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"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."January 17, 2011 at 8:54 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Oh, the Places You'll Go! DREAM.
I have shared on here my affinity for the Dr.Seuss book "Oh ,The Places You'll Go". If you put that title into the search function on this blog, the story will come up. It is an amazing story so I encourage you to have a quick read.
Beyond those words stirring a feeling of connection because of the book, they also made me pause as I don't seem to dream about travel any more. My graduation present to myself after I finished my university education was a trip to Europe. Teaching, among other reasons, was attractive to me as I thought it would allow me to work and travel. My move out west came about as a result of my love to travel. I had thought I wanted to travel the world via a sailboat for years. This is making me pause as I'm not sure if I've lost the love of travel or if I'm blocking what had been a dream of mine for years for some reason.
This is one of the images/words on my board that is there as it's made me pause. With time, I would like to figure out if I've lost my dream to travel.
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"You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks'."January 16, 2011 at 1:06 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
My 2011 Vision Board Affirmations
Introducing…(To Me, with Love)…Her Own Woman
This is certainly an affirmation to myself that I am my own woman (playing in my head is: "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy) and that I love this person. Regardless of what I've been through and the times where I shake my head at myself for feeling dumb as to choices I've made, that I actually stop and celebrate where I've been and who I am as a result of that. And just as importantly that I realize the things that I need to continue on this path which are captured essentially by both vision boards.
I'm grateful for all of you that loved me before I truly loved myself :)
I deserve a little protection every day.
What resonates as affirmation for me are the words deserve, protection and every day. I'm still coming up with what I deserve in life but so far I'd say that respect and love are most prominent. I've been pretty independent for a very long time, it's nice to admit that I sometimes would like some protection! In conclusion, every day I deserve respect, love and on some days will take protection!
Clear energy choice w/ pic's of rainbow, sun, sky, clouds.
(Photo Courtesy of Diana Johnson Photography www.dianajohnsonphotography.com)
Diet, sleep, living as close to a drama free life as possible are all things that I know affect one's energy. For me, I realize that I also adore being outside. I adore living on the ocean. I adore having the forest at my finger tips. I adore that every day the sounds and sights are different outside my door. And I could go on! This living as one with nature translates into me being energized. And I need to be aware of that and grateful for it every day!!! This set of pictures is simply helping me to do that. And yes, it's turned me into "one of those" out West crazy hippy chick girls!!!!
Damsel in distress? Not when I'm around.
I get it :) Finally I get why people suggest that I am inspirational and that I motivate them. And this picture symbolizes that to me. I want to continue to feel comfortable being that person and affirming that is who I am.
Value Connections
I value my connections with people so much. I hope it is something those that are close to me know is important to me. It is also something that I want to be a tenant of my biz which will separate me out from the rest. This is an affirmation of connections being that important to me!
Journey to Healthy
I realize that I am on a journey and I'd like to give myself props for how far I've come. YES (while doing a double fist pump)! I am so excited to be who I am today. My mind, body, and soul are at such amazingly healthy places. This is an affirmation of that and a deep gratitude as there are many people along the way that have helped me reach this point. Thank you to each and every one of you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Everything takes times. A wise woman said to me, "only go as fast as the slowest part of you can go". Those words have repeated through my head so many times over the last year. Again, this is an affirmation that it's ok to have taken the time I have on myself. Ultimately, my children and I will be the better for it.
New Slender Secret that Instantly Slim You. Do you have an instant?
If you have not seen the movie, "What The Bleep Do We Know?", please do. It will articulate this point in a way that I'm not equipped to do. However, here's a shot at what this means to me. Thoughts become things. As I've mentioned in past blog postings, I was struggling with my weight. And when I say struggling, I was working out, eating well and still not losing weight. The doctor suggested we do a range of tests to see what perhaps might be the problem. It turns out that physically I was great! Hmm…how much easier would have been for me in that moment if he had prescribed a drug or a certain procedure and said that would fix me. Just kidding (kind of). However, I had to accept in that moment that the problem with the weight loss was mental. I was not releasing my weight for some reason. Remember the soother from above, the weight was fulfilling a need for me. It made me have to pause to see what that was. It was certainly protecting me from entering into the dating phase of my life. I only realized that after I dropped some weight and then felt ready to date: "aha" I figured part of the reason out. I accepted myself. I went through the dating phase. I'm in an amazing relationship (yes that is part of my vision board so just hold on!). So why still hold on to some weight (especially if you consider my exercise pace of the last couple of months and all the cleanses)? Thoughts become things. The secret that I am referring to in the bold words is my thoughts. And yes I do have an instant each day to tell myself that I am deserving of the body I've always wanted and certainly strived for. It's that simple. If you have doubt, watch the movie!!!
The next entry will be the more foccussed goals I want to accomplish for 2011 and the relationship section you've all been waiting for :)
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How do you know you are beautiful inside & out?January 15, 2011 at 7:35 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
How do you know when you are beautiful inside and out? U just know. SPECIAL.
This is a question that I've struggled with for awhile. I always believed I was just who I was and that person shined through and created a certain presence. However in being conscious of that presence and those looking in on it, I would adapt who I was. So it was almost like I was two people, the one doing the action and then the one assessing the action and adjusting it based on who was around. Sound confusing? Well imagine how much energy that took! In making a conscious choice to no longer do that for the past year, but to focus on just being (which I may make sound easy however note that it took me a year!!!), I've come to realize that there are certain things that I want to help me feel that way. I want to feel special. Going back to how I was raised (yes Mom, sorry have to do it!), I was raised that wanting to feel special was somehow inherently wrong. Good girls didn't seek that attention. Special was for those that for some reason were less and therefore needed something extra to feel whole. Guess what? I'm whole, I want to feel special and I'm a nice girl!!!!
What does that look like for me? Being looked at in the eye when one is talking to me. Being asked in a genuine manner how I am and what makes me who I am. Being given a look or a touch which I know is just for me. Having my favourite food remembered. Having my birthday celebrated (yes for a month!). Having my voice heard. Feeling loved, appreciated, and respected. And the biggest learning in this all, was to know that I first had to feel this way about myself and start treating myself this way before I could reasonably expect anybody else to. And also to know that at the end of the day, it was ok to not only realize I wanted this but to ask for it.
Thank you to everybody who on this journey has helped me feel special! You've contributed to me seeing that this is a destination I want to have. And just an FYI: my birthday month is March :)
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ME. POWERED.January 14, 2011 at 6:51 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
This is the TITLE to my personal vision boards. Yes I said boards, as there are two! (And one biz one! Also working on a family one and a couple one!) The images and words found on my board and described below are all the things that I want in order to continue my journey while staying true to me and who I am as a person. In Amber style, I would like them to happen in an empowered & energetic way! Thanks for taking the journey with me :) As always, I welcome your feedback, love and support! Remember to grab a coffee, tea, smoothie, and/or milk & cookies, as you might be reading for awhile!
My vision boards this time around are different than in the past. Some of the images/key words are going to have SMART goals attached to them (as I've done in the past and explained on my blog in great detail).
Some of the images/key words are going to be new found pieces of knowledge about myself that I'm sharing and putting out there to see how in time how they will grow. My thinking here is to see how much more they will grow by putting them out there. And they aren't things I want to attach a SMART goal to more a personal "AHA" that I feel is essential to who I am in this moment and who I want to continue to be.
Some of the images/key words I don't have an answer or a way to achieve it but just know it is an important piece that if not achieved, my life will look quite different in the future and it's not a direction I want to go in. In these ones I'm trusting that the mechanism for how to do it will be found as my eyes will be open to looking for more possibilities than it sees right now. So I'm noting it, but not committing to a path as to how to obtain it.
And very important to note, these boards are a vision as to how I would like my life to look as I'm choosing to be the pilot in it. And like a flight plan, there is a destination and a route and there is also a large chance that during the flight there might need to be an adjustment to what the universe presents along the way! While anticipating that sometimes you might have to veer off course, a vision board is a reminder of the final destination!
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Where have I been?!January 13, 2011 at 6:17 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
As I'm ready to launch my new vision boards, I first want to apologize, kind of :) I certainly have been meaning to blog more often as business tool and as a personal growth tool; but life just got in the way! I often talk about being my own pilot and that comes with knowing your destination but sometimes having the route be detoured a bit from what it was originally. In this case, I realized that before ASTC could become what I want it to, the first two letters AS (not ASS!) needed to figure some sh*t out. As figuring sh*t out is a life long process, I expect that will happen more than once in this journey. However, I know that with what I have figured out and with where I want to be personally and professionally, I'm still the pilot and my destination is still on course! Thanks for coming on my ride :)
Welcome to my 2011 Vision both for AS and ASTC. How are your 2011 plans looking? Are you picturing where you see yourself in 3, 6, 9, 12 months? What about 5, 10, 15, 100 years?
While life is a journey and not a destination, the destination is still important. Envision it, write it down, talk to people about it, write a song about it, blog about it, and live it. I talk to a lot of people about what they want out of life and out of their businesses, with very little prompting people know what they want and they're afraid to say it. Their "destination" is too grand, too unachievable, too uncomfortable. I am giving you permission to share your dream. I'm putting mine out to you and another million or so close friends :) What have you got to lose?
As I share my 2011 Vision, where have I been will be unveiled! As I've been on a personal journey, really still completing my last personal vision board, I'll share my deep learning moments (or my "aha's" as I like to call them), my new personal and business SMART goals, and some other goals that I want to achieve that I'm not quite sure of the route yet to achieve them. I'll share some personal stories as to how I've come to realize that certain areas of my life I want to change up. I'll really be introducing you to the person you see before you today (or read before you today). I feel as though I've been in a cocoon of sorts for the past two years and that the butterfly that is emerging now is pretty skookum, even if I do say so myself :)
Enjoy my journey, I sure am! I hope you are able to laugh, cry, smile, and be inspired!
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10/10/10: My JourneyOctober 8, 2010 at 2:03 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
As I was updating my facebook status this morning and realizing I had way too many characters, I realized I probably needed to blog about all my thoughts in relation to my 10/10/10 journey.
This will only be a snippet, I will come back for more later, as I hope you will!
The journey of 21km started with a thought I set for myself in May of last year. I wanted to start running. So up went the running pictures on my vision board. When I defined that into a SMART goal, I realized that preferably I wanted to run with someone in my neighbourhood & getting along with them would be great too! I connected with a fantabulous person, Erica Rudischer, who lived in walking (or should I say running!) distance and has since been deemed "my soul sista from anotha mista".
The goal I had to start running became an inspired path as I committed to train with Erica for the half marathon she was doing on 10/10/10. Although I hesitated on signing up for it, I told her I would do the training with her. More on my hesitation later!
In committing to run train with Erica, I ended up with this amazing bond with an awesome human being. When I say she's my "soul sista from anotha mista" what I mean is that I love her. We have picked each other up from physical and emotional falls, dragged each other up the hills of our neighbourhood and the bumps of life, and most important to me, is committed to be there for each other not only for this training but in our lives. Thank you Erica for coming into my life with your rays of sunshine!
As Erica is a pusher, of all things good (!!), my world then kept expanding. I met a wonderful group of runners. I got close with her amazing family and friends.
I have so much more to add but the children are awake :)
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In truth, reality only exists right now—it's as close and accessible as our breath—and this awareness heals suffering caused by past regrets or future fears.September 17, 2010 at 7:21 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Wow, apparently I had lots to say and perhaps taking time off my blog was a silly idea?!
I have been keeping journals, just not been writing on here. I took the summer "off" with the kids and am happy I was able to do that. We created a lot of memories at our wonderful ocean front home with our awesome roomies! We had lots of company and lots of bonfires! What did you do this summer?!
As promised below is my spring vision board, I'm now ready to create a fall one. Please come and join me at the next Learning to Fly series in October!
Relationship Building
The Little Black Book: I wanted to date to figure out what I wanted in a partner or if I even wanted a partner ;) To that end, I joined Plenty of Fish, an online dating site, as well as put the word out to friends. I am happy to report there has been lots of dates :)
Tricks of The Trade: In going through the dating process, I wanted to learn more about my wants, needs, desires, etc. to find out what works for me as opposed to what works for the male counterpart. I journalled about my dates and talked a lot about the experiences in order to do this. As life is a highway, I'm still riding this particular wave!
Get Turned On: See blog posting in relation to (shh!) s-e-x. I'm spelling it out!
Good Men Aren't Hard to Find: In going back into the dating scene which I had not been in for 2o years, I wanted to ensure that I reinforced that there are lots of good men out there! Otherwise, I would attract the not-so-good ones! The first guy I met and dated was a stellar human being! And truth be told, many of the men are!
Events to do with a Soul Mate with a Picture of Two Star Fish: I will find somebody who is for me, and I for them, by doing the above things! Again, this is still a work in progress but nice to know what I am working towards and what this looks like for me (which will be on my next vision board).
Baby: I wasn't sure under which category to put this! And still will wait on disclosing the full meaning :)
Calendar Girl & Flirty Florals: I want to feel as though I could be a calendar girl and yet still be the hippie chick! This has come about by expressing myself through the clothes I wear. I have pieces that demonstrate both sides!
Natural Beauty & Makeup: I want to be comfortable in my skin, as well as enhance what I have and not feel shameful in either. Being blessed with my roomie who is into make up, I've experimented and even own some now!
Girl in White Dress: The sexyness and the allure of the woman in confidence and poise I want to attain. With time and comfort in my own skin, I believe this is shining through! Even wore a white dress with a bikini underneath it!
Chameleon: Maintaining that I can fit into different situations as me! I am able to do this in every facet of my life and will continue to do so with ease.
Perspective: Conviction and Committment: This in essence sums up who I am, a person with perspectives based in conviction and committment. There are times when having clarity on this perspective helped me re-jig how I was feeling about certain biz dealings. As well as really focussing on having a creative mindset, instead of a competitive one.
Be inspired: The common theme people tell me that I do for them is to inspire them. I love to hear this and am thinking about getting a tatoo of it. (Other options: Be Here Now or I am Beautiful…opinions anyone?) I love that I inspire and will continue to strive to do this.
Envision Your Possibilities: This sums up what life should be about. If an option is taken away, it's really about knowing how to envision another one or at least being open to the fact that another will come your way.
An Investment…a Life of Beauty: Thinking about your choices and actions & how by investing in yourself your investing in the beauty that radiates from within, especially by being who you are.
Be Here Now: Beyond tattoo potential (see above), "now" is all that we have. This grounds me when I get fearful of past mistakes or worry about future ones.
Women Controlling Everything: Realizing that I need to "let go" of certain areas of my life which are not in my control. Feeling okay about that.
Find Your Inner Slim: In the struggle to not have my outer body determine who I am, I needed to work on this. I'm slowly but surely getting there. I was given an awesome simple tip. Talk to your body with compassion and love. I've re-drawn hearts on mine with permanent ink!!
Training: I wanted to start some sort of physical training. In working with a boxing gym club owner on something totally unrelated, I was able to attain this by training at a boxing club!
Running Mini Wardrobe: I have wanted to get into running for years. Put it on my board and the next week I had found people to run with. I then committed to running a half marathon on 10/10/10 which in June seemed a long time away, now not so much!!
Adventure: I was hoping to have seen more of the Island and tried more of the sports. This will have to come in time as with being off with the boys, it was hard to partake in a lot of these types of activities.
Learn a New Step a Month: I always like to be learning. To that end I did a new biz venture this summer which definitely had a learning curve!
Run an Efficient Kitchen: I wanted to make more homemade meals and be more prepared with them. I did this by having bake and cook offs in which I was able to freeze lots of good food!
Keep it Simple: Not always do I need to think everything has to be gourmet!
Yoga: Getting back to the meditative piece of mind. Something I have just started back at.
Digestion: I am doing a cleanse to this end, as well as the running.
Perfect Portions: Still working on this one but at least I know what they are now!
The juice that launched a thousand imitators: I would like to one day have a biz that does that.
Life Coach: Putting You First Another piece that I need to emphasize and work on.
Slam Dunk: Trying out new biz ideas to see which one will be a slam dunk.
Another Sunday Shareholders meeting: Involving the kids in financial matters and hopefully in starting a biz.
What If: What if everything I wanted came to fruition?!
Tie In
Balance is Everything & Energy Reserves Improve: My life in general to reflect that, which it does!
Hope you enjoyed reading about my spring vision board and will think about coming out to do one for yourself. They are so powerful!
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"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of Hell, a hell of Heaven."September 16, 2010 at 11:59 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Morale of today is: Don't believe everything you think!
"Don't believe everything you think"…yes, that is what it says!
Start monitoring your thoughts for negativity: things like judgement, worrying, complaining, criticizing, and permission to procrastinate. As these things occur, remind yourself that you have the choice to make your world heaven or hell. It's all relative to what story you create about it.
Choose instead to start influencing your thoughts with the positive messages that you want to influence your daily existence and your actions with. The Learning to Fly series promotes this through running it in a group setting, as well as through teaching the concept of a vision board.
The group setting enables you to say your positive thoughts aloud, this makes them more real and more concrete. It also gives you some accountability. If you are doing these exercises on your own, an accountability partner(s) is a great person to have. You have to choose this person wisely as it has to be somebody who understands the power of thought. Another suggestion is to get an elastic band for around your wrist and as you have negative thoughts, as described above, snap your wrist with the band. Remind yourself of how powerful your thoughts truly are. Once you realize that, you will want to do your best to never think a negative thought again!
A vision board is another great way to do ensure positive thought. When having a negative thought, you can envision your vision board and where you are actually going with your life as you have planned. And in more positive thought moments it reinforces the trek you are on!
I shared my two Vision Boards that I created in January of 2010 in earlier blog entries (Dream, Dream, Dream and "Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu'un long discours."). I shared the pictures and sayings on each board, as well as the intent behind each picture and saying. In previous entries (A Virgin Blogger), I shared my AHA moments of 2009 and what learnings I had taken that would propel me forward, as opposed to being stuck in them. In another entry (Drum Roll Please) you can view the SMART way to plan these visions out so that they have measurable results that helped me ensure that I was successful in reaching each intent picture or saying, and the steps to get there.
Originally, I had planned those goals displayed on my vision board would take me through the 2010 year. But by the end of April of 2010, the boards had come to fruition and it was time to re-assess and create another. At that point I offered a free Vision Board workshop as I was so excited at how the Learn to Fly process worked for me!
Won't you join the upcoming October or November series to see how it could work for you!?!
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"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become."September 11, 2010 at 5:36 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
How appropriate to be writing this on September 11th…"Your time is limited"
Learning to Fly was born out of the realization that I had been living someone else's life…no longer could I define who Amber was and what she wanted. I felt something akin to a hamster on a wheel, just spinning round and round. When this realization struck me, I knew I needed to make a change. I needed to figure out how to get back to feeling what my heart and soul were telling me.
This journey started out with me answering some basic questions about myself. However putting my heart and soul into answering those questions made it become not so basic and actually life altering. This is what you too will do in the first session of the Learn to Fly series. Once these questions are answered, you are able to create a vision board. This board is purposefully created to begin to influence yourself as to what you want to get out of life.
The second step is to ensure that anything that might be preventing your from reaching those visions is realized. For me this meant focussing on my 2009 year and pulling out all my learnings from everything that had occurred. Others might need to go back further into their lives. We do this so that we don't get stuck in anything. So that we are able to see past events as past events, nothing more, nothing less. We leave the stories of these events behind.
The third step is to create SMART goals to reach each of these visions. This is the planning part in which you are held accountable to what you are going to create for yourself. Because truly if you don't, who will?!
The final step is a light-hearted movie discussion. It touches upon life skills that will be important to aid you in reaching your visions!
Won't you come Fly with us!?!
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"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."September 8, 2010 at 5:23 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
It's time to love yourselves my friends! Commit to the Learning To Fly four-week series in which you are the focus :) The Learning To Fly interactive workshop series will help you if you are frustrated with an aspect of your life, not sure how to stop making the same choices you keep making, or just want to have more happiness, peace of mind and passion. Come Fly With Us! There are October & November dates & a new online service. Book by Sept. 20th & pay no HST!
Why am I so passionate about the Learn To Fly series? Because I've seen it work. People see their potential and truly learn how to pilot their lives. Its exciting, mesmerizing, and life transforming. What a better gift for yourself!
What is the Learning To Fly series? Its defining a path for yourself based on who you are in this moment. Its letting go of what fears and stories that might be holding you back. Its creating a plan for this path with definite points of measurement. Its celebrating in where you are in this moment.
Come Fly with us!
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The City Council's leadership will remain unchanged in 2013, but as in 2012, the selection reflects a distinct divide on the council.
Members of the council met Thursday to appoint a president and vice president and to set meeting dates and times for the new year.
Mayor Steve Butcher asked for nominations for the two leadership positions. Councilman Bernard Brush (At-Large) nominated Councilman Mike Compton (Ward 2) for president, while Councilman Bryan Lenzo (At-Large) nominated council's 2012 president, Dan Hayes (Ward 4). ...

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Principal's List
Third Grade: MacKenzie Bosworth, Bradley Gloria, Daijah Buggs, Makali Church, Mathew Church, Madilyn Cox, Elizabeth Futch, Renee George, Creighton Goernor, Sarah Goldgar, Alex Goldman, Tayla Gomez, Micah Hope, Caleb Kelley, Levi Lennen, Victoria May, Elizabeth McMinn, Jada Milner, Taylor Oliver, Abigail Oser, Amaya Roberson, Riley Shubert, Caeli Smith, Laura Smith, Avery Swords, Brianna Symons, Brianna Thomas, Brooke Tyler, Ahmad Upshaw, Lavelle Ware, Ian Westcott and Jordan Wilson.
Fourth Grade: Hannah Autry, John Clay Bare, Chandler Bowen, Elizabeth Brooks, Aryanna Brown, Lauren Brown, Ryan Calik, Christina Cathcart, Jalen Clark, Madison Damone, Maya Davis, Sydney Gaylor, Kalia Goodwin, Joshua Guilford, Akasha Hayden, Hannah Ivie, Kaylin Lear, Jordan Longenecker, Salvatore Longo, Rachel McWilliams, Michael Meneely, Soraya Merriweather, Lynda Mosley, Raegan Owen, Arielle Parmer, Rushi Patel, Sydney Phillips, Isaiah Robinzine, Maria Scott, Shadia Smith, Lanie Snyder, Chelsea Stone, James Warren, Abby Wilcox, Delaney Willette, Karli Williams, Noah Woodruff and Seth Zackery.
Fifth Grade: Noah Baker-Brown, Fallon Barnes, Sarah Beharry, Megan Bowles, Stephanie Bryan-Popo, Faith Buchanan, Nathaniel Buck, Nick Chmiel, Devin Dent, Jeebe Diop, Justin Eyler, Cole Gilliam, Michael Jackson, M'Ayesha Jefferson, Damon Jones, Sachin Kadam, Morgan Kelly, Taylor Langlois, Paul Le, Amanda Lee, Zach Lee, Michael Lennen, Jade McPike, Elijah McWilliams, Derrick Miller, Patrick Moss, Miranda Murphy, Jennie Nelson, Princess Osibodu, Nick Pausche, Walker Redding, Amaya Register, Miranda Rice, Sarah Rodriguez, Hiram Solomon, Casey Symons, Mykel Tubbs, Kayla Warren, Sean Whilden, Mark Wiggins, Emily Wilcox, Jamie Wilcox and Mathew York.
Honor Roll with Distinction
Fourth Grade: Layla Johnson, Stevie Nix and McKinley Pierce.
Fifth Grade: Jahara Buggs, Abbey George, Christian Glover, Desmond Hyatt, Kayleigh Jones, Brandon Joseph, Daisha Singletary, Soleil St. Louis, Kamari Toney and Lyndsey Wilson.
Honor Roll
Third Grade: Jorden Bajnath, Immanuel Banks, Aaliyah Beharrry, Micheal Bolar, Tony Bowles, Deja Broughton, Dan Chau, Shaelyn Clark, Alexis Cosby, Neil Desai, Claudia Dopico, Jordan Galan, Tristan Hendley, Alayna Hopper, Keion Jordan, Caroline Kuhn, Christian Lennen, Brianna McCray, Tyler McMichael, Antoinette Niel, Ryan Overton, Destiny Ridley, Ashleigh Smith, Journey Sorrell, Kalia Swint, Niemah Thomas, Joss Thorne, Skyler Thrasher, Joi Shalom and Keenan Wright.
Fourth Grade: Christian Anderson, Julien Baquet, Dylan Beck, Emily Bradley, Kallie Casey, Julia Charette, Korei Curtis, Jeron Davis, Brett Edwards, Joshua Hixson, Cayla Houston, Jazmyn Jacobs, Jayden Jenkins, Chas Koenig, Nathan Kunz, Kayleigh Linder, Jaeshia Lindsay, Jake Manning, Ebony McMillion, Jayden Meertens, Kennedy Miles, Spencer Mills, Suzy Parker, Seth Pauls, Immanuel Rauf, Chandler Ricks, Corey Rivers, Jada Rose, Samantha Wilkins, Iniya Shakur, Corey Snipes, D'Aundre Titre, Jena Tompkins, Nickolas Watson-Garcia and Alexandria Wilburn.
Fifth Grade: Courtney Beatles, Abigail Boan, Rayden Bombardier, Jordan Bowers, Maleah Boyd, Asa Bradley, Ben Brumlow, Katie Cannon, Camron Carter, Chandler Coleman, Khalil Cooper, Devin Gladden, Kelsey Gomes, Reese Haller, Judah Hill, Cymone Houston, Courtnee Island, landon Lawrence, Marcus Lennen, Tayia Mahaffey, Brittany Major, Layla Mann, Aaron Mitchell, Erika Moreno, Maggie Morgan, Hailey Porch, Cody Powell, Zach Ransom, Cortez Robinson, Sarah Smith, Robert Sorrell, Kaden Spann, Maleah Thompson, Hunter Todd, Alex Tucker, Grayson Turner, Dustin Wells, Tierra Wise and Chyna Wright.
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Marital Status
Within the city
Time spent online?
A couple times a week
English, Spanish/Espanol
Social Orientation
Ultra Conservative
Tobacco Consumption
I'm a non-smoker
Alcohol Consumption
I rarely drink
Kids, How many?
Want kids?
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Ideal partner
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Age of partner from
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Age of partner to
18 to 30
For Activities
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Tobacco Preference
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Alcohol Preference
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Best Feature
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Hair Color
Hair Length
Body Hair
Fully Shaved
Pubic Hair
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Glasses or Contacts
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Movie Categories
Action, Adventure, Animation, Family, Classics, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film-Noir, Horror, Independent, Musicals, Mystery, Porn, Romance, Science Fiction, Thrillers, War, Westerns
Music Styles
Hip-Hop, Latin, R&B/Soul, Rap
Favorite Books
Erotica, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Non Fiction, Sports, Thrillers, Travel
Sports Orientation
Watch and Participate
Exercise occasionally
Work & Living Environment
Other profession
Full Time
$25,001 to $35,000
Living Arrangement
Live with parents
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Sexual Interests
Favorite sexual fantasy
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Sexual Orientation
Sexually Daring
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Sexual Activities
Age Play, Giving Anal Sex, Giving Oral Sex
Sex, How often?
All the time
Practice Safe Sex
Dirty talk during sex?
Is a must during sex!
Sexual Accessories
Porn Movies, Which?
Amateur, Anal, Bisexual, Busty women, Fetish
Porn Movies, With?
By myself
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Josh Smith scored 24 points and Rodney Stuckey added 23 to lift the Detroit Pistons to a 99-89 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.
Andre Drummond added 15 points and eight rebounds for Detroit, outscoring DeMarcus Cousins in a matchup of two of the NBA's top young big men. Cousins had 13 points and 14 rebounds but shot 5 of 15 from the field.
Detroit trailed 54-52 at halftime, but outscored the Kings 20-11 in the third quarter.
Rudy Gay scored 20 points and Isaiah Thomas added 19 points and eight assists for Sacramento.
The Pistons snapped a three-game losing streak and pulled to within three games of Atlanta for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
The Pistons will need a strong finish to make the postseason, and they've shown little sign of one. But they put the Kings away with impressive starts to the third and fourth quarters.
Detroit began the third on an 8-0 run thanks to a dunk by Drummond and 3-pointers by Smith and Brandon Jennings. An alley-oop from Smith to Drummond on the break made it 69-60.
It was 72-65 after three, and Detroit started the fourth with six straight points.
The Pistons won despite a rough shooting night from their two point guards. Jennings and Will Bynum combined to go 5 of 24 -- although they did finish with 13 assists between them.
Cousins dunked on Drummond early in the game, giving the Kings a 12-6 lead, but the Pistons kept him under control for the most part. Drummond blocked a shot by Cousins out of bounds later in the first quarter.
Greg Monroe, who was drafted two spots after Cousins in 2010, had six points and 12 rebounds for Detroit.
NOTES: There was a moment of silence before the game in honor of William Clay Ford, who died Sunday. Ford was the last surviving grandchild of automotive pioneer Henry Ford and owner of the Detroit Lions. ... Sacramento's Ray McCallum, who played college basketball at Detroit, scored nine points on 4-of-5 shooting. ... The Kings did match up well with Detroit inside, outscoring the Pistons and their imposing front line 18-8 on second-chance points. ... Sacramento shot 3 of 15 from 3-point range, and in the second half the Kings went 6 of 17 on free throws.
Pistons clamp down on Kings in 99-89 win
Josh Smith scored 24 points and Rodney Stuckey added 23 to lift the Detroit Pistons to a 99-89 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.
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The clock marking off the time it may take Iran to produce enough highly enriched uranium (HEU) to pose a credible military nuclear threat is ticking more slowly than was once assumed. That's the consensus of experts in the non-government arms control community, according to a briefing today by Ivan Oelrich and Ivanka Barzashka of the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, D.C.
Oelrich, a nuclear physicist and FAS vice president, and Barzashka, a FAS researcher, concluded last fall that estimates of Iran's potential HEU production rate should be lowered dramatically. Their assessment--based on an analysis of measurements made in Iran by inspectors for the International Atomic Energy Agency--appeared in last fall in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists [2]. It drew skepticism at first, Oelrich says. But after a vigorous debate [3], others now appear to have accepted the idea that Iran's potential production rate of HEU (processed to yield 20% U-235) is only one-half to one-fifth as high as earlier estimates.
This downsizing is based on the performance of finicky centrifuges used to churn out HEU at Iran's main uranium processing facility in Natanz. The machines are far less efficient than the European-made ones from which they are illicit copies. Iran has put a huge effort into HEU production. But assessments by some nuclear experts--such as recent notes in blogs by Jeffrey Lewis [4] of the New America Foundation and David Albright and Jaqueline Shire [5] of the Institute for Science and International Security—suggest that Iran will be hard-pressed to turn out even small quantities (a few kilograms) of HEU in a year. Iran says that new, more efficient centrifuges will go online this spring.


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Cicada-killer Wasps
The largest wasp species in North America at nearly an inch long, they look similar to the Asian Giant Hornet but these have a gentler disposition and are actually beneficial to mankind and nature.
Cicada Killer Wasp: The Not-So Killer Bee
The cicada killer wasp is a large wasp of the Central and North Americas, often reaching 20mm (approx. 1-inch) in length. They have been sited by people whom, at first glance swear that they what they saw was a hummingbird-sized bee! Cicada killer wasps are found from Central to North America all the way up to and into Canada and somewhat common in the southern United States where they are sometimes mistaken for another specie called the Asian Giant Hornet.
Asian Hornet in America
The giant Japanese wasps Suzumebachi or 'sparrow bee' are an unwanted invasive eastern European specie. Sometimes also called "Tiger's Head Wasp," these large wasps can destroy an entire honeybee hive of many thousands of bees in just a matter of several hours.
Using just three or four 'soldiers' whom wage a frontal attack against the hive, they kill every bee in the hive and then plunder the honey and eat the honeybee larvae.
The adult cicada killer wasps however, eat only nectar from flowers but the females also hunt cicada insects which they use to line the nest cells their yet unhatched brood of eggs. The cicada killer wasp lands upon a tree trunk or branch in a tree and stalks its prey, using the chirping vibrations of the cicada to locate the prey.
Cicada: Primary Food for the Cicada Killer Wasp Larvae
They pounce upon it and deliver the immobilizing sting. The now paralyzed cicada is flown away to their burrow lair and loaded into an underground 'cell' where several eggs have been laid. The cell is then sealed-up. These underground burrows of the cicada killer wasp have been found to contain as many as 16 such cells.
The eggs of the cicada killer wasp will hatch within a few days; the live cicada will serve as a food source for the hatchling larvae. The hatched larvae will consume the still live but paralyzed cicada for up to 10 days, depending upon the size of the cicada and the number of eggs in the particular cell. The cicada is reduced to a mere shell of inedible exoskeleton parts during this time. The larvae now enter the pupae stage where they spin a silken cocoon and over-winter within the cell, emerging the following spring as a fully-fledged adult.
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CHEF of Louisiana Board Members
President - Roger & Jan Smith firstname.lastname@example.com
Roger Smith, M.D. is married to Jan Caldwell Smith and has four adult children who were all homeschooled. Though the Smiths have no children at home, they have sought to remain involved with CHEF to "give back" for all the years they were strengthened by the work of CHEF. Roger is an internal medicine physician in Wisner, LA where he is involved in River of Life Church and teaches a Sunday School Class for men from a residential drug rehab program.
Vice President - Lavon & Jessica Welch firstname.lastname@example.com
Lavon and Jessica Welch currently reside in Covington, LA, where they have lived and raised their family since 1986. Having four sons and two daughters, they have four homeschool graduates who were homeschooled all the way through. Of the four, three are also college graduates, one is married, and one is in college at Southeastern. They have twin sons who are with Jesus. In addition to being a "Who-Dat", Lavon enjoys watching a good movie and dancing with his Jessica. Jessica enjoys leading women's Bible studies and never tires of chocolate or being at the beach. Lavon and Jessica have served on their local homeschool support group, the NHEA, board for several terms over the years. Both of them especially love having people in their home and sharing the love and good news of Jesus Christ with others.
Secretary - Tim & Jenny Morse email@example.com
Tim and Jenny have been married 19 years this summer and have three children, Evan, a high school junior, Stacey, a ninth grader, and Julia, a seventh grader. While Jenny home schools the kids, Tim works at Louisiana Tech as a systems analyst. The Morse family attends The Bridge Community Church in Ruston where Tim has served on the Missions Team and Jenny has sung on the worship team. Tim and Jenny have served on their local CHEF board as treasurer, secretary, vice president, and currently as president and Jenny helped start a supplementary co-op for CHEF home schoolers. They are both humbled and excited to serve CHEF of Louisiana.
Treasurer - John & Becky Ponthieux email@example.com
John and Becky have been married 17 years and have a 16 year old daughter and a 12 year old son. They have been homeschooling for 7 years and are members of CHA in Monroe where they served as Vice Presidents of their local board for 3 years. They currently serve on the CHA athletic board and Becky is assistant coach for the girls' basketball teams. John is the owner of A+ Professional Painting and Remodeling and Becky enjoys the blessings of staying home with kids. She and the kids have been involved in the Monroe coop for 6 years. They have been members of Family Church in West Monroe for 17 years where they've served as children's small group teachers for 4-5 years and young adult leaders for 3 years. They currently serve as small group leaders, ushers and greeters, connectors, and in the children's ministry. They consider it an honor and a privilege to serve on the CHEF Board and help others come to know the joy and blessings of homeschooling!
Past President - Mike & Martha Flowers firstname.lastname@example.com
Mike and Martha have eight children, 6 boys and 2 girls. They have been homeschooling since 1991, and have graduated three of their children. Doing the math, Lord willing they will be homeschooling until they are 62. They have been in leadership since 1993 and love serving others that have been called to homeschool.


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Move aside, Chuck Norris, Ron Paul Facts is now in.
Ron Paul, a Texas Congressman and 2012 presidential hopeful, has inspired a fiercely loyal following around the country with his straight-talking Libertarian approach.
The Federal Reserve? End it! … Income taxes? Don't need it! … Troops abroad? Send them home! … The UN and NATO? Pull out of them!
On the Internet, Ron Paul is king. Back in the 2008 Republican presidential primaries, he became known for winning virtually every single internet and text message poll. This ardent online support in has spawned the "Ron Paul Facts" in 2011.
Below are some "facts" about Ron Paul, taken from the Ron Paul Facts website.
Ron Paul has no alarm clock, but instead wakes every morning to the call of freedom.
Ron Paul doesn't go the gym. He stays fit by exercising his civil rights.
Ron Paul delivers babies without his hands.


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Profile: Janet Bruner, M.D.
Conquest - Fall 2007
By Mary Jane Schier
Janet Bruner, M.D., was a new pharmacist planning to conduct drug research when a mentor suggested she study medicine. Following that advice would propel her to a productive career as a neuropathologist at M. D. Anderson.
While taking a medical school course in pathology, Bruner got hooked and remembers, "I was fascinated to learn about the disease processes and how crucial pathologists are to the medical care team, starting with making definitive diagnoses for hundreds of diseases and continuing through to determine the causes of death. I knew right away this field was for me."
Bruner was encouraged by several pathology instructors at the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo. She considered specializing in forensic pathology, but then a neuropathologist inspired her to follow in his footsteps.
"Studying the intricacies and special language of the human brain introduced me to a whole new world. The brain is distinctly different from all other organs because it's the center of our intelligence, memory and emotions, and it controls movement and speech. The more I understood the brain's unique anatomy, the more intrigued I was," Bruner explains.
Now, three decades after first examining pathology slides with brain tumor tissue, Bruner is professor and chair of the Department of Pathology and deputy head of the Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at M. D. Anderson. She also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Neuro-Oncology.
"M. D. Anderson has afforded me with more opportunities than I ever could have dreamed," she says.
Clinical Histology Technician Davis Parambil checks on tissue being frozen quickly to minus 50 degrees.
Bruner received a bachelor's degree in pharmacy and a master's in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Toledo before earning her medical degree at the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo. After completing a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology and being chosen chief resident at the Medical College of Ohio Hospital, she came to Houston in 1982 for a two-year fellowship in neuropathology at Baylor College of Medicine.
"I always planned to return to Ohio," Bruner recalls, "but during my fellowship I had the good fortune to spend time at M. D. Anderson working with an expert in electron microscopy and to meet neurologists developing a neuro-oncology program."
Upon finishing the fellowship, she was invited to join M. D. Anderson, where for awhile she was the only neuropathologist. Bruner thrived as the Departments of Neuro-Oncology and Neurosurgery expanded to offer innovative therapies for an increasing number of patients with brain and spinal cord tumors. She was chief of the Section of Neuropathology and directed the Diagnostic Hybridization Laboratory for 14 years, during which she began conducting laboratory research and taking leadership courses that prepared her for management positions.
Histology Laboratory Assistant Angela Calhoun helps Pathology Fellow Christopher Vinh Nguyen, M.D., prepare and stain slides.
In 1998, Bruner became the first woman faculty member to chair a clinical department, the initial holder of the Ferenc and Phyllis Gyorkey Chair in Pathology and the deputy head of the new Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. She immediately polled the pathology faculty about organizing into subspecialties that would align them with the disease-site centers and clinical research initiatives while strengthening the department's educational programs. Since then, the department has expanded in parallel with the institution's growth in patients served.
"We've nearly doubled our faculty — from 29 in late 1998 to 56 today — and are divided into 11 subspecialties that allow us to interact more effectively with the surgical and medical specialists and keep up with their patient increases," Bruner notes.
This year, the pathology faculty and support staff will provide diagnostic and staging evaluations on more than 60,000 surgical cases. At least one-half of that total will be for outside consultations (click here for more information).
Subspecialists include 11 devoted to breast pathology, seven for gastrointestinal and liver tumors, six gynecologic pathologists and six for soft tissue tumors. Others provide pathology services for surgeons who remove genitourinary, head and neck, skin, brain and spinal cord, orthopedic and thoracic (lung and endocrine) tumors.
In addition, there are 12 cytopathologists who annually process 20,000 cases, analyzing tissue removed during fine needle aspiration biopsies, cells scraped from the cervix for Pap smears and other cells extracted from fluids that shed into body cavities.
The department offers autopsy services and operates laboratories that provide highly specialized tissue analyses to support clinical and research programs. Pathology faculty work closely with colleagues in the Department of Hematopatholgy, which is responsible for evaluating bone marrow and lymph node specimens for clinicians who treat patients with leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma and who provide stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy.
Pathology Chair Janet M. Bruner, M.D., tells a neurosurgeon that the frozen section analysis shows his patient's brain tumor can be removed.
Memories of wonderful mentors have motivated Bruner to set high standards for training the next generation of pathologists.
"I'm proud of our pathology fellowship program, which averages 25 clinical fellows a year and is the largest in the United States. Because M. D. Anderson sees every type and stage of cancer, we offer fellows the broadest training possible. Some will take part in more complex or rare evaluations in a few months than many community pathologists will see over a whole career," Bruner says.
The fellows rotate through all areas of pathology and often hear Bruner remind them that "behind every single pathology slide is a patient depending on our expertise."
One location where that phrase is most relevant is the frozen section laboratory on the fifth floor of Alkek Hospital. Surgeons in nearby operating rooms can count on rapid diagnoses of their patients' biopsy tissue within 20 minutes.
An 11-headed teaching microscope helps Pathologist Hafeez Diwan, M.D., Ph.D., (center) discuss slides with pathology fellows before sending diagnostic reports to clinicians.
Bruner explains the process for analyzing brain tumor tissue, which often measures only 1 millimeter in size. An operating room nurse brings a tissue sample to the frozen section laboratory window and rings a bell. Within seconds, the tissue is placed in a custom-fabricated machine made at M. D. Anderson to freeze the tissue quickly to minus 50 degrees. The frozen tissue is sliced, placed on slides, stained so normal and malignant cells can be evaluated, and examined under the microscope by Bruner or another neuropathologist.
Any pathologist performing a rapid diagnosis will ask a fellow to view the slides while they discuss the findings, then the pathologist calls the surgeon on a special intercom to report the frozen section results. The best scenario for Bruner occurs when she can tell the neurosurgeon the tumor that had been considered inoperable can be removed or is not an aggressive cancer.
Other tissue samples not needing a rapid diagnosis are processed through the frozen section laboratory, placed in color-coded plastic holders and sent to the routine histology laboratory to be cut into sections for slides that are stained before going to pathologists and fellows for final analysis. Written pathology reports are sent to the surgeons within three days to share with their patients.
"You always hear on TV or read in the paper about some celebrity waiting for the results after being operated on for cancer, yet most people don't know those results depend on pathologists," Bruner says with a wry smile.
Speaking of results, she says new patients who have had biopsies before coming to M. D. Anderson are asked to send ahead or bring pathology slides with them.
"We provide an extensive review of their slides and actually change the diagnosis for at least 10% of patients, either finding they don't have a malignancy or they may have a less severe disease that can be treated," Bruner says.
Bruner's research includes tissue-based and molecular analyses of human brain tumors to discover molecular markers that will better define prognosis and predict survival for patients. She contributes to the interdisciplinary Brain Tumor Program Laboratory that identifies and prepares primary brain tumor tissue for research studies.
Among accolades, Bruner is included in several "best doctor" lists, is a past president of the Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists and has received distinguished alumnus awards from her medical school, college and high school. She and her husband, Charles, a retired pharmacist, share their Houston home with their fifth miniature schnauzer, whose registered name is Bruners' Live Long and Prosper, but who answers to Louis.
"We start our mornings walking an hour with Louis, who provides positive reinforcement that we expect to have a good day," Bruner says.
Seeking a second opinion
Thousands of cancer patients who never come to M. D. Anderson are indebted to the institution's pathology expertise provided through second opinions.
"Our outside consultation service prepares approximately 30,000 second opinions annually to help physicians elsewhere classify all types of cancer and choose the most effective treatments for their patients," explains Janet M. Bruner, M.D., chair of the Department of Pathology.
Tissue samples on glass slides sent by overnight delivery are processed quickly and written reports are returned to the requesting physicians, usually in two to four days. The basic evaluation fee of $250 sometimes is covered by patients' insurance or can be paid by the patients or their primary physicians.
Besides having pathologists in 11 cancer subspecialties, Bruner says additional diagnostic tests are available through specialized laboratories for image analysis, electron microscopy, diagnostic hybridization and immunocytochemistry.
In recent months, second opinions on pathology specimens have been sought by physicians for patients as far away as China, India and Iran.
Conquest - Fall 2007
BATTLE-ing Lung Cancer
Hope is on the Horizon
View video: Anas Younes, M.D., talks about clinical trials available for Hodgkin's lymphoma at MD Anderson
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The first medals were awarded as the mixed doubles reached it's conclusion, with the current world champions claiming Olympic gold over their Chinese rivals and team mates.
Zhang and Zhao Claim Gold
The 2011 world champions became the 2012 Olympic champions, claim both titles inside Wembley Arena. Their opponents this time around were Xu and Ma, who were defeated in the semi finals 12 months previously. What many hoped would be a tightly fought contest were left disappointed, as Zhang and Zhao outclassed their Chinese team mates in a 21-11, 21-17 victory.
The bronze medal was won by Joachim Fischer Neilsen and Christinna Pedersen of Denmark, who defeated Ahmad and Natsir in another one-sided match to ensure at least one European medal, with the world number 4 pairing winning 21-12, 21-12.
All Chinese Finals In Women's Singles
One space was guaranteed for the Chinese, as Wang Xin took on Li Xuerui in the second semi final. Wang Yihan ensured an all-Chinese final with an excellent two game victory over Saina Nehwal of India, with the world number 5 being the sole hope remaining to ensure there wouldn't be a Chinese monopoly of the medals.
Li Xuerui continued her stunning form in 2012 with a two game victory over her higher ranked team mate Wang Xin in two tight games to book her place in the final against Wang Yihan. It will be their 8th meeting between the two, with Wang Yihan leading 4-3 but Li Xuerui has won the previous three occasions, with their last meeting being a two game victory in the Indonesian Super Series Premier.
Lee Against Lin
It will their 30th encounter between the top two players in the world in a repeat of the 2008 Olympic final as Lin Dan takes on Lee Chong Wei. Both players comfortably defeated their semi final opponents in two games, with Lee Chong Wei defeating Chen Long whilst Lin Dan defeated Lee Hyun Il.
It will be the first time in the sports history in the Olympics that the same two players will play for the gold medal in two consecutive Olympics in what could potentially be the final match of their historic rivalry.
One Response to London 2012 Olympics – Day 7 – Zhang and Zhao Take Gold
Wang won the first game despite the injury she suffered at the end of the first game. She came back in the second game to win a point but the injury haunted again before finally pulling out of the match.
Wang did ask to wipe the floor before the match but didn't accepted by the judges and that was what made her injured!!!!!!!!! British have to pay responsibility for that!!!!


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Picked up a couple today... had to drive like a half hour to find a store in stock. Call around... CompUSA's website isn't at all acurate with availability. Plus, my store said they were expecting more in in the next day or two... the manager said I could reserve one, but the CS girls said the big boss said no reservations even if I prepaid. They called around and found me a couple so I'm happy! The picture looks TERRIFIC when hooked up to even a regular playstation. I was playing Gran Turismo on it a few minutes ago... even the smaller writing is kinda readable. It will work GREAT for just DVD movies, etc... as long as you don't NEED to read small writing.
edit: Took it appart... really simple. I have to get a composite jack from RS tomorrow... but for now the parts are all laid out on my desk. I think I did it without screwing anything up, w00t!


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Followup: More explanation of Sunday's Alki road closuresMay 19, 2011 at 2:42 pm | In Transportation, West Seattle news | 1 Comment
If you're still confused about this Sunday's plan for Alki-area road closures in connection with the West Seattle 5K (online registration till 6 tonight!) and Seattle Summer Streets – a shorter all-day distance than previous years, as we first reported on Monday - SDOT has sent out a letter to residents that has been shared with WSB by the Alki Community Council (which discusses the event again during its monthly meeting tonight). Read on for the excerpt detailing the closure zone (also, added at 2:53 pm, Metro's alert for the 56 reroute):
From 9 to 11 AM:
Alki Avenue SW will be fully closed from 63rd Avenue SW to the Don Armeni Boat Launch Ramp for the 5K run/walk. All parking will be restricted from 63rd to 56th and along the waterside from 56th to the boat ramp.
For safety purposes the street must be closed entirely to motor traffic for approximately two hours during the West Seattle 5K Run/Walk portion (as has happened in past years). The city requires this for other runs and bicycle rides throughout the Seattle as well. Door hangers were delivered two weeks prior to the event to help residents plan around the closures.
From 9 AM to 5 PM:
Alki Avenue SW will be fully closed from 63rd Avenue SW to 56th Avenue SW for the 5K run/walk and then the Summer Streets Party. Parking will be restricted on both sides of the street during this time.
Please note – There will be no eastbound travel lane open during the 5K or Summer Streets. Access exceptions will be made for emergency vehicles and people with disabilities.
This means after 11 AM local access to condos will be allowed along Alki Ave SW from 56th Avenue SW east. As in the past, SPD will detour those who do not live in the vicinity from Alki on to California Ave SW until 5 PM (we do not detour general traffic onto residential streets). Those who need to access their condos by car, will be allowed by police to drive to their condos from the Harbor Ave / California detour.
We are encouraging the use of transit. To minimize impacts to transit, the Water Taxi Shuttle And Metro bus route 56 will detour at 63rd and Alki during the event. In order to help get attendees down to the area, the first FREE Water Taxi Shuttle Route 775 will leave Seacrest Dock at 8:00 am. Shuttle's will run every 20 minutes until 5:00 pm, depending on traffic and weather conditions. SDOT will also have additional bike racks for participants to use on Sunday.
If you want to see the letter in its entirety – here it is (PDF). ADDED 2:53 PM: Here's the Metro advisory we just received about the 56 reroute on Sunday:
Event Reroute – Route 56
On Sunday, May 22, from 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Route 56 will be rerouted off of SW Admiral Way, 63rd Av SW, 61st Av SW and Alki Av SW, due to the West Seattle 5 K Run.
During this event, Route 56 heading towards downtown Seattle will travel instead via SW Admiral Way, serving all posted stops along the reroute.
Heading towards Alki, Route 56 will travel instead via 63 Av SW, Beach Dr SW, SW Spokane St, 63 Av SW, SW Admiral Way, to the temporary terminal on SW Admiral Way & 61 Av SW, serving all posted stops along the reroute.
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our limited tax dollars at work….
when the city is too poor to fix the roads and put in sidewalks on streets that still need them, why do they still spend money on this ? …
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My teen is pregnant and so am I
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Is a show I just saw a preview for. I mean really? Is there anything they won't make a show out of?? What are your thoughts on this and any crazy show like it?
anything for a rating I guess. I know a family similar and you know what? whatever. lol
I don't understand any of the teen pregnancy shows.
My grandma was pregnant with her last child when her oldest sons wife was pregnant with their first. My grandma had 14 children.


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crash >> Chad M. Angle, 42, Palmyra, escaped injury in a four-vehicle accident on I-78 in the area of mile marker 31.6 in Windsor Township during a snowstorm Dec. 8, state police at Hamburg said Saturday. Police said a vehicle driven by Kendra M. Varner, 27, Carlisle, traveling west on I-78, lost traction in the snow and struck a guard rail. Her vehicle then hit a vehicle being towed by a vehicle driven by Arminder Singh, 47, Palatine, Ill. Varner's vehicle came to a stop partially underneath the towed vehicle. Colin M. Weist, 43, Williamstown, Dauphin County, slowed down to avoid the crash in front of him and was struck from behind by Angle's vehicle. Weist's vehicle also struck the towed vehicle. The vehicles driven by Weist and Angle struck the center concrete barrier. Varner was treated at the scene by medical personnel. The others were not injured. Varner and Angle were charged with driving at an unsafe speed.
crash >> Amanda J. Haldeman, 26, Jonestown, was charged with a stop-sign violation following a two-vehicle accident at Millardsville and Tulpehocken roads at 10:19 a.m. Friday, state police at Lickdale said. Police said Haldeman was driving west on Tulpehocken Road, stopped at a stop sign and drove through the intersection. Her car collided with a vehicle driven by Phillip J. Wathley, 23, Lititz, who was driving south on Millardsville Road. No injuries were reported.
crash >> Heather N. Roof, 22, Lebanon, was charged with a traffic-lane violation after a one-car accident on Allentown Boulevard near Yingst Drive at 5:16 p.m. Saturday, state police at Lickdale said. Police said Roof was driving east on Route 22 when her car drifted off the road and struck a tree. No injuries were reported. Her car was towed. Assisting state police were Ono and Jonestown's Perseverance fire companies, First Aid and Safety Patrol and fire police.
crash >> Jonestown's Perseverance and Green Point fire companies and First Aid and Safety Patrol were dispatched to an accident with injuries at 1445 Suedberg Road, about half a mile north of Twin Grove Park, at 8:45 a.m. Sunday.
CRASH >> Vehicles driven by David E. Bomberger, 56, of Lebanon and Rhiannon M. Salsman, 34, of Dover, Del.,were involved in an accident on Route 72, just south of Jonestown Road, at 1:45 p.m. Friday. State police at Lickdale said Salsman's vehicle struck Bomberger's after he made a left turn in front of her vehicle. Bomberger was traveling north on 72, police said. No injuries were reported, police said. Bomberger was cited for a turning violation, police said.
crash >> Sarah E. Meinhart, 18, Coopersburg, Lehigh County, was charged with a turning violation in connection with a two-vehicle accident on Route 72 at New Bunker Hill Road at 8:44 a.m. Saturday, state police at Lickdale said. Police said Meinhart, traveling south on Route 72, attempted to turn onto New Bunker Hill Road, and her car struck a vehicle driven by James A. Young, 55, Lebanon. Young was stopped at a stop sign on New Bunker Hill Road. No injuries were reported. Bunker Hill Fire Co. assisted state police.
CRASH >> A 2009 Buick ENC driven by Thomas B. White, 66, of Moira, N.Y. struck a steel-belted radial tire on the roadway on I-81 northbound, less than a mile west of an unnamed street in Pine Grove Township at 8:49 a.m. Friday, according to state police at Lickdale. Police said there were no injuries.
East Hanover
CRASH >> Vehicles driven by Michael D. Cigic Jr., 27, of Hegins, Schuylkill County, and Thomas J. Witt, 55, of Marion, S.D., were involved in a collision on I-81 at mile marker 87 at 1:57 p.m. Friday. State police at Lickdale said Cigic's 1999 Plymouth Neon was traveling south on the highway directly behind Witt's 2008 Peterbilt truck when he struck the rear of the truck. Police said there were no injuries, but Cigic's car sustained disabling damage and was towed from the scene. Witt's truck sustained functional rear-end damage but could be driven from the scene. Police cited Cigic for driving at an unsafe speed.
CRIMINAL TRESPASS >> Loan L. Nguyyen, 43, of Steelton was cited for criminal trespass after being found inside the Hollywood Casino at Penn National in East Hanover Township at 3:09 a.m. Saturday, according to state police at Penn National. Police did not provide further details of the incident.
North Cornwall
OVEN FIRE >> Ebenezer, Glenn Lebanon and Rural Security fire companies and First Aid and Safety Patrol were dispatched to an oven fire at 922 Willow Lane at 4:29 p.m. Sunday.
CURFEW >> Two 15-year-old boys, a 15-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl were charged with curfew violations after they were located in the Hess Express parking lot at 12:37 a.m. Dec. 21. Police did not release the names of the teens.
Crash >> Dana Risser, 29, of Lebanon lost control of her vehicle while traveling south on Colebrook Road at Mill Road at 1:31 p.m. Dec. 23, according to police. Police said the accident happened on the wet roadway while she was navigating a curve. Risser's vehicle struck another vehicle driven by Emily Hart, 64, of Annville, police said. Hart was traveling north. Both vehicles came to rest in a field south of the road, police said. No injuries were reported, but both vehicles were towed.
CRASH >> Police responded to an accident in the parking lot at Musser's Market, 1750 Quentin Road, at 11:10 a.m. Dec. 24. Police said a car driven by Benjamin Greiner, 30, of Lebanon pulled too far into a parking stall and struck a parked vehicle owned by Mallory McFeaters, 18, of Lebanon. No injuries were reported. Both vehicles were driven from the scene, police said.
CRASH >> William P. Orr, 75, of Bernville lost control of his vehicle on the snow-covered roadway on Colebrook Road at Mill Road at 8:08 a.m. Dec. 26. Police said he was traveling south when the accident occurred, and his vehicle hit a road sign. He was not hurt, and his vehicle was driven from the scene, police said.
ALTERED, FORGED, OR COUNTERFEIT PLATES >> William P. Kapp, 23, of Jonestown was charged with altered, forged or counterfeit plates, fraudulent use of a registered plate, no valid insurance on a vehicle, suspended registration, expired registration and driving with a suspended driver's license, according to police. Police said the charges stem from a traffic stop conducted at 9:25 a.m. on Dec. 23 at 16th and Walnut streets.
DUI >> Barbara Bachman, 54, of Palmyra was charged with driving under the influence following an incident at 1:20 a.m. on Dec. 8 at Walnut and 22nd streets, according to police.
North Lebanon
OVEN FIRE >> Ebenezer, Glenn Lebanon and Rural Security fire companies and First Aid and Safety Patrol were dispatched to an oven fire at 922 Willow Lane at 4:29 p.m. Sunday.


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The remarkable growth of senior golf prompted the USGA to establish the Senior Amateur Championship in 1955. Many senior golf associations had come into being on the local, state, and regional level, proving that the competitive instinct among golfers was not diminished by age.
In 1955, the notion of a tournament only for seniors was not a new one. Fifty years earlier, The Apawamis Club, in Rye, N.Y., had started the oldest senior competition still in existence, which led directly to the formation of the U.S. Senior Golf Association, a private organization not linked to the USGA.
Apawamis extended invitations to golfers 60 years of age and older. When the response was not overwhelming, the age minimum was dropped to 55 to gather a representative field. Thus was the definition of a senior amateur golfer established.
The U.S. Senior Golf Association conducted a fine tournament, but membership in the organization was limited, and a long waiting list developed. Because there was no one event open to all senior amateurs, the USGA was asked to start a true national championship. The Senior Amateur was added to the schedule in 1955. Entries were open to golfers age 55 and over who had handicaps not over 10 strokes.
Addition of the Senior Amateur gave the USGA exactly twice as many championships as it had conducted before World War II, when there were just four: the Amateur, Open, and Women's Amateur, started in 1895, and the Amateur Public Links (1922). From World War II until 1955, the USGA added four more: the Junior Amateur (1948), the Girls' Junior (1949), the Women's Open (1953), and the Senior Amateur (1955). The USGA now conducts 13 national championships, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.
The first Senior Amateur, at Belle Meade Country Club, in Nashville, Tenn., drew 370 entries from 30 states and the District of Columbia. J. Wood Platt, 56, the eight time Philadelphia Amateur champion, defeated George Studinger of San Francisco, Calif., 5 and 4, in the final.
In 1959, J. Clark Espie, who had won in 1957, became the Senior Amateur's first two-time champion. Lewis W. Oehmig, a record six-time finalist, is also the only three-time winner (1972, 1976, 1985).
Senior Amateur contestants may ride in carts, a concession not allowed when the championship was first played. Traditionalists, who believed walking was vital to a valid national title, finally gave in because the championship is played in the fall, when it is difficult to obtain caddies. Carts have been allowed since 1969.
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In a previous post I called this road trip a "test." Well, half the test is done, and after taking 2 of 3 from the Red Sox (albeit, a flu-ridden, sore neck-ridden Sox club) in Fenway, which has been less than hospitable to the Halos in recent years, I feel pretty confident jotting a big B+ in red pen on the work of the team thus far.
In all honesty, this could have, and probably should have, been a sweep. We were slated to face the two best pitchers the Sox have in Josh Beckett and Daisuke Matsuzaka, but both were scratched, forcing the Sox to call up some emergency starters from the minors. Hey, emergency starters or not, you still gotta hit the ball, and the Angels did, getting production from up and down the lineup. Offensive heroes were Jeff Mathis, Gary Matthews, Erick Aybar and Casey Kotchman with honorable mentions going to Torii Hunter and Maicer Izturis, who seems to be coming out of his early season slump.
As for the pitching, not bad considering how hot the Red Sox bats have been and how good they are in their ball park consistently. Weaver went in game 1 and kept us in the game without his best stuff, which has yet to make an appearance thus far. Garland was solid in game 2 getting the win, and really, only made one bad mistake which David Ortiz turned into a souvenir. And today, Saunders pitched into, and more importantly, out of trouble, picking up his fourth win of the season.
The bullpen seems to be stabilizing somewhat, preserving wins in two of the three games with Speier, Shields and Franky all looking pretty good. They weren't lights-out, but against that lineup, who is? My worries about the early season struggles of the pen are slowly being eased with every lead they hold onto. Franky's velocity is coming back and his changeup is becoming every bit as devastating as his slider.
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The Massachusetts CFIDS/ME & FM Association is one of the oldest voluntary associations in the United States for patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS or CFIDS) and Fibromyalgia (FM) , and has had a long and productive history
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"When we started the first support group in 1983, I had no idea what this organization would grow into. These illnesses did not even have names, let alone any treatment options then. Now the Massachusetts CFIDS/ME &FM Association is the oldest patient support organization in the country [for these illnesses]. We expanded into a support group network in 1984, and started our education programs, something very dear to my heart. Ironically, we were still an informal organization in search of a name for our illness. It was then called the 'disease of a thousand names:' post-viral fatigue syndrome, chronic mono, neurasthenia, Icelandic disease, myalgic encephalitis, fibrositis etc.
In January of 1985, the publication of the, then, seminal article in JAMA finally gave our illness a new name (at least for the eighties)—Chronic Epstein Barr Virus (CEBV). That moved us to formalize our statewide organization and name it the Massachusetts CEBV Association. We also started our highly-acclaimed newsletter, The UPDATE, in 1985—continuing our mission of providing quality medical information to our members, the medical community and the general public. We then added our information line and lending library, followed by our physician referral and disability guidance. In addition we developed innumerable special programs over the years to better serve our members.
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