After more than three decades of medical work by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Afghanistan, it’s pulling most of its staff out of Afghanistan after a string of attacks on its employees. The decision came after seven ICRC employees were killed in a series of attacks this year. On December 19 2016, ICRC employee Juan Carlos was abducted as he travelled from Mazar-e Sharif to Kunduz and held hostage for a month. In February 2017, six Red Cross employees were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in northern Jowzjan province. Two others were abducted and later released.
Last month, Red Cross physiotherapist Lorena Enebral Perez was killed by a patient in Mazar-e Sharif. Perez helped people who had lost limbs or had other forms of disability, learn to stand, walk or feed themselves again. She was targeted by one of the patients, a man who had suffered polio as a child and had been coming to the rehabilitation center for 19 years, ever since he was two years old. He shot her with a gun he had concealed in his wheelchair.
The ICRC country head said the “painful decision” meant people in the north would no longer get help they needed. She said they would not leave Afghanistan but they have to limit the risks faced by its staff as threats continue. “After internal discussions with our highest level at the headquarters, we have reached the conclusion that we have no choice but to drastically reduce our presence and activities, and in particular in the north of Afghanistan.”
The ICRC’s operation in Afghanistan is the their fourth largest worldwide, with about 1,800 staff offering medical assistance, helping disabled people and visiting inmates in jail as well as enabling them to keep in contact with their families. In some areas, particularly in the north, the ICRC is the only international group offering such services. Many other humanitarian organizations have pulled out of Afghanistan in recent years as Taliban and Islamic State militants have stepped up attacks.
Head of delegation, Monica Zanarelli, announced the reduction. “After 30 years of continuous presence in the country, we are reducing our presence and operations.” She went on to say that it’s hard to say whether they are being specifically targeted or if these are random attacks that they have suffered.
The ICRC is laying off staff and closing two of its offices, in Faryab and Kunduz provinces, while its sub-delegation in Mazar-e Sharif will be “seriously downsized.” Those three ICRC offices cover nine provinces in the north and north west of Afghanistan. Activities run out of the Mazar office will now be limited to the ICRC’s Re-establishing Family Links program (tracing separate family members, facilitating phone calls to detainees and arranging family visits) and cooperation with the Afghan Red Crescent Society. The orthopedics center in Mazar, which treats those who have lost arms and legs and need prosthetic limbs as well as those with other disabilities, will remain open for now, but the ICRC is looking for others to run it. All other activities out of Mazar will be stopped, including the ICRC’s assistance programs.
Most international humanitarian organizations, including the ICRC, have already modified their operations to try to protect staff while continuing to reach the most vulnerable. The ICRC has a reputation for neutrality and service built up over decades but has had to accept that it can no longer work safely in parts of Afghanistan. Many believe it is a sign of just how brutal the conflict in Afghanistan has become.
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, October 22nd, 2017 was:
BRANDY MaRIE WILLIAMS
Pittsburgh, PA
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift. Card
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
10/16/17
Kristina Harris
Anna Nichols
Sheila Carvell
Darlene Whyte
Valerie Kuehn
Vickie Gipson
Jenifer Garza
Traci Anderson
Christy Hawkes
Abby Cox
Brandy MaRie Williams
Tina Mimick
LaKishia Wagers
Tonya Velazquez
Sheri Boydston
Jodi Stevens
Brandi K Chaney
Hayley Cordaro
Pamela White Brearley
Amanda Rosario
10/17/17
David M Still
Ashley Agner
Jennifer Ramlet
Angela Turner
Jennifer Marie
Michelle Rayeske-Jeske
Ambreen Rouf
Kathleen Hickman
Sheri Boydston
Kristina Harris
Jennifer Kinner
Sarah Harrison
Chris Maxwell
Michelle Hughes
Amanda Thomas
Trish Marks
Rachael Dakote-Two-Feather Smith
Rebecca Fauteux
Wayne Gallas
Amanda Saltsman
Kelly Prestenbach
Brittany Michelle
10/18/17
Isis Sample
Brandy MaRie Williams
Crystal Gipson
Joanie Waterman
Sheri Boydston
Sherri Kidwell
Adaria Johnson
Missyn Haselby
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Jenn Anthony
Anggie Marie
Allison Frederick
Dan Maloney
Alexandria Fields
Diane Hamric
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Jean Simmons Homfeld
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Dawn Raasch
Tiffany Greene Elliot
Christy Hawkes
Amy Chavis
Tammy Isom
Jenifer Garza
10/19/17
Ashley Agner
Lauren Bradley
Deborah Farris
Jean Simmons Homfeld
Valerie Kuehn
Christy Hawkes
Shelley LaClear
Amy Chavis
Kristina Rosson
Tabitha Sinks
Jodi Stevens
Preeti Chand
Joanie Waterman
Brittany Marie Thompson
Len Nylanna
Trish Musgrave
Jennifer Lang
Jenifer Garza
Megan McCarver
Abby Cox
Sandy Nevels
Sara Heller
Amanda Saltsman
10/20/17
Deborah Farris
Michelle Cervantes
Jean Simmons Homfeld
Christian Mayle
Pam Johnson Rowland
Amy Pingel
Stephanie Griffith
Peggy Burdick Buchanan
Alicia Dansby
Michelle Bartley
Kimberly Snyder
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10/21/17
Kimberly Snyder
Marilyn Wall
Nicole Blaha
Sheila Carvell
Jessica Davis
Christina Radcliff
April Ashcraft
Jenifer Garza
Chris Blythe
Jan Lehman
Christina Montes
Anggie Marie
Bea Patrick
Sherri Kidwell
Eva Biggs
Kellina Fernell Murphy
Abby Cox
Chrissy Kim
Cassandra Berholtz
Alexandria Fields
10/22/17
Paula Rousseau
Jodi Stevens
Deborah Farris
Sherry Lilly
Nancy Scharnhorst
Karen Goodwin Delaney
Kathleen Hickman
Laura Del Robertson Dougherty
Juanita Williams-Jones
Trish Musgrave
Eleazar Ruiz
Carla M. Williams
Mya Murphy
Kristina Harris
Tonya Velazquez
Daniela Tapia
Jenifer Garza
Jennifer Ramlet
Valerie Kuehn
Jill Nauyokas
Johanna Landsaw-Davis
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An investigation by The New York Times exposed allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted physical contact by Harvey Weinstein that stretched nearly three decades. The scandal was uncovered through interviews with current or former employees and film industry workers as well as legal records, emails and internal documents from the businesses he has run, Miramax and the Weinstein Company. Among other victims, the Times piece revealed that Rose McGowan had reached a $100,000 settlement with Weinstein after an encounter in a hotel room during Sundance Film Festival in 1997. Later, the actress revealed Weinstein had raped her.
Shortly after, The New Yorker published another expose that alleges the producer raped three women. The New Yorker article contains on-the-record accounts from 13 actresses who reported Weinstein forcibly received or performed sexual acts on the women. A slew of women have sine come forward to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment, assault and rape. Among his accusers are some of Hollywood’s most well-known actresses including Ashley Judd, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Rosanna Arquette, Kate Beckinsale and Heather Graham.
Many of the instances occurred during meetings that agents, studios and assistants set up for Weinstein under the guise of a potential movie role. The common theme in the accusations is that the harassment took place early in their careers and they kept quiet out of fear that they would destroy their budding careers. Other lesser known actresses and models have come forward as well. Weinstein’s lewd behavior seemed to be an open secret in Hollywood for decades. Fear of Harvey Weinstein’s influence helped keep his treatment of women shrouded for years with a network of aggressive publicists and lawyers helping.
New revelations have surfaced showing his studio, Weinstein Company, knew for at least two years that he had been paying off women who accused him of sexual harassment and assault. Weinstein was fired from the company shortly after the New York Times article was published. Police in the US and outside the country are investigating allegations of sexual assault involving Harvey Weinstein as the scandal surrounding the disgraced Hollywood movie mogul mounts.
A spokeswoman for Weinstein denied the rape allegations in a statement. “Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein,” the statement read. “Mr. Weinstein has further confirmed that there were never any acts of retaliation against any women for refusing his advances.” Weinstein sent an official statement to The New York Time in response to the accusations saying “I appreciate the way I’ve behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologize for it. Though I’m trying to do better, I know I have a long way to go. That is my commitment.”
Shortly after The New Yorker piece came out, Harvey Weinstein’s wife of a decade, Georgina Chapman, announced she was She said in a statement, “My heart breaks for all the women who have suffered tremendous pain because of these unforgivable actions,” the statement read. “I have chosen to leave my husband. Caring for my young children is my first priority and I ask the media for privacy at this time.”
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People fill containers with water from a stream near the Puerto Rico Highway 52 in Cayey on Tuesday. People have been without water service in their homes after Hurricane Maria roared through a week ago.
Three weeks after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm, officials are warning the island’s health system is in dire condition as the island still has severely limited electricity and running water. Many residents have contracted bacterial diseases, likely as a result of their exposure to contaminated floodwaters but without electricity and clean water-treatment is scarce. The official death toll from Hurricane Maria has now risen to 45.
Hurricane Maria knocked out the water system for more than half the island’s 3.4 million people, leaving many reusing what little water they can get their hands on. Medical experts say it is one of the factors that make them deeply concerned over a possible spike in infectious diseases in coming weeks. Twenty of the island’s fifty-one sewage treatment plants are still out of service allowing raw sewage to contaminate rivers, streams and reservoirs. Those without running water bathe and wash their clothes in contaminated streams, and some islanders have been drinking water from condemned wells.
Nine out of 10 homes on the island still have no electricity, leaving fans and air conditioning units unavailable to stave off mosquitos carrying illness in the storm’s aftermath. Neither electricity nor running water is expected to be fully restored for months. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says 64 of the island’s 68 hospitals are open but only 25 are hooked up to the power grid. The remaining hospitals are running off of generators that aren’t meant to be used for such long periods and rely on erratic diesel supplies.
Some 11,000 U.S. military personnel have come to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, and convoys of military vehicles carrying pallets of bottled water and meals are visible in the interior. Mosquito control units deployed in six municipalities, officials said, and five temporary biomedical waste stations have been set up.
FEMA has 16,000 federal and military assets are on the ground in Puerto Rico and about 350,000 Puerto Ricans have registered so far in the FEMA system to receive financial assistance. Roads and highways have been washed out, hampering relief efforts to the interior of the island. Some remote areas have not received any help since the storm. Food and basic supplies remain scarce in the mountainous interior making the threat of waterborne diseases grow.
Authorities hope the arrival of the USNS Comfort will help ease problems at hospitals around the island. The hospital ship has one of the largest trauma facilities in the United States and is equipped with three operating rooms, 50 ICU beds along with another 200 other beds, and some 500 medical personnel. Two MH-60 helicopters sit on its landing-pad deck.
The ship will treat patients and also provide services to other hospitals such as refilling tanks for medical-grade oxygen and re-sterilizing hospital gear. The ship’s staff had already treated 64 patients shortly after its arrival and medical personnel expected to see many others with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension and lung problems.
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, October 15th, 2017 was:
SHERRI KIDWELL
Mesa AZ
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift. Card
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
10/8/17
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Jill Nauyokas
Valerie Kuehn
Sandy Nevels
Ashley Agner
Brandy MaRie Williams
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Chris Blythe
Paula Rivers
Isis Sample
Mary Ann Cody
Ashley Weaver
Deborah Farris
Fanny Wat
Mary Pettiford
Nelle Bailey
Michelle Michelle
Aarti DM
Mya Murphy
Bea Patrick
Kristina Harris
Sheila Carvell
10/09/17
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Nai Rammal
Joanie Waterman
Christina Domingue
Brian Fulop
Valerie Kuehn
Vickie James
Angela Turner
Trish Musgrave
Deborah Farris
Nora McPike
Jenifer Garza
Anna Nichols
Kathleen Newell
Tonya Velazquez
Nancy Pfirrman Schools
Rondi Clark-Conn
Brooke Scott
Jill Nauyokas
Alicia Dansby
Anggie Marie
Christina Montes
10/10/17
Melissa White
Tracy Shafer
Shelley LaClear
Jodi Stevens
Jill Nauyokas
Chris Blythe
Tanya Mattox
Kathleen Newell
Mya Murphy
Crystal Young
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Teena Sierson
Anna Nichols
Cheryl Hall
Christina Radcliff
Samantha Brwn
David M Still
Lea Harding
Thalia BunBunz
Amanda Peters
Trish Dye Masi
10/11/17
Kellina Fernell Murphy
Vickie Gipson
Trish Musgrave
Samantha Brwn
Jamie Shapiro
Christy Hawkes
Samantha Smith
Misty Shallcross
Peggy Burdick Buchanan
Rondi Clark-Conn
Amanda Peters
Valerie Kuehn
Mary Ann Cody
Adaria Johnson
Megan McCarver
Cheryl Hall
Ambreen Rouf
Tonya Velazquez
April Ashcraft
Diane Hamric
Tiffany Banks
Daniela Tapia
Annette Broxton
Alexandra Vindiola
10/12/17
Trish Musgrave
Brandi K Chaney
Beata Tybor
Jennifer Leffler
Geri Rus
Priscilla Shimp
Joanie Waterman
Kimberly Snyder
Jennifer Lang
Christina Marie Moore
Becca Neuenschwander Long
Dawn Raasch
Alysia Jackson
Anne Delos Reyes-Villafuerte
Lynn Swezey
Sherri Kidwell
Mya Murphy
Crystal Hazelwood
Bethany Henry
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
10/13/17
Ashley Agner
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Jennifer Leffler
Tracy Shafer
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Wayne Gallas
Misty Shallcross
Paula Rousseau
Chrissy Kim
Jennifer Kinner
Darbie Brown
Siobhain Perez
Jennifer Downing
Annette Broxton
Nicole Blaha
Kayte CookWatts
Jennifer Ramlet
Jenifer Garza
Sunney Michelle Johnson
10/14/17
Sheila Carvell
Tonya Velazquez
Trish Musgrave
Shelley LaClear
Deborah Farris
Jennifer Downing
Eleazar Ruiz
Dawn Miller Majors
Sherry Lilly
Jennifer Zarafino-Griffiths
Alicia Johnson
Amanda Rosario
Valerie Kuehn
Paula Rousseau
Amanda Kyrie’ Ayala
Michelle R. Carlino
Dean Bruss
Georgiann D’Angelo
Emily Rice Bowersock
Crystal Young
Phylicia Phillips
10/15/17
Brandi K Chaney
Debbie Burke Garretson
Kristy Curlee
Kimberly Snyder
Sheri Boydston
Alisa Jones
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
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Tom Petty has died at the age of 66, after he was found unconscious and in cardiac arrest at his California home. Longtime manager of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Tony Dimitriades released a statement “On behalf of the Tom Petty family, we are devastated to announce the untimely death of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty. He suffered full cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu in the early hours of this morning and was taken to UCLA Medical Center but could not be revived. He died peacefully at 8:40 p.m. PT surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends.”
The music legend was rushed to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital where he was put on life support and his pulse returned. Later the decision was reportedly made to remove him from life support after it was found that he was lacking brain activity. Petty is survived by his wife, Dana; daughters Adria and AnnaKim, from his earlier marriage to Jane Benyo; and a stepson, Dylan.
Petty rose to fame in the 1970s as leader of The Heartbreakers and is best known for hit songs including “I Won’t Back Down,” “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” “American Girl” and “Refugee.” Together, they released 13 albums over their 40 years together and Petty released 3 solo albums as well. He was also a member and co-founder of the late 1980s super-group the Traveling Wilburys which included George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, for their contribution to the recording industry. In 2001, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2005, Petty received the Billboard Century Award, their highest honor for creative achievement. Over the span of his music career, he won three Grammys, had 18 nominations and sold more than 33 million albums in the U.S. alone. In interviews he frequently credited his early interest in music with meeting Elvis and watching The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show.
On Sept. 25th, Petty and the Heartbreakers had just finished their 40th anniversary tour. Earlier this year, in an interview Petty told Rolling Stone Magazine it would be the last major tour for the group but that it would continue to play concerts. “I’m thinking it may be the last trip around the country,” he told the outlet. “We’re all on the backside of our sixties. I have a granddaughter now I’d like to see as much as I can. I don’t want to spend my life on the road.”
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, October 8th, 2017 was:
Juanita Williams-Jones
Marion, OH
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift. Card
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
10/02/17
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Carole Jacobs
Jill Nauyokas
Jennifer Ramlet
Beth Embrey
Chris Blythe
Megan McCarver
Anna Nichols
Christy Hawkes
Kendra George
Cheryl Hall
Juanita Williams-Jones
Tina Mimick
Sheila Carvell
Michelle Rayeske-Jeske
Laura Del Robertson Dougherty
Daniela Tapia
Crystal Gipson
Christina Radcliff
Kellina Fernell Murphy
France Camer
Leslie Wagner Hobson
10/3/17
April Ashcraft
Kelly Jo Francisco
Crystal Young
Amanda Peters
Alisa Jones
Sherry Lilly
Kathleen Hickman
Valerie Kuehn
Diane Hamric
Teena Sierson
Brandi K Chaney
Dawn Raasch
Christina Radcliff
Jessica Davis
Danielle Muniz
Be Schwerin
Kristen Raia Bowman
Daniela Tapia
Penny Fisher
Heather Marocco
Sheila Carvell
10/4/17
Jenifer Garza
Kristina Rosson
Cheryl Hall
Tonya Velazquez
Misty Shallcross
Lesa Moats
Mya Murphy
Jean Simmons Homfeld
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Trish Musgrave
Christy Hawkes
Kayla Clemons
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Beth Hedmark
Maryellen Davis
Anna Nichols
Preeti Chand
France Camer
April Ashcraft
Karen Bondehagen
Sheila Carvell
10/5/17
Kelly Jo Francisco
Michelle Cervantes
Josh Francisco
Diane Hamric
Adaria Johnson
Belinda Haas
Rondi Clark-Conn
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Sheila Carvell
Jamie Shapiro
Juanita Williams-Jones
Cassandra Berholtz
Mike Adamski
Dawn Raasch
Michelle R. Carlino
Nicole Blaha
Shona Ort
Ashley Stamey Phillips
Crystal Gipson
Geri Rus
Anne Delos Reyes-Villafuerte
10/6/17
Sarah Harrison
Mary Ann Cody
Jill Nauyokas
Bea Patrick
Chris Maxwell
Tabitha Sinks
Nikki Hunsacker
Samantha Maxwell
Carrie Strickland
Emily Rice Bowersock
Chris Blythe
April Ashcraft
Amanda Thomas
Alexandra Vindiola
Katrina Worford
Anna Nichols
Tanya Mattox
Ashley Agner
Alexandria Fields
Jeanine Jones
Carrie Mitchell
Stephanie Beckwith
Kimberly Taylor Hall
10/7/17
Jennifer Lang
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Jill Nauyokas
Holly Cajigas
Chris Blythe
Lori Marie Timms
Valerie Kuehn
Eleazar Ruiz
Jenn Hess
Jennifer Saavedra
Cheryl Hall
Jodi Stevens
Brandy MaRie Williams
Amanda Rosario
Jennifer Lee Clark
Joanie Waterman
Amy Chavis
Dawn Raasch
Kristen Raia Bowman
Christina Domingue
10/8/17
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Jill Nauyokas
Valerie Kuehn
Sandy Nevels
Ashley Agner
Brandy MaRie Williams
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Chris Blythe
Paula Rivers
Isis Sample
Mary Ann Cody
Ashley Weaver
Deborah Farris
Fanny Wat
Mary Pettiford
Nelle Bailey
Michelle Michelle
Aarti DM
Mya Murphy
Bea Patrick
Kristina Harris
Sheila Carvell
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
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On October 1st 2017, the deadliest mass shooting in the US occurred at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and injuring 527. The shooter, identified as 64 year-old Stephen Paddock, broke two windows in his suite on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel and sent more than 22,000 country music fans scrambling for their lives. Between 10:05 and 10:15 pm, Paddock fired thousands of rounds at concert goers, turning the last day of the festival into a massacre. The headlining performer, country music singer Jason Aldean was giving the closing performance when the first shots were fired.
Several videos of the attack show the terror as countless rounds of gunfire can be heard with intervals of just a few seconds in between. Many concert-goers and performers still in the area initially thought the sounds were fireworks. When the second round of gunfire is heard, Jason Aldean ran off the stage and fans realized it was automatic gunfire-but for many, it was already too late. As terrified fans got down, many noticed people nearby who had already been shot. Videos of the attack show fans running, and then dropping to the ground as another round of gunfire starts. As people ran for their lives, many were separated and left not knowing if their friend or loved ones made it out. The day after the attack, stories circulated of the many brave people helping people to safety, tending to those injured and loading wounded into their vehicles to get them to area hospitals. Slowly, the identities of those lost were confirmed either through family confirming on social media or reaching out to news outlets.
Six minutes prior to the shooting, Mandalay Bay hotel security guard Jesus Campos was checking an alert for an open door in another guest’s room near Paddock’s room. Paddock, who had placed security cameras outside his room, shot Campos through the door of his suite, which was outfitted with a camera to survey the hallway, as was a room service cart parked outside. Police said Paddock fired 200 rounds into the hallway, hitting Campos once in the leg. Campos radioed the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department that the gunman was in room 32135 and began evacuating people from the 32nd floor, including a maintenance worker who entered the hallway moments after he was shot.
The first 911 call was at 10:08 pm but police officers were initially confused as to where the shooting was coming from. Officers eventually spotted multiple flashes of gunfire on the northern side of Mandalay Bay and responded to the hotel. At 10:12 pm, two officers on the 31st floor reported the sounds of gunfire on the floor above them. Between 10:26 and 10:30pm, eight officers reached the floor but didn’t hear anymore gunfire. They systematically searched and cleared rooms, evacuating any remaining guests using a master key provided by Campos. At 10:55pm officers reported all guests had been evacuated and at 11:20pm, police breached Paddock’s room with explosives. Paddock was found dead, having shot himself in the head before the police entered.
Police found 22 rifles and one handgun inside Paddock’s hotel room that he had occupied since September 28. Police believe Paddock’s surveillance cameras and additional evidence found in the room suggest that Paddock intended to escape after the shooting. Police, relatives, and neighbors described him as a wealthy, high-stakes gambler who kept to himself -with no political or religious affiliations. They say he frequently gambled tens of thousands of dollars-earning him valuable comps from Vegas area casinos. Paddock had no criminal record or known history of mental illness. Police believed he acted alone but have not determined his motive.
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Thousands of people have been evacuated on the Indonesian island of Bali and on Ambae island in Vanuatu as two volcanoes threaten to erupt. The entire population of Ambae, around 11,000 people, is being moved from the path of the “increasingly active” Manaro volcano while more than 144,000 people from Bali have been taken to shelters as authorities warn that Mount Agung could erupt at any time. The National Disaster Management Agency has said that 447 temporary shelters have been set up outside the exclusion zone around the volcano. Thousands of evacuees sleep on floors and wait for something to happen.
Seismic activity continues in the volcano and the alert level for an eruption is at the highest on the scale. A statement from Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department said “Ambae volcano is in an ongoing moderate eruption state, people in local villages could experience the danger of flying rocks, volcanic gases and acid rain.”
Experts explain that there are very good indications that an eruption is imminent. Seismic tremors beneath the volcano are increasing in number, intensity, and the reduction in their depth in the last week is a very good indication that magma is moving up to the surface. Another signs of an eminent eruption include gas emissions from the summit as a sign that pressure underground has become to great and bulging on the volcano’s surface.
On September 25, the area experienced 844 volcanic earthquakes and by mid-afternoon on September 26, had experienced another 300-400 earthquakes. Seismologists say the force and frequency are alarming and it has taken much less for similar volcanoes to erupt.
Mount Agung last erupted in 1963 when more than 1,700 people were killed and hundreds more were injured. Lava flowed for 4.7 miles from the crater for over 20 days ash reached the capital, Jakarta, about 620 miles away. The most devastating effect of an eruption is the pyroclastic flows which are waves of superheated gas, ash and rock that can travel hundreds of miles an hour.
In the 1963 eruption, these flows devastated numerous villages, killing an estimated 1,300 people. Cold lahars caused by heavy rainfall after the eruption killed an additional 200. A second eruption months later, led to pyroclastic flows that killed another 200 people. Minor eruptions and flows followed for almost a year. During the 1963 eruption, there was no evacuation plan and people had seconds to minutes to escape the pyroclastic flows which led to a devastating death toll.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said no one should be within 6 miles of the crater and within 7.5 miles to the north, northeast, southeast and south-southwest where lava flows, lahars (a type of mudflow) or rapidly-moving white-hot ash clouds from where an eruption could reach.
Indonesia, the country of thousands of islands is prone to seismic upheaval because of its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. Mount Agung is 1 of more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia.
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Playboy founder and icon Hugh Hefner died on Wednesday evening at the age of 91. Hefner passed of natural causes at his home, the famed Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, surrounded by loved ones. Playboy began on Hefner’s kitchen table 64 years ago and spawned an empire that encompasses print and digital publications, merchandise and other portfolio companies. After leaving his job as a copywriter for Esquire magazine, Hefner put up his furniture as collateral for a loan, raising money from various investors and borrowing the rest from family and friends. He published the very first issue of Playboy in December of 1953 which featured Marilyn Monroe on the cover.
For decades, Playboy was the most successful men’s magazine in the world and the company branched into movie, cable and digital production, sold its own line of clothing and jewelry, and opened clubs, resorts and casinos. Playboy Enterprises’ chief executive, Scott Flanders, acknowledged that the internet had overrun the magazine’s province causing the brand to fade over the years with its magazine’s circulation declining to less than a million.
In 2012, Hefner announced that his youngest son, Cooper, would likely succeed him as the public face of Playboy. Mr. Hefner remained editor in chief but in 2016, he handed over creative control of Playboy to his son Cooper Hefner.
Hefner is survived by his wife Crystal, and four grown children from his two previous marriages. Over the years, Hefner became known and highly criticized for moving an ever-changing group of young women into the Playboy Mansion. His reputation was highly criticized and overshadowed the fact that he staunchly advocated freedom of speech in all its aspects, for which he won civil liberties awards. He supported progressive social causes and lost some sponsors by inviting African-American guests to his televised parties at a time when much of the nation still had Jim Crow laws.
In 1966, during the civil rights era, Hefner sent African-American journalist Alex Haley to interview George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party-who has been described as the “American Hitler”. Rockwell agreed to meet with Haley only after gaining assurance from the writer that he was not Jewish though Rockwell kept a handgun on the table throughout the interview.
Hefner was also a philanthropist who donated $100,000 to the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts to create a course called “Censorship in Cinema”, and $2 million to endow a chair for the study of American film. Through his charitable foundation, Hefner contributed to many charities and threw multiple fundraiser events for Much Love Animal Rescue. In 1978, he helped organize and raise funds for the restoration of the Hollywood sign and in 2010, Hefner donated the last $900,000 sought by a conservation group for a land purchase needed to stop the development of the famed vista of the Hollywood Sign. Children of the Night founder and president Dr. Lois Lee presented Hefner with the organization’s first-ever Founder’s Hero of the Heart Award in appreciation for his unwavering dedication, commitment and generosity. He also supported legalizing same-sex marriage, and he stated that a fight for gay marriage was a fight for all our rights.
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