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A tick like this one, seen at 10x magnification, can spread a number of dangerous pathogens during the warm-weather months. (Photo by Cornel Constantin)
7/31/2019 By: Military Health System Communications Office
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From April to September, tick activity spikes throughout the United States. With high tick activity comes the importance of increasing awareness of common tick-borne illnesses and how to prevent them.
According to Army Maj. Elizabeth Wanja, of the Uniformed Services University for Health Sciences, outdoor activities during peak tick season raise the chances of transmitting pathogens from living organisms that can carry diseases. These organisms include mosquitos, fleas and, you guessed it, ticks.
"Outdoor activities like farming, camping, and military training exercises in grasslands or edges of the forest increase chances of these pathogens' transmission," Wanja said.
Information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that 77 percent of all insect-borne diseases are carried by ticks. Lyme disease, transmitted through bites from deer ticks, remains the most common of these diseases. However, Lyme is not the only disease to be aware of. Here are five other tick-borne pathogens to be aware of:
Ehrlichiosis, which commonly occurs in the Southeast, South Central, and Midwest U.S., is transmitted to humans primarily by a bite of an infected lone star tick, which is native to this region. Symptoms include fever, chills, headache, muscles aches, and the occasional upset stomach. Ehrlichiosis can be treated in adults and children with the antibiotic Doxycycline.
Anaplasmosis occurs in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic, upper Midwest and West Coast of the U.S. and is transmitted through a bite of the blacklegged tick and the western blacklegged tick. Anaplasmosis has the same symptoms and treatment as ehrlichiosis – the main difference being the tick that carries the disease.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is caused by infection from a bacterial organism. It is transmitted by a bite of an infected American dog tick, brown dog tick, and the Rocky Mountain wood tick. This is commonly reported in the Southeast U.S. This infection causes high fever, headache, and rash, and can be deadly if not treated with Doxycycline.
Powassan virus is a rare, tick-borne flavivirus that can have severe effects on the human nervous system. The deer tick transmits Powassan, which is a rare infection that's on the rise, with 33 cases in 2017 alone. There are currently no vaccines or treatments for Powassan virus infection, so hospitalization is imperative to help with breathing complications and brain swelling.
The most peculiar tick-borne disease on the list, alpha-gal syndrome, occurs when the alpha-gal sugar molecule – often found in red meats like beef and pork – is transmitted into the human body. This molecule has been associated with the bite of the lone star tick, transmitted through saliva. Studies are still ongoing to find a specific link between alpha-gal syndrome and ticks, but the result for a human can be a tick-caused red meat allergy.
Tick-borne illnesses can also be transported overseas. U.S. military personnel and their family members deploy to various regions of the world, where they can be exposed to arthropod-borne diseases that the rest of the U.S. population does not encounter.
"These deployments expose service members and families to novel pathogens which may be introduced in the U.S. when infected personnel redeploy back home," Wanja said.
Luckily, there are various ways to reduce the chances of getting tick-borne infections. They include avoiding areas where ticks may be found and checking for ticks if someone conducts activities that might bring them into tick-prone areas.
Use of skin-topical repellents and treated clothing, wearing of pants tucked in shoes and boots, and proper removal of ticks to avoid pathogens being injected into the body can also prevent the spread of these illnesses.
For more prevention tips and ways to identify different bugs and bites, visit the Military Health System's Bug Week page.
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Robert and Jeanne Petrick, and the "Just Married" sign he painted. "For me, coming from such a large family, the biggest shocker was living with just Robert," she said.Credit...Ralph Hattenbach
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Robert and Jeanne Petrick grew up in Euclid, a suburb of Cleveland and began dating as teenagers. They married in 1975 and today live in Chicago, where they run a graphic design company, Petrick Design. He is the firm's creative manager and designer, while she oversees the business side. A condensed and edited version of our conversation follows.
How did you meet?
Robert: Our routine answer is that we never actually met. We grew up just a few blocks from each other and went to the same grade school. We were just aware of each other. Jeanne comes from a large Catholic family of 13 kids, so when they would march into church they made quite an impression.
Jeanne: Everyone knew our family. I have a twin brother, and Robert has a twin sister and I just sort of noticed him from afar. I would see him with girls at dances and think they were so lucky.
Your first date?
Robert: I called her the day before I wanted to take her out and her twin brother answered and said she already had plans and wasn't home. He was trying to protect her from someone as rude as myself. He wouldn't let me speak to her and felt I needed to give more advanced notice.
Jeanne: When we did go out we saw the movie "Bangladesh" and then went to an Arby's afterward. I didn't do a whole lot of dating and mostly my twin brother's pals and my pals would go out and do stuff together. There are seven girls in my family and I am the fourth, so my father was protective.
Robert: When I came to pick her up, her father asked when I would have her back and I was so nervous I said, "I don't know." He said he needed to know.
Were you a couple from then on?
Robert: We dated all through the summer. I was a senior and she was a junior so I went off to college in the fall. I went to the University of Dayton and transferred to the University of Cincinnati and I would hitchhike back to Euclid to see her on weekends.
Jeanne: On our last date before he left for college I said I don't want to hold you back and you should just enjoy college and if we are supposed to be together we will. Luckily by Halloween he was back for long weekends and we just kept seeing each other. I was 21 when he proposed, even though I'd told myself I wouldn't think about marriage until 25.
The proposal?
Jeanne: He took me to a fancy restaurant that we couldn't afford and gave some reason I can't remember. It was on a pier and we were on the boardwalk. He told me that he'd really like to spend the rest of his life with me and if I felt the same way he would like to marry me. We did a year later in Cleveland.
The wedding?
Robert: Modest. Jeanne found her dress on sale and she made my suit because she's an expert seamstress. There were probably 100 people, but we let the families plan it, really. We decided just to show up and have fun.
Early married life?
Jeanne: For me, coming from such a large family, the biggest shocker was living with just Robert. And he was working so hard, pulling all-nighters for school, while I worked at the university medical college. He was doing a five-year bachelor's of science in graphic design and worked part of the year and took classes part of the year, and my salary went to living expenses. After he graduated we moved to Chicago and he got a job right away as a graphic designer.
Robert: I really wanted to move to Chicago because I love urban environments and it has such a rich history. We were there for four years. I had been working really intensely and decided it was her turn to get her education. We moved to Rochester so that she could go to the Rochester Institute of Technology for textile design. But after two years I got an offer that I couldn't refuse from Burson-Marsteller, running the design department, and for the last nine months of her schooling we alternated weekends visiting each other.
What about kids?
Robert: We talked about it for 10 years. Then I was traveling for business and we were in Paris, having dinner at Le Télégraphe and marked our decision not to have children by sharing a bottle of Champagne.
Jeanne: We weren't celebrating not having children, but there was finally a period at the end of the sentence. We had decided. We knew we would not bring kids into the world unless we both really wanted to and it was our decision, not giving into pressure from peers or my sisters who already had children. It wasn't something I really wanted, other than to know what our kids would look like. I didn't really desire to be a mother.
Robert: We never bucked horns on the matter. Part of it was just a selfish decision, but we didn't want to share our relationship with anyone else to that degree. As No. 4 of 13, she understood the reality of babies. She didn't wonder what it was like to raise a baby; she had sort of done that. On some level that made it harder. I knew she would be an amazing mom and how many new moms have the kind of experience she has? But we also thought about the consequences on our relationship. Sharing our lives was really the impetus for our getting married. Twins run in our families, so that would have introduced several more personalities into that sharing experience.
What was your parents' reaction to not having kids, Jeanne?
Jeanne: We didn't have a huge conversation about this, but when a woman has 13 kids and her child decides not to have any, she takes it personally. Later, when she was older, she told me she respected my choice and wished she had felt that she had a choice. Being Catholic, she really believed whatever you get, you get. I think she really thought she had no choice. She actually changed her beliefs as she got older and questioned why so many of her children aren't Catholic any more.
Did your mother having so many children influence you?
Jeanne: Absolutely. My mother was a free spirit like me, but I felt she was trapped and it made me feel I would be, too.
What were some of the ups and downs of having 12 siblings?
Jeanne: As a kid it was great. All your friends are right there, a lot of fun. Not until I was an adult did I realize how poor we were. My parents did a good job of not emphasizing what we did not have. I became a really good seamstress because to have clothes besides underwear we had to make them.
When did you begin working together?
Robert: About 18 months after Jeanne finished college I quit my job and started my own design business. We do branding for corporations like Sears and Allstate Insurance but also pro bono for the theater industry and have worked with Second City. We freshened its logo, made it more up to date and did an ad campaign. Then we gave its in-house designers parameters to work with. At our peak we had eight employees but now it's just the two of us. She's managed to continue her work as a textile artist on the side and is a certified Pilates instructor.
Jeanne: He wanted to go out on his own and at the start it was just a work space at home but he quickly established a clientele. I just naturally did the bookkeeping because I did all of our family bookkeeping. I figured that my textile work wasn't going to be a living; if you want to eat, fine art isn't exactly the way to go, but no regrets.
Do you argue about work?
Jeanne: People wonder how you can work with your spouse. One thing is we have separate space in the same office. When I need to tell him something I email. We keep things separated. If we have to talk about work after work we do it at a restaurant to keep our home sacred. I think that has really saved us.
What do you argue about?
Jeanne: One thing is that I am more go-with-the-flow and "let's try it" and he wants all the data and everything figured out. I think that takes away from the excitement and spontaneity. I like to see what happens. He is so slow and methodical and I get frustrated.
Do you think you fight less than couples who have children?
Robert: Definitely. It's one less thing to make decisions about.
Jeanne: If you have kids the dynamics change. I used to tease him that I would have had to be the bad guy if we had kids. And I'm grateful not to have taken on that role. I think if you argue a lot it's about more than one thing and we try to address hurt feelings as they come.
He is very sensitive about the way I say things. Word choice matters more to him than it does to me. If I accuse him of something he will expect me to remember word for word. So when we talk those things out I have to tell him we need to have this conversation without being able to recall every word.
What do you admire about each other?
Robert: She has an amazing laugh and an amazing smile and just a really lighthearted approach to life.
Jeanne: He is gentle. He's an artist with a soft side and is willing to show things in a way that other men aren't. And he's extremely funny, but you have to really listen because he's so soft spoken. People are always asking what I'm laughing about.


After 15 years of helping adults find their feet in the IT industry we share Mohammed Idris's story with you. Mohammed started the Just IT Networking Engineer course back in 2002 when he was 22. He had gradated from university with a fresh biology degree in his hands, but he soon realised that he didn't want to pursue a career in Biology as he didn't believe he had the skills to excel in his chosen field.
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Prior to his current role, Brett managed the business's marketing communications function, including rebranding efforts following the acquisition by Medtronic. He has also served in Marketing Communications roles at Covidien and Smith & Nephew in Massachusetts. He is originally from Memphis, Tenn., and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of Memphis, along with a certificate in Graphic Design from the New England Institute of Art in Boston.
Brett and his wife Suzzanne are active members of their community in Lowell, Mass. They co-founded the Lowell Film Collaborative, a grassroots organization focused on hosting independent films in the community. Brett has also spent time as a music journalist writing for several publications in Boston as well as the Lowell Sun and Merrimack Valley Magazine.
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She has served on the Board of Directors of Climate Counts, a non-profit organization bringing consumers and companies together in the fight against climate change and is currently on the Advisory Board of the New Hampshire Food Bank and the Board of Directors for New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility.
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Ashley was instrumental in helping to coordinate MegaFood's three-year effort to become a Certified B-Corporation, a milestone the company achieved in 2018. As a B-Corp, MegaFood joins a global movement of people using business as a force for good by meeting the highest standards of overall social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. Ashley continues to play a major role in the company's growing portfolio of social impact programs devoted to improving food security and access to better nutrition.
Ashley is originally from Haverhill Massachusetts, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations & Political Science from Rivier University in Nashua New Hampshire. She currently resides in Hudson New Hampshire with her husband Roger & daughter Finley. She is an avid volleyball player, oil painter, and Patriots fan.
Gary Lemay is Renewable Energy Engineer with New Hampshire Electric Cooperative where is focused on NHEC's renewable energy installations, education and policy. Prior to joining NHEC, Gary was the Business Development Manager for Public Service of New Hampshire and was also responsible for working on renewable energy projects to meet PSNH's Renewable Portfolio Requirements. Gary holds an engineering degree from the University of New Hampshire, a Masters in Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University and completed the inaugural Institute for Corporate Sustainability, a partnership between NHBSR and UNH.
Sean Matulonis is Head of Finance and Operations at Schleuniger, Inc. in Manchester, NH. As one of the leading international manufacturers of high-precision cable processing machines, Schleuniger offers a wide range of equipment to fit a variety of processing needs from simple to extremely complex. Schleuniger strongly believes in giving back to the community. Through their Community Service Connection, employees regularly participate in various programs and activities to benefit the environment and our local communities. Sean enjoys the outdoors and spends much of his free time hiking, biking, and skiing.
Chris is Vice President, Business Development at Pax World Investments. Pax World is a leader in the field of Sustainable Investing, which incorporates environmental, social, and governance factors into decision making and financial analysis. Chris joined Pax World in 2013 and has over 7 years of experience in financial services. In his role at Pax World, he is responsible for helping financial intermediaries implement sustainability factors into their businesses. He educates financial professionals on the importance of incorporating ESG factors into investment analysis. Chris earned his B.S. from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire.
Melissa Skarupa is the Community Relations Manager for Dartmouth-Hitchcock and has over 15 years' experience in Community Relations and Communications. She previously worked for Public Service of New Hampshire, Child and Family Services of New Hampshire, Centerstone Behavioral Healthcare in Nashville, TN and Capital Media Network in southern Florida.
Melissa is a graduate of Lyndon State College in Vermont, where she was part of the Arthur B. Elliot honor society and earned her BA in Psychology. She also attained a Broadcast Journalism certificate from the Connecticut School of Broadcasting.
Melissa's work on a Methamphetamine Awareness and Prevention campaign for Centerstone Behavioral Health received a Bronze TELLE and Gold Addy Award.
Melissa has volunteered time with many local non-profits and served as the VP of Communications for the Merrimack Chamber of Commerce, Auction and Marketing Chair for the Animal Rescue League of NH, and currently is part of the Nashua Department of Public Health and Community Service's Access to Healthcare Work Group and is on the Board of Trustees for the YMCA of Greater Nashua. She has also run the Boston Marathon the past two years for Boston Children's Hospital.
Melissa's favorite pass time is spending time with her husband Kevin, son Levi. She also enjoys running, gardening, cooking, and reading when time permits.
Jillian is the Sustainability and Environmental Compliance Supervisor at Hitchiner Manufacturing located in Milford, NH. Hitchiner supplies complete-to-print, high-volume, complex thin-wall investment castings and fully-finished casting-based subassemblies and components to the automotive and aerospace industries. The company has 1,800 employees worldwide.
In her role as Sustainability and Environmental Compliance Supervisor, Jillian helps to ensure compliance at all U.S. based locations in regards to environmental regulations, as well as oversee the safety program. Jillian also assists with energy and waste reduction projects within the facilities.
Jillian has worked at Hitchiner full-time for the past 4 years and prior had worked as a Pollution Prevention intern while she was attending the University of New Hampshire. Jillian holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and is currently working on her MBA.
Paul Susca's background includes management consulting, environmental consulting, and writing for a number of business publications. He currently oversees drinking water source protection and several related programs at the N.H. Department of Environmental Services. He serves in leadership and advisory roles in several national and regional drinking water organizations and is a founding member of the Salmon Falls Watershed Collaborative, which was awarded a U.S. Water Prize in 2012. Paul holds a BA in Biology and Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College and an MS in Resource Management and Administration from Antioch University New England. He is a 2014 Hoffman-Haas Fellow (N.H. Center for Nonprofits) and a member of Leadership New Hampshire's Class of 2013.
As sustainability director for Timberland, Colleen Vien is responsible for setting the brand's strategic direction related to all aspects of sustainability, with a focus on making products responsibly, protecting and enhancing the outdoors, and community and employee engagement. This includes internal and external stakeholder engagement, NGO relationship management and CSR reporting and communications.
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Over the years, Colleen has held a variety of leadership seats in several collaborative multi-stakeholder industry groups, such as Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), Social Accountability International (SAI), Outdoor Industry Association's (OIA's) Social Responsibility Working Group (SRWG) and Sustainability Working Group (SWG), the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), the Social/Labor Convergence Project, and Social Accountability Accreditation Services (SAAS). She is currently a member of the SAAS Board of Directors, on the Advisory Board for SAI, a member of the Advisory Council for the OIA SWG, and on the Steering Committee for the Social/Labor Convergence Project.
Prior to Timberland, Colleen held various ethics and compliance roles with TYCO Engineered Products and Services, and Apogent Technologies Inc.
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Have you ever felt like you were out of the loop? I certainly have, it's a terrible feeling and I'm currently feeling out of the loop.
Bella (thankfully) still naps twice a day and so we usually don't begin our day until about noon. This means we miss out on morning outings. This isn't a big deal because I'd rather Bella be well rested than cranky and out & about. We are getting to the point where Bella's friends are napping just once a day (or not) and so we're missing out on music classes and play dates.
Recently, Bella has had more appointments than normal. She has physical therapy twice a week, her helmet appointment once every two weeks and she has had several appointments with specialists, too. We have spent so much time (and money) on doctors that we probably could have made for a medical degree by now!
Last week, we missed out on a trip to the aquarium and a birthday party. This week we're going to miss out on a music class and a play date. Poor Bella has 4 appointments this week! She went to physical therapy today, she has an appointment with the neurologist on Thursday and physical therapy and an appointment with the cranio-facial specialist on Friday. Enough is enough!
We are optimistic that this week will be pivotal in Bella's treatment. We are meeting with a neurologist to rule out any neurological issues with Bella's overall development. We are not quite as concerned at this point because she is pulling up and cruising, like she should be. She isn't walking on her own (at 13-months) so this may still be a concern to the doctor. We are meeting with the cranio-facial specialist to determine if Bella can be discharged from her helmet. In this case, I'm expecting the worst and hoping for the best.
Bella's health is first and foremost in our lives. I will do whatever it takes to ensure she is physically and developmentally on track. We have hit a few hurdles and we're hoping to jump past these hurdles shortly. Please keep Bella in your thoughts and prayers this week.
Goodnight y'all... this mama is exhausted, both physically and emotionally.


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Despite Global Ban, Saudi-Led Forces Kill Dozens in Yemen Using US-Made Cluster Bombs
Neither the United States, Saudi Arabia or Yemen have joined the global convention banning the use of cluster munitions.
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Human Rights Watch has accused Saudi Arabia of using U.S.-made cluster munition rockets in at least seven attacks in the Yemeni city of Hajjah between late April and mid-July. Dozens of civilians were killed or wounded, both during the attacks and later, when they picked up unexploded submunitions that detonated. Neither the United States, Saudi Arabia or Yemen have joined the global convention banning the use of cluster munitions. Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch criticized the U.S. stance on cluster munitions. "The U.S. thinks that cluster munitions are legitimate weapons," Roth said. "The U.S. still hasn't signed onto the landmines treaty. So, the U.S. is very much behind the rest of the world."
AMY GOODMAN: We turn right now to Yemen. We turn to Yemen because, well, a Saudi-led airstrike killed 36 civilians working at a bottling plant in the northern province of Hajjah on Sunday. Another attack on the Yemeni capital Sana'a hit a house and killed four civilians. The news comes amidst new evidence the Saudi-led forces have used cluster munitions in Yemen. Human Rights Watch said it found U.S.-made cluster munition rockets likely used in at least seven attacks in Hajjah between late April and mid-July. Dozens of civilians were killed or wounded, both during the attacks and later, when they picked up unexploded submunitions that denotated. Neither the United States, Saudi Arabia or Yemen have joined the global convention banning the use of cluster munitions.
Yesterday I spoke to Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth and started by asking him what Human Rights Watch found in Yemen.
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KENNETH ROTH: As you note, the fact that the relevant countries have not ratified the cluster munitions treaty, while it would be helpful to do so, it's not decisive, because all of them have ratified the Geneva Conventions, which prohibit indiscriminate warfare. And cluster munitions are, by definition, indiscriminate. They scatter over wide areas, so they should never be used in civilian-populated areas to begin with. Plus they leave a residue. Not every munition explodes on contact with the ground, and they become antipersonnel land mines for people to just stumble upon and die. So the U.S. should be using pressure on the Saudis not to be using these weapons at all, but certainly not to be using them in populated areas where, as we're seeing, Yemenis are being killed.
AMY GOODMAN: Explain what these weapons are and what they do.
KENNETH ROTH: They're essentially area-denial weapons. There is a canister with, you know, upwards of 200 submunitions, little bombs, inside. The canister opens in the sky and spreads these submunitions over a wide area. Each one of those is lethal, so you don't want to be in that area as these things rain down on you. You also don't want to walk through that area afterwards, but it becomes effectively a land mine field, because these cluster munitions are unreliable and a significant number don't initially explode. They only explode later, when somebody touches them or stands on them.
AMY GOODMAN: How do they affect the human body?
KENNETH ROTH: They're devastating. They're like standing on a land mine. They, at minimum, will rip off your limbs, and they very frequently are completely lethal.
AMY GOODMAN: I want to turn to a video released by Human Rights Watch featuring interviews with victims of cluster munitions in Yemen.
AZIZ HADI MATIR HAYASH: [translated] We were together, and a rocket hit us. It exploded in the air, and cluster bombs, submunitions, fell out of it. Before we left the house with the sheep, two submunitions fell down while others spread all over the village. One exploded, and the other still remains. My cousins and I were wounded.
FATIMA IBRAHIM AL-MARZUQI: [translated] Three brothers were killed—two children and one adult. It hit us while we were sleeping, and we were all wounded, including my brothers. I can't walk. My mother carries me. She gets me out, washes me, as well as my brother. My whole body is wounded. My dress was burned that night. My hands were burned, and my bones were broken.
AMY GOODMAN: Those were victims of cluster munitions in Yemen. Ken Roth is executive director of Human Rights Watch, which put out this video. So, talk about what Saudi Arabia is doing right now in Yemen.
KENNETH ROTH: Well, Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition which is fighting the Houthi rebel forces in Yemen, and it's repeatedly using indiscriminate forms of warfare. A big part of the problem has been these cluster munitions, but we've seen time and time again that even more targeted weapons are being targeted in the wrong place. These are sophisticated weapons; the Saudis should be able to target them only at military targets. But we're finding often that they're not. And that's why we're seeing such a significant civilian toll.
AMY GOODMAN: So they're being used to terrorize.
KENNETH ROTH: Well, they're being used at least without much care as to who is hit. There is a sense that, particularly in the northern areas, which are predominantly Houthi, that there's not so much concern about civilians.
AMY GOODMAN: I mean, the U.S. just sealed a deal with Saudi Arabia for military weapons and jets that's the largest deal in the world.
KENNETH ROTH: The U.S. obviously views Saudi Arabia as a major supporter of the U.S. military complex, you know. And airplane producers and the like need these contracts—think they need these contracts, in order to continue to be profitable. That shouldn't be happening at the expense of civilians on the ground. The U.S. should be willing to live by the principles that it is theoretically signed up for in the Geneva Conventions and ensure that anybody it sells arms to is not using those arms to indiscriminately kill civilians, as the Saudis have been doing.
AMY GOODMAN: Human Rights Watch is calling for a U.N. inquiry into violations on all sides in Yemen?
KENNETH ROTH: Absolutely. In fact, there is a conference coming up reviewing compliance with the new cluster munitions treaty. And one of the problems is that the U.K., Canada and Australia, all of which had joined the cluster munitions treaty, are pushing to water down this inquiry. They're trying to put "allegedly" in front of the evidence we have that Saudi clusters have killed civilians in Yemen.
AMY GOODMAN: Why?
KENNETH ROTH: They're doing the U.S. bidding.
AMY GOODMAN: Why does the U.S. want to water this down?
KENNETH ROTH: Well, I mean, the U.S. thinks that cluster munitions are legitimate weapons. The U.S. still hasn't signed onto the land mines treaty. So, the U.S. is very much behind the rest of the world. As most nations of the world want to ban these inherently indiscriminate weapons, the U.S. has a huge arsenal of them, it doesn't want that arsenal limited, and it hates the idea of treaties that are restraining the Pentagon on humanitarian grounds. It lives with the Geneva Conventions because it understands that those help to fight a better war. But the add-ons that Human Rights Watch and others have pressed—the land mines treaty, the cluster munitions treaty and the like—the Pentagon hates and has prevented Obama from signing onto them, and is trying to undermine enforcement, using U.S. allies around the world to do that.
AMY GOODMAN: How much difference does mass protest make around something like this?
KENNETH ROTH: I think it makes all the difference in the world. In other words, Obama doesn't want to be seen as underwriting indiscriminate warfare, even if it is on the other side of the world. If it happens under the radar screen, if the Pentagon is able to push this quietly, there's no big political cost to Obama. But I think rabble-rousing and publicity helps make Obama responsible, and he's going to have a hard time standing up and saying, "I don't really care about indiscriminate warfare."
AMY GOODMAN: Just to be clear, the land mine treaty that the U.S. also has not signed onto, that's the one that Princess Di was pushing so many years ago, right, among many other people?
KENNETH ROTH: Precisely. And, in fact, the U.S. government is—has limited the use of land mines. And even though it hasn't joined onto the treaty, it recognizes that these are weapons that are extremely difficult to use because of public relations problems. And so, there has been a real shift at the Pentagon. We haven't seen that shift yet, in any significant way, with cluster munitions.
AMY GOODMAN: So, you have this situation where people are being struck, civilians are being struck, by cluster munitions by the Saudi-led attacks on Yemen, yet Saudi Arabia continues to lead a blockade against people leaving. Can you explain what's happening there?
KENNETH ROTH: Well, there's an enormous humanitarian crisis in Yemen. It is already a country that is very dependent on international assistance for basic things like water and the like. And because the Saudis have been blockading the country, trying to prevent fuel and other things from getting into Yemen as part of its effort to fight the Houthi rebels, the Yemeni people are suffering. And we're seeing enormous numbers of people who are facing malnutrition and even starvation because of the deprivation caused by this blockade.
AMY GOODMAN: I mean, the figures are amazing. According to the U.N., 21 million Yemenis, a staggering 80 percent of the population, need assistance. And half the population is facing hunger, famine. More than 15.2 million people lack access to basic healthcare, and over 20 million lack access to safe water.
KENNETH ROTH: Yeah, I mean, it's absolutely horrendous, and it really underscores the importance of making clear that if you're going to go to war, yes, you shoot at the other side's combatants, but you can't use means that cause the entire civilian population to suffer. And that's what the Saudi-led coalition is doing in Yemen today.
AMY GOODMAN: Human Rights Watch executive director Ken Roth speaking here in New York. This is Democracy Now! When we come back, Mr. Smith Goes to Prison. Stay with us.
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This Comfy Kimono Blanket Cardigan is one of the easiest patterns to make! Essentially just one large square and then folded to create the armholes it is a one size fits most approach. I designed this pattern for Lion Brand Jeans yarn as the drape is just lovely and I love the available colors but you could make this with any yarn of your choosing.
The main body of the cardigan is made with the block stitch or modern granny as it is sometimes called. One of my very favorite stitches as you can see in my Retro Duster Vest, the Grapevine Afghan or the Boho Market Bag! Using this stitch with contrasting colors really sets this stitch off.
The front of the cardigan is made with the front and back post double crochet and I have included a video tutorial below as a visual instruction. Great stitches for wonderful texture!
I found when designing this blanket cardigan that many patterns call for you to fold the square in half. This then causes a large "lip" or bulk right at the hip area — not an area most people want added bulk! I decided to fold this a little differently which lets the back of the square fall completely free and eliminates that unsightly bulk at the rear. Much more flattering! The Kimono comes to about knee level on me and I am 5′ 6″ so it is nicely long.
If you would like the ad-free pdf version of this pattern you can find it on Ravelry here or on Craftsy here. Thank you for supporting my work!
For the complete video tutorial giving complete instructions to complete this cardigan you can find that here!
Basically you are making one large square measuring approximately 40" across for a one-size approach. You can add or subtract rows if you would like to make smaller or larger.
Gauge is not important with this project since you are making the square to a specified size.
Round 1: With Color A Ch 3 (counts as first dc), 2 dc in 3rd ch from hook, ch 2, *3 dc in same ch, ch 2* repeat between * * 2 times, sl st into top of 1st dc. Fasten off.
Round 2: With Color B, attach with a sc into ch 2 corner sp, ch 3, sc in same corner sp, *ch 3, (sc, ch 3, sc) in next corner space* repeat between * * to last corner (sc, ch 3, sc) in corner, ch 3, sl st in first sc.
Round 3: sl st into next corner sp, (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3dc) in same sp, 3 dc in next ch 3 sp, *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next corner sp, 3 dc in next ch 3 sp* repeat between * * to end, sl st in top of 1st dc. Fasten off.
Round 4: With Color A, attach with a sc into ch 2 corner sp, ch 3, sc in same corner sp, ch 3, *sc in sp between clusters, ch 3* repeat between * * to next corner sp [(sc, ch 3, sc) in corner, ch 3, *sc in sp between clusters, ch 3* repeat between * * to next corner, ch 3], repeat between [ ] to end, sl st to 1st sc in corner.
Round 5: sl st into corner sp, (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in same sp, 3 dc in each ch 3 sp to next corner, *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in corner sp, 3 dc in each ch 3 sp to next corner* repeat between * * to end, sl st in top of 1st dc. Fasten off.
Square will measure approximately 40" square. If you are using a different size weight yarn or crochet hook just work your square until it measures approximately 40″.
With WS facing, fold top of square down approximately 10" from top towards middle of square. Place stitch markers at 10" and 6" approximately through both sides of square. Turn square to WS and sew seam between the 10" and 6" stitch markers.
Fold top of square down approximately 10″ towards middle of square.
Place stitch markers at 10″ and 6″ from top of fold. Sew between the markers approximately 4″.
With RS facing, attach Color A to bottom front of kimono.
Attach color A to bottom of arm hole.
Row 1: Ch 3, dc in each st around evenly, sl st to top of ch 3.
Row 2 – 8: Ch 3, dc dec over next 2 st, dc in each st to last 2 stitches, dc dec over last 2 stitches, sl st to top of ch 3.
Row 9 – 12: Ch 3, dc in each st to end, sl st to top of ch 3.
Row 13: Ch 1, sc in same st and in each st to end.
Fasten off. Repeat for 2nd sleeve.
With embroidery thread, attach button where desired. Mine is place about even with seam for sleeves approximately 1 – 2" from front edge of cardigan. The fpdc/bpdc pattern will make holes large enough for the button to fit through if using a 1" button.
With all the snow falling down outside my house at this moment, this is more than appealing to me.
So glad you like it! It is very warm and cozy! So much snow in March this year. I think everyone will be grateful when spring finally arrives!


Many psychological, behavioural and personality issues, including most mental health conditions have social impact and social factors.
Often a mental health condition is worsened by a lack of social engagement, which is itself made difficult because of feeling unwell. Feeling depressed or anxious, or suffering from mood swings, obsessions, phobias or pretty much any other form of mental illness or psychological distress often makes it hard for people to interact socially, and often leaves them instinctively wanting to isolate themselves.
Some forms of social interaction may be inappropriate or excessive, or lead to contact with people who have a manipulative or abusive intent. Therefore negative social interaction can be part of the overall psycho-social-biological make up of a mental illness.
Many people with issues like long term depression, childhood trauma, a history of abuse or other developmental interruptions or disruptions will not have the social skills and experience to be able to have positive social interactions. They may be over defensive, over self protective, a little hostile, emotionally unable to empathise with others, unable to trust or even downright hostile. Whatever the result, this is caused by a lack of being able to understand interactions, interpretations and the cause and effect of behaviours.
Most psychologists and cognitive behavioural therapists provide some element of social skills training. Life coaches often also claim to provide such training but the depth of knowledge about mental illness that a life coach has can vary tremendously, since the industry has no regulatory standards.
Stuart's Diploma (1993-6) was externally assessed and accredited through a level 4 NVQ Training and Development award. This was in the context of complementary health education and specifically required evidence of social skills and self care training as a core function of "doing the job".


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local pairs    = pairs
local rawset   = rawset
local type     = type
local unpack   = unpack

local oo      = require "oil.oo"
local Invoker = require "oil.kernel.base.Invoker"                               --[[VERBOSE]] local verbose = require "oil.verbose"

module "oil.kernel.cooperative.Invoker"

oo.class(_M, Invoker)

context = false

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

function receivefrom(self, channel, request, probe)
	if request.success == nil then
		local requester = self.context.requester
		local mutex = self.context.mutex
		if not mutex or mutex:lockreceive(channel, request) then
			local result, except, failed
			repeat
				result, except, failed = requester:getreply(channel, probe)
				if result then
					mutex:notifyreceived(channel, result)
				else
					for requestid, request in pairs(failed) do
						if type(requestid) == "number" then
							request.success = false
							request.resultcount = 1
							request[1] = except
							mutex:notifyreceived(channel, request)
						end
					end
					break
				end
			until result == request or (probe and result == true)
			mutex:freereceive(channel)
		end
	end
	local handler = self[request.success]
	if handler then
		return handler(self, channel, request, probe)
	end
end

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

function invoke(self, reference, operation, ...)                                --[[VERBOSE]] verbose:invoke(true, "invoke remote operation")
	local context = self.context
	local requester = context.requester
	local result, except = requester:getchannel(reference)
	if result then
		local channel = result
		local mutex = context.mutex
		mutex:locksend(channel)
		result, except = requester:newrequest(channel, reference, operation, ...)
		mutex:freesend(channel)
		if result then
			result[InvokerKey] = self
			result[ChannelKey] = channel
			result = Request(result)
		end
	end                                                                           --[[VERBOSE]] verbose:invoke(false)
	return result, except
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Emilie Friederike Henriette von Gleichen-Russwurm, född den 25 juli 1804 i Jena, död den 25 november 1872, var en tysk författarinna. Hon var mor till Ludwig von Gleichen-Russwurm.

Emilie von Gleichen-Russwurm, som var skalden Friedrich von Schillers yngsta dotter, var sedan 1828 gift med bayerske kammarherren Adalbert von Gleichen-Russwurm. Hon utgav flera bidrag till sina föräldrars historia: Der Briefwechsel von Schiller und Lotte 1788–89 (1856; senast 1897), Schillers Beziehungen zu Eltern, Geschwistern und der Familie v. Wolzogen (1859), Charlotte v. Schiller und ihre Freunde (1860–65) och Schillers dramatische Entwürfe (1867) med mera.

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Tyska fackboksförfattare
Tyskspråkiga fackboksförfattare
Tyska författare under 1800-talet
Födda 1804
Avlidna 1872
Kvinnor
Ugglan


A CITY OF TENTS SPRINGS UP AT NEW WESTMINSTER.
THE PEOPLE STUNNED BY THEIR LOSSES -- ENERGY DISPLAYED BY THE BURNT OUT STOREKEEPERS -- SNEAK THIEVES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FIRE TO PLY THEIR TRADE -- INSURANCE LOSSES -- PRINCIPAL COMPANIES INVOLVED.
by the hundreds formed beds and the burned out families seem to be as comfortable as possible under the circumstances. All through the unfortunate victims of the flames have borne their ruin stoically. All through the hours of the conflagration they were calm as death, today they are just the same. Their losses have made them almost insensible to thought. During the fire, save for the roaring of the flames, and the shouting of the firemen and Chinese, all was quiet, no crying or panic was seen or heard in the crowds of burnt-out and destitute people. They only appeared intent on saving what they had been able to secure from their destroyed homes, and watched with a kind of inquisitiveness the terrible havoc made by their unrelenting foe, and quietly wondered when the conflagration would burn itself out. As usual at fires, a number of robberies took place, and more than one store was pillaged. A jeweler alleges that he had a number of watches stolen, while it is said that the till was stolen from a bar. JOHNSON'S boot store was entered, while some of the stock was being taken out, and several men wre noticed deliberately helping themselves to boots which might fit them. JACK JOHNSON says that the firm's loss will be about $6,000 or $7,000.
The chief of police, when asked if there had been any arrests on account of looting, answered in the negative. He said it was impossible to watch everybody, but he could see there had been little or no thieving. His theory to the origin of the fire is that a spark from one of the steamers mush have ignited the bay on Brackman & Kerr's wharf.
"It was the worst thing I ever saw, there is no way of describing the course of the fire, it seemed to come from everywhere."
Already the active merchants of the Royal City are starting to rebuild the stores and renew business. ANNANDALE, grocer, whose premises were totally destroyed, started building a new store in the afternoon and will be open today. He is nothing if not energetic. The C. P. R. only lost one refrigerator car, the station and baggage room were burnt, but everything of value was saved.
One sick mother in New Westminster, who had to be carried out of a house in danger, suddenly remembered that her three year old child was missing. She sent her husband back to look for the child and he found the baby crouching down beside a stove, fear stricken. The rescue was made only just in time. It is reported that several horses were roasted to death in the fire.
Fire companies interested in the loss are: London Assurance company, which insured all the Sun Life property, estimated at about $1,000,000; Commercial Assurance; Royal, London and Lancashire; Sun; North British and Mercantile; Liverpool London and Globe; Union British American; Hartford of Connecticut; Aetna Insurance Co.; Atlas; Alliance; Guardian; Manchester; Western of Toronto; Northern Insurance Co.; Phoenix of London; Phoenix of Hartford; Lancashire; Insurance Company of North America; National of Ireland; Scottish Union; National.
The Street Railway company began business immediately and handled thousands of passengers from Vancouver. The Westminster office of the company is today established in an old car in the middle of Columbia street.
Vancouver, Sept. 12. -- Messages offering aid and sympathy, dispatched from both sides of the boundary line to New Westminster have been the means of putting fresh heart into the sufferers by Sunday morning's fire and the result is seen today by the resumption of business. Even before the ashes have ceased to smoulder new stores are rising to take the place of the burned down edifices. Banks, Insurance men, and other merchants are conducting business just the same as if no terrible fire had wiped out the Royal City, and while the work of building new temporary stores goes on, dangerous ruins are being pulled down. Relief is being distributed wherever needed and gratitude is expressed on all hands over the assistance received and promised from outside places. People are finding places to sleep, and temporary conditions are not so seriously uncomfortable. The feeling is general throughout the city that New Westminster will rise in triumph from its ashes. The spirit of the leading business men is enthusiastic in this respect. The idea of allowing the exhibition to be declared off or moved away from the Royal City is not given any encouragement and it is altogether likely that arrangements will go right ahead, as if nothing in the way of a serious fire had happened.
Any kind of temporary quarters are held in high value at present. The owner of the Queen's hotel, who would a few days before the fire have been willing to rent his place for about $50 a month, is said to have refused an offer of $800 a month.
Vancouver, Sept. 11. -- The appalling nature of the New Westminster fire becomes evident as the loss is figured up to $2,500,000. The following list shows the names of the chief business blocks and public buildings destroyed where known, the approximate loss.
BRACKMAN & KER'S wharf and contents, valued at $10,000.
New Vancouver Coal company's wharf.
Canadian Pacific Navigation company's wharf.
Western Fisheries company, with back.
GILLEY Bros. wharf and warehouse.
BRACKMAN & KER'S store and full stock of flour.
Masonic building and Odd Fellows' building.
SINCLAIR Canning company's building and season's pack.
EWANS' residence ($35,000,) and about two hundred and fifty houses on Agnes street, Royal avenue, Douglas street and other roads.


text:
use example;

# Create a couple of a vectors

$v = example::new_Vector(1,2,3);
$w = example::new_Vector(10,11,12);

print "I just created the following vectors\n";
example::vector_print($v);
example::vector_print($w);

# Now call some of our functions

print "\nNow I'm going to compute the dot product\n";
$d = example::dot_product($v,$w);
print "dot product = $d (should be 68)\n";

# Add the vectors together

print "\nNow I'm going to add the vectors together\n";
$r = example::vector_add($v,$w);
example::vector_print($r);
print "The value should be (11,13,15)\n";

# Now I'd better clean up the return result r

print "\nNow I'm going to clean up the return result\n";
example::free($r);

print "Good\n";


Today is a day that induces a zombie-like stupor, where the only thing that makes sense is to sleep, and sleep and when you wake, you will yourself back to that place of slumber. Stunning, warm,humid air is bringing the scent of the lilac tree under K's window and filling the second floor of the Luckystone with a heavy,sweet memory of spring. The clouds are filled with possible rain. The sky and water are the same pearly grey color--when you squint, it blends with lighter grey blue landmasses bearly visable within the pearly greyness.
Chicken Chokers on the radio this morning. Saw Chad of the Chokers yesterday. He was beaming over his pleasure with the new album and the possiblities. It was so sweet he came by just to share his happiness. I know in my bones they will be in a good place with this album. To reiterate my offer: THE FIRST TEN READERS WHO SEND ME THEIR EMAIL/AND SNAIL MAIL WILL BE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE NEW CHICKEN CHOKERS '07 CD! Enter soon and I will throw in a handful of my new promo postcards for your use and delight.
Gotta go. The paper awaits.


Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Healthy?
The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates believed that the key to vibrant health was through maintaining a healthy diet and fitness routine. Nearly 2,500 years ago he proclaimed, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." Medical experts still heed Hippocrates' advice today, and recommend a diet full of fresh fruits and vegetables for optimal health. But does it matter what types of fruits and vegetables we're piling on our plates?
According to a recent New York Times article, "Breeding the Nutrition Out of Our Food," choosing the right varieties of fruits and vegetables is essential for getting the maximum health benefits. Studies published within the past 15 years show that much of our produce is lacking in phytonutrients, the compounds that help protect against certain types of diseases like diabetes and dementia as well as many others.
So what's the difference between the amount of phytonutrients in wild plants compared to the produce we buy in supermarkets?
The results revealed in this article are startling. Wild dandelions have seven times more phytonutrients than spinach, a leafy green that many of us consider a superfood. Even more surprising is that there's a species of apple that has one hundred times more phytonutrients than a popular brand of apple available in our supermarkets.
The most beneficial phytonutrients have a bitter, sour taste, which makes them difficult for many people to eat. For this reason, farmers chose to grow plants that were less pungent and had high contents of sugar, starch and oil. Although these plants are more palatable, they are far less beneficial to our health.
Farmers today continue to focus on increasing the sweetness of certain fruits and vegetables such as corn, and in turn breed out essential antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.
The good news is that there is still produce that resembles its wild ancestors and is loaded with disease-fighting nutrients. According to this article, arugula, scallions, and corn with deep yellow kernels are a few examples of produce whose phytonutrient content has remained intact.
What variety of fruits and vegetables do you eat for optimum health?


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In Russia, Politics is Always About National Security
by Kirill Shamiev · 12.04.2019
Kirill Shamiev
Junior Research Fellow at Center for Comparative Governance Studies, HSE. Public Policy PhD candidate, Central European University.
https://www.ridl.io/en/author/e-shamiev/
A surprise from the Far East
So different, but in some ways so similar
Evidence-Based Policymaking in Russia: The Kremlin's New Magic Wand?
'Guardians of the People' Versus 'Servants of the People'
Part One of 'Safety first' examines how broadly defined security issues became the most important ideological and material factor undergirding Russian politics today
In February 2019, Vladislav Surkov published an article describing the state of affairs in Russian and western politics and the role Vladimir Putin plays in the world today. As well as being a futile attempt to legitimise Putin's system of governance, Surkov's article openly stated that the state's "military and law enforcement functions" are crucial when it comes to managing a vast and resource rich territory with a diverse population and a number of geopolitical rivalries. In this, the disgraced Kremlin adviser's thesis echoes many contemporary studies of Russian politics. These show that security issues, broadly defined so as to include everything from strategic and military affairs to cultural life, take an integral place, sometimes rhetorical and often practical, in the Russian political system. In a new series of articles, For Your Safety, Riddle examines how national security manifests itself in all walks of Russian life, from domestic socio-economic policy to international relations.
Always on Red Alert
Throughout Russian history, issues of state security have often taken precedence over individual freedoms and rights. This approach is strongly felt in Russia's modern day national myth, which revolves around the historical need to secure the state's territorial integrity and political sovereignty.
The Second World War is the most crucial foundational event in modern Russian history. As Ivan Kurilla has written, the events of 1939-1945 have had an immense impact on Russia's foreign and domestic policy ever since.
Firstly, the war narrative determines Europe's subordinate position in Russian foreign policy. The dominant view is that Russia is a victorious power which liberated Europe from the evils of Nazism. At the Yalta Conference in 1945, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed with Stalin that the Soviet Union, by virtue of the country's enormous losses during the war, had a great moral authority to determine the future of Europe. If during the Cold War, part of Europe was indeed Soviet-dominated, then the collapse of the Soviet Union brought about a turning point: "liberated" Europe suddenly declared that it had in fact been occupied. The Kremlin begged to differ. To this very day, the Second World War is officially a defining event for Russian foreign policy; any attempt, real or perceived, to revise its outcome is seen as completely unacceptable.
Secondly, the Russian government does not publicly distinguish the actions of the totalitarian Stalinist regime from the heroism and suffering of the Soviet people (including Russians) during the war. This distinction has an important influence on domestic politics: Russian society and the Russian state are inseparable, hence speaking out against the government is perceived as speaking out against the Russian people. As Vyacheslav Volodin succinctly put it: "If there's Putin, there's Russia. If there's no Putin, there's no Russia." This mythology of state power is ideal for the government. Any critical discussions about or denunciations of Stalinism provoke a nervous reaction from the Kremlin, for whom any reassessment of tethering the country's security to the survival of the regime represents an ideological threat. As such, security issues conceptually percolate through to many other aspects of Russian public and political life.
It should therefore come as no surprise that official rhetoric about today's international competitors and foreign policy threats is also historically conditioned. The Mongols, Tatars, Crusaders, Swedes, Turks, Napoleon, the anti-Bolshevik coalition during the Russian Civil War, Nazi Germany, and today the United States have always wanted and still want to subdue Russia due to its huge territory, strategic geopolitical position, and abundant natural resources. In this regard, all these foes, past and present, are reflected in one single image of the external enemy. That is why fake quotes by Margaret Thatcher ("Only 15 million inhabitants on the territory of the USSR can be economically justified") and Madeleine Albright ("Neither the Far East nor Siberia belongs to Russia") are so popular. At the same time, official historiography presents almost all of Russia's military interventions abroad (from the Soviet-Finnish War to the 1939 partition of Poland, the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, and more recent military operations in Ukraine and Syria) as defensive campaigns aimed solely at preventing the existential threat of foreign invasion.
Meanwhile, the authorities also have to reckon with domestic political opponents whom they deride as agents of "other states." They are seen as members of a fifth column whose border with the opposition is, as Vladimir Putin put it, "a very fine line." The Kremlin reserves the right to decide who is a member of the opposition and who is a member of the "fifth column." This of course undermines citizens' unconditional rights to make their own choices, a fundamental element of democracy. Suppressing this "fifth column" requires powerful law enforcement agencies. Their heavy handed tactics and repressive laws, as the Kremlin sees it, are crucial in establishing this "fine line" between legitimate and illegitimate dissent. Nevertheless, employees of law enforcement agencies are routinely portrayed as true patriots of Russia; the strong arm of the state, the enforcers of its will, and the "defenders of the people." At the same time, torture and other violations of human rights are explained away as necessities (such as countering terrorism), or the actions of defective "lone wolves," employees of law enforcement agencies who are later argued to have never belonged to these "defenders of the people" after all, or even sacked shortly before committing the crime.
Defenders of social norms and traditional cultural values also frequently frame their position as one of national security. As Elizaveta Gaufman has written, official discourse in Russia portrays homosexuals and irregular migrants as destructive elements which weaken society, corrupt its values, and reduce the "indigenous" population (that is, people integrated into the national state mythology.) Thus the acts of Pussy Riot, Ruslan Sokolovsky (the videoblogger who filmed himself playing Pokémon Go inside a Yekaterinburg church — ed.), and other perceived anti-religious moves constitute an attack on one of the main pillars of Russian statehood: the Russian Orthodox Church, if not all the main monotheistic religions. The words of Vsevolod Chaplin, a high-profile and staunchly conservative cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church, are a particularly radical example of religious justifications for mass repression. "Even God […] directly authorised and authorises the future destruction of a large number of people as a warning to others. […] Sometimes society needs the destruction of those who are worthy of destruction," proclaimed Chaplin. It is obvious that if an opposition activist uttered the same words about the authorities, he would have been arrested on suspicion of extremism.
Accordingly, security issues are the most important ideological and material factor influencing Russian politics today. Alongside the rhetorical sway it holds over state discourse, this securitisation can also be seen in formal institutions, as indicated by the powers of the police, the FSB, and the Ministry of Justice. No less revealing are the centralisation of the state budget, the mobilisation potential of state enterprises, and the authorities' control over the media. In short, the presence of an existential threat naturally legitimises the use of extraordinary measures. This in turn requires more funds and more employees, who then legitimise their activities, requesting even more resources, subordinates, and legal remit. And so the screws turn tighter.
Delegitimising this growing securitisation of the Russian state and the society it means a shift in worldview. That would mean no longer perceiving every phenomenon as a potential threat (or learning to normalise threats when they do exist.) Crucially, decision making processes could be returned to the realm of ordinary policymaking; for example, understanding drug addicts as fellow human beings who are in trouble and need medical and social assistance, rather than as criminals and trash. These changes are an important element in any process of democratising Russian politics.
A Partner at the Gates
On the whole, the Russian case is nothing unique. When it comes to national security, even democratic countries have to be dynamic in striking a balance between the interests of state and society. The most studied example is that of the United States, for which the end of the Cold War and the terrorist attacks of 9/11 were defining moments in security policy. The collapse of the Soviet Union led to a vacuum in the international security system; in the aftermath of the Cold War, the Clinton administration led the US to take the role of the dominant military power in this new order. But the attacks of 9/11 created a new existential threat to the US: global terrorism. In response, the Bush administration launched an invasion of Afghanistan together with its coalition partners. Later still, with the help of falsified data on the presence of weapons of mass destruction in the country, the Bush administration launched an invasion of Iraq. Thanks to a loud chorus of supportive voices, the US authorities managed to link perceptions of Iraq and Saddam Hussein to sponsorship of global terrorism and a threat to global security. Opponents of the war had no opportunity to stop it. The invasion also provided opportunities for US intelligence agencies to significantly expand their capabilities, including tapping telephone conversations, lengthy pre-trial detentions, and covering up the torture of terrorist suspects. In this sense, the democratic system has an important drawback compared to autocracies: state security decisions cannot be simply cancelled or amended without either demonstrating victory or acknowledging either an initial mistake. This is a headache the Russian authorities, in all their flexibility, do not have to confront.
Recall Vladimir Putin's behaviour after a Russian Su-24 aircraft was shot down in 2015. Putin denounced Turkey as an accomplice of terrorists, promising grave consequences in retaliation for this "stab in the back." Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Vladimir Zhirinovsky even declared that it would be very easy to annihilate Istanbul: "It would be enough to drop a single nuclear bomb [in the Bosphorus] and it will be washed away." But just a few months later Turkey had become a valued partner of Russia. Military ties were restored and sanctions were lifted; the Kremlin's rhetoric was diametrically opposed to what it had once been. A few orders were enough to turn a threat into a partner, and vice versa.
Meanwhile, Russia's domestic politics betray a schizophrenic dualism in perceptions of the West. On one hand, Ilon Musk's achievements are portrayed as frivolous public relations stunts. On the other hand, any positive tweet the entrepreneur makes about Roskosmos is broadcast on news channels at prime time as an object of pride. Similarly, while the Kremlin's official rhetoric boasts that the Russian armed forces are the strongest in the world, some positive remarks about the Russian military of a retired Major General of the US Army are treated with high acclaim, immediately piquing the highest interest from Kremlin-controlled media. On the one hand, Europe is "decaying" and the US is beset by thousands of problems which could lead "to the imminent breakup of the country." On the other hand, repressive laws passed by the State Duma are justified by reference to analogous laws already existing in that same "decaying" Europe and "disintegrating" US. Consequently, the Kremlin's inability thus far to put forward a serious positive agenda for the country's development has led to Russian society taking a peculiar perspective, in which the West is simultaneously a threat to be feared and an example to be emulated.
In this sense this widespread securitisation, which takes multifaceted forms ranging from state security to the security of traditional culture, the security of the Russian economy, and the security of ordinary Russians, has come to play a significant role in Russia's foreign and domestic policy. In many ways, the official narrative locates this threat in the "global West," preeminently the US. This discourse is extremely dynamic, sometimes in a positive sense, providing motivations for political, socio-economic, and technological development. But something has to give. Discrediting the idea that Russia's current security policies are objectively effective as a "security" tool (de-securitisation policy) means popularising the idea that they are incompatible with the country's further socio-economic development (politicisation of development.) Doing so will cut the Gordian knot withstraining the modernisation of Russian society. As this has happened before, (during the late 1980s) it can happen again. Only this time, two things must not be forgotten: the need to create rigid structural rules of the game and a positive strategic agenda. For the sake, of course, of universal security.
The second part of the series 'Safety first': how does rearmament affect the defence industry, and how does the industry affect the Russian authorities?
The third part of the series 'Safety first' examines the tangled ideological motives behind Balkan fighters taking up arms in Eastern Ukraine
The fourth part of the series 'Safety first': the changing role of veterans' organisations in Russia
Part five of 'Safety first': security, threats and academia
Part 6 of "Safety first": State – and Human-level Security in Russia
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