouts and workshops—to identify what we have and what new material they might develop this term. Each specialist will then propose a topic for a handout, or a revision to a current handout, that will expand our resources to address the new SLOs and the issues of transfer of skills in writing across the curriculum that underlie current developments in composition pedagogy here at SJSU and nationally.
Workshop Lesson Plans
Immediately, I will ask specialists to either select a topic for a workshop or rework a workshop topic, taking into account the role that the workshop plays in moving students toward specific learning objectives of first year composition, critical thinking and writing, and/or writing in the disciplines. The link between the lesson planned and the specific SLO will be articulated in the lesson plan for the workshop.
Case Studies of Writing Center Tutees
Gloria Collins
This project will allow me to interview four to six SJSU students who have used the Writing Center for help with various writing assignments. The students will be interviewed once a semester for at least one academic year. I will track students' progress in their academic careers as they fulfill the GWAR (Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement) at SJSU, as well as compile a narrative about the students' writing experience within their majors. This information, which consists of grades in writing classes, overall GPA, and movement toward graduation, will provide data about how Writing Center tutees benefit from their tutorial instruction. Are they on a straight path to graduation? Have they faced delays? What kinds of writing did they do for upper-division courses? What grading standards did their instructors use? How do they evaluate their writing instruction experience at SJSU? How do their instructors evaluate the same experience?
In order to compose this narrative, I will use interviews with tutees, samples of their writing from various classes, the class assignments, instructors' comments on the papers, and interviews with instructors.
My goal is to determine how tutorial support helps students maintain a focus on their studies with a path to graduation.
This study can help the Writing Center change or adapt practices to better serve our students. General writing instruction at SJSU can also be improved after we evaluate our case studies. This information, even if it raises challenging questions, can be useful to the university's Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Coordinator, a new position coming to SJSU soon.
Developing Professional Writing Skills that Prepare Applicants for Professional Internships and Positions Post Graduation
Debra Caires
The description of this project can be found on the AANAPISI grant website.


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Emmanuel College values your privacy. Please read the following information about how we handle your information.
Where is Emmanuel College, and how big is it?
Emmanuel College is in Northeast Georgia in Franklin Springs. Emmanuel College averages about 800 students. With a student to teacher ratio of 15:1, your opportunity to excel is enhanced. For more information, click here.
What are the standard admissions requirements?
- Application
- Official high school transcript (with at least a 2.0 GPA)
- Official copy of an SAT or ACT score with a combined Critical Reading and Math score of at least 860 on the old vers ion of the SAT (taken prior to March 2016), combined ERW and Math score of at least 940 on the new version of the SAT (taken March 2016 or later) or an 18 composite score on the ACT
For detailed information about the admissions process, click here.
What majors do you have?
Emmanuel is a four-year liberal arts institution with over 25 fields of study. For a complete listing of all majors, minors and associate degrees, click here.
How much does Emmanuel Cost?
Emmanuel can save you up to $12,000 per year over the cost of tuition at similar private Christian colleges. The tuition at Emmanuel is approximately half the national average tuition for similar colleges. To view an up-to-date schedule of charges, click here.
What kinds of financial aid does Emmanuel offer?
Students can qualify for academic, church, athletic and endowment scholarships. Also, you may receive the Federal Pell Grant, student Stafford Loan and parent PLUS Loan. Georgia residents may receive the HOPE Scholarship and the GTEG (Georgia Tuition Equalization Grant). For more information, click here or call the Financial Aid office at 1-800-860-8800.
What kinds of activities can I get involved in at Emmanuel?
Emmanuel offers an array of activities including community service activities, foreign and domestic mission trips, leadership opportunities, study-abroad programs, student government, academic clubs and intercollegiate and intramural sports.
How many Christian denominations are represented at Emmanuel?
There are approximately 25 denominations represented among the student body.
What is the average high school GPA of the freshmen class at Emmanuel?
The average GPA of the Freshman Class is 3.0.
Admissions Process
Find the category below that best describes you to see a basic overview of the documents you will need to provide when you apply to Emmanuel. Then use the links on the left for more information and to begin the application process. You can see detailed information about the admissions process in the College Catalog. Please note: for admission purposes, Emmanuel will accept the redesigned SAT for Fall 2016 and Spring 2017. We will convert redesigned scores to old scores for the 2016-17 school term.
First-time Freshman: Anyone who has not yet graduated from high school (regardless of the number of college hours earned), or anyone who has graduated from high school or holds a GED and has attempted fewer than 24 college credit hours from an accredited institution.
- Emmanuel College Application for Admission
- $25 Application Fee
- ACT or SAT Scores (must be official or on high school transcript)
- Official High School Transcripts
- College Transcripts (if college hours attempted)
Homeschooled Student:
- Emmanuel College Application for Admission
- $25 Application Fee
- ACT or SAT Scores (must be official)
- Homeschooled students may provide their own transcript in place of an official high school transcript (be sure to include grades 9-12). There are sometimes available through a homeschool clearinghouse, guild, or association. If transcripts are unavailable, we encourage you to consider FastTranscripts.com, offered in concert with the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). Or, we will accept detailed course descriptions, along with proficiency levels and textbooks used.
International Student: Any applicant who is not a permanent resident of the United States.
- Emmanuel College Application for Admission
- Official High School Transcript (must be translated into English language and format)
- TOEFL Exam Scores (required minimum score of 550 on paper exam, 213 on computer exam, 79 on internet exam)
- Check with admissions staff for additional requirements
Transfer Student: Anyone who has graduated from high school, or holds a GED, and has attended another institution of higher learning after graduation from high school.
See our transfer section here.
I'm accepted, now what?: Once you have been accepted, it's time to secure your spot at EC by making a deposit, completing financial aid, and registering for classes.
1) The first step is to decide if you want to be a part of the Honor's Program. To check eligibility and apply, visit that page here.
2) Registration days will be held before each semester but housing and classes fill up quickly, so the sooner you register the better. At registration each student will be required to take the Math Placement Exam (MPE). Information on preparing for this test and for math in general at Emmanuel College can be found here. When you register you will also be required to make a deposit to reserve your class schedule and place on the housing preference list.
3) Click here to make a deposit. The registration deposit secures your schedule and initiates the housing placement process for resident students.
4) Don't wait to start Financial Aid, you can begin by filing your FAFSA and then completing Financial Aid as soon as possible to make sure you receive the most aid available. Click here to learn more about the Financial Aid process.
5) Finally, after you are registered and have settled your account (completed Financial Aid and paid off your remaining balance), you're ready to move-in and start life at Emmanuel College. We look forward to meeting you soon!
Welcome Alumni and Friends!
A life changing education is only the beginning of what Emmanuel College is all about. As an EC alum, you are part of a family and a legacy of success, and we want to keep you involved!
The Office of Alumni and Development is responsible for campus development in addition to keeping our alumni and friends informed. Our website contains information about upcoming events, news and other happenings at Emmanuel. It is easier than ever to keep up with your fellow graduates and campus news--just click Stay Connected along the left.
I hope you will use these resources to stay involved and to build on those great relationships you began as a student. And, if we can help you in any way, please let us know! Our goal is to provide numerous opportunities for you to reconnect with friends, faculty and all of your EC family through these resources.
Brian James
Vice President for Development
Listen to students share about how God is shaping their lives through Emmanuel College!
Welcome to Emmanuel College Admissions!
Knowledge is the aim of any quality liberal arts education, but the best liberal arts education goes even further. At Emmanuel College, you will be enriched by a rigorous academic experience, and you will be inspired by so much more.
Our institutional desire is to provide our students a high-quality education, taught in a caring Christian environment. Here, you will live and study with other Christian students, who every day will lift and embolden you. You will work beside faithful, caring professors, who will challenge you and bring out your very best. And, you will have access to every possible opportunity, enabling you to grow in ways you never thought possible.
Here, at one of the finest liberal arts colleges anywhere, you will find all you need to succeed. All of your academic and spiritual aspirations are within reach at Emmanuel College.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the admissions office at 1-800-860-8800 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Wendy Vinson
Vice-President of Enrollment Management and Marketing
Apply now for next semester!
Next semester is quickly approaching but we're still accepting applicants. Start the admissions process today by clicking HERE to visit the Admissions Process page. Find the section that best describes your situation and take your next step on the path of higher education!
We are excited that you are thinking of attending Emmanuel College, and we realize financial assistance may largely determine your college decision. Below you will see a list of items to complete that will help us assist you more efficiently.
If at any time you have questions, please contact the Financial Aid office at 706-245-2844 or email@example.com. Our fax number is 706-245-2846.
Please note the menu on the left for different pages of forms and information about financial aid.
Here are some steps to help us help you in the financial aid process:
STEP ONE - Log into Net Partner, our online financial aid system by clicking here. Log In instructions can be found on the home page of the Net Partner website. If you are having trouble, try watching our "how-to" video found here.
STEP TWO - Complete all appropriate aid applications.
- Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) here. The FAFSA is the form that will assist us in determining your eligibility for any Federal Financial Aid Programs, such as the Pell Grant and Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant. Make sure to use our school code: 00156300.
- Georgia residents should complete the application for HOPE Scholarship & Georgia Tuition Equalization Grant (GA411) here.
- Complete the Emmanuel College Application for Financial Aid (ECAFA) here. You must set up a Net Partner account for this if you do not have one already. The ECAFA is the form that will assist us in determining your eligibility for any Emmanuel College Scholarships as noted on the scholarship page of this website.
STEP THREE - Check the status of your financial aid on Net Partner.
- Click on the FA Documents/Information tab to determine if financial aid documents are outstanding. (Submit any requested documents to the Office of Financial Aid as quickly as possible.)
- Once awarded, click on Accept/Decline Awards tab. (After you are accepted, awards will be posted to your account for payment purposes.)
- If you have accepted a Federal Direct Loan, Parent Plus Loan or wish to apply for a loan, you will need to complete a Master Promissory Note and Entrance Counseling here.
Areas of Study
Emmanuel College offers a first-rate education with qualities and opportunities rarely seen at an institution this size. For example, our math majors are taught by a Ph.D. from Cal Tech and a Ph.D. from Purdue with over 30 years of industry experience. Our science majors are accepted at renowned graduate and medical schools, our communication majors learn using the industry's latest digital equipment, and many of our psychology graduates are practicing or teaching with doctorates in psychology.
Our small class sizes keep learning highly interactive, and a very low student-to-teacher ratio (15:1) ensures you will receive personalized attention when you need it. Emmanuel professors are invested in their students' success, and they will do whatever it takes to help you reach your full potential.
Choose from one of our four-year (B.A. & B.S.) or two-year (A.A. & A.S.) programs:
Baccalaureate Degree Programs
School of Arts and Sciences
English Department
BA in English
Mathematics Department
BS in Mathematics
Music Department
BA in Music
BA in Music Performance
BA in Music and Worship Arts (Arts Concentration)
BA in Music and Worship Arts (Ministry Concentration)
Natural Sciences Department
BS in Biology
BS in Biology (Pre-Pharmacy)
BS in Biology (Pre-Professional Studies) - Pre-Med, Pre-Dental, etc.
BS in Biology (Pre-Veterinary)
Social Sciences Department
BS/BA in Criminal Justice
BS/BA in History
BS/BA in PreLaw
BS/BA in Psychology
Psychology 3+2
School of Business
Business Department
BS/BA in Business Administration (Management Concentration)
BS/BA in Business Administration (Computer Information Systems
Communication Studies Department
BS/BA in Digital Media Production
BS/BA in Organizational Communication
BS/BA in Grapic Design
Kinesiology and Sports Management Department
BS in Kinesiology
BS in Kinesiology (Pre-Occupational Therapy)
BS in Kinesiology (Pre-Physical Therapy)
BS in Sports Management
School of Christian Ministries
BS/BA in Christian Ministries
BS in Worship Ministry
School of Education
BS in Early Childhood Education
BS in Middle Grades Education
BS in Business Education
BS in Health and Physical Ed (P-12)
BS in History Education
BS in Math Education
BS/BA in English Education
BME Bachelor in Music Education (Choral P-12)
BME Bachelor in Music Education (Instrumental P-12)
Child Studies (Non-Certification)
BS in Health and Physical Ed (Non-Certification)
BS in Health and Physical Ed (Non-Certification) (Coaching
Associate Degree Programs
AA in General Education
AS in Business Administration
AS in Allied Health
Biblical Studies
Christian Ministries
Commuincation Studies
Computer Information Systems
Criminal Justice
Film Studies
Graphic Design
EC at a Glance
Institutional Mission Statement
Emmanuel College is a Christ-centered liberal arts institution that strives to prepare students to become Christlike disciples who integrate faith, learning and living for effective careers, scholarship and service.
Deus Nobiscum – "God With Us"
Emmanuel College is a private, four-year Christian college with an Evangelical, Pentecostal foundation. Committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Founded in 1919 by the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.
There are about 800 students representing over 28 states, 10 foreign countries and 25 denominations.
Emmanuel has an attractive 150-acre campus in Northeast Georgia. Emmanuel has a secure setting surrounded by state parks and other attractions nearby. Emmanuel is conveniently located near Athens and Atlanta, GA and Anderson, SC.
Costs & Aid
Emmanuel is one of the nation's most economical private colleges with tuition 49% below the national average, and with 9 out of 10 students receiving financial aid.
Nearly 25% of Emmanuel's students come from over 300 miles away.
Emmanuel College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate and baccalaureate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Emmanuel College.
Four-year programs (B.A. & B.S.) lead to careers or graduate study. Liberal arts base. Two-year programs (A.A.) designed for institutional transfer. Strong Christian dimension. Student-faculty ratio of 15:1.
Graduation Rates
During the fall semester of 2003, 138 first-time, full-time certificate- or degree-seeking undergraduate students entered Emmanuel College. After 6 years (as of August 31, 2009), 41% of them had graduated from our institution or completed their programs.
Equal Opportunity
Emmanuel College is committed to providing equal education and employment opportunity to all qualified persons regardless of their economic or social status and does not discriminate in any of its policies, programs or activities on the basis of gender, age, race, handicap, marital or parental status, color or national or ethnic origin; over 19% of Emmanuel College's students are ethnic minority.
The Shaw-Leslie Library provides information services to students, faculty and staff of Emmanuel College as well as the community. It has a collection of more than 95,000 volumes, including books, music scores, CDs, DVDs, electronic books, monographs and other multimedia materials. Periodical resources include current paper journal subscriptions, newspapers, microfiche, indexing and full-text access contained in the databases of Galileo. Library services include computer labs, circulation, reference, library orientation and interlibrary loan.
Christian Service
Through numerous organizations, our students serve by visiting hospitals, homeless shelters and prisons. They tutor children, do street ministry, assist pastors, go on summer missions trips and more.
Fun, Games, Growth
Over 25 organizations provide opportunities for leadership, spiritual growth and fun. Intercollegiate teams include basketball, soccer, tennis, golf, volleyball, cross-country, softball, baseball and more. Varied Intramural teams. Chapel, concerts, special events, community ministries, summer mission trips. Approximately one-third of our students serve in leadership positions.
Shaw Athletic Center
Our new 76,000-square-foot Shaw Athletic Center houses a basketball arena, volleyball and intramural courts, a fully-equipped fitness center, a spin room, an indoor track, a swimming pool, a bowling alley and a food court. Because proper exercise is a vital component of a balanced life, the entire student body has access to these state-of-the-art excercise and fitness facilities.
We would love for you to visit our campus. Click here to learn about the campus tour.


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Here are answers to some common questions about playing videos in Windows Media Center.
Media Center in Windows 7 is compatible with most video file types, but there's always a chance you'll come across one that just won't play. It might be for one of the following reasons:
The file is in an unsupported format. If you have a video editing program, you can try opening the file in that program, and then resaving the file in a format that Media Center supports. For more information about what types of video files are supported in Media Center, see File types supported by Windows Media Center.
There might be a problem with the codec that is needed to play the file. Try opening the video file in Windows Media Player—it's possible that Media Player will download the codec automatically.
Close Media Center, and then locate the file in Windows Explorer.
Right-click the file, point to Open with, and then click Windows Media Player.
You can sometimes install additional codecs on your computer, but you should use caution when doing so. For information about codecs, see Codecs: frequently asked questions.
The file is protected using digital rights management (DRM). For more information, see Windows Media Player DRM: frequently asked questions.
The file is corrupt. For more information about dealing with corrupted files, see Corrupted files: frequently asked questions.
If you downloaded a video to your computer but you're not seeing it in Media Center, it might be for one of the following reasons:
The video file was downloaded to a folder that Media Center isn't monitoring for video content. If you regularly download video files to a specific folder, you can add that folder to Media Center so that the files will automatically appear in the Video library. To learn how, see Add media files to Windows Media Center.
If the video was downloaded specifically for video playback software other than Media Center, it might only be compatible with that software.
The video file is protected and the media usage rights for the file have expired or have a problem. If you purchased the video from an online store, you might be able to open the file in Windows Media Player (or the program used to download the video) to download updated media usage rights. For information on media usage rights, see Windows Media Player DRM: frequently asked questions.


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Cooper disappointed but philosophical on end of rookie season
Published: Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 9:34 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 9:34 p.m.
Even after breaking his leg in a preseason game last week, former North Carolina and Hoggard High star Jonathan Cooper held out hope that he might still be able to play football this season.
On Friday, that hope was dashed when the Arizona Cardinals put their star offensive guard on injured reserve, officially ending his rookie season.
"Of course it's disappointing because I do want to play this season," Cooper said in a phone interview with the StarNews on Saturday. "You only get one rookie season. This is mine and I'll be missing it.
"But you have to think about the future and there's no reason to rush back when it's not completely healed where I won't be able to help my team."
Cooper would have been eligible to return after the eighth week of the season had the Cardinals chosen to use their one short-term injured reserve designation on Cooper. But they decided against it, choosing instead to shut their top draft pick down for the entire season.
"Based on the medical prognosis and weighing all of the other factors, we decided that placing him on IR made the most sense for the team and for Jonathan," general manager Steve Keim told NFL.com. "Knowing his work ethic and commitment, we have no doubt Jonathan will come out of this experience fully ready to be a key contributor next season and for many more beyond that."
Cooper broke the tibia in his left leg during the third quarter of an NFL preseason game against the San Diego Chargers. The injury occurred while the 6-foot-2, 312-pound Wilmington native was blocking downfield.
"I was blocking the safety and I had just planted my foot, and I guess the running back was tackled back into me. I guess he hit right on my ankle," Cooper said. "It didn't hurt that bad. When it first happened, I was thinking it might be a high ankle sprain. But then I rolled over and attempted to get up, and I felt the bones kind of grind up against each other and I guessed it was broken."
The Outland Trophy finalist, who was taken seventh overall in the NFL draft last spring, recently signed a four year, $14.55 million guaranteed contract with the Cardinals, who made him the first guard taken among the top 10 picks since 1997.
He was being counted on to step in and provide protection for quarterback Carson Palmer and solidify an offensive line that allowed a league-worst 58 sacks last season.
This is the first major injury of his career.
"I really didn't think it would be me," Cooper said. "I'm really grateful this didn't happen when I was in college, because things could be very different. It's definitely unexpected. It was just a freak accident. It just so happened to me.
"It's unfortunate that I have to miss my rookie season, but they tell me that my surgery went better than expected and it should heal completely with ample time. At this point I just have to focus on coming back stronger than ever."
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Hi there,
I've decided it's time to close our doors. It's meant a lot to combine the nerdy pleasures of writing fiction and writing code over the past seven years. I was even pleasantly surprised to find a group of writers actually seeking out a retreat - some way to escape the every day, and that's encouraged me to work on my own great escape.
Now, carry on and find an inspiring place to write your next story.


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This week, we're giving you advance warning on some adorable creatures making their way to the Living Planet Aquarium. We also picked our favorite play to see with the family right now, The Game's Afootat Hale Centre Theatre, and tell how to combine an exhibit for the parents and adventure for the kids in one stop at Red Butte Garden this weekend.
Oh, and for you... check out Sam Weller's new store, Weller Book Works at Trolley Square. It's worth it.
Otters at The Living Planet Aquarium
This one's not until next Thursday, but since it's before the next kid-friendly post, we think you should pencil it in right now.
The river otters, native to Utah, are up to four feet in length and weighs about 30 pounds. They love eating fish, crayfish and frogs, and are one of the most vocal of Utah's creatures. So, say hi to the penguins, pet a sting ray and then meet the newest residents at the aquarium.
The exhibit opens Jan. 12, and aquarium members get an exclusive sneak peek one hour before the rest of the public at 9 a.m.
Adults $9; seniors, students and military $8; children (3 to 17) $7, ages two and under are free.
The Living Planet Aquarium, 725 E. 10600 South, Sandy Click here for more info
This Weekend
Ken Ludwig's The Game's Afoot
Now that you took the kids to see Downey, Jr.'s new flick, bring them to Sherlock live and in person at the Hale Centre Theatre.
Holmes investigates his latest mystery in a country mansion on the Connecticut River in 1936. Is it the actor, the fiance, the sweet young thing, the aged mother or the inspector? Watch and find out.
The play started New Year's Eve and runs through Feb. 4. See it this weekend Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 12:30 p.m. or 4 p.m.
Adults $24 or $26, kids $15 or $16. No children under five permitted.
Hale Centre Theatre, 3333 South Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City Click here for tickets and more info
Nature of Sustainable Art and Children's Garden Adventure
Today, Red Butte Garden started the Nature of Sustainable Art exhibit, which will run through Feb. 28.
The exhibit highlights the beauty of nature with artwork made with sustainable and recycled materials. And if you go on Jan. 7, you can also take the kids on a Garden Adventure titled "Animal Snowshoes," where kids create their own cardboard snowshoes to make tracks like quails, bobcats and other animals.
Registration is required. Call 801-581-8454.
Sustainable art in the gallery will be available for purchase in the gift shop.
Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, SLC Click here for more info


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Rated 4.8 out of 5 by 58 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Happy This is a beautiful table I just bought this table and brought it home. It is a dark brown and matches my furniture . It can be used with contemporary or rustic. It has some rustic edges. I just love it and feel I will have for a long time? It is very sturdy. September 21, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by Pepper PERFECT! Very strong table and extremely beautiful. It is heavy, so you'll need two or more people to move it. September 18, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by DENmom 2 years, still love it! This is a superb solid wood dining table. I've had it two years, it has made it through 2 moves and still looks amazing. It is heavy and solid. The legs easily come on and off. The only downside is that it doesn't expand, but I love the solid look on top. At holiday time we fit 8 at the table without squeezing too much (though everyone is close). Set for 6 the table is very spacious. We also bought the bench but use it more decoratively as no one ever wants to sit without a back for a long amount of time. If you are considering a bench I'd really recommend one with at least some low back support. December 4, 2011
Rated 5 out of 5 by h Love it. I am quite the budget shopper and have been searching Craigslist and stores for something affordable yet well-made. I happened to look at the WM website this fall during the 25% off sale. I couldn't make up my mind which gorgeous WM table to get, but when my hubby and I went to the store in person and saw this, we ditched the other tables(including the extension one we thought we wanted), and went with this. My hubby is not into shopping or picking out furniture, but he loved this table-"so sturdy and well-built" and we bought it on the spot. Can't beat the price on this gorgeous real- wood table. We did have to take the headrests off of the seats in my Subaru Outback to fit it in, but it did fit. Very heavy. Will have to have one of the table legs replaced as something did not work correctly when setting it up, but worth the trouble. November 19, 2011
Rated 5 out of 5 by ginger Very Good Table!! This table is very eclectic, you can use it anywhere. I have had mine for 8 years, it is sturdy and nice looking any way you like. I will keep it around for a long time. November 2, 2011
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ashley A LOVE! My husband and I purchased this table with 2 chairs and the bench and we absolutely love it!! Like everyone else said, it is very heavy so you will need help moving it or lifting it and you will need a large vehicle to bring it home. Other than that we don't have a single complaint! We get a ton of compliments and it is well worth the price! You could easily pay almost double if you purchased a table similar to this from pottery barn. We hope to have this table for years to come and we know it will hold up to normal everyday wear and tear it may encounter from having kids/pets! June 2, 2011
Rated 5 out of 5 by Amie Gorgeous in every way. I purchased the whole set (table, 4 chairs, and the bench). The construction is solid and sturdy (the table is very heavy), and the look of the wood is simply gorgeous. May 16, 2011
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mrs. P Amazingly beautiful and sturdy My husband and I purchased this table and six chairs (I don't like benches) at our local World Market. We were on a budget and this table was at the top end - we also needed a wine bar and buffet, but it was well worth the investment. Absolutely gorgeous design and beautiful finish. The unique 'imperfections' give character that the ordinary cookie-cutter dining set cannot. This table is HEAVY. The chairs are, proportionally, equally as heavy. It really does take two full grown ADULTS to carry into the house and construct. You'll need a full sized pick-up or cargo van if you are picking it up as the chairs come fully assembled. But we are convinced that it's solid design will hold up for years to come. We eat regular family meals as well as entertain guests with this set. Table is great for young kids but they may need help pulling the chairs out. Cleans up well with a soft rag and warm water. We bought the Verona wine bar and buffet and the dining set compliments those pieces quite well. This is one of our best furniture purchases and highly recommend it to anyone who is considering it. April 29, 2011


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Designer: Marisol Duran
Theme: Lagrimas Eternas
Year: 2013
Lagrimas Eternas is based on the powerful Mexican folk tale "La Llorona." It reprises the tale's most stark and painful moments and culminates in the concepts of sensuality, murderous sin, and remorse. Restricted structures play against light and transparent drapes to reveal La Llorona's ghostly battle between light and dark.
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For more than 30 years, Florida native Tom Petty has been the charismatic frontman and voice of among the most durable, resourceful, hard-working, likable, unpretentious and capable rock bands of all time. Together with the Heartbreakers – which has include bassist Ron Blair, guitarist Mike Campbell, bassist Howie Epstein, drummer Stan Lynch and keyboardist Benmont Tench – he mastered rock and roll's fundamentals and digested its history, leading a band of the people, writing of everyday struggles and frustrations – and offering redemption through tough-minded, big-hearted, tuneful songs. The 2002 Hall of Fame inductee turns 61 today.
Although they were not punk-rockers per se, Petty and the Heartbreakers did their part to revitalize rock in the mid-to-late Seventies with their first three albums: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ("Breakdown," "American Girl"), You're Gonna Get It! ("I Need to Know," "Listen to Her Heart") and Damn the Torpedoes – the latter one of the essential rock albums of the decade.
Strong from start to finish, Torpedoes contained the classic tracks "Refugee," "Even the Losers," "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Here Comes My Girl." It also revealed Petty's depth of conviction and fighting nature. When his record company changed hands, Petty refused to be "bought and sold like a peace of meat," and the ensuing legal tangles held up the release of the album, whose recording costs Petty personally bore until he was forced to declare bankruptcy. The case was eventually settled, with Petty and the Heartbreakers assigned to a specially created MCA subsidiary, Backstreet Records. The album – its combative title reflective of the band's attitude during the legal standoff – rocketed to Number Two for seven weeks and produced a Top Ten hit, "Don't Do Me Like That." Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who had been headlining shows since 1977, were bonafide superstars.
Petty continued to stand for his convictions and, in doing so, rock and roll fans. When MCA wanted to raise the price of Petty's fourth album, Hard Promises, to $9.98 ($1 more than the prevailing rate), he balked. "If we don't take a stand, one of these days records are going to be $20," Petty argued in 1981. Standing up for the long-suffering rock fan, Petty held firm and won that skirmish, too. Southern Accents followed with the Top 20 hit "Don't Come Around Here No More."
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers backed Bob Dylan on a pair of tours in 1986 and 1987, and the uncontested poet laureate of the rock and roll era was struck by not only Petty's sheer will, but also his band's musicianship. "I've got a lot of respect for Tom – he's a deep and soulful cat. Tom is a heroic character in his own kind of way. And he's got a very good band; they're quick, and they know the fundamental music."
Working primarily with guitarist Campbell and producer Jeff Lynne – a fellow member of the "temporary supergroup" the Traveling Wilburys and the former leader of the Electric Light Orchestra – Petty cut his first solo album, Full Moon Fever, released in 1989. Relying heavily on acoustic guitars and succinct, poppy arrangements, Full Moon Fever marked a turning point for Petty. The more easygoing Petty saw Full Moon Fever become his best-selling album to date, climbing to Number Three and yielding the biggest hit of his career, "Free Fallin'" (Number 7). Subsequent albums, both with the Heartbreakers (1991's Into the Great Wide Open, the 1996 soundtrack She's the One) and without (1994's Wildflowers), worked toward the same ends of clarity and simplicity with great success.
In 1993, Petty and the Heartbreakers released their generous, 17-track Greatest Hits album. One of its two new tracks, "Mary Jane's Last Dance," became a Top Twenty hit. The album stayed on Billboard's Top 200 album chart for more than six years and even made the RIAA's list of 100 best-selling albums of all time for a spell. In 1999, Echo, the first full-fledged record with the Heartbreakers since Into The Great Wide Open, was released, followed in 2002 by The Last DJ, an album squarely focused on the decay of rock and roll at the hands of corporate interests ("Money Becomes King"). Last year, Petty and the Heartbreakers released Mojo, with 15 tracks that captured the group's singular spin on American garage rock. Petty continues to record and tour, earning new fans as his group, in a sense, continue to be America's band.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – "Refugee" (Damn The Torpedos, 1979)


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ZF-6653: Calling from() and join() "out of order" causes incorrect SELECT generation
I was trying to adjust the Zend_Auth DB adapter result to include the user role for a simple ACL I'm doing (I've tables "users" and "roles", with the former containing a FK to the latter).
// $select instanceof Zend_Db_Select:
->from(array('u' => 'users'), array('username'))
->joinLeft(array('r' => 'roles'), 'u.role_id = r.role_id', array('role' => 'name'));
// gives SELECT `u`.`username`, `r`.`name` AS `role` FROM `users` AS `u` LEFT JOIN `roles` AS `r` ON u.role_id = r.role_id
->joinLeft(array('r' => 'roles'), 'u.role_id = r.role_id', array('role' => 'name'))
->from(array('u' => 'users'), array('username'));
// gives SELECT `r`.`name` AS `role`, `u`.`username` FROM `roles` AS `r` INNER JOIN `users` AS `u`
The DB auth adapter returns an empty $select so anything I do to it get's done first. This may be viewed as the adapter's fault but IMHO, you shouldn't force a specific order of calling the methods: I've said from('table') and expect to really be FROM table. :)
Yeah, the code tag didn't take, hope this doesn't mean my issue get's disqualified. :)
I can confirm this. I was trying to customize Zend_Auth because i store the password and identity in different tables
$adapter = new Zend_Auth_Adapter_DbTable($db, array('p' => 'people'), 'p.person_tag', 'pd.person_password');
$select = $adapter->getDbSelect();
$select->join(array('pd' => 'people_detail'), 'p.person_id = pd.person_id', array('pd.person_password'));
$result = $auth->authenticate($adapter);
what happens in the select is this:
[from] => Array
[pd] => Array
[joinType] => inner join
[schema] =>
[tableName] => people_detail
[joinCondition] => p.person_id = pd.person_id
[p] => Array
[joinType] => inner join
[schema] =>
[tableName] => people
[joinCondition] =>
and that creates a query like this:
SELECT `pd`.`person_password`, `p`.*, (CASE WHEN `pd`.`person_password` = 'password' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS `zend_auth_credential_match` FROM `people_detail` AS `pd` INNER JOIN `people` AS `p` WHERE (`p`.`person_tag` = 'test')
but it should be like this:
SELECT `pd`.`person_password`, `p`.*, (CASE WHEN `pd`.`person_password` = 'password' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS `zend_auth_credential_match` FROM `people` AS `p` INNER JOIN `people_detail` AS `pd` ON p.person_id = pd.person_id WHERE (`p`.`person_tag` = 'test')
I'm guessing it should check the join condition to know if it should be shown as a join
A solution to the problem which differentiates tables added with the from method
my previous comment was in reference to the file i attached
I have same problem. When use join/joinLeft/joinRight Zend_Auth_Adapter_DbTable generate sql statement without second argument in join function (joinCondition).
Fix in trunk at r18475, might go into 1.9, needs to be decided.
Fixed in r18511 in release 1.9 branch


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ZF-1: Quote SQL identifiers
(copied from TRAC #9 - reported by gwaihir gw h r.n t)
For you guys to ponder: the Zend framework doesn't currently quote the column names in its (My)SQL queries. This gives issues when using "special" characters in those names and thus I found myself haphazardly adding them: From: Zend/Db/Select.php
public function __toString()
//unchanged parts
// add columns
/** WH: Updated to quote column names in back-ticks (`). Needed for '-' in a column name.
* Note that I am not sure how databases other than MySQL respond to those back-ticks.
* Note also how - probably inefficiently - the select is for all columns by name, rather than *.
* @todo: find a way to do this without altering the library code.
if ($this->_parts['cols']) {
$sql .= '`'. implode("`,\n\t`", $this->_parts['cols']) . "`\n";
//more unchanged parts
If this affects other database systems differently than MySQL, then I dunno how / where this had best be done. If it doesn't hurt any of them, then please implement right away. :D I'm very exited about this development. PHP really lacks a "master" framework (like Ruby's Rails or some of Java's frameworks). I think the future success of the language rides on it (now that PHP5 already covers most other wishes). With kind regards, Wim Heemskerk
Previous change history from TRAC:
05/05/06 19:43:49: Modified by gavin
Also, the same problem arises in MySQL when column names use reserved words (e.g. timestamp).
Right or wrong, phpMyAdmin permits this, and some people do this.
06/03/06 04:36:47: Modified by mike
See also #92, issue is not limited to MySQL.
06/06/06 08:00:31: Modified by tony at sealedenvelope.com
The same issue also applies to using reserved words (e.g. 'group') as table names in MySQL. Line 80 of Db/Adaptor/Pdo/Mysql.php should be changed from:
$sql = "DESCRIBE $table";
$sql = "DESCRIBE `$table`";
A more portable solution would be to use the adapter's quoteIdentifier method to quote column and table names:
public function __toString() ... $cols = $this->_parts['cols']; foreach($cols as $col_key => $col_val) { $cols[$col_key] = $this->_adapter->quoteIdentifier($col_val); } ...
Changing fix version to 0.8.0.
Rewording summary.
Recategorize as Zend_Db_Table component.
As of revision 3897, all SQL generated by Zend_Db classes should quote identifiers.
You can use a Zend_Db_Expr to override an identifier if you don't want it quoted.


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John L. Williams
Position: FB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 231 lbs.
Born: November 23, 1964 in Palatka, FL
High School: Palatka
College: Florida (school history) (Williams college stats)
Drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the 1st round (15th overall) of the 1986 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 66 (700th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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Buderus info topics / Bosch Thermotechnology
What kind of subsidies and incentives are available for people interested in renovating their heating systems? Why is it worth having boilers serviced on a regular basis? How should I set my heating and ventilation in order to save energy and protect against mold? Buderus showcases its expertise by publishing general information and tips on heating in the daily and consumer press. Communication Consultants researches and writes the press releases and develops a graphic for each topic that sums up the content of the article in a nutshell.
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- Foreword
- The Imperatıves Of An Organızatıon Buılt For Speed
- On the Roof Of Anatolia
- The Soul Of Japanese Culture: Kansai
- "I would turn down all the wealth of Croesus for love."
- A User's Guide To The Brain
- The Tıme Of The Comıc Book Artıst Has Come
- Treasury Of Calligraphy
- 10 Reasons To Go To Kuala Lumpur
- Ramadan Exuberance In Istanbul
- A History Of Everyday Life In Pictures
- Taking Top Honors Even When Stale...
- When Color Comes To Water…
- Jazz Capital Istanbul
- Chicago Waiting
- When Vinyl Won't Do
- Spirou At 75!
- Final Days Of The Festival
- Robert College At 150 Years
- Before Hitting The Road
- Trial By Fire
- The Tour De France In Its 100th Year
- Miró In Izmir For The First Time
- Life Is A Long Bridge…
- Flashy And Cheap
- Pearl Of The Danube: Budapest
- City Of Warm Waters: Aqaba
- Folk Cultures In Croatia…
- Second To None
- Looking East From The West
- Beşiktaş Waterfront Palace
- Art Of Korea At Topkapi Palace
- Meeting Point
- Time Travel
- Northern Cyprus In Three Questions
- Mehmet Aktarli's Diyarbakir
- Books Bursting With Life
Second To None
Divriği Great mosque and Hospital on Unesco's natural and cultural heritage list is a masterpiece, hands down. ıf you look closely, you will see why nothing more beautiful has ever been built since 1228.
Not To Be Missed
- Take a close look at the matchless reliefs that surround the mosque's main entrance.
- The pulpit, made of ebony, will leave you awestruck by its workmanship.
- Don't forget to visit the mausoleum at the northeast corner of the building.
- See the pool in the courtyard of the hospital on the south and experience for yourself the serenity of gurgling water.
Only Known Work
Divriği Great Mosque was commissioned by the Mengujekid ruler Ahmet Shah, and the hospital by his wife Turan Melek, to the architect Hürrem Shah of Ahlat. Described by art historians as an architectural miracle, this unique structure is the architect's only known work.
What: Mosque and Hospital
Where: Divriği (Sivas province)
When: 1228-1229
Date added to UNESCO list: 1985


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She wanted to move to France. Instead, she moved careers. As a former draftswoman Susan O'Neill spent hours putting other people's ideas to paper. So when her big moving plans fell through, Susan took up an old hobby- polymer clay. To read how Susan turned her hobby into a business, read the rest of her reinvention story here.
To purchase one of Susan's pieces, visit her store on Etsy.com.


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Largest chocolate fountain in Europe is coming to Knokke-Heist
Belgium is famous throughout the world for its delectable chocolates. At the Bal du Zoute hundreds of lucky attendees will now be able to enjoy this Belgian specialty as it streams down Europe's largest chocolate fountain.
The exclusive Bal du Zoute will be hosted this year in the coastal city of Knokke-Heist, Belgium. The Bal truly aims to spoil its audience with numerous exciting events such as a fashion show, fireworks, a VIP barbeque, a giant simulated golf course, massage corners, a mojito bar, and of course Europe's largest chocolate fountain surrounded by an array of tasty snacks.
Though many of the VIP guest's names are kept secret on purpose, some famous Belgians such as Gaelle Garcia Diaz and Miss Belgium Justine De Jonckheere have already announced that they look forward to attending the Bal. Nevertheless don't let the distinguished guests deceive you, tickets are affordable and the gracious Belgian hosts of the Bal Du Zoute invite anyone who is in the mood for a classy night out and a rather chocolaty taste of luxury.


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Hope you all speak French, 'cause Gilles Peterson is on a roll… but most of us don't really know what he's saying because he is speaking in French this week. We do know he's still playing the universal language of good music, including his most recent favorite, Taylor McFerrin's "A Place In My Heart."
He also invites his friend DJ Nuts to join the World Wide mix. DJ Nuts is one of the world's most trusted and respected DJs, a veritable Brazilian music authority. Blog prowlers and DJs might recognize his name from his work on Mochilla's Arthur Verocai mix.
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