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PHCC starts new nursing scholarship thanks to $50,000 donation
Connie Brewer, the executor of the Martha Lou Henry Estate, presents a check to Pastor Keith Ritchie of Faith United Methodist Church.
MARTINSVILLE, VA– Every nurse has the opportunity to change lives for the better. It would not be possible to estimate the number of lives Martha Lou Henry touched over her lifetime. For over four decades, she served as a nurse at Children's Medical Center in Martinsville, VA. After she passed away in 2018, she set into place a legacy that will continue to impact the community and change lives for the better for many years to come.
To benefit the area's future nurses, Henry left over $50,000 to Patrick Henry Community College. The donation will be used to create the Martha Lou Henry Endowed Nursing Scholarship which will be awarded yearly to eligible nursing students. Recipients will be able to use the scholarship for tuition, textbooks, testing fees, uniforms, or supplies. Henry's donation also includes a $10,000 allowance for immediate student needs within the nursing program. These funds can be used by the nursing faculty and the program director's discretion to cover students' needs as they arise.
"What a wonderful gift for our students to receive from a nurse who has served the community for many years," says Tiffani Underwood who is the Interim Executive Director of the PHCC Foundation. "By passing on her nursing legacy in this way, Martha is providing a wonderful opportunity for our students - opening doors for them to pursue bright futures."
Connie Brewer, the executor of the estate, presented the donations to the college Wednesday.
"PHCC provides our area with nurses who demonstrate professionalism. We are fortunate to have this program in our community," says Brewer who was a long-time friend of Martha Lou Henry. "It means a lot to me that Martha's memory will live on through these nursing students."
The college was not the only recipient of Martha Lou Henry donation. She also left over $50,000 to the First United Methodist Church where she was a member for many years.
"We are very grateful," says Pastor Keith Ritchie. "Though Martha is no longer with us, her thoughtfulness and gift will continue to bless the church and its members for many years."
(From left) Dr. Greg Hodges, PHCC's Vice President of Academic and Student Success Services; Connie Brewer, the executor of the Martha Lou Henry Estate; Dr. Angeline Godwin, PHCC's President; and Tiffani Underwood, the interim director of the PHCC Foundation.


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Q: How to read Ruby global variable using internal C API? In the README.EXT documentation (which comes with the Ruby platform source), it mentions rb_define_variable, which takes a C pointer to VALUE and "connects" it to a Ruby global variable, so reading/writing the variable from Ruby-land will access the given location in memory.
But I  need something a little different: from C-land, I want to access global variables which were defined and initialized from within Ruby. I don't need to list all the global variables which are defined -- I just want to access the value of a global variable given its name, and I want to do it from the C side.
If all else fails, I know I can use rb_eval_string (which is the same as eval in Ruby), but there should be a better way!

A: The method you want is rb_gv_get (itself a wrapper around some of the global variable stuff). With rubyinline you could write
require 'inline'
class Foo
  inline :C  do |builder|
    builder.c_raw_singleton <<SRC
      VALUE read_global(VALUE self, VALUE *name){
        return rb_gv_get(rb_string_value_cstr(name));
      }
SRC
  end
end

and then
$bar = 1
Foo.read_global('bar') #=> 1

(rubyinline doesn't work in irb).

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It is undeniable that today, businesses need to adopt digital initiatives to expand or build capabilities which are innovative, efficient and sustainable. In recent years, technology has become a vital component of the finance profession and finance professionals and business leaders need to drive business success across sectors using data-driven financial insights for strategic decision making that is fit for purpose in this fast paced digital world.
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Although one side of the technology coin represents risk, the other represents opportunity. Exploiting opportunities requires knowledge, understanding, agility, innovation and ability to adopt.
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We warmly welcome our Chief Guest, Hon. Dr. Sarath Amunugama who with his busy schedule has been very supportive to allocate time to attend the CIMA Business Leaders' Summit and to address the gathering today. Dr. Sarath Amunugama as a Member of Parliament has held portfolios such as Irrigation and Water Management, Education and Higher Education, Finance and Planning, and Industries, Public Administration and Home Affairs portfolios prior to the current portfolio. We are honoured by your presence and we look forward to your thought process on our theme drawing parallels with your vast experience in the public sector.
We welcome honourable Eran Wickramaratne, State Minister of Finance and Mass Media the Guest of Honour who has always been supportive for all CIMA events and we appreciate your time taken with your busy schedule to attend the summit.
We are indeed privileged to have with us Mr. Steven Swientozielskyj FCMA, CGMA, the 85th President of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). As the CIMA President, as you lead the CIMA fraternity into the centenary year in 2019, we are excited to have you and your wife attending the CIMA Business Leaders' Summit and look forward to your address today and tomorrow on 'Future of Finance'. Your words will definitely encourage finance professionals to 'go beyond' in this digital future.
We are proud to have Mr. Prakash Iyer, a reputed motivational speaker, leadership coach and bestselling author to deliver the keynote. He has vast experience in leading businesses from the front with involvement in strategic level in Kimberly-Clark Lever, Infomedia India Ltd. (formerly Tata Infomedia), and PepsiCo where as an Executive Director he was responsible for the company's operations in South India and Sri Lanka.
He has authored 'The Habit of Winning,' 'The Secret of Leadership' and 'You Too Can' and all books are national bestsellers. Apart from being a bestselling author and a leadership coach, MrIyer is now an Independent Director on the Board of Xerox India.
We Sri Lankans share the same passion as Mr. Prakash Iyer for cricket and he also served as the CEO of the Mumbai Indians cricket franchise in their IPL title-winning campaign in 2015. We thank you for your presence, and we look forward to your keynote speech drawing parallels from your real life experiences to elaborate on our theme.
In an endeavour to create a unique C-Suite Business Forum, our deliberations were to present a holistic view in making the shift from 'Insight to Impact' and to emphasise the necessity to 'Unlock Opportunities' across different business functions.
'Psychological Impact of the Era of Digital Disruption' – Ms. Boonsiri Somchit, FCMA, CGMA Co-Founder and Partner at Xtrategize Technologies; and 'Unlocking Opportunities – Leading the Next Generation of Success Stories' (a unique C-Suite Panel discussion).
In addition to these sessions we have scheduled distinct segments which are of utmost importance for the theme: 'Unlocking Opportunities in the Sri Lankan Economy,' 'Design Thinking' and 'Mindfulness for Today's Business Leaders'.
Over the years, CIMA is known to have distinguished personalities gracing the CIMA Business Leaders' Summit and this year is no different. We are proud and privileged to have a great speakers, panellists and moderators who have reached the pinnacle in their individual capacity and also in the organisations they run. We are indebted to all the speakers, panellists and the moderators, who have spent a great deal of time preparing for this event, and we eagerly await their contributions.
We thank everyone who has shown such great interest in the summit that we are booked to capacity. We are deeply appreciative of you breaking away from your busy day-to-day schedules to participate in the summit. We are confident that you will benefit from the wealth of knowledge and experience our speakers and panellists have to offer.
We welcome full, thought-provoking exchanges in all the discussions which will be truly effective in enabling us to improve our knowledge and understanding.
We extend our kind appreciation to all the sponsors, partners, official print and media partners who have provided supported to unfold the Business Leaders' Summit 2018.
We are grateful for all the advice and support we have received from many in organising this summit specifically the contributions made by Ms. Mahesha Amarasuriya, Mr. Venkatt Ramanan, Ms. Zahra Ansary, Mr. Suresh Perera and Ms. Manohari Abeysekara. I am not able to specify each one of you in the interest of time but thank you for the guidance and advice.
I wish to conclude by referencing to an advice given by former Pakistan cricket superstar and the current Prime Minister of Pakistan Honourable Imran Khan when he attended the CIMA Business Leaders' Summit in 2005 and in which year the current Prime Minister of Malaysia Honourable Mahathir Mohamed also addressed the CIMA BLS summit.
"It's important to know one's limitations but it is also very important never to be restricted by them." It may be a thought from 2005 but I feel it's apt to any time and age. I trust you all will gain immensely from the speeches today and the sessions lined up for tomorrow and may the deliberations in the conference compel you to unlock opportunities.


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Because (yay) it's been just over a week since meeting my sister in law, and I'm just excited to get to know her and make her feel at home–it's not often that we're welcoming a new family member from Korea!
I knew she didn't have a sweet tooth at all, but the one dessert she does like is tiramisu. Which surprised me, because I think that's a pretty strong-flavoured, punchy dessert (which means, there may be a potential sweet tooth in there…….). I mean, it doesn't shy away from anything– it's creamy, rich, boozy, sweet. Tiramisu as I know it, at least.
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Children in Dallas, who are most likely to have asthma, are the least likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19
Many children susceptible to severe COVID-19 infection – including those with asthma in southern Dallas – are also the least likely to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, public health experts warn.
Dallas County's zip codes with the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in children are also some of the same zip codes with the highest rates of pediatric asthma in Dallas, according to a new analysis by the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation, a nonprofit research and data analysis organization in.
Two postcodes in south Dallas are of particular concern, according to the new report details. The 75217 zip code, which includes the Pleasant Grove area, has the highest pediatric asthma prevalence and lowest COVID-19 pediatric vaccination rate in the county. The postal code 75211 in Cockrell Hill and Oak Cliff has the third highest pediatric asthma prevalence and the third highest rate of children who got the vaccination.
Something has to change, said Dr. Yolande Pengetnze, Vice President of Clinical Leadership at PCCI. "It will be important that we take a close look at these places and develop a strong strategy to reach them, to increase vaccination rates in these communities, especially to protect these children with asthma," she said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list moderate to severe asthma among other chronic lung conditions that could make someone more seriously ill with the coronavirus.
There are few studies measuring how children with asthma are doing after contracting COVID-19, although scientists are collecting more data on the overlap between respiratory diseases and the virus as the pandemic progresses.
A recent study from Scotland found that school-age children with uncontrolled asthma were three to six times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than children without asthma. The study drew data from more than 750,000 children aged 5 to 17 in the country between March 2020 and July 2021.
Parents of young children had to be extra careful during the first year and a half of the pandemic, as the COVID-19 vaccine, widely considered to be the best protection against the virus, was only available to people 12 and older in early November.
Pfizer's pediatric vaccine, the only COVID-19 vaccine approved for children ages 5-11, is given as a two-shot series at roughly one-third the adult dose. A booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine is only approved for children 16 years of age and older who received the first series of vaccinations at least six months ago.
The geographic overlap of relatively high pediatric asthma rates and low pediatric COVID-19 vaccination rates is not surprising, Pengetnze said. Socioeconomic factors that affect a child's likelihood of uncontrolled asthma can also affect whether a child is likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
There are significant economic differences between the neighborhoods north and south of downtown Dallas. In five census counts in northern parts of the city, the median household income in 2018 was over $ 250,000 a year. In 10 mostly southern areas, the median income was around $ 21,000, according to the PCCI.
It is well documented that social determinants of health, such as safe housing and access to health care, play a role in the rate of asthma. Home exposure to mold and dust mites can be particularly irritating for asthma sufferers.
"Many of our patients live in situations where the environment is not suitable for their asthma," said Dr. Cesar Termulo, assistant medical director of the Hatcher Station Health Center in Parkland.
According to PCCI data, 15.2% of children in postal code 75217 have asthma. Almost 15% of the children in the 75211 zip code have asthma.
Finding asthma control providers is also difficult for many people in southern Dallas. "It is difficult for many of our patients, especially in [southern] Dallas to take good care of their asthma because there isn't a lot of health care, "said Termulo.
Health care barriers, such as access to doctors, transportation to and from appointments, and the ability to take time off from work, also affect a family's ability to vaccinate.
Parkland Health and organizations like PCCI started a program earlier this year to educate parents and carers about asthma. It includes an educational text messaging system to engage patients and encourage ongoing tracking of asthma symptoms in six targeted zip codes.
PCCI developed an asthma risk prediction model that remotely monitors electronic background data from high-risk children with asthma and determines which children should be referred to Dallas County's Health and Social Services for a home visit.
DCHHS community health workers can then make recommendations on changing environmental factors at home to better control asthma flare-ups.
Brothers Gerardo and Daniel Pozo, aged 13 and 9 respectively, are working with Parkland Health doctors to help manage their asthma. Her mother, Wendy Navarro, said regular messages and reminders from the asthma program helped her keep track of her symptoms and medication.
"Everyone's busy all the time and we're trying to do our best," she said. "Sometimes we forget things that are very important. And these memories are very helpful to us. "
While Navarro's children are all vaccinated, not all children with asthma are.
The challenge facing healthcare providers in Dallas, Pengetnze said, is to encourage families to vaccinate their children against COVID-19.
"There is great vaccine reluctance in many communities, especially socio-economically disadvantaged communities as well as communities of color," she said. "And these are primarily driven by a lot of misconceptions about vaccines and misperceptions and misinformation."
Mistrust in the health system can also be rooted in communities that have been underserved in the past or present. "This puts them at a higher risk of either not having access to vaccines or of not accepting the vaccines if they bring them into these communities," said Pengetnze.
Based on her latest analysis, Pengetnze said her top recommendation for health care providers is to partner with organizations that have long worked in the underserved communities of Dallas.
"It needs to include community education, taking into account the importance of tailoring that education to the community's opinion and personal prejudice about the vaccine," she said. "And then it brings the vaccines to the communities instead of asking them to come to the vaccines."
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Pro 9:5 - Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
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President Áder asks Constitutional Court to invalidate law creating new court
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On Friday President János Adér formally referred a law passed by the Hungarian National Assembly on December 6 to the Constitutional Court for review. Specifically, he requested that the Court invalidate the law because it violates Hungary's Fundamental Law.
His action comes less than a week after it was announced that Áder does not plan to seek a second term as President (of the Republic) of Hungary.
State news agency MTI reports that, among other things, Áder complained that the law was passed by a simple parliamentary majority even though it modifies a cardinal law which, by law, requires a two-thirds majority vote.
The law provides for a new body to be created, the government administrative upper court, even though it is not possible to create a new court with a simple majority. In Áder's opinion, although an existing court – the Capital City Court – is to fill the role of the new court, it is still the case that the law creates a new court and assigns to it classes of cases currently falling under the jurisdiction of other courts.
In addition to the manner in which the bill was passed on December 6, Áder objected to the provision according to which the Capital City Court would serve as an autonomous state administrative organ responsible for adjudicating lawsuits related to the administrative activities of the Government Office (kormányhivatal).
He argues that the law overrides the media law assigning lawsuits involving the National Media and Broadcasting Authority to the Capital City Court for Government Administration and Labor Matters. President Áder believes the same constitutional problem is posed by the point which assigns jurisdiction for election-related matters to the government administration upper court, when according to the current election law the second-level court depends on the seat of the election committee in question.
Áder's petition mentions the Constitutional Court's earlier opinion stipulating that the provisions of a cardinal law cannot be circumvented by those of a law passed with a simple majority.
The law, which has yet to come into force, provides for the Capital City Court to function as the second-level court of government administrative matters. The court would judge cases on the first level of exceptional importance either for their constitutional role or the jurisdiction of the government administrative body in question. By way of example, the law cites lawsuits involving the administrative activities of state administrative organs not falling under the government's control, as well as those involving public bodies and the right of assembly.
Minister of Justice László Trócsányi has sought to justify the new Litigation Code by claiming the current system "is not capable of providing adequate judicial protection required by the constitutional principles of rule of law and division of powers, as well as Europe law."
In an interview given to the Budapest Beacon, Transparency International legal director Miklós Ligeti criticized the government for planning the creation of a higher court in secrecy.


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Open Borders by the Back Door: SNP Want Their Own Immigration Policy
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The Scottish National Party has demanded powers to control Scotland's immigration policy in their general election manifesto – a move which would allow Free Movement and mass migration to the whole United Kingdom to persist via a Scottish "back door".
"The current UK one-size-fits-all approach to immigration is failing Scotland," the manifesto claims.
"The SNP will continue to seek devolution of immigration powers so that Scotland can have an immigration policy that works for our economy and society," it pledges, echoing English MPs led by Labour's Chuka Umunna who want left-wing strongholds to be able to set their own immigration policies.
The party also says its MPs "will continue to press the UK government to limit immigration detention to 28 days", making it easier for bogus asylum seekers and ex-convicts from abroad to conceal themselves from the authorities before their deportation can be arranged.
The back cover of the SNP manifesto features a picture of a young boy being impaled by a plastic triceratops. pic.twitter.com/DpPLAtBmD2
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Angus Robertson, the London-born depute leader of the party, who heads its contingent of Westminster MPs, insisted: "We want the opportunity for people to come and to go, and what we certainly don't want is a restrictive immigration policy imposed on us by Westminster which is going to damage our economy and our public services."
In a Radio 4 appearance reported by the Press and Journal, the former BBC journalist claimed immigration remains "profoundly important" to the Scottish economy. However, the data suggests immigration to the UK did, in fact, have a net negative impact of around £95 billion between 1995 and 2011, when the SNP first won a majority in the Scottish Parliament.
New figures published today show that around one in four of all Scottish jobs depend on the UK domestic market: https://t.co/G6eqooZFk6 pic.twitter.com/uHioL7D3pc
— UK Gov Scotland (@UKGovScotland) April 20, 2017
Launching the manifesto in Perth on May 30th, party leader Nicola Sturgeon also emphasised the supposed importance to Scotland of the EU Single Market, which entails allowing unlimited and effectively unvetted immigration for EU passport and ID card holders.
She claimed that leaving the Single Market would put 80,000 jobs in Scotland at risk, and that it was imperative the country be given another referendum on leaving the United Kingdom to decide whether or not it would follow the other Home Nations down "the Brexit path".
Politicians call for Wales to be turned into world's first migrant 'sanctuary'. Did Welsh voters consent to this? https://t.co/63jaOA6Vwj
— Jack Montgomery ن (@JackBMontgomery) April 10, 2017
Enthusiasm for the European Union and mass immigration is a curious feature of Britain's supposedly nationalist regional parties.
For example, Welsh separatist leader Leanne Wood has long campaigned for her country to be transformed into a "nation of sanctuary" for migrants – backed by the local Labour Party administration.
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Around the globe young people have wonderful ideas how to protect our environment, how to reduce pollution and how to produce sufficient food to feed everybody, to end child hunger and to provide mothers with sufficient food for their families.
Food Science and Technology plays an important role in ensuring the health and wellbeing of people around the world and is essential to resolve food safety and sustainability challenges now and in the future. The solution is unique to each country even right down to communities within each country.
To meet the challenges of the growing World Population especially in Africa with its high number of young and active people it is important not only to develop and improve technologies which have been successfully in place over generation it will become central to transform scientific insight into practical applications.
There are many areas which play a role in this context, some examples:
Sustainable food production and processing together with the reduction of losses along the entire food chain from like seed-sowing, harvesting, processing, transportation/distribution, retail sale, preparation/consumption!
Development and exploration of new unconventional food resources like cultured meat, algae preparations, insect-based preparations, utilization of food waste!• Development of new less energy and water consuming processes like solar dryer/cooker, wet-air washing, product printing, reuse of transport/packaging materials!
Application of IT/modern analytical methods in the food chain like computer-controlled processing, online analysis of components, share marketing opportunities!
Improving food quality/adapting food quality to consumer needs like preventing over processing, producing senior citizen products!
Consumer education like information quality criteria, optimal preparation methods, optimal storage methods!
The "All-African-Rose Spiess Video Competition Award for Future Visions on Food Systems" is your chance to tell the story of the positive impact of food science in your region, country, or community.
Students from 18 to 35 years old who are enrolled in an African tertiary educational institution during the academic year of 2021/2022.
The video can be submitted individually or by a team (max. up to 6 members).
HOW TO TAKE PART?
a) Submission Address / Deadline:
Entries must be submitted to obadinaw@gmail.com by April 30th, 2022 .
The email must include a link to a video storage service that has the video (e.g. Drop Box, Google Drive, OneDrive etc.).
Only one prize will be awarded per contestant, whether an individual or group.
b) Organization of Videos:
(i) Video submissions should be produced in English. Contestants must ensure that videos not produced in English include a captioned English translation or their submission will be disqualified.
(ii) Videos must not exceed ten minutes, including a 10-second full screen.
(iii) The 10-second full screen "Title Screen" must include the following in writing:
• Name of contestants
• School name
• Programme name
• Year of graduation
• Country
• Contact email (or phone) and address
• Name of the video project
c) Video Formats / Storage Service:
Videos must be submitted in one of the following formats:
• WebM files (Vp8 video codec; Vorbis Audio codec)
• MPEG4, 3GPP and MOV files (h264 and mpeg4 video codecs; AAC audio codec)
• AVI (MJPEG video codec; PCM audio)
• MPEGPS (MPEG2 video codec; MP2 audio)
• WMV
NOTE: YouTube videos will not be considered. The submitted video has to be authentic; copyrights for non-original materials including images and background music have to be respected.
You are part of an exciting group of young people engaged in helping to reduce hunger and suffering. You have started to engage yourself in a practical activity.
Your video will be carefully evaluated by an international panel of expert judges.
The winners of the Grand Prize and the two runners up will receive the following monetary prizes
Grand Prize (US$ 1,000)
Finalist (US$ 700)
Semi-Finalist (US$ 500)
Honorable Mentions (certificates)
Ownership of the underlying intellectual property of the video remains with the contestant, with the following exceptions:
Contestants grant Competition Organizer and Rose-Spiess Foundation the right to use their names, photographs, statements, quotes, testimonials, and video submissions for publicity, advertising and promotional purposes without notification or further compensation.
Contestants grant Competition Organizer and Rose-Spiess Foundation the right to use, reproduce, reprint, distribute, perform, and or display all or part of the contestant's project video without further compensation or notification to the contestant.
Contestants agree to be bound by the official contest rules and decisions of the judges.


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ROSS Intelligence won an award for "best AI product in legal" at the 2018 CogX Awards in London yesterday.
The annual AI conference recognized AI products and technologies across major industries as part of its two-day event this year, "The Festival of All Things AI, Blockchain and Emerging Technologies." The awards were judged by a panel of industry and academic experts and journalists.
Alongside ROSS Intelligence, other companies that took home awards included Boston Dynamics, Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon's Alexa and Google Deepmind.
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Gwendolyn "Gwen" Sawyer Cherry (27 de agosto de 1923 - 7 de febrero de 1979) fue una educadora, legisladora estatal y abogada estadounidense. Fue una de las fundadoras de la Asociación Nacional de Abogadas de Color y logró reconocimiento al convertirse en la primera mujer afroamericana que sirvió como legisladora estatal en la Florida.

Carrera
Luego de ejercer una carrera como educadora y abogada, Cherry fue elegida en la Cámara de la Florida en 1970, convirtiéndose en la primera mujer afroamericana que sirvió como legisladora estatal en dicho estado. Durante sus cuatro mandatos se encargó de impulsar la Enmienda de Igualdad de Derechos y la fiesta estatal en honor a Martin Luther King, además de presidir el comité estatal para el Año Internacional de la Mujer en 1978. También presidió el Comité de Asuntos de las Minorías para la Convención Nacional Demócrata y el Caucus Nacional de Mujeres Políticas en 1972 mientras se desempeñaba como asesora legal para la Organización Nacional de Mujeres (NOW), capítulo de Miami.

Fallecimiento y legado
Cherry murió en un accidente automovilístico en Tallahassee en febrero de 1979. En su panegírico, el exgobernador del estado y senador de los Estados Unidos Bob Graham se refirió a Cherry como "una campeona de los derechos de todas las personas y una voz de la razón y la preocupación". Fue incluida de manera póstuma en el Salón de la Fama de las Mujeres de Florida en 1986.

Obras notables
Portraits in Color: The Lives of Colorful Negro Women (Editorial Pageant, 1962)

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Enlaces externos

Activistas de Estados Unidos
Maestras de Estados Unidos
Políticas de Estados Unidos
Demócratas de Estados Unidos
Abogadas de Estados Unidos
Nacidos en Miami


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SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY
2S1 Gvozdika (M1974)
122mm Self-Propelled Artillery (SPA)
The 2S1 Carnation appeared in military army inventories all across the globe during the Cold War.
Authored By: Martin Foray | Edited: 5/18/2019
Credit: High-angled left side view of an abandoned Iraqi 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer
Credit: Rear right side view of an abandoned Iraqi 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer
Credit: Front left side view of a partially concealed 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer in the Iraqi desert
Credit: Front left side view of the 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer
Credit: Left side profile view of the 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer
Credit: Front view of the 2S1 command variant , its MT-LB origins clearly noticeable
Credit: Rear right side view of a 2S1 command variant, its main gun removed for additional equipment
Credit: A US soldier peers through the rear door of a 2S1 command vehicle
Manufacturer(s): State Factories - Soviet Union / Poland / Bulgaria
Capabilities: Amphibious; Fire Support/Assault/Breaching;
Length: 25.00 ft (7.62 m)
Width: 9.35 ft (2.85 m)
Height: 8.96 ft (2.73 m)
Weight: 17 tons (15,700 kg); 34,613 lb
Power: 1 x YaMZ-238N V-8 water-cooled, diesel-fueled engine developing 300 horsepower at 2,100rpm and driving a conventional track-and-wheel arrangement.
Speed: 38 mph (62 kph)
Range: 311 miles (500 km)
Operators: Algeria; Angola; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Belarus; Bulgaria; Cuba; Croatia; Czech Republic; Czechoslovakia; East Germany; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Finland; Georgia; Hungary; India; Iran; Iraq; Kazakhstan; Libya; Poland; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Ossetia; Soviet Union; Syria; Ukraine; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vietnam; Yemen; Yugoslavia; Zimbabwe
The 2S1 Gvozdika (translating to "Carnation") was a standard Red Army self-propelled howitzer platform. The type was recognized in the West in 1974 and given the appropriate designation of "M1974". Production of the type was undertaken at state factories in the Soviet Union, Bulgaria and Poland to which several thousand of these capable systems were delivered. Operators beyond the Red Army included various satellite nations, communist allies and Soviet-friendly nations the world over. The initial 2S1 prototype was completed in 1969 and the type entered service with the Red Army sometime in the early 1970s. Once in operational service, the 2S1 was available in large numbers.
The Soviet Army gained much valuable experience in their dealings with the capable German Army in World War 2. In the decades following, a commitment to ever-improving army support was key to the might of the Soviet land army. Such systems in development became large caliber mortars, field guns, main battle tanks and self-propelled artillery. The advent of the missile age also helped to expand the lethal reach of Soviet military hardware and its weapons were shipped off to any pro-Soviet regime. The 2S1 self-propelled howitzer was one such implement that utilized proven mechanical components with a powerful main gun. Its howitzer nature ensured that it would have been used in support of Soviet troop and armor actions should the Cold War in Europe had ever turned "hot".
The 2S1 borrows much of its design from the MT-LB multi-role tracked vehicle. The hull is rather long and featureless, making room for the flat, all-welded turret emplacement to which a 122mm, double-baffled main gun is fitted. This provides the 2S1 with a low profile and squat appearance, making her easy to conceal and more difficult to identify. The glacis plate is well sloped towards the turret roof for optimal ballistics protection. The multi-faceted turret is fully powered and holds three of the four crew - the commander, loader and gunner while the driver mains a forward left-hull position. The turret can traverse a full 360 degrees and provides for an elevation range of +70 to -3 degrees. A fume extractor is clearly identified along the gun barrel. The engine is fitted to the front of the hull. The running tack systems are fitted to each hull side and sport seven road wheels and feature and adjustable suspension system. The drive sprocket is at the front with the track idler at the rear. No track return rollers are present. Beyond the main gun fitting, there are no other secondary weapon systems available to the crew. Armor protection is 20mm at its thickest.
One of the key qualities of the 2S1 design is its fully amphibious nature, allowing it to traverse water sources with little preparation on the part of the crew. While no dedicated propulsion jet is fitted, the 2S1 is propelled through water by the motion of its own track systems.
Due to its Cold War origins, the 2S1's fighting compartment is fully protected from Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) weapons. Infra-red night vision is standard for the driver and commander positions. Optional track widths allow the 2S1 to traverse various soft-ground terrains as needed.
The engine is fitted to a separated compartment at the front right of the hull and consists of a YaMZ-238N diesel-fueled engine delivering approximately 300 horsepower. This supplies the 2S1 with a top road speed of 37 miles per hour and an operational range nearing 310 miles.
A trained crew can fire off up to a maximum of five projectiles per minute while two projectiles per minute is the standard sustained rate. The 122mm gun of the 2S1 can reach targets out to 15 kilometers on standard projectiles and up to 22 kilometers when utilizing special rocket-assisted munitions. The main gun is cleared to fire a variety of conventional munitions including High-Explosive (HE), Armor-Piercing High-Explosive (APHE) and flechette (steel arrow dispensing) rounds. The 2S1 can also fire chemical based warheads. Up to 40 x 122mm projectiles can be stored aboard the 2S1 interior.
The 2S1 was further developed into other useful battlefield roles for the Red Army and its other operators. This included such types as a mine clearer and chemical reconnaissance vehicle. Other nations have taken the 2S1 design steps further to produce more custom-minded battlefield solutions such as those supporting guided anti-tank missiles or utilizing commonality of parts with other chassis systems.
In Red Army service, the 2S1 was formally replaced by the 2S9 and 2S19 series of self-propelled guns. The phase out process of existing 2S1s began in 2007. Other former operators of the type included the Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia and Yugoslavia - these either being placed in reserve status or passed on to successor states. In the case of East German 2S1s, they were phased out of service in 1990 following the reunification of the country from its East and West post-World War 2 components.
The largest operators of the 2S1 (beyond the Soviet Union) became Ukraine, Bulgaria, Belarus, Poland and India - each utilizing hundreds of the type in their respective services. At least 70 2S1s served with the Finnish Army under the designation of "122 PsH 74".
1 x 122mm 2A18 main gun barrel.
Ammunition:
40 x 122mm projectiles.
• 2S1 "Gvozdika" (Carnation) - Base Series Designation.
• M1974 - Western Designation of the 2S1 Series
• SAU-122 - Alternative Soviet/Russian Designation
• UR-77 "Meteorit" - Mine-Clearer
• M1979 - Mine-Clearing Vehicle
• RKhM "Kashalot" (ATV M1979/4) - Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle
• RKhM-K - Command Variant of the RKhM
• 2S34 "Chosta" - Modernized 2S1; fitting 120mm 2S80 series main gun with guided munitions support; revised fire control system.
• 2A1M "Gozdzik" - Polish Variant; improved amphibious capabilities
• 2S1T "Gozdzik" - Polish Variant; fitted with TOPAZ digital fire control system.
• Rak - Polish 120mm Mortar Carrier
• LPG - Polish Armored Personnel Carrier based on the chassis of the 2S1.
• Model 89 - Romanian Designation of 2S1; revised hull design.
• Raad-1 "Thunder" - Iranian Variant
• BMP-23 - Bulgarian Variant; infantry fighting vehicle type; fitted with 23mm autocannon and support for guided anti-tank missiles in special two-man turret.
• BMP-23D - Bulgarian Variant; fitted with smoke grenade dischargers; support for 9K111 guided missiles.
• BRM-23 - Bulgarian Variant; Reconnaissance Version
• BMP-30 - Bulgarian Variant; BMP-2 style turret; limited production.
• Abu Fatma - Sudanese license-production variant
• 122 PsH 74 - Finnish Designation