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|Fan Hui in 2005
1. their achievement in writing a program upon the Deep Mind system able to defeat the French Fan Hui European GO champion, and
2. their sheer chutzpah for even suggesting that such a competition was fair.
How then are we to assess this notion of fairness in a match between human and machine?
Basically, I believe that to be fair, "thinking time" between human and the machine must be measured equivalent in Joules, not in elapsed time.
So I would very much like someone from Google to inform me regarding the number of Joules AlphaGO utilized in order to win this match. Human v. human competition is easily shown to be fair in this regard.
Fan Hui cannot be considered "defeated" until this matter is resolved.


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On average, homeowners will move at least 1 time within a 5 year span, according to the US Census Bureau. Does that surprise you? There are a many reasons why people move: additions to the family, empty nesters, retirement, health status, job relocation, or even just the thought that the grass is greener on the other side. The list goes on and on! Whether you are a homeowner itching for a change or foresee moving for any reason in the future, one of your goals is still the same–sell as soon as possible. Here's a list of features that will sweep buyers off their feet, so you can sell in no time:
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Kitchens can be expensive to remodel. Many buyers do not want to spend the money remodeling themselves.
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Waves of migrants made Galveston into Texas' Ellis Island
Coming to America via Galveston recalled
Waves of migrants turned it into Texas' Ellis Island
A.I. Schepps, his mother and seven siblings left Russia in 1913 on the steamship Chemnitz, bound for a new life in the United States.
But they never sailed through the shadow of the Statue of Liberty and never set foot on storied Ellis Island. Their immigrant journey took them farther south, through the Gulf of Mexico and into an island community still recovering from a devastating hurricane a decade earlier.
From there, the family traveled more than 250 miles north to Dallas, where Schepps' father and three other siblings were preparing to start the farm that would become one of the largest dairies in the nation.
Theirs is the quintessential immigrant success story — they arrived tired and poor, and their brood was likely a huddled mass — but it has a Texas twist: They were among an estimated 200,000 immigrants who came to America via the port of Galveston between 1865 and 1924.
That number, considered by some scholars a conservative estimate, puts Galveston among the 10 biggest immigrant ports of 19th- and 20th-century America.
"People do not think much about Galveston as a national port of entry to the United States," said Suzanne Seriff, curator of the Forgotten Gateway, a new exhibit that chronicles Galveston as a major port of entry for U.S. immigrants.
On display at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, the exhibit will come to Galveston's Moody Gardens in November.
"We are trying to add to our national history about a port that has largely been forgotten," Seriff said.
Like those who arrived via other ports of the time, those who came through Galveston were overwhelmingly European. During the late 19th century, they arrived from countries such as Germany and what was then Czechoslovakia. Later, they increasingly were from Italy or Greece.
As Galveston became more developed, some settled there as tailors and merchants. Others moved on to different states. Many branched out to other communities in Texas, establishing ethnic enclaves such as Fredericksburg and New Braunfels.
The roughly $1.5 million Forgotten Gateway exhibit tells this story through photographs, film footage and present-day accounts from hundreds of newcomers to the U.S. and the descendants of Galveston's first immigrants, including Schepps.
Schepps was 3 when his family arrived. After they reunited with his father in Dallas, Nathan Schepps immediately put his 11 children to work on a dairy farm. Schepps Dairy is now one of the largest plants in America.
Seated in his Bellaire living room last week, A.I. Schepps, now 99, recalled those early days in America.
He had difficulty learning English at his rural elementary school while his Russian Jewish parents spoke Yiddish at home. He translated for his parents, reading and writing letters when they could not. His mother was the only family member never to become a naturalized citizen.
In 1932, Schepps became the only one in his family to graduate from college. He earned a degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University.
Still, it was the Great Depression, and Schepps struggled to make ends meet, earning $75 per month at an engineering job. He moved to Houston to sell tobacco and candy to stores out of a truck.
By the late 1930s he was married and running the Schepps Grocery Co. downtown.
From 1940 to 1945, he served as a lieutenant colonel in World War II, earning a silver star. After the war, he returned to Houston to continue operating his wholesale grocery business until he retired in 1987.
Not every immigrant who arrived via Galveston shares Schepps's Horatio Alger success story.
Unlike Ellis Island, some of the people brought to Galveston's shores were slaves, according to Seriff, an anthropologist who teaches at the University of Texas. Slaves were brought from other Southern states and sold on the island.
Beginning in the late 19th century, immigrants were examined by medical examiners at the ports. Those who were found unfit could be sent back to their countries of origin, said David Denney, who co-directs the exhibit with Seriff.
The examiners would then write reports, some of which were filled with undisguised prejudice. Some of these letters are on display in the exhibit.
As the 19th century gave way to the 20th, Americans everywhere became increasingly xenophobic, Seriff said.
From at least the 1880s, legislators increasingly restricted citizenship. For example, Congress passed laws prohibiting citizenship for Chinese immigrants, many of whom were laborers. The Immigration Act of 1924 barred entry of the Japanese and other Asians; other laws prevented immigrants from owning land and other property.
Such laws persisted until the 1965 Immigration Act abolished national quotas.
Ambivalence toward new immigrants is a recurring pattern in America, evident in the contemporary debate about immigration, the Forgotten Gateway organizers said.
Americans typically are open to immigrants when the nation needs people or workers, Seriff said, but lash out once those needs are met. She noted that, though the United States was built largely on the strengths of immigrants, people have always been quick to complain of the newcomers: "They don't speak our language, and why don't they come here legally?"
The exhibit encourages visitors to share their thoughts and stories.
Said Seriff, "We want people to have an ongoing conversation with themselves, each other and their own past throughout the exhibit."


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Nov. 25, 2006: The New Zealand Herald—Toyota Calls for a Carbon Tax
Summary: "The idea of a carbon tax will have to be revisited if Prime Minister Helen Clarke's vision of a carbon-neutral country is to become a reality, according to Toyota New Zealand's executive chairman Bob Field.
He said that with all political parties now supporting sustainability, the carbon tax should be put back on the agenda. "Corrective and collective action is long overdue if we are serious about reducing carbon emissions." Field was speaking at the launch of the hybrid Lexus RX400h, the luxury petrol-electric all-wheel-drive sports utility vehicle, priced at $99,050. He said most New Zealanders recognised and supported the need to take action on climate change.
'The time could therefore be right for imposing a carbon tax at the same time as reducing company and personal income tax so the whole exercise would be fiscally neutral.'
Field and other executives in the automotive industry are pushing for a carbon tax at fuel pumps in an effort to coax buyers into more fuel-efficient vehicles."
An auto executive urging what would effectively be a tax on gas guzzlers? Yes, but only on the far side of the world, where islands being inundated by global warming's floodwaters are more visible.


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I am of two minds regarding the dance between pop culture and surf culture. Sometimes I feel only happy to be invited into the larger ballroom. I feel surfers, no matter how cool and awesome and tan and amazing, are cultural retards. Listening to the wrong music, wearing the wrong things, jumping on the right bandwagons but years too late. Like, have you seen the headlong rush to embrace indie café racing motorbike culture? Surfers would have been on trend had they rushed headlong a decade ago. Now it is just embarrassing. And so, when pop culture embraces any part of what we do I feel, "Good on us! Maybe we aren't so retarded after all!"
Sometimes, though, I watch Alana Blanchard star in a Sony cellphone commercial and I feel, "Please leave us alone, pop culture. Please please please leave us alone and in the corner, dancing with ourselves." I also feel, "This is the worst thing I have ever seen in my whole entire life." It really is. Every part of it, from the cheaply taped items onto Alana's surfboard to the way she jumps off the boat into the water to the "Hang ten" reference. It is all wrong and it is all horrible. It is not Alana's fault, to a point. Some geeky agency came up with the concept and rolled it out and it got ok'd down the line and Alana had nothing to do with it. Then again, she stars in it. So it is completely her fault. Alana and Laird are now in a race to the bottom. Winner gets to star in the next Arby's commercial.
On the floors of Tokyo
Down in London town's a go-go
With the record selection
And the mirror's reflection
I'm a-dancing with myself.
Oh, when there's no one else in sight
In the crowded, lonely night
Well, I wait so long for my love vibration
And I'm dancing with myself.
Oh, oh, oh dancing with myself
Oh, oh, oh dancing with myself
Well there's nothing to lose
And there's nothing to prove
And I'm dancing with myself
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Teh European Commission has launched the fifth edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators to award female entrepreneurs who have achieved outstanding innovations.
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Welcome to Villa-Cuesta Lab website. We would love to share with you a little of what we do here. Please contact us if you have any questions, comments or ideas.
In our lab we are interested in how genes and environment influence aging and disease. We use
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Control of mRNA translation as a mechanism of longevity regulation and disease homeostasis.
Control of mRNA translation can be viewed as a means of changing the cellular proteome, a process that can occur more rapidly than is typical for transcriptional control. This characteristic of control of protein translation will allow an organism to adapt promptly to changes in nutrition and it may situate control of protein translation as one of the first mechanisms of longevity regulation and health homeostasis.
Coordination between protein translation and cellular metabolism as a mechanism for physiological adaptation to nutrient deprivation.
We study how changes in the cellular proteome will lead to adjustments of cellular and organism metabolism that will ensure a healthy physiological adaptation to variations in nutrition. Our goal is to address a mechanistic relationship between metabolism, nutrition and protein translation.
We blend genetic, biochemistry and physiological approaches that will help us understand the fundamental processes of environmental effects on adult life span and health span.
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Dooley, J; Coombs J, Villa-Cuesta, E. 2013 Experimental techniques for concepts and methods in biology. Laboratory methods I. Linus Publications. ISBN: 1-60797-324-3.
Villa-Cuesta, E*; Boylan JM; Tatar, M; Gruppuso PA. 2011. Resveratrol inhibits protein translation in hepatic cells. PLoS ONE 6(12): e29513. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029513 * Corresponding author.
Villa-Cuesta, E 2011. Chapter selected for the book: Encyclopedia of Genetics Research (3 Volume Set). Nova Publisher. ISBN: 978-1-61324-093-9.
Villa-Cuesta, E*; Sage, B.T., Tatar, M. 2010. A role for Drosophila dFoxO and dFoxO 5'UTR internal ribosomal entry sites during fasting. PloS ONE. Jul 9;5(7):e11521* Corresponding author.
Villa-Cuesta, E. 2009. Regulation of gene expression during aging. Chapter of the book: Developmental gene expression regulation. Nova Publisher. ISBN: 978-1-60692-794-6. Invited publication.
Flatt, T; Min, K.J. , D'Alterio, C; Villa-Cuesta, E; Cumbers, J; Lehmann, R; Jones D.L; Tatar, M. 2008. Drosophila Germ Line Modulation of Insulin Signaling and Lifespan. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. Apr 29;105(17):6368-73.
Villa-Cuesta, E; González-Pérez, E; Modolell, J. 2007. Apposition of iroquois expressing and non-expressing cells leads to cell sorting and fold formation in the Drosophila imaginal wing disc. BMC Developmental Biology 7: 106.
Villa-Cuesta, E; Modolell, J. 2005. Mutual repression between msh and Iro-C is an essential component of the boundary between body wall and wing in Drosophila. Development 132(18):4087-96.
Villa-Cuesta, E; de Navascués, J., Ruiz-Gómez, M., Diez del Corral, R., Domínguez, M., de Celis, J.F., Modolell, J. 2003. Tufted is a gain-of-function allele that promotes ectopic expression of the proneural gene amos in Drosophila. Genetics 163: 1403-1412.
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- 1 lg. onion, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
- 1 garlic clove, minced
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"2017 Best Dressed" List Leaves Out Melania Trump… But Look Who IS Included
With each passing day, the fashion industry is becoming more and more biased against First Lady Melania Trump.
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This this is why Melania was absent in Vanity Fair's 2017 International Best-Dressed List, whereas former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama were featured for the third time in a row.
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#Snow on the way? Don't let that stop you; there's lots to do #outdoors this weekend! #SpringSkiing #Snowshoe #Running #Birding
In this edition: 1) Get lucky at the Lucky Leprechaun 5k in Mars Hill. 2) Get lucky again at Irish Fest in Presque Isle. 3) Triple your luck with free lift tickets in Edmundston, NB. Plus lots more! offugo…
Saturday, March 14
Aroostook Birders Duckbox Cleanout Day, Limestone
8:00 a.m. at Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters. Give back to the birds on this one-mile snowshoe hike and morning of conservation work. Clean out and prep duck boxes for the upcoming season. Bring snowshoes, water, snacks. Contact Bill Sheehan (207-227-7301) or email@example.com FMI
Saturday, March 14
After The Bell/Araya Wellness Lucky Leprechaun 5k, Mars Hill
Registration: 9:00 a.m. at Fort Street Elementary. Fee: $5/runner; $20/family. Contact Ryan Guerrette (207-425-6711) or email@example.com FMI
Saturday March 14
2nd Annual Perth-Andover Loppet, Perth-Andover, NB
Join us for a fun day on the community trails in Carlingford! Those that wish to race will be timed; medals to all participants. Registration: 1:00 p.m. Loppet start: 2:00 p.m. (all time Atlantic). Hope to see you there! Contact Perth-Andover Rec. Dept. (506-273-4845) FMI
Saturday, March 14
Thompson-Hamel Irish Fest, Presque Isle
1:00-7:00 p.m. at Nordic Heritage Center. Activities for all ages. Leprechaun Hunt with $1000 in prizes, Kids' Gold Dollar Hunt, snowshoe races, food, drinks, live band! Proceeds benefit Catholic Charities Farm for ME for the 2015 growing season. Visit www.facebook.com/events/621093624658002 FMI
*Saturday, March 14
Mont Farlagne Free Lift Ticket Night, Edmundston, NB
5:00 p.m. (Atlantic). Sponsored by Edmundston Toyota. Rentals only $5! Visit www.montfarlagne.com FMI
Saturday, March 14
Bigrock Winterfest Moon Light Snowshoe Hike, Mars Hill
6:00 p.m. Bring a headlamp or flashlight and join in on a guided 1-mile loop. Participants are encouraged to bring their own snowshoes; limited number of snowshoes available on a first come, first served basis. Contact Ryan Guerrette (207-425-6711) or email@example.com FMI
Sunday, March 15
Bigrock Invitational Youth Ski Race, Mars Hill
Registration: 8:00 a.m. Giant Slalom Race start: 10:00 a.m. Slalom Race start: 12:45 p.m. Awards: 2:30 p.m. Fee: $25; includes lift ticket; season pass holders, $15. Contact Ryan Guerrette (207-425-6711) or firstname.lastname@example.com FMI
Sunday, March 15
CompetitorME Triathlon 101, Presque Isle
2:30 p.m. at UMPI Campus Center. Now is the time to begin thinking, planning, preparing for TriAroostook in June! USA Triathlon Certified Coach/Race Director discusses triathlon topics. Parents of TriAroostook Kids athletes also invited. Free. Contact Jonathan Kelley firstname.lastname@example.com FMI
Tuesday, March 17
Caribou Rec. Take It Outside Series Adult Ice Fishing Trip, Madawaska Lake
Depart Caribou Rec. at 9:00 a.m.; return by 3:00 p.m. Fee: $25/ages 18-69; $20/ages 70 and up; includes transportation, ice traps, bait, ice auger, lakeside lunch, campfire. Bring folding chairs, warm clothes. Contact Neal Sleeper (207-493-4224) or email@example.com FMI
*Thursday, March 19
Aroostook Birders March Annual Meeting/Talk, Presque Isle
"Seabirds of Maine" presentation by Bill Sheehan; 6:30 p.m. At UMPI Campus Center. Maine is famous for diverse and abundant seabird life; learn about birds found along the coastline and on the open ocean. All are invited! Contact Bill Sheehan (207-227-7301) or email@example.com FMI
Friday, March 20-Sunday, March 22
Caribou Rec. Take It Outside Series Adult Ski Trip, Baxter State Park
Join us for a two-night trip to Katahdin Lake Wilderness Cabins, featuring a 13-mile round trip ski to Chimney Pond. Fee: $175; includes skis and trekking poles, cabin lodging, all meals (excluding first day lunch). Contact Neal Sleeper (207-493-4224) or email@example.com FMI
Saturday, March 21
Ashland Area XC Ski Club Family Fun Day, Ashland
10:00 a.m. at Chase's Ski Trails, 267 Garfield Rd. Self-guided family activities will include: ice cube hunt, snowshoeing, and ski trails to explore. Skis available for use. Contact Amanda Barker (207-712-8552) firstname.lastname@example.com FMI
Saturday, March 21
Acadia FCU Marathon, Madawaska
40k classic/skate race with cash prizes; 20k classic/skate race. Pasta meal with lots of raffle prizes for all skiers. Race start: 11:00 a.m. at Four Seasons Trails. Fee: $25/40k racers, $15/20k racers. Visit www.fourseasonstrail.org FMI
Saturday, March 21-Sunday, March 22
Presque Isle Fish and Game Club Sportsman's Show, Presque Isle
Kids' Trout Fishing Pond sponsored by L.L. Bean, Shooting Range, Bow Range, Video Hunting Game, Moose Calling Contest, hourly kids' door prizes! 75+ exhibitors from Maine, New Brunswick, Labrador, Quebec, New England. Fee: $5. Visit Presque Isle Fish and Game Club www.PIFG.org FMI
Tuesday, March 24
Caribou Rec. Take It Outside Series Adult Snowshoe Adventure, Caribou
Join us for a snowshoe adventure at Caribou High School Ski Trails. Fee: $20; includes snowshoes, trekking poles, instruction, hot dog roast. Depart Caribou Rec. Center at 10:00 a.m.; return by 3:00 p.m. Contact Neal Sleeper (207-493-4224) or firstname.lastname@example.com FMI
Thursday, March 26
UMPI Science Seminar Series, Presque Isle
12:15-1:30 p.m.; 201 Folsom Hall, featuring research conducted by UMPI students, faculty, other scientists. Wildlife Biologist Derek Woods presents Conservation of Wood Turtles from Maine to Virginia: A Coordinated Regional Approach. Contact Dr. Jason Johnston (207-768-9652) or firstname.lastname@example.com FMI
Friday, March 27-Sunday, March 29
Caribou Rec. Take It Outside Series Adult Winter Adventure, Spider Lake
Activities: ice fishing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or simply relaxing and enjoying a nice warm cabin in the woods. Fee: $150; includes transportation, fishing license, food, lodging, necessary equipment. Contact Neal Sleeper (207-493-4224) or email@example.com FMI
*Sunday, March 29
Lonesome Pine Trails Kids' Day, Fort Kent
A day filled with fun and games for kids, beginning at 12:00 p.m. Hot dog roast, face painting, scavenger hunt, and more; lots of fun for everyone! This is a free event. Visit www.lonesomepines.org FMI
*Monday, March 30-Friday, April 3
UMPI Outing Club Youth Rock Climbing Clinic, Presque Isle
3:00-5:00 p.m. at Gentile Hall. For students currently in grades 5-9; learn climbing/belaying terminology and techniques. Climbers receive Junior Belay Certification, photo DVD, climbing journal/log, Fee: $100. Contact Vitoria or Jean Pierre (207-200-3596) or firstname.lastname@example.com FMI
Tuesday, March 31
Caribou Rec. Take It Outside Series Adult XC Ski Adventure, Caribou
The Caribou Ski Trails at Caribou County Club boast a wilderness experience right in our backyard. Trip includes a hot bowl of chowder and finger sandwiches on the trail. Fee: $20; includes equipment, transportation. Contact Neal Sleeper (207-493-4224) or email@example.com FMI
*Saturday, April 11
34th Annual UMPI Spring Runoff 5k Road Race, Presque Isle
Fundraiser for UMPI Cross Country running programs. Run as an individual or 3-person relay team. Walk start: 9:30 a.m. Race start: 10:00 a.m. Contact Chris Smith (207-768-9472) or firstname.lastname@example.com FMI
*Tuesday, April 14
Caribou Rec. Take It Outside Series Adult Deer Yard/Greenhouse Tour, Caribou
Travel with Wildlife Biologist Rich Hoppe to learn what it takes to manage deer. Visit a greenhouse to learn about gardening; design and plant your own outdoor flower pot. Fee: $30; includes lunch and transportation. Contact Neal Sleeper (207-493-4224) or firstname.lastname@example.com FMI
*Saturday, April 18
CompetitorME Autism Challenge, Presque Isle
Registration: 9:00 a.m. 1-mile Kids' Fun Run start: 9:30 a.m. 5k Run/Walk start: 10:00 a.m.; fully supported race with awards. Fee: $20/adult, $10/18 and under, FREE/Kids' Fun Run entries. Proceeds benefit Aroostook Autism Support Group. Contact Jonathan Kelley email@example.com FMI
*Saturday, April 18
Team Berry Sisters 1st Annual 5k Run/Walk for MS, Island Falls
Join us to raise funds and awareness for MS. If 5k is too much, take the 1-mile route! Registration: 8:00 a.m. at Island Falls Municipal Building. Run/Walk start: 10:00 a.m. Snacks and entertainment at finish line. Contact Team Berry Sisters (207-949-6968) or email@example.com FMI
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Sunday Saunter Running Group, Presque Isle
Sundays; 10:00 a.m. at UMPI's Gentile Hall. Open to all abilities; be ready for an easy run of 30-45 minutes, and bring friends! Contact Jonathan Kelley firstname.lastname@example.com FMI
10th Mountain Outdoor Club Jalbert Pee Wee Biathlon Program, Fort Kent
Tuesdays; 4:00 p.m. at Fort Kent Outdoor Center. Open to youth ages 9 and under. Kids will learn basic skate skiing skills, go on ski adventures, and play LOTS of games! Cost: FREE! Contact Gail Johnson email@example.com FMI
10th Mountain Outdoor Club Jalbert Youth Biathlon Program, Fort Kent
Tuesdays; 6:00 p.m. at Fort Kent Outdoor Center. Open to youth ages 10-14; roller skiing, rifle shooting, trail running, and LOTS of games! Cost: FREE! Contact Gail email@example.com FMI
Valley Outdoor Centre Wednesday Night Skiing, Centreville, NB
Wednesdays; 7:00-7:45 p.m. (Atlantic) at Valley Outdoor Centre on Upton Rd. Ski from the lodge, as far or as little as you like, at your own pace; return to warm beverages, snacks, and a fire. Bring headlamp. Fee: $5; for snacks, beverages, fire pit, door prizes. Visit www.valleyoutdoor.ca FMI
River Valley Runners Saturday Fun Run, Woodstock, NB
Saturdays; 8:30 a.m. (Atlantic) at Carleton Civic Centre, 105 Connell Park Rd. Meet in main/front parking lot of Civic Centre. Hope to see many runners out; spring is coming soon. Visit www.facebook.com/groups/rvrunnersnb FMI
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There are things in life that scare me. Like, for instance, when you're sitting in a doctor's office for a regular checkup and you're asked to remove all of your clothes, but remember you wore your unforgivably ugly underwear because it's laundry day, and you make a panicked mental reminder to find a new doctor because, clearly, you can't face this one again.
But also diet things. Like, any and all diet things. I think we can thank the '80s for most things "diet" and "lite", as well as for acid wash denim and the surge of needlessly long guitar solos that make most songs too awkward for karaoke.
My defenses against these fears are, first, keep a healthy stock of doctor-friendly underwear, and second, combat the diet fad by making my junk food the way the food gods intended: full fat, full flavor, no shame.
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Number 2. She started last but even with a car killing wreck she didn't finish last.
Number 3. She didn't scream and cry as I would have done after getting wrecked and
Number 4. Her pit stop place (not sure the fancy racing lingo lol) had a tongue stuck out face on it.
Yup it was my first racing experience and honestly I really enjoyed myself. I saw some interesting people
- Fat men should never go topless.....EVER
2. Santa Clause LOVES NASCAR
3. While I think cowgirl boots and a dress looks cute is it really race appropriate? It looked seriously uncomfy.
Greg found his new guitar
Doug (Greg's brother) found his next girlfriend lol
Danica who just happened to get stopped post wreck in front of us
Kevin Harvick because he's HOT and one of his sponsors is Holley Carbs
I was lucky that the people in front of us didn't show up so my feet at its own foot stool
Because I am a good Blog friend I took this picture for Stephanie
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Sleeping in the guest roomLife in CessyPosted by Rocky Tue, October 16, 2007 17:37:12
Sometimes when I sleep, I like to sleep on my back with my legs in the air. Who doesn't???
I also sometimes stretch my leegs in my sleep.
Yawn...what is this is somebody taking photos of me??
Sometimes when I sleep, I have my tongue sticking out just a little bit....ahhhh, I am tired! I think I will take another nap!
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They've been sending care packages for the past 14 years. There's no cost to our military or their families. Now, they are funding effective Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for brain injured troops and veterans. GREAT, unselfish organization!!!!
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This organization deserves recognition as being top notch. They NEVER say no to any troop or Veteran. They are amazing!!
I am very excited to know there are such great people and such a great organization out there to go to such lengths to support soldiers! As a vet that has suffered a TBI (non-service related) I am so excited to have spoke with Karen and learned of the steps being taken to provide help for those of us that have suffered the lasting effects of brain injury.
My name is Melanie Elliott from Kensington Kansas. I have volunteered with the HUGS Project for several years. I live several hours away from their headquarters and at our location we make "cup"cake mixes for their Christmas package project.
Everyone I have met, either in person or online. is passionate about troop support. Karen and Ray Stark have been awesome cheerleaders for their organization and go above and beyond for our nation's military personnel. Is it organized chaos sometimes? Oh my yes, but no matter what come up, what happens to derail the best laid plans, they keep everyone excited about the job at hand. I am honored to have been a part of this group since 2005
I have volunteered with this organization for several years now. It does a fabulous job in support of our troops. All donations of cash and products goes to our men and women who serve, none of the money goes toward salaries as everyone is truly a volunteer.
I've been connected to The Hugs Project since 2004. Everyone volunteers and not penny is spent on anything but items for the troops and postage. The Oklahoma group is so very organized and energized to provide comfort for out military men and women. Scattered across the United States are several smaller groups and individuals making cool ties, travel pillows, quilts and other items to send to our troops. The Hugs Project is by far the best support group there is.
I have worked with Hugs for more than 5 years. They are caring, compassionate people who truly do love our military. Wish there were more like them.
They do what they say they will. They do it when they say they will. I think they are aces!!
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When I served in the Navy during Desert Shield and Storm, care packages were the best part of ANY day. That hasn't changed.
We are making a difference in the quality of American lives and it feels good. Come join us.
Simply STELLAR!!!
This group of patriotic folks work without pay to make sure our military's needs are met. They improve morale regardless of what state or branch the young man or woman is from or with. Kudos to The Hugs Project,
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My son and his whole bunch of battle buddies knew someone back home cared because of the wonderful volunteers at The Hugs Project. None of them get paid to do what they do, they just want our troops to be well taken care of and to feel loved. How can it get any better? It can't. Thank you all.
I have never volunteered for a better group of people than The Hugs Project. Their goal is to help those serving in harm's way know they are loved by those back home. While volunteering we pack more needed items in one box than I thought was ever possible. People spend hours making homemade items that will give our troops items they need and a little piece of home. The cool ties, "hugs around the neck", really do help in times of extreme heat and we have heard back reports of how they have saved lives. No one serving in this group receives a paycheck so all donations go straight into sending items to our military. Ray and Karen Stark, the founders, go above and beyond anyone I have ever seen to give of their time to make sure our men and women serving our country know that we care and love them. I am so glad our paths crossed so I could join in serving our troops as well.
I had an amazing time volunteering for HUGS PROJECT! They have so much to help send overseas to our military and what a blessing to give back to those who fight for us everyday. Love this project and the people that daily devote their time to it! What a blessing right here in Oklahoma!
Simply the best. Their love of God and country shine through.
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The Hugs Project supported me and my guys through a couple of tours too. You can't find a better organization. They are aces!!!
I love working with the Hugs Project. I enjoy hearing the stories of the men and women who receive the packages and how much they love the items in them. The Hugs Project uses everything that is donated to them. This is a great organization made up entirely of volunteers who work from the heart, not for a paycheck.
I started volunteering for The Hugs Project in 2006. This year we assembled care packages to send to the troops! It is a very organized and fun group to be a part of!!
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In 2006, when my son joined the Army National Guard, I started looking for an organization for which I could actually do something based around my work schedule. I came across The Hugs Project and the pattern for the "hugs" (cool ties). Since I can sew, I knew this was the organization for me! I could make these on my own time and then simply ship the "hug" to them.That was 6 years ago and I am still doing it, despite being remarried (to a former Navy member) and moving out of state! I love this organization!!!
There is no stronger support group for our troops and veterans than the Hugs Project! I have volunteered in various capacities for years and have learned that no donations are wasted. All money goes to our troops. Karen, Ray, and all the loyal volunteers love our military, and it shows in all that they have done and continue to do for our service members. You may help support this fine organization no matter your age or your financial standing. Everyone can have a part in uplifting and encouraging our troops by investing your time, talents, &/or treasures.
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The Hugs Project has faithfully supported our deployed troops for years and now they also aid those who have returned with brain injury/PTSD by helping them secure Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Fantastic group - best return for donations of money and time that I have seen!
This is a great organization. All donations go to help the troops. No one earns a salary! My mom and I have made cookies, hugs, bracelets, dog leashes and so many other things. We've also collected donations like soap, shampoo, coffee, tea, condiments. This organization has helped me help our men and women serving this great country. I've been a volunteer for many years and plan to continue for many more. Everyone who works there makes you feel loved and respected.
Hearing the stories from the men and women who receive the care packages and how much we are helping them feel appreciated makes it all worthwhile. You couldn't ask for a better organization to help. Everything that comes in is used in someway to further the cause. Volunteer or donate today!
The Hugs Project is a truly unique nonprofit, benefitting troops and their families and also volunteers who become friends through working with this group. There are no words for those who lead this nonprofit, for their dedication and loyalty to the troops, and their willingness to donate time, time, and more time. Oklahoma City is a better place because of The Hugs Project.
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The Hugs Project is a super non-profit with a great, dedicated group of volunteers. I am so proud to have The Hugs Project as a local group to which we can donate. What a special service this organization offers to our troops and veterans.
I personally know The Hugs Project and what they do for our military men and women. My Mom and I have donated food items and fabric and sewn for The Hugs Project for our men and women. This organization LOVES our military and goes above and beyond. I will continue to do whatever I can to support them.
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I have been a member of The Hugs Project Oklahoma City for the past few years. Due to health problems, I have not been able to participate except through donations of fabric to make Cool Ties (Hugs) and other items to put in the Care Packages to send to our Military men and women. When I had family members serving overseas, The Hugs Project made sure they received a Care Package. They work very hard and are very dedicated to our Military men and women.
As a 4-H leader, I am constantly searching for community service projects for the kids to participate in. Karen and Ray Stark are such sweet people who work with the kids and never let us leave without Karen visiting with them about her 4-H career. Coming from a military family, I am more than eager to support our service men and women. It gives me pride to know that a box we packed was sent and received by very grateful military personnel. I know that a small gesture on our part helped make a person far from home a little bit brighter! I highly recommend everyone to take a few hours to volunteer at The Hugs Project in support of our military!
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I have been working with the Hugs Project & Karen Stark for years through my 4-H Club. She never fails to tell her story to the members and it just seems to hit home with many of them! Being able to send a little bit of love from home to our men and women stationed so far from home is the least we can do! The Hugs Project in Oklahoma is a wonderful organization that never says "no"! Through the countless hours and volunteers, Karen tries to ensure that every Oklahoman stationed abroad has a care package which shows her passion for our military! The need for care packages are not as many as in the past, but the donors, volunteers and staff continue with the mission. If you are looking for a great organization to donate to whether, it be monetary; time or products; you will not be turned away!!
My husband and I donated 144 baseballs to the Hugs Project a couple of years ago - it was great! They tucked one in each of 144 care packages going to Iraq and Afghanistan. We were so glad to be able to help.
I've been supporting the Hugs Project for many years. I love the fact that supporting our troops with care packages is a priority, as well as supporting those troops who have returned home and need help with PTSD (The Hugs Project provides the oxygen for The Patriot Clinics.). Knowing that my donations are being used so wisely makes giving easy!
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The Hugs Project is a 100% volunteer organization sending care packages to our beloved troops. No one takes a salary at The Hugs Project, which sends about 100 packages a week and over 5,000 at Christmas. Each box contains "hugs," cooling neckties, which are hand made (over 1 million have been sent so far) and many items which are hard for our troops to get. Our troops deserve the thanks of a grateful nation, and The Hugs Project is trying to show our soldiers just how important they are to our freedom!


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MRI scans for suspected prostate cancer could improve diagnosis
A recent study published in the Lancet has shown that using MRI scans to detect prostate cancer may save unnecessary biopsies and also pick up aggressive cancers which need treatment. At the moment, biopsies are taken randomly which may mean that the cancer is missed. More importantly, it will avoid unnecessary invasive procedures which can have lasting effects whether or not cancer is diagnosed.
Here you will find the full article taken from Cancer Research UK:
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-u ... -diagnosis
And here is the link to the Lancet Report entitled Diagnostic accuracy of multi-parametric MRI and TRUS biopsy in prostate cancer (PROMIS): a paired validating confirmatory study:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lance ... 1/abstract
Improved diagnosis through MRI scanning
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The Bay Area might be playing host for the Super Bowl, but apparently it's not one of the best regions for football lovers to call home, according to a study published by Wallet Hub.
The study, which used metrics such as the prevalence of sports bars, die-hard fans and team performance to determine the "best football cities," excluded Bay Area cities within its top 10 list.
Santa Clara County's Stanford took the top spot among all cities in the Bay Area, sitting at number 20.
Meanwhile, San Francisco was docked for its high ticket prices and ended up in the 21st slot. In the study's cost analysis, the study looked at the average ticket price for an NFL game, accessibility of NFL stadiums and popularity.
"At a cost of $641, the San Francisco 49ers now have the highest estimated price in the NFL for a family of four to attend a game," ESPN reported last year.
But the biggest blow, by far, was dealt to the Oakland Raiders
Sadly for fans, Oakland squeezed in at number 39, and the Raiders were rated among the "worst performing NFL teams."
It gets worse after that. No other Bay Area city managed to crack the top 150. Ouch!
At least the Bay Area can claim to have a basketball team with national -- and presidential! -- adoration.


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It's not the most fun place to clean, but you still want your bathroom to be spotless. Unfortunately, it's also one of the toughest spots in the house to scrub down and keep sparkling. We know a few things about the process, and have the inside track on how to do it right, from the toilets to the floors. Just in time for all your spring cleaning needs, here are how-tos, tutorials, tips and lessons to help you clean your bathroom from top to bottom.


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The Seven Network will consider pushing for simultaneous broadcasting times between Australia and the United States to combat online piracy, according to director Ryan Stokes.
Speaking at the Broadband and Beyond 2010 conference in Sydney, Stokes said the media giant would consider screening US television content in Australia as and when it was screened in the US in an effort to stop pirates from illegally downloading content before it was screened domestically.
Typically, television content broadcast in the US can be delayed from screening in Australia by days, weeks, months or a year or more.
It follows last week's defeat of a legal case by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) – of which Seven is a member – against a Perth-based Internet Service Provider (ISP) iiNet.
Prior to the ruling speculation was been rife on how the decision would impact the ISP industry and copyright legislation. While Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was reticent on whether new laws or legislation amendments will follow the decision.
Also speaking at the conference, Google Australia engineering director Alan Noble said the disruptive characterstic of the Internet was killing traditional content models.
"The internet breaks the idea of scarcity... mp3s have decimated CDs," Noble said. "The Internet is both a disruptive force good and bad, but interesting."
Computerworld yesterday revealed Exetel will stop blocking customer accounts linked to copyright infringement as a result of last week's failed lawsuit against iiNet.
After five years, the company will by the end of the month stop blocking accounts of customers accused of copyright breaches by organisations such as The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT).
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Lori: Well Beth returned this week in what was possibly the rapiest episode of ANY show on TV. Literally no one got raped during the course of the show, but it still had that 'wow, these dudes are rapey' vibe going on.
Hospital de la creep vibes, which is what this episode should have been called, opened very much in the same was that Episode 1 of Season 1 opened. With Beth waking up after being passed out for a certain amount of time. How much time, we don't know. But she's there for a while as the episode completely catches up the two timelines.
Lindsay: It seemed to me that it was a whole new hierarchy for Beth to learn. Here, the cops are the only ones with any power, lording it over their wards, the poor shmucks who have been "rescued" from the rotters. The most ominous of lines being when the head cop, Dawn, says to Beth "We rescued you. Now you owe us".
"They think I'm weak," Noah tells Beth. "They don't know shit about me, about what I am. About what you are."
Elyse: I was really sure that Beth wouldn't be able to survive in this group let alone adapt, she hasn't had to do anything like this before. Being isolated on the farm and all, ya know?
Lori: Beth's return meant singing. Or rather humming. And boy am I glad she didn't exercise her chops. All kidding aside, I can't stand Emily Kinney's singing voice.
Elyse: You know I actually like her singing! (And Lauren Cohan's in this song) Hold On is my favorite but that isn't on Spotify.
Lori: You know I'm not playing that right?
Lindsay: I thought it was really interesting to see the differences, but also the similarities between the two groups. Like, when the dr tells Beth "Everyone has a job." How many times have we had to listen to Hershel or Beth say that?! I'm sure this isn't quite what they meant though.
Lori: The real meat of the episode came in the final minutes. I got to tell ya. I struggled to get through this one. I, mean, until the final 5 minutes, the highlight of the show was identifying Noah as the actor who played a young Chris Rock in 'Everyone Hates Chris'.
Elyse: Hahaha. Right? When you told me that I was like BINGO! That's where I recognize that face from.
Lindsay: Ahhhh! THAT'S where I know him from! Thanks for clearing that up. 😛
Overall, I liked the episode. It was nice to be introduced to a whole new crew of characters to be used as zombie chow. It means we can have a lot of gory deaths without sacrificing our favorite characters! Yay! 😀
Lori: Elyse got her wish. Beth did grow some balls. And it's about damn time. If they're gonna keep her around at least make her useful.
Elyse: Yes, I was finally impressed that Beth put her big girl panties on!
Lindsay: And then there was that scene at the end, where Beth is holding those scissors like she intends to use them! Who was she going to stab with them? It looked like the dr, but maybe it's just me.
Elyse: I definitely think it was going to be the Dr. Beth felt betrayed, he got in nice and cozy with her and then had her kill the Oncologist for him.
Lindsay: So now we have to address the speculation. Carol. Was the there on purpose as a rescue mission? Or was she "rescued" by the cops just like everyone else?
And since Carol and Beth are both here… who's back at the church with Daryl? Some people think it's Morgan or maybe Noah. Honestly, I would love it if Noah were to joint he cast for a while. His character seemed like a decent guy (excluding the fact that he totally abandoned Beth to the cops and rotters).
Elyse: I think it's gonna be a bit before Morgan catches up with the crew, Nicotero pointed out that when Morgan got to the Terminus sign that between the over grown vines and the sign carved into the tree it meant quite a bit of time had passed since Rick's group had been through. I think it was Noah. The look on Daryl's face said it all for me, I knew something had happened to Carol. So now Daryl knows where these rapey whack jobs took Beth and Carol and he can go back for some backup!
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Run the Experiments (16) - Caught in the Act
(September 11th, 2017) Here's a new episode of Lab Times' serialised crime story.
On her way to the office, Charlotte tried to expunge all suspicious thoughts from her mind. She was sure Marcus was just looking for a quiet place to relax. Perhaps he didn't feel well? The sun, the wine – even Charlotte was feeling a little giddy. She could get him some water. Yes, that was a good idea. Taking a glass from the kitchen and filling it up with refreshing cold water, she headed off to her office. Maybe he was already dehydrated?
With a dynamic push, she flung the office door open and promptly dropped the glass. Water cascaded over the floor and she didn't register the glass smashing as it hit the ground. Marcus, far from being sick and tired, was busy rifling through her belongings. Her bag was wide open, several items had fallen out onto the floor. Her desk was all messed up.
Shocked by her sudden and unexpected appearance, Marcus froze on the spot, turning pale-faced. Now, he did look very sick, indeed.
"Marcus, what the....!?!"
His mouth was open but he just stared at her dumbfounded.
"What are you doing? Explain yourself!" she cried, aghast.
Some quiet incomprehensible syllables came out of his mouth.
"I cannot believe you're doing this. After all we've been through together," Charlotte's astonishment was turning to anger.
"I, I, I know," Marcus finally stammered – ridden with guilt. "I...I had no other choice."
"Oh please! What is that supposed to mean?"
In his right hand, Charlotte noticed something shiny glint in the light as he was trying, unsuccessfully, to hide it behind his back.
To be continued...
Kathleen Gransalke & Alison Blewitt
Read episode 15 here.
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Home of Wheaton Bible Church's Quarterly Magazine
At 9:45 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012, the second worship service at Wheaton Bible Church was just beginning. A few miles down the road at Timber Lake apartments, Juana and Jose rangel were asleep in their third-floor apartment, having worked the graveyard shift the night before.
Their son, ten-year-old Christopher, heard the baby crying and woke his mother, Juana, to feed him. As Christopher left his parents' room, he heard screaming and shouting, "Fire!" he ran to the balcony, expecting to see a fire in the distance. Instead, he was shocked to see that the balcony adjacent to his own was ablaze.
Terrified that his home was about to blow up as fire met gas, Christopher pounded on his mother's door, screaming, "The building is on fire!" he then ran out the door.
Juana, still half asleep, did not believe there was really a fire but came out to see where her son had gone. She opened her apartment door and called, "where are you, Christopher?"
When she heard sounds in the hallway and noticed a bad smell, she reconsidered. Coming back into her apartment, Juana grabbed her baby and woke her husband, Jose.
Already the hallway was full of smoke. "I covered my baby, and I ran," she said. In the hallway, she met police and firefighters, who urged her to move quickly.
When she found ten-year-old Christopher outside, she noticed he was barefoot. "Where are your shoes?" she asked.
"I saw fire, so I ran!" he responded.
Together they went around the building and saw that their windows were overtaken by fire. To keep the baby warm, they went into the management office but continued to watch as their home burned.
"I was in shock," Juana said. " As I saw how my apartment was burning, I was crying and crying. " Juana, who is diabetic, literally did go into shock and was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Meanwhile, L. Susan Drennan and her boyfriend, Gary were watching television when they heard loud knocking and yelling about fire and gas. They quickly grabbed their winter coats, and Gary ran outside with them while Susan took a split second to think.
"Standing in my living room, I was thinking, I have three to four minutes to get out. I knew if I could ever come back in, it wouldn't be the same."
The Devastation
She grabbed her purse, her laptop, and clothes for work. As she ran down the stairs, she passed the firefighters running up.
Twenty-six families—90 people, including 36 children—lost their homes that day.
The damage was extensive. The fire destroyed all the units in the building; most of the contents were considered a total loss. The following hours and days were critical for the nearly one hundred people, who were displaced, in shock, and grieving.
The Response
Those affected were quickly surrounded by members of the fire and police departments, representatives of Timber Lake management (Northridge holdings), volunteers and staff from Wheaton Bible Church and Iglesia del Pueblo, the Puente del Pueblo team, staff from Outreach Community Center, and Red Cross workers. Representatives of the city of West Chicago, DuPage county, and School district 33 were also involved.
Together they worked to provide for the most immediate needs. The evening of the fire, all families affected by it had a safe place to stay, either with friends and family or in a local motel, paid for by the Red Cross and arranged by Northridge holdings.
The next day, the relief teams had delivered basic provisions to each family, and Timber Lake had arranged for most of the families to lease a new apartment in the complex. Puente del Pueblo, WBC's onsite initiative at Timber Lake, began assessing specific longer-term needs, including furniture and document replacement.
The people of Wheaton Bible Church and others in the community responded with an outpouring of donations, and a "store" was set up in the community center, where residents could "shop" for the items that would most meet their individual needs. Over 50 volunteers from Wheaton Bible Church and Iglesia del Pueblo responded to assist.
One of Puente's roles in the days after the fire was to facilitate effective communication between the fire victims and the various agencies and departments offering assistance. Meetings were held to provide meals and to discuss the actions being taken and expectations for the coming days.
One of the most pressing questions the nearly one hundred displaced residents had was whether or not they would be allowed access to their apartments to retrieve any belongings that had survived. Many people didn't have their wallets, car keys, important papers, daily medications, or shoes.
Susan recalls the level of anxiety and uncertainty residents felt during the meetings as they discussed the possibility of reentry. "If you haven't been through something like this before, you don't realize that there's no guarantee you can get into the building to retrieve your things—the things that make up your life."
For many of the victims, language was a barrier, which added to their vulnerability and made communication more difficult. Also, many were recent immigrants who relied on cash and paper documents kept in their homes.
A Brief Reentry
Nearly a week later, the residents were allowed two opportunities to enter the devastated building. For thirty minutes on Friday and two hours on Saturday, volunteers from Puente del Pueblo assisted residents as they quickly and carefully retrieved what they could.
"You aren't really prepared for a fire-recovery situation," Susan said. " There was plywood on the windows and doors, so even in the daytime we had to go in with flashlights. Everything was very damp, musty, and smoky. Everything that wasn't burned had smoke or water damage."
Susan remembers feeling like part of a hazmat team, wearing several layers of clothes to stay warm and carrying plastic tubs and boxes. The help from Carlos, the Puente volunteer who accompanied her, was invaluable, she says.
"We prepared this and that and he took them downstairs, so I didn't have to spend time coming and going. Honestly, I couldn't have done it without him. Later I found out that he helped a family on the third floor as well. That is remarkable, because that wasn't easy."
An hour into the work, it started to rain. Because of the damage to the building, the water came right in on top of them. Susan recalls how strange and surreal that day was—yet how helpful and friendly the residents and volunteers were to one another.
"It was neighbor helping neighbor," she said. "Many times in my life I have helped other people, but that day I found myself accepting help from others.
In my case, this was twenty years of the stuff you call your life. Seeing it destroyed and sorting through the remains in such a short time—that's a tough concept to grasp."
As difficult as that experience was, leaving the building that day was even harder, Susan says. "You know that recovery is over and what you were able to salvage is all you'll have."
Because they were so close to the fire's point of origin, the Rangel family lost nearly everything. " Our place was totally destroyed. The walls fell down to the first floor, the bedroom walls fell onto our beds." They were able to salvage one good set of pots and a few dishes but lost all their papers. Their eldest son had been in the process of an important immigration application; he had finished all his paperwork but had not yet submitted the files. All that effort went up in the blaze, as did their cash—what they had saved for the next month's rent as well as money they planned to send to family in Mexico. Furthermore, their son works in landscaping, and his work season had ended just before the fire, so he won't have a chance to earn the money necessary to reenter the application process for many months.
"You can live through tragedy," Jose said as he reflected on these losses, "but in your heart or mind is the thought Why did this happen?"
As the fire was burning, Jose's first thought was How can we stop the fire from destroying everything?
"It is a big tragedy," he says, looking back. "I was surprised, afraid, for my children and for us. My children were so scared, crying, astonished. We think God put this in our way to teach us to be prepared. It is not easy for us, but we have to accept what God gives us. After this experience we hope it will not happen again, but only God is sovereign, and he knows."
Trying to adjust to a new normal is challenging. Although most people's new apartments have the same floor plan as their previous ones, don't feel yet like home and they are almost empty instead of full.
Susan says she and Gary are living life with more gratitude now and that the experience has enlarged their perspective. "Families with kids are hugging them more closely now. You think something like this is going to happen to someone else. For weeks before the fire, we were watching hurricane Sandy coverage on television. We had no idea we were about to join them. Now I realize you have to ask yourself What would you take with you? once the door closes you don't always get to come back in. The most important take away for me was those three-to-four minutes. I had no idea."
Susan affirms that the most important thing is that everyone was safe and no lives were lost. On the other hand, she says, rebuilding your life takes time and money, and timely, sensitive help is so needed. She believes that in this respect she and her neighbors were very fortunate, pointing out that it really did take a village to get this job done.
"It was such a tremendous effort between Wheaton Bible Church, Puente del Pueblo, and the Timber Lake management office. They coordinated their efforts for the families who really needed assistance."
Right after the fire, she said, "we were all the same, sitting with what we had with us—and that's all. It didn't matter what backgrounds we had. Puente was the arm of WBC, and together with the Timber Lake management office went above and beyond in getting us to a motel for the first night and then into new apartments and they fought to give us extra time to retrieve our things from our homes."
"Seeing this experience unfold gave us a compelling reason to attend Wheaton Bible Church" said Susan. She and her boyfriend had not attended before the fire but now attend the worship Service and have visited several of the adult communities.
She adds, "It is important for the Wheaton Bible Church community to know the value of what they did. You mobilized quickly to do a huge job. The leadership said what they needed and the people of the church did what they could. It meant a lot to the families. It meant a lot to us. Sometimes important things go unsaid, but it is important to know we appreciated it. You treated us like family—with a "warm hug" level of involvement."
She was amazed by people like Carlos who came out on a Saturday morning to help strangers they had never met before—and said they were happy to do it.
"They didn't do it for the credit but for God," she added. "That's why we decided to go to Wheaton Bible Church. It was amazing and if an English Bible study starts up in the clubhouse, we'll be there."
The impact of Christ's body working together was felt not only by those who lost their homes but also by the other agencies that responded. A Red Cross staffer came up to Matthew McNeil, director of Puente del Pueblo, the night after the incident and said, "This is amazing. You guys are a church? We never see this kind of response. It is so fantastic, the way you are responding to this crisis."
Later, a public-relations representative for the DuPage county office of homeland Security and emergency Management also approached Matthew to share how astonished everyone was to see a church and social-service agency (Puente del Pueblo and Outreach Community Ministries) working together so effectively.
Juana Rangel also gives thanks to the community that pitched in to help the people who lost their homes, "especially Puente del Pueblo, the Red Cross, Timber Lake management. I really am grateful. Everything I have now is because of their provision.
"In the beginning," Juana said, "I felt sorry for myself because I had lost my things. But now I think God permitted this in my life because he had something better. I have received much blessing—from friends, from people in my company, but more from this community. I can see clearly who is with me and who is not with me. After this, I cannot see smoke or even steam in the kitchen without fear. But this will eventually go away. We give thanks to God that we still have life.
"Many have helped us at Puente del Pueblo so we are not left alone with nothing. Thank you for your company during this and for telling our story. We are grateful to have life."


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Walter and Wesely McGee
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Hi Mary,
I can not recall if I answer your question or not but you are on the money but off a bit.I had to go back over thing because remeber you are talking about my great and I am only 42. Walter was my maternal greatuncle,he was 20 1/8 in bld and number 3015. Nancy was my greataunt she was 18 1/8 in blood and her roll # is 3016. Clarence Sr. was their brother my maternal greatgrandfather. Wesely, Clarence and Jimmie were his sons.My grandfather passed in 1971 Clarence Jr. Jimmie passed much sooner Wesely passed around 1978, all of heart related condition.Wesely's wife and all but 2 chidern are still livng and my grandmother passed this last November. So yes you are on the right track. I would like to know more about your parents. Please e-mail me back.
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