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The Hendry County Family Law Self-Help Program is located in the Magistrate's Office on the first floor of the Hendry County Courthouse, just past the elevator, in the Judicial Wing. This program assists individuals who are representing themselves in a family law matter. Staff may provide access to the legal system, guidance, and understanding of court procedures, and distribution of family law forms approved by the Supreme Court of Florida. Individuals are advised that the Hendry County Family Law Self-Help Program does not represent you in your case and cannot give legal advice regarding your case.
Family Court Forms may be downloaded for all the above areas from the Florida State Courts website at: http://www.flcourts.org/resources-and-services/court-improvement/problem-solving-courts/family-courts/family-law-forms.stml or you may request these forms for a fee from the Hendry County Clerk's Office
In order to provide a child-focused alternative dispute resolution process, a parenting coordinator assists the parents in making a parenting plan by facilitating the resolution of disputes between the parents by: [1] providing education, [2] making recommendations, and [3] making limited decisions within the scope of the court's order and parents' prior approval. The Parenting Coordinator Application Form and Training Standards may be found here: Parenting Coordinator Application Form and Training Standards
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Magistrates and Family Law Self-Help
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The resignation of Tom DeLay is the crashing conclusion of his garish career but hardly the end of his legal troubles or the demise of the partisan political machine he constructed. The former majority leader of the House of Representatives has been the Republican strongman in the Congress, known as "The Hammer." As the party whip, he hung a bullwhip on his wall as a symbol of intimidation. The style of the former exterminator from Sugar Land, Texas was bullying and crude. He called the Environmental Protection Agency "the Gestapo," ran a smear operation out of his office that would have won the admiration of Senator Joseph McCarthy, and grabbed whatever he wanted as his right of lordship. When a meek restaurateur in a Capitol Hill steakhouse politely asked DeLay to put out his large cigar because of the city's no smoking law, DeLay bellowed, "I am the government!" And he was not wrong.
DeLay enforced harsh discipline on the Republicans, bondage they savoured as the essence of power. In return, anything a loyal House member wanted, he would provide. "The Hammer" was also known as "The Concierge." Rules, including the House's own, meant nothing to him, irritating hindrances to be broken at his will. In order to gain passage of a bill favouring the big drug companies - preventing the Medicare elderly prescription drug program from negotiating lower rates - he extended debate long past the deadline and was accused of offering the bribe of a campaign contribution to a wavering Republican. DeLay stomped on the Ethics committee, stopping it from meeting to investigate this episode until public outcry forced him to back off. He greeted slaps on his wrist as badges of honour.
DeLay walked over bodies in his own party to reach his pinnacle. He led coups against the Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, tribune of the right, yet too amenable to negotiation with President Clinton as far as DeLay was concerned.
DeLay most notable achievement was coercing the impeachment of President Clinton. Without his arm-twisting, impeachment would have certainly failed. There was a sizeable group of relatively moderate Republicans opposed. They saw no merits in the ridiculous charges and understood impeachment was being pressed out of crude partisanship. But DeLay threatened their financial supporters (whose business interests would be blackballed from receiving congressional relief), and threatened to bankroll rightwing candidates against the moderates in Republican primaries to bleed them white. So one by one, they caved in. A moderate Republican was a moderate when Tom DeLay told them they could be moderate. Under DeLay's thumb, the House Judiciary committee voted for impeachment after refusing to establish any constitutional standards for their action. The constitution was swept away in his exercise of power. President Clinton was acquitted by the Senate, but DeLay was unblemished by his abuse. Fear of him was never higher.
Over more than a decade, DeLay forged a political machine that he called the "K Street project," after the downtown avenue in Washington DC of steel and glass building housing the large law and lobbying firms. DeLay kept a black book in which he noted who gave money to and hired Republicans. When a trade association tried to employ a Democrat, it was issued a warning that it would be punished. From the "K Street project" to the Republicans flowed tens of millions of dollars in campaign contributions. Meanwhile, the contracts from corporations for lobbying and legal work went to these Republican firms. It was a perfectly designed system of legal graft.
When President George W. Bush assumed office, one-party rule commenced. DeLay served as Bush's "Hammer." Back in Texas, between the political operations of both of them, the Democrats had been shattered as a party. Now DeLay and Bush worked together nationally to accomplish the same goal. Karl Rove, Bush's chief political adviser, who had been instrumental in the Texas takeover, was the go-between in the relationship. And the go-between in the Rove-DeLay relationship was a lobbyist named Jack Abramoff.
While exercising absolute power in the House, DeLay was determined to augment it further by thoroughly rigging the outcome of congressional elections in Texas. He created a political action committee, raised millions from his K Street allies, and poured the money into the Texas legislature, which in turn redrew the lines of congressional districts to wipe out the existing Democrats. DeLay's scheme succeeded in giving him an even bigger Republican margin. But the district attorney of Travis County, Texas investigated and indicted two of his aides and finally DeLay himself for illegally using corporate campaign funds.
As this scandal unfolded, the many-sided corruption of Jack Abramoff came under scrutiny by federal prosecutors. The ring tightened around DeLay, whose dealings with Abramoff were extensive and who called him one of his "closest friends". DeLay's former press secretary turned state's evidence. And his former communications director, an Abramoff business partner, pleaded guilty in a deal with the prosecutors. Last week, DeLay's former deputy chief of staff, another lobbyist, pled, too, his sentence to be decided on the basis of his cooperation. Thus surrounded, DeLay quit. His worst days lie ahead.
The Republican machine and its "K Street project" hum without its conductor. But the Republicans face the most difficult election cycle since they took control of the Congress in 1994. DeLay's further tribulations will illustrate the corruption endemic to the operation he built. The Republicans must hang on the hope that the campaign funds they raise through the DeLay devised system will enable them to overcome his corrupt taint.


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What is the Mark of the Beast? What do you think?
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Even if someone is a legitimate prophet, their words must be established by evidence.
OK this is an important topic, especially for the times in which we are now living. If one were to try to give an intelligent answer in a forum post or even a short series of posts the reply would be too long. A deep study requires background from the Scriptures. Since Revelation quotes from nearly every other book of the Bible, every book would need to be considered. Since Daniel is the main Old Testament counterpart to Revelation it would need special attention. History from ancient to modern times both biblical and extra-biblical of course would be another major component. Archaeology, etymology, hermeneutic principles, and some level of comparative theology would be needed because of the diversity of our forum members and you know we cannot all be right. Therefore one would need to convincingly present truth so clearly that the Apologetic message would be as winsome as it must be wise. It simply can't be done effectively in this medium. Yet the topic is too crucial to simply ignore it. So, what is the best compromise?
In my opinion the answer lies in some of the most historic thinkers of the Christian era from John through the Reformation and beyond to the three Great Awakening Evangelism Movements that followed and beyond those too. The one speaker I know who has not only compiled all of this information, but has done a pretty good job at boiling it down to the necessary essentials somewhere above the milk of the Word but not fully into the strongest meat, which would require more time and study beyond a seminary education, is Tim Roosenberg.
I have taken his seminars and discussed some of his positions. Most of what he presents is very solid stuff, and when he makes comparisons and draws conclusions he cannot yet back up, he freely admits they are only his best current theories. However, many of his once theories have already become reality in recent headline news. Most of what he covers is solid information and not just theories.
He runs his own organization called Islam and Christianity at a website by that name in all lower case letters with no spaces. It is a dot org. He looks at who the beast has been and will continue to be, who the kings of the North and of the South are and how they are at war currently with backing from the image of the beast. Yes, it is already happening! He covers the Anti-Christ and the mark of the beast and the forms it takes in ways that make biblical and historical sense in modern times. He has it all in a series of video presentations that focus on Daniel and Revelation in their proper biblical and historic contexts. There is a basic and an advanced series. The basics are free online now at his site. Check him out.
Warning, if you have bought into the Anti-Christ cover-up stories devised deliberately as very polar opposite ploys by two Jesuit priests Alcazar and Ribera commissioned to cook them up way back in the Counter-Reformation, these are lies that many Christians still cling to today as retold by Darby, Scofield, Lindsay, LaHaye and others, then be prepared to see a more consistent picture of God and His dealings with mankind throughout history than ever before. Be ready to discover the danger behind the second chance approach to the rapture and how the three and a half years you assume you may have left if you miss the first round are not future but were for the Jewish Nation not in the tribulation but back in the time of the early church and they ended at the official Sanhedrin decision to reject the Gospel and kill the messenger, Stephen.
What you will hear is how Islam, Europe, the Roman Catholic Church, the United States, and their leaders, politics, technologies, and more have been key players in the past, present, and near future as foretold in the Bible and confirmed in history. Go to the World Wide Web and check out isalmandchristianity the dot org place to learn the real scoop on the Mark of the Beast and all of its ramifications. It is free and so will you be.
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Ken Morrison:
He believes the king of the north is the RC Church.
all that began long before people went to and forth and knowledge was increased in the jet and computer age.
I thought Iran and shiite was king of the north and Egypt and sunni king of the south in a divided Islam that were pitted against each other to death for the caliphate because of Mohammad's prophecy that only one sect would survive and take the caliphate and be the malady.
I believe the only reason Iran doesn't go after Israel now is it does not want to be weakened by a nuke to Iran and let sunnis and Egypt take over the race for the caliphate. As i see it Iran will wait till it has subdued most of the king of the south's power and then when it is puffed up make it's move on the holy land. At this point t Israel is an afterthought. Islam is divided.
shalom ajim , la (ot )The mark of the beast is Sunday, the Roman beast is pushing his Roman day, day of the sun, on this day is not bought or sold. lehitraot
ajim Shalom, la (OT) La marca de la bestia es el domingo, la bestia romana está empujando su época romana, día del sol, en el día de hoy no se compra ni se vende. lehitraot
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Four, very patient years in the making, Tulpan is Kazakh documentary filmmaker Sergei Dvortsevoy's first fiction feature. The in-the-moment stylistic approach of his previous work here presents an astoundingly singular view of rural life in Kazakhstan. Tulpan is a unique experience, dropping us into a thoroughly envisioned small world which is balanced between the impossible scope of the harsh, barren setting and the remarkable intimacy that the camera and narrative allow us to have with the film's fascinating characters, human and animal alike. Dvortsevoy patiently portrays this environment and sensitively mines its protagonists' inner lives, commanding our attention and sympathy. By film's end, we feel that we have lived with these characters for a long time, and that the demands and aspirations of their lives are not so very far from our own.
Tulpan tells the story of Asa, a young sailor returning from a stint with the Russian Navy, whose only wish is to find a wife and live the simple life of a herdsman on the desolate (in the most extreme sense of the word) Betpak Dala desert steppe. Asa is being set up by his brother-in-law, Ondas, with the only other family within miles. Asa continually attempts to impress the family in order to gain their daughter Tulpan's affection; he boastfully spins tales of courage in the face of exotic sea creatures and offers the family a laughable dowry and a tacky plastic chandelier. Asa's efforts are stymied by her parents, who find him unsuitable, and by Tulpan, who is turned off by his big ears. Asa is also not an experienced herdsman, which causes conflict between him and Ondas, who treats him little better than his children. What follows sees Asa furthering his quest for love and balancing the harsh demands of the steppe with those of his dreams, while routinely contemplating moving to the city.
Unlike most ethnographic cinema, Tulpan devises a formal strategy that makes the film about aesthetic concerns in addition to its sociological ones. Dvortsevoy's tendency to let the camera roll with the hopes of capturing some unexpected sliver of reality pays off on many occasions. His cinema vérité approach frequently yields un-choreographed scenes that unfold as uninterrupted takes; a quality that only adds to the impression that we're getting an unfiltered glimpse at a foreign culture and an immediate and vivid picture of the unforgiving life of nomadic shepherds on the steppe. Dvortsevoy's camera captures the human comedy intrinsic in the characters' defiance of their fates, finding quotidian grace in the simple act of survival and natural community.
Although Tulpan portrays an unfamiliar world, Dvortsevoy taps into the universality of his story by imbuing it with gentle humor and populating the narrative with distinctive, memorable characters, from Asa's breast-obssessed best friend, to the steppe veterinarian who hauls a bandaged baby camel in a motorcycle ambulance while being followed everywhere by the camel's mother. A fantastic 10-minute set piece in which a baby lamb is born, nearly dies, and is revived-is one of the great cinematic moments of recent years, capturing life at its most vital. Despite a seeming lack of artifice, Dvortsevoy skillfully shapes this material and as Tulpan unfolds, it reveals itself to be both more controlled and more structured than it does at first glance.
Tulpan's incredible sights and sounds could not have been created by conventional fiction filmmaking means. Cinematographer Jolanta Dylewska's camera encompasses most scenes in full, with minimal interference by cutting. This is not an attempt at static stylistic minimalism-the camera instead moves freely through each scene, darting back and forth and moving inward and outward to give focus to or detract focus from certain details. This choice allows for full immersion into Tulpan's authentic yet singular world, forcing the camera to move about as if we were observing everything in the moment with these characters.
Tulpan has plenty of spectacular sequences—either the product of masterful blocking and animal-wrangling or of miraculous serendipity—but mostly it's a small story about family and of bending your dreams to fit with what you actually have. We admire these characters for living a life most of us are not strong enough to bear, and for supporting their family and community no matter the hardships, confronting their daily tribulations without complaint. {Tulpan} shows us an area seldom seen on movie screens, and because it manages to remain entertaining and, in many instances, thrilling, it stands as a noteworthy achievement and a unique cinematic experience that has no equivalent in any other film.


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Renting a bicycle in Siem Reap is very cheap (our hotel had some free of charge), at the Sister Srey Cafe you can ge one for $5 per day (these are fancy lilac-coloured bikes with a basket in front).
We rode around with no direction and stumbled upon a buddhist school (?). Dropped the bikes and walked around – such a blissful atmosphere!
Some peaceful meditation.
Then went to buy postcards at a local book store and had some coffee while writing them. See the 4 bicycles at the bottom left? That's the Sister Srey's rental. Told you they are nice :-)
Oh, and here's a nice Khmer food spot I forgot to show you in the earlier post – it's right behind the market and further across the street from the Blue Pumpkin.
They have nice interior, huge menu (those books up there really are the menu) and good local food.
I'll be going to Bali soon and will be posting updates on Instagram, so follow me there and stay tuned!
Oh, and to answer the initial question, yes, cycling in Siem Reap is safe and you should totally do it. Go for it. It's really really safe. If you know how to ride a bicycle and if you're not drunk or anything, you'll be fine.


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Habits are the things we think, feel and do automatically, without a conscious intention. So much so, in fact, we are often unaware of certain habits altogether.
Most people are familiar with the idea of good and bad behavioural habits, like exercising every day, or smoking. Not everyone realises that we also form habitual ways of thinking and feeling and that habitual thinking patterns lead to habitual feelings. This is all great, if the feelings you end up with are the feelings you want. But when people feel bad, all too often they have no idea how it happened.
People just end up feeling bad without realising what prompted the bad feelings.
But it gets worse.
People who feel bad, quite reasonably, start asking why they are feeling bad. The problem is, people rarely realise it was just some negative, habitual way of thinking and so they start to 'blame' other causes, like partners, their job, their children, politicians, depression, their childhood, anxiety, the weather, other drivers or just 'fate'. By attributing bad feelings to other causes they stop taking responsibility for their own thoughts and feelings. At this point some people can really lose control over what happens to them and how they feel.
To change any habit, be it a behaviour like smoking or nail biting, negative thinking or feeling, the first thing we have to do is become aware of the structure of the habit. Once we know how we are keeping the habit going, we can we change it.
There are lots of really effective ways of speeding up the process of acquiring new and more positive habits. In fact, to get rid of any bad habit, it is always a good idea to replace it with a better one. It gives us something positive to focus on instead.
If you want to break a bad habit and create a better one, fill in the contact form to make an appointment with me, Harvey Taylor, here in Bournemouth or call me on 07974 228396.


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Psychotherapy may be effective for
people who have severe pain caused by
irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Psychotherapy involves talking with a
mental health professional about emotional and psychological problems that may
trigger symptoms of IBS. Religious or spiritual advisers may offer similar
help. Family therapy and support groups also may help in the treatment of
Psychological treatment methods may be more effective
if used along with other treatments, such as diet modification, stress
reduction, and sometimes medicine. People with symptoms of IBS who may have
success with these treatments include people who have:1
People who do not think that psychological factors play a role in
triggering their symptoms may not respond to psychotherapy. Also, people
who have constipation and abdominal bloating as their main symptoms may not
respond to psychotherapy as well as those who have diarrhea and pain.
CitationsTack J (2006). Irritable bowel syndrome. In MM Wolfe
et al., eds., Therapy of Digestive Disorders, 2nd ed.,
pp. 701–710. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
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Today we close our doors to the #ELLEBeautyCupboard at Bestival, ready to return to our London headquarters. Within the 1.440 minutes the cupboard doors were open, 397 festival go-ers came through our doors, 3,573 products were given away and 362 songs were played by our resident DJ, Richard.
It's been an unforgettable weekend. From the steps of the #ELLEBeautyCupboard you have one of the best views of the festival: we've shaken it off to a roaming drum troop, caught the heady-hazy mood of the Summer of Love-themed parade as it passed and sung along to the likes of Lianne Las Havas, Charlie XCX, Little Dragon and Kate Tempset on the main stage.
And of course, what's been going on inside the #ELLEBeautyCupboard has been a riot too. In addition to some exceptional costumes (think flower power and a whole lot of sequins) for us, it's been all about the make-up.
Each day we've offered our guests the choice of 4 bespoke beauty looks, inspired by the Summer of Love. Rimmel London's make-up artists kicked off day one with a bold electric blue eyeliner flick, then got into the swing of things with a 60s doe eye on day two, before toning it down with a bronzed smokey eye on day three. The finale? A dramatic feline flick, complimented by heavy dashes on the lower lash line. You could say we're ending things with a bang.


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Where is Liuzhou?
Liuzhou belongs to the Northern edge of China's subtropical zone in north-central Guangxi Province, on the south-west side of Guilin.
How do I get to Liuzhou?
By plane: The closest airport is Liuzhou Bailian Airport which is 40 min cab ride to event location. For international flights, you can transfer from Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Kunming, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Xiamen to Liuzhou.
You can choose Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and China Express Airlines.
By Train: Liuzhou has extensive rail connections with the rest of China. You can reach Liuzhou Train station from Guilin with High Speed Rail in 1h, from Nanning with High Speed Rail or Bullet Train in 1.5h and from Guangzhou with the bullet train in 4.5h.
Liuzhou train station is 20 min cab ride from event location.
Please contact [email protected] for more information.
Do I need a Visa to travel to China and how do I apply?
To visit China, athletes must have a valid passport (with a validity of at least six months before expiration), as well as a 30-day tourist visa.
All athletes are advised to get up-to-date information from their Chinese consulate or embassy before traveling, as the procedure changes slightly according to the country you are applying in. In most cases, a passport, 2 inch photo, flight tickets and/or hotel booking will suffice. For the destination address, athletes can put the hotel or the location of the venue. Athletes may also provide their registration confirmation letter from Active as invitation letter. Visa processing usually takes 5-10 working days, but we kindly suggest all the athletes to apply it earlier. If needed, write to [email protected] for additional support.
How long does it take to drive from the International Airport to Liuzhou event venue?
It will take about 45 minutes without traffic.
What do I do when I arrive in Liuzhou?
Athletes must first go to Athlete Check-in to get their race packet. Once checked in, they can follow event schedule time for bike check in and race day activities.
*Please visit event schedule page to learn more about times and locations.
Can I access Google, Facebook, Twitter and other social media websites while in China?
Sorry, you won't be able to access Google, Facebook, Twitter in China unless you have VPN.
Do I need travel insurance when traveling to China?
All athletes visiting China are strongly encouraged to purchase an international medical insurance policy before arrival in China. Such a policy should include coverage for participation in athletic events and coverage for the People's Republic of China(PRC). Emergency medical treatment is not free for foreign visitors to China, Treatment at any medical facility in China requires payment at the time of care.
Where is the best place to stay for the event?
The closest hotels to the venue are:
Wanda Realm Liuzhou – Official Hotel
+86 (0772) 3038 888
No.256, Donghuan Avenue, Liuzhou
Radisson Blue Hotel Liuzhou – 800m to the vunue
Building 1, Sunshine 100 City 2 Guizhong Avenue 545006 Liuzhou, Guangxi China
Liuzhou Hotel
No. 1 Friendship Road, City District, Liuzhou
Do I need vaccinations to travel to China?
The only vaccine required by international regulations is yellow fever.
Proof of vaccination against yellow fever is only required if you have visited a country in the yellow fever zone within the six days prior to entering China. If you are traveling to China directly from South America or Africa, please check with a travel clinic as to whether you need a yellow fever vaccination.
Will the airlines transport my bike? If so, what is the standard fee?
Yes, airlines will transport your bike but it will be considered oversized luggage. The bike must be disassembled in a box or special bike bag. *Most airlines will apply an extra fee.
For more information:
Air China: http://www.airchina.com.cn/en/info/travel-prep/baggage/check-in-baggage/checked_in.shtml
China Southern Airlines: http://www.csair.com/en/tourguide/luggage_service/special_baggage/sports_equipments/index.shtml
Do I need to pack my bike for the airline flight?
Yes. According to airlines policy, bikes must be packed well for shipping.
If you purchase a travel package, this will give you access to the airport pick-up service, which will transfer you and your bike from the arrival airport to your hotel.
Do I need bring my CO2 cartridges for my bike?
NO, you should not bring CO2 cartridges to China as they will be confiscated at airport. CO2 cartridges will be available for purchase at the official merchandise store or bike tech area in IRONMAN Village.
Which currency is used in China?
Chinese Yuan also known as RMB. We suggest to change your currency at a Bank of China or an ICBC.
Will my credit card work in China?
International credit cards are NOT accepted in the majority of restaurants, shops and supermarkets. Once you arrive in China, it is strongly suggested to withdraw cash from ATM of Chinese National Banks such as BANK OF CHINA, ICBC, CHINA COMMUNICATION BACK, CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK. You can also exchange currency at International Airports. Please be aware that in Liuzhou Airport there is no currency exchange service.
How far is Liuzhou from Beijing?
Liuzhou is 1749 km (1087 miles) away from Beijing. It takes 2.5 hours by flight or 7 hours by high speed train.
Will most people at the hotels and the race staff speak English?
Yes, there will be English speaking staff.
What are the must-see sights in China?
We suggest the following sights in the below cities:


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Purebred Connections: An SPCR Newsletter (December 2016)
News from around the rescue
SPCR: How it all started…
For SPCR Director and Founder, Kirsten Kranz, it started with a broken little cat named Simon. Simon was a red Somali, a rare breed that is seldom seen outside the halls of any given cat show. He was dealt a bad hand and ended up in an overwhelmed humane society that didn't recognize his breed, only that he was sick, thin and crawling with fleas. And his head was seemingly crooked. As it turned out, Simon's head was permanently tilted from an unresolved ear infection, and he limped from a bad declaw.
Upon meeting Simon, Kirsten was heartbroken that such a delicate creature, bred specifically for the traits to be a companion animal, had been neglected almost to death. Immediately, Kirsten and her husband, Jim, adopted Simon and adored him. Simon and Kirsten healed each other's broken hearts.
As a long-time volunteer with several local humane societies, Kirsten was well versed with the limitations that plague every shelter. There is never enough time, resources or money to go around. At the same time, the early nineties saw the start of the rescue movement as we know it today. Rescue groups were forming for every breed of dog, but nothing for cats. After rescuing Simon, a purebred Somali that nobody wanted, Kirsten was inspired to create a purebred rescue group, and SPCR was born.
"In my work in local shelters, I had seen Persians come in sick with matted hair and wind up euthanized because there was no money or knowledge to care for them. High-strung Siamese went crazy in cages and were often put down due to personality issues. Something had to be done." – Kirsten Kranz, Founder, SPCR
Very quickly, news of neglected Persians, Himalayans, Ragdolls, Siamese and more came from shelters and owners throughout the Midwest. And SPCR was open to taking them all in and placing them in loving foster homes, while working to adopt the cats out to loving forever homes. Over the years, volunteers and foster homes opened their doors and hearts, offering transports, homes, donations and tremendous support for the rescue. Today, SPCR has expanded to help non-purebred shelter cats as well, including those with special needs such as blindness, amputated limbs and burn victims. The rescue also accommodates Persians and other purebreds from partnering animal welfare organizations in Egypt, Qatar and Kuwait.
Simon only lived five short years with Kirsten, but his loving, forgiving personality indirectly enabled thousands of otherwise un-adoptable cats to find their perfect families. On average, SPCR processes more than 600 adoptions each year. And it all started with a little Somali cat named Simon.
Pictured on the right – Kirsten and Jim Kranz with one of their current fur babies, Poppy.
Dolce & Gigi: Exotics surrendered to a happy home
It's a tragic story when someone does not have the capacity or resources to care for their animals anymore. Many times this leads to owner surrender, with the human trying to do right by the animals and find the best home possible. SPCR deals with many owner surrenders, and it's an important service to ensure the cats are not abandoned. Exotics Dolce and Gigi are two such cats. Jackie Campagnola, a very active member of the SPCR community, had a fortuitous meeting with a groomer who had a customer that owned Dolce and Gigi. The customer had come into a situation where she could not care for them anymore. Jackie connected the groomer and her customer to SPCR, and the cats were seamlessly moved to SPCR to await their new home.
It's a small cat world
Jackie is also a SPCR Angel for John and Carolyn Tobin. Carolyn mentioned that she was working with someone who was thinking about surrendering her cats to SPCR. After hearing the details, Jackie realized that those cats were the same two exotics that she heard about from her groomer. The cats were officially surrendered, and within days, John and Carolyn welcomed the Dolce and Gigi into their home, providing the cats with a loving new family. It's a small world in the purebred cat community. Former owner, groomer and the new parents of Dolce and Gigi couldn't be happier with the way everything worked out.
SPCR Angel Program
If you do not have the time or resources to be a foster, the SPCR Angel program might be perfect for you. The SPCR Angel program serves to develop relationships between the rescue and people who cannot foster. Angels can help foster families with cat food and other supplies, while staying up to date on the cats they are supporting.
The Campagnolo family are Angels to John and Carolyn Tobin. The Campagnolo's have six cats through SPCR but cannot foster. During the time that they have been SPCR Angels for John and Carolyn, a fruitful friendship has blossomed. In addition to providing cat toys, beds and food, the Campagnolo's have cheered their victories and adoption stories and mourned their losses and hardships. The Campagnolo's provide a support system to the Tobin's and the Tobin's reciprocate with friendship and encouragement for the Campagnolo's.
Fostering is not for the faint of heart and both John and Carolyn have had many successes, along with sadness and loss. The Angel program allows the Campagnolo's to live vicariously through John and Carolyn's work and to feel like they are part of the SPCR foster family. Participating in the SPCR Angel program has been extremely fulfilling for the Campagnolo's, enabling them to support the rescue in different ways and rewarding ways. If you would like more information on becoming an SPCR ANGEL, contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Cat Spotlight: Prada
Prada is a 10 month old Bengal who came to SPCR with two very badly broken legs. We believe that she may have fallen out of a window. She has had surgery at a specialty clinic and is doing well.
Please donate to her care! You can do this through the donation button or by snail mail to SPCR, P.O. Box 132, Somers, WI 53171.
We want to thank everyone who has donated. Reading your thoughtful notes and kind words for this little girl makes our hearts sing.
End of the Year Giving
During this holiday season, we ask that you consider supporting SPCR. Every dollar goes towards the cats of SPCR. Donations are tax deductible. Everyday we have new challenges to rescue these beautiful creatures. Thank you for thinking of us this Christmas!
Thank You!!!
People ask, "How can you do this?" And we say, "This is what we do." We find joy in seeing a sick little kitten take its first steps back to health from chronic illness. We delight in seeing new kitty moms and dads when they see their new fur babies for the first time. We find comfort when a foster cat first pushes its head into our hands for affection.
We thank you for all the support you have given us for what we do through the years.


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Factors in College Admissions
There are a number of factors in college admissions decisions. There are SAT or ACT scores. There are grades. There's course selection. There are teacher letters of recommendation. And the guidance counselor letter of recommendation. And talent outside of the classroom. And extracurriculars. And college interviews. And college essays. And Subject Test scores. And AP scores. And demonstrated interest in the college to which the student is applying. The list is quite a long one. What we've mentioned above absolutely isn't everything. It's simply a sampling.
NACAC, the National Association for College Admission Counseling, to which the Founder of Ivy Coach is a member in good standing, surveyed a number of admissions officers for their "2011 State of College Admission Report" and they were able to rate which factors in college admissions are most important. What better way to show you the significance of these college admissions factors than through an infographic prepared by "StudentAdvisor."
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CNN editor fired after tweeting 'respect for Hezbollah giant'
Octavia Nasr, a 20-year CNN veteran based in Atlanta, wrote on Twitter that she respected the Grand Ayatollah Mohaamed Hussein Fadlallah, who died in Beirut on Sunday.
CNN has fired a senior editor for Middle East news after she published a Twitter message that said she respected a Lebanese Shi'ite cleric branded a terrorist by the United States, U.S. and British media said on Thursday.
The Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, one of Shi'ite Islam's highest religious authorities and an early mentor of the militant group Hezbollah, died in Beirut on Sunday.
Octavia Nasr, a 20-year CNN veteran based in Atlanta, wrote on Twitter: "Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah ... One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot," the New York Times reported.
Some supporters of Israel saw the Twitter posting almost immediately and took issue with it, the Times said. CNN officials were not immediately available to speak to Reuters.
The Times cited Parisa Khosravi, the senior vice president for CNN International Newsgathering, as saying in an internal memorandum that she "had a conversation" with Nasr and that "we have decided that she will be leaving the company".
Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah speaking in Beirut, April 14, 2009.
Photo by: AP
Fadlallah was a supporter of Iran's Islamic Revolution and one of the first backers of the Iraqi Dawa Party of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. He was also the spiritual leader and mentor of Hezbollah when it was formed after Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, though he later distanced himself from its ties with Iran.
CNN officials became aware of Nasr's message on Monday, and a spokesman said on Tuesday that it was an "error of judgment" on her part, the Times reported.
"CNN regrets any offense her Twitter message caused. It did not meet CNN's editorial standards. This is a serious matter and will be dealt with accordingly," the spokesman said, according to the Times.
The BBC report said that Nasr wrote in a blog post on Tuesday:
"Reaction to my tweet was immediate, overwhelming and provides a good lesson on why 140 characters should not be used to comment on controversial or sensitive issues, especially those dealing with the Middle East."


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In the first of a two-part review of new projects on the drawing board or on site, we highlight commercial and residential projects.Next week we focus on leisure, educational and transport schemes.The projects illustrate the diversity and energy of contemporary British architecture
STURGIS & CO ARCHITECTS The project, in Westbourne Terrace, west London, will transform the headquarters of advertising agency Bates and provide a new reception area which represents the company culture. The new reception area comprises a 20m long glass 'action zone'set within a simple concrete enclosure.The main focus of the space is a media wall with plasma screens, animated text and static display acting as a showcase for the company's many media products. The glass theme includes areas of glass floor tiles and suspended glass at ceiling level. Office areas are to be transformed to produce a creative working environment for the advertising agency.
ALAN POWER ARCHITECTS The project comprises three speculative warehouses with ancillary offices, providing a total of 7,785m 2of space off Purley Way in Croydon. Market trends and a gas main running across the 1.5ha site suggested three individual buildings facing onto a shared service area. The brief required the bulk of each building to be a warehouse with an 8m eaves height with offices along the front of the buildings.The height will allow mezzanines to be inserted and the provision of two separate cores allows subdivision of each building into two if required.
Each building has its own character, with common elements to provide a sense of unity.
The budget was £430 per m 2.Structural engineer is the Michael Blacker Partnership; M&E engineer is BSEC Design.
SATELLITE DESIGN WORKSHOP An office building in Islington is to be clad in a pre-patinated copper skin which forms a continuous envelope folding up the facade facing King's Cross Road and then continues up to form the new roofscape. The metal surface is interrupted by slot windows which wrap round the new extension to allow natural light into the offices. From the boardroom on top of the existing building the service core climbs down through the building as a faceted plywood structure. The proposal consists of 31 serviced office units and one lettable independent unit. Thirty per cent of the building is new build.The client is London Serviced Offices; structural engineer is Michael Barclay Partnership; QS is William Short Associates; and services engineer is Paul Bastick Associates. Planning permission was granted in January.
BROCKLEHURST ARCHITECTS Phase One of a new 10,000m 2headquarters building for computer software company SAS Institute started on site in February.The main office accommodation is contained within two-storey wings, linked by a central nub incorporating the main reception atrium, meeting room, restaurant and kitchen and a distribution centre.The lowenergy development will incorporate environmental control systems such as solar shading, groundwater cooling, grey water recycling and cross and stack ventilation. Woodeson Drury is the QS; Young and Webb the structural engineer; Buro Happold the civil engineer; and Max Fordham and Partners the building services consultant.
Phase One contract value is £14.6 million.The overall project value is approximately £23 million.
FAULKNERBROWNS A new £13.5 million Corus Research Development and Technology Centre will be sited at Waverley Advanced Technology Park, Rotherham. It will replace existing facilities in Rotherham, Teeside and South Wales and incorporate equipment from sites in the UK and Holland. The 4ha site will contain offices and laboratory accommodation for 450 people, with capacity for expansion to hold 600. The construction materials will be mostly metal and be used visibly both internally and externally. Structural engineer is Anthony Hunt Associates; environmental engineer RW Gregory & Partners; and the QS is Gleeds.
STEPHENSON/BELL The proposed office development, which is about to be submitted for planning approval, is on the site of Manchester's legendary Hacienda nightclub. The linear site is bordered by Whitworth Street West to the south and Rochdale Canal to the north. The design strategy is to place all the service and circulation elements to the canalside elevation, thereby allowing the offices maximum visibility of, and impact on, the streetscape.The curved entrance facade is louvred to minimize solar gain and provide horizontal emphasis. The rest of the facade has a more vertical emphasis to complement the adjoining property. The client is Crosby Homes (North West); Buro Happold is the engineer.
STEPHENSON/BELL A proposed retail development for the Co-operative Insurance Society is located in a conservation area in central Manchester. The scheme consists of a large unit B on the first floor, a unit A on the ground and mezzanine levels, and two smaller units replacing the former market centre buildings. Elevations are modulated to reflect the prevailing grain of the city and provide access to all surrounding streets. They consist of Halldale pink sandstone to ground storeys and key fin walls, which signify staircores and entrances, with rendered facades to upper stories. The Market Street elevation is dominated by bowstring truss-supported curtain walling; a perimeter stainless steel clad roof fascia completes the modelling.
Roscoe Capita is the structural engineer; Couch Perry & Wilkes Partnership the services engineer; and WCP Associates the QS. The project is due for completion in late summer.
RICHARD PARTINGTON ARCHITECTS Parkmount Housing on Shore Road, Belfast, is an urban housing scheme designed to provide energy efficient, healthy and costeffective housing. The principal aim of the £3.7 million project is to make optimum use of passive solar energy by paying careful attention to layout, massing and orientation, and by using a photovoltaic installation on the south-facing monopitch roofs. It aims to achieve a BRE EcoHomes rating of 'very good'. The Northern Ireland Housing Executive is sponsoring the project as a catalyst for wider regeneration of the area.
Completion is scheduled for spring 2002. The Carvil Group is the client; Fergus Gilligan & Partners the structural engineer; and Max Fordham Associates the services engineer.
ALISON BROOKS ARCHITECTS A 390m 2conversion and three-storey extension of a Victoria terraced family house in a London conservation area will go on site imminently. The kitchen extension, which houses a living/dining area, is generated by a repeatedly folded sheet of patinated bronze. The bronze enclosure creates a variety of outdoor spaces including a 'courtyard' between the existing house and new extension, covered outdoor portico, and folded plates acting as light reflectors and benches. Fully retractable glazing allows two facades to be fully opened to the garden. Price & Myers is the structural engineer; lighting consultant is Monza Lighting.
GREGORY PHILLIPS ARCHITECTS The brief is to create a variety of housing at Ballinrobe, Co Mayo, Ireland, adjacent to the River Robe. The housing comprises 21 apartments in a converted mill, 21 new houses and the conversion of a rugby club into 12 apartments. The primary design intention of the project is to create a series of linked public spaces forming gardens that connect the housing to the river. A sense of place is another strong objective. The design is also concerned with a contemporary reinterpretation of vernacular west coast of Ireland housing that combines the experience of both modern open plan living with the pragmatic benefits of traditional construction.
Tony Harkin is the QS. The contract value is £5 million.
B CONSULTANTS Perched atop a Victorian warehouse block in Southwark, the curved polycarbonate 'eye' of this rooftop extension, for clients Kate Howard-Smith and Rupert Day, peers out over south London. Living spaces are inside a structure which defines a set of three interlocking volumes of varying intimacy and size.A solid water-cut aluminium staircase connects the new floor with the level below. Space-age energy systems include phase change floating balls - which change from liquid to crystalline state and then release heat - and solar thermal roof pipes. Construction is about to start.
BARLOW HENLEY ARCHITECTS Work has recently started on The Hole, a residential development on a derelict brownfield site overlooking the Floating Harbour in Bristol. Construction of the building has involved the removal of 15,000 tonnes of rock and mudstone from the adjoining cliff face with extensive rock anchoring to allow the development to take place. The design is for 28 one- and two-bedroom south-facing apartments with panoramic views of the harbour and Brunel's steamship, the SS Great Britain.
Completion is due early next year. The client is Wilcon Homes SW and the contract value is £3 million.
GLAS Glas is currently on site with a refurbishment and remodelling of a six-/seven-bedroom villa on the coast at Bexhill on Sea. Inspired by West Coast American beach houses by Neutra and Elwood, the three-storey house is entirely clad in Iroko timber. Internally, the spaces are generously organized according to Modernist principles of 'free-space'planning. Full-height windows frame the spectacular view of the sea, while at the uppermost level a fully folding glazing system allows the terrace and rooms to flow freely into each other. At a planning meeting, a local resident argued emotively for the villa's attributes by claiming the design continued the tradition of the De La Warr Pavilion further down the coast. The project completes in June.
SIMON CONDER ASSOCIATES A new mixed development of 2,450m 2at Eltham, southeast London, provides 10 B1 units, six live and work units and a shared resource centre on a tight backland site. Organized around a central courtyard, the scheme will be largely prefabricated off site to minimize disruption to neighbours. The construction system consists of simple, bolted steel frames clad with a combination of double-glazed transparent and translucent fixed lights, hardwood ventilation panels and external doors and panels of white self-coloured acrylic resin render. The client is Wharf Developments; Price & Myers is the structural engineer.
PIERCY CONNER The building is located in private gardens in a rural district of South Wales.The spa and sauna house was developed as a sensitive response to its programme and immediate surroundings. Set above a stream, the building cantilevers from the embankment to protrude the private zones out into the trees while maintaining privacy from the main gardens and house nearby. The entry point and servicing form a framed passage around an existing footpath across the site and into the woods. Structural engineer is Price & Myers; servicing engineer is Oscar Faber. The cost is £40,000.
The project was submitted for planning approval in March.
RMJM SCOTLAND RMJM has prepared a design for a small house at Wemyss Bay for a site with a long narrow frontage and a dramatic rockface backdrop. The design proposes a mews house located at a cliff base with views over to Arran from its roof garden. The client requires privacy and the house appears to hide behind a wall that frames specific views towards the sea. The architect describes the design as contemporary in its external appearance, enigmatic and theatrical in its understated architecture. The project value is £130,000.
DRDHARCHITECTS Now at tender stage is this Georgian shop conversion in Islington for artist Keith Khan. The gallery, a double-height void, allows light into the basement office. A two-storey concrete wall passes from the basement, where it provides benching, library and storage, through the living space, where it becomes staircase, seat and balcony, finally rising to the bedroom where it opens into a bathing space. Above is a rental maisonette. To the rear a simple glazed portal opens the kitchen to the garden where a lightweight timber box acts as a studio. The structural engineer is Peter Dann; the project value is £160,000.
SIMON CONDER ASSOCIATES This conversion of a group of farm buildings in Northamptonshire is designed to provide a spacious family home. The large stone barn will house the main living areas and sleeping accommodation for the parents, while the smaller brick barn will be used by teenage children and visitors. The project also involves a new swimming pool constructed in steel and glass and a modern garden featuring a flooded courtyard and laser fences. The engineer is Steve Atkinson.
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I think it was Dajuan Mack who has described me clearest in the recent years. I think it was about a week after we met through our pastor after a discussion about theology or something that he said "it is like you've been here before." My theology tells me that is not possible. I think in my learning to accept that my different thinking is not a slight in my value that the word may be urgency. I always hear the clock in my head ticking quicker and thus I have a painful acceptance of the brevity of life. Might be why I get so irritated by making minutia the priority.
As an adjunct professor I found you get discounts from time to time. I ran across this book from a publisher entitled 99 Things to Do between Here and Heaven (http://www.amazon.com/99-Things-between-Here-Heaven/dp/0664233244) by Kathleen Bostrom and Peter Graystone. It certainly has a catholic bent with some of the items but overall I think they are worth consideration. The title is fairly self-explanatory but the content format is impressive. Each topic has supporting questions and explanations: How to do it? What Should I expect? Do's and Don'ts, What you should be thinking about (not thinking about) and Scriptures related to the event. Items include things like Watch the Sun Rise, Bake Bread, Bury a Time Capsule, Visit a nursing home and others. Some of which for some will be completely new. Many of these for myself will be things I have done but taking a look at them from another perspective.
I have a few things to do with the time I have left. Not a bucket list. I believe they are things that have intrinsic value to my journey and will help me grow up (because I definitely need to grow up.) I want to take my son on his first train trip (but I keep hesitating until I'm certain that he will remember it), learn latin, visit an Eastern Orthodox church, come up with an original thought good enough that would be people wasting their time to read in a book, and know with no equivocations that I have been used to make someone happy. In the meantime I will be using this book also.
Some brothers got a hold of it and apparently they have decided to join me. Our first on the list is "watch the Sun Rise" which we plan to do this Saturday November 12. Cloudy or not we will be gathering at about 6:30 A.M. at the walking bridge over 71 Hwy by Bannister Road.
Here are a few snippets from item 1. Watch the Sun Rise:
What Should I Expect? Reflect on the goodness of God the creator, who has made the plan both complex and beautiful. Thank God that the display is constant and commonplace, but also magnificent and full of wonder adjectives that could also describe God.
Don't- be disappointed if an overcast sky means the colors are mainly gray
You are most likely to think: To have a God with the ability to create a world in which life is possible is wonderful
You are most likely not to think: "The display in front of me is the result of the diffraction of light through the haphazard weather as the planet turns on its axis in this godless universe."
Hosea 6
1 "Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. 3 Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth."
The date I saw the sun rise?
Where, and who else was there?
The Colors I saw?
What I will remember between here and heaven?


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Deeper freeze might impact load limits
Load limit restrictions might be in effect for a longer period this spring, thanks to this winter's multiple arctic blasts.
"The frost is deeper and more dense than normal years," said Jerry Byrne, Kent County Road Commission director of maintenance.
Byrne said one positive aspect of this year's early snowfall is the frost is mostly only under the pavement. That means it should be pulled out of the ground quicker once the thaw begins.
The Road Commission is taking regular frost readings, he said, which will help determine when to institute this year's weight restrictions and, eventually, when to end them.
"Restrictions go on every year," Byrne said. "It's just a matter of when they go on and how long they stay on, and that is all dictated by the weather."
The weight restrictions call for a 35 percent reduction on roads that are asphalt and a 25 percent reduction on concrete routes.
Byrne said transportation and construction businesses already are calling the Road Commission for predictions of when the weight restrictions will go into effect this year. Many of the larger businesses also are doing their own monitoring to help prepare for spring.
"Some even run computer programs that help indicate when you should put weight restrictions on," he said. "So the private side is watching it as closely or more closely than we do."
Matt LaRue, senior project manager at Bultsma Excavating, said having weight restrictions in effect for a longer period will impact businesses like his, and even just having the restrictions go into effect later in the spring than would be typical will have some degree of impact on projects.
That's because it affects project schedules and rental equipment timelines, among other things.
"A lot of owners are understanding," he said. "Everybody is being flexible right now."
Reg Klooster, general manager at Grand Rapids Gravel, doesn't expect longer weight restrictions to be much of an issue for his company because most of its jobs this spring don't require drivers to travel class B roadways, which he said are where the weight restrictions are involved.
"The only way it affects you is if you are on class B roads; if you are running Class A roads you are all set," he said.
"If you are in the residential market it could hurt you more. You could have a 40-yard wall for a home and instead of taking four trucks, you could double that to get it done, and that certainly costs the ready-mix companies some money."
LaRue also mentioned that when weight restrictions are in force for longer periods and potholes are more of a concern, enforcement increases. He expects many more trucks will be pulled over this year to verify they are following weight restrictions.
Roads controlled by the Michigan Department of Transportation might fare a little better than country roads.
"Right now, it's (frost) in the 42- to 46-inch range, which is pretty normal for Kent County this time of year," said John Richard, MDOT communications representative.
MDOT only has a handful of seasonal roads.
"MDOT routes are U.S., M and I routes," he said. "We don't have a whole lot of seasonal roads; that is mainly on the local system, like the county road commission, the city and villages — more out in the rural part of the state."
Weight restrictions will be the lesser concern for both MDOT and the Kent County Road Commission, however.
"Our biggest concern is what the thaw is going to do to the conditions of the pavement," Byrne said.
There is the expectation that weather conditions might result in a bad spring breakup, which means the roads will be left in a horrific state. Drivers should expect massive potholes along their daily commutes.
"If we have a bad spring breakup, we also have more than 300 miles of gravel roads in this county," Byrne said. "When the blacktops go bad, the gravel looks worse; the bottom goes out and we have to close them. Sometimes you can't even get through them."
The last bad spring breakup occurred in 2008, he said.
Most likely the Road Commission and MDOT will be left patching the roads in what is referred to as a checkerboard fashion.
"We are going to do a lot more temporary type repairs," he said. "Instead of repaving three miles of road, we may do spot repairs on 10 miles."
It will likely be another two months before that repair work can even start, however.
Money continues to be an issue for Michigan's roadways, and this winter isn't going to help that situation. "We've spent our winter maintenance budget — we're a little over $1 million — so that concerns us," Byrne said.
Legislators are trying to work out a funding bill that will help alleviate some of the strain on the transportation agencies due to the expensive winter, but it's unclear how much money will be allocated and the bill is moving slower than expected.
"I think the big story is just the continued under-investment in roads and bridges statewide," Richard said. "That is not just the state routes but the county road commissions and the cities and villages.
"If you think the roads are bad now, just wait. It's going to continue to get worse and worse."
Richard said checkerboard fixes are not a good solution and the state has to figure out how to fund more permanent repairs to its deteriorating infrastructure — something that has been echoed repeatedly by Gov. Rick Snyder.
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Former Executive Editor and Publisher of The Dallas Morning News Burl Osborne Dies at 75
By: Joe Simnacher | The Dallas Morning News
Burl Osborne, who led The Dallas Morning News to a come-from-behind victory in one of the last great newspaper wars, died late Wednesday at UT Southwestern University Hospital. He was 75.
Mr. Osborne woke up not feeling well Wednesday. His death was not related to his kidney transplants, his family said.
During 21 years under his guidance, The News gained national prominence, collected a string of Pulitzer Prizes and set a benchmark for profitability in the newspaper industry.


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Technology has transformed the way people live their everyday lives while also overhauling the business world. Helping to minimise errors and automate processes, technology has certainly helped businesses thrive. And digital mailrooms, although a relatively new addition, have been at the front of that change for many firms in recent years.
Digital mailrooms essentially make light work of incoming mail. Employees no longer have to spend time opening mail manually, instead it is sent directly to their email inbox for them to view, action or delete. And Pearl Scan, one of the country's leading document scanning companies, has highlighted why they have become such a popular addition to workforces around the county.
Naveed Ashraf, Managing Director at Pearl Scan Group, says, "Digital mailrooms bring numerous benefits to businesses – no matter what sector they are in or how big the business is. The obvious, and most celebrated benefit, is the time they free up for employees. This time is then able to be used elsewhere within a business, such as helping to develop new ideas that can help it to grow."
In a progressively competitive marketplace, freeing up employee time is imperative for businesses in order to increase their competitive edge and cement their company. For example if employees are not wasting time undertaking menial tasks, such as distributing and opening post, they are able to use their energy into thinking about new, creative and original ideas that can help to drive a business forward. And what business doesn't want that?
Aside from giving employees the time and space to get their creative juices flowing, digital mailrooms also reduce operational costs as businesses will no longer have to hire multiple mail room clerks to sort through the post. Reducing the reliance on manual processes, digital mailrooms are more efficient, yet use less labour.
"Implementing a digital mailroom can also bring countless benefits to a company's customer base by automatically prioritising and sending crucial and time sensitive information in an instant, which can then improve its service levels to existing customers, added Naveed. "A digital mailroom's bottom line is to bring efficiency improvements by getting customer information to where it is needed within the business quicker than doing so manually."
With a traditional mailroom, sometimes post can take days to physically reach the recipient. However with a digital mailroom, this information and data is available in a matter of minutes meaning customer queries and requests can be dealt with as soon as possible. Not only does this improve the offering to customers by not leaving them waiting for long periods of time, but can also help to stop them veering off to a competitor.
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Loving Hut was created with a vision that all beings could live in peace, love and harmony with each other and the planet. Loving Hut chain restaurants are newly opening around the world. It is an invitation to gourmet cuisine made with wholesome vegan ingredients, offering an accessible starting point for those making the noble transition to a plant-based diet.
Loving Hut is currently the fastest growing International vegan fast food chain in the world with branches in Milpitas, Palo Alto and San Francisco. Internationally, branches are currently open in Formosa (Taiwan), Au Lac (Vietnam), Singapore, Indonesia, Tokyo and Hong Kong. More branches will be opening in various locations all around the world in the coming months.
Loving Hut is a beacon of light for an alternative way of living to achieve World Vegan, World Peace. While striving to make Our Vision a reality, we continually focus on improving our Core Values.
HEALTHY: Serve delicious 100% plant-based meals using only natural and healthy ingredients.
COMPASSION: Honor all lives to live in peace & harmony together.
GREEN: Respect & protect Mother Earth through sustainable practices including by being vegan.
SERVICE: Treat each customer as a VIP, a friend and a partner.
HAPPINESS: Provide joyful experiences for customers, employees, friends, and families.
LOYALTY: Make Loving Hut a destination of choice for all.
Each Loving Hut has a different menu & different hours.
Please contact your local Loving Hut for more information.
Our food is prepared & shared with equipment & surfaces that may contain traces of gluten, soy, or peanuts. We cannot guarantee our dishes to be 100% free of gluten, soy, or peanuts.
Please inform your Loving Hut server of any allergies that you may have before ordering your meal.
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Q: Why are the menus different at every Loving Hut?
A: Every city is unique and thus we believe in giving our Loving Huts' chefs the freedom to create great local dishes and entrees. We want to bring out the best of all cultures and show that vegan dishes are not only healthy but great tasting too.
Q: What are the hours different at each Loving Hut?
A: Each Loving Hut has unique situations & customer traffic times, so they have the freedom to make hours that works best for them & their community.
Q: Why are there Loving Huts that is Fast Food or Full Service Dining?
A: There are locations that serves Fast Food, Casual Counter Service or Full Service Dining. We give the freedom to the operators to choose the best service that fits their team, environment, restaurant, and community.
Q: How is your food so affordable?
A: The vegan diet is great for environment, health and shows compassion for all lives. Unfortunately, healthy choices by itself is not good enough. We recognized that the food must also be affordable for it to be everyone's food of choice.
Q: How is Supreme Master Ching Hai involved?
A: Supreme Master Ching Hai is the innovator for Loving Hut vegan concept. She wants to help the world with a more compassionate and noble way of living by providing easy access to great vegan food all over the world.
Q: Where is your nutritional information?
A: At this time, we do not have nutritional information since each & every Loving Hut has a unique & different menu. We are in the process of finding ways to provide more nutritional information.
Q: How do I start my own Loving Hut?
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What to contact Loving Hut USA? Please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
What to contact an individual location? Please click on the location's link www.lovinghut.us/locations or visit the individual location page for the email address.
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Andrew Hamlin 2 p.m., Nov. 14
Canes is finished. After 13 years, Eric Leitstein, owner of the beachfront venue that hosted artists such as Prince, Linkin Park, Maroon Five, and Snoop Dogg, has been informed that his lease will not be renewed. Though Canes sits on city property, the lease for the Belmont Park complex is held by Tom Lochtefeld, who controls the WaveHouse business adjacent to Canes. In 2006, the WaveHouse hired local talent buyers and started booking national acts for its outdoor summer concert series. The WaveHouse initiated an aggressive booking policy, going after many of the acts (Ozomatli, Unwritten Law, Eek-A-Mouse) that regularly played Canes.
Leitstein did not want to go into specifics, only stating that the club "won't be Canes anymore." He says some 80 employees will be displaced when his club closes November 1. He would not disclose whether or not he would sell his liquor license to Lochtefeld. He says it was his quality staff and great relationships that allowed Canes to succeed where four other businesses failed. He says the building previously housed Belmont's at the Beach, the Hop, Chillers, and Sirens.
"Anyone who saw the De La Soul show [at the WaveHouse] would understand why the WaveHouse would want to take over Canes," says a music-industry insider who did not want to be identified. "The sound was terrible. I don't think the WaveHouse is set up for live bands.… They need Canes to host bands." He says he remembers when Canes did not have such a good reputation. "They used to have these real abusive bouncers. They were all juiced up, and they used to be on a huge power trip. I remember when a lot of local punks boycotted that place. But that was back in 2000, 2002. Canes cleaned up its act over the past few years…but [Leitstein] got muscled out."
A farewell party is being planned for October 27, and the last headliner to perform at Canes will be Jamaican band Inner Circle on October 30.
What a DRAG! Canes has been a great venue for great bands, and just 20 feet from the beach! I still have a poster on my bedroom wall that was stolen from the men's room. Oct 30th will be a saaaad day.
Don't lerave out "The Red Onion" which was where the WaveHouse sits right now.
I remember when Belmont Park sneaked through the permit process with the help of clowncilman Mike Gotch, and it has been a White Elephant ever since they made it a "shopping center" 22 years ago.
From Spoon to Snow Patrol & favorites like Tainted Love I'll miss this place. Even if the venue is taken over by Wavehouse the bar itself had it's own non-corporate vibe that can't be replaced.
I'll do my best on my site to keep a regular posting of shows coming up, but will miss this place!
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Just when I thought I was in a country full of edible delights, delicious pastries, pastas, cheeses, and wines, I come across a cheese that I only imagined to be true in my most vivid nightmares: Casu Marzu.
Coming from the beautiful and enchanting island of Sardinia, off the west coast of central Italy, Casu Marzu is considered a traditional delicacy. Let us first deconstruct the cheese's name…..
Casu Marzu, is Sardinian dialect for rotten cheese (in Italian formaggio marcio). Rotten?! Absolutely. Though the cheese starts as a pleasant and delicious form of Pecorino, it then undergoes various processes of decomposition by being left outside for extended periods in order to reach its final and 'perfected' state. When the cheese is in it's advanced stages of decomposition, the eggs of the Phiophila Casei larva species are implanted into the cheese and allowed to hatch. mmmm worms.
The worms are an essential part of the development of the cheese's texture and taste. It is thought that as these larvae hatch and begin to eat through the cheese, they break down the cheese's fats giving it an extremely soft and unique texture. The taste of the cheese has been compared to an extremely ripe gorgonzola…only without the blue veins and of course, the sanitary guarantee.
Aside from the disgusting, the cheese has been the topic of much controversy in Italy in the rest of Europe regarding issues of sanitary health and legality. It has been found that mass consumption (or any consumption in my opinion) of Piophila Casei larvae can cause various health concerns, including vomiting, bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, and gastric lesions. This is because this particular breed of larvae is somewhat resistant to human stomach acids, allowing them to live and reproduce for extended periods within the gastric system!!!
Regardless of its legal state, this cheese is continued to be produced in Sardegna, and can be found on the black market for double the cost of normal Pecorino cheese.
If that doesn't tempt you enough, Casu Marzu might be the world's only cheese that requires protective eye-wear. Casu Marzu is considered toxic if the larvae inside have died and fermented, therefore it is required that this cheese is eaten while the worms are still alive. It is important to note however, that these worms have the capacity to jump has high as 6 inches. If they make contact with the eye, they may lay eggs immediately and cause further vision concerns. Because of this minor detail, many prefer to place their slice of Casu Marzu in a paper bag in order to suffocate the living worms. Once the popping sounds of the larvae hitting the bag have subsided, the cheese is safe to eat.
I don't know if this cheese concerns anyone else, but there is a distinct possibility that I will have to eat this next week on my field trip to Sardegna… basically if I don't update in 3 weeks, I am either dead/hospitalized by cause of intestinal worm infestation..
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A group, including two Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) lawmakers and non-governmental organization representatives, entered northern Iraq Tuesday in anticipation of the handover of the Turkish officials kidnapped by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and expected to be freed as part of the ongoing peace process...
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The majority of teaching takes place in whole class lessons of mixed abilities. Work is differentiated by class teachers to ensure that there is support for those who need it, as well as work to challenge and extend the more able and where appropriate classes may include pupils from more than one year group. A variety of approaches to teaching and learning are used within lessons, children work as individuals, in small groups or as a whole class as appropriate to the nature of the learning involved.
The time spent on teaching during a normal week, excluding the statutory daily act of collective worship, registration, lunch and other breaks, is 23 hours and 45 minutes. Teaching time in Reception and Key Stage One is 22 hours and 30 minutes.
School starts at 9am and finishes at 3.30pm
9.00am—9.05am Registration
9.05am—10.35am Teaching session
10.35am—10.55am Break
10-55am—12.15pm Teaching session
12.15pm—1.15pm Lunch
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There is an additional fifteen minute break in the afternoon for Reception and Key Stage One children at 2.15pm.
Class Timetables
Arrangements for the start of the school day
A member of staff, usually the Headteacher will be on duty from 8.45am and will be at the front of the school to meet children arriving on the school buses. Children arrive in school between 8.45 and 9.00am, they proceed directly to the cloakroom and then their classroom where there will be a 'settling' task for them to complete. Learning starts swiftly at 9.00am, typically with a reading session.
Teaching staff will normally be available to see parents briefly from 8.50am. However, lessons will start promptly at 9am. If you wish to speak at length with a member of staff, please make an appointment.
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There is a 20 minute mid-morning break. Children in KS2 may bring a healthy snack, such as a piece of fruit and a drink, which should be separate from their packed lunch. Children in KS1 will be provided with a healthy snack and drink. Children have access to drinking water during the day so many do not bring an additional drink.
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After lunch, all children play outside. There is a range of play equipment available. All pupils play together in a cooperative and caring environment. On very wet days there are indoor games and activities provided for the children.


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The wonder of the world, the beauty and the power, the shapes of things, their colours, lights, shades – these I saw. – Olaus Murie
"Waddell's recent paintings are more atmospheric, with translucent wax medium layers suggesting the drift of grazing animals, transitions of days, and the movement of seasons." ~ Altamira Fine Art I'm
What's Jackson's most memorable art image this year? Jackson's Fall Arts Festival is just around the corner; and so is Old Bill's Fun Run. That means arts organizations are doing
Here in Jackson, it is said, the concept of "America the Beautiful" leaps to life. Images of the Teton Range are everywhere in the media. Yellowstone cups us in its
I can't claim this is a "trailer," because it's not. But that's a trailer, up there. The former "trailer" would be a preview of what the trailer (up there) is
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Here it is, folks. "Yelp for people" app Peeple releases today, allowing smart phone junkies to quantify the human worth of everyone they meet. Oh, joy.
It's just as weird, but now even more irrelevant! Peeple has ditched the five star rating system, giving your review the simple choice of whether to "recommend" a person based on your experience with them. Your total recommendations translate to a "Peeple number." The person reviewed can hide bad reviews and choose which ones to feature.
But wait, there's more! An upcoming monthly "truth" license will nullify those changes completely, allowing customers to view all of the information on a person, hidden and slanderous or not. Yes, you can pay Peeple to get the dirt on your prospective employee, date, or whoever else you're interested in looking up.
If social media wasn't slimy and invasive enough already, Peeple promises to turn it up past 11 toward "Jerry Springer." And in a culture that thrives on deciding who is problematic and who is stunning and brave, I can't help but wonder what use Peeple will have beyond naming and shaming anyone who doesn't tow the current socially fashionable beliefs.
As a dedicated moderate, I'm familiar with offending people on either side of the fence on most issues. Now you can tabulate exactly how awful it is that I don't subscribe to your specific creed with an app!
But Peeple is desperate to both capitalize on their investment and still look as innocent as possible in regards to the obvious predominant use of the platform. According to their official web site, they will not tolerate "profanity, bullying … name calling, degrading comments, abuse, derogatory comments, sexual references, racism, legal references, hateful content, sexism, and other parameters."
It sounds like an ideal space for the "social justice" community circlejerk, or for anyone who thinks that the opinions of strangers about another human being is any sort of metric for that individual's worth. But I guess I'm being redundant.
Mark that down on my Peeple score, I guess.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Surprise! Brownies
This month we were encouraged to make brownies. Yum. I am married to a certifies chocoholic, and my girls seem to be following in his footsteps... Don't get me wrong, I love chocolate. But I am perfectly happy with non-chocolate. Hubby? If there is a choice, chocolate always wins. Always.
I found the recipe on the Sourdough Surprises Pinterest board and got to work.
The batter came together really easily. I loved the way Eve looked going into the chocolaty gooeyness....
So if you still thought that sourdough was only good for breads, let yourself be Surprised at the amazing things you will create with your starter!!
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Yum!! Your brownies look rich and fudge-y and absolutely delicious!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 20, 2013 at 10:55 PM
Oh YUM. I got so caught up in adding stuff to the recipe, next time I think I will make plain chocolate brownies to fully appreciate their awesomeness - 'cause man, they look awesome. I'm with your husband, chocolate always wins!ReplyDelete
Oh my! Your brownies look so ooey-gooey good!ReplyDelete
Your brownies look fantastic! Have a great week and see you next time~Lynn @ Turnips 2 TangerinesReplyDelete
Delicious! Forgot the vanilla, hehe. Add it later, why not!ReplyDelete
I do that too! Make it, eat, it, then forget to post about it. I'm glad you posted these brownies though, because they look brilliant! That perfectly squidgy brownie centre - yum!ReplyDelete
Awesome job, Ruth! Your brownies look SUPERB!!! So gooey and delicious! I think I need one!! :)ReplyDelete
Your brownies look delicious! This has become one of my favorite ways (along with the pasta) to use my starter.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 27, 2013 at 9:41 AM
Wow, Ruth! They look amazing! :)ReplyDelete


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Two Fulton residents received awards during Alumni Weekend at William Woods University, April 25-27. Virginia "Piggie" Wallace Herndon received the Outstanding Service Award and Mike Shindler received the Order of the Owl Award.
In addition, Colonel R.J. Rouse of the United States Air Force received the Alumni Award of Distinction. A 1979 William Woods graduate, Rouse has served as Chief in the Personnel Programs Division in the Directorate of Personnel of the Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base, Va., since 2001.
Chris Daniels of Quincy, Ill., received the Green Owl Award. She is a 1979 graduate and current treasurer of the WWU National Alumni Board. Theresa Vonderschmitt of Jasper, Ind., was named an Honorary Alumnus for all the assistance she has given the equestrian division.
A native of Kingdom City, Herndon attended Fulton High School and William Woods College, where she was a member of the class of 1947. She worked in local county and city government offices, including more than 20 years for the USDA Soil Conservation Service.
Herndon received the 1995 Green Owl Award, which honors William Woods alumni who have given years of service to the Alumni Association and the university. She currently serves as president of the WWU National Alumni Board and member of the Ivy Pathway Committee.
She is a past secretary of the Callaway County WWU Alumni Association, served on the WWU Bid & Breakfast organization committee for two years and has been the alumni representative to the President's Concert and Lecture Series. She also served on the university's 2 By 2 Campaign Steering Committee.
Her husband, Tom, received the Order of the Owl Award in 2001 for his continual support of his wife's involvement in William Woods University.
In addition to her William Woods activities, Herndon has served as secretary of the Kingdom of Callaway Supper Committee for more than 20 years and received that organization's Distinguished Service Award. She is past president of the Callaway Community Hospital Auxiliary and past chairman of the Presbyterian Manor Advisory Committee. She also was the 2000 president of Fulton Board of Associates, which raises money to support both William Woods and Westminster College. She was the recipient of the Board of Associates Alumni Service Award in 1999.
Mike Shindler received the Order of the Owl Award. The award is given to honor the spouse of an alumnus who has shown a special interest in promoting and supporting the activities of the university.
Shindler is the husband of Kenda Shindler, a 1981 William Woods graduate who serves as executive assistant to University President Jahnae H. Barnett. They have two daughters: Morgan Shindler and Tiffany Porter.
A native of Lincoln, Neb., Mike Shindler grew up in Nevada, Mo., where he participated in sports of every kind and decided at a very early age to pursue a sports-related career.
After graduating from Nevada High School in 1978, he attended the University of Missouri, where he received a bachelor of science in 1982 from the Department of Parks and Recreation within the College of Agriculture's School of Natural Resources.
During his career he has been superintendent of recreation for Parks and Recreation in both Moberly, Mo., and Morton, Ill. He also was grant administrator and parks business manager for the Missouri Division of State Parks. He currently is a sales representative for Musco Sports Lighting.
Among the awards he has received during his career are: Rookie of the Year Award for Musco Sports Lighting, Featured Graduate of the Department of Parks and Recreation at the University of Missouri and Appreciation Award from the Moberly Parks and Recreation Department.