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Predator CCTV Racing competed at round 3 of the British GT Championship at Rockingham Speedway with their Ferrari Scuderia GT3 for a two hour endurance race. "We completed a shakedown of the car at Mallory Park so we were confident … Continue reading
I completed the first round of the 2012 British GT Championship on Bank Holiday weekend 7-9th April at Oulton Park in Cheshire with the Predator CCTV Racing team… Driving the Predator CCTV Racing Ferrari Scuderia we had a mixed weekend … Continue reading
I completed the first 2 days running at Oulton Park in the Predator CCTV Ferrari, it has a nice fresh Engine so felt a lot better than at the end of last season. The team have also fitted traction control … Continue reading
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I bought this card 7 years ago for this quote, it's the first thing I see when I wake and the last before I go to sleep. I just think it's such a beautiful reminder to wake up with a grateful heart, it can really help set the tone for the entire day.
LIVE….Live well, travel, LOVE with all your heart, takes pictures and frame those moments in your mind that in time will remind of a LIFE well lived. Do not be afraid to go for what you want in life. Do not settle and do not compare your life to others. Being you is unique enough.
Another quote that I always come back to is one by Steve Jobs:
"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to LOSE. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your HEART."
I started this blog with the intention to Empower you, Inspire you and to remind you that being alive is something to be grateful for. You will find happiness in your relationships, friendships, family and whatever Faith you belong to. As much as my passion for fashion fuels this blog that is not where my happiness comes from. My happiness comes from within, God has blessed my life many times over. Trust me, with the sweet comes the sour, I have gained this knowledge through my own personal pain that life has shown me and with that pain comes personal growth. You will be pushed out of your comfort zone and do things you thought you never possible. I promise, the pain won't last forever….nothing does. Eventually time moves us all along. As is evident because today is my 32nd birthday.
I must admit, I am truly the happiest I have ever been. Thank you for letting me chime in and let you see a side of me that my dearest friends know all to well.
On the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel
As always Thank you for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Todd Palin has taken the Iron Dog title four times. This year it wasn't meant to be. He'll likely be right back on the sled in 2015. Perhaps he'll be back on top. In the meantime, all you have to do is see Trig to realize Palin is already a winner.
We'll find out who will capture the Iron Dog crown this weekend, but we know this much for certain: Todd Palin is a champion. Monday night Team 11, comprised of Palin and Tyler Huntington, scratched out due to mechanical problems. Sure, Palin would have liked to have done better in this year's race but when you see who's waiting for him at home, you understand what's truly important.
"When the girls told Trig that daddy had to leave the race, he still said, "Go, daddy!" And it's sort of his first "sentence" that's kind of clear! We're proud of our boy!"
She included an adorable video of 5-year old Trig. The youngest Palin child is as happy as can be. "Go, daddy" would be the sentiment win, lose, or draw. Seeing the face of a child light up by just the mention of his dad is priceless. No championship or first place finish could ever top that.
Todd Palin also posted on Sarah's Facebook page:
Hi! For anyone interested, this is Todd and Tyler from Iron Dog Team #11 writing from Sarah's Facebook page.
Disappointed on the trail today, but keeping everything in perspective. Due to a rare mechanical issue that was impossible to fix on the trail, we'll be cheering on the other teams the rest of the race. I've been enjoying this endurance race for decades now, and you never can tell how it's going to turn out for any team. There's always inexplicable circumstances arising and you never know what mother nature will challenge you with out there. But it's always rewarding and worth the effort.
This race, like everything else in life, is a gamble. Our advice is to find your passion, don't procrastinate, and just do it! This isn't a dress rehearsal. It doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down, what matters is how many times you get back up. As Sarah likes to say, live life vibrantly! Having the freedom to tackle challenges like this is what makes America amazing.
We're incredibly grateful for all the supporters that make the world's ultimate snowmachine race happen every year. It wouldn't be possible without our rural communities that connect the trail, celebrate this event, and cheer on every participant. You keep us going, bush Alaska! You're our foundation! Thank you so much for all you guys do.
Keep the other racers in your prayers.
Also, thanks so much for pledging in the fund raiser to fight breast cancer with the awesome "Bring Home the Pink" campaign. You can still support the Ski-Doo teams involved in this great cause by pledging here: http://www.gofundme.com/67f7gs
Todd & Tyler
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1. Hollywood lived in fear of Finke, wrote Benjamin Wallace in a story detailing the disastrous, delectable, contentious, short-lived business partnership between industry-gossip power broker Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood and newcomer bigwig Jay Penske, the entrepreneur who purchased her site and pledged to support it (Free Nikki Finke, December 2). An epic, beautifully told story. Have it for lunch, it's delicious, tweeted David Carr of the New York Times. Operatic story made me burst out laughing a dozen separate times, wrote his colleague Michael Barbaro. Ho. Ly. Shitballs, Foster Kamer of Complex exclaimed. Tweeted Delia Ephron, Sometimes you read things and your mouth is just hanging open. Others were more put off than pulled in by the gossip and the power of those who trade on it. How does anyone in Hollywood put up with anyone else in Hollywood? asked Heidi N. Moore of The Guardian. And the reclusive Finke herself, annoyed by the story's accompanying photo-illustrations (of her ranting over the phone to movie execs), tweeted: In 2012 a NYC magazine called for a Hollywood boycott of me. Now in 2013 that same outlet runs fictional illustrations of me. #Tiresome.
2. The harshest critics of testing have argued that students learn best from a well-rounded curriculum, and that the pressure to get the correct answer on a high-stakes test leads to cheating and alienation, wrote Robert Kolker, profiling a handful of elementary-school students (and their families) who have begun protesting more aggressive school testing by opting out of the tests themselves (The Opt-Outers, December 2). This article is a brilliant testament to the mismanagement of education reform, wrote one commenter on nymag.com. While the decision to raise standards in order to make America's youth more competitive with overseas competition is understandable, this approach borders on the ludicrous. And a pity is that in the future the public will be all the more cynical when new attempts are made to change something that so badly needs changing. Another agreed: If you want to do something good for your kids, get out of NYC and go to a place where there's a sense of reality and kids get the individual attention they need at that age. In fact, get out of the U.S. entirely because the almost religious focus on standardized testing at such an early age has reached obnoxious proportions. But a few readers piped up to defend testing and the reforms that have emphasized it in recent decades. My experience has been thumbs up, wrote a mother of three. Our 4th grade teacher cranked up the rigor in her class. She didn't do this by having kids do test prep packets for months, she did this by engaging them in meaningful, rich content studies. If a teacher is making kids fill out bubbles for months, then he/she is a poor educator. If you don't want your kids to take tests, opt out, but don't impose your philosophy on everyone else.
3. Three weeks before Lolita arrived in bookstores, [Dorothy] Parker published a storyin The New Yorker, of all placestitled Lolita,' and it centered on an older man, a teen bride, and her jealous mother, wrote Galya Diment in a literary detective story about the mid-century writers whose work overlapped, it seems, for a moment (Mrs. Parker and the Butterfly Effect, December 2). How could this have come to pass? Diment asked. She could have just heard the basics over too many cocktails and spun out her own version, trying a new style as an experiment, suggested one reader on nymag.com. Another, identifying himself as the head of the Dorothy Parker Society, rose up to defend his hero, arguing that Diment was making a lot of fuss over nothing. Am I the only one to not see that this article rings false throughout? he wrote. My beef is that she has completely misread the Lolita' written by Parker. It is a story about a single, unhappy, woman, a character Parker used many times, going back to 1923. Lolita in Parker's story is not a preteen but a grown woman, while Nabokov was writing about a child. The purpose of Diment's detective work isn't clear, but it did remind many that Parker was still writing good work into her sixties, something Nabokov didn't do.


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March 13 Box Scores
Hillsdale 2, Southwest Minnesota St. 0
March 13 Recap
They say good pitching beats good hitting. The Charger softball team has the "good pitching" part down pat.
Getting terrific performances from junior Kate Ardrey and sophomore Sarah Klopfer, Hillsdale improved to 3-3 on the season with a 2-0 win over Southwest Minnesota State and a 1-0 win over Glenville State in Auburndale, Fla. Thursday afternoon. The team is now off until Saturday, when it faces New Haven University.
This was the first time Hillsdale has recorded back-to-back shutouts of NCAA Division II opponnets since April 23, 2003.
In the win over Southwest Minnesota State, the teams were locked in a scoreless duel until Ardrey got Hillsdale's offense going in the top of the 7th inning. She singled to right field, scoring pinch runner Jessie Fox with what would turn out to be the game-winning run. Freshman catcher Jessica Knepper drew a leadoff walk to open the inning. Fox ran for her, then advanced to second on Sarah Grunert's groundout.
Hillsdale then loaded the bases when sophomore Danielle Garceau drew a walk, scoring pinch runner Kelli Eddie for a valuable second run.
Ardrey got the complete-game shutout, striking out one while scattering just four hits on the day. Freshman shortstop Bekah Kastning had her second multi-hit game of the Florida trip, getting a single and a double for the Chargers.
In the second game, it was Klopfer's turn to toss a complete-game shutout. Hillsdale's lone run came on an RBI infield groundout by junior Courtney Day. The Chargers got hits from Kastning, Grunert, senior Kristi Goron and sophomore Julia Kosco in the victory.
Klopfer picked up her first win of the season, going all seven innings with two strikeouts and just three hits allowed.
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The weather on Saturday was wonderful! Made you think how great it would be to go the beach…
That is the reason why this time the Colorir o sábado participants attended some outdoor activities. It would be very unfair to keep the kids locked in a room when the day was so beautiful!
Therefore, under the guidance of the volunteers, the kids participated in physical activities on the pitch. Running, jumping, balance and flexibility exercises as well as games like cat and mouse, the handkerchief and many others, were among the tasks the group faced. Despite the heat and numerous activities, the kids still had the energy to enjoy the sun, play and have fun, doing things they haven´t had a chance to do for a while.
The behavior, participation and commitment of our young friends in the activities was very positive.


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Friday, October 6, 2017
Saturday Morning Market is back Sat. Oct 7, 2017
Greetings all, after a very long summer, and hurricanes and lots of challenges, this time of year brings us to the start of the new Market Season, and Saturday Morning Market, downtown St. Pete will start it's 15th season tomorrow, Sat. Oct. 7th.
The Market resumes back at Al Lang Field Parking Lot off of 1st avenue south and 1st street and you can find Armstrong Nursery on the very back East row of the market layout.
Market hours are 9am,-2pm.
A full contingent of vendors (140 plus) will be waiting for our treasured customers, including the popular Worden Farms Organic Produce vendors.
We are excited to start another season and have all sorts of wonderful plants for your home gardens, patios, homes and offices, and,
wonderful news, we have our popular Cedar Birdhouses back in stock !
Of course, we will have our usual huge selection of Mini Succulents and Cacti.
We continue to be able to bring a great selection of rare, Asian grafted Desert Rose, many with very impressive varigation and special colors, such as the rare Yellow Desert Rose.
We have some beauties for full sun out in the garden such as the popular Pink Mandevilla and Purple Sapphire Showers.
We have some great ground covers for sun or shade, tons of great shade plants, and herbs such as Lavender and Oregano (don't worry, Basil will be available in a few weeks!).
We hope you come on down to see us at Market as the Armstrong Nursery team will be there in full force to help you find the perfect plant of your dreams !
Note: Many of you know that usually this first weekend of October, we also participate in the Tropiflora Fall Plant festival in Sarasota. Unfortunately Tropiflora experienced a lot of damage to their greenhouses from Hurricane Irma, but they are busily rebuilding and the show has been rescheduled for the end of this month.
Here's the scoop:
Saturday Morning Market, Downtown St. Pete
Al Lang Field Parking lot
www.saturdaymorningmarket.com for details and directions
Entry to the market is free and you will find hundreds of vendors with great Produce, Plants, Artisans and Foods galore.
Market hours 9am-2pm every Saturday through the end of May, 2018.
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I'm writing today with an invitation to help us get the entire Olentangy Bike Path cleaned of litter for Earth Day. It looks like we are on our way to having it covered from it's southern most origin to just past OSU and we are looking for help to finish it up through Worthington. Typing "Olentangy" into our worksite database filter will show you what is already covered.
My specific requests to you are 1) consider becoming a worksite host for some section of the bike path in the Clintonville or Worthington area; and, if not of interest...2) consider registering to volunteer at one of the existing (or soon to be registered!) clean up sites along the path.
Here is a link to our Get Involved page which includes a link to FAQs on being a worksite host (which costs nothing and comes with perks such as a celebration booth discount) as well as a link to register to volunteer.
Thanks for reading and considering!
Happy Trails,
Erin Chacey
Director, Green Columbus
cell: 913-909-9838
Earth Day 2011: Lighten Up!
Learn more: www.lightenup2011.org
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
A call to [use your] arms to cleanup the ENTIRE Olentangy Bike Path [Green Columbus]
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Happy Spring Peaceful Living Warriors! I hope that spring is bringing all of her glorious energy and color to your world! This month, we are going to be laser-focusing on MINDSET. Now of course, almost all of what I talk about through Peaceful Living Wellness is mindset-based. But, I don't think I have ever used that particular word before.
I think this begs the question: What is mindset?
Mindset is the way you DECIDE to think about life! That's right. It's your DECISION. Your mindset can EMPOWER you or it can DEFEAT you!
I come across so many people who are unhappy, disenchanted, dissatisfied and many other "diss" and "un" words. But, they don't seem to want to do anything about it. In fact, I had a woman tell me the other day that she thinks she's pretty sure that she is just negative to her core! EEEEEKKK!!! This is what I am here to disavow you all of!
- You are NOT negative to your core!
- Life is not supposed to be overly stressful!
- Busy does NOT mean that you are a good person!
- Being relaxed does NOT mean that you are lazy!
- Taking good care of yourself through things that feel good does NOT mean that you are a selfish person!
- Oh, just 'cause I'm on a roll, skinny does not necessarily equal healthy! (But, that is for the May blogs 😉 )
This is what we are going to be focusing on all this month: CHANGING YOUR MINDSET so that you can lead a peaceful, joy-filled life!
To be bitter
To complain
To grow & strengthen
No matter who you are life will be challenging at least some of the time! I do not know one person in his or her forties who has not had at least one major challenge in life. And then there are people like me who have had a life full of major challenges. Here is my question for you:
As I see it, we have THREE CHOICES:
- We can become bitter and cynical.
- We can wallow in complaining.
- We can grow stronger and wiser and use the strength we gained and the lessons we learned to live more peaceful, joyous lives!
~ And let's just say that there is a 3-A: We can use our strength and wisdom to lead and help others.
The Cynical and Bitter Path
The main question you need to ask yourself here is, "is my outlook on life more negative than positive?" If you are a person who is easily frustrated by other people, who feels hassled most of the time, and / or complains about the world around you much of the time, you are at risk of being cynical and even bitter. If you are a person who thinks you are just negative to your core, you are already there!
If you are going down this path, or you are already there, my question for you is:
Are you happy like this?
SERIOUSLY? If you tend towards living in the negative, are you happy on a daily basis?
If your answer is, "YES!" Well, by all means carry on. Just don't take your negativity out on those who are around you. And be aware that you could be doing significant damage to your health. Negativity correlates with stress-based disease.
If you are not sure, here are some ways to assess the situation:
- Keep a note-pad handy and every time you have a negative thought jot it down. Or, just mark an X. At the end of the day take a look at your log. Are there a lot of negative thoughts?
- Ask your family, friends and neighbors. Tell them to be honest with you!
- Take a look at your social media participation. Are you posting complaints on your neighborhood Facebook or Next Door page? How are you interacting overall? Is it more negative or positive?
- Finally, and maybe most importantly, monitor your reactions to other people.
- Are you angry at other drivers most of the time?
- Do you feel like you need to tell people why they are wrong – either in person or on social media – more often than you give support and congratulations?
- Do you find fault with people and events more often than you find a reason to praise them?
If your answer is, "yes, I feel like that. But, no, I do not want to feel like that,"
then read on to the end of this blog!
The Complaint Path
The main question: "Do I spend a lot of time complaining about my life or people in my life?"
The follow up question: "Am I complaining about the same things/ people over and over again?"
And finally: "What am I doing besides complaining to change my circumstances?"
Again, make a log of your complaints and see how long it is. Or, ask your family and friends if they think your conversations are more complaint-oriented than upbeat or even neutral. Take a look at your social media interaction. Do you use social media to complain?
Complaining about the same thing over and over again, without doing anything about it, is a recipe for exhaustion. It's like beating your head against a wall – repeatedly!
You may be thinking, "well Jenn, the things I complain about are things I cannot do anything about!"
But, I ask you, "is that really true?"
And even if it is, if you stop focusing on the things that make you unhappy (and thus, complain about) and focus on the positive, you WILL find that your overall outlook on life becomes happier and healthier 🙂
The Path of the Peaceful Living Warrior
I begin every one of my VLOGS on Facebook Live with that moniker because staying in a positive mindset does require strength, practice and commitment ~ just like a warrior. The human brain has what has come to be known in the scientific community a "Negativity-Bias:" That is, our brains are more likely to attach to negative thoughts and events than positive thoughts and events. Some researchers believe that we are even two-times as likely to imprint negativity as positivity.
BUT, that is not an EXCUSE for living in a state of negativity! It just means that as humans we need to work at focusing on positivity.
And the good news is that because our brains have neuro-plasticity we are able to overcome our negativity-bias and retrain our brains to focus and imprint on positive thoughts and events! And more good news: It gets easier as we get older!
Yes, that's right my friends, the power of positive thinking is REAL! If you practice a positive mindset you can and will train your brain to be more attracted to positive thoughts than negative thoughts. That is very exciting news!
Instead of waxing on about all of the research in this area. I'm going to give you a few things to try on for size:
- Start with empathy. For example, if someone around you is in a bad mood, think to yourself, "I wonder they had something challenging happen in their life." And then give them a kind word or just send them a positive thought.
- Try on super patience. I use the word "super" because I'm thinking particularly about when we are out driving. When people on the roads are acting up, see if you can take some deep breaths and say something like, "I will not let this ruin even a moment in my day."
- Practice positive reactions. If someone says something directly to you (or says something on social media!) that you don't like, rethink why you don't like it and see if you can react in a positive way.
- Give away compliments. This is something I try to do with my children, my spouse, my friends and family and society in general. It is so nice to see someone's face light up when I say something like, "that is such a pretty dress" to a perfect stranger.
- Give yourself love. Our brains love it when we love on ourselves. I make my yoga students give themselves hugs and tell themselves that they love themselves. They often think it's silly at first, but after some time they tell me that they look forward to it. Give yourself compliments every day. Write your affirmations down and tape them up around your home and office. The constant reminders will sink in and you will feel more confident, happy and healthy!
When Bad Things Happen
I'm not going to fill the page with platitudes and fluff and tell you to just think positive thoughts and everything will be okay in the face of the really challenging life events.
It is okay to feel negative feelings like frustration, anger and sorrow when life gets really tough. What I will say is that dwelling on the negative feelings for too long is not healthy. In fact, it can make the situation worse!
There is a tenet in Zen Buddhism that teaches about giving our negative feelings their due diligence and then letting them go. By allowing the mind to accept any emotion it allows us to be human. By letting the emotion go once we have accepted it we allow our minds to come back into a state of neutrality, peace or perhaps even happiness.
Remember, dwelling in the negative releases stress hormones and trains the brain to focus on the negative. This is a vicious cycle of ill health.
Accepting negative feelings, letting them pass, and replacing them with positive, hopeful feelings, releases relaxation hormones. This is a cycle of good health.
And Finally
One of the kindest gifts you can give to yourself and others is to take the lessons you have learned from facing life's challenges, and moving through them with positivity and grace, and pass them on to others!
By teaching others how to be positive, hopeful, happy and peaceful you allow them to reap all of the health benefits of positive thinking. And bonus! You also flood your own brain with healthy hormones and give yourself the gift of a happier healthier life!
So drop the negativity!
Stop complaining!
Embrace positive thinking!
And pass it on! 🙂
As always, your comments and shares are appreciated!
Love & Light!
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Experts from around the world will discuss the use and application of the computational fluid dynamics programs PHOENICS and FLAIR, with presentations covering car park ventilation systems, fire and smoke modelling, pollution in and around buildings, building services air flow and heat transmission problems, combustion, safety analyses of offshore and underground constructions and other relevant applications.
Conference spokesman Murray Mason says that computational fluid dynamics has an enormous diversity of applications in building, construction, engineering and environmental projects. CFD is typically used for internal flows in modelling air conditioning and ventilation systems, cool and cold rooms, he says. It is also used for fire engineering to model fires in buildings, smoke spread and ventilation, as well as external flows in modelling including the flow of wind around a building, urban and industrial pollution studies, contaminant spread and containment, wind loads on buildings, pipe and duct design and numerous other applications.
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Canadian Pork Loin Chops, at least 1-inch/2.5 cm thick
canola oil, divided
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Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and sliced
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chopped pecans
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With a small sharp knife, cut a small incision horizontally in the fat side of the chop. Work the knife around to make a pocket large enough to accommodate the stuffing. Heat 1 tsp/5 mL oil in a skillet over medium heat; fry onions and garlic until onions are soft. Add diced apple and cook for another minute. In a mixing bowl, combine breadcrumbs, pecans, parsley, sage, mustard and remaining 1 tsp/5 mL oil; add onion mixture and stir well. Divide mixture into four and stuff the chops. Pre-heat grill or barbecue on high; reduce heat to medium. Grill chops on lightly oiled grill over medium heat, turning once, about 12 minutes total. Internal temperature of meat (not stuffing) should register 155-160ºF (68-71ºC). Do not overcook. Remove from heat. Cover loosely and let rest a few minutes before serving.


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Would love GA but open to anything available!
I have 2 10C reserved tickets for 8/20 Wrigley that I need to sell. I don't know how this works to transfer them but they're yours for face value if we can find a way to get them to you. (The email told me I'd get downloadable e-tickets with my seats in early July so it should be here any day.) Let me know!
I just read the threads about 10C not having a system in place for transfers. Ugh. If there's some other way to transfer that I am not aware of, let me know. I am in Texas and was planning on flying to Chicago to see the show.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Rockhopper Exploration updated its activities in Egypt on the Abu Sennan concession and the El Qa'a Plain concession. At Abu Sennan, the development well Al Jahraa-6 on the Al Jahraa field is set to spud any day. The primary objective of the well is the producing AR-C reservoir, at the crest of the structure. The well has an additional exploration target in the deeper Bahariya Formation sands which are productive in adjacent licenses. This well is expected to take approximately 60 days to drill and will be immediately followed by a second development well in the field the Al Jahraa-10.The water injection program in Al Jahraa is progressing to schedule and injection is expected to commence in mid-July. The third and final well in the 2018 Abu Sennan drilling campaign is an exploration well targeting Prospect S.On the El Qa'a Plain the exploration commitment well, the Raya-1X, reached TD on June 30. At the primary Nukhul Formation objective, wireline logging confirmed the presence of good porosity sands, although no hydrocarbons were encountered. The well has been plugged and abandoned.
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The Jaime Duque Park opened to the public on February 27 1983. Located in the town of Tocancipá, at kilometre 34 of the North Highway, it's just 30 minutes away from the city of Bogota. Discovery Travel & Living Channel named it one of the top five parks in Latin America.
The park is the culmination of a dream of Jaime Duque's, who wanted Colombians to have an important cultural and recreational center to generate resources to support society's disadvantaged.
Leaving Bogotá from the north side, the Jaime Duque Park shows us a wide diversity of attractions that adults and kids alike can enjoy. The advantage of all these activities is that they are extremely healthy as well as fun, perfect for all the family and children of all ages
From the moment you leave Bogotá, you will enjoy a beautiful countryside landscape as your view until we return to the city with unforgettable memories.
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We wanted something fun and safe for the kids, we didn't want them to be exposed to any dangerous situations in the city. You read a lot of things online but really we never had any safety problems here. We managed to get a fairer price by combining tours including trips to lots of the fun parks around the area. The kids particularly liked Jaime Duque and Salitre Magico. We expected more animals at Finkana but still enjoyed our time there as well.


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The Material Culture of The Winnipeg General Strike
Artifacts to be on Display at the CMHR
One of the first points of collaboration under the newly signed Memorandum of Understanding between the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) and The Manitoba Museum (TMM) will be the loan of several rare artifacts to the CMHR from the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike.
The Manitoba Museum has long taken an interest in this monumental episode in Canada's labour history. The Museum's popular Urban Gallery portrays Winnipeg as it appeared in the fall of 1920, in the aftermath of the six-week long labour struggle. Both sides of the Strike are represented in this life-like gallery, which recreates a downtown section of the city, divided by a set of railroad tracks. North End, working class Winnipeg is represented on one side with its garment factory, boarding house, and pawn shop. The other side features a fashionable dress maker's shop, theatre, dental office and British parlour along with a depiction of City Hall portraying the city's social, political and cultural elite.
An All Peoples Mission stands at one end of the gallery on the 'north' side of the tracks. The missions were organized by Methodist proponents of the Social Gospel, like J.S. Woodworth who became a leader of the Winnipeg General Strike, a Labour Member of Parliament, and a founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation/New Democratic Party CCF/NDP. The All Peoples Missions worked to alleviate the hardships suffered by Winnipeg's impoverished immigrant population. They also strove to assimilate "foreign" newcomers into the dominant British culture.OBU (One Big Union) Lapel Pin, 1919 These OBU members' badges demonstrated their support for industrial unionism. Organizing across traditional divisions in the workplace strengthened the voice of labour when industrialisation led to the de-skilling of many trades and the decline of craft unions. The One Big Union was founded with Winnipeg representatives like Bob Russell taking a leading role in Calgary in March 1919. Collections of The Manitoba Museum (H9-20-149)
The first artifacts in TMM's Winnipeg General Strike collection came from the James Street Labor Temple. Union leaders gathered at this site to rally Winnipeg's union members, promote industrial unionism, and plan the General Strike. Located at the corner of James and Louise streets, the Labor Temple was one of the buildings demolished in the 1960s to make way for the Centennial Concert Hall and Manitoba Museum complex.
Curatorial research over the years led to further growth in the Winnipeg General Strike collection, and the development of the Museum's overall Labour History collection. In total, over 30 artifacts directly connected to the Strike were amassed, along with dozens of additional items from Manitoba's rich labour history.Winnipeg's police force voted to join the Winnipeg General Strike, but stayed on the job when the Strike leaders asked them to do so. The City gave the police 24 hours to sign a contract that prohibited union membership. When they refused, they were dismissed, and the anti-strike Committee of 1000 recruited 2,000 untrained "Special Constables" to patrol the streets, wearing special badges and armbands and carrying Billy clubs Special Constable Badge, 1919. Collections of The Manitoba Museum (H9-24-624) Special Police Armband, 1919. Collections of The Manitoba Museum (H9-24-627) Special Police Baton, 1919. Collections of The Manitoba Museum (H9-25-2)
These artifacts have been featured in a number of temporary exhibitions at TMM, most notably "Winnipeg 1919: A City in Crisis - A 75th Anniversary Exhibition on the Winnipeg General Strike" (1994). Some were shown again in 2009 as part of a 90th anniversary exhibition.Photographic Printing Plate, 1919 This engraving shows a reverse image of the Winnipeg General Strike leaders who were arrested the night of June 16-17 on charges of " Conspiracy and Sedition." They were taken to Stony Mountain Penitentiary and held for deportation proceedings under the new Immigration Act. L-R, Back Row: Roger E. Bray, George Armstrong, John Queen, R.B. (Bob) Russell, R.J. Jones, Bill Pritchard. L-R, Front Row: William A. Ivens, A.A. (Abraham Albert) Heaps. Collections of The Manitoba Museum (H9-7-841)
Leaders of the Winnipeg General Strike Imprisoned at Stony Mountain Penitentiary, June 1919 Courtesy: Library and Archives Canada /C-39558 Many of the Strike leaders, including Fred Dixon, John Queen, George Armstrong, William Ivens, A.A. Heaps and J.S. Woodsworth, went on to serve as elected representatives at the municipal, provincial and federal government levels, where they worked to improve labour rights through the legislative process.
Replicas of six key Strike artifacts were fabricated for inclusion in TMM Winnipeg General Strike Educational Kit (2011). Supported by Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth and with assistance from the Faculty of Education, the University of Winnipeg, the Oral History Centre at the University of Winnipeg, this educational resource is used at TMM and elsewhere. Copies have been made available to all high schools throughout Manitoba and have been received enthusiastically by educators - especially as a resource for the Grade 11 history curriculum.
The CMHR will now benefit from the collecting work carried out by TMM, as artifacts from Winnipeg's famous labour struggle are incorporated into its own Winnipeg General Strike exhibit.


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As we travel along our life journey, we need to take what experiences are given to us, enjoy them and learn from them. Age doesn't define where we should be or what we should be doing. We just need to do whatever makes us happy at whatever point that is. Sometimes our journey takes us to places and experiences we never thought we would ready for, no matter what our age.
It's easy for people to say at 37 I should be married with children. I'm not. I'm not even close. I'm not worried because I'm quite content with where I am in my life. If it happens, then wonderful, if not, then it wasn't meant to be. I'll just take the road and see where it takes me.


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Fury v Pianeta: Gypsy King reveals how he helped suicidal man in Belfast
TYSON FURY has revealed he talked around a suicidal stranger just days before the second fight of his return to boxing against Francesco Pianeta this evening.
Fury v Pianeta: Gypsy King helps suicidal man just days before heavyweight clash
The Gyspy King (26-0-0) faces the Italian southpaw (35-4-1) at Windsor Park in Belfast as the chief support on the Frampton v Jackson card.
The winner, expected to be Fury - the 1/100 favourite with SkyBet - will likely face WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas in November this year.
But on Wednesday, just four days before the fight, Fury spoke of how he allowed a suicidal man to talk to him in private, regarding his severe depression.
"I had a fellow… who was on the verge of committing suicide. He said he needed to speak to me urgently," Fury told World Boxing News.
"He left happy and contented after a little 20-minute conversation.This guy was really edgy. He had a black eye and a big bag and I thought he was going to try something.
I had a fellow… who was on the verge of committing suicide. He said he needed to speak to me urgently
"He said he couldn't talk to me in public and needed to speak to me on his own. I said: 'No worries. Let's go round here. I need to speak to you anyway.'
"It makes me feel great. It's not that I want a pat on the back or anything but I know I can help people with my experiences. If I can come back then anybody can."
Fury had a 31-month lay-off from the sport due to drugs problems, lack of fitness and depression, before returning to the ring in June this year.
In November 2015 he defeated Wladimir Klitschko to become the lineal heavyweight champion of the world and - despite being stripped of his belts - still holds that intangible title.
But despite all the success, Fury gets deeper gratification from helping people with similar mental health issues to what he suffered.
Fury v Pianeta: Deontay Wilder, WBC world heavyweight champion, is likely to face the winner
"Helping people is worth more than money and achievements. You're doing good. You're giving someone information and there's no charge," Fury added.
"I don't gain anything from giving time to a random stranger but I take passion from it," he said.
"I can talk about it because I've been through it. There are people who've studied it and never experienced it and they don't really know the truth behind it. I've been there. Low. High. Down and out. And I've come back.
"I want to give my knowledge to other people so they don't go through the bad things I did. Myself and my Dad always thought there was something bigger than boxing for me. Maybe it's a calling.
"I didn't come back to boxing for financial gain. I came back because I felt an emptiness and felt I wasn't fulfilled. It's not about winning more belts.
"There's got to be something else and I think it's this – helping others who suffer from depression, mental health problems and all that goes with it.
"I will continue to help as many people as I can while I can. It's a great feeling."
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SimbaProvider SDK is the leading software development toolkit for creating OLE DB for OLAP (ODBO) and XML for Analysis (XMLA) connectivity to analytical and multidimensional data stores. More than 50% of all ODBO providers in use today were built using this toolkit. SimbaProvider SDK allows information within closed or proprietary data stores to be exposed to reporting tools and the web. This gives knowledge workers broad access to data and more choices about how they can turn this data into information – this results in more intelligent decisions that translate into a distinct competitive advantage.
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Reducing Maternal And Neonatal Fatalities among Flood Affectees in District Charsadda through a Voucher Scheme
The 2010 flooding has brought destruction and misery to the people of Pakistan at an unprecedented scale. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which was already economically poor as compared to other provinces and struggling to grapple with the issue of terrorism, faced the first onslaught of flooding.
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Cows are creatures of habit: consistency on farm
The need for consistency is everywhere on our dairy farms. On my travels I see inconsistencies on a daily basis which affect the performance and profitability of cows. Standard protocols or operating procedures (SOPS) are essential. These are great ways of achieving consistency but need to be implemented and allowed to evolve in a bottom up as well as on a top down basis. Enforced and rigid protocols and procedures put in place by management often fail if the people actually doing the work are not included at the initial conceptual stage. It is also important to allow SOP's and protocols to evolve as this will encourage continuous improvement; close monitoring of the results is essential.
Cows are creatures of habit who don't like surprises. Although they have evolved over 100's of years and adapted into their domesticated state they still possess many behavioural attributes that are in tune with the natural environment and ingrained in their psychology and physiology.
Look at what you do on a daily basis and ask yourself a few basic questions;
Do I feed my cows at the same time every day?
If feed out time varies from day today so will DMI. If you are late feeding, refusals on that day will increase often leading to less being fed the next day. If we then feed at the correct time and we drop the feed in response the next day we are going to be short of feed and so on. All this generates inconsistency and variation in DMI and milk production. Bottom line, feed needs to be available at the bunk at all times but in order to accurately asses daily DMI's it needs to be fed at the same time each day.
Does your team communicate effectively with the person feeding the cows on the number of cows per pen?
You would be surprised how many places I visit and no one really has an idea of how many cows are in each pen. If you do not know how many cows there are per pen how can you expect the feeder to feed the correct amount of feed? Every dairy should have a feeder station in the farm office or dairy where an up to date count of the number of cows in each pen is recorded and displayed.
Do you monitor the DM of your feed ingredients?
Variation in the dry matter of the forage and even moist feeds not stored under cover has a big impact on the variation in feed intake. Big swings in DMI are often either down to an uncommunicated change in cow numbers, but more often a change in DM of the forage being fed. Investing in a hair dryer and scales is a simple way of determining the DM of a forage or moist feed. Simply weigh 100g of material and dry it until it stops losing weight. The end weight is the DM. By knowing the DM we can easily adjust the amount of fresh forage required to provide the correct quantity of DM.
Do you experience variation in the accuracy of feeding between different operators?
If the answer to this question is yes than either they are both operating in different ways or they are not effectively handing over the role between shifts. Again, this comes down to the need for a standard operating procedure but also the setting up of a feeder station where feeding data is recorded and kept up to date. Another question to ask is are all operators trained to the same level? Some may be more proficient than others. Regular team meetings are essential in order to develop everyone to the same level.
Do I want to feed my cows more accurately and cut down on over feeding and waste and produce more milk?
If the answer to this question is yes, then you need to consider the how accurate and how consistently you feed your cows. As we move towards precision feeding of amino acids and reduced protein diets consistency and accuracy of feeding will become even more important.
Dr Huw McConochie
Head of Dairy Technical Services
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