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Nov.02.2012
The hurricane has come - but it has not gone. Its damage remains behind. If your books are damaged by water - water of any source - here are some tips to salvage them.
A soaked book found in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy.
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Oct.01.2012
Another fascinating demonstration at the Writers Police Academy was watching a team of firefighters “rescue” an imaginary patient trapped in the back of a vehicle. For safety reasons, they wouldn’t let any of us vol...
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Oct.01.2012
Another fascinating demonstration at the Writers Police Academy was watching a team of firefighters “rescue” an imaginary patient trapped in the back of a vehicle. For safety reasons, they wouldn’t let any of us vol...
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Aug.24.2012
So, after writing my blogs this week, I got a chance to practice.
Someone in my department messed up and had to leave.
My boss and I both liked this person, and so we were temporarily discouraged. We were imagining all this bad stuff that was going to happen to them because they were jobless. By...
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Feb.10.2012
Firefighters in San Leandro, California, responded to a fire and ended up rescuing several people. Capt Pappas wore a helmet cam so the activities were captured as the firetruck raced through the streets, pulled up and the action began.
As a person and citizen, the story created compelling viewing...
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Dec.27.2011
Considered dangerous, wolf-dogs are not welcome in New York. If a wolf-dog is suspected or found, owners must pay a hefty fine and still lose their dog.
So, it’s no surprise the wolfish looking dog wandering the streets of Brooklyn was not claimed. It’s sad because the dog animal control officers...
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May.18.2011
Sugano Hoso has undertaken a project of heart-throbbing proportions. She is providing shelter, food, and love to hundreds of dogs and cats abandoned in the evacuated area around Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi’s nuclear power plant. Read her story on my blog http://www.livingintheheartland.com
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Apr.22.2011
Ishta is a wolf-hybred who came to a breed specific rescue facility where my daughters and I volunteer. Sadly, after witnessing the shooting death of her littermate, and experiencing the same threat to her own life, Ishta was highly fearful of humans.
Since wolves and northern breeds...
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Jan.12.2011
My favorite non-profit is the Rescue Mission in Syracuse NY. Who doesn't require rescuing every now and again? My small contribution helps feed the down and out. With the economic recession, there are more hungry families than ever, many in need temporarily.
"We serve seven hundred meals a...
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Dec.27.2010
They're doing tributes to all the well known people who died this year. One name is missing, but he was part of a miracle that happened thirty years ago.
Timmy White was five years old on Valentine's Day, 1980. He got to walk home from school, like the big kids. Only there was someone...
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