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Wall Street Journal: People Are Dying Here: Federal Hospitals Fail Native Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 7, 2017 -
Indian Health Service facilities sanctioned for dangerous, faulty care, leaving often-impoverished patients on remote reservations without services required by law
By Dan Frosch and Christopher Weaver
At the Indian Health Service hospital in Pine Ridge, S.D., a 57-year-old man was sent home with a bronchitis diagnosis—only to die five hours later of heart failure. When a patient at the federal agency's Winnebago, Neb., facility stopped breathing, nurses responding to the "code blue" found the emergency supply cart was empty, and the man died. In Sisseton, S.D., a high school prom queen was coughing up blood. An IHS doctor gave her cough syrup and antianxiety medication; within days she died of a blood clot in her lung.
In some of the nation's poorest places, the government health service charged with treating Native Americans failed to meet minimum U.S. standards for medical facilities, turned away gravely ill patients and caused unnecessary deaths, according to federal regulators, agency documents and interviews.
The IHS, a unit of the Department of Health and Human Services, operates a network of hospitals and clinics, much like the Veterans Health Administration. Under U.S. treaties that date back generations, the service is legally responsible for providing medical care to about 2.2 million tribal members.
But that system has collapsed in the often-remote corners of Indian Country, where patients live hours from other medical providers, often have no insurance and depend on the federal service.
"We've lost faith in the IHS, but we have no alternatives to go anywhere else," said Lisa White Pipe, a tribal council member for the Rosebud Sioux, whose father died last year after a delay in cancer treatment that she blames on the agency. Read more about his and other cases, and see the regulator's reports.
The problems have come to a head in recent months after IHS hospitals repeatedly failed inspections, shut down services or lost access to crucial federal funds. Such failures have prompted new calls for broader oversight of the IHS by Congress. The Rosebud tribe, whose reservation stretches across a rural swath of South Dakota, is also now suing the agency in federal court, alleging that the IHS has failed to fulfill its treaty responsibility to care for tribal members.
"People are dying here as a result of the care they are not receiving, or the care they are receiving," said U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, (R., Wyo.), who until January chaired Congress's Indian Affairs Committee, in an interview.
The latest crisis has arisen after the IHS and the Health Department failed to address a chorus of warnings over many years about neglect at the agency's facilities. The warnings came from lawmakers in both parties, internal whistleblowers and the families of patients who died. Over and over, they reported that IHS hospitals were plagued by inadequate supplies, poor training, overwhelmed staff and critical positions left unfilled.
The agency has lacked a permanent director since 2015. People familiar with the matter said they expect a nominee for that post to be announced soon.
Chris Buchanan, the IHS's deputy director and a rear admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, which provides health workers to federal agencies, said in a written statement the issues facing the agency's most troubled hospitals "go back more than a decade and did not occur overnight." He said the new administration will evaluate the situation and figure out how the IHS can better serve Native Americans.
Back in 2010, a commission chaired by then-Sen. Byron Dorgan, (D., N.D.), found improperly credentialed medical staff were treating patients at some remote hospitals and employees accused of misconduct—even crimes, including stealing drugs from hospital pharmacies—weren't disciplined.
The agency promised changes, but the situation has only disintegrated since, according to interviews with tribal officials, civil and criminal court records, and a raft of federal inspection reports.
Wilmer Spotted Wood hobbled into the IHS hospital in Winnebago but was sent home without treatment despite medical staff documenting his severe back pain—10 on a scale of 10—and ashen skin color, according to one of those reports.
Hours later, a nurse read a test result that showed his kidneys were shutting down. The finding would normally lead to hospitalization, doctors say. Instead, the nurse left a phone message telling Mr. Spotted Wood to avoid calcium products like the antacid Tums and come back in two days, a federal inspection report said.
One of his sisters, Betsy Spotted Wood, herself an IHS nurse who was at the hospital that day, said "his skin coloring was way off. You could tell something was seriously wrong."
Mr. Spotted Wood didn't make it to his follow-up appointment. He died in his bed of kidney failure on Jan. 1, 2015, the day he had planned to return to the hospital.
An IHS spokeswoman, Jennifer Buschick, provided a statement saying the agency wouldn't comment on specific medical cases, lawsuits or regulatory findings. Officials at the IHS's Maryland headquarters fielded queries from The Wall Street Journal related to the agency's individual hospitals and clinics.
Following Mr. Spotted Wood's death, U.S. hospital regulators found the Winnebago facility failed to meet basic standards in 11 of 30 random cases they reviewed, including his case, during a routine inspection.
Winnebago is one of seven IHS hospitals that the regulator, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said had put patients in danger since 2010—more than a quarter of the 26 hospitals the IHS manages around the country.
The IHS and tribal health advocates say Congress underfunds the agency, and the Trump administration's 2018 budget proposes cutting about $300 million, a roughly 6% decrease from its 2017 level.
The IHS spent $3,688 on care for the average patient in 2015, according to an agency document. The Veterans Health Administration, for comparison, spent an average of $11,056 on medical services for each veteran receiving VA health care in 2015, that agency's records show. The two agencies count the users of their services differently, and their populations vary.
Obesity and diabetes on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations are more than 40% higher than nationwide, according to a Journal analysis of data from the University of Wisconsin.
At least 50% of residents of those two reservations, as well as a third of those served by the Winnebago hospital, earned less than the federal poverty line, 2015 data show.
Such factors, coupled with remoteness—Rosebud is more than 100 miles from the nearest Wal-Mart —make recruitment difficult. The IHS said vacancy rates for medical staff at its Great Plains facilities run as high as 37%. By contrast, the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association reported only about 6% of nursing jobs vacant in 2015.
Earlier this year, a longtime Pine Ridge pediatrician was indicted for allegedly sexually assaulting his patients. The doctor, Stanley Patrick Weber, who resigned last spring from the agency, pleaded not guilty. His lawyers didn't respond to a request for comment.
The top medical officer at Winnebago was indicted late last year on allegations he defrauded Tennessee's Medicaid program before joining the IHS, court records show. The doctor, Scott McLain, had been brought on in a shake-up the IHS said showed commitment to high-quality care.
Dr. McLain entered a plea of not guilty and has asked a judge to dismiss the case, his lawyer said. He said Dr. McLain had resigned from the IHS.
In its written statement, the IHS declined to comment on the indictments. It said the agency has revamped staff credentialing procedures, overhauled management of many hospitals and brought in outside contractors to fill vacancies.
The agency's seven sanctioned hospitals—in Pine Ridge, Rosebud and Rapid City, S.D.; Cass Lake, Minn.; Crow Agency, Mont.; Acoma, N.M.; and the Winnebago facility that treated Mr. Spotted Wood—all put patients in "immediate jeopardy" of harm and failed to meet hospital requirements, according to federal regulators.
The South Dakota and Nebraska facilities have each been cited for putting patients in danger multiple times. Since 2011, regulators reviewing cases at those four IHS hospitals said inadequate care contributed to at least 11 deaths, documents show.
In many cases, the hospitals haven't fixed their problems, according to regulatory documents. In April, inspectors cited ongoing failures at the Rosebud hospital for at least the third time in a row; in 2015 and 2016, its emergency room was closed for seven months. In May, inspectors found the Pine Ridge facility had failed U.S. hospital requirements for the second time in five months. The Winnebago hospital has been barred since 2015 from billing Medicare because it failed to meet requirements for hospitals participating in federal programs, a punishment given to just five general hospitals in the U.S. that year, federal data show.
In its written statement, the agency cited data showing many non-IHS hospitals in North and South Dakota and Nebraska also failed to meet requirements. It is less common though for regulators to cite hospitals for putting patients in danger in connection with such failures. Regulatory data show half of the eight facilities run by the IHS in the three states were found to have put patients in danger from 2011 to 2015. The data show the proportion for all non-IHS general hospitals with a patient-harm finding in those states was 7%.
Some of the families of patients who died unexpectedly under the IHS's care said the toll extends beyond the hospitals that have been sanctioned. Among them, is Wakanda Gonsalves, a high school senior and prom queen, who went to an IHS clinic in Sisseton, S.D., on May 4, 2012, because she was coughing up blood. She was sent home that same day, with cough syrup, an inhaler and antianxiety medication. Two nights later, her parents woke to Ms. Gonsalves's screams, her mother, Lisa, recalled. They found her convulsing in bed before she went limp.
"My husband kept doing CPR and chest compressions. Over and over," Lisa Gonsalves said. "But she had no pulse."
An autopsy showed Ms. Gonsalves suffered a blood clot in her lung. The IHS-contracted doctor who treated her said in a court deposition he didn't review an X-ray showing a lung abnormality, or follow up after an irregular blood test. The staffing agency that employed the doctor settled a lawsuit with Ms. Gonsalves's family for an undisclosed sum in 2015.
In court filings, both the doctor and the contractor denied any wrongdoing. Lawyers for both didn't respond to requests for comment.
When confronted with regulatory failures, top IHS officials prioritized other matters, and Health Department leadership brushed aside warnings, records and interviews show.
After a 2010 Senate hearing on Sen. Dorgan's probe outlining serious deficiencies in care and training, then-IHS director Yvette Roubideaux emailed agency employees, acknowledging problems and saying fixes "cannot happen overnight." She asked staff to, among other things, "put a story in the local newspaper about all the good things you are doing," according to a 2010 email reviewed by the Journal.
In 2014, despite complaints of understaffing, Ms. Roubideaux dispatched 21 IHS medical staffers to West Africa to aid the U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak, over protests of tribal health officials.
"If the federal government is going to send public health officials anywhere it should be sending them to Indian Country," a tribal health committee wrote to Dr. Roubideaux.
Dr. Roubideaux argued the outbreak was an unprecedented epidemic. The agency statement to the Journal said the staff was needed to help prevent a potential U.S. outbreak.
Dr. Roubideaux, a Rosebud tribal member and Harvard-trained doctor who left the agency in 2015, referred inquiries from the Journal to the IHS about what she called "longstanding" problems.
At a meeting of regional IHS heads in 2013 called by agency leadership, "we were basically told, 'these are your problems, you deal with it,'" said Anna Whiting Sorrell, who formerly ran the IHS's Billings, Mont.,-based region, where a hospital was sanctioned for dangerous care in 2014.
The agency told the Journal that the IHS's regional chief medical officers have "primary responsibility for clinical issues."
One doctor, Alida Asencio, said she was ridiculed at staff meetings after telling the Winnebago medical director about problems in 2014. Dr. Asencio later raised a concern about a death at the hospital with regulators, who, documents show, concluded it was avoidable. She later complained to top agency officials that her supervisor pressured her to take paid leave ahead of an inspection to keep her from raising further concerns, an email viewed by the Journal shows.
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, an Alaska Democrat, said he met with former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in 2012 to discuss IHS concerns. He said it was clear from the conversation that implementing the Affordable Care Act "eclipsed things."
Ms. Sebelius said in an interview "it's totally appropriate for him to say, 'they just didn't do enough,' " referring to her own department. She said she took the IHS's failures seriously and tried to address them by seeking more funds and improving communication with tribes.
The current Health Department secretary, Tom Price, said during his confirmation hearing in January he was committed to turning the IHS around.
Some people who rely on the troubled hospitals said they are afraid to seek treatment there.
Among them is the family of Tonya Drapeau, a 39-year-old mother of five from the Omaha reservation, who died suddenly in March 2016 after a visit to the Winnebago hospital. Days later, a government doctor wrote in a letter to an IHS official that Ms. Drapeau's treatment "was below the standard of care."
Her family filed a legal claim alleging negligence in February with the Health Department, their lawyer said, the first step in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. government.
Medical records show Ms. Drapeau went to Winnebago because she was having trouble breathing.
The agency's records of her past care, which medical staff reviewed that morning, showed she had diabetes and a history of respiratory complications. A doctor didn't check her blood sugar and sent her home later that day with antianxiety pills.
Hours later, Ms. Drapeau's teenage son found her unconscious. The records show she died, after being airlifted to a private hospital, of diabetic shock.
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Preview: Songs For a Hero: A Lenda Do Herõi
By Antonio Guillen
Sound and music have been a core part of gaming since the early days, from the 'boop' in Pong, to the unmistakable Ground Theme from Super Mario Bros. World 1-1. Of all the ways that gaming has evolved, blending music with gameplay might be one of the most underappreciated advancements. We've all experienced that moment when the music shifts, warning us to save our progress and prepare for the boss fight ahead. These days it's not uncommon for a full orchestra to rise up during epic action or intensely emotional moments. The fact is, good music and sound can dramatically elevate a game.
The description for Songs for a Hero: A Lenda do Herói on Steam reads: "This humorous old-school platformer features a fully dynamic soundtrack that reacts to your every input, meaning that the hero will always sing and crack jokes about whatever is happening to him, whenever it happens." I was intrigued to see just how "dynamic" the lyrics of this game could be and how it might enhance the experience. At the very least I figured I was in for some catchy tunes and funny lyrics. Unfortunately, the game's approach to blending a musical with a 2-D side scrolling platformer was more basic than I could have imagined. It's important to point out that the game was created by a small indie dev out of Brazil, and that it was originally narrated in Portuguese. The original apparently received high praise so I'm sad to report that anything extraordinary about this game was lost in translation.
You play as a nameless hero traversing a bright fantasy world full of monsters and pitfalls. Armed with a sword, shield, and a few other magical skills and weapons, you'll need to make your way across the land to rescue a princess from a mysterious foe. The game begins with a very cryptic and well performed voice-over. The princess's face is veiled and her message is distorted but clearly pleading for your help. At the end of each level you get another snippet but after 5 hours with the game a coherent narrative never formed.
All you need to know is you're both the hero of this story and the narrator, a voice in your own head, singing out your basic actions and mundane thoughts. Here's a few lines from different areas of the game that highlight the manotamy:
"Snakes in my way won't cut any slack,
Even when I'm jumping I must attack".
"No matter the height, there's a pattern that won't break.
I can rest assured I'll always find a snake".
"I must use my whole skillset, if I am to proceed.
But still, the exit is hard to find indeed."
Verses go on like that, egregiously stretching syllables in a way that makes it clear the writer had marching orders to achieve a rhyme at all costs. I can't say how much this version deviates from the original game, but I can only guess there was a much better flow in the original Portugeese. The cadence is just so unpleasant I couldn't go a minute without questioning why a game that revolved so heavily around music and lyrics would even receive a language port.
I really can't describe how grating and annoying the tone of the narrator is. You really have to hear this for yourself. Lines are delivered with a pitchy, nasal screech. If i tried to sing a song in an irritating way this would be my go-to voice to emulate. I think the hyper enthusiastic delivery is meant to be funny but it comes off as pure torture.
The gameplay and environments are so one-note that there literally isn't much source material to play with, so in that regard the game dolling out hours upon hours of lyrics is an achievement. Levels are cut into three bite-sized acts and come in standard platformer flavors (forest, pyramid, snow, etc.) sadly each contain only a handful of enemy types (snake, monkey, bat) so there literally isn't much to write home about.
Using a strict interpretation of the word you could call the lyrics "dynamic". Take damage or find a secret area and you'll belt out a few related lines, but for the most part lyrics are triggered when you reach invisible markers in the level. Miss and jump and die you're taken back to a checkpoint and the lyrics mercifully don't repeat and only continue when you progress further and hit the next trigger.
From a gameplay standpoint the game is passable. Your character is very weighty but responsive. The platforming is basic and not much of a challenge. Enemies will throw the occasional projectile, ground tiles may fall away, and occasionally you'll use skills like a fireball or short period of invulnerability to get past lite puzzle barriers. Honestly, I died more from being focused on tuning out the incessant music than any challenge that was created by design. You can collect coins but there's nothing worthwhile in the lone store in town to purchase. Medal and note collectibles don't seem to pair with any incentive so I didn't go out of my way to find hidden chests.
Visuals are on another level entirely compared to the rest of the game. Songs for a Hero mimics the vibrant and cartoony hand drawn art style of the Wonder Boy/Monster Boy series. I appreciated the vibrant color palette and fun enemy designs. End-level bosses are undoubtedly the standout aspect of the game. I perked up during these segments when the action ramped up and I had to learn the attack patterns of these large intimidating monsters. The fights are well designed, feature screen filling flashy animations, and importantly feature no singing. I looked forward to this much needed break every half hour or so.
So there's no technical achievement at play or Tony Award winning musical numbers here, and that's understandable given the language barrier. Remove the excruciatingly annoying tone of the narrator and you'll find that Songs for a Hero is a serviceable platformer. It's just a shame that I can't recommend the game. Suffering through the music is just too much to ask for so little in return.
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Vilmorin ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Elisa de Vilmorin (1826–1868), französische Botanikerin und Pflanzenzüchterin
 Henry de Vilmorin (1843–1899), französischer Pflanzenzüchter und Botaniker
 Louis de Vilmorin (1816–1860), französischer Pflanzenzüchter und Botaniker
 Louise de Vilmorin (1902–1969), französische Schriftstellerin, Dichterin und Journalistin
 Philippe André de Vilmorin (1776–1862), französischer Gartenbauer und Dendrologe

Vilmorin steht für:
 Vilmorin (Unternehmen), ein französisches Saatgutunternehmen

Siehe auch:
 Lévêque de Vilmorin

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wife. She died on 6 Nov 1675. She died on 16 Nov 1675 at Virginia.
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daughter of Edwin Thacker; d. 6 Sep 1744.
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Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Did You Hear About The Morgan's?: Another Rom-Com for the Ages
Hugh GrantSarah Jessica Parker
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Joseph Mayton
Hugh Grant has built his career on roguish good looks and rom-coms and Did You Hear About The Morgan's? follows in the footsteps of his past cinematic ventures. This is your typical play-by-the-book romantic comedy starring Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker who joins him on this reunion of a sort in a fish-out-of-the-water laughable comedy.
Paul and Meryl Morgan (Grant and Parker) are a wealthy Manhattan couple whose marriage is on the rocks. Having accidentally witnessed a murder, they're forced by the government to head out of the Big Apple for their own safety. They're taken to a small town in Wyoming – a far cry from the fast-paced lifestyle of New York they're used toliving– and thrown headfirst into a new life.
Inevitably, their new surrounding starts to breathe a little life into the couple's marriage.
Though Grant doesn't get the opportunity to be what has been his trademark role – that of the typical sarcastic, bumbling Brit man of recent years – he does pull it together enough to bring some life into the same old film that we've seen put out year after year.
Don't get discouraged, however, as there are enough laughs and chuckles to make the film worth going to. It's not going to win any awards, but with an all-star cast, there should be at least one character you would like to see laugh it up onscreen. Critics weren't convinced and neither were we, but this doesn't mean the film should be avoided altogether, as both Parker and Grant have some nice chemistry and are able to make their situation somewhat believable.
Perfect as a date movie—you'll both find something to laugh at and it will be an enjoyable experience despite the film's routine storyline, and if either of you don't like it, at least you can laugh at how crazy ridiculous it all was. If the audience can escape from reality for a bit, then why not?
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# Apache Beam - Python SDK

[Apache Beam](http://beam.apache.org) is a unified model for defining both batch and streaming data-parallel processing pipelines. Beam provides a set of language-specific SDKs for constructing pipelines. These pipelines can be executed on distributed processing backends like [Apache Spark](http://spark.apache.org/), [Apache Flink](http://flink.apache.org), and [Google Cloud Dataflow](http://cloud.google.com/dataflow).

Apache Beam for Python provides access to Beam capabilities from the Python programming language.

## Table of Contents
  * [Overview of the Beam Programming Model](#overview-of-the-programming-model)
  * [Getting Started](#getting-started)
      * [Set up your environment](#set-up-your-environment)
          * [Install pip](#install-pip)
          * [Install virtualenv](#install-virtualenv)
      * [Get Apache Beam](#get-apache-beam)
          * [Create and activate a virtual environment](#create-and-activate-a-virtual-environment)
          * [Download and install](#download-and-install)
      * [Execute a pipeline locally](#execute-a-pipeline-locally)
  * [A Quick Tour of the Source Code](#a-quick-tour-of-the-source-code)
  * [Simple Examples](#simple-examples)
      * [Basic pipeline](#basic-pipeline)
      * [Basic pipeline (with Map)](#basic-pipeline-with-map)
      * [Basic pipeline (with FlatMap)](#basic-pipeline-with-flatmap)
      * [Basic pipeline (with FlatMap and yield)](#basic-pipeline-with-flatmap-and-yield)
      * [Counting words](#counting-words)
      * [Counting words with GroupByKey](#counting-words-with-groupbykey)
      * [Type hints](#type-hints)
      * [BigQuery](#bigquery)
      * [Combiner examples](#combiner-examples)
  * [Organizing Your Code](#organizing-your-code)
  * [Contact Us](#contact-us)

## Overview of the Programming Model

The key concepts of the programming model are:

* PCollection - represents a collection of data, which could be bounded or unbounded in size.
* PTransform - represents a computation that transforms input PCollections into output
PCollections.
* Pipeline - manages a directed acyclic graph of PTransforms and PCollections that is ready
for execution.
* Runner - specifies where and how the Pipeline should execute.

For a further, detailed introduction, please read the
[Beam Programming Model](http://beam.apache.org/documentation/programming-guide).

## Getting Started

### Set up your environment

`pip` is Python's package manager.  If you already have `pip` installed
(type `pip -V` to check), please make sure to have at least version 7.0.0.

#### Install `pip`

Check if you already have `pip`, Python's package manager, installed by running pip -V. If not, [install pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/).

#### Install `virtualenv`

It's recommended that you install a [Python virtual environment](http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/)
for initial experiments.  Check if you have it installed by running `virtualenv --version`. If you do not have `virtualenv` version 13.1.0 or later, install (or upgrade) your `virtualenv`:

`pip install --upgrade virtualenv`

If you are not going to use a Python virtual environment (not recommended!), ensure `setuptools` version 17.1 or newer is installed on your machine. (run `easy_install --version` to check).  If not, install `setuptools`:

`pip install --upgrade setuptools`

### Get Apache Beam

#### Create and activate a virtual environment

A virtual environment is a directory tree containing its own Python
distribution. To create a virtual environment, create a directory and run:

```
virtualenv /path/to/directory
```

A virtual environment needs to be activated for each shell that is to use it.
Activating it sets some environment variables that point to the virtual
environment's directories. To activate a virtual environment in Bash, run:

```
. /path/to/directory/bin/activate
```

That is, source the script `bin/activate` under the virtual environment
directory you created.

#### Download and install

1. Clone the Apache Beam repo from GitHub:
  `git clone https://github.com/apache/beam.git`

2. Navigate to the `python` directory:
  `cd beam/sdks/python/`

3. Create the Apache Beam Python SDK installation package:
  `python setup.py sdist`

4. Navigate to the `dist` directory:
  `cd dist/`

5. Install the Apache Beam SDK
  `pip install apache-beam-sdk-*.tar.gz`

### Execute a pipeline locally

The Apache Beam [examples](https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples) directory has many examples. All examples can be run locally by passing the arguments required by the example script.

For example, to run `wordcount.py`, run:

```
python -m apache_beam.examples.wordcount --input gs://dataflow-samples/shakespeare/kinglear.txt --output output.txt
```

## A Quick Tour of the Source Code

With your virtual environment active, you can follow along this tour by running a `pydoc` server on a local port of your choosing (this example uses port 8888):

```
pydoc -p 8888
```

Open your browser and go to
http://localhost:8888/apache_beam.html

Some interesting classes to navigate to:

* `PCollection`, in file
[`apache_beam/pvalue.py`](http://localhost:8888/apache_beam.pvalue.html)
* `PTransform`, in file
[`apache_beam/transforms/ptransform.py`](http://localhost:8888/apache_beamtransforms.ptransform.html)
* `FlatMap`, `GroupByKey`, and `Map`, in file
[`apache_beam/transforms/core.py`](http://localhost:8888/apache_beam.transforms.core.html)
* combiners, in file
[`apache_beam/transforms/combiners.py`](http://localhost:8888/apache_beam.transforms.combiners.html)

Make sure you installed the package first. If not, run `python setup.py install`, then run pydoc with `pydoc -p 8888`.

## Simple Examples

The following examples demonstrate some basic, fundamental concepts for using Apache Beam's Python SDK. For more detailed examples, Beam provides a [directory of examples](https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples) for Python.

### Basic pipeline

A basic pipeline will take as input an iterable, apply the
beam.Create `PTransform`, and produce a `PCollection` that can
be written to a file or modified by further `PTransform`s.
The `>>` operator is used to label `PTransform`s and
the `|` operator is used to chain them.

```python
# Standard imports
import apache_beam as beam
# Create a pipeline executing on a direct runner (local, non-cloud).
p = beam.Pipeline('DirectRunner')
# Create a PCollection with names and write it to a file.
(p
 | 'add names' >> beam.Create(['Ann', 'Joe'])
 | 'save' >> beam.io.WriteToText('./names'))
# Execute the pipeline.
p.run()
```

### Basic pipeline (with Map)

The `Map` `PTransform` returns one output per input. It takes a callable that is applied to each element of the input `PCollection` and returns an element to the output `PCollection`.

```python
import apache_beam as beam
p = beam.Pipeline('DirectRunner')
# Read a file containing names, add a greeting to each name, and write to a file.
(p
 | 'load names' >> beam.io.ReadFromText('./names')
 | 'add greeting' >> beam.Map(lambda name, msg: '%s, %s!' % (msg, name), 'Hello')
 | 'save' >> beam.io.WriteToText('./greetings'))
p.run()
```

### Basic pipeline (with FlatMap)

A `FlatMap` is like a `Map` except its callable returns a (possibly
empty) iterable of elements for the output `PCollection`.

The `FlatMap` transform returns zero to many output per input. It accepts a callable that is applied to each element of the input `PCollection` and returns an iterable with zero or more elements to the output `PCollection`.

```python
import apache_beam as beam
p = beam.Pipeline('DirectRunner')
# Read a file containing names, add two greetings to each name, and write to a file.
(p
 | 'load names' >> beam.io.ReadFromText('./names')
 | 'add greetings' >> beam.FlatMap(
    lambda name, messages: ['%s %s!' % (msg, name) for msg in messages],
    ['Hello', 'Hola'])
 | 'save' >> beam.io.WriteToText('./greetings'))
p.run()
```

### Basic pipeline (with FlatMap and yield)

The callable of a `FlatMap` can be a generator, that is,
a function using `yield`.

```python
import apache_beam as beam
p = beam.Pipeline('DirectRunner')
# Read a file containing names, add two greetings to each name
# (with FlatMap using a yield generator), and write to a file.
def add_greetings(name, messages):
  for msg in messages:
    yield '%s %s!' % (msg, name)

(p
 | 'load names' >> beam.io.ReadFromText('./names')
 | 'add greetings' >> beam.FlatMap(add_greetings, ['Hello', 'Hola'])
 | 'save' >> beam.io.WriteToText('./greetings'))
p.run()
```

### Counting words

This example shows how to read a text file from [Google Cloud Storage](https://cloud.google.com/storage/) and count its words.

```python
import re
import apache_beam as beam
p = beam.Pipeline('DirectRunner')
(p
 | 'read' >> beam.io.ReadFromText('gs://dataflow-samples/shakespeare/kinglear.txt')
 | 'split' >> beam.FlatMap(lambda x: re.findall(r'\w+', x))
 | 'count words' >> beam.combiners.Count.PerElement()
 | 'save' >> beam.io.WriteToText('./word_count'))
p.run()
```

### Counting words with GroupByKey

This is a somewhat forced example of `GroupByKey` to count words as the previous example did, but without using `beam.combiners.Count.PerElement`. As shown in the example, you can use a wildcard to specify the text file source.

```python
import re
import apache_beam as beam
p = beam.Pipeline('DirectRunner')
class MyCountTransform(beam.PTransform):
  def expand(self, pcoll):
    return (pcoll
            | 'one word' >> beam.Map(lambda word: (word, 1))
            # GroupByKey accepts a PCollection of (word, 1) elements and
            # outputs a PCollection of (word, [1, 1, ...])
            | 'group words' >> beam.GroupByKey()
            | 'count words' >> beam.Map(lambda (word, counts): (word, len(counts))))

(p
 | 'read' >> beam.io.ReadFromText('./names*')
 | 'split' >> beam.FlatMap(lambda x: re.findall(r'\w+', x))
 | MyCountTransform()
 | 'write' >> beam.io.WriteToText('./word_count'))
p.run()
```

### Type hints

In some cases, providing type hints can improve the efficiency
of the data encoding.

```python
import apache_beam as beam
from apache_beam.typehints import typehints
p = beam.Pipeline('DirectRunner')
(p
 | 'read' >> beam.io.ReadFromText('./names')
 | 'add types' >> beam.Map(lambda x: (x, 1)).with_output_types(typehints.KV[str, int])
 | 'group words' >> beam.GroupByKey()
 | 'save' >> beam.io.WriteToText('./typed_names'))
p.run()
```

### BigQuery

This example reads weather data from a BigQuery table, calculates the number of tornadoes per month, and writes the results to a table you specify.

```python
import apache_beam as beam
project = 'DESTINATION-PROJECT-ID'
input_table = 'clouddataflow-readonly:samples.weather_stations'
output_table = 'DESTINATION-DATASET.DESTINATION-TABLE'

p = beam.Pipeline(argv=['--project', project])
(p
 | 'read' >> beam.Read(beam.io.BigQuerySource(input_table))
 | 'months with tornadoes' >> beam.FlatMap(
    lambda row: [(int(row['month']), 1)] if row['tornado'] else [])
 | 'monthly count' >> beam.CombinePerKey(sum)
 | 'format' >> beam.Map(lambda (k, v): {'month': k, 'tornado_count': v})
 | 'save' >> beam.Write(
    beam.io.BigQuerySink(
        output_table,
        schema='month:INTEGER, tornado_count:INTEGER',
        create_disposition=beam.io.BigQueryDisposition.CREATE_IF_NEEDED,
        write_disposition=beam.io.BigQueryDisposition.WRITE_TRUNCATE)))
p.run()
```

This pipeline, like the one above, calculates the number of tornadoes per month, but it uses a query to filter out the input instead of using the whole table.

```python
import apache_beam as beam
project = 'DESTINATION-PROJECT-ID'
output_table = 'DESTINATION-DATASET.DESTINATION-TABLE'
input_query = 'SELECT month, COUNT(month) AS tornado_count ' \
        'FROM [clouddataflow-readonly:samples.weather_stations] ' \
        'WHERE tornado=true GROUP BY month'
p = beam.Pipeline(argv=['--project', project])
(p
 | 'read' >> beam.Read(beam.io.BigQuerySource(query=input_query))
 | 'save' >> beam.Write(beam.io.BigQuerySink(
    output_table,
    schema='month:INTEGER, tornado_count:INTEGER',
    create_disposition=beam.io.BigQueryDisposition.CREATE_IF_NEEDED,
    write_disposition=beam.io.BigQueryDisposition.WRITE_TRUNCATE)))
p.run()
```

### Combiner Examples

Combiner transforms use "reducing" functions, such as sum, min, or max, to combine multiple values of a `PCollection` into a single value.

```python
import apache_beam as beam
p = beam.Pipeline('DirectRunner')

SAMPLE_DATA = [('a', 1), ('b', 10), ('a', 2), ('a', 3), ('b', 20)]

(p
 | beam.Create(SAMPLE_DATA)
 | beam.CombinePerKey(sum)
 | beam.io.WriteToText('./sums'))
p.run()
```

The [combiners_test.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/cookbook/combiners_test.py) file contains more combiner examples.

## Organizing Your Code

Many projects will grow to multiple source code files. It is recommended that you organize your project so that all code involved in running your pipeline can be built as a Python package. This way, the package can easily be installed in the VM workers executing the job.

Follow the [Juliaset example](https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/complete/juliaset). If the code is organized in this fashion, you can use the `--setup_file` command line option to create a source distribution out of the project files, stage the resulting tarball, and later install it in the workers executing the job.

## More Information

Please report any issues on [JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM/component/12328910).

If you're interested in contributing to the Beam SDK, start by reading the [Contribute](http://beam.apache.org/contribute/) guide.

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A: When you fork the process, it's not connected to a tty.
Try batch mode, top -b -n 1.
Alternative syntax:
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Compare error on Linux:
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As we wandered off I was overcome by the sad realisation that the only message the shoppers heard from the church that day was, 'We're broke. Please save us!' This story is a modern-day parable. I can almost hear it --- told with style --- on the lips of Jesus. It triggers me to consider again the purpose of the church. Have we concentrated our efforts in the right place? Are we trying so hard to save ourselves that we've forgotten what we are really here to do? Who are we? Why do we exist? How do we develop an intelligent response to the communities in which we find ourselves living? redefinition Intelligent churches in the twenty-first century will take many different forms, but window dressing is not our concern here. Rather, the task ahead is to nail down what it means to be church --- to discern what core values, principles, and theology should be the hallmarks of our churches. 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Co-starred as Tatiana in a film version of "A Mid Summer Night's Dream"
Co-starred with Harrison Ford in the Robert Zemeckis's thriller "What Lies Beneath"
Directed by her then-husband Peter Horton in the ABC TV-movie "One Too Many"
Feature film debut, "The Hollywood Knights"
Landed female lead in the film sequel "Grease 2"
Made NYC stage acting debut in "Twelfth Night"; performed in Central Park under the auspices of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival
Made uncredited cameo appearance in an episode of "Picket Fences"; created by husband David E. Kelley
Played a widowed Mafia wife in Jonathan Demme's comedy "Married to the Mob"
Played the evil witch Laima in the fairy tale "Stardust," a feature based on the fantasy adventure novel by Neil Gaiman
Played title role in "Natica Jackson," an episode in the the three-part PBS series "Tales From the Hollywood Hills"; last major television acting role to date
Produced and starred in "The Deep End of the Ocean"
Provided a character voice for the DreamWorks animated film "The Prince of Egypt"
Re-teamed with director Stephen Frears for "Cheri"
Cast in the ensemble romantic comedy "New Year's Eve," directed by Garry Marshall
Co-starred with Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's remake of the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows"
Starred alongside Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks in the dramedy "People Like Us"
Co-starred with Robert De Niro in the mob comedy/thriller "The Family"
Made her MCU debut in "Ant-Man and the Wasp"
Returned to the MCU in "Avengers 4"
TV debut as regular on the short-lived ABC sitcom "Delta House," which was inspired by the feature film "Animal House"
First box-office hit, "The Witches of Eastwick"; co-starred with Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon and Cher
Earned critical notice, co-starring with Al Pacino in Brian De Palma's gangster classic "Scarface"
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (August)
Won raves for her performance as Catwoman/Selina Kyle in "Batman Returns"; Tim Burton directed
Led the cast of New York-set drama "Where Is Kyra?"
Gave a devious turn in Darren Aronofsky's surreal mystery "Mother!"
Starred in Kenneth Branagh's "Murder on the Orient Express" remake


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4A Games newest iteration of their engine fortunately eliminates many of the issues present in the original too. The frame rate is silky smooth without compromising the aesthetics, leaving you to pan the camera around like a developer showcasing demo, savouring the darkness before it envelops you.
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Video: State of the Union and Democratic Response
by Andrew Donaldson · February 6, 2019
President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYU5VE2c6Ps&w=560&h=315]
The Democratic Party response was given by Stacey Abrams:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7hykPoc2iA&w=560&h=315]
The Guest of the President highlighted in his speech from Fortune:
Joshua Trump: This sixth-grader from Wilmington, Delaware, says he has been bullied at school due to his last name. First Lady Melania Trump launched her "Be Best" campaign in 2018, which in part aims to prevent bullying.
Debra Bissell, Heather Armstrong, and Madison Armstrong: These three women are the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of Gerald and Sharon David—an elderly couple of Reno, Nevada, who were allegedly killed by an undocumented immigrant last month.
Elvin Hernandez:Hernandez is a special agent with the Trafficking in Persons Unit within the Department of Homeland Security. He investigates organized crime groups involved in international human trafficking. Trump recently argued that building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border would help fight trafficking.
Timothy Matson: Matson, a SWAT member of the Pittsburgh Police Department, was wounded when responding to the mass shooting that left 11 dead at the Tree of Life Synagogue in October 2018. Trump visited Pittsburgh shortly after the shooting, despite Jewish leaders in the community saying he was not welcome unless he stops targeting minorities.
Judah Samet: Samet is a Holocaust survivor and a member of the Tree of Life Synagogue present during the attack. He immigrated to Israel after the war, and then came to the United States in the 1960s.
Ashley Evans: Evans is just over a year sober after suffering a relapse of opioid and substance abuse during her pregnancy in 2017—the same year Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency. On February 15, Evans will be reunited with her daughter full-time.
Roy James: James is the manager at Vicksburg Forest Products, a sawmill in Mississippi, where he has worked for 26 years. The mill planned to close its doors, but reopened after receiving preferential tax treatment through provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The act, passed by Trump in 2017, reportedly created vastly fewer jobs than promised while reducing the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%.
Matthew Charles: The White House says Charles was the first prisoner released under Trump's First Step Act, legislation that moved to reform the criminal justice system and lessen overly-punitive federal prison sentences. Charles was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 1996 for selling crack cocaine and other related offenses. While incarcerated, Charles began studying religion, became a law clerk, taught GED classes, and mentored fellow inmates. He was released on January 3.
Alice Johnson: Trump granted Johnson clemency in June 2018. The 63-year-old grandmother had been 22 years into a life sentence without parole for a first-time drug offense. Reality television personality Kim Kardashian pushed for her release.
Tom Wibberley: Wibberley is the father of Navy Seaman Craig Wibberley, who was killed on the USS Cole during a 2000 terrorist attack when he was 19 years old. Suicide bombers killed 17 U.S. sailors in October 2000 while the USS Cole was refueling at a Yemen port.
Grace Eline: Eline was diagnosed with Germinoma, a germ-cell brain tumor, at the age of nine. She began cancer treatment in May of last year, and is now cancer-free. A White House statement recognizes her "kind heart and infectious smile."
So…what say you?
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Born and raised in West Virginia, Andrew has since lived and traveled around the world several times over. Though frequently writing about politics out of a sense of duty and love of country, most of the time he would prefer discussions on history, culture, occasionally nerding on aviation, and his amateur foodie tendencies. He can usually be found misspelling/misusing words on Twitter @four4thefire and his writing website Yonder and Home. Andrew is the host of Heard Tell podcast.
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Michael Siegel says:
Trump's speech, as all SOTUs are, was excruciatingly long (I watched very little, mostly followed on Twitter). His callouts to the gallery were better, more in his element.
Abrams response was fine and a big improvement over the Pelosi-Schumer American Gothic response of last month. It was kind of weird to watch because it was such a normal political speech. I'd forgotten what that was like.Report
North in reply to Michael Siegel says:
Somewhat mirrors my own experience. Trumps delivery was characteristic and packed solid with standard Trumpian flat out falsehoods and false promises.
Abrams response was pretty decent. I'm a big fan of this focus on voter rights and access, I think it's a good strategy for the party and on rock solid good principles. The only thing the right has to counter it with are allegations of voter fraud that they have so far been patently unable to substantiate to anyone outside of the Fox bubble.Report
dragonfrog in reply to Michael Siegel says:
Good grief that's like 80 minutes long! If Trump had the oratorial chops of a middle-aged Fidel Castro I might be able to sit through that. But he really doesn't. Like, I can generally get at most 5 minutes into hearing him speak before he goes all Peanuts-grownup, "wah wah wah wah".Report
dragonfrog in reply to dragonfrog says:
The pacing. Aaaaaugh! Pacing! Whoever directed this needs to be fired.
It's like a community theatre production of a well written farce but none of the jokes are funny because every line is delivered at half the speed it should be and every queue is late.Report
Aaron David says:
Three in four viewers approved of President Trump's State of the Union Address. pic.twitter.com/suj1Gn9Hfq— CBS News Poll (@CBSNewsPoll) February 6, 2019
CBS NEWS POLL: 76 percent of viewers approved of what they heard in Pres. Trump's #SOTU speech; 72 percent said they approved of Pres. Trump's ideas for immigration. pic.twitter.com/VXJ09v6DKv— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) February 6, 2019
No word that I have seen on Abrams speech.
One side note, I do find it interesting that younger Dems all wore white during Black History month.Report
Jaybird says:
A joke I just saw on the twitters (paraphrasing):
"They need to send Hillary down to the border. Nobody seems to be able to get over her."Report
Question for those of you what watched it live:
Was RBG there?Report
Marchmaine in reply to Jaybird says:
If she showed up for a Republican SotU it would just prove that they had finished the RobotRBG.Report
Jaybird in reply to Marchmaine says:
I was asking more of "dude, are we going to have a SCotUS fight NEXT FREAKING WEEK!" question than anything else.
If she showed up, that'd mean something.
If she had better reasons to show up, climbing a mountain maybe!, that'd mean something else. Maybe even something else entirely.Report
Marchmaine says:
Seriously… she doesn't go to Republican SotU. Its her thing.
But yes, we might have a SCOTUS fight next week; or the RobotRBG will finally take and we'll marvel at her longevity. I'm guessing she's watching Opera with Nino by the end of the year. Gird your loins accordingly.Report
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Hatulia (Hatólia, Hatolia, Hatu Lia, Hatu-Lia) ist ein osttimoresisches Verwaltungsamt () in der Gemeinde Ermera. Der Sitz der Verwaltung befindet sich in Hatolia Vila. Am 1. Januar 2022 wurde von Hatulia das Verwaltungsamt Hatulia B abgetrennt.

Geographie
Bis 2014 wurden die Verwaltungsämter noch als Subdistrikte bezeichnet. Vor der Gebietsreform 2015 hatte Hatulia eine Fläche von 274,42 km². Nach der Abtrennung von Hatulia B als eigenes Verwaltungsamt sind es 196,03 km².

Das Verwaltungsamt Hatulia liegt im Westen der Gemeinde Ermera. Östlich liegt das Verwaltungsamt Ermera, südöstlich das Verwaltungsamt Letefoho und südlich das Verwaltungsamt Atsabe. Im Norden grenzt Hatulia an die Gemeinde Liquiçá mit ihren Verwaltungsämtern Liquiçá und Maubara, im Westen an die Gemeinde Bobonaro mit ihren Verwaltungsämtern Atabae und Cailaco. Hatulia teilt sich in acht Sucos: Ailelo, Aculau (Asulau/Sare), Hatolia Vila, Coilate-Letelo (Coilate-Leotelo, Kailete Leotela), Leimea-Craic (Laimeacraic, Leimea Kraik, "Unter-Leimea"), Leimea-Sarinbalo (Leimea Sarinbala, Leimea Sorimbalu, Leimea Sorin Balu), Manusae (Manusea) und Samara.

Einwohner
Im Verwaltungsamt leben insgesamt 18.596 Menschen (2015). Die Bevölkerungsdichte beträgt 94,9 Einwohner/km². Mehrere Nationalsprache werden in Hatulia gesprochen. Tokodede im Norden, Mambai im Zentrum und Kemak im Süden. Die größte Sprachgruppe bildet die Ethnie der Tetum mit 44 %, gefolgt von den Mambai mit 39 %. Danach folgen die Kemak mit 14 %. Der Altersdurchschnitt der Bevölkerung beträgt 16,5 Jahre (2010, 2004: 15,4 Jahre).

Geschichte

Im Frühjahr 1867 erhoben sich die unter der Oberhoheit von Maubara stehenden Kemak aus Lermean (heute Suco Urahou) gegen die portugiesischen Kolonialherren. Gouverneur Francisco Teixeira da Silva schlug den Widerstand in einem ungleichen Kampf nieder. In der 48 Stunden dauernden entscheidenden Schlacht mussten sich die Rebellen gegen eine an Feuerkraft überlegene Übermacht wehren. 15 Dörfer wurden eingenommen und niedergebrannt. Die Anzahl der Opfer unter den Timoresen ist nicht bekannt, die Portugiesen bezifferten ihre Verluste mit zwei Toten und acht Verwundeten. Das Territorium Lermeans wurde auf die benachbarten Reiche aufgeteilt. In Hatulia wurde der Liurai Nai Resi aus Atsabe, der ebenfalls gegen die Portugiesen einen Unabhängigkeitskampf geführt hatte, gefangen genommen und exekutiert.

Auch das Kemak-Reich von Deribate lag in Hatulia. 1896 starben hier über 400 Menschen durch eine Strafaktion der Portugiesen. Im Jahr darauf wurde das Jahr für aufgelöst erklärt, die Liste der Liurais von Deribate reicht aber noch bis 1937.

Anfang 1942 hatte sich die Sparrow Force, eine alliierte Guerillatruppe im Kampf gegen die Japaner, nach Hatulia zurückgezogen. Hier traf der australische Konsul David Ross auf sie, er die erste  Aufforderung zur Kapitulation vom japanischen Kommandeur überbrachte, was Colonel Spence von der Sparrow Force zurückwies. Im Juli 1942 kam es in Hatulia zu einem Aufstand gegen die Portugiesen, der japanischen Einfluss zugeschrieben wird.

Aus Leimea-Sarinbalo flohen 1975 nach dem Bürgerkrieg zwischen UDT und FRETILIN 120 Menschen für ein Jahr nach Haekesak in Westtimor.

1976 erreichten die indonesischen Invasoren auch Hatulia. Am 24. April versuchte die FALINTIL noch Samara zu verteidigen, wurde aber von der indonesischen Übermacht geschlagen. 500 Zivilisten aus Samara wurden im Ort Ermera interniert, wo sie an Hunger litten. Im Mai griffen die indonesischen Truppen Coilate-Letelo an. 200 Menschen wurden eingekesselt und konnten nicht mehr fliehen. Sie wurden zunächst im Ort gefangen gesetzt und später nach Letefoho gebracht. In Fatubessi befand sich eine Widerstandsbasis (base de apoio ) gegen die Indonesier, die von 1976 bis 1978 bestand. Sie war das Hauptquartier für den Sector Fronteira Norte. Als der Angriff auf Fatubessi durch das indonesische Bataillon 611 begann, sollte die Bevölkerung in zwei Richtungen evakuiert werden. Einmal nach Südwesten zum Berg Taroman, zum anderen nach Südosten in Richtung Beco und dann weiter zum Berg Ucecai im gleichnamigen Suco (Verwaltungsamt Zumalai). Die erste Gruppe wurde vom indonesischen Militär im damaligen Subdistrikt Ermera aufgegriffen und in Fatubessi interniert. Die zweite Gruppe überquerte beim Ort Beco den Fluss Loumea und erreichte das Tiefland im Süden von Zumalai. Doch im Januar 1978 gerieten sie unter Beschuss der Indonesier am Fluss Mola. Wer in der Widerstandsbasis gefangen genommen wurde, kam in ein Transit Camp in Fatubessi, wo ein akuter Nahrungsmittelmangel herrschte. Der Hungertod war alltäglich. Weitere Transit Camps befanden sich im Subdistrikt in Betupu (Suco Ailelo), Hatolia Vila, Poelete (Suco Aculau) und Urahou (Suco Urahou).

Das Transit Camp von Hatolia Vila befand sich etwas außerhalb in Modolaran. Zu Essen bekamen die Internierten nur etwas Mais, gesalzenen Fisch und Salz. Der Fisch verursachte Durchfall, an dem vor allem Kinder und alte Menschen starben. Etwa 7000 Menschen lebten im Lager, von dem sie sich nicht weiter als 100 Meter entfernen durften. Um das Lager herum befanden sich acht Militärposten. Nur gelegentlich durften die Internierten in Begleitung der Soldaten nach Leimea-Craic oder Samara, um nach essbaren Wurzeln zu suchen. Vor allem unter den Insassen aus anderen Teilen Osttimors, wie zum Beispiel Zumalai, gab es viele Tote. Erst Ende 1979 brachte das Internationale Rote Kreuz Nahrungsmittel und medizinische Versorgung in das Lager. 1980 wurde den Internierten mehr Freiheiten gewährt. Dann wurden sie nach Leimea-Craic verlegt und schließlich ließ man sie in ihre Heimat zurückkehren.

Während der Unruhen von 1999 operierten zwischen dem 27. Januar und September in Hatulia und Ermera die pro-indonesischen Milizen Darah Merah, Aitarak und Pancasila zusammen mit dem indonesischen Militär gegen Befürworter der Unabhängigkeit Osttimors. Zwei indonesische Soldaten und zwei Kommandanten von Darah Merah wurden 2004 wegen Mordes an 14 Personen, Folter und Vergewaltigung verurteilt. Im April 1999 begann die Welle der Gewalt. In diesem Monat erhielt Darah Merah von der Distriktkommandatur (Kodim) der indonesischen Armee moderne Schusswaffen und zwei Militärfahrzeuge. 200 Darah Merah-Milizionäre griffen daraufhin CNRT-Mitglieder in Hatulia an. Es kam zu einem Gefecht in dessen Verlauf ein Milizionär und zwei CNRT-Mitglieder ums Leben kamen. Zwischen dem 10. und 14. Mai wurden die Sucos Fatubolo, Lisapat, Mau-Ubo, Urahou und Fatubessi überfallen. Tausende Flüchtlinge aus den Sucos Vatuboro, Guiço, Lissadila, Vatuvou, Maubaralissa, Vaviquinia und Gugleur (Verwaltungsamt Maubara), versammelten sich ab Februar in Sare (Suco Aculau). Eine internationale Hilfslieferung brachte Anfang Juli 25 Tonnen Lebensmittel nach Sare. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt befanden sich dort 3800 Flüchtlinge, 2250 alleine aus Guiço. Im Februar/März waren es noch 5000, aber einige zogen weiter nach Atabae und nach Hatolia Vila. Allein zwischen Februar und Juli wurden 23 Frauen durch Milizionäre vergewaltigt und fünf Personen durch die pro-indonesischen Milizen Besi Merah Putih (BMP) und Halilintar ermordet, die in der Region operierten. Die Opfer wurden ermordet, als sie versuchten von ihrem Heim Maniokwurzeln für ihre Familien zu holen. Im Februar hatten die Flüchtlinge noch Nahrungsmittel von der Bevölkerung in Aculau bekommen, im März reichten die Vorräte dafür aber nicht mehr aus, so dass die Flüchtlinge in den Wäldern nach Nahrung suchen mussten und versuchten eigene Gärten anzulegen. Immer wieder wurden Hütten und Gärten der Flüchtlinge durch die BMP niedergebrannt, Zinkdächer und Nutzvieh wurden geraubt. Die Flüchtlinge kehrten erst in ihre Heimat zurück, als im September die internationale Eingreiftruppe (INTERFET) eintraf. Jeden Tag starben nach Angaben des Chefe de Suco von Aculau drei bis vier Menschen in dem Flüchtlingslager. Unter den Flüchtlingen grassierten Malaria, Atemwegserkrankungen, Durchfall und Ruhr. Zwar gab es eine medizinische Station im Suco, die einzige Krankenschwester war aber im März 1998 nach Hatolia Vila geflohen. Für das Unabhängigkeitsreferendum am 30. August 1999 wurde für die Flüchtlinge extra ein Wahllokal in Sare eingerichtet, da sie sich nicht trauten nach Hause zurückzukehren. Jene, die für die Abstimmung in ihren Heimatort zurückkehrten, verließen ihn aus Angst vor weiterer Gewalt sofort nach Abgabe der Stimme wieder.

2003 war der Subdistrikt Hatulia Schauplatz von Überfällen und Scharmützeln, in denen die Organisation Colimau 2000 verwickelt war. Zentren waren Samara und Leimea-Craic. Die Colimau 2000 hat in Leimea-Craic eine breite Unterstützung durch die Bevölkerung.

Bei einem Waldbrand am 2. und 3. Oktober 2019 kam es im Verwaltungsamt zu großen Zerstörungen.

Politik

Der Administrator des Verwaltungsamts wird von der Zentralregierung in Dili ernannt. 2015 war dies Custódio Martins. Zehn Jahre der Besatzungszeit durch Indonesien war Jacob Fernandes Administrator des Subdistrikts Hatulia.

Wirtschaft

83 % der Haushalte in Hatulia bauen Maniok an, 82 % Mais, 79 % Kaffee, 69 % Gemüse, 50 % Kokosnüsse und 16 % Reis. Daneben werden seit einigen Jahren auch Tomaten, Bohnen und Erbsen angepflanzt. Außerdem plant man eine Fischzucht anzulegen.

In Fatubessi gibt es heiße Quellen.

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This page will show you the various ways to get your SEGA Saturn up and running!
This port is used for the SEGA Saturn Composite RCA AV Cable (red, white & Yellow). And can be used with an RF Box.
The SEGA Saturn has three different ways to connect to your television.
COMPOSITE RCA: this provides the good picture quality available from the SEGA Saturn and is much better than RF.
S-VIDEO: this provides the best picture quality available from the SEGA Saturn and is what Gametrog recomends using if possible.
Note: There was never a SEGA Brand S-video cable sold in the US. But there are many 3rd party options out there now.
Plug the SEGA RF Box cable into your SEGA Saturn. You use the cable with the end that just plugs in, not the end with the screw on it.
Change the CH3-CH4 switch (Which is located on the MK-80306 RF box) to desired channel. The channel shouldn't matter. This channel would be yout TV's tuner channels or local channel. Not a cable or satalite providers channel. On your TV's INPUTS this is normally refered to as AIR.
Plug in a game and turn on the SEGA Saturn, even if you don't see it on the TV yet. You should see the power light on the SEGA Saturn light up (a good sign) and you should hear the disc spin-up. Doing this first will help in finding the right TV settings, when you're searching for the right channel or input and you see the game, you got it right!
Go play some Virtua Fighter 2!
This method will give you good picture quality out of your SEGA Saturn. You should use over RF whenever possible as the improved image quality is very noticeable. So let's get started!
Plug the SEGA Saturn RCA AV cable into your SEGA Saturn.
Take to the skies with Panzer Dragoon!
This method will give you the best picture quality out of your SEGA Saturn. It is the method you should use whenever possible as the improved image quality of RF and RCA connections is very noticeable. So let's get started!
Plug the SEGA Saturn S-Video cable into your SEGA Saturn.
Attach the other end of the SEGA Saturn S-Video cable to your TV. Many times, if you television has a S-Video connection it will be in-line with the RCA ports (red, white & yellow) like shown on the diagram. So in this case you would still use the red & white audio cables, but not the yellow video port. You will plug the s-video cable into the same AV option as the audio cables.
Now it's time for Guardian Heroes!


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