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|November 14, 2005, 07:36 PM
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Home, home on the range... a bit long
Or at least it's beginning to feel like home, as much as I go over there!
Today was a day to get better control over the Bersa Thunder .380. My last range time was spent all at 15 yards, and I came home frustrated at my inability to really direct the shots where I wanted them. Granted, had I been shooting at a BG, yeah, he'd have been hurting (and as often as I shot high, he wouldn't have HAD a brain pan left! :barf: ) but that wasn't the point. I was trying for the bullseye, not for headshots that were supposed to be heart shots!!!
At any rate, today I sent about 150 rounds through the Bersa, and I certainly figured out how to use the sights (6 o'clock, for me) and that I need to compensate a wee bit to send the shots a little (and I mean LITTLE.... like 1/2-1 inch) to the right from where they're landing. That's data, and I can go with that and practice more.
Two things, though, distressed me. First, when I shot the XD-40, you'd have thought I'd never shot a .40 cal before! Ick! I used to be able to drill out the bullseye with that before I got the Bersa. Now, well, I need to figure out how to adjust from one to the other.
Second, I continue to have failure to feed issues. Yes, I had a couple more on the aftermarket magazines than the factory mag, but I had it there too. I know that "limp-wristing" can be a cause of that.
My questions:
(1) What is the best way to get to the point of being equally proficient with both guns? (I know...practice...what I want is suggestions of things to do when practicing.)
(2) This may sound stupid, but apart from the fact of the failure to feed issues, how do you know if you're limp-wristing? and how would you correct it or compensate for it?
Thanks, guys.
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|November 14, 2005, 10:17 PM
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Good for you for getting to the range & practicing.
Dunno about the rest, but the shots going high are probably because your eyes are racing down to the target to see how you did, instead of staying fixated on the front sight until you have completed your follow through.
Try this next time: after the shot goes off, continue holding the trigger completely to the rear until your sights are lined back up on target. Count one-onethousand, two-onethousand before you release the trigger. During that entire time, do not allow your gaze to shift to the target itself. Keep your front sight in extreme focus.
After you have done that with single shots, try shooting an entire magazine without allowing your eyes to change focus from front sight to target.
Let me know if that helps...
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|November 14, 2005, 11:11 PM
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I was at CC range today also, practicing one of the things that might help you. To shoot a pistol accurately you should:
1. maintain a consistent grip
2. align the sights on the target
3. fire the gun without disturbing the sights.
After shooting pistols for over 40 years, including several years of NRA Bullseye competition, I still have trouble with item three. Suspect that many other people do also. Thus my range time today was devoted to intense concentration on trigger control using a scope sighted S&W M41 in .22 LR. Dry fire practice (WITH EMPTY GUN) helps trigger control too. Remember that practice reinforces whatever techniques you are using in that practice. Unless you use correct techniques during practice you are only reinforcing bad habits. IMO QUALITY beats QUANTITY in practicing. Just my .02.
Good shooting and be safe.
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Colombian police have arrested two more suspects in a pyramid scheme that authorities say cheated at least 200,000 people.
Police say 41-year-old William Suarez and 67-year-old Maria Amparo Guzman were captured Saturday at a farm north of the capital. Both face money laundering charges.
A police statement says more than 250 million pesos ($113,000) were seized from Suarez.
Suarez was a partner in DMG, which was shuttered in November. Authorities called it a pyramid scheme that laundered drug money and raked in hundreds of millions of dollars last year.
Guzman is the mother of DMG owner David Murcia and was allegedly involved in the company.
Murcia is already in jail; his wife was arrested Jan. 13 in Uruguay.

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SentryWorld to Reopen After 20-Month Renovation
After months of furiously paced construction to make up for time lost from last winter's "polar vortex," SentryWorld is preparing to open its doors to unveil a large-scale renovation nearly two years in the making.
Construction is on track to be completed soon. Once complete, SentryWorld will mark its place as Wisconsin's premiere parkland golf course beginning with a variety of special events. SentryWorld will host a number of charity golf outings in support of United Way beginning mid-September, as well as additional charity golf outings in support of other Stevens Point area charities.
Eighteen foursomes have been donated directly to United Way of Portage County to be auctioned off for fundraising efforts. The Golf United! online auction opens Tuesday, August 19 and will close on Friday, September 12. This is the public's first chance to play the newly redesigned SentryWorld. Winners will play on Tuesday, September 23. More information on the auction can be found at www.biddingowl.com/golfunited or by visiting United Way of Portage County's site here. The Golf United! event will also be the media's first opportunity to take photos and shoot video at the reimagined SentryWorld.
Additionally, two hundred 18-hole rounds of golf have been made available for Sentry employees and retirees in exchange for a $100 per round donation to United Way.
"We've worked through the minor setbacks and delays caused by the unseasonably cold winter, assembled an excellent core service team and are very excited to be able to unveil the new SentryWorld to the community," said Mike James, SentryWorld general manager. "We have a great lineup of special events for worthy charities and a fantastic new facility and restaurant to share with the public. Regarding golf, we want everyone to know that SentryWorld's course will be back at 100 percent in 2015 and open for the full season. We appreciate everyone's patience and understanding. Rest assured, it'll be worth the wait."
Along with supporting United Way, SentryWorld will invite former pass holders and golf league players to participate in charity events throughout September. They will be able to purchase rounds in exchange for a $100 per round donation to the Humane Society of Portage County, Operation Bootstrap of Portage County or St. Michael's Foundation. All pass holders' and golf league players' donations will be matched by the Sentry Insurance Foundation.
SentryWorld's golf course and facilities received extensive renovations throughout the past 20 months. The golf course renovation was overseen by famed course architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr., who created the original layout in 1982, along with co-project architect Bruce Charlton and onsite architect Jay Blasi. The renovation to SentryWorld's sports complex-now called the Fieldhouse-was led by architect John Sather of Swaback Partners; with restaurant architect Jim Smith focusing on creating an entirely new restaurant at SentryWorld.
"The reimagined SentryWorld golf course and facilities honor our rich past while looking to the future," said Pete McPartland, Sentry president, CEO and chairman of the board. "Guests will find that we've made good on our promise of keeping a community and family focus. They will feel welcomed and comfortable, whether they're dining in the restaurant, playing a round of golf or attending a wedding or event."
The new SentryWorld restaurant will open to the public on September 22, with the inaugural fish fry to be held Friday, September 26. Wedding, meeting, event and holiday party bookings are now available. Email here for more information.
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WASHINGTON – Twelve-year-old Sathwik Karnik of Norfolk, Mass., has won the 2013 National Geographic Bee.
Sathwik correctly named Chimborazo as the mountain in Ecuador that represents the farthest point from the Earth's center to clinch the title. Thirteen-year-old Conrad Oberhaus of Lincolnshire, Ill., finished second.
Sathwik led throughout the final round of the 25th annual geography bee and was the last contestant to get a question wrong. He wins a $25,000 scholarship, a trip to the Galapagos Islands and a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society.
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BOAVENTURA, Gilson Teles; SILVA, Renata Helena de Lima e; TOSTES, Laura Fraga and AZEREDO, Vilma Blondet de. Weight gain, hemoglobin and hematocrit of rats receiving the Quissamã's diet with or without an alternative food supplement. Rev. Nutr. [online]. 2003, vol.16, n.3, pp.321-331. ISSN 1678-9865. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1415-52732003000300010.
This study evaluated an alternative food supplement added to the Quissamã's diet, which is consumed by malnourished children who participate in the Multimixture Subprogram, developed by Quissamã Municipal Health Authority, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The biological assay was carried out during 28 days with 42 male Rattus norvegicus, Wistar, 26 days old, obtained from the Experimental Nutrition Laboratory at the Fluminense Federal University, divided into seven groups: 1) Control Group (diet based on casein) added with vitamins and minerals; 2) CGvm added with Food Supplement; 3) Control Group added with Food Supplement; 4) Quissamã Group, based on Quissamã's Diet; 5) QG added with vitamins and minerals; 6) QGvm added with Food Supplement; and 7) QG added with Food Supplement. Water and food were offered ad libitum, and the weight of the animals and the food consumption were measured every two days. Blood was collected on the last day for biochemical analysis. The CGFS showed a significant weight loss (p< 0.05) compared with all the other groups and significantly higher hemoglobin and hematocrit levels compared with the other Control Groups. The QG presented the highest hemoglobin level and the QGFS showed the highest hematocrit level among all the Quissamã Groups. The supplementation of Quissamã's Diet was not relevant in this experiment.
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Valverde denies he threw spitball
"Anybody can say what they want to," Valverde said. "But I wasn't doing anything wrong, because I didn't spit at the baseball."
Valverde, who said he has seen the video making its way around the Internet, claimed he brought his glove to his face to wipe away sweat, not to spit in it.
"I never did anything wrong," he said. "I put my glove toward my mouth. Why? Because I sweat too much."
Valverde said he's not surprised about the reaction the video has received. He said no one in MLB has talked to him about the incident.
"Everybody wants to say something," Valverde said. "What I want to do is throw my pitch and make a good pitch, and that's it."
Valverde struck Mesoraco out on an inside fastball. Spitballs are usually noted for their atypical movement. Valverde said he just made a good pitch.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he was clueless about the situation until reading about it this morning.
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I get this error every so often, and I get all sorts of lines and distortion on my screen, and it eventually just crashes into a BSOD. But I'll give some background to it:
About a year or so ago, the problem first happened when I was running Windows Vista, so I upgraded to Windows 7 32-bit, and I never saw the problem ever again until about 2 months ago. It's just been off and on since then. I've updated my BIOS, and done every recommended update through the Drivers portion of the site relative to my computer.
My biggest thing is that a new graphics card isn't financially possible for me at the moment, and I was wanting to know if there might possibly be any other work-around or anything for it, or if anyone else has had this issue, and had a fix.
My Graphics card is an ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2. I currently have it uninstalled so I can make this post without having a BSOD. But I'll post my system specs on a DXDiag File.
Any help would be appreciated!
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Have you tried the AMD driver?
Please post back and let me know if you need more help.
I have. I've tried updating it completely, uninstalling it from scratch, removing any leftover drivers with DriverSweeper, etc. Still having the same problem.
Ok, please run the diagnostics on your video card from the F12 utility partition.
Alright. So I ran the diagnostics, and also ran the Transformation and Lighting Stress Test, and the Multiple Rendering DX9 Test. Everything passed with no problems.
Now, something interesting happened earlier. I had my computer just sitting on the Desktop running in Safe Mode with Networking, which is how I made my original post. It was like that for about an hour or 2 and when I came back my screen was distorted and had lines and such on it again, but the part that gets me was that my graphics card was completely uninstalled. My computer didn't even register that it was in the slot. Is it possible for the problem to still exist even when the graphics card technically isn't there?
In safe mode, drivers are not loaded, so you wouldn't expect to see your video card.
Honestly, I would think about performing a clean installation of Windows 7. Since you have 4GB of RAM, you might get slightly better performance from the 64-bit version (your license supports either).
I'm willing to give it a shot. I never thought I could run 64 bit and honestly never thought to try. I've done a clean install a few times with 32bit. Could 64 really make a difference? Just out of curiosity.
Okay, so... I upgraded to 64-bit. I updated my video card, and was running Windows Updates, and all of a sudden, I come back from taking the trash out, and my screen is completely covered in black and blue hyphens. :(
I went ahead and was able to work through it and have the image posted. Anybody have any ideas? :/
I was able to get GData Antivirus and malwarebytes installed. Also installed WoW to test it. Had no issues at all during installation. I boot up the game with no issues. I close it, and the AMD Display Driver stops responding and it starts going crazy. So, I guess it really is just my video card. I was hoping for some sort of fix or something. Doesn't seem like that's possible outside of a new card.


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While the Aragon 8008ST is less expensive than the Kinergetics, the two amplifiers are naturals to square off against each other, not least because the Aragon remains my long-term reference for a relatively affordable high-end amplifier. Directly compared, it sounded more laid-back through the midrange and lower treble than the Kinergetics. Its midbass was less rich than the KBA-280's, and it sounded less liquid overall. These qualities gave the Kinergetics a greater presence, and more rounded dimensionality on vocals.
On the other hand, the Aragon was more open on top, with a greater sense of air and unrestricted extension. Its imaging was a little more tightly focused, its overall bass tighter. And while more sparkling on top than the Kinergetics, it was also a little more forgiving of excesses in the mid-treble. The Kinergetics was a little more subtle in its rendition of detail, warmer, and more forward-sounding. The Aragon, however, perhaps because of the latter quality in the KBA-280, rendered soundstage depth a bit more convincingly.
Balanced operation
Up to this point, all of my observations of the Kinergetics' sound have reflected its operation in the single-ended or unbalanced mode. There is a good reason for this. In its balanced mode, the amplifier's input impedance is 1k ohm. This was clearly a design choice rather than an oversight. But what it means is that the selection of a preamplifier to use with the KBA-280 must be made carefully. If its output impedance is relatively high, the amplifier's low input impedance will demand that the preamplifier supply current, something that many preamps are not designed to do.
I used the Kinergetics with the Jeff Rowland Design Group Consummate, which has a balanced output impedance of 300 ohms. Rowland preamps are designed to drive amplifiers with low input impedances. (Rowland recommends, in fact, that their own preamp/amp combinations be operated with the input impedance of the amplifier matching the output impedance of the preamplifier.)
With this caveat, the result I got from the Kinergetics in its balanced mode was a little surprising, and one of the rare cases where I've heard more than a subtle difference (or less) between unbalanced and balanced operation. Balanced operation with the Kinergetics tightened up the midbass noticeably, which further opened up the sound. Imaging was a little tighter, soundstaging more precise.
It still wasn't quite as airy on top as the Aragon, but it retained that sweet top end. The bass seemed more detailed in the balanced mode (very likely because of the tightened midbass). While the Aragon still had a margin over the Kinergetics in sheer power, I would definitely not be inclined to decide between these two amplifiers on the basis of their bass differences, unless my loudspeakers were very insensitive and needed the Aragon's higher power reserves.
The Kinergetics KBA-280 joins the Aragon 8008ST as one of my reference high-end-but-affordable amplifiers. It may lack the current retro chic of those esoteric single-ended triode jobs, and won't impress your friends with acres of heatsinks and backbreaking weight—but it doesn't disappoint in any way, either in its subjective listening quality or test-bench competence.


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New York, NY, May 14, 2002 - ITT Industries, Inc.â?s (NYSE: ITT) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Louis J. Giuliano discussed his companyâ?s strong and growing defense business for analysts at the Eighth Annual Aerospace & Defense Finance Conference in New York this afternoon. ITTâ?s Defense Electronics & Services segment reported $1.3 billion in sales in 2001, 28 percent of total company revenues for ITT, and 25 percent of its operating income.
â?Our Defense business has always been an important component of our multi-industry portfolio, and is an important part of our growth strategy going forward,â Giuliano said. â?We have strong positions in attractive segments of the defense market, including electronic warfare, communications, space payloads, night vision, mobile radar, systems integration and technology services. We see these businesses as opportunities for growth and reinvestment.â
Giuliano said the companyâ?s defense backlog of more than $2.8 billion will drive segment revenue growth of 7-9 percent in 2002, and gives the company good revenue visibility for the foreseeable future.
The annual Aerospace & Defense Finance Conference is sponsored by Credit Suisse First Boston and Aviation Week/Space Technology magazine.
ITT Industries, Inc. (www.itt.com) supplies advanced technology products and services in key markets including: electronic interconnects and switches; defense communication, opto-electronics, information technology and services; fluid and water management and other specialty products. Headquartered in White Plains, NY, the company generated $4.7 billion in 2001 sales.
Certain material presented herein consists of forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied from, such forward-looking statements. Such factors include general economic conditions, foreign currency exchange rates, competition and other factors all as more thoroughly set forth in Item 1. Business and Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Forward-Looking Statements in the ITT Industries, Inc. Form 10-K Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and other of its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In addition to the New York Stock Exchange, ITT Industries' common stock is traded on the Midwest, Pacific, London, Frankfurt and Paris exchanges.
ITT is a diversified leading manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions for the transportation, industrial, and oil and gas markets. Building on its heritage of innovation, ITT partners with its customers to deliver enduring solutions to the key industries that underpin our modern way of life. ITT is headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., with employees in more than 35 countries and sales in a total of approximately 125 countries. The company generated 2016 revenues of $2.4 billion.
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" Brand: Avon / Type: Body Scrub / Subcategory: Butter / Suitable for: Body / Skin type: for dry skin and for all types / What it does: Exfoliates, Enricheses "
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I absolutely love Avon's Planet Spa range especially the Shea butter products and therefore had to buy the Brown Sugar scrub as soon as I first saw it. It can be brought directly from the Avon website or via an Avon representative. Prices vary according to whether there are special offers on.
The Brown Sugar scrub comes in 150ml bottle with a flip top lid and you simply squeeze the product out. To use you apply to wet skin in the bath or shower and massage in. The bottle itself is clear so you can see the product and how much is left - which is really handy so that you can ensure that you never run out.
The Brown Sugar scrub leaves my skin beautifully soft, and it always feels well moisturised. I like to use it in the shower once or twice a week to keep my skin in peak condition. You do not need much of the product in order to fully exfoliate so a bottle lasts well.
It has a beautiful scent which lingers on the skin for several hours. It is not over-powering though. I like to use other products in the range after use such as the body body and hand and foot cream and feel throughly pampered.
Sometimes Avon also sell a pack of all of these products in a gift set which makes a lovely gift either to treat yourself or someone else.
I highly recommend this scrub it exfoliates my skin very well without being rough or harsh on my skin and leaves my skin beautifully moisturised and scented and is one of the best scrubs I have found.
Being an Avon representative I enjoyed finding out about new products before their release and even being able to buy them at a reduced cost the idea being that you would demonstrate them to your customers. I purchased some of the planet spa range from our offers book and this was one of the products I tried, we used to get the items much cheaper and I think if I remember correctly I got 4 of the products for about £6.
There are a number of different products in the African Shea Butter range which is supposed to be for protection and indulgence, the product comes in a small see through plastic bottle which holds 150mls of product. The product inside the bottle is a medium brown in colour and is suitable for use on all skin types, the product is thick and has brown bits throughout.
The bottle has a flip top lid to allow easy dispensing of the product and on flipping the lid you get a lovely buttery smell which smells of cocoa too, on squeezing the bottle the product doesn't come out too fast due to its thickness and a small amount goes a long way. To use the product you need to apply it to wet skin and gently rub against the skin in a circular motion, you can feel the little bits gently exfoliating which is great as I have found some body scrubs to be too harsh. The product
Is easy to use and the bottle is hard enough not to slip and slide in wet hands but also soft enough to allow you to squeeze out the required amount.
This product is great and really does help to rid you of dry flaky skin, my skin feels moisturised after use, beautifully soft and smells gorgeous. The product is a rich source of vitamin E and apparently has healing properties although I can't vouch for this it certainly leaves my skin feeling great. Avon advises you to use this product 1-2 times a week but as you don't need too much at a time a bottle lasts about 6 weeks. Avon offers a money back guarantee so if you don't like the product you can always return it for a full refund so it is worth a try as you have nothing to lose.
This is a fantastic product - another classic from Avon. This is a scrub that it is not to harsh so you can use it a few times a week. This also has a fantastic smell and does exactly what it says on the tin. The packaging looks nice though slightly inpractical as it is quite difficult to get the scrub out of a fairly small hole - you will need to leave it on its head to get the last bit out. You do not need to use a lot though as you get good coverage and it rinses off well so you don't need to stand in the shower for ten minutes rinsing off. I would suggest using a good moisturiser afterwards as although it leaves your skin soft using a moisturiser after you really get the benefit of it. Avon offer a full ninety day money back guarantee so you can always try without worry. Avon normally do an offer on the planet spa range so keep your eye out.
I used to use this only before applying fake tan, pretty much only on my knees and elbows to stop patchy bits.. Then one day i'd ran out of my normal exfoliator so used this whilst in the shower - now i've switched!
It comes in a (quite hard) plastic bottle with a flip top lid, which is easy enough to use - simply open the lid, tip the bottle upside down and squeeze, then voila!
The only gripe I have about the packaging is that when you squeeze the bottle, it does take quite a bit of energy to get some scrub out if there's hardly any left in it.. However, I usually resort to taking the tops off the bottle or cutting it open anyway to get it all out.
Having sensitive skin, I need to use products which aren't harsh (i.e. with really hard exfoliating beads in) so when I tried this, I found that the scrub itself was a pretty thick liquid with small particles of 'sugar' in it which gently exfoliates the skin..
You may think that with it being gentle, it hasn't worked - but it is really good and leaves your skin feeling really, really soft and clean..
It smells slightly of coconuts and vanilla to me, a really sweet scent without overdoing it. I paid £4.99 from my Avon representative for 150ml and it has lasted around 2 months now, I still have 1/4 of the bottle left. You can also buy it online if you don't know anybody that does Avon around your area.
I've always been religious in the way i exfoliate i do it everyday if its not with a dry body brush then its with this.
I know, i shouldnt but, i cant resist. i've just started to use fake tan so i have to make sure my skin is in top tip condition otherwise i will be a walking wotsit!
This is my rescue im also a sucking for natural products and as soon as i seen brown sugar i was hooked. I also purchase alot of the planet spa range.What i did to enhance the effects on this also, just a little tip for the girls. I combine the brown sugar scrub with a good softening shower gel in a tub and use both with exfoliating glove and use in the shower it saves time and makes skin smoother if i dont have time to moisturise. and also to enhance any products effect its always good to use atleast another product from the same brand.
I purchase this from avon for about £3.00 and at christmas time they also bring out a gift set with this included.
How to apply. In the shower or bath dampen skin smooth a good amount on to the skin and rub in circles with your hands or a scrub glove, if you use a glove dont do it to hard you may irriatate your skin because the sugar grains are pretty hard and work well. starting from your toes all the way up to your neck but, do it gentle on the neck, pay special attention to the knees and elbows. Try not to use on your face but if you really need to please, use a tiny amount with alot of warm water and make sure you moisturise after. You should use this 1-3 times a week. If you suffer with eczema don't use it also if you have cuts or burns, or open wounds do not use. and always moisturise after beause even though the effects are good they may dry or crack your skin depending on your skin type.
My expierence: This always leaves my skin silky smooth and ready to go!
I use this about 3 times a week and it never lets me down it also good for a foot scrub or as a gift for a friend. also if you use sunbeds or live in a hot climate exfoliation is vital so that your skin can breath and make new skin cells. I give this a 5 star rating you get so much in such a small bottle.
I like Avon stuff and especially their Planet Spa range because all the products smell so lovely and usually work brill. This African Shea Butter Brown Sugar Body Scrub (or just the Body Scrub from now on!!!) is one of the best things I've tried from any of the Planet Spa ranges.
It costs £5.00 for a 150ml bottle, that's 150ml.... I've told you so don't get moaning when you order it and see the small bottle that arrives with your Avon order. I know when I first ordered it I was shocked by how small the bottle was but believe me you don't have to use all that much each time so the bottle should last you for quite a long time.
The scrub has got a gorgeous smell, it's mega sweet and sugary and also smells a little bit like cocoa butter. It's a thick and sticky scrub, the exfoliating bits are actually granules of brown sugar which scratch and scrub your skin before melting under the shower or in your bath water. The smells always seems stronger when you've had the water hot because the sweet sugar smell comes through in the steam and sometimes even when I've used the bathroom at the top of the house you can smell the scrub down in the kitchen.... 3 stories down!!!
To use it you just squirt a bit onto your hand and rub it into your skin using circular motions, there's no need to use a shower scrunchie or anything and the pressure of your hand will get the sugar granules working on your skin. How much you use is obviously going to depend on whether you want to scrub your whole body or just problem areas, I only use it on my whole body when I am going to use a fake tan because it gets rid of any flakey bits of skin and gives the tan a much nicer finish.
Mainly though I just use it on my legs and arms and a bottle of the scrub lasts me for at least 3 weeks and usually more like a month. The scrub feels very nice to use and is creamier than you think it's going to be, the sugar granules feel nice and scratchy and you can tell they are definitely doing your skin good. It's dead easy to rinse off as well and like I said the sugar granules dissolve after a couple of minutes anyway so you don't feel like you've got sand in your bits after using it!
I love how soft and smooth my skin feels after I've used this scrub, I like to use the African Shea Butter body lotion from the same range afterwards to give my skin that little bit extra help. Any dry or flakey skin I have before using this scrub disappear straight away and as long as I remember to use it at least every 3 days I can keep my skin looking and feeling in tip top condition.
Recommended.... smells gorgeous and works brill as a body scrub!!!
Why did I buy this product?
Recently I ordered some of this brown sugar body scrub from Avon. The reason I bought it, I have to admit, is because it just looked so gorgeous in the brochure. It was advertised in a way that made me want to buy it. So you could say I bought this because of advertising.
This cost me £3.50, which saved me some money because it normally costs £5. It is quite expensive but I think it is OK to treat myself once in a while. I work hard so I like to take time to myself to relax now and again.
What does it claim to do?
Well, the description in the brochure says 'creamy body scrub with sugar crystals to gently exfoliate and cleanse, leaving skin soft and smooth'.
It is also supposed to exfoliate dead skin cells which gets your circulation going. I love body scrubs so I decided to try it.
How does it smell?
This really does smell absolutely gorgeous. It has a lovely sweet fragrance, which is african shea butter. It's not a strong smell but it is a nice one. I really like it.
Did this live up to my expectations?
I had high expectations for this and it lived up to all of them. This is a lovely body scrub and it really does exfoliate your skin. It isn't too harsh but it isn't pathetically soft either. It does the job perfectly and in my opinion this is the best body scrub I have ever used.
It is a little bit pricier than the other body scrubs Avon does which is why I wouldn't buy this all the time. But it is so lovely I will probably buy this again in future when I feel like treating myself to some relaxing me time.
There is 150ml in the bottle which isn't much and the bottle is quite small. But depending on how much of this you use, you should be able to get a few uses out of this. I definitely recommend it :)
After a girl in my workplace recently becoming an Avon representative, I decided to help her out and put in an order.
I noticed this was on sale for a special price, so I decided to order this product with a few others aswell. I received it, and when I got home I decided to give a try.
The first thing I noticed was the smell - WOW. I don't know if any non-scottish people will understand this, but it smells like Scottish Tablet (a delicasy here). One of the things I enjoy the most is the smell, if I am being honest!
When you put this product on, it really does feel like it is working. I usually rub in circular motions, and when you are scrubbing your face, you can feel your face getting smoother and smoother.
I have been using this product for around 4 weeks now (using it about once or twice a week, don't want it to end!) and have really noticed a difference in my skin. My skin is much smoother and a few of the spots that I had on my face has dissappeared.
I took a look in the new Avon book that has came out, and have noticed that this product is around £5 to buy now, the price is a bit dissappointing, but after using this product I would definetely pay the £5 and reccomend it to anyone!
Another disadvantage of the product is that it can become quite hard to get out of the bottle as you use it more often, but a little elbow grease can solve this!
I noticed this in my sisters bathroom one day and decided to gove it a try. It comes in a clear bottle, handy for telling how much you have left, it smell delicious and on contact with your skin, because of the brown sugar being a natural product with a spherical surface it feels good, not like some other scrubs that make you feel like you're using a wirebrush. It makes your skin smooth, as intended, a little goes a long way and it down not leave an oily film on your skin after use, only a delicate smell and a nice glow on your skin.Not only that, Avon usually have some great offers on their products and a money back guarantee so you can't really go wrong when you buy one of their products, if it not for you you can send it back so no harm in trying it!
Firstly I will admit that I am an Avon representative but I am in no way biased towards the products.
I am a bit of a body scrub addict, I quite simply love them but always find it hard to find one that does what it says on the tin (or rather bottle) So before I became an Avon representative I purchased the 'Avon Brown Sugar Body Scrub' as it was 2 for £5 or the such.
The bottle is quite plain but this is in no way a bad thing. It is see through which allows you to see the scrub inside.
**The scrub itself**
The consistency of the scrub is quite thick and grainy. It smells lovely, and although it is not stated as an ingredient I am sure there are undertones of vanilla.
**Using the scrub**
This scrub can be used on either dry or wet sking (although probably best on wet skin) and a little goes a long way. It lathers up to quite a creamy consistency and you can really feel the grainy texture sloughing away all your dead skin. As always particular care should be taken on delicate areas of skin.
I have found that after using this scrub that my skin is lovely and soft. I hardly needed to use a moisturiser and found that my skin felt tingly clean. I do have dry skin but find that using this any more than once a week brings me out in an itchy rash but as always you will know what suits your own skin type.
Using once a week this bottle lasts for ages. I do tend to stock up when Avon offers are on as at £5 a bottle I feel it is a little pricey. Avon reguarly have this on offer though so its not all bad!
I first came across this body scrub as part of an Avon shea butter gift set. I wasn't really into body scrubs at the time and didn't use it much until this year, when I noticed that the skin on my arm, legs and shoulders was prone to being dry and flaky, especially after I had dried myself off with a towel after having a bath or shower. Since then, I have been using it two times per week.
***The Scrub***
As the name suggests, this body scrub is made predominantly from brown sugar, and this is pretty similar to granulated brown sugar that you can buy in supermarkets. There is quite a strong smell of shea butter too (or what I imagine must be the shea butter, seeing as I've never actually smelt it before!) but it isn't overwhelmingly strong. When you squeeze some of the scrub out of the bottle, you get a concoction that is quite thick and gloopy as it's a mixture of the butter and sugar. This is actually a lot more appealing than my description makes it sound.
The bottle is clear plastic, so you can see exactly how much is left. It's a flip top lid, but you need to tip the bottle upside down to get the scrub out. Be careful when squeezing as you only need a gentle squeezing motion. I learnt the hard way that being too enthusiastic on that front means that half the bottle comes out in one go!
***Using The Scrub***
Although the scrub itself is quite gloopy, it doesn't seem to go that far. I usually use it on my arms and legs mostly and often find that I need to go back and add more scrub to get a good enough lather going. As the exfoliating element is basically just grains of sugar, it tends to feel quite ineffective and that always makes me want to apply more scrub too. If you use this in the bath, remember to give the bath a thorough clean out after using this scrub as I've found that it tends to cling to the bottom of the bath and looks rather like someone has thrown handfuls of sand into the bath.
***The Results***
My observations in the previous paragraph must be out of sync with the effectiveness of the scrub as my skin has been flake free since I started using it and I haven't experienced any of the dry skin flaking off after a bath or shower so this must mean that it's doing a much better job than it feels when I'm using the scrub. I'm not experienced any dryness or tightness since using this, which I have often found with body scrubs (this is one of the reasons why I never used to use them much).
***The Price***
I bought my bottle from the Avon website for around £4 (plus delivery) a few months ago. I can't find it on the Avon website to confirm that though so the price may well be slightly different now.


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Hyattsville (Md.) DeMatha offensive tackle Cyrus Kouandjio has been the talk of the recruiting world after selecting Auburn on national television Wednesday but getting cold feet and not sending in his signed Letter of Intent. Now the 6-foot-7, 322-pounder has to choose between Auburn and Alabama and many hope the decision will come quickly. So what's the latest?
"I haven't talked to Cyrus yet today," said DeMatha head coach Bill McGregor. "I called him a couple of times last night but he didn't get back to me so I figured I'd just let him breathe for a little bit. But today I will talk to him because I'd like to move forward.
"I don't really know how this happened, if Cyrus wasn't ready to make his choice I would have liked him to have delayed the decision. He can't go wrong with either school, it's just picking which fruit you like better, apples or oranges, and just pick one."
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McGregor spoke to Auburn head coach Gene Chizik twice yesterday as well as Auburn assistant coach Tommy Thigpen. This morning he spoke to Auburn assistant Ted Roof. McGregor also spoke to Alabama assistant coach Sal Sunseri, but he is keeping Auburn more in the loop and wants Cyrus to talk to Auburn.
"Because he picked Auburn he needs to talk to them," McGregor said. "He needs to explain to them what he's thinking, what's going on and if he changes his mind he needs to tell them. Alabama is being kept in the loop, but Auburn is the school he chose and they are the ones who deserve to hear from Cyrus."
McGregor is hoping to get his talented offensive tackle on the phone today with Auburn coaches.
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Sources said that most of the Auburn offensive staff spoke at length with Kouandjio last night but a letter clearly has still not arrived. The hope from most is that this will be resolved within the next few days.
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Chapatti is a basic unleavened bread used as an accompaniment to many dishes as an alternative to rice or naan bread.Its really a nice dish which can be served with curry of any type.
- 500 g Atta flour (or half wholemeal flour, half plain flour)
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 cups (1000ml) water, or enough to make the dough
1Prepare the dough.Take the flour and enough water to create a firm but elastic pliable dough. Knead the dough well for 5 minutes. To speed up this step, you can use a food processor.
2Leave to stand.Leave to stand for 10 minutes or more whilst leaving it in a bowl and covered with a moist cloth or cling film at either room temperature or better yet, in the fridge. Just before you plan to use, knead the dough briefly again.
3Roll dough into balls.To make one Chapatti, roll a portion of the dough into a ball in between your palms.
4Roll this out using a rolling pin, on a floured surface, to approximately 20 centimeter (7.9 in) in size. Roll from center outwards, so that the edges are thinner than the center.You will need to dust it with dry flour a couple of times during the rolling out process.
6Cook the other side the same way. Turn it over again.Press gently all over, using a flat spatula.
7Cook until nicely browned and crisp yet flexible/ soft on both sides. Don't cook them too fast or they will become too stiff.
8Serve hot.
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PARCHMAN, MISSISSIPPI (BNO NEWS) — A Mississippi man who was previously convicted of brutally murdering his four young nieces and nephews at his mother's home in 1990 was executed on early Tuesday evening, despite pleas from his two sisters and brother-in-law to spare his life, officials said.
Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) Commissioner Christopher Epps said Henry Curtis Jackson, 47, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. local time after being given a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) in Parchman. He said the execution marked the close of Jackson's case.
Jackson was sentenced to death in September 1991 for the November 1990 murders of his nieces Shunterica Lonnett Jackson and Dominique Devro Jackson and his nephews Antonio Terrell Jackson and Andrew Odutola Kuyoro, Jr. at his mother's home near Greenwood in Leflore County.
Investigators said the four children, ages 2 to 5, died of stab wounds to the throat while Jackson's mother was at church. Jackson also stabbed his 1-year-old niece, leaving her paralyzed and in a critical condition until she died in 2009. His 23-year-old sister and an 11-year-old niece were also stabbed but survived without serious injuries.
Jackson surrendered to authorities four days after the brutal murders and confessed. Investigators believe Jackson carried out the killings in order to take money from a safe belonging to his half-brother who was in jail at the time on charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and a probation violation.
But despite the horrific nature of the crimes, two of Jackson's sisters and his brother-in-law asked Governor Phil Bryant for clemency. One of these sisters was a stabbing victim herself, and both of the sisters are mothers of the murdered children.
"I have reviewed the facts of this case and the applicable law. There is no question that Mr. Jackson committed these heinous crimes, and there is no clear and convincing evidence that compels me to grant clemency," Bryant said. "As governor, I have the duty to see that justice is carried out and that the law is faithfully executed."
Epps said the department executed Jackson as ordered and noted that he had more than two decades to fight the death sentence. "Through the course of nearly 22 years, death row inmate Henry Curtis Jackson was afforded his day in court and in the finality, his conviction was upheld all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court," he said.
Jackson, dressed in a red prison jumpsuit, did not make a final statement before he was executed.
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MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI (BNO NEWS) — Rescue workers found the wreckage of a small plane in northern Mississippi on late Tuesday morning, several hours after the accident happened, local media reported. The pilot was seriously injured.
The small single-engine aircraft was being piloted by Florida resident Greg Huggins to the city of Olive Branch in Mississippi when it disappeared from radars at around 7 a.m. local time. Reports indicate that the aircraft ran out of gas and crashed in a forest near Carolina Road in Monroe County, Mississippi.
Itawamba County Sheriff Chris Dickinson told WTVA-TV that Huggins was able to contact 911 dispatchers shortly before 10 a.m. local time. Despite search operations beginning at around 7 a.m. local time, it was not until around noon that emergency teams were able to locate the wreckage.
Aerial searches in the region were not conducted for several hours because of poor visibility, and ground teams had difficulty locating the crash site because of the thick forest.
Huggins was rushed to Northeast Mississippi Medical Center where he was said to be in a critical condition as a result of a cut to the head. Nonetheless, authorities said he was able to remain conscious to call emergency numbers through his cell phone.
The plane was owned by Buccaneer Aviation of Wilmington, Delaware.
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JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI (BNO NEWS) — A Mississippi man convicted of killing two men during a robbery spree in December 1995 was executed on early Wednesday evening, officials said. A U.S. Court of Appeals declined to halt the execution based on claims he was mentally ill.
Edwin Hart Turner, 38, was convicted of killing Everett Curry and Eddie Brooks during the robberies of Mims One Stop and Mims Turkey Village Truck Stop in Carroll County during the early morning hours of December 13, 1995. His partner Paul Murrell Stewart confessed and testified against him and was previously sentenced to two consecutive life sentences.
Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) Commissioner Christopher Epps said Turner was pronounced dead at 6:21 p.m. local time after being given a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) in Parchman. He said the execution marked the close of Turner's case.
"The State of Mississippi – Department of Corrections has carried out a court order issued by the state Supreme Court. The role of the MDOC is to see that the order of the court is carried out with dignity," Epps said during a press conference. "Through the course of nearly 15 years, death row inmate Edwin Hart Turner was afforded his day in court and in the finality, his conviction was upheld all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The cause of justice has been championed."
During his final hours, Turner met with his attorney, a spiritual adviser, his mother, two aunts and two cousins. Officers described Turner as being talkative and he took a final shower after his last meal. At the request of Turner, none of his family members witnessed the execution.
"I ask that you join me in prayer for the Brooks and Curry families. The entire MDOC family hopes the families of each of the homicide victims may now begin the process of healing. Our prayers and thoughts are with you as you continue life's journey," Epps added during the news conference.
During the investigation in 1995, investigators discovered in Turner's car a mask reportedly used at the crime scene, as well as Turner's fingerprints upon a weapon used at the scene. Additionally, the state's firearms expert determined that shell casings found at the murder scene matched weapons in Turner's home, and a cashier at one of the crime scenes identified Turner.
Turner was convicted on February 13, 1997, and sentenced to death on two counts of murder the following day. The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence on February 2, 1999, denied rehearing on March 31, 1999, and denied Post-Conviction relief on January 4, 2007.
Lawyers for Turner argued that he suffered from a long and extensive history of mental illness, leading U.S. District Court Judge Carlton W. Reeves to postpone the execution until at least February 20 to determine whether the state had improperly kept him from getting a psychiatric evaluation. But the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturned the stay, and the U.S. Supreme Court failed to halt the execution.
Turner was the first person to be executed in Mississippi this year.
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NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — The death toll as a result of severe weather and resulting tornadoes across the southeastern United States on Wednesday and Thursday has risen to at least six, officials said. Dozens more have been injured.
In South Carolina, at least three people were killed and five others were injured in York County when a severe storm hit. Two others – an adult and a child – were reported dead in Davidson County, North Carolina after their house collapsed. A sixth person died in Forsyth County, Georgia when a tree fell and crushed a vehicle.
The storms resulted in a number of tornadoes across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina, destroying dozens of buildings and leaving thousands of people without power. It was the worst storm for Alabama since a tornado outbreak in April left nearly 330 people killed and more than 2,000 others injured.
Clean-up and some search-and-rescue operations were still ongoing on late Thursday, and officials said the death toll could still rise. This week's storms left at least 15 people injured.
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JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI (BNO NEWS) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a stay of execution for Mississippi death row inmate Benny Joe Stevens, who has been convicted in the slaying of four people, including two children.
Stevens, 52, was found guilty of four counts of capital murder in the October 1998 shooting deaths of his ex-wife Glenda Reid, her new husband Wesley Reid, Glenda's 11-year-old son Dylan Lee and and a neighbor's son Heath Pounds, who was 12. It happened at a mobile home in Marion County.
Stevens' 16-year-old daughter, Erica, was also shot but managed to escape to a neighbor's home despite being shot in the back. Stevens has attempted to overturn his conviction and subsequent death sentence ever since he was convicted in December 1999.
Numerous appeals have previously been rejected, and a last-minute effort to block Tuesday's execution was rejected by the U.S Supreme Court. "The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Scalia and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied," a statement said.
The ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court means Stevens' execution at the State Penitentiary at Parchman can go ahead as scheduled at 6 p.m. local time. "The United States Supreme Court has just denied the stay for Benny Joe Stevens and, therefore, the execution will go forward," Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said. "Our prayers are with the victim's family and the defendant's family."
Stevens received a number of visits on Tuesday, including from his father, mother, brother, sister-in-law, and a chaplain. Correctional officers posted outside his cell described Stevens as having an 'upbeat attitude' and being 'very talkative'.
For his last meal, Stevens requested four whole fried catfish, eight hushpuppies, French fries, coleslaw, hickory smoked barbeque beef ribs, hot peach cobbler, Blue Bell homemade vanilla ice cream, cokes, ketchup, whole red tomato, and salt and pepper.
The execution, which will be by lethal injection, will be witnessed by Stevens' father and brother as well as eight members of the victims' families. Three spiritual advisors, eight members of the media, two Sheriffs, and Stevens' two attorneys, will also witness the execution.
After his death, Stevens' body will be released to Hathorn Funeral Home in Columbia, Mississippi.
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BIRDS POINT, MISSOURI (BNO NEWS) — Despite the Ohio River level dropping after the Army Corps. of Engineers breached the Birds Point levee in Mississippi County, Missouri, record-setting levels and flooding are still threatening communities along the river valleys.
The Army Corps. of Engineers late Monday night breached the first section of the Birds Point levee to avoid further flooding, and save the town of Cairo, Illinois, which is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and has been in danger of being wiped out by the flooding. Most of its 2,800 citizens have been evacuated.
Immediate reports after the initial levee breaching indicated that the Mississippi River dropped several feet after the explosions, but, even after the Ohio River dropped to 60.62 feet early Tuesday, it remained well above the 1937 record of 59.5 feet.
On Tuesday afternoon, a second section of the levee was breached at New Madrid, Missouri, while the third and final blast is planned to be carried out on Wednesday near Hickman, Kentucky.
The controversial decision would send a tremendous amount of water through approximately 130,000 acres of farmland in southeast Missouri.
Mississippi County Coroner Terry Parker later told KFVS that due to the breaching several cemeteries and grave sites in Mississippi and New Madrid Counties would be flooded, creating the possibility that caskets, burial vaults or skeletal remains may be uncovered and float or be washed along with the current.
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and other government offices have been coordinating to handle the possibility and recover any remains found in the water. Identification and re-internment would also be handled by the government.
In addition, a group of attorneys later filed a class action complaint on behalf of farmers whose land was flooded when the levee exploded.
The complaint filed in the United States Court of Federal Claims against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers argued that the property rights of the farmers and landowners under the 5th Amendment to the Constitution were violated when a 15 foot high wall of water was released and flooded their property.
The complaint charges that the action violated the "takings clause" of the 5th Amendment which bars the government from taking private property without due process of law. The complaint asserts that the Corps did not have easements over property in the floodway that are required before the Corps could be allowed to breach the levee at Birds Point.
The complaint was filed on behalf of 14 farming operations and their owners as plaintiffs, but it is seeking certification as a class action on behalf of all individuals and entities affected by the flooding.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday signed disaster declarations for the states of Georgia and Mississippi as the death toll from Wednesday's violent tornado outbreak continues to rise.
Obama had already signed a disaster declaration for the state of Alabama, which has suffered the most damage and casualties from what is now the most deadly tornado outbreak since 1925.
The presidential disaster declarations for Georgia and Mississippi allow Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and associated flooding this month.
"We appreciate the prompt response by President Obama and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate as we begin the arduous process of recovery," said Georgia Governor Nathan Deal in response to the declaration. "Georgia's entire congressional delegation jumped into gear on the federal level to seek aid for their constituents, and their diligence has paid off. This assistance will be of great help to the survivors who are reclaiming their lives."
As of Saturday afternoon, a BNO News count confirmed at least 249 fatalities and 1,730 injured in Alabama alone from the tornado outbreak. In addition, local officials are reporting that hundreds more remain missing, although a part of them could just be with family or friends.
In addition, there are at least 34 fatalities and 163 injured in Mississippi, 34 fatalities and 107 injured in Tennessee, 15 fatalities in Georgia, five fatalities and 50 injured in Virginia, one fatality in Kentucky, two fatalities in Louisiana, and one fatality in Arkansas.
As the combined death toll has now reached 341 as a result of the storms, it is the deadliest tornado outbreak since the 1925 Tri-State tornadoes which killed 747 people. At least 695 of them were killed by a single tornado.
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OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI (BNO NEWS) — At least 3 people were killed after an 18-wheeler crashed into a Mississippi school bus carrying a group of seniors after a campus visit of Ole Miss, local media reported Tuesday.
Calhoun County Coroner Jerry Fleming told WKRG News 5 that two teachers and the driver of the 18-wheeler died, and at least 10 students from Ackerman High School, located in Choctaw County, Mississippi, were injured during Tuesday's crash.
Gary Bailey, 54, who was driving the 18-wheeler that crashed into the school bus head-on, died. Teacher and Assistant Football Coach Steven Moss, as well as teacher Phyllis Graham were also killed during the accident.
The accident occurred on Mississippi highway 8, around 40 miles south of the University of Mississippi at Oxford.
As investigations into the incident are being conducted, the injured students were transported to local hospitals, and one was airlifted. Their injuries have been reportedly non-life threatening.
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JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI (BNO NEWS) — Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a man in Mississippi who was thought dead since 1994 on charges of kidnapping, officials said on Monday.
Thomas Steven Sanders, 53, was arrested Sunday morning at Flying J Truck Stop in Gulfport, Mississippi, after a nationwide manhunt took place to capture the man who is suspected of kidnapping Lexis Roberts, 12, from Las Vegas, Nevada, whose body was found in October by hunters in the woods of Harrisonburg, Louisiana.
According to reports, Sanders abandoned his family in 1987 and was declared dead in the state of Mississippi in 1994 by his family members.
Sanders is thought to be missing most of his teeth and has changed his appearance on several occasions. However, he has been reportedly arrested on numerous occasions, but his identity had not been connected with the man who was declared dead 16 years ago.
Numerous investigative agencies, including the Louisiana State Police, the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Postal Service, the Office of Louisiana Attorney General, the LSU Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services and law enforcement throughout the country have been involved in the case.
The girl's mother, Suellen Roberts, 31, remains missing.
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JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI (BNO NEWS) – A Benton County, Mississippi supervisor on Thursday was found guilty of committing voter fraud, prosecutors announced.
Tate King was found guilty of one count of voter fraud. He will be sentenced on October 8. King faces a maximum penalty of five years of imprisonment and a fine up to $5,000. He was indicted along 15 other co-conspirators.
King was arrested as part of an investigation on vote buying conducted by the Attorney General's Public Integrity division. The case stemmed from the August 7, 2007 primary election and the August 27, 2007 runoff elections in Benton County.
So far, two people have been convicted, nine others have pleaded guilty and five defendants are awaiting trial for their involvement in the voter fraud case. Former schools Superintendent Ronny Wilkerson is among those charged.
According to the investigation, King paid people to vote for him on two separate elections. The defendants got involved in a scheme where they paid $40 and a case of beer to as little as $10 per vote to get people to vote for certain candidates.
The five individuals that are awaiting trial are Kenny Ray Bowen, Billy Street, James Bullock, Ronnie Wilkerson and Jasper Buggs. The five co-conspirators were charged with voter fraud offenses.
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Today around the globe too many atrocities are being committed with impunity in the name of god, allah and other constructs, which have over the ages, been identified or associated with the so called supreme being. The dream of a secular peaceful world where people of all faiths and none can coexist in harmony – continues to elude many across the region. Millions of people- theists and atheists- continue to suffer and are abused due to superstition, religious fundamentalism and supernaturalism. In this piece I will focus on two of such areas.
The rights of non-believers. I have heard it proclaimed at the UN that the rights of women are human rights. I have also heard it proclaimed that the rights of gay people are human rights. These proclamations changed the way human rights are perceived around the globe. Personally I have yet to hear it proclaimed at UN, or at our regional and national human rights bodies that the rights of atheists, agnostics and freethinkers are human rights. I do not want these rights to be implied or assumed as currently the case in most countries. I want them to be expressly declared as universal human rights.
In spite of the progress the world has made in terms of upholding human rights and liberties, and getting states to honour their obligations under various instruments and mechanisms, equal rights have yet to be extended to religious non-believers in most parts of the world particularly in Africa.
I still do not know any African country where one can openly and truly say that the government recognizes the full human rights of non-believers including their right to life, freedom of expression, freedom from torture, inhumane or degrading treatment, freedom of association, freedom of conscience etc. There is no country in the region with an effective mechanism to protect the rights of those who profess no religion; those who change their religion or those who are critical of religious and theistic ideas. Religious non-believers are treated as if they are not human beings, as if they do not exist or do not have the right to exist.
There are no guarantees for the rights and dignity of infidels, apostates and blasphemers as freethinkers are often called. Many governments have caved in to pressures from religious fanatics, from theocrats, jihadists and terrorists. So nonbelievers are denied their basic rights with impunity, sometimes as a matter of state policy or for the sake of 'public order, peace or 'morality'. The situation is worse in countries that have an official religion or official religions. Unbelievers are targets of forced conversion, oppression, discrimination, persecution and murder, sometimes by states. Many governments pay lip service to freedom of religion or belief. Freedom of religion is often understood as freedom to profess a religion-the religion sanctioned by the state, by one's family or community- not freedom to change one's religion or freedom not to profess any religion at all as contained in article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
So most people who do not profess any religion or belief in god are compelled to live or remain in the closets or to pretend to be religious, paying lip service to religions they do not truly profess, to religious dogmas that mean nothing to them or to a god they do not actually believe in. Non-believers live in constant fear of their lives because going open with one's religious unbelief often comes at a price, at a very heavy price. In Africa, by going open and public as a freethinker, one risks being ostracized by families and communities, being persecuted by state and non-state agents, being expelled from schools. As an atheist, one can be sacked from jobs, domestically abused, disqualified from posts, demonized by faith groups, taunted as a person without morality or portrayed as the enemy of the state or society. Atheism is a freethinking position that still dares not mention its name in most parts of the continent.
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Baltimore,Md - Ray Lewis said Thursday that during his brief experience as a free agent that he was just ``flirting'' with the idea of ending his career with another team.
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But in the end a seven-year contract offer from the Ravens, and the ability to cement his legacy in Baltimore, turned out to be too much to turn down.
It also happened to be the best deal on the table.
So after the 10-time Pro Bowl linebacker tested the free agent market he ultimately signed the deal he initially received from Baltimore. Now Lewis will almost assuredly finish his NFL career where it started.
It was Lewis' first experience as a free agent since being drafted in 1996 by the Ravens, and he liked the idea of at least getting an idea of his worth.
ke that mistake. I've watched them walk out and try to chase something else that wasn't real.''
Lewis signed the contract with Baltimore on March 10, but the team waited until Thursday to hold a press conference so the 33-year-old Lewis could be joined by owner Steve Bisciotti, general manager Ozzie Newsome and coach John Harbaugh.
Bisciotti said that the Ravens made Lewis a solid offer before the beginning of the free agency period. Instead of immediately accepting the deal, Lewis requested the opportunity to see if there was a better deal available elsewhere.
Bisciotti readily agreed, even though it was rumored that the New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys were interested in the two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
``(I knew) somebody might want to throw crazy money at him,'' Bisciotti said. ``All he wanted was the freedom to see what his market is. There was worry that somebody would pay him and he would leave. ... After 13 years, he might have been excited to go to New York or Dallas to do something different. If he'd have chosen that, we'd still all be friends and we'd have the money to reapply to someone else.''
ould be.
``Opportunity knocks every freaking day of life. In this business, a lot of things can be flirtatious,'' he said. ``But the bottom line is how far you're willing to flirt. I didn't go that far. I was OK with flirting with the woman I started with, and that was the Ravens.''
Truth is, Lewis never even came close to leaving.
``I didn't take a trip, I didn't visit anyone else's facility. I didn't do any of that,'' he said. ``That would have took away from why I do what I do for my city. Why, when I put that purple jersey on my back, I give everything for every fan in the stands.''
Lewis would have considered wearing a different colored jersey next season, but no team offered him enough to make him turn his back on the Baltimore.
``To be brutally honest, I had more contact with my organization than I had with anybody,'' he said.
Lewis and the Ravens have been together through a Super Bowl, two AFC Championship games, several rebuilding years and three head coaches. And now they will remain together until the middle linebacker decides it's time to quit.
``Me being a Raven, it was supposed to be that way,'' Lewis said. ``I started here, I'm ending here.''
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A flight to a lost world of Antarctica. Garin Featherstone has been sent to explore a mysterious blue haze that was spotted in the polar region. There he discovers a lost civilization and a strange environment of vivid green lands, crimson tree trunks, and golden rivers. He must save Thrala of the light against the lizard men.
This is Andre Norton's first professional published story from 1947. Even the Grand Dame of science fiction had to have her first sale. And she shows her strengths in her first fantastic adventure story.
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Getting to Yes is a straightorward, universally applicable method for negotiating personal and professional disputes without getting taken - and without getting angry.
It offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict - whether it involves parents and children, neighbors, bosses and employees, customers or corporations, tenants or diplomats. Based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals continually with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution, from domestic to business to international, Getting to Yes tells you how to:
©2011 Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton (P)2011 Simon & Schuster
"Maybe I Could Go to Four and One-Half Stars"
This is a great book on principled negotiation. As a lawyer and mediator, the concepts in this book were not new to me, but the book puts things together in a very organized and easily understood package. I will certainly be recommending it to some of my clients.
If there is one thing that detracts from the book, it is that many of the examples remain dated. I am afraid that, to a younger listener, the book might seem somewhat obsolete. Of course, that is not true at all -- the concepts and principles, which are actually rather new in the grand scheme of things -- remain very valid.
Perhaps this would not have jumped out to me except for the fact that the authors make the point at the beginning that this is a revised and updated edition of a classic. Revised, maybe. Updated? Not so much.
Still, the book contains many timeless and valuable lessons.
"Articulated what we all know. It helped me focus."
Efficient, effective, yes.
I feel like I just went from baby negotiator to toddler! Before I could grunt and cry to get what I needed, but now I have words to articulate exactly what I am thinking. This has helped me when I am talking to others because instead of taking the time to think through what the other person is saying I can sum it up by saying "oh, they are using aggression, maybe apply some negotiating jujitsu here".
The "real life" examples in book were hard for me to relate with, and I think there was a handful of gloating going on. It was not to difficult to come up with my own personal examples as well though.
The way the book makes things so black and white and turned each negotiation into a step by step process, if they say try to attack you personally then you..., it makes you want to negotiate everything everywhere! Just to try out different tactics in different situations.
Great book, it was good to re-read a chapter or two right before any negotiations that I had planned for that day, just to get the juices flowing.
"Learn how to come out the good guy"
This book has a lot of information in it! This helped me very much when I had to go into a family meeting with the lawyers. It doesn't just teach you how to get to a yes, but it teaches you how to listen too! Great book! No matter what your career is, or who you are, you should read this book!
"Very valuable content"
This book provides a very interesting and perhaps correct insight into why people make the choices they do and the "why" that should be at the heart of successful organizations.
"Worth reading"
Lots of useful information that can be applied to daily life, you can use it as a manual to check up yourself whenever you are going to argue with someone.
"Great ideas but so-so narration. Worth buying yet."
As one whose makeup leads to conflict avoidance in most negotiations, I thought -- correctly -- that Getting To Yes might contain a few concepts, approaches, and tactics which would be valuable to me. I can confirm that there is much wisdom in this book, but I did find the narration to be a little difficult to follow. The 30-second replay was employed many, many, times during the listening of this book in order to jump back in an effort to understand what was just said. I am going to buy the print (e-book) version of this title so that I might more fully understand the teachings; bulleted lists and section headings are fine in print, but in this case did not translate well to the spoken word. Even with the troublesome narration, I found this book to be well worth the money.
"Excellent book about negotiation techniques"
The examples are clear and helpful in applying the techniques to real world situations
The difference between principled and positional negotiation can be summed up quite easily in an example the author gives: two people in a library, person A wants the window closed and person B wants the window open. Two positions that are pretty much irreconcilable if the two parties simply stand by their positions and refuse to budge; there seems no way to negotiate an answer that will satisfy both. However, if the librarian comes in and looks at their interests rather than their positions, she may learn that person A wants the window open because they want fresh air (maybe the dust is making them allergic) while person B wants the window closed because he didn't bring a jacket and will be cold in a draft. Now the librarian can offer several solutions that might resolve the disagreement - open a window further away from person B, turn up the heat, offer person A allergy medications, increase the cleaner's schedule for dusting, etc. Looking at the interests instead of the positions may turn up several ways to resolve the dispute to both people's satisfaction, none of which will be discovered if they insist on sticking to their principles and looking at the dispute in only that light.
This is a book about negotiation skills, and in particular what the author calls principled negotiation (considering the interests of both parties) as opposed to positional negotiation (taking positions). It's a very interesting book, clearly explaining the weakness of positional negotiation and how to change the discussion to a more productive examination of all parties' interests.
"Good but not great"
This book was good, but not great. Much of what is in it is relevant information. However the book did not continuously capture my attention and I am not sure how much of it I will use in my future negotiations.
"I learned so much"
The original reason I purchased this audiobook was because it was a required School reading. However, shortly after beginning I really began to see the value of negotiating in everyday life. I think the audio book was a better format of getting the information across and the narrator did a good job with inflicting the important parts. I will definitely be listen to this book again for personal reasons.
"Great book!"
Great audiobook! I had to read it for my college class and listening to it worked just fine. I really like this book. Great listen!
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Study Adding Multikinase Inhibitor Sorafenib to Existing Endocrine Therapy in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer
This study has been terminated.
(Slow accrual and loss of funding)
Suleiman Massarweh
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: September 5, 2007
Last Update Posted: January 26, 2015
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Suleiman Massarweh, University of Kentucky
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical response rate to sorafenib when added to existing endocrine therapy in patients with advanced breast cancer.
|Breast Cancer
|Drug: sorafenib
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Study of Adding the Multikinase Inhibitor Sorafenib (Nexavar) to Existing Endocrine Therapy in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: breast cancer
MedlinePlus related topics: Breast Cancer
Drug Information available for: Sorafenib Sorafenib tosylateU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Suleiman Massarweh, University of Kentucky:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Response Rate [ Time Frame: 12 weeks after treatment & 8 weeks after initial documentation of response ]Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR. Patients were followed monthly for clinical and toxicity evaluation. Disease response by RECIST criteria v1.0 was assessed after 3 months by appropriate scans and these were obtained every 2 months thereafter until progression.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Time to Progression [ Time Frame: continuously ]
- Clinical Benefit Rate [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]Clinical benefit rate is defined as complete response, partial response, or stable disease (CR/PR/SD) as measured by Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for a minimum of at least 24 weeks.
|Study Start Date:
|October 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Sorafenib & Endocrine Therapy
Sorafenib & Endocrine Therapy
Drug: sorafenib
400 mg PO (orally) twice daily for 12 months from study enrollment or until disease progression, whichever occurs first.
Other Name: Nexavar
Detailed Description:
A pilot Phase II study adding sorafenib to endocrine therapy in 11 patients with metastatic estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer was conducted. Primary end point was response by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) after 3 months of sorafenib. Secondary end points included safety, time to progression and biomarker modulation. The study closed early owing to slow accrual.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- All subjects must be female.
- Age ≥ 18 years old.
- Histologically proven carcinoma of the breast.
- Estrogen receptor and/or Progesterone positive disease.
- Metastatic or locally advanced disease.
- Patients on a preexisting endocrine agent for at least 3 months before enrollment.
Have residual measurable disease after
- maximal response to endocrine therapy or
- no response to endocrine therapy or
- progressive non-visceral disease on endocrine therapy.
- Must be able to provide a tumor block from either the primary or metastatic site, if available.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0-2.
- Adequate organ function.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with rapidly progressive disease on endocrine therapy who would otherwise be candidates for chemotherapy.
- Other coexisting malignancies, with the exception of basal cell carcinoma or cervical carcinoma in situ.
- Prior use of anti-angiogenic agents.
- As judged by the investigator, uncontrolled intercurrent illness.
- Known brain metastasis. Patients with neurological symptoms must undergo a CT scan/MRI of the brain to exclude brain metastasis.
- Treatment with a non-approved or investigational drug within 30 days before Day 1 of study treatment.
- Concomitant use of phenytoin, carbamazepine, rifampicin, barbiturates, or St John's Wort.
- Known or suspected allergy to sorafenib or any agent given in the course of this trial.
- A serious non-healing wound or ulcer.
- Evidence or history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy.
- Major surgery, open biopsy or significant traumatic injury within the 4 weeks prior to the first dose of the study drug.
- Pulmonary hemorrhage/bleeding event ≥ Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Effects (CTCAE) Grade 2 within the 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug.
- Pregnancy
- Any condition that impairs patient's ability to swallow whole pills.
- Documented malabsorption problem.
Contacts and Locations
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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00525161
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00525161
|United States, Kentucky
|University of Kentucky
|Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536
Sponsors and Collaborators
Suleiman Massarweh
|Principal Investigator:
|Suleiman Massarweh, MD
|University of Kentucky
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|Responsible Party:
|Suleiman Massarweh, Clinical Faculty, Internal Medicine / Oncology, University of Kentucky
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00525161 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|September 3, 2007
|First Posted:
|September 5, 2007
|Results First Submitted:
|December 18, 2014
|Results First Posted:
|January 13, 2015
|Last Update Posted:
|January 26, 2015
|Last Verified:
|January 2015
Keywords provided by Suleiman Massarweh, University of Kentucky:
breast cancer
Endocrine Therapy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Vitamin B Complex
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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Equity sales in Belgian corporate groups: Expropriationof minority shareholders?
In Belgian corporate groups, complex pyramidal structures and interlocking ownership lead to separation of ownership and control. This may generate incentives for the controlling shareholder to divert resources within the group through intragroup equity sales. This in turn could lead to significant private benefits at the expense of the minority shareholders. We test this hypothesis by investigating the stock price reaction to the announcement of equity sales in Belgian groups. Our results suggest that intragroup equity sales create value for minority shareholders. Equity sales between group members and non-group members do not seem to affect the value for minority shareholders in Belgian groups.
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Cuba marked Saturday's 85th birthday of former leader Fidel Castro, with a gala event in Havana held on the eve of his big day – although the ailing revolutionary did not make it to his own party.
Dubbed the "Serenade of Fidelity", musicians and dancers from across Latin America performed a concert on Friday night at Havana's Karl Marx Theatre.
Al Jazeera reported that the event's key billing was Grammy-winning singer Omara Portuondo, of Buena Vista Social Club fame. Also playing were Venezuela's Cecilia Todd, Uruguay's Daniel Viglietti, Chile's Pancho Villa and Argentina's Liliana Herrero.
Reports say first Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura was the highest ranking government official at the concert, which was attended by foreign dignitaries. But President Raul Castro was a notable absence.
Of the the organizers, Alfredo Vera, told the Associated Press news agency:
What we say in the songs of our invited artists will be little next to what he deserves. Congratulations, beloved and eternal comandante.
There were no official celebrations scheduled on Saturday to mark Castro's birthday.
Castro led Cuba for nearly 50 years before health issues temporarily forced him from power in 2006. He then stood aside permanently in 2008, when his younger brother took the reins.
(Read more on GlobalPost: As homes go up for sale in Cuba, racial and class lines return)
His last public appearance was at a Communist Party Congress in April, where he walking to his seat with the help of an aide.
Recent images also showed both Castro brothers greeting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who flew back and forth to Cuba last month for cancer treatment.