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U.S. Geological Survey Manual
No. OFM 99-03
Date: July 9, 1999
Subject: Closure of Imprest Funds
The Debt Collection Improvement Act (DCIA) requires all Federal payments to be made electronically unless specifically waived. Payments made by cash drawn from imprest funds are not acceptable payment mechanisms under the DCIA since they are not electronic payments. Therefore, alternate payment mechanisms must be used for payments currently made this way and all imprest funds must be closed by 8/31/99.
Instructional Memorandum (IM) No. OFM 99-01 provided the DCIA implementing policies and procedures. That IM stated that imprest funds could remain open until bankcard convenience checks were available. Since these convenience checks are now available, imprest funds need to be closed. Procedures for closing imprest funds were sent directly to imprest fund cashiers on July 2, 1999, and are also available at http://internal.usgs.gov/ops/finance/imprest.html.
The DCIA allows for waivers from electronic payments under specific circumstances. IM OFM 99-01 stated that waiver requests to keep an imprest fund open should be made in writing through the Division Chief's representative to the Office of Financial Management. Justification should include a history of payments that cannot be made using alternative payment mechanisms.
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Happy Monday, babes. Since New Year's Eve is just around the corner I wanted to share with you 3 festive make-up looks that I created for Refinery29 (see it HERE). So scroll down to see what I've put together for you!
Who doesn't want to look like they own the room? The seductive vamp is one of my all time favourite make up styles! It's one of those looks that fits so many skin and hair colour combinations, and is perfect for evening. Best of all, it doesn't take much time to do. I'm a big believer in balancing your face by wearing heavy makeup on either your eyes or your lips. Since I wanted to accentuate my lips with a dark ombre look, I went for slight shimmer on the eye followed by a winged black eyeliner and a brown pencil half way along my lower lid.
Jouer Matte Moisture Tint in Porcelain, £30
Estee Lauder Magic Smoky Powder Shadow Stick in Scorched Gold, £15
Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyeshadow in Warm Taupe, £8
Charlotte Tilbury Liquid Eye Pencil in Barbarella Brown, £19
Burberry Oxblood Lip Velvet, £26
NYX Nude Matte Shadow in Stripped, £3
Charlotte Tilbury Unleash Me Lipgloss, £16.50
Aerin Concealer, £25
Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit, £39
DiorShow Mascara, £24.50
The Parisian smokey eye needs a special twist for the holiday season. So instead of staid black, I converted the look into a shade of blue with a late night shine. This look is inspired by Tom Ford's cream and powder eye colour in Night Sky. Just like the name suggests it has two parts, one is dark and creamy which I use as a base on the eye. The second is a beautiful glitter powder, which I take all the way to my eyebrow and blend in very well. Blending is the key here. Whenever I create a smokey eye I'll add a wing and black pencil on the inner part of my lower eyelid.
Tom Ford Traceless Foundation in Alabastar, £64
Givenchy Magic Kohl Eye Pencil, £17
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Gel in Espresso, £16
Charlotte Tilbury Mascara, £22
Aerin Concealer, £25
Tom Ford Skin Illuminating Powder Duo, £56
Bobbi Brown Pale Beach Lipstick, £20
Tom Ford Liquid Eyeliner, £43
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Pomade in Ebony, £15
Tom Ford Cream and Powder Eye in Night Sky, £50
Graphic eyeliner is everything at the moment. But as much as I love all the creative styles I see on the Internet, the reality is that they're too complicated for most of us. It's far better to keep the whole trend minimal and easy to wear. For an 'evening party' interpretation, I opted for an empty wing on the outer and inner corners of my eyes. This is the kind of eyeliner that could look great in a metallic, but as I went for a classic black, I decided to go for something special on the lips and added the metallic there instead courtesy of a gold sheen.
Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation in Shade 3, £30
Nars Illuminator in Hot Sand, £23
Tom Ford Eye Defining Pen, £43
Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyebrow Gel in Espresso, £16
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Pomade in Ebony, £15
MAC Lip Pencil in Spice, £12
Tom Ford Eye Cream Colour in Platinum, £29
Aerin Lengthening and Volumising Mascara, £24
Dior Golden Light Compact Powder, £50
Tom Ford Skin Illuminating Powder Duo, £56
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Recently released in theaters, I Am Not a Witch bears all the marks of a promising auteur. The debut feature of 35-year-old Zambian director Rungano Nyoni, it was described as "unmissable" at last year's Cannes Film Festival. Set in a remote Zambian community, its protagonist is a 9-year-old girl named Shula who is accused by village locals of being a witch. She is given a choice: to be exiled to a traveling witch camp or "turned into a goat" (a death threat disturbingly cloaked in the language of fairytale).
Rungano Nyoni was born in Zambia, but her parents moved to Wales when she was eight. Initially planning to become an actress, she earned her master's in screen performance from Central St. Martins University. When she realized she'd rather be working behind the camera, she enrolled in film school at the University of the Arts London and began writing and directing full-time.
Critical attention quickly came her way. She went on to author several award-nominated and award-winning shorts, including The List, Mwansa the Great (her first film set in Zambia), The Mass of Men, and Listen, her collaboration with Finnish-Iranian director, Hamy Ramezan, which qualified for an Oscar and brought issues of anti-Muslim discrimination to the fore. In 2013, she was selected for Cannes' Cinéfondation Residency program, which financed the early development stages of I Am Not a Witch.
Before writing the script for her feature film, Nyoni visited a witch community in Ghana, where witchcraft accusations are even more prevalent than in her native Zambia. Working from her firsthand encounter, she recreated the strange and little-known reality of these camps to stunning effect. Her film's most unforgettable shots show the "witches" tethered to the government-run campsite by giant reels of white ribbon ("in case they try to fly away.") Meanwhile, the occasional tourist group arrives with cameras in tow to gape at their condition, pitying their subjugation while never really seeing them as human. Nyoni shows how these women are stigmatized and exotically exhibited and yet, paradoxically enough, spared from persecution by their own villages. Taking aim at African superstitions, Western complacency, societal sexism, and state ineptitude, the film dissects the witch camp apparatus with a sense of sweeping satire and incisiveness that is reminiscent of Ousmène Sembène. While the critical response has focused on its feminist dimension, there are a great many angles from which to view I Am Not a Witch.
Nyoni herself has said in interviews that she originally conceived her film as a fable about the price of freedom rather than as an overt attack on misogyny. The choice Shula faces – to join the witch camp or be "turned into a goat" – was inspired by the French fairytale "La Chèvre de monsieur Seguin" ("Mr. Seguin's Goat"), about a little goat who yearns to flee her imprisonment on a farm and escape to the mountains, but knows that if she does, she could be eaten by a wolf. Desire for freedom and fear of death – these are the conflicting impulses that define Shula's condition as a captive witch.
By structuring the film's critique around a fairytale, Nyoni is able to foreground her nine-year-old protagonist in a uniquely captivating way. Shula is played by Maggie Mulubwa, a young Zambian girl the crew had encountered by accident while location scouting and whom Nyoni insisted on casting even after going through no fewer than 1,000 auditions. A former actress herself, she did well to trust her instincts. Mulubwa carries the film brilliantly, her eyes echoing a mix of vulnerability, defiance, and observation that is wise beyond her years. She is the human core of these otherworldly witch-camps and puts us in touch with a shocking present-day reality that no filmmaker has yet dared to penetrate.


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SPRINGFIELD — Life may or may not peak in high school.
But basketball does.
The game of flailing arms and hardwood floors just doesn`t get any better than when it is played by gangly kids in front of their screaming friends and families.
SPRINGFIELD — Life may or may not peak in high school.
But basketball does.
The game of flailing arms and hardwood floors just doesn`t get any better than when it is played by gangly kids in front of their screaming friends and families.
In fact, beyond high school, basketball becomes progressively more boring. Even in college it is played by slam-dunking giants who are in it for the money, paid in the form of scholarships, of course.
At the pro level, spectating at a basketball game is like watching the same circus act over and over until you wonder why you didn`t bring along something to read.
But in high school! Lord! Lord!
High school basketball is like having poison ivy and not being able to scratch. It`s war without bullets, an earthquake that doesn`t end and puppy love at the dog show with all the cages open.
On a recent night here in the Illinois capital, high school tournament action was on the bill at the Prairie Convention Center, just across the street from the hotel where I stayed.
Now under most circumstances I wouldn`t walk across the street to watch a basketball game. But I walked across for a couple of them on this night and it was enough to pump my soul full of helium, put me on a popcorn diet and flunk me back into adolescence.
High school basketball isn`t just a game. In March, all across the country, it is a way of life. It has become a seasonal ritual that snaps a mother`s apron strings tighter than a guard dog`s leash and gives new meaning to the flowering of youth.
If kids were butterflies, March basketball would be the opening of the cocoons. Following a winter of constraint and years of character development and hibernation, there is a kind of explosive emerging. You can feel it when you are young. It is like spiders in your blood, and it can fill your heart with agony and ecstacy in the same second.
The convention center here is a cavernous thing that might intimidate some activities and their participants. But not high school basketball. The players and the spectators occupy the confines like a great flock of migrating birds, its fluttering members filled with intense natural excitment at being where they are and enormously stimulated by the prospect of where they might be going.
The blare of band music. The thunder of stamping feet. The chants of organized cheers. The screams and shouts. The rude blast of the timekeeper`s horn. This mixture of special sounds comes to the ears of a high school student like the symphony of life in a very personal concert.
At any age, you cannot hear it and fail to remember how it once played for you.
The young men bound recklessly up and down the hardwood court, their shoes making little squeaking sounds, like the yips of puppies. They seem possessed of limitless energy and they pass the ball back and forth with quick snaps of their wrists.
They take leaping chances, seeming to defy gravity. Sometimes there is glory in the risk, and sometimes there is a bone-jarring fall to the floor.
All of it, of course, every move and feint, is accompanied by a chorus of screams and screeches.
Squads of cheerleaders, as supple as squirrels and as healthy as babies, do their practiced routines. It is a wonderfully ridiculous activity that has absolutely no application to real life, but is incredibly important at these moments.
The whole of high school basketball is the last stand of glorious childhood. It is a wild ceremony to mark the end of a time of innocence. Tomorrow, next month, a year from now, the rigid roles assigned here will have faded in importance. The stars, the bench riders, the cheerleaders and the spectators will just be people with routine lives to lead.
They will be out in the cruel world, trying, as the system dictates, to fit into the web of society more like spiders and less like flies.
It will dawn on all of them sooner or later, that no matter what or how they fit themselves into the grand scheme of things, no other community will give them what high school did. And never again will they celebrate membership in anything with the glory and intensity of participating in high school basketball.
So there is this magnificient show on the high school basketball courts in March. It screams with life, reeks of symbolism, dribbles your heart back over the years and turns you briefly into a teenager.


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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Playing Hooky with Lorelei - Part Two
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You two are too 'flip'n' cute together!! Looking forward to the big reveal
- September 20, 2010 at 1:09 AM
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hee hee! fun times!!
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Love the Flip videos! Nice way to blog! Awww...So jealous you got to hang out with Lori! Sucks for me. Looks like you two had a blast as usual. I'll catcha you both next time. But, probably not anytime soon with this baby on the way! Ah, Dang! ;) Well, hopefully by Bead Fest time, I'll see ya!
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1. Introduction
We know that keyboard and mouse are very basic hardware interface supported by almost all the computer operating system. When the user presses the Keyboard key the device driver for the keyboard processes that input by making use of the interrupts. Windows OS knows about these kinds of hardware actions in the form of a message structure. The hardware fills this structure with the information it has processed and places that in the Operating system message queue.
The operating system message queue then places the message in the corresponding application and from the application queue; the message is delivered to the target window for responding back.
In this article, we will see how can we check various keyboard events with a simple example.
2. Create an SDI Application
The sample is a simple SDI Application. To create the application on your own,
1. Create a new project and chose MFC Application under the Visual C++ category. Then provide the project name as shown in Fig.1
2. Then click ok to the above dialog. This will open a wizard now. Accept the default for the pages except the one shown in Fig.2 below:
The SDI Application is ready to check the different kinds of keyboard input.
3. Before we code
When a key is pressed by the user, the target window will receive the below-specified windows messages. The messages and its details are shown in Fig.3:
From the above table, we can conclude that KeyDown and KeyUp will be fired for any type of keyboard keys. Therefore, this event is the combination of System key as well as the character keystrokes. Let us say that you typed the alphabet letter 'K' in a notepad. The hardware interprets that as a two events. One is KeyDown and the other one is KeyUp. So we get three messages WM_KEYDOWN, WM_KEYUP and WM_CHAR as the typed keystroke is not a system key.
There some special keys that we should be aware. These are categorized as Shift Keys as well as Toggle keys. Examples for shift keys are ctrl, shift and Alt. Similarly, Toggle key changes it's key state in between on & off. One best example for toggle key is Caps Lock.
We will use the sample created in section 2 to demonstrate the WM_KEYDOWN event. You can handle other events similar to this.
4. Implement the WM_KEYDOWN event
First, we need to provide the handler for the WM_KEYDOWN message. The steps are shown in Fig.4. Go to class view and select properties for the class CKeyBoardInputView. We are going to handle our keyboard events in the view class. Next, provide the handler function for WM_KEYDOWN windows message. To do this click on the message icon, then double click on the grid column for the WM_KEYDOWN.
The signature of the empty handler is shown below:
void CKeyBoardInputView::OnKeyDown(UINT nChar, UINT nRepCnt, UINT nFlags)
In this article, we are going to deal with the first parameter only. The first parameter represents the key code that you can compare with the keyboard constants to decide the keystroke.
5. Looking for Alphanumeric Key
The alphanumeric keystroke can be compared directly with character constants. In the below code we are looking for the English letter M or the numeric digit 3.
//01. Numbers and Charactors
if (nChar == 'M')
AfxMessageBox(_T("M Pressed"));
if (nChar == '3')
AfxMessageBox(_T("Three Pressed"));
6. Looking for the System Key
System keys should be compared with the pre-defined constant values defined in the WinUser.h header file. The below code shows how we ensure that the typed keystroke is either an F5 key or an End key. These two keys are system keys and do not fall in the alphabets or numeric keys.
//02. Process System Keys
if (nChar == VK_F5)
AfxMessageBox(_T("F5 Function Key Pressed"));
if (nChar == VK_END)
AfxMessageBox(_T("END Key Pressed"));
7. Looking for the Shift key combination
Sometimes we will end up in a situation where we need to check the alphanumeric keystroke in combination with the shift keys like ctrl, shift etc. The below example will check for the ctrl+A and the Shift+S combination of the keys. When converting the 8000 from hexadecimal to binary we get 16 digits with the high bit set to one. The GetKeyState returns a negative number when the shift key is kept down. So you can either check the return value is negative or check the high order bit with the Bitwise AND operator '&'. The code listed uses the bit-wise operator to make the comparison:
//03. Numbers and Char keys with Shift key combination
if (nChar == 'A')
if (GetKeyState(VK_CONTROL ) & 0x8000 )
AfxMessageBox(_T("Ctrl+A is pressed"));
if (nChar == 'S')
//Shift Keys [Alt, Shift, Ctrl]
if (GetKeyState(VK_SHIFT) & 0x8000 )
AfxMessageBox(_T("Shift+S is pressed"));
8. Looking for the Toggle key state
The toggle key like Insert and CapsLock will change their state between ON and OFF. When the toggle key is pressed it current state is inverted. In the previous section, we saw the importance of the High order bit of the nChar (First parameter of the event handler) to decide the state (Hold down) of the shift key. The low order bit is used to check the toggle key status. When the low order bit is set, the toggle key is turned on. The below code informs you whenever the CAPSLOCK key is turned-ON. Similarly, the code below will also show a message box when the NumLock is turned-Off.
//04. Checking toggle keys
if (nChar == VK_CAPITAL)
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AfxMessageBox(_T("Caps Key On"));
if (nChar == VK_NUMLOCK)
if (!(GetKeyState(VK_NUMLOCK) & 0x01) )
AfxMessageBox(_T("Num Key Off"));
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Within minutes of leaving that doctor's office a poem started swirling in Caroline's head. She remembers watching her boots hit the snow-covered pavement, noticing how at once she felt both lighter and more rooted, as if she could feel herself as part of the earth and the air, as part of the world for the first time. She felt a truth that seemed to have been there all along: that she was going to spend a lot of her life writing & sharing the stories of her survival and recovery, advocating for those who are misunderstood and misdiagnosed, and connecting others with the resources appropriate for their own healing and transformation. She wanted then, as she still does, to play a part in helping others feel less alone and less broken so that they too may get to the real work of their true lives.
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DEPRESSION SUCKS! 3 STRAIGHT MONTHS of it tore me apart and was so very debilitating. i am very grateful for Katryna's love and support, and for the love and support of my friends, therapist and psychaitrist. Also, i was able to express my doldrums in poetry. i am currently on 3 Depakote pills and feeling so much better! i still have a low-grade depression and very low energy that comes with the Lyme Disease. But, i am more hopeful now.
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driving through my veins
eviscerating the
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I call the appropriate model "Ponomonics," from the Hawaiian word pono, meaning goodness, righteousness, balance. Apart from being more culturally appropriate it is more ecologically sustainable as well.
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What about aphids? It's a question that was on the lips of many cotton producers this past year as the tiny insects settled in for a lengthy stay in Southeastern cotton fields.
"In the past, growers have ignored aphids, and the insects tended to go away," says Mark Abney, a University of Georgia entomology graduate student. "Other areas of the Cotton Belt haven't been as fortunate. In other regions, cotton aphids have become a major concern. And, we've had some prolonged, severe infestations in Georgia."
The infestations seen in Georgia this past year raised questions from growers about the impact of aphids on the cotton crop, says Abney.
"Early season aphid infestations have the potential to stunt seedling cotton. Even larger, older cotton can be stunted by aphids, especially if other stresses such as drought conditions are involved. Reduced lint quality is a problem typically encountered in more arid regions," he says.
The biggest concern for Georgia growers from aphid infestations would be reduced yields, notes Abney. Unfortunately, it's difficult to correlate aphid numbers and aphid feeding with cotton yields, he adds.
"This makes it very difficult for us to know when or if to treat aphid infestations. We really don't know how they're hurting us," he says.
Georgia researchers, says Abney, have evaluated the natural enemies of aphids and looked at how these might be incorporated into management decisions. Part of this research included tracking aphid and natural enemy populations in a Georgia cotton field. This tracking included insect natural enemies and the entomopathogenic fungus Neozygites fresenii.
"The fungal pathogen is our Number One natural enemy of aphids both in the Southeast and the Mid-South, and it has been since the mid-1980s. It's been extremely effective, and that's why we've been able to ignore aphid populations over the course of the past couple of years," says Abney.
Options available
Once cotton aphid infestations are established in a field, there are options for suppressing them, he says. "One option is using the insecticide imidacloprid or Provado. We have seen very good suppression with this material. Other chemistries are available, but imidacloprid is soft on beneficial insects. Some of our other chemical options can be devastating on natural enemies.
"In terms of biological control — from a suppression standpoint — insect beneficials aren't going to work very well. But the cotton aphid fungus actually works as well as our insecticide applications in suppressing aphid populations."
Turning to cultural control methods, Abney says the severity of an aphid infestation in cotton can be made worse by drought stress. "If you can irrigate cotton and avoid stress, you'll help yourself in terms of decreasing the amount of damage caused by aphids."
The most effective biological control of aphids is the cotton aphid fungus, he says, but many growers are asking if they can afford to wait for this fungus to take effect.
Prolonged problem
"In past years, this hasn't been a problem. But this past year, before we saw the fungus, we had prolonged aphid infestations that caused real damage to cotton. In the future, can we continue to ride out the infestations and wait for the fungus, or should we use an insecticide?"
Research in the past two years has attempted to answer these questions, says Abney. In both years, the imidacloprid treatments were effective at suppressing aphid populations.
"Our populations increased in late June and early July. We made Provado applications on July 5 in 1999 and on July 6 in 2000, and aphid numbers were suppressed quite well. But about a week after we applied the insecticide, aphid populations in our untreated plots also declined.
"This is the effect of the aphid fungus or parasitic wasps. This leads to the question of whether the insecticide treatments can be justified economically."
Tests conducted in 1999 and 2000 concluded that when the aphid infection rate reached 12 to 15 percent in the field, the aphid populations declined rapidly.
"This is not to say that we shouldn't be concerned with conserving natural enemies — we should."
"That would indicate that if we knew we had 12 to 15 percent infected aphids in the field, then we wouldn't want to apply an insecticide. The problem is knowing when aphids reach this point of infection without having to send off a sample to be tested.
Can't see it
"At this point of infection, you can't see the fungus in the field. If you get an identification kit, you may be able to save yourself an application. If not, it'll be another week or so before you actually can see signs of the fungus in the field."
Research also looked at how aphid infestations impacted the yield and quality of Georgia cotton, says Abney. "We didn't see any differences in yield in 1999 or 2000, regardless of the treatment. It didn't matter that we sprayed an insecticide and killed the aphids. "There also were no differences in lint strength or micronaire. It didn't matter if we sprayed for aphids, or if we did nothing."
A conclusion of the research, he says, is that the cotton aphid fungus is an effective way to control aphids. "We already knew that. The big question is if we can rely on the fungus in the future if we continue to have these prolonged aphid infestations early in the growing season."
A second conclusion, he adds, is that insect natural enemies were not reliable in terms of suppressing aphid populations. "This is not to say that we shouldn't be concerned with conserving natural enemies — we should.
"There is potential for beneficial insects to prevent aphid infestations later in the season. They also may prevent flare-ups early in the season."
Good suppression of aphid populations was achieved through the use of imidacloprid. But the insecticide treatments were not economically justified in this particular study, says Abney, because the treatments were made early in the season when the fungus was effective.
On the question of whether aphid infestations cause cotton yield loss, Abney says there still are a lot of gaps in the knowledge, and researchers will continue to explore the issue.
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How can I talk to my loved one about incontinence?
Realize it's normal to feel uncomfortable. There are some discussions between close relatives, especially a parent and child, that many of us would rather avoid: Talking to your own children about sex is probably not something many parents can glide through without some discomfort. Equally difficult, or perhaps even more so, is broaching the subject of incontinence with the very person who used to change your diapers when you were an infant.
Whether or not the person you're caring for has memory problems or dementia, the topic of incontinence is challenging. "Society has programmed us to view bodily functions as dirty and private, and when you're dealing with a parent, having such a discussion isn't a natural thing to do," says Carol Jones, a family consultant with the Mountain Caregiver Resource Center in Mount Shasta, California.
Avoid denying there's a problem. When talking to adult children who are caregivers, Jones found that they often have such a hard time dealing with incontinence that they pretend it's not happening. "Sometimes the biggest problem is that the caregiver is embarrassed and feels the need to cover up the accidents, even denying that the person is incontinent."
Don't assume the person is trying to punish you. Another pitfall, particularly if the person has dementia, is the misperception that he's having accidents "on purpose," as a way of gaining control, according to Jones, yet that's rarely the case.
Communicate about the problem.
To overcome these emotional obstacles, Jones recommends tackling the topic head on. "The best way to do it is to speak frankly and say, 'We're in this together. I know this is embarrassing for you, and it's hard to depend on someone else for bodily functions, but I want to work on this with you to make it easier.'" Of course, if the person you're caring for has dementia or Alzheimer's, you may need to use a different approach.
How can I help my incontinent loved one have fewer accidents?
Take him to
the doctor.
First, if the person you're caring for hasn't seen the doctor, he should make an appointment or you should make one for him. Incontinence isn't a normal part of aging; it could be a sign of, say, a urinary tract infection. Medications could also be the cause, or accidents could be a sign of another medical problem, such as an enlarged prostate in a man.
If the person has already seen his doctor and medical treatment hasn't solved his incontinence, you can try a number of things to make it less of a problem.
Make sure there's nothing to slow him down when he needs to urinate. One impediment to getting to the toilet on time could be the clothes he's wearing. Jones used to run an adult daycare center, and a big obstacle to reaching the toilet was the men's pants: "I live in cowboy country, and men would come in with button-front jeans, and by the time they got to the bathroom, there's no way they weren't going to wet themselves." An easy solution is to make sure your father wears pants with a large zipper fly or an elastic waistband.
Another option is to check with your local medical supply store to inquire about installing handrails and grab bars to make it easier for him to get to the toilet, or look into buying a bedside commode or urinal for him to use at night.
Help set up a toilet schedule. If the doctor hasn't told you how to set up a toilet schedule, it's easy enough to do. It tends to work best with stress incontinence (this is a result of weak pelvic floor muscles, and is often triggered by sneezing, laughing, coughing, or lifting; it's more common in women) and urge incontinence (when a person has a strong urge to urinate and leaks urine before reaching the toilet). Urge incontinence often occurs in people who have diabetes, stroke , dementia, or Parkinson's disease .
Try keeping a diary or have him log the times when he urinates for a period of two or three days. Once you've figured out when he typically needs to relieve himself, set up a schedule so that he heads to the toilet before he'd typically need to go.
Watch the fluids before bed.
Of course, how much fluid he drinks will affect how often he needs to urinate. People often assume that withholding fluids will help incontinence. However, barring a medical directive from the doctor, your parent should drink fluids throughout the day to avoid dehydration and cut down on fluids in the evening so he doesn't need to go as often at night.
Consider other possible triggers.
What the person drinks and eats can affect incontinence. Anything with caffeine, for example, may irritate the bladder and should be reduced or eliminated. "Coffee, colas, and chocolate will cause your parent to have to go much more often, as will alcohol -- though I'm not talking about an occasional glass of wine," says Jones. Spicy foods, carbonated beverages, and foods with high acidity like tomatoes, peppers, and citrus are also bladder irritants and are best avoided. "If he has orange juice in the morning, try switching to apple juice," suggests Jones.
Learn about incontinence products. Long gone are the days when wearers of incontinence products felt as though they were carrying around a log in their pants; today there are plenty of comfortable products to choose from. There are briefs of different sizes and shapes, male and female briefs, some that look like a classic diaper, and some that appear no different from underwear. A variety of cleansers, moisturizers, and skin barriers can protect your parent's skin against developing sores. To find out which type best meets your family's needs, see " 11 Questions to Ask When Selecting Incontinence Products ."
Chapter 20, "Incontinence," American Geriatrics Society.
Marion Karpinski. Quick Tips for Caregivers. Healing Arts Communication, Medford, Oregon, 2000.
Virginia Morris. How to Care for Aging Parents . Workman Publishing, New York, 1996.
"Urinary Incontinence." National Institute on Aging.


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About 826 Boston
826 Boston is a nonprofit youth writing and publishing organization that empowers traditionally underserved students ages 6-18 to find their voices, tell their stories, and gain communication skills to succeed in school and in life.
826 Boston is a nonprofit youth writing and publishing organization that empowers traditionally underserved students ages 6-18 to find their voices, tell their stories, and gain communication skills to succeed in school and in life.
Our services are structured around the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. With this understanding in mind, we provide after-school tutoring, field trips, creative writing workshops, in-school tutoring, help for English Language Learners, and in-depth publishing projects.
Each of our free programs seeks to empower students to express their ideas effectively, creatively, confidently, and in their individual voices. To find out more about where 826 Boston is going, read 826 Boston's plan for growth.
How many students do you serve each year and where do they come from?
826 Boston provides free writing and tutoring programs for Boston students ages 6 to 18, serving more than 4,000 students and forming supportive partnerships with 150 teachers annually.
How much does it cost to attend 826 Boston?
All of our student programming is free!
When did 826 Boston open?
The late Mayor Menino cut the ribbon in front of the Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute in 2007.
How many volunteers are involved with 826 Boston and who are they?
826 Boston maintains a network of more than 2,500 volunteers from the Boston community—including professional writers, artists, and teachers. More than 700 volunteers regularly devote their time and talents to our programs. These qualified and compassionate individuals are involved in each and every program 826 Boston offers.
Why is it called 826 Boston?
The flagship chapter of 826 (826 Valencia) opened its doors at 826 Valencia St. in San Francisco. Founded in 2002 by internationally acclaimed author Dave Eggers and award-winning educator Nínive Calegari, 826 Valencia inspired a network of creative writing and tutoring centers now eight cities strong: Boston, San Francisco, Ann Arbor/Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, and Washington, D.C. The 826 National office was established in 2008 to serve the growing educational network by providing strategic leadership, administration, and other resources to ensure the success of the 826 network.
826 Boston aims to build communities of empowered young writers who will succeed in school, attend college, and carry with them a life-long love of writing and reading.
Our programs are designed to motivate students to complete their schoolwork, improve confidence in their writing skills, and foster positive relationships with adult mentors.
To gauge the impact of our programs, 826 Boston uses a variety of metrics, including third-party evaluations and pre- and post-program surveys.
Download our 2015-2016 Annual Report for more information about our impact.
See what students and parents say about our programs:
93% of students agree that 826 Boston has helped them become more comfortable in school.
85% of parents report that their child is getting better grades with the help of 826 Boston.
Since working with 826 Boston, my daughter has become motivated and excited to write. I'm in awe of how 826 Boston staff and volunteers achieve such greatness from these scholars."
-Josette W., after-school parent
|Jessica Drench
Executive Director
|Jessica joined the 826 Boston team in the role of program director in 2011 and became Executive Director in 2016. A Boston native, she earned a B.A. in English from Brown and an M.A. in Teaching English from Columbia Teachers College, and is a certified English and Special Education teacher. Jessica began her career teaching high school ELA at the McKinley School, a program for at-risk youth in the Boston Public Schools. In 2013, Jessica attended the Institute of Nonprofit Management and Executive Leadership at Boston University. She brings 10 years of non-profit leadership to her work at 826 Boston.
|Kristin Barrali
Director of Advancement
|Kristin became 826 Boston's first Development Director in 2012. A native Tennessean, Kristin has an extensive background in fundraising and nonprofit management. She got her start working for an economic justice nonprofit in Boston where she was on the cover of The Boston Globe for capsizing in a life raft in a tax fairness action. She then worked at the Nonprofit Quarterly magazine for 11 years where she helped raise money from foundations, individuals, and eventually managed the earned revenue strategies of the publication. Kristin's passion for education comes from her role as an active Boston Public School parent. Her kids attend school just down the road from 826 Boston's offices, and she was recently elected to the City-wide Parent Council in Boston.
|April Bo Wang
Education Director
|April grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and started her career in education as an 11th grade English teacher in the Arkansas Delta. Go Cougars! She holds a doctorate in education leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and believes that when students share their voice, they break down barriers. April collects library cards.
|Jenna Leschuk
Associate Development Director
|Jenna Leschuk got her foot in the door with writing as a student tutor at Dartmouth College's Composition Center. After graduation, she used the power of words (and recruitment!) to help find and train the next generation of environmental leaders with Green Corps. She worked in communications with Public Interest GRFX and as a freelance writer and graphic designer before joining the development team at 826 Boston.
|Karen Sama
K-8 Program Director
|Karen grew up in Queens, New York, and earned her BA in Religion from Colorado College. After graduating, she moved to Denver and worked directly with preschoolers with special needs in homes and Head Start classrooms.
|Jennifer "J.J."
Mercado Javier
Volunteer Manager
|Jennifer Mercado Javier, more popularly known as J.J., is a proud Anteater, meaning she earned her B.A. in Criminology, Law, & Society from the University of California, Irvine. Although J.J. is California-bred, she fell head over heels in love with Boston after serving with City Year. There she learned the power of service and the importance of integrating civic engagement in education and youth work. She's since lead volunteer programs for youth and young adults in various nonprofits in Boston, and also prioritizes volunteerism in her own life, giving time to start-ups who focus on empowering minority youth. In her spare time, she can usually be found behind a children's novel or with a pad and pen in hand writing her own.
|Nakia Hill
Writers' Room Manager
|Nakia grew up less than two miles away from 826 Boston. She received her B.A. at Howard University and her Masters in Print and Multimedia Journalism at Emerson College. She has taught creative writing and journalism classes to youth in Washington, D.C. and in Boston. She is an indie music enthusiast who still gushes over the sight of her byline in major publications.
|Gena Barenholtz
Financial Manager
|Prior to joining 826 Boston, Gena held positions at HarbourVest Partners, LLC as a Senior Tax Accountant, Commercial Union as a Senior Accountant and Fidelity Investments as an Accountant. Gena graduated from Bentley University with a Masters in Taxation and a Graduate Certificate in Accountancy. Undergraduate she studied at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. Gena enjoys people, traveling as well as being outdoors running, biking and being active.
|Will Marshall
Writers' Room Manager
|A former 826 volunteer and service member, Will brings his passion for education and young adults to the Writers' Room at the John D. O'Bryant High School. Will is a graduate of New York University's Journalism School and has worked in newsrooms, production studios, and in higher education. He has a special knack for resolving disputes between feuding middle schoolers and if you run into him, be sure to talk horror movies and Italian restaurants.
|Isata Jalloh
Writers' Room Coordinator
|Isata is a Boston native who grew up just blocks away from 826 Boston (If only it had been 826 Boston during her childhood…). She received her BA in communications with a concentration in digital journalism and a minor in sociology from Newbury College. Isata fostered her relationship with 826 in the spring of 2016 as a program intern, volunteer, service member, and now staff member. If Isata had to choose one author whose work changed her life it would be James Baldwin.
|Gabriella Balza
Writers' Room Coordinator
|Gabriella is a Venezuelan-born, Florida-grown writer. When she is not busy exploring identity, trauma, and diaspora in her writing, she can be found at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School Writers' Room. Gabriella is passionate about promoting positive change and empowerment in youth through the discovery of one's voice. She earned her B.F.A. in Writing, Literature, and Publishing from Emerson College and has interned at different literary agencies, book publishers, and literary journals around Boston.
|Richard Wheelock
Volunteer Recruitment Systems Specialist, AmeriCorps VISTA
|Richie recently graduated from Emerson College in Boston. As a former 826 Boston volunteer and intern, he looks forward to deepening his relationship with the organization and the city. He aspires to write fantasy novels for younger readers, and he has an abiding respect for the zoologically mysterious. He recommends books by Diana Wynne Jones to anybody who enjoys laughing while reading.
|Kaylee Anzick
Volunteer Engagement Specialist, AmeriCorps VISTA
|Kaylee recently graduated from Emerson College's Writing, Literature, and Publishing program. They are passionate about finding ways to marry their love of literature—specifically children's literature—to their goal of amplifying the voices of young writers. In college, they served with AmeriCorps for two years as a Jumpstart Corps Member, interned at Candlewick Press and The Horn Book, and volunteered with 826 Boston's after-school tutoring program. When they aren't at 826, you can find them watching cartoons, editing their friends' writing, or reading anything they can get their hands on.
|Julie Jacobs
Parent and Community Engagement Specialist, AmeriCorps VISTA
|Julie is a native Vermonter. She bid the Green Mountains goodbye to receive her B.A. in International Affairs and Ethnic Studies at Lewis & Clark College in Oregon. Her experiences working with the DREAM mentorship program in Vermont, the SMART literacy program in Oregon, and as a goat shepherd overseas have developed her passion for working with kids of all ages and species. Julie's love of reading began when she discovered her spirit character, Junie B. Jones, in the first grade classroom.
|Annie Dade
Student Engagement Specialist, AmeriCorps VISTA
|As a lover of all things book-related, Annie couldn't be happier to serve a second AmeriCorps year with 826 Boston. She studied English and French literature at Wesleyan University, after which she moved to Jamaica Plain to serve at a nearby school through an AmeriCorps Urban Education Fellowship. Annie attributes her love for her hybrid role as literacy tutor/librarian/soccer coach/garden club coordinator to a bunch of fabulous fifth graders. She is excited about connecting with more students from the area and hearing about their favorite characters and breakfast foods.
|Carly Barnhardt
Marketing and Events Specialist, AmeriCorps VISTA
|Carly hails from a teeny-tiny town in southeastern Wisconsin, though she now proudly calls Boston home. Carly recently received her bachelor's degree in English literature from Boston College. There, she served as the editor-in-chief of the university's literary and arts magazine, Stylus (after Edgar Allan Poe's would-be publication of the same name). An avid writer herself, she is continually inspired by the bold, silly, and inventive stories the student writers at 826 Boston share. In her free time, you are likely to find Carly in the kitchen, making a mess.
|Christina Amen
Out-of-School Program Associate, Commonwealth Corps
|Christina is a Pennsylvania native and grew up in the pin-sized borough of Camp Hill. She recently graduated from Emerson College with a B.F.A. in Writing, Literature, and Publishing with a concentration in fiction writing. As a bookworm and storyteller alike, taking on a year of service at 826 Boston was a no-brainer. In the past year, you are most likely to have spotted Christina in a preschool classroom with a book in hand, catching a concert at a nearby venue, or doing yoga at Ringer Park.
Emma Sunog
K-8 Writers' Room Associate, Commonwealth Corps
|Emma went to Carleton College in Minnesota, where she studied English and linguistics and worked at the campus writing center. After graduating, she returned to the Boston area to tutor high school students and intern at 826 Boston before beginning her position as a Commonwealth Corps Writers' Room Associate. Emma likes writing letters, attempting to bake bread, and ballroom dancing.
Sarah Cummings
Writers' Room Associate, Commonwealth Corps
|Sarah Cummings is a native New Yorker who came to Boston to study Writing, Literature, and Publishing at Emerson College. She's tutored and interned at various magazine and book publishers and briefly worked at Walt Disney World. She's so excited to be back in Boston and serve with 826 Boston at the Jeremiah E. Burke Writers' Room. She loves working with young adults and seeing students express themselves and gain confidence through their writing. In her spare time, you're likely to find her writing, rock climbing, or cuddling the neighborhood cats.
Are you looking to join our team? Internship and full-time opportunities, when they are available, can be found here.
Board Officers
Gillian Kohli, 826 Boston Board President, Wellesley Books
Marc Foster, 826 Boston Board Vice President, Transparency Life Sciences, LLC
Mimi Curran, 826 Boston Board Treasurer, Retired WGBH
Emily D'Amour Pardo, 826 Boston Board Clerk, Harvard Book Store
Board Members
Linda Button, Children's Hospital Trust
Andrew Cohn, LMEC
Donna Cowan, Retired Bolt, Beranek, and Newman
Jon Fullerton, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Carol Greenwald, WGBH
Rev. Tim House, First Church Boston
Charisse Howse
Lisa Krakoff
Jeff Mayersohn, Harvard Book Store
Pam Rosenberg
Janet Tiampo
Kevin Whalen, Morgan Stanley
Harvey Cotton, 826 Boston Legal Counsel
Kevin Feeney
Helen Jacobson
Literary Board
Steve Almond
M. T. Anderson
Richard Blanco
Christopher Castellani
Anita Diamant
Junot Díaz
Andre Dubus III
A. W. Flaherty
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Julia Glass
Meredith Goldstein
Mary Gordon
Julian Houston
Jeff Kinney
Lois Lowry
David McCullough
Tom Perrotta
Heidi Pitlor
Richard Russo
Jim Shepard
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Boilerplate: 826 Boston is a nonprofit youth writing and publishing organization that empowers traditionally underserved students ages 6-18 to find their voices, tell their stories, and gain communication skills to succeed in school and in life. Our services are structured around the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. With this understanding in mind, we provide after-school tutoring, field trips, creative writing workshops, in-school tutoring, help for English Language Learners, and in-depth publishing projects. Each of our free programs seeks to strengthen each student's power to express ideas effectively, creatively, confidently, and in his or her individual voice.
Every year 4,000 students ages 6-18 participate in 826 Boston programs, in and out of school.
Since opening in 2007, 826 Boston has served more than 22,000 students.
826 Boston produces professionally published collections of student writing every year, containing hundreds of stories.
The Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute, the whimsical storefront entrance to 826 Boston's center, opened in 2007. It is one of the eight cities that belong to the 826 network. The first chapter was founded on 826 Valencia Street in San Francisco, California by acclaimed author Dave Eggers and educator Ninive Calegari, in 2002.
"Since working with 826 Boston, my daughter has become motivated and excited to write. I'm in awe of how 826 Boston staff and volunteers achieve such greatness from these scholars." —Josette W., after-school parent
"It's been amazing," said senior Ronicia D. "They give us all the support we need to write things for colleges, for essays, for our classes."
Read More about 826 Boston's plan for growth in the upcoming years.
Eye on Education: 826 Boston's Writers' Room at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School
WBZ TV—April 26, 2017
"In order to change the status quo, we gotta shake things up and cannot prepare children for the 21st-century opportunities without a partnership with those that live beyond the walls of this school," said Dr. Lindsa McIntyre, Headmaster of the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester.
"It's been amazing," said senior Ronicia Da Veigh. "They give us all the support we need to write things for colleges, for essays, for our classes."
826 Boston Celebrates Night of 1,000 Stories
The Boston Globe — May 7, 2015
The Roxbury writing center for young people, 826 Boston, had its fifth annual "Night of 1,000 Stories" benefit at the Royal Sonesta in Cambridge on Tuesday. The featured speaker was writer (and former Boston resident) Luis Alberto Urrea, who was a Pulitzer finalist for his nonfiction book "The Devil's Highway: A True Story." VIPs included 826 co-founder Dave Eggers, and students Stevelyn Desire, Julia Teixeira, and Agnes Ugoji, who helped with the night's presentation. Photo credit: Anne Haggerty.
826 Boston Hosts Literary Jeopardy at Porter Square Books
The Boston Globe — March 16, 2015
Porter Square Books was packed on Friday night for "Literary Jeopardy," an event hosted by 826 Boston, the Egleston Square-based nonprofit writing center for kids. Clues that called for answers in the form of a question included "This 'Freaks and Geeks' costar took on the role of the Emerald City's misunderstood leader in a 2013 prequel to the beloved 1939 film," and "This is the name George Eliot, author of 'Middlemarch,' was born with." (For the record, those answers are James Franco and Mary Ann Evans). The night's VIPs were "Get in Trouble" author Kelly Link, of Northampton, and "Everything I Never Told You" author Celeste Ng, of Cambridge.
Gregory Maguire Stops in for Books for Breakfast
The Boston Globe — November 21, 2014
"Wicked" author Gregory Maguire was the special speaker at Thursday morning's Books for Breakfast benefit for 826 Boston. The annual morning celebration raises money for the Roxbury writing center, which supports students 6 to 18 with tutoring and writing projects. WilmerHale hosted the event, which drew young readers such as Nicholas Allen,15, and Emily Gay, 17.
Students Take the Stage at the Strand Theatre, Thanks to 826 Boston and the A.R.T.
WBUR's the ARTery — August 13, 2014
In a quick five week scramble that would make for excellent reality television, a group of 20 students from ages 10 to 14 write, design and act in their own play—culminating in a performance at the Strand Theatre on Friday, Aug. 15. Read More
826 Boston's writing and tutoring center is located in the heart of Egleston Square in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood.
Behind the door of the Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute, past the 10-foot statue of Bigfoot and the terrarium with our beloved tarantula Edwina, you'll find a tutoring center buzzing with activity as students work one-on-one with tutors, read in our library, or look up questions on our computers.
If you're a parent interested in signing up a student for one of our programs, click here.
If you're a teacher interested in bringing your class to the center for a field trip, click here.
If you're a donor or community member interested in learning more about 826 Boston, click here.
If you're looking to make a difference as a member of our team or as an intern, click here.
Directions & Contact Information
Just trying to find your way?
You can find us at:
826 Boston
3035 Washington Street
Roxbury, MA 02119
Or call us at:
(617) 442-5400


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Oct. 19, 1937-Dec. 30, 2011
Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, Mark "Buddy Boy" Williams, 74, was peacefully called home by God to his eternal resting place.
He was born Oct. 19, 1937, in Goldsboro to the late Effie Mae Swinson and the late Dallas Williams.
Mark was a devoted husband, father and grandfather.
He loved to work in his garden, fix almost anything, i.e. cars and around the house, singing and playing the guitar. Most of all, he loved spending time with his family. Whenever they were together, he could be found in the corner videotaping to cherish the precious moment in time.
April 23, 1975, Mark married the love of his life -- the lovely Esther Mae Williams. They both loved God with all of their hearts, and their ministry was always helping others in need.
He spent most of his life in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, where he worked as a truck driver for Shang Brothers Trash Co. Shortly thereafter, he went to work at Safeway Milk Plant, where he retired in 1995.
Mark leaves loving memories to cherish to his wonderful wife, Esther Mae Williams; his two daughters, Janice Holland and Belinda Stallings; his three sons, Frankie Wiley, Chester Artis and James "Woosie" Artis; and his grandchildren, Katrina Artis-Price, Stephaine Stallings, Shantelle Stallings, Antwaon Stallings, Don-Tavious Holland, Travis Holland, Shavonne Leonard, Shantae Hayes, Marcus Artis, Benita Artis, Corey Artis, Courtney Artis, Chauncey Wiley, Brennan Goods, Kori Wiley, Kendra Wiley and Kelli Wiley.
He also leaves to cherish fond memories to a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Mark "Buddy Boy" Williams leaves everlasting memories, and we will forever miss his physical presence, for we know his home is not in this world, but eternity.
A service of remembrance will be held Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at 11 a.m. at Eastern Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 1401 N. Carolina St., Goldsboro, N.C.
Following the services in the sanctuary, Mr. Williams' delicate temple, along with his adored family, will be escorted to Spruill Family Cemetery for interment rites.
Mr. Williams' earthen vessel is peacefully resting at E.M. Matthews Funeral Home, where the Williams and connected families are receiving prestigious service.
Published in Obituaries on January 5, 2012 1:48 PM


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In Florida's three-way race for the U.S. Senate, Congressman Kendrick Meek is stuck in third, 20 points behind frontrunner Marco Rubio and facing almost certain defeat.
But his role in the 2010 mid-term election is still significant.
Meek, an African-American from Miami, will play a crucial role in getting out the state's black voters. And that, in turn, could determine who wins Florida's governor's race: Democrat Alex Sink or Republican Rick Scott.