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Sally Cambridge (Delta Burke) is a single mother battiling an unhealthy relationship with her volatile ex-husband, Brad (Vyto Ruginis). Then 16-year-old Jack (Ryan Merriman), the elder of her two sons, suddenly starts exhibiting violent tendencies. Despite Sally's interventions, his behavior only worsens. In a fit of rage, he attacks Sally and critically injures his younger brother, Leo (Marc Donato). Erroneously arrested for child abuse. Sally finds her fate rests in the hands of her family. - IMDb
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This is the second part of a series on the school horses at my alma mater Otterbein University. If you missed Part 1, check it out here.
What many people may not realize is that our school horses have been donated to the university. They are all here for a variety of reasons, with a wide range of histories. I'm here to quell any misconceptions about our donated schoolies; our horses are top-notch quality and many are still actively showing and competing outside of the collegiate ring. These horses do one of the hardest jobs you could ask a horse to do (be school horses), and I am honored to tell some of their stories.
In this post, I will be showcasing a Royal Dutch Warmblood gelding of ours, Shane.
It's a bird! It's a plane! No…it's Shane! This lofty-jumping machine is a Danish import by Ahorn, and out of Mariola-S. He was imported in 2009, where he then competed in the High Children's and Adult Jumpers, as well as the Low Junior Jumpers, Equitation and Hunters. He was purchased in 2013 by the Picciochi family for their daughter, to introduce her to the world of showing.
When it was time to move on, the Picciochi family "wanted to guarantee him a good home where he could help teach other riders, too. We decided to donate him to Otterbein based on recommendations and reputation."
Since coming to Otterbein, Shane has expanded his experiences to also include dressage, and has consistently been used as a draw in Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA) shows hosted by Otterbein.
It is easy to see why Shane is a successful jumper; he puts 110% into every jump, has an incredible hind end, and is so very careful. He adds in a wonderful personality and work ethic, with an enthusiastic lead change.
Shane was leased last year by a recent graduate, Megan DeMott. "Shane and I competed in the Low Adult Jumpers and were Champion in July. He is an amazing horse with an incredible show record as well; he always tries his hardest and love treats."
Shane was also a part of the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) Emerging Athlete Program (EAP) that Otterbein hosted last November. Shane quickly became known as the 'horse with the nice hind end' for his exaggerated and careful movements over the fences. He was praised for completing several exercises quietly and well, commending Shane's nature as a school master to help those aboard learn new skills. EAP culminated in a Nations Cup-style competition, and Shane was on the team that finished second. He seems to enjoy his role as a teacher, and we hope that Shane aids in the education of many more Otterbein students in the future.
If you would like to learn more about Otterbein's equestrian program and department of equine science, click here
If you would like to learn more about USHJA's EAP Program, click here.
To read about EAP at Otterbein, click here.
Special thanks to the Picciochi family for providing details on Shane prior to his life at Otterbein, and to Megan DeMott for sharing her experience with Shane!


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Running is hard work, but isn't anything that is worthwhile achieving. It was hard becoming a wife and mother. It was hard going to school and becoming an RN at 28. It was even harder going back to school at 34 to get my Bachelor's degree, which I just got by the way. It is going to be hard packing up my life and moving to Tampa. Trying to BQ by 40 is going to be hard. Life is hard. All of these things are hard, but all of these things also bring a great sense of pride and achievement.
This week I started training with Jess to become race ready. Monday I started out great with hill repeats and then it all went downhill from there. Monday I worked all day and then came home for a couple of hours only to get called back in. I left the hospital at 3:06 am, got home by 3:40 am and got to sleep by 4 am. Now this wouldn't have been so bad if I didn't have to be back at work at 7 am. I had already emailed just to switch Wednesday's rest day for Tuesday's run. Thankfully got out early from work and had the opportunity to take an hour nap, I didn't feel great but I felt better.
As I sat thinking about not running I came to the conclusion that despite being tired I should still do my assigned workout. Sometimes circumstances make running hard and sometimes we just have to suck it up an run anyway. I am not saying that this will always be the case, but in today's instance I knew not running because I was tired was just an excuse. Sometimes pushing through difficult runs makes us stronger and today was one of those days for me.
Sometimes runs are tough. Circumstances can make them tougher like working all day yesterday then getting called back in at 10:30pm, getting home at 3:40 am only to be back at work at 7 am. I got about an hour and a half of sleep. Thankfully I was able to leave around 12:30 and come home to nap. I had already emailed my coach @racepacejess to switch tomorrow's rest day with today's run, but as I started thinking about it I knew I should just get out there and do it. Some runs will be tough. A BQ will be tough, but that means sometimes we have to embrace the discomfort and that is exactly what I did today! Now I feel awesome! It was hard but I did it! #noexcuses #liveyourdreams #BQby40 #fitfluential #ffcheckin #running #racepacerunner #asics #runchat #runners
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|Lentil Roasted Garlic Soup with Chard
Not necessarily with cooking and baking, but with writing and dreaming and planning (also good things). Oh, and running. Yes, there has been an awful lot of running around here lately, due to my winning the lottery of DC runners: Cherry Blossom Ten-Mile Race on April 1st. In the spirit of spontaneity, I put my name in for the race in December, and heard back a couple of weeks later that I had gotten "lucky," and would have the rare opportunity to run 10 miles before most people had gotten out of bed on a Saturday morning. So I have been training, and the arm incident did not stop me for long.
As of this week, I've gotten up to 7.7 miles at a stretch, which took me 1 hour and 24 minutes. So, I'm getting close!
If I take a moment to reflect (tasting life in retrospection, as it were) on what voice inside me made me put my name on that list, I would say that running a race is a great example of setting a goal, devising a strategy, challenging yourself to meet your own expectations, and, I predict, feeling elated upon conquering what might have looked like an unconquerable mountain mere months before.
It's good practice, is what I'm getting at, for launching other types of efforts.
Consider this your encouragement from me, and let me know if you'd like more!
|Now I see why they're called 'aromatic vegetables'…
Since I've been paying more attention to my digestion and eating habits lately (advisable when you rise early and run before eating), I've decided to try to go as vegetarian as possible in these last few weeks leading up to the race. In that vein, I made this recipe from The Daily Soup Cookbook, which has been bookmarked with a sticky note for-ev-er:
Lentil Roasted Garlic Soup.
The ingredients and procedure are below, modified for my special scaling-down (some in the fridge, some in the freezer) and wasn't-in-the-cupboard (only a puny amount of Puy lentils left, and didn't want to mix them) techniques:
- 1 whole head of garlic
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large white onion, chopped
- 2 celery stalks, chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
2 teaspoons1 tsp dried rosemary 21 Bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 pound1/3 cup of french lentils 8 cups4 cups vegetable broth 1half of one 28-ounce can of whole tomatoes, drained and chopped
- about 3/4 cup chopped chard
3 Tablespoons1 rough tbsp tomato paste 2 Tablespoons1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4 Italian Parsley, chopped
Pre-heat your oven to 450 degree F. When it comes to temperature, loosely wrap the head of garlic in aluminum foil and place in oven for 15-20 minutes, allowing it to roast. Remove from the oven, and let cool long enough to skin the cloves, placing the cloves into a food processor. Pulse to a near-paste. Set aside.
Heat the olive oil in a stock pot. When nice and slithery, add the onions, celery and carrots. Allow the aromatic vegetables to cook in the pot for 5-7 minutes, adding a slick more oil if necessary. Add the rosemary, bay leaf, salt and pepper, incorporating them into the vegetables. Allow to cook for 2-3 more minutes.
Add the lentils, broth, tomatoes and tomato paste to the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, and partially cover with a lid. Allow to simmer for one hour.
After the hour, stir in the chopped chard, roasted garlic paste, the minced garlic and balsamic vinegar. Simmer for 5-7 more minutes in order to have the soup incorporate the new ingredients and wilt the greens.
Remove bay leaf and serve.
Serves 5-6.


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First things first — congrats to all the Nebula nominees this year! I can't believe how many people I know on the list — up-and-comers as opposed to old guard. It's awe inspiring! (Just wait, in a year or two, they'll all be old guard too, ha!)
Special shout outs to my writing buddies Rachel Swirsky and Barry Deutsch — especially Barry, since this is his first time. Barry's up for a Norton award for his YA graphic novel, Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword. I seriously cannot wait for my niece to be old enough to read this with her. It's so charming and fantastic and empowering. I adore it.
Secondly, I started editing again! I started editing last night, and was mmmmphy about it…but today I felt I hit my stride. Word counts don't really matter so much anymore, so now we'll be going on pages done count. I'm at 13 out of 137 (all single spaced, non-courier, etc). I'm trying to edit it as ruthlessly as I had to edit Nightshifted, when my agent told me to take out 6K. That…was like punching myself in the face with a rock. But it made me appreciate economy, and I'm re-using those lessons here. It's frightening to greet a paragraph of exposition and say, "Eh — I will context you in later" and toss it. But each time I do the right thing now and take stuff out, that only leaves more room for the future awesome. Right? Right.
(There'll still need to be one more pass after this, very brief, for a few timeline things, but the last time i did that pass it only took 2-3 days? So we're not counting that at the mo'.)
In other news, I am physically feeble, but healthy again. Our PT's at work tell our patients that they lose a week's worth of strength for every day they were in bed, and I always thought that was exaggerating, but now i begin to see their point. I was just starting on my Back Health Quest via yoga and gym-stuff, and then I was waylaid, so it wasn't like i had much strength to give up. I'll be getting my ass (and back, and the rest of me) to yoga tomorrow, and the journey (to Mordor) of a thousand steps will begin again ;).


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LINDEN, NJ — Some people manage to make an indelible mark on those who know them, and Susan Hudak was just that person.
Hudak, a resident of the city of Linden for many years, died Jan. 29 at the age of 59, but the impact she had on the community, specifically on Linden's school district, is being remembered by family, friends and community members.
Hudak, who was born in Summit and raised in Newark and Irvington, was a resident of Linden for 40 years. She was a member of Linden's Board of Education for more than 18 years, acting as an advocate for Linden's students in her capacity as BOE president, member, and volunteer and officer at Linden's PTA.
Most recently, Hudak worked as a clerk for the city of Linden.
Hudak, who was a member of Union County's Democratic Committee and the Linden Democratic Club, was the wife of Superior Court Judge John Hudak and mother of Union County Freeholder Christopher Hudak.
According to Christopher Hudak, his mother, Sue, was a woman who liked being kept busy.
"She liked to spread herself thin," Chris Hudak told LocalSource in a phone call. "She enjoyed being busy and helpful."
Chris Hudak spoke of his mother's many years of service to the Linden school district.
"A lot of people think of the BOE as a stepping stone," Chris Hudak said, who recalled that for his mother, it was the ultimate position. "She ran for the BOE every three years. For her, that was her dream job. It's what she wanted to do and what she wanted to be. She was a super volunteer for years. It is volunteerism at its finest."
Chris Hudak said that his mother was passionate about Linden's kids.
"She wanted to have her voice heard," Chris Hudak said of his mother. "She never stopped having that passion."
Everyone knew Sue, according to Chris Hudak, and everyone was touched by her kindness.
"It's amazing to me every time I go to a building and see crossing guards, janitors, teachers, principals," Chris Hudak said. "Everyone always said how great she was. 'We love your mom,' is what everyone always tells me. Every kid was like her own. If she latched on to your cause, she was ferocious."
Sue Hudak, who was previously employed by both the Suburban Heart Group in Union for 10 years, as well as for Union County Nephrology in Kenilworth for 20 years, was also passionate about making sure that patients who walked through the doors of both facilities were cared for.
"Even at work, if someone was rejected for medical coverage, she would make it her business to fix it and get them covered," Chris Hudak recalled. "She was going to fix your problem. That's how she was."
Linden Superintendent of Schools Danny Robertozzi, spoke fondly of Sue Hudak.
"Sue was an extraordinary board member and advocate for the children in our community," Robertozzi told LocalSource in an email. "This was her 19th year on the Linden Board of Education. Mrs. Hudak was visible at all school events, PTA functions, and consistently made sure that the students of Linden had everything they needed."
Robertozzi described Sue Hudak as a fixture at Linden schools.
"During her time on the board, Mrs. Hudak served as the president four different times and played an active role on every board committee," he said. "She loved "Family Science" and was a fixture at School No. 6 during these events. In addition to her love of all our students, she was a devoted mother and grandmother. We've lost a dynamic advocate for our children and it's a big loss for Linden School District. She will be missed greatly."
Chris Hudak said that his mother focused on kids who were often overlooked.
"There were a lot of kids in our neighborhood — good kids who were trying — and she made it one of her missions to hold these dinners to honor their actions," Chris Hudak said. "Every kid needs to be built up."
Chris Hudak also noted his mother's uncanny ability to remember names and faces.
"She had this great ability to remember names and faces," he said. "She remembered kids who I went to middle school and high school with. She always wanted to give kids from Linden a chance," said Chris Hudak, who noted that his mother would often recommend "Linden kids" for jobs. "She was always so proud when one of the Linden kids was hired as a teacher. That's just how she was. It's such a loss for the kids in Linden."
According to Chris Hudak, most of Linden's past and present students knew his mother.
"A lot of kids knew her," Hudak said. "She was around. They knew she'd be there. She was so passionate about the BOE. I think she saw the three of us in every one of those kids," he said in reference to him and his siblings.
In her capacity as a parent, Chris Hudak said that his mother was always there for him, as well as his two siblings.
"She always wanted to be part of the solution," Chris Hudak said. "She was an advocate for us. She loved all of us deeply. She was the type of mom that if we had a problem, she addressed the problem. She would put herself out there constantly."
Chris Hudak also recalled his mother's last day, which was spent taking one of her grandchildren to New York City.
"She loved her grandchildren," he said. "She had a lot of them and she loved them all. She was always talking about her kids and grandkids. She was herself — she was an original."
Sue Hudak is survived by her husband, three children and eight grandchildren. The funeral was held Friday, Feb. 3, at the Krowicki McCracken Funeral Home in Linden.


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Did you get signed up for the Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild's annual 21st workshop May 4-7? Hurry as classes are filling up fast! As part of the workshop, there is a theme contest. Yep, you guessed it, its called "A Flurry of Flakes." The categories are:
- Mini – up to 1″ in diameter.
- Medium – 1-3″ in diameter.
- Large – over 3″ in diameter.
- Three-dimensional.
In addition, there are the classes of:
- Original design.
- Published design.
- Beaded design.
There is a limit of one entry per person, per category, per class — a limit of 12 total. So you could make a mini snowflake in an original design, a published design, and a beaded design. For more details, please see http://shuttlebirds.com/2017workshop/2017-Theme-Contest.pdf
Let your creativity flow…….like snowflakes falling to the ground.


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I love grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches, so naturally I was intrigued by this recipe for Inside-Out English Muffin Grilled Cheese sandwiches. It's a tasty and fun way to jazz up a lunch-time classic.
The recipe calls for sharp white cheddar cheese, which has a bolder flavor than the medium cheddar I used. Any kind of cheddar will produce a good sandwich so use what you have or splurge on the fancy sharp white cheddar. Definitely buy the best tomatoes you can find because lame tomatoes will add no flavor at all to this sandwich. Serve with a green salad or fresh veggie sticks. Enjoy!
Inside-Out English Muffin Grilled Cheese
-recipe from Every Day with Rachael Ray Magazine, November 2009
"This is the only way I make grilled cheese now. I sometimes swap the tomatoes for arugula or spinach or crisp bacon. Or I just have straight cheese. Try emmentaler or havarti cheese, too, and serve with a salad." -R.R.
4 sandwich-size English muffins
Butter, softened
8 slices sharp white cheddar cheese
Four 1/4-inch-thick slices beefsteak tomato
Salt and pepper
Heat a cast-iron skillet or griddle over medium-low heat. Lightly spread the inside of each English muffin half with butter. Arrange the muffins buttered sides out and build 4 sandwiches, each with a cheese slice, a tomato slice, some salt and pepper and another cheese slice. Place the sammies in the pan and cook, turning once or twice, until the cheese is melted and the muffins are golden-brown, about 8 minutes.
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The lovely Carla of MessyCarla has reinvigerated this meme and I am so happy to be involved. Isn't this such a cute idea? I look forward working on the handmade gifts! Like the image (credit to Rai) states, the rules are really simple, so join the fun!
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Bollinger Bands | Three main lines
Now then, the three lines you get on your screen show you in which range you can expect the price to move. The middle line represents the so-called moving average, while the lines above and below it show how much the price moves away from the average. Therefore, these three lines show you what to expect from a price, i.e. how much it's supposed to move from its average. This helps avoid Overtrading. Naturally, these lines can be broken, but because Bollinger bands are based on a huge amount of statistical data, the chances for that are very slim (some say they are lower than 5%). Because of that, with this tool, you can predict with a fair amount of certainty the limits an asset can reach. However, you still need to be careful. Why? We'll explain below.
Bollinger Bands | Market conditions
You see, the gap between top and bottom Bollinger bands won't always be the same. When a market is pretty sure about an asset, the gap will be significant because there won't be many price changes and thus the price's upper and lower limits will be firmly established. The thing is that this gap can narrow down significantly if something happens that will disrupt the market's stability. Maybe a new GDP report comes out or some important piece of political news is issued, but the less the market is sure about something, the narrower the gap and it becomes easier for the price to break the two lines. So try to analyze the situation on the market first – if there's nothing out of the ordinary, Bollinger bands will be of great help to you.
Bollinger Bands | Conclusion
If you want to predict where the limits of a price's movements are, this is the tool for you. Bollinger bands help you acquire this important information by analyzing statistical data and making predictions with a very high degree of accuracy. However, do keep an eye on it because in hectic market conditions this tool is not so efficient. Still, they are a great addition to any trading strategy which you can build with the help of our other educational article on this website. Take a look around and immerse yourself in the exciting world of binary options.


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Herita's aim is to make everyone, young or old, enthusiastic about our heritage. Historic sites tell us so much about the past and the present day. They also bring people closer together. Herita makes sure that everyone can enjoy these monuments and heritage sites. Now and into the future. By throwing open the door to these important parts of our history and transforming them into places filled with amazing experiences and wonder. With Heritage Day as the year's biggest and best celebration of our heritage. Not just on that day, but every day!
Herita is a non-profit membership and network association that brings people together and supports them, focusing on heritage at its core. Herita is dedicated to a world in which everyone is able to experience and enjoy our heritage. Herita is also the organising force behind the annual Heritage Day.
Herita seeks to create a broader community base and support for heritage matters – to make more people aware of our wonderful heritage and engage them in promoting it. To make that aim come true, Herita wants to open up as many heritage sites as possible for as many people as possible. Herita seeks to transform bricks and mortar and stone into a genuine experience, to give true meaning to heritage. Only then can the organisation grow to become a big heritage family with thousands of members.
Every year, Heritage Day creates huge enthusiasm and encourages thousands of people, including the young, to visit heritage sites. Herita is convinced that we can reach this audience of potential heritage visitors all year round: by informing more people about our amazing heritage riches and ensuring that the heritage experience appeals to young and old alike. And by being a focal point where heritage sites and visitors can find one another. Every day is Heritage Day: that is Herita's goal.
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Herita manages 10 heritage sites in Flanders. We elaborate our own conservation and audience development strategy, work with external operators and design and accomplish cooperation models considering the economic, social and heritage values. Our vision starts from the premise that we want to bring heritage and people closer together. In each site development project we reconsider public spaces to strengthen the sense of community. We want to reinforce the social dimension of a site, strengthening the public sphere. This way of looking at heritage is quite unique in Flanders, we are pioneering in including this social dimension in development projects.
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Herita is also busy developing a broad Open Heritage Site Network. Our aim is to open as many heritage sites as possible to the public and bring what they have to offer to a wider audience. By doing so, Herita will become a platform for the astonishing range of heritage attractions in Flanders. Our partners in the Open Heritage Site Network can also count on an extensive, shared offering of expertise and support in relation to opening up heritage sites and conducting public activities: inspiration dossiers, specific sector-related opportunities, an annual Open Heritage Site congress and tailored consultancy. Herita seeks to become an exchange platform for knowledge, expertise and inspiration – a platform that brings together people who have the same needs and passions.
Membership association
In April 2015, Herita introduced an individual private membership programme. This is the way that Herita aims to provide more people with information, imbue them with enthusiasm for heritage sites and enable them to experience them for themselves. We share interesting heritage stories with our members, inviting them to attend heritage activities and enabling them to enjoy the rich and extraordinary array of monuments, archaeological sites, landscapes and nautical heritage on offer in Flanders.


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How I did it
"I don't want it," are words every parent has heard too often from their children when it comes to food, and too often the children tend to win the battle with finding tricks to dispose of their foods.
However, some parents have devised a few tricks of their own to get their children to eat what's best for them. Food caught up with these 'experts' and they shared some trade secrets with us that you can use too.
June Alveranga
To be honest, she was a picky eater between the ages of two and three. However, I tried to introduce her to foods at different periods in different ways, mixing it up , until she doesn't even remember she doesn't like it. Sometimes I eat it to show her it is good, which also helped her to eat.
Windward Lawrence
My son did not like raw vegetables. I think that it was more about the texture rather than the taste, so we just cut it up small and mix it into his food in order for him to eat. It is all about covering up the texture.
Javane Lawrence
I give him incentives. If you eat this then you get that, but there are times you just have to put your foot down. The main thing that worked for me, though, is the bribing.
Neville Salmon
If I find that there are things that my daughter does not like, I will mix it with something that she does in order to get her to eat it. She does not like to eat macaroni, but if I mix it with corned beef, then she will eat it. She also hates papaya, but when I blend it into her juice she will drink it. So I just mix things and introduce it to her.
Denise McDonald
She did not like jimbilin because of how it looked, so I peeled it, cut it up and told her it was an apple. I told her it is good for the baby. Sometimes I would sing a song to get her to eat or tell her it will make her as strong as someone she emulates.


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The Texas Lottery Commission took another step Tuesday toward allowing Texans to buy Powerball tickets.
"Today was another step towards bringing Powerball to Texas lottery players and generating additional revenue for the Foundation School Fund," said Texas Lottery Deputy Executive Director Gary Grief.
It is estimated that adding Powerball to the state's lottery games could add an estimated $35 million to the state coffers that help fund education.
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How To Fold A Towel Into A Teddy Bear
If you haven't been out shopping for your Operation Christmas Child shoe box, it's time to get on it! National Collection Week is right around the corner. Here's a cute way to fold a towel into a teddy bear that I'm totally going to do for the box I'm making for my little girl. Isn't is so cute? Instead of using rubber bands, I'm going to use elastic hair ties so she'll be able to keep/use everything.
If you're wondering what Operation Christmas Child is, it's an opportunity to send the Gospel around the world through a gift filled shoe box. Learn more about it here.
I did it! Isn't it so cute?? I followed the directions exactly, except I used two small hair elastics for the ears and a regular sized one for the neck. The young lady who receives my box will be able to keep/use everything. I'm so excited!


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ON Oct 26, the Lipis District Forestry Office, Lipis District and Land Office, the Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers (MYCAT) and members of the public planted over 100 tree seedlings in the Sungai Yu Tiger Corridor, Pahang. The corridor is the last linkage between Malaysia's largest tiger landscapes – the Main Range and Greater Taman Negara. The trees for tigers were planted at Puncak Botak, a clear-felled patch of forest on a hilltop discovered by MYCAT volunteers in April last year.
Straddling over the corridor are the three eco-viaducts of the Central Spine Road. Despite the foresight of the Government to build the green infrastructure, the forest surrounding the viaducts have become sparse and are unable to support wildlife population due to poaching and illegal clearing.
Puncak Botak is located adjacent to the world's longest viaduct built for wild tigers at the centre of the corridor. In the valley between Puncak Botak and Sungai Yu are illegal rubber plantations where some of the trees are mature enough for tapping.
Since 2010, MYCAT has coordinated anti-poaching and anti-deforestation surveillance walks called CAT Walks in the corridor.
Citizen Action for Tigers (CAT) Walks are conducted by citizen conservationists with support from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks.
In July 2016, MYCAT in collaboration with the Lipis District and Land Office launched a reforestation project with support from the Pahang royal family. These collective efforts between the Government and the public send a strong message that saving the critically endangered Malayan tiger and its forest requires everyone to work together.
It is extremely encouraging to note that the Lipis Forestry and Land Office took the initiative to reforest Puncak Botak, said Dr Kae Kawanishi, tiger biologist and MYCAT general manager.
With support from the Government and members of the public, we are determined to restore the tiger population and forest at the Sungai Yu corridor, he added.
According to Suzalinur Manja Bidin, Citizen Action for Tigers programme manager, illegal felling and mining continue to threaten the corridor. They support the Pahang state's decision to eventually gazette Puncak Botak as a forest reserve and hope this would come into effect as soon as possible.
While hundreds of citizen conservationists continue to patrol the corridor to deter poaching and deforestation, MYCAT envisions the restoration of 52ha of the degraded Sungai Yu watershed for implementation of the National Tiger Conservation Action Plan and Central Forest Spine master plan.
MYCAT's citizen conservation programmes at Sungai Yu receives financial support from the National Conservation Trust Fund, United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Wildlife Reserves of Singapore. The saplings planted were supplied by the Forestry Office.
Sign up to become citizen conservationists at www.citizenactionfortigers.my or help MYCAT reach its target of planting 1,000 more trees this year by donating RM20/tree at www.mycat.my
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Google Font Preview lets you use some sample text that is already defined for you, or you can change it to suit your needs. Once you have done that, you select from the font you want via a dropdown list. You can also set the decoration for the font, along with size, shadow, and spacing for the letters, words and lines. Once you are done, the demo automatically provides you with the code to use that font and styling for your own page.
A number of sliders enable you to play with the spacing, and you are also able to transform the text from uppercase, to lowercase, and you can capitalize it as well. The code it creates calls the font from the Google Web Font API, and the writes the CSS the page will need in order to utilize the font. It doesn't get easier!
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Dynamic Concepts, Inc. (DCI), first as a subcontractor, then as the prime to the IBM Federal Systems Company, provided an integrated hardware and software environment that allowed the D.C. Department of Human Services (DHS) to migrate from an existing IBM 4341 mainframe to an IBM ES/9000 within a 30-day period. Successful completion of the project enabled DHS to have a much-improved operational system serving thousands of clients of multiple social-service programs.
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Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Ayr Racecourse Coral Scottish Grand National Festival was best yet
By: Iain Ferguson
THE best ever! That was the unanimous verdict on the 2010 Coral Scottish Grand National Festival at Ayr Racecourse.
Crowds of 22,500 over the two days - 5,500 on Friday and 17,000 on Saturday - created a terrific atmosphere, with the highlight undoubtedly the Coral Scottish Grand National which rewrote the record books.
Merigo, trained by Andrew Parker in Lockerbie for owners Ray and Anita Anderson Green, become the first horse in 28 years trained north of the border to win the race, and it was very much a family affair as the winning jockey Timmy Murphy is the son-in-law of the owners.
The winner was 18/1 on Saturday, but had been much shorter for last year's big race before being withdrawn on the morning of the race. This time round it was clear from well over a mile out, so that barring a fall the famous green with yellow sash colours were set to be first past the post.
Gone To Lunch (15/2 fav) gave chase but was nine lengths adrift at the line with No Panic (40/1) a further 19 lengths away in third.
Ray Anderson Green said afterwards: "I am so happy. This is the race I've always wanted to win, and it really is a dream come true. It's extra special with Timmy on board."
Timmy Murphy also won the Samsung Electronics Scottish Champion Hurdle on Overturn (4/1 fav) for trainer Donald McCain Jnr.
Merigo and Murphy aside, the heroes of the day on Saturday were trainer Nicky Henderson and jockey Barry Geraghty with three winners – French Opera (7/4 fav) in the Scottish Sun Future Champions Chase, Andytown (9/2) and Sprinter Sacre (13/8 fav).
Friday had a tartan feel to it with trainer Jim Goldie and Lucinda Russell both saddling doubles with Goldie's Stormin Exit landing the feature race of the day, the Hillhouse Quarry Handicap Chase in the hands of James Reveley.
Ayr Racecourse marketing director Lindsey Smith said: "The crowds were great and the atmosphere was electric. To have a Scottish trained winner after so long was a huge bonus, and we are all so happy for Ray and Anita."
Ayr Racecourse's next meeting is the two-day May start of the flat fixture featuring the williamhill.com Raceday and the Burns Festival Raceday on May 26 and 27. For further information call go online at www.ayr-racecourse.co.uk or call 01292-264179.
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- (noun) a short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else's behalf. "she asked Tim to run an errand for her"
- (noun) the purpose or object of an errand. "she knew that if she stated her errand she would not be able to see him"
Errand meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi meaning)
- दूतकार्य, दूतकार्म, संदेश
Errand origin
- Old English ǣrende 'message, mission', of Germanic origin; related to Old High German ārunti, and obscurely to Swedish ärende and Danish ærinde .
Errand in a sentence (word usage in recent Hindu newspaper)
- India's errand-running startup Dunzo raises USD 2.8 million in …, Bengaluru-based hyperlocal delivery platform Dunzo has raised a flurry of funds this month to jump-start its expansion plan of entering new cities and counter …
- Swiggy's pick up and drop service debuts with an advantage …, India's homegrown food delivery startup Swiggy is busy expanding its … and also on how far each of these startups can go to run an errand.
- 'I feel bombarded with to-dos': the hell of life admin – and how …, 'Errand paralysis' might be the most boring and overwhelming … agent before booking this three-week trip to the north of India and I'd balked.
- Goldman Sachs exec in India arrested over $5 mn theft …, 4 on the pretext of training, but sent them on an errand for a few minutes and used their systems to transfer the funds to a bank account in China …
- Want to raise perfect children in India? You can't & you'll never …, Or you can be a 'helicopter mom', which in India is now called a … The ones who are always happy to run an errand to buy bread or milk?
Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of Errand
- ERA AND RAND went hand in hand for a mission
- when somebody goes to rand , it's just to accomplish a short mission for night or a day
Errand pronunciation
How to Pronounce Errand


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The Fourth Continental Summit of Indigenous Peoples and Nationalities of Abya Yala began yesterday in Puno, Peru, with the First Summit of Indigenous Women.
I am uploading some pictures from the summit to http://picasaweb.google.com/marcbecker2/Ivcumbre.
I am also uploading audio files to http://www.abyayalanet.org/audio/. These files include:
ceremony: Ritual opening ceremony for the summit
opening: Opening statements for the women's summit
PanalesCentrales: 3 central panels on the topics of cosmovision and identity, women's rights, and women in the construction of power and democracy (3 hrs, much substance)
ConflictoArmado: In the afternoon we broke into 16 working groups, and this is the audio from the one on armed conflicts.
TransitoAmaguana: 3 songs about a recently departed historic Indigenous leader, from the evening's inaugural program.


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Marcelo Jacob is a highly talented designer and dressmaker who creates for both 16″ and 12″ fashion dolls. Originating from Brazil but now living and working in Spain Jacob first came to my attention when he joined DollObservers.com and began sharing photos of his beautiful creations there. He had not long been designing at this time. Since then Jacob has gone on to achieve great things – including a collaboration with Marl Davidson – providing two exclusive outfits for her legendary store. I had the pleasure of meeting up with him for the first time in 'real' life at the 2014 Italian Doll Convention in Milan. While there I saw, first hand, the impact his designs and creations have on collectors and the joy that they bring.
It wasn't always this way for Jacob, though, as three short years ago he struggled when the economy in Spain took a downturn and worked designing and sewing for humans began to dry up. This was a dark time for him, and he thought his European dream might soon be over. However, things changed suddenly one day when, in an attempt to fill his time, he bought two playline Barbies from the local supermarket. He planned simply to design and sew for them to keep busy. Soon after he decided to use the Barbies as a model for two dresses he was designing for one of his ever scarce clients. The client loved them so much she suggested he should just go ahead and sell clothes for dolls!
Initially, Jacob was sceptical and wondered "who wants to buy a designer Barbie dress?" After a quick search on Google, however, he soon found out! "I couldn't believe my eyes," he told me. "I saw hope!" For Jacob, discovering this world of fashion dolls, "saved my life" and for hours after this revelation he "searched for information, sewed outfits, took pictures and learnt. I found a parallel fashion world, filled with glamour and beauty which brought me back to life." This turning point saw the birth of the Marcelo Jacob label and aimed itself squarely at the discerning fashion doll.
Jacob cites his great inspiration in the doll world as Randall Craig, who even stopped by Jacob's Flickr page to give his seal of approval. Says Jacob of his idol: "I really wish to shake his hand someday and say, 'thank you for being such an inspiration and example' ". His design references come from fashion houses such as DKNY and Calvin Klein but more than them he finds daily inspiration in the fashions of the street. There is nothing he enjoys more than to "go to downtown and sit in a public place, just an ordinary street, and watch people. I love to stop in front of churches and see how people dress for weddings, not the jet set ones, the ordinary people."
Perhaps this is why his designs speak to so many people and why there is a saying amongst his admirers: "put a Marcelo Jacob in your life, and you won't stop". Once you delve into his world, I'm sure you will soon agree with them.
This original version of this article was first published in the now defunct Haute Doll Magazine in November 2014


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Location: Daintree
We woke up this morning for breakfast then set out for a morning of work in the rainforest. To kill an invasive species of grass in the rainforest, we stomped on it and crushed it so it could be later killed with chemicals. We did this for hours, and after all our hard work we went for a refreshing swim in Mason's swimming hole which has an awesome rope swing into a deep section of the water. After lunch back at the Bat House, it was back to work, this time clipping vines and sawing parts of dead trees to clear space for younger growing ones. Dan and I chopped down a huge section of a tree, and even though it was crazy, it was still pretty sweet. This was very hard work, and when we were done, we went back to the swimming hole to cool off. After a long day we had Mexican food for dinner, then relaxed by the warm fire pit.


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Anna Faris doesn't seem to care for the 'SNL' impression of her
Anna Faris dropped by Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Thursday night, where she responded to a question about what she thought of Abby Elliott's impression of her on Saturday Night Live. Faris seemed at a loss for words at first but then did an impression of Elliott doing an impression of her.
"Apparently I have a really breathy voice," Faris said as Elliott as Faris.
Elliott left SNL in 2012, so it has been quite a while since she did her impression of Faris. But the portrayal always made the actress look less than intelligent, so who can blame Faris if the wound still smarts?
Faris said, "I guess, you know, I don't know. There's, I don't know. There's a worse impression. But no — I loved it?" "That's the right answer," Cohen replied.
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All Items : Dollhouse Miniatures : Living Room : Pre 1990 item #1269446 (stock #M4383)
Purchased at an antique mall sometime ago, these kits were made by X-Acto/The House of Miniatures. One kit is a Chippendale sofa, the other kit is a closed cabinet top. Both kits have been opened but all parts/pieces/components are inside the boxes! These are really neat items – they are 1:12 scale – perfect for a doll house, for a dollhouse room, a shadowbox display, etc!


text: About Police Science is an interdisciplinary field of research that is currently being developed at both national and international levels. New professional areas and research-based training courses are appearing all the time. Critical and constructive research at The Norwegian Police University College (PHS) is to contribute to making police work more knowledge-based and to developing police science as a discipline closely linked to practice.Police Science can be defined as following: «Police Science is the scientific study of the police as an institution and of policing as a process. As an applied discipline it combines methods and subjects of other neighboring disciplines within the field of policing. It includes all of what the police do and all aspects from outside than have an impact on policing and public order» (Jaschke et al. 2007). Police research also contributes knowledge to central authorities and to society in general.PHS has four focus areas for research:The police service as a societal institutionThe organisation, culture and behaviour of the police servicePolice strategy, practice and methodsThe challenges facing the police Some of the researchers Research at The Norwegian Police University College 2018 (PDF)


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Political tensions weigh heavily on the global markets
Rising tensions following the shooting down of the Malaysian Airlines plane last week further unnerved global markets yesterday.
The US and Europe have threatened Russia with more sanctions.
"The conflict in Gaza, the Ukraine crisis - these are the main topics," said Soeren Steinert, who helps manage about $24bn in assets as associate director for equities trading at Quoniam Asset Management in Frankfurt.
"I can't see any panic selling. It is only just that people are not willing to buy. There is no conviction that the market should be falling further."
In Ireland, the ISEQ Overall Index mirrored declines in other European indices. It slipped 0.5pc, or 23.50 points, to end the session at 4,677.21.
Bank of Ireland shed just over 4pc to close at 23.6 cent.
Home builder Abbey lost 2.4pc to finish at €11.05.
In the UK, Greencore fell 2.5pc, or 7.1p, to £2.72.
National benchmark indices fell in 14 of 18 western European markets.
The UK's FTSE 100 slipped 0.3pc. France's CAC 40 lost 0.7pc. Germany's DAX declined 1.1pc to the lowest level since May 9.
Commerzbank fell 1.9pc to €10.74.
Germany's markets regulator BaFin found high operational risks and problems in the lender's internal accounting system in 2013, Capital magazine reported, citing an unreleased BaFin report.
Tesco added 1.3pc to £2.88 after saying Unilever's Dave Lewis will replace Philip Clarke as chief executive officer on October 1.
The retailer also said first-half sales and trading profit are below expectations.
A measure of European travel and leisure companies fell 1pc. Air France-KLM Group lost 3.7pc to €8.27.
TUI retreated 3.5pc to €10.89.
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Latest update from In Cider Festival
They tore up Outcider Festival, then smashed it at Cursus Festival… and now they're going to make a riotous mess at In Cider Festival 2020!!
Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the beer-soaked Celtic punk brilliance of The Lagan
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Anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
2. A river in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
3. A rowdy, drunken celtic punk band based in London.
In Cider Festival
1 week ago
We're experiencing a sudden increase in Day Ticket sales for In Cider Festival !!
These are strictly limited in number due to the capacity of the Pontins Sand Bay ballroom, so please gather up your mates and get booking soon if you want to be sure of joining the party near Weston-super-Mare on Jan 31st - Feb 2nd.
Day Tickets are £29 (Fri) / £49 (Sat) / £39 (Sun), and include all music, Bluecoat entertainment, leisure facilities and an evening meal. That's outrageously good value!
Weekend Tickets are also available in decreasing numbers - £175 per person with half board chalet accommodation (only Twin and Triples remaining) or £99 without accommodation but inclusive of evening meal.
Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like to discuss a larger group booking.
See poster for daily music line-ups.
With Fuelled By Cider and Visit Weston ...
Can't wait. This is going to be ace. Do you know yet what time it will kick off on Friday? Just sorting logistics
Tyler Davenport
Our Sunday night headliners Mad Dog Mcrea are playing a pre-Xmas shindig in Bridgwater on Friday 20th December with support from the brilliant Gaz Brookfield.
Fuelled By Cider are offering a pair of gig tickets to one lucky music fan.
Just click and share the following link on your page and tag in who you'd like to take with you 🙂
The winner will be drawn on Wednesday 4th December at Midday.
Good Luck!!
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Beat the winter blues with indoor festival fun at In Cider Festival in Somerset on January 31st - February 2nd, 2020!!
3 days of fantastic live music and seaside entertainment at Pontins Sand Bay, near Weston-super-Mare.
With just 2 months to go, tickets are disappearing fast and early booking is recommended. Weekend and Day tickets are available, with a choice of accommodation / non-accommodation options.
Our line-up brings some of the best festival acts to your chalet door, including the likes of Ferocious Dog, Gaz Brookfield & The Company Of Thieves, Mad Dog Mcrea, The Leylines, Holy Moly and the Crackers, Dakka Skanks, Nick Parker & The false Alarms, The Communicators, Headsticks, NECK LondonIrish PsychoCeilídh, Jake Martin & The Broken Bodies, Samantics, The Lagan, Imprints, Concrete Rose, Davey Malone, IRIE FIRE, Sinful Maggie, The Boot Hill All Stars, Surfin Turnips, Smokin' Donuts, Corky and The Surfin' Birds.
Throw in some karaoke, bingo, Bluecoat entertainment, indoor swimming pool, mini golf and late night dancefloor action from DJ Dapper Dan, and you're at the best festival the British winter has to offer!
Weekend Ticket (with half board accommodation) £175pp
Weekend Ticket (no accommodation*) £99pp
Day Ticket (no accommodation*) Fri £29 / Sat £49 / Sun £39
*all tickets include an evening meal
Full details and ticket sales at
Brought to you by Fuelled By Cider, guarantors of good times 🙂
#winterbreak #winterfestival #ciderandmusic #folkpunk #ferociousdog #seasidefun #ukfestivals #fuelledbycider #incider #westonsupermare Visit Weston ...
Lidia Griguoli Genevieve Lawson Turner
A real treat after all that Christmas malarkey !!🥰
A great line-up entirely, & a whole rake o' craic! & ye don't havta worry about tryin' to make the bus home after! Yay! G'wan - fill yer boots! 😉
Dan Smith Mike Bristoe
Craig Ball
Core this isn't that far away...
Les Putterill 1 to look at next year maybe?
Nick Sargent Ashley Miller Christopher Hobbs
This looks good .
Kirk Farrell Steven Sutton Maddie Smale
Craig Ball
Hannah Jane
Jade 'Marshy' Marsh
Last year's Incider was immense, this year might just be even better.
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After weeks of intensive meetings with Fuelled By Cider focus groups, PR gurus, Paris fashion houses and the tarot reader on Weston seafront, we have finally decided upon the fancy dress theme for In Cider Festival 2020...
In our heads it's a cider-fuelled pirate / Wurzels mash-up, with room for a few scrump-addled castaways, but it's all about interpretation and we look forward to your deranged inspirations!!
There WILL be prizes.
Ingenuity and craftmanship will be noted.
But anyone who buys a Jack Sparrow outfit from Asda will be humiliated by the Town Crier and sent home.
I could wear what I wore last year too but I nearly killed my self squeezing into it so think I might have to go for something else 😂
I have a dodgy leg and a blue beard. This was made for me.
Mel Roberts xx
Deranged inspirations 😂 I think we've got this covered Denise Reynolds
That's a coincidence, can't go this year as we'll be in the Caribbean 🌞🍹😁
Karen Vallis Bonnie Garland ladies it's fancy dress time
Lisa-anne Rothnie
Dom Dominic Mega Watts, plenty of time to sort yourself out
Kristina Kurilaite
Andi Hirthe Carribbean fancy dress ..... Enough time to sort ....
This is how I'm dressed right now.
I will just wear what I wore last year then 🤦♀
Sounds good to me 😊👍
Anne Ball Frances Blakesley Fiona Camm Si Camm Toni Gaughan Pete Western Lisa Chadwick. We need a team theme. 😁😁😁
Drew Is'here has got the perfect dress for that ...🤣
Normal attire for me then.
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With less than 3 months to go to In Cider Festival 2020 and tickets selling regularly, it's getting near to decision time if you're thinking of coming!
Only 40 Twin Rooms and 18 Triples remaining so please tag in your festival buddies and make sure they're part of this cracking indoor winter weekender on Jan 31st - Feb 2nd.
With over 20 top live acts from the summer festival scene, including Ferocious Dog, Holy Moly and the Crackers, Mad Dog Mcrea, Gaz Brookfield (full band show), The Leylines, Dakka Skanks, Headsticks, The Communicators, Imprints, NECK LondonIrish PsychoCeilídh, Nick Parker & The False Alarms, plus old school seaside entertainment including bingo, karaoke, fancy dress and much more!!
Last year's event at Pontins Sand Bay was a sell out success and we are looking forward to another amazing weekend in 2020.
Weekend Tickets (half board accommodation) - £175pp
Weekend Tickets (no accommodation*) - £99pp
Day Tickets (no accommodation*) Fri £29 / Sat £49 / Sun £39
* Tickets include an evening meal plus all music, entertainment and leisure facilities.
Tickets and full T&Cs at
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Now that Facebook has added hashtags for its users this is a great time to tackle the topic of a hashtag definition. I use hashtags often but I wanted to create my own. Here are a few things that I took into consideration when creating my own hashtag.
My first step was to think about branding. How do I want people to know me? What is my name recognition? PMK are my initials but it is also a company, and they already use the hashtag #PMK. My next choices became #ARenaissanceWoman (which is too long in my opinion) or the acronym for it, #ARW.
While searching Twitter for #ARW I found some users using it but it didn't make sense to me how they were using it or what the hashtag meant. How do you find out what a hashtag means? During my research I found this site that is dedicated to defining hashtags, Tagdef.com.5 Simple Rules for a Hashtag Definition.
Rule 1: Is your choice already taken? No one likes to have their hashtag "hijacked" and used for other purposes.
Rule 2: If it's taken move on and think of something else.
Rule 3: The length! Keep it brief.
Rule 4: Be sure to define it.
Rule 5: Remember that Twitter isn't the only one that uses hashtags! The majority of social media sites use them too.
Once you decide on a few choices look them up and see if they are already being used. If you are ready to own that hashtag you can quickly add the definition.
Define your hashtag in 3 easy steps!
The hashtags on Tagdef.com #ARW or #ARenaissanceWoman were not yet defined. To further my brand I defined both hashtags. You can support my hashtag definition by voting it up using those handy arrows on the right side of the definition.
You will notice another red arrow pointing to my name within the definition. Can you see what I missed? This site does not allow you to edit your definitions. Be sure to get it right the first time.
Luckily when I was defining #ARW I was able to catch my mistake and put the ".com" in the definition. Why wouldn't I want people to find my site? This is a great tool for all those Twitter parties and chats.
Many people ignore the hashtags because they don't know what they mean. You can help the online community by defining and voting on these hashtags and educate social media users. You can also help your brand by coming up with your own hashtag.
If you have found this branding article useful share it! What are your thoughts on hashtags? Share them with me in the comments.
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text: I'm not gonna lie, I wish this Paul Smith sweatshirt was quilted all over instead of just the chest panel. Slight critiques like that are the types of thing you say when you're at a real life fashion show. More specifically, you say them only after you've spoken to the PR rep that actually got you a seat at the show. Make sure you wear a OCBD underneath this sweatshirt and make sure you leave it untucked. That right there was my go-to right after school look. I went to a prep school that had a fairly strict dress code, but sometimes this one girl that I had a huge crush on that drove a red Jeep Cherokee would be like, "Hey, let's all eat at a Big Boy and just hang out for, like, two hours" and I wouldn't have time to go home, so I'd ditch the tie, throw on a sweatshirt, untuck my shirt and BOOM I LOOKED AMAZING. Imagine this look, but with J. Crew Giant Fit chinos. What y'all motherfuckers know about J. Crew Giants? THEY WERE JUST LIKE REGULAR J.CREW KHAKIS, ONLY GIGANTIC. I still don't understand how that girl didn't propose to me on sight. I LOOKED FUCKING AMAZING.


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UNDP hires personnel through international or local recruitment. It applies several types of contracts depending on a number of criteria, such as legal basis and duration of services. The standard types of contracts are:
- Fixed Term Appointment (FTA) – nationals and international
- Temporary Assignment (TA) – nationals and internationals
- Service Contracts (SC) – nationals only
- Individual Contracts (IC) – nationals and internationals
Fixed Term Appointments (FTA)
FTAs are concluded for the staff members contracted under Staff Rules. Salary scale for national staff is based on the best prevailing local conditions. Salary scale for international staff is based on the best comparator civil service.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Pics of Coopers Birth-Day!!
Posted by Jannae Gurr at 8:58 PM 1 comments
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Welcome Cooper Iverson Gurr....
Well baby Cooper Iverson Gurr has arrived. He decided to enter the world a little early... he was born July 1st, 2011 at 8:40 am. He weighed in at 7 lbs 13 oz. and was 20.5 inches long.
For those who want the details of his birth continue reading below....
On June 29th I went in for my regular check up... a check up I was really needing cause Brady was leaving the next day to New Jersey for two weeks for work. Everything went well at my checkup and I was given the details. I was dilated to a 2 and 80% effaced. I mentioned my husband was leaving out of town and the Dr. warned me that the baby would not wait another two weeks. So I was somewhat worried but didn't really think he would be here two days later. The day went on and we did our normal errands and enjoyed our night together. Brady of course waited until the last minute to start packing and was leaving for the airport at 4:00 am so we were up late talking while he was packing. So as I laid down to go to bed I started having contractions but they didn't feel that strong so assumed they were just Braxton Hicks which I had when I was pregnant with Linken. Brady and I were betting on when Cooper would be coming Brady thought for sure he would make it back in time and I was sure he was going to miss it. At around 3:00 am both Brady and I couldn't sleep and started talking. Brady was now worried about leaving but still ended up going.
After he left I went back to sleep until about 7:15 am when I woke up having major contractions that were more painful. I for sure thought I was in labor so quickly called Brady and told him not to board. Luckily I caught him 25 minutes before his flight left for New Jersey. So he started figuring out how he was going to get his bag that was already checked and on the plane and how he was getting back home. Meanwhile I called my mom and woke up Linken to head into Labor and delivery. After getting to labor and delivery I found out I was only dilated a half a centimeter more but was 90% effaced. So they sent me home. I continued having contractions all day so once Brady got home we kept them coming by going on a few walks, went riding on the four wheeler at my parents and then at around 7:30 pm we were jumping on the trampoline with Linken. By the time we got home they were stronger and coming every two minutes so I decided to jump in the shower and take my time to make sure this was really it. My worst fear was going into labor in the middle of the night which was now happening
So after showing and doing my hair we loaded sleeping Linken in the car and were off to the hospital again. Brady and Linken stayed in the car sleeping while I checked in. After checking in I was now dilated to 3 cm and 95% effaced so they told me to walk the labor and delivery floor for an hour and they would see if I was progressing. So I was off walking round and round with my cup of ice chips. About 35 minutes into walking my mom showed up to walk and keep me company. After an hour of walking I was 5 cm and was finally in labor. So Brady and Linken came up and I was moved into my delivery room. Things went great and Linken was a trooper. By 5:00 am I had my epidural and was feeling good. Linken and I even took a two hour nap and by the time I woke I was dilated to a 9 and was starting to feel the pressure. Because of the horrible experience with birthing Linken I made sure to click the button for my epidural meds which was amazing and made a huge difference. By 8:20 am I felt ready to push so in came my mid-wife, she came into check me and there was his head. I only had to push for 10 minutes and he was here. I had the most amazing nurses and an awesome Mid-wife!! This birth was 10 time better then the first.
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June 19th, 2002, 07:51 PM
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Rick, there will be a lawsuit filed against this the day it goes into effect, if not sooner. It is also reported that the ticketing agent will be the person determining if the customer is required to pay for two seats. This is so vague that it will never stand. In addition what about people who just happen to have wide shoulders like myself? What about ladies with large bosums? Will it only affect overwieght people? What about a person who is exceptionally tall? As you can see, there is no way this can be effectively done with any sense of fairness which means it will be illegal. What the airlines should do is make those darn seats wider! I have been pretty comfortable on most airplanes but those darn 727's with the 3/3 configuration is very painful for me because of the width of my shoulders, they just do not fit between the edges of the seats, and that's bone, not fat.
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For those that remember former member Kevin Archer, he recently sent Nat the following update on his athletics:
Hello Natalie,
One of the reasons you're so hard to forget is that last December time you were appearing regularly in the Athletics Weekly results, 'stalking' and even beating some of my former rivals, good athletes as well. I didn't write to say well done then, because I was a bit injured, and didn't want to make you big-headed. Now, I see your ladies team got the bronze at the Surrey Road Relays, so well done for that too. Of course, my Indoor and Outdoor track seasons did pick up, so I thought I'd do a bit of bragging too! I've probably missed loads of other good performances you've done, so hit me with them to get your own back, if you want.
I've had a stellar year.
Indoors - South of England 800m title (just did the one race); Inter Area 800m/1500m titles; silver in the British Champs (feeling rough, and defeat since avenged).
Outdoors – I won the Westminster Road Mile for the second year in succession, at the end of my age-group, beating Lord Sebastian Coe again (he's 3 years younger, but perhaps he wasn't trying quite as hard as me?!
On the track, I did the South West and South of England 800m/1500m doubles; Inter Area 800m (just the one race); British Champs double. British lead 800m time by 8.74 secs, with 2:21.66, which is 2nd fastest all-time; 1500m by 8.9 secs, with 4:50.98 which is 3rd fastest all-time British run. British track Mile record 5:241 (still a soft record). World Champs 800m 4th, and 1500m, silver recently in Malaga. Now I'm full of the 'flu and possibly a urinary infection, or heaven forbid something worse!! The ups and downs of stardom, eh! One of my long-time German rivals took a picture of us and sent it to the German press, so I am internationally famous now.
From June, my rise to fame was mainly because I moved into a new age-group (so I thought, you're running against old men here, make it count!) Did you move up age-group?
Do you have a club house there? If so, be a sport and organise a plaque in my honour would you?!!! Well, perhaps not, but say hello to anyone who remembers me. I remember you once said, leaning over the balcony, just like Juliet, that you would be looking after me in a few years. Where are you now, when I'm just recovering from death's door?!
I will still have to come and do the parkrun one day.
Best Wishes and happy running,
Photo shows me finishing 2nd in the World 1500m final, 7 secs clear of bronze.


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About place / Kislovodsk / Russia
About place: Kislovodsk
The main difference of Kislovodsk from the rest of balneological resorts is the huge terraced Resort Park on the slope of the Djinal Ridge. The town properly is located at the altitude of 800-1,100 m in the foothills of the Caucasus Ridge. And though the mountains are far away and can be seen only in good weather, in Kislovodsk you can feel the mountain climate, which creates, together with Narzan springs, the resort atmosphere there.
The Resort Avenue with the building of the Main Narzan Baths can be considered the center of the town. It was just for this that hundreds of thousands of people have come there for several centuries. Currently the Main Narzan Baths are under restoration, but you can go to the October Baths for a full treatment.
The Narzan Gallery is located a bit farther from the October Baths towards the Resort Park. And it was just there that the biggest Narzan spring was tapped in 1894. The resort-visitors come to this gallery to drink Narzan, as prescribed: either cold, or warm, or hot. It must be noted that the taste of Narzan is fairly pleasant, unlike the hydrogen sulfide springs of Pyatigorsk. It would be difficult to even approach them because of intolerable smell, but if the doctors prescribe these waters – you have nothing to do but to drink them up.
At the Narzan Gallery a road to the Resort Park starts and goes along the river Olkhovka. The park is just huge. At the cypress alley rather steep ascent to the Djinal Ridge begins. The road is cascading, and all paths are carefully planned as to the routes and distances that the resort-visitors should take according to the recommendations of their doctors. At the top of the ridge there is the place that Lermontov liked to visit. There is a monument to this great Russian poet.
Most Kislovodsk sanatoriums specialize in the treatment of heart deceases. Some of them also offer the treatment of asthma and tuberculosis, as well as nervous system.
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Topic Page: Americanization
(1853) 1 : the act or process of Americanizing 2 : instruction of foreigners (as immigrants) in English and in U.S. history, government, and culture
term used to describe the movement during the first quarter of the 20th cent. whereby the immigrant in the United States was induced to assimilate American speech, ideals, traditions, and ways of life. As a result of the great emigration from E and S Europe between 1880 and the outbreak of World War I (see immigration), the Americanization movement grew to crusading proportions. Fear and suspicion of the newcomers and of their possible failure to become assimilated gave impetus to the movement. Joined by social workers interested in improving the slum conditions surrounding the immigrants, and by representatives of the business and industrial world, organizations were formed to propagandize and to agitate for municipal, state, and federal aid to indoctrinate the immigrants into American ways. The coming of World War I with the resultant heightening of U.S. nationalism strengthened the movement. The Federal Bureau of Education and the Federal Bureau of Naturalization joined in the crusade and aided the private Americanization groups. Large rallies, patriotic naturalization proceedings, and Fourth of July celebrations characterized the campaign. When the United States entered into the war, Americanization was made an official part of the war effort. Many states passed legislation providing for the education and Americanization of the foreign-born. The anti-Communist drive conducted by the Dept. of Justice in 1919–20 stimulated the movement and led to even greater legislative action on behalf of Americanization. Virtually every state that had a substantial foreign-born population had provided educational facilities for the immigrant by 1921. The passage of this legislation and the quota system of immigration caused the Americanization movement to subside; private groups eventually disbanded.
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