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Red Cross appeals as blood supplies plummet
The S.R.C.S. urges the public to donate blood as the blood bank stocks are diminishing faster than expected. (Photo: Vaitogi Asuisui Matafeo)
The Samoa Red Cross Society is urgently appealing to the public to donate blood as supplies reach dangerously low levels because of the measles epidemic.
Demand for blood has skyrocketed from an average level of 15 pints a week to 20 pints a day, as patients receiving treatment for measles often need of transfusions for their treatment, putting a massive strain on national stores.
The Samoa Red Cross Society (S.R.C.S.) is pleading to the public for blood donations to combat the shortage in blood banks for both Savaii and Upolu.
Aiolupotea Goretti Wulf of S.R.C.S. said the need for blood has been increased to about 20 pints per type of blood daily.
The most needed blood types are A, O+ and B.
"We are looking at an average number for the preparation of platelets of up to 20 pints of blood per day, from each of these three blood type groups," she said.
"But the average blood donations needed for other illnesses or surgeries is about 15 pints per week."
The need for blood donations has been issued to the public since Monday and Aiolupotea said people have been going in to donate.
The number of people from Upolu could not be confirmed but there were seven confirmed people in Savaii who donated.
"We thank the people who answered out call by coming in yesterday and are continuing to come in to donate," she said.
The relationship between the Ministry of Health and S.R.C.S. is a long-time partnership that is designed to ensure blood supplies remain adequate for the nation's health needs.
The role of the Society is to recruit and register blood donors; they have had a total of 3000 on their registry since they began recruiting.
The Blood Donor Center (located at the old maternity ward) is currently the only place where donations are being accepted.
"We urge our regular blood donors to please come through to donate," she said.
To eliminate the challenges of traveling for potential donors, the S.R.C.S. can be contacted to pick them up and drop them off if anyone who wants to donate does not have transportation.
"That is part of the Red Cross' work everyday is to pick up and drop off donors to the hospital who call in wanting to donate, plus refreshments to accommodate them after the process," she said.
The S.R.C.S. can be reached through head office number, 24334 or Aiolupotea through 7720695.
A blood donor is able to donate 4 times a year, once every three months.
Aiolupotea told Samoa Observer earlier in the year that donating blood can be very beneficial, especially for males.
"It's beneficial for everybody but especially males, because there's not one time in their lives when they lose blood, you know you look at female, its every month and they get pregnant and give birth and the female's body has a chance to replenish new blood whereas the males they don't," she said.
"So donating blood every three months helps them, also to prevent them, and not saying that each male is going to get polycythemia or thick blood, but by donating blood it helps them to thin out their blood and replenish new blood."
La'auli, P.M.'s heated exchange over boundaries
The new electoral boundaries reform was, again, the centre of a war of words between the Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and the Member of Parliament of Gagaemauga No 3, La'auli Leuatea Polataivao during Parliamentary proceeding on Wednesday.


Hispanics from Texas. Not known if they are illegal yet. They were thought to be transporting drugs. They were caught within hours of the shooting. A few weeks ago a family in Nashville was killed by a drunk illegal in a traffic accident. Who had I think four DUI's. Also in Nashville a young pregnant woman was shot five times by illegals who thought they had hit her in a traffic accident.
Illegal immigrants who were caught but released in the United States may have been re-arrested as many as six times, Justice Department data released Monday indicates.
The findings by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine are based on a sampling of 100 illegal immigrants arrested by local and state authorities in 2004, the latest complete data available. They show that 73 of the 100 immigrants were arrested, collectively, 429 times—ranging from traffic tickets to weapons and drug charges.
lol Why did you make the same thread twice?
Ah but, for some we have no problem they deserve too be here.Some say they commit no crime then, why is it every day we here of problems they are causing our country. Yesterday and today turning on the T.V. hispanics kill an officer or sexual assualt on a child. Not to say Americans don't commit crime but, they are American and they can't flee back to another country so, there is a chance for justice.
Solves two problems at once!
Your point?? Would you like me to start listing the crimes caused by LEGAL citizens?? Nah, I didn't think so... Yes, crime is a big problem all over the country (and world), but it's being committed by people of every nationality.
Btw, I read 4 stories on the incident, and NOTHING was mentioned about their immigration status... and since they're both teenagers & being held in a U.S. court until the hearing, I would suspect they are legal Americans - just like you & me.
This wouldn't be a precedent in the US. This is precisely what we did to the Irish in the 1860's during our Civil War.


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IBM announces global payments blockchain solution live in A/NZ, Pacific Islands & UK
Kai Ping Lew
IBM has announced a new blockchain banking solution to help financial institutions address the processes of universal cross-border payments, designed to reduce the settlement time and lower the cost of completing global payments for businesses and consumers.
Using IBM Blockchain, and in collaboration with technology partners Stellar.org and KlickEx Group, the solution is intended to improve the speed in which banks both clear and settle payment transactions on a single network in near real time.
Today, making international payments can be costly, laborious and error-prone.
Transactions in different currencies can require multiple intermediaries and take days or weeks to complete.
According to the World Bank, initiatives to modernise payments and provide financial access could improve the flow of currency and commerce, and help achieve the goal of extending financial services to one billion people by 2020.
The solution is already processing live transactions in 12 currency corridors across the Pacific Islands and Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Using a blockchain distributed ledger, all appropriate parties have access and insight into the clearing and settlement of financial transactions.
It is designed to augment financial flows worldwide, for all payment types and values, and allows financial institutions to choose the settlement network of their choice for the exchange of central bank-issued digital assets. For example, in the future, the new IBM network could make it possible for a farmer in Samoa to enter into a trade contract with a buyer in Indonesia.
The blockchain would be used to record the terms of the contract, manage trade documentation, allow the farmer to put up collateral, obtain letters of credit, and finalise transaction terms with immediate payment, conducting global trade with transparency and relative ease.
IBM has convened an initial group of diverse banking leaders as part of the development and deployment process, including Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Bank Danamon Indonesia, Bank Mandiri, Bank Negara Indonesia, Bank Permata, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Kasikornbank Thailand, Mizuho Financial Group, National Australia Bank, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) Philippines, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, TD Bank, Wizdraw (HK) of WorldCom Finance, and other financial institutions.
"With the guidance of some of the world's leading financial institutions, IBM is working to explore new ways to make payment networks more efficient and transparent so that banking can happen in real-time, even in the most remote parts of the world," says Bridget van Kralingen, IBM Industry Platforms senior vice president.
In keeping with IBM's commitment to open source, the solution is run from the IBM Blockchain Platform on Hyperledger Fabric and was built in collaboration with Stellar.org, a non-profit organisation and associate member of Hyperledger, and KlickEx Group, a regional financial services company in the Pacific region.
Stellar is an open-source blockchain network that is purpose-built for the issuance and exchange of digital assets.
Digital assets are issued on the Stellar network as a foreign exchange bridge to allow for near real time settlement.
KlickEx Group serves as the founding financial institution for the region, servicing banks, retail clients and consumers using this new network.
IBM will continue to advance the solution with the goal of expanding capabilities in order to support central bank-issued digital currencies, securities, bonds and structured financial assets.
IBM Blockchain provides high performance orchestration to move payments among parties. Each payment is immutable once recorded, and settlement instructions are provided via smart contracts on Hyperledger Fabric.
Initially, Stellar will provide the network and digital asset to facilitate the settlement of transactions cleared on Hyperledger.
"This new innovation and collaboration represents a significant milestone for Stellar as well as the financial technology industry as a whole," says Jed McCaleb, co-founder of Stellar. The network is currently in use by Advanced Pacific Financial Infrastructure for Inclusion (APFII) members, a public-private partnership initially funded by the United Nations and SWIFT.
It is expected to process up to 60% of all cross-border payments in the South Pacific's retail foreign exchange corridors including Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga by early next year.
Commercial banks such as Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Bank Danamon Indonesia, Bank Mandiri, Bank Negara Indonesia, Bank Permata, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Kasikornbank Thailand, Mizuho Financial Group, National Australia Bank, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) Philippines, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, TD Bank, and Wizdraw (HK) of WorldCom Finance will be invited to join the network and help it expand in different parts of the world beginning in 2018.
"This is the first time anyone has made blockchain work at an institutionally viable scale," says Robert Bell, APFII chairman and KlickEx Group founder.
"Through KlickEx, the Pacific has had relatively low-cost, real-time, multi-currency payments for most of the past decade, and this project was a natural next step following our work to create seamless and borderless payments across the Pacific."
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How long is an internship at MR? Is there a minimum duration?
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We always welcome unsolicited applications. Please indicate in your cover letter the desired area and time frame for your internship. We will then try to accommodate your request after speaking with the technical departments.
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Encephalartos horridus
Common Name: eastern Cape blue cycad
Type: Palm or Cycad
Family: Zamiaceae
Native Range: South Africa
Zone: 10 to 12
Leaf: Evergreen
Winter hardy to USDA Zones 10-12 where it can be grown outdoors in deep, organically rich, fertile, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Full sun is needed for best blue leaf color. Best performance occurs in soils with even moisture, but avoid overwatering. Tolerates drought. Tolerates an occasional light frost. May be propagated from suckers. Plants grown by seed take several years to mature. North of USDA Zone 10, plants may be grown in containers must be overwintered indoors in cool, bright, sunny locations.
Encephalartos horridus, commonly called ferocious blue cycad (also eastern cape blue cycad), is a slow-growing, small to medium-sized, evergreen blue cycad that is native to rocky outcroppings, slopes and ridges in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It is a small, palm-like, tropical plant that features pinnate, spiny, blue-green leaves and large seed cones. From thick tuberous roots, each mature plant forms a short, stocky trunk, all or a part of which is often subterranean, with pinnate, recurving leaves rising on stems to 2-3' tall in a dense terminal crown. Hard, lanceolate, spine-tipped leaflets emerge silver blue, but typically age over time to blue green or green. Leaflets give rise to the specific epithet (horridus from Latin meaning prickly). This cycad is dioecious (separate male and female plants). Red-brown flowering cones (to 16" long) appear in summer. Male cones are cylindrical and female cones are oval. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) currently lists this plant as endangered on its Red List for Threatened Species, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES) has placed this plant on its list of threatened species.
Certain early nomadic peoples in South Africa (once called Hottentots) used the stem pith of some genus plants for food by removing it, burying it, rotting it, digging it up, kneading it and baking it.
Cycads are gymnosperms whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.
Genus name comes from the Greek words en meaning in, cephale meaning a head and artos meaning bread for the edible "heart" of the plant.
Specific epithet means vety prickly.
No serious insect or disease problems. Curculionid weevil is a threat to the species in its native habitat.
Uniquely attractive leaves provide excellent accent to gardens in frost free areas. Good mixed with succulent plants. Grow in conservatories, warm greenhouses or as indoor potted plants north of USDA Zone 10. Excellent trunkless indoor container plant when young. Plants may be difficult to obtain in commerce.


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Q: Check if file changed name I wrote a Java program which watches a directory for changes. I keep a list of files (String[]) and at every x seconds I get a new list and compare them to find which files were added and which ones were removed.
The problem is that if I rename a file, it would appear as a removal of a file with the old name and then as an addition of a file with the new name.
What could I do to keep track of name changes?
EDIT: I would like to find a solution for Java 6.
Code:
public void run() {
    int ok;
    while(true) {
        // verify if modified from last check
        if(modified != file.lastModified()) {
            Date d = new Date();
            list = file.list();
            // look for new files
            for(String x : list) {
                ok = 0;
                for(String y : old) {
                    if(x.equals(y)) {
                        ok = 1;
                    }
                }
                if(ok == 0) {
                    display.setText(display.getText() + "Created file " + x  + " at " + d.toString() + "\n");
                }
            }
            // looking for old files
            for(String x : old) {
                ok = 0;
                for(String y : list) {
                    if(x.equals(y)) {
                        ok = 1;
                    }
                }
                if(ok == 0) {
                    display.setText(display.getText() + "Deleted file " + x + " at " + d.toString() + "\n");
                }
            }
        }
        old = file.list();
        modified = file.lastModified();
        try {
            Thread.sleep(f * 1000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Also, in this code, if I want to write old = list (to keep the last list), i get a NullPointerException at line for(String y : old). Why?

A: I don't think there is a way to do this that is both portable, reliable and efficient.

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*Reading the file content is expensive and can be unreliable.  (For instance, it will break if you have two files with the same content.

*Relying on file timestamps can be unreliable.  (You could have different files with the same timestamps.)

*I don't think that a WatchService can detect files that are renamed within a directory.  (It can detect a rename in or rename out, but not this case ... according to this javadoc.)

*The reliable and efficient way to do it (on Linux systems at least) is to either use the native Linux watch service (which supports more FS events), or a combination of the inode numbers and the native file creation timestamp.  But these both involve using native code to make the relevant system calls.

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.Hell's Angel
Of all the Halloween-themed tattoos that adorn Davey Havok's arms—ghosts, witches, jack-o'-lanterns, bats, a black cat—the one that represents him best is the image of The Nightmare Before Christmas' Jack Skellington. Like that character, Havok has a somewhat macabre exterior that belies his goodhearted nature. As the singer for the alternative rock band AFI, he spins darkly poetic tales of death, despair and betrayal, but offstage, he's a polite, approachable guy who doesn't consume animal products, drugs or booze.
Oct. 22 marked the release of AFI's ninth full-length album, Burials. Recorded at the same studio where the band created its breakout album, Sing the Sorrow, more than a decade ago (EastWest Studios, the site of The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds sessions), Burials is far more sonically lush than its predecessor, 2009's Crash Love. Havok's lyrics, however, are at their starkest, as the singles "I Hope You Suffer" and "17 Crimes" indicate.
In honor of the sold-out show that AFI will play at The Catalyst a few days before All Hallows' Eve, Havok recently had a friendly chat with GT. Throughout the interview, he displayed all the insightfulness and eloquence you'd expect from a former UC Berkeley student whose music career interrupted his plans to pursue a double major in English and psychology.
GOOD TIMES: Your novel "Pop Kids" [released this past April] deals with the shallowness of fame, which is a subject that came up a lot on the last AFI album. Why has that been on your mind over the past several years?
Davey Havok: It just becomes more and more prevalent in modern culture, and I think the cult of celebrity is continuously being elevated and aggrandized by way of modern media, which is becoming such a powerful force as it spreads. Social media is such a strong force in culture today. With the inception of reality television, fame has been able to be garnered by way of negative actions rather than positive ones, and it has been able to be garnered by those who either do nothing or do something destructive. By way of social media, that fame has been more and more easily achieved, whether it be on a small level or a worldwide level, and if it is on the small level, it is achieved with the hope and possibility of having that fame on a worldwide level. It has really replaced substance over and over again, more so than it has in the past, by way of this media, and it really informs youth culture that is raised on this media, because this media was not there in generations before. As you grow up with this as a part of your reality, it is, in fact, that: reality.
Do you see fame as inherently negative?
Fame for having achieved something positive and having created something, having done something [is not negative]. Charles Darwin is famous, you know? [Laughs] And he deserves the laud and the attention on a worldwide scale for what he's done. Anjelica Huston: She's famous, and she's wildly talented. It's not fame itself that I find to be negative. Fame for the sake of fame is, in fact, a negative.
Seeing the upside-down crosses that you're wearing in the video for "I Hope You Suffer," I was reminded of a story I once heard: When you were a Catholic school student, a nun accused you of worshipping the Devil.
Yeah. When I was in eighth grade, during a parent-teacher conference, [the nun] said to my mother and father, "Your son is an exemplary student; he's getting straight As; he works well with other students; he gets along with everyone, but I'm very, very concerned about him. He draws these things on his notebook covers, and he listens to this dark music. I think he is a Satanist," causing my parents to panic and come home and tell me this, which caused me to laugh. And then [my mother] handed me a video that the sister wanted me to see. She said, "It has Ozzy Osbourne and The Circle Jerks and The Dead Kennedys in it." I said, "Ah, that's great! I want to watch that!" But it was one of those incendiary propaganda videos from the '80s, though it wasn't the '80s at the time [I was watching it]. There was the PMRC coming down on music, saying it was the Devil's music. It was funny.
What scares you?
Things in the mundane. It scares me when I wake up and my voice is hoarse, like it is now. [Laughs] It scares me when my friends are hurting themselves. The thought of not being able to do what I love—something infringing on that—scares me, and it scares me when my friends and family are not being able to do what they love.
Do you have any recurring nightmares?
Yes, I have recurring themes in my nightmares. If there's ever a plane in my nightmares, it goes down, whether I'm on it or not. This does not exclude dreams that I have of being in a plane whilst on a plane [in real life], which I experienced just the other day somewhere over the Atlantic on the way back from London. I dreamt that I was in the plane, sitting next to Hunter [Burgan, AFI's bassist], which I was, and that the plane was going down. Very unpleasant.
Along with the obvious literal interpretation, that dream seems related to what you were talking about a second ago: having things go wrong. The plane going down might be symbolic of a more figurative kind of crashing and burning.
Yeah! Yeah, I guess you're right. And now that you reference that, which I've never thought of it in that way—I figured it was just the fear of flying—that seemingly might be a control thing: a sort of deep-seated fear of the lack of control, which I suppose everyone has to some extent, although I think it's healthy to let go of the need to control everything. Certainly I don't feel myself to be a control freak, as one would say, 'cause you can't control everything, and if you live your life trying to do so, it's living your life in fear, which is wildly oppressive.
When did you first understand what death was?
Oh, wow. My biological father died when I was 5. I don't know if his death really brought a true understanding of what that meant. I suppose it did—I suppose it helped me along the way, but even understanding that your father dies, and that he goes away, and that he's never coming back, doesn't really infuse you with a sense of your own mortality. Just growth does. I started to really become aware of that more so as a preteen. How and why, I couldn't say. It wasn't an immediate moment, I don't think. There wasn't an event that caused it in particular, but I feel in my early teenage years was when I started to recognize what that truly meant.
What are some of the most dramatic changes you've seen in the music industry in the time that you've been with AFI?
Oh, my gosh. Endless, endless changes. The industry has streamlined so much since [the advent of] downloading and since free music has happened, and so has film and television in that same way, where only a very, very few very, very palatable forms of art or—back to music—artists get the support from record labels. It's now so much more difficult for music to get made in that respect, whereas it's very, very easy for it to get made on another small level and spread worldwide in ways that it hasn't gone before. The effects have been both positive and negative—I think mostly negative, but there are some positive aspects to it, where artists you would have never heard of before actually broke through the white noise without the support of a record label, radio or MTV. I think more often than not, you get tons and tons of artists having a voice that are really just adding to the noise. It's a wild time.
When AFI started to go national, was there ever a point when you had to check your ego?
Gosh, I don't think so, but I suppose you'd have to ask my friends if I became out of control at any point. [Laughs] I hope not. I never checked it, so if I needed to, it still needs to be checked!
AFI plays a sold-out show at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 at The Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. For more information, call 423-1338. Photo: Chris Anthony
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Q: Inserting a space behind capital letters of a string I'm trying to add a space behind capital letters of a string for example. "ILikeBananas" would turn into "I like bananas"
I've tried using a while loop, isupper, and .insert((i-1), " ").
I noticed that it would work if it were i+1 however that would give me the wrong output.
void fixedInput(string &userInput) {
int i = 1;
while (userInput[i]) {
    if (isupper(userInput[i])) {
        userInput.insert((i-1)," ");
        tolower(userInput[i]);
    }
    i++;
}
}

with (i-1) there is no output

A: Take a look at https://stackoverflow.com/a/14494432/11397643
Using that concept you should be able to append a space as well when doing a conversion


These colorful rocks are hidden in public locations around the county.
If you find a rock, email us a picture of yourself with the rock you found. We will send you a sports bag. The email must include your full name and address and we'll notify you by email when your bag is sent. Everyone who sends in a photo of the rock they found also will be entered in a drawing for a Visa gift card. The Election Commissioners themselves have underwritten the cost of the cards.
The intent is for the person to put the rock back where it was found, but we won't mind if someone decides to keep the rock, after emailing us their photo. Perhaps having rocks sitting around - they make great paperweights – may remind someone to go and vote.
The rocks are hidden in locations in and around libraries, parks, schools, and other public places, so they aren't too difficult to find. We chose locations that are traditionally safe places. Some are hidden in privately owned stores.


Welcome to the official web site of The Leggett's Creek Bassmasters. We are a fully sanctioned FLW, PA Bass Federation District VII fishing club located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
During the turn of the century a dream of a few anglers living in Northeastern Pennsylvania became real as they formed the basis for our club and had their first meeting in December of 2001 in preparation for the inaugural season of Leggett's Creek Bassmasters. A meeting consisting of eight people in a finished basement around a folding table was where it all started and now with a 26 member body the club has grown and evolved rapidly.
We at our club strive to fuel public awareness of Bass Fishing as a major sport. We promote full observance of all conservation codes and fishing regulations. Leggett's Creek Bassmasters seek to improve their skills as bass anglers through a fellowship of friendly bass fishermen sharing their tips and techniques amongst one another. Our club now in its 15th season and as an affiliate with the TBF Federation continues to strive for excellence with our conservation & youth projects, monthly meetings, club website, open & club tournaments, and its overall passion for the sport of bass fishing.


Aunt Willie Almost Made 99!
Can you imagine living to be 98–a few short weeks of being 99? Think about all the changes you'd see in nine decades.
On October 12, 2018, my dear Aunt Willie Urbanoski passed away at 4:20 am at 98 years old. She wanted to make 100 but her God had different ideas. Over the last few years, we referred to her as "The Ever Ready Bunny" because she had been on the brink of death several times and came back to us full of vim and vigor, but when I got the text this time from my cousin, something inside of me shuttered–it didn't feel the same.
As a child, my brother, Harold couldn't pronounce Aunt Willie, so he called her "Aunt Wee Wee," and it stuck. That was her name my whole childhood.
At twelve, I spent a week with her and Uncle Hughie fishing and then on to Albuquerque. She toured me around town to all the sights. I'm sure my love for Albuquerque began on this visit.
The Urbanoski's attended very major event in my life and my brother's–graduations, marriages and more. When I was princess representing Branson High School at the Trinidad State Junior College Tournament, they came and supported me–always they were there for us.
Aunt Willie's delicious humor kept us laughing right up to our last visit on Sunday, October 7, 2018. I had the habit of talking to Mom every Sunday night on my drive to a meeting, so when Mom died, I asked Aunt Willie if I could call her; she agreed with a twinkle in her eyes.
We anticipated our weekly phone date. We'd catch up on our lives and seasonally, we talked about the success or failure of the Denver Bronco's. Aunt Willie loved Peyton Manning and wanted the offensive line to protect him more. Other times we'd talk about the dancers on Dancing with the Stars and moan and groan if our couple got kicked off. She loved to hear about Lin and my travels and dancing adventures. She also loved to talk about her three granddaughters and two great grandsons.
She was my Mom's older sister by nine years. She had no trouble telling my Mom that she had it made in their family until Mom arrived–Aunt Willie was the only grandchild until then. All my life, they had a close relationship, but I loved to watch these two sisters together, especially later in life after they were widowed–they lived about 20 miles apart for several years and spent as much time together as possible. I marveled at their mutual support during this part of their lives.
Aunt Willie had a special love affair with my husband, Lin. It started the moment they met with lots of flirting and carrying on and lasted even until our last phone call with lighthearted bantering going back and forth between them.
Her life was full and rich–she grew up in northeastern New Mexico in a small community, Des Moines, which she loved. For many years, she organized a yearly reunion for classmates.
She married the love of her life, Hugh Urbanoski and they raised the joy of their lives, Janet, in Albuquerque, NM. Aunt Willie worked and retired from payroll office at Sandia Base. As soon as they could after retirement, Uncle Hughie and Aunt Willie moved to Folsom, NM to be close to their daughter and her family.
For the last few years, I visited Aunt Willie monthly in Pueblo, CO and asked lots of questions because I enjoyed hearing her retell her stories–how she met Uncle Hughie, how she played basketball in school and was accused of drinking alcohol once, how much she enjoyed being a waitress in Raton, NM and so much more.
Losing her has been really hard. As I viewed her body this last Wednesday, I was reminded again that our bodies are temporary homes for our spirits. She looked peaceful, but that lifeless form wasn't my Aunt Willie–vibrant and giggly and so affirming of me. I will miss her terribly–Sunday nights won't be the same.
Death is a part of our lives. How do you handle it? I would love to hear your comments!
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May your Aunt Millie rest in peace. My mother died a few years ago a few months to her 100th birthday.
Thank you so much. My hearts is with you.


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I am a poet and writer. I am retired Air Force and mother of five beautiful children. I am a walking contradiction. All I can say is I am me, so me I am. Many of my writings are personal and deep. I do write humor and love but I tend on being dark. Demons and shadows can be my world many times.
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Send Flowers for Jean
Jean Marie Bounds
July 24, 1961 ~ January 1, 2022 (age 60)
Jean (Smith) Bounds (60) of Moline, Illinois, passed away on January 1, 2022, at Kewanee Care Nursing Home in Kewanee, Illinois. Jean was born in Moline, Illinois, on July 24, 1961. She graduated from Moline High School in 1979 and then worked at Elliott Aviation in Milan, Illinois for 37 years. There, she met her husband, Burdette "Burd" Bounds. They got married on December 7, 1985. Jean enjoyed reading, going on long drives, and spending time walking by the river.
Jean was preceded in death by her parents, Violet and James Smith of Moline, and her brother John Smith, who passed away while serving in Vietnam.
Jean is survived by her husband, Burdette Bounds; daughter, Rachael Bounds (Matthew Claude); brother, Jerry (Pam) Smith; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.
There will be no visitation or funeral. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Living Lands and Waters online at https://www.livinglandsandwaters.org/how-to-help/donate.html or mailed to 17624 Route 84 North East Moline, Illinois, 61244.
Jean's family would like to thank the doctors, nurses, and staff at University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa; OSF St. Luke's in Kewanee, Illinois; OSF St. Mary's in Galesburg, Illinois; and Kewanee Care Nursing Home in Kewanee, Illinois.
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HELPSY wants to make sure consumers realize that #ClothesArentTrash. Why? The New York-based, certified, for profit B-Corp says that over 85% of clothes wind up in the trash and that our relationship with clothing needs to change for environmental and waste management reasons. To help with this problem, the company has 700 collection containers in NYC and nearly 2,000 across the Northeast Coast at commercial properties, businesses, apartment complexes and is starting residential pick-up.
Through their processing, they have found that 95% of what is collected is up-cycled or recycled. 75% is reusable and 20% is recyclable. After clothing is picked up, it is sorted and divided into grades. Higher grade items go to thrift stores in North America and second hand markets globally.
Last winter, they bought back almost 14,000 winter jackets from their sorters to be distributed at the New York Cares Coat Drive and collected 20 million pounds of clothing in 2017.
Rachel Kibbe, a graduate of Emory and Parsons's Fashion Design program was frustrated with the industry after working in several different positions. She realized that there was little concern for the environment and labor practices so she started HELPSY in 2012. The brand's first iteration was an online store for ethical fashion targeted toward millennials. The site launched one month before the Rana Plaza building collapse which confirmed that she was on to something.
For emerging designers, Kibbe suggests that they think about the end life and reverse supply chain at the beginning of the design process. She also believes in designing with intention and considering using second life clothing and textiles such as up-cycled garments and deadstock. Using less parts and more uniform material along with single fiber garments as they are the easiest to break down and recycle are other ways to bring sustainability into design. Incentivizing customers through take back programs so they don't throw out clothing is also a tactic to implement.


ASD Hope, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded by local educators, is in the process of opening Texas Autism Academy in The Woodlands by fall 2017.
Community leaders in business, politics, education and health care came together Saturday morning to learn about the new private school, which is integrated with Applied Behavior Analysis tactics, while focusing on the benefits of early intervention.
1. ASD Hope, Inc. was founded by educators.
President Jane Walls, Vice President Cary Mollinedo, Treasurer Shelinta Perez and Board Certified Behavior Analyst Ann Maddox are all long-time certified educators from local public school districts. The four women joined forces after witnessing an increasing need for quality, affordable educational opportunities for children and families living with autism in the area.
2. Texas Autism Academy is the first of its kind to come to Texas.
Texas Autism Academy will be a private school, which integrates Applied Behavior Analysis principles throughout its curriculum, tailored for students on all levels of the autism spectrum. The entire staff will be trained in ABA techniques and the school will also provide speech, occupational and physical therapies through a contractor to those students who need it. The school will have a projected teacher to student ratio of 2:7 as opposed to a typical classroom setting of 1:22, respectively. Perez said most families living with autism in The Woodlands area only have access to clinical settings, forcing parents to homeschool their children in addition to receiving therapy separately in a clinic. Texas Autism Academy will strive to combine all these needs under one roof.
3. The school has big plans for the future.
Texas Autism Academy plans to open next fall with 42 students ages 4-8 years old. Each year, the school will increase by one grade level, until they have students with ages ranging from 4 to 22 years old. The school will eventually offer job training and junior college classes for 18-22-year-old students. In addition, the school also plans to add mainstream and inclusion classrooms in the future.
4. The founders originally wanted to open a charter school.
ASD Hope, Inc. initially wanted to open a charter school, making it free and available to everyone, regardless of socioeconomic status. However, after much research, Walls said they found that opening a charter school would impose limitations on the program, including disabling it from expanding past second grade. Thus, the decision to become a private school was made, although the founders said they hope to eventually build more locations across the state, some of which could potentially be charter schools.
5. The tuition is competitive by industry standards.
ASD Hope is aiming to keep tuition for students at Texas Autism Academy between $20,000 and $22,000 per year. Perez said similar institutions around the country start at $22,000 per year for high-functioning autistic students and can cost more than $35,000 per year for low-functioning autistic students. The anticipated tuition is still significantly lower than traditional private schools, which do not include the additional therapies Texas Autism Academy students will receive, Walls said. In addition, some services may be covered by insurance, which will also help mitigate tuition costs.
6. ASD Hope needs help from the community.
There are several ways community members can help Texas Autism Academy become more than just a business plan. ASD Hope is still looking for a location in The Woodlands area that fits its needs. To begin, the organization is looking for a safe, convenient location with space for 10 classrooms, office space and a reception area. ASD Hope is also looking for more members to join its Advisory Council—specifically in the fields of real estate, human resources, banking and law. Corporate and individual sponsorships will also be available to help Texas Autism Academy get the supplies and technology they need to get started. Texas Autism Academy will begin recruiting teachers in April and will begin student enrollment in July.


With majority Council support, today Ward 1 DC Councilmember Brianne Nadeau introduced the Lead Pipe Replacement and Disclosure Amendment Act of 2017 to help low-income residents replace lead private service lines on their property as well as disclose lead risk to homebuyers and renters.
The text of the bill as introduced is available at this link.
The "Lead Pipe Replacement and Disclosure Amendment Act of 2017" was introduced by Councilmember Brianne Nadeau with co-introducers Councilmembers Silverman, Bonds, Cheh, Robert White, Jr., Grosso, Todd, Allen and Gray.
The District has been grappling with lead in our drinking water for years. Since 2003, DC Water has been working in neighborhoods replacing lead main water lines. At that time, homeowners are asked if they would like an estimate to replace their service line on private property. The response rate depends heavily on the estimated income of the neighborhood with low income neighborhoods often unlikely to respond to literature left by DC Water.
Because even partial lead pipe exposure can lead to delays in the mental development of children and be especially dangerous to pregnant women and formula-fed babies, it is imperative to encourage full line replacements.
Establish a Voucher Program for homeowners as another tool to help low-income families replace their lead service line pipes leading to the main shut off valve in the home.
Up to $800 would be available per household so we can lend assistance to the greatest number of households, particularly low-income households.
The Mayor would be required to provide adequate notice of the Voucher Program as well as a community liaison to inform residents of the risk of only partial lead pipe replacement and associated health risks.
Landlords would be required to disclose the usage of any known lead pipes to tenants.
Homeowners would be required to disclose the existence of known lead pipes to prospective buyers.
It costs homeowners $500 for DC Water to penetrate the wall of the home to replace the private lead service line to the home's shut off valve and then $100 per foot to connect it to the main public service line if the replacement is done at the time DC Water is replacing the main lead service line. Homeowners must agree to a contract to pay DC Water for the replacement service. If a homeowner choses to replace the private lead service line after DC Water has been through the area, they are charged the $500 penetration fee and then $125 per foot to connect to the public service line. Because the city often owns most of what people consider their private front yard leading to the water meter, the actual private pipes can be as little as a foot or so of lead pipe that a homeowner would be responsible for replacing.
Homeowners need better tools to help understand the risks of lead in the water and the dangers of partial lead pipe replacement and the right financial resources to actually replace the private lead service line. This legislation helps us keep our promise to inform and protect our most vulnerable from the dangers posed by lead in our water.


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People Power: How Grassroots Advocates Can Raise Their Voices in 2020
There's an old call-and-response chant I've heard at many demonstrations, rallies, and picket lines over the years: "Who's got the power? We've got the power. What kind of power? People Power."
Grassroots Convening participants practice crafting resonant messages for the 2020 elections, photo credit: Aviva Kardener, Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
This was echoing through my head after Resource Media Managing Director Jenny Park and I co-led a media training in October for a visionary group of grassroots environmental justice organizations from across California. Convened by the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment and the California Wildlands Grassroots Fund, the daylong intensive at UC Davis featured workshops designed to give grassroots groups the tools they need to leverage the 2020 elections to advance their respective advocacy work.
In our workshop, Jenny and I focused on building blocks of media and digital communications strategy that will help groups leverage the public attention around the 2020 races to advance their own equity and environmental agendas.
We discussed the opportunities for grassroots organizations to "inject" their perspectives on environmental and social justice into the existing public conversations about the elections and to recruit new supporters who are paying attention to the elections. We reviewed tactics such as using popular hashtags like #ActOnClimate to craft resonant messages for social media, and pitching journalists with media advisories, press releases and best-practice media relations. We also covered how grassroots advocates within 501(c3) organizations can encourage candidates to support their issues.
We also discussed the criteria that can make an environmental message or story newsworthy to ever-busier journalists like teasing out controversy, colorful human stories, new facts, or timely decision points. For a grassroots organization like the Mare Island Heritage Trust, this means organizing press conferences and inviting local newspapers and TV affiliates to shine a spotlight on the city of Vallejo's sudden closure of a San Francisco Bay nature preserve and negotiations with developers.
As candidates look to define themselves and appeal to voters, we discussed how community groups have an opportunity to connect global issues like the climate crisis (a major issue in the 2020 presidential election!) to local solutions like clean energy production, water protection and sustainable agriculture. For example, Three Sisters Gardens, a network of organic vegetable farms near Sacramento run by youth formerly involved in the criminal justice system, has been using Facebook to connect to a larger narrative around #foodjustice and shore up support from leaders in the state capitol region.
2019 Grassroots Convening participants practice Tweeting for #2020; photo credit: Aviva Kardener, Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
Of course, there is a paradox in that while elections bring massive public attention to social issues, they can also create "ballot fatigue" for people on the receiving end of blaring newspaper headlines, television pundits, and social media feeds. In order for grassroots community organizations to make their voices heard in this noisy context, we practiced crafting pithy, concise, and persuasive messages communicating the vision of a more just, sustainable, and equitable world.
With an exercise in crafting 280-character Tweets, participants got creative in finding ways to connect their messages about equity, sustainability, and clean water, air, and lands in California, to a theoretical local election.
It was amazing to see the clever and visionary approaches—in English and Spanish!—created by representatives of groups as varied as the Butte Environmental Council, the Center on Race Poverty & the Environment and the Benicia Tree Foundation.
We'd like to extend a big, heartfelt thanks to the Rose Foundation for giving Resource Media this opportunity to help its grantees prepare to share their stories effectively using the news media and social media in 2020. The gathering was an inspiring reminder that with the right tools and strategy, we, the people do have the power to create a better world.
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An evening of video games and chocolate rations is cut short when the power goes out. Carris and her friends must beat raiders to the communication station if they want to save the town.
Limited by Allison Mulder won 1st Place in Visibility Fiction's Teens Only Writing Competition.
Allison Mulder is a nocturnal college student in Iowa, currently busy with the study of Writing, Literature, and the art of procrastination. When avoiding homework, she often reads, doodles, watches too much anime, and daydreams about fantasy worlds she has no time to write about.
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The Fire-tipped Spear, the Ardent Sun Gloves, the Flameblade Bracer, the Returner Bracer, the Eighty-one Fold Fist Force, the Lightning Bolt Dagger and the Glacial Pricker—
–Not a single one had helped him overcome this foe…
And now, his biggest crutch, the Cataclysmic Seal, had been overpowered by the same foe!!
This time, Bai Yunfei really was out of trump cards. Every technique he knew, every item he owned, they had all been exhausted…
Ta Shan on the other hand didn't look much different after he had used his technique. Squatting down on the ground with both palms touching it, he fixed his Terra Armor once more. With his body and armor both currently recovering from the previous ordeal, Ta Shan wasn't in a good enough state to deal the finishing blow to Bai Yunfei.
But it wouldn't take long for him to be able to. All he needed to do was relax for a moment. Then, he'd be able to finish the battle.
The fearsome look in Ta Shan's eye unnerved Bai Yunfei since he didn't have much soulforce. He had to make use of the 300 points of soulforce stockpiled in his ring in a hurried attempt to replenish himself. As it filled his body, Bai Yunfei's eyes flickered with light as he tried to assess the danger in front of him.
"What do I do? What do I do!? Isn't there any way I can win? Any type of secret technique? Any of the flying daggers? The Compliant Rope? The Walkon Strawhat!? Dammit all! I used to think I had more equipment than I knew what to do with, but now, not a single one of them can help me!!"
The joints in his knuckles cracked rhythmically from the pressure being exerted in them. Bai Yunfei found his newly reformed essence fireseed starting to pulse rather erratically. Perhaps as an effect, the elemental fire in him started to flow erratically as well.
"Wha??" It was then that he realized something. The fireseed essence in his body just had to be planning something if it was moving like that. If he concentrated on it, he could just faintly detect an odd sensation fluttering in his heart.
It felt as if… something was being called for… something that had once been with him but had been lost, but now the connection to it was slowly being rebuilt…
"That's… that's my essence fireseed!"
The summoning cry had knocked Bai Yunfei for a loop; it was trying to call to the essence fireseed in the Cataclysmic Seal!
Elation started to fill his body now that he knew what was going on, "This is it! I've still something up my sleeve! Something I can use!"
After being forcibly knocked onto the ground by Ta Shan, the fireseed essence that was in the Cataclysmic Seal finally started to give off traces of existence!!
After months of slumber, it was finally awake!
If the fireseed essence was awake, then the battle outside Curopia CIty could be repeated. With the fireseed essence, the power of the Cataclysmic Seal would drastically rise!
"This is my last hope… you've been asleep for so long, so it's about time you wake up!!"
Reinvigorated and refocused, Bai Yunfei stared heavily at the Cataclysmic Seal while wishing in his heart for the essence fireseed to awaken!
It didn't feel like there was enough power in it.
Without a doubt, the essence fireseed had woke up, but it wasn't fully awake.
By this point, Ta Shan was already getting back on his feet. Worried about what he'd do next, Bai Yunfei stared at him with clenched fists.
His right fist slammed into his chest, "Damn it! You better wake up! Otherwise, I'll use you to fuel the Cataclysmic Seal again!!"
His mental roar of anger had been the impetus that the essence fireseed in his body needed to explode in activity. It thought Bai Yunfei would really force it out his body.
Suddenly, a spark jolted through Bai Yunfei's body, allowing him to feel as though something important was being established. The connections that had slowly been built between him and the fireseed essence were now reconnecting at a hastened pace, allowing a tremendous amount of power to pour out of his very soul. The power flowed to each and every corner of his body, replenishing him with power while his fireseed essence started to 'crackle' to life.
"Bzz…" The partially submerged Cataclysmic Seal behind him started to vibrate where it was. Waves of red light and elemental fire started to billow out, and with the bewildered Ta Shan as witness, a fist-sized fireseed slowly started to float out of the Cataclysmic Seal.
By an act of osmosis, the soul armament and the fireseed were dividing. The moment it successfully escaped from its confines, the fireseed flew straight for Bai Yunfei. It 'dove' right into his body before he could even understand what it was doing!!
He had originally been planning to use the newly awakened fireseed essence to power up the Cataclysmic Seal again, so when it fully awakened, Bai Yunfei was surprised that it'd dive into his body so suddenly!
It hadn't even reached Bai Yunfei's heart, but the fireseed was already starting to feel like it was at 'home.' Traveling through Bai Yunfei's body with practiced ease, it returned to his core—the origin acupoint.
When it arrived at the origin acupoint, the fireseed was quick to discover that it wasn't empty…
There was another fireseed existing at its core!
Then… the two fireseeds trembled violently before colliding with one another…
"Booom!!!!!"
It was as though a mental bomb had exploded within Bai Yunfei's mind. Not only was there a dreadfully loud sound, a wave of fire exploded from both fireseeds and the origin acupoint flooded his entire body with elemental fire.
Even his body wasn't enough to contain it all. It hit its limit and elemental fire started to explode out!
The explosion of fire was like his body had been dipped into lava; it was unbelievably hot and painful!!
"Aaaghhhhh!!!"
All of the muscles in Bai Yunfei's face spasmed with pain. His head snapped back as he let loose a powerful roar as all of the elemental fire in his body started to flow out.
The elemental fire outside his body started to violently surge, like the forming of a typhoon. It completely enveloped Bai Yunfei!
The wave of pain that shot through him threatened to knock him unconscious. Even though he wasn't clear of mind, there was a feeling of contrast.
He felt even more 'free' than ever.
He felt as though if he wanted to, he could split apart the sky just by raising his fist!
"Wha—what's going on!? How's he getting all this power. It's inconceivable!!"
Ta Shan was currently lost in his own thoughts. They persisted for only a few seconds before he cleared his mind and prepared to kill once more!
For some reason, fear was starting to rise up in his mind.
It was laughable, to say the least.
How could a Soul Exalt ever fear a young Soul Ancestor!?
"I can't let him grow any stronger! I've got to kill him, now!"
Roaring to himself as he leaped, Ta Shan flew forward to strike Bai Yunfei down with all his might.
A ring of fire flew off Bai Yunfei's body when he realized Ta Shan's movements. Tilting his head, Bai Yunfei stared at Ta Shan with both of his fiery eyes for just a second before he…
Disappeared!!
He was gone without anything but a flash of fire from where he used to stand.
Bai Yunfei had disappeared from Ta Shan's very eyes!
Ta Shan was a Soul Exalt with all the perception granted to someone of his calibre, yet Bai Yunfei had disappeared without a trace!
Another second later, the burning heat of elemental fire could be felt right behind Ta Shan. Eyes dilating in fear, Ta Shan tried to turn around. Both of his hands were ready to protect himself, but…
It was too late!!
"Bang! Bang!!"
There were the two distinct sounds of something being hit.
Just slightly above Ta Shan in the air was Bai Yunfei. Both of his hands were outstretched right next to Ta Shan's neck!!
A double Eighty-one Fold Fist Force!!


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Louisiana March 2016 Floods – Heroes Don't Just Wear Capes
March 15, 2016 March 15, 2016 by C.W. Lemoine
We had been warned all week about a historic rainfall event heading our way, but it wasn't until I was sitting in the studio of WWL-TV, waiting for my first interview, that I realized how bad it was truly going to be. I watched as the weather updates scrolled across a nearby screen warning of torrential downpours, flash floods, and the potential for more flooding even after the rain event ended.
The rain had held off so far, one of the production assistants told me, but later that night, we'd be in for a wild ride. I drove home that Thursday morning under high winds and overcast skies. The system had yet to arrive – it was still pummeling northern Louisiana.
That night and early into Friday morning, the rains arrived. It was almost like a hurricane. I could hear the rain pelting my windows and walls. I wondered if I'd wake up to water at my doorstep.
The storms raged off and on all night. When I woke up, to my relief, the neighborhood had handled the water well. There was still a steady rain, but the heavy stuff seemed over. Crisis averted, I thought.
I was preparing for my book signing the next day when I got the phone call. The sergeant over Criminal Patrol in the Reserve Division of the Sheriff's Office said that the areas to the north – Covington, Folsom, etc. – were experiencing heavy flooding. They needed all available manpower.
I turned on the news to see the extent of the flooding. All of the water that had been dumped on north Louisiana was heading to Southeast Louisiana. Rivers were at historic flood stages and dumping into nearby roads and subdivisions. The water was rising and it was going to get worse.
I arrived at the Law Enforcement Center just after five PM. The mood was serious. Deputies and first responders were returning after being out in the weather and flood waters all day. Full time and Reserve deputies were starting to show up. Everyone was focused on the mission at hand. There were nearly two hundred calls for rescues ongoing. People needed help. I suddenly had a front row seat to watch real heroes at work.
As others started showing up, assignments were handed out. Some went out to do rescues in boats. Others went out to do traffic control where roads had been shut down. And then they pulled out the heavy equipment.
Sheriff Dept High Water Vehicle
Military vehicles – five ton troop transports and Humvees – would be critical in saving lives because they could go places patrol vehicles couldn't get near. They were the backbone of our rescue operation.
My first assignment of the evening was a supply run. Using an F350 dually, another deputy and I had to go to the Red Cross, pick up cots, medical supplies, and food, and deliver them to Folsom, Louisiana. Normally, that would've been a thirty minute drive, but with the flooded roads and heavy traffic, it took much longer.
Sheriff Dept F350 Dually Carrying Supplies for the Folsom Shelter
Along the way, I saw more examples of heroics. In some of the neighborhoods we passed, police and fire were out braving the elements, getting people to safety. Some were busy pushing disabled vehicles out of the way to clear the road for first responders, something we appreciated.
It took us two hours, crossing flooded roadways and maneuvering through traffic to get to the shelter in Folsom. I saw more shining examples of humanity – volunteers who were working at the shelter, helping to set up cots and comforting the victims of the horrible flooding. It was inspiring.
The flooding grew worse as we made our way back to the LEC. When we arrived, water was now rushing into the parking lot. In the course of two hours, it had gone from completely dry to two feet of water and climbing.
Covington Law Enforcement Center
Again, I watched the heroes at work. They never wavered or faltered. The command center had to be abandoned, but contingency plans were enacted. We moved all of the equipment and vehicles to a nearby secondary location on higher ground. The show had to go on. People who had been out there all day just wanted to go out and help more people. Reserve deputies who get paid nothing left their paying jobs to answer the call and serve their hurting community.
When the secondary command center was set up, my partner and I were given our next assignment. We were given a Humvee, told to fuel it up, get on the radio, and start listening to calls for rescues.
Sheriff Dept Humvee used for high water rescues
It was chaos everywhere. The waters rushing from the north were swelling the nearby rivers, draining south toward the Gulf. There was a clear line of neighborhoods and houses directly in the flood's path. The five ton trucks went where no other vehicles could, sometimes being pushed to the limit to save people. The sheepdogs answered the call with little regard for their own safety.
Our first call was preempted by one of those five ton trucks. A vehicle had gotten trapped in the rapidly rising water. We arrived on scene just behind it, as deputies were helping the women out of their truck. It was completely dark out. The power had gone out early on, and there was no moon. The water had gotten so deep that it was hard to tell what was road and what wasn't.
We rerouted to the second call. Routes had to be discussed and planned, as many bridges and roads were completely washed away or unpassable. It was a slow, methodical journey to our first pickup.
Entering our first flooded neighborhood
Upon arrival at the neighborhood, we ran into other first responders. Firefighters were already on scene, going door to door in the nearly four foot waters, knocking on houses to see if people were ok.
We slowly maneuvered our way through the deep waters, following one of the responders as he walked the path in front of us to ensure we stayed on solid ground. He led us to the back of the neighborhood, where an elderly couple and family were trapped by the waters.
The firefighters slogged through the water, carrying people, animals and bags while helping people into the back of the Humvee. The water was rising and flooding in the neighborhoods was getting worse. I heard more calls for rescues on the radio.
We picked up eight people and secured them in the back before making our way back out of the neighborhood. In some cases, the only way to tell that we were still on the road was to stay between the mailboxes which were barely sticking up above the water.
We maneuvered through the traffic and closed roads as we brought the people to the nearest shelter. When we arrived, I saw more volunteers trying to comfort the devastated families. People who had lost everything except for what they could carry were sitting about, not sure what would happen next.
We cleared the scene and headed back to the same neighborhood. As we headed that way, we heard that a boat with first responders had flipped and three deputies were in the water. I listened on the edge of my seat as a rescue was coordinated. I breathed a sigh of relief when they were all accounted for.
More of the neighborhood was under water when we returned. The first call was for an elderly couple that had gotten trapped in a vehicle while trying to escape. When we arrived, the vehicle was empty and blocking the roadway. We walked the rest of the way on foot until meeting up with the same firefighters as before.
Moving slowly through a flooded neighborhood
They were still busy going house to house. My partner made contact with the elderly couple – both in their nineties –as I discussed things with the firefighter. He had an additional ten people that needed help. The Humvee would be loaded out as much as we could.
As my partner went to another nearby address, I started to help the elderly couple. The walk to where we'd left the Humvee was too far. We had to get their vehicle out of the way. Luckily, it still started and I was able to move it off to the side.
By the time I moved the Humvee back to their location, the firefighter had returned with another elderly woman. We helped the three into the back as best we could and then set off for another family farther down the street. They had an infant and small children and needed to evacuate.
I followed the firefighter as we made our way down the street. I tested the limits of the Humvee as I watched the water rise from his knee level to waist level. By the time we made it to the house, water was spilling over the high door sills of the Humvee into the cab.
We loaded everyone up. By the time it was all done, we had eleven people and two dogs total. They crammed onto the small benches as best they could, leaving everything behind.
I headed back out of that street and linked up with my partner. Fire and rescue showed up with another high water vehicle to rescue the people he had gone to help. We headed back to the shelter.
It was nearly 1 AM by the time we dropped everyone off at the shelter and made it back to the new command center. I talked to the crew that had flipped in the rescue boat. They were ok, but the dog that had caused it by jumping off during the rescue hadn't made it. The deputies were all ready and willing to go back out there, but the supervisor erred on the side of caution and told them to go home.
Knowing I had an event the next day, the supervisor also cleared me off to go home. He had enough people and the rescues had slowed down for a bit. I went home to get some sleep.
My partner stayed out for several more hours, and then came back later on Saturday, working all day.
As I got through my first book signing on Saturday, I received another text requesting to come back out and help. As before, I arrived at 5 PM.
When I arrived at the command center on day two, the scene was much like before. The mood was serious and people were determined. The ones that were just showing up were ready to go out and make a difference. The ones that were just getting off reluctantly went home.
My new partner and I went to help with a neighborhood in a different part of the parish. The water in the neighborhood was too deep for a Humvee, so the fleet of five-ton trucks ran constantly back and forth delivering people to safety. It was an impressive display, but also very sad to watch families clinging to what was left of their possessions as they were shuttled off to shelters.
The rescue efforts went on for most of the night. We patrolled nearby neighborhoods in the Humvee, looking for any people that needed help as the water headed that way. By 10 PM, the rescue was complete. First responders had gone door to door to check on each house.
We went back to the Command Center as a convoy. By 11 PM, we were released. "Be ready for the east side of the parish Sunday and Monday," they told us, "we're expecting historic flooding there too." Everyone nodded.
Six more deputies were called out on Sunday to patrol the eastern half of the parish, standing by for rescues as the flood waters approached. They worked throughout the night, patrolling neighborhoods as reports came in that the Pearl River would reach historic levels.
On Monday, I received another phone call. Flooding was expected in more populated areas like Slidell. It was time to go back to work.
I arrived at the Slidell Law Enforcement Center around 5:30 PM. People were tired. Some of the full timers had been working with few breaks since Friday. My partner Friday night, a fellow Reserve Deputy, had worked nearly thirty hours over the weekend and was back for more. No one complained. No one wondered when it would be over. Everyone just wanted to help.
My partner from Saturday night and I went back out in a Humvee. There were no active calls for rescues, but we patrolled neighborhoods with water just in case. We stopped and chatted with residents that had been living in the area for decades. They had seen flooding like this before, but were hopeful it wasn't as bad as reports suggested. They were thankful that we were out and being proactive.
My partner talking to a Pearl River resident about the flood waters on her property
Later in the night, the floodwaters moved farther south. We relocated to Slidell and began patrolling the subdivisions along with another unit. The water was much higher and still rising. Kids were driving around sightseeing in big trucks and ATVs. We were called out to ask them to leave.
Following another unit through Indian Village subdivision
After a couple more hours of patrolling, my partner and I headed back to the LEC. The National Guard was staged in numerous locations, ready to assist with evacuations. Units stayed around the clock in shifts to assist people who needed help evacuating. Luckily, the flooding wasn't nearly as rapid and unexpected as what we saw in Covington on Friday and Saturday nights.
Driving through flooding in Indian Village
That's not to say that the threat is over. As of this writing, the water is still rising and many homes could still be at risk. I have no doubt that the brave men and women who've been at work for the last several days will continue to answer the call, because that's just what they do.
I had the unique honor to see that call answered firsthand, and it's important to bring to light what first responders and law enforcement have done for their community. And equally important are the firefighters and EMS who have also been working around the clock. There's so much tension and "cop hating" going on, but times like these show that we are one community, and the men and women who wear the badge are committed to serving.
It was an honor and a privilege to work alongside these types of people that run toward danger. Although this natural disaster is a horrific tragedy that has affected so many lives, the response from the community and people going out there to help, really restores one's faith in humanity. To see people come together, regardless of their role, to give and aid comfort to those who need it most, is just inspiring.
Every single one of them is a hero, and none of them wear capes.
BlogTagged Covington, Flood, Louisiana Flood, March 2016, Pearl River, Slidell
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Traffic law: How long can you stand on a supermarket Parking lot?
On a supermarket Parking lot, a sign, supermarket customers are allowed to Park for an hour (the sign shows, according to a Parking meter). After shopping I had to throw in the adjacent house yet something in the letter box. As I was leaving the Parking lot, pointed me to the Parking attendant very strongly to the fact that he would then immediately call the police and a tow truck to my cost. I've noticed when shopping that it happened to other customers, often in a similar way. It is in order that the security guard react? Or the sign would need to be changed? It should also give a certain amount of tolerance – after all, some of buy and do other things in the vicinity, want TIME know-ONLINE-reader Mirjam Kauer from Detmold.
Parking lots in the city are usually a scarce commodity. After shopping in the supermarket just to quickly have something close to do, without umzuparken, saves time and Trouble, because there's a new Parking space for the car is not often easy. This is also the retailers, who entice customers with free Parking, of course, know. However, after the purchase to make space for the next consumer.
"Because customers will be blocked by Parking a super-market, often by employees or non-customers, lease now, many super markets in their Parking lots to private companies, which control the compliance with the Park rules," says Daniela Mielchen, a specialist lawyer for traffic law in Hamburg. By a driver who parks on a private car Park to his car, a contract is concluded between him and the operator of the car Park, explained the lawyer.
Dr. Daniela Mielchen law firm-Mielchen & Collegen in Hamburg in the transport sector since 1991, in the Traffic law and since the introduction of the specialist lawyer in this area of law is also a specialist lawyer. The firm worked with 45 employees in Germany many of the 1,000 cases a year from traffic accidents, misdemeanors and criminal traffic law.
declared as the TIME-ONLINE-reader Mirjam Kauergeschilderten Situation, the specialist lawyer: "Certainly, you can. the note on the sign that Parking a Supermarket is a permitted client and, in addition, a Parking disc is shown with a Parking time of one hour, to be understood that the customer may as a Supermarket in principle one hour Parking, and also within the hour errands in the area can make" However, Mielchen also have to bear in mind that the supermarket or car Park operator's interest to provide free Parking only for its customers while shopping at the ready. "This is for any reasonable observer to the Hand," says Mielchen.
The district court of Kaiserslautern in a decision dated 27. October 2015 (Az. 1 S 53/15). It was generally a question of whether a penalty is possible, if you forget to put the Parking disc in the car. "The imposition of a penalty is, in principle, rightly so, if one leaves his vehicle after Leaving the super market is still in the Parking lot, to make other errands," says the traffic expert.
If a wagon by several persons and there is a Parking violation, you must pay the driver the penalty and not the holder, as is the case with police recorded Parking violations. "The owner of the Car is outside, he has nothing to do with it. It depends only on the Person that has the car actually in the Parking lot of dangers," says Mielchen. The district court of Rostock in a judgment of 11. April 2008 (Az. 1 S 54/07) found that in this case there is no liability. However, the danger that the vehicle will be towed if a Parking violation. In this case, it may happen that the holder must bear part of the costs.
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Caledonia Curry, more commonly known as "Swoon," is arguably the most influential female street artist of all time. Her pieces have been collected by The Museum of Modern Art, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Tate Modern, and reside in private collections around the globe. Famous for her portraiture based artwork, she is also renowned for her large-scale installation designs, (most notably the "Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea" in 2008). Based in Brooklyn, her life-sized woodblock and paper-cut portraits hang on walls in various states of decay in cities around the world. With a curriculum vitae that includes exhibitions at the The Detroit Art Institute, the Brooklyn Museum, and The Museum of Modern Art, it is undeniable the iconic mark Swoon's work has left on our culture.
EVERY PORTRAIT IS A VESSEL' is Swoon's first solo exhibition in the Pacific Northwest. The artist will be showing a mixture of old and new works at Treason Gallery, taking the opportunity to give the residents of Seattle a broader view of her artistry. The body of work will showcase her unique versatility, with works ranging from meticulously built music boxes to imaginative and ornate mixed media pieces. Her new works are vibrant and alive with color while still rooted in her traditional practice of wood block printing and paper making.


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Engineering, materials science, modeling
Botanical Structures Inspire Innovative 4D Printing Method
By Lina Sorg
Nature is wrought with patterns and complex routines. Spirals, tessellations, waves, and various types of symmetry frequently appear in natural forms. The microstructures and tissue composition of plants and flowers allow them to continuously adjust to their environment. Organs such as tendrils and leaves undergo numerous shape changes, depending on stimuli like temperature, humidity, and light. Sometimes, these patterns and routines find function in mathematics.
A team of researchers at Harvard University is currently utilizing nature's behavior in a novel application. Drawing inspiration from the way plants alter their form and adapt to changing conditions, scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have expanded microscale 3D printing. By incorporating the fourth dimension of time, they designed hydrogel composite structures – printed with 4D technology – that change shape when submerged in water.
The researchers developed a proprietary model that combines techniques of both mathematics and materials science. The model calculates necessary printing pathways and predicts how a 4D object must be generated to attain the intended shape-shifting response. By doing so, it solves the so-called "inverse problem," the challenge of predicting the printing toolpath to encode detailed swelling behaviors that result in the desired shape. The team then reverse-engineered the problem, learning to control the spacing and direction of the ink filaments to further refine the printed shapes. Read more about the process here.
The ink used for the hydrogel composites prints in a single step. It contains aligned cellulose fibrils, which come from wood and allow for anisotropic swelling. These fibrils are anisotropic, meaning they are directionally-dependent and thus evoke various directional properties that can then be controlled or predicted. Therefore, the ink can be programmed to construct complex shape changes in various conditions. The ink flows smoothly through the printhead, but hardens quickly upon printing. Its composition is flexible, in that different types of hydrogel materials cause varying stimuli-responsive behavior. Anisotropic fillers can also replace the cellulose fibrils for modified results. When submerged in water, the ink swells differentially along or perpendicular to the printing path.
According to senior author Jennifer Lewis, the hydrogel composite structures signify a significant development in programmable materials. The success of the researchers' mathematical model paves the way for future 4D printing opportunities, including applications in soft electronics, tissue engineering, smart textiles, and biomedical devices.
A paper about the printing process recently published in Nature Materials.
Lina Sorg is associate editor of SIAM News.


Aberdeen Airport lies on the northwestern part of the centre of the city of Aberdeen and primarily serves the city where it is situated. It was founded by Eric Gandar Dower way back the year 1934 and then only catered to flights to and from London and the Northern Islands of Scotland. The airport today already experienced a number of changes since it opened. It now serves flights not only within the United Kingdom but also to a number of international destinations.
There are plenty of places to eat and drink at the airport and shops that provide everything for your journey and much more. There are plenty of baby changing facilities and new play areas for children. Aberdeen Airport is renowned for providing quality customer service as well as for being one of the busiest airports within the United Kingdom. Obviously, being an Aberdeen car hire website, I can't forget to mention that we compare all the companies that you can rent a car from.


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Johann Wilhelm Hertel (ur. 9 października 1727 w Eisenach, zm. 14 czerwca 1789 w Schwerinie) – niemiecki kompozytor i klawesynista.

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Jego ojciec, Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1699–1754), był kompozytorem i skrzypkiem. Uczył się u Johanna Heinricha Heila, jednego z uczniów J.S. Bacha i mając już 12 lat towarzyszył ojcu w koncertach, akompaniując mu na klawesynie. W latach 1742–1743 był uczniem Carla Höckha, kapelmistrza w Zerbst. Od 1744 do 1753 roku działał jako skrzypek i klawesynista na dworze książęcym w Strelitz. Utrzymywał kontakt z C.P.E. Bachem oraz Franzem Bendą. Od 1754 roku był nadwornym kompozytorem w Schwerinie. W 1770 roku otrzymał tytuł radcy dworu.

Skomponował m.in. mszę, 5 pasji, 12 kantat świeckich i 11 kantat religijnych, 40 arii koncertowych, 60 pieśni, 3 motety, 3 opracowania psalmów w języku niemieckim, 63 symfonie, 15 koncertów na instrument klawiszowy, 31 koncertów na pozostałe instrumenty, 3 partity, 5 triów, 19 sonat skrzypcowych, 30 sonat na instrument klawiszowy. Był ponadto autorem czterech traktatów teoretycznych oraz dwóch dzieł autobiograficznych.

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Poland vs Colombia FIFA World Cup 2018 Match Report
By Koustav Shaw
Colombia claims victory against Poland in style, keeping their world cup dream still alive. This was a do or die match for both the teams as a result for failing to prevent defeat in their first game. Colombia had it tough against Japan as one of their players was booked and sent off very early in the game and Japan converted the penalty to take lead in the game. The mighty colombians tried and even got on par with Japan but then another goal changed everything for them. They came to this match looking for a win and most importantly to repeat the heroics of their last world cup as they reached the quarter finals.
The game started at Kazan Arena and all eyes were on the stars James Rodriguez and Robert Lewandowski. Both these stars have the ability to turn the game around anytime they want. From the start it was a messy game as the players from both teams were a bit clumsy on the ground, resulting in many players needing attention of the ground staff. The game was about to get settled when Yerry Mina of Colombia struck the first goal, giving his team the adavantage of walking into the dressing room with some relief.
The second half started and Poland made their first substituition hoping to settle things down but it was only for half an hour when Colombia struck again and this time it is by Radamel Falcao from a Quintero assist. Poland could see their world cup dream falling apart with the two goals they conceded so all looked up to Robert Lewandowski but today's was not his day either. He failed to capitalise on the opportunites that were given to him and knew that the inevitable would be arriving soon. Adding to their curse was the thrid goal of the game that came in the 74th by Juan Cuadrado. The last goal was the final nail of Poland's world cup dream and the match ended, Colombia 3-0 Poland.
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Silk & Steel is a New Zealand jewellery brand with a devoted following that celebrates relaxed luxury & layering. Founder and Creative Director, Sarah Cotterall, wants her jewellery to be worn everyday, from day to night, to create stories and emphasise the style of the wearer with edgy-luxe statement pieces.
Production takes place in both New Zealand and, for her fine jewellery collections in Jaipur, India, where every stone is hand cut and faceted to specification. With up to six collections a year, new items are always being released in limited editions, which ensures exclusivity and uniqueness.


Brand: CK Products 88-550 Units: 500/pkg. Use pencil pops instead of sucker sticks! Put the "stick" part of the pencil pop into the cavity where the chocolate/coating will be. Completely cover "stick" part of pencil pop with the chocolate/coating. Place filled candy mold with pencil pop in freezer. When candy is set up, remove molded candy from candy mold. Hanging onto the pencil pop, not the candy, gently twist the eraser end of a pencil into the pencil pop.
Great for hard candy suckers too! Choking hazard: use caution with young children.
Use pencil pops instead of sucker sticks! Put the "stick" part of the pencil pop into the cavity where the chocolate/coating will be. Completely cover "stick" part of pencil pop with the chocolate/coating. Place filled candy mold with pencil pop in freezer. When candy is set up, remove molded candy from candy mold. Hanging onto the pencil pop, not the candy, gently twist the eraser end of a pencil into the pencil pop.


I obtain quite a lot of emails from individuals who marvel tips on how to get into the security field. The US Federal Law Enforcement Company is a division of the US Department of Homeland Safety. To find out the proper homeland safety jobs for you it is important to take into account your particular expertise after which add to them. All company chapter administration is completed by Public Policy" of by and for the Mother Company (U.S. Inc.).
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Both series have partly tinted gum, which is usual for this issue.
Also a stock book with Dutch East Indies and some Indonesia, with many cancellations.
With several unused misprints of the Indonesia 1 Rupiah stamps.


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sorry for poorly focused thought but isn't this ulfland game just made for pendragon rpg?
The campaign tone, alongside the game tone, is fairly different; darker, cross-class and less Arthurian. The first item is on account of the PCs for example who ambushed the heir after cold-bloodedly calculating that they should fall in with his brother (who was just lucky in arriving first to the barony). The party included a demon-summoning country warlock, a forester, a Basque semi-pagan man-at-arms, a flunked out student from the University of Paris and one knight. A very different mix.
I am jonesin' to see some actual play rules. I've fleshed out a little shire on the welsh border (between historical Glouscester and Shrewsbury) to have some Anarchy fun in.


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Can Rihanna make it three weeks in a row atop the Billboard Hot 100?
by: Melinda Newman November 16, 2011
Rihanna"s enduring relationship with the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 continues as "We Found Love" featuring Calvin Harris logs its third week at the summit.
The single, the first track from Rihanna"s new album, "Talk That Talk," out Nov. 21, gets some company as the next single from the set, "You Da One" debuts at No. 73.
Rihanna isn"t the only one with good news: Taylor Swift has three songs debut within the top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100: "If This Was a Movie" starts at No. 10, while "Ours," which she performed on the CMA Awards, arrives at No. 13 (Tay-Tay"s favorite number) and "Superman" flies in at No. 26. Why the activity? In addition to the CMAs, last week marked the songs" digital availability after being only physically available on the special edition "Speak Now" CD offered exclusively at Target, according to Billboard.
With "Movie"s" top 10 debut, Swift extends her number of Hot 100 top 10 debuts to eight, a record for all artists.
In the rest of the Top 10, LMFAO"s "Sexy and I Know It" hangs out at No. 2, while Adele"s "Someone" stays at No. 3. David Guetta scores his highest hit so far as "Without You" featuring Usher rises 6-4, surpassing the No. 5 height achieved by "Sexy Chick" featuring Akon last year.
Maroon 5″s "Moves Like Jagger" featuring Christina Aguilera moves down one to Np. 5, pushing Gym Class Heroes" "Stereo Hearts" featuring Maroon 5″s Adam Levine down to No. 6. Foster the People"s "Pumped Up Kicks" spends another week pumping away at No. 7.
Also staying in place is Flo Rida"s "Good Feeling," at No. 8, while Bruno Mars" "It Will Rain," from the "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1" makes its way into the top 10 jumping 12-9.
The full chart will be refreshed Thursday on Billboard.com
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