In the wake of ABC's Four Corners investigation Associate Professor Lee-Fay Low explains why Australia's aged-care system is failing older people and the fundamental shift that is needed to change things.
All humans have fundamental needs. These are physiological (food, drink, clothing, sleep), safety (emotional security, physical safety, health), love and belonging (friendships, community), esteem (respect, dignity) and self-actualisation (accomplishment, personal development).
For people living in Australia's residential aged-care facilities, these needs are often not met.
Less than one-third of residents we interviewed said they were friends with another resident. This means most don't have the social support associated with friendships. Most residents said they felt socially isolated, which is associated with poor well-being.
A 2016 study of residents' lived experiences in an aged-care facility found many felt they had little dignity, autonomy or control. Outside of meal and structured activity times, people with dementia spend most of their time stationary, alone and doing very little or nothing.
One study looking at interactions between residents and their carers showed residents were alone 40% of the time they were observed. When staff were present, they mostly did not engage verbally, emotionally or physically with the resident.
Aged-care facilities can also feel psychologically unsafe to residents. Residents with dementia may be locked in secure units or physically restrained, using mechanisms such as bedrails or restraining belts.
Residents sometimes don't get along. They might argue yell, swear, pinch, hit or push each other. We don't have good data about how often resident-to-resident verbal and physical aggression happens, but it can result in injury and even death.
The consequences of unmet needs?
Residents can react negatively when their needs are not met. They become bored, sad, stressed, cranky, anxious, depressed, agitated, angry and violent.
In people with dementia, we used to call these reactions "behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia" (BPSD). But people with dementia have been pointing out these are normal human responses to neglect, not symptoms of dementia. Almost all (90%) aged-care residents display one or more of these negative reactions.
In many facilities, staff "manage" such reactions with the use of sedating antipsychotic medications. But clinical guidelines recommend looking at the reasons people may be reacting that way and addressing those before medication.
Half of nursing home residents have symptoms of depression, and a third have symptoms of anxiety. More than half of residents have been found in studies to behave in ways that might suggest they no longer wish to live. This includes refusing food or medication, one-third of residents having suicidal thoughts and a small number of nursing home residents actually taking their own lives.
Why does Australian aged care fail to meet fundamental human needs?
We might not be spending enough on aged care to enable providers to meet fundamental human needs. Australia spends about 1% of its GDP on long-term care – less than the OECD average of 1.5%.
Private investment in aged care is growing, as have residential aged care profits, but it's a difficult industry in which to make money. Insufficient funding translates to insufficient staff and less skilled staff. Our funding system rewards dependency, and there are no funding incentives for providers to improve the psychological well-being of residents, or go beyond that to help them flourish.
People looking for a nursing home don't have any independently provided information by which to compare quality or performance.
The National Quality Indicator Program – a program for measuring care in residential aged-care facilities that began in 2016 – was meant to provide information for people trying to compare facilities on clinical indicators of care quality.
But participation in the program is voluntary for providers. Neither quality of life nor emotional well-being indicators are included in the suite of quality indicators (even though one has been trialled and found to be suitable). We also don't know if or when the data might be published.
We need a fundamental shift in community, government, service provider, staff and regulatory expectations of what residential aged care does. Our model of aged care is mainly about clinical care, while neglecting emotional care.
For instance, friendships are a unique social interaction that facilitate healthy ageing, but many residents told us that the social opportunities in their nursing home did not align with their expectations of friendship.
We need our model of care to be a model of a home. In a home everyone contributes, has a say in what happens in the home (such as the menu, interior design, routine and functions), is able to invite their friends to their home for a meal, and can leave during the day and come back at night. A home is a safe place, where people are loved and nurtured, and where they can be active and fulfilled.
No one is going to disagree with this article - it is a statement of obvious truths. However, focusing on funding does not address the causes - it will only attract more profiteer investors. Even in the best nursing homes, what you say about emotional health is true. To assume, as you do, that any institution can meet people's emotional needs, unqualified, is delusional.


Social Media Theology: The "Un-Friending"
"I hope I didn't offend you."
I looked up from my plate of okra, tomatoes, and black-eyed peas to see "Joe," an acquaintance in the community. He looked strangely repentant. Mouth full, I raised an eyebrow in question. He sat down.
"I tried to tag you in a photo on Facebook, and you weren't there."
I smiled as Joe looked down at his hands, even more repentant.
"I thought maybe I'd offended you, and you'd uh --"
"Un-friend-ed you?" I interrupted him.
Joe looked directly at me.
"I didn't un-friend you, Joe," I said. "I deactivated my Facebook account. That's why you couldn't tag me in the photo."
Joe's face lifted. "So, you didn't un-friend me?"
I understand Joe's sensitivity. The first time I realized that someone had deliberately gone to my page, clicked on "un-friend," and sent me into their Facebook past, I was irritated. How dare someone who had requested to be my friend take back that request! Was I not good enough for the company of their 1000 other friends? Did I post something offensive? Had I done something wrong? Frustration quickly gave way to self doubt and eventually to acceptance that the un-friending was not all about me.
Sometimes we need to hash out our stones together, and other times we need to deal with the weighty stones of our lives separately. Sometimes we need to tell each other everything, and other times we need to hold back in our words. Does this mean that we're harboring unforgiveness or avoiding reconciliation?
Un-friending in real life, or changing our connections, is sometimes the space needed for forgiveness. Once we search our own hearts and invite God to show us where we need to give or receive forgiveness, reconciliation becomes a possibility. I applaud Joe for having the courage to inquire about a changed connection. That conversation turned out to be a humorous blog promotion. However, if there had been a problem between us, his humility would have created a wonderful opportunity for conversation!
The longer I'm away from Facebook, the more clearly I see that un-friending in social media or in real life is not necessarily a bad thing. It simply indicates change. Healthy questions can arise from that change. Why has this friendship changed? Was this ever a truly healthy connection? What about me, with God's help, needs to change?
May this Lenten journey continue to change us from the inside out as we draw near to the cross that changed all of us into eternal friends of God.
P.S. Friends, this musing is intended primarily for friendships, not marriages. If you and/or your spouse are struggling more than usual, please contact a licensed counselor or family therapist to work through the changes of your lives.


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Home Ice bergs Valentine Frausto Reyes de Goleta, 1927-2021 | Obituary
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Valentin Frausto Reyes
Valentine Frausto Reyes "Val" passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. He received his angel wings on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 5:23 p.m.
Valentine was a decorated veteran who served during the occupation of Germany after World War II and then served in the Korean War alongside his closest friend Joe Ortiz. He was honorably released on July 25, 1956.
Valentine was born on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1927 in Oplin, Texas, to her parents Francisco and Ascencion Reyes. As a teenager, he grew up in Goleta, where he met the love of his life at 18.
Before marrying Joséphine Figueroa, he decided to do his military service and was first stationed at Fort Ord in California, before traveling to Germany during the Occupation after WWII, then to South Korea for the Korean conflict.
He returned to Josephine after her honorable release from the United States Army and began his family life with his one and only love, in his hometown of Goleta. Together, they successfully raised five children: Daniel Louis Brino, Delia Lynne Chavez, Valerie Marie Reyes, Valentine Reyes Jr. and Elizabeth Reyes.
Valentine is survived by six grandchildren: Cherie Marie Chavez, Jose Chavez, Jr., Elizabeth Marie Echevarria, Daniel Echevarria, Amanda Jewel Garza and Sophia Rose Garza. He also has four great-grandchildren: Robert Matthew Cuevas, 10; Siena Lynne Chavez, 7 years old; Sevi John Chavez, 5; and Sadie Kristina Chavez, 2.
Valentine Reyes is predeceased by her eldest son Daniel Louis Brino, who was a US Army veteran in Vietnam.
After Valentine Reyes returned from the Korean War, he worked at the Goleta Lemon Association for 38 years and retired as a foreman. He loved his job there and was admired and appreciated by his colleagues.
When not working he was a devoted father, taking his children on vacations, especially camping. He loved the outdoors and wildlife. Valentine Reyes was an animal lover and cherished her many dogs and birds. He is predeceased by Skippy, Lova, Bandit, Rocky, Aliska, Scooter, Lisette, Anais and more, all of whom have lived long, healthy and very happy lives.
Val was passionate about sports and loved all kinds of sports, especially baseball. He liked crosswords and math problems. He collected travel brochures and it was his dream to someday travel around the world. In fact, from the icebergs of Alaska to the great castles of Germany, he's been fortunate enough to see much of this world.
He spread love and joy everywhere he went, and in return, he will be sorely missed.
May he continue to roam the world like an angel …
Valentine Frausto Reyes, your family loves you!
Services will be held at 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23 at Santa Barbara Cemetery, 901 Channel Drive.
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A Tibetan nun has set herself on fire near a restive monastery in western China, in the ninth such incident in recent months, reports say.
The Free Tibet group said the 20-year-old nun,Tenzin Wangmo, died on Monday in Sichuan province's Aba county.A witness told Radio Free Asia (RFA) that she called for freedom for Tibet before she set herself on fire.Aba county is home to the Kirti monastery, the scene of repeated protests against Beijing's rule.
Seven monks from the monastery, which lies in an ethnic Tibetan area of Sichuan province, have set themselves on fire there in recent months. An eighth monk set himself on fire in another part of Sichuan province.China has since jailed three monks accused of assisting in one self-immolation and maintains a heavy security presence in Aba town.Reports said the young nun set fire to herself after midday."A nun killed herself by setting her body on fire," Aba Jigme, a resident, told RFA. "But she died on the spot after calling for freedom for Tibet and the return of the Dalai Lama."
He said she chose to do it away from the centre of town because of the heavy Chinese security presence.On Wednesday the Tibetan exile community is to hold a prayer ceremony for those who have set themselves on fire.In a statement, Free Tibet Director Stephanie Brigden said that unrest in Tibet was "escalating and widening"."The acts of self-immolation are not taking place in isolation, protests have been reported in the surrounding region and calls for wider protests are growing," she said.
Free Tibet also reported that two Tibetans were shot by Chinese troops during a protest outside a police station in another part of Sichuan province on 16 October.Their condition was not known and it was not clear why they were shot, the group said.This report cannot be confirmed. Foreign media cannot gain access to restive ethnic Tibetan areas and Chinese state media often do not report these incidents.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told a regular news briefing he had no information about the nun's case."We believe that promoting and encouraging harm to life is immoral," he said. – BBC
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Luis Vega De Castro (born October 4, 1944 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban artist. Since 1980 he has lived in Miami, Florida, United States. He works in graphic design, painting, drawing and illustration, and has been noted for his work in film posters.

Education
He studied in the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba. In 1979, he received his degree in Art History, from Havana University, Havana, Cuba.

Exhibitions

Individual exhibitions
Among his must relevant personal exhibitions was the 1973, Los Expedicionarios, Exposición de Carteles de Pedro Damián, Jorge Dimas y Luis Vega, Sala Rubén Martínez Villena, Galería UNEAC in Havana.
1984 "Tertulias San Miguel" Coral Gables, Florida.
1985 "Luis Vega" en Key Biscayne Library, Key Biscayne, Florida.
1997 "Elite Fine Art" Coral Gables, Florida.
1999 "Elite Fine Art" Coral Gables, Florida.
2002 "Elite Fine Art" Coral Gables, Florida.
2004 "First Bank of Miami" Coral Gables, Florida.
2007 "Sueños y Realidades" Prado Fine Art Collection Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida.
2010 "Galería Artis" Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México DF.

Collective exhibitions
1970 "Cuba Alegre como su Sol" (sponsored by Mario Paioti), Florencia, Italia.
1973 He was included in the Iér Festival International d' Affiches du Cinema, XXVIème Festival International du Film, in Cannes, France.
1976 VI International Poster Biennale Warsaw, Galería Zaçheta, Varsovia, Polonia.
1979 He was one of the selected artist to conform "1000 Carteles Cubanos de Cine. 20 Años de la Cinematografía Cubana" in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana.
1981 "Hispanic Week", Association of Art Critics and Commentators, Miami, Florida
1982 "Roots", University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
1982 "XXI Premi International de Dibuix Joan Miro", Spain.
1982 "Association of Art Critics and Commentators", Miami, Florida.
1983 "Calle Ocho Open House", Miami, Florida.
1983 "Arts Day", Tallahassee, Florida.
1983 "7th Annual Hialeah Showcase Art Show, Hialeah, Florida.
1984 "A Tribute to Hispanic Art in Miami", Circle Gallery, Miami, Florida.
1984 "Vision" North Dade Library, Miami, Florida.
1985 "Alloyage 85", SIBI Cultural Center, Miami, Florida.
1986 "Local Cuban Artists" Cristissa Art Gallery, Miami, Florida.
1986 "Le Petit Format, A Group Show" SIBI Cultural Center, Miami, Florida.
1986 "Today's Hispanic Art", De Armas Gallery, Miami, Florida.
1987 "Latin American Drawing", The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
1987 Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Washington D. C.
1987 "Cintas Fellows Revisited a Decade After", Metro Dade Cultural Center, Miami, Florida.
1990 "Five from Miami", St. Petersburg, Florida.
1994 "Latin American Spectrum", Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida.
1995 "Absolut Mariel", South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, Florida.
1996 "Latin American Spectrum", Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida.
1997 " Design for Life", Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York.
1997 "Summer Group Show", Elit Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida.
1998 "Latin American Spectrum", Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida.
1999 "Summer Group Show", Elit Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida.
1999 "Cuba Nostalgia", Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami, Florida.
2000 "Summer Group Show", Elit Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida.
2000 "Cuba Nostalgia", Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami, Florida.
2000 "20 Years of Art on the Diaspora", 0 & Y Gallery, Miami, Florida.
2001 "Latin American Spectrum", Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida.
2001 "Places in the Heart", The Art Center, St. Petersburg, Florida.
2002 "Summer Group Show", Elit Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida.
2004 "Artistic Development and Iberoamerican Integration", One Brickell Square, Miami, Florida.
2004 "Contemporary & Modern Artist" Oñate Fine Art, Miami, Florida.
2010 "Farewell to the sea: Remembering el Mariel, Zu Galería, Miami, Florida.

Awards
During his life he has obtained many awards and recognitions, including:
1972 First Prize in a Poster Contest "La Mujer en América Latina", Cuba.
1972 First Prize in Poster Contest "Protección e Higiene al Trabajo", Cuba.
1981 First Prize in "Contemporary Drawing", Association of Art Critics and Commentators, Miami, Florida.
1982 "Best of Show", Calle Ocho Open House, Miami, Florida.
1983 "ARLIS Award", New York Chapter, Art Library Society of North America, New York, New York.
1983 "Best of Show", Calle Ocho Open House, Miami, Florida.
1983 "Best of Show", 7th Annual Hialeah Showcase Art Show, Hialeah, Florida.
1984 First Prize in "Graphis" 8th Annual Hialeah Showcase Art Show, Hialeah, Florida, Primer premio.
1984-1985 He has been awarded with the "Cintas Fellowship", New York, New York.
1985 First Prize in "Addys Award", Miami Film Festival, Miami, Florida, Primer premio.
1989 He obtained the "Angel Award" Miami, Florida.

Collections
His works are included in relevant collections such as:
 Cintas Foundation, New York City, U.S.
 Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC), Havana, Cuba
 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
 "Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)", Washington D. C., U.S.
 "Transatlantic Bank", Miami, Florida, U.S.
 "Lowe Art Museum", University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.
 "Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana" Mexico D. F., Mexico

References

1985 Galería. El Nuevo Herald, Ana Santiago, Miami, Florida. February.
1985 Galería. El Nuevo Herald, Rafael, Casalins, Miami, Florida. April.
1987 Art of Cuba in Exile, José Gómez Sicre, Editorial Munder, Miami, Florida.
1990 Galería. El Nuevo Herald, Olga Connor, Miami, Florida. April.
1992 Selecta Magazine, Astur Morsella, Miami Florida. March.
1995 Vanidades Continental, Miami, Florida. September.
1995 Camacol Magazine, Miami, Florida. September.
1995 Selecta Magazine, Miami, Florida. September.
1995 Miami Mensual, Miami, Florida. September.
1995 Casa y Estilo Magazine, José A. Lerma, Miami, Florida. September.
1996 El Cartel Cubano de Cine, Letras Cubanas, Jesús Vega, Camaguey.
1996 Iberoamericana Magazine, Miami, Florida. August.
1997 Design for Life, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York.
1997 Casa y Estilo Magazine, Miami, Florida. October.
1997 Selecta Magazine, Arturo Frausto, Miami, Florida. October.
1997 Miami Mensual, Miami, Florida. September.
1997 Vanidades Continental, Miami, Florida. September.
1997 La Playa Nacional Magazine, Astur Morsella, Miami Beach, Florida. August.
1999 Artes y Letras, El Nuevo Herald, Armando Alvarez Bravo, Miami, Florida. November.
1999 Arte al Día Magazine, Mirna Curras, Miami, Florida. November.
1999 Casa y Estilo Magazine, Miami, Florida. November.
2000 La Imagen Constante, Jorge R. Bermúdez, El Cartel Cubano del Siglo XX, Havana.
2001 Casa y Estilo, Una Expresión Latina Contemporánea. Art Book.
2002 Artes y Letras, El Nuevo Herald, Armando Alvarez Bravo, Miami, Florida. September.
2002 Miami Mensual Magazine, Miami, Florida. September.
2002 Selecta Magazine, Miami, Florida. August.
2002 Casa y Estilo Magazine, Miami, Florida. August.
2002 Iberoamericana Magazine, Miami, Florida. January.
2002 Cuban Posters, Havana.
2003 Illustrating Cuba's Flora and Fauna, Emilio Cueto, The Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, Florida.

External links
 Luis Vega
 Torna & Prado Fine Art Collection

Cuban contemporary artists
1944 births
American people of Cuban descent
Living people

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County Rankings | Climate at a Glance
Houston County, Alabama
Average Temperature Rankings, February 1901
(11.6°C) -4.7°F
111th Warmest
Jan–Feb 1901
Dec 1900–Feb 1901
(-1.0°C) 33rd Coolest
Nov 1900–Feb 1901
Oct 1900–Feb 1901
Sep 1900–Feb 1901
Ties: 1921, 1945, 1948, 1956, 1975, 1983, 1993
Aug 1900–Feb 1901
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Mar 1900–Feb 1901
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Ties: 1910, 1913, 1933, 1940, 1955, 1975, 1994, 1999, 2005, 2007
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Man, Toddler Die After Falling From Manhattan High-Rise
A 35-year-old man and 4-year-old boy fell from a 52-story building around noon Sunday. Police say the man was the boy's father.
New York Daily News / Andrew Savulich
Article by Steven Sparkman
A 35-year-old man and a 4-year-old toddler died after plummeting from a high-rise apartment building in Manhattan Sunday.
The two landed on a nearby building, with the man pronounced dead at the scene and the four-year-old boy later declared dead at a nearby hospital after efforts to resuscitate him failed. (Via NY1)
Police haven't made any definitive statements about the identity of the deceased or a possible cause of the fall, but several media outlets report the man was the boy's father, and was in the middle of a heated custody battle.
"Sources tell us he is from Brooklyn ... that he was supposed to hand over that four-year-old little boy to his wife at a police precinct, but that he did not show up." (Via WABC)
The New York Post is reporting the man's name, though it hasn't been confirmed by police, and says because of the placement of the bodies, authorities think the man shoved or threw his son from the roof before jumping himself.
Nearby residents were horrified by the apparent murder-suicide, one telling WNBC: "How heartbreaking, how sad it is that there was no one there to stop them, to say, 'Wait, tomorrow is another day.'"
It's still not clear what happened in the moments before the fall, or how the man gained access to the apartment building. Witnesses say the boy was wearing Christmas pajamas.


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Q: jquery cannot get elements id with 'this' I'm kind of confused about 'this' in functions.
Why i dont get 'spanID' as id of the element on which i clicked?
HTML
something

JS
function alertIt(){
    alert($(this).attr("id"))
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here is JSfiddle

A: I don't include the function call inside the span tag,
I just do:
something

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#spanID").click(function(){
        alert($(this).attr("id"));
    });
});

A: add this to alertIt() function
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A: HTML
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Javascript
function alertIt(obj){
 alert($(obj).attr("id"))
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jsfiddle

A: Use following
$("span").on("click",function(){
    alert($(this).attr("id"));
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A: You are facing an issue because $(this) within your function refers to the window object. You should pass this inside onclick="alertIt(this)" like:
something
function alertIt(a){
    console.log(a.id);
}

DEMO
or
You should use jquery .click() event like:
something
$("span").click(function(){
    alert($(this).attr("id"));
});

DEMO

A: The this selector just get's the element it's nested in. Example:
$("#example").click(function(){
   $(this).fadeOut(500);
});

In your code, there was no element nesting the this selector .

A: Because when you create an inline event handler, you are creating an anonymous function:
onclick="alertIt()"

is like:
function() {
    alertIt();
}

An event handler bound using jQuery has the same behavior:
$('#spanID').click(function() {
    alertIt();
});

The anonymous function has the correct context, but the context won't be passed to other functions unless you do so explicitly:
onclick="alertIt(this)"

or
$('#spanID').click(function() {
    alertIt(this);
});

and
function alertIt(obj) {
    alert(obj);
}

onclick="alertIt.call(this)"

or
$('#spanID').click(function() {
    alertIt.call(this);
});

and
function alertIt() {
    alert(this);
}

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Rashawn Dennison, 29, is accused of ditching two dogs in a box behind Green Road Park.
Rashawn Dennison, 29, is accused of ditching two dogs in a box behind Green Road Park, one of which was found to be starved to death and the other extremely emaciated.
The warrant reads that an adult female pit bull mix starved to death, while a pit bull puppy was found emaciated but alive.
"Every morning I walk my little poodle the same route every day around the corner. I actually live around the corner from here," the caller said. "When I was passing I seen some trash over there but that's regular we see that. And I seen a box and I didn't think nothing of it until my dog went over there and started barking and sniffing by it. And I heard little like, I heard little sounds."
Dennison, a previous offender, has been charged with 3 misdemeanors--cruelty to animals and two counts abandonment of an animal.
Dennison had his first court appearance Thursday morning. He told ABC11 he is trying to get an attorney and currently has no comment on the incident.


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All of the anger that has been building up on the left is about to boil over onto the streets of America. Actually, to be more accurate, it has already started. Last weekend, the streets of Portland, Oregon were filled with violence as radical progressives and Trump supporters fought tooth and nail. And as I wrote about yesterday, Michael Moore and other leftist leaders are calling on progressives to "rise up" and to "put their lives on the line" to defend this country against "fascists" like Donald Trump. The Senate confirmation hearings for Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court will be a flashpoint which will focus much of the energy on Washington D.C., but the truth is that we are going to see protests, violence and confrontations all over the nation during this "summer of rage". Recent polls have shown that many Americans anticipate that violence is on the horizon, and that is precisely what they are going to get.
Of course Nebraska is one of the last places that you would think something would happen, but on Monday night we received a chilling reminder that it can happen anywhere.
A brick was thrown through a window at the Republican Party headquarters in Lincoln, and underneath the broken window a message was spray-painted. The following comes from the Daily Caller…
Vandals threw a brick through the window of the Nebraska Republican Party's headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Monday night, the party said Tuesday.
Republican staffers found a spray-painted message beneath the broken window: "ABOLISH ICE."
Nebraska GOP executive director Kenny Zoeller confirmed to The Daily Caller News Foundation that they have filed a police report in relation to Monday night's vandalism.
Nebraska is one of the safest and most conservatives states in the entire country.
If political violence is going to happen there, then it literally can happen anywhere.
In Philadelphia, protesters tried to shut down the local ICE office, and that resulted in some very tense clashes with the police.
By the time it was all said and done, over two dozen protesters were arrested…
Chaos ends with more than two dozen arrests on the streets of Center City after some immigration policy protesters clashed with police.
Protesters have been outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on 8th and Cherry Streets in Center City nonstop since Monday afternoon.
Of course Philadelphia is far from alone. In recent days we have seen similar confrontations with police at ICE facilities in Louisville, Wichita and Portland.
Every ICE facility in the country and every single ICE employee is now a target. Brave men and women that work incredibly hard and that don't get paid very much to do it are sacrificing so much to defend our country, and now they have to live with the constant threat of intimidation and violence from the radical left.
We live at a time when the normal rules have changed.
At this point, anyone that is associated with the federal government is potentially in danger, and that goes double for high profile members of the Trump administration.
When 33-year-old teacher Kristin Mink spotted EPA head Scott Pruitt at a Washington D.C. restaurant, she decided that she would follow the example of others and confront him…
When she approached him, she said she was nervous. "This is not my wheelhouse, confronting people in a restaurant," Mink explained.
Mink mentioned Pruitt's $50 a night sweetheart apartment deal and his plan to roll back vehicle emissions standards.
"This is my son, he loves animals, he loves clean air, he loves clean water," she said to Pruitt. "So I would urge you to resign before your scandals push you out," she told the EPA head.
Pruitt gawked at her throughout the encounter.
Pruitt was extremely fortunate that Mink did not intend any violence.
His next encounter with a radical leftist may not go as smoothly.
If I was a member of the Trump administration, I would eat in the office from now on, and I would avoid public places as much as possible. We have seen several public confrontations already, and at some point somebody is really going to get hurt.
There are a lot of crazy people out there, and this summer Washington D.C. is going to be a giant magnet for them. Just consider an incident that just happened on Pennsylvania Avenue…
Steven Carmona is accused of illegally parking his BMW along Pennsylvania Avenue, moving a bicycle rack-style security barrier erected for the rally and screaming at the officers "Where is the president?" according to a Secret Service affidavit obtained by the News4 I-Team.
The court filings say that after Secret Service officers tried to stop Carmona for illegal parking, Carmona moved the security barrier and then punched an officer in the jaw and the left eye. Two officers took Carmona to the ground and placed leg shackles on him because they said he was kicking at the officers, according to the affidavit.
Once Donald Trump selects a nominee for the Supreme Court, expect mayhem to ensue in Washington. Michael Moore is calling for a million progressives to join him in D.C. this summer, and he may not be too far off the mark.
And they aren't going to just stand around and protest peacefully. Just as we saw during the inauguration and all over the nation since then, the radical left is more than willing to get violent. If hundreds of thousands of progressives really do descend on Washington this summer, it is inevitable that there will be violent clashes, riots and extreme chaos. Several years ago, I wrote about this exact type of scenario in D.C. in my apocalyptic novel entitled "The Beginning Of The End", and now we may be getting ready to see it play out right in front of our eyes.
Hopefully July 4th will pass without any major incidents. It would be nice if the left could at least take one day off from their "summer of rage" to enjoy a national holiday. But Donald Trump is expected to announce his pick for the Supreme Court before the middle of the month, and that is when things are likely to really start heating up.
So I would urge you to buckle up, because it looks like it is going to be a bumpy ride for the foreseeable future.
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(CBS Sports) - The Bucks became the first NBA team to boycott a game when they didn't show up to the court for Game 5 on Wednesday
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When NBA players decided to play out the rest of the 2019-20 season in Orlando, they made a point to inform the league that they wanted the focal point to remain on social justice, police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement. Since being at Disney World, players have used their media availability to bring justice for Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed in Louisville after police officers issued a no-knock warrant.
The NBA has pledged to donate money to organizations that directly serve Black communities. TV commercials have played during games calling for equality. Players like Patty Mills and Jrue Holiday donated their entire salaries to social justice causes and to serve the Black business community. LeBron James started a voting rights group with other athletes, aimed at combating voter suppression in the Black community.
The focal point has remained on social justice. However, the latest police shooting of an unarmed Black man named Jacob Blake, who was shot seven times in the back in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday, has been weighing heavily on the minds of the players and coaches within the NBA bubble.
After reports surfaced that the Celtics and Raptors were having serious discussions about boycotting Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series on Thursday, on Wednesday the Milwaukee Bucks did not show up on the court for their Game 5 against the Orlando Magic. The Bucks have decided to sit out Game 5 in protest.
In addition, Shams Charania of The Athletic is reporting that Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets players and Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers players have decided that they will join the Bucks by boycotting their scheduled Game 5 matchup on Thursday evening.
Shortly thereafter, the NBA released an official statement on the decisions that came down on Wednesday as they announced the three games scheduled for the day would be postponed.
"The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association today announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks' decision to not take the floor today for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic, today's three games - Bucks vs. Magic, Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers - have been postponed. Game 5 of each series will be rescheduled."
Raptors guard Fred VanVleet spoke to the media on Tuesday and discussed what he and his teammates have been thinking about.
"We knew coming here or not coming here was not going to stop anything, but I think ultimately playing or not playing puts pressure on somebody.
So, for example, this happened in Kenosha, Wisconsin, if I'm correct? Would it be nice if, in a perfect world, we all say we're not playing, and the owner of the Milwaukee Bucks -- that's going to trickle down. If he steps up to the plate and puts pressure on the district attorney's office, and state's attorney, and governors, and politicians there to make real change and get some justice.
I know it's not that simple. But, at the end of the day, if we're gonna sit here and talk about making change, then at some point we're gonna have to put our nuts on the line and actually put something up to lose, rather than just money or visibility. I'm just over the media aspect of it. It's sensationalized, we talk about it every day, that's all we see, but it just feels like a big pacifier to me."
While VanVleet declined to go into details about how the Raptors will respond to the shooting of Blake, who per his attorney is paralyzed from the neck down, the star guard did say many options were being discussed.
"I'll keep that between our team," VanVleet said. "We're dealing with it in real time, and I think it affects everybody differently. It's pretty fresh on my mind, and I'm sitting in front of a camera, so I'm just speaking as I'm going. But, yeah, there's a lot of different things that we've discussed."
Raptors coach Nick Nurse went on ESPN Radio and said that boycotting Game 1 is something the team has talked about, but haven't made any decisions on.
"We're listening to them. I think our president Masai Ujiri and myself during a lot of this have opened the floor to these guys and had several meetings just as an open forum to get their thoughts, feelings and ideas out there on the table," Nurse said. "Fred VanVleet, Norman Powell and Kyle Lowry mentioned yesterday in our meeting that this was something they wanted to explore and talk about and we're going to meet here shortly so we'll have more info in a bit but we're going to listen to them."
Raptors All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry also told ESPN's Jay Williams via text that the team is "exploring anything and everything" in response to what the team's stance is on boycotting the game. Nurse addressed the media on Wednesday to reiterate that everything is on the table, and even some players have expressed their desire to leave the bubble and go home:
"I don't think I can probably put a percentage on it or anything," Nurse said. "I think that, again, it's ongoing discussions. I think it is on the table. You know, there's some other ideas on the table as well. I don't know."
Although the Celtics have held team meetings to discuss the shooting of Jacob Blake, coach Brad Stevens said that no one has expressed that they didn't want to play. Celtics forward Marcus Smart did say that something else needs to be done beyond the kneeling for the national anthem and wearing t-shirts.
"We tried to be peaceful, kneeling, we tried to protest," Smart said. "And for us, we tried to come out here and get together and play this game and try to get our voice across. But it's not working, so obviously something has to be done. Right now, our focus shouldn't really be on basketball. I understand it's the playoffs and everything like that, but we still have a bigger underlying issue that's going on, and the things that we've tried haven't been working. So we definitely need to take a different approach, and we definitely need to try new things out to get this thing working the way that we know it should and get our voices heard even more."
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International Team captain Ernie Els is excited at the prospect of helming a squad sprinkled with new blood for the Presidents Cup against the United States at Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Australia next year.
Els, a 19-time PGA TOUR winner, competed in two events during the PGA TOUR's recent Asian Swing where he kept an eye on the progress of emerging stars such as Korea's Siwoo Kim and Sungjae Im, Australian Cameron Smith, Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand, India's Shubhankar Sharma, Japan's Satoshi Kodaira, Argentinean Emiliano Grillo, China's Haotong Li and C.T. Pan of Chinese Taipei.
With established International team members, Marc Leishman, Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace, Hideki Matsuyama and Adam Scott, showing good form since the start of the race to make the International team in August, Els cannot wait for his squad to take shape over the next 10 months.
"Those are the type of guys we want on the team," said Els, who played in eight Presidents Cups and was assistant captain to Nick Price last year.
At the CIMB Classic in Malaysia, Leishman claimed his fourth PGA TOUR victory by tying the tournament record of 26-under-par 262 while five other International players – Grillo (T2), Abraham Ancer (T5), Louis Oosthuizen (T5), Sharma (T10) and Kim (T10) – finished in the top-10.
Four internationals – Jason Day (T5), Smith (T7), Adam Hadwin (T10) and Scott (T10) – featured in the top-10 at the CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES in South Korea while Kiradech (T4), Day (T11), Li (T11), Grillo (T14) and Scott (T18) finished in the top-20 in the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions on Sunday.
In Korea, Els played nine holes in a practice round with 22-year-old Sharma, whom the South African had encountered during a golf clinic in New Delhi some 10 years ago. He also spent time speaking to various other potential international team members, including 20-year-old Im, the 2018 Web.com Player of the Year.
In eight appearances, Els has been only on one winning team when the Presidents Cup was played in Royal Melbourne in 1998. He played his way into Presidents Cup folklore for his famous duel-in-the-dark with Tiger Woods in 2003 in South Africa which led to the first draw in the biennial team competition. Woods will captain the U.S. team when the Presidents Cup is held from December 9 to 15 at Royal Melbourne, Australia.
Nicknamed the Big Easy, Els is prepared to unleash the rookies in Australia against a U.S. team which has won the last seven editions, including a narrow 15.5 – 14.5 win in South Korea three years ago when the International team was on "home" turf.
"There's still a long way to go (to qualifying), but I'm looking forward to fresh faces. And the veterans, hopefully they're playing good," said Els. "I just want them to be keen. I want them to be up for it. Obviously our team is not renowned like the U.S. team is. The U.S. team is a well-oiled team, they play Ryder Cups together, they obviously play very well in the Presidents Cup against us, so they're a very mature team.
The International team race began in August and will conclude after the 2019 TOUR Championship next August, with the leading eight players earning automatic selection. Els will have four picks.
Els, who will visit Royal Melbourne on November 25-26 for his captain's visit, is hoping to get off on a winning note as captain. "Being captain of the Presidents Cup is a real honor and I'm really looking forward to it. It's going to be a very diverse team with the way things are shaping up already. We've got another year to go, so we're going to have an interesting new group of players that are going to probably make the team. It's going to be a very diverse group from probably six, seven to eight nations, so it could be a very interesting time coming up. It's going to be exciting," he said.
He will keep a close eye on some of the young talents coming through including Sharma and Im, who earned his PGA TOUR card through the Web.com Tour in the recent season. "Obviously him (Im) winning the Web.com, he won twice and winning the money list and now fully fledged on the PGA TOUR and having a top five finish at the Safeway Open, so the kid is for real. He's only 20 years old and he's got a really unbelievable future ahead of him," said Els.
Leishman is up for the challenge, saying that home ground advantage could be key in the team's hopes of turning the tide against the U.S. team. "Being back at Royal Melbourne is going to be awesome. I've played in three President Cups so far, two in America, one in Korea, so to play one in Melbourne again with all my friends and family there is going to be awesome. Hoping I can continue this form, be a leader on that team. Hopefully we can give the Americans a bit of trouble next year," said Leishman.
Scott hopes to make it a ninth appearance in the Presidents Cup, especially when he has yet to taste victory in the team competition. "I want to go back and play in Australia … Ernie and I have had such a great friendship for a long time now, to play under him would be fantastic for me. He's very, very excited and enthusiastic about making a difference for this International Team, so I would love to be a part of that," said Scott, a former World No. 1.


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Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave non-committal answers earlier this morning on whether the Dream Act and a program that would allow higher-education courses in prisons would be included in the state budget.
The Dream Act, a bill that would provide for tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants, failed to be approved by the state Senate in a vote on Monday.
Advocates, meanwhile, have called on Cuomo to include spending for the plan in the state budget.
Asked about that effort on Thursday, Cuomo would only state the current situation at play for the measure.
Cuomo was similarly non-committal on a plan he proposed earlier this year that would allow prison inmates to take higher-education courses.
The plan has been blasted by Republicans and at least one Democrat in the state Senate, Rochester's Ted O'Brien, says he is voting against any proposal.
Cuomo was asked if he'll include any spending on prison plan in his budget, but said he and state lawmakers haven't reached the issue yet.
"It would have to be in the budget. If you're going to use public money it's going to have to be in the budget," he saud.
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As its faithful children have settled throughout the world, building their distinctive Armenian sanctuaries in locales as varied as Buenos Aires, Paris, Singapore, Moscow, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, Holy Etchmiadzin has continued to play a central role in the life of Armenians, as a spiritual authority, vibrant cultural center and place of pilgrimage and prayer.
Everyone Prays at Holy Etchmiadzin documents the daily life and seasonal passages of this ancient Christian center, using footage from major feast day celebrations, as well as from visits of spiritual and secular leaders. The film also highlights the work of Karekin II, the Catholicos of All Armenians, and shows his 2007 pontifical visit to the United States.
A production of Diva Communications under the direction of the National Council of Churches and the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), Everyone Prays at Holy Etchmiadzin shows why Holy Etchmiadzin continues to light the path of its people today.
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Dolly Parton Net Worth: Deeper Look Into His Luxury Lifestyle in 2022!
Dolly Parton's Net Worth Is Unknown.
I Will Always Admire You
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is a country music singer-songwriter, actor, philanthropist, and businesswoman from the United States. Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led to popularity throughout the rest of the 1960s (both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner), before her sales and chart peak arrived during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Parton's records did not sell as well in the 1990s, but she found commercial success again in the new century, releasing albums on different indie labels, including her own label, Dolly Records. She has sold over 100 million albums globally.
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born as the fourth of twelve children in 1946 in Sevier County, Tennessee. Her father farmed tobacco. She later described her family as dirt poor and recalls her father giving a bag of oatmeal to the doctor who assisted in her delivery. Music had always been an essential part of her life, and many of her early performances took place in the church. Parton was appearing on The Cas Walker Show by the age of nine and was eventually signed to the modest Louisiana label Goldband Records. Dolly went to Nashville the day after she graduated from high school in 1964. She rapidly became a successful songwriter. She collaborated on numerous charting tunes with her uncle Bill Owens.
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Dolly Parton is a singer, songwriter, actress, author, entrepreneur, and philanthropist from the United States. Dolly Parton has a net worth of $650 million. For almost 40 years, Dolly Parton has been composing and performing hit country tunes. She has 41 top-10 country albums to her credit, as well as 25 number-one singles. She is well known for her songs "9 to 5" and "I Will Always Love You," which were performed by Whitney Houston for the feature film The Bodyguard. She has sold over 100 million albums as a solo artist during her career. This excludes the hundreds of millions of albums sold by other artists using her music. Dolly has made significant philanthropic and entrepreneurial investments in her home state of Tennessee. Her theme park, Dollywood, is the 24th most visited in the United States, with 3 million people per year. She had given and/or raised hundreds of millions of dollars for various organizations.
Dolly signed with Monument Records in 1965, when she was 19 years old. Initially, she was advertised as a bubble gum pop vocalist. Her early pop tunes were not commercially successful. Monument Records eventually saw the light and gave up their pop hopes for Dolly after one of her country songs reached #6 on the country charts being sung by another artist (Bill Phillips – with Dolly on harmony).
Dolly's first country single, "Dumb Blonde," peaked at #24 on the country chart. Interestingly, she did not write this song. It's one of only a few non-self-penned songs Dolly recorded during this period. Her second song, "Something Fishy," peaked at number seventeen.
These two songs appeared on Dolly's debut studio album, "Hello, I'm Dolly," released in 1967. The album also included her own versions of numerous songs she had composed that had become popular due to the efforts of other performers. The album debuted at number eleven on the Billboard Hot Country Albums chart.
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In 1973, Dolly began writing the song that would become "I Will Always Love You." She penned the song to bid Porter Wagoner farewell at the end of their seven-year working partnership. Elvis expressed an interest in recording the song, and Dolly pondered it until Elvis' manager Colonel Tom Parker insisted on her handing up half of the publishing rights. Dolly declined and began working on her own solo version.
The song debuted at number one on the Billboard country chart on March 18, 1974. It really reached number one twice, returning in 1982 after being re-recorded for the film "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
After seeing an early cut of "The Bodyguard," music producer (and Whitney Houston mentor) Clive Davis was disappointed by how little the film utilized Whitney's musical talents. Clive asked producers, including Kevin Costner, to find a song for Whitney to sing in the film's climax moment. Costner agreed with the input and chose the song "I Will Always Love You" on his own. Whitney's rendition spent 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to become one of the top ten best-selling songs of all time, selling over 20 million copies. Whitney's version is the best-selling female artist single of all time.
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Dolly earned $10 million in royalties from Whitney's version in the early 1990s or nearly $20 million after inflation. She later joked that the song made her "enough money to buy Graceland." Dolly still earns about 8 cents every radio play and $2 per album sold as the owner of the authorship and publishing rights.
Dolly married Carl Thomas Dean in 1966. Dean avoids the spotlight. He spent much of his life in Nashville running an asphalt road-surface-paving firm. He rarely goes to public events with his wife. Carl, according to Parton, has only seen her perform in public ONCE.
Parton and Dean helped raise several of Parton's younger siblings, and while she has no children of her own, she is involved in the lives of her nieces and nephews, and she is also Miley Cyrus' godmother.
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Something very cool is about to begin. Starting on March 1, the people of our church will be reading through the New Testament. Get this: we will read through the entire New Testament in one month! I will be preaching a five part series called "Quest: 31 Days Through the New Testament", and the idea is to get as many as possible into the Word of God. I really feel directed by God that we need to know and understand His truth. So in order to do this, I am challenging anyone who is brave enough to try it, to read all 27 books in 31 days.
I am making a commitment to not only do the reading but also to post a few thoughts on the daily read. I figure that this is one way that I will be motivated to stay on top of the reading. Maybe something I say will encourage you in what God is saying to you.
So be watching, beginning on Sunday, for 31 straight days of Matthew through Revelation. It's gonna be great.
Join us for Quest. Show up at one of our services. If you want to follow along, on the Internet, check out our web site: click on maranathachurch.org. We have reading guides that will help keep you on track.


The purpose of the course is to analyse the impact of selected transactions and events on financial statements.
The course concentrates on the areas provoking most doubts among analysts of financial statements. That means we will focus on those areas of reporting that are to a high degree based on estimates or relate to complex and changing rules of measurement and recognition.
During the course we will not be using double entry. Accounting rules and solutions discussed are presented in order to show their impact on the elements of financial statements and selected ratios.
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Great To See That Jimmy Graham Has Really Matured Since Leaving New Orleans
Jimmy Graham first Seahawk off the field, went from end zone to tunnel after last play#NoShakingHands
— Eric Richey (@Erichonsports) October 30, 2016
They removed nameplate from Jimmy Graham's locker, equipment was shuffled 2 back side of locker room where I was told no interviews allowed
Asked Jimmy Graham several q's while he walked out of locker-did not say a word. How does it feel to be back? Any message to fans/teammates?
#Saints QB Drew Brees said he looked for Jimmy Graham after the game but didn't see him. Said he loves him and he's sure they'll text later.
— Mike Triplett (@MikeTriplett) October 30, 2016
Doesn't it just warm your heart to see a player handle his return to the city that once embraced him as their own so well? And to think, I was worried that Jimmy Graham wouldn't be able to put aside the business of football (that he rightfully invoked to leverage himself the highest contract ever for a tight end/self proclaimed wide receiver) to show appreciation for a franchise whose offensive system was largely responsible for transforming him from a subpar collegiate power forward to one of the most dynamic weapons in the entire league. I'm just glad that he doesn't hold his abrupt departure against former teammates that have been nothing but complimentary of him as a player and person. Most notably, thee teammate that was most essential to his wealth of athletic and fiscal success.
I thought all the unprovoked negative things he said about New Orleans were going to be reflected in his attitude following a devastating loss to his former team. It's really great to see that he didn't let his silence on the field carry over to the postgame. It sucks that the Seattle Seahawks are the beneficiary of his astronomic increase in mental toughness, but that's just the risk you run when you trade away a player of his caliber I suppose. They might just arrive at their new destination and use their previous experiences to learn some accountability. No one has ever painted a picture of new found maturity as flawlessly as the guy pretending he's looking at non-existent test messages while storming past a group of reporters asking fairly reasonable questions like they were homeless people begging for change.
A message to anyone that still thinks that trading Jimmy Graham was a mistake: You're wrong. I was skeptical at first too, but it's really as simple as that. I'm not saying he was the primary source of the character issues that plagued the Saints towards the end of his tenure, but - if this "interview" is any indication - then he certainly wasn't helping matters. Obviously the swap would be more lopsided if Stephone Anthony hadn't completely misplaced the promise he displayed last year, but I would gladly take the stability that Max Unger has brought the interior of the offensive line over the offensive production that was easily replaced by a 34 year old. That's not a knock on Jimmy, but Drew Brees has proven - time and time again - that he doesn't need a $10 million dollar tight end to run one of the most dangerous offenses in the NFL. Especially when that $10 million dollar tight end that was basically invisible against a secondary whose really more of a tertiary after suffering so many injuries, and did his best route running when it came time to evade answering to his disappointing performance.
P.S. I don't want to question the opinion of a vanilla, former born-again-virgin doofus who speaks solely in cliches, but if Jimmy Graham is a "true pro" then I would really like him to give me an example of a "false pro"...
Russell Wilson on Graham: He's a true pro and a great teammate, he was focused all week and played great.


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Mea culpa: there *is* a crisis in the humanities
By Ben Schmidt
Back in 2013, I wrote a few blog post arguing that the media was hyperventilating about a "crisis" in the humanities, when, in fact, the long term trends were not especially alarming. I made two claims them: 1. The biggest drop in humanities degrees relative to other degrees in the last 50 years happened between 1970 and 1985, and were steady from 1985 to 2011; as a proportion of the population, humanities majors exploded. 2) The entirety of the long term decline from 1950 to 2010 had to do with the changing majors of women, while men's humanities interest did not change.
I drew two inference from this. The first was: don't panic, because the long-term state of the humanities is fairly stable. Second: since degrees were steady between 1985 and 2005, it's extremely unlikely that changes in those years are responsible for driving students away. So stop complaining about "postmodernism," or African-American studies: the consolidation of those fields actually coincided with a long period of stability.
I stand by the second point. The first, though, can change with new information. I've been watching the data for the last five years to see whether things really are especially catastrophic for humanities majors. I tried to hedge my bets at the time:
It seems totally possible to me that the OECD-wide employment crisis for 20-somethings has caused a drop in humanities degrees. But it's also very hard to prove: degrees take four years, and the numbers aren't yet out for the students that entered college after 2008.
But I may not have hedged it enough. The last five years have been brutal for almost every major in the humanities--it's no longer reasonable to speculate that we are fluctuating around a long term average. So at this point, I want to explain why I am now much more pessimistic about the state of humanities majors than I was five years ago. I'll show a few charts, but here's the one that most inflects my thinking.
One thing I learned in a humanities field is that people with strong opinions are always eager for a crisis because it gives a chance to trot out solutions they came up with years earlier. Little-c conservatives tend to argue that the humanities must return to some set of past practices: teaching Great Works or military history. As I said above, these arguments tend to be misguided--they often assume laughable propositions (yes, colleges still teach Shakespeare), and they don't match the contours of the humanities' decline. Practicing academics tend to write pieces arguing that some pedagogical tactic they've found to work (flipped classrooms! joint majors with CS! community integration! non-traditional assignments!) needs to be more widely adopted. Big-picture thinkers argue that we need to "make the case" for the skills taught in humanities fields, since a society where citizens lack empathy (which you get from reading novels) or a sense of their history (which is often generalized into a pan-humanities virtue) or an ability to realize a figured base at the keyboard (which is what I spent my humanities credits on) is an impoverished and endangered one.
I don't have a solution to peddle. But the drop in majors since 2008 has been so intense that I now think there is, in the only meaningful sense of the word, a crisis. That is: we are in a momentum of rapid change in which decisions are especially important, and will have continuing ramifications. If you still have the same opinions you did in 2010 or 2013, it's worth reassessing the situation. Unless current trends reverse rapidly and for several years, humanities education in the 2020s will have to be different than it was in the 2000s.
Here are the general points.
1. No matter what baseline you use, virtually every humanities major from big, old ones like English to small, newer ones like gender studies went into significant decline around the time of the 2008 financial crisis. (UPDATE: actually, the small fraction of the humanities classed as "cultural, gender and ethnic studies" is one of the few fields *not* to shrink. I was confusing cultural studies with area studies, which did shrink. This is a fairly significant mistake on my part. Sorry.)
2. Rather than recover with the economy, that decline accelerated around 2011-2012. That period constitutes an inflection point for a variety of majors in and out of the humanities. Though it may have slowed a bit in the last few years, there's little sign that the new post-2011 universe holds signs of a turnaround. 3. More humanistic social sciences like sociology or political science are also caught in the undertow: the big winners are mostly concentrated in the STEM fields. 4. These trends are widespread across institutions that they may reflect student preferences formed before they see a college classroom.
The rest of this will spell out some of the data based on preliminary IPEDS releases from the Department of Education. In all cases I'm working directly from the raw data. The code I use for parsing is here. Particularly for 2017 statistics, there have not yet been any government publications giving aggregates. I generally use the American Academy of Arts and Sciences taxonomy of the humanities with one major exception: I don't consider communications to be a humanities discipline. Sometimes I see humanists suggesting that things must be better in the areas where we don't have measurements, often with reference to local anecdotes.
The big picture, I think, is: after the boom and bust of the 60s and 70s, the humanities entered a long period of stability from about 1990 to 2010 or so. That period has ended, and now we're entering a new one in which levels will be very different. We'll obviously stabilize somewhere, probably in the next few years, and maybe we'll rebound a bit, but I'd be very surprised if humanities numbers in five years were even 2/3 what they were in 2005.
There are, of course, other majors than these four. Here are all of the fields classed as "humanities" by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (Thanks to Rob Townsend for sending their list my way. It's worth noting here that I developed my acquaintance with this dataset working on the first version of the humanities indicators at the Academy in 2005.) According to their taxonomy, every field but humanistic subfields of communications and linguistics (the two fields with the weakest claims to actually being "humanities") has seen substantial drops in share since 2009. EDIT: Not sure why I missed this, but I just noticed that "cultural, ethnic, and gender studies" are also stable. This is a very small percentage of the humanities (all put together, maybe a tenth of English), but an important caveat nonetheless.
You can also see in these charts how recent the shift is. Although English has been in steady decline for an extraordinarily long time (practically unchecked since the mid-1990s), fields like history, philosophy, and classics were booming before 2008.
"Share" can be a funny way to think about colleges, though, since the field of higher education itself is constantly expanding. So here's the most optimistic take I can give. It shows the 70-year story, which is full of radical ups and downs. The y-axis gives the number of degrees per one thousand 23-year-olds in the country. Since the 2011 results, the humanities have fallen from 37.1 degrees per thousand adults to 28.0 (about a 25% drop); the big four, for which I have data back to the 1940s, have fallen from 29.8 to 21.7 per thousand (a 27% drop). This exceeds all but one previous fall in humanities majors: the drop in the 1970s. That 1970s drop, I argued, coincided with the opening of professional fields to woman and the quick deflation of the big boomer bubble of the late 1960s, in which first-generation college students seem to have piled into humanities majors at schools across the country. The question is: why the drop since 2008?
Even by raw numbers--which is not an especially useful baseline in a growing country--you can see a massive shift since 2011. Here I've pegged each major to its maximum year: that was 2009 for English, 2010 for history, and 2011/2012 for the other fields. This makes the shape of the changes abruptly clear--the raw number of English and History majors is down more than a quarter from these extremely recent peaks. On the other hand, all fields except the two largest are at least absolutely higher than in 2000.
I occasionally worry that talk of the "humanities crisis" could be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Fortunately or unfortunately, though, the shift seems to have more to do with content than with labels. The social science fields that most closely resemble humanistic ones--sociology, anthropology, international relations, and political science--have also seen serious drops. Here are 22 fields that I track. I've put a line at 2011 because it's frequently an inflection point--you also see many shifts around 2008 and 2015 or so.
The big winners in recent years have been health professions, including nursing; computer science and engineering; biological science and to a lesser degree, physical sciences; and what I oddly call "leisure," which includes things like sports management and exercise studies.
The drop in allied disciplines has one important implication worth spelling out. Many historians take solace that they don't primarily rely on majors. (My history department's largest courses are usually driven by students fulfilling requirements from IR and journalism). When those majors drop, there are ripple effects through all the related fields. When just one discipline is in free fall--as was the case, say, with English in the early 2000s--things are not as bad for *even that discipline*, because comp lit majors or communications majors or the like will still take their courses. When all the fields dedicated to the qualitative study of society and culture are falling, there will be ripple effects throughout.
The trend is stronger higher up the prestige chain.
Elite schools matter because they are where almost all humanities PhDs are trained, because they are the only institutions that have historically been especially focused on humanities, and because they tend to unfairly dominate national discussions, and because they present a baseline impervious to the shifting landscape of higher education. Using the top 30 schools in the 2017 US News and World Report rankings as a proxy for quality, here's the breakdown in changes in humanities majors by American Academy classification of humanities and Carnegie classification of schools. (Again, this includes communications and 'liberal studies,' neither of which I personally think are truly humanities fields.) The elite liberal arts colleges were, until 2011 or so, the only schools where humanities, social sciences, and sciences actually split up the pie evenly: now humanities are down from 35% to 22% of degrees. The drop at elite research universities is similarly steep. (At both, humanities are down to about 70% of their 2008 values.
We can also look at the fall for peak for all the majors that the American Academy tracks at elite universities. Aside from linguistics, communications, and "general studies," all are down by more than 20%. English is down by more than 50% from its 2001 peak at these schools, and history down by almost 50% from its pre-recession peak.
We also know this trend is likely to persist for a few more years, at least. As part of its lawsuit about discrimination against Asian-American applicants, Harvard released information about the intended majors of its applicant pool. The Harvard applicant pool is certainly weird, but is also big (10,000 students) and probably about as good a proxy as we can get for the student body of elite colleges. The class of 2014 (well into the nationwide humanities collapse had about 20% of students intending a humanities major; that share has dropped to about 12%. Only for the class of 2019 do the numbers seem to stabilize.
I said up front I don't have a solution. But I should be clear that one thing I would have liked to argue isn't backed up by the data, in the spirit of mea culpas.
I hold the slightly unfashionable opinion among humanities professors that universities should award fewer PhDs in the humanities, and that efforts to "refocus" the PhD into a degree that doesn't only point to academic employment are likely to be much more beneficial to humanities professors than to the students who spend 8 years in them. (For instance; the American Academy recently found, although they didn't frame it in these terms that humanities PhDs in non-academic employment are twice as likely to be dissatisfied with their jobs as those who stay in the academy, while in every other field of education non-academic employment is just as rewarding.)
During the 1970s drop in humanities degrees, humanities PhDs halved in number. I would have liked to exploit this crisis to argue we need to do that again. But in fact, PhDs have leveled out, and the long-term variability of phd numbers mean that the BA to PhD ratio is at an unremarkable level--it's dropped 20% from 2008, but is higher than at any point before 2000.
I was too complacent in 2013: am I being too pessimistic now? Maybe. There are plenty of ways you can squint and think the data is leveling out. I certainly don't think the steep declines of the past decade can continue for another decade.
I may also be over-dismissive of course enrollment numbers, since they're harder to get. AHA surveys show history department enrollments dropping by about 9% since 2014. This is bad, but not as catastrophic as the major numbers. (Although: we don't know what happened from 2008 to 2014, which might matter more.) But still: I think any empirically-inclined person needs to be more pessimistic than they were five years ago.
A few supplemental notes that I may expand.
1. There's not a very strong racial component, but there are a couple interesting facts about African Americans. First is that HBCUs have not seen the declines that affect most other institution types (albeit from a low baseline.) Second is that black men show much less change in their humanities inclination than any other demographic group. I do not have any explanation of this.


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Q: How to enable CORS Headers for a Lambda Integration in AWS API Gateway, using the API Gateway API? I have forked the Lambada framework and started modifying it to add support for CORS headers. Lambada utilizes the API Gateway API [sic] to configure the API Gateway.
As a proof-of-concept, I manually verified the necessary changes in API Gateway console, and then went looking for the corresponding steps in the automation code. I started by making this simple change to org.lambadaframework.aws.ApiGateway (imports omitted for brevity):

I rebuilt the framework successfully. Unfortunately when I try to deploy a new Lambda using it, I get:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal
  org.lambadaframework:lambada-maven-plugin:0.0.6-cors:deploy (default)
  on project MyApp: Exception at deployment: Invalid
  mapping expression specified: Validation Result: warnings : [], errors
  : [Invalid mapping expression specified: Access-Control-Allow-Origin]
  (Service: A mazonApiGateway; Status Code: 400; Error Code:
  BadRequestException; Request ID: 16509b8e-30eb-11e9-bc6b-f5d1416f03b5)
  -> [Help 1]

What could cause this to fail?! I have performed the same steps manually (through the ApiGateway console) and it works fine in there. Ultimately, how can I get CORS Headers enabled?
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