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This is the second part of my beauty haul from February to the present month of June. Part 1 was only on products used on the eyes and can be found here.
For this post, I will only be focusing on makeup and products used on your face, excluding your eyes. As per usual, I buy my makeup from a variety of stores including The Bay, Sephora, and Shoppers Drug Mart online, but I will be searching for the items and providing you links to Sephora whenever I can because they carry the majority of the products I buy.
1. NARS blush in Orgasm – (www.sephora.ca) – $38.00 CAN – This blush is one of my all
time favourite blush colours. Not only mine, but beauty product lovers and makeup artists alike. The color Orgasm is described as a "peachy pink with shimmer." It is one of the only blush colours which can be worn by anyone, no matter their skin tone. Although, my skin is pale and I often tend towards colours which are pink or purple, this colour is perfect for me as well because of the pink tone in it; however, if you have skin which has more yellow undertones, the peachiness of Orgasm will also appear beautiful on you.
Another aspect I love about NARS blush is that it lasts forever. Yes, $38.00 CAN may seem expensive to spend on one blush, but this blush will last you years and works well with many other makeup colours. I had a smaller container of the Orgasm blush I used up before I repurchased the Orgasm blush, and the smaller container lasted about four-years and I wore it two or three times a week.
As well, with many NARS products, the pigment of Orgasm is fantastic. If you've lighter toned skin, I caution you to be careful when you apply NARS blushes, including Orgasm because it is extremely easy to apply too much blush at once; you want your blush to appear like a natural flush. I hope you like this colour and will have a look at Sephora online or in-store, at some of the other colours available in NARS blushes. There are many pretty blush shades all with excellent pigment concentration.
Since the Orgasm colour is so popular for NARS, it is one of ten colours you can buy in a cream to powder blush as well as in the powder form. I have also seen the colour in a luminosity highlighter you can add to your foundation to receive a more dewy appearance in summer time.
2. BENEFIT Girl Meets Pearl – Liquid Pearl for Face – (www.sephora.ca) – $39.00 CAN
I purchased Girl Meets Pearl, a year or two ago. I bought it because I thought it would
be a superb natural highlighter for your cheekbones or brow bones, but the consistency of the highlighter was too liquid and I didn't achieve the look I was hoping to get.
However, this summer I was searching for a luminizing highlighter which is glowy and shimmery, to add to my matte MAKE UP FOREVER foundation; it gives more of a summery glow to your makeup. I didn't want to switch foundations and end up breaking-out or having my skin appear too oily.
I apply Girl Meets Pearl after I apply my foundation. I put a bit of Girl Meets Pearl on the top of my hand and take my foundation brush and blend Girl Meets Pearl into my foundation on my face. The results, are fantastic.
Girl Meets Pearl is the perfect "pearly golden pink" for many skin tones and it lightens the heaviness of a more matte foundation, without making your skin oily. It provides a subtle sheen. I'm extremely happy with this product now and I wasn't when I bought it originally. But, for mixing with your foundation Girl Meets Pearl is the best highlighter product.
As well, Girl Meets Pearl has chamomile and sweet almond seed extract in it so it improves the appearance of skin's "firmness" and "smoothness." I also want to mention, I have tried to use this product on several other occasions, so it has lasted well and I think is good value for your money for this type of highlighter.
3. SEPHORA Radiant Luminizing Drops in Starlight – (www.sephora.ca) – $19.00 CAN
This product was supposed to do what the BENEFIT's Girl Meets Pearl does; however, I didn't realize I had a product which already worked well as a luminizing highlighter to add to my foundation.
When I was at Sephora, I chose this product which is Sephora's own makeup brand. I have not tried too much of Sephora's makeup brand but the price was right and I liked the pink colour of the Luminizing Drops. You can also buy them in Ultra Light – Bronze, or Morning Light – Champagne.
I have tried the Luminizing Drops a few times, but compared to the BENEFIT Girl Meets Pearl, it doesn't do justice to it's proclaimed 'luminizing' effects. You're only supposed to put a drop or two of the Luminizing Drops mixed with your foundation. This did nothing for me because you couldn't tell my skin appeared any different than if I had only worn my foundation alone. Adding more drops helped, but it was difficult to do using the dropper in the Luminizing Drops. It's difficult to get the product out of the container at all.
Maybe, it's me? I can be mechanically challenged at times, but I'm not impressed with the dropper Sephora used in this product; it isn't great. I think in this case, you get what you pay for. I cheaped-out, instead of buying a more expensive NARS Luminizing Highlighter (which I mentioned in the NARS blush review above), in the colour Orgasm.
I didn't end up needing to buy a luminizer at all, but at least had I bought the NARS luminizer, I would have used it all up. I'm disappointed with the SEPHORA Luminizing Drops.
4. URBAN DECAY – De-Slick Makeup Setting Spray -Oil Free – (www.sephora.ca) – $38.00 CAN (4 0z) or $17.00 (1 oz) Of all the makeup products I have purchased lately,
this one is nearly, the absolute best. I've watched many You Tube Makeup Tutorials and many women say using a Makeup Setting Spray so their makeup doesn't rub off, and stays in place, throughout the day or night helps the duration of their makeup. You can also use the Makeup Setting Spray to keep your skin from appearing oily.
This product is everything it promises to be. It keeps your makeup in place by using a technology which "lowers the temperature of your makeup" so it doesn't rub-off. One reason I know it stays in place: If I go to take a small afternoon nap, my makeup remains on my face and doesn't end up all over my white pillow case.
Also, because I want my face to appear 'glowy' and 'luminous' in the summer, not greasy and oily, the Makeup Setting Spray is exceptional at helping my face not appear as if I'm sweating my makeup off.
I only picked up the 1 oz size on my way to pay for other Sephora products and I have found the product to be a game-changer in my makeup routine.As vital as having the right primer for your makeup can be when you want your makeup to last long, I think the the Makeup Setting Spray is an even better purchase, especially if your skin is oily.
I use the Makeup Setting Spray every day and I don't break out from it either. If you are searching for a cheaper option, I have seen but not tried, NYC makeup in the drugstore, has their own version of URBAN DECAYS Makeup Setting Spray. If you have tried it, let me know how it works.
5. LIPPYGIRL Vegocentric Lipstick in p-Bomb – (www.lippygirl.com) – $23.00 CAN
I received this lipstick in a Luxebox a couple of boxes ago. I'm so pleased with the colour and how well it stays on your lips, through out the day. LIPPYGIRL lipsticks make your lips feel extremely soft and smooth after applying it.
P-Bomb is a glimmery lipstick in a bright pink but the lipstick colour is not a pink so bright it is blinding or too bold for the day time. P-Bomb's perfect to finish off a subtle makeup look and I love it for summer and every season of the year.
As well, LIPPYGIRL lipstick is Vegocentric. If you're a Vegan or someone seeking to use makeup which is naturally based, this is a great lipstick and website for you to check-out.
LIPPYGIRL has many more lipstick shades as well as other makeup products for your eyes, lips, and face. I also get the impression from their website, they're a Canadian company which I like a great deal. It's important to support our economy and local businesses in Canada.
6. PHYSICANS FORMULA Palette Mineral Glow Pearls in Translucent – (www.ulta.ca) – $13.99 US I was stoked to find this product in Winners in
Canada. It was on sale for about $5.99 so I paid much less than the listed US price. I couldn't find the product online in Canada but I'm certain if they carry it at ULTA in the US, you can find it at Shoppers Drug Mart here. I usually am pretty careful I don't buy too cheap of makeup because it has a greater tendency to make me break-out. However, I have used PHYSICIANS FORMULA before and I know it's a mineral based makeup which is better for your skin. The value for the quality of product is awesome with this drugstore brand.
I bought Mineral Glow Pearls because the highlighter I have at home, is too intense for day time wear. I only need something that is going to give a little glow to my cheek bones, brow bones, the tip of my nose, and cupids bow of my lip. The pigment of the Mineral Glow Pearls is only a touch luminizing when used alone, or to contour your face, for every day makeup at work or wherever. This highlighter appears more natural than my beloved Candle Light Highlighter by TWO FACED. But I prefer the TWO FACED highlighter when I'm going out with the girls or am out at night.
I'm extremely happy with Mineral Glow Pearls and highly recommend the PHYSCIANS FORMULA brand if you want makeup that won't make you break-out, is mineral, a cheaper price point, and comes in many shades and colours appropriate for various skin tones. I bought the Mineral Glow Pearls in the colour Translucent as I am fair skinned but ULTA also showed the same product available in the colours Beige, Light Bronze, and Bronze.
7. LUSH – Mask of Magnaminty – (www.lush.ca) – (125g) $13.95 – (315g) $25.95
Everyone hates being an adult and still having to deal with acne. For me, my skin is pretty well-behaved except for twice a year when hot weather comes in the summer time and when winter weather comes in the fall. My skin tends to break out worse than it does any other time, once or twice, before becoming used to the change in weather.
I love LUSH products and they have been so helpful in my beauty routine. On the LUSH online website they say Mask of Magnaminty is technically a "daily facial wash" but it's main purpose is "deep-cleaning" for the face and body.
As we have been experiencing warmer weather, my skin began to break-out, so I started using the Mask of Magnaminty every two-days. It completely calmed my skin down and the breakouts have gone away. When I'm not having any acne at all, I have switched to using the Mask of Magnaminty once a week. But if I have a bit of acne, I will use the mask every two-days until my acne clears. A person could use the Mask of Magnaminty every day, but for me, I find it drys my skin out if I overuse it.
The mask contains "aduki beans" to exfoliate skin, vanilla to "calm redness," and honey "to smooth." As well, their is indeed 'mint' in the Mask of Magnaminty which I adore because it provides your skin with this clean tingly feeling after you've washed off the mask.
Mask of Magnaminty is a wonderful product, as many LUSH products are. I think it will replace my LUSH Chocolate mask, which has been my go-to for breakouts and weekly skin maintenance. I also find this new mask lasts a long time. I have had the product for over a month now, and have used a quarter of the 125g container mostly applying it every two-days.
I wish I had the Mask of Magnaminty when I was in high school; my skin would have been much nicer. If you know any body struggling, this a fantastic mask. I can't believe how smooth my skin feels after using it.
Thanks for reading my beauty product reviews!
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Admission to the Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) requires that a series of pre-professional required courses (see list below) be completed before entry into the PTEP program is granted.
Click the link below to access the application:
The online application must be completed prior to your advising appointment.
A candidate to be admitted must:
Admission Requirements
Complete a minimum of 46 hours.
Earn an overall GPA of 2.50 or higher (including transfer courses that fulfill general education program requirements).
Successfully complete Core Academic Skills (or the MSDE equivalent) and provide an official score report to the Teacher Education Department office, TETC 278.
To purchase a study guide: go to Core Test Preparation.
Exhibit appropriate professional program candidate dispositions.
Required Courses
- Earn a GPA of 2.75 or higher with no grade below "C" for Pre-Professional required program courses (see list below). Click here to open the Required Courses GPA calculator.
Group I - English Composition and Literature
ENGL 103 English Composition or HONR 111 4
Literature (ENGL or MDFL) 4
Group II- History
HIST 101, 102, or 103 World History 4
HIST Elective above 103 4
Group III- Humanities and Social Sciences
Humanities Elective: Art, Communications/Theater Arts, Dance, Modern language, Music, or Philosophy 3/4
Social Science Elective: Anthropology, Economics, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology/Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution 3/4
Group IV- Sciences
Living Systems 4 – Bio 101
Physical Systems 4 – Chem/Phys 101
Earth Systems 4 – Geog 104
Group V- Fitness
FTWL 106 Health and Fitness 3
Additional Math Requirements
MATH 130 Fundamental Concepts I 3
MATH 150 Data and Probability Connections 3
Pre-Program Requirements
ELED 201 Introduction to Teaching 1
ELED 202 Technology in Education 4

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Royal Ballet School graduates Anna Rose O'Sullivan and Marcelino Sambé have joined The Royal Ballet.
The latest graduates of the school to join The Royal Ballet, both dancers become Artists and willenter the Company in December 2012.
Harrow-born Anna Rose trained locally from age 5, becoming a Royal Ballet School Junior Associate before successfully auditioning for the Lower School, White Lodge in 2005. She has won several awards whilse attending the School including in 2011 winning The Royal Ballet School Achievement Award, second place at the Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance and the Director's Prize for most promising student. In the same year, she was also named Young British Dancer of the Year. In April 2013, Anna Rose will accompany students of The Royal Ballet School to perform at the Palais Garnier in Paris in a Gala to celebrate the tercentenary of the Paris Opera Ballet School.
Portuguese-born Marcelino's early training was at the National Conservatoire in Lisbon. His successes include junior division gold medals at the Youth America Grand Prix 2009 and at the USA International Ballet Competition 2010. At the Prix de Lausanne in 2010, he was awarded a Scholarship to join The Royal Ballet Upper School, receiving further support from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. His entry for the 2011 Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award - N'ca cré sabi - won second prize and went on to be performed at The Royal Ballet School's end-of-year season at the Linbury Studio Theatre in July 2011. The piece will be performed at the The Canadian National Ballet School's Assemblée Internationale in Toronto in April 2013.


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Thousands stranded by wire collapse
Thousands of train passengers have endured travel misery on a key London to Scotland route with the severe disruption likely to last all day.
Caused by an overhead wire collapse on the East Coast in Cambridgeshire, the problem led to some passengers spending Tuesday night on a train at London's King's Cross station.
East Coast services were severely disrupted, with no trains able to run between Peterborough and London during the morning. Services run by First Capital Connect, Grand Central and First Hull Trains were also affected
As Network Rail (NR) and East Coast explained what had happened, Bob Crow, leader of the RMT transport union, said he had been warning about a shortage of overhead line crew and capacity for "years".
With the last East Coast train from King's Cross cancelled on Tuesday night, the station remained open all night as passengers trying to get home refused to leave the train. They included football fans trying to get home from Arsenal's Champions League match with Bayern Munich. The London Evening Standard said a decision had been made to let the passengers stay on the train.
The trouble on Wednesday followed severe disruption last week caused by an overhead line problem at Radlett in Hertfordshire.
At the same time as passengers were being delayed, the Office of Rail Regulation was issuing a damning report on NR's recent performance, accusing the company of "areas of poor management of the railways" and instances of "basic operational planning mistakes".
A spokesman for NR said: "At around 10pm yesterday a train driver reported problems with the overhead power lines near St Neots in Cambridgeshire, on the East Coast Main Line.
"Upon investigation damage has been caused to around one kilometre of overhead wires. Our engineers have worked through the night to carry out repairs and continue to work on the affected section of railway, but the scale of the problem means no trains will be able to run through this section until midday at least, when a diesel-only service will be able to operate."
Mr Crow said: "We have been raising serious concerns about the shortage of overhead line (OHL) crew and capacity on Britain's railways for a number of years now. We repeated those points only last week when the lines came down at Radlett and now just days later we have another massive OHL failure on our hands. We cannot carry on like this."
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The collection consists of postcards depicting First Nations from Western Canada.
Anthony A. Kingscote
The collection consists of postcards depicting First Nations from Western Canada.
Anthony A. Kingscote
The fonds consists of photographs, transparencies, negatives, prints, slides, textual records and objects. Contents of the fonds primarily reflect First Nations cultures in British Columbia between 1960 and 1980, including the Haida, Coast Salish (formerly Burrard Reserve), Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Gitsegukla and Ans'pa yaxw (Kispiox) nations. Notable First Nations personalities and artists documented include Chief Dan George, Gerry Marks, Henry Hunt and Norman Tait. Contents also include: B.C. landscapes such as Gwayasdums (Gilford Island), Klemtu, Mamalilikulla and Uchucklesaht; First Nations children; First Nations exhibits, totem poles and installations at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and for the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan. The original accession was arranged in series according to Carter's published works which focus on specific localities, communities, individuals and subject matter, with additional series related to Carter's photojournalistic work and personal recordkeeping added in 2019 when an accrual was made to the fonds.
Anthony Carter
Basil and Edythe Hartley fonds
Fonds consists of audio, video, and visual materials created by Basil and Edythe Hartley. Materials include video footage of the Haisla people, which Hartley shot while working in Kitimaat from 1941-1944, a voiceover for the footage which Hartley's widow, Edythe McClure, created in ca. 1983, a letter, and three photographs of Kitimaat people and landscapes. The three audio cassettes all contain the same 1983 recording.
Basil Hartley
Ben Williams Leeson collection
The fonds consists of 66 photographic prints, some of which are hand-coloured, stamped "B.W. Leeson Quatsino, B.C.", labelled on the front or back with explanatory information, or signed in ink. One print of a longhouse is stamped "The Leeson Collection Copyright 1914." The photographic subject matter relates to British Columbia's Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations and the British Columbia landscape. Also included is a copy of Portraits of the Indians of Quatsino by Benjamin W. Leeson (Kit #20) by Susan Roper, produced by the Research Project on Early B.C. Photography at the Vancouver Public Library around 1972, and 23 duplicate slides which accompany it.
Ben Williams Leeson
The fonds consists of 7 photographs from a June 1958 centennial celebration in Alert Bay that Barwick described as having been ordered from a local cameraman. There are also 7 postcards that contain images of Alert Bay ca. 1949 or 1950 that were purchased by Barwick in the summer of 1958. Sixteen negatives were taken by Barwick at an excavation at Beach Grove in the Fraser River delta in June of 1957, likely done under the guidance of Charles Borden, a Lecturer and later Professor of Archaeology at UBC who studied the Beach Grove site from ca. 1955 to 1958. Notes on the envelope indicate these include images of D. N. Abbott, Colin McCafferty, and Nansi Swayze.
Diane Elizabeth Barwick
The fonds consists of 83 images associated with two books published by Douglas & McIntyre: Bill Reid by Doris Shadbolt and The Raven Steals the Light by Bill Reid. The photographers responsible for these images are R. Dereth, R. Keziere, R. Lum and B. McLemore.
Douglas & McIntyre
The fonds consists predominantly of slides of various petroglyphs and pictographs, primarily from locations on the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. The fonds also contains location charts of petroglyphs and the creator's typed notes about various sites.
Edward F. Meade
Edward Sheriff Curtis collection
The collection consists of slides, photographs and negatives, all copies of Curtis's most extensive work, "The North American Indian."
Fonds consists of four photographs, and correspondence between Evelyn Goddard and the Museum of Anthropology regarding the donation of the images. The photographs include two snapshots taken by Goddard of indigenous graves at Hagwilget, BC, a photograph showing scenes around Hazelton, BC, and a postcard featuring the image of a totem pole at Kitseguecla, BC.
Evelyn Goddard
The collection consists of three photographs of St. George's Residential School in Lytton, BC.
Ewen MacLeod
The fonds consists of records created by Ryckman during his tenure with the Department of Indian Affairs, primarily from the 1920s and 30s. The fonds includes contact sheets made as copies of photographs that remain in possession of Ryckman's heirs. Records in the fonds take the form of notes and correspondence. Also included in records is a ledger which contains census information. The fonds also includes photocopies of newspaper articles relating to members of the First Nations whom Ryckman came into contact with as a result of his work as well as materials relating to Ryckman himself.
The fonds consists of the following files:
1-1, Ledger Book [Original & Copies], c. 1920
1-2, Photographs [Negatives & Contact Sheets], c. 1920
1-3, Articles and Correspondence [Photocopies], 1922-1936
1-4, Kootenays [Typed & Handwritten transcipts], c. 1932
Fred Ryckman
This fonds consists of textual records, photographs, negatives, slides, audio recordings, compact discs and video on DVD that relate to Kovanic's academic and film career. The fonds relates especially to her work in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan, but also captures her work with First Nations on the Northwest coast of British Columbia.
Gillian Darling Kovanic
The collection consists of nine large watercolour illustrative panels commissioned by the UBC Museum of Anthropology, eight of which were commissioned for the exhibit "The Four Seasons: Food Getting in British Columbia Prehistory," which ran from April to November 1979. The other watercolour is from an unidentified exhibit or sourcebook.
The collection also contains one painting that was commissioned by the museum for a publication (Museum Note, no.12, "Ninstints: World Heritage Site"), as well as a blueprint reproduction of a related drawing. These are renderings of how the houses and poles on a beach at the Ninstints village site might have looked when they were in use. The rendering is based on George MacDonald's map.
Collection consists of the following items:
001: The Four Seasons – Spring – Interior [1979?]
002: The Four Seasons – Spring – Coast [1979?]
003: The Four Seasons – Summer – Interior [1979?]
004: The Four Seasons – Summer – Coast [1979?]
005: The Four Seasons – Autumn – Interior [1979?]
006: The Four Seasons – Autumn – Coast [1979?]
007: The Four Seasons – Winter – Interior [1979?]
008: The Four Seasons – Winter – Coast [1979?]
009: Haida six beam house 1993
010: [Ninstints village painting] 1983
011: [Ninstints village, drawing for Museum Note] 1983
Gordon Miller
Gordon and Louanne Houston fonds
During their time living in Bella Bella, the Houstons took many photographs of the lives of the Heiltsuk First Nation community documenting the day-to-day lives of the Heiltsuk First Nation as well as ceremonial activities. The colour slides document the construction, painting, and launching of the Gi'wa, a Heiltsuk canoe which sailed with the Lootaas, the Haida canoe built by Bill Reid for Expo 86. Some of the slides document the welcome feast at Bella Bella in honour of the Haida crew of the Lootaas. The colour slides also document several potlatches and wedding feasts held in the community hall, and the local Sports Day parade. Slides also depict the role of the fishing in the community, such as smoking salmon and processing roe. Other photos document gravestones on a nearby cemetery island, derelict canneries, petroglyphs and pictographs, totem poles and house posts, all in or near Bella Bella.
Houston (family)
Fonds consists of photographic prints and text labels used in the "Emergence from the Shadow: First Peoples' Photographic Perspective" exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, from October 22, 1999 to January 6, 2002. The images depict several different First Nations groups including Haida, Kimsquit, Bella Coola, Ulkatcho-Carrier, Chilcotin, Assiniboine, and Gitksan. The label text incorporates information which Smith recorded at the time of creation. It gives name and age (if known) of the sitters as well as lineage, employment, and style of dress.
Harlan Smith
The fonds consists of records created and collected by Harry B. Hawthorn in a number of different capacities: as researcher, professor, Dean of Anthropology and Director of the Museum of Anthropology. Textual records in the fonds include correspondence, transcripts, research notes and clippings from publications. Much of the graphic materials relate to Harry Hawthorn's interactions with aboriginal communities as an anthropologist, a professor, and as the Director of MOA. Other images relate to his personal life, documenting his youth in New Zealand, his life as a father and anthropologist, and his later established professional roles.
Harry Bertram Hawthorn
The fonds consists of 28 black and white photographs taken by Codere in 1955 during her second field work expedition to B.C. 19 of the photos were taken in and around Alert Bay, while the remaining 9 were taken on Hope Island.
Helen Frances Codere
The fonds consists of printed ephemera relating to First Nations art, correspondence, and photographs of Gitksan totem poles.
Helen Moore
Collection consists of textual records that tell of a Kispiox legend and its manifestation on a traditional pole; an accompanying photograph of the pole complements the narrative.
Fonds consists of material related to the art, research, and writing of Hilary Stewart. The bulk of the material is related to the production of her books on the culture and art of the First Nations peoples of the Pacific Northwest. The remaining material relates to illustrations that she did for publications by other authors, a small amount of material done for personal use, and collected research and ephemera that does not appear to be related to one specific publication. Material includes original illustrations, collected research and notes, book drafts and pre-press materials, photographs, correspondence, and collected memorabilia.
The material has been arranged into three series:
1 - Books
2 - Illustrations and other artwork
3 - Collected research and ephemera
Hilary M. Stewart


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Evaluating Multifaceted Online Resources
Like many traditional education programs, online learning resources sometimes offer participants a wide range of learning experiences. Their multifaceted offerings are a boon for students or teachers with diverse interests, but can be a dilemma for evaluators seeking uniform findings about effectiveness. In the case of an educational Web site like Washington's DLC, for example, different types of users will explore different resources; some students may take an online course while others may be researching colleges or seeking a mentor. Virtual schools that use multiple course providers present a similar conundrum, and even the same online course may offer differentiated learning experiences if, for example, students initiate more or less contact with the course instructor or receive varying degrees of face-to-face support from a parent or coach. (A similar lack of uniformity can be found in traditional settings with different instructors using varying instructional models.)
When faced with a multifaceted resource, how is an evaluator to understand and document the online learning experience, much less determine what value it adds?
Several of the evaluations featured in this guide encountered this issue, albeit in distinct ways. DLC evaluators were challenged to assess how students experienced and benefited from the Web site's broad range of resources. Evaluators of Maryland Public Television's Thinkport Web site, with its extensive teacher and student resources from many providers, similarly struggled to assess its impact on student achievement. In a very different example, the evaluators for the Arizona Virtual Academy (AZVA) faced the challenge of evaluating a hybrid course that included both online and face-to-face components and in which students' individual experiences varied considerably.
Combine Breadth and Depth to Evaluate Resource-rich Web Sites
With its wide range of services and resources for students and teachers, DLC is a sprawling, diverse project to evaluate. Through this centrally hosted Web site, students can access over 300 online courses, including all core subjects and various electives, plus Advanced Placement (AP) and English as a Second Language courses. DLC also offers students online mentors, college and career planning resources, and an extensive digital library. In addition, DLC offers other resources and tools for teachers, including online curricula, activities, and diagnostics. For schools that sign up to use DLC, the program provides training for school personnel to assist them in implementing the Web site's resources.
Initially, DLC's evaluation strategy was to collect broad information about how the Web site is used. Later, program leaders shifted their strategy to focus on fewer and narrower topics that could substantiate the program's efficacy. The evaluators focused on student achievement in the online courses and on school-level supports for educators to help them make the most of DLC's resources. Together, the series of DLC evaluations—there have been at least five distinct efforts to date—combine breadth and depth, have built on each other's findings from year to year, and have produced important formative and summative findings (see Glossary of Common Evaluation Terms, p. 65).
In the project's first year, Debra Friedman, a lead administrator at the University of Washington (a DLC partner organization), conducted an evaluation that sought information on whom DLC serves and what school conditions and policies best support its use. To answer these questions, the evaluators selected methods designed to elicit information directly from participants, including discussions with DLC administrators, board members, school leaders, and teachers, as well as student and teacher surveys that asked about their use of computers and the Internet and about the utility of the DLC training. The evaluator also looked at a few indicators of student achievement, such as the grades that students received for DLC online courses.
The evaluation yielded broad findings about operational issues and noted the need for DLC to prioritize among its many purposes and audiences. It also uncovered an important finding about student achievement in the online courses: The greatest percentage of students (52 percent) received Fs, but the next greatest percentage (37 percent) received As. To explain these outcomes, the evaluator pointed to the lack of uniformity in students' motivation and needs, and the type of academic support available to them. The evaluator also noted the varying quality of the vendors who provided courses, finding that "some vendors are flexible and responsive to students' needs; others are notably inflexible. Some are highly professional operations, others less so."9 This evaluation also described substantial variation in how well schools were able to support the use of DLC resources. The findings helped program administrators who, in response, stepped up their efforts to train educators about the Web portal's resources and how to use it with students. The evaluation also was a jumping-off point for future assessments that would follow up on the themes of student achievement in the online courses and supports for educators to help them take advantage of DLC's offerings.
In the project's second year, project leaders launched another evaluation. This effort consisted of student focus groups to identify students' expectations of DLC's online courses, student pre-course preparation, overall experience, and suggestions for improving the courses and providing better support. As a separate effort, they also contracted with an independent evaluator, Cohen Research and Evaluation, to learn more about the behavior and motivations of students and other users, such as school librarians, teachers, and administrators. This aspect of the evaluation consisted of online surveys with students, teachers, and school librarians; and interviews with selected teachers, librarians, and administrators (primarily to help develop survey questions). To gain insight into how well students were performing in the classes, the evaluators analyzed grades and completion rates for students enrolled in DLC courses. The evaluation activities conducted in the second year again pointed to the need for more school-level support for using DLC resources. The evaluators found that some schools were excited and committed to using the Web site's resources, but were underutilizing it because they lacked sufficient structures, such as training and time for teachers to learn about its offerings, internal communication mechanisms to track student progress, and adequate technical support.
When DLC's leaders began to contemplate a third-year evaluation, they wanted more than basic outcome data, such as student grades and completion rates. "We can count how many courses, we know the favorite subjects, and we know the grade averages and all of that," says Judy Margrath-Huge, DLC president and chief executive officer. What they needed, she explains, was to get at the "so what," meaning they wanted to understand "what difference [DLC] makes."
The evaluation team knew that if its effort were to produce reliable information about DLC's influence on student achievement, it would need to zero in on one, or just a few, of the Web site's many components. Some features—DLC's vast digital library, for example—simply were not good candidates for the kind of study they planned to conduct. As Karl Nelson, DLC's director of technology and operations, explains, "It is very difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of and to answer a 'so what' question about a library database, for example. It's just hard to point to a kid using a library database and then a test score going up." Ultimately, says Nelson, DLC's leaders chose to look primarily at the online courses, believing that this was the feature they could best evaluate.
DLC leaders hired outside evaluators, Fouts & Associates, to help them drill down into a specific aspect of student achievement—determining the role that DLC online courses play in: 1) enabling students to graduate from high school and 2) helping students become eligible and fully prepared for college. In this evaluation, the researchers identified a sample of 115 graduated seniors from 17 schools who had completed DLC courses. The evaluators visited the schools to better understand online course-taking policies and graduation requirements and to identify DLC courses on the transcripts of these 115 students. At the school sites, evaluators interviewed school coordinators and examined student achievement data, student transcripts, and DLC documents.
The evaluation gave DLC's leaders what they wanted: concrete evidence of the impact of DLC online courses. This study showed that 76 percent of students who took an online course through DLC did so because the class was not available at their school and that one-third of the students in the study would not have graduated without the credits from their online course. This and other evaluation findings, show that "we are meeting our mission," says Margrath-Huge. "We are accomplishing what we were set out to accomplish. And it's really important for us to be able to stand and deliver those kinds of messages with that kind of data behind us." DLC has used its evaluation findings in multiple ways, including when marketing the program to outsiders, to demonstrate its range of offerings and its effect on students (see fig. 1, Excerpt from Digital Learning Commons' Meeting 21st Century Learning Challenges in Washington State, p. 24).
Learning Commons' Meeting 21st Century Learning Challenges in Washington State, p. 24).
It would be impossible to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of everything that DLC has to offer, but certainly the evaluation strategy of combining breadth and depth has given it a great deal of useful information. DLC's leaders have used the findings from all the evaluations to improve their offerings and to demonstrate effectiveness to funders and other stakeholders.
In Maryland, Thinkport evaluators faced a similar challenge in trying to study a vast Web site that compiles educational resources for teachers and students. At first, the evaluation team from Macro International, a research, management, and information technology firm, conducted such activities as gathering satisfaction data, reviewing Web site content, and documenting how the site was used. But over time, project leaders were asked by funders to provide more concrete evidence about Thinkport's impact on student performance. The evaluation (and the project itself) had to evolve to meet this demand.
In response, the team decided to "retrofit" the evaluation in 2005, settling on a two-part evaluation that would offer both breadth and depth. First, the evaluators surveyed all registered users about site usage and satisfaction, and second, they designed a randomized controlled trial (see Glossary of Common Evaluation Terms, p. 65) to study how one of the site's most popular features—an "electronic field trip"—affected students' learning. Several field trips had been developed under this grant; the one selected was Pathways to Freedom, about slavery and the Underground Railroad. This particular product was chosen for a number of reasons: most middle school social studies curricula include the topic; the evaluators had observed the field trip in classrooms in an earlier formative study and were aware of students' high interest in its topics and activities; and Web site statistics indicated that it was a heavily viewed and utilized resource.
Figure 1. Excerpt From Digital Learning Commons' Meeting 21st Century Learning Challenges in Washington State*
Independent research demonstrates increased on-time graduation rates and college/workforce readiness.
The results are clear—DLC access to online courses increases on-time graduation rates at schools studied in Washington State.
When online courses are made available through the DLC to students who would not otherwise have had access to that course—whether for purposes of re mediation, advanced placement, or college entrance—it makes a significant difference, increasing graduation rates and college/workforce readiness.
Research focused on online courses
The DLC has focused their evaluation research on the impact from online courses, as outcomes and results can be objectively gathered and tabulated. Over two years worth of data demonstrate consistent results.
2006 Evaluation Results
In the spring of 2006 researchers from Fouts & Associates analyzed the transcript of approximately 115 students at seventeen DLC—participating high schools across the state. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered from transcripts, student achievement data, DLC documents, and school coordinators to identify whether access to online courses through the DLC could objectively be shown to make a difference.
Online Course Registrations
When the DLC was launched, online course enrollment was projected to reach 200 students. During the 2004-05 school year alone, however, 1,159 students from forty-two high schools took an online course. So, what courses are students taking online? Our data indicate significant growth in foreign languages over the last year. Our 2004-05 statistics onenrollmentt in advanced coursework are consistent with those of NCES, which reports that 14% ofenrollmentt nationally are in AP or college-level courses.
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*The U.S. Department of Education does not mandate or prescribe particular curricula or lesson plans. The information in this figure was provided by the identified site or program and is included here as an illustration of only one of many resources that educators may find helpful and use at their option. The Department cannot ensure its accuracy. Furthermore, the inclusion of information in this figure does not reflect the relevance, timeliness, or completeness of this information; nor is it intended to endorse any views, approaches, products, or services mentioned in the figure.
The evaluators gave pre- and posttests of content knowledge about slavery and the Underground Railroad to students whose teachers used the electronic field trip and control groups of students whose teachers used traditional instruction. They found that the electronic field trip had a very substantial positive impact on student learning, particularly among students whose teachers had previously used it: These students of experienced teachers scored 121 percent higher on the content knowledge test than the students whose teachers used traditional instruction.
Like the DLC evaluation, the Thinkport evaluation proved useful both for formative and summative purposes. Thinkport's leaders learned that teachers who were new to the electronic field trip needed more training and experience to successfully incorporate it into their classrooms. They also learned that once teachers knew how to use the tool, their students learned the unit's content far better than their peers in traditional classes. The evaluators' two-part plan gave Thinkport's leaders what they needed: broad information about usage and satisfaction and credible evidence that a frequently used feature has a real impact on students.
Use Multiple Methods to Capture Wide-ranging Student Experiences in Online Courses
In the examples above, evaluators struggled to wrap their arms around sprawling Web resources that lacked uniformity. Sometimes a similar challenge is found at the micro level, as when students have heterogeneous experiences in the same online class. The leaders of Arizona's AZVA struggled with this problem when they set out to evaluate one of their online courses.
In 2006, AZVA school leaders began to experiment with hybrid courses—regular online classes supplemented with weekly face-to-face lessons from a classroom teacher. The in-person component was originally designed in a very structured way: Students received classroom instruction every week at a specific time and location, and they had to commit to this weekly instruction for an entire semester. In addition, students could participate in the hybrid class only if they were working either on grade level or no more than one level below grade level. These restrictions allowed the face-to-face teachers to offer the same lessons to all students during the weekly session. School leaders specifically designed this structure to bring uniformity to students' experiences and make it easier to evaluate the class. As AZVA's director, Mary Gifford, explains, "We wanted the hybrid experience to be the same for all the kids so we could actually determine whether or not it is increasing student achievement."
However, when program leaders surveyed parents at the semester break, Gifford says, "Parents offered some very specific feedback." They didn't like the semester-long, once-a-week commitment, and they argued that the structure prevented students from working at their own pace. Instead, parents wanted a drop-in model that would offer students more flexibility and tailored assistance. In response, she says, "We totally overhauled the course for the second semester and made it a different kind of a model." In the new format, teachers do not deliver prepared lessons, but, instead, work with students one-on-one or in small groups on any topic with which a student is struggling.
While the flexibility of the new model meets student needs, students naturally will have more varied experiences using it and school leaders will not be able to isolate its effect on student achievement. In other words, observed gains could be due to any number of factors, such as how frequently the student drops in, whether a student works one-on-one with a teacher or in a small group, and what content is covered during the drop-in session. In this instance, the needs of program participants necessarily outweighed those of the evaluation.
However, because the school has a number of other data collection efforts in place, Gifford and her colleagues will still be able to gather information about whether the hybrid model is helping students. School administrators track how frequently students attend the drop-in class and chart students' academic progress through the curriculum both before and after they participate in the hybrid program. AZVA also separately examines state test scores for students who attend the hybrid program on a regular basis. In addition, AZVA frequently uses surveys of parents, students, and teachers to gather information about the effectiveness of many aspects of their program, including the hybrid class. These kinds of activities can provide important insights when controlled studies are impossible.
Though multifaceted resources can make it difficult for evaluators to gauge effectiveness, good evaluations—especially those using multiple, complementary research methods—can identify the circumstances under which the program or resource is most likely to succeed or fail and can generate useful recommendations for strengthening weak points. Evaluators who are studying multifaceted resources should consider a strategy that combines both breadth and depth.
If studying an educational Web site that offers an array of resources, evaluators might collect broad information about site usage and then select one or two particular features to examine in more depth. Program leaders can facilitate this process by clearly articulating what each resource is intended to do, or what outcomes they would hope to see if the resource was being used effectively. From this list, program leaders and evaluators can work together to determine what to study and how. In some instances, it might be logical to design a multiyear evaluation that focuses on distinct program components in different years, or collects broad information in the first year, and narrows in focus in subsequent years.
If evaluating a particular course or resource that offers students a wide range of experiences, evaluators might consider using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods to provide a well-rounded assessment of it. Rich, descriptive information about students' experiences with the course or resource can be useful when trying to interpret data about student outcomes.


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Game #10: Jays at Braves postgame
Josh Towers looked sharp in his second outing of Spring Training:
3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 10 BF, 27 pitches(18 strikes)
Jays manager John Gibbons and pitching coach Brad Arnsberg both say that Towers has looked nothing like the pitcher that went 1-9 with a 9.11 ERA out of the rotation last season. They see a much more relaxed, confident pitcher — and, honestly, I'd have to agree. Towers isn't let bad pitches affect his mindset, and that was one of his major issues a year ago.
If he keeps up his current pace, Toronto will have a big decision to make at the end of Spring Training. Towers is scheduled to make $2.9 million in 2007, and he's a guy who logged 200 innings and won 13 games just two years ago. So far, he's done nothing to show he doesn't deserve a spot in the rotation, but it's still very early in Spring Training.
Dustin McGowan, on the other hand, did not look as sharp. The right-hander yielded three runs on four hits in two innings and saw his spring ERA jump to 10.80. Geremi Gonzalez pitched two scoreless frames, and Pete Walker allowed one run on two hits in one inning of work.
OTHER NOTES: Brandon League is scheduled to throw a fourth bullpen session on Sunday, when he'll begin working on breaking balls and splitters, too. He'll then have a 30-pitch BP session on Wednesday, followed by a Minor League game on Saturday. He still might not crack the Opening Day roster because of the time he's missed due to the lat injury, but he probably won't have a long stay in the Minors, either. … Josh Towers and Jeff Duncan each had bunt singles against Braves pitcher Mark Redman in the third inning on Saturday. Gibbons told his pitchers not to swing at any pitches after seeing Atlanta hurler Mike Hampton injure his oblique during BP recently. … When asked on Friday about the bullpen situation, GM J.P. Ricciardi said Casey Janssen could be an option: "I think we're just going to be really open-minded in putting our team together, and we'll break with the best guys who can give us a chance to get off to a good start."
OVERHEARD: "Hey, Frank Thomas! Someone over here wants your autograph. Hey, Hurt! Frank! Come sign this autograph over here." –Gibbons, sarastically yelling over to Jays reliever Tracy Thorpe in the dugout after Saturday's game when a fan mistook the pitcher for Toronto's DH


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Former Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab said today that the Bashar al-Assad regime only controls about 30 percent of the country's territory, and rebels also claimed this week to have shot down a fighter jet. But are they getting help from al Qaeda? CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson discusses the speculation and what it could mean in a post-al-Assad Syria.
So, is al Qaeda playing a role in Syria?
It's certainly got a lot of experience just across the border in the east to Iraq, and there's certainly evidence that it has come across the border, that it does have cells operating within Syria. The former ambassadors who we talked to earlier this year said they were already seeing indications of it, and the fighting on the ground does seem to begin to bear that out. [There is] evidence of bomb making and roadside bombs that target al-Assad's forces on the highways. Suicide bombings have been used as well. So the evidence does seem to be there now.
If al Qaeda then is helping the Syrian rebels, what does that suggest for future relations with that country?
Well, it's one of the very problematic parts of the sort of mosaic of opposition forces that there are. You have a lot of people in the opposition. Remember, it began as street protests and it was only because al-Assad's regime cracked down that they began to take up weapons.
So this is something that has grown from a street protest into an armed uprising that al Qaeda has tried to take advantage of. Al Qaeda's…core level wants to exploit the Arab spring in any way possible. So at an institutional level, they want to exploit it, but how does that affect relations? Well, it's going to complicate relations because when you support the opposition – how do you know whether some of that support, whether it's technical or communications equipment or military equipment, is going to end up in the hands of al Qaeda?
What happens after Bashar Al-Assad is gone? How deeply rooted have these organizations become? When you talk to people who were involved in the grassroots protest at the beginning, they don't support having al Qaeda in the country?
They don't want them. They see this is a very worrying and troubling development…This makes them very afraid and more likely to side with al-Assad and it's more likely to make the war last longer and give al Qaeda the chance to exploit the situation further.
We knew that al Qaeda was coming, they were in Afghanistan. They went in to Iraq. Is there any suggestion as to where they're coming from to get into Syria?
Well, the expectation is that some of them will have crossed the border from Iraq, which is on the eastern border of Syria. They would have crossed over that way.
But there's also a sense among many people that al-Assad encouraged al Qaeda to transit through his country to sort of set up on the fringes of it as long as they didn't destabilize Syria in order to undermine U.S. efforts in Iraq. So in some senses, some of those al Qaeda members will have been lying low on the ground.
I am shocked to hear about suspension of Fareed zakaria by CNN on such an inconsequential issue. There was only one informative and intelligent show,GPS, on Sundays that I used to watch and that has now been taken away.I wonder if those questioning his professional integrity are politically motivated because afterall he wasn't your typical American host. Freed's take on domestic and world issues was not that of mainstream media which are out there to please both sides. He expressed what he believed in his heart and that was probably hard to swallow for some. I hope CNN would show fairness.
I agree, Sajid. CNN does need to be fair but isn't always as evidenced by the blocking or deletion of some posts here which were not exactly politically correct or in the right-wing political mainstream. Everyone has a right to their opinion, even right-wing fanatics!
I was just wondering when those clowns in Washington were going to start crying wolf about Al Qaeda being in Syria. Most Al Qaeda members have already been killed off in Iraq by both the U.S. military hardware and the so-called "Sons of Iraq"(former Sunni insurgents paid off by the C.I.A.). The Washington insiders already know who these so-called anti-Assad "rebels" are and that's why were aiding and abetting them.
Assad`s foot soldiers are dying in doorways as they fight thousands of fanatical invaders. Their task is futile because they cannot stop an endless flow of Wahhabi Salafi-jihadists from crossing the Turkish border. An escape route is quickly needed or millions of non-believers and assorted infidels will have their heads chopped off.
respected Editor Garu,
Al-Assad Govt. was stabilised, but in front of U.S tactics he is a innocent.U.S used Entire power to demolish to Al-Assad Govt. Al- Queda support no need to Assad Garu.
Well, Assad is probably loosing: so CNN is turning the tables and starting talking about who the rebels really are... That totally goes with my theory that US strategy is to keep two sides fighting for as long as possible, damaging and weakening each other and destroying Syria. To achieve that goal US would support whatever side seems loosing at the time switching from side to side...
Most likely the Al-Qaeda members in Syria came from Iraq, which saw their rise in 2004, the year after the US invasion, when the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi pledged allegiance to Osama Bin Laden. Known as al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, they had been responsible for many attacks in Iraq, but the group's capacity diminished from 2006-7, when Sunni Arab leaders turned on them, and the US military launched its troop surge, but they still remain operationally active.
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growing thug factor in syria. promoted by usrael.
the syrian govt controls syria. the thug criminals get routed as they were in libya.
only u.s. far away keeps the aggression going.
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This is just another angle the powers that be are spinning on this little quasi war they are running there in Syria....Read about it and other stories that will make you go huh? At koolaidstand blogspot com
It's not al-Qaeda, stupid. I have been saying this for years, but the media keep using the "Q" word! The so-called al-Qaeda is nothing more and nothing less than the militant vanguard of the Sunni war against the Shiites. They use black colors traditionaly, and black flags. Let's not create a perception that a "vicious" terrorist group is out there. There is no al-Qaeda!


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The phones were smuggled into the country in pieces before being assembled and packaged.
One of the people arrested is accused of operating a factory where the phones were put together.
"They come into the country in pieces," said Maj Gen Al Mansouri.
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He said Dubai Police and the CID anti-economic crimes department would continue to target anyone selling counterfeit goods.
Those arrested have been referred to public prosecution.
From the start of Ramadan this year on June 29 to July 18, officers in Dubai confiscated counterfeit goods including watches, clothes, accessories, pens, scarves and sunglasses, with a street value of Dh34m.
Lt Col Rashid bin Thaboi, deputy director of the anti-economic crimes department, said the fakes were found in apartments and storage spaces in Karama and around the Gold Souq in Deira.
Each year an estimated US$50 billion (Dh183.5bn) worth of counterfeit products flood into the Arab region, including medicines, skin-care products, watches and electrical goods.
It is part of an $800bn annual trade in counterfeit goods worldwide.
The UAE's ports receive 13 million containers a year, with Dubai Customs officials inspecting about 3 per cent, which is the global average.
Law enforcement agencies, government bodies and brand owners have called for tougher penalties for people who supply or produce counterfeit goods.
Last year the UAE hosted the first Intellectual Property Forum, attended by Brand Owners' Protection Group.
The group carries out four training sessions each year for Dubai Customs officers, and other training for officers in Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Fujairah.
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I Have Asthma—but That Didn't Stop Me from Running a Marathon
Five years ago, sitting with my husband in a small, smoky restaurant, my lungs and throat suddenly began to tighten. I gasped for air. I searched for my inhaler in my purse but couldn't find it, which meant it would be just a matter of minutes before I could no longer breathe. There was no time to drive home for my inhaler—I was panicking. I had to get to the hospital. When we arrived at the emergency room minutes later, doctors put an oxygen mask on my face and gave me a shot of adrenaline to open up my airways. Only then did my fear subside.
Asthma attacks and the fear that comes with them have been part of my life for as long as I can remember. As a result, I avoided anything that could trigger an attack; activities that required stamina and endurance were off-limits. (I should have added smoky restaurants to that list.) I'd get winded as a child when my brother chased me across the room, so running was certainly never an option. If giving up sports meant never having to feel like someone was smothering me with a pillow, then it was worth it.
I just assumed that all asthmatics accepted that the disease prevented them from doing certain things. Then, when I was 32, I met a man who'd just run his first marathon. He told me that he, too, had asthma and at first couldn't even run around the block. I began to wonder if running was a possibility for me. But overcoming my fear wasn't going to be easy. I was afraid that if I were ever truly out of breath, I'd never recover.
Still, the idea wouldn't go away, especially because running would be a great way to lose the weight I'd gained from being pregnant. The following January I decided to try, and I started telling my friends and family that I was running the New York City Marathon that fall. If I committed publicly, I'd be too embarrassed not to follow through. My family suggested I wait to make grand plans until I could actually run a mile. They weren't worried about my health because they didn't think I'd really run. But my husband, Jeff, believed in me even though he'd never seen me run, even for a bus.
With the marathon less than 10 months away, I attempted my first run. It lasted an eternal seven minutes. I took two quick puffs on my inhaler and went about a quarter of a mile before I was exhausted. My chest felt tight and I was wheezing, but I didn't have an attack. Asthma had always forced me to sit on the sidelines, but now I felt like an athlete—albeit a short-distance one. The next day I dragged my tired legs around for nine minutes. I realized sheer will alone would determine my success.
After four months of training, I finally hit six miles. So far my asthma was under control. I could feel my lungs getting stronger. I had entered a special club of runners. And the best part was that none of them knew I had asthma. To them, I was just another jogger. As long as I didn't focus on the fact that I had 20 more miles to go, I was on my way.
My mileage kept growing and so did my confidence. But I soon got a reality check: During a run, I began to feel short of breath. When I reached for my inhaler and didn't feel it in my pocket, I started to panic. I tried to stay calm to prevent my slightly out-of-control breathing from getting worse. (Though asthma is a medical condition, the psychological fear of being unable to breathe can turn a minor episode into a serious attack.) I made it home, and from that point on, I never left the house for a run without first double-checking that I had my inhaler with me.
Remembering my inhaler wouldn't be my only problem. Runners have to endure the normal aches and pains of training, but asthmatics have another hurdle: the weather. Chilly winter air irritates the respiratory tract and can trigger an attack. Forget about running outdoors in the winter: I couldn't even walk for a cab without getting winded. And when summer eventually rolled around, I had to run early in the morning, before the heat made it too difficult to breathe. I stuck to the schedule, trying not to think about the enormity of what I was attempting—until I worked up to the longer runs.
We were visiting friends in Nantucket, Massachusetts, when Jeff and I decided to do 15 miles. At mile five, I had an emotional breakdown. I started to cry, realizing I couldn't do it. My body felt exhausted, and I was nowhere near the 15 miles. Jeff said, "You did your best. We'll just tell everyone it was too hard." I yelled, "Over my dead body! I will never tell everyone I quit!" And then I hauled my weary legs another 10 miles, collapsing from pure exhaustion on the lawn of our friend's house two and a half hours later. My friend came out with water and bananas for us because I couldn't even make it inside.
The final hurdle before the race was the 18-mile run. I managed to finish, but it left me tired and dehydrated. If 18 miles was so hard, I doubted I could do 26.2. But I took a few weeks off, and when I started running again, there was no stopping me. When I hit 20 miles at the end of September, my father finally offered to come from California to watch the marathon with my brother and sister (though I think he secretly checked with Jeff to make sure I could really run that far before he bought his tickets).
Finally, the big day came. I made sure I had Advil, Chapstick and my inhaler—all crucial items for a successful marathon. It was 32 degrees that morning as we waited at the starting area with about 30,000 runners. The race began, and Jeff and I set off from Staten Island. Jeff had made shirts with my name on them, and I felt like a rock star as the crowds yelled "Looking good, Ashley!" Leaving Brooklyn around mile 13, we started to cross a bridge. I screamed, "Hello, Manhattan!" Oops, it was only Queens. A few runners laughed, but I didn't care.
Fifteen miles into the race, the eerie quiet of the uphill 59th Street Bridge almost killed me. There were no spectators, and no one was talking. But knowing that I had been able to get through the pain of training gave me the strength to keep going. Suddenly, I heard a roar in the distance. Hundreds of spectators lined First Avenue, and I spotted my childhood best friend with my godson. And later as we entered Central Park, I saw my father, brother and sister with my two sons perched on their shoulders, screaming "McDermotts never quit!" Jeff and I burst across the finish line holding hands. He had endured five hours and two minutes of torture so he could share my joy. I was sore for days after, but the pride of finishing has stayed with me to this day.
I had raised the bar, and I wondered what other successes I'd cheated myself out of because of asthma. Succeeding in the marathon taught me the joy that comes from crossing the finish line even when it almost kills you to get there. I don't know if I'll run another marathon, but now I know there's nothing I can't do. I learned that the long, hard way.


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One area of tax planning that does not receive enough attention is the designation of beneficiaries when it comes to Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs) and Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs). When you open up an RRSP or RRIF, you are opening up a special contract under the Income Tax Act, which allows you to designate one or more beneficiaries.
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legalize freedom wrote:The PD borrows most everything from Sc3 so I would assume both (or all 3) images are available on the PD disc. I certainly can't say for sure, but that's what I'm suggesting. Just drawing at straws to try to explain what's going on.
I come to this conclusion. If the PD is being played (whether it has been patched or not) and the Sc3 avatar appears, the image is obviously available from the PD disc. It could be specific to a certain PD disc version, but it isn't the work of the patch. Multiple avatar images are available on every scenario disc so why not the PD?
knight0fdragon wrote:The PD does not borrow everything, the PD actually fixes things (I am curious if it fixed the Garosh bug)
The way the avatars have been are laid out is like this:
Promotion 1
Promotion 2 / Alternate Promotion2
Now Promotion 2 plays by Time Cop rules, both images can't occupy the same space at the same time or else chaos would happen.
When the game needs to display an avatar it grabs it from a special file (You should be able to see the avatar file like you would the loading screen IIRC)
This file will only contain the promoted 2 version, or the alternate promoted 2. Not both.
Also, since the only way you can see a Promoted 2 character is by loading in a scenario 3 save, it would be impossible for people to see the newly designed image based on your theory, everybody would see the old one.
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Ding Junhui produced a stunning fightback to keep alive his hopes of becoming the first Asian snooker player to win the Betfred World Championship.
The Sheffield-based potter froze in the spotlight on the Crucible stage as world No 1 Mark Selby romped into a 6-0 lead in their best-of-35 frame final.
With an estimated 100 million people back in his homeland China watching on television, it seemed the pressure of appearing in his first world final was too much for the 29-year-old.
But Ding rallied to produce some trademark big breaks to slash the deficit to 8-7, before Selby won the final two frames to go 10-7 ahead as the session went beyond midnight.
An incredible 27.1 per cent of China's national TV audience watched Ding's semi-final match, and an estimated 100 million tuned in on Sunday.
Compare that to the 18.5m viewers who watched Dennis Taylor beat Steve Davis in the 1985 'blackball final' – still a BBC 2 record audience.
"They will be going crazy back home for this," Ding said before the final. "Around 100m people will be watching me, and this is the smallest figure probably.
"I know that they want me to well, to win it and bring the trophy back home, but I will remain calm and stay in my space because there is another match."
The way he started on Sunday, he looked anything but calm and in control as he chased a £330,000 first prize.
Ding thrives as a front-runner, having opened up healthy leads in all four Crucible games to reach the final. He led Martin Gould 4-1 in his first-round win, then in the next three matches he was 6-2 up after the opening session against Judd Trump, Mark Williams and Alan McManus.
But on Sunday the 29-year-old just failed to get started.
Former world champion Neil Robertson called it on Twitter. "Ding must score from his 1st chances in frames, if they go more than 20 min Selby will dictate," said the Australian.
Trailing 4-0 at the mid-session interval was not in the script.
Selby opened with a 91, and then found the snooker needed to haul back Ding who looked set to level after a 52 break. Even then, Ding had a chance to make it 1-1, but an ill-advised cut on the green gifted Selby the second frame.
Ding needed to score heavily, but once again he stumbled on a 35 break, attempting a tricky red down the cushion, and Selby nipped in with a 76 clearance.
At 3-0 down, Ding was kicking himself as he could have been leading 2-1. But his lack of frame-winning visits meant the match was a tactical exchange, and Selby was in his comfort zone.
And the next two frames followed the same path. Both had chances, but Selby took his with breaks of 120 and 70.
Ding has won 11 ranking events, including the UK and Masters titles, but dropped out of the elite top 16 after a first-round exit in the China Open last month.
That meant he was forced to endure three qualifying games just to reach the televised stages at the Crucible. His journey to the final started on April 9 when he beat Greg Casey at the nearby Ponds Forge sports centre.
He has won 83 frames over the past three weeks to reach this point, and needs to hit 101 to be crowned world champion tonight.
But it was a struggle to see where his next frame would come from.
Ding again had a chance in the sixth frame, but ran out of position and the break ended on 38.
And yet again, Selby came on top in the safety exchanges to open up a 6-0 lead.
It was a huge contrast to Ding's 17-11 semi-final win over McManus, where he became the first player to make seven centuries in a single match, and along with McManus, set a Crucible record of 10 tons in their contest.
At 6-0, it was crucial Ding got on the scoreboard.
Three times he had chances, but twice played poor positional shots then missed a long-range red, and Selby looked favourite again.
But the Leicester potter missed the final blue, allowing a relieved Ding to nip in and take the final two frames of the afternoon session.
If Ding does become the snooker's first Asian world champion tonight, that missed blue yesterday in frame seven will be a key moment.
The pair traded frames at the start of last night's session, Ding pinging his highest break of the final so far with 76.
Suddenly the confidence flooded back and Ding – who moved to Sheffield in 2007 – was starting to show the scoring power which got him to the final.
Breaks of 103 and 89 suddenly saw Ding slash the deficit to 7-5. Selby held his nerve to take the 13th frame, but Ding's comeback was gathering speed and he knocked in an 86 clearance. He then followed up with 55, cutting the deficit to just one, after a frame which lasted well over an hour.
Ding looked shattered, and Selby picked up the next frame to go 9-7 ahead.
Both players had chances in the final frame of the evening, but as the clock passed midnight, it was Selby who came out on top to take a 10-7 lead when the match resumes at 2pm on Monday.
Selby, winner in 2014, has a chance of becoming only the sixth player, after Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, Mark Williams, John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan, to win multiple world titles. He also reached the 2007 final, but lost out to Higgins.
Selby struggled against Marco Fu in his semi-final, but crawled over the finish line, and admitted he would have to improve his game against Ding.
"I can't believe I'm sitting here the winner," said Selby after Saturday night's semi-final win. "For three sessions there I was really poor, I was more or less hanging on.
"Marco seemed to be doing all the scoring. He was more relaxed than me, as if he was just walking to the shops to get a loaf of bread, and there's me like a cat on a hot tin roof."
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March 9: Olipro's Birthday, Temporarily Suspend "No Vanity Entries in the Anniversaries" Rule Day (Uncyclopedia)
- 300 BC - Olipro's earlist known ancestor, Gayus Maximus, introduces pederasty to Ancient Greek society.
- 42 - Under Caligula, Olipro's most famous ancestor, sodomy becomes the official sport of Rome.
- 1429 - With his lineage being well documented, we suspect that somebody in Olipro's ancestry did something remarkably gay on this day.
- 1492 - Seaman and Olipro ancestor Oliver de Gaul intends to travel to the New World with Columbus as his first mate. Unfortunately, he is late arriving to the ship on port as he was too busy being fucked in the ass by a Spanish stallion. He misses the boat and starts a lucrative enterprise manufacturing Pears of Agony.
- 1776 - Benjamin Franklin and an "Oliver von Homosexuelle of Austria" exchange a series of erotic letters now hosted at the Museum of American History.
- 1785 - Marquis de Sade finishes penning "120 Days of Sodom", an autobiography of Olipro's only French ancestor, Oliver L'homosexuel.
- 1893 - Oscar Wilde pioneers the technique of holding a handbag like a man.
- 1949 - Elton John is born.
- 1987 - "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls is released.
- 1988 - HIV/AIDS is identified as having been the result of Olipro's dad fucking a chimp.
- 1989 - Olipro is born.
- 1992 - "I Touch Myself" by The Divinyls reaches #69 on the UK charts. Olipro fingerbangs his anus to this song while watching a men's swimming competition on TV.
- 1994 - The first pair of gay penguins are observed at the San Francisco Zoo. Olipro says his first words: "I love the cock. Big black cock. Cocky cocky cock. Mmmm. I love it when guys cum in my mouth."
- 1999 - Olipro abuses his priest.
- 2000 - A children's story based on the gay penguins is created. It is read to Olipro that same year, and becomes his childhood favorite, which some speculate may have been formative to an impressionable Olipro.
- 2002 - Pictures from Olipro's family photo album are leaked onto the internet and are aptly named Goatse.cx, Lemonparty, and Tubgirl.
- 2005 - Olipro digs up Freddie Mercury's corpse from its grave and bottoms it, then tops it, then bottoms it again.
- 2007 - Gay marriage becomes legal in Massachusetts in honor of Olipro's birthday.
- 2009 - Olipro is gangbanged by 12 Puerto Rican men at his birthday party, failing to beat his previous record by only 60 more Puerto Ricans.
- 2010 - EMC smashes all previous records for shameless UN:CM violations, but Codeine's mum actually steps in at the eleventh hour to point out that it's all rather amusing. Olipro fucks a dead sheep to celebrate.


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We've seen Snakes on a Plane, snakes without a plane, and snakes in an MRI. Now, an ornery serpent in Llodio, Spain brings us Snakes In The Automatic Teller Machine.
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Police aren't sure how the snake became stuck in the machine, but they suspect that some asshole humans may have been responsible. When the afterlife rolls around, may those responsible be forever cast into the Pit of Boomslangs and Buffalo Nickels.
[Euroweekly via Neatorama]