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Mad_Tom posted a message on Seasonal journey. Why only 0/3?
Not sure; but if you have unlocked the steps where season journey is needed it obviously counts.
Like, if you at Guardian now it counted.
So, do you hate the shard now?
Seems they are "just" doing lag fix tests.
Best ammy for support monk though. Armor to CDR, voila.
Mad_Tom posted a message on LoN finally relevant again - your plans?
Mad_Tom posted a message on Most tanky/mistake forgiving build for 90-100+ rifts?
Impale is probably the best bet.
For 90-100, Zuni WD could also work (firebats combo), but the DPS likes to attack the "wrong" targets.
If you are thinking about seasonal solo play, bare in mind that you will have RORG buff, so you can more or less use a Unity ring as well, if damage sustain is your main need (and it might give "life" to another build you prefer to play).
from Twitch Diablo "Patch 2.6.4 is currently rolling out to consoles. We're working to resolve an issue with the PC version, and are aiming to have it out as soon as possible. Thanks so much for your patience!"
So, I guess that's when patch 2.6.4 drops for EU (19:00 PM, CET).
"the forges at Blizzard are hot, but for some things you will just have to wait longer"
Or something like that, isn't it?
Mad_Tom posted a message on WTF is this Nerco Challenge Rift?!
NumLock Devour, hit Frozen Lands at the start of the rift to stack up defenses and just wreck mobs on the way.
Mad_Tom posted a message on The RNG Thread!
Well I guess I can restate my question another way. lol. Are the number of lvls in a rift set. Or do they change depending on where the guardian is killed? probably a noob question but better to ask then remain ignorant.
If I got your question right - number of levels is preset; sometimes you have just one, sometimes 10 - depending on the size and mob density of each level. And, it doesn't matter where (what level) you kill the Rift Guardian - it will not do anything regarding chance of a goblin pack spawning.
Americas one is a tad harder this time around. Good luck and a Happy New Year!
Both are a tad bit hard, but doable. Short explanations in video descriptions.
Neither of them is to hard, for NA one it is recommended to build up Sweeping stacks as fast as possible (for defense) and hold them through the whole rift.
I'm sorry, but if I'm correct this weeks CR should be 65, not 64.
Mad_Tom posted a message on BlizzCon Goodies, Book of Adria, and Challenge Rift 64!
Both easy, done on first try. And yes, I played the EU one badly.
Easy Vyr set-up, shouldn't have issues.
Strange Firebird Meteor build - try to Arcane Torrent at the same time when you do meteors - as it will buff meteor damage, too.
Interestingly different this time around, but not to hard.
Diablo 3 - Challenge Rift #58 - Video Guide with Map and Elite Locations!
Mad_Tom posted a message on Diablo Comics Coming Soon!
Hmmm I just went around spamming punishment. What GR level is this?
Both are easy, done on first tries.


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Primary Sources: Civil Rights in America - Events
Chicago Race Riot (1919)
Primary Sources: Civil Rights in America - Events: Chicago Race Riot (1919)
Major events in American Civil Rights History
Alcatraz Occupation (1969)
Brown v. Board of Ed. (1954)
Central High (Little Rock, AK) [1957]
Emmett Tilll Murder (1955)
ERA: Equal Rights Amendment
Freedom Riders (1961)
Freedom Summer (1964)
Japanese Internment (1942)
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
March on Washington (1963)
March on Washington Movement (1940s)
Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike (1968)
Miss America Protests (1968)
"Mississippi Burning" Case (1964)
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
Osage Indian Murders (1920s)
16th St. Church Bombing (1963)
Selma to Montgomery March (1965)
Scottsboro (1931)
Sleepy Lagoon & Zoot Suit Riots (1943)
Slavery & Abolition
The Southern Manifesto (1956)
Suffrage - Women
Tulsa Race Riot (1921)
University of Alabama (1963)
University of Mississippi (1962)
Wounded Knee Occupation (1973)
Online Sources: Chicago Race Riot (1919)
"Says Lax Conditions Caused Race Riots"
"As U.S. soldiers returned from Europe in the aftermath of World War I, scarce housing and jobs heightened racial and class antagonisms across urban America. African-American soldiers, in particular, came home from the war expecting to enjoy the full rights of citizenship that they had fought to defend overseas. In the spring and summer of 1919, murderous race riots erupted in 22 American cities and towns. Chicago experienced the most severe of these riots. On Sunday, July 27, white bathers attacked several black youths swimming near one of Lake Michigan's white beaches, resulting in the death of an African-American boy. Five days of intense racial violence followed, claiming the lives of 23 black and 15 white Chicagoans, with more than 500 others wounded and thousands of black and white citizens burned out of their homes. A plethora of news reports and editorials offered instant analysis and helped shape local and national attitudes. On July 28, 1919, the Chicago Daily News printed this article by noted poet Carl Sandburg on its front page. Unlike most white reporters, Sandburg relied on black sources in researching his articles. The Chicago Daily News's reporting on the riot was generally considered the most evenhanded of the city's daily newspapers, yet even it inflamed tensions by printing unsubstantiated stories. For example, the same front page included a "bulletin" that recounted supposed African-American plans to retaliate against white rioters." GMU History Matters
"A Crowd of Howling Negroes"
"As U.S. soldiers returned from Europe in the aftermath of World War I, scarce housing and jobs heightened racial and class antagonisms across urban America. African-American soldiers, in particular, came home from the war expecting to enjoy the full rights of citizenship that they had fought to defend overseas. In the spring and summer of 1919, murderous race riots erupted in 22 American cities and towns. Chicago experienced the most severe of these riots. On Sunday, July 27, white bathers attacked several black youths swimming near one of Lake Michigan's white beaches, resulting in the death of an African-American boy. Five days of intense racial violence followed, claiming the lives of 23 black and 15 white Chicagoans, with more than 500 others wounded and thousands of black and white citizens burned out of their homes. A plethora of news reports and editorials offered instant analysis and helped shape local and national attitudes. The Chicago Daily Tribune, long considered the most antagonistic of all the city's papers toward African Americans, detailed the day's violence, the good deeds of white policemen who were sent to Chicago's South Side, and the injuries they sustained at the hands of black rioters." GMU History Matters
"Ghastly Deeds of Race Rioters Told"
"As U.S. soldiers returned from Europe in the aftermath of World War I, scarce housing and jobs heightened racial and class antagonisms across urban America. African-American soldiers, in particular, came home from the war expecting to enjoy the full rights of citizenship that they had fought to defend overseas. In the spring and summer of 1919, murderous race riots erupted in 22 American cities and towns. Chicago experienced the most severe of these riots. On Sunday, July 27, white bathers attacked several black youths swimming near one of Lake Michigan's white beaches, resulting in the death of an African-American boy. Five days of intense racial violence followed, claiming the lives of 23 black and 15 white Chicagoans, with more than 500 others wounded and thousands of black and white citizens burned out of their homes. A plethora of news reports and editorials offered instant analysis and helped shape local and national attitudes. Like white newspapers, the city's leading black newspaper, the Chicago Defender, helped foment the escalating racial violence that gripped the city. An August 2 Defender article recounted the unsubstantiated beating of an "unidentified [black] woman" and her baby. On a daily basis, the black press rivaled the mainstream white press in its efforts to offer the most gruesome and sensational accounts of the riot." GMU History Matters
"The Problem" and "Family Histories"
"As U.S. soldiers returned from Europe in the aftermath of World War I, scarce housing and jobs heightened racial and class antagonisms across urban America. African-American soldiers, in particular, came home from the war expecting to enjoy the full rights of citizenship that they had fought to defend overseas. In the spring and summer of 1919, murderous race riots erupted in 22 American cities and towns. Chicago experienced the most severe of these riots. The most detailed and sober reporting of the causes of the 1919 Chicago race riot came retrospectively from the interracial Chicago Commission on Race Relations. The Commission published a seven hundred-page report in 1922, The Negro in Chicago. Charles Johnson—a Chicago Urban League official, the associate executive secretary of the integrated commission, and the principal author of its report—hoped that by thoroughly describing the sentiments and living conditions of African Americans and the similarities between European immigrants and recent black migrants to Chicago, the report would generate sympathy for the city's black community. Filled with photographs, charts, and maps, The Negro in Chicago carefully dissected Chicago's racial problems, including black and white antagonism over housing, jobs, and crime." GMU History Matters
"Chicago and Its Eight Reasons"
"As U.S. soldiers returned from Europe in the aftermath of World War I, scarce housing and jobs heightened racial and class antagonisms across urban America. African-American soldiers, in particular, came home from the war expecting to enjoy the full rights of citizenship that they had fought to defend overseas. In the spring and summer of 1919, murderous race riots erupted in 22 American cities and towns. Chicago experienced the most severe of these riots. The Crisis, published by the NAACP, responded to the Chicago race riot with a major article in October 1919, "Chicago and Its Eight Reasons." Author Walter White, then assistant executive secretary of the NAACP, described eight causes of the riot and concluded that tensions had increased in the city partially in response to the influx of African Americans. Though sympathetic to the new migrants' plight, White's article criticized both African-American newcomers to Chicago and the city's black politicians. White also concluded, approvingly, that some black citizens, with a newfound spirit of independence, chose to retaliate against the pervasive attacks by white Chicagoans rather than remain passive victims. In this October 1919 article in the Crisis, the NAACP national magazine, the organization's assistant executive secretary, Walter White, asserts that the black population had been made the scapegoat in the wake of the violence. He lists eight causes for the riot, with "race prejudice" being the foremost."
Book Sources: Chicago Race Riot (1919)
Reading the American Past by Michael P. Johnson
Call Number: E173 .R23 2012
The Negro in Chicago by Illinois
A study of race relations and a race riot, by the Chicago commission on race relations.
The Chicago Race Riots, July, 1919 by Carl Sandburg
Reprinted from the Chicago Daily News.
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The Book of Mormon: Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8, According to Thy Word
Days of Wickedness and Vengeance: Analysis of 3 Nephi 6 and 7
Chauncey C. Riddle
Chauncey C. Riddle, "Days of Wickedness and Vengeance: Analysis of 3 Nephi 6 and 7," in The Book of Mormon: Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8, According To Thy Word, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr. (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992) 191–206.
Chauncey C. Riddle was professor of Philosophy at Brigham Young University at the time this was published.
In the Doctrine and Covenants the Lord comments upon the conditions of the world in these last days and his reaction to those conditions as follows:
And it shall come to pass, because of the wickedness of the world, that I will take vengeance upon the wicked, for they will not repent; for the cup of mine indignation is full; for behold, my blood will not cleanse them if they hear me not. (D&C 29:17)
We learn from this passage that there are times when the patience of the Lord comes to an end. Though he often endures the typical wickedness of the world with great longsuffering, there are times when he will not so endure. These times are marked by three factors: (1) human wickedness is great; (2) the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been preached to the wicked persons and they deliberately reject it; (3) the Lord invokes a temporal punishment upon these wicked people which destroys them off the face of the earth.
The Lord also specifically designates two time periods as "days of wickedness and vengeance" (Moses 7:46, 60). One such designated time is the meridian of time, as we see in the response to Enoch's plea to know when the Savior will perform the Atonement:
And it came to pass that Enoch looked; and from Noah, he beheld all the families of the earth; and he cried unto the Lord, saying: When shall the day of the Lord come? When shall the blood of the Righteous be shed, that all they that mourn may be sanctified and have eternal life? And the Lord said: It shall be in the meridian of time, in the days of wickedness and vengeance. And behold, Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, even in the flesh; and his soul rejoiced, saying: The Righteous is lifted up, and the Lamb is slain from the foundation of the world; and through faith I am in the bosom of the Father, and behold, Zion is with me. (Moses 7:45–17)
Wickedness of those to whom the Gospel had been preached characterized the meridian of time both at Jerusalem and in the new world, and in both cases was followed by the temporal vengeance of God.
The other days of wickedness and vengeance specifically denominated by the Lord are the latter days:
And Enoch beheld the Son of Man ascend up unto the Father; and he called unto the Lord, saying: Wilt thou not come again upon the earth? Forasmuch as thou art God, and I know thee, and thou has sworn unto me, and commanded me that I should ask in the name of thine Only Begotten; thou hast made me, and given unto me a right to thy throne, and not of myself, but through thine own grace; wherefore, I ask thee if thou wilt not come again on the earth. And the Lord said unto Enoch: As I live, even so will I come in the last days, in the days of wickedness and vengeance, to fulfil the oath which I have made unto you concerning the children of Noah; and the day shall come that the earth shall rest, but before that day the heavens shall be darkened, and a veil of darkness shall cover the earth; and heavens shall shake, and also the earth; and great tribulations shall be upon the children of men, but my people will I preserve. (Moses 7:59–61)
With these two times as "days of wickedness and vengeance" in mind, let us now turn to a close inspection of 3 Nephi 6 and 7.
Analysis of 3 Nephi 6 and 7
The Nephite "days of wickedness and vengeance" came at the end of a prolonged war with the Gadianton robbers. To defeat their enemies the Nephites had gathered into one city, taking all their possessions and their flocks and herds and their stores of provisions. This forced the Gadianton robbers to attack the gathered forces of the Nephites since the robbers could not exist without being parasitic on someone who would work hard to produce food and other goods (3 Nephi 3–6). The Gadianton robbers attacked the main stronghold of the Nephites and were defeated. The crucial factor in this victory was the hand of God:
And it came to pass that the armies of the Nephites, when they saw the appearance of the army of Giddianhi, had all fallen to the earth, and did lift their cries to the Lord their God, that he would spare them and deliver them out of the hands of their enemies. And it came to pass that when the armies of Giddianhi saw this they began to shout with a loud voice, because of their joy, for they had supposed that the Nephites had fallen with fear because of the terror of their armies. But in this thing they were disappointed, for the Nephites did not fear them; but they did fear their God and did supplicate him for protection; therefore, when the armies of Giddianhi did rush upon them they were prepared to meet them; yea, in the strength of the Lord they did receive them. (3 Nephi 4:8–10)
After the victory, the Nephites recognized the source of their strength:
And it came to pass that they did break forth, all as one, in singing, and praising their God for the great thing which he had done for them, in preserving them from falling into the hands of their enemies. Yea, they did cry: Hosanna to the Most High God. And they did cry: Blessed be the name of the Lord God Almighty, the Most High God. And their hearts were swollen with joy, unto the gushing out of many tears, because of the great goodness of God in delivering them out of the hands of their enemies; and they knew it was because of then-repentance and their humility that they had been delivered from an everlasting destruction. (3 Nephi 4:31–33)
That recognition on the part of the Nephites is important because it is plain that they knew what they were doing and what God had done. The record further reports:
And now behold, there was not a living soul among all the people of the Nephites who did doubt in the least the words of all the holy prophets who had spoken; for they knew that it must needs be that they must be fulfilled. And they knew that it must be expedient that Christ had come, because of the many signs which had been given, according to the words of the prophets; and because of the things which had come to pass already they knew that it must needs be that all things should come to pass according to that which had been spoken. Therefore they did forsake all their sins, and their abominations, and their whoredoms, and did serve God with all diligence day and night. (3 Nephi 5:1–3)
The record continues to note the blessings of God upon the Nephites:
And they began again to prosper and to wax great; and the twenty and sixth and seventh years passed away, and there was great order in the land; and they had formed their laws according to equity and justice. And now there was nothing in all the land to hinder the people from prospering continually, except they should fall into transgression. (3 Nephi 6:4–5)
Unfortunately, they did fall into transgression, notwithstanding the great deliverance and blessings which the Lord had poured out upon them in the very recent past:
But it came to pass in the twenty and ninth year there began to be some disputings among the people; and some were lifted up unto pride and boastings because of their exceeding great riches, yea, even unto great persecutions;
For there were many merchants in the land, and also many lawyers, and many officers.
And the people began to be distinguished by ranks, according to their riches and their chances for learning; yea, some were ignorant because of their poverty, and others did receive great learning because of their riches.
Some were lifted up in pride, and others were exceedingly humble; some did return railing for railing, while others would receive railing and persecution and all manner of afflictions, and would not turn and revile again, but were humble and penitent before God.
And thus there became a great inequality in all the land, insomuch that the church began to be broken up; yea, insomuch that in the thirtieth year the church was broken up in all the land save it were among a few of the Lamanites who were converted unto the true faith; and they would not depart from it, for they were firm, and steadfast, and immovable, willing with all diligence to keep the commandments of the Lord. (3 Nephi 6:10–14)
We note that the beginning of the trouble among the Nephites was disputation; they ceased to see eye to eye because some became lifted up in pride and arrogated to themselves a self-rightness that was a rejection of the ways of the Lord. Rejecting the Lord is the beginning of pride; pride is enmity towards God. Having pride leads to boasting and glorying in the greatness of some persons, in their riches, in their stations in society, and in their learning. Boasting and pride lead to putting many others down and elevating the few, which is the basis of persecution.
Mormon notes that the people began to be distinguished by ranks according to their riches and their chances for learning. When the Nephites were righteous, even the kings labored with their own hands to provide for the temporal support of their own households so as not to bring unnecessary burdens upon the people and to be equal with those over whom they reigned. (Mosiah 2:14; 6:7) When the priests and teachers of the Church were righteous they labored with their own hands for their own support and taught for nothing; teacher and hearers would leave their labors, savor the word of God together, and return to their labors rejoicing:
And there was a strict command throughout all the churches that there should be no persecutions among them, that there should be an equality among all men; that they should let no pride nor haughtiness disturb their peace; that every man should esteem his neighbor as himself, laboring with their own hands for their support. Yea, and all their priests and teachers should labor with their own hands for their support, in all cases save it were in sickness, or in much want; and doing these things, they did abound in the grace of God. (Mosiah 27:3–5)
In Alma we read:
And when the priests left their labor to impart the word of God unto the people, the people also left their labors to hear the word of God. And when the priest had imparted unto them the word of God they all returned again diligently unto their labors; and the priest, not esteeming himself above his hearers, for the preacher was no better than the hearer, neither was the teacher any better than the learner; and thus they were all equal, and they did all labor, every man according to his strength. And they did impart of their substance, every man according to that which he had, to the poor, and the needy, and the sick, and the afflicted; and they did not wear costly apparel, yet they were neat and comely. (Alma 1:26–27)
We observe in Nephite history the typical pattern in the societies of "natural men." Society is stable and prosperous when there is a religious piety and humility among a people. But when pride enters, people reject God and morality and begin to fashion their own designs to foster their personal interests. Those who are proud forget that every person is a beggar before God, dependent upon him for life, breath, and prosperity. They begin to think that their good fortune in being richer or more learned or more refined than other people is due to their intelligence, or their hard work, or their superior genes. They begin to say of the poor, in the words of King Benjamin: "The man has brought upon himself his misery; therefore I will stay my hand, and will not give unto him of my food, nor impart unto him of my substance that he may not suffer, for his punishments are just" (Mosiah 4:17).
King Benjamin then comments upon this foolish thinking: "But I say unto you, O man, whosoever doeth this the same hath great cause to repent; and except he repenteth of that which he hath done he perisheth forever, and hath no interest in the kingdom of God" (Mosiah 4:18). No interest in the kingdom of God? Surely, some will say, if a people are moral and upright and attend church faithfully, God will find a celestial abode for them. But King Benjamin makes it clear that taking care of the poor, even making ourselves equal with them is a necessity and not a nicety for discipleship unto Christ:
For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for both food and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have of every kind?
And behold, even at this time, ye have been calling on his name and begging for a remission of your sins. And has he suffered that ye have begged in vain? Nay; he has poured out his spirit upon you, and has caused that your hearts should be filled with joy, and has caused that your mouths should be stopped that ye could not find utterance, so exceedingly great was your joy.
And now, if God, who has created you, on whom you are dependent for your lives and for all that ye have and are, doth grant unto you whatsoever ye ask that is right, in faith, believing that ye shall receive, O then, how ye ought to impart of the substance that ye have one to another.
And if ye judge the man who putteth up his petition to you for your substance that he perish not, and condemn him, how much more just will be your condemnation for withholding your substance, which doth not belong to you but to God, to whom also your life belongeth; and yet ye put up no petition, nor repent of the thing which thou hast done.
I say unto you, wo be unto that man, for his substance shall perish with him; and now, I say these things unto those who are rich as pertaining to the things of this world. . . .
And now, for the sake of these things which I have spoken unto you—that is, for the sake of retaining a remission of your sins from day to day, that ye may walk guiltless before God—I would that ye should impart of your substance to the poor, every man according to that which he hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and administering to their relief, bom spiritually and temporally, according to their wants. (Mosiah 4:19–23,26)
Now it is clear that the Book of Mormon peoples, the Nephites in particular, had a very clear understanding of this necessity to impart to the poor and to be humble before God. The generation that we have been examining had been rescued from an everlasting destruction only four years before they again began to wallow in the mire of sin and selfishness, caring neither about their less fortunate neighbors nor about the eternal welfare of their own souls.
What could cause so great and so quick a lapse from faith in Christ and bring total rejection of discipleship? Mormon provides the answer to this question:
Now the cause of this iniquity of the people was this—Satan had great power, unto the stirring up of the people to do all manner of iniquity, and to the puffing them up with pride, tempting them to seek for power, and authority, and riches, and the vain things of the world. And thus Satan did lead away the hearts of the people to do all manner of iniquity; therefore they had enjoyed peace but a few years Now they did not sin ignorantly, for they knew the will of God concerning them, for it had been taught unto them; therefore they did wilfully rebel against God. (3 Nephi 6:15–16,18)
The next stage of this drama was that another opportunity for repentance was given to these people who had been greatly blessed by God and knew it and yet did wilfully rebel against him. For he sent prophets unto them who plainly spoke of their transgressions and rebellions:
And there began to be men inspired from heaven and sent forth, standing among the people in all the land, preaching and testifying boldly of the sins and iniquities of the people, and testifying unto them concerning the redemption which the Lord would make for his people, or in other words, the resurrection of Christ; and they did testify boldly of his death and sufferings. (3 Nephi 6:20)
At this point the wickedness of the wayward Nephites increased, for some in leadership positions murdered those prophets, thus shedding innocent blood and giving the ultimate rejection of the Savior:
Now there were many of those who testified of the things pertaining to Christ who testified boldly, who were taken and put to death secretly by the judges, that the knowledge of their death came not unto the governor of the land until after their death. Now behold, this was contrary to the laws of the land, that any man should be put to death except they had power from the governor of the land. (3 Nephi 6:23–24)
The final episode in this saga of evil-doing was that those who murdered the prophets also conspired to murder the governor and to set up their own kingdom. They preferred the rule of evil dictators to a government of good laws and just rulers, a further rejection of all that the Savior stands for: "And they did set at defiance the law and the rights of their country; and they did covenant one with another to destroy the governor, and to establish a king over the land, that the land should no more be at liberty but should be subject unto kings" (3 Nephi 6:30).
The result of all of this wickedness was the destruction of the government and the Church and the division of the people into tribes or kinship groups:
And it came to pass in the thirty and first year that they were divided into tribes, every man according to his family, kindred and friends; nevertheless they had come to an agreement that they would not go to war one with another; but they were not united as to their laws, and their manner of government, for they were established according to the minds of those who were their chiefs and their leaders. But they did establish very strict laws that one tribe should not trespass against another, insomuch that in some degree they had peace in the land; nevertheless, their hearts were turned from the Lord their God, and they did stone the prophets and did cast them out from among them. (3 Nephi 7:14)
In this final state of wickedness the Lord sought yet a third time to recover his people, the Nephites. He sent his faithful servant Nephi, and others, to bear a final witness before the day of wrath and vengeance:
Thus passed away the thirty and second year also. And Nephi did cry unto the people in the commencement of the thirty and third year; and he did preach unto them repentance and remission of sins . . . And there were many in the commencement of this year that were baptized unto repentance; and thus the more part of the year did pass away. (3 Nephi 7:23,26)
Thus the human part of the drama had come to an end. The Lord in his kindness had blessed the people when they called upon him and his name. But when they became worldly and wicked in the peace and prosperity with which the Lord blessed them, he sent prophets to them, whom they slew. Finally, the Lord sent his most faithful servant unto them. Through all of this came a final separation of the righteous from the wicked. The few who were righteous hearkened to the words of the prophets and Nephi; the many who were wicked stonily rejected both them and God, ultimately rejecting their own redemption. Now it was time for the Lord to do his great work of vengeance.
In the beginning of the thirty and fourth year, at the time of the crucifixion of the Savior in Judea, there arose a great storm in the land of the Nephites, worse than had ever before been experienced. By fire and tempest, by the opening and closing of the earth, by the sinking and rising of parts of the land, all but the more righteous part of all of the people of the Nephites were destroyed. And these included the humble followers of Christ, who had already repented (3 Nephi 8). The day of vengeance came as the Lord destroyed of the more wicked among the Nephites, thus fulfilling the days of wickedness and vengeance among this people.
Of course, that is not the end of the story. After the visitation of the Savior among them, the Nephites entered into that blessed era of Zion, an era of such faithfulness as had never been before seen among so many. They lived in righteousness and peace for the full lifetimes of two generations (4 Nephi 1:22–23). The days of wickedness and vengeance were thus designed for a purpose: to cleanse the earth in preparation for ushering in a special era of righteousness.
The Last Days: Also Days of Wickedness and Vengeance
It remains for us now to trace the parallels and differences between the former and the latter days of wickedness and vengeance:
1. Key participants in both occasions are segments of the house of Israel. The house of Israel is the "chosen" people, those who have been commissioned by the Savior for a special mission in the history of the world. The mission of Israel is to bear witness of Christ in both word and deed, that all the world might know to come unto him and through him partake of life and salvation. But most of the time in the history of the world, Israel has not been able to get itself into any great faithfulness, let alone perform its mission to the remainder of humanity. In the meridian of time in Jerusalem, John the Baptist was sent as a special messenger to prepare the Jews for the advent of the Messiah. John did his work well, for all of Judah knew of him and of the Messiah about whom he taught. To those who accepted John's message, the Savior came in glory and with blessings. To those who rejected John, the Savior was a stumbling block. Their rejection of John was a rejection of Jesus. When they demanded Jesus' blood, they sealed their own fate and brought upon themselves the destruction of Jerusalem and of the last vestige of the kingdom of Judah, vengeance following upon wickedness.
Among the Nephites in the meridian of time, the wickedness and vengeance came before the Savior appeared to them. The Nephites were blessed to have prophets. And as they hearkened to God under the instructions of those prophets, they were blessed. But when they deliberately rejected God, knowing his goodness, they too reaped just vengeance as a consequence of their choosing wickedness.
In the last days, Israel is again front stage in the Lord's great drama. Again the mission is the same, to bear witness of Christ in word and deed that all the world might know how to come to Christ and find rest in him. But in these last days there is a special warning which necessarily accompanies the invitation. Not many days hence the world will be cleansed by fire, and every corruptible thing, of man or of nature, will be swept from the earth. The invitation to come unto Christ is also the invitation to become pure, to be able to pass through the fire unscathed. The fire is the Lord's vengeance in these latter days. If Israel were not to do its work in these latter days, then neither the world nor Israel would be prepared for the Second Coming of Christ, and the world would then be "utterly wasted" at his coming (D&C 2).
2. A second parallel between the meridian of time and the last days is the increased fury of Satan. It seems to be a general principle that before great blessings come strong temptations and trials. We see this in the attack of Satan on the boy prophet Joseph Smith in the grove (JS-H 1:15–17); had he yielded in fear to being possessed of Satan, he would not have received the blessing of the vision. Satan worked mightily with the Jews of Jerusalem to blind them to the gifts and signs from heaven, both spiritual and temporal, which led the majority of the blood of Israel to reject both John and Christ, notwithstanding the fact that they came in explicit fulfillment of plain prophecy which the children of Israel themselves also accepted.
Among the Nephites, it is a marvel to see that in the space of three years the majority of the people could turn from universal gratitude to God for preserving their lives to gross immersion in worldliness and the abandonment of Christ and his teaching. Such can only be accounted for by extraordinary pressure from the adversary, and the prophets acknowledge Satan's success.
In the last days, Satan will also be unleashed in devastating fury. We are told that people will be as bad as they were in the days of Noah, when the thought of every man's heart was only to do evil continually. In Noah's time the people "were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage; and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be" (JS-M 1:42–43). Because they knew not the Lord in the time of Noah, they lived according to their own will and pleasure, rejecting righteousness. The call of Israel to the world in these last days is that everyone should seek the Lord and his righteousness to know that all things must be done in the Savior's way to be good or righteous and that to do otherwise is to reap the whirlwind of vengeance and destruction. The world today, as it moves toward the Second Coming, is full of gross wickedness and selfishness in abusing others, particularly children and spouses, committing abortions, taking drugs, wantonly destroying, and the flaunting of all that is holy and sacred. This great success by Satan is to be expected, for it is the spiritual fire through which all of the righteous must pass; they deliberately reject and refuse to participate in the evil which is all around them. That rejection enables them to be worthy to pass through the temporal or physical fire which will come to cleanse the earth of all wickedness at the Second Coming. Those who successfully pass through both of these fires will then be able to endure the joy of the Savior's presence and blessings during the millennium.
3. A third major parallel of these two times of "wickedness and vengeance" is the coming of the Savior following each of them.
When the Savior came to Judea in the meridian of time, his mission was to complete his atonement, to fulfill our Father's plan by which every human being might be reconciled to him. The Savior had volunteered to come and do our Father's will in all things, by which obedience he might show all of us the way back to Father's presence. Our Savior accomplished three of the four requisites which comprise the Atonement
The Savior came to Judea first to descend from his exaltation to go below all things, that he might then again rise above all things and be the judge of all things. To fulfill this part of his mission, our Savior was bom of Mary but fathered by our Heavenly Father, that in his mortal life he might have the dual heritage of mortality and immortality. Then, commanding and controlling both of these opportunities, he molded them together in perfect obedience to Father, thus showing the ultimate pattern which all people must seek to attain. This living a perfect life in mortality qualified him to become the perfect and pure sacrifice for the sins of all humanity. Thus in living a perfect life every day, our Savior wrought the Atonement.
Having lived a perfect mortal life enabled our Savior to do the suffering which was necessary for atonement, to pay for all sins so he might forgive each human being who will sincerely repent. Without being forgiven of our sins, none of us could again stand in our Heavenly Father's presence, for in him there is not the least degree of allowance for sin (Alma 45:16). All who enjoy his presence must be pure, free both from sin and from all trace of sin. Thus our Savior took upon him the sins of every man, woman, and child, suffering for each of us individually in Gethsemane and upon the cross. By doing so, he fulfilled Father's will and completed the Atonement.
In his death, our Savior worked out a third aspect of his great atonement, the sacrifice of a mortal life which was pure, without spot or blemish. By offering this sacrifice, our Savior seized the keys of death and hell from Satan. This makes it possible for every human being to be resurrected to an unending physical existence after this mortal probation is over, after the temporary body we have in mortality has been returned to the earth.
The fourth aspect of the Atonement which our Savior wrought was fulfilled not only in time but also in eternity, in the eternality of existence which was the envelope of his moral sojourn. As the premortal Jehovah, as the mortal Jesus of Nazareth, and as the resurrected Christ, our Savior presides over the process by which the Holy Spirit labors to eventually witness to every human being of the righteousness of God, the atoning mission of Christ, and the opportunity and means by which each one may come personally unto the fulness of the measure of the stature of Christ, thus to share with him all that he and Father have in eternity. This is the fourth and final aspect of the Savior's atonement.
Thus the coming of the Savior to the Jews was to make possible the eternal blessings for all humankind. Our Savior wrought his work well, and prepared the way, but most of the Jews rejected him in his sojourn to earth. That rejection was great wickedness, which was visited on their heads with vengeance, the righteous and just vengeance, recompense of a just God.
The coming of our Savior to the Nephites was part of his eternal rather than his temporal assignment. He came to the Nephites not to atone, but to bless. For the days of wickedness and vengeance had already passed for them, and he came to reward those who had passed through the fire of vengeance spiritually unscathed because of their righteous faithfulness in him. And he did bless them. In time, they were all converted to him and came to have one heart, one mind, to dwell in righteousness, without having any poor person among them (4 Nephi 1:1–22). This period of Zion was indeed the precursor and pattern of the Second Coming in which his presence will bless the whole world with this same opportunity to partake of the heavenly gift and to dwell in Zion.
Our Savior's mission at his Second Coming in the last days is to do just as he did with the Nephites: He will bless all of us who manage to pass through the fire of the days of wickedness and vengeance and the fire of his temporal destruction with the joy of his presence and the opportunity to dwell safely in Zion forever. But instead of coming only to Israel to offer them such a delight as he did with the Nephites, in these last days every nation, kindred, tongue, and people is being invited to the wedding feast. Admission to the feast comes in having the good sense to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit as the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ is preached in these last days and to come into the fold of the Good Shepherd and partake of the fulness of the New and Everlasting Covenant. By hearkening to the Holy Spirit, we will receive safe passage through the fires of wickedness and vengeance to enter into the joy of the Lord.
The conclusion to this whole matter is to see that the days of wickedness and vengeance are in reality the days of righteousness and blessing. The wickedness through which each of us must pass is but the fire which proves our love for the Lord and his righteousness; it is the special opportunity to be especially righteous in these last days. The vengeance is itself a blessing, a cleansing of the earth that greater blessings may follow, even as being in hell is a blessing which makes possible the greater blessing of inheriting glory afterwards. All that God does is a blessing to those who will receive a blessing at his hand. To live in the days of wickedness and vengeance is thus to live in the very days of the greatest faith, righteousness, and blessing which the world has ever seen, albeit on the part of but a few. Each of us individually chooses for himself or herself whether these will be days of wickedness and vengeance or days of righteousness and blessing.


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The 7th Air Command (Serbo-Croatian: 7. vazduhoplovna komanda/ 7.  ваздухопловна команда) was a joint unit of Yugoslav Air Force.

History
It was established by the order from June 27, 1959, per the "Drvar" reorganization plan of Yugoslav Air Force from the command of 37th Aviation Division with command at Rajlovac. In 1961 it suffered a changes in the organization.

By the new "Drvar 2" reorganization plan of Yugoslav Air Force, on May 2, 1964, 7th Air Command has been disbanded. Its units were attached to 1st Aviation Corps.
The commanders of Air command was Svetozar Radojević.

Organization

1959-1961
7th Air Command
207th Signal Battalion
Liaison Squadron of 7th Air Command
Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 7th Air Command
7th Air Reconnaissance Regiment
103rd Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (1960)
399th Air Base

1961-1964
7th Air Command
463rd Light Combat Aviation Squadron
892nd Liaison Aviation Squadron
7th Air Reconnaissance Regiment
103rd Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
399th Air Base

Headquarters
Rajlovac

Commanding officers
Colonel Svetozar Radojević

References
Notes and citations

Bibliography

Air Commands of Yugoslav Air Force
Military units and formations established in 1959

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PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (The National, Sept. 3) – The Papua New Guinea government is "courting" Asian economic powers to help salvage the PNG economy in the event that the Western world, including Australia, cut assistance.
The Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare and his Cabinet are fully aware that the country is technically broke.
PNG is having difficulty paying its bills; it owes K150 million in interest on Treasury Bills. That's on top of domestic loans running at K337 million.
While it claims that its budgeted 2003 revenue is on target, the country is not spending as much as it says it should, especially in its development budget.
More serious is the fact that it's struggling to meet its day-to-day bills in utilities, rentals, office stationery, repair and maintenance of equipment. Some fear that salaries could be next.
A week ago, a government delegation left for Malaysia to arrange a financial rescue...
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AMERICAN SAMOA STRUGGLES WITH TEACHER SHORTAGE
By Fili Sagapolutele
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa, (Samoa News, Aug. 26) - Two weeks into the start of the public school's new school year, reports of "continued teacher shortages" have surfaced from the Western Fautasi District at one high school and four elementary schools.
Samoa News was unable to confirm at press time what other districts were also facing a shortage of teachers.
The President of the Leone High School PTA, To'alepai Kathryn Tupua, addressed the teacher shortage problems at Leone High School and its feeder schools on August 22 to Department of Education (DOE) Director Dr. Sili K. Sataua.
Tupua, also the Chairperson for the Western Fautasi District Leadership Team, wrote Dr. Sataua that Doe officials had been informed, at the end of the 2002/2003 school year, that Leone High School was without a full time English teacher, an Art teacher, and a Science teacher.
According to Tupua, the faculty, counselors and administrators had to...
MORE SOLOMONS POLICE ARRESTED
MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, Sept. 3) - The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands has arrested more of the country's police officers.
Acting Solomons Police Commissioner Ben McDevitt says three special constables have been charged.
He says two face charges of sexual assault offences while the third is accused of threatening police with a firearm.
The arrests are part of efforts by the Australian-led mission to reform the Solomons police force while restoring law and order.
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HOWARD SAYS AUSTRALIA MUST DIRECT PNG SPENDING
MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, Sept. 3) - Australia's Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer says it is not unreasonable for Australia to make demands on how its aid funding is spent in Papua New Guinea.
Downer was due to travel to Port Moresby next week for talks on Australia's $300 million annual aid budget for PNG.
Australia and Papua New Guinea are at odds over Canberra's call to look at changes to the aid program.
The Somare Government says it doesn't want to talk until it conducts its own review, and has postponed the talks.
Downer says he wants to ensure Australia's money is well spent.
"We want to sit down and talk to Sir Michael Somare about that and if he doesn't want to talk to us next week about that and he wants to put it off for a few weeks, well, fair enough; but in the end what we do with our money is a matter of great importance to the people of Australia."
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AMERICAN SAMOA FONO CHIDES CONGRESSMAN
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa, (Samoa News, Aug. 26) - Senators Te'o J. Fuavai and Fai'ivae A. Galea'i urged Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin to withdraw his federal bill that provides for both majority and plurality voting now pending in the U.S. Congress.
The request was made last week when Faleomavaega appeared before a Senate committee, chaired by Senator Tuaolo Fruean to answer to the Senators regarding the measure he again submitted without their input.
Of great concern to some Senators is the fact that after a similar bill was sponsored by the Congressman before last year's election and then withdrawn, Faleomavaega promised the Fono that he would solicit input from local leaders before introducing another measure. Nevertheless, Congressman Eni proceeded with the federal bill again in the U.S. Congress in May of this year when the Fono was in recess.
During the hearing, Senator Fai'ivae Galea'i informed the Congressman that he...
MEASLES ON GUAM CONFIRMED
HAGATNA, Guam (Pacific Daily News, Sept. 3) - Laboratory tests have confirmed that three suspected cases of measles that showed up on Guam last month were actual cases of the contagious disease, a Department of Public Health and Social Services official said yesterday.
However, the thee infected people -- two babies and an adult -- are recovering from the disease and are no longer contagious, according to Ron Balajadia, Public Health's immunization program supervisor, who added that there has been no sign of local spread of the disease.
According to Pacific Daily News files, the three infected patients recently visited the Marshall Islands, which experienced a measles outbreak in recent weeks. As of late last week, there were at least 400 suspected cases in the Marshall Islands.
Balajadia said the test results have not made the department change its tactics because officials had been proceeding as if the cases were confirmed anyway.
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FORMER PAGO PAGO SENATOR SUFFERS STROKE
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa, (Samoa News, Aug. 26) - Former Leasina Senator and Police Commissioner, HTC Tuilefano Vaela'a, a U.S. military retiree, is reported to have suffered a stroke while visiting Hawai'i.
Tuilefano was initially admitted to Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) in Honolulu, but has since been transferred to another hospital.
His youngest son Lloyd Tuilefano confirmed yesterday that his father did have a bad stroke affecting the brain.
A source in Hawai'i told Samoa News last night that Tuilefano traveled to Hawai'i earlier this month for possible open heart surgery, and that Hawai'i media did cover Tuilefano's first appearance at Tripler.
A call to TAMC confirmed only that Tuilefano was transferred to another hospital in Honolulu for further treatment but details as to the destination as well as status of his illness was denied.
The characteristically blunt speaking Tuilefano was quoted last by Samoa News on July 3 asking...
EAST-WEST CENTER ANNOUNCES PACIFIC SCHOLARSHIPS
HONOLULU (Pacific Islands Report, Sept. 3) - The East-West Center in Honolulu has announced the opening of the 2004 United States - South Pacific Islands Scholarship Program Competition.
The United States – South Pacific Islands Scholarship Program was established in 1994, at the request of the U.S. Congress, by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The program ensures that a select group of academically talented Pacific Islanders, who are one day expected to assume leadership roles in their countries, have an opportunity to pursue higher education in the United States and to obtain first-hand knowledge of American society, institutions, values, and diversity.
Priority fields of study are environmental sciences, public administration, public policy, business administration, and journalism. Individuals seeking bachelors' and masters' (limited to individuals who have already completed a three-year baccalaureate program) degrees from...
PACIFIC HEALTH OFFICIALS MEET IN PALAU
KOROR, Palau (Palau Horizon, Sept. 3) — Pacific health officials are in Palau for a five-day Pacific Island Health Officers Association meeting which will discuss health care programs and activities for the six Pacific jurisdictions affiliated with the U.S.
The meeting started on Sept. 1, and will end on Sept. 5. It is attended by health officials from American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Northern Marianas, the Marshall Islands and Palau.
PIHOA is the regional health policy body for the U.S. affiliated islands in the Pacific.
In her keynote address, Palau Vice President and Health Minister Sandra Pierantozzi reminded the participants about the need to make decisions based on what appropriate health care is needed by the islands.
She said the region should consider community-based health care which Palau has started through the Ministry of Health's community assessment.
Through the comprehensive survey, Pierantozzi said the...
AIRLINES AWAIT WORD ON INDONESIA VISA POLICY
By Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno
HAGATNA, Guam (Pacific Daily News, Sept. 3) - Continental Micronesia is awaiting official word regarding the Indonesian government's reported plan to revoke visa-free travel for most foreign visitors starting Oct. 1.
The airline continues its four flights a week to the Indonesian resort island of Bali, Wally Dias, staff vice president of sales and promotions at Continental, said yesterday.
The Associated Press reported that Indonesia would require visas for most foreign visitors starting Oct. 1, despite fears that the move could further dent the country's tourism industry.
Indonesia plans to charge foreigners $30 for a 30-day nonrenewable visa upon arrival, according to The Associated Press, which based its report in part on The Jakarta Post's quote from Justice Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra.
Dias said Continental expects to receive advance notice if the Indonesian government does revoke visa-free travel.
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Is the Wisconsin Lung Disease Outbreak Really About Vaping?
Everyone loves a vaping panic
What are synthetic cannabinoids?
Wisconsin: just say no to vaping
Health officials in Wisconsin are grappling with an outbreak of severe lung ailments that may be related to vaping. Or they may not be related to vaping. Unfortunately, in their desire to avoid additional cases—and their zeal to prove their anti-vaping bonafides—the Wisconsin authorities have created a panic that will be counterproductive to public health.
Here's the story so far:
On July 25, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) issued a memo to healthcare providers and local and tribal health agencies warning of a lung disease cluster in Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Winnebago counties. It described eight cases of unexplained pulmonary disease among adolescents that were being investigated. The memo was straightforward and sensible, explaining what the DHS knew and what it didn't know.
"All patients reported vaping in the weeks and months prior to hospital admission," said the memo, from Dr. Jonathan Meiman, an epidemiologist. "The names and types of products used remain unknown, and patient interviews are ongoing. Clinicians are encouraged to remain alert for potential cases among persons presenting with progressive respiratory symptoms who report a history of inhalation drug use, particularly vaping."
"Inhalation drug use" is not typically a phrase used to describe regular vaping of nicotine (or zero-nicotine) e-liquid. That seems to indicate that the DHS officials already suspected that the kids were using something other than standard vaping products.
@DHSWI is investigating a severe lung disease among #teens who say they had been #vaping Parents, learn how Tobacco is Changing, and the risks vaping poses for your kids at https://t.co/GIgyDUCLJ6 #ecigarettes #teenhealth #tobacco pic.twitter.com/etIP3KHImn
— WIDeptHealthServices (@DHSWI) July 25, 2019
That same day, Fox 6 News in Burlington, Wisconsin reported that a man in his mid-twenties had been hospitalized some days earlier for what was first thought to be pneumonia, but rapidly progressed, damaging both his lungs and heart. He had been placed in a medically induced coma and his prognosis was uncertain.
Burlington is about 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee.
The man's brother said he had vaped what he called THC cartridges, sold on the street. The package he showed was labeled "Dank – Rose Gold," and the product appears like a typical THC oil cartridge. There has long been a huge problem with counterfeit cartridges, filled with unknown substances and sold as branded cannabis products. The Dank Vapes "brand" is one of the most commonly seen in street sales.
But legitimate THC products like oil carts are not sold on the street or in c-stores—especially in non-legal states like Wisconsin. The Dank Vapes products are sold empty. If they are filled with liquid, there is no telling where it came from. As Zach Harris wrote in cannabis publication Merry Jane, the carts "could have contained any number of substances, including pesticide-tainted THC oil, synthetic cannabinoids, or something entirely different."
By the time the press got hold of the DHS announcement, the anti-vaping train was already steaming down the track. Only one of the original eight teens was still in the hospital when the warning went out, but the Wisconsin "disease detectives" still hadn't isolated the exact source of their lung injuries. However, most of the "experts" quoted in the barrage of news stories that followed were more than happy to guess.
The Wisconsin American Lung Association issued a statement that said, "e-cigarette use is NOT safe, especially by youth whose lungs are still developing. E-cigarettes contain chemicals, heavy metals and fine particulates. The candy and fruit-flavorings that so many youth find appealing also contain chemicals known to cause irreparable lung damage."
:::Taking a big rip off my device filled with #nicotine e-liquid that was acquired from a reputable local retailer & reading the *entire* release from the IDPH:::
:::Highlighting the part about ~"still under investigation"::: pic.twitter.com/jDYpULbPcL
— Alex Clark (@Hello_Alex) August 6, 2019
Fox News quoted officials from Children's Hospital of Wisconsin (where the eight teens were treated) who warned that vaping could cause COPD. The Fox reporter then veered off to discuss vaping battery accidents. The CNN story published July 26 was entirely about nicotine and nicotine vaping. There was no suggestion that these events could have been caused by anything else. "The vapor cloud results from burning e-liquids," wrote CNN's Susan Scutti. CBS News discussed JUUL Labs' position on teenage vaping.
Reporters from one local news outlet took their jobs more seriously than any of the national media. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that some of the teens "reported that they had been buying vaping products—nicotine and THC—on the black market," and went on to tie the teen "vaping" incidents to the man in Burlington who had vaped the unknown street drug. That is the only reporting of that fact to be found.
Of course, a pediatrician at the hospital that treated the teens dismissed this angle, saying "doctors are concerned about teens vaping anything." But they weren't vaping anything. They were vaping something—something dangerous and unpredictable, something with the potential to damage almost any organ in the body. And just about every part of the story we know points to the unknown substance being synthetic cannabinoids.
Originally, synthetic cannabinoids were created in labs for use by researchers studying the effects of marijuana and the human endocannabinoid system. Because these drugs bind to the same cannabinoid receptors as the THC found in cannabis (marijuana), they worked as substitutes for THC in lab experiments. However, they can be as much as 100 times more powerful than THC itself when consumed by people.
In the mid-2000's these drugs showed up as "legal highs," sold in convenience stores and head shops under the common brand names Spice or K2 (and later many, many other names). Usually the drugs were mixed with solvents and sprayed on dried plant material, then sealed in foil packages. They were meant to be smoked, although the packages often called the contents "potpourri," or included statements like, "Not intended for human use."
In the last few years, they've also been mixed with PG and VG and sold as e-liquid.
The business has shifted away from legitimate retailers, and the drugs are now often sold online or by street drug dealers. There have even been instances of spice (the name is often used generically now to describe these drugs) being labeled as CBD. There is no consistency to the products. Separate packages with the same branding may contain different levels of potency, or even completely different drugs. There are hundreds of synthetic cannabinoids, and the manufacturers change the formulas frequently to avoid law enforcement.
No clear evidence yet that it was any vapor product. Very concerning to all, but be aware WI has a K2/Spice adulteration epidemic right now that's far worse, and could be bleeding over into illicit vapes.https://t.co/THsSKfpnLehttps://t.co/4ikZpmz21L#RethinkTheProblem
— Bruce Nye (@ThaumaturgeRN) August 3, 2019
If marijuana were legalized for recreational use, there would probably be very little demand for spice. Many people try these drugs expecting them to provide a high similar to THC, the active compound in the cannabis plant. But the effect is nothing like smoking or vaping cannabis. According to the Drug Policy Alliance, the effects can include:
Feeling stimulated and energetic
Producing a dream-like state
Aggression and agitation
Respiratory failure
Thousands of people who use these drugs wind up in hospitals every year, and the consequences can be very serious. Last year, over 100 people in New Haven, Connecticut were hospitalized with overdoses in a single week, according to CNN. Some had high heart rates and difficulty breathing. Many were found unconscious in a city park.
Earlier in 2018, the U.S. Army issued a warning about "vaping" and "CBD oils," after more than 60 personnel on a North Carolina army base were treated for a variety of symptoms, including seizures. The products in question were found to contain synthetic cannabinoids.
The drugs are usually produced in unlicensed Asian labs that seem to operate without ethical boundaries. It's hard to guess what may be in them, and in fact just about anything can be. Last year, hundreds of people in several states were hospitalized with severe bleeding, and it was discovered that the synthetic cannabinoids they consumed contained a powerful anticoagulant (blood thinner) designed for rat poison. Several people died after bleeding uncontrollably.
One-time use of synthetic cannabinoids can cause "a range of mild to severe neuropsychiatric, cardiovascular, renal, and other effects," according to the CDC, and researchers from Manchester (U.K.) Metropolitan University found that repeated use caused some people to experience extended psychotic episodes. Furthermore, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, synthetic cannabinoids can be addictive.
The WI "vaping" hospitalizations seem entirely due 2 illicit drugs. This is *not the same thing* as an ecig. Any journo/health professional who conflates the 2 is dangerously irresponsible. & This *will happen more* as legal ecigs are banned or restricted. https://t.co/cUGuYOqATF
— michelleminton (@michelleminton) July 30, 2019
There isn't much scientific literature specifically describing lung damage caused by synthetic cannabinoids. However, reports from emergency physicians have included breathing problems as a complaint, and respiratory failure is noted as an effect by several authorities. A 2013 case study from doctors at the UCSF-Fresno (California) Medical Center described in detail the nearly fatal lung complications experienced by one young man who regularly smoked spice.
Because spice and its relatives can't be detected on standard drug tests, they're popular among people who are regularly drug tested—military personnel, and people on parole or in drug treatment, for example. Spice isn't unique to the United States. It's sold around the world, and health authorities in many countries have dealt with the same problems.
Synthetic cannabinoids are also popular with teenagers, who may have no knowledge of the differences between spice and cannabis, and possibly no previous experience with actual marijuana. Spice is also sold by unscrupulous drug dealers who claim it's cannabis.
The bottom line is, convenience stores, truck stops and websites don't sell legitimate cannabis products. And anyone who offers you a colorful package (or bottle) with a marijuana leaf on it is scamming you. Those who deliberately experiment with spice would be well advised to put 911 on speed dial.
On Aug. 2, the Wisconsin DHS issued a second warning, identifying additional cases of lung damage, and added Door, Racine, Walworth, and Dodge counties to the list of locations. The agency also announced that it was investigating seven other hospitalizations that appeared to follow the same profile.
"We are currently interviewing patients, all of whom reported recent vaping," said DHS Secretary-designee Andrea Palm. "Our disease investigators continue to gather information about the names and types of vape products that were used in hopes of determining a common link.
"We strongly urge people to avoid vaping products and e-cigarettes," she added.
That same day, the Illinois Department of Health issued a warning too, after three similar cases were discovered in Illinois. The areas in Wisconsin where cases have been reported are all very close to the Illinois border.
Warning: #DHSWI is investigating 11 cases of young adults w/severe lung disease that has been linked to recent #vaping. Read our news release at https://t.co/bAjxeEvyxi
then check Facebook at 2 for a chat w/Secretary-designee Andrea Palm & our disease detectives. pic.twitter.com/b3Se2U6qxu
— WIDeptHealthServices (@DHSWI) August 2, 2019
All of these cases, despite the just-say-no warnings from health officials, remain under investigation. The state health departments have no definite evidence that they were caused by vaping anything, and certainly none that they were caused by ordinary e-liquid-based vaping products.
Here's what we do know:
The first case that was reported—the 26-year-old man from Burlington, Wisconsin—involved vape carts that supposedly contained THC, but were almost certainly counterfeits that contained spice or some other street drug, or dangerously adulterated THC oil
Some of the kids also reported vaping THC (which probably wasn't THC)
Regular nicotine vaping products have been available in the U.S. since 2007, and there has never been a cluster of hospitalizations for lung injuries caused by vaping
Synthetic cannabinoids have caused many outbreaks that follow patterns similar to this one, and they are sold under a myriad of brand names (or with no branding) that could lead investigators to miss the common thread
The Wisconsin health authorities and the news media seem determined to tie these incidents to the teenage "vaping epidemic," whether there really is a connection or not
People use vaping products to consume lots of different substances, including nicotine e-liquid, various kinds of legal cannabis extracts, illegal and quasi-legal drugs, and even vitamins and caffeine. There is no reason to believe an outbreak of hospitalizations would be caused by regular commercial e-liquid that has been used daily by millions of vapers for more than a decade.
The state's advice to all Wisconsin residents to "avoid vaping and e-cigarettes" is irresponsible. Public health officials are supposed to consider all the consequences of their communications to the public, and that clearly wasn't done here.
How many people who smoke will continue smoking, assuming that the vaping products sold at vape shops or responsible convenience stores could cause severe lung damage? How many vapers will go back to inhaling the smoke from combustible tobacco because of the state's warning? How many people, ignorant of the facts, will spread this alert and further damage public opinion about products that could save many lives?
weird. I just read an article from the BBC that included SPICE in the actual headline of an article that referred to youths vaping the drug.
America would have just left it at kids vaping.#truthfulreporting #whatstherealepidemic? https://t.co/R01M2GGRYg pic.twitter.com/mWFR9c3UrR
— Fig Ramsey (@figramsey) August 6, 2019
Late last year there was an outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease at University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. Between Oct. 31, 2018 and Jan. 11, 2019, 14 cases of Legionnaire's were identified at the hospital. Three patients died. But the Wisconsin Department of Health Services didn't panic and advise the residents of Madison to avoid the hospital.
Rather, the DHS calmly informed the public of the situation, explained what they knew and what they didn't, and announced that an investigation was being conducted to discover the source of the Legionella bacteria that caused the infections.
It's unfortunate that the Wisconsin DHS couldn't do the same now. The agency has exploited this already frightening and confusing situation to further the fear, uncertainty and doubt that already surrounds legal vaping products. Some agency officials and some of the doctors at Wisconsin Children's Hospital seem more interested in pursuing careers as propagandists than in doing their jobs, following the evidence, and solving the problem. It is the opposite of proper public health practice.
There is simply no evidence that the use of ordinary nicotine (or zero-nicotine) vaping products is responsible for this cluster of severe health problems—or that vaping products have ever caused serious lung damage to anyone.
Been vaping two years, regular e liquid 3mg nicotine. No problems ever. Leave it to Wisconsin to act like there's a problem without providing any proof. "Come on vacation, leave on probation!" Left in 2006, and never looked back. State full of incompetent fools and crooked cops.
This is the most informative article I have read regarding this situation. I live one state over, and saw this story on the local news. I've been vaping for 8 years and have never experienced any type of issues. (Maybe some throat irritation here and there, but that was my own fault) So I thought it was odd that not only was this issue only involving teens (who I'm assuming hadn't been vaping for very long at all) but also clustered in an area (or two). Our news station, stuck to the story of "they were vaping" and immediately advised… Read more »
I hate to be "that guy" but vaping isn't as presented. I've experienced issues that went away after I stopped vaping.
I know it's good for some, but try not to pretend it's 100% safe, and the people having problems were just junkies.
E liquids have many variables depending on everything from who mixed it to what you're using.
Reply to James
You are not an expert, and this is not a topic for amateur night.
DirtySouthVaper
Oh look, another anti-vaping crusader! E-liquids ARE safe, assuming you're not buying something in an alley with no label on it. Just stop already.
You experienced severe lung injuries that required intubation and an extended hospital stay?
I have never said vaping is safe, let alone "100% safe," and I don't call people junkies.
By what mechanism would a large cluster of users have severe lung damage from e-liquid use? Why has such a thing never happened before?
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Reply to Jim McDonald
Correction on more benign effects- More benign ingredients inhaled into the lungs could take longer to show adverse affects-
Magidiye
Thank you for your thorough consideration of the issues. It truly depresses me to see the news reaction to anything having to do with vaping, that great demon of modern times. The ignorance in the usual reporting is staggering, exceeded only by the moral outrage. I have no doubt that these incidents here in Wisconsin have to do with the introduction of some foreign substance into the equation. I am a vaper of now 4 or 5 years, and admit a bias in that regard. Vaping is certainly not without harm, but the harm seems to me significantly less than… Read more »
Andrey Janishewskiy
One person has passed away.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/23/vaping-death-illinois-man-who-recently-used-e-cigarette-dies/2096212001/
Note that in this article they almost completely forgot that this has nothing to do with vaping. If it is impossible to detect harm in vaping, then you can replace and lie.
At the same time, the Russian media do not at all mention the likelihood that these cases are related to drug use, and not vaping. And your most democratic media outright and brazenly lie.
Reply to Andrey Janishewskiy
The problem isn't that they lie. It's that they don't question public health authorities.


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Published January 24, 2018 by Danny Prater. Last Updated March 1, 2018.
Harrowing bodycam footage from Atlanta shows a police officer rescuing a dog from the porch of a burning apartment complex. According to reports, several first responders worked to rescue the dog, now named Smokey, after he was discovered in extreme danger at the scene of the blaze earlier this month. While it's unclear how—and why—Smokey was left alone at the complex in the first place, one thing is certain: He now has a shot at a happy life, thanks to the quick actions of authorities. Watch the dramatic bodycam footage now:
On its Facebook page, the City of Atlanta Police Department announced that Smokey is at a local shelter, where he's up for adoption and looking for a loving home. More information about Smokey is available from the LifeLine Animal Project at Fulton County Animal Services.
Dramatic bodycam footage shows Atlanta police rescue dog from fire at abandoned apartment. The dog, who's been given the name "Smokey," has been placed up for adoption. https://t.co/wpiGxYlqkI pic.twitter.com/oxwIjvMQ71
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There are steps that you can take to ensure that every member of your family is accounted for in the event of a fire (or other catastrophe)—both before and during an emergency. Here are some ways to help protect animals:
Donate animal-sized oxygen masks to your local police and fire departments. For animals pulled from a blaze, a mask can be the difference between life and a painful death. Check to see if your local authorities already have animal oxygen masks—if they don't, consider raising funds to give them this lifesaving equipment.
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Q: Column manipulation I have a query that generates 8 columns worth of data from a list of unique IDs. These columns are then copied into an excel sheet for holding. I am attempting to find a way to either write a query or find an excel function to get it to generate 2 columns: 1 with the list of unique IDs and the other with the number of times it appears in the initial 8 columns. Any thoughts or comments would be most welcome.
Thanks for the help.

A: If I understand your problem correctly, you can write a query that returns your two columns.  Unfortunately, it's a little tedious but it should work. This is generic enough to work in any RMDBS.  There are probably more elegant solutions using specific functions of a particular RMDBS.
SELECT DISTINCT A.UniqueID, SUM(A.IDCounter) AS IDCount FROM
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Q: Install4j: Overriding default rollback I am building my Installer using install4j 6.1.4. I have added an InstallerEventListener to the context for EventType.CANCELLING for adding manual rollback functions. But I believe this does not override the default rollback function of Install4j.
For some debug issue my customers require the "Failed installation" to conditionally stay as it is. Which means the customer would like to choose whether to perform the rollback or not.
Currently, I am using Util.showOptionDialog() inside the custom rollback. Even though if the user wants to keep the installation as it is and the rollback method does not do anything, the default rollback from install4j cleans up the installation.
Is there any way I can override/ diactivate the default rollback?

A: As of 6.1.5 there is no way to dynamically add rollback barriers while the rollback is in progress. I've added this feature request to the issue tracker.