In case of an evacuation, pick a family meeting spot and appoint someone who lives out of town as your contact person, says Richard Serino, deputy administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Ms Risdale, 54, said she submitted a grievance to the council after she felt accused of abandoning a case in 2003 by going to pick up her son, an arrangement she claims the management knew about.

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I'd never been able to select the plants I wanted in a treatment, but I was sent outside to sniff the air and pick a few leaves of what smelled appealing (in this case, geranium) for my Gifts of Our Garden massage.

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You can accept one of those or pick a time and place of your own choosing, in which case the algorithm will offer you up to others in the same manner.

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In the case of gold, traders see potential for a pick-up in Chinese inflation, which may trigger buying of gold as an inflation hedge by Chinese citizens.

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Gatland admits he was wrong to pick Cooper to start against Scotland, with Rees having made a strong case for the starting nine shirt with his performances off the bench.

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For the worst case scenario, there is a modern boat trailing them, ready to pick them up if disaster strikes.

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In one case Mr Edwards said a pregnant woman had walked six miles from Clee Hill to Ludlow to pick up four days' worth of food because she could not afford the bus fare.

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