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By Stephen Hines, Submitted
On finishing a race
I have before me as I write this an outstanding picture by Elly Foster of Stephen Hines – I shall speak of myself in the third person because I don't quite recognize the guy in the photo as being the real me – running with a bloody face in the Wild Thang Nine-Mile Trail Run.
Steve is still running in the race because he does not realize that he looks like the Red Mask of Death out of an Edgar Allen Poe short story—if Poe had ever written about trail running.
If Steve had had a mirror with him at the time he fell at about the three-mile mark—and thank God he didn't or he would have lacerated himself further—he would have looked at himself and immediately headed back to the start line and the ambulance waiting there.
Instead, what did he do after his fall? He got up, obviously bleeding from his face, and asked a helpful by-runner (he wouldn't be a "bystander," would he?), "Do I still have my teeth?" And when the answer was, "Yes," he spit out a few twigs clinging to his tongue and ran on.
Why he ran on he cannot now say. He can't explain it to his wife, he cannot explain it to his daughters, and he cannot explain to his Mother or his brother or his sisters or his friends. But he expects that at least some members of the running community may perhaps have an inkling of understanding.
First, Steve is competitive and enjoys competition. Why would you start a nine-mile run and not want to finish it? There were Grand Prix points at stake, after all; he might still earn one. (He did, in fact, earn exactly one.)
Second, he felt no pain--might as well finish the race at the end rather than backtrack to the beginning. The blood was only gushing from three spots: his lower lip, his upper lip, right under his nose, and from the bridge of his nose. And again he didn't know that people were nearly passing out along the trail after glancing his way and seeing someone in what looked like a bloody Halloween costume skipping along the route, a mad look of glee in his eye.
Third, he simply didn't know what else to do. Having never been seriously injured before in fifteen years of running, he lacked the experience to knock off with the "heroics" and walk back in to home base.
What he had done only began to sink in on him when he crossed the finish line, and his head began to clear from the shock of the fall.
The ambulance people certainly seemed to take him seriously as did people like Diane Bibeau and Nick Ged who came up to stare at a sight they obviously didn't see everyday. Did Peter Pressman shed any blood when he broke his leg?
Steve didn't know.
After being cleaned on for about a quarter of an hour by the ambulance people, it was time to take their advice and find a walk-in-clinic. Actually, they had specifically said "emergency room" and "there goes the rest of your day," but Steve thought he might be able to save a few bucks.
This was not to be.
Steve is currently staring at his emergency room bill which totaled $1234.25. However, he did receive a lovely "discount" of $487.76 (a sale for lip surgery perhaps?), and "saved" 89 percent of the total cost, for a grand charge of $130.06. In spite of everything, he knows he is lucky.
It only took five stitches to do the upper lip, and apparently his nose wasn't broken or at least was not broken enough to require cosmetic surgery. He has looked at his nose many times but doesn't quite remember what it looked like before the accident, so he can imagine all sorts of things about it. Is it a little more crooked now? Does it lean to the left?
But then if he doesn't know, who else is going to know? Even his wife can't tell for sure, and she has probably seen his nose even more than he has.
Steve is forever thankful that his mustache remains intact. The scar would add nothing to his already rugged appearance, and he does not have enough hair on his head to comb it down and cover his face, so he got off fortunate indeed.
He does suffer from disappointment though. His caring sister-in-law, Louella, who was visiting at the time, made it her duty to get all of the blood out of both his hat and his T-shirt.
Except for a slightly bloody paper bib, there is no memento of his great adventure. As for the photograph of his folly, he keeps that hidden in a drawer. There is just too much explaining to do about that ghastly but smiling face.
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Bruxism is when you clench (tightly hold your top and bottom teeth together) or grind (slide your teeth back and forth over each other) your teeth.
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Clenching the teeth puts pressure on the muscles, tissues, and other structures around your jaw. The symptoms can cause temporomandibular joint problems
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Autokey is a wonderful scripting tool for Linux. Unfortunately, it doesn't work out of the box in Ubuntu 12.04. The reason why is because Autokey isn't on the Unity panel's system tray whitelist. I submitted a bug report on Launchpad, but for now, if you want to get Autokey working without breaking the Unity panel for any other applications, it's as simple as running the following command in the terminal:
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All I want for Christmas is… an assault rifle? Seriously?
Despite the oh-so-recent horror of the US school massacre, plenty of Americans were proud to pose with their deadly weapons. Nice.
Anyone here get a gun for Christmas? Discuss your pressies, or anything else, right here.
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Derrick says:
Is gun control the next Vietnam for the mighty U.S.A. ? ? ? As usual only the right wing nut jobs and cranks create misery for everyone else !
Derrick says:
So when you put your opinion out now you are a "troll" ? And they say the ALP want to gag public debate and free speech ? If Rabbott had his way the only speech we could make is asking how much the Ltd News papers will cost us today. To line the pockets of Murdock and the blue belt
The hypocricy of Rabbott and the Libs is ALMIGHTY !
Linda says:
The boatpeople on Manus Island complain that they do not have air conditioners, see http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/asylum-seekers-outline-detention-concerns/story-e6frfku9-1226544398119
The Govt says there is no advantage policy for these boatpeople. So can someone please tell these people that on Manus Island they are better off than the 1.5 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan?
Do our aborigines in Tennant Creek get air conditioners? My mining engineer friend says it is damn hot there.
John says:
When the government wants to take your gun's, it's a sign that you really need to have guns. It's no surprise American's ran into the gun stores and purchased more guns and ammo. I suspect Obama is preparing for economical collapse, the power's at be know it will be hard to herd a population of 300 million angry civilians, angry at the government.
The people in power today, fear they will lose all their power. This why these gun confiscation vibe tends to be happening now. Mass population with gun's would dissolve the US government and disband it and form their own government free from the crooks running it today.
Gregg says:
I got my first internet present this year, a gift subscribe voucher thingy so I can see if there is anything worth subscribing to.
And the internet room is where it all seems to happen for those people wanting to come here by any means, there having been that Darwin rampage and now some sort of a disagreement on the Manus Island detention place where they even have internet too and now want airconditioners!
Seriously government, put them on the first flights back to their home countries.
Seeing as they on Manus are making some sort of petition with great expectations by COB today, maybe we ought to organise one via the Punch as well.
Terry2 says:
I heard snatches of Malcolm Turnbull's speech at the Woodford Folk Festival, bemoaning the level of parliamentary debate, the negativism and the failure of the media to explain what's going on or provide any meaningful analysis.This morning's media coverage seems to bear out what he was saying, hardly a mention in the news or newspapers.
Whilst he wasn't pointing specifically at his own leader it was inescapable that he had Abbott in mind on the subject of negativity.
Could this be a resurgent Turnbull perhaps positioning for a new year challenge against Abbott who seems particularly vulnerable with disapproval ratings over sixty percent ?
I guess if I were in Turnbull's shoes I would definitely be challenging well before the next election and, in the event of failure, I would just drop out of politics and get on with my life. It would nonetheless be a shame to see that talent being lost to the nation, as was the case with John Hewson.
Josh says:
More demonization of law abiding gun owners? Really? What business is it of yours that in another Country people enjoy the past time of shooting.
The faux moral outrage, is cute. I didn't see any of it when Obama killed 171 children with a wayward drone strike, and I haven't seen any of it on here when Obama walked thousands of 'assault' rifles over into Mexico for use by the drug cartels. Resulting in the deaths of at least 500 Mexicans, and two US citizens.
It amazes me that supposedly smart people put that aside and become emotional children when it comes to the topic of firearms. Grow up.
jaki says:
I got a brand spanking' new Ryobi drill with various attachments amongst other more girly stuff but best of all, as a gift to myself, a little old dog that I saved from death row. What a top little man is Digsby !
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It is a slow NEWS period but there is one issue that chumps my chops is the considerable number of Australians that get into trouble overseas, apparently due to their own making, and then ask the Australian Government (the taxpayer) to get them out of it. One example is the Warren Rodwell's kidnapping in the Philippines. He is described as an "adventurer", I suspect yobbo, who lives in the seaside town of Ipil with his Filipino family. Ipil is an area that the Australian Government has publically deemed unsafe for Australians to travel to, as well as being personally warned by the local police of the possible kidnapping of westerners in the area. On what I have read, the man is a fool who should get nothing more from the Australian taxpayer than consular assistance.
Rossco says:
yes, does sound very leader like. the little commion folk i talk to each day have a liking for Malcolm, so, a change may be as good as a holiday. But, i bet we start to hear the same murmerings about honest debate and working more with the public, from the government. its all grist to the mill fro these guys, next opportunity will be for the Greens to try and appear normal, i love election year.
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Tossing up whether to get 'The Walking Dead' season 1 on DVD, although I have not seen so much as a moaning corpose of it yet… so I thought I'd canvas a few opinions before I committed my Amazon bucks. So is it any good? Or over-rated? My Movie Quality Meter is pretty well calibrated.
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What a wonderful picture.
What is wrong with it? Good on her for not being bullied by the vocal minority of progressive group-think that have the whole "gun thing" backward. Expressing your joy at receiving a present should not be mocked because of others ideological beliefs especially when they are in receipt of a legal appliance.
For shame on you to suggest you are better than that women and actually have more knowledge, moral perspective or are in any way better than her.
Skeptical on reporters says:
Chinese High Speed Rail debt is reported at $620 billion which has about 9,349km of track. That is a cost of about $70 million per km.
Yet a little under two years ago the rail debt was reported as about $270 billion.
$350 billion is a lot to rack up in little over 18 months. Something fishy here.
Yet again in 2009 it was reported that $50 billion was spent in 2009 and that total cost by 2020 was going to be $300 billion for about 25,000km of track, which is $12 million per km.
It is very difficult to make any sense of these figures other than perhaps it is difficult to believe the figures quoted by people reporting on China.
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Back to the Ponting era of 3- 4 day Tests.
No doubt about Clarkey, history will record him as one of the best.
Spanner says:
US gun control…sorry to inform you all that the gate is open and the horse has bolted. Most of the guns in the US are untraceable because of years of unrestricted and unrecorded sales. Obama has signalled his punches by telling everybody that he intends to restrict the sales of high capacity ammo magazines by the end of January. Since that news got out, guess what, the gun shops have run out (of magazines) and the manufactures are working overtime to keep up with the backlog. With naive leadership like this it's no wonder there is such a mess over there. It is all too simplistic to say ban them, too late friends.
Jamie says:
Maybe that lady is one of the eleven armed guards that protect
the school that the Obama kids attend . Pity ALL schools aren't allowed the same protection.
Elphaba says:
Back at work! (poo).
I got 2 Christmas messages from guys I had rejected in the dating game. Guys I'd decided I wasn't compatible with after one date. "Merry Christmas/Hope you had a good time etc" messages.
Is this what dating is now? Have they all been watching too many movies? Is the logic "If I kill her with kindness she'll give me another go? Never mind that she's not compatible/doesn't find me attractive/not enough in common/I lied about myself in my profile and she caught me" etc…
Baffled. I am baffled…
Scary religious stuff says:
A Catholic priest has sparked outrage in Italy by claiming women bring domestic violence on themselves by dressing provocatively and neglecting housework, Italian media report.
"How often do we see girls and mature women going around scantily dressed and in provocative clothes?" Piero Corsi said in a Christmas message posted on the door of his church in the small town of San Terenzio in northwest Italy.
"They provoke the worst instincts, which end in violence or sexual abuse. They should search their consciences and ask: did we bring this on ourselves?" it read.
If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the garden or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats' or the uncovered meat? The uncovered meat is the problem. If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab, no problem would have occurred."
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He also said, "the responsibility falls 90 per cent of the time on the woman. Why? Because she possesses the weapon of enticement
TChong says:
Military Tactician minded Punchers
The terrible plight of the OZ hostage , at the mercy of the mindinoa rebels.
You'd think that if the Phillipine armed forces or Special Forces cant do the job , then the Philipine Govt, ( who is an allie, after all) , might invite the Oz SAS to to accomplish the task - two allies helping each other.
Isnt that the purpose of OZ / Philipine Officer exchange programs etc?
I understand our Forces would need the invite, but why havent the Philipines done so, as they ( the Philipines ) forces seem incapable of the rescue ?
The logistics should be far more easier than when Oz forces went to East Timor, as (you'd hope) the OZ forces would have the support of the Philipine forces.
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It's not whether the bint with the assault rifle is a right/left wing, God-bothering fascist Nazi nutjob; and there are more than enough of those who post on the Punch. It it way too late to turn back the tide in the US as Johnnie Howard did over here. The school that my kids went to in South Carolina was surrounded by a chain-link fence and had a sheriff''s deputy on the staff. The deputy wore civies, worked at a desk in the reception area, and carried his weapon at all times. This approach might be the only way to stop the crazies from murdering school children.
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French Vintage Pencil Cup
Material List
- Wire-Edged Ribbon - Turquoise Polka Dot and Champage Glittered
- Clay Rose Pot - 2.5"
- Scrapbook Paper - Bon Voyage Paris
- Glitter - Silver
- Modern Romance Pearl Ribbon
- Hot Fix Rhinestones
- Charms - Fleur de Lis and Eiffel Tower
- 1/4" Terrifically Tacky Tape
- 1/8" Ribbon – Brown
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- Glossy Accents
- Americana Acrylic Paint – Indian Turquoise and Burnt Umber
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For the ribbon flower, cut a 12-inch piece of ribbon. At one side make small scissor snip and tear off wire edging. Reveal wire at each end of ribbon and pull tight to make circle, twist ends of wire to secure.
Paint the front of the clay pot using Indian Turquoise paint. Paint the inside of the pot using Burnt Umber paint.
Cut a strip of Paris paper to fit around rim of pot. Adhere using Mod Podge.
Mix Burnt Umber paint with water to make a wash. Brush over the and all over the outside of the painted pot. Wipe and blot using a paper towel until the right amount of antiquing is achieved.
Generously apply Glossy Accents around the top edge of the pot and sprinkle silver glitter. Let dry.
Attach hot fix rhinestones around the pot, evenly spacing each stone. (Or using a small dot of glue, attach gems).
Antique the pearls using Latte Alcohol Ink and Alcohol Blending Solution over them. Let dry.
Gather ribbons tie charms onto the ends. Gather ribbons around the top of the pot and tie a knot. Use a dot of hot glue to secure if needed.


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Dreams Eternal is an FPS game that focuses on a strong story line and puzzle solving. It is set in the dream world. The very short summary of the story is that a scientific experiment went wrong and everybody is stuck in the dream world. You have to end this experiment by hopping from dream to dream. In every dream you have to find clues to try to find out how the experiment can be aborted.
GearHead is a mecha roguelike roleplaying game. Set a century and a half after nuclear war, you can explore a world where various factions compete to determine the future of the human race. Major features include random plot generation, a detailed character system, and over two hundred customizable mecha designs.
omega is a complex rogue-style game of dungeon exploration. Unlike other such games, there are a number of ways to "win", depending on various actions taken during play. The ways you can get your name on the hiscore board include becoming the highest ranked head of a guild, sect, college, etc., as well as gaining the most points figured from possessions and experience. The game (via the oracle) may impose some structure on your exploration, but you need not follow all of the oracle's advice. There *is* a "total winner" status, by the way.
PCGen is a Java (1.5+) -based character generator aimed at supporting OGL role playing games like those based upon the SRD, RSRD, and MSRD (such as Dungeons and Dragons). It is highly configurable by the users, allowing the Game Master to add or remove races, classes, feats, etc., and to implement house rules such as differing class or race restrictions. Level advancement is also supported, with configurable progressions of feats, skills and ability score bonuses. For "at the table" support, PCGen offers a set of GM plugins. Further options allow the user to produce a customized character sheet, which can then be viewed in, or printed from, the user's WWW browser. It can also produce a "party" sheet with the information needed by the GM.
Spice Trade is an RPG/adventure/strategy game in which the main character is a poor man who has lost his parents, inherited some land and a house. He becomes a trader of spices and herbs in Baghdad at a time when Europeans are starting their "great voyages of exploration". The game character has to ensure that the Europeans do not take over his country and his culture, while he has to expand the sphere of influence of his own culture.


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These individuals were arrested by the Wilson Police Department or the Wilson County Sheriff's Office and charged with driving while impaired. Each defendant is innocent until proven guilty. This information is public record. Each week, The Wilson Times will update this database based on public information from these law enforcement agencies.
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I'm here to address a problem that is often faced by many people.
Alright, I got my iPhone stuck in the recovery mode and i suppose a lot pof you know what is that. It is when your iPhone turn off and on repeatedly and basically, you cannot do anything with your phone.
I searched all over the web but there is hardly any solution to it. All the usual things are go to cydia and uninstall blacksn0w and Blah Blah Blah but how are you gonna do that when your iPhone has became 'handicapped'?
Finally, I figured it out.
To do this, you MUST have SSH access between your computer and your iPhone.
Alright, I'm now having a 3Gs iPhone running on OS 4.0. Note that while your iPhone is in the recovery loop, there will be a time when the SSH Access is possible. I think this is provided you keep your iPhone's Wifi for SSH.
From here, before your iPhone turn it self off during the reboot (Which is about 1 min), SSH and delete these files :
blacksn0w -> /usr/lib/blacksn0w.dylib
Next, just wait for your iPhone to reboot itself again. By then,you have blacksn0w uninstalled. This method is just like removing a program that repeatedly makes your springboard crash.
Okay, I've done this because my phone crash due to blacksn0w but I suppose this can solve other problems. Most of the time, the reboot loop is cause by a certain program. Therefore, clearing it away should solve the problem.
I feel weird because hardly anybody address this method. This method allows you to get out of reboot loop and have all apps with you. Basically, no DSF or whatever restoring is needed. This runs on the similar concept whereby your spring board keep crashing and you have to delete the program that makes it crash.
Sorry about some Grammatical errors. I'm new to this thread so Hi
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Iza, Alejandro, ed. ; Stein, Robyn, ed.; IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative
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Effective water governance capacity s the foundation of efficient management of water resources. Water governance reform processes msut work towards building capacity in a cohesive and articulated approach that links national policies, laws and institutions, within an enabling environment that allows for their implementation. This guide shows how national water reform processes can deliver good water governance, by foucssing on the principles and practice of refrom. RULE guides managers nad decision makers on a journey which provides an overview of what makes good law, policy and institutions, and the steps needed to build a coherent and fully operational water governance structure.


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Schools, Local Authorities Can Save Costs When Upgrading to Latest Technology
AMSTERDAM – May 26, 2010 – Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) today announced it has been selected as a supplier by the Northern Grid for Learning for its learning platform framework. As a result, more than 400 primary and secondary schools and colleges across seven local authorities in the North East of the U.K. can choose Blackboard to deliver content, engage learners and enhance the student experience, all while achieving significant cost efficiencies.
Blackboard was selected following a rigorous procurement process undertaken by the Northern Grid for Learning and supported by its local authority partners and schools. Blackboard was selected due to the strengths and capabilities of its learning platform and solutions, its financial credibility and its alignment with the Northern Grid's values to match the expectations of 21st century learners and teachers.
As part of the framework Northern Grid institutions can purchase any Blackboard solution including Release 9.1, which was recently released and integrates a range of social learning tools to increase student engagement. The framework is also available to local authorities outside the region.
"Paying for a single procurement process instead of each local authority managing their own means significant cost savings across the North East," said Mel Philipson, Manager, Northern Grid for Learning. "Schools can now invest in the most advanced educational solutions knowing that the company has met or exceeded the high standards set down by the Northern Grid."
To meet government requirements, by September all schools are required to provide access to a learning platform for teachers and pupils. These online learning and teaching environments help ensure effective administration and management of schools, allowing more time and resources to be made available for learner development.
"Blackboard is delighted to partner with Northern Grid to improve teaching and learning and to increase collaboration among teachers and pupils and between schools and Local Authorities," said Anthony Doyle, Account Executive at Blackboard. "This partnership will not only bring efficiencies for teachers and cost savings for Schools and Local Authorities, it will also create wider access to the latest technologies and innovative methods for improving learning."
For more information about Blackboard, please visit http://www.blackboard.com.
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Friday, April 25, 2014
By Barry Wilner
The Associated Press
NEW YORK – Peyton Manning has won his fifth Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in a landslide.
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning talks to the media after NFL football practice at the team's training facility in Englewood, Colo., on Thursday.
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The Denver Broncos' record-setting quarterback, who threw for 55 touchdowns and 5,477 yards in leading the Broncos to the AFC's best record, earned 49 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league. New England quarterback Tom Brady got the other vote in balloting announced Saturday night.
Manning won his other MVPs with Indianapolis in 2003, '04, '08 and '09. He also was the runner-up last season to Adrian Peterson.
No one else has won more than three NFL MVP awards.
Manning still trails several Hall of Famers for total MVPs in their sport. Wayne Gretzky won nine NHL MVPs, Barry Bonds owns seven in baseball, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won six in the NBA.


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Developing countries including India win concessions but critics say World Trade Organisation is no forum for helping the poor. The first global trade deal since the creation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) nearly two decades ago was condemned by anti-poverty groups on Friday as a boost for big business at the expense of developing nations.
CWA devised a simple plan for which they were uniquely suited: drag TPP out of the shadows and into the light - one city at a time - using a medium they understand intimately: Daily Newspapers!
Two CWA members - Dave Felice in Denver, CO and Madelyn Elder in Portland, OR have started the ball rolling. We just need to keep up the momentum leading up to a big day of petition deliveries in January.
Step 1 is to send an Op-Ed to your Daily Newspaper.
MoveOn.org Petition - Congress Don't Renew Fast Track
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If your Senator(s) and/or Representative is not currently opposed to Fast Track, they may not completely understand all the implications. Nothing sends a stronger message to a Congressional member than a personal visit to a district office by a voter with a written request. Phone calls and emails are incredibly important but nothing gets attention like a personal visit. Our Educate Congress page has information and a sample letter. Print the letter, sign it, deliver it.


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Mendez, 16, has been missing since Sept. 30 at about 4:20 a.m. She was last seen at her Hollis Crossroads home on U.S. 431.
Investigator Josh Barnett said the police have put fliers in all the convenience and grocery stores in Heflin as well as at Heflin City Hall. They planned to post more in Hollis, where the girl was living, on Friday, he added.
The fliers also are being distributed in Georgia, Maryland and Ohio, Barnett said. So far, investigators have no leads, Barnett said.
The fliers were provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which offered to help with the case after staff saw Mendez's story online. The center was established in 1984 with a mission to aid law enforcement in finding missing children.
Mendez's brother-in-law, Hector Chun, said the family heard a car outside about the time the girl was last seen, and believe she may have been picked up by someone. They thought she was going to school, but when she didn't come home, they knew something was wrong, he said.
The family found a note saying she was going back to Guatemala, but Chun said he didn't think she could get there. She didn't have any money, Chun said.
Mendez was living with Chun and her sister, Alicia Mendez. Two days after the teen disappeared, they went for help to Cleburne County High School, where she was attending classes. School administrators notified the police and provided a translator for the interview.
Days after she disappeared, the family started receiving phone calls from a man who declined to identify himself saying Mendez was in Alabama, Atlanta and Maryland traveling with another man. The phone number he was calling from has since been disconnected.
A photo of Mendez is now posted on the website www.missingkids.com, managed by the center. Paola Salvatierra, an assistant case manager with the center declined to comment on the investigation today.
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Easter Craft Egg Photo Holder
This adorable photo holder is the perfect way to display a favorite Easter photograph, or maybe even use as a place card holder on your Easter table.
Designed by Michaels® Design Team
Material List
- Craft Egg, 3-inch
- Creatology™ Chenille Stems: Bright, Multi (6mm)
- Creatology™ Craft Boa: Lime
- Creatology™ Foam Stickers: Flowers & Bugs
- CPE Felt: Glimmer Neon Lime
- Forster® Mini Spring Clothespins
- Scissors
- Sharpened Pencil
- Low Temp Glue Gun & Glue Sticks (for adult use only)
Project Instructions
Step: 1
Cut and glue a small piece of boa around the base of the egg.
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Adult/Parent Use Only: Use a sharpened pencil to poke a hole into the side of the egg.
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Twist two chenille stems together and cut to size. Place twisted stems into the hole and glue a clothespin to the top. Let dry.
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Cut two leaves from glimmer felt and glue at the base of the chenille stems.
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Peel and stick flowers and bugs to the photo holder as shown.
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REAP stands for Resource Enhancement and Protection. It is a program in the State of Iowa that invests in, as its name implies, the enhancement and protection of the state's natural and cultural resources. Iowa is blessed with a diverse array of natural and cultural resources, and REAP is likewise diverse and far reaching. Depending on the individual programs, REAP provides money for projects through state agency budgets or in the form of grants. Several aspects of REAP also encourage private contributions that help accomplish program objectives.
REAP is funded from the state's Environment First Fund (Iowa gaming receipts) and from the sale of the natural resource license plate. The program is authorized to receive $20 million per year until 2021, but the state legislature sets the amount of REAP funding every year. This year REAP was appropriated $16 million. When you add license plate and interest income, its total budget is about $16.5 million.
REAP funds go into eight different programs based upon a percentages that are specified in the law. These percentages, or what many people call the REAP formula, are shown in the following pie chart.
REAP Fund Allocation
First $350,000 each year goes to Conservation Education.
1% of balance goes for DNR Administration.
The remaining balance is then divided per the pie chart.
REAP also contains very extensive public participation procedures. Individual county REAP committees are organized throughout the state. Public and private organizations that are interested in any of the REAP elements can participate on county committees. The primary purposes of these committees are to coordinate REAP projects among the various entities and develop a county REAP plan to help direct future REAP projects. The level of activeness varies among counties in the state. Some are very active, while others may only meet once a year. Most counties have REAP committees, but there are a few counties that currently do not have one.
The next level of public participation is regional REAP Assemblies. These are open public meetings where all REAP programs and associated projects are presented. Also, opportunities for regional REAP projects are identified at these meetings and participants may recommend changes to REAP policies, programs, and funding. A round of 18 assemblies is held once every two years during the months of September and October. The area of interest for each assembly coincides with the state's Council of Governments or Regional Planning boundaries.
The next and final level is the REAP Congress. Five delegates are elected at each of the 18 assemblies to serve on the statewide Congress, which makes for a membership of 90 people. The REAP Congress meets on even-numbered calendar years. The responsibilities of the congress are to organize, discuss, and make recommendations to the Governor, state legislature, and state agencies. The Congress uses the suggestions made at the 18 assemblies to help form its recommendations.