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The Buffalo Urban Development Corporation, in partnership with Empire State Development, the New York Power Authority and the City of Buffalo, is working to redevelop multiple properties in the Northland Avenue section of the New York Central Belt Line Corridor. The goal of this redevelopment project is to return these properties to productive use, assist with revitalizing the surrounding neighborhood, and provide employment and educational opportunities for nearby residents.
Originally a manufacturing center along the Belt Line Railroad, the Northland Avenue Corridor was once considered to be one of the most extensive industrial areas on Buffalo's East Side. Unfortunately, most of the buildings within the corridor have sat vacant and abandoned for decades, making the redevelopment of this area a very high priority for the City.
CPL worked with the City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Parks & Streets and Buffalo Sewer Authority, to rehabilitate the pavement, add green infrastructure, upgrade utilities, and provide streetscape enhancements along a half-mile stretch of Northland Avenue, specifically from Fillmore Avenue to Grider Street.
To enhance traffic flow, new signage and pavement markings were provided and several traffic signals were upgraded to include the addition of high-visibility backplates as well as Buffalo Police Department blue light safety cameras. Our team also implemented a road diet, which transformed two extra-wide travel lanes into two narrower travel lanes and a new parking lane on the north side of the roadway.
To help create a safer, more welcoming pedestrian environment, specific design elements were incorporated including the installation of new granite curbs, wider sidewalks, ADA compliant sidewalk ramps, curb extensions (bump-outs), and audible pedestrian signals at signalized intersections. A new traffic signal was also added at Schauf Avenue, which also serves pedestrians accessing the new Northland Workforce Training Center.
In addition, new trees were planted on both sides of the roadways and well lights were embedded within the new sidewalk under the railroad overpass at Fillmore Avenue. Our team also created a new public space complete with stormwater planters, a bioswale, landscaping, seating areas and public art. These strategic improvements along with many others have significantly enhanced the Northland Avenue Corridor in terms of overall access, safety and curb appeal.
Earlier this year, the Northland Avenue Rehabilitation and Streetscape project was named Transportation Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association (APWA) Western New York Branch. The APWA Awards Program was established to recognize outstanding individuals, groups and chapters representing the best in the public works profession.
In addition, the project received the Transportation Project of the Year Award (Western New York) by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) New York Upstate Section. The award recognizes outstanding planning, engineering, technology, and public cooperation and coordination.
CPL is proud to have received these awards for a project that means so much to the Buffalo East Side community.
Jennifer is part of CPL's civil engineering team and focuses on transportation/traffic engineering projects in our Buffalo office. As a licensed engineer in NY, GA, NC and SC, she serves as the Chairman Elect of the Western New York ACEC and is Director of the New York Chapter, Western Branch of the APWA.
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If Democrats want to win the rust belt back, their best hope is a team of Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar. They're both popular in those states, and they're centrists who avoid the extreme positions that marginalize large segments of the electorate. Priority number one is defeating Donald Trump. Democrats should save their policy debates for after they win.


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Moody was mystified. "What on earth are you guys doing at a clothing company?" he recalls asking, admitting that his sartorial taste at the time hewed to "what costs less than ramen?" Their response, though, sent his brain firing. How do you mail customers clothes they'll love, and that fit them perfectly, without the client ever getting measured or viewing the inventory? Soon he was pushing for a job. "When I was interviewing, I was like, Ooh, this is a place where I'm going to be continuously thinking about this stuff in the shower, going to bed, waking up in the morning."
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Last month, Roy Keane suggested he would be interested in a return to club management 'soon' providing the challenge 'rocked his boat'.
The question now is who would take that risk as he is as culpable in Ireland's recent decline as Martin O'Neill.
His lack of ego when taking on No 2 roles with Ireland and Aston Villa was admirable. It showed he was willing to learn the ropes again after bombing at Ipswich.
But throughout his five years with Ireland, he never hid his desire to return to the day-to-day grind.
When things were going swimmingly for O'Neill, Keane was regarded as a viable candidate to one day succeed him in the top job.
It is interesting that his name has not cropped up once in the succession race discussion since Wednesday's events - and nor will it as he is not a contender.
"This idea I'd be looking at a club and thinking 'I fancy that one', I don't work that way, I don't network," he said a month ago.
"But hopefully soon I'd like to become a manager again but we'll see what happens. It's just getting that offer and challenge that will rock my boat."
Keane continued: "I'd be realistic, it's hardly going to be a Premiership offer, realistically in the Championship but there are a lot of brilliant clubs in the Championship.
"There's no doubt in my mind that I could go in there and get a club promoted with the right support. It would depend on the club and the people involved."
In 2014, the former Sunderland boss was close to leaving the Ireland coaching ticket for Celtic but turned down the chance to succeed Ronny Deila.
He also rejected a move to Turkish club Kasımpasa and had been linked with the Iceland and Israel national jobs as well as Blackburn and Bolton.
Today, you suspect Keane would be doing well to court a Championship club although a giddy owner looking for publicity may well take a punt.
Even when Ipswich were struggling under Keane, Sky Sports News would regularly send a reporter and camera crew to his weekly press conferences.
The Roy Keane sideshow remains a big draw, regardless of what he does or doesn't offer in the inner sanctum of the dressing room and training pitch.
When Matt Doherty delivered his withering assessment of O'Neill's coaching methods on radio the other night, Keane did not escape unscathed.
The Wolves and Ireland defender delivered a damning verdict on Keane's value as O'Neill's assistant.
"Ermmm (long pause)....I guess he was Martin's assistant," Doherty told 2FM's 'Game On' when asked to assess his qualities.
"I guess he must have fed ideas off him, on whatever he was thinking.
"It wasn't necessarily a case where he (Keane) has taken the session and was doing shape. It wasn't a case of that at all. I guess he was just a back-up to Martin.
"I wouldn't say he was hands-on on the training pitch. Maybe if he was manager, he might have a bit more responsibility, or feel like he had more responsibility."
Doherty added: "When players go into management, they might think they'll bring their ideas forward, but when they get into it, it's difficult to do that."
In his departing statement on Wednesday, O'Neill hailed Keane as an "inspirational figure" during his five years.
But - unsurprisingly - he was a divisive one too, courting controversy throughout that period and clashing with players behind the scenes.
The build-up to the September double-header just gone was dominated by the fiery bust-up he had with Harry Arter and Jon Walters - a story exclusively broken by Mirror Sport.
Lest we forget, it prompted Arter to walk away from international football - however briefly.
Stephen Ward's leaked WhatsApp message then added meat to the bones and gave an intriguing insight into life with Roy.
When Ireland lost a friendly to Belarus just before Euro 2016, Keane had to apologise to Aiden McGeady after claiming "he could do a lot better ….that's the story of his career".
The fear factor he cultivated to great success in his playing days did not transfer into his coaching where his mood around the hotel could set the tone for the day.
Players would say the right things about Keane in public, hailing him as an inspirational figure. But it's no secret many of them were tired of his criticism.
We only have O'Neill's word that Declan Rice's ongoing stay away stance has nothing to do with Keane's summer flare up with Walters and Arter.
And yet O'Neill backed his right-hand man to the hilt through it all, careful to never drop clues that his appointment may have been an error of judgement.
After this newspaper broke the Arter-Walters story, the FAI kept Keane out of the firing line. He was pulled from all interviews with the association claiming it was always the plan.
That's unlikely, but Keane's state of the nation addresses in the build up to games were often the highlight of the week.
He will always be box office and will no doubt be back on the pundits chair in the weeks ahead.
Keane will have learned on the job with Ireland yet his status as a manager-for-hire has not been enhanced by the last 18 months.
But while we don't know who it is yet, there is a club owner out there tickled by the idea of it all and that, more than any football reason, is why Keane will manage again.
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SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash.-- Spokane Valley Detectives arrested a convicted felon Friday morning after one man was injured when the suspect allegedly fired a handgun into the asphalt.
Just after 6 a.m. Friday, Spokane Valley deputies responded to a report at E. Sprague about a man shooting at a victim, Spokane Valley Police said. The female victim told deputies that the suspect, later identified as Bernell L. Henderson, 53, approached her and the man with her while they were talking the parking lot off 1st Ave., according to Spokane Valley Police.
The victim told deputies the suspect threatened to go back to his apartment and get a gun, Spokane Valley Police said. The victims ignored the threat, but the suspect did go to his home and retrieved a semi-automatic pistol, according to the Spokane Valley Police Department.
The victim told deputies the suspect then pointed the gun at them and fired it into the asphalt near the female victim's feet, Spokane Valley Police said. The woman said she was struck by flying debris from the bullet hitting the ground, according to Spokane Valley Police.
Spokane Police said the suspect allegedly fled the area after the incident. Major Crimes Detectives responded to the scene to continue the investigation.
A check of Henderson's name revealed he is a convicted felon, who is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition, according to Spokane Valley Police.
Investigators obtained a warrant for Henderson's apartment on E. 1st Ave., Spokane Valley Police said. Spokane Valley Police say investigators found two boxes of .45 caliber ammunition during their search.
Investigators spoke with Henderson on the phone later Friday, Spokane Valley Police said. Spokane Valley Police said Henderson told them he confronted a man outside his apartment when he saw the man assault a woman.
Henderson told investigators that he retrieved his gun from his apartment and confronted the man again. Henderson claimed the man lunged at him and he fired his pistol into the ground because he feared for the man's safety, Spokane Valley Police said.
Henderson also told investigators that both he and the man he shot at fled the scene after he fired, according to the Spokane Valley Police Department. Around 3:30 p.m., detectives contacted Henderson and arrested him in front of his apartment.
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Spokane Valley Police say the gun has not been recovered. Henderson was booked into the Spokane County Jail for second degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree.
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No people or animals were hurt Wednesday after lightning struck a Buda area home, leading to a blaze that significantly damaged the structure.
The incident happened around 2 p.m. last week in the 1400 block of Coldstone Hollow in the Whispering Hollow Subdivision. Helping to extinguish the blaze were the Buda and Kyle fire departments.
Gary Gagnon, a Whispering Hollow resident, said he and his family were about to enter their home when lighting struck the house directly across the street from them.
"Just like that, 'boom.' It scared everyone on the street," Gagnon said.
John Lockyer, who lives a few houses down from the impacted residence, said he heard the thunder and saw the strike on a weather radar app he had opened.
Several minutes later, Lockyer said his wife received a call from a neighbor who saw smoke billowing from the home.
"It was all very scary and it could have happened to us," Lockyer said.
Emergency officials were called, as were the homeowners, who were not in the residence when the lightning bolt struck. While the home suffered significant damage, the homeowners were able to get their family pet out of the house uninjured.
"One ray of sunshine out of a disaster," Gagnon said.
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Emilio, an employee at the complex, said he heard the storm pass through the area when he started seeing and smelling smoke in the area.
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Priscilla Garcia, one of the residents that temporarily evacuated the building, said she was getting ready for work when she heard loud banging on her door.
"I saw it was one of the building officials and he started yelling that we needed to get out of the building really fast," Garcia said. "I didn't hesitate and grabbed my phone and keys and ran out."
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If you make a donation to a public cord blood bank, you can't reserve it for your family, so it may not be available for your future use. Both the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Medical Association (AMA) recommend public cord blood banking over private cord blood banking. Here's why:
There are over 130 public cord blood banks in 35 countries. They are regulated by Governments and adhere to internationally agreed standards regarding safety, sample quality and ethical issues. In the UK, several NHS facilities within the National Blood Service harvest and store altruistically donated umbilical cord blood. Trained staff, working separately from those providing care to the mother and newborn child, collect the cord blood. The mother may consent to donate the blood for research and/or clinical use and the cord blood bank will make the blood available for use as appropriate.
* Disclaimer: Banking cord blood does not guarantee that treatment will work and only a doctor can determine when it can be used. Cord tissue stem cells are not approved for use in treatment, but research is ongoing.
Once considered medical waste, the blood left in the umbilical cord after a baby's delivery is now known to be a rich source of stem cells similar to those in bone marrow. It's been used in transplants to treat more than 70 different diseases including leukemia, lymphoma, sickle-cell disease, and some metabolic disorders. Unlike with marrow, which is obtained through a painful medical procedure and replenished by the body, there's only one chance to collect this seemingly magical elixir: immediately after a baby's birth.
LifebankUSA seeks mothers in NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY ONLY who will donate both their cord blood and their placenta. The donations support an international registry, clinical trials and research. Donations can be taken from any hospital, but mothers must register at least 8 weeks prior to delivery and pass a health screening.
^ a b c d e f Juric, MK; et al. (9 November 2016). "Milestones of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation – From First Human Studies to Current Developments". Frontiers in Immunology. 7: 470. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2016.00470. PMC 5101209 . PMID 27881982.
Not surprisingly, this emotional pitch is working — especially because the seemingly unlimited potential of stem cells has dominated the news in recent years. From 2003 to 2004, for example, the number of couples opting to use a private bank increased by 55 percent to 271,000. The three biggest companies — who have the majority of the approximately $250 million market — are vying for business.
CORD:USE is directed by leading doctors in cord blood transplantation. Public donations collected by CORD:USE are sent to the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank, a FACT-accredited laboratory under the direction of Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg.
The AMA also suggests considering private cord blood banking if there is a family history of malignant or genetic conditions that might benefit from cord blood stem cells. Keep in mind, however, that to find a suitable match for any type of transplant, 70% must look outside their family.
For these and other reasons, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and many physicians do not recommend private cord blood banking except as "directed donations" in cases where a family member already has a current need or a very high potential risk of needing a bone marrow transplant. In all other cases, the AAP has declared the use of cord blood as "biological insurance" to be "unwise." [Read the AAP's news release at http://www.aap.org/advocacy/archives/julcord.htm ]
There have been several reports suggesting that cord blood may contain other types of stem cells which can produce specialised cells that do not belong to the blood, such as nerve cells. These findings are highly controversial among scientists and are not widely accepted.
Private (commercial) cord banks will store the donated blood for use by the donor and family members only. They can be expensive. These banks charge a fee for processing and an annual fee for storage.
Some controversial studies suggest that cord blood can help treat diseases other than blood diseases, but often these results cannot be reproduced. Researchers are actively investigating if cord blood might be used to treat various other diseases.
And as Victor and Tracey Dones learned, a child's own cord blood can't always be used to treat him, even when he's young. "Childhood leukemia is one of the diseases private banks like to play up, but most kids with leukemia are cured with chemotherapy alone. If a transplant is needed, we wouldn't use a child's tainted cord blood," Dr. Kurtzberg says.
To prevent graft-versus-host disease and help ensure engraftment, the stem cells being transfused need to match the cells of the patient completely or to a certain degree (depending on what is being treated). Cord blood taken from a baby's umbilical cord is always a perfect match for the baby. In addition, immediate family members are more likely to also be a match for the banked cord blood. Siblings have a 25 percent chance of being a perfect match and a 50 percent chance of being a partial match. Parents, who each provide half the markers used in matching, have a 100% chance of being a partial match. Even aunts, uncles, grandparents and other extended family members have a higher probability of being a match and could possibly benefit from the banked cord blood. Read more reasons why you should bank cord blood.
* Annual storage fees will be charged automatically to the credit/debit card on file, on or around your baby's birthday, unless you've chosen a prepay option and are subject to change until they are paid.
Complications Side Effects As the donor's stem cells will always be a perfect match, there will be no incidence of graft versus host disease (GVHD), which can be a chronic and even fatal condition. Graft versus host disease (GVHD) is estimated to occur in 60–80 percent of transplants where the donor and recipient are not related. Perfect match! No incidence of graft versus host disease Graft versus host disease (GVHD) occurs in 60%–80% of non-related transplants.
A large challenge facing many areas of medical research and treatments is correcting misinformation. Some companies advertise services to parents suggesting they should pay to freeze their child's cord blood in a blood bank in case it's needed later in life. Studies show it is highly unlikely that the cord blood will ever be used for their child. However, clinicians strongly support donating cord blood to public blood banks. This greatly helps increase the supply of cord blood to people who need it.
For families who wish to donate cord blood to a public bank, the biggest hurdle may be finding a nearby hospital that collects cord blood for donation. Most public banks only work with select hospitals in their community. In the U.S., there are only about 200 hospitals that collect cord blood donations. Find out if there is a donation hospital near you.
The unpredictability of stem cell transportation led CBR to create a crush-resistant, temperature-protected, and electronically tracked collection kit that is designed to preserve the integrity and to help ensure the safe delivery of the blood and/or tissue. CBR's CellAdvantage® Collection Kit contains everything the healthcare provider needs to easily and safely collect the maximum amount of a newborn's cord blood following birth.
Public cord blood banks offer free cord blood banking to anyone who meets their donation requirements. They are usually supported by federal or private funding, which is why they can perform these collections at no cost to the family. The pros and cons of public cord blood banking are listed below.
To save money, public banks will not even process a cord blood donation unless they know in advance that they are going to keep it. When the collection first arrives at the lab, it is passed through a cell counting machine. Only collections that have at least 900 million nucleated cells are kept. As a result, over 60%-80% of cord blood donations are discarded. The public bank must absorb the expense of the collection kit and delivery charges for discarded blood; typically $100 per unit.
Lead image of baby's umbilical cord from Wikimedia Commons. Possible human blood stem cell image by Rajeev Gupta and George Chennell. Remaining images of blood sample bags and red blood cells from Wellcome Images.
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute jointly oversee the Cord Blood Donation Program to provide hope to all patients in need of a life-saving stem cell transplant. For more information about the stem cell transplant program please visit The Stem Cell/Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center (DF/BWCC) web site.
In March 2004, the European Union Group on Ethics (EGE) has issued Opinion No.19[16] titled Ethical Aspects of Umbilical Cord Blood Banking. The EGE concluded that "[t]he legitimacy of commercial cord blood banks for autologous use should be questioned as they sell a service, which has presently, no real use regarding therapeutic options. Thus they promise more than they can deliver. The activities of such banks raise serious ethical criticisms."[16]
There has been considerable debate about the ethical and practical implications of commercial versus public banking. The main arguments against commercial banking have to do with questions about how likely it is that the cord blood will be used by an individual child, a sibling or a family member; the existence of several well-established alternatives to cord blood transplantation and the lack of scientific evidence that cord blood may be used to treat non-blood diseases (such as diabetes and Parkinson's disease). In some cases patients may not be able to receive their own cord blood, as the cells may already contain the genetic changes that predispose them to disease.
Founded in 1992, CBR has stored more than 600,000 cord blood and cord tissue collections from 3,500 hospitals in over 100 countries and partnered with institutions to establish multiple FDA-regulated clinical trials. CBR has helped more than 400 families use their cord blood stem cells for established and experimental medical treatments, more than any other family cord blood bank. CBR's goal is to expand the potential scope of newborn stem cell therapies that may be available to patients and their families.
If you're thinking about banking your baby's cord blood stem cells, one question you've probably considered is whether to choose a private or public cord blood bank. As with any major decision in your life, it pays to do your research so you can make the best choice for your family about the future of your baby's cord blood.
Cord Blood banking is a confusing topic. Many parents get bombarded with information when searching to see if cord blood banking is right for them. There is information that private cord blood banking companies, like Viacord and Cord Blood Registry, will not tell you, until now.
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Because of the invasive procedure required to obtain the bone marrow, scientist continued to look for a better source, which eventually lead to the discovery of similar stem cells in cord blood in 1978. Cord blood was used in its first transplant in 1988, and cord blood has since been shown to be more advantageous than other means of acquiring similar stem cells and immune system cells. This is because umbilical cord blood can be considered naïve and immature compared to other sources. Cord blood has not been exposed to disease or environmental pollutants, and it is more accepting of foreign cells. In this case, inexperience makes it stronger.
^ Li, T; Xia, M; Gao, Y; Chen, Y; Xu, Y (2015). "Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells: an overview of their potential in cell-based therapy". Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 15 (9): 1293–306. doi:10.1517/14712598.2015.1051528. PMID 26067213.
In the rare event of a processed sample not adhering to quality standards, CBR's certified genetic counselors will work with potential clients to help them understand their options. Under this scenario, clients will have the option to discontinue storage and receive a refund.
CBR Clients: Did you know that when you refer a friend, and they preserve their baby's stem cells with us, you receive a free year of cord blood storage? After your first referral, you start earning even more rewards. (Exclusions apply)
Cord Blood Registry® (CBR®) is the world's largest newborn stem cell company. Founded in 1992, CBR is entrusted by parents with storing samples from more than 600,000 children. CBR is dedicated to advancing the clinical application of cord blood and cord tissue stem cells by partnering with institutions to establish FDA-regulated clinical trials for conditions that have no cure today.CBR has helped more than 400 families use their cord blood stem cells for established and experimental medical treatments, more than any other family cord blood bank. CBR's goal is to expand the potential scope of newborn stem cell therapies that may be available to patients and their families.
Cord blood is used to treat children with cancerous blood disorders such as leukaemia, or genetic blood diseases like Fanconi anaemia. The cord blood is transplanted into the patient, where the HSCs can make new, healthy blood cells to replace those damaged by the patient's disease or by a medical treatment such as chemotherapy for cancer.
After a baby is born, cord blood is left in the umbilical cord and placenta. It is relatively easy to collect, with no risk to the mother or baby. It contains haematopoietic (blood) stem cells: rare cells normally found in the bone marrow.
Sign a consent form to donate. This consent form says that the donated cord blood may be used by any patient needing a transplant. If the cord blood cannot be used for transplantation, it may be used in research studies or thrown away. These studies help future patients have a more successful transplant.
Checked to make sure it has enough blood-forming cells for a transplant. (If there are too few cells, the cord blood unit may be used for research to improve the transplant process for future patients or to investigate new therapies using cord blood, or discarded.)
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It depends on who you ask. Although commercial cord blood banks often bill their services as "biological insurance" against future diseases, the blood doesn't often get used. One study says the chance that a child will use their cord blood over their lifetime is between 1 in 400 and 1 in 200,000.
As noted earlier, with better matching, there is a greater chance of success and less risk of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in any stem cell transplant. With cord blood, the baby's own cells are always a perfect match and share little risk. When using cord blood across identical twins, there is also a very low chance of GvHD although mutations and biological changes caused by epigenetic factors can occur. Other blood-related family members have a 35%–45% chance of GvHD, and unrelated persons have a 60%–80% chance of suffering from GvHD.
Our annual storage fee is due every year on the birth date of the child and covers the cost of storage until the following birthday. The fee is the same $150 for both our standard and our premium cord blood services. The annual cord tissue storage fee is an additional $150.
Most stored cord blood is discarded. At public cord blood banks, a unit of stored cord blood has a greater chance of being used to help a sick child or used toward stem cell research. Private cord blood banks, on the other hand, eventually throw away blood that a family no longer wants to store or use.
In fact, the AAP does encourage parents to keep their child's cord blood if a family member has already been diagnosed with a stem-cell-treatable disease. But a family won't have to foot the bill: The Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, in California, will bank a baby's cord blood for free if a family member needs it at the time of the baby's birth. Some private banks, such as Cord Blood Registry, Cryo-Cell, and ViaCord, have similar programs.
Taking time to consider helping another person when you are already busy planning for the birth of your child is greatly appreciated. A gift of cord blood may someday give someone a second chance at life.
Cord blood holds promise for future medical procedures. Scientists are still studying more ways to treat more diseases with cord blood. At Duke University, for example, researchers are using patients' own cord blood in trials for cerebral palsy and Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (a condition in which the brain does not receive enough oxygen). Trials are also under way for the treatment of autism at the Sutter Neuroscience Institute in Sacramento, California.
Cord tissue use is still in early research stages, and there is no guarantee that treatments using cord tissue will be available in the future. Cord tissue is stored whole. Additional processing prior to use will be required to extract and prepare any of the multiple cell types from cryopreserved cord tissue. Cbr Systems, Inc.'s activities for New York State residents are limited to collection of umbilical cord tissue and long-term storage of umbilical cord–derived stem cells. Cbr Systems, Inc.'s possession of a New York State license for such collection and long-term storage does not indicate approval or endorsement of possible future uses or future suitability of these cells.
The majority of programs that accept cord blood donations require the mother to sign up in advance. In the united States, the current requirement is to sign up by the 34th week of pregnancy. This cannot be over-stressed; time and time again, mothers who want to donate are turned away because they did not inquire about donation until it was too late.
Why should you consider donating the cord blood to a public bank? Simply because, besides bringing a new life into the world, you could be saving an individual whose best chance at life is a stem cell transplant with your baby's donated cord blood. This can only happen if you donate and if your baby is a close enough match for a patient in need. If you chose to reserve the cord blood for your family, then siblings who have the same parents have a 25% chance of being an exact match.


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feistysara55 karma
Within five minutes of getting in that line, it started to rain again and there were no buses in sight. People behind us started getting rowdy and tried pushing us forward into the barriers in order to get under the bridge. The way the Williamsburg shuttle pick up was set up did not take inclement weather into account. First of all, we were forced to stand just a few feet from under the bridge and were soaked. Rather than modifying the line so all of us could have stayed dry, you forced us to stand in the freezing rain with 50+ MPH winds. To make things worse, the line was placed right next to an enormous drain pipe. It was at least a foot in diameter, if not bigger. As we were getting poured on, the drainpipe started flooding where we were standing. Those were the scariest and longest 20-30 minutes of my life. I have never been more afraid for my life than I was on Sunday, and I have been robbed at gunpoint before. I have never felt so cold, wet, and desperate for help. As my rainboots started flooding with shin-level water and my entire body was being pounded on by the torrential storm, all I could do was focus on my breathing. I tried my best not to panic, cry, scream, etc. and simply lengthened my inhales and exhales. I had to focus all my attention on staying alive. I kept thinking: "Don't die. Don't die. Don't die." I noticed how the screams and cries of terror from those around me contrasted so greatly with the screams of joy we had heard earlier at the festival. This made me remember all the children I had seen earlier that day and throughout the weekend. Teens, preteens, the 10 and below crowd, and the babies and strollers. They were all there. Suddenly my situation did not seem as bad. All I could think about was how I hoped those children and babies were having a better experience than I was. From the screams of desperation around me, I could hear teenagers, which are also technically children, crying for their mothers and fathers and saying things like "I don't want to die." The line slowly started moving and after standing in the downpour of the rain and the drainpipe we were finally under the bridge. Others had to wait for even longer. After thirty long minutes, we finally got on a bus. I know we were some of the lucky ones because others were stranded on the island for 3+ hours. Others had to walk on the metal bridge as lightning was striking.
You claim that our "safety is [your] number one priority" but your actions say the opposite. You could have held the festival earlier, canceled it altogether, had an emergency plan, allowed people to shelter in place, provided emergency supplies, etc. but you did none of that. You had nine years of previous experience and even a full day to plan how you would handle the potential emergency, and you failed. Completely. It felt like you tried your hardest to host the festival so you wouldn't have to refund us, and when that didn't work, you tried kicking us out of the venue rather than allowing us to shelter in place, so we would no longer be your liability. By the way, your claims that no one was injured were false. Just because there were no reported injuries, does not mean that they didn't happen. I witnessed people being trampled and stepped on. People posted pictures on twitter of their injuries. Just because they didn't want to take a $500+ ambulance, does not mean that they weren't injured because of your utter failure at providing an emergency plan.
I appreciate your offer to refund our tickets. Honestly, it is the least you could do after exposing us to that hell on earth. You put us through emotional trauma that could have easily been prevented with better planning. GovBall, you're doing great, but you need to do better.
My suggestions (in no particular order):
- Have an actual disaster plan. Provide designated shelter areas (stages, tents, under the bridges) or if you cannot provide shelter, provide everyone with a rain poncho, or if you're being stingy, trash bags so we do not have to get soaked and stay in cold, wet clothes for several hours.
- Ensure that your disaster plan takes all potential threats into account. For example, don't place a shuttle line next to a massive drainpipe. Also, allow people to wait under the bridges rather than in the freezing rain.
- Do not allow children to come to this event anymore. The fact that you are willing to risk exposing a small child, baby, and even teen to the horrors we experienced this weekend is insane. If you are not prepared to handle adults in these situations, you are nowhere near ready to handle children. No one should have to go through what we went through, especially a child.
- Have the buses, ferries, etc. be ready. If you know there is a potential for a storm and for some reason you still decide to hold the show, hire extra buses so that people don't have to wait for so long. Make partnerships with rideshare apps and local NY transportation agencies to ensure people can get out of there as quickly as possible. Don't allow people to walk on a metal bridge in the middle of a lightning storm.
- Allow people to exit wherever there is a regular or emergency exit. Do not force people out of the venue on the wrong side.
- Better train your staff for emergencies. Most of the staff seemed as lost as we were.
- This includes directing staff to certain areas that need extra assistance (aka shuttle/ferry lines).
- Better train your security staff. Rather than standing around doing nothing, they should have started kicking us out from the very first announcement. When I went to festivals in Los Angeles, the CSC security staff would link arms and create giant human chains that would force people to leave.
- Communicate with us. Keep us updated on transportation (aka when are shuttles running), festival logistics, potential inclement weather, emergency exit plan, etc. We were left in the dark about so many things. It all could have gone so much better if you just told us what the hell was going on.
- Don't prioritize money over peoples' safety. I do not believe you even for a second when you say people's safety is your top priority when your actions showed the complete opposite. Next time, cancel the god damn festival or have an actual plan in place for how you're going to handle things. Again, kicking people out so they are no longer your liability, is not how you prioritize people's safety. Don't be so negligent. Do better.
feistysara39 karma
Hi Tom, Jordan, and Team Founders:I made a Reddit account today just so I could share the experiences I had this weekend with you. I don't even know how to describe how I am feeling. Profoundly unhappy might be a way to start. Before I go any further I want to clarify that I am upset at how you handled the situation. I know there are factors that go beyond your control. However, there were many things you could have done better to ensure everyone had a much more enjoyable and above all, safer, experience. This post is going to be long, so I am going to break it down into two sections. The first one will be an overview of what I experienced at Governor's Ball. The second part will be a continuation of my experiences and will also consist of suggestions I have on how you can make sure this NEVER happens again.
My experience
I first went to Governor's Ball in 2015. Honestly, it was one of the coolest festival experiences of my life. As my boyfriend and I were broke college students at the time, we could not afford plane tickets. So we rode on Greyhound buses from Los Angeles all the way to New York for three days straight just so we could attend. It was all SO worth it. Getting to see some of my favorite artists with one of the greatest cities in the world as a backdrop was surreal. After moving to Washington DC, we decided we had to go back. We were so excited when the 2019 lineup was released and bought 3-day wristbands and 3-day Williamsburg shuttle passes within the first five minutes of when they were released. The first two days of the festival were sublime. Sure there were little hiccups here and there, but nothing worth mentioning here. As an event planner, I know there is no such thing as a perfect event. Things will go wrong here and there, and that is fine. What is important is to have a backup plan. My understanding is that storms are not new to Governor's Ball. I know that the Sunday show was canceled in 2016. I know that it rained the first time I attended in 2015 (although thankfully it was light). I also know that 2013 was a memorably wet year for attendees. I do not understand how after running for NINE years, you do not have an actual emergency inclement weather plan in place. And no, kicking people out of the venue so they are no longer your liability, is not a plan. As Sunday came, you had a really tough choice on your hands. You knew there was the possibility of two storms that day, one in the afternoon and one at night. Rather than starting the day early and taking advantage of the sun, you postponed the show until after the first storm. It didn't really make sense to us as attendees. In fact, it seemed like you were trying really hard to not have to refund us for the day. You took a gamble in letting us come to the venue at 6:30 and you lost. Of course, as you know, not everyone got the memo about the event starting later in the day, so you had tons of people waiting for 8+ hours at the gates. Additionally, there was ZERO communication whatsoever for those of us who purchased shuttle/ferry passes. I messaged you on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in hopes of getting a response as to when the shuttles were running. I did not receive a response until 7:30pm, after I had already gotten to the venue. You guys never posted anything about shuttles/ferries anywhere which led hundreds of people to wait for hours. When the first storm came and went, rather than letting people in as soon as it ended, you still had them wait until 6:30. This resulted in thousands of people trying to get into the venue at the same time. This really sucked for those of us who had paid for shuttle passes, as we arrived long after the crowds were already there. By the way, the music did NOT start at 7. I know because I got to the venue at 6:30 and was able to get in at around 7, right after Noname finished her set. After finally getting in, we were able to enjoy the last day of Governor's Ball. We were most excited to see Kaytranada and The Strokes. As we started walking to the American Eagle stage for Kaytranada's set at around 9pm, it started to rain. This is at the exact same time you received an alert regarding the two weather systems. We waited at the stage for thirty minutes and received no updates from the festival about the hazard that was potentially approaching. If we had had any sort of warning during that time, getting off the island could have been a lot easier, as people could have left in waves rather than all at once. At 9:20 you were notified that the weather systems combined into a "very severe threat." What did we hear from you then? Nothing. The first notice we received as at 9:30 on the dot, ten minutes after you had that information at hand. At 9:30, the moment when Kaytranada was supposed to start, you decided to warn us about the storm. The updates on social media came after within the next 5-7 minutes. We hung out by the stage for a bit because security wasn't kicking us out and Kaytranada actually came on stage to greet his fans. After he left the stage we decided it was time to head out. As we were walking towards the exit, we saw angry fans start to throw trash at the stage. This scared us into moving further and faster away from the threat. Of course, later we saw videos of fans destroying the art on site. It was crazy to see how quickly people lost their sensibility. That is not at all your fault and I am so sorry that the art was destroyed. However, your security teams did not handle this situation well at all. There are videos of them pulling, shoving, and punching attendees (see second slide: https://www.instagram.com/p/ByO29EVlzAI/). From some of the videos, it's clear that the people apprehended weren't even the culprits, but rather unfortunate souls that happened to be standing close to the chaos. I am so glad we were able to get out of there before that started happening.As we went out of the gate, we tried to make our way through the crowd towards the Williamsburg shuttle. This is where our nightmare truly began. First of all, there were so few staff working (I only saw three) the shuttle line, that it became total anarchic chaos. People were shoving each other, knocking over barriers, hopping fences, and cutting the line. Your staff did nothing. How could they though? Three people versus an angry mob stand no chance. We decided to just get in the line and try to block people from shoving past us with our bodies. There was such poor signaling and communication from staff, that there were people stuck in that line that were in the wrong shuttle line or didn't even have passes. Later we learned that this was partially due to the fact that your security staff started to force people out of wherever the closest exit was, rather than allowing them to exit at their designated exit. Rather than allowing people to take cover, security and NYPD pushed people into the lightning storm (see https://twitter.com/xHelenhu/status/1135371500540825601 AND https://twitter.com/elvirthesultan/status/1135410343147122688)
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Thank you for saying this. Honestly, writing it all out helped me feel better. I was too much in shock on Sunday to process things. Yesterday was for crying. Today was for writing.
I hope they read it too.


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The veteran rider crashed out in Motul on Sunday and he didn't fair much better this time out, failing to finish in the top 10.
Rossi ended up 12th-fastest after the opening two sessions, 0.752 seconds slower than surprise pacesetter Aleix Espargaro.
But after the session, the Italian discussed exactly what went wrong for him and his team.
"At the end unfortunately I wasn't able to stay in the top 10, which was important because you never know what can happen the next day in Phillip Island with the weather," said Rossi.
"But at the same time we work a lot on the bike and we take some important feelings; the feeling with the bike is not so bad.
"At the end when I put the soft tyre we wanted to make another test, but I didn't feel good so I wasn't able to improve like I can, because we concentrated on testing the medium.
"Looks like the softs have bigger potential and can be an option also for the race.
"We are not fantastic but I think my potential is better, so I hope tomorrow to have good conditions to continue to work."
Rossi is still recovering from a double leg fracture he suffered back in August.
Remarkably, the Yamaha rider was back on his bike just 21 days after the injury.