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The Department of Early Learning's (DEL) regulations (also known as rules, Washington Administrative Code, or WAC) set the standards for child care that is licensed or certified by DEL. DEL adopts rules (also known as regulations, Washington Administrative Code, WAC, and administrative law) to set licensing requirements when directed by state law to set specific requirements to help clarify more general laws, or help organize requirements that may be set by both state and federal laws.
See these links for rules for child care licensed or certified by DEL:
The links above will show current permanent rules only. To view pending changes, if any, to these rules and other DEL rulemaking activity, visit DEL Rules Under Development.
Order hard copies of the rules from the Code Reviser's Office for a fee.
View more information about revised family home child care rules WAC 170-296A.
Interested in learning more about DEL rules? You can join an email list or postal mail list to get current information. Email the DEL Rules Coordinator or write to:
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PO Box 40970
Olympia, WA 98504-0970
Email DEL or call toll free: 1.866.482.4325
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Bongoza, a search engine for Tanzania
Bongoza is Tanzanian search engine that was launched in 2005, completely bootstrapped and funded by founder Ali Damji. Bongoza currently only indexes Tanzanian webpages but there are plans to expand into other markets in East Africa like Kenya, though they have to go up against Google since as Google already has localized version.
Bongoza also features a local directory of services and business which is being populated at the moment, and there are plans to add classified ads with automatic payments via mobile. I compared the results for the search term 'Business' on Bongoza to Googles (advanced search) . The first listing for bongoza directed me to a business directory hosted on kabiza.com while Google's result pointed to the yellow pages directory for Tanzania. There are also plans to also rework the algorithim to ensure better relevancy.

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College Hockey:Live updates from the national championship game, Quinnipiac vs. Yale
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Tools of Characterization
Character Analysis
Direct Characterization
Watson likes to take a back seat to other people (especially Holmes) when there's clue analysis to be done, but he also does his fair share of telling us point-blank what he thinks of Holmes's various clients and visitors. Take Mary Sutherland: "For all the preposterous hat and the vacuous face, there was something noble in the simple faith of our visitor which compelled our respect" (Identity.79). There's Watson engaging in direct characterization: he's not trying to suggest anything subtly. He's just telling us, straight out, that even though Sutherland looks kind of dumb, she still has finer qualities that both he and Holmes like.
Holmes makes a game out of seeing how much he can guess about a client from what he just sees of the person from his apartment window. And he's really great at it. But Watson's got a few skills, too. Check out this exchange about Mr. Jabez Wilson:
I did not gain very much, however, by my inspection. Our visitor bore every mark of being an average commonplace British tradesman, obese, pompous, and slow. He wore rather baggy grey shepherd's check trousers, a not over-clean black frock-coat, unbuttoned in the front, and a drab waistcoat with a heavy brassy Albert chain, and a square pierced bit of metal dangling down as an ornament. A frayed top-hat and a faded brown overcoat with a wrinkled velvet collar lay upon a chair beside him. Altogether, look as I would, there was nothing remarkable about the man save his blazing red head, and the expression of extreme chagrin and discontent upon his features.
Sherlock Holmes' quick eye took in my occupation, and he shook his head with a smile as he noticed my questioning glances. "Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else" (League.14-5)
Watson observes Wilson's "not over-clean black frock coat," "faded brown overcoat," and "wrinkled velvet collar" and comes up with "average commonplace British tradesman." And he's not wrong. See, Watson's no fool. But Holmes – he's just epic. So he can look at the same clothing and see that "square pierced bit of metal" is actually a Freemason's compass. Underneath the wrist of that "black frock-coat" is a tattoo of a fish that indicates time in China, and his right sleeve is worn, hence, a "considerable amount of writing."
Using clothing as characterization – and as a point of competition between Holmes and Watson – is an economical way of telling us about the character being examined (Jabez Wilson). But it also emphasizes the Holmes/Watson dynamic: Watson's no slouch, but Holmes still leaves him in the dust, brain-wise.
Family Life
Nearly all of the wrongs committed in these twelve stories are the result of family betrayal: "A Case of Identity" finds a stepfather and a mother conspiring against their daughter, "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" sees a father kill another man to stop him from marrying his son to the other's daughter, "The Copper Beeches" involves the forced imprisonment of a daughter by a father to extort money from her, and the list goes on and on. So we think it's fair to say that family life – and the decision to treat your family well or badly – is one surefire way to tell what kind of a person you are in a Sherlock Holmes story.
Conan Doyle often repeats that Holmes looks for cases based on their interest to him and not on the social status of the people involved. Indeed, Holmes often speaks favorably of working-class people: Mary Sutherland and Violet Hunter among them. Yet, he frequently disguises himself as a "loafer" ("The Beryl Coronet") or tries to mingle with "roughs" ("A Scandal in Bohemia"). Watson's assessment of Jabez Wilson, the pawnbroker, definitely depends on his occupation as a middle-class businessman, and "The Man With the Twisted Lip" is all about a guy with a really good education who's acting wrongly by begging for a living. And Watson characterizes governess Violet Hunter as someone with "the brisk manner of a woman who has had her own way to make in the world" (Beeches.17). Occupation, in other words, is definitely one way to suggest both social status and character.
Personal Appearance
One final method by which the Sherlock Holmes stories use some type of description to develop psychological depth is personal appearance. Take, for example, Dr. Grimesby Roylott, a man who beat his Indian butler to death over a burglary and who murdered his stepdaughter with a poisonous snake to keep her from getting married. Watson describes the man:
A large face, seared with a thousand wrinkles, burned yellow with the sun, and marked with every evil passion […] while his deep-set, bile-shot eyes, and his high, thin, fleshless nose, gave him somewhat the resemblance to a fierce old bird of prey (Band.95)
Roylott's vicious character and his willingness to harm people weaker who are than he is don't just emerge through observations of his behavior throughout "The Speckled Band." Those qualities are written on his very face, "seared" with wrinkles and "marked with every evil passion." Roylott's appearance is like its own textbook of evil, with its "resemblance to a fierce old bird of prey."


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can i upload a file(image) without submitting the form..
Basically i want to create a webpage where a user can upload an image and preview it side by side but this should not submit my form.
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I think this is what you want But it uses PHP for sever side you can use what ever you want!
All you have to do is create a page which will handle the ajax call, which is saving the image and returning string "true" in case of succeeds. and for Java this (Handling Form-based File Upload with Java Servlet or JSP) should help you.
Check this one out ioncannon.net
You can have two forms on the page. One to upload the image and other one for something else. Just don't nest them.
I've tried to implement this with AJAX but, if it's even possible, it would be a nasty hack. About the best you can do reasonably is to put the file upload form in an iframe, and after posting the file with AJAX, redraw the page with the image.


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Portland Group Outdoes Itself for 'Faust' Show
By T.J. Medrek, Boston Herald
PORTLAND, Maine - Gounod's "Faust" has been around nearly 150 years now, and while its popularity ebbs and flows the opera remains an honest and persuasive musical portrayal of the struggle between good and evil. On Thursday, the Portland Opera Repertory Theatre offered a performance at the beautiful Merrill Auditorium that, despite some negatives, reminded what a powerful piece of music theater "Faust" can be. The production repeats tonight.
The chief virtue of Portland's "Faust" was the conducting of Bruce Hangen, who is also PORT's artistic and general director. Bostonians know Hangen best for his regular appearances leading the Boston Pops (he was named the orchestra's principal guest conductor this spring) and as music director of the Indian Hill Symphony in Littleton.
Played superbly
But PORT is Hangen's first musical love, and it showed. Hangen's leadership of the orchestra, which played superbly throughout, reminded how symphonic this score must have seemed at its 1859 premiere. The sound from the pit was rich and warm - the 1,900-seat Merrill's acoustics favor the orchestra somewhat - but Hangen never settled for mere beauty.
Energized and propulsive
The playing was energized and propulsive from start to finish, proving that this music, no matter how quaint some of it might seem to modern ears, is as evocative - the intoxicating summer night in Act Two, for example, or the spiritual ecstasy of the finale - as music gets.
Dona D. Vaughn's production placed the action on a mostly plain stage decorated with few but effective set pieces by Anita Stewart (and, in both the Church and Prison scenes, the hall's own organ facade). The focus here was squarely on the struggle of the devil Mephistopheles (Alfred Walker) for the soul of Faust (Scott Piper) and, indirectly, that of Marguerite (Sandra Lopez), whose life they destroy but who is redeemed at death by her faith in God.
There was one major miscalculation, for which Vaughn and Hangen must share responsibility: the reconfiguration of the scenes of the opera's final acts that placed the Church scene after the death of Marguerite's soldier-brother, Valentin (Philip Cutlip), and before the Prison scene (in place of the Walpurgis Night and its ballet). This made nonsense of some of the text and did structural damage to the work as a whole.
Vocal honors went to Cutlip, who stood out with his muscular yet elegantly delivered account of his role. Walker has grown in authority since singing the title role in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" with Boston Lyric Opera a few seasons back, but was still one notch shy of complete command. Lopez was too scrappy (and, at times, too harsh-voiced) to be an ideal embodiment of pure innocence, and she had troubling pitch problems. And Piper, not much of an actor, demonstrated more vocal promise than finish in the title role.
In the smaller roles, Alok Kumar, who sang memorably with the Pops this spring, was fine as the student Wagner. Rosalie Sullivan as Martha and, especially, Marguerite Krull as Siebel created real and surprisingly sympathetic characters. The PORT chorus and members of the Portland Ballet did themselves similarly proud.


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Perfect for hot weather and long nights, these meaty, cheesy burgers from Food for Friends: Barbecue are the taste of a British summer
Serves 4
Beef patties
500 g (1 lb 2 oz) minced (ground) beef
160 g (5 oz/2 cups)fresh breadcrumbs
1 small, very finely choppedred onion
4, crushed garlic cloves
3 handfuls, finely shredded basil leaves
50 g (2 oz/1/3 cup), finely chopped pitted black olives
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 egg
8 pieces 2 cm x 3 cm x 5 mm (3/4 x 11/4 x 1/4 inch) mozzarella
olive oil spray for cooking
Chargrilled tomatoes
6 Roma (plum) tomatoes
11/2 tablespoons olive oil
Put the beef, breadcrumbs, red onion, garlic, basil, chopped olives, balsamic vinegar and egg in a large bowl and season well. Use your hands to mix it all together, then cover and refrigerate the mixture for 2 hours.
Divide the beef mixture into eight portions and roll each portion into a ball. Push a piece of mozzarella into the middle of each ball, then push the mince mixture over to cover the hole and flatten the ball to form a patty.
To make the chargrilled tomatoes, slice the tomatoes in half lengthways and toss them with the olive oil. Spray the flat plate with olive oil and preheat it to high direct heat. Cook the tomatoes, cut side down, for 8 minutes then turn them over and cook for another 5 minutes or until they are soft.
Cook the patties on one side for 5 minutes then flip them and cook for another 5 minutes or until completely cooked through and the cheese has melted. Serve the rissoles and chargrilled tomatoes with a fresh green salad.
Note: Suitable for a flat or ridged grill plate.
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Fudzilla claims it knows the future like a crystal ball (okay, they didn't say that, we did...) and says that Intel has confirmed that it plans to release its first dual-core small Atom processor in Q3 of this year.
The report suggests that it will be just like an Atom 230 processor with an extra core, both running at 1.6GHz with a 533MHz FSB and a total of 1MB of L2 cache (2 x 512KB) that is not shared between each core.
Fudo goes on to say that the dual-core part will only have a TDP of 8 watts which is rather decent for a chip that will start to offer rather solid performance for the markets it is intended - sub-notebooks such as the ASUS Eee PC and MSI WIND, mobile phones, Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and UMPCs.
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The modern equipment in the Chemistry department's teaching and research laboratories includes a number of instruments available to undergraduates for both study and research. The departments instrumentation includes electrochemical equipment, spectrophotometers of several types, a vacuum dry box, GC's, LC's, high intensity mercury lamp, Langmuir-Blodgett trough, vacuum ovens and furnaces. The chemistry department also maintains collaborations with Linfield's Physics, LRI and Biology departments. In addition, the department maintains its own LAN, and several clusters of PCs for student use.
Home-built Raman microscope (532 and 632 nm lasers, CVI Digikrom 0.25 m monochromator, Apogee thermoelectrically cooled CCD)
DeltaNu Solution 532 Raman spectrometer (with NuScope and macro Raman capabilities)
Bruker Alpha Series FT-IR with ATR accessory
Perkin Elmer Spectrum 2000 FT-IR
Hitachi F-4500 scanning Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
Hitachi U-3000 UV-Vis scanning Spectrophotometer
Shimadzu AA-6300 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (Cu, Pb, Na/K, Mg/Ca/Al/Fe lamps)
Anasazi FT-NMR (Varian magnet with 1H and 13C probes)
Additional diode-array spectrometers (14).
Shimadzu LC2010C HT Liquid Chromatograph (with autosampler and UV detector)
Shimadzu Gas Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer QP2010 Series (with autosampler). This is the newest addition to the department.
Hewlett Packard Series II 5890 Gas Chromatograph (with FID and TCD detectors)
EG&G model 264A Polarographic Analyzer / Stripping Voltameter
EG&G model 303A SMDE and EGG model 6310 Electrochemical Impedance Analyzer
Vacuum Atmosphere Co. HE-63-P dry box
Nima 611M Langmuir-Blodgett Trough
Zeiss Winkel 164966 Polarimeter


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[Washington, DC] -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia categorically rejects any claims that its government has ever provided support for bin Laden or Al-Qaeda, or made arrangements with them. Osama bin Laden was stripped of his Saudi citizenship in 1994, his assets were frozen and he was declared an outlaw.
According to Adel Al-Jubeir, Foreign Affairs Advisor to Crown Prince Abdullah: "Claims that the Saudi government aided or supported or made arrangements with bin Laden are nonsense. Bin Laden declared war on Saudi Arabia in the 1990s, and it has been our goal since then to bring him to justice."
An official statement from the 9-11 Commission has confirmed that there is no evidence of Saudi government financial support for Al-Qaeda.
Al-Jubeir stated: "It is unfortunate that there are individuals who continue to try to malign the Kingdom by spreading untruths, or making insinuations to damage its reputation." A similar situation, he said, arose in relation to the so-called "Saudi flights" which supposedly took off before American airspace was opened up in the wake of September 11; there were charges that the Saudi government, and Saudi officials, funded al-Qaeda; it was done with charges that funds from Princess Haifa, the wife of the Saudi Ambassador to the United States, made their way to two 9-11 hijackers; and it is now being done now with this outlandish charge," stated Al-Jubeir. "And just like all the other myths, this one will also be dispelled when the facts
are revealed."
During the late 1990s, Saudi Arabia made numerous attempts to secure bin Laden's extradition from Afghanistan. When the Taliban government rebuffed these attempts, the Kingdom downgraded its relations with the Taliban and substantially reduced its assistance.
Saudi Arabia has provided humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, as have many other countries, including the United States, to help the people of Afghanistan overcome hunger and poverty, and to rebuild their country after a long, and brutal Soviet occupation.
"Some are trying to intentionally confuse our foreign aid to Afghanistan in the late 1990s with support for bin Laden. That is misleading and false.
By that definition, every country that provided aid to Afghanistan, including the U.S. and the European countries, supported bin Laden, and that is nonsense," said Al-Jubeir.
According to the Congressional Research Service, the United States alone gave Afghanistan $76.6 million in aid in 1999 and another $113.2 million in 2000.


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Sept. 21, 2009
DeKALB, Ill. - With Mid-American Conference play starting this weekend, the Northern Illinois volleyball team will host one last non-conference match against local rival DePaul (6-7) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. CT before opening the MAC schedule on the road against Ball State and Toledo.
"We are trying to not only end our non-conference schedule on the right foot, but start the transition to conference play in a positive way," said NIU head coach Ray Gooden. "The big keys will be playing consistent volleyball and having solid team play."
The Huskies (5-7) will be looking to rebound from a tough five-set loss at home last Tuesday to Milwaukee, and with no matches last weekend, they will have had a full week of practice to prepare. Sophomore Allison McGlaughlin (Morton, Ill./Morton) is coming off one of her best performances as she tallied 20 kills and 19 digs against Milwaukee for her fourth double-double of the season and led the team in kills for the fourth consecutive match. On the year, she leads NIU with 146 kills (3.56/set) and eight aces, while she also ranks second on the squad with 103 digs (2.51/set).
Seniors Meagan Schoenrock (Sylvania, Ohio/Northview), Cassie Yates (LaPorte, Ind./LaPorte) and Amanda Tadla (Oak Lawn, Ill./Oak Lawn) also play large roles in the Huskie attack. Schoenrock ranks second on the team with 129 kills (3.15/set), while Yates ranks third with 110 (2.68/set) and leads NIU in hitting percentage (.339) and blocks with 34 (0.83). Tadla runs the offense with an average of 10.29 assists per set (350).
In the back row, junior libero Maddie Hughes (St. Charles, Ill./North) leads the Huskies with 181 digs (4.41/set) and has posted back-to-back matches with 20 digs.
Sycamore, Ill. native Sarah Cullen heads the Blue Demon attack with 174 kills (3.35/set), 15 aces, and leads the defense with 158 digs (3.04/set), while Sammy Geiger captains the offense with 461 assists (8.87/set).
"DePaul is coming off a weekend where they defeated one of our divisional MAC opponents in Eastern Michigan," Gooden said. "They are looking for the same thing we are - trying to gain momentum as they begin their Big East schedule this weekend. We both know that it will be a Chicago-area rivalry match too."
Fans who attend the match can take advantage of the "Two for Tuesdays" promotion as those who purchase an adult ticket will get an additional ticket for free. Fans can also follow the Huskies with live stats via GameTracker on niuhuskies.com.


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An adventurous seamstress would love tackling some of the avant-garde projects in Tomoko Nakamichi's Pattern Magic ($16). Taking cues from architecture and nature, this book teaches techniques that merge sculpture and fashion design. Adornment is built into the structure of these frocks, which is pretty sweet.
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Mother's Day, Mother's Life
Sunday, May 12, 2013
The moment of birth transfers your heart from your inside to the outside where it runs and plays and learns and grows and loves and suffers heartache. It is the one part of you that you cannot keep hold of, cannot shield from the world with your physical person. If you have more than one child, then you know the miracle of having more than one heart � try to catch them running off in all directions! It, literally, takes the breath out of your body.
Nothing else in life can bring this kind of joy. Nothing else in life can bring this kind of angst.
The instinct. You either have it, or you don't. We watch and read with horror about the �don'ts�, and we don't celebrate them this day, but we celebrate their children who are baby birds with their mouths open, waiting expectantly for nourishment. Mothers of adopted baby birds, I salute you for filling their mouths with food and for filling their hearts with love.
I always said that when you become a parent, you were blessed if you had at least one good role model to follow. We, as our mothers before us, were foist into a position one can never be prepared for. We received on-the-job-training and lots of well-meant advice. However, at 3:00 in the morning, with a sobbing child in your arms, all manner of nightmares goes through your head and you're sure of only one thing � you must have done something wrong. Baby experts be damned, you're taking that child out of his crib and folding him into the crook of your now-empty stomach and falling asleep together with your lips on his sweet-smelling hair. Or, at least, that's what I did. Sometimes.
I hear some parents lament the passage from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, as if the little person they enjoyed so much disappears. For me, though, watching my children morph into adults absolutely enthralls me. Even when they err in judgment or suffer a heartache, though I feel it acutely, I am in awe of these responsible hearts that I've let go into the world, to bring love to someone else's life and to start the whole cycle over. They're the ones driving now and I'm in the back seat of the car, asking questions, giggling, and shocking them with irreverent comments while they lecture me about the dangers of the world in which we live, teach me about ancient philosophers, and try to educate me about the scientific principles that have become their life's work.
"Will there be a test? �Are we there yet?� I ask. �They look at me indulgently and shake their heads.
Perhaps only because we live in an age of electronic recording and I have captured so many of those moments over the years, I don't feel any loss. My hearts are geographically distant, but beating next to mine. I will turn on my videos today and there will be birthdays, holidays, proms, graduations, and a wedding. I'll watch them learn to speak, learn to walk, learn to read, turn anything bowl-shaped into a hat, toddle around in their father's big shoes, and try to pay attention during award ceremonies because Mom's out there with the video camera.
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Justin Smillie Leaving Il Buco Alimentari in June
But hopefully his short ribs stay forever.
Justin Smillie has decided to part ways with Il Buco Alimentari, where he's worked as the executive chef since Donna Lennard opened the restaurant in 2011. He'll cook at the restaurant through mid-June, then move on to pursue a new project independent from Lennard. His successor has yet to be announced, but please, oh, please, don't change the roasted short ribs. Or the crispy artichokes. Or the torta pasqualina. Don't change any of it! [Eater NY]


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Sources in the last Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars PSP exclusive mission given to you by Melanie Mallard.
Be quick and drive to the GPS point. You've got a limited amount of time to complete this mission, so book it. When you reach the target, you'll find the alley guarded by myriad security guards. Not that it really matters. Just gun 'em down en route to the locked door in the middle of the alley. You'll need to hack your way in, but that's not hard.
Once you get inside, then things turn bad. A flash grenade rolls in and a pair of baddies, one with a shotgun, roll in. Gun them down quick and they should drop their guns and a bit of health. Leave the health if you don't need it, 'cause many more enemies will roll into the room. Be quick to move around and gun down the enemies, picking up the health and armor drops as you need them.
When the throngs of guards stop pouring in, Mel leaves her small enclosure, letting you inside to grab a bat. Equip the bat (important: the bat does not equip itself) and use it to hit Mel once to knock her down. Move to the marked switch at the bottom-right corner of the screen and a cut scene takes over.
You're now behind the wheel of a van and need to chase down another van that the cameraman has run away in. Catching up with him can be tough, but he's not the best driver so you'll eventually get your chance. Ram into the van and try to wedge it against a wall, then uload your gun fire to quickly destroy it. Once the van catches fire, leave it be and it'll blow up in due time. Drive Mel to the GPS target to end the mission.


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Muses are about during National Poetry Month, 2014
According to Greek mythology, the muses are the personification of knowledge and the arts. The Goddess Mnemosyne, the personification of Memory, personification of the Father of all Gods, had nine daughters. Calliope is the muse of epic poetry, Thalia is the muse of comedy and pastoral poetry, Enterpe is the muse of flutes and lyrical poetry, Erato is the muse of love poetry, Polyhymnia is the muse of sacred poetry. April is National Poetry Month, and during the month we will feature a variety of poetry for your enjoyment. Spend a bit of time each day under the spell of the Muses of poetry.
It seems only fitting to start the month off with a tribute to the Muses of Poetry written by William Blake.
To the Muses
Whether on Ida's shady brow,
Or in the chambers of the East,
The chambers of the sun, tha now
From ancient melody have ceeas'd;
Whether in Heav'n ye wander fiar,
Or the green corners of the earth,
Or the blue regions of the air,
Where the melodious winds have birth;
Whether on crystal rocks ye rove,
Beneath the bosom of the sea
Wand'ring in many a coral grove,
Fair Nine, forsaking Poetry!
How have you left the ancient love
That bards of old enjoyed in you!
The languid strings do scarcely move!
The sound is forc'd, the notes are few.~William Blake
During National Poetry Month, we will feature a poem each day, and we invite all our readers to share your favorite poetry with us. To submit you favorite poem or poet, send your suggestions to Dr. Catherine Al-Meten, email@example.com.


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Live updates
Piccadilly fleet has reported previous door malfunctions
Driver 'immediately alerted' as doors open between stations
Tube train doors open between stations on Piccadilly line
The doors of a packed London Underground train have opened between stations in West London.
The Rail Maritime and Transport union claims a baby in a buggy was close to the door that partially opened on the Piccadilly line train on Sunday.
The union says the incident raises questions about the reliability of the trains, which it says are 40 years old but were not due to be replaced for another decade.
Underground: Piccadilly Line suspended westbound at Cockfosters
Service is suspended on the Piccadilly Line westbound between Cockfosters and Acton Town due to a signal failure at Arnos Grove.
There is also no service between Acton Town and Rayners Lane due to planned engineering work.
A good service s in operation on the rest of the line.
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Severe delays on the Piccadilly Line are set to continue as emergency work is being carried out 'for at least another half an hour'.
The signal failure occurred early this morning leading to the line being closed between Kings Cross and Hyde Park.
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Minor delays on Piccadilly Line Eastbound due to signal failure at Turnham Green.
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Service suspended on Piccadilly Line between Hammersmith and Hyde Park Corner and minor delays on the rest of the line due to person under a train at Earls Court. Tickets being accepted on local buses, and First Capital Connect services.
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People may be staying closer to home due to high fuel and travel prices .
Southwest Airlines, the country's leading low-fare carrier, has hiked its ticket prices. This is Southwest's fourth increase this year. The price of fuel is to blame for the increases and now other airlines are following suit.
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Melbourne, FL – June 15, 2014 – Let us get it straight from the onset, I am not a whiskey drinker. I never acquired the taste for a single malt whiskey over rocks or any kind of shooters at your local bar or pub. Give a god old cold beer and I am good. Now that does not mean that I have not had a good shot of whiskey now and then. I have been known, if I am in the right company, to have a shot or two. But that does not happen too often. No let's get on with my story.
I happened upon the Copper Fox Distillery because I was in Sperryville, VA for my son's wedding. You see he lived in Alexandria, VA and has made all the vineyards that dot the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge his stomping grounds. He sure likes great wine and this region of Virginia has many great wineries. A few years ago my wife and I were hosted to a wine a tour of all the vineyards in the Sperryville area. When I got back home to Florida, I wrote an article on our trip. What about Whiskey? Yes I know this about whiskey not wine. Sorry to get off track. Thomas recommended that we tour the Copper Fox because he and his best man Hays had just taken the tour the weekend before while scouting the area before his wedding. He got married at the Sharp Rock Vineyard in Sperryville, VA.
Tucked away on a side road in Rappahannock County, in the city limits of Sperryville is the Copper Fox Distillery. Rick Wasmund is the owner and operator of the distillery. He started the Copper Fox distillery in 2000. Rick really caught the whiskey bug on a trip to Scotland where he searched his Scottish roots. On his trip to Scotland, he was offered an internship at the famous Bowmore Distillery in the village of Bowmore in Scotland where he learned the whiskey distilling craft.
COPPER FOX DISTILLERY - Slides # 1 & 2 – The distillery and main entrance.
TOUR START - Slide # 3 - The tour started in front of the Malt Room where we were give an overview of the different distilled whiskeys and spirits that are produced by the Copper Fox. Jesse Puckett was our tour guide. He was very knowledgeable about the entire distilling process. He did a great job.
MALTING - Slide #4 & 5 – The Copper Fox is one of the few American distilleries to hand-malt their barley. All the barley used by the Copper Fox is locally grown. The barley comes to the Copper Fox in 1,000 pound bags (Upper left photo). Inside the Malt Room is where the malting process turns barley into malt. Locally grown malt is wet in the tank (Bottom right photo). After being wet, the barley is spread onto the malt floor to start the germination process (Middle and top photos). This is where a chemical reaction starts that turns the starch in the wet barley into sugar which in turn will be turned into whiskey or spirits at the end of the distilling process. The malting process at the Copper Fox lasts a minimum of 4 days. During this time the barley is turned by hand to ensure a constant moisture and temperature and to control the germination process. Many of today's distilleries have given up on the use of a malt floor with manual barley turning. The Copper Fox is continuing the manual malting process Rick Wasmund learned during his internship at Bowmore.
BARLEY DRYING - Slide # 6 – The next step in the distilling process is to dry the germinating barley in a kiln (top left photo on this slide). The kiln is heated by using local apple and cherry wood and the old whiskey barrel staves. The germination stops when the barley is dried in the kiln.
When the malt is dry, it is ground into a kind of coarse flour which will be used in the next distilling operations. This flour is called grist.
MASHING - Slide #6 - The grist is transferred into a 528 gallon mash tank where grist is mixed with hot water (Center photo). In this tank the starch in the grist is changed into fermenting sugars. The mix of water and grist looks like a kind of traditional porridge (Upper Right Photo). This sugared juice is called mash.
FERMENTING - Slide # 7 – The mash is added to fermenting tank along with yeast. The yeast converts the sugar to alcohol. After three or four days, the resulting liquid is about 10% alcoholic and is known as distiller's beer or wash.
DISTILLING – Slide # 8 - The wash is added to the distilling tanks where it is heated to the point where the alcohol turns to vapor, but the water remains liquid. The alcohol is then collected in a second tank. This process is repeated to produce "new whiskey".
AGING – Slide # 9 - Water is added to the new whiskey which is aged in wooden oak barrels usually made from charred white oak. Here the whiskey is aged at least four years.
BOTTLING & LABELING – Slide # 10 - After aging the whiskey is filed into glass bottles which do not react with the whiskey's flavor. Devin Sherwood is the Copper Fox employee who shown labeling bottles in this slide. Devin is also seasoned tour guide. I am told that he really give a real enthusiastic tour of the Copper Fox.
BOTTLE SEALING – Slide # 11 – After bottle filling and labeling, each bottle neck is hand dipped in wax. Each bottle is carefully rotated to ensure that no drips are exhibited on the bottle neck. This is done as not infringe upon the Makers Mark dripping red wax seal trademark. Back in 2012, Jose Cuervo tequila lost a court case brought by Makers Mark where as the Sixth Circuit affirmed a federal district court's ruling that the maker of Maker's Mark Kentucky bourbon has enforceable trade dress rights in its dripping red wax seal. The Copper Fox Distillery is very conscious of how Makers Mark protects their patent.
WHISKEY & SPIRIT DISPLAYS – Slides # 12 & 13 – This slide exhibits photos of the different whiskey and spirit bottles that were displayed throughout the tour and in the gift shop. If you are an avid whiskey drinker and you enjoy craft whiskey, you will not go wrong in getting a bottle of Copper Fox Single Malt Whiskey or any of their other spirits. They even have an interesting gin if you are inclined.
The Copper Fox gift shop has the full lineup of whiskies and spirits for sale as well as glasses, t-shirts and hats.
AWARDS – Slide # 14 – Over the years Copper Fox has won many gold and silver whisky awards from different judging organizations for their craft whiskey.
CIVIL WAR MARKER – Slide # 15 - As a side note, about 300 yards from the distillery in a large field by the beautiful North Fork of the Thornton River was a Virginia Civil War Trail marker. This sign mark the spot of where the Union Army's German Corp, under the command of Major General Frantz Sigel, camped for a month while they were in Rappahannock County.
We had a great time at the Copper Fox.
Until next time, be safe in the sun and have a great day in the great outdoors.


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BEYOND THE NUMBERS CHASE: HOW URBAN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS MAKE SENSE OF DATA USE by Vicki Park A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (EDUCATION) December 2008 Copyright 2008 Vicki Park
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|The growing body of research on data-driven decision making (DDDM) details the implementation and positive results at the district and elementary school levels (Armstrong & Anthes, 2001; Datnow, Park, & Wohlstetter, 2007; Supovitz & Klein, 2003; Togneri & Anderson, 2003). However, theoretically grounded studies of DDDM and the impact of data use in high schools in particular remains limited. This study focused on how urban high school teachers conceptualized data use and how their local contexts shaped their implementation of DDDM.; Using case study research design and drawing on interviews, observations, document reviews and teacher survey methods, I examined how high school teachers in two urban schools perceived and used data for school improvement. To guide instrument design and data analysis, I developed a theoretical framework building on organizational theories and frame analysis, concentrating on how people construct and enact policy messages.; This dissertation presents two major findings on how urban high school teachers make sense of DDDM. First, teachers' sensemaking of DDDM was filtered by how they conceptualized data, their motivations for data use, and the outcomes they expected for using data. From these patterns, a typology of teachers' orientation on DDDM was developed. There were distinctions amongst teachers who view DDDM through an inquiry-centered, solution-centered, bureaucratic-centered, or compliance-centered orientation.; Second, teachers' sensemaking of DDDM was mediated by the accountability, district, and departmental contexts. Policy implementation is ultimately a distributive process where multiple types of contexts play different roles in determining how teachers make sense of data and ultimately, how they use data. The accountability system prioritized the use of data while framing at the district level shaped teachers' construction of DDDM. Departmental structures and norms on sharing data along with the degree of joint work determined the extent to which teachers used data to inform instructional practices. Finally, even when these contextual factors align to promote a robust version of DDDM practices, ignoring teacher learning and professional development will likely lead to a surface level use of data for instructional decision making.
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Tips for Hosting Last Minute Big Game Gatherings
'Tis the season…for football fans that is. Regardless of whether you're a Ravens fan or a 49ers fan, you'll likely be watching this weekend's game – if for nothing else but the commercials! We can also bet that as you're watching you'll likely also be noshing on some food and gathering with friends.
If you're "lucky" enough to host one of these game-watching house parties our experienced catering team has a few tips to keep your stress in check and your hungry guests happy.
Prioritize. When you're planning everything from the menu to the décor along with trying to tidy up your home it's easy to get overwhelmed. Make a list of all the things you need to get accomplished and prioritize. Start today with things that can be done ahead of time and leave Sunday for the last minute prep.
Stock Up on Food. When it comes to hosting a party, it's always better to have more than enough food than to have to run to the store because a few unexpected guests showed up. Make sure you have easy and quick bites on hand. Make an extra batch of your homemade goodies or stock up on a few store-bought items that can quickly be pulled out of the freezer and popped into the oven.
Enlist Help. We plan hundreds of parties at the M, each with hundreds of guests. Oftentimes these parties fall on the same day and even at the same time. We wouldn't be able to handle, let alone provide the four-star service that we're known for, without each person on our team helping one another. The same rings true for your party. Don't do everything yourself. Ask your friends to bring a side dish, task your husband with making a specific dish or have him handle the grocery shopping.
Of course, if you're overwhelmed, or you simply don't want to host everyone at your home, come see us! We'll have the game on all our television screens throughout the property and at Anthony's Burgers & Brews we'll be serving an all-you-can-eat buffet of Buffalo wings, Chicago dogs and more for just $25.


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Home Inn Shanghai Zhongshan Park
- Location: Commercial centre in Changning District
- Address: No.1018 Dingxi Road, Changning District, Shanghai
- Tel: 021-62110988 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: 如家快捷酒店(上海中山公园店)
- Lowest Price: $37
Opened in 2008, the Home Inn Shanghai Zhongshan Park is located in the Changning district, adjacent to Jingan Temple and Zhongshan Park, within walking distance to the Metro Line 2 and Line 6. It is 3km away from the city center, 6km away from the Shanghai Railway Station and South Railway Station, 8km to the Hongqiao Airport and 50km to the Pudong Airport.
The Home Inn Shanghai Zhongshan Park offers a total of 150 guest rooms, including standard room, deluxe room and suite, etc. All rooms are provided with free broadband internet access, 24 hour hot water and IDD/DDD phone and so on. Other facilities and service the Home Inn Shanghai Zhongshan Park provides include wireless internet area, ticket booking, luggage service and laundry service and so on.
- Prices not include 18% service fee and tax.
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- Triple/quad occupancy may require an extra bed at extra cost.
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A new study from Italy shows that red wine and chocolate might have no effect on people with heart disease. According to the Headlines and Global News website, Researchers from the John Hopkins University of Medicine led by Dr. Richard Semba examined the urine samples of 783 people aged 65 and above from Tuscany, Italy using a method called mass spectrometry. The researchers looked for the presence of metabolites of resveratrol, which is found in red grapes, on the samples.
The report goes on to say that their analysis revealed no significant difference in heart disease and cancer risk for those who regularly consumed resveratrol compared to those who don't. The results remained consistent even after considering other factors such as age and gender.
"The story of resveratrol turns out to be another case where you get a lot of hype about health benefits that doesn't stand the test of time. The thinking was that certain foods are good for you because they contain resveratrol. We didn't find that at all, says Dr. Semba.
This study was published in the May 12 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine. For more information on this story, visit the Headlines and Global News website http://www.hngn.com/articles/31159/20140513/red-wine-chocolates-and-berr....


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Volume: 23 Issue: 8 (August 2000)
Spotlight: Jig Renders Hair and Much More
Steamboat Software president Rev Lebaredian, a former special effects technician working on films (as a software engineer for DreamQuest Images, he wrote the gorilla hair renderer for Mighty Joe Young), was inspired to create Jig by his perceived need for a renderer that was more open and extensible than others in use at production houses. Jig is designed to fit into any stage, or many stages, of a production pipeline with the use of Perl (an industry standard scripting language) scripts written by users. And Jig's open C++ plug-in system makes it possible for users to easily add new shaders, maps, surfaces, displacements, volume objects, and image processes to the program.
Jig is also a standalone application that can link to any program. Currently, ready-made exporters are available from Steamboat for Maya or Houdini particles. Development is planned for additional exporters, but Jig's open API also makes it possible for technical personnel to write an exporter to any package.
At The Secret Lab in California, CG supervisor Charles Anderson used Jig to create a high-velocity volumetric gas for about 40 shots in the film Gone in 60 Seconds. "It needed to look realistic," says Anderson, "and Jig worked great."
Jig runs on Linux, Irix, and NT systems, with 256mb of RAM recommended. The program, including a C++ compiler, exporters, and one year of support, costs $1550 for a one-CPU license. A one-year unlimited site license, including support, costs $78,750.
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WWE Hall of Famer "Nature Boy" Ric Flair gave an inspirational speech to the San Francisco 49ers prior to their NFL Playoff game yesterday against the Green Bay Packers. The speech was captured on film by WWE and was quickly posted on Sunday night via their website and popular Youtube channel. The video quickly went viral and already has over 150,000 plays.
The speech surely inspired the 49ers who appeared in the video to take in Flair's styling and profiling with fanboy glee. The 49ers upset the Packers with a 23 to 20 victory, eliminating the Packers from the playoffs in Green Bay in below zero weather.
According to Wrestling Observer editor Dave Meltzer, the epic speech was arranged by WWE executives and the front office of the 49ers who announced late last year that WWE's grandest show, Wrestlemania will be coming to the team's new stadium in Santa Clara, California.
Flair is appearing with many other WWE legends tonight on an "Old School" edition of WWE RAW live on the USA Network starting at 7pm CST / 8pm EST.


text: Brother Leopold Hall Open to upperclass men & women Est. 2012 The newest residence hall on SMU's campus, Brother Leopold Hall honors Brother Leopold Julian Dodd, the first Christian Brother president of Saint Mary's. Overlooking Gilmore Creek and the surrounding bluffs, this four-story building houses 139 sophomore though senior students, in apartment-style and suite-style housing. Rooms are designed in a corridor style, with spacious single, double, triple and quad rooms, each of which has a private bathroom and shower. Common areas included in Brother Leopold Hall: three large lounges with computers and a printer coinless laundry facilities with cost included in room and board Amenities moveable beds with extra-long mattresses, wardrobes, dressers, desks, and chairs private bathroom with shower cable and internet hook-up (including access to the SMU wireless network) 3 types of rooms Apartment: Includes a kitchen, bathroom, and shower. Number of bedrooms varies. Some apartments have individual bedrooms where each person has their own. Some have 2 double bedrooms for 4 people to share (like the villages). Others are a combination of a double bedroom for 2 people and 2 individual bedrooms. Double-Occupancy Suite (DOS): 4 students in 2 double bedrooms with a private bathroom and shower. Similar style to Gilmore Creek. Single-Occupancy Suite (SOS): 2 students in 2 individual bedrooms with a private bathroom and shower. Room types, number and years Apartments with single bedrooms / 7 / junior & senior Apartments with double-room bedrooms / 7 / sonphomore - senior Double-Occupancy Suites / 13 / sophomore Single-Occupancy Suites / 16 / junior & senior Check out the first-year halls Saint Benilde | Saint Edward's Living Learning Community | Saint Joseph's | Skemp Check out the upperclass halls Brother Leopold | Ek Family Village | Gilmore Creek | Heffron | Hillside | La Salle | Pines | Residencia Santiago Miller | Saint Yon's


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"Fullerton College is a community college in Southern California's Orange County. The Hornets compete in the top tier National Division/Southern Conference. We seek highly motivated potential division one football players looking for a second chance to improve their academic history. In the six years of the Southern California Football Association Fullerton ranks second for wins (51-18, 73.9 winning percentage), second most conference championships (4), second most Post-Season wins (6). In 2013 we went 12-1 finishing #1 in the SCFA (37 teams), #2 in California (70 teams) and #3 in the Nation (138 teams). Fullerton College averages 30 players to transfer to universities each year."
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With just four ingredients and a blender or food processor, you can make this delicious strawberry ice cream. If you don't have a food processor or high-end blender, you may need to use the whole can of sweetened, condensed milk and the consistency won't be as thick. It'll still taste fantastic, though. Walmart generally has good deals on frozen fruit as well as their store brand of half and half.
- 3/4 cup fat free half and half
- 1/4 cup sweetened, condensed milk, reserve remainder of can
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 3 cups of frozen strawberries
Blend or process all ingredients on low to crush the strawberries, then turn to high for about two minutes or as long as it takes for the mixture to become smooth. It may need a shorter or longer time, depending on your equipment. Add more sweetened, condensed milk if necessary.
The ice cream tastes best right out of the blender or food processor. You probably won't have any leftovers, but if you do, you can store them for several days in the freezer.


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Reach Higher
Tulsa Community College proudly participates in Oklahoma's Degree Completion Program, Reach Higher. Coordination for the program is directed by the University Transfer Office.
Reach Higher at TCC offers an Associate in Arts or Associate in Science Degree in Enterprise Development (general studies or business administration) designed for working adults who have already earned at least 18 hours of college credit and want to finish an associate degree.
The program has been designed to ensure its transferability to four-year institutions through the Course Equivalency Project.
Program Benefits
Some of the best news about Reach Higher...it's affordable!
Tuition and mandatory fees will vary slightly among participating Reach Higher institutions, but the average is under $90 per credit hour for Oklahoma residents. Review TCC's costs and fees. Textbook costs will vary by course.
Financial aid may be available for students who qualify. Get help and learn more about Financial Aid at TCC. Also, apply for Federal Aid by submitting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Don't forget to also talk to your employer about tuition reimbursement.
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By cathy.lippert on Feb 12, 2009
While technology leaders in SOA Governance hammer out ways to get policy enforcement tools to interoperate (which are still long in coming), what's an architect to do in the meantime?
Why, resort to pre-SOA tactics, of course.
Remember how we used to solve silo problems in the past? We'd bridge them with processes that span silos, and involve stakeholders in each silo. Lest we forget our roots, processes and people are still the heart of governance.
By taking these lessons to heart, we can immediately and dramatically simplify policy management. With the availability of robust commercial off-the-shelf event management and notification options, we can even do it better. No waiting around for standards bodies and vendor integrations.
Here are some simple steps you can take:
1) Select a human administrator in each of the SOA policy domains you would like to bridge. (Some examples that come to mind are authorization or entitlements, service level management, and privacy.)
2) Each time a consumer group requests access to a service from the service provider, have both parties negotiate and document the terms of use in their native (human) language.
3) Auto-notify policy administrators when the new terms of use are established, and include a request that policy administrators create policies in their existing tools to enforce the terms.
4) Auto-notify again once the policy work is complete and the terms of use are ready to be enforced.
To be sure, progress is being made on centralized policy management approaches. But it is unlikely that de jure standards will keep up with the kinds of policies we need, or that vendors will change their policy enforcement products quickly. So an open, federated model of policy enforcement is preferable right now to homogeneous policy management strategies.
By focusing on people and process instead of technology, we can have policy management now that is efficient, heterogeneous, agile, repeatable, easy to delegate and even provides the traceability needed for regulated environments.
Is it all automatic, untouched by human hands? No, but that may be just a pipedream.


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A new survey shows that people who play video games on a regular basis are more likely to pass their driving test the first time. However, before you go and buy your teen a new PlayStation, you should also know that people who play video games are also more likely to crash within the first year on the road.
While some people might be confused by these seemingly contradictory facts, gamers know better.
Video Games Increase Confidence
Turns out, a weekend, or week, or month (s), spent playing realistic car games like Gran Turismo might come in handy when it comes to taking a driving test. A recent survey of 1,994 people by a car insurance company, Privilege, found that 74% of gamers passed their driver's license test the first go round.
As far as non-gamers go, they don't pass at nearly as high as that rate. The men are more likely to pass their driving test the first time, at a rate of 52%. Women surveyed passed their first test at a rate of 42%. A quarter of female drivers take the test 3 or more times before obtaining their license.
17% of those who participated in the survey said that their confidence before the test was related to their abilities to handle a car on the digital road. 1 in 10 of the males surveyed said the games helped them, while only 2% of the women claimed the games were any help. Women claim to get their confidence from real life preparation more often than practice behind a controller.
Risky Driving from Gamers
Video gaming does have its drawbacks, however. While teens who gamed were better prepared for driving tests, 77% of the game playing teens surveyed were involved in a crash within the first year of getting their license. This is 3-4 times higher than the average first year crash rates for male (24%) female (18%) drivers. New drivers who are "gamers" are crashing considerably more often, and that's a worrisome trend.
One possible explanation: Confidence developed while gaming is a double-edged sword. While driving games helped these young drivers master the basics, they also gave these drivers a false sense of confidence. Over-confidence leads to risk-taking, and risk-taking often leads to a crash. After all, managing a car in real life takes a lot more than confidence and driving skill - experience and judgment are key to safe driving.
Another explanation? Teen gamers fail to fully grasp the real life consequences of risk-taking. Car crashes in video games never amount to more than a fleeting moment of guilt, so young gamers might not appreciate the risks they're actually taking. Of course, this explanation presumes that teens aren't capable of separating reality from the gaming world...and that seems a bit far-fetched.
Nonetheless, the results of the Privilege survey are not unique. There is considerable evidence to show that video games glorify risky driving, and that this glorification has an effect on teen drivers. A number of surveys have looked at whether gaming has an effect on driving abilities and decisions, and most of them offer comparable conclusions.
If we assume video games both help young drivers learn the basics and cause them to make bad choices, it's logical to wonder if there's a break-down elsewhere in the learning process. Perhaps teaching teens safe driving tips a little more adamantly could override this problem?
Or, could it be that the physiological effects of video games are simply too powerful? Is it asking too much of teen drivers to separate the virtual driving experience from the real one? Should parents take driving games away from teens learning to drive? Should video game manufacturers do more to create consequences for players who crash, such as locking them out of the game for a few minutes?
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My upcoming date hasn't confirmed place or time. Is it okay if I call him to ask if we're on or not?
It's Monday and you're talking on the phone with a nice guy you're interested in. After some chit-chat he finally asks you out on a date.
It goes something like this:
Nice Guy: Do you want to go out for dinner Saturday night?
You: Yes, that would be nice.
Nice Guy: Okay, I'll call you later in the week to firm up the plans. I'm looking forward to it.
You: Me too. Talk then.
You: Woohoo!! (Okay…I added that on for dramatic effect.)
You like him, and you're looking forward to Saturday. In fact, you're already wondering what you're going to wear and what you're going to talk about.
Wednesday there is no call. Thursday there is no call.
Friday morning comes, and you wonder, "Do we actually have a date?" You're disappointed: maybe a little mad. You're fretting over what to do next. You email your friend or your dating coach and ask: What should I do? Should I call him?
Unfortunately, this is a common situation — especially when you're meeting men via online dating. So common, in fact, that is happened to one of my clients. When my private coaching client, "Jean" emailed me to ask what she should do, not only did I answer whether she should call him, I helped her make sure this situation doesn't happen again.
My response to her: Hi Jean. No. I would not email or call him. I know it's difficult to wait…kind of painful even. But he asked you out and, although it was up in the air about the details, it was set to do a particular thing on a particular night. That's a date, right? Wait and see what he does.
This is what you might call "love, on purpose" — choosing specific behaviors and actions to help you more confidently navigate those dating and relationship waters. Whether a man keeps his word is, of course, extremely important. It's on your list as a must-have. You want him to know you're serious about finding a man whose word you can trust and that you respect yourself and expect him to as well. As important is letting him take the lead, especially at the beginning.
The gal who emails "just to confirm" sends the signal she's willing to accept him even if he doesn't come through with his promises. And you, Jean, are not that gal. That gal also says "yes" when he calls on Friday afternoon for a Friday evening date. She's the woman he plays with, not the one he marries.
I'm not saying that if he doesn't get in touch, you should forget about him. Something may have come up out of the ordinary that prevented him from coming through. But it's important to see what he's going to do without prompting. Hold tight! This is where you set the pace for all that comes next.
And by the way, there's a way to avoid this in the future. When he asks if you want to go out and then says he'll call later in the week, tell him this very kindly: "You know, I'm really interested in going out with you, but my schedule is pretty hectic this weekend. [Make sure you qualify that it's this weekend so he doesn't get the impression you're so busy that you won't have time for him.] It would be great if we could make our dinner plans now. That way we can be sure it works out. Would that be okay with you?"
If he's serious about getting to know you, he'll spend the extra few minutes it takes to make a plan, or he'll commit to when he's going to call back with details. If he doesn't do either, it gives you some valuable insight. Maybe he isn't serious about dating and relationships?
People, including my clients, ask me all the time whether I offer dating and relationship coaching for single men (like the guy who didn't call Jean). I don't. But I tell them that I help men by helping women. (It really is ALL about you!) One of the most transformational ways I support women is by helping you better understand GROWNUP men. Just like you, and me, and Jean, the men you're dating have lived and learned. I've spoken to countless single men over the years about their experiences with women, especially those in their 40s, 50s and beyond so that I can fully support you in your journey toward your own grownup love story and find that space where you are coming to your relationships with love, on purpose.


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A novel method for the quantification of bovine colostral immunoglobulin G using infrared spectroscopy
A phalangeal fusion defect and osteochondrosis dissecans with subluxation of the distal interphalangeal joints in a foal
A fusion defect of the proximal and middle phalanges of both hindlimbs, osteochondrosis dissecans of the distal interphalangeal joints of the forelimbs, and subluxation of all 4 distal interphalangeal joints occurred in a Standardbred filly. Lameness was the first abnormality noted and was observed ...
An equine abuse policy was developed as an adjunct to an equine management survey. If at least 3 of 5 categories caused concern, a report to the authorities was indicated. The policy was not used but, in the absence of other guidelines, it might assist veterinarians considering potential abuse cases...
A rapid field test for the measurement of bovine serum immunoglobulin G using attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy
Following the recent development of a new approach to quantitative analysis of IgG concentrations in bovine serum using transmission infrared spectroscopy, the potential to measure IgG levels using technology and a device better designed for field use was investigated. A method us...
Bilateral hypoplasia of the soft palate and aspiration pneumonia occurred in a Standardbred foal. The filly was presented with a history of illthrift, dyspnoea, coughing and bilateral nasal discharge. Abnormal sounds (crackels and wheezes) were auscultated over all lung fields and the cervical trach...
Case report - surgical management of a complicated umbilical abscess with multiple jejunal adhesions in a 12-week-old Holstein heifer
A 4.5-kg urachal abscess involving the umbilical arteries was diagnosed in a 12-week-old Holstein heifer. The urinary bladder wall was adhered to the mass, and there were multiple adhesions of the jejunum, which were associated with incomplete extra-mural obstruction. Adhesiolysis was completed. One...
Many uncomplicated umbilical hernias have been managed successfully in foals by the application of a hernia clamp. Isolated reports of complications following clamp application have led some authors to suggest that it is an unsuitable method of treatment. Little information has been published compar...
Comparison of media and sera used for in vitro culture of equine superficial digital flexor tendon explants
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of different commercial nutrient media and sera on protein synthesis and maintenance of cellular density in cultures of the equine superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT). ANIMALS: 8 healthy 2- to 4-year-old horses. PROCEDURE: First Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medi...
Concurrent nephrosplenic entrapment and acquired inguinal herniation of the jejunum in a Standardbred stallion
A stallion presenting for surgical correction of an acquired inguinal hernia was also diagnosed with a nephrosplenic entrapment (NSE) intraoperatively. Surgical intervention resulted in a successful outcome. To date, these conditions have not been reported to occur simultaneously.
The clinical, radiographic and post-mortem findings in 6 horses with cryptococcal pneumonia and one horse with an abdominal cryptococcal granuloma are described. In pulmonary cryptococcosis, the lesions were either diffuse and multiple, with bilateral lung involvement, or localised mainly to the dor...
There are no detailed, representative, horse-level data about equine management practices in different parts of Canada. To help address this, the demographics, management, and welfare of 312 nonracing horses in Prince Edward Island were examined in a randomized, horse-level survey during summer 2002...
Blood supply to the intestine can suddenly be interrupted. Acute mesenteric intestinal ischemia often requires invasive surgery to restore blood supply to the intestine. Early correction of vascular insufficiency is the most important factor in improving patient survival when confronted with acute m...
Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a convenient noninvasive method for measuring both tissue oxygenation and total hemoglobin. The utility of this method was investigated using a porcine model for detecting areas of ischemia and monitoring intestinal hemodynamics. Sections of the small intestine w...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of pubic symphysiodesis (PS) on pelvic development in skeletally immature dogs. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective randomized clinical trial. ANIMALS: Eight 4 month-old, sexually intact female Greyhounds. METHODS: Initial PS was performed at 4 months of age using a powered s...
Evaluation and treatment of an adult quarter horse with an unusual fracture of the humerus and septic arthritis
Humeral fractures are rare and usually carry a guarded prognosis in adult horses. This paper describes the evaluation and the successful surgical management of a fracture of the lateral supracondyloid crest and part of the epicondyle of the humerus in an adult quarter horse.
Evaluation of optoacoustic frequency analysis sensitivity to discriminate healthy and neoplastic tissues and to monitor treatment-induced physiological changes
One of the major limitations of the use of optoacoustics (OA) for the imaging of prostate cancer is the relatively low resolution when performed in real time. The work presented in this thesis aims to address this limitation by applying frequency-based analyses, which contribute additional informati...
Exploration of attenuated total reflectance mid-infrared spectroscopy and multivariate calibration to measure immunoglobulin G in human sera
Identification of infrared absorption spectral characteristics of synovial fluid of horses with osteochondrosis of the tarsocrural joint
The use of representative in vitro models has been favoured for the study of biologic and pharmacologic responses of the equine superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT). The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of exogenous sodium hyaluronate (NaHA) and polysulfated glycosaminoglyc...
Fisher's linear discriminant analysis and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) are powerful methods in multivariate data analysis. Recently, a method called "uncorrelated linear discriminant analysis (ULDA)" has attracted attention in the chemometrics community. It has been stated that the major d...


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Originally Posted by swarthmoreCY
If we can somehow get Georges to get the calls (or non-calls) like Nash, we would not need to worry about him fouling out.
I'm sure it was just my cardinal and gold glasses, but it seemed like Nash was traveling every time he got the ball in the post. It felt like he always took one step one way, then took three the opposite direction around his guy.
Originally Posted by larry
I think he was referring to Cobbins, a starter that was lost so long ago(a month?) that he's been forgotten as a starter. Big loss.
Originally Posted by twocoach
Michael Cobbins is their best interior player and is out for the year. This isn't the same team that was ranked in the Top 10 earlier in the year. Losing Clark was a huge gut punch as well. They basically have a 6 man team now.
Yeah I figured he was referring to Cobbins but I didn't realize he was a starter until he got injured.
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PHOTOS! Here are picture of Annette Lauer, aka Annette Roque, Matt Lauer's wife. Annette Lauer pics heat up on chatter of a possible split.
In fact, as LALATE readers will recall, Annette and Matt split in 2006, filed for divorce, and reconciled. That even became a moment of ironic humor during a 2008 Today Show broadcast covered on LALATE at the time.
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Matt Lauer's divorce was forgotten by Meredith Vieira on a November 2008 Today Show broadcast. A slight lapse in memory on those facts resulted in Vieira putting her foot in her mouth today.
In fact, Lauer is a divorcee, from first wife Nancy Alspaugh. He then got engaged to Kristen Gesswein, but that didn't result in marriage. Then Matt Lauer got married to Annette Roque. In 2006 they separated, filed for divorce, and then reconciled.
But in 2008, this was the reported exchange on Today:
MATT LAUER: Then we're going to talk about marriage. What is the right age to get married?
MEREDITH VIEIRA: I don't know. I got married in my 30s. When did you get married?
LAUER: Ah . . .
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VIEIRA: Anyway, I'm sorry. Oh geez.
LAUER: The average age — let's just start this show over. On average in this country women get married at 26, men at 28. Those are the averages. But how does your age impact your choice of a mate, and your chances for living happily ever after? Probably a more important question. We'll get into that later.
VIEIRA: I don't think I'm going to be one of those that lives happily ever after, after this show!


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Rene Edward "Reno" Roe, age 58, of Tyrone, OK died Saturday May 18th in Booneville, MO.He was born on July 4th, 1954 to Roy and Winifred Roe in Moline, Ill.
Reno was a 30 plus year truck driver working with Dodge City Express at the time of his death.
Reno is survived by his fiancée Regina Hayes of Tyrone, OK.
He is survived by 2 sons: Mathew Covey and wife Lisa of Altoona, Iowa; Danny Roe of King City, MO. 3 step-children: Jaime Zacarias of Liberal, KS, Melissa Albertson of Liberal, KS and Anthony Hayes of Malaysia.
1 brother: Robert Roe of Marshaltown, MO; 2 Sisters: Fay Gothard of Newton, IA and Christina Ann Crabtree of Bethany, MO, as well as 5 grandchildren
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Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Stanford University and the Dresden University of Technology have developed a long sought-after nanostructure that can significantly increase the efficiency of organic solar cells. Their "nanograss," a dense array of vertical nanopillars, can capture photons at a very high efficiency and could also lead to cheaper and more advanced 3D transistors, photodetectors and charge storage devices.Read More
Solar cells could become more efficient and less expensive, thanks to the development of tapered nanopillar semiconductors that are narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Created by chemist Ali Javey and his group from California's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the two-micron-high nanopillars' unique shape allows them to collect as much or more light than conventional semiconductors, while using much less material.Read More
The quest for alternative fuels has become one of science's major pre-occupations and finding ways to cheaply produce energy from the sun is a key battlefront. Researchers at Berkeley, California, have found a way to make cheaper, better solar cells using tiny nanopillar semiconductors measuring just billionths of a meter wide. The underlying theory is that a 3-D solar cell has more surface – and, therefore, will be a much more efficient light-collector – than the usual 2-D solar cell. Read More
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Meet Pastor Wosheka Jefferson-Burriel, an author,Pastor, singer and survivor of church hurt. After being abandoned by her mother and father, at the age of four she was sexually molested by a family friend and minister. It was the strength and prayers of her great-grandparents who raised Wosheka from the day she was born that put her on the path to healing. Within the pages of Healed On My Way, Pastor Wosheka recalls infidelity by her husband, and the feelings of rejection and severe depression. Pastor Wosheka gives her testimony of contemplating suicide, dealing with overwhelming grief and emotional abuse and her struggles with unforgiveness. A true overcomer, Pastor Wosheka Burriel takes the reader step by step on the journey God took her on to lead her to wholeness.
"Although I have gone through so much in my life, I know that my story is not unusual," the Shreveport-based pastor recounts. "All of us, at some point or another, have been affected negatively by those we love. One of the worse hurts we can experience is church hurt. We expect church to be a haven, a place of protection from the evil forces in the world. But I found out that hurt can take place in the church, too." -Wosheka Jefferson-Burriel
It's an unfortunate fact that countless people experience hurt within the four walls of the church. Pastor Wosheka Jefferson-Burriel understands this all too well. Undergoing trauma that few can imagine, she's been through the pain and is now is basking in the healing that only comes from God. The Pastor, Gospel Recording Artist and Author has chronicled her life story in the pages of her new book, Healed On My Way. Taking the reader on a journey through her troubled childhood through a turbulent marriage to total and complete restoration, she shows the reader how to become whole with the strength of the Lord.
God wants you healed and whole...!
Pastor Wosheka Jefferson-Burriel is currently on tour supporting Healed On My Way with stops in New York City, Houston, TX, and Atlanta, GA as well as Abuja, Nigeria and Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Taylor County led 14-7 with just over three minutes left in the first half.
But, the Cardinals were stopped on fourth down at the Taylor County 30-yard line and home-standing Marion County tallied 35 more consecutive points en route to a 42-14 district victory on Friday night in Lebanon.
"I shouldn't have gone for it," admitted TCHS Head Coach Eric Graves. "The kids said 'coach we can get it' and I'm trying to build some confidence in this team."
Taylor County's Lady Cardinals shut out Hart County 6-0 last Thursday and Monroe County 4-0 on Monday for their fifth and sixth high school soccer victories this season.
Coach Jason England's club got two goals apiece from Amber Green and Raven Burress vs. Hart County while Katie Long and Kassie Miller had one each.
Against Monroe County, Burress had two goals and Green and Long one apiece and Morgan Wilson had the shutout in goal.
Kentucky Highway 55 continues to be in control of the Campbellsville University Fighting Tigers, as CU rolled away with a 56-25 over neighboring rival Lindsey Wilson College.
The Saturday night win at Blue Raider Stadium gives the Tigers a 1-0 lead in the Mid-South Conference East Division and a 2-0 series lead in the Highway 55 Battle.
Taylor County High School used a 14-5 goal advantage to capture the Barren Cup last week in boys' soccer action.
The Cardinals bested Glasgow 5-2 last Wednesday as Trae Wells had four goals and Raphael Cunha the other tally.
Luke McDonald had three assists and Cunha one.
On Saturday, coach Mike McFee's club downed the host Trojans 3-2 as McDonald had two goals and Wells one. Wells also had two assists and Miguel Ayala one.
Injuries slowed the Campbellsville University Fighting Tigers from the opening kickoff Saturday, as 17th-ranked Tigers fell at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 54-14, inside Perkins Stadium.
Whitewater showed why it is the two-time defending NCAA Division III national champions by racking up 571 yards of total offense for its 33rd consecutive win. Campbellsville was held to a season-low 254 yards in its first loss of the season.
Boyle County may not be the same team that won 47 consecutive games and five straight state titles from 1999-2003, but the Rebels are still a "polished well-oiled machine" as Taylor County will attest to after a 57-0 loss at home on Friday night.
The Rebels (4-2 with losses to undefeated powers Fort Thomas Highlands and John Hardin), scored three different ways — kick-off return, run and punt return to take a 21-0 first-quarter lead.
It took the Campbellsville High School Eagles a quarter or so to get going Friday night in Paris, but once the purple and gold got rolling, it was all over.
The Eagle defense led the charge, holding the Greyhounds to only two first downs on the night. It also accounted for one of the teams five CHS touchdowns.
Eagle senior Alex Brunelle, who started the game at quarterback, scored early in the second quarter on a 51-yard run. The extra point was missed, leaving the Eagles with a 6-0 early advantage.
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Kevin Dineen rips officiating after Panthers lose 2-1 to Coyotes (video)
One of the great things about Kevin Dineen is his insistence on brutal honesty.
If he's unhappy with a player or a particular play, the Florida Panthers' coach will come right out and say so.
And so it was Tuesday night with the officiating, which definitely got under Dineen's skin during the Panthers' 2-1 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes.
Dineen admittedly was "really unhappy" with a first-period interference call against Panthers center Shawn Matthias, one of seven penalties called against the Panthers on the night, including four in the opening period.
"When I'm screaming like a fool on the bench, I think what you do is you set a precedent with the referees, so I'll hang myself on that one," Dineen said. "What we're trying to do is get a lot of hits to the head out of the game and there were so many plays I felt were dangerous plays. When you're putting that into a ref's mind that you're frustrated, the game obviously became lopsided. Very disappointed with the officiating tonight."
All that riding of the officials nearly paid off in the waning seconds, when a net displacement call against the Coyotes set up Stephen Weiss for a penalty shot and a chance to send the game to overtime with 24.5 seconds left. Alas, Weiss's shot got caught up on the goal line, and the Panthers saw their streak of home games with at least one point end at eight.
"The first call on Matthias, that's a hockey play," Dineen said. "You sit there and you watch a guy battling in front and that's what we encourage our guys to do. For something like that to be called and not the high hits is certainly something the league should take a look at."
A second-period hit by Phoenix center Shane Doan that sent Panthers forward Mikael Samuelsson out of the game didn't bother Dineen because he deemed it clean.
"I don't have a problem when guys hit with their shoulders," Dineen said. "But when you're following through to the head, that's where the real issue was tonight. And that's the job of the officials to help protect our players."
So, do you think Dineen will get fined by the league for his comments? Or will the NHL take a look at the game tape and realize he was right?


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ORONO, Maine -- Former University of Maine men's basketball standout Rick Carlisle coached the Dallas Mavericks to their first NBA Championship over the Miami Heat last night.
Carlisle, who played for Maine from 1979-81 and earned conference Rookie of the Year honors as well as being named to the All-NABC District I Team, was named head coach of the Mavericks in 2008.
He began his head coaching career in the NBA with the Pistons in 2002, earning Coach of the Year honors. Carlisle would move onto the Pacers before becoming an analyst with ESPN and then taking helm of the Mavericks.
Dallas went in as the third seed and defeated Portland in the first round four games to two. The Mavericks then swept the defending NBA Champions LA Lakers in the second round before defeating Oklahoma City in five games to take the Western Conference Championship.
In the NBA Finals, Miami would take a two games to one lead, but Dallas would win three-straight to take the title.
Jason Terry scored 27 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 21 points and 11 rebounds en route to MVP honors in the series-clinching win.


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My wife teaches K-8 inner-city students and often decries their lack of self-discipline and morality. Most of her fellow teachers are similarly disgusted with our youth and consider them a lost generation.
But, I'm not so pessimistic. I feel that if the youth of today had the right role models, they would strive to be like them and change their ways. There are mentoring programs across the country to help inner-city kids become successful. Many churches have youth programs for disadvantaged youth.
It's unfortunate that the Bible stories about Jesus don't have any accounts of his years as a teenager. There's just one story about him being a precocious preteen who talked back to his parents after he ran off without telling them where he was going. What kind of example is that for teenagers?
If the true story of what Jesus did during his teenage years were known, I think it would inspire them because the Bible says that Jesus, as a man, experienced every temptation but remained sinless. Thus, as a teenager, Jesus experienced raging hormones and all the temptations that teens are subjected to. But he overcame. The Jesus in the gospels is viewed by teens and most adults as the perfect Son of God, who was far above them in attainment and far removed from the cares and temptations of the world. They don't think of Jesus as an older brother who has gone through the same stage and matured spiritually and who can help they get through by his example and his grace.
Mary Magdalene is another figure from Jesus' life whose story could be inspiring for teenage girls. She overcame her life as a rich call girl to be one of Jesus' most devoted followers. Some say that her relationship with Jesus was more than that of a master and disciple. Two authorities on this topic are Steve Miller and David Lewis, who will be giving a two-week online webinar on April 6 and April 13 entitled The True Relationship of Jesus and Mary Magdalene as the Foundation of the Holy Grail at http://www.heartscenter.org/MeruUniversity/MU1404JesusandMaryMagdalene/tabid/862/Default.aspx#.UzisS6hdWE6
In this course Steve and David will prove that Jesus was indeed married to his devoted disciple, Mary Magdalene. Both Mary Magdalene and Jesus were initiates of the highest order. Her parents were also initiates and lived among the Essene Community. Jesus was tutored by the Essenes. Steve and David will take a closer look into this true branch of the Great White Brotherhood and introduce various characters from among the Essenes who influenced Jesus and Mary Magdalene to fulfill their amazing destiny together.
Steve and David will also explore past embodiments of Mary Magdalene. In addition to her role as devoted follower of Jesus and as Igraine, King Arthur's Mother and key player during the time of Camelot, they will explore her life as a spiritual leader among the Cathars, and one lifetime as a saint of the Church. In both roles, she was devoted to Jesus and worked to maintain the truth of his mission and message.
In her final embodiment, she was again a messenger for Jesus, as the 20th-century fiery and charismatic evangelist, Aimee Semple McPherson. Sister Aimee both captivated and perplexed the Christian community of her day, as a world witnessed the healing of tens of thousands of souls, in Jesus' name, through her.
Today, as the Ascended Lady Master Magda, she is working with Lady Masters Portia and Nada to empower women everywhere to claim their rightful position in society. She is a champion of true women's rights movements, especially women's spiritual rights as equal to men in every way.