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A: A simple way to do what are you finding is using SwiftSoup  is a Swift library for working with real-world HTML.
https://github.com/scinfu/SwiftSoup
Here an example code:
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            print(try "\(el?.text())")//This is a paragraph.
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            //add new element
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            try doc.body()?.appendChild(newNode)

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            print(try doc.html())
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        }

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Illinois Issues: The Janus Effect - Will African-American Women Pay?
By Maureen Foertsch McKinney
Melody Benjamin works as a personal assistant for her mother Mae Benjamin.
Courtesy of Melody Benjamin
Mae Benjamin has heart trouble and other ailments. She relies on a personal assistant for basics like help in showering and housekeeping - even balancing a checkbook. The assistant is her daughter, Melody Benjamin. Melody Benjamin says she, in turn, depends on her union, SEIU, for support. SEIU negotiated raises that brought Benjamin's wages up about $1.50 an hour since she started the job eight years ago.
Some experts say it is African-American women like Melody Benjamin who could bear the brunt of weakened public sector unions following Janus v. AFSCME .
The U.S. Supreme Court, deciding an Illinois-based case supported by Gov. Bruce Rauner, ruled in June that unions can't compel employees they represent to pay fees if they don't want to join and pay dues. Rauner's staff did not respond to a request for comment about this story.
African-American women face discrimination because of their race and gender. Black women make 66 cents for every dollar white men are paid, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank based in Washington, D.C., whixh focuses on the financial status of low- and middle-income people. Studies show that white women earn more, as well.
Nationwide, there are 17 million public sector employees, whose ranks include teachers, police and firefighters and child support specialists like Mark Janus, the former Department of Child and Family Services employee who brought the suit. Almost 18 percent of those are African-American women. AFSCME's Council 31 represents 75,000 Illinois public service workers at all levels of government; more than half are women and a third are black, Latino or Asian.
Economist Heidi Shierholz is policy director at the Economic Policy Institute.
"To the extent that public sector union members act on their new-found ability ride to get the benefits of unionization without having to pay for the cost of those benefits, if that succeeds in hurting unions' effectiveness, that will have a disproportionate impact on black women," Shierholz said.
Ralph Martire, who is executive director of the Chicago-based Center on Tax and Budget Accountability, agrees. Both that center and the EPI have funders that include unions.
AFSCME members rally in Chicago two days before oral arguments began in the Janus case.
Photo Credit: AFSCME Council 31
"Taking away union protections, particularly public employee union protections, will disproportionately cause harm to African-American women just because of the large percentage of them that do, in fact, find not just gainful employment, but even leadership-based management-based employment in the public sector," Martire said.
State Sen. Kimberly Lightford, a Maywood Democrat, says the decision further weakens the position of already economically vulnerable African-American women.
"I find that ruling to weaken the union system and therefore create undue hardship on African-American women - to allow members to opt-out of the position but still reap the benefits - weakens the support of the unions, therefore affecting the support that African-American women benefit from," Lightford said.
A September report by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and professors from the University of Illinois and the University of California, Irvine looked at the state of unions. The authors estimate that the Janus decision will reduce the public sector union membership rate by eight percentage points. That equates to about 726,000 thousand members nationwide.
But Martire said such numbers are only conjecture.
"It could galvanize efforts of the unions to get their base more excited about not just staying a member of the union but recruiting others that are on the fence to get involved in the union to protect their rights," Martire said.
The unions themselves are not reporting diminishing numbers so far. In mid-August, an AFSME Council 31 spokesman said about a dozen members quit the union, while his organization had signed up an additional 1,000 or so. An Illinois Education Association spokeswoman said her members where invigorated by the anti-union rhetoric revolving around Janus. Since the decision, she said, less than one percent of the membership had resigned, but others were signing up at a rate of three to one.
Mark Janus (left) and his attorney Jacob Huebert, director of litigation with the Liberty Justice Center -- brief media at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building after Janus decision.
Photo Credit: Liberty Justice Center
Benjamin, the health care assistant, is a collective bargaining and executive committee member for her local.
"We're going to get stronger and we're going to just educate our members … and let them know that they do have a voice and the work that we do is vital," Benjamin said.
But conservative groups that supported the Janus argument, like the Illinois Policy Institute, say the struggle between them and unions is about First Amendment free speech rights. The Policy Institute declined to comment on tape. Janus himself did not answer a request for comment.
Jarrett Skorup is director of communications for the Michigan-based Mackinac Center for Public Policy, which
supports so-called right-to-work laws. He says he doesn't believe the Janus decision is a negative for African-American women.
"From our standpoint, that just means that a higher percentage of American women are going to have a choice and their membership," Skorup said. "So they bear the benefits of the decision, I would say, because they can choose whether they want to continue paying dues to the union or not."
Benjamin says she refuses to be discouraged.
"We're going to continue to face these attacks,'' she said. "But we're not going to allow them to push us down."
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Re-imagining Higher Education in the Jail
By Lena Hoplamazian on May 20, 2019 in Perspectives
Interview with Manish Jain, co-founder Shikshantar, by Lena Hoplamazian
A new innovation in rehabilitative prison practice is being developed in Udaipur. The Swaraj Jail University was started six months ago by Shikshantar, Art of Living, Gandhi Ashram-Moved by Love, Edible Routes Foundation and Navgurukul in partnership with the Udaipur Central Jail. For an inside look into the initiative, Manish Jain, co-founder of Shikshantar, answered some of my questions.
What is the concept of the Jail University? The Swaraj Jail University project began in October 2018 with the purpose of prototyping a self-designed learning program in the Udaipur Jail. The purpose is to help inmates explore their passions, gain practical skills, and re-ignite self-esteem and life vision in the face of the numerous challenges of incarcerated life. The inmates are invited to design their own personalized learning programs based on their interests and needs. Everyone is a teacher and a learner in the Jail University. It is inspired by our last 20 years of action-research in Shikshantar and Swaraj University.
Society has not yet found a powerful way to deal with those who commit crimes except to banish them from our hearts and minds. But for some such as Mahatma Gandhi, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela and many other social leaders, their time spent in jail was a period for tremendous learning, transformation and growth. The project is foremost about making the jail into a exciting learning space which can re-establish the dignity and compassion of the inmates, and help them return to society as positive social leaders in their communities.
We have seen many inmates being ostracised by their communities, their families, their friends, bosses, neighbors. Their physical time behind bars is followed by a life behind society's bars. It is oftentimes actually more difficult for them when the come out because of the stigma and judgement associated with being in jail. The Jail University not only tries to introduce inmates to new skill sets, but also tries to work with them to heal themselves and see new life and career possibilities. Love, creativity and forgiveness are powerful tools for this.
It is important to note that we are constantly co-evolving the program with the inmates based on their gifts and talents, rather than trying to 'fix' them or 'fit' them into a pre-formulated training curriculum.
How did the Jail University begin? I was invited by the Jail Superintendent S.S. Shekhawat and Indira Talreja, yoga trainer from the Art of Living, to start this project. Indiraji has been tirelessly engaging with inmates in the men's jail for the past 12 years and sharing the transformative power of yoga and mindfulness with them. She wanted to have more activities and interactions for the inmates so that they could have additional life options after coming out of prison. Shekhawatji has an amazing vision for transforming the prison system and liked the idea of Swaraj University. So I agreed and invited my friend Diken Patel from Gandhi Ashram-Moved by Love to help me in initiating this. We both thought it would be an excellent opportunity for our own personal spiritual growth.
For the past six months, a small team from Shikshantar has been going to the Udaipur Central Jail and spending roughly five hours per day facilitating workshops and interacting with the inmates and guards. At first, we spent several weeks just listening to the stories of the inmates inside their barracks. We asked them about their lives and learning interests while trying to build a container of love and friendship with them. We had a major breakthrough when we noticed two inmates doing haircutting in one corner using some old tools. This sparked our first real activity in the jail which was a haircutting salon project run by the inmates. We provided them with proper professional equipment. We learned that cutting our hair, beards and nails is an intimate act which deeply impacts our daily self-image, sense of dignity and energy. The other thing we did was to offer a wall mural painting workshop hosted by community artists Amit Dhyan and Arun Sharma during which we painted 10 large wall murals with the inmates. We found some excellent artists amongst them and started transforming the physical environment of the jail. Everyone could feel a new type of energy emerging in the space.
What does the project look like on the ground? We have established longer term hubs like a Computer Academy and a Music Academy which are running daily. The Computer Academy is supported by our friends from NavGurukul who facilitate workshops around basic computer literacy and have introduced web designing, sound mixing, and graphic designing. Many inmates are exploring their interests with the help of self-learning tutorials.
Music is a powerful way of healing and creative expression. The inmates in the Music Academy have formed a band which is practicing sufi and classical music. They have already written and recorded several songs with us. You can listen to some of them here. We are planning to set up a recording studio in the jail.
Several inmates participate in daily yoga and mindfulness sessions. Based on the learning interests of the inmates, we have also been offering shorter workshops such as photography, charcoal illustration, storytelling, basic counselling and listening circles, and permaculture design-organic farming. There is also a team of inmates who are creating an organic farm and permaculture demo center in the jail with the help of Edible Routes Foundation. You can find keyhole garden, compost pits, banana circles, food forest there. It is really beautiful.
We have had several creative friends coming through Udaipur who have volunteered with the project, and this has been a great way to get a lot of new energy into the space while also exposing inmates to a really diverse set of skills, ideas, career possibilities and life stories. There are about 60 convicted inmates who are actively participating in the first phase, and more are becoming interested after seeing their fellow inmates.
Why are you calling this a 'University'? Many inmates have been failed by school and carry a negative self-image regarding their education. They are not inspired by the mainstream education system and its pedagogy. They don't see a positive future for themselves. There is a mismatch between what is offered by the formal education institutions and how inmates learn. In fact, this crisis is with entire formal education system across the country. This mismatch kills one's desire to learn, and oftentimes, one's hope for the future. There has been no serious effort to respond to this crisis by the mainstream universities. So we wondered whether it would be possible to build the jail into a new kind of holistic university. Can the jail set a new model, based on self-designed learning, for higher education around the country? Can we make a better design?
Unlike most other universities, at the Jail University, the formal academic background of the inmates doesn't matter. They don't need to have a 10th or 12th certificate. We recognise that they already come with a lot of previous knowledge, experience, creativity and curiosity and we try to build on/engage with that. We don't believe the inmates are 'failures'; rather, it the larger system that has failed them. As I mentioned, the pedagogy in the Jail University is based on self-designed learning. Through SDL, we continue to see many amazing talents and dreams of inmates start to emerge, flourish and be shared. We also want to show that SDL is not only for rich or elite people.
SDL gives the inmates responsibility and autonomy over what they learn and how they learn it. We prioritize practical hands-on learning over textbook theories. We also believe sharing and collaboration with peers deepens the learning process. There is a strong sense of isolation in the jail and we are trying to build a feeling of connection and community amongst them. Having a supportive emotional space is important for deep learning to take place. We also believe getting inmates connected with outside inspiring resource people who are dedicated to social projects is a way for them to feel connected to a higher purpose. We hope that this will not only reduce the odds they'll re-offend once they're out but also that they will grow into positive social leaders in their communities. For example, I have a dream that some of the inmates can one day become leaders of the organic farming movement and other alternative movements in their communities across Rajasthan. Ultimately, the Jail University seeks to redefine an inmate's perception of himself in society.
Inmates during the permaculture design-organic farming workshop with Edible Roots Foundation.
What's next for this project? The Jail University is evolving very spontaneously as new ideas are coming up virtually every week. Since day one, we have been trying to build a foundation of trust, sharing knowledge and treating each other with care and respect. We are trying to encourage the inmates to take more leadership in managing the Jail University.
Our next goal is to establish regular centres of exploration on interest areas identified by the inmates such as a Computer and Media Academy, Health and Fitness Academy, Music and Arts Academy, Slow Food Chef Academy and Organic Farming Academy. We hope that more inmates will step forward as 'faculty' and share their knowledge and experiences with others in these areas.
We are trying to find more good work placement possibilities for the inmates once they are released from jail. I hope more companies and organizations can help give inmates a second chance. The Jail University is also part of the Indian Multiversities Alliance, which we hope can provide more in depth learning opportunities for the inmates.
We also hope that more friends will visit the inmates and share their skills and life visions with them. This is important to re-integrating them back into society. It is also a powerful opportunity for each of us to experience the spirit of compassion and forgiveness and to reflect more deeply on our own lives. I am super excited about the future of the Jail University.
The Jail University, while uniquely executed, is not singular, joining a host of alternative prison practice initiatives around the world as society currently debates the ethics and methodology of imprisonment in the 21st century.
It is becoming more clear that rehabilitation needs to be prioritized over punishment. Research is finding that prisons prioritizing punishment are more likely to produce repeat offenders than prisons practicing rehabilitative therapy. For example, Norway has adopted a "restorative justice" system, emphasizing rehabilitation and the notion that removing a person's freedom is punishment enough. Their recidivism rate is 20%, contrasted with the United State's 76%.
The emphasis on isolation, shame, and violence, structural and physical, within the prison systems around the world must be shifted to a system which, instead of further ostracizing a criminal, prepares an individual to re-enter society a changed person. For more experiments in prisons from around the world, see:
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/dateline/alternative-prisons-around-the-world
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/09/in-these-humane-brazilian-prisons-inmates-hold-the-keys-to-their-cells/
https://www.innovations.harvard.edu/alternatives-incarceration
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/08/new-zealand-tries-a-different-kind-of-private-prison/538506/
https://www.cbc.ca/keepingcanadasafe/blog/from-puppies-to-farming-an-in-depth-look-at-innovative-prisoner-rehab-progr
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/innovative-prison-programs-boost-opportunities-for_b_58f4ff4ee4b048372700da4a
https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/here-s-why-open-prisons-are-the-solution-to-india-s-overcrowded-prisons-118092100186_1.html
https://www.themarshallproject.org/tag/how-germany-does-prison
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/03/14/new-york-city-s-bail-success-story
https://www.themarshallproject.org/?ref=nav
https://www.vera.org/publications/reimagining-prison-print-report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v13wrVEQ2M
First published by Medium on 30 Apr. 2019
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Myasthenic Syndromes
Myasthenic Syndromes. In: Hay, Jr WW, Levin MJ, Deterding RR, Abzug MJ. Hay, Jr W.W., & Levin M.J., & Deterding R.R., & Abzug M.J.(Eds.),Eds. William W. Hay, Jr, et al.eds. Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatrics. McGraw Hill; 2017. Accessed January 26, 2023. https://accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2196&sectionid=166958974
Myasthenic syndromes. Hay, Jr WW, Levin MJ, Deterding RR, Abzug MJ. Hay, Jr W.W., & Levin M.J., & Deterding R.R., & Abzug M.J.(Eds.),Eds. William W. Hay, Jr, et al. (2017). Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatrics. McGraw Hill. https://accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2196&sectionid=166958974
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Essentials of Diagnosis
Asymmetric, variable weakness, usually coming on or increasing with use (fatigue)
Involves extraocular, bulbar, and respiratory muscles
Positive response to neostigmine and edrophonium
Characterized by easy fatigability of muscles, particularly the extraocular, bulbar, and respiratory muscles
In the neonatal period or in early infancy, the weakness may be so constant and general that an affected infant may present nonspecifically as a "floppy infant"
Three general categories are recognized
Neonatal (transient) myasthenia
Autoimmune myasthenia gravis
Congenital myasthenia
Bulbar weakness, difficulty feeding, weak cry, and hypotonia present before the third day of life
Occurs in 12–19% of infants born to myasthenic mothers as a result of passive transfer of maternal acetylcholine receptor antibody across the placenta
Characterized by fatigable and asymmetric weakness
Tends to recur and remit
Can be precipitated by illness or medications such as aminoglycoside antibiotics
Typical signs include difficulty chewing foods like meat, dysphagia, nasal voice, ptosis, ophthalmoplegia, and proximal limb weakness.
Other autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and thyroid disease may be associated findings
Systemic or bulbar symptoms develop within 2 years in 50% of children and in 75% within 4 years
Congenital myasthenic syndromes
These syndromes are a heterogenous group of hereditary, nonimmune disorders of presynaptic, synaptic, or postsynaptic neuromuscular transmission
Symptom onset is before the age of 2 years and can vary from mild motor delay to dramatic episodic apnea
Neostigmine test
May be preferable to the edrophonium (Tensilon) test in newborns and very young infants because the longer duration of its response permits better observation, especially of sucking and swallowing movements
There is a delay of about 10 minutes before the effect may be manifest
Clinician should be prepared to suction secretions, and administer atropine if necessary
Edrophonium testing
Used in older children who are capable of cooperating in certain tasks and who exhibit easily observable clinical signs, such as ptosis, ophthalmoplegia, or dysarthria
Maximum improvement occurs within 2 minutes
Serum acetylcholine receptor binding, blocking, and modulating antibodies typically, though not always, are found in autoimmune myasthenia gravis
Commercially available genetic testing is limited for patients with congenital myasthenic syndromes
Chest radiograph and CT scanning in older children may show thymic hyperplasia
Thymomas are rare
Electrophysiologic studies
May be helpful when myasthenic syndromes are considered
Repetitive stimulation of a motor nerve at slow rates of 2–3 Hz with recording over an appropriately chosen muscle reveals a progressive fall in compound muscle action potentials by the fourth to fifth repetition in myasthenic patients
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West Saint John business group questions Highway 1 lawn maintenance
By troszell Global News
Posted August 18, 2021 3:48 pm
Updated August 18, 2021 4:47 pm
2:00 West Saint John business group questions Hwy. 1 lawn maintenance
The executive director of the Saint John Lancaster Business Association says grass and weeds are overgrown at many medians and access ramps along Hwy. 1 through Saint John. Blaine Harris says the scene is an eyesore for residents and tourists and dangerous for commuters – Aug 18, 2021
Blaine Harris tidied his Lancaster Barber Shop in west Saint John before going to another shop in the eastern part of the city.
He said he takes Highway 1, known in the city as the Saint John Throughway, but expressed concern that grass and weeds in the medians and access ramps along the highway have grown too high.
He said it's not appealing to residents nor tourists.
"You see the mess of grass — or what looks like hay now more than grass — it's an eyesore," Harris said. "But it's also a safety hazard. A lot of cars are low, so when you're travelling through these medians and stuff and you're trying to look around, people don't necessarily see what's on the opposite side of them. I think it's very dangerous."
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In a Facebook post on Monday, west side councillor Greg Norton said the issue boils down to budget and staffing cuts within the city's lawn maintenance program.
"Some of these grass medians are located within residential areas," Norton wrote. "And we would encourage residents in the area to mow these if they are able to do so safely."
Harris said that's not advisable.
"Coming from a business standpoint and coming from what I've been advised previous, the minute you pick up anything and touch municipal property, you're assuming the liability," Harris said. "Somebody gets injured on that property after you've played with it or you've done whatever to it, you could be on the line."
Councillor Brent Harris said a combination of factors resulted in the service cuts, including the need for the city to eliminate a $10 million deficit, a cyberattack against the City of Saint John and the COVID-19 pandemic. He said confusion over boundaries is also an issue, with some city staff not sure where provincial responsibilities end and where their's begin.
"I have confidence and faith that there are a number of other areas that we put effort and work into that are bringing [positive changes to] people," Harris said. "But there's no question, if we want that momentum to continue, we need to figure out how to create and maintain that level of maintenance on these areas."
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Harris said a much-needed municipal tax reform by the provincial government would go a long way toward increasing levels of service. The Higgs government has committed to reforms but has not unveiled changes.
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure provided an emailed statement to Global News regarding highway maintenance in the Saint John region.
"Gateway is responsible for maintenance outside of the Saint John Harbour Bridge area, the Main Street and Market Place underpasses," said spokesman Mark Taylor. "We are in frequent conversations with Gateway. They have been conducting maintenance according to their responsibilities and we have no concerns."
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Tamborine Mountain's Village Greens project has won the Regional Achievement Award in the 2018 Queensland Architecture Awards. Designed by John Mongard Landscape Architects and implemented under Council's Vibrant and Active Towns and Villages program, the Tamborine Mountain Village Greens on Main Street was officially opened in March this year. The awards by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) recognise spaces in Queensland's key regions that enhance healthy communities, as well as the built and natural environments of the region. Scenic Rim Mayor Greg Christensen said John Mongard Landscape Architects, the Tamborine community, and all involved in bringing the project to fruition should be very proud of this latest recognition. "This is another proud moment for the region to celebrate and speaks to the quality of the work being delivered to revitalise, renew and re-energise our public spaces," he said. "I commend the architects and all involved for developing an engaging outdoor precinct that gives our community a sense of place and offers an enjoyable visitor experience." Cr Christensen said the Village Greens project is a superb example of community collaboration, as it tells a story of the area's history, culture, and the surrounding natural environment with unique design features including poetry and local artwork. "This is a place that can be enjoyed every day by our local residents and community members and is also welcoming and informative for visitors discovering this magnificent part of the Scenic Rim region," he said. The Scenic Rim was one of three regions to receive a Regional Achievement Award, alongside Central Queensland and the Darling Downs. Council's Vibrant and Active Towns and Villages program has already been lauded by the AILA with the National Award for Excellence in Landscape Planning.
HONOURED: The Village Greens project at Tamborine Mountain's Main street has won the prestigious Regional Achievement Award in the 2018 Queensland Architecture Awards.
Tamborine Mountain's Village Greens project has won the Regional Achievement Award in the 2018 Queensland Architecture Awards.
Designed by John Mongard Landscape Architects and implemented under Council's Vibrant and Active Towns and Villages program, the Tamborine Mountain Village Greens on Main Street was officially opened in March this year.
The awards by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) recognise spaces in Queensland's key regions that enhance healthy communities, as well as the built and natural environments of the region.
Scenic Rim Mayor Greg Christensen said John Mongard Landscape Architects, the Tamborine community, and all involved in bringing the project to fruition should be very proud of this latest recognition.
"This is another proud moment for the region to celebrate and speaks to the quality of the work being delivered to revitalise, renew and re-energise our public spaces," he said.
"I commend the architects and all involved for developing an engaging outdoor precinct that gives our community a sense of place and offers an enjoyable visitor experience."
Cr Christensen said the Village Greens project is a superb example of community collaboration, as it tells a story of the area's history, culture, and the surrounding natural environment with unique design features including poetry and local artwork.
"This is a place that can be enjoyed every day by our local residents and community members and is also welcoming and informative for visitors discovering this magnificent part of the Scenic Rim region," he said.
The Scenic Rim was one of three regions to receive a Regional Achievement Award, alongside Central Queensland and the Darling Downs.
Council's Vibrant and Active Towns and Villages program has already been lauded by the AILA with the National Award for Excellence in Landscape Planning.


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H. Freeman Matthews
H. Freeman Matthews in the Netherlands in 1956
United States Ambassador to Austria
September 4, 1957 – May 25, 1962
Llewellyn Thompson
James Williams Riddleberger
United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
November 25, 1953 – June 11, 1957
Selden Chapin
Philip Young
United States Ambassador to Sweden
December 5, 1947 – May 24, 1950
Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr.
W. Walton Butterworth
(1899-05-26)May 26, 1899
October 19, 1986(1986-10-19) (aged 87)
Harrison Freeman Matthews (May 26, 1899 – October 19, 1986) was a career American diplomat who served as Ambassador to three European countries.
Life and career[edit]
H. Freeman "Doc" Matthews was born in Baltimore, Maryland on May 26, 1899. He served in the United States Navy during World War I, and received bachelor's (1921) and master's (1922) degrees from Princeton University. From 1922 to 1923 he studied at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, in Paris, France.[1]
Matthews became a career employee of the United States Department of State, and his assignments included secretary positions in Budapest (1924 to 1926)[2] and Bogotá (1926 to 1929).[3] From 1930 to 1933 he served at the State Department as Deputy Chief of the Latin American Affairs Division.[4] In 1933, Matthews moved to a secretary position in Havana, Cuba, where he served until 1937.[5] He occupied a similar position in Paris, France from 1937 to 1940, and was the consul there from 1938 to 1940. During 1939 he was acting Ambassador to Spain.[6][7]
From 1940 to 1941 he was First Secretary in the U.S. embassy to France during the Vichy French government.[8][9] From 1941 to 1943 he was counselor at the American embassy in London, England.[10]
From 1943 to 1947, he served again at the State Department, assigned as Chief of the European Affairs Division and Director of the Office of European Affairs.[11][12] Matthews was Ambassador to Sweden from 1947 to 1950.[13][14] From 1950 to 1953, he served as Deputy Undersecretary of State.[15] He was acting Secretary of State for the one day between the departure of Dean Acheson and the swearing in of John Foster Dulles.[16]
In 1953, Matthews was appointed Ambassador to the Netherlands, and he remained in this post until 1957.[17] He was Ambassador to Austria from 1957 until his 1962 retirement.[18]
Matthews died in Washington, D.C. on October 19, 1986.[19] He is buried at Friends Cemetery in Baltimore.[20]
His son, H. Freeman Matthews, Jr. (December 31, 1927 – July 26, 2006) was also a career diplomat.[21]
^ U.S. Government Printing Office, The Biographic Register, 1958, page 468
^ Baltimore Sun, An Engagement Of Interest: Miss Elizabeth R. Luke Will Wed Mr. H. Freeman Matthews September 15 At Tarrytown, N.Y., August 30, 1925
^ New York Times, American Envoy Flies to Take Bogota Post, January 23, 1930
^ Bernard J. Reis, False Security: The Betrayal of the American Investor, 1937, page 106
^ J.D. Phillips, New York Times, Cuban Terrorists Warn U.S. Envoy, May 29, 1934
^ New York Times, Matthews Visits Madrid: U.S. Charge d'Affaires Praises Condition of Embassy, April 30, 1939
^ Marquis Who's Who, Who's Who in Government, Volume 1, 1958, page 326
^ New York Times, Petain Entertains Matthews, November 12, 1941
^ Chicago Tribune, U.S. Ambassador Confers With Petain, Darlan, July 20, 1941
^ Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Man to Become U.S. Counselor in Britain, December 6, 1941
^ Christian Science Monitor, Matthews to Head European Division, July 14, 1943
^ U.S. Government Printing Office, Biographic Register, 1951, page 1
^ Christian Science Monitor, Envoy Nominee Backed, July 19, 1947
^ New York Times, New Matthews Post Seen: Envoy to Sweden Expected to Get High Position in Washington, April 29, 1950
^ https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v08/persons
^ New York Times, Interim Secretary of State May Serve for Few Hours, January 17, 1953
^ Baltimore Sun, H. F. Matthews, Of Baltimore, Made Ambassador To Holland, October 2, 1953
^ New York Times, Envoys to Austria, Ivory Coast And Trinidad Are Designated, October 4, 1962
^ New York Times, H. Freeman Matthews, Diplomat Since 1920s, October 21, 1986
^ Emil Erick Hoopes, Christina Hoopes, A Record of Interments at the Friends Burial Ground, Baltimore, Maryland, 1996, page 38
^ Dennis Hevesi, New York Times, H. Freeman Matthews Jr., 78, Who Worked on Camp David Accords, Dies, July 26, 2006
Harrison Freeman Matthews biography, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State
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The Merkur Tower () is an observation tower on the Merkur near Baden-Baden, at 8°16'50" E and 48°45'52" N.  The tower has been in use since 8 April 1950 by the former SWF (now SWR) as a transmission tower for FM-radio and, since 1953, television.

At the end of the 1970s the tower was completely renovated and its radio equipment modified.  An underground equipment room for radiotechnical equipment was built, and a new tower was constructed, adjoining the older tower.  In this tower also an elevator for visitors was installed.  Built between autumn 1980 and December 1982, it is twenty three metres high, constructed from steel and concrete, and carrying a forty metre high aerial mast with FM- and TV-aerials on its top.

See also
List of towers

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Observation towers in Baden-Württemberg
Buildings and structures in Baden-Baden

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