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Here's how RW members rated this race (101 votes).
In short: I enjoyed the race. Organisation was adequate for the day. Nice flat course.Date of review: March 2, 2009
In short: I enjoyed it.In full: I enjoyed it, saw deer in the park with huge antlers and shaved 30 seconds of my PB as it was flat. Nice medal.Date of review: March 2, 2009
In short: very goodDate of review: March 2, 2009
In short: Average organisation.. Not one I shall do again..Date of review: March 2, 2009
In short: Friendly and scenic raceDate of review: March 2, 2009
In short: good run, good dayDate of review: March 2, 2009
In short: Great environment and beautiful scerary however the organisation fo the event let it downIn full: Amazing grounds and environment to run a 10k race on a sunday. the organisation of the race was very poor however as to where the facilities. I would have paid an extra £5-£10 to run the race if it had been more organisedDate of review: March 2, 2009
In short: Lots of marshalls, but seemed disorganised and disinterested. Waved on at the one water station if it indeed was one! ! Awards station was laughable but the quality o ff the medal and the wonderful location made it al l worthwhile.Date of review: March 2, 2009
In short: Nice race. Km markers aren't difficult.In full: As with so many races,you wonder sometimes what you are getting for the money. Yes,the T shirt and Medal are nice. But we run partly for the event and its atmosphere. The organizer could have put a bit more into the welcome,the start and the prize giving-generating a bit more enthusiasm. The marshalls were mostly totally silent-with a few lovely exceptions.Yes,they were volunteers and some were students but really -give a bit more than bored looks. The odd "go on","not far now" or "pull your finger out" might have helped. The course is lovely,so not much to do there. But learn a lesson from the FREE 5K run on the same route every week. Runners won't be ripped off. This wasn't a rip-off but with a bit more effort it could have been a lot better!Date of review: March 1, 2009
In short: Very well organised, no-frills race. Results were emailed quickly.Date of review: March 1, 2009
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this is WONDERFUL!!! especially the 'little old man'
Very nice pic, I love this piece in the film. And Paul just sit on a bench and read newspapermacca-fanna wrote:yes!!
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Here's how RW members rated this race (98 votes).
In short: Organisation needed improving along with a course tweek, but overall a fun 10K to run.Date of review: January 8, 2014
In short: Milton Keynes- Enjoyable run in a good locationIn full: Great little race this. Well organised and enjoyable pre race with active warmup and music and a lot of fancy dress/awful facial hair (mine included). Collected number and chip easy enough and was given a Movember head band before the race began.There was a little bit of a delay to the start and as a result the 10K that i ran in didnt get off until about 1020 or so which was a slight downer considering the chilly weather. Great marshalling and support and the route is undulating in places but the last 1k is down again. Willen Lake is where our parkrun takes place and it really is a lovely part of MK. The last 1K starts a top Campbell Parks highest point which gives great views.I absolutely obliterated my 10K PB by about 7 minutes but i havent run one in about 6 months and ive been doing a lot of training over the summer in that time. So i would say it isnt as easy as that makes out but certainly an opportunity for a PB.At the end you get a nice little medal and there are free refreshments from Lucozade (other drink makers are available in shops haha) and a blanket.My advice to Movember for next year would be:1) The water point needs to be slightly longer and not at a corner. It got a bit congested.2) Specified timing markers at the start. Im aware the 5K is provided as the fun run but it would be good to acknowledge that there will be some fun runners with us keeno's in the 10K by having estimated finish time markers in the queue at the start. This would avoid some people who were walking the whole route clogging the first 1K.Those are the only 2 issues that i identified and they really are only minor and as such didnt ruin my experience. I would assume some people may mention the price on here and at £22 there are certainly cheaper 10k's out there. However given the well run day, the medal and the fect that the extra goes to such a great cause i am more than happy to pay that and i will certainly do so again next year.Top morning out.Date of review: November 25, 2013
In short: Fun 5kIn full: Did the 5k with my husband & 5 & 7 year olds. Steep entry fee for on the day adults (£20) but offset by children being free!! Great medal and loved the headband! Nice route round a bit of MK (all looks the same in MK so never sure where we are!), mostly flat. Great support, really good at the start & finish. Only gripe was the start was very cramped and couldn't hear the start gun. Brilliant family day out and great atmosphere. Loved it! Date of review: November 24, 2013
In short: Wow what funIn full: I did the 10k on this one. Absolutely stunning rout and lots of mud-perfect. Not one for a PB if you run as a mexican sporting a rather large sombrero but who cares!!Date of review: November 10, 2013
In short: Fast race, great atmosphereIn full: Really quick, flat as a pancake, great lady with microphone firing everyone up and cheering everyone on to the end. I clocked a good season's best (38:23)even though it was really(!) muddy. Date of review: October 22, 2013
In short: Good turn out for potential rainy saturday run near muddy riversideIn full: The race is a potential PB as flat course out and back. Very mixed terrain and slippy due to previous rain and obviously muddy. Good staggered start to avoid congestion. Great PA woman at the start creating an atmsophere and trying very hard to get runners motivate before start. This fast 10k so I didnt like the cups of water as I cant sip them properly as this is potential PB course which I did PB!The finish was great to be recognised by name. Great to have free lucozade and some sweets and a sweat band. Also a immediate finish time check and a print out. I even used the £5 engraving service to have my pb time put on the nice shiny medal. Medal has improved from 2010 and has richmond riverside on it.Would do this again for another crack at pb on mixed terrain. This run definately worked out my legs especially quads as I had to watch my step on mud, pebbles, stones etc...not my usual run surface so toned me up.Date of review: October 20, 2013
In short: Lovely atmosphere, but very overpricedIn full: Firstly, the course - as a local to Greenwich Park, I knew what I was going to be getting! Very steep hills (4 of them in total for the 10k), and a killer to any thoughts of a PB. That said, it was my 3rd race in Greenwich Park, so I can include this one as a separate PB now - my best time in Greenwich Park as distinct from normal flat 10k's! Lovely scenery though, and great views from the top.Organisation - it ran like clockwork - plenty of toilets, lots of marshals (all of whom were really encouraging), and a very enthusiastic announcer on the mic.The downside was the price. It was £20, which I think is steep for a 10k anyway, but when you consider that the medal was remarkably basic (cheap) and that the water station consisted of some cups of water being handed out (we all know it's impossible to drink from a cup while trying to run), it's difficult to see how they justify £20. Yes, it was professionally run, but without a charity donation in there I just can't see how it was worth £20 to get a £2 medal and a cup of water at halfway.In summary, I really enjoyed myself, but there's far better value out there - if they made a charity contribution as part of the entry fee, or just gave out water bottles and better medals, then I'd consider this to be much better value for money.Date of review: May 21, 2013
In short: Thank you to organisers for making his race happen despite he snow and sleet!In full: Excellent race along the river, brilliant organisation and despite the horrid weather of snow, sleet and rain , some if it horizontal. Hats off to the organisers for a fantastic atmosphere Date of review: March 23, 2013
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I'm cursed with remembering every fat face I see walk into that store. Occasionally, I can't hold my back my disdain for the customers. Two Saturdays ago I counted fourteen people wearing tank tops and camouflage hats. I said "Welcome to Wal-Mart, asshole!" to everyone of them. When they asked me what I said, I just pointed towards the middle of the store and said "Dorito's and Mountain Dew are in aisle fourteen. Don't forget to wear a condom!" Then I'd point to the smiley face sticker I put on my crotch and whisper "Caught ya' lookin', queer!" It took until later that night for someone to finally report me. When my boss, a twenty-two year old nerd, confronted me I told him that I was suffering from spells of dementia, then I handed him a doctor's note I'd written myself on Wal-Mart stationary.
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My opinion is at post 22.
Skip to comments.Ending don't ask, don't tell (Military to be a eharmony.com for gays ???)
Posted on 02/04/2010 5:34:10 AM PST by sickoflibs
Opponents of the Obama administration's plan to scrap the "don't ask, don't tell" compromise by which gay men and women are allowed to serve in the military, so long as nobody finds out they are gay, say that with an all-volunteer force stretched thin by two wars, this is no time to rock the boat. They're wrong. Precisely because the military needs all the manpower -- and woman power --it can get, now is the time to end one of President Bill Clinton's least satisfying triangulations, a discriminatory and unjust policy that never made much sense.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that he will appoint a high-level commission to study how the Pentagon can transition to allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. The commission plans to survey top commanders, troops in the field and military families to determine their views on gays in the services and to review how the change would affect Pentagon policy on matters such as whether to provide benefits to domestic partners of gay servicemen, or how to handle the objections of a straight soldier who refuses to bunk with a gay comrade.
(clip) Removing the threat that a soldier could be outed lessens the climate of fear for gays in the military, but it doesn't afford them equality and justice, and the idea that the Pentagon could still take up to a year to figure out a way to reverse the policy is frustrating. (clip) Al-Qaeda and the Taliban make no distinctions based on whether our soldiers are straight or gay, and neither should the country that sends them into harm's way.
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I think the 'Don't ask Don't tell' policy makes perfect sense. It says "You can serve in the military regardless of your sexual desires, as long as you don't act on them or advertise them" . Liberal arguments go like this :"They are being forced to be dishonest".
You will like this one!
If any one wants to see what happens when gays take management positions in an industry turn to apparel, entertainment and news media (NY times for example)you see that they are brutal in keeping anyone but other gays and women in management. Why was AIDs so hard on Hollywood and Broadway? They have a few problems in churches and scouting that are very expensive and makes life difficult for families. That is why having a homosexual senior enlisted man or woman in charge of young people can created unwanted discipline problems. If the five top leaders of a squadron or division are openly gay - where do you go for help?
Turning the military into equal opportunity for little sister and mom seriously damaged recruiting from the warrior base, homosexuals will finish it off, which will lead to more females needed, and so on until the future does not look good for combat arms units.
I think they should think long and hard on this, the military is like any social society but with more structure. The culture or populace is like any other general public, there are good people and bad people, gang bangers, rednecks, and gay bashers etc. This dont ask dont tell rule is a security blanket for gays from the lower crust of this structured club. Just change the rules (gays cannot be discharged for being gay) if they want to come out so be it, but at your on risk.
Example: 2 soldiers go in to town start drinking argue get in a fight, one of them happens to be gay, the gay guy cant come back using that as an (hate crime) excuse why he got his butt kick. Dont know about the rank and file probably could care less, but dont look at me in the shower, dont hit on me, dont think just cause Im nice to you that I want to be with you, and after work just dress normal and dont use it to manipulate the system, and oh by the way dont get in my line of fire in our next fire fight just a few things to think about and get out of the way.
Are you joking? Any gays get hurt and we will see a wave of sensitivity training. Remember Tailhook? That senate outrage show was made by the same feminists that demanded females in the military , and had promised it would cause no problems.
If they want to serve they need to keep those sexual desires to themselves. (Here in Maryland it is a right to express this feelings and be entitled to a job and housing.)
If homosexuals are to come out of the closet in the military, then drop the other shoe and have men and women shower and bunk together.
If I was a conservative elected I would get on Chris Matthews MSNBC and tell him Islamic terrorists would use the conversion of the US military to a Club Med as a recruiting tool. I watch MSNBC and always wonder why republican guests dont turn the tables on Matthews got-ya games.
RE :"I want it replaced with "Do ask, Do tell, Do dishonorably discharge."
That was the prior policy. But then the libs came up with "Gays were born with their desire so this is bigotry based on birth". So DADT pre-empted it with 'keep your desires to yourself and you will be left alone'. So now they dreamed up the honesty argument, that we are forcing gays to lie to 'serve their country'.
Note that when the libs said Bush lied about WMDs, they didnt say he was 'forced to lie'.
Liberals want to treat the military as if it's any other enterprise in the private or public sector.
Our soldiers are willing to lay down their lives to protect us, hence THEY should get to set the rules on what constitutes the best composition of their forces, not politicians.
Islamic terrorists used lies like Newsweak's claim that korans were flushed down the toilet as a recruiting tool.
Islamic terrorists used lies like Ted Kennedy's claim that Americans were perpetrating the same horrors at Abu Ghraib that Saddam Hussein had carried out (which would be lopping off hands, raping and or/disembowling prisoners' wives in front of them...) as a recruiting tool.
Islamic terrorists used lies like internet porn site photos as "proof" that "American GIs" were "raping" "Iraqi women" as a recruiting tool.
Barack Hussein Obama knows this. He is even on record saying that perception becomes truth even if it isn't true.
So no matter what, there will be recruiting propaganda. And the Left feeds that cause. In a word "treason". They provide aid and comfort to the enemy in a time of war through willful propaganda efforts designed to sink domestic civilian and troop morale and provide justification for the acts of terrorists.
"Turning the military into equal opportunity for little sister and mom seriously damaged recruiting from the warrior base, homosexuals will finish it off, which will lead to more females needed, and so on until the future does not look good for combat arms units."
but everything will look stylish in matching colors!
"the way dont get in my line of fire in our next fire fight"
Give our boys some credit they won't go off fragging open homosexuals. Will they?
too right - as an Air Froce sargeant I know how creapy an NCO can become because they don't get a promotion - imagine what happens when gays don't get one and they take it out on the new guys.
I would be very interested in learning what FR Veterans think this will do to Unit Cohesion and camaraderie.
If this demonstrably reduces the battlefield effectiveness of our Military (as I strongly suspect it would) then there would be a clear necessity for the next Administration in 2012 to change course on this.
Fortunately this was put into law by the democrat congress in 1993 under Clinton and this congress is unlikely to try to get it through the Senate. Homos will realize Obama is conning them again.
MSNBC is really enthused about this idea.
Wasn't Abu grabe the result of a sexual fetish cluster of personel pevading a unit?
I think poll are being manipulated to include people who want "ASK and EXPELL" as the policy instead of the current one.
It is the immutability of the behavior that is the issue.
(The canadian mounties now have to deal with the same ridicule issues)
MSNBC must be really well populated with homosexuals if this is their lead story.
LOL, Maddows lead story each night. Matthews love it too.
"Over at MSNBC they keep quoting polls that say the public overwhelmingly wants this."
I wonder how the question reads. If they just ask whether we should end the current policy a lot of people may think the question is whether we should go back to the old policy rather than throwing the gate wide open.
If this is done it will worsen recruiting problems, not help. For every gay who joins and turns out to be worth his salt two or more straight men will decide not to join because of it and there will be much greater morale problems because of gays openly flaunting their homosexuality.
I thought it was bad enough being cooped up with straight sailors who liked to brag about their exploits with women, I kept mine to myself. I would have puked my guts out if I had had to listen to a bunch of queers bragging about their trip ashore.
"I would be very interested in learning what FR Veterans think this will do to Unit Cohesion and camaraderie."
My opinion is at post 22.
LOL, I try not to think of things like that. Not pretty.
You ever see Married with Children where Al Bundy carpools with three huge (very fat) women and he has to listen to them talk about their previous night's bedroom experiences? "Oh he was so good"... LOL, Al looks like he will puke and makes a joke about seeing a pork chop out the window to distract them.
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Remember the show the Love Boat. The new navy!
If they allow open gays, last time I ever salute the flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance. Will start to lean toward the "Let's hasten Armageddon" side.
Thanks very much...a perspective that I believe will be shared by most.
Just as the wonderful Swift Boat Vets saved our nation from John Kerry, I remain hopeful that if this insanity gets much further along that a similar group of distinguished veterans will rise up and encourage a popular revolt against it. It is such a monumental offense against everything our country stands for that I simply cannot believe that it will actually get passed into law.
How many normal, healthy parents will encourage their kids to join the military if it has regressed into such an environment?
But then again, BHO is President.
What is missing from the cannon is a figure of a male part, their object of worship.
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Interesting that scUM hires the ex Bama OC and Bama hires Lane Kiffin.
How does Kiffin keep landing on his feet like this? Seems like a shady character who hasn't produced a lot but he keeps getting chances in blue chip football programs.
Another interesting thing I have read from a variety of Bama fans and analysts is that they weren't happy with what they consider an excess amount of passing by Bama and that they need to go back to a predominant run-based, ball control offense. They seem to blame their defensive issues on the pass first offense and the lack of ball control offense.
Tressel/Bollman ball coming back in style????
Should be interesting to see how Nussmeier does at scUM...scUM fans are jumping for joy over the hire and think they stole a great coordinator from the SEC but Bama fans seem happy to be rid of him. One man's trash another man's treasure thing I guess.


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Stringer winners fire 9-under
RAY BROOK – A sunny warm day, family and good friends, and some darn good golf.
That was all part of the experience Saturday as the Saranac Lake Golf Club hosted the sixth annual Larry Stringer Memorial Scholarship tournament. The four-person scramble drew a full field of 18 teams. Groups took two trips around the nine-hole layout with a par round set at 70.
In a tight battle for the top, the team of Dana and Max Tarantelli, Zach Quinn and Edvin Radoncic took the win with a 9-under par 61. Dana Tarantelli said their team really came through on the putting greens. They were the only group of the day to record a birdie on the fourth hole, which had a brutally tricky pin placement on a downslope near the front of the green.
Tom Strack, Shalena and Charlie Duprey and Jim Knight were the runner-up team, just one shot back with a 62. Two teams finished with rounds of 63, and a tiebreaker was used to determine third and fourth place. Josh Dann, his father Bill, Scott Shatraw and Scott Nichols earned third, and the group of Gary Konkoski, John Tice, Bruce Smith and Ray Martin took fourth.
Most of the remaining teams turned in below-par rounds, while some were at par or just above. The Baker Clan, which included Carol, Cathy, Colleen and Clyde, were awarded the most honest team award for rounding out the field with an 87.
Three members of the Pickreign family – John, Larry and Larry Jr. – teamed up with Richard Pacharz for a memorable round. They finished with a 66, and along the way they had a rare eagle on Ray Brook's par-four ninth hole. Pacharz explained at the post-tournament pig roast barbecue at the Waterhole just how they notched the eagle.
"We were hitting our second shot from 107 yards out, and I knocked mine about eight inches away from the pin," he said. "Larry Jr. was next, and I told him 'the only way you'll get inside that is put it in the cup.' He made the shot. That was fantastic."
With the eagle, the foursome nailed down one of four skins won during the tournament. Mike and Matt Laramee, Mike Knapp and Tim Loftus earned a skin with an eagle on 17 (the par-5 eighth), and Sid and Sandy Cole, Stephen Martin and Ron Jones also won a skin with a birdie on 16, which was the seventh hole played from the short tee as a par-three.
The tournament is held each June in honor of Larry Stringer, an owner and bartender at the Waterhole who loved the game of golf. The popular event has raised thousands of dollars in scholarship money for graduating Saranac Lake High School students.
Georgia Murphy, who co-organizers the tournament alongside Larry Pickreign, said more than 120 people were fed at the post-tournament party at the Waterhole. She said the date for next year's seventh annual Larry Stringer tournament has been set for June 14, 2014.


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Its in Illinois, just over the river from STL, behind the racetrack over there. Im pretty sure people should know where that is. It looks really cool, from the plans i saw they should have 4 airball fields, and then a pretty big scenario field, with a bunch of buildings and stuff. Only problem is I cant remember the name. It opens sometime at the end of this month or early September, i believe.
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There is a field opening
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Posted 13 August 2009 - 07:36 PM
awesomely awesome.
They have alot of new pictures up from the build. It is opening Sept 1. thebreakpaintball.comTHe Breka Airsoft and Paintball
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South Manchester Triathlon
- What: Triathlon
- When: Sep 20, 2015
- Where: Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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- Tel: 01619286795
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Duathlon has developed into the winter sport for triathletes. However it's also the sport for bad-swimmers, non-swimmers or anyone who is scared of water, as no swim is required. It also attracts runners and/or cyclists looking for some variety.
An ironman triathlon has become the benchmark for tough endurance events since the concept was invented in the late 70s by a bunch of runners at an awards ceremony in Hawai.
Open water swimming is experiencing a boom in popularity. The Outdoor Swimming Society lists details of a wide range of open water swimming events across the UK.
Short sprint triathlons are ideal for beginners. The distances aren't too daunting and can be completed on limited training.
Triathlon is one of the world's fastest growing sports. Its inclusion in the Sydney Olympics gave it a huge boost. More recently the success of the Brownlee brothers, Olympic Gold and Bronze medallists has brought triathlon to a larger audience than ever before in the UK.


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Pit bulls often make headlines, typically because they are involved in a vicious attack. The media coverage of such incidents has led to the animals acquiring a less-than-positive reputation, but many owners of these dogs argue that they are a naturally loving and loyal breed, according to Oregon Live.
The news source states that the unsavory reputation of pit bulls may date back to 1987, when a widely popular cover of Sports Illustrated depicted a snarling pit bull. Since then, they have gained notoriety as fighting dogs, particularly when mentioned in high-profile cases, such as that of football star Michael Vick.
"People always know something about the pit bull, whether it's correct or not," Katie Williams, who works for a pit bull advocacy group in Oregon, told the news source. She currently runs something called "bully walks," an event that aims to dispel some of the negative rumors surrounding the breed.
According to PitBulls.org, in most cases of pit bull violence, the dogs have been trained by owners to be aggressive. Because of this, many of the dogs are up for pet adoption, including those who have loving, tender personalities.


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Your black bits are most likely silicon carbide.quarry tile themselves are harder hand most metals, and silicon carbide is a standard abrasive, its whats found on the blakc sandpaper.Below is a link to a vendors website.http://www.washingtonmills.com/products/silicon-carbide.htmlAs far as safety goes, it "should" be fine. quarry tiles are fired at 2000F, so heating them to 800F won't drive off anything new.the only possible problem is if the silicon carbide contained heavy metals such as cobalt or nickel, but thats unlikely.


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Critically acclaimed Korean hip-hop group Drunken Tiger has been stomping the streets and spitting rhymes of revolutionary influence for well over a decade now, constantly raising the bar for unprecedented lyricism and transnational music.
Just recently, Tasha Reid, Drunken Tiger's female lyricist debuted her latest single "Get It In." Infectious and bold, this banger of a track, produced by renowned producer !llmind and Jungin, features (in the English version) Seer and Father Dude of Smokey Robotic alongside Tasha's notoriously booming and self-asserting vocals. This mash-up of hip-hop, electronica and pop diverges far from what we've become too familiar with Korea's "Queen of Hip-Hop," as Tasha's latest single enters a newfound cross-section of audiovisual entertainment. As the main Studio piece from this year's Seoul Event, Creators Drunken Tiger and digital media designer Lumpens join in an inimitable project combining hip-hop music with the burgeoning advancements of technology. Under Lumpens' direction along with GDW Productions, "Get It In" opens up into an unparalleled world of music and virtual mayhem. Tasha, as the protagonist and heroine, controls the confines of her existence with the swing of her sword, kicking ass and fighting off tuxedo suited villains. Tiger JK, Drunken Tiger's frontman, otherwise known as Korea's "King of Hip-Hop," makes his defiantly late entrance, proceeding into a storm-struck battle of the hip-hop beaux. We went behind the scenes and watched Tasha in "action school," where she learned a few kung fu moves, how to convincingly wield a sword and, most importantly, how to look cool while flying through the air suspended by wires (Tiger JK's favorite part). We also sat down with Lumpens as he mapped out his storyboard and concept for the video. Inspired by Hong Kong kung fu films as a child, directing this type of "action noir music video" has been something he's wanted to do ever since he was a kid. Controlling the graphics (and narratives) for the three different panels on set, Lumpens not only made a live action film, but got to incorporate his art and projections to create the setting and backdrops for the live action shots, transforming the environment with just a simple switch of scenery to highlight emotional moments like the murder scene between Tasha and Tiger JK, which he says "is also a moment of embrace inbetween man and wife." Watch the making-of video above and the music video below (English version here).


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Hej dear Shop volunteers
I'm Hannah, the new EVS. My personal project is the shop, which needs some "evolution" in order to get more attractive and more popular. i would like to keep you updated with my ideas for the shop, our plans and of course i want to hear what you think!
first, thanks to anna who put a nice shop sign on the café door! since you did that yesterday some people came in from the café, asking me if the shop is new...
so, these are the plans for the shop:
- i'm going to rearrange some of the stock so that it looks nicer
- i'm going to clean up the shop folder and get a new notebook in which all important events and information can be kept
- we will soon sell tickets for venues like the Bowery - so the shop will be a box office soon!
- we need good-selling stock, especially for the festival. have you got any great ideas or do you know people who make wonderful things that everyone would want to buy?
- of course, we have to promote the shop! a new logo that can be put onto flyers and posters would be great! if anyone wants to help the shop and is good at graphic design or just has got a nice idea for a shop logo, please let me know.
of course there are many other things that should be done and ideas that could be discussed. that is why i'd like to have a pre-festival shop-meeting. my suggestion for our meeting is next thursday, 16 july at 7pm in the shop. i would be happy if everyone interested in improving the shop came!
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David Letterman Joins Telsa Motors As Pitchman
Contributing Monkie Julia Ocean
Published on May 1, 2009
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Looks like David Letterman is so mad at GM and the other big automakers, he has decided to support Tesla. He goes on and on about how he loves the first Tesla car and even rolls out the new prototype sedan, The Model S. Tesla's Chairman, Elon Musk gives credit to the documentary Who Killed The Electric Car, for bringing a spotlight to the demand for electric cars. Musk said " When was the last time anyone cared about the death of a GM vehicle?" He was talking about GM killing off the EV1 electric car, to make way for the Hummer Beast Line of vehicles. Which have now been killed off as well.
Elon, couldn't have paid David enough for this type of endorsement. I am sure being on shows like Late Night and The Tonight Show, puts Tesla on the map in Washington D.C. Giving them a chance at some Government funds to make the Model S into a reality. From the news hitting the web over the last few weeks, the Model S is smoke and mirrors for now. They have a long way to go and their really is no way to price the car yet. The flat screen display on the dashboard would cost $7 on its own.


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About the Author: Lauren M. Ladenson serves as Political Officer at the U.S. Mission to the African Union.
A delegation of high-level officials, led by Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg, attended the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 30 and 31. The delegation included Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Johnnie Carson and Ambassador Mary Yates, the newly-appointed Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council. U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa Larry Garber, and U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo William J. Garvelink, Feed the Future Deputy Coordinator for Development, rounded out the delegation.
At the Summit, the U.S. delegation discussed a range of salient issues with African leaders. Delegation members held meetings with Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Gabonese President Ali Bongo, Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
The Summit also provided the delegation the chance to meet with counterparts from China and France, and for Deputy Secretary Steinberg to talk with Tunisian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Radhouane Nouicer about recent events in Tunisia. In addition, the U.S. delegation held meetings with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Haile Menkerios. Delegation members were particularly pleased to meet with the Chairperson of the African Union, former Gabonese Foreign Minister Jean Ping.
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If it weren't for DipNote we'd never know what's going on in Africa except for Tunisia's recent brief day in the sun nothing else is on the TV news shows.
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Questions Eco-Conscious Consumers Need to Ask
Be sure to understand all the options available for fireplaces, stoves and inserts. Once you have an idea of how you want to use a product and where you hope to place it, these questions may help guide a discussion with your retailer to find the best product and fuel source to suit both you and the environment.
To avoid wasting energy heating spaces that are rarely used, how can a fireplace or stove target heat to specific areas of the home?
Are there environmental benefits to heating this way?
Based on the product I'm interested in, which has the highest efficiency rating?
Are there other ways to increase heating efficiency I should consider?
Fuel Considerations
In our region and with my planned usage, what is the greenest fuel available that would leave the smallest carbon footprint? Are biomass fuels a good option for my home and my use?
How much fuel should I estimate using in a season (supplementary vs. primary heating source)?
Product Lifecycle
To keep things running as cleanly and efficiently as possible, what is the best way to maintain the product?
How do I recycle my old stove? (NOTE: Old stoves should not be donated or resold)


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Northern and Central California Grocery Store Deals Thread
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Thread DetailsLast Edited by missusg July 3, 2010 at 05:32 PM
Thank you to missusg and mcube for starting up threads for the individual stores for Northern California.
Due to how the timestamp works - it is with apologies to mcube (who started the Lucky thread) that your post is now #141 -- When a thread is merged the posts go in timestamp order.
Please note that there is a 30 day rule for reps -- so any post greater than 30 days old cannot be repped.
This message to remain for the next 24 hours so that our NoCal users can get used to this.
official place to post Norcal store deals
Savemart/Lucky/Raley's/Bel Air/Nob Hill and other local chains welcome
We're not too rigid, any deals of NORCAL interest welcome
Been recommended that I tell people to play nice, just post deals and no fighting
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Community Wiki
1/2, 2/3, X/Y - X dollars of the purchase off Y (Y can be #items, amount spend, ect)
B1G1, B2G2, ect - Buy One Get One, Buy Two...
B1G$1, B2G$2, ect - Buy One Get 1 Dollar Buy Two...
CAT - Catalina [they have machines at the registers that print out store and/or manufacturer's coupons called CAT's--sometimes random CAT's print from the machines (like when you buy a competitor's product), other times a $ off ONYO will print when you do a certain deal like the ones at the bottom part of the wiki. Some CAT's are Safeway Q's, while others are MQ's.]
CSR - Customer Service Representative (cashier)
DH - Dear Husband
HH - Happy Hunting
HTH - Hope This Helps
IP - Internet Printable (coupon)
MM - Money Maker
MQ - Manufacturer's Coupon
ONYO - On Your Next Order (in reference to a $ amount CAT coupon that prints to use on your next purchase)
OOP - Out Of Pocket
OP - Original Poster
PM - Private Message
Q(s) - Coupon(s)
RAOK - Random Act of Kindness
RC - Rain Check
SD - Slick Deal(s)
SQ - Safeway Coupon
SW - Safeway
SCO - Self Check Out
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TLOD - The Land of Doubles
WYB - When You Buy
Current Food Deal Related
BE - Birds Eye
ER - Eating Right
HH - Heart Healthy
MA - Michael Angelo's
M/M or M&M - Mix and Match (Buy 10 participating items, get $5 off instantly)
RTS - Race To Saving (see above)
WFB - Water Front Bistro (aka WTF )
Roll - usually refers to using a CAT on the next transaction and having a CAT still print for that transaction that you can use on the next one again
Useful threads:
Printable Manufacturer coupons thread link to printables
List of Unexpired newspaper coupons (YMMV - NorCal sometimes gets different values, sometimes we don't get a coupon in our region, and sometimes we get extra coupons! LINK
Birthday Freebies
Restaurants/Fast Food
Denny's – Free Grand Glam Breakfast – or valued $? (about $4.69 or less than $5), still worth it.
IHOP- Free Tutt n' Fruity – or other entrée valued $ about $7
Panera – Free birthday freebie
Starbucks – Free item – via starbucks card
Red Robin – Free Burger
Fudruckers – BOGO burger
Noodles and Company – Free bowl of noodles
Benihana's - $30 Dinner – M-TH DINNER time only – valid for one month
Chevy's – Free entrée – valued $12.99
BJ's Brewery - Free pizookie dine-in - no other purchase required (Pizza Cookie)
El Torito - ?
Baja Fresh – Free burrito wyb a soda
Black Bear Dinner - Free Waffle (or pancakes) with eggs and bacon (or sausage)
Godiva – Free piece per month, $10 bday month
Pink Berry - ?
Cold Stone Creamery - ?
Basket Robbins – free cone
Cinnabon – Free Mocha Cocolatta
Retail Stores
Origins - $10 bday mon, $10 christmas
Sephora – Free birthday gift – pre-set, no purchase nessasary just go in and pick up
Aveda - Free $25 Personal Blend link [aveda.com] - worth $25
Benefit - Free Brow Arch, week of your bday - Sun-Sat - more info here [benefitcosmetics.com]:
Body Shop - $10 credit need to be Love Your Body member. Or in the past, you can use that credit towards a membership – in your bday month.
Naturalizer - $10 postcard and email.
Kohl's Rewards- $10 via snail mail
DSW - $5 code to use on anything in store
Famous Footwear - $5 code to use
Sports Authority - $10 code to use in store, must be The League member
Raley's/Nob Hill – Birthday Cake Mix or 6 pack of cupcakes from Bakery/ $10/20 Custom bakery – via Something Extra rewards – valid all month long
Cost Plus World Market - 15% discount, must be an explorer member
OSH – Free $5 to use at the store – must be a rewards member
50 yard line savings list [safeway.com]of qualifying items
Must sign in to Just for U to activate
receive 1 Point for every participating item purchased. A total of 100 points needed to redeem for a $50 Gift Card
Promotion begins at 12:00:01 a.m. PT on 8/17/16 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. PT on 2/7/17.
see your Just for U offer for T&C
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Here is the link [raleys.com] to next week's coupons!
Chex 3/$6, buy 3 get $3 off at checkout
Use $3/3 peelies - free!
If you don't have peelies, $1/2 IPq here:
My ad is Nob Hill but so far has been the same as Raleys
link [raleys.com] to next week's coupons!
At Lucky's yesterday, they had the large box of Pampers Cruisers on clearance for $21.99, about the same price that folks here on SD are freaking out about for the Amazon Subscribe and Save deal. I was so sad that they only had size 3 left and I need size 4 The person in front of me at the SCO paid and left his $3/1 any Pampers Cruisers CAT - what a tease! Totally YMMV but wanted to mention it. These were the Cruisers WITHOUT the Dry MAx which I'm desperately looking for as my baby was one of the babies that got the hideous rash from the new Dry Max kind.
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The deal in the ad is to buy one package at $3.99 and get two free.
I bought nine packages at $3.99 each, total of $35.91
I received a card savings of $23.94 for the advertised B1G2F deals
I also received a discount of $9.00 for the J4U price. What it did was to take $1.50 off of each package of strawberries.
So my total ended up as $35.91- 23.94 - 9.00 == 2.97.
The blog [safeway.com] says (on 2/7/11) "Yes, you can use a store coupon with a manufacturer coupon for the same item."
The coupon policy is here. [safeway.com] It doesn't address stacking store and MQ and doesn't talk about the J4U program at all.
The deal in the ad is to buy one package at $3.99 and get two free.
I bought nine packages at $3.99 each, total of $35.91
I received a card savings of $23.94 for the advertised B1G2F deals
I also received a discount of $9.00 for the J4U price. What it did was to take $1.50 off of each package of strawberries.
So my total ended up as $35.91- 23.94 - 9.00 == 2.97.
Do you remember which ones you got? (sometimes they have the Driscoll's and some other ones).


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There are a number of dining options at the Campus Center on the Main Campus including:
You can also find the Wired Café on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center. The Wired Café offers Cal Java Premium Roast Fair Trade Organic Coffee, Espresso Beverages, Continental style pastries, Smoothies, plus Take-Out foods prepared for the healthy minded. The Wired Café also has public computers and a television. Catch up on email and the news while you have a cup of coffee and a snack!


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Today, Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts, who serves as Global Ambassador of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, released a statement in recognition of World Pneumonia Day, which falls on November 12. In her statement, she recognizes the life-saving efforts of the Alliance, and emphasizes that the deployment of clean cookstoves and fuels can significantly reduce worldwide childhood death from pneumonia:
"I was inspired to join the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves because its core mission is saving lives -- especially children's lives. Of the 2 million people killed each year from diseases caused by toxic smoke from dirty stoves and open cooking fires, about half are young children who die from acute lower respiratory infections, most commonly pneumonia.
"The deployment of clean cookstoves and fuels can significantly reduce worldwide childhood death from pneumonia. Combined with our partners' global efforts to encourage vaccinations and increase basic health and wellness education, the Alliance is playing an important role in reducing pneumonia and other preventable deaths among the world's most vulnerable people."
In September 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a public-private partnership to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and combat climate change by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions.
Ashim C. in India writes:
This reminds me that in India, a young entrepreneur has developed a manual technique of manufacturing double layered clay refrigerator / water can, which can be used for food preservation and which can have an in-built water purification system. This clay can consumes no power while in use. Similarly, there are in situ flyash based light weight concrete brick making technology and manual sandwich panel technology, which can go a long way in giving access to poor and underprevileged easy ecofriendly, durable and comfortable housing in developing countries. Possibly, USAID and such other organisations in beneficiary countries can get together and further refine technologies like these to improve quality of life of people. Like Julia Roberts local celebrities can can come forward to popularise them.
Jennifer L. in Washington, D.C. writes:
Any efforts to improve people's lives in the developing world must first be based on the locally available resources, rather than creating additional dependency on outside "expertise,†supplies, or technology. It's also vital to avoid undermining local economies and local organizations, especially if products such as these are delivered through traditional funding mechanisms, with each layer of bureaucracy taking its share.
Clinton and Roberts need to take a more responsible approach to throwing their support behind "solutions†such as these. The media must also stop portraying foreign assistance as a kind of ever-elusive (and arrogant) search for a single, magic "silver bullet†to solve poverty. Instead, let us all focus on putting real resources behind local initiatives and means of overcoming obstacles in the developing world.
Despite whatever trend comes next from the so-called experts, policymakers, and donors, skilled and experienced people working on the ground know that no technological initiative in and of itself can offer the full answer to complex problems in the developing world.
See also this related post entitled, "Hilary, Julia, Stoves Won't Save the Worldâ€: "http://www.how-matters.org/2011/11/12/hillary-stoves-won't-save-the-wo..."
Girish in India writes:
There have been many versions on cook stoves across the world, but a lot of them are like improvised version of open stove, means the smoke is still inside the home. There have also been some good examples like lowsmokechulha.com this one which has a chimney to take the smoke out of home, this is the most useful as women and children won't inhale the dangerous smoke.


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soba noodles with roasted zucchini, cherry tomatoes + swiss chard pesto
It's been quiet around here recently, and for a good reason. This little space of mine is getting an well-deserved update, and I should be up and running with the new site next week.
But while that has been going on behind the scenes, the late summer vegetables are still lingering, in my backyard as well as in the market, and knew I needed to jump back on here and share one last late summer favorite. I hope you haven't moved onto butternut squash on me already.
It's kind of that in-between season time right now, the days are still warm but at night the chilly air is sneaking it's way in, and before we know it jackets will make their way back into our daily wardrobe. It right about this time that I start roasting my veggies instead of eating them raw, and this is one of those recipes I will be using to get my last bit of late summer indulgence on.
This swiss chard pesto is a new one for me and I've been putting it on anything and everything. I've make kale pesto, and I've made plenty of basil varieties, but this swiss chard pesto is going to be a new staple. Plus it is just another way for me to use and freeze the mass amounts of swiss chard I ended up with in my garden this season.


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Topic: best solution for editing rails files on remote server with textmate
What do you guys do?
i have a rails server at the office, and do most of my editing from home.
So far i have been mounting the directory with sshfs then i can get to it with textmate,
but, because of the latency in network, i get a spinning beach ball a lot.
i could use ssh and vim, that is quick, but i really want to use textmate instead.
i do testing and development on webrick, then move it to apache when i like it.
So i would like something that i could do a quick edit and refresh my browser to see the change quickly.
any ideas ??


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Oladapo Atitebi, CC '11, known to friends as an avid Sherlock Holmes fan, "terrific dancer," supporter of the Manchester United Football Club, and former secretary and webmaster of Columbia University African Students Association, died on Feb. 10 at the age of 24.
Atitebi, called "Dapo" by his friends, was a computer science major who had been fighting gastrointestinal cancer for seven months. He came to Columbia from Nigeria and was an active member of the African Students Association, serving as secretary from 2007 to 2008 and webmaster from 2008 to 2009.
"He was our go-to comedian and playwright. He also played guitar and melted hearts with his piano in our semiannual Milo Coffee House," ASA member Lauretta Ambe, CC '14, said. "We will always remember him as this big teddy bear who could melt hearts with his smile, his amazingly infectious laughter that would always cut through any kind of tension going on in ASA meetings."
ASA President Elsie Ennin, BC '15, also spoke of Atitebi's musicality and his involvement in ASA, especially in its annual Afropolitan showcase.
"Dapo has always written a skit. He was one of the staples that people really loved in the show and always had constant energy. His skits were a pivotal part of the organization," Ennin said.
Even after graduating, Atitebi remained an active part of campus life—he visited campus in September for the fifth annual Afropolitan show.
"The ASA was very devastated when we heard the news because Dapo is really like one of the glues that connect us all together, alumni and current students," Ennin said.
Atitebi was living in New York with two friends from Columbia—Alexander Tsado, SEAS '12, and Ishmael Osekre, GS '10—when he was diagnosed with stage-four gastrointestinal cancer in August 2013.
"His last few months were filled with bravery and hard work, trying to fight this sickness that was really unexpected," Osekre said. "We all didn't see this coming."
"We left the hospital with a resolution to just fight this, because he was too young," Osekre said.
Tsado remembered Atitebi as a life-changing friend, whom he first met after an ASA meeting.
"I went to his dorm room at about 11 p.m., introduced myself and from there we just became friends," Tsado said. "We ended up staying that night, working on that computer science homework till about 5, 6 a.m. He pretty much taught me how to program and today I'm a programmer, so he pretty much taught me my trade."
Nicholas Litombe, SEAS '07 and another close friend of Atitebi, said that Atitebi "did not fit in any box."
"He was very smart, he had the most boisterous laugh," Litombe said. "He was really funny, with perfect comedic timing and with a very charming personality with dimples to boot.
"We often bonded over being the only black kids in our science and math courses that we took at Columbia. There is that very intellectual, sciency part of him," Litombe said. "In conversations with Dapo, you could always expect to have your mind expanded and to laugh till your belly hurt. He was very intellectual in an effortless way, you know."
ASA is collecting flowers and messages from the Columbia community to give to Atitebi's family at the funeral on Feb. 17, and will be donating the proceeds from its 10th anniversary gala in April to the American Cancer Society in honor of Atitebi.
Correction: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this article misstated that Atitebi was SEAS '10. He was actually CC '11. Spectator regrets the error.


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The Creators Project: Your work is very different from the rest of the graphic design landscape. It's more organic and more controversial in a lot of ways.
Stefan Sagmeister: For a long time we've tried to make design that's somehow more personal, possibly more human-centered, more organic, more handmade, less objective, and more subjective. At the advent of modernism in the 1920s, the human being was designed out of design--not just in graphics, but also in architecture and product design. The new machine age was so exciting to designers and architects that they wanted to get rid of everything organic, down to the very essentials. A fellow Austrian even wrote a book called Ornament and Crime, arguing that people like sailors who adorn themselves with tattoos are criminal to begin with, and that the pure soul of course goes for something that's much more distilled. Now, of course we've had almost 100 years of modernism, and like any historic state, it's become stale and boring. There are plenty of possibilities and areas where modernist thinking makes a whole lot of sense, including stuff we've done in the studio here that works quite well. I just think as a overall all-encompassing movement modernism does not have all the answers in 2010.
What are some examples of the prevalence of modernist design in our everyday life?
I think that the regular person on the street--you know, if I talk to my aunt and show her any newspaper--she will likely think that it has been designed by a machine. She will know that it's written by a person because there's a byline that says written by so-and-so, but she will think that the whole thing was designed by a machine because it really is so machine-like--so exact, so perfect, without mistakes. Take also, for example, emergency exit seat cards on airplanes. They all have the same look: modernist, iconographic, people represented with a dot for a head, as clean as possible. I think this is not the best way to show how we use emergency exits. As we have all seen, most people are so bored by those cards that nobody even looks at them even though the flight attendant points out many times to look at them. Virgin Airlines has a new approach to them, much more emotional illustration--and you tell. You don't have to do a scientific study of the other passengers on the plane; you can see people pay more attention to the little films they show, as well as the cards.
What are some of the differences between the way you run things and a traditional design firm?
One of the differences is that we don't, or have not in the past, shied away from the personal. So many designers when they come out of school have this feeling that, you know, form follows function. It always has to come exactly out of the functionality of the thing. Often, taking a complete reverse approach is very advantageous. I think beauty is not just in function. There is beauty in non-functionality.
When did technology start playing a role in your design process
I think technology always played a role in our work. So many of our ideas were really only made possible by technology. I mean, for one thing, I'm not only an optimist but I also believe now is a better time to live in than it was 100 years ago or 500 years ago. I'd much rather live in 2010 than in 1510. And knowing that, 2110 will probably be a more exciting time.
In recent years, the interest of the general public has become significantly more interested in design. Why?
So many people became designers through technology, in some way or another, and are therefore more interested in it. It used to be a very difficult field to get into, but technology has both leveled the playing field, and created an increased demand for innovative design.


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A lot has changed since Cabell Huntington Hospital opened in 1956, but the dedication of our Volunteers and Auxiliary members remains steadfast. At the Annual Meeting of the Auxiliary of the West Virginia Hospital Association (AWVHA), the CHH Auxiliary and Volunteers were honored with these awards:
Non-Fundraising Service Project
• 300+ beds: Cabell Huntington Hospital, Animals for Smiles
• Overall Winner: Cabell Huntington Hospital, Animals for Smiles
Volunteer of the Year
• Southwestern District: Charlotte Mohr, Cabell Huntington Hospital
• Overall Winner: Charlotte Mohr, Cabell Huntington Hospital
Charlotte Mohr, a CHH volunteer who has served the hospital's staff and visitors in a variety of ways for more than 12 years, was named 2013 Volunteer of the Year for the hospital, the Southwestern District and for West Virginia.
"Charlotte has a unique leadership style that combines a savvy flair for the arts with a very personal, face-to-face, listening-to-the-people focus that has enabled her to connect with many people in a very short time—and with very positive results," said Barry Tourigny, CHH's vice president of human resources and organizational development.
Cabell Huntington Hospital's Auxiliary project "Animals for Smiles," which Charlotte Mohr helped initiate, bested all other hospital auxiliary projects in West Virginia in the Non-Fundraising Service Project category. Volunteers working with the "Animals for Smiles" project sew, stuff and deliver colorful animal toys to children to help them feel at ease while receiving care or medical tests at Cabell Huntington Hospital, the Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Hoops Family Children's Hospital. To date, more than 3,300 handmade stuffed animals have been delivered to children.
"I was thrilled and excited that the "Animals for Smiles" won the Project of the Year award, and I am humbled to be named Volunteer of the Year," Mohr said. "All of us who have worked on "Animals for Smiles" know what it has meant to the staff at Cabell Huntington Hospital, the parents, and most importantly, the children."
To learn more about volunteer opportunities at Cabell Huntington Hospital, please call 304-526-2113.