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Do Good: For Nancy Waddell, it's a lifestyle | HOMETOWN HERO
Do good, wherever you can, whenever you can, and to whomever you can. These are words that Nancy Waddell has set as words to aspire to.
by Susan Knickerbocker
Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:00am
Nancy Waddell
Walt Blackford of Sustainable Whidbey Coalition said, "Nancy does good all over this island. She was one of the first people I met in 1996 when I moved here; she seemed to be everywhere helping out. She's enhanced groups such as Whidbey Institute, Y2K volunteer group, Neighbor to Neighbor, Whidbey Watershed stewards, CERT and Red Cross. Nancy's presence can be felt throughout the community. I know Nancy to be the quintessential community leader … doing her work quietly yet effectively in service to the greater good. Her seemingly tireless devotion to the South Whidbey community, and commitment is a great gift that benefits all of South Whidbey."
When arriving at Waddell's home, one of the first things of note is her car license plate, DO GOOD. Entering her home one notes the many neat and tidy stacks of community paperwork, notebooks and folders piled up here and there. It looks like a nonprofit office and cozy home all in one.
Caring for the natural environment and educating for preparedness for the unexpected events in life are themes in Waddell's volunteer work. The Red Cross is high on her list of important projects and philosophy.
"This month is Red Cross Emergency Preparedness Month," she said. "My desire is that everyone would have a plan in place for themselves. Start thinking about it. That's the first step. What if the unexpected happened? What would you do, what would your loved ones do? Where would you go? Start thinking about how you would first take care of yourself, then your family, then your vulnerable neighbors, then your community. Have a contact person that has a phone outside the area; for example I have someone in Oregon. I also bought myself an escape second-story ladder for my bedroom window. Of course I probably should open the box and read the instructions."
She laughed. "Well buying it was the first step."
She also has a Go Kit, and emergency breakfast food, rice milk, cereal and juice stored.
She smiled and said, "I'll just feed my neighbors breakfast until help arrives. Knowing basic skills like CPR, and basic first aid are all important. Be prepared, if nothing happens, great. I don't say this with any doom and gloom; the point is it's hard enough when an emergency happens, but especially if we are not prepared."
She said being prepared takes some of the panic out of the emergent situation. She wants people in the community to know they are welcome to get involved with the local chapter of Red Cross, CERT or any of the other preparedness organizations. She is co-leader of the South Whidbey Red Cross Chapter.
"This community as a whole has been lucky so far," Waddell said, thinking back to Y2K when she was involved with a group whose members educated themselves and prepared for that possible disaster.
"I was one of the people on phone duty on the eve of 2000. Of course nothing happened, but we were prepared if it did," she said as she triumphantly threw her arms up in the air and chuckled.
"I first met Nancy when I was on the board of what was called then Maxwelton Salmon Adventure," Janet Hall of the WSU Island County Extension said. "Once Nancy joined our board and nonprofit the organization immediately became more efficient. Once she takes something on, she never lets it drop until it's complete. She is very calm, and brings that calmness to meetings and situations. She can see both sides of any idea. She's a truly giving person, and she has a dry, funny sense of humor. She has her finger on the pulse; if you want to know about South Whidbey and what is going on, ask Nancy."
Waddell moved to Whidbey Island from Portland in 1983. What brought her to the island were the people she experienced when she visited.
"What keeps me here? It's the people. This wonderful place changed my life, and I am happy to stay here the rest of my life," she said. She moved from New York City to Portland in 1973 with her husband. "But the marriage didn't survive the move. I worked in various government capacities including for an elected official. I don't understand why so many are so distrustful of government. I haven't seen that really, I see most people in government as hard-working civic servants."
Waddell has had many jobs, all of which she said she "talked her way into." For example, she said when she came to Whidbey she wanted to do something different so she talked her way into a waitress job, something she had never done before.
"I found out it is really a challenging job. I tried to give my best service and not take it personally when some didn't tip," she said. She worked at LaCasita in Langley in the 1980s and the owner had a rule that all employees hug each employee each time they left a shift. "They believed this would promote good relationships among us, and it worked. We are all still friends today."
Another one of her jobs she said she talked her way into was as a public coordinator for Snohomish County solid waste. Grinning, she said with sarcasm, "Oh, that was a lot of fun. No one wanted a transfer station in their neighborhood. I learned again not to take anything personally and to remain calm in hostile meetings."
She "retired" from that job; in fact, she's retired four times, including most recently from Watershed Stewards.
Her other interest is finding options for senior housing on South Whidbey. She has explored various ideas with others, but nothing has come to fruition yet. Her third passion is picking up litter. She is on three adopt-a-road cleanup crews. She likes to look at clean roadsides, so she gets out of her car and picks up cans and bottles, or takes walks with a trash bag in hand.
Waddell said what she really wants is to concentrate on is people, not things.
"It's funny, you know those personality tests many of us take? Every time I take one it shows up I am way down on the people skills. But I do care about people, especially on South Whidbey. I want my life now to be less about things and more about personal connections with people. I think I have concentrated too much on a project or the cause and less about relationships. I hope to do better with that now."
Perhaps Waddell has been doing a lot better in this area than she thinks. Fritz and Vivienne Hull, longtime community volunteers and directors of Chinook Learning Center, had kind words for her.
"We have had the privilege of knowing Nancy as a friend and colleague over many years, since she joined the staff of the Chinook Learning Center as our Director of Educational Programs," they wrote. "She was remarkable at successfully organizing and implemented hundreds of conferences, workshops and retreats. Long hours and a very low salary never interfered with her total dedication and enthusiasm. But more than this, Nancy was always an unfailing friend to us, to others with whom she worked, and to the many, many participants and guests she hosted. She is a woman of deep faith who never draws attention to herself or her accomplishments. Nancy is a gift to all who know her. A hometown hero? Yes!"
Waddell's "DO GOOD" license plate was inspired by a quote she heard at her church Langley United Methodist. It was from John Wesley. "Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can."
What others say about Nancy:
"Nancy is a diligent worker, a great communicator with a caring heart and giving spirit and a warm smile. Nancy Waddell was our son Kenny's 'guardian angel' (a program at our church to connect one generation to another) when he was in middle school. She would check in with him each week and made a special effort to attend his basketball games, and then send him photos of his playing. There are several other young people from our community who she has mentored into adulthood.
"Nancy has a special role at the Langley United Methodist Church. She writes up the prayers and concerns from every service and shares them via email so even if you miss one Sunday, you can stay connected with our church family."
—Helen Price Johnson, church and community volunteer, Island County commissioner
"I know Nancy as a neighbor. She started keeping a neighborhood list and organized our first neighborhood picnic. I inherited the task from her. She also got signs posted to recognize the commitment of the Sills Road neighborhood to keep our road clean and organized pick-up events. We have worked together on behalf of Whidbey Watershed Stewards for nearly 10 years now. She is great at documenting events, she's always behind the camera. She is a 'doer.' In fact, her license plate reads "DO GOOD." And that is her motto. She does good wherever she goes — through her church, the Red Cross, our neighborhood, WWS, etc. She is a writer: newsletters, grant proposals, website content, etc. When she says she will do something, she does it. You can count on her."
— Linda Ade Ridder, neighbor, volunteer with Mother Mentors and Sound Waters
"Nancy has been an inspiration to me for the 31 years that I have known her. She is always willing to step forward for organizations and issues that she believes in. She is never too self-conscious to make a statement or take a stand. She is an amazing fund of information about people and resources, is caring and compassionate, and knows how to connect people with what they need. She is the glue in our community."
— Lea Kouba, volunteer
"I've worked with Nancy for about five years with the Maxwelton Community Club. Nancy really knows the people involved with the community and is a great conduit for getting 'the word' to those who need to know."
— Bob Brooks, Maxwelton Parade coordinator
"Nancy is a networking queen. She reads quantities of newspapers and local bulletins and quickly passes on articles, ideas and connections to others. I've known her for many years and we've shared community service projects even when we represent different organizations. She actually reads the South Whidbey Tilth meeting minutes in its newsletter and sends suggestions. Because of her, Tilth has a very competent bookkeeper. She is a planner and coordinator of extraordinary skill. She is one of Whidbey Island's Red Cross volunteers. Last winter a homeless person I know was in a dire situation. I called Nancy to find out how to contact the Red Cross. 'You just did,' she said."
— Susan Prescott, Tilth and community volunteer
"I count Nancy as a friend and have worked with her in the Langley United Methodist Church and with the Whidbey Watershed Stewards. Nancy has an amazing ability to link people together. Sometimes the people she connects don't know one another and should because they are working toward similar goals. Sometimes she connects people with very different backgrounds and interests, but out of the connection comes a new and positive result for the whole community."
— The Rev. John Worthington, president of Whidbey Watershed Stewards
"I have known Nancy for many, many years. She has helped me in so many ways in my job as secretary of the Langley United Methodist Church. She is an excellent proofreader. She has saved me many embarrassing mistakes. Nancy serves her community in so many ways I could not even count. She has been faithful to the school board for many years. She works tirelessly in our church to serve this community and the world. Nancy is in the 'know,' if you ever want to know what is going on around here ask Nancy. I cannot say enough nice things about Nancy. "
— Irene Bullock, secretary of LUMC Methodist church and volunteer
"Several years ago I was part of what was then called the Maxwelton Salmon Adventure. As the nonprofit organization continued to grow we had the need for someone who could steward the organization. What started as a small school project had grown into an Outdoor Classroom teacher to assist, the watershed projects to organize, coordination and recruiting of volunteers and the fundraising efforts to keep the organization afloat, all of which needed someone at the helm to guide and execute without a hitch. Luckily we found Nancy Waddell, who cared deeply about this place so she stepped right into the role of program manager. In a small community like ours, it is so wonderful to have the opportunity to work with someone like Nancy who puts her heart and soul into an organization to make it flourish and grow. "
— Rene Neff, retired teacher, Langley City Council
"Well, Nancy Waddell is someone who has been a Hometown Hero for years. She is an incredible connector of people and ideas. If you want to know what is happening about things environmental on Whidbey Island, start by asking Nancy. She knows what regulations are currently being considered. She knows who is involved. And she understands the subtle complexities. She has been involved in more projects than she can count. Maxwelton Salmon Adventure, now called Whidbey Watershed Stewards, has existed for decades partly because of Nancy's ongoing presence and dedication."
— Ann Linnea, co-founder of PeerSpirit
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Take some time to look around the property to see if you can find damages to it. You don't want to have to buy something and fix it up as soon as you move in. If the price seems too good to be true, then there is probably something hidden that you're not able to see unless you look through the property carefully. If you're not sure of what to look for, it may be a good idea to hire someone to inspect it for you.
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Q: How to find value of timer in cocos2d iphone I am doing a simple stop clock like game.
The game consists of a timer for 60 secs
I attain it by
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After that i need to add effects by scaling up the clock for every 10sec.
I can get the effect by
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but dont know how to find 10th second.
Can anyone tell me how to find the value of the timer in the 10th second with some sample code.

A: Why don't you have a timer fire every 10 seconds as opposed to every 60 seconds?  You can have a flag/counter/etc. to count when 60 seconds have passed and then reset to watch for the next 60 seconds.

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Just as AIM did, Twitter has begun to develop its own slangs in tweets. An example is the use of "w00t" (the o's are zeros). This is a way of cheering or showing that you are excited about something. Other examples are "RT" meaning reTweet, "OH" meaning overheard, and "HT" meaning heard through.


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Level Five — міні-альбом англійської групи King Crimson, який був випущений 9 листопада 2001 року.

Композиції
 Dangerous Curves - 5:38
 Level Five - 8:35
 Virtuous Circle - 10:00
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Учасники запису
 Роберт Фріпп — гітара, вокал
 Пет Мастелотто — ударні
 Трей Ганн — гітара
 Адріан Білев — гітара, вокал

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 "Level+Five"+by+"King+Crimson" Level Five amazon

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...he pan "looks" like a Chicago Metallic, but since Food52 sells a lot of Nordicware, I'm wondering if that is the manufacturer. Thanks in advance..
I just checked our cake pan stash and it looks like this one is a Norpro tin springform (not nonstick, which is helpful for encouraging the cloud to climb up the sides without slipping).
Thanks! I went ahead and purchased a not nonstick Chicago Metallic version - looks like it should work!
The brand shouldn't matter that much.
For sure, commercial bakeries, restaurants, and catering services aren't using frou-frou premium gear.
The springform pan in the video is pretty shiny, likely made of tin, not aluminum.
It's very possible that it's just a relatively inexpensive generic commercial-grade pan like a Browne, Winco or NorPro rather some fancy name brand pan.
Confirm that this cake is foolproof no matter which springform you cook it in.
I've never made it in anything but a springform, but I'm not at all sure it's necessary as it has no real tendency to stick; I think it could be made in any deep cake pan, such as a traditional cheesecake pan. Without seeing the reviews, I would guess that complaints mostly involve leakage- not a problem with this recipe.
I live at 6500' elevation. Will this recipe work for me?
Can the cake part be made ahead of time... and maybe be refrigerated overnight (but not frozen)?
Will a non stick springform impede the rise?


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Q: CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long Android Studio 4.0 I just started to get this error this morning. I cant build any of my projects since then. Any solutions how to fix this? Tried Clean Project and Invalidate Caches and Restart multiple times. It worked until today.
Found some question about exact same problem that it can be caused by Windows filepath length. All my projects are located in D:\AndroidProjects folder. It is not long path.
This error is sometimes replaced by Error running 'app': Default Activity not found
UPDATE:
Error is still appearing more frequently now. I just have to try and build the project 20 times in a row and out of nowhere it is working 21nd time. This is some bug in recent Android Studio update. Other coworkers having same problem on Windows and macOS.
Its something with java path:
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre\jre\bin\java": CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long

A: Below is the only solution worked for me.

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*Close Android Studio

*Kill all "java" processes in task manager (You may skip this step if you assume that all "java" processes were closed)

*Manually delete your project's "build" folder. (Usually the path is "YourProjectFolder\app\build")

I know this is temporary, but this is reliable, so saves our time.
[Note: I noticed that it happens if we don't restart our computer for long time. I usually hibernate/resume. That may be the root cause.
It happens even if we restart daily. :(
]

A: You should have at least one activity that looks something like this:
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        android:label="@string/app_name">
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            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
</activity>

if this not working for you then apply File -> Invalidate Caches / Restart once again


So my daughter is turning 16 in about 70 days give or take.
She is our 3rd child in age order. Now when it comes to most 16 year-olds, that age will include a driver's license and access to or ownership of some kind of vehicle. My oldest son was given access to his stepmom's car. Which he crashed. More than once. Then he bought a motorcycle. Now that died. He had a bicycle. Someone crashed into said bicycle. He walks everywhere now. Child #2, had access to his dad's (my husband's) truck until he saved enough money and then he bought his own car. So far so good. Now here comes my daughter.
She doesn't have a job yet, but is very anxious to get one when she turns 16. She is also planning to dual enroll in the local community college, which will result in her earning her Associate's degree about 3-5 days before she graduates from high school. This will allow her to go to the university she has always wanted to go to as a transfer student. Anyway, in order to do this dual enrollment stuff and have a job, she needs access to a vehicle. This has lead to a discussion in our house for the past few weeks.
My daughter wants to buy my husband's truck. It's a Ford Escape, and it has about 110,000 miles on it give or take. BUT…it has pretty new tires, and my husband has done a lot of maintenance on it to keep it running well. It's a safe vehicle that will certainly last her for a few years. So, ok she's going to buy that truck. That means my husband has to get a vehicle for himself.


It is Sunday night, and as is normal on Sunday night I am so dead dog tired. But I will still choose to be kind, gracious, pleasant, and loving to the people who are in my life on this night, even though I am so tired I can hardly see straight. I will choose to be nice, patient, and lovable in spite of my weariness because I can, God gave me the strength to make such choices so I will. I will choose and work hard to be the most pleasant person you have ever met in spite of the very busy and draining day, because it is the right thing to do. When I am as tired as I am tonight it seems like it takes a major effort just to hold my head up, but I will choose to listen attentively when Patty talks and I will smile and will offer intelligent response to her words to me. I will do this because I love her and want to communicate to her how much I love her, and because I can, I am able.
I am so stinking tired tonight, it is a bummer to get old. But, though I would very much like to skip, just for tonight, I am going to get on my stationary bike and ride as fast as I can for an hour. If I don't the next time will so much easier to skip, and then before I know it I am a wimp. As I think about tomorrow a thought pops into my head, "You are very tired, sleep in tomorrow" my response to the demon who is talking to me, "I will sleep in when I get to heaven and you are cooking in the lake of fire". Tomorrow is going to be a very busy day, and I am going to choose to work hard, I can do that and I will.
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I believe in trying to have fun (especially with the big stuff) and reacting with 'The Golden Rule'. Because your real estate goals mean as much to me as it does to you and your family, I get things DONE. In the last 5 years that I've been a Realtor, I have been told time and time again by my clients that before they met me it seemed to be taking forever and they felt like they were missing out possibilities or they goals weren't really 'understood', until NOW. I pride myself on learning what's most important to you - and trying my hardest, without a lot of smoke, to make that happen. And if I can't, I have made sure to surround myself with people and companies that have the same business ethics - and I can put you in touch with the company that can help us get there.
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My legacy is to create relationships where people are happy to have me in their lives. That is a big part of what gave me the drive to open a brokerage in which I am able to provide one-on-one coaching with my agents. This type of coaching includes being available to train during the actually experience. While writing new offers, inputting listings, and negotiating deals – I am there to walk agents through it all so that they and their client have access to an entire team. I am dedicated to keeping myself up on the latest marketing tools, training, and technology in order to share that information with 208 agents giving them what they need to thrive in their current positions, but build business of their own or whatever goals they have for them and their families.


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Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week $100K pitch competition finalists
Four finalists have been selected for a shot at $100,000 in a business pitch competition in November as part of Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week, an annual startup business conference known as BREW.
The finalists are Baton Rouge-based companies Block Lawncare, which connects homeowners with employees for landscaping services, and digital currency startup Moxey; New Orleans-based accounting blockchain startup Gilded; and Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Pass it Down Inc., which builds software for museums to have virtual storytelling timelines. The out-of-state company would be required to relocate its headquarters to Louisiana.
More than 40 startups applied for the competition, the first round of which was narrowed to 11 semi-finalists by a panel of judges starting with financial history and experience of the company executives. The semi-finalists pitched to investors on Thursday during a closed-door session at the Louisiana Technology Park organized by Nexus LA.
Entrepreneurs will hone their business plans before the final pitch on Nov. 15, which is open to the public. Each finalist will receive six hours of financial consulting from LaPorte CPAs and Advisors in addition to six hours of legal consulting from Stone Pigman law firm to prepare.
Eligible businesses had less than $250,000 in annual revenue and have raised less than $250,000 from investors, but that doesn't include friends and family support. Startups needed to have a strong management team and a unique product in a potentially high-growth business.
Information is at https://www.celebratebrew.com/highstakes-pitch.

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This Android Hacking Group is making $500,000 per day
July 02, 2016Mohit Kumar
Own an Android smartphone?
Hackers can secretly install malicious apps, games, and pop-up adverts on your smartphone remotely in order to make large sums of money.
Security researchers at Cheetah Mobile have uncovered one of the world's largest and most prolific Trojan families, infecting millions of Android devices around the world.
Dubbed Hummer, the notorious mobile trojan stealthily installs malicious apps, games, or even porn apps onto victim's phones and yields its creators more than $500,000 (£375,252) on a daily basis.
First discovered in 2014 by Cheetah Mobile, Hummer gained traction in early 2016 when the Trojan family was infecting "nearly 1.4 Million devices daily at its peak" with 63,000 infections occurring daily in China, according to researchers at Cheetah Mobile Security Research Lab.
"This Trojan continually pops up ads on victims' phones, which is extremely annoying," researchers wrote in a blog post. "It also pushes mobile phone games and silently installs porn applications in the background. Unwanted apps appear on these devices, and they are re-installed shortly after users uninstall them."
Even after the number of phones infected has declined, Hummer is still infecting nearly 1 Million new devices per day, making it the most widespread trojan family in the world.
Every time Hummer installs a new app on the infected devices, it's developers make 50 cents. Therefore, the group behind this Trojan is believed to be making more than half a million dollars (over $500,000) daily.
...and over $15 Million per month.
Here's How Hummer Work:
Once a device is infected with Hummer, the Trojan proceeds to root the phone to gain administrator privileges, which allowed it to discreetly install unwanted apps, games, porn apps as well as malware in the background.
These apps and malware end up consuming large amounts of network traffic, potentially affecting the victims with large bills from their Internet providers.
"In several hours, the trojan accessed the network over 10,000 times and downloaded over 200 APKs, consuming 2 GB of network traffic," the researchers noted.
Hummer is almost Impossible to Uninstall
The bad news for affected Android users is that Hummer is extremely difficult if not impossible to get rid of, because the Trojan takes control of the phone at admin level, making it impossible for traditional antivirus tools to uninstall Hummer.
The dangerous part: It is impossible to delete the Trojan through a factory reset due to the fact Hummer comes equipped with up to 18 different separate rooting exploits that allow it to root itself on a phone, the researchers said.
Recently, Trend Micro researchers also detected a similar threat known as Godless that came with Android rooting exploits, affecting 90 percent of all Android devices available in the market today.
Hummer spreads itself using a different number of domain names and third-party app stores, tricking users into downloading malicious apps or fake versions of popular apps like Facebook or Twitter.
The researchers claim to have traced the source of the Trojan family to an "underground internet industry chain" in China, based on an email address linked to the domain names used by the malware.
India (154,248), Indonesia (92,889), Turkey (63,906), China (63,285) and Mexico (59,192) are the top five countries where Hummer has made most of its victims, but the Trojan is also infecting Android users in the U.S. and Europe.
Google's Android mobile platform has been a primary target of attackers, so it's better for you to avoid downloading apps from outside of the Google Play Store or untrusted sources. Moreover, always "review the developer" even if downloading apps from official app store.
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