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The event is being sponsored by The National Bible Association. Organizations like The American Bible Society, YouVersion Bible App and Scripture Union are encouraging participation within their own communities.
"We're thrilled with the reception to the launch of International Day of the Bible so far and are encouraging everyone from faith groups to performing artists as well as business, sports, community and religious leaders to participate and share their appreciation via social media or in public at noon in their local time zones," said Glickstein. "Honoring God's Word and asking Him to bless our nations and bring peace to the world is particularly apt in this period of great turmoil."
He suggested coming up with something creative, such as breaking into a flash mob, singing and dancing Scripture, painting or drawing a picture with a few lines of verses, or capturing God's creations in photos – selfies included – and sharing them along with a beloved Psalm.
Some groups are already planning to tape their activities in advance to share on social media at noon in their local time zones on Nov. 24.
Organizers are asking participants to use the hashtag #BibleCelebration for posting online comments, videos, photos and creative expressions. For more, go to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram (@IntlDayofBible) and www.internationaldayofthebible.com.
Bruce S. Wells, age 93, of Camp Hill passed away peacefully on September 6, 2018 at Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital with family at his side. Bruce would have celebrated his 94th birthday on September 14. Born to the late John B. Wells and Katherine Stanley Wells, Bruce spent most of his early years in Connecticut. After graduating from Hall High, West Hartford, he went to Babson College. Shortly after beginning college, he enlisted in the Army, serving with the 53rd Field Hospital in Europe during World War II in patient admission and transport. He met his wife Gladys Dressler Wells who was serving as an Army Nurse. After returning from the Army, they married and he graduated from Babson College. During his career, he worked as a salesman for Ford, an insurance agent for Northwestern Mutual Life and as an office manager for a large medical group. In addition to his wife, Bruce is survived by a daughter Barbara Wendelowski, son-in-law, David of West Haven, CT, his grandsons Adam Wendelowski and Seth Wendelowski (Zita) and two great grandchildren, all of Myrtle Beach, SC. Also, a brother Robert Wells of FL and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his daughter Linda Wells and brothers John S. Wells and Lawrence Wells. Bruce was a kind, intelligent, quiet man, always willing to offer a helping hand to those in need. He loved animals and spent much of his adult life riding horses, a pastime he shared with his daughters. His family would like to thank the staff at The Woods at Cedar Run and Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital for their care during his final illness. Also, a special thanks to Dr Azizkhan and Dr Ghosh for their compassion as Bruce's health failed. Bruce's wisdom and kindness will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Services and Burial with Full Military Honors will be Private. Burial will be at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Annville, PA.
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Question: My uncle moved from Spain to this country, where he retired to my parents’ home for the next 25 years. He loved America and everything about it, except there were no bullfights. He often talked of the greatest matador to ever live. It was a simple name, as I recall. I think it started with “el.” He fought during the 1960s, but I don’t know for how long. Do you know who this matador is?
Answer: Yes, his name is El Cordobes. Born into poverty in 1936, Manuel Benitez Perez grew up in an orphanage near Cordoba, Spain. When he first entered the ring in his early 20s, he brought with him something new – an unorthodox, acrobatic and even theatrical style of fighting bulls. He was fearless, working close to the bull’s horns – so close, in fact, that he was gored more than 30 times. He quickly became a national idol, and by the time he retired in 1971, El Cordobes had become the highest-paid bullfighter in history. After 1971, he continued to make appearances as a matador until 2000. Today, he lives in seclusion near Cordoba.
Q: Where was the TV series “The Sopranos” filmed?
guys. Most of the exterior shots were filmed on location in New Jersey; however, the majority of interior shots were lensed at Silvercup Studios in Queens, N.Y. HBO aired “The Sopranos” from January 1999 to June 2007, spanning six seasons and 86 episodes.
Victoria Beckham has already ticked off the boxes for international pop star, award-winning fashion designer, style icon, supermom, and luckiest wife in the world. She can now add automobile designer to her list. Since 2010, Victoria has been a creative design executive for legendary luxury off-road brand Land Rover, and the fruits of her labor have just been unveiled in China in advance of the Beijing Auto Show: the Range Rover Evoque Special Edition with Victoria Beckham. Each of the limited run of 200, English-made, four-wheel-drive coupes will cost around $90,000. And, as Victoria’s responsibility was to help select the interior and exterior finishes, each will come with a lustrous matte-gray finish featuring glossy black accents and a luscious baseball-stitched leather interior in a shade of saddle tan so rich it’s almost Italian. The dark mohair carpets are thick and luxurious enough to lose a giant diamond ring in. The wheels, grille, and dash feature genuine rose-gold accents, and the whole thing comes with a four-piece black-leather luggage set that fits comfortably in the boot.
To celebrate this achievement, we chatted with Victoria and discussed design inspirations, purple convertibles, driving in heels, and the vehicular challenges of being a working mother of four. Highlights from our conversation are below.
Brett Berk: Why is the Range Rover Evoque the right choice for a Victoria Beckham special edition?
Victoria Beckham: I’ve driven a Range Rover for as long as I can remember, and I have a lot of respect for Range Rover as a brand and for their heritage. So I think it feels very natural. I think that people will look at the car, and they’ll obviously see Range Rover, but they’ll also see me. It looks like me. I joked the other day—I had a matte-black crocodile structured handbag with me, and I looked at the bag and I looked at the car, and I said, “The car looks like a bag on wheels.” It’s very me. It’s very, very me. Tell me about the rose-gold accents on the car. What inspired you to use that material?
I love rose gold. Where it initially came from was that my husband bought me a rose-gold men’s Rolex for my birthday, and at the same time, I’d used rose gold with some of my accessories for a collection, and I just thought, Hey, let’s just put a little rose-gold element behind the car. And I was adamant—I didn’t want this car to be seen as super-girly. I wanted it to be a car that I want to drive, and I wanted it to be a car that David wants to drive as well. Everything that I do has quite a masculine feel about it. Though the clothes I design are very feminine, they also have a very strong masculine feel about them. I’m feminine, but I wouldn’t say that I’m girly in any way at all. One of the ways that we can chart the various stages in a person’s life is through their cars. So tell me about your cars. What was your first car?
My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one—it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it. And my mum, to make it extra special for me, sprayed the hubcaps red. Matching accessories.
Absolutely. And definitely an . . . acquired taste. What about your next car?
Well, when I got my first paycheck from the Spice Girls, I got an MG-F convertible. It was a really nice purple color. But it was very cool, very stylish. I mean I’ve always loved cars, as does David. And definitely the cars got better after I met David, because he’s a real car person. And what do you drive now?
I drive a Range Rover Sport. I love things that look great, but I love the practicality as well. I’ve got four kids. [Brooklyn, 13; Romeo, 9; Cruz, 7; Harper, 9 months.] I’ve got to put a stroller in the back of my car. I drive my kids to school every day; I drive everywhere. I love my Range Rover. But David’s trying to make me sell my Range Rover. What’s he trying to make you get instead?
He wants me to get another Range Rover. Actually, I’ve got all the mums in the school lining up wanting to buy mine if I sell it. Because myself and David customized it. We ask all our “Stars and Cars” subjects to tell us a car story—an incident or mishap that’s happened to you in a vehicle. Can you think of one?
Oh my goodness. No. Ever had a car stolen?
No. But how rock ’n’ roll. Ever been towed away when you parked in an illegal spot?
I don’t do anything illegal. I’m a law-abiding citizen, I’ll have you know. Run out of gas?
No. But, oh my God, you know what I did the other day? This is a funny story. I got up in the morning, and I knew that I had a whole morning full of conference calls. So I got up early with Harper, sorted Harper out, got all the kids their breakfast, got them ready for school, put Harper in the car seat, and said, “Come on, kids, we have to get going or we’re going to be late”—every morning I take Brooklyn, and David takes the little boys to school. We take it in turns because they go to two different schools.
I’d gotten down the road, and I literally had to turn around and drive back up the driveway. And David was standing there in the driveway with all three boys, just [shakes her head]. And I felt like such an idiot because I was in such a rush. Harper was in the car, I was in the car, and we were on the way to school. But we did not have the child who needed to go to school.
That’s a great story. Last question. In your 2007 TV special Victoria Beckham: Coming to America you said that the only time you wear flats is when you drive. Do you have a favorite pair of flats that are top notch for driving, or have you found some heels that work?
I’d have to say my favorite flat would definitely be a Lanvin flat. Or if I’m working out, it would obviously be an Adidas trainer. But I drive in heels, absolutely. I mean, safety first—I make sure they’re not silly heels. But, yeah, I’m not one of these people that has a change of shoes in the car. There are those suitcases that come with your Evoque. I thought those were for shoes.
That’s a good idea. Who knew?
HOUSTON (AP) — The Texans set a team record by running for 281 yards in beating Tennessee.
Now they will try to keep their running game going against Cleveland when they attempt to extend their franchise-record winning streak to nine games.
Houston’s big rushing performance came thanks in large part to the performance of Lamar Miller, who ran for a season-high 162 yards. His night was highlighted by a franchise-long 97-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.
Coach Bill O’Brien has always talked glowingly about Miller’s work and enjoyed watching him break away for that run.
Though the Texans have a talented passing game led by quarterback Deshaun Watson and star receiver DeAndre Hopkins, O’Brien believes the key to success is being able to run the ball effectively.
The Texans have run the ball well all year and rank fourth in the NFL by averaging 136.5 yards rushing. Just as it was on Monday night, their success has been because of the play of Miller.
The 27-year-old, who is in his third season with the Texans, has three 100-yard rushing games this season after not running for more than 75 yards in a game last year. He ranks eighth in the NFL with 773 yards rushing and is averaging 4.9 yards a carry. His long touchdown on Monday made him the only player in NFL history to have two TD runs of 95 yards or longer after he also had a 97-yard touchdown run in 2014 while with the Dolphins.
Houston hasn’t had a rushing performance like his in several years. It was the first time a Texans’ running back had rushed for 150 yards or more with a touchdown since franchise-leading rusher Arian Foster did it in 2014.
Watson said when Miller is rolling, it makes everything easier.
Houston’s running game was also helped on Monday by Watson’s scrambling. The speedy quarterback ran for a career-high 70 yards with a 15-yard touchdown after not running for more than 35 yards in the first 10 games.
The Texans stayed away from designed running plays for Watson over the past few weeks as he recovered from lung and rib injuries.
Though Watson denied that his health had anything to do with limiting such plays in past weeks, it was clear by the way he moved on Monday night that he was far healthier than he had been earlier this season.
Watson, who ran for 1,934 yards and 26 touchdowns in three seasons at Clemson, delighted in his rushing performance on Monday night and said fans could expect more such outings in the future.
Houston’s other running back on the active roster is Alfred Blue, who has 392 yards rushing and has proven to be a good option when Miller needs a break.
The Texans’ running game could get a boost soon if D’Onta Foreman is able to return after missing all season after rupturing his Achilles tendon last November.
Foreman, who won the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s top collegiate running back in 2016 at Texas, returned to practice earlier this month but isn’t quite ready to play.
Will Shannon Beador’s New Boyfriend Be Featured On ‘The Real Housewives Of Orange County’ Season 13?
Shannon Beador has a new man in her life following a messy split from husband David Beador at the end of last year. However, according to a new report, her boyfriend, a man named Alex, will not be featured on the upcoming 13th season of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
Ahead of the new season’s highly anticipated trailer release, which is expected in the coming weeks, Radar Online revealed to readers that Beador and her new boyfriend have decided to keep their romance to themselves, at least for now.
“Every single aspect of Shannon’s life is on public display so she wanted this to just be between the two of them and Alex agreed,” a source close to Beador explained.
As the insider explained, Alex doesn’t want to be on a television show and neither he nor Beador wants him to make any cameos on The Real Housewives of Orange County. That said, he will be a hot topic throughout the series’ 13th season.
As for the possibility of Alex joining the Bravo TV reality series in the future, the insider said that for now, Beador wants to keep their relationship out of the spotlight as they enjoy their newfound happiness.
Radar Online also revealed that Beador and her new boyfriend are quite serious about their romance and compliment one another very well.
Shannon Beador shared the first photo of her new boyfriend on her Instagram page over the weekend as they enjoyed a night out at a Poison concert with another couple and posed for a photo with lead singer Brett Michaels. At the time of her post, Beador didn’t reveal the names of any of her friends nor did she confirm that Alex was her boyfriend.
Also on Instagram recently, Beador gave her fans and followers the first look at the Season 13 cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County, and in the photo, she was seen posing alongside Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra Judge, and Kelly Dodd. While there are also expected to be at least a couple more cast members included in the full-time cast, their names have yet to be confirmed. As for the former wives of Season 12, including Meghan King Edmonds, Peggy Sulahian, and Lydia McLaughlin, all three of the women have revealed they will not be a part of the new season.
The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 13 is expected to air sometime in the coming months on Bravo TV and a trailer is expected to be released in the next couple of weeks.
After hearing Rickenbach’s report, the council voted Tuesday to create a memorandum of understanding that will help lay out the goals for the city and MacElvaine, as well as a potential negotiation timeline.
Rickenbach recommended the city pursue Rancho Colina as Morro Bay’s top option for a variety of reasons.
The site is out of view of residents; it’s in close proximity to many agricultural fields that could potentially buy reclaimed water; and it could replace a small, aging privately-operated sewer treatment plant that serves 106 units of the mobile home park located about 1,000 feet northeast of the proposed area.
“Rancho Colina has a very receptive property owner, and that’s unique among all the sites in that he’s willing to work with the city,” Rickenbach said.
The city estimates the cost to build a plant would be about $75 million. That doesn’t include the cost to buy the property.
MacElvaine has 187 total acres of property there, most of it ranchland. But the city would purchase only 10 to 15 acres.
An area in the city limits near Little Morro Creek Road owned by J & E Giannini Properties, about 650 feet from the homes on Hillcrest Drive.
None of those property owners has expressed the same level of interest as MacElvaine in selling land to the city, Rickenbach said.
City Councilman Noah Smukler said that he and other council members visited the Rancho Colina site and took note of its potential fit as a sewage plant site.
Speaking to its proximity to dozens of nearby properties that could buy reclaimed water, Rickenbach said that nearby avocado farmers have been trucking in water this year because drought conditions have reduced well water.
He estimated the city could sell about 1,200 acre-feet of reclaimed water per year to nearby ranchers.
Morro Bay must relocate its sewage treatment plant because the California Coastal Commission rejected city plans last year to replace the aging facility at its current location near the beach on Atascadero Road.
In addition to moving forward with Rancho Colina, the city voted to form a seven-member advisory committee to give input on the treatment plant’s development process.
The council also will continue exploring a potential shared partnership with the county, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Cayucos Sanitary District in building the new wastewater treatment facility near the California Men’s Colony.
The advantages of the prison site is that several local agencies could share in its use, but its estimated cost of $160 million and distance from many potential buyers of reclaimed water are drawbacks.
Rickenbach said his team hopes to have answers for the city on the viability of the Men’s Colony project by August.
Another consultant, Mike Nunley, said the council’s five-year time frame to complete the treatment plant is possible, though ambitious.
Nunley outlined a busy schedule in which the city would select its site by September, conduct a facility master plan thereafter, and pursue its regulatory and financing tasks to start building by February 2016.
Nunley warned a hard deadline of five years could reduce flexibility in planning and financing.
EMERGENCY services worker Kirsty Kerr, who suffers from the debilitating disease, needs your support to make the country's first march a success.
A true Endo Warrior is to lead Scotland’s first march raising awareness of the debilitating female condition endometriosis.
Kirsty Kerr (39) is hoping around 100 people will join her as she marches through Glasgow City Centre on Saturday, March 19, for the country’s first ever EndoMarch.
And, with TV presenter Carol Smillie and tennis star Annabel Croft already tweeting their support for the cause, Kirsty is confident the celebrity backing will help end the silence surrounding the condition.
She told the News: “Endo marches take place all over the world but there has never been one in Scotland.
“I set up a Facebook and Twitter page for the march and managed to get Carol Smillie on board.
“She set up Diary Doll – partners of Endometriosis UK – with her friend, the tennis player Annabel Croft who has endometriosis.
“They designed pants for extra protection against leaks. I have them so I asked for their help and Carol has been emailing me back and forth ever since.
The emergency service worker, from Calderwood, believes she has suffered from the devastating disease – where endometrial tissue is found outside of the womb causing chronic pelvic pain – since she was a teenager.
But, like many other women, Kirsty was diagnosed later in life, just five years ago at the age of 34.
Kirsty said: “There are varying degrees of the disease but I have a very severe case of it.
“I have endometrium cysts in both my ovaries and my womb and bowel are fused together with scar tissue.
“I also have it on my bladder and both fallopian tubes.
“I had about a year and a half of excruciating pain before I underwent an operation to remove one of my fallopian tubes.
“But two years later it was even more aggressive.
“It drains you but the worst thing I find is the chronic fatigue. You’re literally tired all the time which causes what I call ‘Endo brain’ – like baby brain.
But, for Kirsty, and undoubtedly for many women, the most devastating blow associated with the disease is infertility.
Kirsty has tried to get pregnant for 18 years and contends she may now have to accept the fact she may never have children.
A laparoscopy is the only way to diagnose endometriosis.
Kirsty finally had hers in 2011 but says, like her, many women struggle to get diagnosed.
According to Endometriosis UK one in every 10 women in the world suffer from the condition and, to treat it, costs the NHS the same amount as it does to treat diabetes.
But, it can take up to seven years to diagnose.
Kirsty said: “This is the problem with it and why I’m marching – people don’t know about it.
“I’d been going to my doctors about period problems since I was about 15-years-old and now, looking back, all the symptoms were there.
“My mum watched a programme about endometriosis and thought that’s what I had so told me to go to the doctors till I was blue in the face.
“I was at my wit’s end. I was so exhausted, aching all over and couldn’t even get out of bed.