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Bob Scurlock starts every school day extra early. It's part of his mission to beat the morning stampede on Northwest 39th Avenue west of Interstate 75.
Bob Scurlock starts every school day extra early. It's part of his mission to beat the morning stampede on Northwest 39th Avenue west of Interstate 75.
At 7:15 on a recent morning, Scurlock, 35, was dropping off his daughter at Meadowbrook Elementary, happy to be there before rush-hour traffic clogged the street in front of the new school.
"It's not bad," he said, adding, "if one leaves early."
Since the school opened in August — putting even more vehicles on a road already jammed with traffic heading to nearby St. Francis Catholic High School and Countryside Christian School — traffic on Northwest 39th Avenue has raised concerns among motorists, parents and the Alachua County School Board.
During morning arrivals and afternoon dismissals at the schools, eastbound traffic often can back up to County Road 241, more than two miles away.
Keith Birkett, deputy superintendent of Alachua County Public Schools, said in the past couple of months, traffic at the busy section "seems to have leveled off."
When the school opened, an Alachua County sheriff's deputy was assigned to help direct traffic in what was supposed to be a temporary measure. Months later, a deputy is still helping move vehicles through the congested area.
Casey Kumar is a paraprofessional at Meadowbrook who supervises students going into the school during early-morning drop-off. He said he traffic backs up almost daily.
"I do see it get backed up all the time," he said. "It's not really helpful for people coming from the west side."
Kumar noted that attendance in the morning is delayed for students going into class after the 7:45 a.m. bell.
"We thought it would be worked out as the year went on," he said. "But it has been pretty consistent."
Birkett said county engineers have been studying traffic patterns near the schools to determine if a traffic light at the intersection of Northwest 39th Avenue and Northwest 115th Terrace would help.
Cecil Quates, a 67-year-old Wellington Place resident who lives west of the elementary school, said a traffic light would help alleviate congestion.
"That would solve a lot of our problems," he said.
Plans for a traffic light might not come until Alachua County traffic engineers complete their study on the road.
Chris Zeigler, an Alachua County senior engineering technician, said engineers have monitored the traffic in that area for the past month.
Using traffic counters and field observations, Zeigler said the county soon would release its findings.
"We expect to have some final results in the next few weeks," he said.
Earlier in the school year, Zeigler said the county had received a number of complaints from residents and motorists about the traffic.
"But since then, we really haven't heard anything," he said.
Birkett noted that the congestion is not solely from the schools.
"It seems to vary depending on what's happening on the roads," he said.
Construction and car wrecks, he said, are among the other possible factors that cause Northwest 39th Avenue to be backed up.


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The outgoing and incoming heads of the World Trade Organization are expressing optimism that negotiations to reduce trade barriers around the world will be complete on schedule by December 2004. The negotiations, which were launched in Doha, Qatar in November, are being relied on by many people to give a sorely need boost to the world economy.
Representatives from the World Trade Organization's 144-member countries are meeting this week in Geneva in an effort to resolve differences over a range of key trade issues.
This is the last time the present WTO director-general, Mike Moore, will be overseeing the so-called Trade Negotiations Committee. He hands over his position in six-weeks to Supachai Panitchpakdi of Thailand.
WTO chief Moore, who comes from New Zealand, told journalists that both he and his heir apparent shared common views regarding world trade and that the transition would be seamless.
"He and I are from the same region. We understand how important it is to bring this round to conclusion on time and believe that to be possible," Mr. Moore said.
Mr. Supachai said he fully agreed with Mr. Moore, but acknowledged that some tough negotiations lay ahead before a global trade deal could be struck.
The areas that present the most difficulties are agreements on market access, tariff reductions, and special terms for poor countries.
Developing countries complain that the big powers, particularly the United States and European Union, are unwilling to give them the special trade treatment they had earlier promised. They have warned if they do not get what they want, they would be in no rush to meet the deadline for ending the round.
Mr. Supachai, who soon will be leading the trade round, said he believes the problems would be resolved, but he also suggested meeting the deadline was not his highest priority.
"I think we should not be too pessimistic about some delays. Deadlines are there. We must, and we should do our best to make the deadlines. They are there, but it is not the end of the world if we should miss some deadlines," Mr. Supachai said.
The leaders of the World Trade Organization said that a successful conclusion to the trade negotiations, whenever it comes, will benefit both rich and poor economies around the world.

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Western Star's Fireball is wildcat scream, guitar, and driving rhythms; Produced by Old 97s' lead guitarist Ken Betheaand with Salim Nourallah handling final mixes the album was tracked over five days in Baltimore at Mobtown Studios, this record is their first full length effort, and it will be released November 20th via Saustex. This record delivers powerful vocal hooks, with bits of Van Morrison, Joe Cocker and Frank Black from Max. Clever songwriting from both Jeffers Brothers and Nick's off kilter voice bring weird and cool elements to the mix.
Western Star is part East Coast edge, part Texan, and a whole load of passionate guitar energy. Inspired by the Old 97's, The Pixies and Thin Lizzy, these boys have a sound that's a little country, a little punk and all rock'n'roll. They've forged a style that is both innovative and classic.
In addition to touring up and down the East Coast and across the Southern U.S., they've worked through the first two years as a band helping out with construction projects on the Jeffers family ranch in Tyler, Texas, while living and rehearsing in a little white house on the ranch. Bouncing back and forth between the ranch and their home base of Baltimore they continuously work, rehearse and prepare until it's time to hit the road again.
Frontman Max Jeffers started his first band at 12 years old in Broadway, Virginia and began playing shows in backyards, basements, pizza shops, rented churches and abandoned schoolhouse gymnasiums. In one such schoolhouse, back in the mountain hollers of Bergton, Virginia, Max met lead guitarist Justin Myers. After the show, Justin handed over a demo of his band, sparking a long lasting musical relationship. They've been best friends and on and off band mates ever since. In high school they played countless hours of music and partied in corn fields together. Justin moved up to Boston in 2011 to play and record with Max and longtime drummer Keenan Carroll (Lord Almighty, Brunt of It). They all did some time living in the Rugg Road warehouse, notorious for its wild underground shows and artist and musician residents.
After recording some tracks at Berklee College of Music (Max's alma mater) they toured the U.S. as a duo in 2012. The energy you see and hear on stage between the two has been a long time in the making. They started Western Star soon after in 2013.
Two months after hard touring with Justin, Max relocated to Baltimore and began writing with his brother Nick, who had recently started working on his own set of acoustic songs. That spring they rented out a dingy rehearsal space in East Baltimore to fool around with being loud. One hot and humid day, while drinking Cokes in the parking lot, the brothers discovered drummer Bob Shade loading gear out of a van. When asked about his availability for getting together to play, Shade inquired as to which day of the week rehearsals were. The brothers looked at each other and laughed; they spent every day after work at the space. Every day seemed to suit Bob just fine. He had been playing in bar bands around Fell's Point and was itching for a creative outlet that allowed for the wild abandon he craved. The missing piece of Western Star was in place.
The boys traveled that summer to East Texas and began forging tight bonds working on the family ranch. Driving tractors and dump trucks sunup to sundown and rehearsing every night, they dug a 16 acre lake in less than two months, and built miles of fence. Serious blood, sweat and tears went into the songs and relationships that make the band.
After working, practicing and finding their sound, Western Star jumped headlong into playing as many shows as possible: Texas to Baltimore, Baltimore to Boston. Regularly gigging over the past two years, they've opened up for Old 97's at a sold-out 9:30 Club in Washington D.C., are able to pack the Ottobar in Baltimore, and, hitting Manhattan's Mercury Lounge early on as a headlining act, Western Star has been rocking nightclubs in Philadelphia, Wilmington, Asbury Park, Baltimore, Harrisonburg, Virginia Beach, Raleigh, Greensboro, Nashville, Mobile, New Orleans, Shreveport, Tyler, Dallas and Austin, getting around and doing two week legs and weekends as much as they can handle.
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Klein ISD took the Breakfast Challenge for School Breakfast Week 2017 and increased breakfast sales by 10 percent on March 8. That was the day the school nutrition staff created a special breakfast for most campuses — a new homemade sweet jelly roll served with Texas grapefruit, milk and juice.
Promotional efforts for the special breakfast included highlighting it on menus, Twitter, flyers and the online menus available on Nutrislice. Also, the district mascots Wonder Wendy and Power Pete, visited Zwink Elementary on March 8. Klein ISD's recipe for success during School Breakfast Week 2017 was combining a delicious nutritious meal with expert marketing.
During 2016 School Breakfast Week Klein ISD's Krahn Elementary was treated to a visit from Toro, the mascot for the Houston Texans football team. Toro helped Klein ISD get the students excited about eating breakfast and School Breakfast Week.
All Klein ISD elementary schools that serve breakfast from their cafeterias offered student-favorite homemade whole grain entrees, such as kolaches and cinnamon rolls each day during School Breakfast Week. Martha Armenta, a production assistant in the kitchen at Krahn, made beautiful cinnamon rolls from scratch using a whole grain yeast dough recipe. Local farm fresh Texas oranges were offered each day as well. The cafeteria staff at Krahn Elementary usually serves 135 when cinnamon rolls are offered. On March 9, the day Toro visited, they served 250 breakfasts.
Photos: (Top right) Klein ISD Nutrition and Food Services Field Supervisor Chantal Dybala enjoyed meeting Toro during School Breakfast week at Krahn Elementary. (Left) Krahn Elementary students enjoyed breakfast and a special guest during School Breakfast Week.
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This year for National School Breakfast Week, Coppell ISD wanted to show the importance of building a better brain with a healthy meal at the beginning of the day. They demonstrated this by holding an event called, Brain Food Breakfast Bash, which was for kindergarten through eighth grade students. This event was a party for all of these students during breakfast service, where they received a free breakfast bag as long as they RSVP'd beforehand. Many of the campuses also held a variety of promotions to try and increase the number of students eating breakfast during the entire week.


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For the praline butter: In a small saucepot over low heat, heat the fondant and invert sugar until soft. In a separate small saucepot over low heat, melt the chocolate. Combine the fondant, melted chocolate, praline, and butter in a separate bowl and mix with an immersion blender until smooth. Place in a piping bag without a tip.
Using the pastry bag, fill the prepared chocolate hemisphere molds with the praline butter until each mold is about 3/4 full. Cover the praline butter-filled mold with more tempered milk chocolate to seal the bonbon. Scrape the top to remove excess chocolate. Let rest at room temperature until set, 2 to 3 hours.
Carefully unmold. For the legs, place the remaining tempered milk chocolate in a piping bag and pipe 2-inch lines on strips of parchment paper, cut 3 inches by 6-inches, and curl the paper slightly to create an arc. Hold the shape by placing the paper between 2 sturdy objects, like 2 books. Let the chocolate set. Take each leg and adhere to the unmolded chocolate bonbon with a little additional tempered milk chocolate. Each chocolate mold requires 8 legs.
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District And Circle.By Seamus Heaney. 78 pages. $20. Farrar, Straus & Giroux; £12.99. Faber & Faber.
The reader - who may well be you - confronts a new book of poetry. How do you respond? What do you do with it? You read it, let's hope, but how do you evaluate its assertions, its questions, its incursions into a world that steadily and frenziedly unfolds independent of most poets and poetry? I sometimes think there's no more reliable way of initially entering a poet's private domain than by examining what he or she rhymes with what. Certainly, the abbreviated signature of a good many poets could be read by assembling a sample list of the end-words of their lines. George Herbert, Lord Byron, Emily Dickinson, Marianne Moore, James Merrill - in many cases a savvy reader could, with all the quiet exultation of a code-breaking cryptographer, identify the author purely through paired rhyme-words, independent of what the poem was actually about.
Add to that company the Irish poet Seamus Heaney, Nobel laureate of 1995, whose rhymes are rough-hewn, hand-honed. Dungarees and rosaries? Whops and footsteps? Joys and tallboy? We're in Heaney country. His dissonances aren't for every poet; you might even say they're not for the younger Heaney, whose harmonies have grown harsher over time. W. H. Auden once promised his readers he'd never again rhyme an "s" sound and a "z" sound, however concordant they might look on the page (dose, rose). Similarly, late in life, Elizabeth Bishop explained to her students that although she'd once rhymed plural and singular (chests, rest), she planned never to do so again. You'll find both sorts of rhymes, as well as various jagged, irregular pairings less easy to characterize, in Heaney's new collection, "District and Circle."
What does it matter? Why should we care whether two words chime cleanly or clunkily? The issue can seem picayune - until you recognize that it's through just such tiny touches, such minimal modifications of sound, that a poet fabricates an individual, distinguishing music.
"District and Circle" plays rich variations on old themes. For all its roughening rhyming, there's a remarkable consistency to Heaney's oeuvre over the decades - a personal evolution strikingly clear of self-repudiations and dead-ends. The author of "District and Circle" is unmistakably the flourishing direct descendant of his first collection, "Death of a Naturalist" (1966). Among the significant poets of our time, Heaney stands out for a number of reasons - but not least for his career's of-a-pieceness. He has a home, both geographical and literary. Time and again, his poems spring out of the fields and bogs and woods of the Irish countryside, and they're rendered in a blunt, often remote vocabulary (hame, braird, snedder, milt) that borrows from both local dialect and Anglo-Saxon roots ("hame" is found in "Beowulf," which Heaney translated in 2000) and that itself reminds us of his country's age-old struggle to wrest a livelihood from a frequently unpredictable and unforthcoming terrain.Continue reading the main story
This is a struggle - the battle between farmers bent on survival and a landscape seemingly fixed on their elimination - in which tools have proved decisive. From the onset of his career, Heaney has shown a craftsman's fascination with agricultural implements: spades, plows, pumps, hammers. "District and Circle" extends this preoccupation ("The Turnip-Snedder," "The Harrow-Pin," "Súgán"). Some of the book's most memorable moments have the stray, startling illuminations of sparks thrown off a forge, as in "A Shiver," about a sledgehammer:
"The way you had to heft and then half-rest Its gathered force like a long-nursed rage About to be let fly: does it do you good To have known it in your bones, directable, Withholdable at will, A first blow that could make air of a wall, A last one so unanswerably landedThe staked earth quailed and shivered in the handle?"
If a poet's gradual settling on a voice and subject matter is a kind of homesteading (a proud claim to a certain local acreage), it is also, almost inevitably, a filing of a quit-claim deed: certain topics are off limits. Readers in a hundred years - and Heaney will have readers in a hundred years - will note how little the hurtling technological changes of the modern world impinged upon his work. In this regard, he's a younger sibling to Hopkins, Hardy and Yeats - the three poets who, in time and landscape and temperament, seem his nearest kin. These days, the farms out in Connemara, much like those out in Iowa, belong less and less to something called agriculture and more and more to something called agribusiness, and occasionally an up-to-date object intrudes into "District and Circle": a cellphone, a CD. Mostly, though, the gaze is planted backward, often toward the modest-plotted rural Ireland of his childhood. Heaney is far more elegist than prophet.
But if the world most of us inhabit is passing quickly into oblivion - being replaced by a universe faster and vaster, where machine memory grows as cultural memory shrinks - what a marvelous elegist Heaney makes! "District and Circle" brims with lovely evocations, reconstructions, restorations: a fireman's helmet; a barber shop fitted into a "one-room, one-chimney house"; an aerodrome; a man playing a saw "inside the puddled doorway / of a downtown shop" in Belfast.
A person and a place come beautifully together in the love-poem "Moyulla," in which river and body flow in unison:
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like the coldness off you - your cheek and your clothes and your moves - when you come in from gardening.
She was in the swim of herself, her gravel shallows swarmed, pollen sowings tarnished her pools."
There's also a wonderful elegy to Czeslaw Milosz ("Out of This World"). Some of the other poems in "District and Circle" feel slight ("Stern," "Fiddleheads") - but agreeably slight. Heaney has always had a gift for recounting chance encounters, poignant little anecdotes. His voice carries the authenticity and believability of the plainspoken - even though (herein his magic) his words are anything but plainspoken. His stanzas are dense echo chambers of contending nuances and ricocheting sounds. And his is the gift of saying something extraordinary while, line by line, conveying a sense that this is something an ordinary person might actually say.Continue reading the main story


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Just for a moment, think of the human body like a car. It needs fuel to keep running and functioning correctly, so you fill it up before you go on a drive.
Similarly, we usually eat food before going for a run so that we have fuel, or 'energy' to complete it, and perform to our best ability. However, if there is no fuel, the body will continue to run by converting stored fat into energy. (Obviously, as anyone who has ever had to call highway patrol, cars do not work this way. Anyway.)
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This is the premise for fasting before going for a run. Essentially it is so that the body uses up its stored fat instead of the food you just ate, and so, targets the storages to make you leaner.
A study done by British Journal of Nutrition found that men who ran before eating breakfast burned up to 20 per cent more fat than those who ate before they ran.
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But – and there's always a but – Dr Pritchett warns that "when glycogen is in short supply, your body also reverts to breaking down protein - your muscles' building blocks - for fuel."
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So, essentially, while you might be burning fat, you might burn protein, too.
Keeping a diet high in protein can help stop this depletion, such as having a protein shake after a workout. But, it's important to keep your protein intake high, as having high muscle density can help boost the metabolism.
And, as always, proceed with caution and remember: balance and moderation is key. Of course, it should go without saying - but here goes - no one is suggesting actual long-term fasting here, people.
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Game of Thrones Will Run for at Least 8 Seasons, and at Most, Infinity
They may never stop.
Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss might as well give up all hope — like so many of their characters, there's a chance they're not going to escape the show alive. That much was made clear Thursday afternoon during the Television Critics Association's press tour, when HBO president Michael Lombardo revealed that he sees the show continuing past the long-rumored seventh-season endpoint. "Seven-seasons-and-out has never been the conversation," he said. "The question is how much beyond seven are we going to do." This, despite the showrunners perhaps not being entirely onboard with an indefinite run, and the growing problem of how to reconcile George R.R. Martin's source material with the increasingly divergent show.
But while the length of the show's run is still very much up in the air, Lombardo did provide a concrete answer to another question. When the subject of Jon Snow came up, he insisted that the seemingly late Lord Commander is indeed "dead is dead as dead as dead. He be dead. Yes. Everything I've seen, heard, read, Jon Snow is indeed dead." Even so, the declaration will likely be of little comfort to Kit Harington.


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BOSTON — For all the points, all the rebounds, all the assists, all the endless statistics he forged during 15 generally glorious seasons with the Celtics, Paul Pierce left an enduring image to define his Boston legacy with one play, a hustle play.
"Game 7 against Cleveland on a jump ball, he dives on the loose ball," said Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge, recalling the 2008 Eastern Conference semifinals when Pierce, injured earlier in the game, secured the ball with a minute to play and the Celtics up three. "He was having a great game, 41 points. … He made so many memorable shots, but the one thing that tells you about Paul is he would do anything it took to win. That was probably my favorite memory."
And the gift given to the Celtic mystique by Kevin Garnett, a showpiece in the 2008 NBA championship, also was not something measured on statistical charts. It was his impact on others.
"Kevin brought an infectious intensity to the team, almost a crazy intensity that rubs off on everybody around him," said Steve Pagliuca, Boston Celtics co-owner, and managing partner and president of the Shamrock Foundation. "Kevin defines what it means to make other guys better."
Pierce and Garnett play in Boston against the Celtics on Sunday for the first time as Nets. The response should be overwhelming from a city and fans who loved them in green and white. They will hear the adoration along with Jason Terry, also traded with them during the offseason. They will do it together, something they cherish.
"To make this whole transition efficient and worthwhile, it's [easier] having someone that's not only your partner, but your brother," Garnett said. "Someone who's been there with you.
"To go through this whole thing, not only with him but with Jet [Terry] also, that's made it [easier]. Not that it's made things simple or less frustrating, but it's made the whole process worthwhile. We're going there with all good thoughts and open arms."
Garnett and Pierce. Pierce and Garnett. They played six years together with the Celtics, enjoyed a 314-161 record, the 2008 championship. They'll feel Boston's love Sunday. Together, of course.
"We shared so many memories, on and off the court," said Pierce, the '08 Finals MVP who ranks third in games played as a Celtic. "We won a championship [and] a lot of things go through your head. Going to be a lot of emotions."
Pierce said he doesn't know how he will react. A safe bet? Go with overwhelmed.
"Definitely a lot of memories are going to be passing through my head," he said. "You play so many games in one building, but it's something you can't script. You play your whole life there, won a championship there. The first time coming to the B, I never thought it would happen."
But it will. And it will not be just another NBA day.
"It will really be special because Boston was such a special place for them," Nets general manager Billy King said. "Boston was home for Paul his whole career. For KG, it's where he won a championship."
Among current Celtics, just a few Pierce-Garnett teammates remain. Guys like Brandon Bass and Jeff Green predicated a "very emotional" time for the Nets.
The less-than-gushing Rajon Rondo said, "It's just another game we need to win."
The Celtics already endured one emotional return this season when Doc Rivers came back after leaving for the Clippers. Boston showered Rivers with love. He expects the same to happen Sunday.
"It's going to be crazy," Rivers said. "The the reason the city loved them is because they did it right and they did everything they could every night to win. … Cities feel that. New York is like that. New York, they say white collar? It's blue collar. People see that."
They saw them doing things like diving on loose balls, making teammates better.
"Kevin changed everything around here more than any one individual," Ainge said.
"The six years we were invested in, we put everything into it," Garnett said. "The people of [New England] all understood that. They saw the appreciation and the hard work … the effort more than anything.
"They have a little pregame thing they used to always say. I used to always hear Larry Bird. … Larry said, 'You can't fool the people of Boston. They know when you're working hard, they know pure basketball,' and that's right. When you go all out, they understand that, they root for that. That's what they remember."
Memories come in many forms. Pagliuca, who said trading the duo was "very difficult from an emotional standpoint," recalled seeing Pierce before every game and how Garnett calmed teammates.
"I go to the [Boston] Garden and I still expect to see Paul coming out of that locker room," Pagliuca said. "When Rondo was a young player, Kevin would take him aside and rub his head like a crystal ball. It had a calming influence. Then Rondo would go and win games for us. … Kevin was really the anchor to that championship."
But the run ended. With the Nets including three first-round picks in the trade, the Celtics pulled the trigger.
"It's really hard," Ainge said of trading icons. "The franchise is always bigger than any individual, and yet it's individuals like that who win championships. … It made it a little easier for me, the fact that KG and Paul were going to the same place."
The Nets played in Boston during the preseason, but Garnett and Pierce skipped that game. There will be no skipping out Sunday.
"We had some really good years there," Garnett said. "Anybody who's part of that run and part of that era will always be remembered. [Boston fans] never forget their favorites. … Some things are forever."
— Additional reporting by Tim Bontemps.


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B-G 50, Unatego 48
BAINBRIDGE How far as Bainbridge-Guilford come in one month? The Bobcats enter the new year on a five-game winning streak avenging their only loss of the season beating Unatego in the Kazalski Tournament final Friday.
It was just a great ball game...a lot of fun, said B-G coach Bob Conway. As a team, were getting better with a lot of things.
Dani Conway sunk a free throw with 45 seconds remaining for the final margin. Both teams traded possessions and turnovers over the final 30 seconds, and Unategos three-point attempt for the lead at the end was off the mark.
Conway had 27 points and 16 rebounds for B-G, and Mariah Schaeffer added 17 points. Perhaps as important as the scoring was the defensive job of Kim Hart on Unategos leading scorer Colleen OHara. OHara was limited to just two free throws on the night. (Kim Hart) worked her tail off on the defensive end all night, and she did a great job on OHara, Conway said.
B-G (5-1) plays at Windsor Jan. 3.
Unatego: Kaylinn Birdsall, 0; Gabi May, 0; Ashlee Walke, 3 0-0-7; Chelsea Dalton, 3 6-7-14; Katya Harris, 4 0-0-11; Colleen OHara, 0 2-4-2; Blake Shelton, 7 0-0-14. Totals: 17 8-11-48.
B-G: Mariah Schaeffer, 6 4-8-17; Ellery Gager, 1 0-0-2; Liz Holbert, 2 0-0-4; Brittney Fahringer, 0; Dani Conway, 10 5-6-27; Kimberly Hart, 0. Totals: 19 9-14-50.
Unat.. 15 12 14 748
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (BG) Conway 2, Schaeffer, (U) (BG) Harris 3, Dalton 2, Walke. JV: B-G beat Unatego in consolation game. Officials: Stepanovsky, Fairley.
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Chenango Valley 41, Greene 35
GREENE Chenango Valley scored the final six points of the game to capture the tournament championship in a rematch from last years final.
Caitlin Roberts broke a 35-35 tie converting a three-point play with under a minute to play, and tournament MVP Stephanie Hoffman sealed the win with a pair of free throws.


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Data is only worth collecting if you use it effectively! You have a great deal of information about your special library's resources, both print and electronic, as well as about your users and your staff. You're also in the best position to inform others about the unique services your special library provides individuals and departments who need quick and easy access to important information. How do you know what data will help your frontline advocacy team (your "A Team") with your frontline advocacy message? Use this checklist as a guide.
The right data:
- Is easy to understand. Take the relevant data that you and collect and boil it down to an easy-to-understand format. Make it clear almost at a glance. How many employees used your special library or information center this year? How does it compare to last year? What did they use it for? What new resources or services have you added? How effectively do you serve users? Consider asking users to complete a short satisfaction survey if you need to gather additional data.
- Does not overwhelm the reader or listener. Sometimes less is more. Making two or three points effectively is far better than trying to make six and watching the reader or listener lose interest.
- Clarifies the point you are making or the problem you are addressing. If you want to make the point that your information professionals are able to fulfill most individuals' research requests within 24 hours, talk about:
- The wide range of methods by which individual requests for research or information reach your staff
- The complexity of many of those requests
- The resources that you can access in-house or through other sources
- The average turn-around time for research requests
- How this turn-around time compares to providing this service in the past, and to obtaining the information at the public or university library
- Is relevant to the reader or listener. Some knowledge of your "audience" and their interests, whether they are users of your special library, your close colleagues, other organization staff, friends, relatives or acquaintances, should guide the content of what you tell them.
- Shows the positive impact the special library has on your organization and on individuals' job performance. If your special library or information center has been recognized for its services, or if you can tell a real story about the difference your resources made for an individual staff member or for the success of a product line, do it! Everything your information professionals excel in should be shared with everyone who will listen.
- Is part of a bigger picture. Can you talk about how your special library or information center contributes to your organization's bottom line through your provision of trend analyses, product development research, or providing data for marketing and public relations? Can you cite some specific examples?


text: Engineering is the application of physics and chemistry as well as ingenuity to solve real world problems. People say mathematics is used extensively in physics and chemistry and that is why it is important But how much of math is actually used in science. Let me explain with a high school example. From grade 10 to 12 students do a lot of maths but most of it is not used in physics and chemistry. The math that is used in grade 10,11 and 12 physics and chemistry is grade 8 and 9 maths like direct and indirect proportion,basic algebra equations,changing the subject of the formula,that sort of thing The only grade 10-12 math used throughout these three years was one parallelogram theorem,the basic understanding of sine,cosine and tan,sine rule,cosine rules,simultaneous equations(only in rare electricity problems) and the theorem of pytharagos. That is it! I could have learned that in a week or two. Oh and let's not forget about logarithms.We studied a never ending stream of calculations involving logs but at the end of the day what did we need to know to find pH is to know the definition of a log and how to press the log button on a calculator. Let's look at some of what was not used: hyperbolas,parabolas,quadratic equations,functions,exponents,20+ geometry theorems,trigonometry identities,trig problem solving,analytical geometry,calculus,sequences and series,the list goes on and on. In short,only about 1 percent of the maths I learned in those three years was actually used in science so what was the point of teaching the other 99 percent. When I went to university I was doing a B.Sc microbial biotechnology and I was told that all life sciences and health sciences like pharmacy,physiotherapy,optometry,dentistry,occupational theapyall had to one maths/stats module which consisted of algebra,differential calculus and statistics. I never used any of that math in any of my other modules and neither did the health science students so what was the point.It only wasted my money. Do you see the pattern? I also did physics modules and none of that math was used,we only used the same tidbits of math. That was used in high school. So my question to engineers is how much of the math that you learned did you actually use in your engineering work.Express it as a percentage and according to topic if you can, eg: differential calculus- 10 percent On a side note,Michael Faraday knew only grade 6 maths and yet was one of the greatest scientists that ever lived. Please respond,I really need to know the answer


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It may be a bit ludicrous for the Chinese government to criticize other nations over human rights, but that doesn't mean that their observations are wrong.
Via China Daily, excerpts from the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China's report titled "Human Rights Record of the United States in 2012," released a week ago:
The State Department of the United States recently released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012, posing as "the world judge of human rights" again. However, the U.S. turned a blind eye to its own woeful human rights situation and never said a word about it.
In the U.S., elections could not fully embody the real will of its citizens. Political contributions had, to a great extent, influenced the electoral procedures and policy direction. During the 2012 presidential election, the voter turnout was only 57.5 percent.
The U.S. has become one of the developed countries with the greatest income gap. In 2011, the Gini index was 0.477 in the U.S. and about 9 million people were registered as unemployed; About 16.4 million children lived in poverty and, for the first time in history, public schools reported more than one million homeless children and youth.
The U.S. seriously infringed upon human rights of other nations. In 2012, U.S. military operations in Yemen, Afghanistan and Pakistan caused massive civilian casualties. There was a huge rise in birth defects in Iraq since the war against Iraq with military actions in which American forces used metal contaminant-releasing white phosphorus shells and depleted uranium bombs.
A huge number of people are homeless in the U.S. According to a report released by National Alliance to End Homelessness on January 17, 2012, the nation had 636,017 homeless people in 2011, including 107,148 chronically homeless people.
The U.S. is among the few developed countries without health insurance covering its whole population. A considerable number of Americans have no access to necessary healthcare services when in illness because of having no health insurance. The number of people without health insurance coverage was 48.6 million in 2011, accounting for 15.7 percent of the population. A study, released on June 20, 2012, by the consumer advocacy group Families USA, estimates that a total of 26,100 people aged 25 to 64 died for lack of health coverage in 2010.
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Heirloom Day
20 comments:
- Mrs. P. said...
Richella...I LOVE the deacons bench! I am very drawn to pews when I see them in antique stores. Since my home is small, I've resisted thus far, lol. Thank you for sharing. Oh, and since we live in Nebraska, I'll have to look on the map to see just where Belle Plain, KS is.
- July 31, 2009 at 1:18 PM
- Jessica Morris said...
I love the deacons bench too! Super cool story behind it!
Your dining room looks HUGE!! I love it! :) I like dark walls too - we have painted one wall black. It is the only wall with a chair rail, and it is only black above the chair rail. I like it :)
I would paint the back of your shelves. Not sure what color though. Not the wall color, but a complimentary one.
- July 31, 2009 at 1:25 PM
- Darcy @ m3b said...
Your home is so beautiful. It looks peaceful and comfy and somewhere where I'd love to hang out. Your family is lucky to have you.
The pew is so charming. It looks great.
But really?! You're going to paint the back of the built-ins? It looks so nice. I know nothing about decorating though, so I shouldn't even offer an opinion. It looks so pristine and well-lit just as it is. I'm a cowardly decorator. I see you crafty girls and the after projects look great. I'm sure whatever you do it will be great. Afterall, it's just paint. ;)
- July 31, 2009 at 4:22 PM
- Claudia said...
Your dining room is lovely! I love the Deacon's Bench - I've always wanted one. The fact that is from your Grandmother's church makes it so much more special. Lovely.
- July 31, 2009 at 4:51 PM
- Rue said...
Hi Richella :)
Your dining room is gorgeous just the way it is and the Deacon's bench is perfect in there!! I absolutely love it :)
- July 31, 2009 at 5:53 PM
- Ashley @ AshleysBusy said...
Hi Richella, that church pew is awesome!!
- July 31, 2009 at 8:16 PM
- randee said...
thanks for stopping by a 2nd time. yes, it was fun to win.
i love your deacons bench. i've always wanted one. my dining room is very deep red (it was when i bought the house). i wouldn't have chosen that color, but really love it now.
blessings -
- July 31, 2009 at 8:58 PM
- Susie from Bienvenue said...
Hi there! First of all I love that bench and the story behind it...priceless! LOve your room too. That color is just beautiful!
I read each and every comment always. They are very precious to me because it makes me feel special that you have taken your time to write me. Your time and sweetness matter...smiles~
- July 31, 2009 at 10:17 PM
- Marina Capano said...
Richella, cute name!
just beautifull!Your home is so terrific!
Thank you for sharing
- July 31, 2009 at 10:37 PM
- Marie said...
Hello Richella - thank you for joining the party! Wow is all I can say about your beautiful treasures and your gorgeously decorated home. I love that church bench. I commented about the little church I grew up in and how I remember sitting on the benches that made a creaking sound when you sat down! I absolutely love the way you're using it as part of your dining set! What a fabulous idea. It has such special meaning! I really like your dining room wall color. And those built-ins are gorgeous. Maybe do a patterned paper on the back behind the shelves? I think a nice, soft pattern would enhance it. But to be honest, I love the shelving just like they are!
- August 1, 2009 at 3:19 AM
- HeathahLee said...
I HATE I was so busy I couldn't participate in this meme! I absolutely love things treasured from family, and your deacon's bench has such a great story to it. I really hate you had such a hard year ('99 was a hard year for me, too), but I know your Mom and Grandmother would be so proud to know you've taken great care of that bench.
As for your shelves, I can't offer any advice...I'm still coveting them! : )
- August 1, 2009 at 11:01 PM
- jojo said...
Your dining room is fantastic and the Deacons bench such a lovely addition. I love the background story...I could picture the town your family lived in! As for the cabinets I say paint the backs using a lighter version of the wall color. Which I love by the way..it adds just the right amount of richness to have 'reds' in a room. Lovely indeed...
- August 2, 2009 at 3:56 AM
- The Pleasures of Homemaking said...
I see your sweet puppy! Mine likes to squeeze his big ol self into cozy spots!
Your dining room is so pretty (and huge)! Love white with the red walls. Love the deacons bench!
I covered some cardboard with fabric and put that in the back of my china cabinet. You could actually do that with paint or paper that way you don't have to permanently alter anything. Just an idea!
- August 2, 2009 at 10:50 AM
- chicroses said...
What a beautiful dining room..and love the way youve made use of the deacons bench. Great it came out of the church that your grandmother attended. When I was a little girl my grandmother taught our sunday school class and we sat on little windser chairs..the methodist church was bought up and dismantled..I would love to have one of those little chairs..oh well..Sally
- August 3, 2009 at 9:01 AM
- Stacey @ The Blessed Nest said...
What a beautiful bench!! Such a special heirloom! It looks great in your dining room. And those built in shelves..oh, my! Love those too! :)
- August 3, 2009 at 12:37 PM
- Henry said...
Nice Blog!! We have a wide range of Dining Room Table Chairs which helps you to reset your dining room.
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COLUMN: East Neighborhood is the worst place to live
Let's say I went for a walk through MSU's 5,200-acre campus to visit the residential neighborhoods on a gorgeous summer day - I know it might be hard to imagine what summer is like after this winter, but bear with me.
Let's say I start out in Brody Complex Neighborhood, dining on fine cuisine in its snazzy, cavernous cafeteria, Brody Square. It might be a bit far from everything, but who cares when residents have brand new, bigger rooms and the largest cafeteria on campus?
Making my way down Michigan Avenue, I end up in ivy-coated West Circle, with its Tudor-style Harry Potter charm. Beaumont Tower smiles upon me like a benevolent demigod, wishing me well in my endeavors. MSU's long and proud history is evident in every blade of grass and every stone from Williams to Snyder Halls. Yes, this is what college is supposed to look like, I think.
Then I cross the Red Cedar River with a wave to Sparty on Kalamazoo Street and Red Cedar Road and end up in South Neighborhood with Spartan Stadium at my back, breathing in the palpable Spartan athletic glories. I look around for football, basketball and hockey players, hoping to catch their eye and tweet that Adreian Payne looked at me. With the stadium's enormous presence, I can't help but feel proud to go to a Big Ten school.
I double back to go down Shaw Lane to see Shaw Hall on the glittering Red Cedar River, then make a left at Bogue Street to check out Snyder, Phillips, Mason and Abbot Halls, which mimic West Circle's historic charms. I think to myself, wow, this campus is truly amazing.
Then I get to East Neighborhood.
Located at the butt-end of campus, East Neighborhood is dominated by Hubbard Hall's oppressive 12-story facade. There are fewer trees, boring architecture and the closest semblance of is the tacky light-up Spartan logo standing on the Akers Hall roof.
As a resident of East Neighborhood, I can't say I love it. Or even like it.
It's hard to feel like you're actually on campus when it just looks like a group of three-star hotels on the outskirts of town.
I see East Neighborhood as the place where I sleep and do my homework. There's really nothing to it, especially compared to what the rest of campus has to offer.
It's all flat ground and straight lines, with a few sad trees, three unremarkable cafeterias and a bunch of Lyman Briggs kids. There's no ivy-covered academic buildings here. It's essentially where people get stuck when there's no more room on the better parts of campus.
Also, East Neighborhood is so far away from everything else that getting anywhere requires a bus ride or a 10-minute walk minimum, which was brutal when it was minus 20 outside.
The neighborhood lacks the quirks that rest of campus has to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. It's like the guy who didn't really do anything in high school and only went to college because everybody else does. No ambition, no charm. It just kind of sits there, wanting to be as interesting as everybody else but not really trying.
It also says something that its unofficial landmark is the "Rape Trail," the forested pathway behind Holmes and McDonel Halls. I haven't actually heard of any assaults happening there, but it's still a bit creepy to walk through at night, and it's pretty much the neighborhood's only unique feature. How's that for a bad reputation?
The closest thing East Neighborhood has to a positive landmark where students can gather is the Wharton Center, which is a really wonderful building. But it isn't actually on neighborhood territory, and I don't think many of the students that typically inhabit East Neighborhood are going to be too interested in performing arts - try Snyder and Phillips Halls.
East Neighborhood also seems to be the last in line to receive renovations. The cafeterias in East Neighborhood serve decent food, but pale in comparison to the Gallery, South Pointe, the Vista or Brody Square. Of course they give the ugly stepchild neighborhood a new cafeteria last.
Now, my neighborhood isn't all bad. I've met some great friends there and had a lot of fun. Even with its many inconveniences, it's not a bad place to live. It's just not as desirable compared to other parts of campus.
I'm sure each neighborhood has its ups and downs. Brody Complex is far from everything and swarming with freshmen, South isn't as pretty as West Circle, West Circle has older buildings that haven't been renovated yet and River Trail doesn't have a Sparty's in Shaw Hall.
All in all, living in East Neighborhood my freshman year has taught me to appreciate the fact that I'm living in West Circle next year. Wish me luck in my search for the Chamber of Secrets underneath Landon Hall.
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25 Important facts every fan should know about Secret Message star T.O.P
Big Bang is having a big year — completing the BIGANG: MADE Tour winning awards, and turning out some exciting new music. BIGBANG's resident rapper, T.O.P has been doubly busy. He stars in a new drama, Secret Message, with Japanese actress Ueno Juri, airing now on DramaFever. Get to know this charismatic and complex leading man with these 25 fascinating facts!
1. He's living out his childhood dream.
In an interview with Fuse, T.O.P admitted he's wanted to be a rapper since he was just 11 years old.
2. He enjoys a good bottle of wine - or twelve!
During a group appearance on "Happy Together," Seungri described T.O.P's love of good wine - saying he once brought a dozen bottles to a dinner at Taeyang's home. T.O.P admitted he doesn't hold his drink as well as he did in his early 20's.
3. He's great at doing impressions.
While he can mimic most of his fellow band members, he also does a spot-on impression of veteran Korean actor Yoon Mun Sik. He gives an example during "Happy Together." According to T.O.P, Yoon Mun Sik even commended him for how well he can impersonate him!
4. He wasn't always a confident dancer.
Even though you can catch him busting some impressive moves on stage and behind the scenes these days, in the docu-series BIGBANG the Beginning you see T.O.P's ongoing struggles with dancing and choreography. It even leaves him wondering if he'll make the cut when it comes time to select the final five members of Big Bang.
5. He doesn't like to show a lot of skin.
More than one interviewer has noticed T.O.P's proclivity for long pants and sleeves – even during warm weather. T.O.P says it's just his style. Too bad for the rest of us!
6. He is inspired by art and design.
T.O.P shares his passion with his millions of Instagram followers, posting lots of diverse art pics and videos. He also channels Dutch artist Piet Mondrian with this suit, designed for the MADE Tour.
7. He still gets nervous.
During T.O.P's hilarious "Guerilla Date," he visits a women's university. He says interacting with all the female co-eds is more nerve-wracking than being on stage!
8. He says his busy schedule can be exhausting.
During his "Guerilla Date" interview, he talks about his film "Commitment." He said working two jobs - as a musician and actor - could be exhausting, draining him of his energy. That led him to spend quite a bit of time at home by himself.
9. He contributed to the concept of his "Doom Dada" music video.
T.O.P told Fuse Music he wanted the video to be like a cult film with an interesting story.
10. He's easily distracted.
During one of Big Bang's group appearances on Running Man, Daesung scolds T.O.P for spending too much time looking at museum displays instead of hiding from their opponents. Don't they know T.O.P can't be asked to pass up a good museum?
11. He says he prefers music over acting.
In his Fuse interview, T.O.P claimed he prefers music because it's how he debuted, but he always commits 100% to whatever project he's working on.
12. He appreciates his family.
Big Bang cleaned up at the 2015 MelOn Music Awards, taking home 4 trophies. During his acceptance speech on behalf of the band, T.O.P took extra time to thank his parents, and all the member's parents, for their many years of support.
13. He's good with his hands.
T.O.P appeared with the cast of his film, Tazza 2 for an Entertainment Weekly interview last year. He says he mastered Go/Stop and handling Hwatu cards when the cast trained for months before filming began.
14. He's considered sexy on an international level…
Rolling Stone Magazine listed T.O.P among 2013's Hottest Sex Symbols on their website, calling him a "handsome, stylish, talented multi-threat."
15. …but he doesn't necessarily agree.
T.O.P was named "Sexiest Male Musician" in a Fuse poll last year, as well, but he admitted during an interview with Fuse that, while flattered, he's not exactly trying to be a sex symbol.
16. He doesn't mind his nickname.
His band mates – and now many VIP's – refer to T.O.P as "Bingu T.O.P." Daesung explained during an interview that it means T.O.P sometimes does "stupid things." During his "Guerilla Date" appearance, T.O.P admitted he doesn't mind, because he likes lightening the mood when things get too serious.
17. He isn't necessarily ready to "fall in love"...
...but suggested during his "Guerilla Date" that when he does - he'll love with "passion." and be fully committed.
18. He listens to lots of different types of music.
In "BIGBANG the Beginning," T.O.P lists some rap and R&B artists he likes, but he's also shared images of music and musicians on his Instagram - from British rockers Pink Floyd to French songstress Edith Piaf!
19. He knows how to compliment a lady.
T.O.P and Park Shin Hye appeared as co-models in a campaign for an outerwear company. They sat down for an interview together, and T.O.P complimented Shin Hye's singing - he was so charming, he made her blush! She even called it the nicest compliment she's ever received.
20. He doesn't take his work too seriously.
During his "Guerilla Date" interview, T.O.P admitted YG, the company he's signed to, is really just a job. He first gave the interviewer his television-ready answer - calling the company "his family." The change of heart was all in good fun - and gave them both a good laugh.
21. He interacts with fans.
Millions of Instagram followers watch the comment threads on T.O.P's posts, knowing he will occasionally respond to fans questions and comments.
22. He's a great spokesman.
T.O.P has appeared as the face for a number of high profile brands, including Cass Beer and Reebok. He even shot this short film for Calvin Klein!
23. He loves his work.
You can see the enthusiasm every time T.O.P steps into the recording studio. He speaks often of his passion for what he does, and for continuing to share his interests in talents for many years to come - during his MelOn acceptance speech, he told fans he hopes Big Bang will still make music for another thirty years!
24. He's happy to take on the role of "hyung."
During Big Bang's interview on "Happy Together" earlier this year, the band tells lots of stories about their years together. You can tell T.O.P is used to being the oldest – often (good naturedly) scolding maknae Seungri.
25. He's a good athlete.
Big Bang made an appearance on "Running Man" this year to promote MADE, and T.O.P did not disappoint with his athletic skills. Check him out on the basketball court!
Get more T.O.P in his new drama "Secret Message" right here on Dramafever!


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The administrator of a Florida memory care community has pledged complete cooperation with the Senate Judiciary Committee as it investigates an incident in which a worker allegedly secretly recorded two residents having consensual sexual relations in a private room and then posted the video to Snapchat.
"We are willing to assist the Judiciary Committee regarding any of its needs in evaluating this important matter. We would be willing to travel to Washington to help participate in any endeavors the Committee sees fit to go forward with," David G. Gery, the administrator of Bristol Court Assisted Living Facility in St. Petersburg, FL, wrote to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the committee, April 11 in response to a March 28 request for information Grassley had sent to him. Grassley posted Gery's letter on his website on Tuesday.
Medical assistant Alexis Williams was arrested March 22 and faces one count of video voyeurism and one count of video voyeurism dissemination for the incident, which allegedly occurred Aug. 1.
Expanding on what he previously had told McKnight's Senior Living, Gery told Grassley that Williams' alleged actions were "deeply disturbing" and unexpected, given that she had undergone a state-mandated criminal history record check and was verified for hire by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. In addition to being interviewed before being employed, he added, Williams was trained and tested on residents' rights to privacy, HIPAA and conduct toward residents deemed inappropriate after she was hired, and she was provided with an employee handbook that contained the community's policies on social media and cellphone use.
"There was nothing in Ms. Williams' background and nothing that came out during the interview process or during the time that she was employed that would have given anybody at Bristol Court any reason to believe that she would engage in such morally reprehensible conduct," Gery said.
The facility's policy regarding the photographing and recording of residents is posted at the front door and in the employee break room, he said. "It cannot be argued that Ms. Williams was not fully educated and aware of these policies and her unilateral decision to violate them was therefore not foreseeable," the administrator wrote.
Williams was fired when an investigation confirmed that she was responsible for the recording, Gery said. Since the incident, he added, the facility has reviewed applicable policies with all employees and has provided them with copies.
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Imam Sabuni's : Tafsir of Surah Al-Waq'iah
Selections from Safwat al-TafasirTafsir from Ibn Kathir, al-Razi, al-Qurtubi, Kashshaf, al-Alusi, Hashiyat al-Sawi, Abu Sa'ud & More
By Imam Muhammad 'Ali Al-SabuniTranslation & Notes By Rashad Jameer Foreword : Shaykh Abd Allah b. Humayd, Shaykh Abu al-Hassan al-Nadwi & Shaykh Muhammad al-GhazzaliPaperback 44 Pages
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Imam Muhammad 'Ali Al-Sabuni is one of the leading scholars of Sunni Islam in the modern era. A specialist in the knowledge of Tafsir (Exegesis of the Holy Quran), he has authored one of the most widely accepted Tafsirs of the Qur'an entitled Safwat al-Tafasir (The Choicest Selections from the Books of Exegesis).
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Shaykh al-Sabuni says about his Tafsir: "It is comprehensive, based on both narrated reports and rational argument, based on the most authentic well known tafasir such as al-Tabari, al-Kashshaf, Ibn Kathir, al-Bahr al-Muhit and Ruh al-Ma'ani. It is written in a simple style that is easy to understand, paying attention to literary style and linguistic form.... I have called my book Safwat al-Tafasir (The Best of Tafasir) because it combines the best of the major detailed tafasir in a brief, organized and clear fashion."
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Muhammad Ali Al-Sabuni one the prominent scholars of Ahl-e-Sunnah Wal-Jama'ah, and a possessor of a great knowledge of Qur'an in the modern age. He was born in the city of Halab, Al-Syria in 1930 AD and brought up in the same city. Started learning of beginning knowledge on the hand of his Father Sheikh Jamil Al-Sabuni. He continued in Halab till he passed primary & middle school in 1949 AD. After that, He was sent for higher education by the minister of Awqaf (endowment) to Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, where he got Certificate of Kulliyah-Al-Sharia in 1952 AD.
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