text: Montana Vocational Rehabilitation Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services Mission Our mission is real jobs with real wages. We maximize the potential for Montanans with disabilities to prepare for, obtain, retain, and advance in the same high-quality jobs and high demand careers as persons without disabilities. We deliver employment services consistent with an individual's strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice. Vision Youth and adults with disabilities face many disadvantages in employment, including when working for others or in self-employment. VRBS reverses those disadvantages with high quality and timely employment services. VRBS believes that disability is natural, that society should maintain high expectations for people with disabilities, and that our services change lives and systems. VRBS emphasizes services to youth while also serving adults. Our services build upon the civil rights of citizens with disabilities. Informed choice and the priority to serve those with the most significant disabilities drive everything we do. Our staff members are guiders, and the people we serve are deciders. The bulk of our service centers on getting people with disabilities to believe in themselves and to set vocational goals and plans consistent with their career dreams. We refrain from paternalistic practices and medical modeled services in which professionals dictate services. Our services insist on the rights and responsibilities of each participant. The people we serve have skin in the game, doing for themselves the things they can do for themselves. Moreover, VRBS champions competitive integrated employment, that is, quality jobs in the community for wages comparable to others performing the same work. Very deliberately, VRBS presumes all people with disabilities, including those with the most significant disabilities, can work in competitive integrated settings. For far too long, society pipelined workers with disabilities into sheltered, crew, and sub-minimum wage jobs. While workers may choose to work in segregated, sub-minimum wage jobs, VRBS dedicates our program to providing meaningful alternatives grounded in real jobs with real pay so that choice is a reality and no one has to languish in marginalized employment. In addition, VRBS cultivates many partnerships including those with Community Rehabilitation Programs, Centers for Independent Living, tribal vocational rehabilitation programs, high schools, colleges, and workforce development programs. Our primary partner is the State Rehabilitation Council, which reviews, analyzes, and advises VRBS. And last but not least, VRBS serves employers and Montana's business community. Workers with disabilities contribute a great deal to Montana's workforce. We seek and apply employer input and the latest labor and management information to inform people with disabilities so that they can make choices based on job-driven information. VRBS enthusiastically encourages employers and the rest of society to regard employees with disabilities as work-ready assets in business. Customers Individuals with disabilities seeking employment and their employers comprise our two primary customers. However, all of society benefits when its citizens with disabilities are employed in their communities and earning livable wages. Structure Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services combines the general and the blind vocational rehabilitation programs in a single unit. Montana state law allows the combined approach, and it also requires separate services for blind and visually impaired clients. Follow the link to Blind and Low Vision Services on this page to find out more about that part of our program. Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services is part of the Disability Employment and Transitions Division of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. The Administrator of Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services as well as Disability Employment and Transitions is Jim Marks. Jim may be reached via the contact links below. Staff Members Our Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors and Instructors must hold a master's degree and the ability to sit for certification in order to be qualified for their jobs. These professionals are supported by other professionals including administrative support, specialists, program managers, supervisors, and trainees. All engage continuous improvement and personal development to hone their skills to a keen leading edge. Our Central Office administrative staff is located in Helena. Vocational Rehabilitation 111 North Last Chance Gulch, Suite 4C PO Box 4210 Helena, MT 59604-4210 1 (877) 296-1197 (toll-free consumer line) (406) 444-2590 (voice/TTY) (406) 444-3632 (fax) Email: firstname.lastname@example.com If you wish to contact us, please e-mail us or contact your local office. Introductory Video Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services presents the following video to introduce our services. The four links below play different versions of the same video. Choose the standard link to play the video without reasonable accommodations. If you require open captioning, sign language interpreting, or audio description, click on the corresponding link to play the video with reasonable accommodations. Standard Closed Caption Signer for the Deaf Descriptive Audio Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) The WIOA sets a whole new course for vocational rehabilitation, independent living, and other disability services. The changes are so significant that Montana and the rest of the nation will split its views of these public programs in two parts: Before WIOA and after WIOA. In other words, our WIOA services are not those your parents or grandparents knew. According to Janet LaBreck, Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the US Department of Education, WIOA changes 100 items in WIOA's Title IV, the part of the WIOA formerly known as the Rehabilitation Act. That's a lot by any measure. To put a finer point on it, many of those changes require sweeping departures from past practices. So, in the spirit of the WIOA, welcome to the new Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services. We will serve Montana differently than we have in the past. WIOA reinvigorates what we do well and raises the bar for service. Montanans with disabilities, supported by the innovations and opportunities of the services we provide, live the lives they choose, just like any Montanan expects and demands. Here is to a new day in services for people with disabilities in our nation and state! To meet WIOA, Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services will accomplish the following three changes: •Emphasize services to youth with disabilities. •Champion competitive integrated employment. •Align VRBS with workforce development programs. For more information about how the WIOA affects the public vocational rehabilitation program, check out the Rehabilitation Services Administration page on WIOA. For more information about how the WIOA affects the public independent living, assistive technology, and disability research programs; check out the Administration on Community Living's page. For more information about how the WIOA affects workforce development programs, check out The US Department of Labor's page on employment and training. Order of Selection VRBS is currently operating under an Order of Selection with Disability Level Order Category 3 closed. We, for the first time in the history of VRBS, amended our state plan to include the Order on March 17, 2014. That same day, we closed Category 3 to create a waiting list for vocational rehabilitation services. Category 3 reopened September 30, 2014. All on the waiting list have either been served or declined services. From October 1, 2014 through October 19, 2015, all Categories remained open. Then, On October 19, 2015, VRBS again closed Category 3 to create our current waiting list for vocational rehabilitation services. The Order is the legally mandated method of rationing services when our resources cannot keep up with the demand. Resources include funding for VRBS as well as staff time. The Order does not affect Services to Groups such as our VRBS-high school collaborations for Pre-Employment Transition Services. In other words, the Order affects only our traditional individualized vocational rehabilitation services. Our current closure of Category 3 is caused by not having enough funding to serve everyone. The WIOA requires the Order to assure the priority to serve those with the most significant disabilities first. When VRBS has enough resources to meet demand, we will reopen Category 3 and serve those on the wait list. We refer those on the wait list to other workforce development programs and programs such as Financial Aid for college. Please note that the Order is fluid and subject to changes as resources and demands allow. We highly encourage all to apply to VRBS regardless of any category closures because those on the wait list will be served based on when they applied for services as resources allow. Also, additional Category closures are a possibility as well. When VRBS determines that a participant is eligible for vocational rehabilitation services, the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor determines which Disability Level Order Category best fits the individual. We base the decision on evidence of disability and its impact as well as professional judgment regarding the number of functional limitations experienced by the individual. Functional limitations include communication, mobility, ability to care for oneself, etc. Here are the three VRBS Disability Level Order Categories: Category 1: Most Significant Disability (Three or More Functional Limitations.) Category 2: Significant Disability (One or More Functional Limitations.) Category 3: Disability (0-1 Functional Limitations.) For more information on the Order, please consult with your Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor. Decisions regarding the Order may be appealed through processes described by Counselors.


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As more and more women take on leadership roles, from being the heads of companies and departments to being the top or primary breadwinner for their families, their stress levels are on the rise.
If you go
What: The American Heart Association's Charleston Go Red for Women Luncheon.When: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (breakout sessions 10:30-11:30 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.) April 24. The deadline to register is April 22.Where: Riviera Theater, 225 King St. downtownSpeakers: Dr. Pamela Morris, co-director of MUSC Women's Heart Care, and Dr. Ann Kulze (keynote), author of the "Eat Right for Life" series.Cost: $3,000 for a table of eight, $1,000 for a "Circle of Red Member" (includes one ticket) or $125 per ticket.More info: Register at www.heart.org/charleston scgoredluncheon or 853-1597.
And with that, so are their risks of heart disease — already the No. 1 killer of women, more than all the cancers combined.
Wake-up call
Single mom and now former business owner Arlie Morgan wasn't aware of that until she had a heart attack at age 38 on Aug. 28, 2011.
She was shopping in a CVS pharmacy in the Washington, D.C., area on her lunch hour, in a hurry, and collapsed. When she came to, emergency workers were standing over her taking her vital signs. Her blood pressure was 244 over 178 (120/80 is normal).
"When I woke up, I couldn't believe it. I didn't want to go on an ambulance. I thought I was just tired or stressed out," she recalls.
The denial faded in the emergency room when, surrounded by family members, a doctor gave her the facts: She had to make a change or she wasn't going to be around for her daughter, Kilian, who is now 13.
Even though Morgan had quit a nine-year cigarette smoking habit in 2008, she had to make changes to her diet and work habits.
Morgan, who co-owned a boutique with her sisters, was working 85 hours a week, didn't exercise and ate an unhealthy diet. She took the advice of her cardiologist seriously.
Time to change
Morgan became a vegetarian, cut out sodium, started walking and doing meditation and made a life-changing move.
After reading Pat Conroy's "South of Broad," she and Kilian visited Charleston, and its slower pace of life called her. She and Kilian moved to James Island last September.
Morgan now works as the general manager of Sweet 185, a sugaring and organic boutique on King Street, and in January started volunteering for the local American Heart Association and its Go Red for Women campaign.
Go Red for Women
She will be among the survivors helping with the heart association's second annual Charleston Go Red for Women Luncheon on April 24 at the Riviera Theater, 225 King St.
"It's a fun day to get together and celebrate the survivors in the room," says spokeswoman Robyn Reese. "It's an opportunity for women to ask questions and learn from survivors."
Last year's inaugural Charleston event raised $98,000 for the Go Red for Women campaign, which has been underway nationally for a decade.
In all, last year's 200 luncheons across the nation raised a whopping $33 million.
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Women are no strangers to adversity when it comes to a career in science. For as many strides as we as a society have taken toward gender equality, much remains to be done. This is not an issue that is at all limited to scientific fields, but science as an institution does serve as an example of women who continue to strive to make their own mark on what has traditionally been men's turf.
Beyond some of the obvious hallmarks of the uphill battle facing female scientists, such as the paucity of women in certain scientific disciplines and the male-favored skew of many prestigious scientific awards, there are other aspects of women's careers in science—blatantly discriminatory aspects—that are more hidden from the public eye. The world caught a glimpse of some of the discriminatory practices plaguing one pharmaceutical company last month, with the ruling in the sex-discrimination suit brought against Novartis.
It was the largest sex-discrimination suit to ever go to verdict in the U.S. In a unanimous verdict finding Novartis culpable on all counts, Novartis was ordered to pay $3.36 million in compensatory damages to 12 former sales representatives as well as an additional $250 million in punitive damages for the company's discriminatory practices that impacted all 5,600 female employees involved in the class. (Undoubtedly, the other 5,588 employees will also subsequently seek compensatory damages.)
Following four days of deliberation, the federal jury handed down its verdict, asserting that Novartis displayed discrimination against female employees between the years of 2002 and 2007 in regards to female sales representatives' pay, pregnancies, and promotions.
Obviously, nobody is going to argue that discrimination against women in pharmaceutical companies or in any workplace should be tolerated. (Although, there are certainly some people who will simply deny its existence in the first place. Take the good people at Novartis, for instance, who insist that no wrong-doing occurred and say they plan to appeal the ruling.) Therefore, the point of discussion is not whether discrimination is permissible, but rather, why do these things continue to occur, and how do they manage to stay below the surface of awareness?
Novartis is a prime example of looking pristine on paper, with its shiny, female-friendly image obfuscating the blemishes of sexism within the corporation. For the past 10 years, Novartis has been declared one of the best 100 places of employment by Working Mother magazine. So how exactly did they pull that off?
The answer is simple. A company's reputation is only as good as the information that is made available about it. Until women came forward regarding the discrimination in the workplace, all that was known about Novartis in relation to working mother-friendly benefits was that the company offered flextime, paid maternity leave, and telecommuting opportunities.
So if there is one lesson that every person in every working environment—be it in the sciences or elsewhere—can take from the Novartis sex-discrimination suit, it is this: Be proactive. Discrimination in the workplace, in whatever form it may take, will not be ameliorated unless the targets and witnesses of the discrimination speak up. It may be as simple as filing a complaint, or it may require legal action, but I think that the Novartis ruling sets an extremely promising precedent.
The federal jury that slapped Novartis with a heavy financial penalty was not only sending a message of discrimination intolerance to Novartis but to every major corporation out there. While we may never know for sure how many insidious business practices go on within various places of employment, we can be certain of the fact that only employees have the ability to bring to light workplace discrimination and lead the charge for its eradication.
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Volunteers will also lend a hand to a support group working with people living with HIV and AIDS.
More than 15 volunteer organizations are invited to participate in the event. Each of the organizations will be represented by a select number of volunteers.
After the activities the volunteers will all meet at Lesotho Save the Children, where a short ceremony will take place followed by a lunch for the volunteers, special invited guests and the children of the home. Volunteer representatives, the UNV PO and the Minister of Youth, Gender and Sports will do short speeches during the ceremony.
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The poorest nations in the world succeeded in securing a deal to extend the transition period on the implementation of Trade Related Aspects on Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) by eight more ye
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UN launches humanitarian appeal for Syria, the UN's largest appeal ever
International agency Oxfam urged governments to fund generously the UN's appeal for the Syrian crisis both for work within Syria and for work in neighboring countries sheltering refugees.
More than 60 states signed the Arms Trade Treaty today at the United Nations in New York
In reaction to 62 states signing the Arms Trade Treaty today at the United Nations in New York, Anna Macdonald, Head of Arms Control, Oxfam said:
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European leaders failed today to meet the expectations they had raised of cracking down on tax dodging at a summit in Brussels. In reaction, Catherine Olier, Oxfam's EU Policy Adviser, said:
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This is when the man stands on something like a bed and the girl is standing on the floor while giving a BJ. All parties are standing for the duration of the BJ. It doesn't have to occur on a bed it can happen in the woods on a rock, on the stairs, any number of places.
I got a stander on the ottoman last night.
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Those who don't make it to the bench in time to get a seat. They end up standing behind all the other players and watch the game from there.
The standers were the last to go in because they had to wait until someone got up off the bench to take a seat.
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Fervent Bernie Sanders supporters who attack people for criticizing their favored candidate.
"Stan-ders" is a combination of "Sanders" and "Stan," the unhinged fan from the Eminem song of the same name.
"Stan-ders" is a combination of "Sanders" and "Stan," the unhinged fan from the Eminem song of the same name.
"I mildly criticized Bernie Sanders on Facebook, and a bunch of Stan-ders freaked out and accused me of being a Republican. Sheesh. I hope they never try to send him fan mail."
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When the dog takes a shit and the shit stands up vertically
Holy Fuck... My dog just took a stander.
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a man who stands to take a dump.
Harry stop standing and sit on the seat.
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A lady who stands when using the potty, rather than waste time laying down a seat cover and sitting.
Mary: This bathroom line is ridiculous.
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London follows Beijing"s lead on tourism
Britain"s reputation as a top tourist destination could be emphasised further in the coming years as an agency attempts to promote the country.
VisitBritain, the national tourism organisation, announced it is to build the location"s visitor economy following the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
It said it will promote Britain as an ideal destination to participate in and watch sporting events ahead of the Olympic Games 2012.
According to the International Passenger Survey and reported by VisitBritain, one in ten overseas visits involves these activities.
VisitBritain"s chief executive Tom Wright explained the aim to make tourism a great benefit of the 2012 games and how this summer"s event would help.
"[The games in Beijing this summer mark] the first stage of our strategy to spread the economic benefits of the Olympics throughout the UK and raise the profile and awareness of Britain as a destination," he said.
Meanwhile, a new poll published today discovered that over a third of Brits still plan to go abroad this year despite the credit crunch.
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LEWISTOWN - Pauline (Petron) Shelton, 81, of 610 N. Jefferson St., Mount Union, died on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at Lewistown Hospital.
Mrs. Shelton was born on May 29, 1931, in Mount Union, a daughter of the late John and Mary (Maskulyak) Petron.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald Paul Shelton.
Surviving are: two daughters, Teresa "Terri" and husband, Rodney, of Lewistown, and Paula Alexander and husband, John, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two stepchildren, Karen Shelton, of Berlin, N.J., and Ronald Shelton, of South Hampton, N.Y.; four grandchildren, Joshua and Kali Hobbs and Zachary and Cassidy Alexander; five sisters; and one brother.
Mrs. Shelton was preceded in death by four brothers.
Mrs. Shelton was employed for more than 30 years at Avtex Fibers and Specialty Yarns, Lewistown, and prior to that worked at L. Greif Bros. Mfg., Mount Union.
She served with the U.S. Marine Corps as a sergeant, where she received specialty training in weather observation and reporting.
Mrs. Shelton will be remembered for her loving and caring attitude and willingness to help people. She loved spending time on her porch and talking with friends and neighbors.
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at Robert D. Heath Funeral Home, Mount Union, with Father Christos Patitsas officiating. Interment will be held in the Garden of Honor, Mount Union Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at the funeral home.
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In a sudden and unexplained move, Michael P. Kelly, the head of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, resigned Friday, stunning an agency still recovering from predecessor Carl R. Greene's troubled tenure.
"It's for personal reasons," Kelly said after a Board of Commissioner meeting Friday morning. He added: "I can tell you there will be news very soon to explain this." Kelly said that news would come within a week.
The one-person PHA board, Karen Newton-Cole of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, accepted Kelly's resignation Friday, effective immediately.
The PHA board was replaced in March 2011 with a single HUD appointee until a new board could be constituted under legislation still being debated in Harrisburg.


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Climbers Against Cancer donates US$16,000 to American cancer research organisation
03 Jun, 2014
John Ellison surrounded by CAC volunteers (Photo: CAC )Vail, USA: Climbers Against Cancer founder John Ellison announced today that his group will will be contributing $16,000 USD (£10,000) to the Cancer Research Institute, an American cancer research organisation.
The cheque will be handed over to a representative of the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) on Saturday, June 7.
This marks the fifth such donation that CAC has made since its formation in 2013 with similar donations being made in France, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.
"The tight-knit climbing community is the key to our ability to raise funds", said Ellison who was recently given a special UIAA award in recognition of his role in uniting climbers and mountaineers around the world in the fight against cancer. "On every corner of the globe we are enthusiastically met by climbers who are proud to wear their CAC colours and help in the fight against cancer."
Ellison founded Climbers Against Cancer in January 2013 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer in late 2012. He decided to reach out to the climbing community to share his story while raising awareness and funds to aid in cancer research worldwide. His idea was simple: sell brightly coloured CAC emblazoned clothing and badges and donate the proceeds to international cancer research charities on each continent.
"The Cancer Research Institute is incredibly grateful to be the recipient of CAC's
generous gift", says Jill O'Donnell-Tormey, CEO and Director of Scientific Affairs for the CRI. "Immunotherapy is one of the most promising and scientifically advanced approaches available today for treating cancer, and we are proud to continue funding cutting-edge research thanks to the support of friends like CAC."
The cheque presentation will occur between 630pm and 730 pm on Saturday June 7; it will follow the finals of the IFSC World Cup, which start at 430 pm. For more info on the GoPro Mountain Games, visit: http://www.mountaingames.com/summer.
For further information or to donate to Climbers Against Cancer please visit: http://www.climbersagainstcancer.org/
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My new baby girl is still very much new. And very much girl.
Today is not only a new day, but the beginning of a whole new week, and for me, some fresh perspective.
I'd like to start over.
Photo by Beth.
I think i will join you in starting over (maybe in a diffrent way lol). Today is my deep breathe day. A new start to a new week. The problems or fights of last week are done. So i take a deep breath and start anew!ReplyDelete
Oh yes! I know we aren't promised another day, but remembering that God won't condemn you for having a bad day or messing up is reassuring that I can do think Momma thing all over tomorrow!ReplyDelete
A fresh start, a second chance. Something we all can use.ReplyDelete
Ivy has more gorgeous photos than a supermodel.:)
I'm with you on starting over and gaining a fresh perspective with the new week.
A fresh new attitude! And another lovely picture. Allison said, I haven't seen Stephanie's baby for a long long time. As if.
Have a great week!
Such a sweet picture! I feel like I need a fresh start over too and look forward to doing it this week. Have a happy week.ReplyDelete
perfect! bella!
I am starting over too this week. xo
I absolutely adore the pic of Ivy. They grow up so fast! I have a picture of Jackson just like that and I look at it now and want to cry because it has just gone by way too fast! I'm with you sister, on starting over this week! I'm needing a fresh start too!
Hope you have a wonderful week!
Like many of your other commenters, would you mind if I started over with you!?!? I like new too...
P.S. Another great photo of precious Ivy!
A fresh start sounds good. I might try one too!
Baby Ivy is beautiful in all her newness!
What a breathtaking picture. I am joining you as well in starting over. A fresh start is what we all need.ReplyDelete
Great photograph!ReplyDelete
i would like to start over too - go back to the day i brought my little ones home!!!!ReplyDelete
Beth is so talented...explain to me again why she wondered if she should do photography professionally?
The picture is one that you are going to look back on the day she graduates, the day she marries and wonder where that tiny scrap of perfection went.
It's a new day. Most importantly, it's a new day with you.ReplyDelete
i love new and starting fresh, too!
and i love that photo of ivy...PRECIOUS!!
its funny you should post this today of all days...i have been i a funk lately and woke up this morning refreshed and ready for a new beginning or sorts!
beautiful shot!
Um...Anissa's comment TOTALLY made me blush and giggle and hyperventilate.ReplyDelete
Starting over is a great idea! Bad days do happen, but there is always the promise of another day, another hour, another minute. Keep your head up, girl. You're doing an amazing job and you have a beautiful family.
I LOVE the photo Beth took. So, so sweet! Ashlee's from yesterday was great too. So unique and cozy!!
beautiful thought. and beautiful baby girl too! thank you, steph~
She is precious and delicious! I want a baby now. Thank you. :)ReplyDelete
What a precious little girl! Does she look like Carter?ReplyDelete
I think the Lord, in His wisdom, was so merciful to give us new days, new weeks, new months, and new years.
Because He knew we'd need fresh starts. Often.
Happy Sunday.
Love the picture! And I too will start over with you.ReplyDelete
Beautiful photo! I definitely need a start over after this morning. My son three about five HUGE temper tanrums at church and my husband has been away at a conference all weekend. I am ready for a fresh start!ReplyDelete
Oh my! Gorgeous photos. I want a baby just so Ashlee and Beth will come take pictures. And the whole IV thing, I thinks it's really cool! Her name was always meant to be.ReplyDelete
She is gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful baby! Hope you have a great week :)ReplyDelete
Thank Heavens for starting over. Beautiful photo of a beautiful girl.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous photo!!!ReplyDelete
Every day is new and isnt that such a great gift? Our pastor talked about daily miracles and how much each day matters!ReplyDelete
Starting over is always great!ReplyDelete
Steph, I know that being a mom of yet another "new one" is tough, but, let me inform you (as you have me) you are a good mom! I can see how much you love alll alllllll of your children, mistakes and all! Enjoy your new week! Love ya!ReplyDelete
That photo is just gorgeous! Great job Beth! : ) (having a beautiful baby doesn't hurt, does it!?)ReplyDelete
Beautiful little girl...ReplyDelete
Could she be any more perfect? I love the whole IV connection in your previous post, too.ReplyDelete
isn't that best thing about Mondays!ReplyDelete
I love that picture. SO precious!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful photo!!! She is a beautiful baby girl, so perfect and lovely, rachelReplyDelete
New sounds good to me too.ReplyDelete
oh i know... too fast too fast already!
love that picture!
I love this picture. Very Pretty. I am excited it is a new week too.ReplyDelete
The photo of Ivy is amazing! A-maz-ing. Genius, actually. If only baby-crazed women like myself could get pregnant just by looking at cute babies like yours!ReplyDelete


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June 12, 2013
Attending Monday's meeting of Elkins City Council's Sanitation/Landfill Committee meeting was kind of like watching an old Western movie....
It is so dad that this is business as usual for Elkins.
So many issues in Elkins have been let go until they reach crisis level. Where is the new water treatment plant? Why are there so many unpaved/unmaintained alleys in Elkins? Why was the seperation of water and sewer not done properly in downtown Elkins? Some citizens have had to repair their own sewer/water drains and connectors and then have billed Elkins. Why is this not reported about in the paper? Elkins has three important utilities: water, sewer, and trash and they are all in big, big trouble.
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Dangling just off the west coast, surrounded by the emerald waters of the Andaman Sea, sits the island of Phuket, one of Thailand's most famous and naturally stunning islands. Bordered by seascapes of clear waters, mysterious limestone cliffs and palm-lined white sand shorelines, the island's well-known beaches are just the beginning of the rich discoveries to be found on the "Pearl of the Andaman." Phuket also boasts a lush jungle interior, a storied history, and vibrant nightlife and shopping to rival some of the best in the world. Whether traveling as a couple, family, or group of friends, you will find new adventures every time you visit.
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On the opposite end of the spectrum are the tropical hideaways of beaches like Nai Harn, Layan and Pon on Phuket. These beaches remain tucked-away enclaves where you can feel like it's just you, the sea, and the palm tree shading you overhead. One of the best ways to find the pristine and naturally beautiful beaches of the island is to stay at a resort, which often has its own stretch of quiet sand.
Though Phuket beaches rival many of the world's best, the surrounding smaller islands in Phang Nga Bay and the Andaman Sea are also tempting, and the ease of ferry or private speedboat travel make for great day trips or overnight stays. For the avid diver, the Similan Islands offer some of the best dive sites in the world, while the avid beach bum will love the laid-back vibe and stunning scenery of Koh Phi Phi.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Reebok Spartan Race training will be offered in North Charleston.
Reebok Spartan Race is hosting a new nationwide workout series for those interested in competing in their challenging series of obstacle-course races. As part of the nationwide series, a complimentary Workout of the Day training session has been scheduled from 9-11 a.m. July 27 at Palmetto CrossFit, located at 2460 Remount Road.
Attendees will be able to participate in up to three cutting-edge Spartan Group Exercise workouts within the relative vicinity of their homes. This will allow local athletes to prepare for upcoming Spartan Race events.
Members of Spartan HQ will lead each workout. Anyone can participate, whether theyre a seasoned extreme race veteran or relative newcomer. This workout series is dedicated to enhancing physical fitness, strengthening confidence, and ultimately readying participants for the Spartan Race.
A waiver form is required for the workout so preregistration is required. For more information or to register, visit http://www.spartanraceworkout.com.
Rebok Spartan Race events are held worldwide. Upcoming events scheduled for South Carolina include races on Oct. 25 and Oct. 26 at Carolina Adventure in Winnsboro.
Spartan Race, Inc. was recently voted Outside Magazines Best Obstacle Race. In 2013, Spartan Racers participated at 60 events worldwide in what for many was a transformational experience.
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Monday, August 4, 2014
A distraught woman called police after someone attempted to abduct her, according to a Mount Pleasant police report. She told the officer she went to a store in Towne Centre and when walking back to her car, noticed a white work van parked next to hers.
She told the officer the side doors of the van were opened outward, blocking access to her drivers door. She waited politely, according to the report, and observed a man inside the van reach to shut the doors. She then squeezed by the doors and reached for her door handle. Suddenly the unidentified man reached out and grabbed her by her jaw and pulled her to him. She did not understand the language he spoke. She said she pushed the man away and started to scream and the man backed up and said, oh,. sorry, sorry and he jumped in the van and it drove off.
According to the report, she believed her assailant to be the passenger as someone else was driving the van.
She was able to describe the suspect and the van to some degree and officers went out in serach of the vehicle to no avail.
Security footage from the area was being obtained to further officers investigation.
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
Belvedere, SC—Funeral Services for Mrs. Lula Nettles Etherege, 80, of Audubon Circle, Belvedere, SC, who entered into rest March 23, 2013, will be conducted Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from the Posey Funeral Chapel. Rev. Angela Etheredge-Manly officiating. Interment in the Summerville Cemetery, Summerville, SC at 4:30pm.
Mrs. Etheredge was a native of Summerville, SC having made Belvedere her home for the past 58 years. She was an active member of the Belvedere United Methodist Church where she served in many leadership capacities, formerly owned a Florist, was a past President of the Belvedere PTA and served on the PTA Board and the State PTA Board. Mrs. Etheredge was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Augusta Genealogical Society.
Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Bobby G. Etheredge, Sr.; a son and daughter-in-law, Bobby Gene and Shannon Etheredge, Bartlesville, OK; three daughters, Barbara Davis, Belvedere, Cindy Hardigree, North Augusta and Rev. Angela Etheredge-Manly, Florence, SC; seven grandchildren, Jeff Butler, Christopher Butler, Devon Butler, Tiffany Burleson, Dana Hardigree, Nicholas Manly and Wesley Manly; ten great-grandchildren; two brothers, Charles Nettles and Melvin Nettles, both of Summerville; two sisters, Regina Knight and Dianne Nettles, both of Summerville.
Pallbearers will be Jeff Butler, Chris Butler, Devon Butler, Nicholas Manly, Wesley Manly and Charles Hardigree.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to Trinity Hospice of Aiken, 690 Medical Park Dr., Aiken, SC 29801, the American Cancer Society, 2607 Commons Blvd., Augusta, GA 30909 or to the Alzheimers Association-Augusta Chapter, 106 SRP Drive, Suite A, Evans, GA 30809.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Stetson baseball team (15-19) lost its third straight non-conference contest on Wednesday, falling to Miami (22-14) on the road by a score of 8-2 at Alex Rodriguez Park.
The Hatters opened the game with three straight singles to load the bases with no outs. A pair of infield hits by freshman Kevin Fagan and sophomore Tyler Bocock was followed by a rip through the right side by freshman Patrick Mazeika. Miami then got sophomore Garrett Russini to ground into a double play, but the first run of the game was able to cross the plate for Stetson.
After retiring the first six batters he faced, Stetson freshman Adam Schaly ran into some trouble in the bottom of the third. The Hurricanes led the frame off with a pair of singles to put men on first and second with no outs. Schaly got the next two Canes to strike out on a bunt attempt and pop up to third, but a double down the left field line and a single up the middle put Miami up 3-1 after three.
Miami got right back at it in the fourth, scoring two runs on a pair of hits and a back-to-back walks. Michael Broad led off the frame with a single through the infield, and then stole second base. A long fly out to left field advanced the runner to third, and Schaly was relieved by freshman Josh Thorne. Another fly out scored the first run of the inning for the Canes, while the two walks and a subsequent single to center by Chris Barr put Miami up 5-1.
As the Hurricane offense was putting up runs, starting pitcher Javi Salas was dealing. After giving up the one run on three hits in the first, the right-hander retired 11 straight batters before freshman Carlos Garmendia singled to right-center in the top of the fifth inning.
Although senior Joe Dye came on to pitch two perfect frames, aside from a Hatter fielding error, Stetson couldn't gain any momentum because Salas continued to get the best of the Hatters at the plate. The junior went on to retire another nine straight, which meant 20-of-21, before senior Mitchel Brennan roped a double to the gap in right-center in the eighth inning.
The Canes added four runs in the seventh and eighth innings, before Stetson attempted one last comeback. Bocock singled through the infield in an effort to ignite the rally. Mazeika, who extended his hitting streak to 18 games in the first inning, recorded his second hit of the day on a single to center. Russini then reached on a fielder's choice and a throwing error while trying to complete a double play allowed Bocock to score.
Another fielder's choice ended the game, giving Miami the 8-2 victory, and earning Salas the first complete game of his career. He allowed two runs, only one of which was earned, on seven hits, four strikeouts, and no walks in the victory.
Six Stetson pitchers were unable to hold down the Hurricane batters. Schaly fell to 0-2 on the season after allowing four runs on five hits, two strikeouts, and no walks in a 3.1 inning start. Dye was the most successful Hatter on the mound, pitching two shutout innings of relief on no hits, one strikeout, and no walks.
"I can handle losses when you go out and give a good effort," Stetson head coach Pete Dunn said. "But to come down here and play as poorly on defense as we did, and once again put guys out on the mound and they don't throw strikes, it's beyond disappointing. I wish I had an answer. We're not competing. It comes down to competing. If you get beat and you're not competing, like the way we came out tonight, we had no chance."
Stetson will now travel up to Spartanburg to prepare for a three-game Atlantic Sun Conference at USC Upstate this weekend. Game One between the Hatters and the Spartans is set for Friday night at 6:00 p.m.


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The series of letters typed into Google or You-tube while at school when you are seriously freaking bored. It is also the arrange of keys from left to right, top to bottom on an English computer keyboard.
Ollie: Dude, all the gaming websites are blocked, minesweeper is no fun, and I've finished this stupid 1000 word project...
Sam: Let's type qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm into Google!
Ollie: Are we really that bored?
Sam: Yep.
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A phenomena that happens to a computer's keyboard when a human being is bored to death...
Bored to death in a cube a human decides to type qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm (all the keyboard buttons in an orderly way) to a search engine to see what comes up. Then finds definitions for it and then adds a new one...
by Kaiser291 May 05, 2006
This is the layout on modern computer keyboards. This came about because on typewriters, using the alphabetical method, meant that the most commonly used keys were next to each other, and got stuck a lot. The new keyboard method came about because some bright spark placed all the most common keys apart from each other, and the qwerty keyboard has stayed with us forever! :-)
You can also spell "TYPEWRITER" from the letters on the top row! WOW!
by tthedawg July 24, 2005
Contrary to popular belief, one does not necessarily have to be bored to search and/or type qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm, only extremely skilled at procrastinating.
I have to read and take notes on the book 1776 in its entirety by tomorrow morning, so I decided to procrastinate by typing qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm.
by midgetsattack August 10, 2008
qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm is the exact opposite of mnbvcxzlkjhgfdsapoiuytrewq, whereas the one can't exist without the other.
This phenomenon will always remain constant for data entry keyboards with the QWERTY layout (hence the name 'QWERTY keyboards'). This is true to the same extent that that DEATH is the opposite of LIFE, yet the one can't occur without the other since both are linked and the one always follows the other. The one actually depends on the other and can't exist without the existence of the other. Therefore qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm will always be the opposite of mnbvcxzlkjhgfdsapoiuytrewq. Unless the standard keyboard layout changes to something in the line of werqytuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm to which the opposite will then be mnbvcxzlkjhgfdsapoiutyqrew. Should this happen, then a standard data entry keyboard will not be known as a 'QWERTY keyboard', anymore, but rather a 'WERQYT keyboard'. If you were to then pronounce the first six letters of the new keyboard layout then linguistically it would sound the same as when pronouncing 'WORK-IT', which is coincidentally what you should be doing at the office instead of reading all this nonsense....
by ARbitOUR October 29, 2008
By typing all the letters on the keyboard in an orderly fashion(qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm)you can make your teacher think your doing work.
Ex.Instead of writng as essay I type qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm.
by elizabeth9 December 01, 2006
a computerly doodle that only happens when someone
is extremely bored
is extremely bored
someone is extremely bored he comes
to a search box he types
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by medium bro April 14, 2008
this word brought you to this website, via the assistane of a search engine
when mary typed qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm into google, sh was directed to this page.
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by Jeff Stevenson
The author is professor of animal sciences at Kansas State University, Manhattan.
I have had the privilege to visit a number of dairy farms during my lifetime. Without a doubt, dairy farmers are friendly and interested in learning new concepts. During my travels, I have benefitted greatly from my discussions with them and learned a great deal.
Many management styles exist. Every dairy producer has a different way to approach problems. Some may be more organized or more methodic, but none is lazy. Regardless of the approach, attacking the right nails with the right hammer is key to success.
Fertility factors
Many factors affect fertility in high-producing cows. Which ones are really important?
I refer you to an excellent thought-provoking review (The Professional Animal Scientist, 17:129-138) by Phil Senger, my predecessor in writing this column. Senger identified three major categories of factors affecting fertility (see table).
Some factors can be affected greatly by management (the management team can exert a major controlling influence).
Other factors are inherent to the cow's reproductive tract where management has only moderate control.
Lastly, some factors are inherent to the herd and almost beyond management control (little control).
Organizing fertility factors into categories enables reproductive management teams to focus their attention on the most important bottlenecks that limit long-term success. You should prioritize your time to resolve the "high control" issues before tackling those over which you may have moderate or little control.
Because of obvious economic incentives, farm teams always focus on maximizing milk yield. These incentives far outweigh the incentives for reproduction. For example, tweaking the nutrition program can enhance or reduce milk yield almost immediately. In contrast, changing the heat detection program or the timed A.I. program (increasing compliance for example) can take weeks or months to determine its effect on pregnancy outcomes. The financial gains with improved fertility are difficult to measure because they represent lost opportunities for greater income and are not direct "out-of-pocket" expenses.
Paying attention to some of the following bottlenecks and resolving them should be the major focus of reproductive management teams. Some of Phil Senger's "Food for Thought" follows:
- Heat detection is often performed "on the fly." Everybody thought somebody was responsible but nobody did it. The problem is associated with few cows showing strong heat signs because of poor footing or crowded or inadequate space for cow-to-cow interaction. One study reported that a 1 percent gain in heat detection efficiency resulted in 0.5-day drop in days open. That means, a 20 percent improvement would reduce days open by 10 days.
- More heat detection errors occur when only nonstanding secondary signs of heat are observed (such as tail chalk removal) and poor cow identification (identifying the wrong cow). When financial incentives are paid to workers for identifying cows in heat, more nonestrus cows will likely be submitted for A.I. breeding.
- Do not assume that anybody can A.I. breed cows with a high degree of success. Good A.I. technique requires deposition of semen in the uterine body. Comparing professional technicians with herdsman-inseminators demonstrated that using radiographic evaluation of insemination attempts resulted in only 39 percent of insemination pipette placement attempts in the uterine body, 25 percent in the cervix, and 36 percent in one uterine horn. Professional technicians had similar error rates to herdsman-inseminators. The most skilled inseminators achieved 63 percent conception to first service and the least skilled inseminator achieved only 41 percent. The within-herd variation ranged from 7 to 10 percent among inseminators.
- Warm water (95ºF for 30 to 60 seconds) thawing of frozen semen packaged in French straws is most appropriate and documented by 20 years of research. Prevention of post-thaw cold shock should be accomplished by prewarming the inseminating gun and using gun warmers or placing the loaded inseminating syringe inside the outer garment. Regular checking of liquid nitrogen refrigerators for leaks or frosting should be a routine chore.
- Heat stress increases early embryonic death (first few days after A.I. breeding), reduces the duration of heat, and decreases all heat activity of the cow. Using shade, ventilation, and sprinklers are mandatory to prevent losses of milk during summer but also can prevent some fertility loss.
- Cows show better heat activity on dirt surfaces. They prefer to show heat activity on dirt compared with a grooved-concrete surface. They will show heat longer (14 versus 9 hours), display more standing events (6 versus 3), and more mounts (7 versus 3) on dirt surfaces than on concrete.
On the moderate list
Many of the moderately controlled factors affecting fertility are related to disease and calving time problems. This should be the major focus of your management team that is led by your herd's veterinary practitioner. Education of those assisting calving cows is one area that is often overlooked. Understanding when and how to assist a calving heifer or cow is critical to her postpartum recovery and transition to lactation.
In the end, you will make the most progress by placing focus on solving problems over which you have major control and influence. Most of those bottlenecks are identified previously where you have a high degree of control. Prioritize your focus and greater success will follow.


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ABC's Nashville was one of the most critically acclaimed new shows of the season, and yet its future remains on the bubble.
Did the initial glitz, glamour and Southern charm of Music City lose its appeal for some viewers? Was the back-and-forth bickering between country legend Rayna (Connie Britton) and young, hot starlet Juliette (Hayden Panettiere) tiresome? Are there just too many characters with competing story lines? And is there a need for all the shady politics?
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Stetson Volleyball signee McKenna Foster (Ocala, Fla.) of Vanguard High School was recently named Florida Class 6A Player of the Year by the Florida Dairy Farmers.
Foster led the entire state with 573 kills and helped lead Vanguard to its first-ever state championship in volleyball. She had 34 kills in the five-set win over St. Augustine in the 6A championship game.
The Player of the Year award winners are also known as Miss Volleyball for their respective classes.
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A Retailer Discovers China's New 'It' Girl: Grandpa
Retired Farmer Becomes Fashion Sensation; He's 5-8, Thin and Looks Great in Crimson
BEIJING—While other 72-year-old Chinese men spend their days practicing tai chi and playing mah-jongg, Liu Qianping is enjoying a twilight career modeling clothes. Women's clothes.
At a fall fashion shoot, the 5-foot-8 former rice farmer from central Hunan vamped for the camera in lacy green tights and white fur-lined pink dresses. Online and on TV, he has become a meme, with his image circulated by millions on Chinese social media sites and talk shows.
He owes his star turn to his granddaughter, Lu Ting, a clothier who struggled for months to find a model who could boost her online store without breaking the bank. "He's just so slender," Ms. Lu says of her 110-pound grandfather. She notes that he looks great in crimson dresses and credits him for more than quadrupling her sales in recent weeks.
Mr. Liu's ascent in the modeling realm speaks volumes about shifting cultural mores in a fast-aging society. The waif of a man, who goes about in a three-piece suit and a bow-tie when he isn't clad in pink satin, is among a cadre of Chinese seniors who are all too familiar with cultural upheaval. Their lives have been marked by unimaginable change—from surviving famine to the advent of fast food. Along the way, many have adopted a devil-may-care approach that flies in the face of stereotypes about conservative Asian elders.
Already, the country's elderly exhibitionists have become something of an entertainment phenomenon, even spawning a new genre on Chinese video sites called laolaiqiao. That translates, loosely from the Mandarin, as "old people doing young things that even young people wouldn't do."
In May 2011, Bai Shuying, then 65 years old, shot to the top of the laolaiqiao charts when she turned out an uncanny impersonation of Michael Jackson, pelvic thrusts and all, on the popular reality show "China's Got Talent."
"I saw him on TV and I knew our fates were connected," says Ms. Bai of Mr. Jackson.
Four months later, a choir of elderly amateurs went viral with an adorably choreographed rendition of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" as part of a national mid-Autumn festival broadcast.
Henan Satellite Television hosts a weekly talent show featuring vibrant seniors. One of them is 74-year-old Zheng Xueming, who can juggle a tennis ball on his knees for hours. The show's producer says it was tough at first to find gifted geriatric types. But after several episodes aired, applications began pouring in. More than 700 seniors, he says, have tossed their names in the hat to appear on "Golden Dream Stage."
Mr. Liu was a natural fit for the job, says his granddaughter. After 40 years of wading through rice fields, Mr. Liu is more than happy to help his family bring in a little extra cash—even if it means slipping into a pearl-decorated jumper or sporting a blonde wig. And he isn't in the least worried what people might say.
"This one time she got a big shipment of clothes. I took a few pieces out, thought they were nice looking and threw them on," he says. "I looked good," he adds.
After rocketing to fame on the Internet in November, Mr. Liu has also started doing the television rounds, receiving a roaring ovation from the studio audience during a recent taping of Henan Satellite TVs "Know Your Roots" in Beijing when he strutted out on stage doing his own version of Korean rapper Psy's "Gangnam Style" dance.
Mr. Liu, who is also a fan of online videogames, relishes his experimentations. "In the past, we didn't have these things, the country wasn't developed," he says, describing his years as a farmer in the 1950s and '60s as full of bitterness and hunger. "There's no comparison with the way things are now. Life now is so rich."
So what is behind this proliferation of outgoing elderly people? According to Peng Xizhe, a scholar at Fudan University in Shanghai who studies issues around aging, it is an outgrowth of the cultural diversification unleashed in China after the country first broke the seal on its once walled-off society in the late 1970s.
Chinese people in their 60s and 70s are like baby boomers in the U.S., says Mr. Peng, drawing parallels between the post-Mao enrichment of Chinese society and the American postwar economic boom. "Like with the baby boomers, the cultural ideas of older people in China now are very different from their parents," he says.
China's Internet users have mostly embraced Mr. Liu, with a few comparing him to the outré German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. His cross-dressing has nevertheless stirred debate. In a country that reveres its elders, some talk-show commentators view Mr. Liu's gig as an assault on tradition. Other online critics have accused Ms. Lu of exploiting her grandfather for financial gain.
Nonsense, responds Mr. Liu. "My granddaughter respects me. She only has me wear clothes I think look good," he says.
He does have his limits. He refuses to have his neck exposed in pictures and insists that he alone does all the styling. "I have to pick out the combinations," he says insistently. "I have the best sense of what blouse should be paired with what skirt."
Few of Mr. Liu's fellow Mao-era baby boomers appear stunned by his alacrity. In fact, most seem more taken by his physique.
"It has to be Photoshopped, right? His legs are so thin," marveled Ms. Yang, a 62-year-old Beijing resident who preferred to be identified only by her surname.
Yang Kunfu, an 80-year-old former soldier from China's southwestern Sichuan province noted that Mr. Liu photographed better in some outfits than others. "Oh, he looks much fatter in that dress," Mr. Yang said, pointing to a thigh-grazing orange cape.
To be sure, cross-dressing isn't entirely bizarre in Chinese culture. Until the 1940s, female roles in Beijing opera were played by men.
All the attention seems to be taking a toll on Mr. Liu, who now limits media photo shoots to one or two outfits, down from six or seven when newspapers and TV stations first came calling. Still, he says he is happy his name is getting out there.
Ms. Lu said that she also believes her grandfather has the talent—at least more so than her father. When asked if her dad might become China's next model sensation, Ms. Lu said: "Oh, he could never model; he has a beer belly."
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A six-foot, 250 pound black bear has been spotted roaming throughout Winnebago County and at least three other counties. The state's plan of action seems to be – let the bear move along, there's nothing to see here, folks – not yet!
This type of animal sighting, on people's property, has been an infrequent occurrence in our county, but with population centers impinging upon these animal's habitats, it's likely to become more common.
However, the reasons for the bear's displacement and wanderings in our area are secondary to the fact that a wild animal is in our community and something needs to be done about it before someone is attacked or killed.
Government officials need to take these sightings more seriously. At the very least, an official plan of action is needed when these sightings occur, to assign tasks to the appropriate departments to protect our community's residents.
So, what action has the state taken thus far? The General Assembly recently passed SB3049 to add the black bear, gray wolf and cougars to the protected endangered species list and prohibit harming these animals, unless there is an imminent threat to people or property, while apparently letting residents fend for themselves until help arrives.
Every person, especially a child, is an endangered species if injured or killed because state officials have mixed priorities. Our first priority should be to the residents of our county by humanely removing the animal to a safer location away from populated areas.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources spokesman Chris Young said, "Until the bill is signed (by Governor Quinn), those animals do not have any legal protection." Where is the legal protection for the people of Illinois?
Until there are more laws on the books, the IDNR have instructed their conservation officers to let the bears lumber on their way, so long as they are not posing any threat to people and property. When the animal does pose an imminent threat, it may be too late for the victim.
Because of the state's mandate, should county officials simply stand around, holding their breath until the animal is out of their jurisdiction and headed for an adjacent county's populated areas, rationalizing that they have met their responsibilities under state law, while hoping the bear doesn't return?
No, the county where the animal is first sighted should take a proactive stance to protect not only their residents, but the residents of adjacent counties to stop the animal from just lumbering along its way until an imminent threat occurs.
This plan of action should, as a minimum, include a phone number to call when sighting a bear or other wild animal; the county department designated to track and/or sedate the animal, the amount of sedation necessary and the techniques to be used to prevent harm to the animal during relocation.
Also, any necessary intergovernmental agreements with jurisdictions for relocation should be finalized beforehand, to provide a safe environment in which the animal is to be released.
Winnebago County Sheriff's Office and Animal Services have started research, consulting with appropriate experts in the field for policy development and review, outlining proper steps to be taken regarding wild animals, including bears.
Animal Services have also been in contact with management of Valley of the Kings Sanctuary and Retreat located in Sharon Wisconsin. They have indicated they would take a wild bear.
This plan may also reduce Winnebago County's taxpayer liability in the event an attack occurs and policy was being followed to prevent it.


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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
It's the perfect recipe. Take 13 of the best and brightest chefs in a foodie-town and pair them up with Louie's Kids children from various programs, who are either battling obesity or just trying to get or stay in shape. Then sit back with a glass of wine and watch the healthy (and delicious) food fly.
That's exactly what to expect from the fifth annual Piggly Wiggly Little Chef, Big Chef event on Thursday, June 13 at the South Carolina Aquarium. The culinary competition raises funds for Louie's Kids, a national nonprofit that helps treat childhood obesity as well as helps kids live a healthier more productive life in programs like RunBuddies. Event guests will have a chance to taste all 13 collaborative creations and vote for their favorite Big Chef, Little Chef duo. Tickets are available for $65 in advance, or $75 day of, and include beer provided by Southern Eagle and Palmetto Brewery and wine. Advance tickets can be purchased at all Charleston area Piggly Wiggly stores or online at Louieskids.org. Get live updates on Twitter with #LITTLECHEFBIGCHEF.
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LEWISTON – Congress has approved a 327-page management plan and environmental assessment that will permit a local commission to "begin to build the capacity of local historical societies and civic groups to help interpret the rich, diverse history" along the Niagara River, according to chairman of the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Commission.
"The approval of our management plan marks a significant milestone for the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area and the communities included within its scope," said Chairman Thomas A. Chambers, a Niagara University professor. "Citizens and visitors can expect to see improved heritage tourism opportunities that will help build our area's economy and vitality.
"This is a great moment for Western New York, and I think that the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area will become the most vibrant and thriving of the 49 national heritage areas across the United States."
Chambers said the local commission will see an increase in funding of its federal grant with approval of the plan. Congress can appropriate up to $1 million a year for the Heritage Area Commission, up to a total of $15 million.
The commission's mission "is to enhance public appreciation for the communities, significant historic and natural resources, and landscapes of the Niagara region."
It seeks "to make interpretive, environmental, economic and social improvements that benefit residents and visitors alike."
The commission's headquarters is in Lewiston, and its 17 members meet about once a month.
The commission also announced this month that the National Park Foundation has awarded it an "America's Best Idea" grant. The grant was was used to take about 600 fourth-graders from the Niagara Falls City School District on a field trip to Old Fort Niagara near Youngstown "in honor of the bicentennial of the War of 1812."
An informal survey later indicated that nearly 81 percent of the students never visited Old Fort Niagara, which was a major military installation during the War of 1812.
The commission is developing a website but meanwhile is referring visitors to the official National Park Service site for the National Heritage Area: www.nps.gov/nifa.
The Heritage Area Commission operates in partnership with the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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Rayman Adventures launches for mobiles on December 3
Ubisoft celebrates Rayman 20th anniversary with special Twitch livestream at 4pm.
Rayman Legends, Tomb Raider & BioShock Infinite are next month's Xbox Games with Gold
Does Microsoft have plans to double the amount of free games in April?
Rayman creator Michel Ancel founds new studio – but will stay at Ubisoft
Wild Sheep to be a side project as work continues at Ubisoft Montpellier.
New Prince of Persia in development using Rayman Legends engine – Report
Character design to be inspired by Rayman.
UK Video Game Chart: The LEGO Movie Videogame holds on to No.1
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is new at No.9, Rambo enters at No.21.
Rayman Legends features uncompressed textures, no load times on PS4 & Xbox One
"Porting the game proved to be quite easy," explains Ubi.
Rayman Legends PS4 & Xbox One release date brought forward
Next-gen port to launch one week ahead of schedule.
Rayman Legends coming to PS4 & Xbox One on Feb. 28, 2014
Upgraded visuals and improved loading times promised for next-gen port.


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Rather than state resolutions, I have goals similar to my prayer every night as I end my day- May I be a better wife tomorrow, a more patient mom, a more organized homemaker, effective servant of the Lord, as tomorrow is a new day.
I love a new start.
I hope for superficial things like provision to go on our vacation to Colorado this June. And for a new car. To read more books. And to become a better knitter.
I hope to grow closer to my friends, and be a better friend to them.
I hope for my family to live a "greener" life.
I hope to get rid of extra "stuff."
Whether it be emotional or physical baggage.
And appreciate more of what is truly important.
I hope I continue to keep my eyes open for what is truly important, and never let "moments" pass by unnoticed.
I hope to not set limits or expectations, or make judgements and assumptions, and only hope to focus on what is good and true.
I hope to always know my purpose, and to put it to good use.
I hope to always look forward and not back, up and not down...
Yes, in this New Year, many treasures await...


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what happens when idiots try to spell "bestiality".
dodane przez ides marzec 29, 2003
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when a human engages in an act of sex with an animal, usually a dog or some form of horse
the dirty slut was willing to try anything even beastality when she took a horses large cock and shoved it into her tight dirty anus
dodane przez horn dog styczeń 03, 2003
Is nothing but HOT!!!! I do it with my dog, and I once did it with a horse... god, it was sooo big!!! My friend, Mark, helped me get it aroused and helped it into me, it fucked me till he cummed and I cummed 3 times!!! Mark wants me to do it again and when I fuck Mark, he keeps thinking of me fucking the damn horse, so good.
Is sooo JUICY!!
dodane przez LilSlut maj 31, 2004
starting a better relationship to your horse, dog, snake, parakeet, and even a trout (trust me I've seen it!).
www.horsefuckers.com, www.farmgirls.com
dodane przez D.E.V.I.N. kwiecień 25, 2003
kyle bevan commits this with his cow of a hoe
kyle you just fucked a pig
dodane przez kyle bevan maj 14, 2003
to force intercourse with an animal without it willing joining in.
I caught loon molesting that goat
dodane przez f0gg0 czerwiec 17, 2003
A sick perverted act that all who commit should die. Furries do not do this, they like anthro characters. Also see pedophile, pervert, and rapist
If I see any one comitting beastality I will kill them.
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When a guy takes off the Friday before Christmas vacation, while the old bag is at work, he walks around the house naked but only wears 3 socks. 2 on his feet and 1 on his meat.
Randy asked his wife to pick up an extra bottle of Downy for 3 sock friday.
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