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"The fight of our lives."
Quick, what comes to mind? The war against terrorism? The hubbub over climate change?
Well, for Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., the answer is a bill to require an audit of the Federal Reserve, according to a video.
Reports began circulating that Paul is threatening to hold up the nomination of Janet Yellen to be the next Fed chair until the Senate gives the audit bill an up-or-down vote. With the rules of the body, any senator can request an informal "hold" on a measure. It would typically take at least 60 votes to move the nomination ahead.
Paul recently voted against the measure to suspend the debt ceiling and end the partial shutdown of the federal government.
The call for an audit of the Fed is nothing new. Paul's father, former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, also has pushed for a fuller audit of the central bank. When pressed on the subject by the elder Paul in congressional hearings, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke noted that he would oppose an effort to give a full accounting of conversations held in meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee. Bernanke has argued that a degree of confidentiality is needed so that the group can effectively decide monetary policy, including the direction of interest rates.
Asked for reaction, economist Robert Brusca with Fact and Opinion Economics said, "I can only guess that his dad told him, 'If you can't do something positive be sure to do something negative.'"
The White House says Yellen will begin meeting with senators next week. There's been no serious indication that the Yellen nomination faces real trouble. The nomination requires votes by the Senate Banking Committee and the full Senate, both controlled by Democrats who largely support Yellen. President Barack Obama's nomination has drawn widespread praise, with some caution expressed by a few Republicans. An aide said the committee expects to hold a hearing on the nomination in November.
How do you feel about the Yellen nomination?
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Extrasensory Pornception
Does new research prove paranormal precognition or normal postcognition?
PSI, OR THE PARANORMAL, denotes anomalous psychological effects that are currently unexplained by normal causes. Historically such phenomena eventually are either accounted for by normal means, or else they disappear under controlled conditions. But now renowned psychologist Daryl J. Bem claims experimental proof of precognition (conscious cognitive awareness) and premonition (affective apprehension) "of a future event that could not otherwise be anticipated through any known inferential process," as he wrote recently in "Feeling the Future" in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Bem sat subjects in front of a computer screen that displayed two curtains, behind one of which would appear a photograph that was neutral, negative or erotic. Through 36 trials the subjects were to preselect which screen they thought the image would appear behind, after which the computer randomly chose the window to project the image onto. When the images were neutral, the subjects did no better than 50–50. But when the images were erotic, the subjects preselected the correct screen 53.1 percent of the time, which Bem reports as statistically significant. (continue reading…)

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GREEN BAY, Wis.—When Packers running backs coach Alex Van Pelt was informed by the personnel department that he had a new guy to train, he didn't think much of it.
Not until he actually met him face-to ... well, chin-to-forehead.
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Van Pelt, an NFL quarterback for 11 seasons, is 6-1. The shortest backs in his meeting room are 6-feet tall. So, when 5-7, 203-pound DuJuan Harris walked in, Van Pelt thought, "This is different."
"They just told me, 'You have a new guy named DuJuan, and he'll be in there today,' " Van Pelt said. "He was just different than other body types we've had, which is good. Once he stepped on the practice field that first week, it was, 'OK, I see something to him.' He's a talented runner."
Harris has come out of practically nowhere—a job selling cars at a Jacksonville, Fla., Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge dealership to be precise—to become the lead back in the Packers' post-season offense. When the Packers face the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday night in a divisional playoff game, Harris will be an integral part of the offense.
He jumped ahead of Alex Green, Ryan Grant and James Starks in a little more than a month since joining the team's practice squad on Oct. 24. Harris originally was signed as protection after Cedric Benson suffered a Lisfranc fracture in his foot, but when Starks went out with a knee injury, Grant was signed and Harris was elevated to the 53-man roster.
In the 5 1/2 weeks he was on the practice squad, Harris opened eyes serving both as a look-team cornerback for the offense during walk-throughs and a running back for the defense during the full practice. With his Rubik's Cube body frame, stylish dreadlocks and bouncy competitiveness, Harris quickly became a favorite among his teammates.
"He's kind of a Transformer," quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "There's more than meets the eye with DuJuan. He's a very tough guy. He's got great athleticism, agility; he makes some great jump cuts. ... He's done some nice things for us.
"You have to give him a lot of credit. He's learned the offense the last few weeks and studied, obviously, and the package for him is just going to continue to grow."
Harris made his debut at home against Detroit, getting the ball on his first play from scrimmage because coach Mike McCarthy wanted to get a look at him the week before against Minnesota but never found the right place to insert him.
A Lambeau Field crowd was witness to Harris' explosiveness when, after taking the handoff from Rodgers, Harris burst through the line for an 11-yard gain. He finished with 31 yards on seven carries, including a 14-yard touchdown run that put his tremendous leg strength on display during his first Lambeau Leap.
Harris continued to have an impact in victories over Tennessee and Chicago, busting loose for 70 yards rushing and 17 yards receiving in a season-ending loss to the Vikings. He followed that performance with 100 total yards and a touchdown in a wild-card rematch with Minnesota.
"Since I've been here, I've just been trying to help the team win," Harris said. "Even when I was on the practice squad, I was trying to give them a real look. My mindset hasn't changed."
Harris has come a long way since joining the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent out of Troy. He spent most of 2011 on the Jaguars' practice squad, working his way onto the 53-man roster late in the year and rushing nine times for 42 yards.
But the Jaguars cut him at the end of training camp and Pittsburgh, who claimed him on waivers, cut him four days after that. He was unemployed until Packers pro personnel director Eliot Wolf called him and offered him a job on the practice squad.
Harris had just begun selling cars, but his employer, who hired other NFL players in the past, understood.
Upon arriving in Green Bay, Harris received intensive one-on-one tutoring from Van Pelt. The two basically started out the way the other backs had in training camp and went over everything from how the holes in the line are numbered to which calls mean the play is going right and which mean it is going left.
"He's been sharp in the meetings," Van Pelt said. "There's common mistakes in the system that a new guy will make, just little wrinkles here and there. He's not a repeat offender, which is what you're looking for. He's learning. Once you correct it, it's usually cleaned up for that week's game until there's another wrinkle."
Pass protection has been the hardest thing for Harris to learn, but he's a willing blocker. In the wild-card game, he began catching check-down passes from Rodgers and turning them into substantial gains.
The Packers are hoping this aspect of his game will help them attack the open zones in Cover-2 defenses, although the 49ers don't play the traditional Tampa-2 and won't be as susceptible to those routes. Harris is likely to split time with Starks, who is expected to make his return this weekend. Harris will get first crack, and if he's effective, could render the other backs unnecessary.
Regardless of what happens Saturday night, Harris knows one thing is for sure: He's going back to selling cars when the season is over. They've been doing good business there recently, and he is determined to sell his first. He isn't one to give up easily.
"I just got off the phone with them—they just told me they sold 10 cars," Harris said. "That's live. That is live. Why not be a part of that?"


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By Elliott Teaford Staff Writer
Emerson Etem greeted the news that he would return to the Ducks' minor-league affiliate in Norfolk, Va., with a shrug Wednesday. The Long Beach native, a 20-year-old right wing, knew it would be only a matter of time before he went back to the American Hockey League.
However, it also would seem to be only a matter of time before he's back with the Ducks. If it doesn't happen later in this lockout-shortened season, then it's likely in 2013-14, when he'll be another year older and wiser.
Etem certainly didn't look out of place during the Ducks' scrimmage at their Anaheim training facility Wednesday. He skated with the big boys and wasn't smaller, slower or less of a factor during a 40-minute dress rehearsal for the Ducks' season opener Saturday in Vancouver.
There simply isn't a place on the Ducks' roster for him yet. There is one waiting for him in Norfolk, though.
There also might be one available next season in Anaheim.
In the meantime, he is willing to bide his time and hone his craft.
Etem, a first-round draft pick in 2010 (29 th overall), already has proved he can score goals.
In his final season with a junior-level team in Medicine Hat, Alberta, in 2011-12, he scored 61 goals in 65 games. He also had 46 assists before the Ducks decided to give him a shot in the minors, where he scored one goal in two games with Syracuse of the AHL.
The next task is diversifying his game and earning ice time with the Ducks as soon as possible.
"The guys are a lot stronger, a lot bigger," Etem said of NHL players. "I'm just trying to find new ways to make plays and get into those gritty areas to score, from the circles on down (toward the net). Do the little things that will get you points and, at the same time, people will notice.
"If they need me to improve on some stuff, I'm going to go down and do it. I'll go back down to Norfolk and work on my game a little bit and then come back up (to the Ducks). Hopefully, it's going to be sooner rather than later."
Cogliano scores winner
Teemu Selanne and Andrew Cogliano scored for the Black team in a 2-1 victory over the White team in a two-period scrimmage. Since there are no exhibition games during their shortened training camp, the Ducks used the scrimmage as game simulation.
Cogliano's goal, on a cross-ice feed from Saku Koivu, came with about a minute remaining in the scrimmage. Kyle Palmieri scored the only goal for the White team, which also featured Ryan Getzlaf and goaltender Jonas Hiller.
"I was very pleasantly surprised by the pace that kept up," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said. "You only had two or three lines on each team and you waited maybe at the 10-minute mark for it to start to die down. But it kept a pretty good pace the whole time.
"I was pleasantly surprised."
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I want to THANK everyone that use their time to encourage and support me with my father. It has been and is a battle to stay strong and positive. I never thought I would loose my father. But I have came this far with support from the this group who really understood.
THANKS for your feed back and encouragement through this journey. My father's battle was mine and I have lost a wonderful person in my life, who was so much to me. Not only was he my father, but he was my friend.
Some say the pain will ease. However, it will be 2 months and I have not found less hurt in my case. Instead of thinking, I am not doing well for feeling so sad, I now reason with myself- its normal. I did everything I could to help him and he wasn't a burden.
I have lost someone I really loved and who loved me dearly. I just can't forget him, I just can't forget.....
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New York State's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is sending out a verbal warning to companies across the state as a recent settlement with notorious patent troll MPHJ Technology Licensing is requiring the company to repay all money received from organizations in New York.
MPHJ has contacted hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses in New York over "likely infringement" of patents related to document scanning technology, according to a statement from the office of the Attorney General. The deceptive letters implied that MPHJ had analyzed the target company's scanning system and found it to be infringing its patents when, in fact, MPHJ merely sent form letters to companies of a certain size and industry classification.
In the settlement, MPHJ has agreed to repay licensing money received from companies in New York state and has had a number of other requirements imposed upon it. "The requirements should serve as guidelines for all patent trolls engaged in similar patent assertion behavior," said Schneiderman.
They include the requirement to conduct a serious effort to determine whether a target company has infringed upon a patent, provision of a detailed explanation of the alleged infringement, revealing the identity of the patent holder and to not make misleading statements about a license.
MPHJ has fought with other states including Vermont and Nebraska who have sued the firm. Last year, the company reached a settlement with Minnesota in which the company agreed to stop its licensing efforts in the state. But, patent experts think the New York settlement could prove especially influential.
"It's detailed and very carefully thought out," said Robin Feldman, a patent-law expert and professor at the University of California's Hastings College of Law. "It has the potential to serve as a model for others who are looking to craft legislation and regulation."
Recently, state attorneys general from around the nation have been tackling the patent troll problem head on. To learn more about their efforts, join Vermont AG Bill Sorrell, Nebraska AG Jon Bruning and Missouri AG Chris Koster for a roundtable discussion on the patent troll problem. The roundtable takes place on Feb. 4 in New York City and will also feature general counsel from DuPont, Walmart and Rackspace. For more information or to sign up for the event, click here.
For more on patent trolls, check out these articles:
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OAKLAND -- A's right-hander A.J. Griffin knows full well that one bad pitch can mean defeat when you're squaring off against Seattle's Felix Hernandez.
What Griffin might not have known is that a 41-year-old catcher named Henry Blanco can still handle an inside fastball and do major damage.
Blanco, making his Mariners debut, came up in the sixth inning Saturday with the bases loaded and one out in a 0-0 game and tomahawked the first Griffin pitch he saw for a grand slam down the left-field line.
That's all Seattle and Hernandez, the A's pitching nemesis, needed for a 4-0 victory before 24,378 at the Coliseum. And afterward, Griffin was lamenting it big time, particularly since the pitch to Blanco was pretty much where he wanted it.
"If you look at the video, I hit (catcher) John (Jaso) right where he set up," Griffin said. "It's just one of those where you have to tip your cap to him. It was up and in, and he got it. It could have been a little more in, maybe, but it was still a well-placed ball. That's how it goes."
Blanco signed with the Mariners -- his 11th major league team -- Friday after being released by Toronto earlier in the week. He joined Seattle hitting .184 with no home runs. And his last grand slam came May 12, 2000, a span of 13 years and 34 days that represents the fifth-longest gap between slams in modern baseball history.
"Jason Schmidt," Blanco recalled. "That was a fastball, too."
Indeed, Blanco connected off Schmidt when he pitched for Pittsburgh, before coming to the Giants, in the last year of the Bill Clinton presidency.
Earlier in the week, Blanco wasn't sure if he had a baseball future, but Seattle called him Thursday, and he high-tailed it to Oakland.
"I was just hoping I could get a job and show a team I still can play," he said.
And what keeps the Venezuelan going at 41?
"I just want to win a World Series," he said. "I love the game, I have passion for the game, and I just want to get a ring so I can go home."
That might prove a challenge with Seattle, which is seven games under .500 and 9? behind the A's in the American League West. But at least he can enjoy catching a star like Hernandez, who did his thing against Oakland once again.
Hernandez (8-4) pitched seven scoreless innings, and while the A's had chances against him in the first, fifth and seventh innings, they couldn't get the big hit to support Griffin (5-6), who matched zeros with the Mariners' ace over the first five innings.
"(Hernandez) seems to make a pitch when he has to," A's manager Bob Melvin said.
"He has so many weapons. He's not throwing as hard as he did in the past, but he's got a cutter, a slider, a curveball and a changeup, and he can throw any pitch in any count to both sides of the plate."
Hernandez also beat the A's in the season opener and now has 14??2/3 scoreless innings against Oakland this year with two walks and 16 strikeouts. He 15-6 against the A's in 28 career starts.
The Mariners are proving to be a bit of a thorn to Oakland in 2013, too. Seattle is 6-3 against the A's and has won two straight at the Coliseum after Oakland had won 11 in a row there.
"We get Felix and (Hisashi) Iwakuma every time, it seems like, and (Joe Saunders pitched well (Friday)," Melvin said. "I think that's had a lot to do with it. We haven't scored a whole lot of runs."
Despite that, the A's maintained their two-game division lead over Texas.
n Coco Crisp (heel) and Josh Donaldson (hamstring) returned to the lineup. Donaldson went 0 for 4 and saw his average drop to .305. He has just one hit in his last 21 at-bats.
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COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
What to Expect in End Stage COPD
I have been taking care of my 77 year old mother who has had COPD for about 7 years. They told me 2 years ago she was in end stage. I moved her to Arizona with me 8 months ago. Changing Dr.s has been quite an ordeal. What she is currently experiencing is that she is getting much weaker. Says she feels so tired and no energy. sleeps alot. weezes at night. has been having panic/breathing attacks. I heard there is a drug you can give them in end stage when these attacks occur that has morphine in it that totally calms the attack down. it is scary for her to not get her breath and the anxiety feeds into this. my friend said his mom is on this drug and it has helped her so much with these attacks. Her dr. here in AZ said he doesn`t know what i`m talking about, but her old dr. in Indiana mentioned it, saying when she gets farther along it may be required. how will I know when she is very close to the end. i`m not putting her in hosp. or nursing home. what can i do here to make her more comfortable. how do i know when to take her in to dr. i feel she is close to the end but i don`t know what to look for. all i know, right now, is in the past 3 weeks, she is very weak, wobbles when she walks, gets confused, hears voices and my heart hurts for her. please let me know what to expect in the end. drs. here don`t tell me anything. i`m a person who wants to know up front whats going on. don`t sugar coat things for me. i`ve delt with death before taking care of dad with lung cancer. took care of uncle who got in accident at age 77 and was paralyzed from chest down. so i need to know. thank you so much for any input you can give me.
Thank you for your inquiry. It is difficult to answer specific questions about the course of an individual's disease. I would urge you and your mother to meet with her doctors to speak about goals for her ongoing care and symptom management. Specifically, let them know you are particularly concerned regarding end of life planning. It may be helpful for you to suggest a referral to a Palliative Care specialist (or seek one out yourself), who may be able to anticipate and help you plan for the course of your mother's disease and more specifically manage her symptoms.I hope this is helpful to you. I wish you and your mother well.
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College of Medicine
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AU/GW Art History Symposium
George Washington University hosted the 11th annual AU/GW Art History Symposium on September 28, 2013. The symposium is looked at as an opportunity for students to dip their toes into the waters of presenting original research. Students and faculty from the two schools and guests of the speakers make up the 40 to 45 attendees.
This year, Kathryn Fay, Caitlin Glosser, and Carol Brown, all art history master's students from American University, presented research ranging from medieval European religious scenes to early 20th century visual poetry to Precisionist paintings. "Preparing a paper and presenting it at the symposium was challenging, and it pushed me outside of my comfort zone," says Fay. "I learned so much more about public speaking and how art history discourse is shaped."
Glosser also found preparation challenging, but with the help of her advisor and by doing a mock presentation for members of the AU faculty, she saw how turning a paper into a presentation happens. She found that she needed to cut her paper down to fit the time limit, while retaining a coherent argument accessible to a broader audience, supplemented by the visual evidence in her PowerPoint presentation.
Glosser's research examines the visual poetry of Italian-born Frenchman Guillaume Apollinaire. While his better-known contributions to art history lie in his role as an art critic, Glosser argues that Apollinaire's visual poetry expanded on the idea of Gesamtkunstwerk—"total artwork," an idea first put forth by Richard Wagner. Gesamtkunstwerk is the synthesis of many art forms in an attempt to make a "complete" or "total" artwork. "For Apollinaire, the total artwork is this simultaneous engagement of poetry and painting, poet and painter, reader and viewer, art and life," says Glosser. Apollinaire believed that if the arts did not combine, their traditional forms would become irrelevant to the modern viewer and reader.
From a similar time period but across the pond in America, Elsie Driggs was a prominent painter in and contributor to the Precisionist movement. This movement was an American- born style that first emerged after World War I. Major influences were Cubism and Futurism and the changing American landscape due to industrialization. Fay's research argues that prior scholarship views Driggs's work as a separate entity, on the outside of the movement looking in. In her paper, she reconsiders Driggs's Precisionist paintings, placing them back into the narrative alongside her contemporaries. She argues that keeping them separate risks seeing Driggs's work as a unique, personal response and isolates her from the movement.
Brown presented an in-depth look at the images of St. Anianas during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. In her research, she explores the links between St. Anianas and St. Mark and how the cultural, religious, and political dialogue of the time periods informs the representation of these two figures. "Presenting at the AU/GW Symposium spurred me on in my thesis research, moving me far beyond where I would be at this point without the impetus of the symposium," she says.
Presenting helped her decide to continue this research as her thesis. She hopes to travel to Venice next year, as this will allow her to see information only accessible there. She also wishes to explore the transfer of St. Anianas's relics from Alexandria to Venice, as she believes this overlooked event played an important role in cementing this figure with Venetian history.
All three echo similar sentiments: the symposium presented the selected graduate students with an opportunity to stretch their wings and get a feel for what it is like to prepare and present a paper to the larger arts and academic community. It gives them a chance to see how to shape an argument to fit a broad audience with varied levels of understanding of their research. As in Brown's case, it can provide an impetus for further research. They also learned how to connect the visual aspects of presenting with the verbal aspects, a useful skill in any discipline, but particularly in the arts where the visual is the heart of the conversation.


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A summary of the ICRW's review of 150 programs with a child marriage component, identifying five key strategies used to prevent or delay child marriages:
On July 11, Arifa Bibi, a young mother of two, was stoned to death in Pakistan. Her only "crime" was possessing a cellphone. In response to Bibi's killing, and others like it, a movement is building. More than 10,000 people have signed a petition calling on the UN to eradicate this inhumane punishment. As Arifa's story shows, stoning is as prevalent today as it has ever been. Understanding why and how this practice occurs is crucial to tackling it. Here are the answers to common questions about stoning.
The WLUML E-Gazette is a monthly publication sent out to subscribers which aims to shed light upon the activities of the network as well as important news about women in the Muslim world. The contents of the newsletter include the achievements of several networkers and ICO members, several events and conferences of relevance to the WLUML network, and valuable news pieces. We hope you enjoy this edition of the Gazette!
WLUML would like to add its voice to the myriad voices from around the world mourning the passing away of Sunila Abeysekera, human rights and feminist activists from Sri Lanka earlier this month, while remembering her contribution to the global womens movement and the WLUML network in particular. Sunila worked closely with WLUML at our first feminist leadership institute held in Turkey in 1998 being one of a number of resource persons representing experiences from outside the Muslim world. She facilitated several sessions on using the human rights system and international mechanisms, monitoring and documenting human rights violations, and sexuality and sexual rights.
We are very pleased to announce that WLUML Board Member Karima Bennoune's book, "Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism," has just been published in the U.S. by Norton.
We kindly ask Arab feminist and women's organizations, in particular ,and human rights organizations, in general, to sign on this declaration in solidarity with women protesters and activists in Egypt who are breaking the walls of silence and violence that engulf all our bodies and lives. No to exclusion and intimidation of women protesters in Egypt! To begin, we salute Egyptian women who did not remain silent about the flagrant violations they are suffering.
The following is the official statement of the Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) international solidarity network and its partners in Afghanistan, which is addressed to all parties, particularly Afghanistan's donor countries, who are supporting the direct talks between the Taliban and United States government.
WLUML has released its second edition of the WLUML E-Gazette!


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One among the numerous names of Hindu God Shiva is Mahadev or Mahadevan – the greatest of all Devas or Gods. Shiva got the name, Mahadev, after He dark the Kalakuda, or Halahala, poison that came out during the famous Samudra Manthan, or Churning of Ocean episode, in Hindu tradition. Shiva drank the poison, which had the capacity devour without any hesitation, for the good of the world and he got the name Mahadev. Shiva as Mahadevan performed this selfless sacrifice for the welfare of the living beings.
Legend has it that while the ocean of milk was being churned by the Devas - Demi gods) and Asuras (Demons) using Snake Vasuki as rope, the first thing to appear was a dark sticky foam. It was the dreaded poison Halahala or Kalakuta, which had the power to destroy the universe.
The poison started emitting fumes and soon started to spread in water and air. Shiva soon realized that the poison had the power to destroy the cosmos and immediately gathered the poisonous foam in his hands and drank it to save the world. This divine act made Him Mahadev – the greatest of the gods and the protector of all living and nonliving in the universe.
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All-session tickets for the 2013 Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championship are now on sale and are just $60 through OVC schools' ticket offices until January 31.
The OVC Championship will be held March 6-9 at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn.
Fans wishing to sit in the lower level of Municipal Auditorium with other fans from their favorite school should purchase the all-session tickets directly from their school's ticket office. Please note that reserved seating is limited and once a school's allotment is purchased, only general admission tickets will be available.
A $60 all-session ticket includes admission to all eight sessions of the OVC Championship, which includes seven men's games and seven women's games (seating for women's games is all general admission). Buying a ticket prior to January 31 means each game of the Championship costs just $4.29 apiece.
After January 31 the price of an all-session ticket goes up to $80.
Single session, general admission tickets will be on sale starting in mid-February through the Municipal Auditorium ticket office. Those tickets will be priced at $30 for a men's session, $15 for a women's session and $5 per session for students.
For the second season in a row tickets in the lower arena will be assigned via a quadrant seating assignment. That guarantees schools participating in a given session will have the seats closest to the court and grouped with their fans. Fans of schools not participating in a specific session will sit in general admission seats in the upper (balcony) level.
This season marks the first with 12 teams in the OVC as well as the first year divisional play has been used. The OVC Tournament will feature the top eight teams on each the men's and women's side.
Seeding will be based on the following. The teams that finish in first place in each division will earn the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, with the top seed going to the team with the best overall conference winning percentage. Seeds 3-8 will be determined by conference winning percentage, regardless of division.
This marks the third year the Championship has used a merit-based format. The No. 1 and 2 seeds receive a double bye to the semifinals while the No. 3 and 4 seeds received one bye into the quarterfinals. The first round includes the No. 5 seed against the No. 8 seed and the No. 6 seed against the No. 7 seed.


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Samsung's Smart App Challenge won with innovation or imitation?
They say imitation is the biggest form of flattery; but, what about when that imitation is used to win an competition? As is the case with the latest Smart App Challenge from Samsung. For those unfamiliar, the Samsung Smart App Challenge is designed to reward the developers of "innovative apps" for Samsung's Galaxy Note and Tab devices.
This year's grand prize winner was a game called Gun & Blood, developed by the studio Feelingtouch Inc. The game, which is an on-rails terrorist-shooter, earned the studio $200,000 in prize money.
It appears, however, that Gun & Blood may not be as innovative as it first appeared. In fact, upon further inspection, it appears that the game is quite similar to that of the already-released Overkill app from Craneball Studios.
"In April this year, we discovered Gun & Blood for Android was incredibly similar to our iOS app Overkill," a member of the Craneballs staff told us. "And similar is an understatement."
"The game mechanics and design, the whole idea behind Overkill was shamelessly taken over by feeling touch with only slightly reworked graphics," he explained. "Previous version of Gun & Blood even used the same text, word for word!"
These days, it's hard to find an app that isn't somehow similar to (or a direct copy of) something already on the market. However, to have something so blatantly similar win a competition designed to "reward the developers of innovative apps" seems like a slap in the face, especially to the developers that participated.
To assist in their claims, Craneballs has provided us with a side-by-side graphic comparison of the two games. Is Gun & Blood similar to Overkill? Judge for yourself.


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What really grinds my gears? Episode 13 - Commentary Calamity
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Episode 13 - Commentary Calamity
Yes, this is about wrestling commentary. I am rather perplexed at the downfall of wrestling commentary, because it was such a big part of the shows. Can you imagine watching old school wrestling with no Jesse Ventura?? What about the Attitude Era without Jim Ross and (Heel) The King? Imagine ECW without Joey Styles???? Oh .... my .... God!
Nowadays, we have plunged into a blackhole of terrible commentary. Not just in WWE, even TNA has fallen on the commentary side. I will start with WWE commentary, just because it is clearly the worst.
Michael Cole
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has voted him the worst announcer of the last four years, and I completely agree. Where do I start???
He is an absolute puppet. Really it's not even Cole commentating, it is Vince McMahon. Anything Vince wants said, Cole will say it. Also Cole doesn't know the names of most of the wrestling holds. He is often bashed by other commentators, and is absolutely annoying to the point he takes away from the product.
Since Cole took over as lead announcer, he has had nothing on Jim Ross. He can have his moments, but they are very few and far between. He continues to go through the motions, sounding fake, and never truly getting into what he is commentating on. Also a commentator like Cole should never be used as a heel, specially when he is "supposed" to be a lead announcer. I am sure many people got tired of his heel persona which is why they scrapped it.
He is meant to be a play-by-play announcer, but he never really calls the action. He will refer to someone as being "Vintage", or bury the Divas Division before becoming a better announcer. It's probably the biggest reason why Jim Ross stopped commentating, he didn't want to be a puppet like Cole.
Jerry Lawler
To be honest, Lawler was never one of the greatest announcers of all time. He has and always will be a wrestler before being an announcer. If he could wrestle full time at the highest level, he would be doing so. He is an announcer purely because he wanted to keep himself relevant going into his golden years. He was only amazing during the Attitude Era because he was the Yang to Jim Ross' Ying. The chemistry between the two was amazing for many years, and it is hard to imagine the Attitude Era without the duo.
Nowadays, he is a shell of his former self. He tries to be funny, he tries to be a good guy, but you can just tell that he doesn't really enjoy it anymore. A quote from the man himself ..
I still enjoy performing in the ring as much as I ever did. I didn't get into this business to be a commentator; I don't even really enjoy being a commentator. I just happen to be able to do it where people can stand to listen to me
I just can't understand why the WWE continue to have him at the announce table. He adds nothing of value to the product, and admits to his mistakes.
The last time I genuinely enjoyed WWE commentary, was when JBL, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler worked as a trio for one night in Cole's absence. Lawler upped his game next to them two, and you could tell all three were enjoying it.
Josh Matthews & Todd Grisham
Gone are the days where announcers like these were appreciated. These two were similar in that they were fresh, young, and doing their best to call the action. Even with guys like JBL trying to provoke reactions out of them, they would continue to call the action. Am I the only one who appreciated that?
I mean .. the commentators are not meant to be charismatic, they are there to do a simple job of announcing. When announcers can entertain, then that's a bonus, but telling us the action gets us to turn our heads away from facebook, video games, and anything else that may be grabbing our attention. You don't find many announcers like that now in the top companies, so I never really know when anything interesting is going on.
John Bradshaw Layfield
Bradshaw is probably the best colour commentator in the top two companies. He is not a legendary announcer, but he is good. He does genuinely try and work with whoever he is paired with, and puts over talent.
He does have small things which are a little annoying, like the Randy Orton thing (where he says that if you was to make your own superstar, it would be Randy Orton), and referencing events outside of wrestling that are relevant.
In fact, I totally appreciate when JBL mentions old legends like Hackenschmidt, Lou Thesz, Killer Kowalski and all those names that Cole and Lawler would never mention. WWE do not do enough to reference the past. Jim Ross used to do it frequently, and it made you feel more prestige within the company.
Also I really appreciated when JBL mentioned Ronnie O'Sullivan winning the World Snooker Championship, because I watched and really enjoyed it, as did many other people across the world.However Cole shot down his comment, telling him how it was completely irrelevant, which just tells me that either Vince didn't appreciate it, or Cole has no clue what goes on in sports across the world.JBL has great knowledge of the UK, and as I am English, I feel like I could really relate to JBL if I ever met him, which is just one reason why I feel he is the best commentator in the WWE right now.
Sometimes he does mention certain events I have absolutely no clue about, and I can see how it can confuse people, but to some, they could totally relate to it.
So what can they do about it?
If the world was a fantasy land where I could just come in and pick the commentary team, it would be Joey Styles for Raw (with guests), and JBL/Regal on Smackdown. Joey Styles is more than capable of doing Coles and Lawlers job, so long as he doesn't need to plug the Twitter stuff every two minutes.
Smackdown would be great for the likes of two former wrestlers like JBL and Regal, with Regal being the play-by-play. It would just depend on the chemistry between the two, but I personally feel it would work really well til I was able to find two fresh (and talented) and announcers to replace them.
In reality, that would never happen. They really do need to find new faces on commentary instead of relying on the same names that have been around since the 90s.
Until then, I will hope they have nights were commentary is cut off, so I can just enjoy the matches.That has happened a few times, and it was so peaceful. So many times the commentators babble on to the point I can't even focus on the match, I just tune into the babble and can't shake it. At the moment, no commentary > commentary in the WWE for me personally. I know that sounds silly, but really, just the sound of the wrestlers bumping and the crowd reacting is a very calming feeling.So .. onto TNA Wrestling.
Insipid Taz Commentary
Anyone who has watched Botchamania knows this segment really well. It is a point in the youtube video where we get to here Taz ramble on about something that makes absolutely no sense.
Why does Taz ramble like this? I don't remember him doing that in the WWE? In fact I used to really like the Cole/Taz pairing for Smackdown, it worked extremely well. Since Taz really settled into TNA, his commentary has steadily gone downhill.
He was at a point where it felt like he really didn't care about the product. He would rip on Tenay a bit, make some jokes, then ramble on about absolutely nothing til Tenay would respond, in a way you can tell he is just cringing.
When he turned heel and joined Aces and Eights, his commentary became more entertaining, but only in the short term. Once again, just like Michael Coles heel turn, it fizzled out to the point it has become more annoying then entertaining. We all know that Taz is going to fully support Aces and Eights at all times, even when a specific match has absolutely nothing to do with Aces and Eights.It has become predictable, and again he will go into babble mode, referencing things we have no clue about.
TNA has changed its announce team lately, trying to keep it fresh. Bringing in Todd Kennely, then having half a show with Todd/Borash, then the last half with Taz/Tenay. Then Todd joined Tenay and Taz so they could work as a trio. To be honest I felt that combination was decent, however TNA decided Todd wasn't totally up to the job, and soon reverted back to Tenay/Taz.
Even more recently, they took Taz off the show once so Tenay/Borash could commentate, then the next show, they had Taz/Borash. To be honest, I missed Tenay a lot more then I missed Taz. Why?? Because Tenay actually calls the action!
Mike Tenay was voted by the Wrestling Observer as the best announcer five times (Once in WCW, Four times in a row in TNA from 2002-2005) and has never been voted the worst. He is the only announcer outside WWE or UFC to be praised for his work. However I also feel like Tenay is not as good as he once was.
I think partly it is down to the chemistry with Taz, and the TNA product itself. Notice how Tenay was voted best announcer during TNAs Golden Age, where the likes of AJ Styles, Samoa Joe and the X-Division reigned supreme? Give Tenay something he can be passionate on, and he will up his game.
TNA has definite room for improvement, and I think if Taz was replaced, people would accept it. Tenay is "the voice" of TNA, just like Jim Ross was, and although to some he may not be charismatic, you know when you hear his voice, TNA is on, and you know he is going to call the matches, and actually knows the moves!
Jeremy Borash
Borash is not too bad actually, however I just don't feel he should be on commentary. If Tenay ever retires then he could easily be the play-by-play, but personally I think JB is great at the backstage segments, and announcing the Main Events. If he ever does end up on commentary full time, Taz is not the right guy to partner with him.
So at the end of this, you can take away that commentary really does grind my gears in the wrestling business today, and is just one problem of many that takes away from the products. The chemistry between announcers are often poor and feels forced. Whenever two announcers with real chemistry come together, they will create magic and make the worst of shows sound amazing.
Just like a Ziggler can sell moves to make his opponent look awesome, the commentary team needs to be top notch, so creative errors will be masked by the awesomeness of said team. At the moment, these announcers take away from the good matches, and make the bad matches even worse.
Until next time. Peace.


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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) reached an agreement regarding who will implement Florida's numeric nutrient criteria to prevent the state's waterways from excess nitrogen and phosphorus.
The agreement will allow FDEP to implement the numeric nutrient criteria. This agreement will allow EPA to withdraw the federal NNC for Florida, which could have cost the state's agricultural community more than $1 billion annually. The agreement is contingent on Florida's Legislature acting to direct FDEP to move forward.
The announcement was greeted with approval from the fertilizer and agriculture industries. The Fertilizer Institute called it a "tremendous victory" for the fertilizer industry.
"Nutrients occur naturally and in balanced concentrations contribute to healthy ecosystems," said TFI Vice President of Scientific Programs Bill Herz. "We are extremely pleased with this agreement and the overall efforts of a unified industry and agriculture community. We have long argued that nutrients cannot be treated like traditional pollutants and have consistently held that strict federal NNC are not the best way to regulate them in waterways."
The agreement is precedent setting as it confirms that states, not the federal government, are best equipped to protect their own waters, TFI said. Second, it leaves in place an earlier U.S. District Court decision to vacate EPA's streams standard and the downstream protective value; tools that could be used to set NNC elsewhere. This is important today as environmental groups are pushing EPA to utilize similar means to address nutrients in the Mississippi River Basin.
The Agricultural Retailers Association was also pleased by the decision.
"This is a favorable development as the agreement will allow the state of Florida to establish the numeric nutrient standards rather than EPA," said Richard Gupton, senior vice president, public policy and counsel, ARA. "ARA has been involved with the industry lawsuits on this issue with TFI and other ag groups. A similar fight is taking place regarding the Mississippi River Basin lawsuit."
This agreement, once implemented and completed, coupled with EPA's prior (Nov. 30, 2012) approval of FDEP's newly adopted water quality standards, will result in Florida having numeric nutrient criteria for lakes, springs, estuaries and coastal waters, and the vast majority of flowing waters in the state, according to the Agricultural Retailers Association.
ARA goes on to say that the plan includes proposing state legislation and adopting additional state rules that, when combined, will eliminate the need for continued dual rulemaking and secure the foundation for a singular, state-led solution for the state of Florida. Currently, state and federal rules are in place for some Florida waterbodies. The proposed legislation would require the Department to complete its nutrient criteria rulemaking for remaining coastal and estuarine waters by Dec. 1, 2014, and establish interim nutrient standards until then. The legislation would further codify requirements for nutrient conditions in all managed conveyances and canals, and makes it clear that all state criteria will go into effect when EPA removes the federal criteria and ceases future rulemaking.


text: Review: Carlson, Benefit Street Band bring wit to Woody Hawley series By Rosalie Earle November 4, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Who would have thought that within hours of having my heart broken in double overtime by a successful two-point conversion, that there would be joy in my life so soon afterward.Thank you Rob Carlson and the Benefit Street Band for making me crackle with laughter, forgetting my sorrows over a one-point loss by West Virginia University to Texas Christian University. Carlson and two of the three other band members performed Saturday at the Clay Center Walker Theater as part of the Woody Hawley singer/songwriter series.Think about it. How many concerts have you gone to where the encore is a song about all the side effects of various medications and the audience is encouraged to sing along on the one-word chorus "diarrhea." And they did!Carlson is a singer/songwriter with a wicked wit that he uses to parody smug folk singers and pop icons.He claimed not be able to mimic celebrities for too long -- "My John Wayne imitation becomes the late Howard Cosell. I can't stay with it."He did sound a lot like Elvis in his opening song "It's Good to be King" -- with "good looks and a million bucks..."And then there's -- it must be a love/hate relationship with Bob Dylan. For many years, he did parodies of Dylan for American Comedy Network. And he performed one Saturday, "A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall," only in this version the blue-eyed son overdoses on Viagra. Still, he chose Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" when he invited old Charleston friends to join him and his band on stage. They were Charleston lawyer Josh Barrett, who Carlson said he has known since grade school and once played together in the same band; Bartett's wife, Julie Adams of the Mountain Stage Band; and Ron Sowell, also of the Mountain Stage band and artistic director of the Woody Hawley series.The extended group also sang "Peaceable Kingdom," which Carlson co-wrote with Jon Gailman in 1974. Ron Sowell told how he heard the song in an Atlanta record shop and liking it so much, he bought Carlson's album and recorded the song with the band he then played with -- The Putnam County Pickers.Another West Virginia connection is the Avalon Folk Festival in Paw Paw, where Carlson and his band have played at the clothes optional event. Naturally, Carlson got a song out of it: Done in Calypso style, Carlson sang of "folk music in the raw in old Paw Paw."It wasn't all laughs, though. There were what Carlson called "quiet songs," like "The One Called Shenandoah," in which a country singer has been singing for 40 years about "Wildflower, Tennessee and Shenandoah." Carlson was accompanied by very accomplished musicians; Paul Payton on the key board and Vinnie Pasternak on the mandolin and banjo provided a polished sound to the sets.Nels Andrews opened the evening with a half dozen of his original, very literate songs. He won the hearts of the audience by sharing his ordeal. He learned on Saturday morning that he hadn't arrived in Charleston, W.Va. He was, instead, in Charles Town, W.Va.The next Woody Hawley concert is Jan. 5, featuring Michael Johnson. Reach Rosalie Earle at email@example.com or 304-348-5115. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 YWCA Charleston's Women of Achievement to be honored in March 3 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 4 WVU pulls away from Kansas for 56-34 win 5 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis Yard cleanup Previous Story Handful of races could decide W.Va. House control Next Story


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NEW ORLEANS -- Player-safety questions dominated NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's state-of-the-league address Friday, and Alex Smith's plight with the 49ers does not fall into that category, in Goodell's opinion.
Instead, Goodell placed Smith's benching squarely on coach Jim Harbaugh's decision to stick with Colin Kaepernick as the 49ers' starting quarterback. Kaepernick will make his 10th career start Sunday in Super Bowl XLVII.
"I believe very strongly there's a difference between a medical decision and a football decision," Goodell said. "I'm glad he came forward and identified he had an injury."
Smith was enjoying a career-best season before sustaining a concussion in a Nov. 11 tie against the St. Louis Rams. Kaepernick replaced Smith the following game, and Smith remained on the sideline a week later despite being medically cleared.
Upon his benching, Smith said he did nothing to lose his job other that get a concussion, and that message surely spread throughout NFL locker rooms where other players fear falling victim to the same scenario.
"I understand the somewhat dilemma," Goodell said of reporting injuries. "The highest priority needed is players rising their hand when they have an injury."
In another 49ers-related topic, Goodell announced that the 49ers' Oct. 27 game in London against the Jacksonville Jaguars has sold out, as has the Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers game Sept. 29, also in Wembley Stadium.
"There are passionate fans who love the NFL in the U.K. and globally," Goodell said. "We're beginning the process of what's the next step to grow the game in London. Should we play three games?"
Other issues addressed by Goodell:
* On testing for human growth hormone (HGH), which was agreed to in the last collective bargaining agreement but has yet to be implemented:
"I believe that HGH testing is going to happen prior to the 2013 NFL season," Goodell said. "It's the right thing to do for the players, for their health and well-being long-term. It's the right thing to do for the integrity of the game."
* On continuing to enforce penalties for illegal hits:
"I think we're going to have to continue to see discipline escalate, particularly on repeat offenders. It's not just the player, the defenseless player, that's being protected; it's the person doing the striking. We see in the injury rates that the defenseless player and the defensive back are having a higher injury rate,"
* On the need for more teaching of fundamental football as it relates to tackling:
"The reality is we have to get back to tackling, using the shoulders, using your arms properly to tackle ... there is a strike zone, and that's where we are encouraging our players to focus on and our coaches to coach that way, and it's made a difference."
* On the effectiveness of the "Rooney Rule" after none of the eight head coaching positions went to minority candidates:
"We have to look to see what the next generation of the Rooney Rule is ... there was full compliance and, I believe, a record number of interviews. But we didn't have the outcomes we wanted."
* An NFL Players Association study which said 78 percent of players said they did not trust their team's medical staff:
"That was news to me as of yesterday. I'm disappointed, because I think we have tremendous medical care for our players. These are not just team doctors. These doctors are affiliated with the best medical institutions in the world -- the Cleveland Clinic, Stanford, Hospital for Special Surgery. The medical care that is provided to our players is extraordinary."
* On his reception in New Orleans after imposing severe bounty scandal penalties in the Saints, which has included signs in restaurants with his picture that say 'Don't serve this man.':
"You know when you look back at it, my picture, as you point out, is in every restaurant. I had a float in the Mardi Gras parade. We got a voodoo doll. I'm serious, really, the people here have been incredible."


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DEACON Blue will be playing Westonbirt Arboretum after agreeing to take part in a series of concerts in the Forestry Commission's Forest Live music series.
The Scottish band's melodic pop-rock style gained a fervent fan base through the release of several classic albums like 'Raintown', 'When The World Knows Your Name' and 'Fellow Hoodlums'. With jazz and soul inspired melodies, the song-writing skills of front man Ricky Ross are illustrated through the diversity of their repertoire with defining singles including 'Real Gone Kid', 'When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)?', 'Chocolate Girl', 'Wages Day', 'Fergus Sings The Blues', 'Twist and Shout', 'Your Town' and 'Dignity'. In 2012 Deacon Blue released their first album in over a decade, The Hipsters, which went Top 20 and was supported by a sold out UK tour.
Forest Live is an independent programme organised by the Forestry Commission bringing music to new audiences without commercial branding or sponsorship. Income from the concerts is spent on improving the woodland for both people and wildlife.
Ricky Ross said: "This is a new adventure for the band. We are looking forward to bringing the full Deacon Blue live experience to these unique locations and we really hope you can join us."
Deacon Blue plus guests will be performing at Westonbirt on Saturday, July 19. Tickets are £40.70 (including booking fee) and go on sale from 9am on Friday, February 28. Call 03000 680400 or buy online www.forestry.gov.uk/music


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The Kidzone Children's Ministry at Lighthouse Word Church kicked off its Celebration Summer program. The events include music, drama, dance on Sunday, June 10.
There were two bounce houses, train rides, face painting, popcorn, cotton candy and snow cones.
Each Sunday at 10:30 am throughout the summer will be packed with fun and rewards for those who bring their friends. All children from kindergarten through 5th grade are invited, and classes for toddlers and babies are also provided.
Call 493-1554 for more information.
Lighthouse Word Church is hosting a Patriotic Service on Sunday, July 1, at 10:30 am, in honor of our independence as a nation.
Special guests include keynote speaker Chiefland Police Chief Robert Douglas, State Attorney Bill Cervone, 8th Judicial Circuit Judge David Glant, Levy County Judge James T. "Tim" Browning and many other city and county officials.
Patriotic music and voter registration will also be featured at the service.
The public is invited to join in the celebration.
Amateur radio operators, known as hams, from the Tri-County area will be gathering for their annual Field Day on Saturday and Sunday, June 23-24.
You see their names all over Levy County, but do you know the faces of the many people who are running for political office? The Levy Association for Retarded Citizens has planned a showcase for the candidates to introduce themselves at an invitational softball challenge.
The LARC softball team has invited all candidates running for political office to a face-off two-inning softball game. A second game will be played by two teams made up of political candidates picked at random to play against each other in a three-inning face off.
On June 2, the Chiefland Lions Club provided free diabetes screenings for the Tri-County area at the Chiefland Watermelon Festival.
They had an excellent turnout and were able to screen 68 individuals. Of those 68 individuals, 29 of them were unaware that they had high sugar and were referred to their doctor. This number does not include individuals who were tested that were already aware that they had diabetes.
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott has proclaimed June as Great Outdoors Month in Florida in recognition of the outstanding recreational opportunities provided by Florida's natural resources, including forests, parks, trails and other public lands and waters. Great Outdoors Month is celebrated across the country each June, highlighting the health and social benefits of active fun outdoors.
Williston will celebrate Independence Day Tuesday, July 3, with a parade at 5 p.m.
This year's parade theme will be "made in America." Afterward, at 6 p.m., the gates of the Horseman's Park will open, with the opening ceremony starting at 7 p.m.
There will be food, rides, booths and musical acts such as Javier Hernandez and the Shane Wooten Band. The evening will end with fireworks at about 9:30 p.m.
Recording artist Trevis Prince broke down song writing into an easy, three-step process and discussed his own background in music and the intricacies of the industry at a workshop at the Bronson Public Library May 30.
After graduating from the University of Florida in 2003, the Palm Beach County native works as an insurance consultant in Gainesville while balancing the pursuit of a career in music. In his free time, he enjoys teaching others about his biggest passion.
The Tri-county Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans is hosting a pool tournament and car show on June 17, at 1 p.m. The event will include door prizes, a 50/50 raffle, a silent auction and a benefit lunch. It takes place at Chiefland Billards at 1545 N.W. 26th Ave in Chiefland. Proceeds benefit 20-year-old Casie Wharton, who has suffered from Type 2 Autoimmune Hepatitis since she was four. She recently received a liver transplant and has nearly $6,000 in medical expenses every month for further treatments.
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He may not have a driver's license, but Matthew George does have a blossoming daylily business.
The 15-year-old Trenton High School student is actively involved in FFA, sports and running his own business.
"Matthew is learning about the real world at a young age," said Steve Broker, Trenton FFA advisor. "He's a very serious young man, who works hard and will do anything you ask him to."
A crowd of about 40 people, most huddled under canopies or umbrellas, turned out on Memorial Day at Rosemary Hill Cemetery in Bronson to pay their respects to those who gave their lives in defense of the United States of America.
As Tropical Depression Beryl sent winds and a steady drizzle, Ivan Chubb, Florida state veterans representative, shepherded the crowd and offered prayers.
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The Friends of the Luther Callaway Public Library in Chiefland will conduct its semi-annual book sale in conjunction with the Chiefland Watermelon Festival on Saturday. There will be hundreds of hardcover books, paperbacks, audio books, videos and children's books for sale at great prices—most for less than a dollar and some for much less.
Buy a reusable fabric tote bag for $5 and take away as many books, not specially priced, etc., as it will hold. Some old and rare books will be available at market prices.
Chiefland will celebrate the watermelon in its many forms when it welcomes visitors to the 58th Annual Watermelon Festival on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The festival is sponsored by the Chiefland Woman's Club with the help of the City of Chiefland and other groups and vendors who rent booths. The event is a fundraiser for the club, as well as a showcase for the area's biggest agricultural product.
The Levy County Quilt Museum welcomed a crowd of folks to its Open House on Saturday, May 19.
Folks came to check out the many quilts on display, including Log Cabin Quilters' award winning works from the State Fair in Tampa.
They also checked out "Miss Winnelle's Cporner," an area set aside to honor the museum's founder Winnelle Horne.
The quilters held a yard sale and celebrated the opening of a sheriff's substation at the museum thay will provide residents with an extra feeling of protection.
Suwannee Valley Players present "Love, Laughter and Lucci," a comedy written by Cricket Daniel, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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Yes, they do. Members of Congress, the President and Vice President, federal judges, and most political appointees, have paid taxes into the Social Security program since January 1984. They pay into the system just like everyone else, no matter how long they have been in office. Learn more about Social Security benefits at www.socialsecurity.gov.
How do I change my citizenship status on Social Security's records?
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Social Security District Manager, Gainesville
It's an American tradition to pay tribute to the men and women of the Armed Forces each Memorial Day — especially honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country.
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Bautista not convinced Team Canada did right thing
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Don't count Jose Bautista among those who felt Team Canada was simply playing by the rules during Saturday night's controversial game versus Mexico in the World Baseball Classic.
Bautista was watching when Canadian catcher Chris Robinson bunted to lead off the ninth inning with his club up by six runs. Mexico took exception to the bunt and pitcher Arnold Leon then proceeded to hit Toronto's Rene Tosoni later in the inning.
That prompted an ugly benches-clearing incident, and while every run matters at the international tournament, Bautista still feels as though some of the game's ethics were violated by Robinson.
"I believe in the unwritten rules of the game," Bautista told reporters Sunday morning. "They should be respected. It's a code amongst players and everybody who plays baseball at a level higher than Little League knows what it is and there's no excuse."
The comments can be taken as somewhat controversial considering Canada needed to score as many runs as possible because of the tournament's rules. If the United States had lost to Italy on Saturday night, then there was a scenario in which three teams -- including Canada -- could have finished tied with a 1-2 record.
The tiebreaker then would have been based on run differential. In a regular-season game, bunting to lead off the ninth would have been considered a definite no-no, but Bautista felt the same guidelines should have been applied in this scenario as well.
It's a view that isn't necessarily shared by Blue Jays manager John Gibbons.
"The run differential matters," Gibbons said. "Everybody knows that, so it shouldn't really surprise anybody. If that determines whether you move on or not, I'm sure the other side would have probably done the same thing, I would think."
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Is your church in some way connecting faith and work for individuals? Why is this rarely preached or taught? read more
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I love to eat! When I was in high school, I would go for a day or two without eating and never even notice. We had plenty of food; I was just busy with other things. Now I barely go for an hour or two without being tempted by something with enough calories to add pounds just by looking at it.
I appreciate a nice restaurant with quality food and great service. I love Atlanta, but it did take some getting used to "all things fried" and sweet tea so sweet it can take the enamel off your teeth. So each time Patti and I find a really great restaurant, we are thrilled.
Large and small restaurants share a similar purpose. They want to serve good food, provide good service and make a profit. But they are different in nature. Small, one-of-a-kind restaurants have different concerns than the larger "mega" restaurants, chains and franchises do. read more
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During my coaching networks and ministry health assessments, I frequently spend time checking out church websites. While evaluating the sites, I've noticed many pastors and ministry leaders are writing blogs.
Honestly, some of the blogs seem stuck.
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RACE for Life organisers have said they were delighted with the turn out for today's Burnley Race for Life.
As hundreds of participants took to the course, a strong crowd of supporters and bystanders were able to cheer from the sidelines and stroll around stalls, which included face painting and refreshments.
The charity has said a big thankyou to everyone who took part and to their supporters.
Event manager Jennifer Ward said she was overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the runners taking part.
She said: "Everyone is just up for it - what a wonderful atmosphere these incredible ladies have created for our event. I haven't yet spoken to anyone who isn't having a really good time and the fancy dress is incredible this year. Everyone has made such an effort.
"They are all unstoppable. It's like the weather doesn't even matter. As well as having fun they are supporting a really good cause and they are going to raise so much money for us."
The race had attracted 1050 women and organisers were expecting to raise £55,000 from the event yesterday.
The Cancer Research UK fundraiser has become one of Burnley's most popular annual events. Last year 1,110 women took part in the Burnley gathering and raised £53,830.
* Have you been captured at this event by a Lancashire Telegraph photographer? See tomorrow's LT for more on this story and lots of pictures.


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Marvel Toys' Legendary Comic Book Heroes Series 1
To insure your action figure collection, get in touch with Collectibles Insurance. Say figures.com to get 5% off your first term premiums.
To get your figures graded, go to ActionFigureAuthority.com.
To buy action figures, take a look at BigBadToyStore.com, BriansToys.com, ToyWiz.com, SmallJoes.com, MonkeyDepot.com, and Urban-Collector.com.
For statues and sculptures, go to CSMooreStudio.com.
For t-shirts, take a look at 80sTees.com.
One of the more interesting shake ups in the toy industry this decade was Hasbro's acquisition of the Marvel license from ToyBiz in 2006. The deal was shocking on many levels, though the fact that ToyBiz was a part of Marvel was probably the greatest. It all came down to money. With the Marvel license lost, ToyBiz restructured and renamed itself Marvel Toys; an extremely ironic move since, well, Marvel Toys didn't produce Marvel toys.
Marvel Toys did carry on to deliver two incredible action figure waves focused on indy superheroes. Called Legendary Comic Book Heroes, the line introduced fans to cool independant comic characters such as Ripclaw, Madman and Superpatriot. What was especially appealing about the line was Marvel Toys' inclusion of the Build-A-Figure. The concept, established with their popular Marvel Legends line as ToyBiz, allowed collectors to create a large scale bonus figure when all the figures in a series were purchased. In the case of Legendary Comic Book Heroes Series 1, the BAF was the massive PITT. Fully articulated, down to each clawed finger, PITT went a long way in making the first assortment a hit with serious figure fans. Unfortunately, the obscure characters in the line didn't go over too well with the general toy buying population and mass retail sadly brought Legendary Comic Book Heroes to an end.


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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge continues to make the most out of her amazing closet, wearing a red Alexander McQueen dress she first wore for the Queen's Jubilee festivities to a Buckingham Palace reception for British film stars Monday.
The long-sleeved, cardinal red number, which was first seen on Kim Kardashian, was last seen on Kate at a Diamond Jubilee event in honor of the Queen's 60th anniversary on the throne. In June 2012, Kate wore it with a perfectly-matched fascinator, a small brooch, a tartan scarf and nude heels (right) for a breezy royal barge ride on the Thames.
RELATED: For the latest Kate style news, including her other gorgeous dress rewears, click here!
For the film reception, Kate wore her hair down and added uncharacteristically bold earrings (golden chandeliers), then added her signature shimmering hose and black accessories for a polished (and more wintry) look. We love Kate's everyday style, though we must admit, we're excited to see her bust out some royal jewels in the near future.
Which way do you like the dress best? How should she style it next? Weigh in below!
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RELATED: Five of our favorite-ever looks on Kate!
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Therapeutic Intensification of HIV-associated Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma by Peripheral Blood Cell Transplantation Following Chemotherapy.
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Given the poor prognosis of HIV-associated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and it's still high incidence in HAART era, more intensive therapy is required in patients with initially severe stage of NHL or relapsing after first-line chemotherapy.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of an intensive chemotherapy followed by peripheral blood cell transplantation in these patients.
|HIV Infections Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
|Procedure: autologous peripheral blood cell transplantation
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Therapeutic Intensification for HIV-associated Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma by Autologous Transplantation of Either Unselected or CD34+-Selected Peripheral Blood Stem Cells, in Patients in First or Second Complete Remission. ANRS 131
- Safety criteria defined as the occurrence of grades 3 or 4 adverse events in the 6 months following transplantation.
- Evaluation of:
- Percentage and absolute count of CD3, CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes
- Lymphocyte phenotypes and functions
- TREC analysis
- Immune reconstitution in vivo
- Duration of aplasia
|Study Start Date:
|February 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has dramatically reduced mortality and morbidity of HIV-infected patients by decreasing the incidence of opportunistic infections and HIV-related malignancies such as Kaposi sarcoma. However, the frequency of NHL remains increased in these patients. Moreover, their prognostic remains poor comparing to HIV negative patients. This is mainly due to the type of NHL (aggressive B, and frequent stage IV) but also host factors such as immunodeficiency, co-infections (EBV, HHV8), and chemotherapy-HAART interactions. In the lack of new and significantly more efficient treatments, therapeutic intensification such as high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (ASCT), already tested in relapsed or partially responding HIV negative patients, could be an option in HAART controlled HIV+ patients with NHL, rather in first complete remission (CR) but with initially high International Prognosis Index (IPI above or equal to 2), or in second CR, whatever initial IPI. Positive selection CD34+ cells is an approach for depleting grafts of tumour cells and HIV DNA. However the delayed lymphocyte recovery following this process, may lead to increased incidence of opportunistic infections (OI) in HIV-infected patients. OI prophylaxis will be systematically associated.
Eligible patients will have peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) mobilization and divided in two subgroups. Group A with 3-6 x 106 PBSC will not undergo CD34+ selection process and group B with more than 6 x 106 will undergo this process. The myeloablative conditioning process is the same in the two groups with total body irradiation before reinfusion of grafts.
Patients will be followed from week2 (W2) up to W60 with clinical and biological evaluations.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 55 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients between 18 and 55 years old at screening
- Documented HIV-1 infection
- Currently HAART-treated
- Plasma HIV-RNA below 50 copies/ml at screening
- Lymphocyte T CD4+ count above or equal to 100/mm3 at the NHL diagnosis
- Histologically proven large cell NHL in first remission with classical poor prognostic factors (IPI above or equal to 2) or in second remission whatever IPI.
- Biological criteria of eligibility for intensive therapeutic
- Signed written informed consent
- Patient protected by the social security of one of the European community countries.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Burkitt NHL
- Central nervous system NHL
- Patients already treated by ASCT
- Ongoing infectious disease
- Psychiatric disease
- Left ventricular ejection fraction < 25%
- Creatinine clearance < 50 ml/min
- Hepatic failure
- Uncontrolled high blood pressure
- Chronic hepatitis C or B
- Participating in other trials.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00432419
|Servide d'Immunologie Clinique
|Creteil, France, 94010
|Principal Investigator:
|Yves LEVY, MD, PhD
|Service d'Immunologie Clinique, Henri Mondor Hospital 94010 Creteil Cedex
|Study Director:
|Genevieve CHENE, MD, PhD
|INSERM Unit 593, Bordeaux
|Responsible Party:
|French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00432419 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|February 5, 2007
|Last Updated:
|December 21, 2011
Keywords provided by French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis:
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Peripheral blood stem cells transplantation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
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Brody Jenner and girlfriend Avril Lavigne got in a tussle at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Saturday night that left both of them bloodied.
According to reports from TMZ Brody was being taunted by guys at the hotel when one of them threw a bottle that struck Jenner in the head. Jenner tussled with the fellows before hotel security broke up the fight.
Somewhere in all of this Avril Lavigne got a black eye and a bloody nose.
Jenner took himself to the hospital and was stictched up where the bottle hit his head.


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Flashback: CHAPLIN, Starring Rob McClure, Closes on Broadway Today
The new musical CHAPLIN, depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin, concludes its Broadway run today, January 6, at the Barrymore Theatre, after 24 previews and 136 regular performances. Below, BroadwayWorld takes you through the hit musical's traipse on Broadway with photos, videos, and more.
CHAPLIN stars Rob McClure in the title role, and also features Jim Borstelmann (Alf Reeves), Jenn Colella (Hedda Hopper), Erin Mackey (Oona O'Neill), Michael McCormick (Sennett, McGranery, Emcee), Christiane Noll (Hannah Chaplin), Zachary Unger (Young Charlie, Jackie) and Wayne Alan Wilcox (Sydney Chaplin). The production also includes Justin Bowen, Emilee Dupré, Sara Edwards, Leslie Donna Flesner, Lisa Gajda, Timothy Hughes, Ethan Khusidman, Ian Liberto, Renée Marino, Michael Mendez, Sarah O'Gleby, Hayley Podschun, Adam Rogers, William Ryall, Eric Santagata and Emily Tyra.
CHAPLIN features music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by three-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray) and Christopher Curtis. Warren Carlyle (Finian's Rainbow; Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway) directs and choreographs the production.
The creative team for CHAPLIN includes scenic design by Beowulf Boritt, costume design by Amy Clark and Martin Pakledinaz, lighting design by Ken Billington, sound design by Scott Lehrer and Drew Levy, and projection design by Jon Driscoll. Bryan Perri is the musical director.
CHAPLIN is produced on Broadway by the Rich Entertainment Group (Bob & Mindy Rich), John and Claire Caudwell, Roy Gabay, the Viertel Routh Frankel Baruch Group, Chunsoo Shin / Waxman-Dokton, and Broadway Across America.
From the slums of London to the heights of Hollywood, CHAPLIN is the showbiz Broadway musical about the silent film legend the world couldn't stop talking about - Charlie Chaplin. The brand new 24-person musical reveals the man behind the legend, the undeniable genius that forever changed the way America went to the movies.
The CHAPLIN Original Broadway Cast Recording is now available digitally and will be in retail stores beginning January 8, 2013
CHAPLIN began previews on August 21, 2012 and officially opened at the Barrymore Theatre on September 10. As the show prepared for its big opening, BroadwayWorld brought a first look at the iconic production. Scroll through for photos and a performance preview!
Prior to opening on Broadway, we brought you a behind-the-scenes glimpse at CHAPLIN's very first photo shoot back in July - check out the video below, featuring Rob McClure, who stars as Charlie Chaplin, as he talks about preparing for the role of a lifetime.
In August, just a week before previews began at the Barrymore, BroadwayWorld TV was at the theater to chat with the cast and crew in anticipation of opening night. Hear what they had to say and check out a performance preview below!
Finally, only days prior to CHAPLIN's opening night, BroadwayWorld debuted the highlights from the new musical! Check out the performance preview of Rob McClure and the rest of the cast as Broadway got a little more black and white!
As previously announced, the entertainment agency AWA Partners (www.AWA-Partners.com) is putting together a US national tour of CHAPLIN that will launch in the fall of 2014, with plans for an international world tour to follow. The show is also set to open in São Paulo, Brazil in 2014.


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IBM Certified Application Development - TRIRIGA Application Platform V3.2.1
Job Role Description / Target Audience
This intermediate level technical professional is an individual who understands the TRIRIGIA Application Platform architecture and is able to use the TRIRIGA Application Platform toolset to create and customize the TRIRIGA application. This individual is able to perform these tasks with little to no assistance from product documentation, support or peers.
Key areas of competency:
- Describe the TRIRIGA core platform tool set.
- Use tools for developing the User Experience (Form Layout, State Actions, Queries, Portal Sections).
- Describe Report/Query techniques.
- Apply business logic through use of workflows.
- Describe how Security works.
- Able to load data and/or metadata in to TRIRIGA using the various tools
Recommended Prerequisite Skills
Prerequisite Knowledge:
- Working knowledge of operating systems
- Basic knowledge of how the TRIRIGA Application Platform is implemented in a customer's environment
- Working knowledge of relational databases
- Working knowledge of State Transition Families
- Working knowledge of Form, Smart, Query, and Multi-tab sections
- Working knowledge of Synchronous and Asynchronous Workflows
- Working knowledge of the Object Migration Tool and its- limitations
- Working knowledge of Portals and Portal Sections
- Working Knowledge of Navigation Items and Collections
- Working Knowledge of TRIRIGA reports and queries.
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Asia Society President Josette Sheeran moderated the teleconference featuring Jose Cuisia, John Negroponte, John Maisto and Anthony Nappi on Friday, November 15.
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Burton Backhill Duffel Bag Medium 70L
On the run or on vacation, get multi-day storage with an elevated aesthetic, plus hideaway backpack straps for hoofing it.
From road trips to camping missions, the Burton Backhill Duffel Medium easily moves an overburden of gear. Built with rugged high-denier materials and water-resistant zippers to protect your precious cargo, its roomy 70 liter main compartment features internal organization for your electronics and travel accessories. External, ventilated accessory pockets and a laundry compartment separate big from small and clean from dirty, while stash-able backpack straps take the lug out of long portages.
- Large Main Compartment
- Internal Mesh Organizer Pockets
- Zippered External Tarp Lined Shoe / Laundry Pocket with Venting
- Zippered External Accessory Pocket with Venting
- Hideaway Webbing Backpack Straps on Top Panel
- Removable Cross Body Shoulder Strap
- Two Side Haul Handles
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DETROIT, Mich. - You can get a pizza just about anywhere in Metro Detroit, but only at Buddy's will your money be going to fund Capuchin Soup Kitchen's community programs.
Buddy's Pizza has been serving up Detroit's original Sicilian-style square pizza to Metro Detroiters since 1946.
For 37 years, Buddy's Pizza has partnered with the Capuchin Soup Kitchen to host the annual Slice for Life charity event. Each year, Buddy's serves up more than 3,000 pizzas - nearly 24,000 slices - with proceeds benefiting the Capuchin Soup Kitchen's many programs, including its Earthworks Urban Farm in Detroit.
This year, the annual event will take place Monday, April 15 at Buddy's Pizza's nine Metro Detroit locations.
From 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. April 15, customers have a chance to support the Capuchins. Slice for Life ticket holders may choose to dine in to enjoy all-you-can eat two-topping pizzas and salad or carry out a 4-square two-topping pizza or a medium sized Antipasto, Greek or house salad.
Tickets, $15 for adults and $6 for children, may be purchased in advance by calling (313) 579-2100 ext.170 or buy them at the door the day of the event.
Buddy's Pizza has locations in Detroit, Auburn Hills, Dearborn, Livonia, Warren, Farmington Hills, Grosse Pointe, and carry-out only locations in Bloomfield Hills and Royal Oak. Maps and locations can be found at www.buddyspizza.com.
In addition to the annual Slice for Life benefit, every week Buddy's provides the soup kitchen with dozens of pizzas that are then included in the food packages distributed by the agency's emergency food pantry.
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I am certain by now everyone has heard of his passing, I know a lot of you younger guys out there may not think much about him one way or the other but I believe anyone my age or older Andy wasn't just another actor.
The Andy Griffith show to me will always represent my childhood and even as a young adult.
The greatest compliment I can give to that show is that today when he has passed on both sides of the aisle, both liberals & conservatives, are praising him and the values he represented.
Andy Taylor (his character name) was just an honest, hard working Father and represented what is best in all of us.
When my life is in turmoil or sometimes when my moral compass needs tuning I can tune into an episode of the Andy Griffith show (first five seasons) and everything is all better during that time frame.


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Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity
- Elizabeth Catez
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Daughter of Captain Joseph Catez and Marie Catez. Her father died when the girl was seven, leaving her mother to raise Elizabeth and her sister Marguerite. Noted as a lively, popular girl, extremely stubborn, given to fits of rage, with great reverence for God, and an early attraction to a life of prayer and reflection. Gifted pianist. She visited the sick and taught catechism to children.
Much against her mother's wishes, she entered the Discalced Carmelite monastery in Dijon, France on 2 August 1901. Though noted for great spiritual growth, she was also plagued with periods of powerful darkness, and her spiritual director expressed doubts over Elizabeth's vocation. She completed her noviate, and took her final vows on 11 January 1903. She became a spiritual director for many, and left a legacy of letters and retreat guides. Her dying words: I am going to Light, to Love, to Life!
- 9 November 1906 at Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France of Addison's disease, a hormone disorder whose side effects are painful and exhausting
- 12 July 1982 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
I think that in Heaven my mission will be to draw souls by helping them to go out of themselves in order to cling to God by a wholly simple and loving movement, and to keep them in this great silence within which will allow God to communicate Himself to them and to transform them into Himself. –Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity
Make a little cell in your heart for Jesus of the Agony; take refuge there, when you hear Him outraged by men, try to make reparation; you, at least, love Him and keep your heart quite pure for Him. Oh! If you only knew how the good God love pure hearts! It is there that He loves to reign. – Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity
- "Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity". CatholicSaints.Info. 14 November 2016. Web. 24 September 2017. <>