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Love this set!
By Heidi
from Alberta
I purchased this set in the rose gold a while back and I haven't had a single issue with breakage. I find it to be great quality and the scent is amazing! I get so many compliments on it too. Just love it!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
( 5 of 6 customers found this review helpful)
By Shoppin' Gal
from Montreal
These items appeal to me on a number of levels. I like things that convert from one thing to another and/or have secret compartments. I like rose gold. Plus perfumes that I like tend not to last on my skin. (Of course the ones I can't stand linger!) I ordered 3 items: rose gold bracelet and earrings for me and the more rustic-looking bracelet as a gift for a teen.I love the bracelet, wear it most days and receive compliments. I love the delicate scent I catch from the earrings sometimes as I turn my head and I occasionally will sniff my wrist. The 2 scents I have are quite earthy which suits my taste--I can't wear florals.No idea whether the teen is wearing the bracelet since we don't live in the same city but I thought it looked great when she put it on and I know she likes teeny secret compartments as well.I'm very happy with my purchase.
( 6 of 7 customers found this review helpful)
By CHITA
from ONTARIO
I ordered the rose gold plate bracelet and absolutely love the colour. I don't usually order rose gold because the colour varies so much depending on the manufacturer, but this one is a very soft rose gold plate. I also like the fact that the pearls are the same colour as the heart. I would love to see silver plated beads with a silver heart. The Tuscan fig scent is very soft and earthy smelling. It's a wonderful way to wear perfume without being offensive to other people. For the reviewer that made the comment that the pearls should be knotted, I don't think I've ever seen a stretch pearl bracelet that is knotted. It's very well made and I don't anticipate it falling apart. I love it so much, I'm thinking of getting the white one with the silver heart.
( 7 of 8 customers found this review helpful)
Like it !
By Melanie Jewelery Lover
from Brampton
I have the gold heart/cream pearls. At first, I wasn't sure about the scent, but I gave it a chance. I wore the bracelet to work and all day, I would get subtle hints of the fragrance, not overpowering at all. I like how the heart dangles, feels nice and good looking. After wearing the bracelet, I'm a fan. I would like to try a necklace. Bring a showstopper in the Swarovski pearls as a necklace with a heart pendant, I'd buy it !
( 2 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
Okay jewellery
By Die Hard Shopper
from Surrey, B.C.
Bought this in pink gold tone. I am keeping the bracelet just because its lovely, but nothing extra ordinary about it. Also, the scent of the fragrance beads does not stay longer - only good for few hours (not days). Having said this, it is a great alternate for those who cannot wear fragrance.
( 4 of 7 customers found this review helpful)
Nice pearls, unpleasant scent
By Linda
from Calgary
I bough the pearl beads as well as the wooden ones. Both are very nice bracelets, but a little large. I did not like the fragrances...I ordered Tuscan, Madagascar and French clary. Despite my husbands belief that I have a sense of smell like a bloodhound I find all three of these fragrances smell the same. Unfortunately they remind me of a stale old lady smell. Still, I like the bracelets enough that I'm keeping them.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
( 4 of 8 customers found this review helpful)
Still not sure!
By dmss
from Milton, ON
I collect heart jewelry and thought this was an unusual idea. A bit pricey! I ordered one for my sister for her birthday as well. As I started thinking....I like to leave my jewelry on even when doing dishes etc.. I would have to remove it or not use the scent in the heart. The bracelet is a bit large for my wrist. In reading an other review I saw a comment that the pearls were not knotted between each bead (I hadn't notice that). Now, I'm sure it is not worth the price I paid. Will my sister think it's a nice gift. That's iffy. Not really happy with this purchase. Still have a few days to think about sending it back.
( 8 of 12 customers found this review helpful)
By funnybunny
from Toronto
Loved the idea and concept. In person looks lovely. Perfume scents also nice. BUT!!! Bought this as a showstopper for mom for mother's day as she is ill and has weekly doctor's checkups and perfume is not allowed in the office. Well after two weeks it broke. Also the pearl from the earing came off. OMG!!! Not well made at all. Never again will I buy from this line and now we are stuck with all the extra perfume beads I bought.
( 5 of 9 customers found this review helpful)
By Dee
from Hamilton, On
I ordered this kit in the gold tone. I have never bought from this line before. I was disappointed as I thought it was quite pricey for what you get. I felt they looked cheap and would break easily. The scent bottle size was so small. The scented beads inside were so tiny. The scent was light. But I just could not swallow the price so it has been returned.
better on tv
By jude
from toronto
the pearls were nice but they were not knotted in between--the perfume had a very unpleasnt smell(the orchid)--a great idea but not for me-


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DONIPHAN-North Platte St. Pat's gave No. 1-ranked Doniphan-Trumbull its best shot in the first half.
"I thought their speed just took over the game," said St. Pat's coach Kevin Dodson.
But in the first half, it looked like a combination of factors were going to come together in favor of the Irish (9-2) getting the upset.
On Doniphan-Trumbull's second drive of the game, Drew McClellen intercepted a pass by quarterback Riley Wiltfong near midfield.
Two plays later, Collin Pieper broke lose for a 50-yard touchdown run to give the Irish the first lead of the game.
When the Cardinals got the ball back, St. Pat's forced got another turnover when it recovered a fumble by Jordan Slough at the Doniphan-Trumbull 41.
The Irish got the ball at the Cardinal 26 after an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was called on the home team after the fumble. But they couldn't take advantage as McClellen missed a 41-yard field goal.
But St. Pat's stopped Doniphan-Trumbull's high-powered offense once again. Then in the opening minute of the second quarter, the Irish blocked a punt by Slough. Alex Harms recovered the ball and ran it in for a touchdown and St. Pat's led 14-0.
But it only took the Cardinals 27 seconds to get on the scoreboard. Wiltfong threw a screen pass up the middle to Slough for a gain of 63 yards. Then Lorenzo Williams scored on a 27-yard touchdown run.
Doniphan-Trumbull (11-0) went for the two-point conversion. Slough was stopped and the score was 14-6.
"I was awful proud of our defense to hold a team like that in check for the first half," Dodson said.
The Irish still led by eight at halftime and the Cardinals received the ball to start the second half. They moved the ball at will to start the half until they got to the St. Pat's 10 when Slough was stopped short on third down.
But Mark Mayfield was called for a personal foul penalty and ejected from the game, which gave Doniphan-Trumbull first and goal. The Cardinals scored on a one-yard touchdown run by Slough. Following the touchdown, Wiltfong hit Noah Keller for the two-point conversion to tie the game at 14 all just three minutes into the second half.
Without Mayfield, a top receiving threat, and starting running back, Pieper, who had concussion-like symptoms, the St. Pat's offense sputtered.
The Cardinals got the ball back and they took the lead on a one-yard touchdown by Wiltfong with just under three minutes remaining in the third quarter. It was 22-14 as Zach McNally ran in the two-point conversion.
On the ensuing possession, Irish quarterback Alex Harms was intercepted by Creighton Buhr, who ran it into the end zone. Doniphan-Trumbull made its third straight two-point conversion and they had a 30-14 lead going into the fourth quarter.
In the fourth, St. Pat's answered back when Harms connected with Andrew O'Neill for an 11-yard touchdown pass on fourth and six with 9:32 left in the game. But the two-point conversion that would have made it a one-possession game failed for the Irish and it was 30-20.
But it didn't matter as the Cardinals scored on its next two possessions to put the game away.
"We didn't have a whole lot of answers for their team speed," Dodson said.
Doniphan-Trumbull will play Battle Creek in the state semifinals on Nov. 19.
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First Quarter: SP-Collin Pieper 50 run (Drew McClellen kick), 3:50.
Second Quarter: SP-Alex Harms 30 blocked punt return (McClellen kick), 11:38. DT-Lorenzo Williams 27 run (conversion failed), 11:11.
Third Quarter: DT-Jordan Slough 1 run (Noah Keller pass from Riley Wiltfong), 8:44. DT-Wiltfong 1 run (Zach McNally run), 2:57. DT-Creighton Buhr 31 interception return (Buhr pass from Wiltfong), 1:50.
Fourth Quarter: SP-Andrew O'Neill 11 pass from Harms (conversion failed), 9:32. DT-Jordan Slough 3 run (conversion failed), 8:40. DT-Slough 2 run (conversion failed), 4:35.
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The Volunteer Interpreter Program provides interpretive services for all programs and services provided by the court as well as for the court's programs located in other areas of the county. While Spanish is the primary language provided, the program also provides interpretation in Korean, Vietnamese, Portuguese, French, Arabic and Italian.
Volunteers are recruited from immigrant communities in the county. Often, the culture of these communities is one of distrust of the legal system. The court process can be confusing and intimidating, especially for citizens who do not have a high proficiency in English and who have come from cultures very different from our own. The presence of the volunteer interpreters helps people feel at ease. The volunteer interpreters work along side the court service staff to identify issues for each client, determine the appropriate course of action and then complete the necessary paperwork. The volunteer program has brought dignity and professionalism to the court and community.
Prior to the creation of this program, court staff had to rely on friends and relatives of defendants and victims to provide interpretation services. Volunteers provide the equivalent coverage of two full-time interpreters at a value of approximately $170,000 per year. There are 30 volunteers and one paid volunteer coordinator.
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Weaver's Coffee & Tea Release New Seasonal Blend to Support Breash Cancer Research
This spring, join us in celebrating a new seasonal Fair Trade coffee blend that not only supports environmental sustainability and social responsibility, but that also supports women's health right here in our own communities. Weaver's Coffee & Tea has just released thier seasonal coffee, the Astral Blend. In addition to Weaver's committment to sustainable business practices, five percent of all sales of Astral Blend and Decaf Astral Blend will go to support breast cancer research funding for local hospitals and community organizations that provide breast health education, breast cancer screening and treatment.
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As a symbol of women's empowerment, environmental sustainibility, social equality and community health, this seasonal blend is a true testament to the impact of Fair Trade certification. Let us introduce La Florida and COCAFCAL, two coffee cooperatives that not only provide the beans for the Astral Blend, but also give us insight into the ways that Fair Trade can change lives for the better.
Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalera La Florida (La Florida)
A group of 100 small-scale coffee farmers from Peru's Chanchamayo region came together in 1966 to form the Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalera La Florida (La Florida) in order to bypass local intermediaries. Their efforts have brought much-needed education, infrastructure, credit, and environmental restoration to their remote corner of the Peruvian jungle. The cooperative was devastated by the Shining Path, (a violent guerilla organization) in the 1980's, yet today the cooperative has grown to include 849 members. La Florida has enjoyed dramatic benefits since becoming Fair Trade Certified in 1993. The Fair Trade premium has enabled Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalera La Florida to establish various social and productive programs including: Education, Productive Investment, Environment, Health and Women's Programs.
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La Cooperativa Capucas Limitada (COCAFCAL) is located in Western Honduras in the buffer zone of the Celaque National Park, a cloud forest that contains the highest mountain in the country. The COCAFCAL area of influence covers 12 communities in the municipalities of San Pedro, Copan and Corquin, Copan.
COCAFCAL's mission is to promote the sustainable development of the local economy in the southern region of Copan, Honduras. It strives to develop financial, technical, productive and marketing services within the framework of its cooperative. Their ultimate goal is to reduce poverty and increase the quality of life in the rural communities of Western Honduras. COCAFCAL's programs benefit approximately 2,500 people. Active members are dedicated to growing sustainable conventional, organic and Fair Trade coffees. The cooperative's General Assembly has 10 members, nine of who are women. The General Assembly manages the democratic use of the Fair Trade premium, which has enabled COCAFCAL to purchase new equipment for processing coffee and environmentally-friendly cooking stoves, as well as fund an environmental stewardship campaign and a community soccer field.
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Aside from asking you to choose Fair Trade coffee as often as possible, we support our partner's at Weavers in asking you to go a step further and tell a friend about buying Fair Trade Certified. If more people can change the way they shop, they can truly begin to change the world. Because as the saying goes, "Every Purchase Matters."
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Those who are closest to you deserve to be the first to hear the good news. That means parents, siblings and close friends should get a phone call from you soon after the baby is born. Just make sure you don't call in the middle of the night and wake them up unless they have specifically asked you to do so. If you know that extended family would like the courtesy of a phone call as well, but you don't have the time to call them all, delegate other family members to do the calling for you.
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Performers, who will celebrate the film "Muscle Shoals," will include John Paul White of The Civil Wars, American jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard, Percy Sledge, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame keyboardist Spooner Oldham, among others.
The world premiere of the film "Muscle Shoals," directed by Greg 'Freddy' Camalier, will be Jan. 26. Here is a description provided by Sundance: In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the mud of the Tennessee River. A group of unassuming yet incredibly talented locals came together and spawned some of the greatest music of all time: "Mustang Sally," "I Never Loved a Man," "Wild Horses," and many, many more. During the most incendiary periods of racial hostility, white and black came together to create music that would last for generations and gave birth to the incomparable "Muscle Shoals Sound." At the heart of the story is Rick Hall; overcoming crushing hardship, he managed to entice talent like Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett to come to Muscle Shoals and record what became their hit albums, backed up by the funkiest white men ever - the homegrown house band, The Swampers. As the word spread about the electrifying musical chemistry in this unexpected place, the likes of Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, the Staple Singers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Simon and Garfunkel magnetically followed suit. Interviewing an incredible roster of musicians, director Greg Camalier unearths a rich history of this unheralded gold mine of American music.


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Geothermal energy plant near Reykjavik, north west Iceland. Volcanic rocks are visible behind the plant.
Beneath our feet, in the Earth's interior, lies rocks containing vast amounts of heat. This heat is a constant source of energy and can be used to produce geothermal (meaning 'earth heat') electricity. About 25 countries use this type of electricit, but only a few use it for more than 15 per cent of their electric needs. It can be difficult to extract this energy, especially if the rocks are too far below the surface.
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The purpose is to encourage Provider participants to evaluate high risk HIV transmission behaviors and offer prevention messages to their HIV+ patients which will, in turn, reduce rates of unprotected anal and/or vaginal sex with partners of known HIV sero-negativity or unknown HIV serostatus. It is hypothesized that patients of providers participating in the HIP intervention will report higher reduction in sexual risk practices, when compared to the patients of the providers who were randomized into the control condition.
|HIV Infections
|Behavioral: HIP: HIV Intervention for Providers
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|HIP: HIV Intervention for Providers
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDSU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Self-reported, unprotected (without condoms) anal or vaginal sex with HIV-negative and unknown-status persons.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|June 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Provider participants: (1) licensed MD, NP or PA on staff at the participating institution; (2) has a minimum panel of 5 HIV+ patients; (3) sees patients at least one-half day per week in the clinical setting; (4) is willing to participate in all intervention training sessions; and (5) is willing and able to provide full informed consent.
HIV+ patient participants:(1) report at least 1 encounter of unprotected anal or vaginal sex with known HIV- or unknown serostatus partner in the preceding six months; (2) patient's Primary Provider is enrolled as a participant in the study; (3) age 18 years or older; and (4) willing and able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00164398
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00164398
|United States, California
|University of California San Francisco - CAPS
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94105
Sponsors and Collaborators
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
|Principal Investigator:
|Dogan Eroglu, PhD.
|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Rose CD, Courtenay-Quirk C, Knight K, Shade SB, Vittinghoff E, Gomez C, Lum PJ, Bacon O, Colfax G. HIV intervention for providers study: a randomized controlled trial of a clinician-delivered HIV risk-reduction intervention for HIV-positive people. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Dec 15;55(5):572-81. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181ee4c62.
|Responsible Party:
|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00164398 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 9, 2005
|Last Updated:
|September 10, 2012
Keywords provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
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Database and Registry for Renal Diverticulum
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|Kidney Stones Renal Calculi Tic
|Procedure: Percutaneous Caliceal Diverticuli
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Percutaneous Surgical Outcomes and Metabolic Findings in Patients With Stone-Bearing Calicial Diverticula
- We hope to use the urine metabolic data to clarify whether this subset of stone forming patients have significant underlying metabolic risk factors that contribute to stone formation within their diverticula. [ Time Frame: Two months post-op ]
|Study Start Date:
|February 2003
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Procedure: Percutaneous Caliceal Diverticuli
Standard of care to remove a stone from a caliceal diverticulum is to do a percutaneous procedure for stone removal and then fulgerate the diverticulum to prevent stone recurrence. We plan to aspirate urine from this diverticulum and compare it to urine collected from the renal pelvis of the same kidney.
Detailed Description:
Caliceal diverticula are non-secretory cavities which are connected to the remainder of the renal collecting system through narrow infundibulae. Calculi are associated with these cavities from 9.5 to 78% of cases (Liatsikos, et al 2000; Monga, et al 2000). This subset of stone-forming patients often presents with recurrent urinary tract infections and flank discomfort. The definitive treatment for this entity remains surgical, with shock wave lithotripsy (SWL), ureteroscopy (URS), percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL), and laparoscopy all serving as management options. However, multiple groups have demonstrated that PNL remains the treatment modality of choice secondary to its superior stone-free and symptom relief rates (Jones, et al 1991; Donnellan, et al 1999; Shalhav, et al 1998). Over time, technique modifications have been reported by other groups (Monga, et al 2000; Auge, et al 2002) involving different methods of managing the infundibulum that connects the diverticulum to the rest of the renal collecting system. Our own surgical experience with percutaneous treatment of stone-bearing caliceal diverticula has resulted in various technique modifications as well, which we believe have continued to improve patient outcomes. To support our hypothesis, we will need to perform a systematic review our patient population to document these surgical outcomes.
Another question surrounding this subset of patients involves the primary factor responsible for the formation of calculi within the diverticula. Unfortunately, the literature has provided conflicting data on this issue. Some groups attribute stone formation to underlying metabolic abnormalities (Hsu, et al 1998). Other groups have not found any metabolic problems, instead concluding that impaired urinary drainage from the diverticulum primarily contributes calculus formation (Liatsikos, et al 2000). By prospectively obtaining urines on our caliceal diverticula patients, we hope that detailed metabolic analyses will allow us to conclude definitively whether metabolic abnormalities are prevalent in this population.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
1. Male or female patients over the age of 18 with symptomatic caliceal diverticular stone(s) who have had or require percutaneous treatment
- Patients unable to give informed consent
- Patients with active bleeding diatheses
- Women who are pregnant or in whom pregnancy status cannot be confirmed
- Patients with renal insufficiency requiring dialysis
- Patients with a baseline serum creatinine of 1.4 or greater
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00169715
|United States, Indiana
|Methodist Hospital
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
|Principal Investigator:
|James E Lingeman, MD
|Methodist Urology, LLC
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|James Lingeman, M.D., Methodist Urology, Indiana Kidney Stone Instititue
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00169715 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 9, 2005
|Last Updated:
|September 16, 2008
Keywords provided by Indiana Kidney Stone Institute:
Kidney stones
renal Calculi
Caliceal Diverticula
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Kidney Calculi
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Urinary Calculi
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
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1/2 pound bacon
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8-ounce can sliced water chestnuts (or 1/2 cup unsalted sunflower seeds)
1 cup raisins
1 cup low-fat mayonnaise
2 tablespoons lemon juice
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Good for him. He will be a star, can't wait to see him play here in 2 years as our starter.
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Alright, so which Brazilian guy's name translates into English as "Peyton Manning"?
Yeah, I went there.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
I may not be a fútbol expert, but I think the home team may be in some trouble.
Disgraceful performance by Brazil.
Just a random question by me, but what do you all think is the potential ceiling for Julian Green and DeAndre Yedlin? Just curious if everyone is as high on them as I am.
Everyone is high on Yedlin. Honestly, after his performances he probably should have been starting. Green looked good in limited time, and not just his goal. He still has a lot to prove though.
This semi has been zzzzzzzzz. Absolutely no shots on goal and just a droll affair. What a disappointment
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
sh**ty final game for Brazil fans: do you root for your most hated rival, or the team that just beat you 7-1?
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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Congrats to Argentina for making it to the final.
Yeah, I dunno. It was a very boring game that needed a goal to be broaken open and it just didn't happen, because both teams focused on their defense and crowding the midfield. I always find it hilarious that you get some commentators from other countries suddenly telling Holland that they should return to their attacking style, maybe just MAYBE the countries where several of those commentators come from should take a look at their own country and their own focus on defense.
Look at Italy for example and how they have played "negative" for such an enormous period of time by now. We are pretty much talking decades non-stop. That ugly way of playing has earned them a lot of silver and gold platter though, while my country only has one European Championship title to show for its attacking and attractive way of playing. It's beyond doubt we prefer to play attacking and attractive, but the past 4-5 years there's been a voice and opinion here that's getting louder and louder which says we want to get further in the tournament and not just to the last 8 and if we need to play more defensively and less attractive like a lot of other sides have been doing for ages (again hi there Italy, Argentina, Portugal, Greece, and before 2006 Germany aswell, etc.).
Just a pet peeve I had to get off my chest.
We play beautifull, but get to the last 8 and sometimes to the last 4 and it's: The Dutch never reach their potential (logically, because attacking play is much more difficult and complicating).
We play ugly, but get to the final and the last 4 it's: The Dutch are playing unattractive and should get back to their soccer heritage of playing attacking and attractive soccer. (again, strange I never hear that complaint about other countries which have been doing that exact things for ages, it's an argument always reserved against us it seems...). I mean WTF do these commentators want and expect?
Either way, I'm all for results, so I'm not by the least bothered by our much more defensive ways.
The game itself was meh. Messi and Robben were both excellently marked and thus the creativity was much lower in both teams. We were a bit unlucky to lose Martins Indi due to a hip injury, otherwise we would have had a substitution left to get our backup goalkeeper in to try and stop the penalty kicks.
De Jong we knew wouldnt be able to last a full match and certainly not with extra time after coming back quite early from a groin injury, so that substitution had to be made and was expected.
Robin van Persie also was expected to play a match, but not if it went to extra time (which, offcourse, it did) as he had been recovering from a stomach flu earlier in the week. Martins Indi having to be replaced really hurt us though as I think two of the four Argentinian penalty kicks were certainly stoppable.
Ah well... we can look back on a succesfull tournament. We failed to win it, but the expectations for this group of players was much lower then usually when we go to the WC, because one of our best midfielders (Kevin Strootman, AS Roma) was injured before the start of the tournament and the talent available in midfield to replace him seemed quiter limited, while our defense consisted almost completely of very young and in international tournaments for national teams untested players who almost all play in the Dutch league.
I have to say though I was VERY pleasantly surprised by several of our young defenders stepping up and I have no doubt a player like for example Stefan de Vrij (Feyenoord, 22 years old) will be transferred to a bigger European League this summer. Daryl Janmaat (Feyenoord, barely 24 years old) did pretty well and Ron Vlaar was dominating in several matches aswell. In midfield we are seeying th emergence of attacking winger Memphis Depay (PSV and still only 20 years old, 2 goals in this WC in limited time) who I for one am very enthousiastic about.
So, for us this WC was a succes advancing in one of if not THE toughest group (Spain, Chili, The Netherlands and Australia) and reaching the last 4 and beying sent off by penalty kicks. So, we are happy with the endresult. I could care less about the game for 3rd and 4th place (seriously can we just disband that no use game? It's not like the winner is going to get a bronze medal or something ).
I have to say I watched almost all matches and this was one of the most enjoyable if not the most enjoyable WC I can remember. And I want to compliment the Belgians for (FINALLY!!!) making it to an international tournament again and having a group with a very bright future up ahead. I also want to compliment the USA for getting out of another extremely tough group and playing the way it did. I think you guys need a very good offensive midfielder who can make a dribble, has speed and an accurate array of medium and long range passes to supply the targetmen upfront with some quality balls to work with. I think your team is going upwards, but you need to keep raising talent and nourish it carefully.
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As much as I hate when pundits lump blame on guys like Manning, LeBron ... and even Rooney, in the soccer sense, I think Messi really deserves a lot of criticism for his showing in that final.
I don't know how else to describe him but pouty. He played the game like he was more interested in moping than getting involved. One thing I say for all attack maestros: if you're going to sacrifice the defensive elements of your game (as Messi, Ozil etc. do) to be a star, then you have to make a mark in the attack. Messi was invisible yesterday, save 1 or 2 really poor shooting efforts.
It's a joke he won the Golden Ball over Rodriguez, who was infinitely more consistent and electric this tournament with a comparable amount of attention paid toward his prowess. Honestly, Messi just looked like a guy who decided he was too tired for the World Cup, and half-assed it out there. At this stage, you can't do that.
First game of the 2018 cycle this afternoon.
#USMNT lineup for #USAvCZE: Guzan; Johnson, Orozco, Brooks, Chandler; Bedoya, Corona, Diskerud; Gyau, Altidore (c), Green— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) September 3, 2014
No MLS guys since MLS doesn't acknowledge this FIFA international break, and the most interesting thing is going with the 4-3-3. Hopefully we can get some reliable wingers and stick with this for qualifying.
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Looks like a good team to me, though I wonder if we get Gedion Zelalem if we will start at one of the mid spots, though its not a forgone conclusion we get him
Yeah Zelalem would be in over Bedoya. As a matter of fact I think a defensive mid could easily be a better fit than Bedoya or Zelalem. We'll have to wait & see. Today, Rimando, Diskerud, and Gyau looked pretty good. Gyau will be an interesting person to watch. If he could ever break through onto the first team in Dortmund that would be incredible.
I was really impressed with Mix Diskerud in particular, if he can keep putting in similar performances I see him being a starter for us as early as the CONCACAF gold cup.
I'm pretty psyched over all about the attack. With Bradley as a distributor, guys like Zardes, Green, and Gyau coming up, and Boyd not being royally snubbed hopefully the attack could have some serious players for 2015 and beyond.
I can't wait for the Gold Cup already, I think the U.S. can definitely take it, though there will be some stiff competition from Costa Rica and Mexico.
Didn't know where else to put this, but Jozy Altidore said if his playing time in Sunderland this winter he is going to look for a way out... Possible MLS return?
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Gunman shoots woman, self in SeaTac
Updated 9:57 pm, Thursday, September 12, 2013
A gunman who was the subject of an intense police manhunt after he shot a woman in SeaTac is now at a Seattle hospital after shooting himself in the chest, officials said.
The man was riding with a woman in the area of S. 133rd Street and 24th Ave. S. when the he pulled out a gun and shot her in the chest, said deputy B.J. Myers with the King County Sheriff's Office.
The victim either got out or was pushed out of the car and gunman drove off, but crashed through the fence of a nearby home, Myers said. The gunman got out, went to the street and drove off in another car. It's not clear how he gained access to the other car.
The man drove about 1/2 mile then got out and ran off into a wooded area near S. 128th Street and Military Road, Myers said.
Police swarmed the area, setting off a search that lasted about 40 minutes until deputies located the man. A deputy then saw the gunman shoot himself in the chest and the man was rushed to the hospital, Myers said. He did not know the gunman's condition.
Meanwhile, medics also rushed the victim to Harborview. Myers didn't have her condition but said she was able to talk to investigators about the incident.
Investigators are still looking into what prompted the shooting.
The gunman ran off into the nearby woods, setting off a search that lasted about 40 minutes until deputies found the man with a self-inflicted wound.


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Fish Fry fundraiser at Destiny
WE SOAR Inc. will sponsor a fish fry fundraiser from 5-7 p.m. on Friday at the Destiny Church of God by Faith, 170 N.E. 9th St. Fish dinners cost $8 and will include fish, baked beans, cole slaw, bread and drink.
All proceeds will benefit the organization's community projects, which include the upcoming Back-to-School Jamboree.
For more information, call 352-361-6528 or 352-528-2170.
UMC hosts epic summer bash
By GUY SHEFFIELD
But Anyway ...
"Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have, for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you." Hebrews 13:5
A partnership in happiness needs at least two people of the same mind. Often we see two young people of the same mind. They may fall in love and get married. Their continued happiness, however, depends on their staying of the same mind.
I'm not one of those professional archers who shoot their bow year-round. I am a hunter who has to wipe the dust off of it during this time of year. I know this is the period where I have to begin shooting in order to feel comfortable in various hunting situations when deer season comes about. But it's so hot right now. And because my wife is not too keen about me setting up an indoor range down the hall in my house, I am going to have to endure the August heat for a chance at October meat.
People used to come from miles around to watch me train my black lab Leroy. Not because he was so smart, it's just nobody had ever seen a dog swim the back-stroke.
Like all labs, Leroy loved to fetch. He just happened to be deathly afraid of water! It was sure something to see when those two driving forces collided. If I'd of had any business sense I'd have charged people admission to watch him go. I'd have gotten richer than whoever owns that talking Gecko.
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Many people around the world recite a prayer asking for God's kingdom to come, yet they have little idea of what they are asking for. In sharp contrast to the often conflicting, confusing and complicated explanations of that kingdom, Jehovah's Witnesses promise a clear and refreshing approach to the topic at their 2011 "Let God's Kingdom Come!" District Convention. The convention begins Friday and runs through Sunday at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center Arena, Gainesville.
n First UMC hosts epic summer bash
First United Methodist Church Chiefland will host the First Epic End of Summer Bash on Saturday, Aug. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the community.
In addition to free food and drinks, there will be games, children's clothing tent (K-12), kids' fingerprinting and haircuts, Jumpy House and wet slide, games and more.
For more information, call 352-493-4627.
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We've all heard the old adage, "use it or lose it."
"Wait on the Lord; be of good courage.....Wait, I say, on the Lord."
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South Korean buyers bought corn heavily over the weekend, although only a modest portion of those purchases will apparently come from the U.S. Private Israeli procurement agents also issued international tenders for 135,000 tonnes of corn Tuesday morning. And while American sources may be shut out of that transaction, this news does suggest business is picking up in the wake of the year-end holiday season. Indeed, one has to wonder if yellow grain prices would have responded more robustly if major USDA crop reports were not looming on Friday. March corn climbed 3 3/4 cents to $6.89 1/4 around mid-session, while December edged 1/2 cent higher to $5.75 per bushel.
After having rebounded from perceived oversold levels Monday, soybean futures traded rather weakly Tuesday morning. As in the corn market, the looming release of USDA data is probably limiting futures activity and will very likely to continue doing so prior to the noon (EST) Friday release. However, the U.S. soybean market is subject to shifting ideas about the size of the South American crop at this time of year. Thus, early CBOT weakness can be partially blamed upon an increased production forecast from a Brazilian firm. Still, Chicago traders may move to even their positions prior to the Friday report, which, given recent grain and soy losses, would seem to entail active buying. March beans had slipped 1/4 cent to $13.88 1/4 just before the lunch hour, while March soyoil had gained 0.02 cents to 49.98 cents/pound and March meal lost 0.4 cents to $408.5/ton.
It looks as if the Southern Plains and southern portion of the Midwest will be blessed with substantial rainfall over the next 2-3 days, thereby seeming to presage a significant improvement in winter wheat production prospects. However, forecasters are also anticipating a major shift back toward frigid temperatures over the U.S. midsection next week. That seemed to raise fears of winterkill in some areas of the Winter Wheat Belt, which in turn appeared to be push wheat futures higher in the face of flat-to-weak corn and soybean prices. March CBOT wheat surged 7 cents to $7.58 1/4 late Tuesday morning, while March KCBT wheat had jumped 9 cents to $8.16 1/2 and March MGE futures rallied 4 3/4 cents to $8.51 1/4 per bushel.
The surprising weakness exhibited by choice grade beef cutout Monday likely played a significant role in undercutting CME live cattle futures. But traders may also have harbored concerns about the size of feedlot showlists this week, since producers reportedly sold few animals last week. Those fears were at least partially confirmed this morning, when a Panhandle feedlot reportedly sold a sizeable lot for 128 cents/pound, which essentially matched the consensus price posted in the Southern Plains last week. Still, optimism about the first quarter outlook is apparently providing persistent support. February cattle were unchanged at 133.00 cents/pound in late-morning action, while April suffered a 0.32-cent loss to 136.37 cents/pound.
Many in the livestock industry probably believe greatly elevated cattle and beef prices will go far in supporting the hog and pork complex as well. Thus, the traditional mid-winter swine rally might be exaggerated if/when fed cattle prices surge to fresh record highs. That may at least partially explain the gains posted by the nearby CME hog contracts this morning. Conversely, one has to wonder if deferred hog futures are falling prey to suspicions that the surprisingly large numbers stated on the late December USDA Hogs & Pigs report bode ill for the summer-fall price outlook. That might explain the mixed nature of Tuesday morning trading. February hogs rose 0.30 cents to 86.60 cents/pound around mid-session, while the June contract slipped 0.05 cents higher at 98.50.


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It took a village to capture Elizabethan England in Disneyland's newest attraction.
Fantasy Faire actually is a mini-village, and it celebrates the era of best-loved fairy tales. It opens to visitors on March 12.
The Fantasy Faire was built where the old Carnation Plaza Gardens and dance floor used to be, in an odd corner between the entrances to Frontierland and the Sleeping Beauty Castle.
It is a village of Tudor-style rooms where there are shows under a big tent and characters from Disney films strolling around a medieval courtyard. Visitors can hang out with the various princesses; there's even a handsome prince or two. Little girls of all ages will be delighted by it.
Fantasy Faire can be a break for adults from the clamor of the crowds and long lines for rides. It offers a place for families to sit in the shade and be entertained.
"It's all wonderful," said Princess Ariel, one of the Disney princess characters meeting guests at a recent preview. "There's so much to explore and so much to discover."
A sculpted tower bearing a likeness of Rapunzel peeking through its window holds center court at the entrance. On the left is the Royal Theatre, where short plays based on "Tangled" and "Beauty and the Beast" will be performed. As an extra treat, the leading roles in each production are played by the movie princesses, Rapunzel and Belle; even Flynn Rider has a part.
The works are presented in "renaissance vaudeville" style, which means they are fast-paced and filled with perky songs, kooky gags and jokes suitable or all ages. (It is Disneyland, after all.)
Village maidens add to the scene by handling creative props, such as a blue curtain to represent water. They use their hands and arms as an arch for performers to walk under.
The cast members all appear to be having a great time, which is infectious, as the crowd is encouraged to join in singing songs, cheering for heroes and booing villains. The shows are well-crafted and entertaining and, although they are geared to young children, adults at the preview laughed and clapped, too.
Maurice's Treats is a gypsy wagon parked just outside the Royal Theatre entrance. It offers snacks such as long pastry twists filled with chocolate, strawberry preserves and (our favorite) garlic and cheese. Top one off with a boysenapple freeze for a refreshing respite.
Three Disney princesses will take turns receiving visitors in the Royal Hall for photos and autographs; check the board outside to see who is in attendance. No food or drink is allowed in the Hall (you're meeting royalty, for goodness sake, so be on your best behavior).
Those waiting to meet a princess can admire the interior decoration. Princess Aurora said her fairies helped to hang the banners (They can fly, remember?)
The fairies made sure to include her favorite hues - pink and blue - in the hall's color palette. Prince Charming helped select the, well, charming chandeliers, Princess Aurora added.
There are small delights everywhere inside Fantasy Faire. A few cranks on the handle of Clopin's Music Box starts the music and animates a moving picture showing a scene from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
Above, perched on a balcony, Figaro (the cat from "Pinocchio") wakes up from his nap and startles a caged bird nearby.
The background music is drawn from traditional Elizabeth tunes, but performed with modern instruments, resulting in a softer touch.
No new Disney attraction is complete without a gift shop. Fairytale Treasures has autograph books and Disney pens, stuffed animal characters from favorite films and everything a little girl needs to copy her favorite royal's fashion.


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J.P. Morgan Q2 Beat Bolsters Stock
J.P. Morgan (JPM) was trading higher, following its better-than-expected second-quarter earnings report, the unofficial start of the season for financial names.
At recent check, shares were up 0.2%, outperforming all three major indexes, which were adding 0.1% or less but still in the black following pre-market trading gains.
The banking giant reported income of $6.5 billion, or $1.60 a share, up from $1.21 a share in the year-ago periods. Revenue on a managed basis (a measure that excludes the impact of credit-card securitizations and is on a tax-equivalent basis), increased 13% to $26 billion.
Analysts were expecting the company to earn $1.44 a share on revenue of $24.84 billion.
Credit quality improved in the quarter, and the results demonstrated that fewer consumers are defaulting.
J.P. Morgan was a favorite going into the second-quarter earnings season, as many expected it to beat earnings expectations.
Wells Fargo (WFC) also delivered and earnings per share and revenue beat with its second-quarter earnings report.
It's a far cry from how investors felt last year, when J.P. Morgan disclosed the activity of the so-called London Whale, which ultimately cost the company $6.2 billion in losses and forced it to take a $4.4 billion charge in its second-quarter 2012 results.
Still the quarter wasn't perfect. J.P. Morgan and its peers are still operating in an environment of slack loan demand: Mortgage loan originations grew 12% year-over-year to $49 billion, but were down 7% from the first quarter. (Mortgage application volumes were $65 billion, down 3% from the prior year but up 7% from the first quarter.) Lower revenue dragged on profits at its mortgage banking arm, which fell 14% year-over-year to $1.1 billion.
This comes amid new regulations that weigh on profits. And like many companies in the financial sector, J.P. Morgan is also contending with the double-edged sword of increasing long-term interest rates—a boon in that the rise could propel the gap between borrowing and lending costs, but a threat to the value of its income portfolio.
In addition, investors fretted about a decline in net interest margin, which fell quarter-over-quarter, although the bank said it expects the measure to remain stable.
As for its other major divisions, investment banking reported earnings of $2.84 billion, up 19% year-over-year and about 9% from the first quarter. The consumer and community banking arm said it earned a profit of $3.09 billion, down about 6% from the year earlier, but a 19% quarter-over-quarter increase.


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The State Health Department where I work encourages Staff to form teams each year to complete the 10,000 Steps Challenge. My workplace has formed such a team and within a few weeks we'll be armed with pedometers and performance logs and be competing with dozens of other teams throughout the State. Of course, we don't expect to win ~ just to survive until the end of the target period. It'll be interesting to see just how far 10,000 steps per day is, and how much fitter we may end up, and whether we lose weight. It is fun being in a group, builds camaraderie - even if the actual walking may be done individually - for instance, I walk four to five kilometres after work through parks near my home, whereas others in the team go to the local gym and use the machines to top up their daily total.
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The State University of New York at New Paltz needed to expand its 1970 Student Union building by providing informal gathering spaces for students. The existing building was designed as a cellular office building and did not have ample space for student gathering. In addition, the University wished to change the overall experience of the existing building which conveyed an uninspired functional appearance at the gateway to the university.
The Campus Commons project at The State University of New York is a steel and glass 'winter garden' addition to an existing 1970 student union building. The Campus Commons in filled and spanned over an existing underutilized exterior courtyard, transforming the exterior space into a vibrant interior university living room. The Campus Commons houses a large space for informal gathering, multi-purpose meeting rooms, food court, student ID offices, bookstore, entertainment center and meeting rooms.
Inspired by the regional landscape of the Catskill Mountains, the form and shape of the Commons is abstracted from the Shawangunk ridge, a local internationally known rock climbing palisade that can be seen from the site and is a unique and special physical characteristic of the University's location. In order to span over the existing courtyard with a column free enclosure for future flexibility, we designed a structural tube stress skin system that created the angular forms of the pavilion that metaphorically references the Shawangunk ridge. Uniform 4 inch square structural tubes shop fabricated in large planar sections were erected on site like a giant origami assembly. In order to resist the dead load and wind uplift on the roof, a 1" diameter stainless steel cable with 2" down rods were utilized to transform the stress skin on the horizontal roof plane into a truss. Ceramic fritted glass was placed on top of the stress skin to create the enclosure. The pattern of the ceramic frit is an abstracted digitized version of the tectonic plates of the Shawangunks. The final solution creates an exciting Campus Commons as a steel and glass 'palisade' set between two existing concrete brutalist buildings that transforms the entry gateway experience to the State University of New York at New Paltz with structural expressiveness.
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Maldon's MP has given his support to a petition calling for the protection of the county's coastline.
John Whittingdale, along with MPs for Colchester, Witham and Harwich, joined members of the Essex Wildlife Trust at the launch event in Westminster last week.
A quarter of a million signatures were presented to the government in support of Marine Conservation Zones overall with 14,000 signatures collected from Essex.
One of the Marine Conservation Zones in the county has been proposed for the Blackwater estuary including the River Crouch.
The designated zone is likely to increase benefits such as food security and resilience against pollution.
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It was bright red and it's like nothing you've probably ever seen. And it was a major day-brightener for some special needs children at Goodview Elementary School recently.
A YOVASO (Youth of Virginia Speak Out) presentation this month at Jefferson Forest High School (JFHS) focused on the impact a teen traffic fatality has on the teen's friends and family. YOVASO is an organization that promotes safe driving behavior among teens.
Videos were part on the presentation and one featured J. Len Hale.
A $7.9 million investment by Bedford County in an energy efficiency project is expected to reap savings in water and energy costs for years, possibly decades, to come.
And it's also providing the framework for more efficient oversight for the heating and cooling systems in several county schools. Eventually the plan is to bring all of the county's schools into a new technology-based system that allows the HVAC units to be controlled from offsite locations through the energy management system.
The public got its first shot at voicing its concerns about the 2013-2014 school budget, and several voiced support for a teacher pay raise during the Bedford County School Board meeting last Thursday.
Karen Nuzzo, representing the Bedford County Education Association, told board members that teachers were looking for a raise this year. "It's been five long years," she said of the lack of raises for school employees.
The Bedford campus of Central Virginia Community College (CVCC) got a new director, Patrick Gatti, back in October. Gatti took the opportunity this month to introduce himself to the business community during a business roundtable breakfast sponsored by the Bedford County' economic development department.
Jefferson Forest High School held an assembly last week to celebrate diversity. This had nothing to do with race; it focused on the characteristics that make each of us unique.
The celebration was the vision of Ameka Cruz and Christin Rhodes, teachers at JFHS. The two sponsor the Unity Club.
Out of the six words he had to spell last Thursday, Aiden Belcher struggled the most with "stucco."
Even though he wasn't familiar with the word, he still got it right, and then spelled "crochet" as the winning word to claim the title as 2013 Bedford County Spelling Bee champion.
Belcher, a student at Moneta Elementary School, will now compete in the regional spelling bee scheduled for March 16 in Roanoke. That will be held at the Holiday Inn-Airport at 10 a.m.
proposals would require one or more of the current sports fields at LHS to be relocated, if that site is chosen.
In addition to discussing the study, the school board will also hold a public hearing on the 2013-2014 budget for Bedford County Public Schools. Action items include a vote on a revised elementary school redistricting proposal for the Forest Zone as well as updates to the school system's zone transfer policy. The school board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Bedford Science and Technology Center auditorium.
School safety and use of leftover funds were among the discussions at last Thursday's regular meeting of the Bedford County School Board.
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In the aftermath of the tragic school shooting at Newtown, Conn., in December, school staff have been reviewing their school safety and security policies, according to Superintendent Dr. Douglas Schuch. That included reviewing those issues with each school principal.
The Bedford County School Board discussed, but didn't take any action Thursday, on a scaled down elementary school redistricting proposal.
But it does appear if the plan is approved, it wouldn't go into effect until the 2014-2015 school year.
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THIS is why I originally joined this community and what keeps me coming back.Thanks to all who freely give of themselves, sharing their experience and knowledge to help others grow. The expectation is that we all will repay that favor one day.
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Bodharma wrote:I originally took refuge in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition in 2001. My practice had slipped and now I am beginning again with a strong interest in Theravada. My interest in practicing Theravadin Buddhism is that it is simple, just Buddha and his teachings. I believe Vipassana may help me to overcome negative states of mind, be more at peace, and live in the present moment. I am disabled due to a chronic and painful autoimmune illness. Do I need to take refuge again in the Theravada Tradition? Or does my refuge from before count?
Thank you for all kind replies, John.
konchokzopa wrote:if you have broken your vow's you have to receive them again from someone from the lineage or the sangha.
Dhammanando wrote:In the Theravādin conception you can resolve to undertake the precepts all by yourself. And if you break one then you can re-take it all by yourself, by recognising the fault and resolving to exercise greater restraint in future.
Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:I think there is great value, though, if you have broken a precept, in formally taking the precepts again from a preceptor, after confessing your faults.
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Tucker W. Whetstone son of proud parents Shayne and David Barber and brother of Jacob and Cole Whetstone has graduated from Ft. Leonardwood, Mo.
He will be an army military police K-9 handler.
On Friday, April 22, Ellison and Mary Alice (Chauncey) Hardee will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. The two met as youngsters and grew up together as sweethearts in Chiefland. They dated throughout their school days and were married April 22, 1956.
Air Force Airman William S. Lovelace IV graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. Lovelace is the son of Kerrianne L. Lovelace of Trenton. He is a 2015 graduate of Bell High School.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Donna "Shelly" Smith and Eladio Lamberson Sr., of Bronson, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Urijah Liam Lamberson, on Aug. 4, 2015, at UF Health Shands Hospital. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 21 inches in height.
The Annual Gulf Hammock Homecoming and Smallwood Reunion is on Saturday, Oct. 10, in Gulf Hammock at Beck Park off County Road 326.
The gathering begins at 10 a.m. and lunch is at 1 p.m.
Plates, cups, tea. ice will be furnished. Please bring a covered dish of food and chairs.
Friends, relatives, residents and former residents, etc., are welcome.
For more information, call Abby at 850-997-5153; Amelia at 352-629-4438 or Donald at 225-698-0841 .
The annual Brock Reunion is to be held at Manatee Springs State Park on Sunday, Oct. 4. All attending are asked to bring a covered dish.
Arrival time is tentatively set for 10:30 a.m. The festivities will continue until 5 p.m. We plan to eat at 12:30 p.m.
If you have any questions, call 352-870-9302.
Josue R. Martinez of Chiefland, a Class of 2015 graduate, was named to the Dean's List at Thomas University for the Spring Semester 2015. Dean's List students attend TU full-time and have a GPA of 3.5 to 3.99.
Thomas University, established in 1950, is a private not-for-profit university of about 1,100 students located in Thomasville, Ga. TU awards associate, bachelor's and master's degrees using traditional classroom
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Tammy Jones, Levy County Supervisor of Elections, was sworn in as the 2015‐2016 treasurer of the Florida State Association of Supervisor of Elections (FSASE) at the 2015 Annual Summer Conference held June 7‐10 in Kissimmee.
Jones, second from right, was elected to the office by her fellow supervisors from across the State of Florida.
Air Force Airman Jacob T. Arnold, son of Ira R. and April Arnold of Trenton, graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. He is a 2014 graduate of Trenton High School, Trenton.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Marie E. and William T. Brown will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their wedding on Saturday June 20 with friends and family at the Pavillion at Manatee Springs State Park.
The couple was married in Miami.
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