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April 2009
Just announced the popular Value Network Analysis Workshop: Optimizing Business Performance to be held on 12 June 2009 8am - 5pm at the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco, California, USA. The workshop includes a full-privilege, 90-day subscription to ValueNetworks.com™ Professional Edition.
March 2009
LinkedIn is the de facto business-oriented social network site (SNS). There is a popular Value Networks LinkedIn Group. Your LinkedIn Group will augment and expand the features of your value networks with the world's leading business SNS. The Value Networks LinkedIn Group is an important asset to the ever-expanding value networks constellation and ecosystems of practitioners, scholars, experts, users and stakeholders.
February 2009
A new venue has been selected for the 20 March 2008 VNA Workshop. It is the Centre for Social Innovation. See the Toronto Event page for details.
Popular Toronto Meetup formed for Knowledge Workers. Join.
Paul Edwards, Vice President of Chemistry for Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) will appear at the Toronto value network analysis workshop 20 March 2009. Paul will lead a conversation on using applied VNA for leveraging intangibles to sharply expand big pharma innovation.
Barry Wellman of Net-Lab to join the Toronto network analysis workshop is the special keynote speaker at the Toronto value network analysis workshop.
January 2009
Happy New Year! Michael Cayley is the sponsor of the Toronto Cluster -- Value Network Analysis Workshop: Optimizing Business Performance.
December 2008
Just announced the popular Value Network Analysis Workshop: Optimizing Business Performance on March 20 2009 8:30am - 4:30pm at the MaRS Collaboration Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The workshop includes a full-privilege, 90-day subscription to VNA Professional Edition.
November 2008
In a fast follow-up to the popular "Speak and Spark Luncheon," and by popular demand, join the Value Network Analysis Workshop: Optimizing Business Performance on Thursday 11 December 2008 8:30am - 4:30pm at the Citigroup Center Los Angeles, California USA. The workshop includes a full-privilege, 90-day subscription to VNA Professional Edition.
October 2008
Speak & Spark Luncheon Discussion, "Optimizing Business Performance with Value Networks," Monday, November 10, 2008, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, University of Southern California, University Club, Banquet Room. Registration.
September 2008 News
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is an information technology research and advisory giant in Stamford, CT. Value networks and VNA are recurring themes of their leading industry research and prognostications. Here is their latest addition.
Value Network Analysis Highlights Tangible and Intangible Value Exchanges
This report describes value network analysis and how it can be used to reveal critical value creation and exchange patterns among organizations that need to work together to achieve their business goals.
Agenda complete for the Washington, DC Fall 2008 Value Network Cluster scheduled for 22 September 2008.
ValueNetworks.com Blogsite debuts including the comprehensive value networks Topic Cloud.
The popular ValueNetworks.com application is available in an academic, student and non-profit configuration. To apply, click here.
August 2008 News
Washington, DC Fall 2008 Value Network Cluster scheduled for 22 September 2008.
May & June 2008 News
VNA Network Intelligence application completes preview testing.
The VNA Network Intelligence offering operates at all three levels of network analysis –
1. Process to Network (BPM)
2. People to Network (SNA/ONA)
3. Network to Value (VNA)
The preview test (60 people, 3-weeks, Apr/May 2008) feedback on for preview of VNA Network Intelligence has been fantastic –
"The product is great, very easy to use."
"It's like magic!"
"Very impressive!"
"That's hot!"
"Comprehensive value network features made incredibly simple."
"Impressive in scope and innovation!"
"Huge potential!"
"Pretty amazing what's been achieved."
"Terrific. Very simple, easy to use and understand."
General VNA Network Intelligence availability is scheduled for August 2008.
April 2008 News
An excellent collection of new articles and papers available at the Open Value Networks site http://www.value-networks.com/.
March 2008 News
Testing the Limits - By using system dynamic modeling (SDM) and value network analysis (VNA), Boeing's Flight Operations, Test & Validation group restructured its entire business model. It is now on its way to taking the new organization for a test flight of its own. Boeing Frontiers (February 2008)
Join the value networks community for occasional updates on new releases, special events and news.
Join the popular and engaging value networks discussion in Google Groups.
Value Networks
A value network is a web of relationships that generates economic or social value through complex dynamic exchanges of both tangible and intangible benefits.
The Value Networks Clusters are the open industry network for value networks and value network analysis. It is a triangulation of vendors, academia, experts and users.
The goal is to provide awareness, diffusion and adoption of value networks practice, tools and theory. The outcome is to achieved sustained business growth and social good through network master of tangibles and intangibles. The objective of the Value Networks Cluster is to shape and catalyzes a community of experts, entrepreneurs, enterprise users and value networks professionals. Our goal is to achieve fundamental advancements in the diffusion and adoption of value networks. This open Web is for the community, sponsors, participants and stakeholders.
We invite you to sponsor, join and participate with us.
Quotable Quotes
"The use of software to help transform organizational processes and create value networks will be a key value driver for businesses going forward. At SAP, we call it Business Network Transformation." - Geraldine McBride, CEO SAP AG Asia, Jan 2009, The Business Times
"Exposure to VNA models and methodologies will help any practitioner to systematically expose, expand, and act upon the domain of value creation for themselves, their organizations, and for their customers." – Charles Armstrong, CEO S.A. Armstrong Ltd, Canada
"Software must be designed to allow, and where possible support, rapid modification of sophisticated inter-company processes. It must be capable of mapping not only value chains but entire value networks in order to keep pace with changing conditions." - Dr. Henning Kagermann, Chairman and CEO, SAP AG. SAP is the central nervous system of 47,000 companies worldwide.
"Value Network Analysis, through visuals and conversations, helps build and strengthen the relationships and trust that are vital for people working together as a global enterprise….Now that I know the value networks methodology, I would not consider doing a six sigma, lean, or any other kind of project without first doing a VNA to provide the "systems" context for the initiative." – Glenda Turner, Supply Chain Integrator, Value Networks, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
"The Value Network approach is a powerful and practical method based on theoretically sound principles." – Karl-Erik Sveiby, Author - The New Organizational Wealth
"Social network analysis is like connecting train cars. Value network analysis tells you what is in those cars, where they came from, where they are going and what the value is." – Don Ledbetter, Corporate Director of Management and Organizational Effectiveness L-3 Communications
"Value networks are to social organization as Bernoulli's principle is to an ideal fluid. Even while unnamed, unnoticed, and undocumented, the principle helped ships to sail for hundreds of years. Once studied, documented, and understood, it was widely applied to yield far greater utility in a much shorter time span." David L. Hawthorne, NavAgility
"Value is a relation between persons." Ferdinando Galiani, 1750, Italian Economist
"Companies need processes and technology that gives a platform and a voice to the most creative as well as the most eccentric employees, partners and customers. Good ideas can emerge from an inventor working solo, but more often they are a result of collaboration throughout an organization and its value network." - Carol Rozwell, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, Gartner, July 2007
"Simply pushing harder within the old boundaries will not do." - Karl Weick, Making Sense of the Organization
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The road closing began earlier this week and will run through this afternoon or Friday morning.
"While we apologize for any inconvenience that the closing of Miss. Highway 448 may cause, it is necessary so that we can perform general maintenance and bridge repairs," said a spokesperson for the Mississippi Department of Transportation by phone this morning.
"All lanes in both directions will be closed," he said. "Miss. Highway 450 between U.S. Highway 61 and Miss. Highway 1 can be used as an alternate route."
MDOT officials said that Miss. Highway 448 is what is called a low weight road and that is the main reason for the closing.
"The main objective of this project is adding braces under the bridges on this stretch of highway," he said. "During the harvest season, grain trucks run through this route pretty regularly and the brace will just added extra support so that nothing will happen in the future."
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Brand: Elks & Angels
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Elks & Angels was created by Australian-born interior architect and designer Janet Kennedy Ault. Inspired by her upbringing down under, the New York City-based designer started out designing cozy sheepskin cocoons for babies; sheepskin keeps babies warm in winter and cool in summer, making it a favorite of moms. All of the brand's products reflect the company's philosophy: "The environment for babies should be as natural, as safe, and as comfortable as the one they just left."


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That's exactly what event organizers have planned for this coming Saturday at its "Saturdays in the Park Fall Festival," scheduled for 2-4 p.m. Saturday on the Delta State University Quadrangle.
There will game booths and activities spread throughout the quad for K4–4th graders to enjoy.
Arts and crafts will also accompany the day. Each child that participates will be able to leave with their creation.
Snacks and prizes will be provided to all participants.
Parents can join in the afternoon's activity with a Poker Walk. With each lap every walker completes, he/she can select a card at random from a deck of playing cards. At the conclusion of the walk, the "best poker hand" will be awarded a prize.
For more information on "Saturdays in the Park," please contact the Delta State University Department of Health, Physical Education & Recreation at (662) 846-4555
Saturdays in the Park is a collaborative effort between Delta State University's College of Education and its Health, Physical Education & Recreation Department, in cooperation with the Division of Family & Consumer Sciences, the Cleveland School District and the Cleveland Park Commission.
The event is officially recognized by the Healthy Campus/Community Initiative and the Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation.


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Pay it Forward: Feb. 6, 2013
BEAUMONT -- Each week we'll highlight a person in our new Pay it Forward segment who is doing good works in the community.
Today, we featured a former gang member who turned his life around and is now reaching out to troubled youth in Beaumont.
You can nominate someone to be featured, just click on Pay it Forward.Pay it Forward: Feb. 6, 2013
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Her beat-up day was Wednesday. That's when bullies at Patti Vasquez's elementary school in Chicago's Norwood Park community chose to whale on this girl.
She always seemed overly eager to please and Vasquez's mixed ethnicity — Irish and Hispanic — pegged her as somehow different.
Joking and laughing her way out of tight spots usually proved ineffective, so she began faking illness at home in order to escape pummeling.
More detrimentally, her innate sweetness gave way to outright aggression.
Decades later, emotions from those rockier years linger — if typically well below the surface.
"I think comics feel life very intensely," the still-eager-to-please Vasquez said during a sit-down in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood.
It was a short drive from the two-flat she shares with her husband, Steve Jones; two young sons and mother Dora in Chicago's Jefferson Park community.
"That's why we have the rage and the anger," Vasquez said.
As a professional jester of 13 years, she has learned to channel that rage and anger (and sadness and uncertainty and an appreciation for absurdity) into bits for her act.
Her work has included one-woman theater shows and benefitted lately from the Oprah Winfrey Network pilot "My Life Is a Joke" about female comics.
But during the course of an increasingly successful comedy career, painful instances have peppered Vasquez's performances.
The more she has turned her life's lemons into spiked lemonade, observers say, the better she has become.
Transforming tragedy into comedy, however, hasn't always been easy.
After her father died in 2001, Vasquez said it took at least six months to work his passing into her set.
Making light of darkness after her son Declan was born took longer.
Now 7 years old, he is missing a small portion of his brain. As a result, Declan cannot speak and has a variety of other difficulties.
Vasquez waited two years to discuss his situation onstage. Doing so, she said, helps her cope.
Even so, Vasquez has written, "I have moments every week that make me want to go screaming into the night. I don't."
Instead, she quips about verbally slapping a moronic teenager who callously mocked an odd sound Declan made at a museum, or the man in church who told her, "You outta get a leash for that kid."
She suggested the man get a muzzle.
"You evolve when you find your voice," said friend and sometime comedy co-star Steve Cochran, a radio host on WIND-AM (560).
"I think she's funnier than she's ever been, and a good part of that is just talking about her experiences."
Vasquez's ability to be both funny and genuine prompted internationally known comedian Lewis Black to encourage her early on.
"She was starting to create a world she could talk about," he said. "And she's got a point of view."
So far, though, the proverbial big break has been elusive. A series on OWN could change that, of course, if "My Life Is a Joke" progresses beyond the pilot stage.
If not, Vasquez has other options.
Since connecting with her Los Angeles-based business partner, Kevin Cleary, in 2010, she has begun operating more behind the scenes as a writer and producer.
During one of their meetings with actor Robert Downey Jr.'s production company, the Iron Man himself dropped by to shoot the breeze.
Pitching Vasquez as on-camera talent, Cleary said, is trickier.
"She can swing from laugh-out-loud funny to breaking your heart," Cleary said. "And in [L.A.], they really do like to keep people in a box."
But Vasquez hasn't endured the slog nearly long enough to give up, she said.
And Vasquez is too passionate about comedy to hold grudges against younger peers whose careers have boomed.
Occasionally, though, frustration creeps in.
"Sometimes," she said, "I get that moment of, 'Uh, why not me?' "
Patti Vasquez and the Beverly Arts Center will donate half of the proceeds from the April 19 performance of "Lipstick Mom" to the Little Company of Mary Hospital Comprehensive Breast Health Center.
In "Lipstick Mom" Vasquez uses her wry skill in observation and crisp comedic creativity to tell sidesplitting stories about relationships, pop culture and random encounters with strangers who have no idea their ridiculous behavior will be shared with audiences all over town.
On a serious note, Vasquez has been raising funds for breast cancer awareness since 1999.
"If seeing the show means even one woman catches something early, it's worth it," she said.
Vasquez has performed several times at the Beverly Arts Center, and each spring her show is a fundraiser and awareness-raiser for breast cancer and the Evergreen Park-based hospital.
Little Company of Mary's Comprehensive Breast Health Center is fully accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers and provides comprehensive care including a full range of state-of-the-art services, a multidisciplinary team approach to coordinate the best treatment options and information about ongoing clinical trials and new treatment options.
Vasquez got her start at Zanies Comedy Club and has written and performed several hit solo shows.
She has appeared in comedy festivals including HBO's Las Vegas Comedy Festival and the Chicago Comedy Festival, and is a regular guest on "The Bob & Tom Show" on the radio.
Her unique perspective on family and relationships has been described as "comedy with a heart."


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- Jennifer L Costley, Ph.D, Principal, Ashokan AdvisorsJennifer L. Costley, Ph.D. is a scientifically-trained technologist with broad multidisciplinary experience in enterprise architecture, software development, line management and infrastructure operations, primarily (although not exclusively) in capital markets. She is also a non-profit board leader recognized for talent in building strong governance and process. Her current focus is in helping companies, organizations and individuals with opportunities related to data, analysis and sustainability. She can be reached at www.ashokanadvisors.com
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- Dr. Howard A. Rubin, President and CEO, Rubin WorldwideDr. Howard A. Rubin is a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Hunter College of the City University of New York, a MIT CISR Research Affiliate, a Gartner Senior Advisor, and a former Nolan Norton Research Fellow. He is the founder and CEO of Rubin Worldwide. Dr. Rubin is a pioneer in the area of technology economics and has built the world's largest database in the field consisting of business, national, and technology data. He is personally retained by many of the world's largest enterprises as a strategic advisor to provide them with continuous competitive calibration via benchmarking and to advise them on business-technology strategy and trends. His current portfolio of client companies in total generate more than $1.5T in revenue to the global economy annually and account for almost $100B in yearly Information Technology (IT) spending. Dr. Rubin has also worked directly with heads of state or their key ministers around the world in the development of national competitive technology strategies - Canada, India, the Philippines, South Africa, and in the United States with former President Clinton. He currently is an informal advisor assisting President Obama's Council on Job Creation and Competitiveness. Dr. Rubin possesses a Ph.D. from the City University of New York in Computer Science and Oceanography. Outside the world of technology Dr. Rubin is Chairman of the Board of Riverkeeper, a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, a Leadership Council member of the RFK Foundation, a major support of student development programs at the Tribeca Film Institute, and a supporter of the Rainforest Foundation.
- Sang Lee, Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Aite GroupSang Lee is a co-founder of and currently serves as managing partner. Mr. Lee's expertise lies in the securities and investments vertical and has advised many global financial institutions, software/hardware vendors, and professional services firms in sell-side and buy-side electronic trading technology and market structure. Prior to joining Aite Group, Mr. Lee was a founding member of Celent Communications and served as the Manager of the Securities & Investments Group as well as the Operations Group.
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- Brooke Allen, 30-Year Industry VeteranBrooke Allen is a 30-year industry veteran who most recently founded a quantitative trading desk now celebrating its 17th year in continuous operation. For years he wrote a monthly piece for International Family Magazine, in 2009 he founded NoShortageOfWork.com to discuss work life, and in 2011 he created Questions For Colleges (Q4Colleges.com) to discuss issues facing higher education. Now he is beginning a series for us here on his beloved Securities Industry. Before you decide to trust him or collaborate with him, look at BrookeAllen.com where you will find his Personal Disclosure Statement.
- Sean Owens, Director, Fixed Income and Derivatives, Woodbine AssociatesSean Owens is Director, Fixed Income at Woodbine Associates, Inc. focusing on strategic, business, regulatory, market structure, and technology issues that impact firm's active in and supporting global fixed income and derivative markets.
- Joe Saluzzi, Partner and co-head of equity trading, Themis TradingJoseph Saluzzi is partner, co-founder and co-head of equity trading of Themis Trading LLC, a leading independent agency brokerage firm that trades equities for institutional money managers and hedge funds. He is also the co-author of Broken Markets -- How High Frequency Trading and Predatory Practices on Wall Street are Destroying Investor Confidence. Mr. Saluzzi is a frequent speaker at industry conferences on issues involving market access, algorithmic trading and other sell- and buy-side concerns. He has provided expert commentary for media outlets such as CBS's 60 Minutes, BBC Radio, Bloomberg Television & Radio, CNBC, Fox Business, BNN, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Reuters, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg News. Mr. Saluzzi also has authored articles for Traders Magazine, Dow Jones and Journal of Investment Compliance. Prior to Themis, Mr. Saluzzi headed the team responsible for equity sales and trading for major institutional accounts at Instinet Corporation for more than nine years. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with an MBA in Finance and received a Bachelor's Degree in Finance from New York University.
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Kevin NiermanWeekly retail columnist Armand Lobato has worked with many produce managers over the years. Here's a story about one of those managers. The names of people and businesses have been changed so they remain anonymous, but the story is true.
Little did I know the actual battle lines extended an additional 8,600 miles to the east and were decades old. For Max Reese, his war will never be completely over.
"If you're looking for Max, he's off today," Wayne, the store manager, said. "But go ahead, take a look around, then we'll go over your notes."
Max was the produce manager at this location, and I was his new supervisor. Max, like most of the managers I oversaw, was older than me and had more experience. I was assigned the task of keeping guys like Max in line.
My territory was the southern half of the state, overlooking the growing chain. I lied about my age at 15 to join the first chain I worked for, and earned a series of promotions.
I was the come-in-early-and-stay-late employee and as a produce manager myself, had quickly ascended to the top tiers, having a knack for turning around poor-performing locations. By my late 20s I had even opened several new stores — choice assignments usually reserved for the best in our company.
I built on this no-nonsense reputation when I became a produce supervisor. I was young and ready to embark on a new string of accomplishments. My job was to make sure stores were maintaining company standards, such as building certain displays in certain areas, having only so much inventory on hand and sticking within purchasing, supply and labor budgets. These were all the things that I used to do and more. I took zero guff from my older charges, and despite my youth I was determined to become a force to be reckoned with. It was my-way-or-the-highway, as the saying goes, and I already had a hand in demoting a couple produce managers and built up the profit base in my area. I was on a roll.
And then came Max, as unconventional a produce manager as anyone could imagine.
Like the other managers I supervised, he was "old" — at least 40 — and had the stereotypical hardhead image and was described as being "set in his ways." This didn't matter to me.
I had heard it all before, or so I thought. I stuck to the set standards and wished guys like Max would do the same, but he didn't. This was my third visit to his store in the past few months and he had done almost nothing to react to the direction I gave him.


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ThinkBuzan Licensed Instructor in Mind Mapping, Creativity, Innovation and iMindMap
What is your background?
PhD in Information and Communication Sciences of "Toulon-Var South University"; Master Degree Specializing in Management of Technological Resources and Environment Quality from "Ecole Centrale Marseille", DESS in decision making and management of new technologies from "Aix-Marseille II University" and a master degree in energetic physics from "Perpignan Sciences University".
Following a ten years period at high technology business as an engineer, Patrick has been developing methods and tools dedicated to information systems projects in complex environments since 1993. Expert in international organizations, he accompanied the redeployment of industries and regional development specifically in programs of institutional capacity buildup, structural public sector, industrial technology partnerships & private sector. He is well known for his expertise in processes of communication and coordination through the emergence of collaborative community on sensitive projects. As part of the Innovation subsidiary of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Marseille Provence, Patrick held operational responsibility for Master Degrees Specialized in Management. He is an expert in information mapping and conducted training programs on mindmapping for more than ten years.
Patrick is currently a consultant research professor in business and engineering schools. He is involved in the Scientific Council of Sciences for Innovation DBA (Doctorate in Business Administration) within the CERE Institute where he has been continuing his research on multi-dimensional information mapping. He is affiliated to research laboratories associated to Universities where he co-supervises PhD theses in information science and communication. In addition to his education and research activities, Patrick manages the development and valuation of technologies in eco-industry projects.
Why does Mind Mapping inspire you?
Patrick discovered mind mapping in 1994 by reading Tony Buzan's book "dessines moi l'intelligence". He eventually realized that he was in unison with "radiant and networked thinking". This approach has became a true "ecology of life" in all projects. : "We see our environment and its interactions differently ; this adds great value in the projects".
How will you use your TLI accreditation?
After more than 15 years of practice, Patrick has been accredited TLI (Tony Buzan Licensed Instructor) for developing business and educational projects in the Mediterranean.


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Visitation will be held Wednesday, February 12, 2014, from noon–1:45 p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church.
Funeral Services will follow at 2 p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church. Dr. Steve Huber and Reverend Jimmy Breland will officiate the service. Burial will be at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Greenwood, Mississippi.
Bernice was born on February 7, 1924, to Curtis and Ruby (Fraizer) Stinson in Greenwood. She attended Greenwood Public Schools and Mississippi Delta Junior College in Moorhead. Bernice went to work for Illinois Central Railroad in 1944. She was the Cleveland Depot director for 40 years until her retirement in 1985. She was very active in the community by giving of her time as a member of the Business and Professionals Women's Club, the Garden Club, a volunteer at the Bologna Performing Arts Center and a poll worker for elections. She also enjoyed water aerobics at Delta State University of which he had attended for over 20 years. Bernice was a very active member of the First Baptist church in Cleveland.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Lloyd H. Stinson and Curtis Austin Stinson Jr.; three sisters Marguerite McWhorter, Jeanette Dunn and Elizabeth Stinson.
She is survived by daughters, Barbara Gay (Bobby) Gheorghiu of Hattiesburg and Marilyn O. (Steve) Steele of Cleveland; son, Dr. Kenneth Earl (Virginia) Oswalt of Madison; sister, Virginia Truitt Denham of Laurel; six grandchildren Dawn Annette Hutchinson, Audrey Kay (Bryant) Cox, Allison Kelsey Oswalt, Jennifer Lee Oswalt, Shawn Kirk Steele and Shelly Stinson Steele; two great-grandchildren Nicholas Succhi and Tyler Cox. She is also survived by a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Scott Steele, Earl Coleman, Lamar Andrews, Kevin Nolette, Dasel Moorhead and Blake Andrews.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist church of Cleveland or to the Disabled American Veterans Org. www.dav.org P O Box 14301 Cincinnati, Ohio 45250.
Cleveland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. On-line guest register may be signed at www.clevelandfuneralhome.net


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In 1897, C.C. Filson opened Filson's Pioneer Alaska Clothing and Blanket Manufacturers, specializing in goods to outfit the stampeders of the Klondike Gold Rush. It was for inclement weather conditions that C.C. Filson designed his goods. The Gold Rush faded into history, but Filson kept listening to his customers, and outdoorsmen kept coming to Filson for rugged clothes. By the 1960s, Filson's reputation as the premier outfitter for outdoorsmen had spread around the globe. Over 100 years later, Filson's comfortable and durable goods are still in style. Back To Product View All From This Designer
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Hotel Borgo Grondaie Siena
Hotel Borgo Grondaie Siena rooms and apartments a renovated Farm in the heart of Tuscany just 2 km away from Siena center. Maintaining it's rural and rustic setting, Hotel Borgo Grondaie Siena offers guests the possibility to choose between accomodation in hotel rooms or apartments with self catering solution, both furnished in authentic rustic country Tuscan style and with all comforts. Guests of apartment could choose for daily breakfast and cleaning for a small extra. The 4 acres that surround Hotel Borgo Grondaie and the salt water swimming pool will make your holiday unforgettable. If you decide to travel in winter time, you can relax in front of the lobby fireplace tasting our selection of Italian wines. The strategic location of Hotel Borgo Grondaie Siena allows you to easily discover some of the most famous places in Tuscany as San Gimignano, Volterra, Cortona, Montalcino and Montepulciano and become fond of Siena, the Palio town.
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Visitation will be from 10-10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 10, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home.
Memorial Services will immediately follow beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 10, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home. Interment will be in Delta Heights Memorial Garden Cemetery.
Mrs. Bost was born January 28, 1922, to Luther Moore and Maud Roberts Moore. She was married to James F. "Jimmy" Bost Sr. on January 1, 1941, in Ruleville. She was the homemaker of the family, was a member of Calvary Baptist church and loved serving in various ministries at the church earlier in life. She cherished her family and enjoyed spending time with them. The greatest characteristic was her faith in her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Luther and Maud Moore; husband, James F. "Jimmy" Bost Sr.; and son, William "Billy" Bost.
Mrs. Bost is survived by her son, James Bost Jr. (Janeth) of Eudora, Ark.; granddaughter, Kristin Bost Gann (Dirk) of Olive Branch; Grandson, Gary Bost (Myra) of Battle Creek, Mich.; and great-grandchildren, Hunter Bost, Allison Bost, Caleb Bost, and Colton Bost.
In memory of Mrs. Bost, donations may be made to Go World Missions Inc. P.O. Box 253 Southaven, MS 38671.
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The CAO Concert Solo cigar is more than just an excuse to design some music-themed packaging from a company well-known for their imagination and style. It's a legit premium smoke crafted to the highest standards and with a blend that really sings. The name was chosen as an homage to Nashville, Tennessee, internationally known as Music City, and CAO's original hometown. To honor such a celebrated locale, an Ecuadoran Habano Rosado wrapper and a Connecticut Broadleaf binder were selected to front the ensemble of lush Honduran and Nicaraguan filler.
With its guitar pick-shaped band, triple cap, and dark brown color with a few red highlights and small dark veins, the CAO Concert Solo is an impressive stick. The appeal is further enhanced by the aroma of cocoa coming of the wrapper, although there is some molasses at the foot. Easily lit and with a bright white ash that resists any attempt to dislodge it below at least and inch and a half, the initial bursts of flavor are toasted nuts and sweet spices. The seriously straight burn reveals dark coffee and creamy charred oak the further it works into the vitola. The beginning strength of the cigar is medium but rises to medium-full near the end bringing along a good dose of nicotine.
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