How many times have I said this recently 'these are very powerful times'….
It seems like everyone around me seems to be shifting something or other; whether on a physical or emotional level. I remember a Shamanic teacher telling me years ago when I was a little more cynical than I am now, that everything that manifests on the physical has an emotional reason behind it. I believe this wholeheartedly now! This is why it's such an important time to be gentle with ourselves. If you feel like resting, or you're meant to be doing something and it simply doesn't resonate, don't do it! Follow your heart is the most important thing to do at the moment (as always)!
Often it's not the area that usually creates challenges that's coming up now, it's a completely new area. It's like we've got a testing portal for the next few days to use the magic tools we know work on whatever we're dealing with.
What are the tools that work?
* Have faith in your vision (and expand on it)!
What's apparent is that the decks are being cleared so that there's room for the life we haven't even dreamt of to manifest. Often we're so stuck on how we THINK things should unfold that we get in the way of the bigger dream. This is apparent more now than ever as the dimension we've been operating in shifts. This new dimension we're moving into is to do with our hearts, love and how we perceive things. It's like we're all going through a big detox, letting go of old beliefs, ways of operating and stuff that doesn't bring us happiness!
What I'm seeing when I give readings is that whatever is/has been causing people concern, worries pain etc. has been perfectly orchestrated so that they learn lessons. Then they can feel a new level of humanness, humility, self love and joy. Sometimes this is just a glimpse or a little window of a vision into their new life. This gives way to the birth a new, brighter, clearer, new world which is beyond anything we have even dreamt of.
Unless the previous pain worry strife or whatever had occurred it wouldn't have allowed them to lay the foundations for what is now being created.
As we've been shifting over the past few years EVERYONE has been saying there's a divine plan in action, I've heard this so many times. Of course this could have been my perception but I've always heard a level of hope, a tiny amount of concern but a large amount of grounded hearty excitement when people have said this.
This is what we need to hold onto as we proceed to creating more and more of our new world of love; grounded hearty excitement because I now know for sure that there IS a divine plan unfolding. I am certain of this, co created by us the Divine Creative Beings that we are.
That's why it's sooo important to do the things that nourish your soul. After all, it's our soul which is leading the way!
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Shaman preparing Chocolate drink for ceremony. Photo taken in the Gold Museum, San Jose. Cacao was one of the most valuable currencies to the ancient Aztecs.
My ego has been having a field day because it wanted to know the whys, hows and wheres of my plans (of which there were none). Since I arrived in Costa Rica my intuition has been laying trails of 'synchromagic' which is resulting in a really beautiful time.
I'm fascinated by this intuitive journey. I was soul guided to Guatemala last year and I had a spectacular time there, followed by LA and then Hawaii. Every step intuitively guided, and every step sooo perfect for my soul. I now trust my intuition 100%. I've had more, new, out of the blue creative ideas here in Costa Rica in the last couple of weeks than ever before in my life. I've been creating programs and attracting lots of new, wonderful clients. I even have a finish date for my book (which I KNOW I'll stick to). I've been learning lots about magical Cacao. I've been visiting local farms and museums, learning about the production of Cacao and its importance on many levels going back several generations. I've made new friends, met up with old friends (who I didn't even know were in Costa Rica) and I even have a vague idea of my future plans (which include a book launch) and sooo much more!
My mind (ego) still tries to find things to get its teeth into and worry about and at times I still find myself thinking that maybe my new location isn't conducive to a smooth running, successful business… of course, that's codswollop, as my current reality shows me. 🙂 Always check into your current reality, it is perfect feedback of your focus!
I've also come to a point where I'm integrating a few months of intense growth (thanks to my wonderful sis star pointing this out); if not a lifetime's worth (lol)! I feel like SUCH a changed lady.
In my most recent blog I shared how repeated patterns had been coming up and I'd been experiencing really deep pain. This pain has come up in all my close relationships with men I've had deep heart connections with.
With the use of Cacao I was able to shine the light on my shadow, become aware of my patterns and lack of self love which allowed me to let in sooo much more light and love as I release the shadow, darkness, density or whatever you'd like to call it. The shadow is not something to be afraid of, it's simply the part of us we're unaware of, what we haven't seen, what we haven't shone the light on. Until we DO shine the light on it it will cause us pain & grief in our lives.
Worrying is a waste of our imagination, if you'd like to create a new world of love, YOUR new life of bliss, IMAGINE it!
I feel so grateful as I bask in the afterglow of my most recent spiral of learning.
Not only did I learn LOADS which I'm sharing with others, but I don't feel like I've EVER been so much in love with myself… This is attracting some very juicy life experiences. I keep saying this, but when we clear our internal world, our external world shifts to meet that. It's NEVER about the other person or external circumstances.
Gandhi knew the importance of this, he said; "We must be the change we wish to see in the world".
What I've found recently from this experience and working with clients is that, underneath it all it's our inner child that needs love and attention. We can do this by imagining him/her, letting an age come automatically, embracing the little one and checking in and chatting with them. I do feel that our ego is simply our little inner child who needs love and attention. Ponder on that.
Our negative beliefs can create a reality we don't love. When I work with clients this is something we focus on. It's really important to be aware of our beliefs as they can create a reality which doesn't serve us. When I bring clients to a realization about their beliefs, I feel like a midwife taking them through the birth canal again to a rebirth. Even though it only takes a few moments, because we're clearing decades of programming, even lifetimes – it can be an intense process, but when we surrender, it can take seconds! Once the realisation of how a belief has played out in our lives, for instance one like 'I'm not worthy' can create the repeated pattern of feeling unworthy of love…. It's not encouraged to look at this stuff, especially in some 'new agey' circles. We're told that we've got to stay on a high vibration and not think negatively. I strongly disagree with this because 'attention goes where energy flows', so even if we're desperately trying to ignore our negative thoughts and our 'stuff', where's the energy? It's still subconsciously focused on what we're avoiding!
When we face up to it, when we SEE it with awareness, we free up that energy.
Then we can focus on what we'd love to create and create that rather than continue to create what we don't love… When we are focussed on our belief, that shows up!
As we're creating the new world, we are in a portal where we have the opportunity to clear our 'stuff'. In fact it's imperative we do so as we're moving into a time of powerful manifestation; a new world of light and love. We need to clear our beliefs and patterns so that we CAN manifest what we love.
This is what I LOVE about my current adventure, no sooner do I have a (light) thought about something I wish for and it manifests! It's actually comedy, I do feel like I'm living a life totally created by me and that thank goodness all the work I've done on myself is paying off. I decided to treat my life like an adventure a few years ago and see if this s**t works… (the 'Soul Discovery' modalities I teach). I'm glad to say they do, and very beautifully too!
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Q: Is it possible to write code that is ignored by the GWT compiler? I am looking for a way to write code that is ignored by the GWT compiler. For example certain methods should be ignored since they use classes that are not available in GWT.
Is it possible to flag those methods with some @Attribute magic or to remove the code during compilation? The code will not be accessed anyway when run on the GWT platform but it would be very useful to have it there when this code is run/testes in the JVM.
I know I could write some dummy classes (and actually I am doing that already). Still I am looking for an easier way. Also, for some classes I cannot create dummys since GWT already has this classes like System but only supports a small subset of functionality.

A: Not on a method level. You can filter out specific classes in a source package though:
<source path="client">
  <exclude name="XMLNamespaceContext.java"/>
  <exclude name="XMLUtils.java"/>
  <!-- exclude test classes, they always end with Test.java -->
  <exclude name="**/*Test.java" />
</source>

A: I have some classes like you, for example
private DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yy-MM-dd");

the SimpleDateFormat class is not a GWT class and it is underlined with red and when i pointit,  it says : Class 'java.text.DateFormat' is not present in JRE Emulation Library so it cannot be used in client code however my test run with no problems.
here is a picture of my project structure and one of my projects test classes.
anyway, anything you declare in the gwt.xml like
will check the classes in the declared packages to have a GWT emulation, but your tests runs in JVM environment so you don't care about the classes that do not have GWT emulation. but if you use GWTTestcase things a re different since GWTTestcase fires a browser and put the tests under environment browser. to go around this problem use the MVP patter design. MVP1
MVP2
. wish you luck

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This is your guide to memory care in Fiddletown, CA. Memory care communities offer housing and care for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia. Memory care empowers seniors with memory impairment to stay as active and engaged as they possibly can, while living in a dignified, comfortable and secure environment. Our local Senior Living Advisors are widely knowledgeable about dementia care in Fiddletown, CA and nearby cities. After an initial assessment, your advisor will send you a list of memory care communities that fit your loved one's unique requirements for care and living preferences, as well as your family's budget.
Fiddletown is a census-designated place in Amador County, California. It lies at an elevation of 1683 feet (513 m). It is located at 38°30'14"N 120°45'20"W. The town is registered as a California Historical Landmark and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-78000655). The community is in ZIP code 95629 and area code 209. Fiddletown's population was 235 at the 2010 census.
This pet-friendly community can help care for your pet, nutritious meals are provided to residents, staff is available help with your blood sugar management, this property is its own free standing building, and aging in place allows residents to remain in one location as their care needs change.
A dentist visits this community regularly, the community is secured for the safety of residents that might be prone to wander, full-service medication administration is available, transportation is available for additional cost, and this location was renovated in 2009.
Rooms have a private bath, staff can help residents monitor their blood sugar, this community provides complimentary transportation, transportation is available for additional cost, and hospice is an option available at this location.
Nutritious meals are provided to residents, an occupational therapist visits and helps residents, Elite Elder Care is skilled in behavioral issues that some residents may have, this community provides complimentary transportation, and Elite Elder Care is close to major bus lines.
Vegetarian food is provided, the community is secured for the safety of memory care patients that might be exit seeking, staff is trained to deal with any wandering behaviors that might present themselves handled, this community provides complimentary transportation, and this location was renovated in 2012.
The minimum allowable age of residents is 55, this community has been built specifically for the purpose of memory and dementia care, caregivers at Emeritus at Folsom can address potential disorientation presented by residents, Emeritus at Folsom has the skill to resolve any aggression that residents may present, and transportation at cost can be arranged.
Residents can self manage their diabetes, the community is secured for the safety of residents that might be prone to wander, caregiver staff can deal with any wandering issues a member of the community may have, staff is trained to deal with any exit seeking behaviors that may need to be handled, and residents who need help with medication management can be given reminders and be monitored to make sure they are taking their medications.
This community can provide pet care, nurses are on staff, caregiver staff can deal with any wandering issues a member of the community may have, full-service medication administration is available, and respite care is offered.
Rooms have a private bath, the minimum allowable age of residents is 65, the community is secured for the safety of residents that might be prone to wander, full-service medication administration is available, and the staff speaks Romanian in the community.
A podiatrist visits the community to address any issues related to your feet, speech therapy is available on-site by a visiting speech therapist, residents who need help with medication management can be given reminders and be monitored to make sure they are taking their medications, aging in place allows residents to remain in one location as their care needs change, and the community is licensed for 50 residents.
Delicious and healthy meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, physical therapy is handled by the physical therapist that makes regular visits to this facility, Sunrise of Fair Oaks is skilled in behavioral issues that some residents may have, full tubs are available, and aging in place allows residents to remain in one location as their care needs change.
Tasty and nourishing meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, physical therapy is handled by the physical therapist that makes regular visits to this facility, speech therapy is available on-site by a visiting speech therapist, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and this community was built in 2013.
Regular occupational therapy by a visiting therapist helps you stay active and engaged, high tech wander guards are installed to prevent residents from wandering off the property, the community is secured for the safety of memory care patients that might be prone to wander, caregiver staff can deal with any wandering issues memory care residents may have, and trained staff monitors medication and reminds residents when it's time to take them.
Appetizing and healthy meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, the minimum allowable age of residents is 55, licensed nurses are on staff to help you, the community is secured for the safety of memory care residents that might be exit seeking, and the community is licensed for 134 residents.
Vegetarian food is provided, staff can help residents monitor their blood sugar, hospice is an option available at this location, respite care is offered, and this location was renovated in 2007.
Staff can help residents monitor their blood sugar, caregivers at Senior Garden can address potential disorientation presented by residents, this property administers patient medications, this community provides complimentary transportation, and the community is licensed for 6 residents.
Vegetarian food is provided, rooms have a private bath, staff monitors medication and reminds residents when it's time to take them, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and the staff speaks French in the community.
Expertly prepared meals are provided to residents, staff can help residents monitor their blood sugar, caregiver staff can deal with any wandering issues residents may have, residents who drive will find parking available to them, and the community is convenient to local bus lines.
Speech therapy is available on-site by a visiting speech therapist, Sunrise of Rocklin is trained to handle behavioral issues that some residents may have, the property has a nurse that is able to administer injectable medicine, the community is convenient to local bus lines, and wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location.
They serve vegetarian food at Sun Oak Assisted Living, staff is trained to deal with any exit seeking behaviors that might present themselves dealt with, hospice is an option available at this location, the staff speaks Ukranian in the community, and the community is licensed for 78 residents.
Vegetarian food is provided, the minimum allowable age of residents is 55, speech therapy is available on-site by a visiting speech therapist, trained staff monitors medication and reminds residents when it's time to take them, and full-service medication administration is available.
Rooms have a private bath, speech therapy is available on-site by a visiting speech therapist, full-service medication administration is available, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and hospice is an option available at this location.
Physical therapy is handled by the physical therapist that makes regular visits to this location, an occupational therapist visits and helps residents, the community is secured for the safety of memory care residents that might be exit seeking, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and residents can arrange for a room at this community that will allow them to live in this location whatever their healthcare needs are and become.
Regular occupational therapy by a visiting therapist helps you stay active and engaged, the facility has staff that can administer insulin to manage diabetic needs, the community is secured for the safety of patients that might be exit seeking, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and residents can arrange for a room at this community that will allow them to live in this location whatever their healthcare needs are and become.
This pet-friendly community can help care for your pet, the community is convenient to bus lines in the area, respite care is offered, aging in place allows residents to remain in one location as their care needs change, and this location was renovated in 2007.
Licensed nurses are on staff to help you, residents can self manage their diabetes, the community is secured for the safety of memory care residents that might be exit seeking, Emeritus at Citrus Heights can handle behavioral issues that residents may have, and hospice is an option available at this location.
Tasty and nourishing meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, a podiatrist visits the community to address any issues related to your feet, resident parking is available to residents who drive, respite care is offered, and the community is licensed for 8 residents.


#PeacefulMosques stories are my #mswl right now.
4. Don't drink sea water you idiot.
Also, #mswl, I would like more novels about women in girls in survival situations.
They are doing the IM.
@esc_key I would like to request a puppy dispenser instead, please.
Magic puppy dispenser is also #MSWL.
The herbalist shop on the way to the gym made me think #MSWL!
I want to steal this #MSWL. McGonagall (Minnie McG) is my fave and goal.


This article was originally published on rsf.org on 25 October 2014.
Reporters Without Borders, an organization that defends freedom of information, would like to draw your attention to the desperate state of independent media and journalists in Azerbaijan, whose president, Ilham Aliyev, you will receive on 27 October.
The authorities are cracking down in an unprecedented manner on both professional and non-professional journalists in Azerbaijan, which is ranked 160th out of 180 countries in our latest press freedom index.
Thanks to a biased regulatory agency, self-censorship and manipulation of the advertising market, the government has complete control of the broadcast media. The net is also closing on the handful of independent newspapers that struggle to survive. One of them, Zerkalo, was forced to stop producing a print edition in May. Azadlig is being throttled by astronomical damages awards and is now close to collapse.
With no fewer than 13 journalist and bloggers unjustly detained, Azerbaijan is now the European continent's biggest prison for news providers. The state of health of some of them, such as Khural editor in chief Avaz Zeynalli, is worrying. Sham trials that respect neither legal procedures nor defence rights are common. Outspoken journalists, citizen-journalists and bloggers are subjected to all sorts of intimidation including threats, physical attacks, blackmail and smear campaigns.
These threats have forced many independent journalists to flee Azerbaijan but the regime's persecution now extends beyond its borders. Rauf Mirkadyrov, a well-known reporter and columnist based in Turkey, was extradited back to Azerbaijan on 18 April and was immediately jailed on a trumped-up charge of spying for Armenia.
This past summer, the regime also began cracking down on NGOs that support news media and defend freedom of information – NGOs such as Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety, Media Rights Institute and IREX. It has frozen bank accounts, raided their offices and forced their representatives into exile or silence. Most have had no choice but to suspend operations.
The regime's drive to eliminate all media pluralism undermines the rule of law and the fight against corruption, without which it is hard to regard Azerbaijan as a reliable partner. Regardless of the economic and strategic advantages of a relationship between France and Azerbaijan, a frank dialogue between partners must not ignore freedom of information, a freedom guaranteed by Azerbaijan's constitution and international treaties.
We therefore ask you to clearly raise this issue with your Azerbaijani counterpart during his visit to Paris and to request the release of the jailed journalists and bloggers. We respectfully also urge you to point out to President Aliyev that his government's violations of freedom of information are incompatible with closer relations between Paris and Baku, as they are incompatible with Azerbaijan's presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
We thank you in advance for the attention you give to our requests.


Like you, we don't really like pesticides.
Of course, if you asked a tree, it would tell you that living in an urban or suburban environment is far from "perfect." And that's why urban forests need an arborist's help. We believe in minimizing the use of insecticides and fungicides, and for this reason we don't spray pesticides or fungicides into the air. An emphasis on proper diagnosis coupled with high-quality systemic materials, targeted trunk applications and natural predatory insects (biological control) allows us to achieve excellent results from our treatment programs without the need to soak the garden in chemicals.
Healthy soil equals healthy plants. And tossing out some lawn fertilizer for your trees isn't going to help. Healthy soils require microbes and organic matter along with elemental nutrients.
Not all insects are bad! Although some insects damage trees, many are beneficial to the ecosystem. It's important to know the difference, and we do. Our approach to insect pests is unique; rather than incessantly spraying pesticides, we leverage nature's own insect controls. Our disease treatment programs focus on improving the plant's natural defense mechanisms with cutting-edge treatment options and soil care.
Think about your favorite neighborhood and then try to visualize it without trees. Larger properties benefit from a tree inventory and pro-active management plan.
Concerned about a tree? Our arborists are Tree Risk Assessment Qualified (TRAQ) to perform risk assessment and provide recommendations to help minimize the risk of failures.


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Home Small Business Deloitte, NIC Build Ottawa E-Government Portal
Deloitte, NIC Build Ottawa E-Government Portal
By Paul Nicholls | November 30, 2000
[Ottawa, CANADA] Deloitte Consulting has been awarded the contract to develop the new City of Ottawa's comprehensive e-government portal.
The firm will join with National Information Consortium Company Canada (NIC Canada), a wholly owned subsidiary of Deloitte Consulting's alliance collaborator, NIC, to build and manage the portal.
The two partners will provide services and infrastructure required to develop and maintain the e-government portal, while the new City of Ottawa will retain ownership over, and control of, all data and portal operations.
The new City of Ottawa is an amalgamation of 11 municipalities and the Region of Ottawa-Carleton, slated to open its doors by January 2001.
The e-government enterprise portal will be a 'one door' Web-based gateway providing convenient access to services such as event calendars, permit filing, online retailing, facility reservations, city news releases, licensing, and parking ticket payments.
The plan is to eventually make these services available through library workstations and strategically located kiosks, as well as over the phone using Interactive Voice Response technology.
"The City of Ottawa e-government portal will enable us to meet the higher expectations of citizens and businesses in the Internet economy," said Louis Shallal, executive director of Information Technology at the Region of Ottawa-Carleton.
"By leveraging technology to serve our citizens, Ottawa will create a more efficient and responsive government that will ultimately lead to higher civic satisfaction at a lower cost."
The majority of the information and services on the portal will be free to the public, although some services will involve a convenience fee that will be used to fund the portal.
A third collaborator, Autodesk, will help to deliver certain map and tabular information by integrating the portal with the City's Autodesk Municipal Products applications.
In addition, Deloitte and NIC plan to leverage components of the comprehensive net-enabling software platform from iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, a Sun/Netscape alliance, to provide scalability and performance for the portal.
"E-government is fast becoming a worldwide force of change," said Lee Tompkins, NIC Canada president. "Like Ottawa, governments around the world are embracing e-government as a necessary step in advancing the cause of citizen-centric government."
For more news about Deloitte and NIC, see:
Study Ranks Canadian E-tailers, October 3, 2000
fetchOmatic, Deloitte & Touche Develop Business Strategy, August 25, 2000
New Firm to Market E-Commerce Solutions to Government, July 6, 2000
Deloitte Consulting Pairs with Personify, March 17, 2000
Deloitte Sees Changes in Business-Consumer Relationships, December 16, 1999
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http://www.nicusa.com

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Q: Como carregar varias rotas no node.js em um .jade Existe alguma forma de carregar várias rotas dentro de um mesmo arquivo .jade, por exemplo:
Posso ter uma rota /menu, outra /header, outra /clientes, quando chamar a rota /clientes dou um res.render('clientes') e chamar as três em um arquivo só, tipo:
html
  body
    [Inclui a rota /header]
    [Inclui a rota /menu]
    [faz a lógica da tela de clientes]

A: Um exemplo com 2 ficheiros:
Ficheiro layout.pug:
html
  head
    title O meu site
    // etc...
  body
    block bodyPagina

Ficheiro contactos.pug
extends ./layout.pug

block bodyPagina // aqui continuas o conteúdo do body definido no layout
  h1 Olá mundo!
  p Hoje está um lindo dia!

O ficheiro a ser chamado pelo express no res.render deve ser sempre a página mais especifica, neste caso o contactos.pug.

Nota: estou a usar a extenção .pug pois o Jade foi substituído pelo Pug.


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Obituary, Katherine Roulston Williams
Katherine Roulston Williams, of New York City and Pawling, NY, died peacefully at home, January 4, 2018. Born in Beijing July 1, 1930, she spent the first decade of her life in China with her missionary family. Returning to her father's native Canada on January 1, 1940, fleeing the start of World War II, Kay became an immigrant to the US later in her youth, living in Pennsylvania with her parents and sister. Kay became a U.S. citizen in her twenties and remained a committed citizen of the global community throughout her life.
Kay was a proud alumna of The College of Wooster in Ohio, where she received a BA in History. She went on to earn a B.S. in Nursing at Columbia University, Master of Arts in Public Health Nursing at New York University, and Doctor of Education at Columbia Teachers' College. She served as a Visiting Nurse in neighborhoods across New York City, taught nursing at Wagner College and Hunter College, then went on to become a Professor of Public Health Nursing at Long Island University. Kay belonged to professional associations including: American Public Health Association, National League for Nursing, American Nurses Association, New York State Nurses Association, Society for Nursing History (serving as President 1984-86). She also offered her skills as a volunteer nurse at church camps and served the Pawling United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women in countless volunteer positions.
Music was an important part of Kay's life – she was a lifelong student of the piano, she sang in choirs and participated in Pawling Community Theater, and she "rang" with the Bell Choir at Pawling UMC. Kay and Bob were deeply involved in music and culture in New York, supporting the Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, and other arts organizations. She also supported many peace and justice efforts and organizations, including American Friends' Service Committee. Her affinity with Quaker values led her and Bob to choose to live in a Quaker-related Kendall community for 12 years in their retirement.
Kay leaves a family nurtured by her love and care. Her husband of 61 years, Robert F. Williams, has been her partner and friend since both were young professionals in New York City in the 1950s. Her sister, Betty Roulston Cameron, shares a lifetime of love and memories. Kay will be deeply missed by her children, Ken Williams and Ruth Williams; their spouses, Holly Nye and Ed Herman; and her 5 grandchildren: Chloe Williams, Kaitlyn Williams Spafford, Michael Herman, Jonah Williams, and Emma Herman. Her extended family has surrounded her with love, including brothers-in-law Gordon 'Don' Cameron and Jerry Williams; sisters-in-law Shirley Card, Lauretta Williams and Alice Williams; dozens of nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews.
In her professional and personal life, she cared for others and taught her students and family to do the same. Friends are encouraged to honor her memory by responding to others with compassion, transcending differences and letting go of malice.
A memorial service will be held January 27 at 1 pm, at the Pawling United Methodist Church, Pawling NY. Gifts in her memory may be given to the Pawling UM Church, 2 Dutcher Avenue, Pawling NY 12564, designated "Memorial: Katherine Williams".
Arrangements are under the direction of the Horn & Thomes, Inc. Funeral Home, 83 East Main Street, Pawling, NY.
Obituary, Etheric "Ricki" May Harrington
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Will EPA expand Superfund site to Runyon baseball fields?
Anthony A. Mestas @mestas3517
The Environmental Protection Agency has been given the green light to conduct lead and arsenic tests at the Runyon Sports Complex, Pueblo's main baseball fields.
The Pueblo County commissioners gave the EPA permission Tuesday to access the Runyon Field Study area for activities related to the Colorado Smelter Superfund Site.
Commissioner Terry Hart said the studies will begin in the next few weeks.
"They are hoping to get everything done before the baseball season. That is their tentative plan," Hart said.
The EPA requested the county to cooperate and give consent to study the area, which the county owns. At Runyon, the EPA wants to conduct surveying and visual field inspections of the property. They will take samples of surface and subsurface soil.
The 26-acre area consists of six baseball and softball fields and two playgrounds.
"This is an extension of the continuing cooperative work that we have had with EPA from the beginning of this process," Hart said.
"Their testing has been going out to the borders on Runyon Field Complex and it does show some hot spots in some of the areas surrounding with potential lead and arsenic."
Hart said it is going to be interesting to see what is found in the study.
"All three of us want to make sure that if we are inviting children to play in our playgrounds and also in our sports field that we are giving them the safest and healthiest environment we could possibly give them," Hart said.
"Secondly, when EPA is in town with a very large wallet, that's a whole lot better for us as citizens to tap into that rather than trying to figure out a way to pay for it ourselves. I am pretty enthused about them being involved in this."
In the late 1800s, the former Colorado Smelting Co. dominated the landscape in the Eilers neighborhood. The Pueblo site was a former lead and silver smelter that was active in the Eilers neighborhood from 1883 to 1908. EPA officials said the smelter stack deposited contamination into the soils of surrounding neighborhoods.
Runyon Field is close by.
Indoor cleanups started in the middle of 2016, and earlier this year, the EPA started soil cleanups.
Hart said EPA officials said they may not find much in the Runyon Field area because part of the construction process over the years has been to actually build up the ground around it.
"There is in all probability that a good deal of the material and significant portion of the surface has come from other sites and so there's a decent chance that they may not find much of anything on our property, but it is still critical that they test it to make sure that everything is safe," Hart said.
Commissioner Garrison Ortiz said the county has a moral obligation to ensure that it takes steps necessary to protect people who use the sports facility.
Commissioner Sal Pace said he looks forward to seeing the results.
"As someone who has brought their kids to Runyon Field a number of times, I certainly would like to see the results," Pace said.
"I think this is a good decision and I welcome the opportunity to get the results back for our community and our kids."
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'Get to TCF': What really happened inside Detroit's ballot counting center
Tresa Baldas , Kristen Jordan Shamus , Niraj Warikoo , M.L. Elrick , Joe Guillen , Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press
'Get to TCF' - How Detroit was the game-changer of the presidential election
Crowds gathered outside of the TCF Center as worried Republicans sounded the horn for backup to come to Detroit, while equally concerned Democrats did the same.
By nightfall on Election Day, the TCF Center in downtown Detroit was already heating up.
Worried Republicans sounded the horn for backup to come to Detroit, while equally concerned Democrats did the same.
The Detroit vote had everyone on edge.
One group wanted to challenge it, while the other wanted to protect it.
The 24 hours that followed would turn the vote-counting arena inside TCF into a sports stadium, complete with yelling, taunting, cheering, fists pounding on glass and unruly challengers being hauled off by cops.
Protesters rally at TCF Center as Biden's lead overtakes Trump in key states
In the basement of the center, a historic election process unfolded on the world stage as an unprecedented amount of absentee ballots were counted in a space thick with fear, anxiety and escalating tension.
Republican attorney Tim Griffin found himself pacing in the wee hours of the night, frantically calling for volunteers to head to Detroit to challenge the ballots, suspicious that something nefarious was happening.
Poll volunteer Jeffrey Nolish ditched his dinner and rushed to the scene, where he would monitor the counting process at the request of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to ensure that every vote was counted.
As tensioned swirled, ballot counter Mary Hill, 71, kept her head down, quietly processing the mountain of absentee ballots through the night, unfazed by the paranoia and rumors surrounding her.
Among the wild claims on social media was that someone slipped ballots into the TCF counting center on a wagon, in the middle of the night. But the picture offered as proof turned out to be of a WXYZ-TV photographer, hauling his equipment.
As expected in a city known for grit, resilience, strife and persistence, the vote count at Detroit's TCF was a roller coaster ride, resulting in a record 167,000 absentee ballots counted by Wednesday evening to the soundtrack of crowds shouting "Stop the Count!"
Related: Trump lies repeatedly about election efforts in Michigan
Related: Black voters in Detroit key for Joe Biden and Gary Peters' victories
Related: Michigan Election 2020 live updates
This was no ordinary election, but an extraordinary democratic process that planted a bull's-eye on Detroit as the election played out exactly how Republicans feared and precisely how Democrats prayed, with the state ultimately being called for challenger Joe Biden.
Ultimately, more than 5.5 million people voted in Michigan's presidential election — the most ever and the highest percentage of voting-age residents to cast a ballot in 60 years.
In Detroit, turnout was just under 50%, but it was higher than in 2016, when low turnout in similar urban areas may have helped President Donald Trump win the state, political observers have said. Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in Michigan by a slim margin of less than 11,000 votes.
"That's hotter than Stevie Wonder's 'Hotter than July' " hit," election official Daniel Baxter proclaimed over a loud speaker to a cheering room of exhausted poll workers Wednesday night. "We broke a record in Detroit tonight."
But getting there wasn't easy.
And days later, as protesters rallied at TCF on Friday, the drama was far from over.
Early rule breakers, mask antics
The drama at TCF actually started before Election Day — before voters even went to the polls.
The absentee ballot processing began at 10 a.m. Monday in Detroit, with poll workers seated at their tables inside the center, removing outer envelopes as they prepared for the daunting task.
Because of changes to Michigan state law, clerks of cities and townships with more than 25,000 residents can now start processing ballots — but not opening them — the day before Election Day.
On Monday, Republican challengers were standing by. So were police, who within 15 minutes of the process starting removed a man wearing a white horror movie mask from the center.
Police sent a clear message early on that they would act swiftly to eject disrupters.
A man wearing a full face mask is removed by police at the TCF Center in Detroit
A man wearing a mask covering his entire face is removed from the TCF Center in Detroit where they are processing absentee ballots to be counted on election day.
Mandi Wright, Detroit Free Press
The man in the horror movie mask had credentials to be a poll challenger, election officials said. But he started a commotion, shouting that the process was "crooked."
One hour later, another Republican challenger was removed, this one for causing a commotion at a ballot processing table and refusing to pull her face mask over her nose. Robin Bozenski, 61, of Southgate, had a mask on, as required due to the coronavirus rules. But when election officials asked her to pull it up over her nose, she refused, so Detroit police removed her from the center.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said the police acted appropriately and issued a warning to future rabble rousers: "If there's any disruption at all, either at our polling places and our absentee counting board, it will not be tolerated."
'Our phones started going off'
By 11 p.m. Tuesday Jeffrey Nolish was settling down at a friend's house to make dinner and watch election results. He had just spent a day volunteering at the polls, and was looking to unwind.
Then his phone rang.
The absentee ballot counting process inside the TCF Center was being disrupted, Nolish was told, and the ACLU needed people to monitor what was happening.
"Our phones started going off," Nolish recalled in a Thursday interview with the Free Press. "Within a half an hour, we rallied a list of 90-some people to activate, to go to the TCF Center and to volunteer with these lawyers to defend our democracy."
Around the same time, Republicans also sounded alarms
Nolish, 39, of Detroit, was in the first wave of election monitors who descended on the TCF Center shortly before midnight on Tuesday over concerns that Republican challengers were disrupting Detroit workers as they counted the city's absentee ballots.
Nolish, who stayed until 5 a.m., was among many who showed up to be a stabilizing force and ensure that every vote was counted, he said.
Republican election monitors and challengers had maintained a steady presence inside the TCF Center throughout Tuesday evening and into the night. Democratic challenger Joe Biden had not yet taken the lead in Michigan, though the ACLU and other groups put out calls for help, concerned that GOP observers at TCF outnumbered Democratic and nonpartisan groups.
According to Nolish, those who turned out to help protect Detroiters' votes came from several groups, including the ACLU, NAACP, Detroit Will Breathe, Detroit Action, Michigan Liberation, 482Forward and the 313 Care Collective.
As for his role, Nolish said he received instructions from a lawyer to observe any conflicts that arose during the ballot-counting process and to take notes. A typical conflict involved ballots that were incorrectly filled in, such as the ovals were not fully darkened, but rather had check marks drawn on them. Poll workers who saw this would wave a red flag to get a supervisor's attention, though the flag also alerted the election monitors and the Republican watchers.
"Oftentimes, we would see one or more Republican watchers go to the table, which they have every right to do," Nolish said. "But we saw them not respecting the 6-feet rule and then asking questions and interfering with the process."
Among the counters working those tables was 71-year-old Mary Hill, who lives in the New Center area of Detroit and worked the overnight shift from election night until early Wednesday morning, helping to process absentee ballots.
Hill recalled seeing "quite a few challengers" congregating at a set of doors in the back of the room, where the trucks came in with the mail.
"I don't know if they thought somebody was going to take some ballots off the truck or something. I don't know," Hill said. "But we always knew when mail was coming in because they would all be at the door. … There were a lot of them on the floor. … It just seemed like it was a lot of challengers."
Still, Hill recalled a relatively calm night at her table, noting there were some ballot challenges, including one that appeared to be a name discrepancy: The voter had one name in the poll book, and a hyphenated name in the master record.
"And it was a woman," Hill recalled. "So we don't know if she got married, and she didn't change her name."
The ballot, though, was not automatically invalidated. It was given to election supervisors to review.
Hill was relieved to get through the night unscathed, spared from the mayhem that would erupt hours later.
"I was glad I wasn't there for all that commotion," Hill said. "That would have probably frightened me to see all that and not understanding what was going on. For me, it was a good experience. I think the people were really dedicated."
Biden takes the lead, chaos erupts
Shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday, Biden appeared to be ahead of Trump in Michigan for the first time since the polls closed the previous night.
Tensions inside TCF grew as Republicans challengers sounded multiple alarms, saying volunteers were needed right away in Detroit.
"Who is available to go to COBO Hall right now to help monitor the vote? 35K ballots showed up out of nowhere at 3 am. Need help" a group called the Michigan Trump Republicans 2020 posted on Facebook at 9:39 a.m. Wednesday.
Hours later, a similar request was made on Twitter, this one saying 75 more volunteers were needed in Detroit.
"Help needed now," Tweeted a group called Stand Up Michigan. "Go as soon as possible. We are attempting to mount aggressive challenges."
Republicans showed up in droves. By 1 p.m., there were 227 Republican challengers freely roaming the floor where the ballots were being counted — almost double the 134 they were permitted to have — and more kept coming.
Related: No, Joe Biden did not magically 'find' votes in Michigan
Another 268 Democratic challengers were there too — also double the permitted amount — and there were also another 75 nonpartisan challengers.
As the crowd of challengers swelled, so did COVID-19 fears and security concerns. There were no security checks to get in TCF. There were no metal detectors. And no pat-downs.
The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop the counting of ballots in Michigan.
The lawsuit came as Biden led Trump by approximately 46,000 votes, with 96% of the estimated votes already tallied. By later afternoon, Biden had amassed a 67,000 vote advantage with almost all of the votes counted.
The Republican challengers got bolder, at one point forming a circle around the tables and clapping and chanting in unison: 'Stop the count! Stop the count!'
The police presence grew. Election officials shut it down.
Some saw the battle at the TCF Center as an example of some conservatives, trying to restrict the voting rights of African Americans.
Shortly after 1 p.m. election officials shut the doors to the absentee ballot counting room and turned away all new challengers, even the ones who had stepped out for a lunch break.
"If you are a Republican or a Democrat, back up!" an election official shouted in the room of angry challengers, who felt they were unfairly being kept out.
They screamed at police, complained to the media and banged on the windows to the counting room.
That led to more chaos as officials then put cardboard over the windows, saying challengers were videotaping and photographing the counting process, which intimidated the counters.
But after the windows were covered up, the angry challengers banged louder.
Conservatives 'appalled' by process
Tim Griffin, a Republican organizer and Virginia attorney, stayed all night at the TCF Center, intent on protecting Trump from what he believed was a fraudulent process.
He complained about the process, alleging Democrats were controlling the counting and far outnumbered Republicans in the room.
"We're just appalled by what we're seeing," said Griffin, who summoned more Republicans to Detroit, only to watch them be turned away.
"This whole thing is under suspicion," Griffin said. "It's just not fair."
Meshawn Maddock, 53, of Milford agreed, alleging Republican attorneys, observers and election challengers were mistreated at the TCF Center on many fronts:
They were ridiculed and laughed at. Poll books were covered up so they couldn't see what was written in them, Maddock said. And they were "literally dragged out of the room because of their masks falling down below their nose," she said.
"I can't believe the way our people were treated. I mean, it was appalling," said Maddock, who organized Republican volunteer poll watchers, challengers and their training.
Maddock also scoffed at the COVID-19 rules that required challengers to wear masks or be forced to leave.
"I think it's ridiculous. … Masks are weaponized against the president," Maddock said. "It's all hypocrisy, the whole mask thing. Was there a single Democrat dragged out of the room? Or is it just that they are all such good-behaved mask-wearers that didn't happen? "
"I think it's ridiculous. … Masks are weaponized against the president," she said.
Maddock also blasted the covering of the windows with cardboard and paper.
"This was how we were going to shut people out," she lamented. "I mean, where's the transparency? ... People are being cheated and they feel like something is being stolen from them right now."
'Hogwash,' countered Democratic challengers, including several who were also denied access to the counting room in TCF.
"I can't get there either. I'm a Democrat and I'm a lawyer," said Bill Richards, an attorney from Beverly Hills who monitored the counting process Wednesday morning, but got locked out later in the afternoon.
Richards said that he was impressed with the counting process, saying challengers could freely roam the center and approach counters from up to 6 feet behind, and even witness inspectors deciding which ballots could be spoiled or not.
"I was totally blown away at the process," Richards said. "It's amazing to me that the public is allowed in there."
Liz Linkewitz, 35, of Harrison Township, said she was there to protect the vote, not challenge it. She didn't make it in to the counting room because she got there after the doors were closed.
"I just want to make sure that all Michigan votes are counted," said Linkewitz, "This election is, as Joe Biden says, for the soul of our country."
Election official: Challengers are confused
Chris Thomas, a former longtime director of elections for the Michigan Secretary of State, addressed the concerns of Republican challengers and debunked rumors of foul play that circulated on social media.
Thomas, who has worked for both Democratic and Republican secretaries of state, and who has offered constructive criticism of the Detroit clerk's performance in previous elections, said he was "extremely confident" that Detroit's final vote tally will be right.
"They're in a good position to come through with a nice clean report," Thomas said. "I don't have any questions about it."
Thomas also debunked rumors that every Republican challenger had been removed from the counting room, and, that ballots were sneaked into the room in coolers and a wagon.
Neither were true, said Thomas, noting that had secret ballots arrived, Republican challengers inside the room would have raised a ruckus and he would have been notified.
"I didn't hear that," Thomas said.
And there was no favoritism shown to any of the challengers, said Thomas, who refuted claims that all Republican were removed. As he spoke, there were more than 100 Republican challengers still freely roaming the counting room, with only four tables left counting.
"Nobody was mistreated," Thomas said, referring to all challengers.
Thomas, who has been working with Detroit Clerk Janice Winfrey's team to improve procedures, spent long hours overseeing the counting before heading out late Wednesday night.
While at TCF, Thomas explained that election officials sought to make sure "that the rules are being followed," and that challengers "have only one person per table at about 134 tables."
"We just want to make sure that we don't have too much chaos going on in here," said Thomas, responding to Republicans' allegations that they were unfairly left out of the process. "People are trying to work, get the job done."
Unfortunately, Thomas said, some challengers don't understand the rules of the counting process.
"Challengers are usually confused" when they first arrive, he said. "A lot of them don't know the intricacies of the process."
Meanwhile, as Republicans complained about what was going on inside TCF, a truck with a float known as the "Trump Unity Bridge" circled outside the center. It blared Kid Rock's song 'Born Free,' as a voice piped through a loudspeaker claimed that election fraud was taking place, and that the only valid votes are the ones counted on Election Day, not afterward.
Not true, countered critics and Democratic rivals, including Detroit Will Breathe protesters who took to the streets this week, calling for the ballot count at TCF to continue as the contentious presidential election gripped the nation.
"Don't fall into fascist fears, all your votes are counted here," they chanted as many residents came out of their homes.
Many waved. Others put their fists up. Detroit was not going to be silenced.
'Challenge every single ballot'
Democratic election challenger Khaliluh Gaston, 44, of Detroit went to the TCF Center early Wednesday morning to get trained and certified.
She started watching the ballots being counted at about 9:30 a.m., when Biden pulled ahead.
By 11 a.m., things "started to get a little bit tense," she said. The GOP observers appeared more defiant, with many refusing to wear masks and ignoring the 6-foot distance rule, she said.
"I visibly witnessed one man harassing an election worker, standing right over her shoulder very closely when a ballot got rejected from the machine," said Gaston, who is an urban planner and entrepreneur. "Other observers that were with him came over and asked him to take a walk to let off some steam because he was just getting very, very frustrated."
Gaston said she also witnessed Republican observers asking election workers whether they were Republican or Democrat.
"That's not allowed," she said, adding that at one point, she heard a Republican election challenger tell her colleagues "challenge every single ballot."
"Even before a ballot would hit the table, they were saying, 'We're going to challenge every ballot at this table,' " Gaston recalled, stressing she never witnessed any impropriety on the part of election workers.
"They stayed committed to the task at hand," Gaston said.
For Democratic challenger Palencia Mobley, 40, of Detroit, protecting the absentee vote count process was about justice, fairness and civility.
"I was overcome with so much emotion," said Mobley, who is the Deputy Director and Chief Engineer for the city water department."We were there trying to uphold democracy. … It said a lot to me about the length we have to go through to protect our rights, and to uphold civility in this country."
"I'm proud of Detroit and how we represented for ourselves and ultimately for the rest of the country," Mobley said.
Mobley left the TCF Center about 1 p.m. Wednesday for a work meeting, and returned about 4 p.m. to see angry crowds gathered outside.
"I thought, not in Detroit," Mobley said. "Are we really trying to infringe upon people's civil rights?"
Still, she didn't try to push her way through or go back inside. Instead, Mobley said, she left with a greater appreciation for the people who volunteer and work in the election process, and resolved to do that work herself in future elections.
"The work is important," Mobley said. "The most important thing now is unifying this country and making a difference for the generations to come."
By 5 p.m. Wednesday, Trump supporters and liberal groups had amassed at the entrance to the TCF Center, where Washington Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue meet.
Competing shouts of "Stop the vote!" and "Count every vote!" rose from the packed crowd pressed almost against the glass facade of the home of the North American International Auto Show. Nearby, security workers manned the doors and more than a dozen Detroit police stood by, watching from the street.
Close by, a half dozen women and men joined in a circle, singing together in an effort to generate positive vibes. A collection of nuns, priests, ministers and other volunteers from faith groups also circulated throughout the crowd.
After 10-15 minutes of ruckus, the crowd slowly began to thin out.
At 2 p.m. Wednesday, election officials said only 16,000 of Detroit's absentee ballots had yet to be counted. By 4 p.m., there were only six tables of ballots left to be counted. A few hours later that number had dropped to four tables. At 6 p.m. Michigan was called for Biden.
By 6:30 p.m., as darkness set in, there were nearly as many reporters and photographers as activists at the TCF center.
Meanwhile, on social media, an unsubstantiated post claimed that every Republican election challenger had been ejected from the cavernous basement counting area, leaving only Democrats to eyeball the processing of absentee ballots. Other posts claimed that votes were smuggled into the counting room in boxes and on a wagon.
The drama in Detroit would wind up on Tucker Carlson's top-rated cable news show on Fox News. A national correspondent for Fox News was inside the TCF, and joined Carlson for a live broadcast.
Carlson set up the exchange by noting that news organizations had declared Biden the winner in Michigan and adding "we're seeing a lot of strange things happen in that state tonight, including poll watchers apparently being blocked from watching the count, and that's not a good sign."
What Carlson failed to say was that hundreds of vote challengers were still inside the count room, observing the vote count. And the paper taped to the windows blocked anyone — regardless of party — in the basement of the TCF Center from peering in at poll workers.
The Fox News correspondent explained to Carlson that officials ordered some windows covered because protesters were pounding on the glass and election workers were concerned they were filming information on ballots.
Carlson thanked the reporter for his report and opined: "Detroit, Michigan, one of the most mismanaged places in the Western hemisphere. Now tonight, helping to pick your president."
From midnight Wednesday to Thursday morning, election workers slowly trickled out of the counting room, some carrying cushions they had been sitting on during hours of pushing paper.
By 4:30 a.m., there were few people left. A handful of Republican election challengers, random election workers, and a couple of police who would guard the room — and the ballots — until their next stop.
With the counting finally done, the responsibility for certifying the vote totals now shifts to the Wayne County Board of Canvassers. The panel of two Republicans and two Democrats has two weeks to challenge or confirm the count before sending the results to the State Board of Canvassers, who will certify Michigan's results.
The angry voices in and around the TCF Center had faded before the moon rose, and long before the sun shone on what would turn out to be a gorgeous Michigan fall day.
In the end, what remained at the TCF Center on Thursday morning was perhaps one thing that the fractured country can agree on. The massive electronic sign outside the center read in bright letters: DEFEAT RONA.
Tresa Baldas is an award-winning courts and legal issues reporter and was named the 2020 Richard Milliman "Michigan" Journalist of the Year by the Michigan Press Association. Contact her at tbaldas@freepress.com. Or follow her on Twitter @Tbaldas.


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Q: Error bars or standard deviation around means from zero-inflated heterogenous data? I've constructed a plot of mean values per group (year) solely for the purpose of examining my data and have been told to always include either standard error (S.E.) or confidence intervals (C.I.'s). However, some people have informed me that S.E. doesn't make sense for data with a lot of zeros and C.I.'s are difficult to estimate from data with small sample sizes. I hope to better understand why.
I believe I understand the difference between S.E. and C.I.'s as S.E. is an estimation of the population mean from a sample mean, in my case, and C.I.'s are the the quantiles of the distribution the mean's might come from (or +- 1.96x S.E.). Given this, why wouldn't S.E. or C.I.'s work for data with some or all of these characteristics:

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*Small sample size per group (<10)
*Wet season has enough data per group, but the other (dry season) does not.

*Many zeros (75% - 96% per group)

*Heterogeneity of variance (Does this matter too?)

Can anyone provide a simple example (possibly in R)? Is standard deviation around each mean my only remaining option? I have made a plot with standard deviation and the lower bars go below zero which don't make sense (can't have negative density, in this case).
My data:
>dput(wet_pivot)
structure(list(WYR = c(2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), CYR = c(2009, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021),
    Season = structure(c(2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L,
    2L, 2L, 2L, 2L), .Label = c("DRY", "WET"), class = "factor"),
    N = c(59L, 63L, 69L, 70L, 72L, 71L, 71L, 72L, 71L, 68L, 70L,
    48L, 72L), n_mean = c(0.00696806934430411, 0.000649730847004026,
    0.00288256551918419, 0.01141088388474, 0.000536174103147671,
    0.00349584646220785, 0.000482925207291882, 0.00245359625194744,
    0.00292096956686587, 0.00252817293686805, 0.00196286772014134,
    0.00501799463867351, 0.00132244297252478), n_median = c(0,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0), sd = c(0.030946706350869,
    0.00248965525641742, 0.0100973832581282, 0.051577934580242,
    0.00331468784320076, 0.0266064084754242, 0.00212505905295283,
    0.00675243933898364, 0.0119729983336735, 0.00639785127193391,
    0.00930625647382774, 0.0136275258272549, 0.00543420856675111
    ), se = c(0.00402891799826298, 0.000313667078988821, 0.00121558209746373,
    0.0061647423020683, 0.000390639708573979, 0.00315759975690469,
    0.000252198110662322, 0.000795782607691024, 0.00142093348159893,
    0.000775853428563995, 0.00111231039833223, 0.00196696392618855,
    0.000640427621321956)), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA,
-13L))

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She looked no further than her downstairs neighbor, Szarek. They'd been friends for five years. He got along with her sons. And his search for an apartment had stalled as well.
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