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But thou shalt find another, from the Lake of Memory
Cold water flowing forth, and there are guardians before it.
Say, 'I am a child of Earth and starry Heaven; But my race is of Heaven (alone). This ye know yourselves.
But I am parched with thirst and I perish. Give me quickly
The cold water flowing forth from the Lake of Memory.'
Plate from Petelia, South Italy, fourth-third century B.C.E
Although I do not follow the Orphic Mysteries directly my practices have been heavily influenced by them indirectly one way or another. The Covenant of Hekate's public rituals make oblique reference to them with some of the ritual movements and the wider Pagan concept of 'As above, So below' also finds it's origin in Orphism.
Just how much Orphism has influenced western religion is actually surprising if you've never deeply considered it. I've decided that, in addition to how I have incorporated the Orphic Oath as described in the Petelia Plate into my daily practice, I would give an over view of the Mysteries themselves and the impact they have had on Christianity to help explain just how my balancing ritual fits within this.
Who is Orpheus
Orpheus is the legendary musician, poet and prophet of ancient Greece, famous for his descent into Hades to retrieve his wife Eurydice. Son of the Thracian King Oeagrus and the muse of epic poetry Calliope, at least according to Apollodorus and Pindar, Orpheus was a man of many talents. As well as processing the gifts of music, poetry and prophecy he is credited with bringing medicine, writing and agriculture to mankind, as well as having indepth knowledge of astrology.
One of his earliest adventures appears in the Argonautica as he aids Jason in escaping the clutches of the Sirens. Where as Odysseys has his crew stop up their ears whilst he satisfies his curiosity lashed tight to the mast Jason, on advice from Chiron, has Orpheus drown out the song of the Sirens with his own song and poetry. In his own classical epic Orpheus does what only Herakles (Hercules) has done before him and enters the realms of the Dead to entreat the Gods of Hades to release his wife Eurydice from death. Orpheus was nearly sucessful, but before they could emerge he did the one thing he had been warned not to. He looked backwards at Eurydice. For the second and finally time Eurydice was pulled into the underworld, never to return.
In despair Orpheus took to wandering the wilds of Thrace, proclaiming his grief in verse and song, until he was set upon by the maenads who, in their Bacchic frenzy, tear him to pieces and cast his head and lyre into the river from where the muses placed the lyre amongst the stars and head transported to Lesbos where it was placed in a shrine from where it continued to utter prophecy.
The attack of the maenads is commonly given three explanations. Firstly that in their divinely inspired madness the maenads were unable to hear the sweet tones of Orpheus and therefore were able to carry out the will of Dionysus, whom Orpheus had once held as his patron deity but in later life had rejected along with all the other Gods of heaven. Secondly that the maenads were acting on heir own initiative and punishing him for his rejection of female lovers in favour of men. Finally, as a priest of Dionysus and founder of an essential Dionysian cult, his death at the hands of the gods female worshipers echoes the death of Dionysus-Zagreus at the hands of the Titans.
The Orphic Mysteries
The Orphic Mysteries came to prominence in the 6th BCE and was transported from Orpheus native Thrace by his pupil Musaeus. The Orphic Creation myths stem from the World Egg, from which the God Protogonus (Phanes) was born. Down a succession of deities including the Titans and Olympians we reach Dionysus-Zagreus, son of Zeus and Persephone. Dionysus-Zagreus was proclaimed by Zeus as the future ruler of the universe but through the macinations of Hera the Titans ripped him to peices and consume him. The reason for her envy was Zeus favouring Dionysus-Zagreus above any other, allowing the child to handle his thunderbolt and sit upon his throne. Neoplatonists believed him to be the reincarnation of Protogonus/Phanes and gave this as the reason Zeus names Dionysus-Zagreus as his successor as ruler of the universe.
In avenging his eaten son Zeus turns this thunderbolt upon those Titans who had consumed Dionysus-Zagreus. Zeus swallowed his sons heart, taken from the ashes, and caused the mortal Semele to fall pregnant with Dionysus-Baccus but Hera, still offended, took action. She persuaded Semele to demand a boon from her immortal love, which lead to her incineration upon viewing his full divine presence. Zeus saved his unborn son and carried him in his thigh until he was full term and was born as Dionysus-Baccus.
At the same moment that the Titans are destroyed mankind emerges from the ashes. It is from this that the Orphic concept of the divinity of man and the need to redeem the soul come from. The Orphics believe that once the Titans had consumed the flesh of Dionysus-Zagreus their own flesh absorbs the divine nature of the consumed god which in turn was passed on to mankind when they emerged from the ashes. This gives man a duality in his nature, containing both the inherent 'good' of the Gods and 'evil' of the Titans.
This concept is brought more into focus when you consider that Orphism is heavily influenced by eastern concepts such as reincarnation and sin. Without mitigating sin, which the human soul is danger of courting due to his origin with the Titans, the dead are unable to reach Elysium. Elysium is the Greek/Roman version of the Isles of Blessed or Heaven, an eternal paradise which can only be achieved by living a blameless life of austerity and virtue. May Orphics are celibate, teetotal and vegetarian in order to achieve one of the three virtuous lives necessary to achieve release from the endless cycles of rebirth and reach Elysium. This is the complete polar opposite of the rest of the Dionysiac cults. Once the initiate died they would enter the underworld and undergo the same process of spiritual purification that all souls experienced before reincarnation. However if they were found by all the judges, including the queen of the underworld Persephone, to have escaped their Titanic nature eternal peace was their reward.
It is this concept that takes us forward into the spiritual offspring of Orphism, Gnosticism and Christianity.
Orphism and Christianity
Orphism is one of the longest surviving Ancient Mysteries, surviving as far as 5th century CE along with Mithraic cults whilst other Dionysian cults faded or were driven underground with other less popular cults. The last written reference is found in the writings of Nonnos. One of the reasons for this is because Orphism underwent regular revision by people such as the Neoplatonists and Pythagoras another is because some of the concepts and mythology of Orphism has survived down in Christianity.
Parallels between Jesue and Dionysus can be drawn in some of the parables, notably the turning of water to wine and his crucifixion and resurrection and in motifs such as healing the sick, raising the dead and being associated with fishermen. However it is only the motifs that survive, clad in clothing of peace and pacifism. Gnosticism provided much more fertile ground for the seeds of Orphism, most noticeable the idea that the soul is trapped by the physical body and through austerity and remaining free from sin the soul can achieve release from repeated reincarnation and return them to the divine Zoé, the divine force at the centre of creation. Zoé is also a term used to describe an orphic Dionysus and represents a divine female archetype, similar to the Jewish Shekinah. Gnostics are notoriously feminist and the gender reassignment may he simply an extension of this, or alternatively it was see as a way to create a distinction between them and Orphics and other devotees of Dionysus, who were being increasingly being considered as corrupt.
Orphism certainly didn't retreat in to the mists of time without leaving it's mark on those who came after. Certainly incorporating Orphic concepts into modern paganism shows that much of its teachings are still relevant today. Whether it is direct and conscious usage through word and deed or unconscious, by following concepts such as "As Above, So Below", we are touched by Orpheus and his prophetic muse.
Orphism and Eggs and the Hekate Supper
How then does Orphic Mysteries affect the Heketean devotee? The most obvious link lies within the egg of the Hekate Supper at the dark moon.
For a number of years I read that the egg was a common offering to Hekate but the why often escaped me. Beyond responses along the lines of 'because it is said and so it is' I struggled to get much further forward, which really frustrated my inner toddler who must know the reason why for things (any parent whoes experienced the whole 'but why?' conversation will know the conversations I mean).
Through coincidence a friend was pondering this issue as I was researching this post and her musings on Facebook lead to a series of useful connections. Firstly to an article by S I Johnson called Crossroads, appearing in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. It is avalible to read in English at Jstor although you will need an account (which is also free). Secondly it lead to Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion by Jane Ellen Harrison, particularly chapter 12 on the Orphic Cosmology.
For the Orphics 'everything' begins with the egg
In the beginning of Things, black-winged Night
Into the bosom of Erebos dark and deep
Laid a wind-born egg, and, as the seasons rolled
Forth sprang Love (Eros) gleaming with wings of gold
The Birds of Aristophanes
This is purely Orphic, where as Homer has no interest in these moments before the existence of man and Hesiod who, whilst clearly influenced by the Orphic mysteries, was more bothered by the appearance of Eros into the cosmos.
The egg is directly attributed to Orpheus, having said "what time great Chronos fashioned in holy aether; a silver – gleaming egg" (Damascius, Inquiery Concerning the First Principles)
The doctrine of the egg was something taught to all initiates and may have evolved into a taboo object. Plutarch, for example, abstained from eating eggs with the explination that he had been ' infected by Orohic and Pathagorean notions, and was refusing to eat eggs eggs just as certain people refuse to eat the heart and brains, because he held an egg to be taboo as being the principal of life.' In other words not only did Plutarch count eating the egg as taboo as eating the flesh of the bird the Orphics, as he goes on to explain, have the answer to the age old riddle of the chicken and the egg, the egg is not only ancient in comparison to the bird but is the carrier of all life in potential and therefore more important. Plutarch causes the commentator to speculate on the importance of the egg in ritual;"And therefore it is not inappropriate that in the orgiastic ceremonies in honour of Dionysus an egg is amongst the sacred offerings, as being the symbol of what gives birth to all things, and in itself contains all things." Precisely how the egg was used is unclear how it's function was twofold, being used in the purification of a person or space as well as an offering to the dead.
Here is where Hekate comes in. The Hekate Supper is a collection of refuse and detritus gathered together after the purification of the ritual space. The egg becomes a means of purifying the space although the mechanism is not clearly explained. One could ponder that as an object of pure creative forces the egg attracts and absorbs the negativity that might have gathered around the sacred space. The act of physically cleansing deals with the dust and detritus whilst the egg deals with the build up of spiritual gunk that is drawn to sacred spaces.
The idea that eggs serve this function isn't exactly new. Eggs are acknowledged as being able to absorb the smells and flavours of food around them. Storing eggs in the fridge, outside of their container, allows the egg to absorb any nasty smells and eggs have historically bern used to cleanse and nourish hair. Magically speaking eggs are often used in Witchbottles and Spirit Traps, with the raw egg trapping the negative spirit.
There are many traditions around the world which make use of eggs to cleanse, protect and heal. From holding the egg in the hand or on/over an infected area and visualising the negative energy being absorbed to washing in the mixed white and/or yolk, there are common themes. Firstly it is always a raw egg, this goes for making egg chalk powder from the shells too. Once the egg is cooked the life giving potential is destroyed and so the energy lost. Secondly it should ideally be a fertilised egg, again so the potential within is much greater. Some America, North and South, state that only eggs of a certain breed of chicken, or fertilised by a cock of a certain colour, should be used. Thirdly the egg should be carried far from the home to be destroyed and the contents released. Some traditions would have it that this can take place in any nature setting far from the home of the person or area being cleansed, Mexican traditions say that in healing the egg should be broken into running water that flows away from the home and I found a new age site suggesting cracking it down a flushing toilet (it is running water).
Obviously for the Heketean it is the crossroad that is preeminent. The reason for this is explored by Johnson in Crossroads. It is difficult to know if Hekate became associated with crossroads, an 'uncanny place', because she is a goddess of 'uncanny place' or if crossroads were considered an 'uncanny place' because Hekate dwelt there. Regardless they are a space between places, neither road A, B or C, and this concept ties into less 'uncanny' epitaphs such as Propolos; She Who Leads, Guide, Companion, Propylaia; One before the Gate, Prothyraea; Before the Gate and Psychopompe; Soul-Guide.
The egg is take to the liminal crossroad and is encountered by Hekate but why give the goddess a now impure offering considered acceptable? One of her Epitaphs from the PGM IV 1390-1495 is Borborophorba, Eater of Filth. Within this spell, a love spell of attraction performed with the help of heroes or gladiators or those who have died a violent death, Hekate is reffered to as the eater of filth a number of times and the caster draws her and the restless dead to eat the food offering in return for their rousing the lust of the target of the spell. In this setting the filth is a welcomed offering both to Hekate and the dead, when accepted results in a transaction between practitioner and force invoked.
Returning to the egg, Hekate consumes the egg as part of the offering, disposing of the captured negative energy on the behalf of Her devotee even as they have disposed of the physical detritus. It is also here that the egg is encountered by the restless dead that follow in Hekate's wake. The unclean elements trapped within the egg are taken into Hekate and/or her cavalcade and out of the mortal/material world, to be cleansed and put to some future use, remembering that energy can never be destroyed, only changed.
Orpheus and I
Well after all that I felt much clearer as to the why eggs are included in the Hekate Supper, enough at least to fill the gaps with personal gnosis. However the original thrust of my post was to share how incorporate the Orphic concept of the divine origins of man. The opening quote was a section of the Petelia Plate, dated to the fourth-third century B.C.E. Of all the Orphic inspired Plates it best outlines the Orphic Oath and the central concept of my (almost) daily balancing ritual. The phrase 'I am a child of Earth and starry Heaven; But my race is of Heaven (alone). This ye know yourselves…' speaks to how man emerged from the ashes of the mingled flesh of the Titans and Dionysus-Zagreus and contains the divine spark of the heavens within their own flesh and I have encorprated the words in an adapted form into my ritual. They provide a moments meditation on number of subjects, particularly when combined with ritual movement introduced by the Rites of Her Sacred Fires.
I am a child of the heavens above
Born uniting stars and stones
© Victoria Newton
As I stand with my hands raised, palms to the sky in a recieving gesture, not only do I have the opportunity to draw down golden energy from the universe I can ponder upon the divine energy inherent within me as well as my patrons. Once I have acknowledged these divine forces and origins I then balance this by recognising that I am mortal, living upon a mortal planet. By adopting a different pose, submissive hand still raised to the sky and dominant hand now down by my side palm facing the ground, not only do I stand physically uniting the stars and stones (Heaven and Earth) but I am allowing energy to flow from the Earth into my being, as well as mingling it with the heavenly energy also within me. Once balance is achieved I revert to the original stance, closing down the flow of energy and recognising the balance within me. As a final act I ground myself by placing both hands against the floor.
This is probably more simple than I make it sound. It can be incorporated into a larger ritual or form the basis of its own short one. You can perform it for 5 minuets or 50 (though it would take stronger arms than mine to hold the pose for that length of time), the point is to feel that sense of balance within yourself and give yourself the time needed to achieve it.
I hope this post has achieved my original aim without digressing too far into the origins of the egg in the Hekate Suppers. If I have majorly digressed blame Homer, I've been reading his epics and can only assume his style has rubbed off on me a little.
Links and References
Pagan Regeneration, by Harold R. Willoughby, [1929] Chapter IV Orphic Reform, at Sacred-texts.com
Orphic Egg by ClarusConstat


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Teaching Diverse Learners - Chapter Summary
Through this chapter's lessons, you can review information on types of special needs children and the laws and regulations regarding their education. Our instructors discuss special needs including dyslexia, speech problems and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. You'll get refresher tips on teaching children who are learning English. Other lessons go over topics including teaching theories, research and strategies. After completing these lessons, you should be ready to:
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Often, after recommending that patients protect themselves from the sun, I am asked, "Shouldn't I get sun exposure to get Vitamin D?"
It's true that there has been concern that sunscreen use prevents the synthesis of vitamin D by the skin. Vitamin D is an essential nutrient that is vital for strong bones and a healthy immune system. Without vitamin D, the body cannot process calcium and phosphorus – two minerals necessary for healthy bones. The American Academy of Dermatology does not advocate getting vitamin D from sun exposure (natural) or indoor tanning (artificial) because ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun and tanning beds can lead to the development of skin cancer. The academy recommends that an adequate amount of vitamin D should be safely obtained from a healthy diet that includes foods naturally rich in vitamin D (e.g., dairy products and fish), foods/beverages fortified with vitamin D (e.g., fortified milk and fortified cereals), and/or vitamin D supplements – and not from UV exposure. The academy's conclusions are based on the published review of the increasing body of scientific literature on this vitamin conducted by the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine.
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Management group are a key aspect in the Azure management and governance and not many people know about that, and Microsoft released this feature many months ago.
Management Groups provide the possibility to organise our subscriptions in sub groups, everything we do will affect all the subscriptions and sub groups.
This is very useful for many aspects.
- We can manage RBAC and policies from on place into multiple subscriptions.
- We can monitor the cost usage for multiple subscriptions very easy
- We can organize our department and business much better
How you can manage Azure and save your money without them?
Management group it is a must!
Below how we need to look at our Azure governance
Think about a simple scenario as below
Let put some more interesting aspects like a base subscription with our shared appliances
And now using management groups for a much better governance
How to use them?
As usual, simply look for management group in the azure portal.
Create a new management group and assign your subscription into it, extremely simple.
To move a subscription click on the right
Let be focus about the important things to know.
On top you see
Click on details link to manage the management group, like RBAC etc…
The tenant group is the root one and it is associated to your azure tenant (this is very important to understand)
Everything you do at root level will affect all the subscription and all Azure EA in that tenant
Same thing is with policies, if you disable a policy at root level then it will affect all the subscriptions and azure EA in that tenant.
Maybe in the future this design will change and it will keep tenant and management groups more separated, I am sure they will do.
I mention policies because these are another must to know and we manage policies from management groups.
I will write something about policies, there is so much to say, but let stay focus on the important things, how Azure policies work?
The rule is very simple, the disable win over the enable one.
Actually, if we want to disable a policy we need to fist disable from the top and enable the bottom one.
So… we need to disable from root and enable into the bottom group, it is actually a top down approach where disable win.
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The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) was founded in May 1914 by US industrialist Hiram Percy Maxim (W1AW, SK) as the national membership association for US radio amateurs. The organisation now claims over 150 thousand members and a staff of over one hundred people.
The ARRL operates a QSL bureau, advocates for the interests of radio amateurs with FCC and other governmental bodies, operates radio station W1AW in Newington, Connecticut and offers an assortment of radio-related publications and award programmes.
ARRL publishes QST, a monthly magazine, as well as a collection of books. Among the best-known of these are:
- The Radio Amateur's Handbook (ARRL Handbook for the Radio Amateur), updated annually (except in wartime) for over 85 editions
- ARRL Antenna Book: Ultimate Reference for Amateur Radio Antennas
- Antenna Compendium (series of several volumes)
- ARRL's Wire Antenna Classics, More Wire Antenna Classics, VHF/UHF Antenna Classics
- ARRL Repeater Directory
- How to become a radio amateur, ARRL Ham Radio License Manual (various levels, corresponding to individual US FCC licenses)
- Amateur Radio on the Move
- ARRL Emergency Communication Handbook
- ARRL FCC Rule Book: Complete Guide to the FCC Regulations
- ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications
- ARRL Instructor's Manual
- ARRL Operating Manual
- ARRL RFI Handbook; Practical Cures for Radio Frequency Interference
- ARRL Satellite Anthology
- ARRL General Q & A
- ARRL HF Digital Handbook
- ARRL Vintage Radio
- ARRL Tech Q & A
- ARRL UHF/Microwave Experimenter's Manual
- FM and Repeaters for the Radio Amateur
- Hints and Kinks for the Radio Amateur
- Learning the Radiotelegraph Code, Your Introduction to Morse Code
- More QRP Power
- Specialized Communications Techniques for the Radio Amateur
- Understanding Amateur Radio
Much of the emphasis is on homebrew of both antennas and transmitting apparatus.
The ARRL operates the Logbook of the World (LotW) online QSL server and offers various awards, including:
- WAS (Worked All States)
- WAC (Worked All Continents)
- DXCC (DX Century Club, one hundred countries or 'entities' worked)
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Have you seen our First Person interviews with the early-career first authors of our papers? The authors talk about their work in and out of the lab, the journeys that led them to where they are now and the scientists who inspired them along the way. Recently, we caught up with first authors Maitreyi Rathod, Sushmita Chatterjee, Lotte Vanheer, Rachel Furlong, Pamela Adami, Ruiqi Wang and Chen Yu.
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Lean Healthcare: 6 Methodologies for Improvement from Dr. Brent James (Executive Report)
The survival of healthcare organizations depends on applying lean principles. Organizations that adopt lean principles can reduce waste while improving the quality of care. By applying stringent clinical data measurement approaches to routine care delivery, healthcare systems identify best practice protocols and incorporate those into the clinical workflow. Data from these best practices are applied through continuous-learning loop that enables teams across the organization to update and improve protocols–ultimately reducing waste, lowering costs, and improving access to care. This executive report based on a presentation by Dr. Brent James at a regional medical center, covers the following:
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As usual it was a friendly chat. When I saw him online I started with a 'Hi' because he was not a stranger. Belief and faith was never a chilling experience for me. I was taught, to be a human being is more important rather than anything. Even at this juncture I did not want to think vice versa. Was he revealing that he has a sixth sense? I don't know. He gave me a whole new ball game which I was not aware of. Words cannot fully express our thoughts, but he convinced me that there are powers which are beyond our perceptional level as a normal human. Can the contemporary scientic facts deny his experience??
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Eiman Eltinay was born in Khartoum, Sudan, grew up in Ohio, and now lives in Jacksonville, Florida.
Ms. Eltinay studies vitamin D deficiency and its effects on the quality of life and nutritional status of older adults. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family and practicing pilates.
Master's in Public Health Program
Walden University
Bachelor's in Nutrition and Dietetics
University of North Florida
Bachelor's in Physical Science
University of Auburn at Montgomery
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Pokemon GO Star Piece will allow players to earn 50% Stardust from various activities. Released during Gen 3 and mostly used during events to gather large amounts of Stardust. Below we will explain everything you need to know about this item and the amounts of stardust you can earn during events from catching and hatching pokemon.


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I've developed an open-source name-variants database. We're currently using it at WeRelate.org. This is a better algorithm than Soundex for matching variant names like Ann, Anna, Annah, Anne, Annie, etc. It results in a 28% reduction in missed variants compared to soundex, based upon a set of 100,000 pairs of names provided by Ancestry.com. I'll be giving a talk on it at RootsTech next week. The source code and database are freely available on Gitbub.
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Release day salute!
It's finally here! Enlisting Her Heart is now available. I'm so excited to share it with you all, but even more excited that I have an opportunity to give and expose even a tiny piece of our soldiers' lives. (and their families) Writing this series is more than just sharing another book in hopes to make a living off it's sales. It is a chance to bring awareness to the men and women who endure pure hell to provide freedom for our nation. They give everything, and expect nothing.
It is amazing for me to be able to write something that I am so passionate about. I get to translate the raw emotion that I feel into words and hope to bring a better understanding to some of the challenges they face.
Without reading or watching true stories of our military, the deaths and troubles fade into the background. Until you can relate and see first hand the heart ache and emotional roller coaster the soldier, spouse, mother, father, child, grandparent, or loved one goes through, you can't understand the true meaning of freedom. It doesn't come free. Many couldn't give or do what it takes.
I have shared pieces of some of our personal experiences, and sampled some that others have seen and done, but want to tell another story today.
My husband was stationed at Ft. Drum, Ny for his first duty station and had deployed on his first tour to Afghanistan. We were living in base housing at the time. My oldest son was about six, and my daughter less than a year old. It was at the beginning of the war on terrorism right after 9-11. Nearly the whole base (which was huge) had deployed, so everyone was pretty much in the same boat. I got to know my neighbors pretty well, and joined forces to help through those months without a phone call or news reports that came on television of fallen soldiers while we waited for word. We would cry together, worry together, and celebrate together when a soldier would get a call home to say it wasn't him or the unit that had encountered attack. (or her.. we were mostly wives.) We held our breath when word came through the phone tree that there was an incident with the unit, and mourned as if it were our own we'd lost.
One brisk spring evening, the black SUV came cruising down our street, driving so slow it was if time were standing still. We all knew who it was and what it was about, and all stood in our yards with the kids playing underfoot watching and waiting, praying it wouldn't stop. With each apartment building it passed, you could see the petrified wife holding her kids tight (who didn't understand) and dropping to their knees in tears and prayers. It was a double sided blade to us all... because where it wasn't our soldier they were coming to report, it was someone's. Someone's daddy, husband/wife... someone's heart and soul and life. We watched as the three soldiers in class A's stepped out and went to knock on a door a block down, and the woman hit the ground in devastation. A few of us went and gathered up the woman's kids and took them to give her time while they delivered the news. We didn't know her, and yet were more connected than if we were blood related. There was nothing we could say to help, or to ease her sorrow. That was the worst feeling ever... being helpless but wanting to help so bad. We all cried for her and the loss of one of 'ours'.
From seeing the spouses and children stand at the gate, waving what might be their last good bye, to watching the tears of joy as a unit returned home, I will never forget what it's like. I cry even now seeing it on television, or in the media... whether good or bad news.
Back to my point... while beginning my release day plans of giving prizes away and promoting my book, I read a post by a fellow author. Her husband is military and left this morning early. I'm not sure where, but it didn't matter. My heart broke for her, and my stomach got sick. I thought about what I could do for her to show her some love, but didn't want it to come off as a sick way of self promotion or invading her privacy. So, I am asking that everyone share a general 'Support our troops and their families' photo today. Make someone's day brighter by a simple, quick share. You don't have to agree with politics, religion, or what the government has ordered them to do... just support their dedication, sacrifice, and selflessness as they do for us!
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FRISCO, Colo.—Investigators say they suspect arson in a fire that heavily damaged the Frisco Historic Park Museum.
Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue Chief Dave Parmley says firefighters used as little water as possible on Sunday to keep from damaging artifacts at the Ruth House. The building interior and roof were damaged, but the exterior was saved, along with many of the artifacts that include clothing and a hat collection.
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Friends of mine on both Facebook and The Leonard Cohen Forum will recognise the rose photo here as my favourite photo that I have ever taken and the one regret I had from when I met Leonard in Las Vegas was that I didn't have this photo with me. Leonard and music aside my other passion in life is photography so when I can combine music and photography I am at my happiest. I also love black and white photography so I printed the black and white collage of photos I had taken on the previous tour when getting the rose photo printed. I made sure to bring these photos with me to Ghent, just in case I did meet Leonard again, never daring to really think lightning can strike twice.
I also had a dream of getting the photo of Leonard and Adam signed by both, but also not daring to dream too much. I knew there would be a very good chance of seeing Adam after his concert as he does meet and greets, so when I met him he personalised it for me so Leonard wouldn't have to should the miracle happen! Adam was really touched when he saw the photo holding it up for everyone to see saying "Look everyone, it is a photo of me and my father".
Lightning does strike twice sometimes and it did again for me. I had went to Ghent prepared and had a silver pen with me but in my excitement at seeing Leonard I'd left it in my bag and left my bag at our table! When I asked Leonard would it be ok to go and get it he replied he had a silver pen, always prepared for if he met his fans, always the gentleman. The pen had to be silver for the writing to show up on the photos. I first showed Leonard the photo of him and Adam and he was very impressed and then saw Adam had already personalised it for me. I told Leonard this was to save him time. I then showed him the black and white collage and finally my rose photo. I was very touched and still am that when I asked Leonard to personalise it for me that he did and he signed it Leonard instead of his usual full name.
I'm still in shock that I actually spoke to Leonard again and have these precious momentos to treasure forever. Thank you Leonard and Adam for making my dreams come true and for continuing to do so over and over again.


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States Look to Secure School Safety Budgets Around U.S.
In March, nearly a month after the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act. The Act is essentially a renewal of the COPS Secure Our Schools grant program that provided funding from the Department of Justice for schools to upgrade school security measures.
The STOP School Violence Act is still sitting in the Senate's court for a final vote, but if passed, it would appropriate $50 million per year for ten years that schools can apply for to be put toward developing threat assessment systems, anonymous reporting systems, and improving security through the use of technologies and increased personnel.
The bill is bipartisan, which is an unusual, yet welcome, development for community leaders, school administrators and law enforcement, as it takes steps to address some of the missing pieces in emergency response and preparedness protocols by improving training and potentially providing access to technologies like Rapid Emergency Response Systems (RERS) that can drastically improve law enforcement response times to schools in armed intruder incidents.
Following the introduction and passage of the bill in the House, several states enacted either grant opportunities or budget earmarks for school security improvements. While we await the next steps from the Senate, we decided to take a look at two states who have taken proactive approaches to getting schools the funding to make critical security improvements.
Last month, Wisconsin announced the creation of a $100 million school safety fund by the state Department of Justice. Schools in the state will be able to apply for grants if they meet certain criteria. In order to be eligible schools must do two things:
- Develop a plan with local law enforcement
- Provide full-time teachers, aides, counselors and admin training in trauma services by the end of the 2018-19 school year.
For many of the schools in the state, the grant fund is an opportunity to implement security measures and improve emergency response plans that previously may not have had the necessary funding. At BluePoint, we advocate heavily for preparedness, and part of that preparedness comes with ensuring that schools have the funding to create actionable plans for emergency response.
Colorado's state government wrote a $35 million school safety amendment into the state's 2018-19 budget. However, unlike the Wisconsin grant program, the use of the extra funding is slightly more stringent. Chalkbeat Colorado writes that the budget "could be used for physical improvements to facilities that improve security and for 'resource security officers.'"
However, later in the article, they specify that the funding will not include the hiring of additional resource officers; rather, it will focus on training existing officers.
The funding – which is a one-time provision – is still awaiting final approval. In 2014, Weld Central High school, in Keenesburg, Colo. (northeast of Denver), installed BluePoint's RERS, deeming it cost-effective and valuable. Just this month, according to Weld RE-3J school district superintendent Greg Rabenhorst, the district installed BluePoint's RERS in the rest of its buildings, which includes three elementary schools, one charter school and one middle school.
For schools looking to use the potential funding allocation effectively, security technology like Rapid Emergency Response Systems – which are wireless and require no additional construction to install – could be an ideal solution.
Other States
- Florida – Passed $400 million to retrofit schools with bulletproof glass and other security technologies. Part of the bill also was to arm school employees (not teachers).
- New Mexico – Governor Susana Martinez signed legislation on March 7 to spend $40 million over four years on grants for school districts to harden infrastructure.
- Texas – Republican Rep. Roger Williams introduced HR 5107 which would create a grant program under the DOE to keep schools safe and directs the DOE's secretary to allocate funds after a school submits an application based upon requirements from the DOE.
While most of the school safety funding opportunities listed here (STOP School Violence and Colorado) are still awaiting final approval, it bodes well for communities around the country that attention is being paid to proactive responses to school safety. As more funding becomes available, emergency response resources like RERS technology, law enforcement programs and hardening tools will be able to effectively implemented in schools.


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Register online by Friday, May 25, 2018 at the following link: STEP 2018 Registration
Program Dates: June 18 - August 8, 2018
Schedule: Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Cal State LA Campus
Cost: STEP is free of cost, except for meals, transportation and/or parking expenses which the student must provide. Students will NOT need to purchase a book since they will be using a pdf version which they can download online.
Housing: Although STEP is unable to cover the cost of housing, we are glad to assist you with the arrangements at your expense. Make sure to indicate if you need the program's assistance with housing arrangements on the online STEP Application.
Program Description
The purpose of STEP is to prepare Pre-Engineering, Pre-Computer Science, and Technology incoming freshmen to be successful in their course of study at Cal State LA by faciliating the transition from high school to college, reinforcing and/or developing math skills necessary to meet ECST major requirements, and building community. Students meet other students in their college, connect with ECST student organizations, obtain general information about the campus, and begin their relationship with their academic advisors and faculty.
Goals and Objectives
- Effectively prepare students for the challenge of college work in mathematics and success through targeted instruction.
- Increase the retention and graduation rates of undergraduate students and improve their time-to-degree completion.
- Provide students with the necessary skills to help them evolve effectively academically and personally.
- Graduate the highest-potential, career-ready ECST students.
The goals are to be met through the following objectives:
- Require Pre-Engineering, Pre-Computer Science, and Technology incoming freshmen who placed in Math Category 1-3 to attend.
- Assess student's math readiness through ALEKS PPL and provide each student and their corresponding instructor with a report summarizing their strengths and weaknesses in math;
- Cohort students based on their first assessment score and individual needs;
- Connect participants with student leaders, student organizations, advisors, and faculty;
- Provide students with the skills to help them evolve and become more effective in their personal lives.
Step General Information
When students are admitted to Cal State LA, the university looks at a variety of measures to determine their Math and English placement category. These multiple measures include high school Math and English courses, high school grade point averages (GPA); and exams scores from the ACT, SAT, SAT Subject test, or the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). CSU places students into 4 categories in Math and English.
STEP 2018 is required for all Fall 2018 incoming freshmen in the College of ECST who place in the following three Math Categories:
Category 1 - GE Requirement Completed: Students have already fulfilled the General Education requirement in Math. Most of the students in Category 1 received a passing score on the AP or IB exam, and received credit for the college course. All students planning to take the AP Calculus Exam or who already took it and have not received their score, should complete a STEP application as soon as possible to secure a space in the program. Category 1 students are not required to take Early Start.
Category 2 - Academic support course not needed with GE course: Students are ready to take the freshmen-level GE course in Math (College Level Math). College level math is NOT Calculus 1. In order for ECST incoming freshmen to start in Calculus 1, they must attend STEP and place in Math 2110 by the end of the program. Category 2 students are not required to take Early Start.
Category 3 - Academic support course recommended with GE course : Students will begin their college-level Math in their first semester and will be placed into a co-requisite support course (Math). College level math is NOT Calculus 1. In order for ECST incoming freshmen to start in Calculus 1, they must attend STEP and place in Math 2110 by the end of the program. Category 3 students are not required to take Early Start.
Note: Students in Math Category 4 will not participate in STEP. They must attend Early Start.
The following students will not be required to participate in STEP:
- Students who live more than 35 miles away from campus.
- Students required to attend the EOP Summer Bridge Program at Cal State LA
- Students required to attend the Early Start Program (ESP) by the university.
- Students who have earned college credit for Calculus 1.
- Students who earned a score of 4 or higher on the AP Calculus AB or BC.
- International Students.
- Students who placed in Math Category 4 (required to attend Early Start).
Expect to recieve a formal invitation to STEP around mid-May via email once your Math Placement Category explained above has been verified. Also, if you recieve a notice from the university that you must participate in the Early Start Program (ESP), then you must comply with this requirement and you will NOT be able to participate in STEP. For more information about the Early Start Program please visit: http://www.calstatela.edu/smartstart/early-start-program#Placed into ESP.
In addition, if the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) also requires you to attend the EOP Summer Bridge Program, then you must comply with this requirement and will NOT be able to attend STEP. For any questions regarding EOP, please visit: http://www.calstatela.edu/eop/office-eop-contact-us.
Students who have earned college credit for Calculus 1 or earned a score of 4 or higher on the AP Calculus AB or BC are highly encouraged to participate in the Calculus 1 Boot Camp during STEP. More specific information regarding the Calculus 1 Bootcamp will be provided during the STEP Orientation.
Before the start of the program:
STEP Program Orientation (Mandatory) Saturday, June 9, 2018
Students GE Ballrooms 1-3 8:00 - 12:30 p.m.
Parents U-SU LA Room B&C 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. (English and Spanish sessions will be available)
Program Schedule (Monday - Friday) Monday, June 18 - Wednesday, August 8
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. Math Supplemental Instruction (SI) Workshop
11:00 - 12:00 p.m. ALEKS PPL Learning Module
12:00 - 12:50 p.m. Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Math Lecture (Monday - Thursday)
Personal Development Workshops or Tutoring (Fridays only instead of the Math Lecture)
After 3:00 p.m. Homework: ALEKS PPL Learning Module
Note: Students will be excused from the program during their College Orientation and University GE Orientation dates. Also, July 4th (Holiday), campus will be closed.
1. Enrollment Confirmation Deposit: Accept your Cal State LA offer of admission no later than May 1st by submitting your Enrollment Confirmation Deposit (ECD)
2. STEP 2018 Application: Complete the STEP on-line application by Friday, May 25, 2018. STEP 2018 Registration
3. STEP Orientation (SAVE THE DATE!): Attend the STEP Orientation on Saturday, June 9, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Cal State LA, Golden Eagle Ballrooms I-III. Free Parking Passes for the STEP Orientation will be distributed at the entrance of Lot 5 from 7:15 - 8:15 a.m. (Campus Map: http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/campus_map.pdf)
5. Check your email and voicemail regularly. More information is forthcoming via the email address and phone number you've provided to the admissions office and on the STEP application. This is the information we will use to communicate with you. If this information has changed, it is crucial that we hear back from you as soon as possible so that we may effectively communicate with you in the upcoming weeks.
Contact: For additional information regarding STEP or to discuss specific concerns, please call the ECST Student Success Center(ESSC) at (323) 343-4574 and ask to speak to any ESSC Staff who will be glad to address your situation.
Register online by Friday, May 25, 2018 at the following link: STEP 2018 Registration


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Audio-Reader News
Broadcasters Brunch Success!November 8, 2019
Audio-Reader, Lied Center announce accessible theatre performances for 2019-2020 seasonAugust 30, 2019 — ...
Audio-Reader wins multiple awards at International ConferenceJune 27, 2019 — LAWRENCE — Kansas Audio-Reader was recently honored with six awards in excellence at the 2019 International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS). This year's conference, held in...
Audio-Reader's 10th Annual Golf Tournament Most Successful YetJune 24, 2019 — LAWRENCE — After weeks of heavy rain,...
Audio-Reader accepting donations of vinyl records, CDs and more for annual benefit saleJune 13, 2019 — LAWRENCE — Anyone with vinyl records, CDs, gently used audio equipment or musical instruments gathering dust in their homes is encouraged to consider donating them to the KU Audio-Reader Network,...
Audio Description of Broadway Shows Launches this Weekend at Starlight Theatre!May 31, 2019 — Audio-Reader is proud to partner with Starlight Theatre to offer accessible live theatre experiences this Summer.
Audio-Reader Celebrates One Year in SpringfieldApril 23, 2019 — Audio-Reader is excited to celebrate one year on the air in the Springfield, Missouri region!
KU plans to cut funding to its Audio-Reader program by 2022October 10, 2018 — https://www.wibw.com/content/news/KU-plans-to-cut-funding-to-its-Audio-R...
Program facing funding loss was instrumental in helping blind woman get degreesOctober 2, 2018 — Without the Audio-Reader service, Kim Morrow might not have earned her master's degree or her doctorate.
For Your Ears Only sale vital to Audio-Reader's futureOctober 2, 2018 — This year, the sale is more vital than usual for Audio-Reader, which provides audio recordings of daily newspapers, magazines and best-sellers to the visually impaired.
Audio-Reader 2018 Budget CutsAugust 17, 2018 — For 47 years, the University of Kansas has supported Audio-Reader through an annual appropriation.
Want to Read the Daily News? Audio-Reader Network Needs YouAugust 14, 2018 — KOLR's 10:00 News featured a story on Audio Reader. The show aired on January 23rd, 2018. You can watch the video by clicking the URL below:
Audio-Reader Network Volunteers Bring The Leaven to LifeJune 8, 2018 — Audio-Reader volunteers who read The Leaven newspaper are profiled.
Audio-Reader accepting donations of vinyl records, CDs, audio equipment for annual benefit saleJune 4, 2018 — LAWRENCE — Anyone with vinyl records, CDs, gently used audio equipment or musical instruments gathering dust in their homes is encouraged to consider donating them to the KU Audio-Reader Network,...


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Friday Special Blend
Friday August 18th, 2017 with Susan Johnston and Amanda Jetté Knox and Bob LeDrew
Pre-pride, pre-vow-renewal, rainy summer music.
Jenn Grant - Compostela
|Magic Rainbows
Roxanne Potvin - Play
|Pride Week is approaching, and among the events is Drag Queen Storytime at the Ottawa Public Library. https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/blogs/opl-capital-pride-2017-come-find-yourself-opl and Pride Ottawa: http://ottawacapitalpride.ca
|Dancing because of my joy
Rosie & the Riveters - Good clean fun!
|Rosie & the Riveters play two shows as part of the Ontario Festival of Small Halls, in Pakenham on September 23 at 7:30 pm and in Elgin on September 24 at 3:00 pm
|I'm 'a Love You Anyway
Danny Michel - Feather, Fur and Fin
|Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)
Justin Rutledge - Daredevil
|Dream Dance
Claude Munson - Claude Munson and the Storm Outside
|Claude Munson and the Storm Outside are just one of the acts performing at Arboretum Festival this weekend at Rideau Pines Farm in North Gower. www.arboretumfestival.com / https://claudemunson.bandcamp.com/album/claude-munson-the-storm-outside
|Attack of the Treadmill
The Peptides - The Peptides
|The Peptides are part of Capital Pride and of Barnstorm 2017 both! They play Capital Pride Sunday, August 27 at 5:30 pm. They play Barnstorm Saturday, August 26 sometime after five. http://ottawacapitalpride.ca / www.barnstorm.ca
|Lookin' for a Kiss
Suzie Vinnick - Happy Here
|Suzie Vinnick plays at Watson's Mill Manotick as part of the 5525 Music Festival on August 22. Other festival performers are Tyler Kealey and Lynn Miles. TIckets are available at Watson's Mill in Manotick. Concerts are $30 each or all three for $80. http://watsonsmill.com
|I Feel Alright
The Lionyls - The Lionyls
|The Lionyls play the Capital Pride Main Stage Sunday, August 27 at 4:30 pm. https://soundcloud.com/thelionyls/albums
|Tickets on the weekend
Oh Susanna - A Girl in Teen City
|Oh Susanna plays the NAC on October 7. https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/16691
|He's My Baby
Good2Go - C'mon
Good2Go - C'mon
|You Doo Wrong
The Band Whose Name Is a Symbol - Masters of the Molehill
|Good 2 Go and The Band Whose Name is a Symbol are just two of the acts at Barnstorm 2017 in Finch, Ontario. Info: www.barnstorm.ca
|The Carpenter's Cat
David Ross MacDonald - Caravan
|If I Didn't Have Your Love
Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker


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Studio 20
April 7/8
Maples Tea Room
For one weekend only, Studio 20 will host Maples Tea Room, offering afternoon tea including freshly baked scones, a selection of savouries, such as mozzarella, pesto, tomato and basil crackers, and a selection of sweet items including cherry bakewell slice and lemon mousse and blueberry tartlets. Jess and Nat are keeping it local, with tea from The Tea Junction, and will be serving take away items in 100% biodegradable cups and containers, as well as using as many eco friendly products as possible throughout the event.
Find out more here.
Studio 20, Wensum St
March 24/25


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DES MOINES - Secretary of State Paul Pate reminds Iowans voter identification is now required before casting a ballot at the polling place.
Valid forms of ID to show at the polls include:
IowaDriver's License
Article Photos
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate discusses new rule making Tribal-issued IDs valid for voting purposes with Meskwaki Tribal Chairman Anthony Waseskuk and Bessie Scott, executive director of Executive Management / Tribal Operations at the Tama County Administration Building in Toledo on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Tama County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Laura Kopsa and Elections Administrator Karen Rohrs are at right.
Chronicle File photo/John Speer
Non-Operator's ID
Military ID
U.S. Passport
Tribal ID
Veteran's ID
Voter ID Card
A voter without one of the approved forms of identification may have the voter's identity attested to by another registered voter in the precinct or may cast a provisional ballot.


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No. 903 Diocese of Marbel, Philippines 22 November 2016
Pastoral Exhortation of the CBCP to open the Year 2017 as the Year of Parishes, Communion of Communities
(Note: selected passages from the 3½ pages)
"Live Christ,Share Christ!" – our motto and hope
"2017 has been programmed to focus on the parish, 'a community of communities.'"
"Pope Francis insists that the parish is not an outdated institution and can possess great flexibility still, depending on the openness and missionary creativity of the pastor and the community." (Evangelii Gaudium, 28)
"The Church is a mystery of communion. Our communion flows from the Trinity overflowing into humanity and sharing a common faith journeying together for the full unfolding of the Kingdom of God. This communion, made possible for us because of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, always has a double dimension – a vertical communion with God and a horizontal communion with our brothers and sisters. The Church's life of communion is constantly open to ecumenical and missionary action because this communion is always in a state of mission."
"The Church in the Philippines is a part of the communion of Churches which is the universal Church. We are part of the one Church of Christ. In every particular Church 'the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church of Christ is truly present and active' (Christus Dominus, 11)."
In celebrating 2017 as the Year of the Parish as a Communion of communities we are challenged tomore deeply discern not only the structures of governance of our dioceses and parishes but also of the quality of faith life in the parish, the fellowship, belongingness, and participation experienced by its members.
"In the Philippines our vision of the Church as communion is today finding expression in one ecclesial movement that is the movement to foster Basic Ecclesial Communities." (PCP II, 139)
"2017 is also the centennial year of the apparition of Our Lady to three children in Fatima. At Fatima, Our Lady asked her children to return to Jesus by the three fold paths of prayer, daily communion and reparation."
"In the months of May to October 2017, Catholics all over the world led by Pope Francis, will recall and celebrate the centenary of the six apparitions of our Blessed Mother to Lucia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto. Prayer, daily communion and reparation will help 'renew and reinvigorate our parishes.'"
"The present efforts at Church renewal should center on the parish. Without parish renewal, the family and Basic Ecclesial Communities will not find strong supportive ambiance, and will continue to feel isolated' (PCP II, #604)." In the same vein, it would be a lost opportunity if the Year of the Parish as communion of communities would ignore the clarion call of Fatima for prayer, penance and communion.
"Parishes and communities will be renewed only through personal and community prayer… Prayer is an act of love. Every prayer…is always a plea for mercy… Parishes and BECs will be renewed as oasis of mercy through reparation for sins, frequent confession and acts of mercy."
"Parishes and communities will be renewed by living the Eucharist whom we receive every day."
"Mary, Our Lady of Fatima whom we also invoke as Mother of the Church pray that for us every parish truly become oases and wellsprings of renewal and mercy."
From the CBCP, November 27, 2016, First Sunday of Advent, Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, President.
Back to: COMMUNICATIONS from the Bishop (No. 903 November 22, 2016)


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GPs 'should write to ratings website to get details removed'
By Steve Nowottny
GPs are being advised by LMC leaders to write now to controversial new doctor ratings website www.iwantgreatcare.org to demand their details are removed.
Lawyers have warned LMCs that an immediate, pre-emptive complaint is likely to be the most effective strategy to reduce the risk of defamation.
The advice from LMCs marks a hardening of stance from the BMA leadership, which up until now has been reluctant to get involved with the furore over the site.
Gloucestershire LMC advised concerned GPs to send a formal complaint to www.iwantgreatcare.org, requesting immediate removal of their details from the site, and has circulated a draft letter.
The LMC said it had been advised by libel lawyers Carter-Ruck that 'doctors should write to the site now to request that their information be removed. This would strengthen their position in the event of defamation'.
The warning comes as the Information Commissioner's Office confirmed it had already received a number of formal complaints about the site, which lists every doctor in the country and does not allow GPs to remove themselves.
Dr Phillip Fielding, vice-chair of Gloucestershire LMC, said: 'The great concern is you can put anything on it yourself - or anyone with a vendetta could.
'To me it seems like the most crazed extension of what the Government is trying to do which is to categorize us, number us and qualify us. It's an interesting social experiment having yourself graded by your patients.'
The www.iwantgreatcare.org website has already attracted massive controversy among doctors since its launch last month – and according to a new survey, the vast majority are overwhelmingly opposed.
A poll of more than 300 GPs and hospital doctors found the site has excellent brand awareness, with 99.1% of respondents saying they had heard of the site.
But respondents also highlighted massive concern about the site, which allows patients to post anonymous reviews, with 85.5% of respondents saying it made them feel 'most uneasy'.
'An internet forum is not the place for doctor-bashing,' said one GP. 'If a patient of mine has an issue with their care I'd rather they came to me.'
A spokesperson for www.iwantgreatcare.org said: 'Over 95% of feedback from patients has been highly positive and many hundreds of doctors have been delighted to receive glowing tributes from their patients.'Mounting concern over rate-your-GP website
- 85.5% said the site makes them feel 'most uneasy'
- 89.7% said they are 'very unhappy' that the public can make anonymous comments
- 98% said they did not feel the site would help patients make informed choices about their doctor.
(SOURCE: Internet survey of more than 300 doctors)Dr Neil Bacon


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Lymphoma is a form of cancer that affects the immune system - specifically, it is a cancer of immune cells called lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. There are two broad types of lymphoma and many subtypes.The two types of lymphoma are described as: Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin's
The symptoms typically involve painless swelling of the lymph nodes (glands), often in the neck or armpits where these nodes are concentrated. Swelling may also occur in the groin and abdomen, in any part of the body.You may be familiar with this sign because the lymph nodes in the neck (commonly referred to as "glands") can become swollen during infections such as the cold - but here the swelling subsides, whereas it does not in cancer
patients diagnosed with a high-grade or intermediate lymphoma will typically require immediate and intensive treatment to help slow down tumor growth and, eventually, to shrink the tumor Where indolent lymphoma turns into aggressive lymphoma this can be especially difficult as the tumors may be widespread, whereas an aggressive lymphoma may be caught earlier and still be somewhat localized.
From 1975 to 1977, the five-year relative survival rate for the total population with leukemiawas 34.2 percent, and from 2004 to 2010, the overall relative survival rate was 60.3 percent.From 2004-2010, the five-year relative survival rates overall were CML - 59.9 percent CLL - 83.5 percent AML - 25.4 percent overall and 66.3 percent for children and adolescents younger than 15 years ALL - 70 percent overall, 91.8 percent for children and adolescents younger than 15 years, and 93 percent for children younger than 5 years.