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Saiqa Akhter, 30, told a 911 operator that she strangled her two children because they were autistic.
(CNN) -- It's there on the 911 tape.
"Why did you do this? "the operator asked the woman who said she had killed her two kids.
"They are autistic," replied the mother. "Both are autistic. I don't want my kids to be like that."
"I want normal kids," Saiqa Akhter, 30, said in the Monday emergency call. The Irving, Texas, mother is charged with capital murder in the death of her two children, Zain Akhter, 5, and his younger sister, Faryaal Akhter.
The state's Department of Family and Protective Services confirmed to CNN that the boy had autism; it did not have information about the girl.
Parents of children with autism say the challenges are daunting and often isolating as the kids can have outbursts, meltdowns and intense needs. But they say their children are also vital, loving parts of their lives.
Autism's effects vary widely; it's a spectrum, not a single disorder, that impairs communication and social skills. While there is no cure, autism treatments and early interventions have been found to help.
Several research studies have found that mothers of children with autism have higher levels of psychological and parenting-related distress than other moms of children with developmental delays.
It can be overwhelming, said Marguerite Colston, vice president of the Autism Society, which has local chapters throughout the country.
"Once you get a diagnosis, you can't be a parent, you have to be a case manger, an education specialist," she said. "You've got to figure out the medical system. It's overwhelming to think I have to advocate and navigate the system. The level of stress is terrifying."
"Our nation doesn't have the system to support the parents. The services are not there to match the needs."
In Texas, local Child Protective Services officials had worked with the Akhter family for two months in 2009, linking them with community resources to help them deal with the children's medical and developmental issues, according to the state's Department of Family and Protective Services.
This week, Akhter told the 911 operator that she had first tried to kill her children with bathroom cleaner, but they would not drink it. So she said she strangled them with a wire. Akhter is being held in the Dallas County jail in lieu of $1 million bail.
Akhter's uncle said that her son had autism and suffered from a severe speech impediment but had been improving with speech therapy, according to CNN affiliate WFAA. He also said that the 2-year-old girl had health problems. Relatives said the Akhter family was originally from Pakistan and had lived in North Texas for a while, according to WFAA.
Archana Dhurka, at right, shown with her family, said raising Ankush, 10, also at right, is challenging and rewarding.
Archana Dhurka, the mother of a child with autism in Plano, Texas, said she was disheartened to hear the story. Dhurka, who is of Indian descent, said it doesn't help that autism tends to be highly stigmatized in South Asian communities.
Raising a special-needs child and a family while juggling work can feel overwhelming, she said.
Once in a while, she said, "You get that feeling like, 'I just want to die.' It's hard. There's anger and a lot of emotions you go through. When you sit down and calmly think," she said, she realizes "that's not the solution."
When Dhurka learned that her eldest son, Ankush, had autism at the age of 2, she didn't tell her family about it for three to four years.
"It was just very, very hard," she said.
The culture "especially in India, probably in South Asian countries, is you have to be the best, be super smart," she said. Parents want to be able to say their child, "does math, he's the top of the class, he's gifted and intelligent."
The pressure is not limited to minority communities, as parents of children with autism experience anxiety and depression regardless of their socioeconomic group or race, said Dr. Wendy Stone, director of the University of Washington Autism Center in Seattle.
"Parents who have less access to information, resources or to a community of parents who have similar experiences or needs are clearly going to have a more difficult time managing both their child and their own health," she said.
Colston of the Autism Society, who is also a parent of a child with the condition, said local chapters are reaching out to affected Spanish, Vietnamese, Somali and other minority families.
Dhurka hears the misunderstandings about autism and cultural issues from her and her husband's family. They know about Ankush's condition, but she says they questioned why the boy couldn't recite his ABCs and commented that Dhurka had worked too much during her pregnancy.
Dhurka, who has a master's degree in computer science, left that career and is now an autism behavior therapist who works with immigrant families affected by the condition.
"Some of the parents can hardly speak English," she said. Advocating for their children can be "very intimidating" for families with cultural and language barriers, she said.
Some immigrant families come to her sobbing -- lost and overwhelmed.
Dhurka can relate. Her husband travels frequently for business to be able to pay for Ankush's therapies, making their marriage a long-distance one. Her youngest son, who doesn't have autism, clamors for her attention. On top of that, she said, she has four-hour telephone battles with an insurance company to get Ankush's treatments covered. At some point, she breaks down to cry, too.
But Ankush brings tears to her eyes for other reasons.
The free-spirited 10-year-old always has a big smile on his face. He runs around singing along to his favorite Bollywood movies. He never masks his affection for his therapists or his family -- getting hugs and tickles. He relishes the joys in life, as he squeals and splashes in a swimming pool.
When he utters new vocabulary words, Dhurka and her husband cry with joy -- Ankush is making progress.
"We're seeing that parents may experience stress, they're very grateful for having their children and love them very much," said Brian Freedman, clinical director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. "We see both elements in the research."
Dhurka talks to other families to help them overcome their denial about autism and connects them to support groups, medical experts and therapists. With the South Asian families in the group, she exchanges Indian recipes for children with special dietary needs.
"It's a good place," she said, about a support network. "I'm not alone."


Participating on one of 20 different committees, Mr. Kevin Kennedy reports that students "acquitted themselves very well."
Our winning team, The Case of the Fantasy Readers, joined 15 other schools at the Maple Ridge Library yesterday morning and walked away with a Third-Place finish!
Whether you wrote them, taught them, or talked to your kids about them, as residents of British Columbia we know them well: The Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA's). But have you ever wondered who writes these annual, provincial assessments?
Beginning at ten and ending past five, it was a long day—but a long day well worth it: our team of six placed fourth overall in the History Bowl, earning a spot at the nationals and one student, Joey S., placed third in the Geography and History Bee and earned his own, individual spot at nationals.
Finding the "right fit" takes a years-long, all-round approach.
How do you teach a group of Grade 10 about financial literacy and budgeting? When it came time to plan her class' financial management unit, Ms. Oneil decided to find something that would give students a taste of what it's really like, something with real-world choices and consequences.
What is an Outdoor Experiential Educational Coordinator (OE3)? Get a quick peek on how Mr. Willms helps to make our OE3 program happen at Meadowridge.
Our Mission is woven into our everyday actions and interactions. It acknowledges the importance of positive interactions with others and in seeking to better the community as we better ourselves.
It looks beyond gender, nationality, culture, and class. It guides staff, administration, students, and families to meet responsibilities and fulfill dreams.


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Biden orders release of U.S. oil reserves in challenge to OPEC+
The U.S. will release 50 million barrels of crude from its strategic reserves in concert with China, Japan, India, South Korea and the U.K. -- an unprecedented, coordinated attempt by the worlds largest oil consumers to tame prices that risks a backlash by OPEC+.
Central banks up reserves of RMB to a high
Central banks around the world are holding record levels of reserves in Chinese yuan, according to IMF data.
There's enough money to help flood victims: Finance Ministry
The Finance Ministry's Fiscal Policy Office announced on Wednesday (September 18) that it has enough funds to help flood victims nationwide as the government has more than Bt500 billion in its reserves.
Germany to add China's yuan to currency reserves
Germany's central bank has said it will include China's yuan in its reserves, giving another boost to Beijing's drive to internationalise the currency and helping send the unit to two year highs.
Need for more transparency on reserves
Critics of the government routinely exploit the notion of the country being broke, the intention being to discredit the government whenever treasury reserves fall.
Falling treasury reserves: There's more to it than the govt's claims
A debate has been raging since last week as to whether the government is "broke" after the Finance Ministry disclosed that the country's treasury reserves have fallen to Bt74.9 billion.
Reserves fall to Bt75 bn
Plunge blamed on infrastructure outlays and economic stimulus moves late last year
Vietnam foreign reserves hit record high
HANOI - VietNam's foreign exchange reserves, inclusive of gold, hit a record high of US$38 billion in mid-June, according to HSBC's Macro-Prospect Report.

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Kept at the Museo Civico, Bologna.
94 strings (34 diatonic positions), longest 164cm.
This instrument is not securely dated. it has three parallel rows of strings, two complete diatonic unison rows and a third central chromatic row.


My pal Jody Collins is from Knoxville, Tennessee and he wanted to start a podcast that takes a positive look at Southern culture. Since I'm a Southern transplant to Minnesota, he asked if I'd be into joining him for it, and of course I am.
The first episode is out and I think it's pretty great. We open and close with songs by Southern musicians, talk about our individual histories with the South, discuss the work of photographer Jack Spencer, and then Jody wraps up with his recipe for fried okra. If that sounds like your glass of tea, you should give it a listen.
You'll just do a podcast about anything won't you Michael!
I actually am going to follow this one not just because you're on it but for all my pride in being from Michigan I was actually born in Georgia and my grandparents and all my aunts still live there. Of course they never come to visit us this far north so I'm a long way off from those roots. Maybe I can learn something about what I've missed by proxy.
You can make a podcast out of anything can't you Michael!
I actually plan on following this one, not just because you're on it but because for all the pride I take in being from Michigan I actually was born in Georgia.
My grandparents and aunts still live down there but of course they never come to visit us up north so I've lost touch with those roots. Maybe I can pick up a thing or two about what I've missed by proxy.


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Nexsan enters U.S. with disk-based backup
Last month, Nexsan Technologies announced that it has moved its headquarters from the U.K. to the U.S. Founded in 1998, Nexsan offers a variety of standard RAID subsystems with ATA, SCSI, and Fibre Channel interfaces. But company officials hope to differentiate the product line in two primary areas: low cost and a disk-to-disk backup application that reduces-and in some cases, eliminates-the need for tape-based backup.
Nexsan's ATA-based InfiniSAN ATAboy RAID array is priced at $0.017 per megabyte in a 1.2TB configuration. SCSI, Fibre Channel, and SCSI-FC combination subsystems are priced between $0.11 and $0.14 per megabyte, according to Diamond Lauffin, senior executive vice president. Those configurations include features typically found on higher-priced RAID arrays-active-active fail-over, hot-swap capability and fault tolerance, phone-home monitoring, and data replication. The InfiniSAN arrays can be configured as direct-attached storage (DAS), storage area network (SAN) and, later this year, network-attached storage (NAS) systems.
The company also hopes to differentiate its product line with the D2D disk-to-disk backup application, which combines disk subsystems with a software application specifically designed for hard disk-based backup.
"We advocate disk for primary on-site and secondary off-site backup," says Lauffin, "but permanent archiving will still be tape." He predicts that the industry will slowly migrate away from the traditional tape-based backup model.
The D2D software allows event-based, "window-less" backup with features like direct file overwrite and true revision control. The software offers an alternative to tape-based backup applications from vendors such as Computer Associates, Legato, and Veritas.
Nexsan is targeting vertical markets, including digital video security, medical imaging, print graphics, animation and special effects, and telecommunications. The company plans to sign up more than 40 integrators over the next three months, according to Lauffin. Current partners include integrators such as Stornet and Cambridge Computer.
Nexsan's U.S. headquarters is in Woodland Hills, CA. For more information, visit www.nexsan.com.
This article was originally published on September 01, 2001


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Atomic Heart is a game about an alternate universe that sees the Soviet Union at its peak, creating state-of-the-art robots and tech. P-3, a special agent, experiences an unsuccessful landing on Enterprise 3826 and is trying to figure out what went wrong. Publisher and developer Mundfish reveals a glimpse of Enterprise 3826 in a new batch of screenshots.
According to Atomic Heart's lore, the workers of the facility of Enterprise 3826 tell of mind-boggling, horrible rumors. Tales of an experiment conducted by Dr. Stockhausen claim that he resurrected the dead in an abominable state. However, the robots stationed around the facility have gone awry, too.
The protagonist, P-3, is sent to investigate the strange happenings at Enterprise 3826 but experiences a mishap when trying to land, and now must solve a serious conundrum.
Luckily, we get a glimpse of Enterprise 3826 thanks to Mundfish posting up six new screens of the place's surface.
The goods news is that these screenshots arrive ahead of the upcoming trailer that's currently underway. A few weeks ago, a fan wanted to know the state of Atomic Heart and Mundfish replied that an updated trailer will be coming in a few weeks.
Furthermore, Atomic Heart will be playable using a VR headset or without one. The first-person shooter is currently in development as we speak and is reportedly shaping up well as of this moment. However, you can take a look at Atomic Heart's older 2017 trailer to see what the game has to offer ahead of its new trailer.
Right now, Mundfish has not come forth with an official release date for Atomic Heart. All that is known is that Atomic Heart will release sometime this year for PC via Steam, PS4, and Xbox One.
You can learn more about Atomic Heart by visiting mundfish.com.


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The New Humanitarian | Princes and bankers and aid! Oh my!
Princes and bankers and aid! Oh my!
It's 340 kilometres as the crow flies between the desert berm where 80,000 Syrians are trapped between Syria and Jordan, and the Jordanian Dead Sea resorts where last weekend the region's elite mingled around finger food in conference rooms at the World Economic Forum Summit on the Middle East and North Africa. Zaatari Camp, where another 80,000 refugees live, is only 100 kilometres away.
From inside the WEF bubble, it all felt much further away, although humanitarian issues – including the plight of refugees – are now as much a part of the forum's official agenda as the more traditional focus on economic growth. Among the royalty, bankers, and politicians gathered at the Dead Sea were the CEOs of major NGOs and the heads of UN agencies.
Despite external criticism and some of their own internal discomfort, more humanitarians are engaging with the World Economic Forum than ever before and see such spaces as critical for solving today's complex crises.
The participation of humanitarians in Davos – WEF's flagship event – and the forum in general, has not gone unquestioned. IRIN was criticised, semi-jokingly, by one of its own columnists no-less, for heading to Davos this year. And shortly after Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, joined the WEF Foundation's board in 2014, he was asked by a former ICRC president if he really should be on the board of an organisation that claims arms manufacturers among its members. Should Maurer hold both positions simultaneously? Would it not damage the ICRC's positioning as a neutral actor?
While some aid bosses quietly confessed to IRIN some unease last weekend in stepping out of their khakis to rub shoulders with some of the world's wealthiest individuals, most lined up strongly behind Maurer, arguing that it is important for humanitarians to have a seat at the table if they are to get anything done.
"I do think you reach a point where, in order to accomplish what you think is the right thing to do, you are as comfortable in your field clothes… as you are in your non-field clothes," Mercy Corps CEO Neal Keny-Guyer told IRIN, nattily clad in a blue blazer and purple-patterned pocket square.
Given the rising gap between the resources needed and the money available to respond to humanitarian crises, the presence of humanitarians at the forum can also be seen through the lens of a wider push across the sector to stop working in a silo and to start engaging more closely with others who can help, whether they be development actors or the private sector.
"Nobody has a monopoly on morality, nobody has a monopoly on truth, and to the degree we can come together, I think it's a better world," Keny-Guyer added.
He's not alone in this view. Naser Haghamed, CEO of Islamic Relief, who along with Keny-Guyer and Maurer is a member of WEF's Global Future Council on The Future of the Humanitarian System, told IRIN that aid agencies need to have a presence at the WEF if they are to get anything done.
With public-private partnerships all the rage in the humanitarian and development worlds, Haghamed said NGOs have to accept that private companies are already playing a major role in terms of infrastructure and data services – and are key to delivering cash-based aid. In some cases, they are already contractors for major funders like Britain's international development department, DIFD, and the US Agency for International Development, USAID.
Far from "holding power accountable", she worries that nobody is even discussing how to prevent protracted crises from starting in the first place.
It's not the first time the WEF has been criticised as a space for the rich to talk to the rich. Andrej Kirn, who handles much of the WEF's humanitarian programming as Community Lead for the forum's International Organisations and Government Affairs, told IRIN "there is a perception problem" about what the WEF is and does.
Interest from the humanitarian sector is also on the up, Kirn continued, particularly in the wake of the World Humanitarian Summit's Grand Bargain and the WEF's commitment at Istanbul to lead the way in laying out principles for how the public and private sectors can partner on cash-based aid.
Does any of this matter to those who the aid system is supposed to benefit – the people who are not there for all the glad-handing? Changes discussed and designed at the top (including at the WEF) are having an impact on the ground – eye scanners for purchasing food, for example. But it's true that today's greatest problems – the refugee crisis, near famines – have not yet been solved over canapes.


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Ђорђе Камперелић (Призрен, 1. новембар 1853. — Београд, 9. јануар 1937) је био призренски прота и ректор Призренске богословије.

Школовање
Основну школу и два разреда гимназије завршио је у Призрену. Уз финансијску помоћ Симе Андрејевића Игуманова похађао је четири године Богословију у Београду, коју је завршио 1873. године.

Призренска богословија
Био је наставник Призренске богословије од 1873. године.
Након смрти управника богословије Илије Ставрића у богословији је од 1879. поред њега предавао само још нови управник Петар Костић. Када су турске власти Петра Костића затворили у Битољу и протерали Ђорђе Камперелић је од 12. априла 1880. до 30. јануара 1882. био управник Призренске богословије и задуго једини наставник у школи. Радило се о веома тешком периоду страдања српскога народа, посебно због активности Призренске лиге. Бугарска егзархија је с друге стране покушала да га наговори на отварање бугарских школа и да се на богословији предаје на бугарском. Он и богословија били су мета сталних напада Албанаца и турских власти.

Хапшење и бег
Ухапшен је од стране турских власти под оптужбом да је радио на припремама за устанак. Осуђен је на 10 година робије. Сведок који је на суђењу сведочио против њега на сличан начин сведочио је против око 200 угледних Срба. Успео је да се договори са спроводником, па је побегао на путу за издржавање казне у Малој Азији. Преко мора стигао је у Црну Гору а одатле 1883. у Србију у Београд. Потом је постао прота у Лесковцу. Умро је у Београду 9. јануара 1937. године, где је сахрањен.

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Рођени 1853.
Умрли 1937.
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Стара Србија
Историја Срба у новом веку
Историја Србије у новом веку
Историја Косова и Метохије у новом веку

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High-Performance Insulation
The type of insulation used in a walk-in cooler or freezer can affect the system's performance and energy consumption.
Figure 1. The R-value of polyurethane drops at lower mean temperatures, while the R-value of extruded polystyrene increases.
When buying a walk-in cooler or freezer, the initial cost of the walk-in is almost always the deciding factor. The cost to operate the walk-in is rarely considered. You might think all walk-ins perform about the same; however, this mistake can be costly. You pay for the walk-in once, but if the insulation is inefficient, you will pay for that inefficiency every month for the life of the system through higher energy bills.
Walk-in coolers and freezers generally are constructed of modular panels made of an insulating material and metal or fiberglass protective skins. The purpose of the skin is to protect the insulation, which is fragile and cannot be used independently. The insulation usually is a plastic foam material that is either injected or placed between the metal skins. The insulation material allows the walk-in to resist heat flow and hold cold temperatures.
Figure 2. Polyurethane allows significantly more water vapor absorption than extruded polystyrene.
Each type of insulation has strengths and weaknesses that must be evaluated for the individual application requirements. The two factors that can affect the insulation's performance are temperature and moisture.
Temperature. Insulation performance usually is rated by its R-value -- the higher the R-value, the more resistance it has to heat flow and the better it insulates. The operating temperature of the insulation can affect its performance. Some types perform better at lower mean temperatures while others perform better at higher temperatures. For example, when comparing polyurethane and extruded polystyrene at -10 to 50
oF (-23 to 10
oC) mean temperatures, the R-value of polyurethane drops at lower mean temperatures, while the R-value of extruded polystyrene increases (figure 1).
Moisture. The largest factor that can affect the insulation's performance is moisture. Usually, insulation is expected to keep something warmer or colder on one side than on the other. This temperature differential (TD) often causes a dewpoint to form inside the insulation. Once the dewpoint is reached, moisture is trapped and reduces the R-value of the insulation. The more water resistance the insulation has, the better the insulation performs in high TD situations.
Figure 3. Polyurethane loses more than 75 percent of its R-value in five years, while extruded polystyrene loses only 25 percent of its R-value in the same time period.
Because walk-in coolers and freezers are high TD applications -- sometimes 110oF (43oC) on the outside and -20oF (-29oC) on the inside -- a highly moisture-resistant insulation is required. A comparison of the water vapor permeability of different insulating foams found that polyurethane allowed significantly more water vapor absorption than extruded polystyrene (figure 2).
Because water lowers the R-value of insulation, extruded polystyrene retains its R-value better than polyurethane.
Another study concluded that polyurethane loses more than 75 percent of its R-value in five years; extruded polystyrene loses only 25 percent of its R-value in the same time period (figure 3). This data indicates that the performance of extruded polystyrene in actual walk-in conditions (when moisture is considered) is more than three times that of polyurethane.
Figure 4. Extruded polystyrene insulation can provide thousands of dollars in energy savings over the life of the walk-in.
More About R-Value
What about the R-values of 32 to 34 associated with some insulation? These are "fresh" R-values -- the R-value of the insulation when it is first removed from the mold, typically at a 75oF (24oC) mean temperature. To find the actual operating R-value of any insulation, you have to look at how it performs in real-life applications. For a walk-in freezer that operates at -10oF inside and 75oF outside, a 32.5oF mean temperature should be used. Additionally, because moisture and aging mostly occur within the first few years of the system's operation, a 60-month decreasing R-value should be considered.
In a five-year comparison of polyurethane and extruded polystyrene, the R-value of the 4" polyurethane dropped to 6, while the R-value of the 4" extruded polystyrene dropped to 15. Based on these results, extruded polystyrene insulation can provide energy savings over the life of the walk-in. For example, in a 10' x 12' x 7'6" freezer operating at a 32.5oF mean temperature with a refrigeration system with 90 percent efficiency and an electric cost of $0.09/kWh, extruded polystyrene insulation can save up to $5,139 in energy costs over polyurethane in the first five years (figure 4).
Moisture trapped in the insulation reduces its R-value and allows problems such as icing and rot to occur inside the walk-in.
In conclusion, when considering the actual performance of walk-in coolers and freezers, being an informed buyer pays substantial long-term benefits. Price should not be the only consideration when purchasing your walk-in. Any initial purchase savings can be eliminated by excessive operating costs over the lifetime of the system. A thorough analysis of initial cost plus operating cost will lead you to the best decision for your business.
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Pete Buttigieg: America Under Donald Trump More Like Russia
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South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg criticized President Donald Trump on Tuesday for turning the United States into a country that looked more like Russia.
"Russia nationalism, xenophobia, homophobia, and repression of the press are both highly disturbing in that country and disturbingly ascendent in our own country," Buttigieg warned.
The South Bend mayor delivered a foreign policy speech at the Indiana University Auditorium in Bloomington. His address was sharply critical of Trump and fit a sober, academic, sophisticated approach to the future that would revert back to Obama-era diplomatic efforts.
He accused Trump of acting "impulsively, erratically, emotionally" in foreign affairs, and said it was "often delivered by early-morning Tweet."
Buttigieg also alleged that rising white nationalism was more dangerous than radical Islamic terrorism.
"In the past decade, more Americans have been killed in America by right-wing extremists than by those inspired by Al Qaeda and ISIS," he said. "We need to acknowledge this threat too, and redirect appropriate resources to combat right-wing extremism and violent white nationalism."
Buttigieg then ridiculed Trump for his efforts to secure peace with North Korea, by communicating with dictator Kim Jong-un.
"You will not see me exchanging love letters on White House letterhead with a brutal dictator who starves and murders his own people," he said.
Buttigieg also recommitted his support for the Iran Nuclear deal with a joke about Trump's branding.
"This was perhaps as close to a true 'art of the deal' as it gets," he said, referring to the Iran nuclear deal.
He also criticized Trump for diminishing America's moral standards, making it harder for America to stand for human rights in the world.
It's hard to condemn crackdowns on a free president when our own president calls our own news media the enemy of the people," he said. "It's hard to stand for human rights abroad when we're turning away asylum seekers at our own borders.
But Buttigieg also had criticism for Congress, urging them to "repeal and replace" the "blank check" authorization allowing the president to launch wars in various theaters overseas.
He criticized Israel for persecuting Palestinians and said it was not anti-Semitic to oppose the current "right wing" government.
Buttigieg also asserted that climate change was among the biggest threats facing the United States.
"Climate disruption is here … it is a clear and present threat," he warned, before vowing to create a new international effort for "climate diplomacy" to save the planet from global warming.
"Rejoining Paris is just the beginning," he said.
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No game, WCS to funeral
By Mike Tupa mtupa@examiner-enterprise.com
By Mike Tupa
mtupa@examiner-enterprise.com
Almost four years exactly since Wesleyan Christian School mourned the tragic passing of one of its football players, the grid program has had another brush with heartbreaking grief.
WCS had been scheduled to play this coming Friday at Southwest Covenant.
But, that game has been cancelled for the sadness of reasons — the death of one of the Southwest Covenant Patriot players.
But, the WCS Mustang players and coaches will still be traveling Friday to Southwest Covenant — to attend the memorial services for Peter Webb, who died after suffering a head injury during game action last Friday.
There are a couple of telling connections — one of them uncanny — between WCS and SW Covenant.
On Sept. 19, 2015, WCS junior linebacker Ben Hamm died as a result of an injury sustained on the field, a grievous loss for the Mustangs, the WCS family, the city of Bartlesville and beyond.
By coincidence, Webb's services are scheduled just one day after the fourth anniversary of Hamm's passing.
But, there's even a more personal tie between the WCS Mustangs and Patriots.
Patriots' head coach Trey Cloud is the son of WCS head coach Curt Cloud.
Trey also had been one of the first great athletes — during the decades of the 2000's — in WCS varsity sports history.
Curt Cloud said the focus is helping Webb's teammates cope with the loss and move on.
"It's just part of teaching kids to deal with life," he said. "They had grief counselors in today (Monday) to talk to the kids."
Trey is trained in the youth ministry and is using his degree in his work as coach, Cloud said.
"They have some good people there, including Trey" Cloud continued about the community of Yukon.
Cloud said his players had no questions about attending the funeral services.
"They said, 'Let's go,' Cloud said. "This is a community that knows more about it than most."
There is no plan to making up the game this season, Cloud added.
Hamm — who had suffered a concussion that made him sit out his freshman year and missed part of his sophomore year due to a neck condition — collapsed on the sideline a few minutes after he was involved in a special teams play on Sept. 11, 2015 in the third game of his junior campaign.
He spent the next week in hospital care prior to passing away 8 days later.
In the game on Sept. 4, 2015, Hamm had rushed for 155 yards on 22 carries and had a made a team-high seven tackles — and had returned an interception 37 yards — in a 22-0 win against Copan.
Webb suffered his fatal injury during a tackle of the quarterback in a game against Strother. Webb was a sophomore.


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Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) Italy
Giorgio de Chirico was a Greek-born Italian painter. He studied art in Munich, but later settled in Paris. He is mainly known for his metaphysical paintings during the twentieth century and his work is regarded by many as a forerunner to Surrealism. These paintings portray dream-like moods, cold objectivity and strange perspectives. Over time de Chirico transitioned to a more realistic idiom and sometimes distanced himself from his earlier work. De Chirico is otherwise known for finding inspiration in nineteenth century romanticism, the early Italian Renaissance and cubist constructivism.
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Yevhen Vitaliyovych Yemayev (; born 25 July 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Ukrainian club Ahrobiznes Volochysk.

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External links
 Profile on Ahrobiznes Volochysk official website

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opennwt.ca OpenAssembly (Hansard) Debates 2019 August 21st, 2019 Statement by Alfred Moses
Alfred Moses on Minister's Statement 239-18(3): Housing for Vulnerable Populations
In the Legislative Assembly on August 21st, 2019. See this statement in context.
Minister's Statement 239-18(3): Housing for Vulnerable Populations
Ministers' Statements
Alfred Moses Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Addressing the housing needs of vulnerable people, including seniors, single people, and homeless individuals, has been a key priority of this government and all Members of this legislature. The Northwest Territories Housing Corporation is addressing the housing challenges faced by vulnerable groups through its investments and infrastructure projects.
On August 1, 2019, we opened the new seniors' nine-plex building in Fort McPherson. This building is one of five that were designed in collaboration with the Department of Health and Social Services and with input from the community. These new independent living facilities will allow seniors to remain in their home community and be near their families, part of our commitment to helping elders age in place while enabling them to have access to important support services. The seniors' nine-plex design includes modern features that will help residents in their day-to-day living and common areas to promote supportive programming and socializing.
Along with giving seniors the opportunity to age in place in their communities, these projects also play an integral part in alleviating strain on the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation's public housing stock.
The Northwest Territories Housing Corporation has a commitment to address the need for more units for single people. One key piece of feedback from our Housing Engagement Survey was that there is a need for singles' housing in Inuvik. On August 2nd, we opened up a 17-unit singles' building in Inuvik to replace the old Sydney Apartment Building. This investment is part of the corporation's ongoing work to meet the housing needs of Northwest Territories residents by increasing the availability of safe, affordable housing that reflects community values and priorities.
The Northwest Territories Housing Corporation is working to help residents vulnerable to homelessness in the territory through the Northern Pathways to Housing Pilot Program. This initiative aims to address homelessness outside Yellowknife by providing supportive housing programs for single adults who are experiencing housing instability. We now have three Northern Pathways programs up and running that include multi-year contribution agreements with partners who will provide support programs for the residents.
Mr. Speaker, vulnerable people often face unstable housing conditions. Our government has focused its housing infrastructure investments to meet the needs of vulnerable residents and the priorities of the communities. The Northwest Territories Housing Corporation has worked to develop housing options for vulnerable people and to provide them with safe, secure, and stable housing for years to come. We are coming to the end of our term as a government and as an Assembly, but I do have faith that this work will continue, because it is the right thing to do. Thank you and mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker.
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Leopoldo de Anhalt (18 de julio de 1855 - 2 de febrero de 1886) fue un príncipe alemán de la Casa de Ascania. De 1871 hasta su muerte fue heredero del ducado de Anhalt.

Primeros años
El Príncipe Leopoldo nació el 18 de julio de 1855 en Dessau siendo el primer hijo del Príncipe Heredero Federico de Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen y su esposa, la Princesa Antonieta de Sajonia-Altenburgo. Recibió el nombre de su abuelo, el Duque Leopoldo de Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen.

En 1863 su abuelo, el Duque Leopoldo, se convirtió en Duque del unificado Ducado de Anhalt tras la muerte del último Duque de Anhalt-Bernburg.

El 22 de mayo de 1871, el Duque Leopoldo murió y el padre del Príncipe Leopoldo sucedió en el Ducado de Anhalt. El propio Leopoldo pasó ahora a ser príncipe heredero.

Matrimonio e hijos
En el otoño de 1883, el Príncipe Heredero Leopoldo propuso matrimonio a la Princesa Victoria de Prusia, hija del Príncipe de la Corona Federico de Prusia y la Princesa Victoria del Reino Unido. Su proposición fue rechazada. En abril de 1884 Friedrich von Holstein registró:

Al final de diciembre de 1883 fue concertado el matrimonio de Leopoldo con la Princesa Isabel de Hesse-Kassel, la hija mayor del Príncipe Federico de Hesse-Kassel y la Princesa Ana de Prusia. Cuando se enteró de este compromiso, la reina Victoria, cuya hija aparentemente no le había informado del rechazo de la propuesta, escribió:

Leopoldo e Isabel contrajeron matrimonio el 26 de mayo de 1884 en el Palacio de Philippsruhe en Hanau. Tuvieron una hija:
 Antonieta (Palacio Georgium, 3 de marzo de 1885 - Dessau, 3 de abril de 1963), desposó el 26 de mayo de 1909 al Príncipe Federico de Schaumburg-Lippe.

Muerte
Menos de un año después del nacimiento de su hija, Leopoldo murió inesperadamente en Cannes el 2 de febrero de 1886. Como no tenía hijos varones, fue sucedido como príncipe heredero por su hermano menor Federico quien posteriormente se convertiría en el Duque Federico II de Anhalt.

La Princesa Isabel no volvería a contraer matrimonio y sobrevivió a su marido por casi 70 años. Murió en Dessau el 7 de enero de 1955.

Ancestros

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Ferdinand Siebigk: Das Herzogthum Anhalt: Historisch, geographisch u. statistisch. Desbarats, 1867 (Digitalizado)
 Thomas Gehrlein: Das Haus Anhalt. Über 900 Jahre Gesamtgeschichte mit Stammfolgen. Deutsche Fürstenhäuser Heft 34, Börde-Verlag, Werl 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814458-1-7.

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Fallecidos en Cannes


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Insecurity In Nigeria and the Biblical and theological justification for Self-defence
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September 15, 20200181
By Anwuchie Augustine
People have always been bothered by the question, should a Christian defend himself when his life is threatened since Jesus taught that we should not retaliate but forgive our enemies and pray for them? Is it Christ-like to position armed men around and inside the church during celebration of masses especially in Northern Nigeria, where many churches have been decimated and thousands of Christians killed? Was Jesus permitting self-defense when he said that if we receive a slap on the left cheek, we should turn the right also to our oppressors (Luke 6:29). These two instances have left many Christians confused on the limit to avoid acting against an enemy especially when their life is threatened. Yet should we allow our life to de destroyed when we have an opportunity to preserve it; since the preservation of our life and the lives of others is an intrinsic ingredient of our God given right and dignity?
Self-defense is not only a right and a duty but an intrinsic right of man because everybody is given the gift of love and the right to exist. The fundamental principle of morality is love and preservation of life. When Jesus told us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves, we see that our neighbors love proceed from the love of the life which God gave us, hence it is legitimate to insist on the respect for one's own life. This means that nobody has the right to take his life except when we decide to lay it for the sake of kingdom or others, like the martyrs. This right is drawn from the nature of man as a being that has dignity and rights to exist. As early as Graeco-Roman era, there was already a systemized rule for self-defense and preservation of life, masterly championed by the Roman state men and scholar Cicero. In the scripture God frowns at the destruction of another's life because he alone is the author of life. This is why he severely punished Cain for killing Abel (Gen 4:1-18)
It is important to note that while Jesus talked about forgiving our enemies, it is also our divine and natural right to protect our lives and the lives of those entrusted to us against aggressors especially when these aggressors threatens to take our lives and the lives of those entrusted to us. The right to live and exist is ingrained in the divine and natural right of man whom we are told is created in the image and likeness of God. This is why God severely punished Cain for killing Abel.
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In the history of mankind, many positive laws deriving from this divine and natural right has been made to protect life. The mosaic rule on self-defense stipulates that "if a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no blood guilt for him" (Exodus 22:2); it goes on to say that there was blood guilt if he was killed during the day. Thus, even though self-defense is recommended, imputing blood guilt on killing the thief during the day is a kind of check and balance because the light of the day is an advantage that may render the killing of the thief unnecessary. One who is attacked during the day can identify the thief or call on his neighbor for help.
Again, perhaps in the time of Moses, daily robbery may not be deadly as night robbery. The prophet, Nehemiah encouraged the Israelite who returned from exile to defend themselves from the hostilities of the neighboring enemies who wanted to interfere in their rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple and threatened the lives of the returnees (Nehemiah 4:14).
While Jesus condemned the act of vengeance, he may not however totally rule out self-defense except when it threatened to block his mission of salvation. For instance, when he commanded Peter to put back his sword after cutting of the ear of the servant of the high priest, he ensured that the soldiers who came to arrest him allowed his apostles to go scot-free. However, the apostles carried their sword for protection and self-defense as is the customary for male Jews in the Roman Palestine which was riddled with insecurity, rebellion and banditry. There was even at a point before his arrest and execution when Jesus told his disciple that he who does not have a sword should sell his cloak and get one (Luke 22:). However, the disciple were never to use this sword and even when Peter struck of the ear of the servant of the chief priest Jesus rebuked him and by this reminded him how their physical need is taken care by God's providence. While this might be ironical and didactical and meant to drive a point in his teaching, we should note that this is not far removed from the daily lives of ordinary Jews from which Jesus borrows to teach.
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In the Catholic Church, the theology of self-defense well developed by Thomas Aquinas. According to this great doctor of the church, "killing one's assailant is justified provided one does not intend to kill him". This position is also called the principle of double effect. What this means is that the one defending himself had no intention of killing his assailant. His primary concern is to defend himself, if in the process the Christian kills the person who attacked him, the act of killing the person who attacked him is not intended since his primary intention is to defend himself but justified as the outcome or consequence of defending himself. For instance, if a security man attached to a church shoots to death a terrorist who had the intention of carrying out a suicide bombing, the killing is justified because the security man acted with the intention of safeguarding his life and the lives of the faithful. Thus, the act of self-defense has double effects. The first is the preservation of life while the other might result in the harming or killing of the aggressors only as a consequence. The first is intended while the second is not intended but is a consequence of the first.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church elaborated further thus, "Legitimate self-defense can be not only a right but a grave duty for one who is responsible for the lives of others. The defense of common good requires that an unjust aggressor be rendered unable to cause harm" (CCC 2265). Here the catechism sees the defense and preservation of life as a common good that should not only be upheld but defended even if it is at the expense or injury of the aggressor. We should know that self-defense is not an outright declaration of war on the aggressor.
There are conditions where self-defense might require the use of lethal force. The Church has always applied common sense; the catechism states that lethal force can be justified if one is left with no other choice. This means that killing should be the last resort after every other means has been tried. Thus "Someone who defends his life is not guilty of murder even if he is forced to deal his aggressor a lethal blow: if a man in self-defense uses more than necessary violence, it will be unlawful: whereas if he repels force with moderation, his defense will be unlawful…. Nor is it necessary for salvation that a man omit the act of moderate self-defense to avoid killing the other man, since one is bound to take more care of one's own life than another's" (ccc2264). The point here is that in self-defense our response should be moderate in likeness to that of the aggressor. Hence it will be wrong to shoot someone who stole a bag from me in the church without a corresponding threat of weapon or harm to my life.
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In the midst of the insecurity ravaging the country, Christians are called to prayer and commitment to bearing witness in this challenging moment. However, it is wrong to frown at situation where the worshipping community organizes a security outfit or takes necessary precaution to preserve and protect the lives of the members of the worshipping community. Those communities are not only expressing their right but their duties as Christians. According to Nigeria report by the Nigerian based International Societies' for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law(intersociety) 620 Nigerian Christians were killed in the first six months of 2020 while a further 2,400 Christians where killed between the actions of Boko-haram in north-eastern Nigeria and Fulani herdsmen in the middle belt. This report is obtained from an article on "La Crux" dated July 14 2020. It is also unfortunate that the government of Muhammed Buhari has shown an unwillingness to tackle this insecurity. With Nigeria becoming the world biggest target against Christians attempt at self-defense to protect churches and worshipping communities is not only a right but a duty.
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No apologies for starting this week's round up in Division Two and news of newcomers making a cracking start to life in the Coors League.
Anchor Athletic joined the Coors in the summer, and haven't looked back after clinching four straight wins. The latest came at home to AFC Furlong, although the visitors did give them a run for their money.
Mark Ellerton netted twice for Furlong but two from Luke Kosciekowski and one apiece from Sam Golden and Christos Georgiou gave Anchor a 4-2 win.
Elsewhere in the division, Locomotive lost their unbeaten start to the campaign as they were ousted 5-2 at home to AFC Northwood.
Dan Holdcroft and Josh Fox netted for Loco, but Northwood earned the points with two goals from Jimmy Hough and one apiece from Shane Lindop, Scott Doherty and Justin Sure.
Meanwhile, Marquis of Granby maintained their 100 per cent start as goals from Callum MacDonald, Steve Baker and Courtney Franklin earned them a 3-2 win at Ossma GFC.
Premier League champions Chell Heath Knave overcame a tough obstacle as they won 2-0 at Potters Bar. Goals from Kyle Stubbs and Ash Frost were enough for Knave to inflict a first defeat of he season on Potters.
Elsewhere in the Premier, a quality finish from 25 yards from Craig Cookson set Cuckoo on the way to a 3-0 win over promoted Brown Edge. Grant Bowyer added the second with a neat finish from a low cross before Jack Gibbs completed the scoring.
Cheshire Cheese made it three wins on the spin in Division One as two goals from Gary Whatmore and one apiece from Josh Statham and Will Moran earned them a 4-2 victory at Canal Tavern.
Wellington remain top after two goals from |Andrew Wright gave them a 2-1 win at previously unbeaten New Penny.
Into Division Three where Global Vision maintained their 100 per cent record, but didn't have it all their own way at home to Ashbank. Brad Jones netted for the visitors but two goals from Dan Walkeden gave Global Vision the points.
Shock of the day arrived in Division Four at Wolstanton High School where newcomers Bradwell FC got their first win of the season at the expense of a Bucknall Community side who kicked off the day at the top of the table. Goals from Daniel Lancett, Callum Burnett and Jacob Barber gave a young Bradwell side a 3-0 victory.
Individual performance of the day came from Ryan Lovatt whose double hat-trick helped FC Gardeners to a 9-1 win at Birches Head FC. Billy Presland netted for the hosts but Lovatt's six plus strikes from Josh Ryder, Sunil Heera and Ashley Edwards added up to a convincing victory for Gardeners.


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If you give each letter of a word into its alphabetical position, you can then add these digits, or you can multiply them.
For example CART = 3, 1, 18, 20.
Adding gives 42 and multiplying gives 1080.
Can you find a word which has the same total whether you add them or multiply them?
Hint: The word has three letters.
CAB = 3 1 2.
Adding gives 6, multiplying also gives 6.


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IAEA expected to acknowledge Iran's 'constructive cooperation'
August 13, 2018 - 10:18
TEHRAN – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to reconfirm Iran's compliance with its obligations under the 2015 nuclear agreement and acknowledge its "constructive cooperation" with the IAEA, the chair of the IAEA Board of Governors Darmansjah Djumala has said.
Djumala made the remarks in a meeting with Kazem Gharib Abadi, Iran's representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, ILNA reported on Sunday.
Since the implementation of the nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the IAEA has confirmed Iran's full compliance with its obligations under the JCPOA in 11 reports.
However on May 8 U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Washington was walking away from the JCPOA, signed between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany in 2015, and ordered restoration of sanctions against Iran.
Gharib Abadi said despite the Trump administration's illegal withdrawal from the JCPOA, the Islamic Republic has decided to give a second chance to multilateral efforts, including cooperation with the IAEA, so long as the other sides to the deal would remain committed to their obligations.
The Iranian diplomat further urged the IAEA to keep its "political independence" in the face of U.S. pressure.
The two sides also stressed the importance of multilateralism with regard to international agreements, and criticized the U.S. government under Trump for its unilateral policies.
Washington's behavior is contrary to the spirit of international relations, they added.
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Children and Yiddish Literature From Early Modernity to Post-Modernity
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The Upside-Down World of Baym Dnyepr: Penek harriet murav
We meet Penek, the hero of the first volume of David Bergelson's autobiographical novel Baym Dnyepr (At the Dnieper), as a little boy of seven with his father:
Set in the 1880s-1890s Penek tells the story of its title character, the youngest and least-loved child of the wealthy Levin family. As Susan Slotnick argues, the first volume is a Bildungsroman.2 A 1936 review of the Russian translation of the novel makes a similar point. At the Dnieper is the 'multisided and consequential depiction of the child Penek's consciousness'.3 We follow the development of the child from ages seven to thirteen as his ideological awareness of economic and social inequality deepens, together with his artistic sensibility and powers of observation. By the end of the novel, Penek understands that his father's wealth depends on the poverty and suffering of others. He no longer feels pity for his father, as in the passage quoted earlier, but for those his father exploits. His father's death liberates him from any remaining sense of obligation to his own family, and his acceptance by the proletarian children of the hintergeslekh (back-streets) mark a new stage in his development. Bergelson's novel, in tune with Soviet Marxist thought, makes the past accessible and meaningful as the bad old days, which the Bolshevik revolution
will destroy, leading in turn to the Soviet bright future. Isaac Bashevis Singer put it this way: the first volume of At the Dnieper provides the 'psychological genesis' of the hero as a future revolutionary.4 As Slotnick points out, Penek, as a Bildungsroman, assumes a path of linear progression: the little boy becomes a young man, changing and growing as he does so. The forward motion of the hero's growth emerges all the more clearly against the backdrop of the cyclically recurring Jewish holidays as they are celebrated in the wealthy Levin household. Slotnick explains that readers can trace Penek's changing attitude toward Judaism and Jewish customs by comparing his response from one holiday to the next.5 For example, he cries when he does not receive new clothes for the Jewish New Year in the fall and is forced to wear his brother's castoffs, but by the spring holiday of Passover, he has a new suit made for himself at the local tailor as a way of satisfying his own desires and monitoring the labour situation among the workmen.


Should Seniors Be Required to Take Driving Tests?
Most families are reluctant to have the uncomfortable driving conversation with parents as they get older. But the harsh reality is that if we don't have "the talk" with Dad and Mom about when it's time to take away their keys, they may put themselves or others at risk on the road.
When to take away keys from elderly drivers is a controversial topic, but when lack of driving skill puts an elderly person's life and others' lives at risk, it's time to take away the keys. It's knowing when this time comes that can be the challenge.
There is an exponentially large aging population.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) also reports that older drivers are more likely to die in intersection accidents and that the task of making a left turn becomes more challenging with age.
But the time to take away the keys is different for everyone. Some 60-year-olds suffer from cognitive decline or poor vision and some 90-year-olds are fine on the road. The only way to determine whether someone is fit to drive is to test them and their driving ability.
Should Seniors Drive and Be Required to Take Driving Tests?
Should seniors drive? Most certainly if they don't pose a risk on the road. However, many think there should be more tests to determine whether they are fit.
State driving laws vary. Some require an annual eye exam and driving tests, and others require only an eye exam every five years. Many require people to renew in person starting at age 65, rather than online, which allows licensing officials to look for signs of health conditions that could affect driving ability; but it's argued there are flaws with this process as things can be missed. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety does a good job outlining the license renewal procedures for senior drivers.
Find out your state's law here.
It's a good idea to do your own test in addition to the state driving tests.
Check the vehicle: Check the car for dents and scrapes for a good indication of how your elderly parent is driving.
Ride along: Be the passenger in your elderly parent's car on a regular basis. Check to see how your Dad or Mom controls the vehicle, stays in the lane, handles turns, stays within the speed limit and drives overall. Remember that it can be a fun outing, rather than an interrogation. By going on an outing or trip to the store, you can quietly make your observations without nagging.
Visit the physician: This is simple. Ask your elderly parents' physician whether they think it's a good idea whether they should still drive. If their physician said they shouldn't be on the road, this can present a good case to your parent to take away the keys.
Who Helps Determine Whether Seniors Should Stop Driving?
Viewpoints are obviously split, making the debacle even more challenging. Often a combination of people ultimately build the case for taking the keys away from aging Mom or Dad.
So when is the right time to stop seniors from driving and take away the keys? Many believe that the family of an elderly driver is usually in the best position to assess the senior's condition and ability to drive. Physicians also play an active role.
Diseases: Diseases such as Alzheimer's or dementia can affect judgment and driving ability. They can become disoriented and probably shouldn't be behind the wheel. If your parent has been diagnosed with these diseases, consult their physician. Diabetics also need to be cleared to drive by their physician.
Medications: Prescription drugs have side effects that can cause drowsiness or affect a person's reaction time. Consult Dad or Mom's physician to see whether their medications put them at risk.
Physical ability: Driving takes coordination and dexterity. Dad and Mom need to have strength in arms, feet and legs to control the vehicle. Also keep in mind that people shrink, so you may need to adjust the seat and add pillows to sit on, if necessary.
Physical activity: If your aging parents are no longer exercising, you need to consider whether they can drive. The body atrophies without physical activity to build or maintain agility, coordination or strength. Even a daily walk can help to get them away from the television.
Vision: Does Dad or Mom suffer from cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma or macular degeneration? Does their physician have concerns about limitations or vision problems?
Arrange for alternate transportation: Learn from Driving Miss Daisy — sometimes a bus route, subway or taxi is an option for your loved one. Contacting a social worker might help to find out resources available to seniors in your area.
Check with the doctor: The primary care physician can determine whether your loved one is both mentally and physically capable to drive. The doctor can also "prescribe" that someone stop driving, which can help with the uncomfortable delivery.
Consult a driving rehabilitation expert: An expert can assess senior cognition, hearing and motor skills, and even make an on-road assessment. For a certified specialist, visit: AAA Foundation for Driver Safety.
Practice Empathy: Remember to put yourself in your loved one's shoes — don't minimize feelings and make sure you listen to his or her frustrations. It's important to get your family together for an intervention to provide a cohesive message of concern to your senior loved one.
Talk to an Attorney: It never hurts to get an idea of potential financial and/or legal consequences in the instance of a crash or injury.
No one wants to give up his or her freedom — and driving is one of the most powerful symbols of independence. Taking away the keys from a senior loved one can be an emotional and uncomfortable situation.
Dad and Mom were the ones who were pained to hand over their keys to you when you were a teenager, so having to worry about them driving is a major role reversal that can be devastating. But it's all part of the senior care of our parents.
Taking away someone's freedom on the road is challenging, but it's better than some of the consequences that can occur if you don't.
Do you have any experience with elderly drivers taking driving tests? We'd like to hear your stories in the comments below.
Considering I just got ran off the road by a little old lady doing 60 in a 30 last week, I stand by the 70 and up comments people have been suggesting.The fact is after a certain age you just become a danger to everyone else on the road.
3 weeks ago my mother was struck and killed by a 96 year old woman who said she was distracted and did not see my mom in the crosswalk. I do believe testing for seniors over 65 should be mandatory.
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Enter the coupon code RIDE for a free month's membership. My grandma loves it and it's made the transition from taking her license away seamless.
All drivers over the age of 70 should be required to take a driving test in order to renew their licenses. This is just common sense. The law should be changed. Driving is a privilege, not a right. This is not a situation that would be entrusted to each individual family to handle properly. It's too important. I don't want me or my loved ones to be injured in a car crash because someone else felt too uncomfortable to tell their elderly relatives that their skills had diminished too much to still be driving. And quite frankly, family members shouldn't be put in this position of being forced to have this awkward conversation in the first place. This should be a legal matter!
Well, as I was reading the article I was concerned by the reference to "taking away the keys to the car" as though anyone has a right to do that with a competent adult. And I also thought, as one person commented, that if someone does give up driving, it is very important to their continued well-being for an alternate plan to be put in place. And there are many potential alternate plans in various areas of the country. Some very creative. Like the person who sold their car and took the cash ($2,000) in $20s. $20 was a taxi ride . Envelopes with $20 in each were set aside for such outings. But I want to return to "taking away the keys" — the AARP driving program for seniors is probably a super way to go, so that the senior person has an unbiased opinion of an expert. Always respect that this situation is challenging at best, but worth the investment of time and thoughtful dialogue.
In my opinion it is not only the elderly persons abilities that slow, etc but the increased volume of traffic around them and their ability or lack thereof to drive. My Mom wasn't all that bad driving – a bit slower – no highways – more cautious; but the idiots in my neighborhood speeding down narrow streets, making illegal turns, etc that finally caused the inevitable. You don't need numbers, you need common sense and SEE how the roads around the person have changed.
When my mom was showing early signs of dementia and had had an accident it was time for her to stop driving. She had been an excellent driver but now things were different. She loved her independence and always wanted to make her own decisions so I had to try this: I told her it was time for her to renew her drivers licence (non of this was really accurate or time for her to renew)and that she because of her age and NEW state laws she would have to take and pass a long written/oral exam, of course an eye test, and then a very strict long road test with a STATE TROOPER. She said…"NO WAY!" and turned over her keys.IT WORKED!… IT IS WORTH A TRY…GOOD LUCK!
Seriously, it is not only seniors who need to be re-tested. It seems younger and younger children are driving and their driving is atrocious. They drive like bats out of Hades and make "older" drivers fearful on the road. Recipe for disaster. I hope the self-driving cars come fast, or better yet mass transit that is affordable and extensive. I can understand why seniors don't want to give up their cars…no-one makes time for their parents anymore.
My mother, who is in assisted living, wants to start driving again. She is nearly 80 and in assisted living because of cognitive thinking decline after a stroke. She is getting better, but not only does she want to drive again, but she wants to buy her boyfriend's 'van', who is also in assisted living so they can go places together. I wish our small community offered family intervention so we knew how to deal with such issues.
Thank you for sharing that with us, Reagan.
We will keep that in mind when writing content on this subject again in the future.
Thank you for sharing your approach with us, Reagan! We will be sure to keep that in mind when compiling future content about this subject.
I feel like taking the keys away may be the wrong approach. My mother is 75 and loves her independence, if i were to take her keys she would spirial into a depression. instead i took her to a defensive driving class with 911drivingschool.com/drivers-education-adults and now my mom drives better and i didnt drive our relationship into the dirt.
Just because the statistics you wanted to see were omitted from this article doesn't mean they don't exist. Have a look at this article: http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/10/1/27.full. They quote studies that find 70-80% of drivers over 75 involved in two vehicle crashes are considered at fault.
There is nothing in A Place for Mom's article above saying that everyone over a certain age should unilaterally stop or be prevented from driving. The point is that people need to pay attention and not be afraid to get involved when it becomes necessary. We need to be willing to have difficult conversations with our loved ones and be assertive at times. There is nothing wrong with encouraging people to introduce common sense back into life.
Thank you for providing us with such valuable feedback. We'll continue to take these comments into consideration when moving forward with content like this.
Wow, what a misuse of statistics! The purpose of this article appears to be to reinforce the incorrect popular assumption that all older drivers must be taken off the road and relegated to the couch until they die. Higher traffic deaths among older individuals are to be expected since they are more frail and less able to tolerate significant trauma. It would be very easy to give a different interpretations to all the "facts" given in the third paragraph. For example, the CDC quote does NOT say that there are "more fatal AT-FAULT accidents among older drivers." Another glaring error is the omission of the necessity of making satisfactory arrangements for alternative transportation. One way of determining the suitability of the alternative transportation, is for the individual(s) taking away the keys to ask how well they could get by with those arrangements for themselves, without pretending that their needs are more important.
I hope that in the future A Place for Mom is more careful about what it publishes.


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HomeMeekerRange Call celebrates 124th year
Range Call celebrates 124th year
July 1, 2009 Niki Turner Meeker, Popular Stories 0
Photo by Gidget Jones. Colorado's longest-running annual rodeo will take place this weekend at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds during Meeker's Fourth of July celebration — Range Call.
MEEKER I Endurance, perseverance and stubborn tenacity were characteristic of Meeker's pioneer settlers. Today's residents share those same traits, living in a community that continues to survive, thrive and succeed in spite of booms and busts, droughts and floods, times of plenty and times of want.
In 1855, those early settlers came together to celebrate the birth of our nation, and perhaps, to celebrate another year of beating the odds. Many small towns in the late 19th century held community-wide Fourth of July activities, with horse races, picnics, parades and speeches. To these traditional events, the town of Meeker added a community rodeo.
Dubbed "Range Call" in the late 1930s — Meeker's Fourth of July celebration metamorphosed into a three- or four-day summer festival with world-class entertainment, one of the best fireworks displays in the state, historical re-enactments performed by local residents, and, yes, the rodeo. Meeker's Range Call carries the honor of being the longest-running annual rodeo in the state of Colorado.
This year marks the 124th anniversary of Range Call, and with all that history and a landmark year coming up in 2010, Range Call 2009 — themed "Time Marches On" — promises to be an event to remember.
The festivities begin today and continue through the Fourth of July weekend. Highlights include the Meeker Pageant, a theatrical re-enactment of the so-called Meeker Massacre; renowned country-western musician Tracy Lawrence in concert July 3; the parade and a host of downtown amusements on July 4, topped off by the fireworks display that night at dusk. An art display and aution, the CPRA rodeo, an archery tournament and a carnival add to the fun throughout the weekend. Fittingly, Range Call ends Sunday, July 5, with the ever-popular Ranch Rodeo — where local ranches have a chance to compete with each other for prize money and the coveted belt buckles.
While a wide range of the weekend's events are free — the parade, the fireworks and most of the downtown events — you don't want to miss out on the rest of the fun during Range Call. Tickets are $35 for adults, $30 for kids under 12 and seniors over 55. Ticket prices do not include the pancake breakfast, barbecue, 5K walk/run race, archery tournament or the ice cream social. Single event tickets are available at the gate, but the purchase of a Range Call wristband is by far the best bang for your buck.
Tickets are available for purchase at the Meeker and Rangely chambers of commerce, at Wendll's Wondrous Things in Meeker and at Murdoch's in Craig.
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MEEKER I Michael Weinbrecht was recently named the new director at the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District.
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5 Clérigos Church
6 World of Discoveries
7 Graham's Port Lodge
8 Hard Rock Cafe Porto
9 São Bento Station
10 Porto Cathedral
11 Serralves Foundation
12 Burmester
13 A Casa do Fado
14 Clérigos Tower
15 Casa da Guitarra
16 Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
17 The Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
18 Church of Saint Ildefonso
19 Casa da Musica
20 Castelo Do Queijo
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Parfaite activité, cela permet de voir les meilleurs endroits de la ville de manière ludique rapide avec des explications sur l'histoire de Porto. La parfaite activité à faire !
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E-bike appears to be the best transport for touring in such hilly city. I loved to see how much our guide Diogo loved his city and shared that love with us.
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