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Municipal Firearms Restrictions Preemption Bill Advances in Iowa Senate
The Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill that preempts local governments restricting Iowans from lawful possession of firearms and attachments.
King Files for Iowa 4th Congressional District's GOP Primary
2020 Iowa Legislative Session,
firearms restrictions,
HF 2502,
Iowa Senate,
Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee,
Jake Chapman,
Jason Schultz,
Julian Garrett,
Tony Bisignano,
Zach Nunn
The Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday afternoon voted 10 to 5 to advance HF 2502, a bill that preempts local governments from passing ordinances or policies restricting Iowans from lawful possession of their firearms.
HF 2502 passed in the Iowa House late February by a 52 to 44 party-line vote.
The bill does five things:
First, the bill forbids county zoning commissions, county boards of supervisors, city zoning commissions, or city councils to impose regulations and restrictions on a person seeking to build or improve a shooting range more stringent than state law.
Second, while state law already forbids cities and counties from passing ordinances that regulate the ownership, possession, transfer, transportation, registration, and licensing of firearms when lawful under state law. HF 2502 expands the language in the law to cover any policy beyond ordinances, as well as includes the modification of firearms in the list of things local government can't regulate when lawful under state law. Also, the bill expands state law not just to include firearms, but also add firearm attachments and other weapons to the language in the Iowa Code.
Third, HF 2502 requires city and counties to provide armed security should they declare their buildings to be gun-free zones.
Fourth, the bill prevents cities and counties from regulating the storage of weapons and ammunition and makes any ordinance or policy enforced in cities or counties void by July 1, 2020.
Fifth, HF 2502 states that any judicial branch order forbidding firearms in a county courthouse or joint-use facility is unenforceable except courtrooms, court offices, or buildings exclusively used by the judicial branch.
State Senator Tony Bisignano, D-Des Moines, took the most time during the debate in committee to discuss his opposition to the bill. He first addressed the cost to cities and counties who want to implement a gun-free zone in their buildings but would be required to have security and screening.
State Senator Jason Schultz, R-Schleswig, who ran the bill in committee, countered that all those policies do is keep law-abiding citizens from bringing in their firearms. Gun-free policies do not prevent someone who intends to harm others out of the building.
"The bill simply says that if you take away someone's constitutional, God-given right, you then, that would be the building or the local subdivision, you then must take on the responsibility of protecting that person because you've denied them the right to protect themselves. If you're going to do that, you need to ensure that somebody else does not have a firearm in there, and that takes a metal detector and personnel. And you also need to provide the means to protect that person proactively, which means armed security," he said.
Schultz said if you allow law-abiding citizens to bring in weapons, then the cost of the bill is "zero."
Bisignano said he is trying to raise his grandchildren to understand that people are basically good, and the bill makes the community "frightful" for children.
He said he wished the legislature would "finally have some respect for local government." He also accused Senate Republicans of hating cities like Des Moines.
"I don't know why you hate the city of Des Moines so much when it supplies so much to the state, which is the heart. But every chance you get, you find some way to hurt this community, and you do it with pleasure," Bisignano said.
He complained about the direction of the state after carry permits became easier to obtain.
"Iowa is becoming a gun-slinging and cowboy state," Bisignano said. "We have the Second Amendment right. Everyone I know who wants to carry a gun carries one. A lot of people have guns that I don't like and shouldn't have a gun. That is what we have police for; we have law enforcement for, not the Iowa Legislature."
State Senator Julian Garrett, R-Indianola, asked Bisignano what he believes should be done to protect Iowans.
"I don't believe it's the supplemental foods, or it's the senior meal site (that) has a direct responsibility to give you security. They set their site up with supervisors, just like anywhere you go. I don't go anywhere on a Saturday to do my errands with the intent that the woman in Victoria's Secret is carrying a gun. I don't go to a mall to shop, and I expect people to be armed in there waiting to kill somebody," he answered.
"We've done everything we should do to have our police ready, armed, and able to respond to incidents. I don't think it's society's responsibility to guarantee that you never will come across violence," Bisignano continued.
He asked Schultz if there was any state law requiring a carry permit holder to be proficient. Schultz said that there wasn't and that it would be unconstitutional.
Bisignano complained about that.
"There you go on a constitutional mandate to know how to operate a killing machine, my constitutional right to be stupid enough to buy a gun and carry it everywhere I want to go once I get a permit to carry, correct?" he asked.
Schultz said that a handgun is an inanimate tool, and pointed out the fundamental difference in their thinking about guns.
"But that's that's our fundamental difference is that you have no faith, no trust, no consideration for the citizen to take it upon himself to know what he's going to do. You cannot force a mandate on a constitutional right. Otherwise, it's not right. And it's a test and permission required," Schultz answered.
"What scares me is when government strips away a right, but says we are not going to defend you with it," State Senator Zach Nunn, R-Bondurant, said in defense of the bill. "When I walk into my county courthouse in Jasper, and they have a sticker saying this is a no guns zone, but you walked in here, and someone pulls out a weapon and start shooting at you. You have no right to defend yourself. I've now empowered government to take away my right provide me no protection under the law."
"What scares me is the fact we've had this conversation. We put it before the state, and we have it in a constitutional amendment coming forward. We still have local governments that find ways to sneak around it, slap a sticker on the wall, make a political statement, if that's where that conversation goes, but then provide no safety under the law," he added.
Nunn said the bill requires a baseline of security for places determined to be a gun-free zone.
State Senator Jake Chapman, R-Adel, said the committee overlooked who owns the public buildings in Des Moines and other communities in the state.
"We've heard about the cost of what this is going to cost our cities and counties, and we have 24 buildings that this bill is going to impact in Des Moines. Who owns these buildings? We make it sound like the mayor that owns it or the city council that owns it or the county supervisors. It's the people, the people who pay for it. We own those buildings. We own this building," he said.
"And we have governments instituted at the local level, who are restricting a fundamental constitutional right to keep and bear arms in their buildings. No different than your homes. And so what we're saying and I think it's more than reasonable, I'd like to see that we just you can't do it at all. But, hey, we're going to allow some local control, you want to do it, you're going to have to provide the security. If you're going to restrict my ability to self-preservation, to protect myself from some other lunatic that's in the building, then you better be prepared to protect me. I think that's absolutely reasonable. These are, again, the people's buildings, not governments. We own the building," he concluded.
State Senators Brad Zaun, R-Urbandale, Garrett, Chapman, Dan Dawson, R-Council Bluffs, Nunn, Schultz, Tom Shipley, R-Nodaway, Amy Sinclair, R-Allerton, Annette Sweeney, R-Alden, and Zach Whiting, R-Spirit Lake, voted to pass the bill.
State Senators Kevin Kinney, D-Oxford, Bisignano, Robert Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids, Janet Petersen, D-Des Moines, and Rich Taylor, D-Mt. Pleasant, voted against the bill.
Watch the debate in a video provided by Iowa Firearms Coalition below:
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The Iowa House voted 95 to 2 in favor of a constitutional amendment, HJR 14, that would restore felon voting rights after the completion of a prison term.
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Williston Basin Petroleum Conference postponed due to coronavirus travel restrictions
North Dakota oil production has plunged in the face of a collapse in demand from the coronavirus crisis and plunging prices caused by a global glut exacerbated by a price war triggered by Russia and Saudi Arabia. Forum News Service file photo
By News staff, Adam Willis
BISMARCK — The North Dakota Petroleum Council has postponed its Williston Basin Petroleum Conference until May of 2021 in response to sustained national and international travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The annual conference, originally scheduled for this September in Bismarck, is one of the largest gatherings of oil industry leaders in the country and draws some of the top names in the global business to North Dakota.
NDPC President Ron Ness said in a press release that the council hopes to hold the conference on a date that will maximize attendance and allow industry representatives from outside the state to attend.
"We are committed to protecting the health and safety of our attendees, speakers, and exhibitors and will continue to monitor the situation and follow official guidance as we move forward with this new date," Ness said.
Conference organizers said they will be working with health experts in the coming months to ensure the safety of the event.
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Interest rates, housing and worker shortages top themes of Midwest Economic Outlook Summit in Fargo
Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber event gathered experts in manufacturing, finance, agriculture, technology, health care and energy.
By Helmut Schmidt
What's going up in your neighborhood? Building permits published the week of Feb. 7, 2023
Building permits recently filed in Fargo, Moorhead, West Fargo and Dilworth.
After nearly 30 years in business, Moorhead's RetroDisc will close its brick-and-mortar for good
Owners Tim and Elaine Gaslin say a changing market and the 11th Street underpass project prompted them to close their physical location, but they'll still sell CDs and DVDs online.
By Tammy Swift
John's Repair shop fighting Fargo City Hall to remain open
John Bultman recently received notice from the city of Fargo that the business he has operated for 42 years violates city ordinances and he was given until March 30 to shut down.
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Home / Essay Samples / Literature / Books / A Room of One's Own
The Hindrances of Female Writers as Depicted in Virginia Woolf's Book, A Room of One's Own
Books, Writers
A Room of One's Own, Book Review, Virginia Woolf
In Chapter 3, Woolf takes up the question of why have there not been many great female writers, starting with the Elizabethan age. What are the external obstacles that stand in the way of a woman who might want to write? What are the internal obstacles? How are these two sets of obstacles related?
In the previous chapter, chapter 2, Virginia Woolf came upon the realization that there were very few books written by women about men however the contrary was quite popular. She starts questioning why it might be that men write so much about women and comes up with the idea that men use women to make themselves look greater in comparison. In chapter 3, Woolf seems to broaden her question and ask why is is that women in general just do not write as much? She mentions many obstacles that women face when it comes to creating their own forms of literature. These include both external and internal ones. The external obstacles deal with the way that women of this time are viewed and treated by men.
For example, on pages 43 and 44 Woolf speaks about the way women were treated like objects that men could treat in any way the pleased. She quotes Trevelyan where he says "Wife beating was a recognized right of man, and was practised without shame by high as well as low…. Similarly, the daughter who refused to marry the gentleman of her parents' choice was liable to be locked up, beaten and flung about the room, without any shock being inflicted upon public opinion." Woolf comments on this saying that a woman was to be considered "property of her husband" (45). This external obstacle must have played an internal role as well, contributing to the discouragement that women were shown in terms of going against social normalities, which is what a woman writing literature would be considered to be doing. That was not something that the average woman of the time would have been seen doing and it is not at all what they were expected to be doing. Rather, as Woolf said in previous chapters, they were to stay at home, having children and taking care of them while their husbands made all the money. A large external obstacle presented to women of this time was their inability to gain the knowledge necessary to become great writers, the way that men did. When talking about Shakespeare's metaphorical sister, Woolf says that she "remained at home. She was as adventurous, as imaginative, as agog to see the world as he was. But she was not sent to school. She had no chance of learning" (48-49). On page 50, Woolf seems to sum up three of the main obstacles that women had that were preventing them from writing when she says "it is unthinkable that any woman in Shakespeare's day should have had Shakespeare's genius. For genius like Shakespeare's is not born among labouring, uneducated, servile people."
In addition to their lack of education and expected duty to serve and work for their family from home, the other important obstacle the women faced were interruptions that seem so common in this book. "Dogs will bark; people will interrupt; money must be made; health will break down" (53).The interruptions that women are faced with are results of their restrictions in life because of their sex. These interruptions, as we see, are almost always by men. Men provided the greater internal obstacles that women were faced with in this time because they thought of women as so much lesser. It was needless to say this outloud because that was something so commonly known, understood, and accepted. Woolf says that "there was an enormous body of masculine opinion to the effect that nothing could be done by women intellectually. Even if her father did not read out loud these opinions, any girl could read them for herself; and the reading, even in the nineteenth century, must have lowered her vitality, and told profoundly upon her work. There would always have been that assertion – you cannot do this, you are incapable of doing that – to protest against, to overcome" (55-56). The fact that women were immediately viewed of as incapable of performing the tasks that men could is what must have discouraged them so much from writing.
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Sandra Birley was the winner of the December Academy Supporters' Draw, which took place at Saturday's game against Chesterfield.
Ms Birley, a clubGold season ticket holder at stadiummk, collected £558 after being randomly selected in the half time draw.
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Supporters can also pay for additional entries at £12 each or an extra £1 per month.
To sign up to the Academy Supporters Draw visit the Box Office at stadiummk or the kiosk at thecentre:mk, call 01908 622900 or email boxoffice@mkdons.com.
Please note, clubGold, clubPlatinum and clubBlack season ticket holders can enter with the prize capped at the price of an adult clubRed season ticket.
All proceeds from the Academy Supporters Draw, will be reinvested in services, equipment and resources to identify, develop and coach the best home grown talent providing a pipeline of local talent for the next 10 years and beyond.
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Simon Cowell the richest man on Tv
August 15, 2013 / CircleMe
Simon Cowell is about to become a father for the first time and he should be able to take good care of his new son or daughter after he was named the richest man on Americantelevision according to Forbes Magazine.
Cowell and radio jock Howard Stern tied at the top of the list earning £61 million in the 12 months leading up to June 2013.
Cowell was a judge on American Idol until 2010 and is still a judge on X-Factor. It is his ownership in the Got Talent and X-Factor franchises which earn him most of his dough.
X-Factor airs in 41 countries while Got Talent is the biggest selling television franchise in the world.
Cowell also makes money from his Syco music label which is behind acts such as One Direction, Il Divo, and Leona Lewis.
Stern makes some of his earnings from hosting the Cowell-produced America's Got Talent. The rest of the top ten includes commentator Glenn Beck who came in third with $90 million, Oprah Winfrey who drew in $77 million, Dr. Phil McGraw who came in fifth with $72 million, political commentator Rush Limbaugh who made $66 million, Donald Trump with $63 million, Idol host Ryan Sea crest with $61 million, talk show host Ellen DeGeneres with $56 million and Judge Judy Sheindlin with $47 million.
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Thomas Holcombe of Connecticut
Stillman Moody1
b. 4 April 1799, d. 24 April 1835
Stillman Moody was born on 4 April 1799.1 He was the son of Sylvester Moody and Rhoda Day.1 Stillman Moody married Fanny Susan Brainerd, daughter of Robert Brainerd and Abigail Spencer, circa 1825.1 Stillman Moody died on 24 April 1835 at age 36.1
[S366] Jon K. Holcombe, "Spencer, Benjamin," e-mail to James H. Holcombe.
Robert Brainerd1
b. 16 April 1797, d. 1 February 1871
Robert Brainerd was born on 16 April 1797 at Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., CT.1 He was the son of Robert Brainerd and Abigail Spencer.1 Robert Brainerd married Mercy Snow, daughter of Josiah Snow and Mary Lyman, on 2 April 1827.1 Robert Brainerd died on 1 February 1871 at age 73.1
Robert was a farmer and Professof of Religion; they had 2 sons and 3 daughters.1
Mercy Snow1
b. 16 March 1799, d. 1861
Mercy Snow was born on 16 March 1799 at South Hadley Falls, Hampshire Co., MA.1 She was the daughter of Josiah Snow and Mary Lyman.1 Mercy Snow married Robert Brainerd, son of Robert Brainerd and Abigail Spencer, on 2 April 1827.1 Mercy Snow died in 1861.1
Abigail Brainerd1
b. 17 April 1795, d. 28 October 1836
Abigail Brainerd was born on 17 April 1795 at Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., CT.1 She was the daughter of Robert Brainerd and Abigail Spencer.1 Abigail Brainerd married William Kellogg, son of Eliakim Kellogg and Lois Eastman, on 2 April 1827.1 Abigail Brainerd died on 28 October 1836 at South Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA, at age 41.1
Abigail and william had no children.1
William Kellogg1
b. 31 March 1792, d. 27 September 1834
William Kellogg was born on 31 March 1792.1 He was the son of Eliakim Kellogg and Lois Eastman.1 William Kellogg married Abigail Brainerd, daughter of Robert Brainerd and Abigail Spencer, on 2 April 1827.1 William Kellogg died on 27 September 1834 at South Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA, at age 42.1
Sophia Brainerd1
b. 19 January 1793, d. circa 1884
Sophia Brainerd was born on 19 January 1793 at Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., CT.1 She was the daughter of Robert Brainerd and Abigail Spencer.1 Sophia Brainerd married Rodolphus Sheldon, son of Stephen Sheldon Jr. and Lydia Pond, on 6 October 1845.1 Sophia Brainerd died circa 1884 at South Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA.1
Rodolphus Sheldon1
b. 1789, d. 1863
Rodolphus Sheldon was born in 1789 at Southampton, MA.1 He was the son of Stephen Sheldon Jr. and Lydia Pond.1 Rodolphus Sheldon married Sophia Brainerd, daughter of Robert Brainerd and Abigail Spencer, on 6 October 1845.1 Rodolphus Sheldon died in 1863.1
Austin Brainerd1
b. 25 January 1791, d. 7 August 1869
Austin Brainerd was born on 25 January 1791 at Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., CT.1 He was the son of Robert Brainerd and Abigail Spencer.1 Austin Brainerd married Emma Smith, daughter of Darius Smith and Lydia White, on 13 October 1824.1 Austin Brainerd died on 7 August 1869 at age 78.1
Austin was a farmer at South hadley, MA.1
Emma Smith1
b. 17 October 1791, d. 14 August 1876
Emma Smith was born on 17 October 1791.1 She was the daughter of Darius Smith and Lydia White.1 Emma Smith married Austin Brainerd, son of Robert Brainerd and Abigail Spencer, on 13 October 1824.1 Emma Smith died on 14 August 1876 at age 84.1
Halsey Brainerd1
b. 22 December 1788, d. 17 September 1827
Halsey Brainerd was born on 22 December 1788 at Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., CT.1 He was the son of Robert Brainerd and Abigail Spencer.1 Halsey Brainerd married Lucy Judd, daughter of Capt. Levi Judd and Lucy Snow, on 24 December 1810.1 Halsey Brainerd died on 17 September 1827 at Geneva, Ontario Co., NY, at age 38.1
Halsey and Lucy had seven children, born at South Hadley, MA.1
Lucy Judd1
b. 21 August 1791, d. 16 October 1825
Lucy Judd was born on 21 August 1791.1 She was the daughter of Capt. Levi Judd and Lucy Snow.1 Lucy Judd married Halsey Brainerd, son of Robert Brainerd and Abigail Spencer, on 24 December 1810.1 Lucy Judd died on 16 October 1825 at age 34.1
James Brainerd1
b. 12 December 1767, d. 13 July 1835
James Brainerd was born on 12 December 1767 at Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., CT.1 He was the son of Benjamin Brainerd and Mary Chapman.1 James Brainerd married Dorothy Spencer, daughter of Elizur Spencer and Abigail Hazelton, in 1787.1 James Brainerd died on 13 July 1835 at age 67.1
Dorothy Spencer1
b. 5 August 1765, d. 9 November 1825
Dorothy Spencer was born on 5 August 1765 at Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.1 She was the daughter of Elizur Spencer and Abigail Hazelton.1 Dorothy Spencer married James Brainerd, son of Benjamin Brainerd and Mary Chapman, in 1787.1 Dorothy Spencer died on 9 November 1825 at Barre, Worcester Co., MA, at age 60.1
James and Dorothy had eleven children. They removed to South Hadley and then to Barre, MA.1
Henry Spencer1
b. 28 February 1769, d. 2 November 1833
Henry Spencer was born on 28 February 1769 at Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.1 He was the son of Elizur Spencer and Abigail Hazelton.1 Henry Spencer was baptized in June 1769.1 He married Eunice Ackley on 16 October 1797.1 Henry Spencer married Sally (?)1 Henry Spencer died on 2 November 1833 at Chatham, Middlesex Co., CT, at age 64.1
Eunice Ackley1
b. circa 1777, d. 20 January 1830
Eunice Ackley was born circa 1777.1 She married Henry Spencer, son of Elizur Spencer and Abigail Hazelton, on 16 October 1797.1 Eunice Ackley died on 20 January 1830 at Chatham, Middlesex Co., CT.1
Sally (?)1
b. circa 1778, d. before 1833
Sally (?) was born circa 1778.1 She married Henry Spencer, son of Elizur Spencer and Abigail Hazelton.1 Sally (?) died before 1833.1
Polly Holcombe1
b. 17 October 1790
Polly Holcombe was born on 17 October 1790 at Panton, Addison Co., VT.1,2 She was the daughter of Elisha Holcombe and Orra Judd.1
[S369] The Strong Family Association of America Strong Update Vol 2, Page 28.
[S773] Frank F. Judd, Thomas Judd, page 235.
Harlow Holcombe1
b. 15 August 1792
Harlow Holcombe was born on 15 August 1792 at Panton, Addison Co., VT.1,2 He was the son of Elisha Holcombe and Orra Judd.1
Sally Holcombe1
b. 23 December 1794
Sally Holcombe was born on 23 December 1794 at Panton, Addison Co., VT.1,2 She was the daughter of Elisha Holcombe and Orra Judd.1
Elisha Forbes Holcombe1,2
b. 17 June 1805, d. 1 March 1893
Elisha Forbes Holcombe was born on 17 June 1805 at Panton, Addison Co., VT.2,1,3,4 He was the son of Elisha Holcombe and Orra Judd.1,2 Elisha Forbes Holcombe died on 1 March 1893 at age 87.5 He was buried at Boquet Cemetery, south of Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY.6
Elisha and Julia were enumerated in the 1850 Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY Federal census. He was a farmer, age 46, Julia was 40. The five boys were listed.
Elisha and Julia were enumerated in the 1870 Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY Federal census, He was a farmer, age 64, Julia was 59. Morris was in the household as was an eight-year-old, Fred Holcombe. Son William was living next door.
Elisha was enumerated in the 1880 Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY Federal census. He was 75 and widowed. Beulah, age 44 was in the household and listed as his daughter. William was living next door.
Children of Elisha Forbes Holcombe and Julia Ann Deming
Benedict Holcombe7 b. c 1833
William D. Holcombe+7 b. c 1836
Newton Holcombe7 b. c 1841
Morris Holcombe7 b. c 1843
Milton Holcombe7 b. c 1846
[S25] Hannah McPherson, Holcombe Genealogy, Page 88.1, Item A-4-5-15-7-4.
[S362] 1880 Federal Census,.
Benedict Holcombe1
b. circa 1833
Benedict Holcombe was born circa 1833.1 He was the son of Elisha Forbes Holcombe and Julia Ann Deming.1
William D. Holcombe1
William D. Holcombe was born circa 1836.2 He was the son of Elisha Forbes Holcombe and Julia Ann Deming.1 William D. Holcombe married Emily (?)2
William and Emily were enumerated in the 1870 Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY Federal census.
William was enumerated in the 1900 Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY Federal Census, a widower. Friend, Lucy, and Emily were still in the household. Amy is living next door as wife of Sidney Scriver. Beulah Holcombe lives next door, relationship unknown.
William was enumerated in the 1910 Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY Federal Census, in the household of his son-in-law, Sidney Scriver.
Children of William D. Holcombe and Emily (?)
Julia Ann Holcombe3 b. c 1866
Amy A. Holcombe+3 b. c 1867
Friend W. Holcombe3 b. May 1870
Lucy B. Holcombe3 b. Nov 1873
Emily L. Holcombe3 b. Mar 1876
[S68] 1870 Federal Census, unknown repository address.
Milton Holcombe1
Milton Holcombe was born circa 1846. He was the son of Elisha Forbes Holcombe and Julia Ann Deming.1
Newton Holcombe1
Newton Holcombe was born circa 1841. He was the son of Elisha Forbes Holcombe and Julia Ann Deming.1
Morris Holcombe1
Morris Holcombe was born circa 1843. He was the son of Elisha Forbes Holcombe and Julia Ann Deming.1
Emily (?)1
Emily (?) was born circa 1846 at NY.1 She married William D. Holcombe, son of Elisha Forbes Holcombe and Julia Ann Deming.2
Children of Emily (?) and William D. Holcombe
Julia Ann Holcombe1
Julia Ann Holcombe was born circa 1866 at NY.1 She was the daughter of William D. Holcombe and Emily (?)2
Amy A. Holcombe1,2
Amy A. Holcombe was born circa 1867.1 She was the daughter of William D. Holcombe and Emily (?)2
Friend W. Holcombe1,2
b. May 1870
Friend W. Holcombe was born in May 1870 at NY.1 He was the son of William D. Holcombe and Emily (?)2
Lucy B. Holcombe1
b. November 1873
Lucy B. Holcombe was born in November 1873 at NY.1,2 She was the daughter of William D. Holcombe and Emily (?)1
Emily L. Holcombe1
b. March 1876
Emily L. Holcombe was born in March 1876 at NY.1,2 She was the daughter of William D. Holcombe and Emily (?)1
Compiler: James Holcombe, holcombegenealogy@gmail.com
Site updated on 9 Jan 2020 at 7:33:44 AM from THOMAS HOLCOMBE; 38,684 people
Researcher name: James H. Holcombe
Researcher address: 3600 Eaglerock Dr.
Researcher mail: jhholcombe@att.net


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The site was approximately 0.8 hectare and situated adjacent to the River Medway on the location of a former gasworks and brewery. It was extensively contaminated with hydrocarbons and to a lesser extent cyanide from the gas production process.
The remediation strategy for the Maidstone site was designed to address the on-site source contamination and indirectly the pathway contamination issues with the intention of protecting both human health and groundwater/surface water receptors; in particular the adjacent River Medway (Plate 4).
The remediation work was conducted in two stages; the first phase was based on excavating and treating materials from the former gasholder bases and from hotspots in the vicinity of the former purifier boxes. During the second phase a reactive soil mixed barrier system was installed adjacent to the River Medway, the function of which was to protect the river from groundwater contamination.
Phase 1 involved the excavation and ex-situ treatment of a total of 4,690m³ of contaminated material from the gas holders and purifier boxes between July and November 2006. The material was contaminated with typical gasworks pollutants, including PAH, TPH, Ammonia, Cyanide, Heavy Metals and Phenol.
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The material was tested for leachate against preagreed clean up criteria before being reused on site, here it was redeposited in the void spaces left by the former gasholder bases.
Phase 2 works consisted of installing a 120m long reactive barrier system during December 2006. This was installed using soil mixing techniques along the river retaining wall and across the site to intercept contaminated groundwater as it flowed towards the River Medway (Plate 3). Along the river wall and between the purifier boxes the wall was designed to be of low permeability. The second interlocking section, installed perpendicular to the river, was designed using Envirotreat's E-clay Technology as a permeable barrier. This allowed groundwater to pass through while ensuring that contaminants were retained within the barrier by the E-clay.


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Austria • Electronic Music • Festival • Music • Rock/Pop Music • Sankt Polten
FM4 Frequency Festival 2023
Where: Green Park, Sankt Polten, Austria
When: Thursday, August 17, 2023 - Saturday, August 19, 2023
FM4 Frequency Festival
Photo: www.frequency.at
FM4 Frequency Festival lasts for three days, every year, in mid August. The festival hosts more than hundred mainstream and alternative rock bands. The successful festival started in 2001 and is sponsored by the Austrian radio station FM4.
The festival events attract, every summer, thousands music lover youth from Austria and near by European countries. Due to the great demand and the numerous visitors, during the festival's days, it is recommended to buy tickets in advance. Payment can be made by Paypal or credit card.
The festival's program, venue, artists lineup information show time / schedule of events, how to get, parking etc. is present in the festival's link website. See details below, under "Event Related Information" section.
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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I.
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A constitutional law that same year declared the country's "perpetual neutrality" as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal. Following the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995, some Austrians have called into question this neutrality. A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999.
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After a two year psychiatrist interruptis, I have scheduled a family meeting in late June with Dr. Stern, Chris's psychiatrist. I have been blissfully happy during this time NOT retraumatizing myself through regular meetings like we used to have. I booked this meeting by mistake, actually, thinking that it was Dr. Stern who wanted one, and it turns out I misunderstood something Chris said. Be that as it may, Ian and I will be there, and so will Chris's occupational therapist. And, Chris, of course.
Reality check. Chris has received way more therapy than a lot of people get, and, at age 28, he's still not in a position to live independently. It has only been in the past year that he has developed a proactive interest in vocal performance. Recently he has taken on some occasional part time work helping an entrepreneur with an Internet start-up. He's doing the work from home and he is conscientious about doing a good job.
What does it take to fully reconstruct a personality? A lot of time as I have learned. I don't think everybody needs to see a psychiatrist as much as Chris does, but I'm not against it as long as Chris feels he is getting something out of it. This year, apparently, he feels he is. It has taken many years to get to this point.
Psychiatry should not be the only tool – it should be one of many. I shouldn't have to sneak around behind Dr. Stern's back getting additional help for Chris, and that's what I've had to do on several occasions. Psychiatry should not stand in the way of meditation, yoga, martial arts, hypnosis, sound therapy – or any other practice, discipline or therapy that helps a person to integrate the body with the mind. But, if my experience is typical of the experience of others, we are told that these kinds of activities may "destabilize" the person and this is the reason our requests are denied. This is the psychiatrist insisting on control. In my experience what does destabilize a person is high expressed emotion. "Constructive" criticism coming at the wrong time is still criticism. Conveying a sense of worry about the situation can be interpreted as a lack of hope, etc. There can be many reasons a person relapses, and it takes a while to sort it all out without jumping to the wrong conclusions.
The teenage son of a colleague of mine has just been committed to a psychiatric hospital. He's fourteen years old. He's been receiving psychiatric help for years, but the situation was taking a new turn and becoming dangerous. His father feels all the psychiatry his son has had to date hasn't prevented what is happening now.
Here's an excellent opportunity for me to rush in and give my friend the benefit of all my experience, and yet, I don't. At least, I don't very much.
My advice wouldn't be understood because it's too soon for most people in crisis mode to absorb its simple and, at the same time, complicated message. Mental illness is so personal that it seems that nobody else can possibly have the answers for your own relative. And, of course that's true to some extent. It seems all of us are fated to learn about how to get over mental illness the hard way.
It shouldn't have to be this hard, but it is, because, unfortunately, most psychiatrists aren't willing to embrace alternatives. Right now my friend's son is in isolation, so early empathetic intervention à la Soteria or Open Dialogue isn't being considered. Even if it's not Soteria, doctors should get in there early and tell the parents it's their job to be non-judgmental, low expressed emotion and unafraid. They should but they don't. As long as the parents are scared stiff and worried, doctors can count on being in control.
In our own case, Chris's psychiatrists have, at various times, rejected vitamins, second opinions, sound therapy, and ideas coming from us. Had Chris's psychiatrist known about the Assemblage Point shift, well, I never even proposed it because I knew it would be rejected. Most psychiatrists, even the ones I think have been helpful for Chris, don't appreciate hearing about add-on therapies. I can understand that to a point. But it often looks more like they want to control the entire process, even if it means that recovery will never happen or be delayed.
So, what did I say to my colleague? Not much, but I tried to interject optimism and a positive attitude about his son's future. I suggested that psychiatrists don't have most of the answers and a healthy amount of skepticism is needed. I mentioned that the Internet is full of different views about mental health. It's far too early to confide in him that one of the best therapies for Chris was for his parents to decide to change the family dynamics by changing ourselves, rather than our thinking that Chris was the problem in need of changing.
It's too bad that psychiatry doesn't share these insights with the family. If it did, recovery would be quicker than it actually is.
When Ian and I met with Dr. Stern earlier this month we urged her to take Chris off Serdolect and not to substitute another antipsychotic. For once, even Ian was on my side about the Serdolect after we realized that it can lead to sudden cardiac arrest. Somehow, Dr. X at the psychiatric hospital had "forgotten" to tell us about this particular side effect, probably because he had finally managed to get me to shut up about his adding a second medication on top of the Abilify. It was only after Chris went for an ECG that it dawned on me why he was having one in the first place. I didn't bother researching Serdolect's particular drawback because all antipsychotics have side effects (at least this one wasn't clozapine) and I am sick and tired of continually being on the offensive with the doctors and being on the opposite side of Ian.
I feel that with the subsequent interventions that Chris has undertaken since leaving the hospital in May (Tomatis Therapy and Sound Therapy) he has a better grip on reality and will be in stronger position than before to get off these stupid medications once and for all. He also has to be in a stronger position to make his own case with Dr. Stern. I really hate having a psychiatrist involved in what I consider our "family business," meaning Chris, Ian and I coming up with our own agreed strategy. If there were no prescription medications involved, we would only be needing Dr. Stern to act as a counselor. Prescription medications means a psychiatrist has to be involved. The psychiatrist then has gained enormous power over the decision making of the patient and family. I forgot to add that there is a second psychiatrist involved who I haven't met – the whom who prescribes the medications. This is an arrangement that we agreed upon with Dr. Stern so that she can meet with Chris without medications being the main topic of discussion. Where there is a psychiatrist, there is medication, however, because Dr. Stern needs to confer with the second psychiatrist about them.
If I think too much about this and actively intervene, I'll be headed for another round of sleepless nights. My new strategy is to trust Dr. Stern to do the right thing with Chris's fully informed consent. Dr. Stern has been remarkably open to listening to us in the past and has professed a desire to see Chris off the medications "at some point." The point where that "some point" is located is of course up to debate.


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by Sheila O'Malley | September 10, 2013 |
Sheila writes: While life can often be messy and awful, and the bombardment of bad news from around the globe is disheartening to say the least, sometimes it really helps to sit back, relax, and watch a bunch of guys working together to play "Flight of the Bumblebees" on the cliched 100 bottles of beer on the wall. This clip came out a couple of years ago and I haven't tired of it. I love the collaboration and the creativity. I love in particular the scene that isn't shown here, the one where they worked it all out.
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by Marie Haws | December 29, 2010 |
Roger and Chaz outside the CBC Studios. They were recently featured on CBS News Sunday Morning to discuss the launch of their new show "Ebert Presents At The Movies".
How to write a screenplay
by Roger Ebert | November 9, 2008 |
Frank Cottrell Boyce's teleplay "God On Trial" plays on PBS at 8 p.m. CST Sunday, Nov. 9, and will repeat. It's based on the true story of Auschwitz prisoners weighing the case against God. I met Frank online in the 1980s in my old CompuServe forum. He was in his 20s. Now he has become a leading British screenwriter. His credits follow this piece. After reading my blog "Roger's little rule book," he sent this article that appeared in the Guardian on June 30, 2008.
Ebert's Four-Star Movies of 2006
by Roger Ebert | December 21, 2006 |
Roger Ebert's best movie lists from 1967-present
Overlooked Film Festival, Take 8
by Roger Ebert | March 20, 2006 |
Some films are born overlooked. Others have it thrust upon them. Among this year's festival entries, "Ripley's Game" has never had a theatrical release in the United States, and "Duane Hopwood" had a release so spotty it seemed designed to hide the film. Yet these are the kinds of films a movie critic views with joy: Films that are a meeting of craft and art. Being able to share them is an incalculable pleasure; everybody should have their own Overlooked Film Festival in the glorious Virginia Theater, all the year around. You have no idea how much fun it is.
Voter fraud?
Q. I was rooting for "Brokeback Mountain" to win the Best Picture Oscar. I thought it was a great film. I haven't seen "Crash," but I'm curious now to see it and be able to make a comparison. I wish the Academy voters had done the same. For the major categories, there is no requirement that Academy voters have seen all nominees. Or that they've even seen any of the nominees. Or that the Academy member is the person actually filling out the ballot. The process is a sham.
Ebert's Best 10 Movies of 2005
'Millions' writer wins "lottery"
Filmography:
The Best 10 Movies of 2002
It was a year when more movies opened than during any other year in memory. A year when the big Hollywood studios cast their lot with franchises, formulas, sequels, and movies marketed for narrow demographic groups--focusing so much on "product" instead of original work that they seemed likely to be shut out of the Oscars, as they were essentially shut out of the Golden Globes. A year when independent and foreign films showed extraordinary vitality. A wonderful year, that is, for moviegoers who chose carefully, and a mediocre year for those took their chances at the multiplex.


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How would Pandora's oceans act with it's position in space?
I was just thinking, the Earth has a pretty strict way in which the sea behaves. The moon has some pull on the sea, and probably other minor forces (the Sun, and maybe where the sea is in relation to the point on Earth like near the equator). How would Pandora's oceans be affected by it's position? Such as Pandora is a moon rather than a planet so it closely rotates around the gas giant, as well as the other moons and dual suns surrounding it. Would there be tides like there is on Earth? Would the different gravity also have an affect?
Eventually after centuries of war they gave up fighting and assimilated the enemy and found the enemy was themselves.
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It probably does have tides because of the gas giant being so big and so close. I would almost guess that creatures on the side facing Polyphemus would be a little lighter than those on the other because if Polyphemus is as big as Jupiter which has around 254% of Earths gravity and Pandora has much less, maybe the gas giant could have an affect on more than just the oceans.
So if Polyphemus has an affect like the moon does on Earth, the tidal changes would be pretty dramatic. Does Pandora rotate? That also affects the tides, and if it is locked in rotation (like our moon always faces us with the same side) that would mean the ocean would be deeper at the side facing Polyphemus since there would be a bulging affect.
Yes, if it didn't rotate there wouldn't be gravity or a day/night cycle.
The stronger gravity of Polyphemus would mean deeper oceans, as people have mentioned. The other moons wouldn't have much of an effect in comparison.
Humm... sorry there have a little mistake, a lot of people think that, but rotation of a planet don't make the gravity, the gravity is directly linked with the mass and the diameter of object, like that F = G(mo/d) where G = universal gravity constant = 6,6742×10E-11, mo = mass of the object and d= the diameter of the object.
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Yes, there can still be gravitational forces on an object, but AFAIK, it wouldn't work being that close to Polyphemus based on it's mass. Maybe I'm wrong there though, it has been 3 years since I did any physics and I've forgotten a bit there.
Binary star system may also have an affect on Pandora's orbital location.
One star is in orbit around the other.
So you will be able to find Pandora :o?
I think the sun does not have a significant influence due its distance as dont the other moons. They would be only secondary fluctuations. The major influence would be the gas giant, especially as Pandora rotates by itself. The fact that Pandora rotates makes it clear though that it is not too close to the planet, so the gravitational pull cannot be that hard and the tides not too big. If the pull would be large, Pandora would evenutally be locked (as Earths Moon).


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THE PALI GOLF COURSE SHOOTINGS
STAR-BULLETIN / NOVEMBER 2000
Lepo Taliese, released from prison in 1995 after his sentence of life without parole was commuted, enjoyed his time with his daughter, Selena.
Gunshot victim
'had paid his dues'
Lepo Taliese, killed at a golf
course, did time for murder
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Turf war a factor
Hot topic among golfers
By Gregg K. Kakesako
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Friends of one of the slain victims of Wednesday's Pali Golf Course shooting remember Lepo Taliese as "a good guy who had paid his dues."
Taliese, formerly known as Lepo Utu, had been released from prison in 1995 after his sentence of life without parole was commuted.
In 1980, Taliese was sentenced to a life term without parole after he and four other inmates were convicted of first-degree murder for killing a fellow inmate in 1980.
Gov. John Waihee reduced his sentence to life with parole in November 1994, and he was released six months later.
His attorney, Chester Kanai, said in an interview in 2000 that the evidence showed that Taliese was not in the area when fellow inmate Milton Nihipali was beaten to death.
"It wasn't a question of they were guilty and 'Please grant us clemency or mercy,'" Kanai said. "It was, 'We've got to do something because they're not guilty.'"
However, Deputy Prosecutor Kevin Takata said he was not thoroughly convinced Taliese was not involved in the death.
After his release, Taliese, 44, continued to have problems with drugs and alcohol. He returned to prison for parole violations and was released again in November 1996.
Taliese entered a residential drug treatment program, and in a Nov. 22, 2000, Star-Bulletin interview, he credited Rags Scanlan, president of Royal Guard Security, for giving him his first real job.
Scanlan said yesterday that he had not kept in touch with Taliese, but had occasionally bumped into him.
"He was a good guy," Scanlan said. "He paid his dues. He was pardoned by the governor. He was always for the underdog because he had been an underdog.
"He was just a nice guy who made bad choices, and we tried to give him a break."
While with Royal Guard, Taliese had been assigned to a site known for its gang problems. Scanlan felt that Taliese's background and sincerity would help him with the kids.
After leaving Scanlan's company, Taliese went to work for Fresh Start, a residential drug and alcohol abuse program, but in April 1999 he was accused of stealing a planner from the Diamond Head home where MTV's "Real World" was filmed. He resigned from the program and was convicted of first-degree burglary. A judge overturned the conviction.
In June 1999, Taliese took custody of his infant daughter, Selena, who was born while her mother was serving a term for violating parole.
Taliese said that his daughter gave him a new purpose in life.
A year later, Taliese went to work for Tradewind Taxi & Tours.
Bob Naauo, Tradewind's owner, told the Star-Bulletin yesterday that he has never regretted giving Taliese a job. Naauo said he was "shocked" when he was told by friends Wednesday that Taliese had such a violent death.
"He was so good that I made him a supervisor, overseeing drivers at three locations," Naauo said.
He was assigned to oversee the taxis serving the Nimitz and Kakaako areas since "they were pretty rough districts, and he knew how to handle those situations," Naauo said.
Taliese worked for Naauo for nearly two years.
"I only know good things about him," said Naauo, who last saw Taliese eight months ago. "He had proved himself to me. Everybody needs a second chance. ... He's an honorable guy. I have no regrets at all. He proved to me that he had changed. People do change. People need a second chance, and I gave him the second chance."


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Columbia Power takes pride in working to develop a culture of Corporate Sustainability with initiatives to encourage awareness and opportunities for staff and community engagement. We are actively involved with stakeholders on environmental issues associated with our projects. Columbia Power also supports local environmental groups and initiatives.
White Sturgeon Recovery
The population of White Sturgeon in the Columbia River is listed as Endangered under the federal Species at Risk Act. Potential project impacts on sturgeon were a focus of the environmental assessments of our projects. Columbia Power is an active member of the Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative and has programs to monitor sturgeon in the vicinity of our facilities. Some of our facilities are pioneering mitigation measures to minimize any impact our facilities may have on sturgeon.
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Columbia Power completed a renovation of its office in Castlegar, BC in 2010. In keeping with the commitment to sustainability, the renovations were done to the LEED Gold standard and were certified in 2011.
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Columbia Power owns approximately 18.5 hectares on the west shore of the Kootenay River near South Slocan known as the Slocan Pools property. The land was acquired from Cominco (now Teck) along with expansion rights to the Brilliant and Waneta dams in 1994 by the Province, and was then given to Columbia Power to manage in 1998. The site has a rich cultural history and is home to a diverse number of plant and animal species. It is maintained in an essentially unaltered state with walking trails that are heavily used by the public.
Columbia Power works together with the Slocan Pool public advisory committee (composed of members of the public, First Nations representatives, and local scientists) to provide advice on management of the land for its environmental, educational, cultural and recreational values.
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On an annual basis, Columbia Power employees participate in the national Commuter Challenge competition where participants utilize alternate environmentally-friendly forms of transportation for commuting to and from work in an effort to reduce CO2 emissions. Columba Power is currently the only company in Castlegar who partakes in this fun and friendly competition.
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Purple Class Year 6's celebrated the ending of their SATs by learning how to make a camp fire down at forest school.
Mrs Wilcoxson showed the children how to safely prepare the fire starting with finding different sized sticks that must be deadwood. The children then learnt safety rules for having a fire outside and what to do in an emergency.
Once the fire was lit, the staff prepared sausages for the children to eat! It was amazing to watch the sausages cook on a fire prepared by Purple Class!
After the delicious sausages, the children ended their meal by toasting marshmallows on the fire.
Whilst the fire died down, Purple Class played some favourite forest games including 'foxes and mice' and then came back to the circle to ensure the fire was safely out before heading back to school.


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Home World 'Sacrifice Lamb': Pandemic policy is forcing hundreds of public health officials
'Sacrifice Lamb': Pandemic policy is forcing hundreds of public health officials
"For us to see this price level is very difficult - it is difficult for the community and it is difficult to respond," said one expert.
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Lee Norman, Kansas chief medical officer, was unintentional in his public assessment of the coronavirus epidemic.
He presented daily forums with strong warnings about Covid-19 that often pitted him against the GOP-led national legislature, which recently stripped Democratic Alliance Government Laura Kelly of her ability to set national boundaries.
But last month, when legislatures were ready to weaken Kelly's power of emergency, Norman stepped down as head of the Department of Health and Environment. He later told the Kansas News Service that the governor, who had appointed him to oversee the organization, had asked him to resign.
Like Norman, hundreds of state and local health officials across the country have retired, resigned, or were forced out of the community because of the epidemic, experts say.
"I think I was not pursuing their goal, but I was advancing the cause of public health," he said in a telephone interview, referring to Republicans and Kelly. "I may have been a sacrificial lamb, but I have no way of knowing that."
Kelly's office did not respond to a request for comment.
Lori Tremmel Freeman, CEO of the National Association of County and City Health Official, told NBC News that more than 500 public health officials have been fired or resigned since the early days of the disease.
"For us, seeing this price level is very difficult - it is difficult for the community and it is difficult to respond," Freeman said. "We don't have a lot of people in the queue for positions because they are tough. And then, the more we talk about being victims, the more intimidation and intimidation they are, the less attractive they are. Those positions make sense."
In addition to the group's attacks, some officials said security concerns led to their resignation.
In Missouri, the director of the Franklin County Department of Health stepped down this week, citing threats against him and his family.
"Daily assaults, violent threats and even death threats against the department, my family and myself in accordance with the instructions I have been given are not only unacceptable, it is unacceptable," wrote Angie Hitson in her letter of resignation. "Deleting was not an easy decision for me, rather it was a decision I felt I should make in order to be safe and sound."
Nichole Quick, a health official in Orange County, California, resigned in June 2020 after protesters showed off his organized portrait of Hitler's mustache and swastikas. One critic read the official's speech at a public meeting. Quick was behind the first regional mask authority, released weeks ago.
Some officials, in states such as Montana, New York, Oklahoma, and Texas, say they have resigned because of constant intimidation and support from lawmakers or other government officials.
In a nationwide survey of 26,000 people working in the public health system, at national and regional levels, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that about 12 percent of respondents said they had received work-related threats since the beginning of the epidemic; about 25 percent said that they had felt harassed, threatened, or harassed because of their work.
In addition, more than 13,000 employees told the CDC that they had experienced at least one serious mental health condition, such as depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The migration of public health officials raises concerns about experts like Freeman about the country's ability to respond to highly infectious omicrons, which pose a challenge to the country's health system.
"Our public health workers have lost more than 20 percent of their work over the past decade due to non-investment, so these losses come in addition to job losses," Freeman said. "And as we get into the omicron and hear more about the severity of the infection, we are concerned about the ability of our local health departments to continue responding."
However, some lawyers say the epidemic has provided an opportunity for officials to connect with their communities and educate people about their role.
"We need to make sure people understand what we are doing and how we are protecting them," Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, said in a telephone interview.
At the same time, he said, "Anyone who thinks we're going to wake up suddenly two months from now and things are going to be the way they were two years ago is fooling themselves."
For some public health officials, the reversal of their Covid recommendations may be confusing.
Lisa Macon, regional health director for the Granville and Vance counties in North Carolina, said that although "we often have good dialogue on political lines most of the time" in the province and the governor of the Democratic Alliance and the Republican legislature, "it is still. it's really a challenge. "
"It is difficult to understand how people can resist the efforts to make people safer and save lives and get people out of hospital and prevent disease and death," said Macon, who is also president of the National Association of County and City. Health Officials. "I'm just trying to understand you unless we know we have political and cultural wars right now."
Lee Norman Kansas chief
The bank mistakenly deposited $ 176 million in people's accounts on Christmas Day
Biden extends US support for the International Space Station until 2030