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Gold Award Ceremony – May 14
Join us on Saturday, May 14th at the Waterstone Resort and Marina in Boca Raton, as we recognize our Gold Award Class of 2016 as well as the women in our Council who have created meaningful change through service, and celebrate 100 years of this prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award. To join the celebration, register online by April 30th by visiting:
What are Girl Scouts Highest Awards? Where do you start? On this page, you will find resources, information and sources of inspiration to guide you along as you earn Girl Scouts Highest Awards. And if you are thinking of going for the Gold, check out our Gold Award Workshops.
Bronze Award ♦ Silver Award ♦ Gold Award
♦ Congratulations to the Gold Award Class of 2015!
Ready to be inspired? Check-out our 2015 Gold Award recipients' projects here.
Ready to see some fun photos of this year's Gold Award Reception held at the Palm Beach Zoo? View photos here.
Bronze Award
The Bronze award is the highest award a Junior Girl Scout or in grades 4th – 5th can earn. It shows that girls have made a promise to help others and improve their community. As leaders you want to encourage your girls to take the lead in their Bronze Award project and begin to learn how to work as a team.
Where does a girl start?
Before beginning the Bronze Award, the girl must complete her Junior Journey, and spend a minimum of 20 hours building her team in order to complete her project. Click here, to learn about the Bronze Award prerequisites and what steps to begin taking. Then follow the Bronze Award Guidelines found here.
Bronze Award Reporting —Council Approval for Final Reports (effective April 20, 2015)
Effective immediately, troops must submit the Bronze Award Final Report Form (updated April 20, 2015) to Council for approval, with signatures from the Service Unit Volunteer Manager, Co-Leader, and Director of Program, in order to purchase Bronze Award pins and patches from the Council Retail Stores. Approval will then be sent to the Council Retail Store representatives so that your materials may be purchased. Remember, there are no deadline for these reports! The Bronze Award Final Report Form is accepted 365-days-a year!
Silver Award
The Girl Scout Silver Award is a prestigious award earned by Girl Scout Cadettes or grades 6th – 8th. A girl can earn her Silver Award as an individual or she can work in a group of no more than 5 girls from her troop. Each girl must contribute a minimum of 50 hours towards the Silver Award Project. Earning the Silver Award gives girls a chance to demonstrate that she is a leader who is organized, determined, and dedicated to improving the world around her. The Silver Award project requires Council-level approval.
You can pursue your Girl Scout Silver Award if:
- You're in middle school (sixth to eighth grade, or equivalent).
- You're registered as a Girl Scout Cadette.
- You have completed a Girl Scout Cadette Journey
- You have participated in Fall Product AND Girl Scout Cookie Sale Programs in your Cadette level.
Where does a girl start?
- Click here, to download GSSEF Silver Award Interest Form.
- Next, download Girl Scout Silver Award Guidelines here.
- To apply, submit a GSSEF Silver Award Project Interest Form and label it as GSSEF Silver Award Project Interest Form to firstname.lastname@example.com.
- When the Project is completed, submit a GSSEF Silver Award Final Report and Time Log form found here.
Remember—all projects must have approval from GSSEF Council staff before girls begin work on the project.
Please note that Silver Award Projects that are submitted after April 1, 2016 will be evaluated for the Class of 2017. For questions, please contact Lammy Askar, director of program, at 954-513-3771 or email@example.com.
♦ Congratulations to the Silver Award Class of 2015 (May). Check-out what troops received the Silver Award here.
♦ Congratulations to the Silver Award Class of 2015 (November). Check out what troops received the Silver Award here.
Gold Award
The Gold Award is the highest award a girl can achieve in her Girl Scout career; only 5.4 percent of girls in Girl Scouting earn this prestigious award. This highest Girl Scout Award is only open to girls in 9th – 12th grade. Unlike the Bronze and Silver Awards, which can be pursued as a team or small group of girls, Gold Award Take Action projects are a unique opportunity for individual girls to grow into their own personal leadership style. Working with support from her GSSEF Gold Award Advisor, girls work to complete a true "Take Action" project after identifying an issue in their community, building a team to tackle it and fulfilling her high-level plan. Community resources are used to create a long term solution that continues after the project is completed. Through the Gold Award project girls will further develop their leadership skills by planning, organizing, and leading other people. In the process of the projects, girls will develop patience, confidence, time management, communication, public speaking and other real-life skills that will carry over into their college life and future careers.
You can pursue your Girl Scout Gold Award if:
- You're in high school (ninth through twelfth grade, or equivalent).
- You're registered as a Girl Scout Senior or Girl Scout Ambassador
- You have attended a Gold Award Workshop.
- You have completed two Senior or Ambassador Journeys OR earned the Girl Scout Silver Award and completed a Journey.
- You have participated in Fall Product AND Cookie Sales in your Senior or Ambassador level.
Gold Award Workshops
Attend a workshop and rev up your inspiration by learning all you need to know to get you on the road to Gold. This workshop IS required by GSSEF to submit a Gold Award Project Application. Limited spaces available! Click on the date for additional workshop information and to register.
Gold Award Workshop
Seniors and Ambassadors
Saturday, May 7, 2016
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
St. Anastasia Catholic Parish Center 407 South 33rd Street, Ft. Pierce, FL 34947
Online Registration Link
Cost per girl $1.00
Cost per adult $0.00
Gold Award Workshops are open to 9th – 12th graders who are registered Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors who are ready to earn The Gold Award. Join our talented Gold Award Advisor, Karyl Bertram, who will explain the process to get you on the Road to Gold during this workshop! Bring your questions, ideas and passion for Take Action projects. This workshop IS required by GSSEF to submit a Gold Award Project Application. THIS WORKSHOP IS INTENDED FOR GIRLS ONLY. Please make sure to bring a notebook and something to write with! Questions? Please contact Lammy Askar at firstname.lastname@example.com
Please note that Gold Award Projects that are submitted after April 4, 2016 will be evaluated for the Class of 2017. For questions, please contact Lammy Askar, director of program, at email@example.com.
Where does a girl start?
To get started, review The Gold Award How-to-Timeline, a simple how-to reference and guideline tool for earning the Gold Award in Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida 2015 – 2016.
Then follow these steps:
- Download Girl Scout Gold Award Guidelines.
- Next, download the official GSSEF Guidelines and Procedures which offers our local rules for pursuing the Gold Award.
- Complete and submit an online Girl Scout Gold Award Proposal by visiting and registering for GSUSA's Go Gold Online here. You must register on Go Gold Online in order to submit your Gold Award Proposal. GSSEF Council staff will be able to read and approve or provide proposal recommendations through this platform. Girls will also be able to be assigned their Gold Award Advisor, track their project progress, and complete the Gold Award Final Report online.
- Finally, when the Project is completed, submit a Girl Scout Gold Award Final Report Form.
Remember—all projects must have approval from GSSEF Council staff before girls begin work on the project. For questions, please contact Lammy Askar, director of program, at 954-513-3771 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Join the conversation
Connect with others 'going for the Gold' on GSUSA'S Gold Award Facebook page.
Seeking New Gold Award Advisors
Our team of adult volunteer Gold Award Advisors support high school age girls as they work towards achieving the prestigious Gold Award. This is a Council-Level position, appointed by the Director of Program for 2-year terms. It is a rewarding role for adults who can act as part mentor, coach, problem-solver, advocate and cheerleader for girls. If you would like to learn more, email Lammy Askar at email@example.com.


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The 46th annual Hampton Jazz Festival is back once again on the 27th, 28th & 29th of June 2014. Having been running since 1968, the Hampton Jazz Festival brings people together for a few days and nights in late June for moments of pure entertainment. The festival is normally hosted at Virginia's Hampton Coliseum, and will be again in 2014.
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The Hampton Jazz fest has now been running for over 45 years (est. 1968) and has hosted pretty much every great Jazz, pop, blues and soul artist you can think. The festival is run in partnership with the City of Hampton and Hampton University.
Initially it was started to celebrate Hampton Universities 100th birthday and was only intended as a 'one-off' festival on the Universities own campus. Since it's launch, the festival has continued in order to please it's growing demand and now tens of thousands of people come from all over the world for a few days in June to celebrate and enjoy music together.
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Lineup & Schedule
The lineup for the 2014 Hampton Jazz Festival is shown below. Check back regularly for further updates or you can Follow us on Facebook or ⇩ subscribe to lineup notifications ⇩
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Performing Artists
|Fri June 27, 2014
|7:30 pm
|- Charlie Wilson
- Jaheim
- Jonathan Butler
- Norman Brown
- Alex Bugnon
- Jackie Scott & The Housewreckers
- William 'Mobetta' Ledbetter
|$60.00 + $4 fee.
|Sat June 28, 2014
|7:00 pm
|- The O'Jays
- Chaka Khan
- Morris Day & The Time
- Spyro Gyra
|$60.00 + $4 fee.
|Sun June 29, 2014
|2:00 pm
|- Toni Braxton
- Babyface
- Dave Koz & Friends (Mindi Abair, Gerald Albright and Richard Elliott)
- The Now & Then Trio + One
|$60.00 + $4 fee.
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Some acts from the 2012 lineup to give you an idea of what you can expect: Charlie Wilson, Jill Scott, Natalie Cole, Kenny G and RaJaz (full list of previous performers here - ever since 1968!).
The festival is hosted at the Hampton Coliseum.
Address: 1000 Coliseum Dr, Hampton, Virginia 23666, United States
Capacity: 9,777
Phone: (757) 838-5650
Directions and Parking Information | Food and Beverage Information
Tickets for the Hampton Jazz Festival 2014 are $60.00 + $4.00 fees per seat per day. Tickets go on sale March 22nd 2014 @ 10am and can be purchased here at Ticketmaster.com.
(Prices for the 2013 festival were $58.50 per seat per day plus a facility fee of $3.50.)
You can receive a discount for large groups (45+) and are only available through fax or mail to the Hampton Coliseum Box Office.
Flights & Transportation
The nearest international airport to Hampton Jazz Festival is Norfolk International Airport (ORF) and is located approimately 30 km (19 miles) from Hampton Coliseum. To get to the festival venue from the airport you can get a taxi (around $30 one-way – list of taxi companies and numbers), it will take around 25 minutes. Alternatively you could jump on the airport shuttle which has been operating since 1928 and will drop you off in Hampton. Currently 6 airlines fly into Norfolk International Airport (list of airlines here).
To get the best flight deals I would always use SkyScanner as they take 0% commission and always (from my own experience) find the cheapest flight deals. Feel free to check prices using their official flight checker below:
Additional transport information on this festival can be found at the 'Map & Transport Hubs' section along with the Festival News, Festival photos of previous years, user comments etc. Make sure you check them out below.
Hotels & Accommodation
The cheapest accommodation options I could find in and around Hampton, Virginia during festival period (End of June 2014) are shown below:
*** Prices will rise the closer you get to the festival dates so book early and avoid disappointment… ***
If you are on a super shoe-string budget then search HostelWorld and get a bed in a hostel for as little as $3! - (Private rooms often $20+)
For a full list of good hotels to stay in during the festival period I would highly recommend visiting Hotels.com – Hampton, Virginia for more hotels.
Note that there is NO TENT CAMPING at the Hampton Jazz Festival this year. However, you are allowed to 'camp' in your RV or Motorhome at the nearby Fam Camp RV Park/Campground or alternatively you can see some more at RV Park Reviews for the Hampton Area.
We currently have not been able to interview anybody at the Hampton Jazz Festival, if you work for the festival and would like to answer a few questions for this section of your listing, please contact me so that we can get something arranged, thank you.
If you have any questions or need more information on this festival then please leave a comment below. NB. You will also find tabs below which display photo galleries, live festival news, transport information etc – make sure you check them out before you leave and visit again soon as festival pages are being continually updated with new info!!
Additional Resources
- Official Hampton Jazz Festival website
- Top 20 Essential Festival Items –
- YouTube playlist of Hampton Jazz Festival 2013
- Trip Advisor Review(s)
- TicketMaster Reviews
- Destination 360 (venue, tickets and lodging info)
- Hampton Roads: Lineup News Release for 2013
- The Daily Press on Hampton Jazz Festival
- Useful: Visit Hampton
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Location - 5.5
Venue - 7.8
Atmosphere - 7.9
Crowd Size - 6.9
Value for Money - 6.9
Line-up - 6.4
A good indoor 'festival'
You'll have a good time here. The so called 'festival' is hosted inside the Hampton Coliseum so it loses a bit of the vibe you would normally expect from those hosted outdoors. Above average. Recommended.
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NFL Season Summary
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Allowed 372 points (23.2/g), 24th.
Differential of 6 points (0.4/g), 16th.
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What Took You So Long?
The quiet hell of 10 years of novel writing.
There is surely a word—in German, most likely—that means the state of active non-accomplishment. Not just the failure to reach a specific goal, but ongoing, daily failure with no end in sight. Stunted ambition. Disappointed potential. Frustrated and sad and lonely and hopeless and sick to death of one's self.
Whatever it's called, this is what leads people to abandon their goals—people do it every day. And I understand that decision, because I lived in this state of active non-accomplishment for many years.
I wrote the earliest bit of what would become my first novel, Stiltsville, in January of 2000, when I was in my first year of a graduate writing program. In May of 2009, I sold Stiltsville to HarperCollins—the hardcover is due out next month.
This means that the time from my novel's conception to its appearance on store shelves adds up to a staggering 10 years. An entire decade. Between, I graduated and spent a year on fellowship (during which I wrote a lot but only half of it was any good); then there were the teaching years (during which I wrote very little, hardly any of it good); then there were the Internet company years (during which I barely wrote at all).
Stiltsville is in good company, which is reassuring. There are oodles of novels that took a decade or longer to write—including some famous examples, like Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Díaz spoke in interviews about his own decade of active non-accomplishment. He said that five years into the process, he decided to give up on the novel and start a graduate degree (in what, he didn't say). He said his life improved: no more torture, no more fights with his fiance. Oh, Junot, I thought when I read this, I understand! Still, something pulled him back, and another five years passed, and then he was finally done.
Then he won the Pulitzer, which isn't going to happen to me. And I think I can speak for pretty much anyone who publishes a novel after 10 years: Whether you win awards doesn't matter one bit. The hardest—and therefore the most rewarding—part was just finishing.
Writing is hard—writers say this all the time, and I think probably only other writers believe it. But it's not nearly as hard, in my experience, as not writing.
During my should-be-writing years, I thought about my novel all the time. Increasingly, these were not happy or satisfying thoughts. My "novel" (which had started to wear its own air quotes in my head) became something closer to enemy than lover. A person and his creative work exist in a relationship very much like a marriage: When it's good, it's very good, and when it's bad, it's ugly. And when it's been bad for a long, long time, you start to think about divorce.
My friend Bob, a playwright, told me years ago that he finally understood how writers stop writing. "It happens one day at a time," he said to me, clearly in the midst of a revelation. I'd come to the same realization a few years earlier. In the years between conceiving my book and finishing it, there wasn't one month when I didn't have a writing goal—five pages a week, say, or half of a chapter—but most months, I didn't even come close.
The thing is—one-day-at-a-time is the most painful way for active non-accomplishment to happen. It's the psychological equivalent of death by a thousand cuts. A painter I knew told me once that she'd reached a point when she said goodbye to painting, much the same way Junot Díaz considered doing—she said it was the kindest, most generous thing she'd ever done for herself.
I know a lot of writers, both published and not, and so I know that for every book that makes it to stores, several are never published, and several more are never finished. Many of my friends and acquaintances from graduate school published right away, but most still haven't. No doubt some will publish in the coming years. And some have gone into social work or law or medicine and seem to have left fiction writing behind, happily, like an old hairstyle.


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At least 24 people killed during fierce gun battle between Hamas and Jund Ansar Allah militants.
Hamas crushed an al-Qaida-inspired group in an hours-long standoff that came to a fiery end when a large explosion killed the radical Muslim group's leader inside his Gaza home on Saturday.
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The Hamas forces raided the mosque, setting off a fierce gunbattle. Flares lit up the sky and the sound of machine gun fire echoed throughout the night.
Moussa escaped with some bodyguards to his home where another standoff ensued.
Early Saturday, an explosion went off as Hamas was trying to convince Moussa to surrender, said Ihab Ghussein, a Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman.
"The so-called Moussa has committed suicide...killing a mediator who had been sent to him to persuade him and his followers to hand themselves over to the government," Ghussein told The Associated Press.
It is unclear whether Moussa detonated the explosives vest he was wearing, or whether it was one of his bodyguards.
Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said 24 people were killed, including six Hamas police officers and an 11-year-old girl. At least 150 people were wounded, he said.
Hamas confirmed one of its casualties was a high-ranking commander, Abu Jibril Shimali, whom Israel said orchestrated the capture three years ago of Shalit, who is still being held by Hamas.
'We declare the birth of the Islamic Emirate'
Jund Ansar Allah seeks to enforce an even stricter version of Islamic law than that advocated by Hamas.
The clashes came as Jund Ansar radicals defied the Hamas rulers of Gaza on Friday by declaring an "Islamic emirate" in the territory.
Speaking before weekly prayers, Abdel-Latif Moussa - known to followers by the al-Qaida-style nom de guerre Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi - announced the start of theocratic rule in the Palestinian territories, starting at Rafah, and vowed to implement Islamic laws.
"We declare the birth of the Islamic Emirate," declared Moussa, a heavily-bearded, middle-aged cleric in a red robe who was guarded by four black-clad, masked men with assault rifles. One wore what appeared to be an explosive suicide belt.
An audience of several hundred men filled the mosque with cheers and shouts. Al-Qaida uses the historical term "emirate" to mean clerical rule across the Islamic world.
Ismail Haniyeh, who heads Gaza's Hamas government, denied in his Friday sermon that there were any non-Palestinian gunmen in the territory, as alleged by Israel which charges that veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken up residence.
"Such groups do not exist on the soil of the Gaza Strip...there are no fighters in Gaza except Gazan fighters," he said.
Such "Zionist propaganda" from Israel was simply an attempt to turn the world against Hamas, he said.
A Hamas spokesman said Saturday that Moussa had ties to Palestinian Authority security forces.
Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri called Moussa's speech "wrong thinking" and in a clear reference to Al-Qaida added that his group "has no affiliation with foreign groups". Hamas's Interior Ministry was blunter, calling Moussa "mad".
His group announced its existence in Gaza two months ago, after three of its members were killed in a border raid on an Israeli base in which gunmen rode on horseback.
Outside the mosque on Friday, nearly 100 masked fighters of the group in Pakistani-style dress, wearing their hair long in a style believed to imitate the prophet Mohammad, carried automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
Men of the Hamas armed wing and security forces took positions nearby. The group accuses Hamas of oppressing them, including making arrests and confiscating weapons.
Human rights groups last month criticized an order by a Hamas-appointed judge that women lawyers cover their hair, and a campaign by its religious affairs ministry to encourage the public to follow Islamic instructions.
Moussa warned Hamas against implementing a decision to take over the mosque where he leads prayers for his followers: "If they approach the mosque they should know their days will be cut short," the grey-whiskered cleric said.
Moussa said his group would not initiate attacks against Hamas but "whoever sheds our blood, his blood will be shed."
He urged "everyone who has a weapon" to join the group and carry out decisions to be issued by the armed wing in coming weekly sermons. The group believes democracy is prohibited by Islam because it follows earthly law instead of God's word.
"Who are you afraid of? America? Britain? France? The European Union? You should fear only God," Moussa said in a warning to Hamas leaders seeking dialogue with the West.
Saeb Erekat, a senior peace negotiator with Israel and a member of the rival Fatah group in the West Bank, described the situation in Gaza as alarming.
"Gaza is going down the drain in chaos and lawlessness," he told the Associated Press.
Jund Ansar Allah first came to public attention in June after it claimed responsibility for a failed attempt to attack Israel from Gaza on horseback.
Israel unilaterally ended its occupation of the Gaza Strip in 2005 and withdrew its forces. Islamist radicals began to surface in Gaza following the takeover of the Israeli-blockaded enclave by Hamas in 2007, when it routed the forces of the secular Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.


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The correlation between lucid dreaming and your wake reality
A few days ago I had a philosophical epiphany regarding these two conscious states and how alike they seem to be. If you don't already know what lucid dreaming is, it's a phenomenon that occurs when you become self-aware in a dream — ergo being able to consciously control the outcome.
Much like life, you are (most of the time) in control of the outcome. Your thoughts affect your decisions, and your decisions affect your future. Sadly, some people don't realise this soon enough — sometimes not at all. They live their lives autonomously, assuming life is something that happens to them rather than the opposite, and as a result, their true potential is never reached — nor do they ever get what they truly want.
When you attain lucidity in a dream, there are no limits to achieving what you want. The false perception that wake reality is any different is incorrect.
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San Diego Connie, a 45-year-old Asian elephant who was to live out her last years at the San Diego Zoo, had to be euthanized Thursday after her health had rapidly declined.
She and her pal Shaba, an African elephant, had been brought to Elephant Odyssey earlier this year from Reid Park Zoo in Tucson as part of a trade in which Reid Park received two African elephants from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
The two elephants had been together for about 30 years.
"Since her arrival in San Diego in February 2012, veterinarians, technicians, keepers, and managers have worked extensively with Connie to manage her health concerns," wrote senior zoo veterinarian Dr. Tracy L. Clippinger in a San Diego Zoo blog.
"This morning (Thursday), we made the heartbreaking decision to euthanize her when it became apparent that Connie would be unable to sustain herself."
The elephant had been suffering from what appeared to be worsening urinary and reproductive tract problems, to the point that her weakened immune and organ systems were no longer able to fight off the disease, Clippinger reported.
The veterinary staff also discovered fluid floating in Connie's abdomen that can cause problems with breathing, Clippinger said.
As Connie's condition worsened, zookeepers took care to make sure that Shaba remained close by, said zoo spokeswoman Yadira Galindo.
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Why? Because you can! And pickle, and jam, or otherwise celebrate the resurgence of the domestic arts our forebears held so dear. Put on your best apron and step into our kitchen, won't you?
The magic of mint enhances sweet blueberries.
Strawberry jam with the bright notes of fresh ginger and garden mint.
Harissa is a piquant, hot Tunisian paste made from dried chiles and toasted spices. It's traditionally served with kebabs, couscous and tagines. And it's super easy.
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Two holiday-themed condiments that are easy to make and give as gifts. Both can be canned in a water bath - no special equipment or training needed!
Even I came to the eggplant pickle reluctantly and most of the time, I race to embrace a new-to-me pickle. I just couldn't imagine how a barely cooked eggplant would translate into a pickle. However, the pickle was zippy and bright with flavor.
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Numinous and Concrete
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I'm all for self-definition. I'm also, as I've stated before, suspicious of too much clinging to solid identity. There is also a sense, though, that a larger umbrella of association can be of help to us. There are commonalities of worship and belief and practice, even while there are stark differences among us. I'm with Drew in that I've attended Druid rituals that were a lot more in line with other neo-Pagan rituals than I had hoped or expected. There is a homogeneity that has crept in that feels problematic, but I don't feel there has to be.
I would far prefer that Heathen and Druid rituals look almost nothing like Wiccan rituals and that we could all learn something from this cross pollination, and still sit around the same fire, sharing the beverages of our choice. Why? Only ever sitting in our separate enclaves feels like we are missing out on some opportunities for growth and self-examination. Why do we do ritual in the way we do? Why not? How do we interact with our Goddesses and Gods? What is our theology and why?
Sitting around the fire with people we don't agree with pushes us to become better, to think more deeply, to practice more concretely, to stretch our muscles. When we only live in association with like-minded folk, we are the lesser for it. There is nothing that says we cannot associate with a wide variety of groups without all coming under a common rubric. But the reality is, mostly we don't and won't. Mostly, we will drift further and further apart, coming back to the sense of, "We are not like those people over there. They are of a different tribe. We have our own." The thought of that saddens me.
Diversity fosters health, whether in a bioregion, human society, or what I call the cosmosphere. Monoculture is a long road to obsolescence. Factory farms are unsustainable and have made us unhealthy as a nation. Small farms with a variety of crops and animals tend to grow healthy food from healthy soil, resulting in a healthy biosphere and healthier people. Yes, there are farmers who specialize, but they do so still, in a climate and culture that fosters multiplicity.
I want us to have healthy religions, filled with discourse, learning, and practice. For me, using Pagan as an overarching word can help us to stay in touch, to grow together, to struggle, to learn, and to feed each other well.
T. Thorn Coyle is an internationally respected visionary and teacher of the magical and esoteric arts. The author of Make Magic of Your Life, Kissing the Limitless, and Evolutionary Witchcraft, she hosts the Elemental Castings podcast series, writes the blog Know Thyself, and has produced several CDs of sacred music. Follow her on Twitter and Facebook!
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MNTC Submits 3rd Proposal on Taking over of SCTEX Concession
SINGAPORE - Metro North Tollways Corporation, a member of the Metro Pacific group of companies, is currently negotiating with the government for the terms of what will be its third proposal for taking over the concession of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX).
In a press briefing on the group's plans, Metro Pacific Investments Corporation president Jose Ma. Lim said "a third one (proposal) is in order because the government is not convinced that (the second) proposal is acceptable to them on terms that will not require a market challenge."
Lim explained that "what we would like to adjust in that proposal is to make it clearer to the government that, in the course of taking over the debt service, we will be contributing a specified amount of equity that will be comparable to what the government has invested."
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I will be bfing again with this baby and I am upgrading to a better pump this time around. I am getting a Medela Pump in Style and keep debating whether or not to get one of these hands free bands. Looking for input from anyone who has used them and what you thought. Worth the money or ditch?
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I think I am going to get a hand free bra this time. I pumped for 8 1/2 mo with my twins until my started only producing 3 oz a day and it was no longer worth the effort.


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When I miscarried I had the same issue, I didn't ask about it or anything .. but I probably should have
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The odor is normal if what you are describing is more of a musty odor, not fishy...gross I know but I MC at 16 wks with a D&C to removed placenta after delivery....as the bleeding tapered it turned to a yucky discharge, and had an unpleasant odor..my OB said if no pain or fever and the smell was just musty than it was completely normal...it is similar to the post partum bleeding...not sure if you have other children...but a funky musty smell is normal....it will go away over time...as long as no pain or fever you are probably fine, but if it makes you feel better call and describe it to your dr...they can reassure you! Good luck and sorry about your loss.
Yeah, there is no pain or fever. The odor is pretty strong, but I honestly have no idea how to describe it except to say that it is gross. Hopefully the nurses can help me some more tomorrow. Thanks for your responses.
I had the same thing after a natural MC. Like the others said, as long as you have no fever and normal red to brown discharge then you are probably fine. I was jumpy though and went back to my doc. They did another ultrasound just to make sure everything was out. For the $20 co-pay it made me feel better.
Don't get your knickers in a knot. Nothing is solved and it just makes you walk funny.
I had the same thing and the hormones of being sensitive to smell does not help matters at all. I had bleeding and spotting for 2 weeks, no fever.
Make sure you do the 2 week followup with your doctor also.
I had the same thing happen. I couldn't afford to go to the doctor so I just took my antibiotics for a few extra days. I have no idea if it was an infection that went away because of the antibiotics, or if it was normal and the antibiotics did nothing other than to give me a yeast infection.
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'Sanjay and Craig' director Jim Dirschberger and art director Jay Howell animate "The Great Escape" for Sacramento punk bank Trash Talk.
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Nick's first-ever open call at San Diego Comic-Con yields animation project by Eureka, CA, comics writer.
Slate of original digital-only series bows today on Nick.com with debut of animated 'Welcome to the Wayne.'
Season two of Nickelodeon's Emmy-nominated animated series 'Sanjay and Craig' begins this Saturday, July 19, at 10:30 a.m. (ET/PT) with the new episode "Hot Sauce Boss"/"Ghost Pool."
Nominations for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards are announced, with nods for Outstanding Animated Program going to FX's 'Archer,' Fox's 'Bob's Burgers,' Comedy Central's 'Futurama' and 'South Park,' and Nickelodeon's 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.'
Netflix hires former Nickelodeon SVP of live-action development Brian Wright to a senior executive role heading up original kids and family programming.
'SpongeBob SquarePants' is TV's number-one animated program with kids; Nick sweeps preschool with top six series, led by 'PAW Patrol.'
Nickelodeon and Activision announce plans to develop and publish the first-ever video game inspired by the fan-favorite animated series, 'The Legend of Korra,' in conjunction with Platinum Games.
Nickelodeon takes world's most beloved explorer on her biggest adventure yet with brand-new preschool series 'Dora and Friends: Into the City' debuting this August.
Nickelodeon brings its Animated Shorts Program to San Diego Comic-Con with open call for original projects; network for first-time ever to take meetings from convention floor with goal to greenlight pitch from attendees.
PBS leads once again in the children's categories at the Daytime Emmy Awards, claiming 12 wins in the Creative Arts segment at the 41st annual awards show; Nickelodeon is close behind with 10 awards, followed by The Hub with six wins, Cartoon Network with two and Disney Channel with one.
Nickelodeon picks up a fourth season of the popular 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' CG-animated series with a 20-episode order; Seth Green to join Turtles as Leonardo beginning Season 3 airing this fall.
Nickelodeon greenlights a third season of its hit animated series 'Sanjay and Craig' with a 20-episode order.
Nickelodeon grows its content family with 13-episode order of 'The Loud House,' the first series to be greenlit out of its 2013 Animated Shorts Program.
Nickelodeon's hit animated series 'Sanjay and Craig' debuts its first 30-minute primetime special, "A Tail of Two Slithers," this Friday, May 16, 7:00p.m. (ET/PT).
As the popular animated series Breadwinners reaches the top spot in its Saturday 11:00 AM time slot with Kids 2-11/6-11 and Boys 2-11/6-11, Nickelodeon announces that it has ordered a second season.
With ad revenue rising, Nickelodeon and MTV owner Viacom makes a move to boost its UK audience with the acquisition of Channel 5 Broadcasting for $760 million.
Nickelodeon's new take on the classic 'Peter Rabbit' property, produced by Ireland's Brown Bag Films, leads the animation nominees with eight nods; other top animation nominees include Disney's 'Sofia the First,' the Hub Network's hybrid 'The Aquabats! Super Show!' and Nick's 'Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness.'
Jules Guerin and Gabriel H. Fermanelli co-direct colorful and creative 2D animated IDs for Nickelodeon South Europe.
Rainbow's Winx Club will return for a seventh season on Nickelodeon's global network of channels in 2015.
Nickelodeon Studios teams up with the CSU Fullerton Art Department to mount an exhibition of artwork and video celebrating the hit animated series, Sanjay and Craig.
Nickelodeon announces the release of Adventure Time: The Suitor on disc May 6, featuring 16 full-length episodes.
Nickelodeon continues its ratings winning streak with it's latest original animated comedy, Breadwinner, becoming the top-rated show for kids between the ages of 2 and 11 in its fourth week on air.
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Ray Parrella's Italian restaurant closed late last year, and the building it occupied at 2311 Frankfort Ave. has sat empty ever since. A couple of months ago, though, I noticed a banner out front for a new Italian eatery while walking down Frankfort. It advertised a place called DiFabio's Casapela, and the sign said the place was "coming soon." Then "soon" was crossed out and "April 6" was written in black marker. April 6 is this Tuesday.
I called the restaurant this afternoon and got owner Peter DiFabio on the phone. He and his wife, Laura, have run a DiFabio's Casapela in Madisonville, Ky., for 15 years, and the plan in Louisville, according to the restaurant's website, is for the couple's daughters to operate the new location. Opening is 5 p.m. Tuesday.
A quick scan of the online menu shows that a filet will cost you about $25, and veal, chicken and seafood dishes are about $15 to $18. A pasta dinner won't even set you back $10. DiFabio didn't want to talk too much about the Frankfort Avenue location because he wants "the employees to gain experience" before they're "inundated" with customers. "We've been fine-tuning our Madisonville location since we opened," DiFabio says. "Our fine-tuning here starts tomorrow."
Once the staff kneads out the opening-a-new-restaurant knots and everything is under control in a week or so, I'm excited to give the patio a try.
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Silvia de 24 años de edad, es madre soltera y habita en casa propia junto a su pequeño hijo. Ella se dedica a la prestación de servicios domésticos y de esta forma logra llevar el alimento a su hogar. Su casa es muy pequeña y humilde que con muchos esfuerzos ha hecho algunas mejoras. Desea invertir en la compra de puertas y ventanas y además comprar baño lavable ya que por el momento no posee. Por lo anterior solicita este crédito a FUSAI para invertir en la compra de puertas y ventanas de hierro para dar mayor seguridad a su familia y además, invertir en la compra de un baño sanitario lavable para mayor higiene y salud. Espera poder contar con dicho apoyo ya que no posee los ingresos para hacerlo de manera independiente.
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This loan will be administered by FUSAI (Salvadoran Foundation for Comprehensive Development), a Salvadoran NGO that owns Kiva partner Apoyo Integral. FUSAI will disburse this loan in order to reach a population that doesn't currently work with Apoyo Integral. This type of loan covers basic services (like housing and water), and supports small business and agricultural activities. Borrowers come from low-income families in rural and peri-urban communities, and are considered to be too poor or lack the proper guarantees to get credit through traditional banks or microfinance institutions. Before receiving their loans, they are vetted by local community organizations and enrolled in classes in financial literacy, and the importance of sanitation, potable water and clean energy. Additionally, FUSAI enables borrowers to guarantee one another and take out loans smaller than El Salvador's average. Important to note is El Salvador is considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world, holding the 2nd place in the ranking of murders per capita. All these FUSAI borrowers live in areas considered by the police as highly violent and dangerous, mainly because of gangs influence. Main risks they face in these areas are thefts, extortions, kidnappings and murders.
About Apoyo IntegralApoyo Integral (Apoyo) is a nonprofit organization offering financial products that enable clients to increase their working capital, purchase fixed assets, buy and remodel homes, expand agricultural business and more. The organization's target group is businessmen and women who have already established their businesses but need financial support to strengthen or expand them.
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Imagine if the United States weren't so united and consisted of city-states trading with one another. How would metro Denver stand out?
Like most cities, Denver consumes more food, clothes, machinery and wood items than it sells outside its walls.
It would be known for energy exports, for assembling and redistributing finished goods, for sand and gravel and, on the manufacturing side, for precision instruments coveted globally.
"When you create value, people can spend more money locally," said Adie Tomer, co-author of a study released Tuesday by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program.
Metro Denver's overall value of trade, not counting services, was $131.8 billion in 2010, ranking it 30th among the 100 largest metro areas, according to Brookings.
About 14.8 percent of that trade was with foreign partners, which ranked 43rd — not a bad showing given how far the nearest ocean port is.
Overall, metro Denver ran a $15.6 billion trade deficit in goods, but Tomer said the area's strength in services, which were not included, supports that spending.
"You have high levels of employment in tradeable services, a lot of the classic white-collar work, that provides the opportunity to buy stuff from other places," he said.
The study, the first of its kind, offers some interesting economic-development insights. For example, metro Denver imported $2.4 billion more in plastics and chemicals than it exported in 2010, even though it runs a surplus in petroleum that could support a homegrown industry. And while economic developers place a heavy emphasis on advanced technology, the city ran a $4.1 billion trade deficit in electronics.
Aggregates, which receive almost no attention, generated most of the $700 million trade surplus in the stones-and-ores category, which beat the $500 million surplus in precision instruments.
The city's second-biggest value-added export after energy — at $3.6 billion — is " mixed freight." Basically, those are items made elsewhere that are assembled or packaged and distributed for final sale.
"You are a repackaging and logistics-management crossroads," Tomer said.
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Reignwolf, the local guitar phenom that Todd Hamm profiled back in May, is playing The Neptune on Nov. 24 and we've got a pair of free tickets to give away. It's easy to win. All you have to do is send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with "FREE REIGNWOLF TIX" in the subject, and your name and phone number in the body. We'll draw a winner at random.
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Peerless Systems Corporation Announces Business Update
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Peerless Systems Corporation (Nasdaq: PRLS), a provider of imaging and networking technologies to the digital document market, announced today that it anticipates that its revenues for the quarter ending October 31, 2010 will be in the range of $2.4 to $2.6 million and its gross profits for the quarter are expected to be in the range of $1.5 to $1.7 million. Approximately 70-75% of the estimated revenues for the quarter are for non-recurring sales of perpetual licenses. The Company commenced a tender offer on October 5, 2010 to repurchase from its stockholders up to $45 million of its common stock at a price of $3.25 per share, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated October 1, 2010 ("Offer to Purchase"), and the related Letter of Transmittal. The tender offer will remain open until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 4, 2010, unless extended by the Company. Under the terms of the offer, stockholders may tender all or a portion of their shares. If the offer is oversubscribed by stockholders, the Company will purchase shares on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of shares tendered, with appropriate adjustments to avoid purchases of fractional shares until the Company has purchased 13,846,153 shares.Neither the Company nor its Board of Directors makes any recommendation to stockholders as to whether to tender and, if so, how many shares to tender, or to refrain from tendering their shares. Stockholders should carefully evaluate all information in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal, consult with their own financial and tax advisors, and make their own decisions about whether to tender shares, and, if so, how many shares to tender. The tender offer is subject to market, economic and business conditions affecting the Company and other customary conditions.
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