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July 29, 2014
A Chicago-area truck crash that killed four has led to local attention to federal hours-of-service rules, the mandatory electronic logs proposal, and federal efforts to address coercion of drivers to break the law. Deborah Lockridge has more in her On the Road blog.
July 24, 2014
Combine a truck crash, a celebrity, and an election year, and what do you get? An HOS rules feeding frenzy on Capitol Hill and in the media.
July 15, 2014
A suite of fleet management applications can now be factory installed on new trucks from Volvo Trucks under a partnership between the truck maker and Telogis.
July 14, 2014
Comedian Tracy Morgan has filed a lawsuit against Walmart following a crash last month on the New Jersey Turnpike in which he was severely injured, while James McNair, a comedian known as Jimmy Mack was killed and two others were hurt.
July 10, 2014
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has revised its guidance regarding hours of service logging software programs on laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones, to allow for digital driver signatures.
Truck drivers in California are entitled to paid rest breaks and meal breaks, according to a Wednesday ruling from a federal court in San Francisco.
July 1, 2014
UPDATED -- Comments on the proposed Electronic Logging Device mandate cover the full spectrum of reactions, from outrage and disdain at Big Brother government to applause for a sensible and long-overdue safety rule.
June 25, 2014
Sylectus, a business unit of Omnitracs, Canada, and BigRoad announced BigRoad's smartphone-based driver's log app now integrates with Sylectus' cloud-based transportation management systems
June 19, 2014
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report of its investigation into the June 7 truck crash that severely injured celebrity Tracy Morgan along with killing one person, showing the truck driver was traveling well beyond the posted speed limit.
June 18, 2014
Navman Wireless USA announced the addition of new electronic driver log and driver vehicle inspection reporting (DVIR) options to its OnlineAVL2 fleet tracking system for corporate fleets.
June 17, 2014
The effort to suspend the hours of service restart provision will come to a head on the Senate floor this week, possibly this afternoon.
June 11, 2014
The Walmart truck driver at the center of the media frenzy over a crash that severely injured comedian Tracey Morgan pleaded not guilty to charges on Wednesday.
The trucking industry effort to suspend the current 34-hour restart provision of the hours of service rule missed a gear Tuesday when the House passed an appropriations bill that does not contain such a provision.
In a letter to U.S. House of Representatives members sent this week, Teamsters Union President James Hoffa denounced two potential amendments to legislation saying they will weaken highway safety standards by putting fatigued drivers on the road in bigger, heavier trucks.
The crash that critically injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed another passenger in his vehicle has generated a media frenzy about last week's move to suspend a controversial portion of the new hours of service regulations. Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge looks at the situation in her All That's Trucking blog.
June 10, 2014
The driver rumor mill and some social media sites are telling drivers that the 34-hour restart has been suspended for one year. This is not the case.
June 2, 2014
Congress is considering a plan to study the 34-hour restart provision of the hours of service rule using data collected by electronic logs. This approach is being suggested by the Trucking Alliance and other groups to counter the effort by American Trucking Associations to have Congress cut off funds for enforcement of the restart provision.
May 30, 2014
Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express and an American Trucking Associations vice chairman, and Phil Byrd, president of Bulldog Hiway Express and ATA Chairman, talk about the negative impacts of changes to hours-of-service rules on their fleets, the trucking industry and the economy.
May 22, 2014
American Trucking Associations is seeking an exemption from the hours-of-service rule for drivers serving natural gas or oil wells.
May 21, 2014
The American Trucking Associations is trying to get Congress to cut off funding for the restart provision of the hours of service rule -- a maneuver that has provoked a sharp response from Anne Ferro, chief of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and concern among some carriers and the enforcement community.
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click image to view in Flash | Quicktime | MPEG-2 This week, a charming film from Susan S. from Galveston, Texas, in the 1950s. It's all about the reactions to those boots! From Susan: I remember having those red boots! Funny how you remember certain things! Also, I can tell from the wallpaper and a […]
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While the appellation "Binary Rhyme" is descriptive of my personality, philosophy, method and artistic style, it was conceived out of some necessity as an artistic pseudonym and online identity. You have to be a little out of the box to get a unique name on the net these days.
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Watch out Liam Hemsworth, Charlie Sheen is totally digging your lady's new 'do.
The Anger Management thesp headed to Twitter Thursday to share his admiration of Miley Cyrus' short new look, after the platinum blonde tweeted that he was well, the bomb.
"@charliesheen IS THE [bomb icon]," the former Hannah Montana starlet tweeted Thursday.
"Idk, w/ that new haircut Miles...You're the [bomb icon],Come watch the show at my place! xo c RT @MileyCyrus @charliesheen IS THE [bomb icon]," Sheen tweeted back.
The duo deleted those tweets, but this isn't the first time they've swapped compliments via the social networking site.
When Cyrus returned to Twitter last year following a 17-month hiatus, the "Can't Be Tamed" crooner tweeted, "'Do not fear...the Sheenius is here!' I'm not gonna lie. I came back to twitter for 2 reasons. My fans and to follow Charlie Sheen."
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Slightly more travelers are expected to drive to their getaway destinations this Memorial Day holiday weekend, AAA reports.
While 31.2 million people will drive during the holiday, up 0.25% from last year, only 2.3 million will take leisure flights, down 7%. Reason: higher air fares and relatively stable, but still high, gas prices.
Gas prices average $3.66 a gallon Wednesday, down 2 cents from the same week last year, AAA reports.
While the economy has improved in the past year, AAA CEO Robert Darbelnet says the end of payroll tax relief could hold back travel. People are expected to spend $659 over the weekend, down about 6%.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. - Sun Cha Corkery, age 56, of Augusta, passed away, Tuesday afternoon, July 16, 2002, at her residence. A native of South Korea, she had resided in Augusta for the past 29 years. She is survived by her husband of 25 years, Daniel Corkery, Augusta; two brothers, Chong Su Lee and his wife, Hyon Sook Lee, Ip Pou Hong, all of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; three sisters, Chong Cha Lee, Pok Cha Lee, both of Korea, Chun Cha Lee-Lainio, Port St. Lucie, Fla.; her husbands children, Daniel Corkery,USN, Anna Corkery, Cheraw, S.C.; one granddaughter, Gretchen Corkery, San Diego, Calif.; two neices, Sue Lee and Diana Lee. Funeral services will be at noon, Saturday, July 20, 2002, from the Chapel of Elliott Sons Funeral Home, 2524 Lumpkin Road. The family will receive friends from 11a.m. until the hour of service on Saturday. Interment will follow at a later date.
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- Peter Hanson of Sweden leads after first round of Dubai World Championship
- Hanson equals course record with eight-under 64 on Earth Course
- Rory McIlroy boosts his Race to Dubai hopes with six-under 66
- World No.1 Luke Donald has to settle for a level-par 72
Rory McIlroy boosted his hopes of being crowned European No.1 with a six-under-par 66 Thursday in the first round of the Dubai World Championship.
Luke Donald, who topped the money list heading into the tournament, stumbled to a level-par 72 on the Earth Course, but both were trailing leader Peter Hanson of Sweden, who equaled the course record with an eight-under-par 64.
Northern Ireland's McIlroy needs to win come Sunday with Donald finishing lower than ninth to overtake his English rival and claim the Race to Dubai.
Paired together, Donald looked in command as he reached the turn in 33 -- three under-par -- while McIlroy, despite flashes of brilliance, was level-par.
But all that changed on the closing nine holes as McIlroy conjured up six birdies, including three in a row to the 18th, while Donald dropped three shots in a row from the 14th after errant tee shots to go back to level-par.
McIlroy, who won the Hong Kong Open last weekend to set up the showdown, is full of confidence.
"I made three silly mistakes on the front nine but stayed patient and the back nine was pretty much flawless," he told the official European Tour website.
"I definitely don't feel invincible, but I feel every time I tee it up I have a good chance of shooting a good score."
Donald, bidding to become the first man to officially top the money lists on both the PGA and European Tours, was left to rue his back nine collapse.
"I felt very much in control and then I lost it, but this course can do that to you. There are a lot of hazards in the middle of fairways, so you aim for one side and if you miss it you can be in the bushes."
Ryder Cup star Hanson also finished strongly to claim the outright lead from early starter Paul Lawrie, who was round in 65.
"I think it's the best golf I've played," he said.
Spain's Sergio Garcia, chasing a third successive European Tour win, is well-placed after a 67, but World No.3 Lee Westwood has work to do after a one-over-par 73.


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Last semester at Veritas Christi Hybrid Academy, in my 7th and 8th Literature & Composition class I've been teaching The Hobbit. There have been multiple times that my own knowledge of Tolkien's world has been put to shame by students who are quickly becoming experts in Middle-earth lore!
I used this as an opportunity to introduce the concept of summarizing, so each day of class would open with a review of the reading assignment they finished. Then the students would take a few minutes to write a one sentence summary of the chapter they read. I found that they enjoyed reading their sentences out loud afterwards; it motivated them to do their best and they were able to see how each person's summary varied.
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It was fun to tie this book in with their Medieval History class by showing how Tolkien used the language and stories of the Angl0-Saxons and Norse as inspiration.
We ended our reading with a Hobbit party at school. In art class, the students made centerpieces inspired by The Hobbit, such as a model of the Lonely Mountain or Bilbo's sword and ring. We also worked on a poster board display together that gave an overview of Tolkien's life, explained his use of Anglo-Saxon rings, highlighted literary devices in the story, described the story's characters, and explored the connection between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. We also had some Hobbit themed food, such as cram, apple cider, pickles, and trail mix. During lunch, the students were split into two teams and given a number of riddles to solve. I made up little paper bags of candy as prizes for the team who got the most riddles right.
I was really happy with this reading choice because it got all the kids engaged and it gave them a positive reading experience. We're slowly working into more literary analysis, but one of my priorities is to show the students that reading can be enjoyable. This was my second time reading through The Hobbit and I was struck by the depth of character development. Although the plot lacks the complexity and vastness of Lord of the Rings, it is an excellent story in its own way. Bilbo's growth was compelling and fascinating to observe. The challenges faced by the dwarves, from agreeing to let Bilbo come to listening to his plan to escape the Elves, was also really interesting to notice as a reader. In a way, Bilbo and the dwarves had the opposite development; Bilbo gained bravery, and the dwarves gained humility. The Hobbit is far less intimidating of a read than Lord of the Rings, yet it explores many of the same themes. It even inspired me to consider developing a literature course based around the "Inklings," writing club founded by C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. I think The Hobbit could be an excellent introduction to some of these authors' more complex works.


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Ranch Dressing
"Though constantly marketed with images of farms and wholesome outdoorsiness, let's not kid ourselves: the best thing about ranch dressing is the way it goes so well with other junk foods. Dipping buffalo wings, tater tots, waffle fries, and pizza slices (don't tell me you haven't done it) into its creamy depths — that's the natural order of things in ranch-land. When even fictional gourmands like Homer Simpson (who prefers it to be administered via ranch dressing hose) name-check your product, you know you've arrived." ." — Casey Barber
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- 1 large garlic cloves
- ½ tsp. kosher salt
- ¾ c. sour cream
- ½ c. mayonnaise
- ½ c. buttermilk
- ½ c. finely minced flat-leaf parsley
- ¼ cube finely minced fresh dill
- 1½ tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- ½ tsp. Hot sauce
- ¼ tsp. celery seeds
- ¼ tsp. Freshly ground black pepper
- Mince garlic, then sprinkle with a pinch of kosher salt and slide side of knife against minced garlic to mash it. Continue to chop, slide, sprinkle with salt, and smash until a coarse paste forms.
- Whisk garlic paste together with all other ingredients in a large bowl, adding more salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to a sealed jar and chill overnight before serving; dressing will thicken and flavors will meld in refrigerator.
- Store dressing in refrigerator in an airtight container for up to a week.
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Natural Control of Spathiphyllum Plant Pest!
Pest unfortunately is a part of growing plants… everyone handles the problem differently. I prefer to use a basic safe, natural solutions to handle the pest problem! However, homeowners have few safe choices that work…
Neem Oil a Safe, Natural Option!
Neem oil comes from the pressed seed of the Azadiracta indica Juss tree… let's call it the neem tree for short. It's used as an: antispectic, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, antifungal and been used for medicinal purposes and pest control for thousands of years.
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Insider's View of What Went Wrong in the Bronx
Joe Torre provides a lively chronicle of that historic era and the Yankees's depressing slide after 2001.January 26, 2009 sportsReview
Torre Says No to Yankees' Offer and Ends 12-Year Era
Joe Torre rejected a $5 million offer that would have kept him as baseball's highest-paid manager but also would have been a cut from his present salary.October 19, 2007 sportsNews
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Ever a Class Act, Yankees' Torre Faces Final Curtain
Joe Torre has been a fixture for 12 years, never missing the postseason. Torre always seemed to be the right man for the job across the long, hot Steinbrenner summer.October 9, 2007 sportsNews
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Challenges Have Added Depth to Torre's Perspective on Life
Joe Torre peers at sunsets as if he were watching them for the first time. He recognizes the vibrant flowers he never bothered to look at before. He sees bright stars on dark, clear nights, studying them more than staring at them. "He notices the little things more," says his wife Ali. "Now he takes time to stop and reflect." Cancer will do that.October 26, 1999 sportsBiography
Metropolitan Desk
Torre Far From Sandlot but Close to Home
Tonight, as the youngest Torre brother is scheduled to go to his first World Series and to take the New York Yankees to their first in 15 years, many in the waterfront Brooklyn neighborhood where he grew up feel as though he were taking them with him.October 19, 1996 nyregionBiography
Tinker With Extra-Inning Rules? Cue the Purists' Outrage
Major League Baseball plans to experiment with a rule change in two rookie leagues this summer, placing a runner on second at the start of extra innings to expedite scoring.
February 9, 2017, Thursday
Major League Baseball Prevails Upon Managers for Cooler Heads
The former Yankees manager Joe Torre, now a league executive, warned managers they would be fined for being ejected after arguing balls and strikes.
July 18, 2016, Monday
Rangers' Colby Lewis Misses Out on a No-Hitter
Colby Lewis lost his bid for a perfect game into the eighth inning and a no-hitter into the ninth, but still left with a win.
June 17, 2016, Friday
Major League Baseball Set for a Tour of Cuba
Joe Torre and Dave Winfield will lead a good-will tour later this month. It will be Major League Baseball's first visit to Cuba since a Baltimore Orioles exhibition game there in 1999.
December 4, 2015, Friday
M.L.B. Considers Adjusting Rules on Slides and Replays
The organization is weighing whether the slide that wiped out Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada's season will be outlawed.
November 12, 2015, Thursday
Rob Manfred Puts His Stamp on the Game and an Era
One of Manfred's first duties as baseball's commissioner was to begin the process of replacing Bud Selig's signature on major league baseballs.
April 8, 2015, Wednesday
Alex Rodriguez Reconnects With Joe Torre
Joe Torre said that on several occasions, he had spoken to or texted Alex Rodriguez, with whom he had a somewhat uneasy relationship during their time together with the Yankees.
March 23, 2015, Monday
Today in Politics
Republicans are ready to put out the welcome mat for the man President Obama is expected to pick as defense secretary.
December 3, 2014, Wednesday
For Yankees, Farewell May Not Mean Goodbye
The Yankees salute departing stars with days in their honor, sometimes on two or three occasions years apart.
September 21, 2014, Sunday
Rule Amended for Plate Collisions
A memo to umpires essentially said that if a runner is clearly out, and would have been so regardless of the catcher's positioning, he will now remain out.
September 10, 2014, Wednesday
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I mentioned in my announcement post that this pregnancy has been similar, though not identical, to my first one — and I say that mostly because in some ways, it got off to rather a rockier start than the first time around. But to back up and start from the beginning:
We decided to "start trying" in December, and were a little surprised by how quickly it happened. By the second week of January, we had a positive pregnancy test, although there was some uncertainty in getting to that point. The first test I took, about a week after a missed period, was one of the basic ones that displays one line if negative and two lines if positive… and while it looked negative at a glance, it seemed like there was a very, very faint second line if you looked closely.
Joe and I spent a few minutes staring at it before finally deciding to call it inconclusive. Then we decided to shell out the few extra bucks for one of those fancy-pants digital tests that tells you your result in plain English, and two days later we had a much clearer result:
That little blip on the radar was forgotten pretty quickly, and I made my first prenatal doctor's appointment, scheduled for when I should have been a little over six weeks along.
Having been through this before, I had a pretty clear idea in mind of what to expect, and I went into the doctor's office thinking it would be pretty much the same as my first prenatal appointment with Lillian, when I got to see her tiny bean-like form on the ultrasound and hear her little heartbeat for the first time. That was such a wonderful and emotional moment, but… I didn't realize until this pregnancy how much I'd taken it for granted.
At my first prenatal appointment for this pregnancy, the first ultrasound showed no baby and no heartbeat. Just a small, empty bubble:
The doctor was quick to explain that this could mean the pregnancy was just in an earlier stage than we'd thought. But it could also be a sign of problems with the embryo not growing right or a "blighted ovum" — more info on Wikipedia here. They took a blood sample at that appointment, and scheduled another blood sample for two days later — the idea was to measure the hCG (aka pregnancy hormone) levels and how they were changing in that span of time.
The next eight days were a weird kind of limbo. Sort of like Schrödinger's cat being alive and dead at the same time, I felt like I was pregnant and not pregnant at the same time: On the one hand I was taking prenatal vitamins, and avoiding alcohol and caffeine and excessive tuna fish, and generally doing all the things a dutiful pregnant woman should supposedly do… But on the other hand I wasn't allowing myself to think as though I was pregnant in the sense that there would ever be a baby, in case the worst happened and it wasn't meant to be.
When I finally got the results back from the doctor's office, I learned that my hCG levels had increased from 6200 to 9600 in the span of those two days, which they seemed to consider a good sign — but no one could say anything for sure until the ultrasound the next day. I spent a few solid hours online that night, reading up as much as I could on hCG levels, reading stories from people on forums who had experienced early miscarriages, and generally torturing myself over what the outcome would be.
The next day, the suspense was over:
There on the screen was that tiny bean-like form, and that little heartbeat. I cried with relief when the ultrasound technician added the label "baby."
Based on the measurements, the doctor estimated the due date as September 19 — we'd been thinking it was September 11 before (which would make a heck of a birthday, right?) and baby has been growing as expected ever since. By all accounts, it appears to have just been a case of a slightly irregular cycle and mistaking certain relevant dates (which I guess would also explain why that first pregnancy test was "inconclusive").
One side effect of all this, though, is being left with a slight lingering feeling of unease over the possibility of miscarriage in a way that I didn't really feel during my first pregnancy, and which I still feel to a certain extent right now (even though the risks supposedly go way down after the first trimester and we should be "out of the woods" so to speak). And while I have no illusions that our happy ending in any way compares to what some people go through, I feel like I have a whole new level of respect for couples who've suffered miscarriage or otherwise experienced fertility-related issues.
So anyway, that's the long-winded tale of the beginnings of this pregnancy. Next on the agenda for this blog: more details on what we're planning to do to this house to make room for baby number two. Stay tuned!


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BMC - Bnei Menashe Council
On the lush sub-tropical slopes of India's remote northeast, where the foothills of the Himalayas merge with the Arakan range, live a people with an amazing story. Called "Mizos," in the Indian state of Mizoram, "Kukis" in the adjacent state of Manipur, and "Chin" in Burma, the Kuki-Chin-Mizo descend from related tribes speaking different dialects of a common Tibeto-Burman language.
They trace their ancestry to a distant forefather named Manmasi, who came from a faraway land described in their legends as "rich and fertile." His name was traditionally invoked by them in times of crises and calamities. After an earthquake, for example, they would rush from their homes and shout, "We are alive, we are alive, the sons of Manmasi are alive!"


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There is a lot the Penguins can learn from their six-game victory against Columbus in Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
A lot they must learn, if they hope to hang around the tournament for more than another week or two.
The Blue Jackets series reminded them of what they can accomplish when their game is in sync, and when their focus and intensity are at playoff-worthy levels.
The way they dominated the highly competitive and motivated Blue Jackets for 5 1/2 of the final six periods in the opening round offered irrefutable evidence of that.
They outscored Columbus, 7-1, in Game 5 and the first 50 minutes of Game 6. They neutralized what had been a highly effective forecheck for the Blue Jackets in most of the previous four games and dictated the pace of play.
Most of which, not coincidentally, happened in the Columbus end of the ice.
"We had spurts of really, really good hockey where we were a completely smothering team," defenseman Matt Niskanen said. "That's how we have to play."
Expecting the Penguins to control every game for the full 60 minutes isn't realistic. Other teams are intent on winning, too, and any playing at this time of year have more than a few quality players on the payroll. It is a given, then, that the Penguins will spend at least a little time on their heels in any series they are in for the balance of this spring.
What has to concern them, though, is how often they went directly from being on their heels to being flat on their backs in the opening round.
Coaches and players like to talk about the need to "weather a storm" at various times. For the Penguins, too many of the storms Columbus generated developed into something akin to a Category 5 disaster.
There was Game 3, when goals 100 seconds apart gave Columbus a 2-0 lead a little more than three minutes into the opening period.
And Game 4, when goalie Marc-Andre Fleury's inability to corral a puck behind the goal line led to a tying total in the final half-minute of regulation and, eventually, to a winning goal for Columbus at 2:49 of overtime.
And, of course, Game 6, when the Penguins watched a 4-0 lead melt away in the second half of the third period. Columbus piled up three goals in a span of four minutes, 52 seconds, and very nearly extended a series that had seemed lost just minutes earlier.
"We just have to do a better job of when other teams get momentum, trying to stop that," forward Jussi Jokinen said. "There are only great teams left. Other teams are going to get momentum. We have to find a way to keep them off the scoreboard."
Cutting down on how many short-handed goals the Penguins allow would be a good start.
The Blue Jackets got three in six games, and their Game 6 surge was triggered by one Fedor Tyutin scored.
While allowing a short-handed goal every other game clearly isn't a healthy habit, Penguins winger Tanner Glass pointed out that things — good or bad — don't necessarily carry over from one series to the next.
"(Those short-handed goals are) not something you like to see from your team, of course, but the playoffs are crazy," he said. "This was a crazy series, but that's not to say it will continue in the next round.
"One time in Vancouver, we could not kill a penalty in the first round, and then we were 100 percent in the next round."
And, make no mistake, the Penguins reached Round 2 because they did more right than wrong against Columbus.
Because center Brandon Sutter had a superb two-way series. Because Niskanen and fellow defenseman Paul Martin were excellent. Because Fleury — his celebrated screw-up late in Game 4 aside — took a step toward restoring his reputation as a capable playoff performer.
Still, simply replicating what got the Penguins into Round 2 likely won't be enough to propel them into the Eastern Conference final. They will have to exorcise much of what went wrong, then build on what remains.
"We'll definitely learn from this series," right winger James Neal said. "That's what you have to do if you want to win."


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Superheroes are big right now, but let's not forget the Power Rangers, who have kicked their way through 20 television seasons of 17 themed series, not to mention two movies, and all in body-tight Spandex. If you're worried about Rita Repulsa or the next set of Kaiju, you'll want a Ranger in the house in this Pink Power Ranger onesie, even if all she can do is waggle her arms and coo.
The Pink Ranger has been there since season one, is known for gymnastics moves and empathy, and her 100% cotton costume (complete with tutu) isn't nearly as revealing as some of the other heroines of comic-dom. It's available in sizes 6m to 18m, which means that each time your baby morphs into a bigger baby, you can power up with a new suit.
Watch out for Lord Zedd, mamas. He probably has a spit-up monster somewhere in his arsenal.
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The theme for the seventh "2017" AGRF was "Accelerating Africa's Path to Prosperity: Growing Inclusive Economies and Jobs through Agriculture".
The 7th African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) was held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, from 4th to 8th September, 2017 as a premier platform for global and African leaders to develop actionable plans to move African agriculture forward. The forum was hosted by H.E. President Alassane Ouattara, a continental champion of inclusive agricultural transformation, and his team of senior government officials, including Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, and several other key cabinet members. The other co-hosts were the African Development Bank, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), and the 15 members of the AGRF Partners Group. Additional resource and technical partnership was provided to the forum by another 10 partners who supported the cost of the forum and its sessions and content.
The Abidjan Declaration
A host of top government officials and industry stakeholders spoke at the #AGRF2017 forum.
The Forum took place from Monday, September 4th through Friday, September 8th, 2017. Activities were divided into a series of sessions and events, some of which took place before the traditional formal Opening Ceremony after lunch on Wednesday, September 6th (known as "Pre-Events") and the balance of which began on the afternoon of the 6th and constituted the formal AGRF conference events.
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9th Annual Pio Fair
Date: 4:00pm - 7:00pm PDT September 5, 2014 Location: Griswold Stadium
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Kick off the academic year at the 9th Annual Pio Fair!
Enjoy a free picnic dinner, meet some Newfoundlands, participate in the Beat Bob Challenge, and connect with students, faculty, staff, and community partners!
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I always knew I'd be a star: Nelly Furtado
Canadian pop star Nelly Furtado says while she had a tough upbringing, she knew she would make it big in the music industry.
"I always saw it. I first performed when I was 4. I really had a vision of performing in front of hundreds of people when I was that young," digitalspy.co.uk quoted Furtado as saying.
"I always knew it would happen. I saw myself sitting at the Grammies... I saw myself opening for U2 or whatever. It was a sure thing for me. I was lucky that way," she added. However, the 33-year-old added that she does not consider her career to be the most important part of her life.
"True success is health and balance in one's life and making time for hobbies and family. It's the difference between seeing success as a destination and as a journey. The idea that dreams come true and everything will be perfect? It doesn't work that way," said Furtado, who has 9-year-old daughter Nevin with her ex Jasper Gahunia.


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Rewind to when he was just five years old — at the age when most boys were still hitting from a tee — Dylan Ouellette was moved up to play "real" baseball because his dad Rick was the little league's commissioner.
Now, 13 years later, the recent Henry County High School graduate is taking his game up another notch with his decision to play baseball for St. Catharine College next school year. Rick, who Dylan credits for the reason why he got his start in baseball and played the sport so much, passed away during Dylan's senior year.
Henry County junior Ally Vaughn was recently selected to the All-8th Region Team — the only player from the county to be selected as one of the region's best baseball or softball players for the 2011 season.
In an attempt to get kids more involved in track and field at a younger age, Henry County's head track coach Sedrick Williams launched a series of elementary-aged meets this past school year.
The meets — for Henry students at Campbellsburg, Eastern, New Castle and Eminence, and surrounding counties — were hosted on Henry's track with one each in March, April and May. Williams said it was a success, and he plans to expand on the series next spring with an additional three or four meets.
Oldham County's over-the-fence home run last Tuesday night not only ended Henry County's baseball season, it was also the final play for Henry County High School or Eminence High School in all sports during the 2010-2011 school year.
Henry County had enough points to wrap up the award for the best athletic school in the North Central Kentucky Conference in February, but was not officially announced as the NCKC All-Sports winner until recently, after the 2010-11 school year.
Each sport, besides football, has a conference championship either through the regular season or in tournament format, and points are rewarded to schools based on those results. The points are totaled at the end of the school year to determine the overall champion. There are seven schools in the conference.
The baseball coaches in the 8th Region recently selected Henry County's Austin Hunsaker as the regional Coach of the Year.
Hunsaker, in his fourth season as the head coach, helped lead the Wildcats to a 20-9 season, including the North Central Kentucky Conference title, the 31st District title and reached the semifinals of the 8th Region tournament. Henry had the second best record in the region — behind Oldham at 21-11 — and was 5-1 against district teams and 13-3 in the region.
Starting and ending against the same baseball team, the Henry County Wildcats snapped their 14-game winning streak against Oldham County last Tuesday night in the semifinals of the 8th Region tournament.
The Wildcats beat Oldham on April 29, then followed with 14 straight wins during a month-long stretch before losing to Oldham last week, 13-3 in five innings at Simon Kenton. The Cats won the North Central Kentucky Conference, the 31st District title and ended with a 20-win season.
After a storm pushed the end of the season back one more night for both the Eminence baseball and softball teams, the Warriors were knocked out of the 30th District tournaments by Shelby County last Tuesday night.
The baseball squad lost 16-0 and at the same Shelby complex the softball team lost 10-0. Both games lasted five innings, ended by the mercy-run rule.
The season came to an end for the Henry County softball team on Monday with a 5-4 loss to Walton-Verona in the opening round of the 8th Region tournament.
Trailing 4-0 heading into the sixth inning, the Ladycats rallied to even up the scoreboard but eventually lost by one run. The Cats ended the season as the runners-up in the 31st District tournament and with a 21-12 overall record.
"I was proud of our girls today because they got down early and were able to fight back to make it a game," Henry coach Matt Wright said afterward.
Eric Phillips finished what was one of the best high school careers ever for a distance runner at Henry County and junior Cassey Fischer did what no Henry runner as ever done at the Class 2A State Meet on Thursday at the University of Louisville's Cardinal Park.
Phillips, who has written his name in the history books as the school-record holder at 1,600 meters earlier this season, capped off his high school running days with an 18th-place finish in the 1,600 and 16th in the 3,200 against the best in the state.
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any solution with a lower salt concentration than normal body cells so that water flows into the cells by osmosis; any solution with a lower osmotic pressure than another solution
In a hypotonic solution they swell up and burst, the hmoglobin dissolving in the liquid and colouring it red.
Under the influence of such a hypotonic solution the dry cells rapidly swell up, burst, and are dissolved.
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A Guided Walk through Barrow Gurney
The current road closure provides a unique opportunity to walk along Barrow Street and enjoy the architecture and setting of the village of Barrow Gurney. This description starts at the lower end of the village by Barrow Mill and moves southward (uphill) towards the A38.
The distinguishing features of the village are its setting, in a close valley with the stream running through it, and the coherence of much of the architecture, which is the work of the Gibbs family, who rebuilt many of the buildings in arts and crafts movement style between 1880 and 1920.
A Mill in Barrow featured in the Doomsday Book; we don't know which one it was. Starting at the end of Barrow Street near the A 370, the present Barrow Mill occupies the lowest of the three known mill sites in the village. The particularly striking feature, as you walk up the road, is the mill pond, channeled out of the stream, with its gaggle of ducks. Looking to your right, the ground sweeps up in another valley, with Dead Hill Wood to its left hand side, Slade Wood in the centre and Farleigh Hill to the right.
The road makes a sharp S bend and the stream reappears on your left. The site of the second mill is understood to have been at about this point and the village school also stood here, until burnt down in about 1890. Please note that the driveway is private property and there are no remnants of the buildings that stood here previously.
As you continue up the road towards the chicane, the 4 houses on the right were originally built as staff cottages for Hillside, a large house in Vicarage Lane that was originally built by the George family, the Bristol brewers. Beyond the cottages is St Annes, which was built as a "chapel of ease", as the parish church is a mile or so away at Barrow Court. To the left of the chicane is School Cottage, provided for the village school teacher.
As the road levels out, Lower Mill Farm is down to your left. It has not been a mill for many years, but the mill leat is visible as a horizontal line across the hillside behind it and the water was channeled to flow over the mill wheel, which was hung between the main house and the middle barn.
The centre of the village is made up of cottages that were built to accommodate the staff and tenants of the Barrow Court estate. Note the Thatched Cottages (a listed building) on the right and the row of cottages (Compton Mead also listed) at right angles to the road, behind the phone box. Please note that this, and other pathways off the main road in the centre of the village, are private property and not open to walkers. On the corner is the village shop, previously a Post Office and before that a Reading Room. To the left of the road is the Long House (listed building), which was formerly the laundry for the estate. To the right, just opposite the driveway for the Long House, is a small pitched roof against the wall, which housed the village tap, from the days when the village shared a communal water source from the main that passes under Barrow Street.
As you round the corner, on your left is the village green. On the green, straight opposite the gate, is a pipe that crosses the stream; this was one of the original water supplies for the city of Bristol and tapped the Cold Bath Spring on the hillside to the right of the road. Take a moment to enjoy the green which was the Millennium project for the village. Across the road from the green is Springhead Farm – yet another listed building – and the pub, the Princes Motto. To the left of the pub is the Village Hall, dating from 1920s.
As you approach the upper chicane, you will pass the war memorial on your right and the junction with the footpath and cycle track leading up Hobbs Lane to the A38; this formed a cross roads with Wild Country Lane which branches off on the other side of the stream. Finally, Steps Farm (listed) stands to the left of the road and Reservoir Farm to the right as the road narrows to leave the village.


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The St. Paul public school district is investing nearly $7 million to renovate four shuttered schools scheduled to reopen in the fall of 2013.
It already has spent more than $184,000 on mold removal at two of the schools, an expense that some district employees say could have been avoided.
The district also spent $45,000 to deal with water damage when a hose was left on overnight during one of the mold-removal projects.
District officials say they did all they could to ward off mold problems during the humid summer of 2011 — and addressed them promptly that fall.
"We were keeping eyes and ears on the facilities while they were decommissioned," said Sara Guyette, the district's facilities director.
The district is working to prepare the four schools it decommissioned in 2010 to reopen as part of its Strong Schools, Strong Communities plan. Community advocates have hailed the reopenings as an overdue investment in academic programs and facilities in the city's eastern half.
The former Ames, Sheridan, Prosperity Heights and Roosevelt buildings were built between 1916 and 1956.
The repairs and upgrades there will claim a large chunk of the district's construction and maintenance funds this year. In fact, the district abruptly disbanded its capital expenditure advisory committee last spring, saying the money its members usually help allocate has been committed to these projects.
St. Paul schools get about $30 million for maintenance and construction annually from the sale of bonds and a health and safety property tax levy.
The district says it followed best practices in maintaining the decommissioned buildings. In the summer, it ran the schools' ventilation systems for several hours at night. Custodians were tasked with sizing up the buildings at least once a week.
"I think we did our best monitoring the facilities," Guyette said.
In hot and humid weather, mold can be harder to prevent, and it can spread quickly, she said.
The mold contamination in parts of the former Ames building covered "a much larger area than we'd like to see," Guyette said. The district identified the problem in September; a contractor tackled it in early November. The bill came to $101,000. At the former Prosperity Heights, the mold removal price tag was more than $82,000.
The district couldn't establish for certain whether a staff member or an employee for its mold-removal contractor, Mavo Systems, left a hose on overnight at Ames, Guyette said. So it paid Mavo to fix water damage after the school flooded.
Several district employees said the district "mothballed" the four schools in a hurry without a solid maintenance plan. They said insufficient ventilation and some miscommunication might have swelled the mold bills.
Tim Finnegan, the chief steward of the district's custodians union, said his and some colleagues' understanding was they were to check only the outside perimeter of the schools in the summer. He said he alerted the district to the mold problems at Ames in late summer 2011: "black fuzzy stuff" growing on carpets and upholstered furniture, and a strong smell.
Finnegan is in a dispute with the district over a workers' compensation claim he filed after he had what his physician deemed a mold-related fit of coughing and wheezing.
Mold experts said hot and humid weather is generally not enough to cause mold contamination, even in a building that's not air-conditioned. A maintenance problem such as a leaky roof or broken pipe usually plays a part, said Dan Tranter, supervisor of the indoor air unit at the Minnesota Department of Health.
Especially when it's humid outside, said Andy Streifel, an indoor-air-quality expert at the University of Minnesota, getting ventilation and other maintenance right can be tricky.
"It's really all about maintenance and prevention," said Streifel, who called a $101,000 cleanup a "huge" job. "Water-damage maintenance is key."
The district said the bill at the two schools went up because it decided to remove rather than treat affected carpeting. Carpets at Ames were more than 20 years old and were already slated for replacement.
The district also paid Mavo about $182,000 for the removal of asbestos tile at Ames and Prosperity. Finnegan questioned if disruption from dealing with mold made that removal necessary. But district officials said they planned to do it anyway, and it was more efficient to combine the projects.
Most of the asbestos tile at the former Roosevelt and Sheridan was removed previously; the rest will be during renovations there that begin this winter. With $3.4 million in repairs and upgrades, the Roosevelt building — new home to Riverview Elementary — will get the most extensive makeover.
Jean O'Connell, the St. Paul board chairwoman, said she felt confident district staff had done its best to address the mold problems.
She said mold cropped up at a number of occupied school buildings as well that wet summer of 2011, and the district had to put off the project at Ames to tackle those more pressing problems first.
Mila Koumpilova can be reached at 651-228-2171. Follow her at twitter.com/MilaPiPress.
Opened: 1916
New use: House the upper grades of L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion School, which had to move to make room for a new East Side middle school
Renovations: $1.3 million for floor replacement, main office relocation, safety enhancements and more
Opened: 1952
New use: House L'Etoile du Nord's earlier grades
Renovations: $1.5 million for new flooring, ceilings, lighting, office renovation and more
Opened: 1956
New use: Accommodate an expansion of the Nokomis Montessori program
Renovations: $656,000 for various improvements
Opened: 1923
New use: New home for Riverview Elementary
Renovations: $3.4 million for new classrooms, technology, energy efficiency, security and wheelchair accessibility improvements


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Watch how to make this recipe.
Set rack in the middle of oven and preheat to 325 degrees F. Line a 12 slot muffin pan with large paper or foil cupcake liners.
Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt together 3 times. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar together at high speed for 15 seconds until combined. Add the eggs 1 at a time beating until each is incorporated. Continue beating until light and fluffy, about 6 minutes longer. With the mixer at its lowest speed, beat in 1/3 the flour mixture. Beat in the buttermilk and vanilla, then another third of the flour. Beat in the coffee and then the remaining flour. Fill the sections of the muffin tin 1/2 full and bake for 15 minutes or until the centers spring back when lightly pressed. Set pan on a rack to cool.
Peanut Butter Buttercream Filling: Beat the butter and peanut butter at medium speed in a mixing bowl until blended. Reduce speed to low and gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar. Increase speed to high and beat for 3 to 5 minutes until smooth and fluffy. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a medium, plain tip with filling. Insert tip into each cooled cupcake and squeeze approximately 3 tablespoons of filling into each cupcake.
Ganache Frosting: Place chocolate in a medium bowl. Bring the cream to a scald in a small saucepan. Pour cream over chocolate and let sit 1 minute, then whisk until smooth. Let sit for 10 minutes until thick, but still pourable. Dunk the top half of the cupcakes into the frosting to coat, then place on a rack and sprinkle with the chopped peanuts. Transfer to the refrigerator for 20 minutes to set.


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The popular NFL team is set to play in its third international regular season football game this Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Moreover, the Week 8 matchup marks the second time in four years that the 49ers have participated in the NFL's International Series at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
It's a fitting location for the franchise. In 1988, San Francisco's first international game, a preseason loss to the Miami Dolphins, took place at Wembley.
The organization is proud to represent professional football in a foreign market.
San Francisco's co-chairman, Dr. John York, serves as the Chairman of the NFL's Health & Safety Advisory Committee and is a member of both the league's Audit and International Committees. York previously served as the International Committee's Chairman.
With members of the 49ers meeting the international and American press from the team's England compound, the positive tone of the overall experience came across as a positive for the 5-2 club.
The 49ers coach went on to call the team's training setup, "a football oasis."
Harbaugh was most pleased how his team could spend additional time together and learn more about each other despite being 5,342 miles away from the team's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif.
The football coach in Harbaugh was thrilled that players could watch film with their position coaches without having to drive back and home from work like they would back in the states.
"You really come right down the elevator, or the lift," the 49ers coach said, earning a chuckle from the gathered press.
Getting around this season, however, won't be so kind to Harbaugh's team.
The 49ers will log the most travel miles in the NFL this season. With it taking 25,000 miles to travel around the world, the 49ers will be one of three teams (San Diego and Oakland) who will eclipse the 25,000-mile mark during the regular season in 2013. In addition, San Francisco will not only surpass 25,000 miles, they will reach over 32,000 miles after returning home from Arizona on Dec. 29th.
The team's London excursion certainly adds to the travel log, but the players are focused on the task at hand, increasing an ongoing win-streak to five games before the bye week.
"I feel like we've adjusted," Kaepernick said. "I'm adjusted. We're back to our normal week."
San Francisco's third-year quarterback has played in a number of challenging venues in his football career, but in his mind, Wembley seems like something far different from the others.
"I don't think anything is going to compare to this weekend," he said, before sharing how to remained focus in the big-game spotlight. "You're focused on what you need to do to be successful in that place. You're not worried about everything else that's going on."
The NFL will host three regular season games next year in London, the continuation of the league's growing vision to build football awareness in England.
San Francisco's defensive line coach Jim Tomsula believes it's a great idea.
The former defensive line coach for the England Monarchs and Scottish Claymores of the defunct NFL Europa, was outspoken on the NFL's staying power in England.
"I think the sky's the limit, I really do," Tomsula said. "I think this is a fantastic game. I love being around it… When you look at this game, this game is for everybody. Guys that look like me can play this game."


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All women dream of having that sexy waistline. This can be achieved by doing regular love handle exercises that are specifically tailored for women. The term "love handles" refers to the fatty flabs that develop on the waist and along the lower sides of the body, just above the hips. We shall take a look at how you can trim those unsightly love handles.
"Love handles" is the slang term for the fatty bulges along the sides of the body at the waist, especially along the location of the external oblique muscles of the abdomen. For women who are conscious about their looks, love handles are unsightly bulges that they must get rid of in order to have that sexy, washboard belly and trim waistline. Because the location of these fat deposits makes them hard to reduce, they are best handled by the general abdominal exercises rather that specific spot reduction workouts. We shall take a look at some of the effective love handle exercises for women.
Love Handle Exercises for Women
Barbell Twist: Stand up right with your feet shoulder-width distance apart. Heft the barbell on your upper back and shoulders. While keeping your left foot firmly planted on the floor, swivel your body to your right as far as you can, at the same time contracting your abs. Go back to starting position and then turn to your left. Perform this exercise 5 times or more for each side.
Side Plank: Considered to be one of the most effective love handle exercises, the side plank starts with you lying on your side on the mat. Prop your body up with your arm, making sure that the upper arm is in a perpendicular position to the ground while the lower arm is pressed on the ground. Position your feet one on top of the other in a parallel position. Raise your hips from the floor, creating a diagonal line from your foot to your arm put. You will know you are doing this correctly if your feet and forearm are the only ones touching the ground. Hold this position for 20 seconds and then switch sides. Do 5 reps for each side.
Side Bend: Side bends work out both your love handles and core muscles. Stand up right with feet shoulder-width apart with a dumbbell in each hand. Bend to your left side, going as far as you can, then do the same to your right side. Make sure that you don't move your legs and that you contract your abs at the same time. Repeat alternating each side, with 10 bends on each side.
Twisted Crunches: You are probably familiar with crunches. Let us try this particular variation. Lie supine on the mat with your feet slightly apart. Bend your knees with your feet firmly planted on the floor. Raise your upper body. Make sure that your upper and middle backs are raised with the lower back on the floor. Next, twist your body to the left so that your right elbow touches your left knee. Then, twist your body to the right so that your left elbow touches your right knee. Do 15 reps or more to give your love handles a good workout.
Russian Leg Twist: Sit up straight right at the edge of a strong, sturdy chair. With your right toe planted on the floor and heel lifted, bend the left leg and hold it a few inches off from the floor. Cup the back of your head (make sure that your fingers are not laced together). Lean backward a few inches from your hips while at the same time contracting your abs. While maintaining your abs in a contracted state, twist your body so that your body to the right, with the left elbow directed toward the right knee. Go back to starting position and do the same with the left side.
Cardiovascular Exercises: It is not enough to just do the above mentioned exercises. You should also incorporate cardio exercises in order to burn away the fats in your love handles. Aerobic activities like jogging, cycling, treadmill workouts and martial arts will promote fat burning so that you lose your love hands.
These are just a few of the love handle exercises that have been found to be effective for women. Make sure that you combine these exercises with a great cardio workout, and you will soon see a significant reduction in your love handles.


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Lastyear, I had the opportunity to help senior citizens understand computers througha community service project. We showed them how to use Microsoft Word anddrawing/painting programs. We also helped them use the Internet; they had to findinformation on topics and copy and paste what they found into a word processingdocument. The seniors also learned how to set up a website. They all haveInternet access at home and can keep in touch with everyone in the class viaemail. At the end of the course, each senior had to send an email message tothree classmates. It was amazing how much they learned about computers and theInternet in only one month!
Community service helps those around you,while making you thankful for what you have and giving you a better appreciationof people in general. Working with the senior citizens made me realize how muchpatience I can have. It also made me feel good to help people. This project gaveme more appreciation for older people as well. I learned about how life was whenthey were growing up compared with today, which helped me understand why it is sohard for them to understand new things like computers for the first time. Ifeveryone would just do a little more to help those around them, the world wouldbe a much nicer place.
This piece has been published in Teen Ink's monthly print magazine.


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My family and I were among the lucky survivors of typhoon Morakot that hit my village in Namasia. It was at about 4pm on August 7 2009, while I was relaxing with my family at home when the first landslide occurred. I heard a thundering sound coming from outside. When I rushed outside I saw falling boulders and mudslides rolling toward my house. I lost no time in warning my family and we all rushed outside the house. There were many houses located above us in the mountain terrain and they were torn apart by falling rocks and mud.
My friend Bani who lives below my house was shouting at me. He said that he had water up to his waist in his house and any moment it might get fully submerged with water. My house was also hit by falling rocks and mud, but I had an iron gate which reduced the impact. But then, in front of my eyes my house was destroyed. I knew that we would risk our lives by staying there any longer, so we ran down to the church at the lowest part of the village.
On our way down we had to be careful of slippery terrain and avoid getting hit from falling rocks. By the time we reached the church we were totally exhausted. A lot of other villagers were gathered there and we felt safe, for a short time, in their company. But soon all the villagers assessed the situation and we felt that it was unsafe to remain in the church for much longer. Any moment it might be hit by boulders from above. We decided that we should try to reach a local elementary school located just outside the town. It would be much safer down there.
Namasia township was recently renamed from its original name San Ming. It has three villages: Min Chuan, Minzu and Minshen. We bundled in a vehicle and managed to reach the next village in Minzu. From the southernmost village of Minzu we drove along the Nantzuhsien River and crossed the river twice to reach Minshen village.
I had my brother and his family with us. My brother's wife Ebu was in the last stage of pregnancy, in utter distress and pain. The heavy downpour and strong wind created obstacles throughout our journey, such as dangerous potholes. I had seen many typhoons in the past, but sensed that this one was different and dangerous.
I had lived all my life in the mountains and the only time spent time outside Namasia, was my three-year stint as a paratrooper. I was used to being marooned without electricity, water and no contact with the outside world for days. The aboriginals from Namasia are very tough people and we are proud of it.
After reaching Minshen village we spent a night on the third floor of the township office building. I and my family could hardly sleep. Though there was a river some distance from our building, it was close to overflowing. We watched the swelling river, which was a swirling heap of mud, trees and boulders. My wife Na'u felt that our building was shuddering, we could hear 'bong bong" as boulders crashed against it. She and the kids were up the whole night in utter fear.
After spending a restless night our small group of tired refugees moved to other side of Minzu village. There we took shelter on the third floor of a friend's house, just above a church.
At about 10.50pm Minzu village slid from where the elementary school was situated, below to the lowest village. Everything happened in five seconds. There was no warning. Later I saw those who survived the horrifying mudslide – they were frantically searching through the debris and mud for their loved ones and relatives. About 27 bodies were recovered. The desperate villagers kept looking for beneath fallen boulders and debris, digging underneath the mudslide for two days. There was no let up in the torrential rain, wind and mudslides.
I was witness to an unfortunate incident. I saw a woman running down the street holding a baby in her arms. In no time she was swept away by a mudslide. I knew this woman and I regret deeply that I was helpless, unable to do anything to save her. The memory of that woman still keeps haunting me.
I realized that Minzu was very unsafe since it was cut off on both sides by the swelling rivers. I decided to shift my family up the mountain to a safer place in a flat area known locally as Ping Tai. There were other people with us. Making our way up the mountain was the most difficult task. The strong ones carried the weak on our backs. I carried my kids on my back and had to keep telling my wife to push on. It was matter of life and death for us.
On reaching Ping Tai we heaved a huge sigh of relief. We decided to stay there until help came to us, even though we were drenched and shivering. About 300 of us spent the nights in bitter cold. We were hungry as well because there was no food. On the fourth day of our ordeal the army managed to reach us and on August 14 we were flown out in a helicopter. My family and I were some of the lucky survivors among 3,000 residents of Namasiya, but I feel sad for those who lost their lives.
Now, my family and I are being housed in Fo Guang Monastery in Kaohsiung country. We are being taken good care of, but we worry because we have our house, have no money and face a bleak future.
• Biung was speaking to journalist Rajen Nair, with the help of a Taiwanese mediator Rich Matheson