On Memorial Day 2016, I encourage members of the Association of the U.S. Army and everyone else to give some thought to the almost 1 million service members who have died in combat theaters during our nation's history. The sacrifice of those who died in the service of the United States of America, and the grief of their families and friends, are reminders that there is a tragic price for American freedom, paid by young men and women who take up arms to fight on behalf of our nation.
On this Memorial Day, I also hope we spend some time thinking about our nation's Vietnam veterans, an often overlooked generation of almost 9 million people, including 3.4 million who served in Southeast Asia. More than 58,000 died and more than 153,000 were injured in a war that started for the U.S. in 1964 and ended in 1975.
Vietnam-era veterans make up about one-third of all living veterans. I'm one of them, having served a combined 28 months in-country in two tours, the first in 1962 as an adviser and again in 1969 as a personnel management officer with Headquarters, I Field Force.
Medals of Honor were awarded to 258 Vietnam veterans, 162 of them posthumously. Soldiers received 172 of the medals, with retired Col. Roger H.C. Donlon the first Vietnam War recipient. Donlon received the nation's highest award for valor for his actions on July 6, 1964, during a five-hour battle after his small outpost was attacked by a Viet Cong battalion. "We should never surrender," Donlon said of the Special Forces detachment he led. "Our only goal was victory." Two of his men, an Australian adviser and about 50 South Vietnamese soldiers were killed in the battle.
By bipartisan congressional authorization and presidential proclamation, we are in a 13-year period—from Memorial Day 2012 through Veterans Day 2025—commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. This is a time to acknowledge the service of Vietnam veterans and their families, and also to recognize contributions made by government, industry and allies.
More than 9,000 local, state and national organizations, businesses and governmental agencies have joined the Defense Department's Vietnam War Commemoration program as commemorative partners, and are conducting events and activities in small towns and large cities that publicly share the nation's gratitude with these warriors and their families. Smaller, quieter commemorations of the service of Vietnam veterans are also being held by friends and family.


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Connah's Quay Nomads are no strangers to Scottish opposition following their exploits in the Irn-Bru Cup last season, and they now face Kilmarnock in the UEFA Europa League 1st Qualifying Round on Thursday, 11 July (7pm) at Belle Vue, Rhyl.
But while manager Andy Morrison prepares his team for another European campaign, there is also plenty of preparation happening off the field.
To find out more about what goes into organising European football at a JD Welsh Premier League club, FAW.cymru recently caught-up with the Nomads' Media Officer Nik Mesney on his return from the draw at UEFA HQ to find out more.
Q. Firstly Nik, just how exciting a time is this for you and everyone connected with the club, and just what does European football mean for the Nomads?
A. The European campaigns are always an exciting time of the season for everyone involved. They are challenging to pull off, but at the same time it's great for everyone at the club to test themselves against top opposition from different countries. For the club it's another fantastic achievement. We've now achieved four consecutive Europa League campaigns and we are always looking to improve and go one step further each time.
Q. Describe the emotion when you see the name Connah's Quay Nomads being pulled out of the bowl. How special is it for you personally to be representing your club at the draw?
A. It's brilliant! The nervous energy is bubbling over when you are sitting there waiting to see which number comes out of the bowl. Obviously, there are always teams you are looking to avoid due to their reputation, quality and club co-efficient, so when you see one of those come out you're praying that you aren't next!
On a personal level, I love it. I've been lucky enough to go to Geneva three times now, and if you'd have told a 15-year old me that I would be going to UEFA Headquarters to not just watch, but actually take part in a top level UEFA competition draw, I wouldn't have believed you.
Q. Drawing Kilmarnock brings a whole host of new challenges with it. What has been the most testing part of organising this particular match?
A. The toughest aspect of this game has to be the requirement for tickets. Unfortunately, we were unable to move the game to a larger ground. From a financial point of view it's a shame as we could have done very well out of it had it been moved to a bigger location, but I know that Andy Morrison is also happy to keep it at Rhyl as it will play into our comfort zone more than Kilmarnock's, who are used to playing in big stadia with big crowds.
We've been inundated with ticket requests, but we can obviously only sell what is available at Rhyl, so we've had to go into a much more detailed ticketing setup than we have done in the past. We've had to specifically do home and away tickets to ensure that we keep safety at the highest possible level, and we will also be bringing in an external security firm for the game to again ensure that safety is the number one priority.
Q. The general public don't see what happens behind the scenes leading up to a game like this. Just give us some idea about the demands placed on the club between the draw and the two legs.
A. It's a huge challenge, people just think it's just a game of football, but there is a lot that goes into the planning and production of a game like this. The first year we were in Europe, we played in Norway on the Thursday, won and qualified for the second round, and had to be in Serbia just six days later. Organising flights, accommodation and visas for almost 30 people in under six days was a massive challenge. We had a transfer in Frankfurt and then had to get buses from Belgrade to Novi Sad where the game was played, which was roughly 2 hours away.
Somewhat luckily this year we don't have to play abroad because that obviously throws up massive requirements from the back room staff who do so much. This year we don't have to worry about any of that with going back to Scotland where we visited a few times last season, it seems almost simple from that aspect this season. The home game is going to be a much bigger challenge based on the number of fans we expect to be at the game, but it's a challenge we are all looking forward to.
Q. Football is a team game, but I guess that applies off the pitch too. Just how valuable and important are the club's staff and volunteers at this time?
A. Absolutely, it's all about the team on the pitch at the end of the day getting the results, but without the team off the pitch the games would never be able to go ahead. Volunteers have been priceless to the club in terms of getting things setup already and they will be invaluable on the matchday as well.
There is so much that goes in to making sure a match runs smoothly, and there are so many moving parts, so it's great to have the staff and volunteers involved so heavily from selling tickets, meeting with police, meeting with opposition representatives etc.
Q. On that note, as someone who has worked in this environment over the last couple of seasons, what would you say to people thinking about volunteering at their local club, and maybe one day being a part of this whole European experience?
A. Get involved! That's the bottom line. Being involved in football is something I absolutely love and I'm fairly certain I could say that of everyone at the club.
Everyone loves football and everyone loves the club, and the rewards are fantastic when they do come after all of the hard work. Standing in the cold and wet on a horrible December night is all worth it when you get to be part of European football and enjoy the buzz of a European night under the lights in early July.

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The Nikon D5600 DSLR delivers the same great image quality as its predecessor but now comes equipped with Nikon SnapBridge functionality. While not without its limitations, sharing images has never been easier and the D5600 remains a compelling compact DSLR for budding photographers. Image quality is excellent and overall performance is good.


Two major M&A deals announced today could boost hopes for a spike in dealmaking activity.
In the biggest deal so far this year, Sanofi is set to acquire the blood disorders company Bioverativ— a spin-out from Biogen—for $11.6 billion. Through the deal, Sanofi will gain Eloctate for the treatment of haemophilia A and Alprolix for the treatment of haemophilia B.
And following a string of recently announced immuno-oncology deals, Celgene announced it will buy Juno Therapeutics for $9 billion. Juno has a substantial pipeline of CAR-T therapies, including some such as JCAR017 that the company hopes could soon reach the market, in the wake of Novartis's Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) and Gilead's Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel). Like Celgene, Gilead bought into CAR-T therapies, through its $11.9 billion acquisition of Kite Pharma last year. Separately, Pfizer announced last week that it will collaborate with Gilead to trial Yescarta in combination with its 4-1BB agonist utomilumab in certain blood cancers.
In another immuno-oncology partnership, Forty Seven has teamed up with Roche's Genentech unit to conduct trials of its CD47-targeted antibody Hu5F9-G4 with the PDL1 blocker Tecentriq (atezolizumab) in bladder cancer and acute myeloid leukemia. This is the second collaboration that Forty Seven has establish for Hu5F9-G4, just months after a deal with Merck KGaA to test it in combination with its PDL1 blocker Bavencio (avelumab).
Finally, in an early-stage oncology partnership, Merck KGaA will work with Cancer Research UK's commercial partnership team and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in a multi-project collaboration and licensing deal to discover and develop new cancer therapies and biomarkers. The deal gives Merck rights to move the successful candidates into clinical development, with royalty and milestone payments being paid to Cancer Research and the ICR.


Conradh na Gaeilge say that the measures announced by the Minister of Education and Science do not properly address the shortcomings in relation to the teaching and the learning of Irish in our schools. Whilst we welcome the added recognition afforded to the oral Irish exam, any reform must embrace a holistic methodology.
Dáithí Mac Cárthaigh, President of Conradh na Gaeilge said: "I am very disappointed that the Minister of Education and Science is not addressing this problem in an integrated manner. She is focusing on one level of the problem and is ignoring in effect the other levels. The learning and the teaching of Irish must be developed at the three levels in a holistic manner, i.e. in the primary schools, at second level and in the teacher training colleges."
Conradh na Gaeilge recommends that all trainee primary school teachers should be taught through Irish in an all-Irish environment, learning through and about immersion education, for the equivalent of one academic year of their training course.
The teaching and the learning of Irish at primary level should be developed by implementing the Department of Education's own policy, i.e. that one subject, along with Irish, should be taught through Irish to all primary school pupils (initially on a pilot basis with the necessary support and training to be provided). Physical education, drama, or art could be the extra subject chosen to encourage the students to bring the language to life in the classroom.
In relation to second level we agree that an extra emphasis should be put placed on oral Irish. This should be done preferably by developing two syllabi for Irish at second level with two separate examination papers for the Leaving Certificate and the Junior Certificate ("Irish Language" teaching and assessing the skills of understanding, speaking, reading and writing using the Common European Framework as reference to be taken by al students: and "Irish Literature" to be taken by higher level students only).
General Secretary, Conradh na Gaeilge.


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Roll Your Own Life (5) - Story? What Story?
So, Star Frontiers. That was where things really took off for me. Free of the shackles of fantasy, and after being obsessed with Star Wars since it first came out, this was a great chance to fuel my need for more space opera.
I don't remember much of the initial party, it was probably the same craziness that always accompanies the first game - everyone wants to try a different race to see what they're like, even the six legged insect dudes or the sentient lumps of putty.
Milo was taken by Star Frontiers as well, running his own game with a group of Dralasites (the walking putty) who were part of a rock group causing chaos around the galaxy, calling themselves the Dark Judges. But my game was lacking something. A story.
I really never had any idea about plots. D&D was simple - go into the dungeon, kill nasties, steal their stuff. That was all RPGing was to me back then. Soon, Star Frontiers was little more than an excuse for the characters to don ridiculously oversized powered armour (yes, there's a "u", I'm British!) wading into impossible amounts of Sathars and kicking alien butt.
While this wasn't inspiring game-play, it did inspire other things. I'd started doodling caricatures of the players, adapting events in the game into little comic strips. Soon, we'd started playing these characters of ourselves within the game, building a bizarre mythology of "The Eight". The movie Ghostbusters had just hit the cinemas and I'd gained a new obsession (yes, I wanted to be Venkman when I grew up), and these cartoon versions of ourselves became the "Wormbusters" - dedicated to stamping out those pesky lizards wherever they appeared.
Me, years after all of the Wormbusters goings on, but the
same GM chair in my old backroom.
(1989 - about to run Star Wars)
Libelously ripping off storylines from Howard the Duck and the amazing comic strip The Travellers that originally appeared in the UK's White Dwarf magazine, the adventures of the Wormbusters became a desperate attempt to gain attention from my school classmates as they demanded not only to see the next episode, but also to make cameo appearances in the strips.
Before you ask, yes - I do still have all of Wormbusters. Why? I dunno... it wasn't very good, my artwork was awful, and very little of it was original, but it was a little piece of history that evolved into bigger things - the characters became darker, more serious and contemporary. Milo started writing huge novels of their military and vigilante exploits, Pete wrote epic comic scripts and I started taking the drawing of comics more seriously.
But in both of these cases, I didn't have much input with stories. I was just plain rubbish at writing them, and my gaming remained in that state until I discovered what could possibly be called the first of the "story" games (at least in my opinion) - Ghostbusters - A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game.
More on the awesome Ghostbusters RPG and how it inspired me to write RPGs next time...
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Roll Your Own Life (6) - Who ya gonna call?
Roll Your Own Life (4) - Zebulon's Guide to Gamema...


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Q: get() in picasso cannot be applied to (android.content.context) I have the following code on android studio, after I followed a tutorial video. However, in the tutorial video, the uploader used:
implementation 'com.android.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'
while I had to use
implementation 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.71828'

Adapter Class
public class adapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<adapter.viewHolder> {
    private Context mContext;
    private ArrayList<ItemActivity> mExampleList;

    public adapter(Context context, ArrayList<ItemActivity> exampleList)
    {
        mContext = context;
        mExampleList = exampleList;
    }

    @NonNull
    @Override
    public viewHolder onCreateViewHolder(@NonNull ViewGroup parent, int
    viewType) {
            View v =
LayoutInflater.from(mContext).inflate(R.layout.itemlayout, parent, false);
        return new viewHolder(v);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(@NonNull viewHolder holder, int position)
    {
        ItemActivity currentItem = mExampleList.get(position);

        String imageUrl = currentItem.getImageUrl();
        String creatorName = currentItem.getCreator();
        int likeCount = currentItem.getLikeCount();

        holder.mTextViewCreator.setText(creatorName);
        holder.mTextViewLikes.setText("Likes: "+likeCount);

        Picasso.get(mContext).load(imageUrl).
        fit().centerInside.into(holder.mImageView);//get() in picasso
                                                     cannot be applied to
                                                 (android.content.context)
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return mExampleList.size();
    }

    public class viewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder
    {
        public ImageView mImageView;
        public TextView mTextViewCreator;
        public TextView mTextViewLikes;

        public viewHolder(@NonNull View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            mTextViewCreator = itemView.findViewById(R.id.image_view);
            mImageView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.text_view_creator);
            mTextViewLikes = itemView.findViewById(R.id.text_view_likes);
        }
    }

}

As stated above, the Picasso line gives me the error: get() in picasso cannot be applied to (android.content.context)
Thanks!

A: Picasso with(Context) hast been renamed to get()
Check this commit

A: Since Picasso 2.71828 you dont need to supply Context in Picasso.get()
For more information see the ChangeLog

A: Picasso#get() doesn't have a context. If you need to use a different context, you can use new Picasso.Builder(mContext).build();
Or, Picasso.get() will suffice.

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La Plata County tells Durango to find a homeless camp solution 'lickety-split'
Wednesday, Sep 16, 2020 5:46 PM Updated Thursday, Sep. 17, 2020 12:35 AM
City councilors say it's taking longer than expected to find long-term location
The future of the Purple Cliffs homeless camp south of Durango remains up in the air as Durango city councilors and La Plata County commissioners try to figure out long-term solutions.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file
The future of the homeless camp at Purple Cliffs did not get much clearer Wednesday after a joint meeting between Durango city councilors and La Plata County commissioners.
La Plata County commissioners in recent weeks have expressed support for shutting down the camp, which county officials say was supposed to be temporary as the city of Durango figured out a permanent location.
But city councilors have said it is going to take more time to identify a suitable location for a long-term homeless camp, and they've pleaded with county commissioners to keep Purple Cliffs open at least through the winter.
"Quite frankly, we haven't found it," said Assistant City Manager Kevin Hall. "I know there's been a lot of frustration ... because it's a difficult situation ... there are no great sites out there."
The city and county came together Wednesday in an attempt to iron out many of the issues that have arisen in recent weeks, but the path forward remains unclear.
City councilors proposed keeping the portion of Purple Cliffs that's located on county lands open, and even expanding the site to allow campers on adjacent property owned by the city.
And in the meantime, city councilors promised to come up with a long-term plan.
In recent weeks, city officials said it has become clear there is a need for two homeless camps: a highly managed one for those looking to transition out of homelessness, and another dispersed camping-type site for those who want to camp outside.
"We're always going to need at least two different types of housing," said Councilor Kim Baxter.
A previously proposed camp, which would be highly managed and accommodate up to 40 people, called "Elkview" is likely to be scrapped, city officials said, after public opposition mounted to it being adjacent to Greenmount Cemetery.
"We need to find the best location so it is supported by our community," said Councilor Melissa Youssef. "(Elkview) is not supported."
The city has apparently identified two new possible solutions for a managed camp: a vacant city-owned parcel in Bodo Industrial Park or a plan to use the existing Hilltop House community corrections building if the center moves into the vacant DeNier Youth Service Center.
"It seems there is a path forward," Hall said. "But it's not within the expectations or parameters that we all anticipated when we went into this a year ago with Purple Cliffs."
La Plata County in 2019 set up the camp at Purple Cliffs, just south of Durango on La Posta Road (County Road 213), which now has a fluctuating population of about 50 to 60 people.
But county commissioners say the site at Purple Cliffs is inadequate as a long-term camp: It is far from services such as Manna soup kitchen; it presents safety hazards along the county road; and its terrain is steep and dangerous, especially in winter.
Commissioner Julie Westendorff said requesting the county to keep Purple Cliffs open is yet another move by the city of Durango to shift responsibility onto the county.
"Frankly, I feel like I'm Charlie Brown, and the city's been Lucy, and the football keeps getting pulled away and I keep ending up flat on my back," Westendorff said.
Durango Mayor Dean Brookie said finding the right location for a homeless camp is a difficult challenge that's taking more time than expected. But he argued it's important to keep Purple Cliffs open, at least for now.
"The idea of closing Purple Cliffs is, unfortunately, not a good one for those folks living up there," he said. "The idea we're somehow being forced to make this decision because of the pending closure of the camp is inappropriate at best. We need to make a good joint decision for this population."
On Tuesday, several campers at Purple Cliffs voiced support to city councilors for keeping Purple Cliffs open, adding it would be nearly impossible to get a new site up and running before the winter.
"We have an unhoused community here," said Tim Sargent, a camp leader. "Many people start to feel that this truly is their home."
The meeting concluded with a somewhat ambiguous plan.
City councilors said they will inform the county within the next week or so when the city can propose a definitive timeline for coming up with a long-term plan.
The hope, councilors said, would be to identify a location for a managed site, which would serve as a signal of good faith to county commissioners, who would in turn agree to keep Purple Cliffs open.
The situation may lead to the postponement of a Sept. 26 meeting in which commissioners were expected to take a vote on the future of Purple Cliffs.
"When we made the decision to go with Purple Cliffs last year, we did it lickety-split," Commissioner Gwen Lachelt told city councilors. "I encourage you all to get in your lickety-split mode."
Purple Cliffs homeless camp to remain open, for now
La Plata County explores using DeNier as new community corrections center
Homeless campers, Durango residents want Purple Cliffs site to stay
Petition calls to scrap homeless camp near Greenmount Cemetery
County may shut down Purple Cliffs camp for homeless residents
City of Durango wrestles with site for permanent homeless camp


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The Fruit of Atheistic Political Ideology: Genocidal Dictatorships
Diana Lesperance April 22, 2016 April 22, 2016 Atheism, Communism
Stalin: At least 50 million dead
Mao: At least 45 million dead
Ho Chi Minh: Nearly 2 million dead
Pol Pot: About 2 million dead
Fidel Castro: over 50,000 dead
Che Guevera: ?
Kim IL Sung: ?
Organized communist atheism was the scourge of the 20th century. Millions died because somebody "imagined" what it would be like with no religion.
Previous Zechariah Prophesied the Sacrificial Death and Resurrection of Jesus Hundreds of Years Before He Was Born
Next Humanity's Futile Attempt to Regain Paradise
Allallt says:
Is the fact they're atheist relevant?
If so, why?
No…any ideology that turns away from the truth of the Gospel will produce evil fruit.
Atheism is an ideology?
Don't suppose you could tell me a handful of the tenets of beliefs, could you?
The political ideology of most of these atheists was communism, except Kim Il Sung. His political ideology was juche…the same ideology held by Romania's Ceausescu. https://narrowwayapologetics.com/2012/05/12/the-role-of-christianity-in-the-fall-of-romanias-ceausescu/
As you can see, juche was atheistic also…its theme was that "man is the master of everything."
Okay, so that's the ideology of some bad people. Not what I asked though, is it? You said atheism is an ideology and I asked what the content of that is.
Hi Allallt…:) I guess atheism isn't a system of beliefs, per se, except for the belief that there is no God (which is a belief), but I don't think atheism is systematized. Its just that those systems of thought that have leaders who reject the truth of the Gospel seem to be particularly violent and murderous. Why is that? Islamic, Catholic, Atheistic, Juche, Buddhist, Enlightenment, even Calvinistic beliefs…anything that doesn't align itself with the Gospel…produces tyranny and murder.
Can you give me an example of a political system that does align itself with the Gospel?
(Also, what was the tyranny of the Enlightenment?)
I think the American system of thought tried to align itself with the Gospel. The idea that checks and balances were necessary (Montesquieu) aligned itself with the Gospel message that humans are fallen in nature…"there is none righteous, no not one." The idea that humans are created, rather than evolved, and that all of us answer to a higher power who has honored us by creating us in his image…making us all something of worth. The idea that false religion is the enemy of freedom…but Jesus is the source of true freedom. (Much of the intellectual basis for religious freedom, such as the writings of Locke and Paine, came from the rejection of the Catholic Inquisitoral powers against evangelicals such as John Huss and William Tyndale). The idea of opposition to monarchies, while promoted by Thomas Paine, was argued on the basis of 1 Samuel where God was upset that Israel wanted a King. The idea that anti-clericalism was good, but anti-God was bad was a direct result of the Great Awakening. Hierarchy in religion was no longer necessary because all believers are now priests and kings because of Jesus. All are equal now. These are just a few of the ways the American government was designed to align with the Gospel. Of course, there have been times America has failed, but we have provided the greatest system of political thought the world has ever known.
So, secular America. Okay.
Yep…secular America was designed with biblical principles in mind by men such as Montesquieu who declared, "They who assert, that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world, talk very absurdly; for can any thing be more unreasonable than to pretend that a blind fatality could be productive of intelligent beings?" The concept of checks and balances came from a person who believed there was an intelligent designer.
"I have been asked what I think about the mutual toleration
of Christians in their different professions of religion; I have
to answer freely that I regard such toleration as the chief
identifying mark of the true Church." The principle of religious toleration was promoted by John Locke, who believed there was a "true church," but the one defining characteristic of that true church was the willingness to give others religious freedom. He made a convincing argument to those who may have lived under the tyranny of a false church–that they should grant other men freedom of conscience. So, in essence, secularism was the brainchild of those who loved Jesus and his true church.
Atheism may be more of the absence of belief in god(s), although there are indeed some who feel certain that there is no god.
I saw the title to this post and was a little shocked at first, since "Christianity" isn't without its blood, and since the OT claims that God himself ordered the genocide of nations, including women and children – sometimes with the demand that they spare the virgin girls of these "wicked nations…" One would have to admit, that is grossly similar to ISIS today.
But I assume this article is in response to some of the assertions I see about how religions breed genocide, murder and hatred. I can get it.
Denmark is mostly Atheist, and I don't think they're falling into dictatorships or perilous violence – especially when compared to other, predominately religious countries.
But even so, I suppose these things may not really have any bearing on whether or not they're true or whether they can be demonstrated to be true.
As far as the tyrannies produced by the Enlightenment….racism..https://narrowwayapologetics.com/2011/11/30/enlightenment-thinkers-were-racists/ and the French Revolution.
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Prof John Wells appointed as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
Distinguished nurse leaders inducted into the Academy's 2021 Class of Fellows as recognition for their significant contributions to health and health care
Prof John Wells, Dean of the School of Health Sciences at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) has been appointed as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
The American Academy of Nursing aims to serve the public and the nursing profession by advancing health policy through organizational excellence and effective nursing leadership and consists of 2,800 Fellows drawn from across the United States and around the world.
Significant contributions
The Academy awards a Fellowship in recognition of an individual's significant contributions to health and health care at the Academy's annual Health Policy Conference, which this year took place on October 7-9, 2021 in Washington DC.
Altogether 225 distinguished nurse leaders were inducted into the 2021 Class of Fellows, three based in Ireland, at a ceremony in Washington DC held on Saturday, 9 October.
"I am thrilled to welcome another exceptional class of Fellows to the American Academy of Nursing during a momentous time of change and progress in our collective efforts to fulfill the organization's vision of healthy lives for all people," said Academy President Eileen Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN.
"The Academy aims to improve health and achieve health equity through nursing leadership, innovation, and science. The Academy's Fellows embody our values of equity, diversity and inclusivity, inquiry, integrity, and courage, which enable us to achieve new heights of impact that advance health policy across the globe. Congratulations to this dynamic cohort of leaders who bring diverse experience and expertise to the Fellowship."
Prof Wells, commenting on the accolade, said: "I am truly humbled by the recognition of my work shown by the award of a Fellowship of the American Academy of Nursing. This is not only a recognition of my work but is also international recognition of the quality of the teaching and research we do in here in the School of Health Sciences at WIT. This award further cements our strong partnerships with our American nursing colleagues."
Prof Wells has had a long involvement with nursing in the United States collaborating with a number of nursing faculty in New York and Georgia. His most significant work has been with St John Fisher College, in Rochester, New York and Professor Dianne Cooney-Miner in supporting the establishment of the Golisano Institute for Developmental Disability Nursing.
Prof Wells, who holds visiting Professorships in Nursing at the University of Maribor and King's College London and is a Fellow ad eundem of the Nursing and Midwifery Faculty of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He has a long academic teaching and research career, with a particular focus on wellbeing of nurses and other health care workers.
He is currently leading an EU-funded project looking at how to better support student nurses when they are in clinical placement and is collaborating with colleagues from the University of Barcelona on managing work life flow in relation to remote working as a consequence of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Intellectual Disability Nursing
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Certificate in Management of Occupational Stress and Well-being
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Nutrition & Exercise Science
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Sport & Exercise Science
Master of Science in Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
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Prof Wells is currently leading an EU-funded project looking at how to better support student nurses when they are in clinical placement and is collaborating with colleagues from the University of Barcelona on managing work life flow in relation to remote working as a consequence of the COVID-19 public health emergency.


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High School Theatre Class Production
Voices from the High School
The High School Theatre class recently performed, Voices from the High School written by Peter Dee, on November 2nd and 3rd. The production told the stories of multiple high school students and the issues that they face. The delivery was both comedic at times but also sobering as the audience was taken on a journey through the trials and tribulations of teenage life. The play was directed by seniors, Hannah Moriarty and Sarah Guadangna and produced by senior Genny Kraft. Mrs. Julie Noeson, Mr. Norm Johnson, and Mr. John Benedict served as advisors for this excellent production.


Maria Greco Danaher is a shareholder at Ogletree Deakins.
She regularly represents and counsels companies on employment-related matters, and specializes in training, counseling and advising HR departments and corporate management on employment-related topics.
Ms. Danaher's prior experience includes having acted as in-house counsel for a Fortune 100 company, where she was involved in counseling and training of that company's supervisory and line employees regarding basic obligations under employment-related statutes.
She has acted as counsel for various corporations on labor and employment issues, including participation in defense of claims made to EEOC and state agencies, resolution of grievances, and trials of employment matters in both federal and state courts.
Ms. Danaher current legal work includes the drafting of corporate employment policies and procedures, as well as training and counseling HR on labor and employment issues, workplace violence avoidance, and cultural diversity.
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Ms. Danaher writes regularly for numerous HR publications and websites, and hosts an employment law blog.
She is a frequent presenter for HR groups at state and national conferences, and is an adjunct law professor.
Ms. Danaher has been named one of the "Best Lawyers in America".


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Coming from a family of workers compensation attorneys, and his father being a retired workers' compensation Judge, Scott has literally grown up with workers' compensation. He has written law review articles and lectured to bar associations in regards to changes in workers compensation law.
Prior to becoming one of the founding partners of Silberman & Lam, LLP, Mr. Silberman was a partner at Silberman Law Offices, LLP. Before becoming an attorney, Mr. Silberman worked both as a claims adjuster and as a legal extern at the California Court of Appeal for Presiding Justice David Sills. When not working Scott enjoys skiing and scuba diving and spending time with his sons.
Scott Silberman was named as one of the top Orange County Attorneys in Workers' Compensation by Orange Coast Magazine. Orange Coast Magazine Link
Mr. Silberman currently serves as an Advisory Commissioner for the California Board of Legal Specialization for the State Bar of California. There are a total of 8 attorneys who currently function in this role in determining who qualifies as a legal specialist in the field or Workers' Compensation in California. Link to Advisory Law Commission information


To understand treatment it helps to know the basics of lung physiology.
The larger bronchial tubes also have muscles which go round and round the tubes, and they are lined with cells which manufacture mucus and sputum. The mucus normally causes no problems because the cells that cover the inside of the bronchi have tiny cilia on the inside surface which are constantly wafting the mucus upwards to the trachea to be swallowed harmlessly. If there is too much sputum for the cilia to clear, it has to be coughed up to clear the tubes.
When an asthmatic patient inhales an allergen to which the bronchi are sensitive the result is contraction of the bronchial muscles, swelling of the wall of the bronchus and the secretion of thick sputum which partially obstructs the airways as it is so thick and sticky that the cilia cannot move it.. The sputum contains cells which are ordinary white cells in an infection, eosinophils in allergic asthma, or a mixture of both .
The bronchi become clogged with sputum, causing loud wheezing on breathing out. Because It is easier to breathe in than out in asthma air becomes trapped in the lungs, and enough fresh air does not reach the alveoli to deliver oxygen to the blood and get rid of the C02.
The muscles round the bronchi can be relaxed by inhaling bronchodilator drugs like Ventolin (salbutamol) which act immediately, but only last for a few hours. Long acting bronchodilators or oral steroids may also be needed such as Serevent (salmeterol). Many similar drugs are in common use.
The secretion of excess sputum caused by the allergic reaction can be stopped by giving oral steroids, which are absorbed into the blood circulation and distributed, by the blood vessels which accompany the bronchi, to the lining of the bronchus. The effect is to suppress the allergic reaction, stop the production of thick sputum, clear the airways, and relieve the asthma.
Inhaling the steroid from an aerosol, so that the drug is deposited on the inside of the bronchi without flooding the circulation with steroids and affecting the whole body, had been tried without success in Edinburgh from 1968.
This was the situation in 1971, when I was given the opportunity to conduct a final trial before the makers threw the aerosol away as useless. For this trial I selected allergic asthmatics with eosinophil cells in their sputum, and they were all using their own peak flow meters to produce objective data.
The effectiveness of the steroid aerosol was soon obvious, the makers decided not to bin it, and the results were published in the BMJ. Soon it was authorised for prescription as "Becotide" in UK, and trials all over the world confirmed our results. Most importantly, many patients dependent on oral steroids for years could now be controlled by inhaled steroids instead, without the side effects. To a large extent it no longer mattered what was causing the asthma because most cases could be controlled with Becotide or similar inhaled steroid, plus bronchodilators to control spasm of the muscles round the bronchi.
Since then many other inhaled steroids and bronchodilators have been developed, but the general principles of treatment are the same as described above.
In my opinion, and that of most consultant physicians nowadays, all patients with unstable asthma liable to severe attacks should have a supply of steroid tablets in their possession at all times so that they can take up to 40 mgms of Prednisolone or equivalent corticosteroid drug at once when necessary, especially if there is any difficulty in obtaining medical help or advice.
Delay can be dangerous, as many deaths from asthma have been found to be due to not having steroids soon enough. The commonest cause of death was not getting oral steroids at all because the severity of the asthma had been underestimated by patient and/or doctor. In my experience this aggressive steroid policy has never caused problems, but delayed giving of oral steroids has produced many serious situations and deaths.
In my long experience short-term high dose steroids, even 40mgms Prednisolone a day or more for as long as three weeks, has never caused significant side-effects. The steroid tablets are absorbed into the bloodstream to reach the lining of the blocked and semi-blocked bronchi to dissolve the cells and sticky mucus from beneath the bronchial lining.
The steroid usually prescribed is Prednisolone which has been enteric coated to prevent the drug dissolving in the stomach and causing ulcers, but I have seen only one bleeding ulcer from steroids since 1956. The red enteric coating on the Prednisolone tablets is intended to delay the absorption of the tablet until it reaches the intestine, avoiding liberating the drug in the stomach. In occasional cases I have found that this coating prevents absorption altogether just when it is most needed and the tablets literally go down the drain. In some patients 40mgms of enteric coated Prednisolone per day for weeks had been totally ineffective, and in two instances admission for intensive care was required.
My preferred steroid for many years has been Betnesol (betamethasone phosphate) because it dissolves in water, can be well diluted in any fluid to prevent any gastric irritation, is absorbed almost as fast as an intravenous injection, and is much more acceptable than tablets for children. In the few cases who had not responded to large doses of enteric Prednisolone the administration of this soluble steroid caused dramatic improvement in only a few hours, but surprisingly this soluble steroid it is largely unheard of and is very seldom prescribed. Unfortunately this steroid contains erythrosine dye which is quite unnecessary and can cause problems in some patients, but because of regulations it would entail much red tape and expense to alter the formulation, and allergy to this dye is very uncommon.
From 1970 onwards the propellant gas in Becotide inhalers was ChloroFlouroCarbon or CFC. The liquid gas contained a suspension of tiny particles of the steroid drug which was inhaled and settled on the walls of the bronchi to suppress the allergic reaction.
Using radioactive aerosols of Becotide (Beclomethasone Dipropionate) in a CFC inhaler it was demonstrated that the particles of suspended steroid drug reached only the larger bronchi, and hardly any reached the smallest bronchi, as shown. When it was discovered that escaped CFC gases, used world-wide for refrigeration and air-conditioning, were destroying the ozone layer which protects the world from too much ultra-violet radiation, these gases were banned world-wide, including medical aerosols. Fortunately a substitute gas ( Hydro-flouro-alkane or HFA) was discovered which is even better than CFC because instead of the drug being suspended it is dissolved in the liquid gas. The result is that for the first time really tiny particles of the steroid drug as small as one micron, penetrate down to the very smallest bronchus, as shown.
This is of great potential importance for chronic asthmatic children who may have to take a steroid aerosol for life because for the very first time the whole developing bronchial tree can be be treated by with steroid aerosols .
These developments were about ten years ago but these aerosols have not been used widely until recently when all aerosols for asthma have had to change to HFA because of the global ban on CFCs . As long ago as 2003 I wrote to the editor of the Lancet pointing out the importance of these developments but with no effect. The first aerosol to generate the finest particles was called Qvar and used Beclomethasone, the very first steroid aerosol from 1968, but was very seldom prescribed, and some pharmacy advisers would not let GPs prescribe it . In fact GPs had become so fixed in their prescribing that it has taken about ten years to change it.
Some inhaled steroids are administered as inhaled powders composed mainly of lactose, a sugar derived from milk which may contain traces of milk protein. Milk sensitive patients can have their asthma made much worse if this fact is not known. The particles are obviously larger and will not penetrate the bronchial tree deeply enough.
The prevalence of Asthma continues to increase year on year, allergies are more important as a cause of asthma and eczema in children than in adults, and many severely asthmatic children will grow up into asthmatic adults. When asthma is allowed to become chronic permanent changes will eventually become established by 'remodelling' of the bronchial tubes whereby the walls become thicker and stiffer. Even if the cause is identified and avoided completely it will be a long time before the irritability of the bronchi will cease, hence 'remodelling' may be irreversible. More or less effective suppression of the allergic inflammation in the bronchi with drugs is usually the only treatment in the UK today. This inadequate therapeutic approach will inevitably lead to an increase in numbers of chronic asthmatic adults.
It is surprising how few Paediatricians (medical professionals who specialise in children) do not seem to be interested in finding out why their hospital wards are crowded with wheezing children. Asthmatic children often do not get better spontaneously at age seven or fourteen years, yet parents may still be assured that they will do so. Even those children who lose their asthma in adolescence quite often relapse in later life. Even when asthma is effectively suppressed with drugs these children are still becoming permanently programmed to respond to common allergens such as dust mite.
This is because the allergic reactions in the bronchi are only suppressed, not stopped altogether.. This also means that even if these allergy victims are properly investigated and their allergies sorted out after they have grown up into adults, the prospect of really significant improvement is less than it would have been if they had had proper investigation and treatment when they were young and completely reversible. This suggests that in future the numbers of established chronic asthmatics will increase, unless the allergic factor is properly dealt with in childhood, not in adulthood when it may be too late.
Full instructions on avoidance of the common causes of asthma and guidelines for treatment are freely available today from many sources, and should be in full operation in any medical practice where there is a special asthma clinic, so there would be little point in repeating them here. This has gradually come to pass over the years, and has led to a great improvement in management.
The stressed GP has neither time nor the knowledge to investigate asthma, but the nurse specialist has the time, has a special interest, and should be able to carry out skin testing, although this is still uncommon. Advice on the importance of pets in causing allergies is seldom pursued as vigorously as it should be and advice on avoidance not taken seriously, or ignored The main role of the nurse specialist is to make sure the patients use inhalers and peak flow meters properly, and have a management plan.
Measures to reduce the dust mite, the most common cause of asthma, chronic rhinitis, and eczema, are difficult and expensive. Powerful and expensive vacuum cleaners are advocated for the removal of the mites, but cannot drag the mites out from the depths of the carpets. In recent times the availability of affordable laminated flooring to replace the fitted carpets which have been an ideal home for mites for many years has been very helpful. Special mite-proof covers for mattress and pillows are helpful, but expensive.
Pillows with synthetic fibre stuffing have been sold as 'anti-allergenic' for many years, but have recently been clearly proved to accumulate a huge mite population in a few months, much worse than the down pillows doctors have been advising patients to throw away!. This is because down pillows have finer woven covers which are less permeable for mite faeces, and of course they are much more comfortable.
There is no doubt that a very large and lucrative market has grown up in selling all these measures to fight the mite, and that most people know that the mite is a major problem for allergy, but the results are often disappointing. My personal experience with Acarosan to kill off the mites is another story which will be told in a special section of this website.
Steroid Phobia and unreasonable fear of side-effects is very common, but except for unavoidable long-term use of oral steroids, when the side-effects can be regarded as the price that has to be paid for the beneficial effects of the drug, these fears are grossly exaggerated. Inhaled steroids for asthma, such as Becotide, Pulmicort, Budesonide, Flixotide, Qvar, and others, and also steroid nasal sprays, rarely cause any problems except for occasional thrush. Many children who attended my clinic started using Becotide from 1970, when they took part in the very first trials, and are still using it daily without problems over forty years later.
When chronic asthmatics become pregnant there is often fear of side-effects on the foetus which are quite unfounded. I will never forget a patient who died of asthma because the obstetrician who was looking after her did not ask my advice and withheld steroids until it was too late. It seems glaringly obvious that lack of oxygen due to the asthma is much more likely to harm the foetus than steroids, yet there are still misgivings by both doctors and patients about steroids in pregnancy.
Steroid phobia also applies to inhaled steroids, steroid creams, and other steroids which are applied locally to the part of the body which requires treatment. It takes years to produce thinning of the skin and bruising from using creams, and local applications hardly ever cause generalised effects unless used very excessively.. Unfortunately patients may not use their inhalers or creams for fear of side-effects and even withhold these treatments from their children with asthma or eczema. It seems that these concerns are seldom explained to patients, who may not ask for advice during a hurried consultation.


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The Arc of Steuben Names October Associate of the Month
The Arc of Steuben Names Justin Smith as Associate of the Month for October
BATH | Justin Smith, Facilities, was named Associate of the Month for October. Smith was nominated by Kaylie Nichols, Program Coordinator, for not only making sure that residential houses and the Bath office complex are maintained and safe, but also involving the people we support in the process.
In her nomination Nichols says she has seen Smith include people while painting, or by giving them a front row seat while he fixes something, all while explaining what he's working on and answering any questions.
Recently, Smith came into one of the Day Habilitation rooms where someone mentioned that he noticed a light in the fitness room needed some attention. Smith thanked him and went to fix it. Later, Smith came back to the room and presented that person with a certificate and a treat in appreciation for helping the facilities department. Nichols said "the excitement and pride that beamed from his face is something I will never forget".
Smith ensures that the buildings are taken care of as well as being person centered in everything he does.
Congratulations on being selected as associate of the month and thank you for all that you do!
The Arc of Steuben currently provides services to more than 950 people in Steuben and surrounding counties. Services include job-readiness training, community employment, residential, transportation and in-home services. For more information, visit www.arcofsteuben.org.


What are the best Sports Management Colleges in Plymouth, NH?
Plymouth has a total population of 3,528 and a student population of 6,263. Of these students, 6,263 are enrolled in schools that offer sports management programs.
Plymouth's largest sports management school is Plymouth State University. In 2010, Plymouth State University graduated approximately 1 students with credentials in sports management.
In 2010, 1 students graduated with a sports management certificate in Plymouth. Tuition in 2009 at Plymouth's sports management schools was $20,788 per year for instate students and $28,958 per year for out of state students.
In addition to tuition costs, you should plan on spending an average of $1,178 for books and supplies each year, while enrolled in a sports management program in Plymouth. And if you live on campus at one of the Plymouth-based sports management schools, you will have an added expense of $9,134 per year, on average, for room and board. Students who live at home can cut this cost down to approximately $0.
Many sports management graduates choose to work as sports managers after graduation. If you choose to follow that path and remain in Plymouth, your job prospects are not very good. There were 12,880 sports managers working in New Hampshire and 390 working in the greater Plymouth area in 2010. The number of sports managers in Plymouth is expected to increase by 5% by the year 2018. This anticipated change is the same as the projected nationwide trend for sports managers.


You are here: Home / Home Improvement Ideas / Gadgets for Home / Keep The Smells Out Of Your Vacuum Cleaner – Here's How!
It is difficult to imagine cleaning up the house without a vacuum cleaner, but don't you just hate it when your vacuum smells like a wet dog? Worse, it makes the house smell bad too. Did you know that clogged pores, organic waste and pet dander are the leading causes of foul odor emanating from the vacuum?
Before you embark on a deodorizing mission, it helps to understand where these odors are originating from. The vacuum bag or the vacuum canister (in bag-less vacuums) is a storehouse for dirt and debris, and these can, over time, cause unpleasant odors.
If you have a vacuum with a disposable bag, make sure you change the bag every 2-3 months, regardless of how full it is. For bags that are washable, empty them out regularly, turn them inside out and air them out in the sun for a few hours. For bag-less vacuum cleaners, clean the insides thoroughly with detergent and water and dry them before using the machine.
Filters can trap an astounding amount of dirt, which may be causing that awful smell every time you switch on the vacuum. For the sake of your vacuum (and your nostrils), it is recommended that you change or clean your filters every couple of months.
If vacuum odors are persistent, try using a "deodorant" for your vacuum cleaner. And no, this doesn't have to be some expensive super-specialized product bought from the store – regular household items will do just fine. The most common trick used by vacuum cleaner users is to sprinkle a generous quantity of baking soda onto the carpet and then vacuum it up. Baking soda has a natural tendency to absorb odors so you are essentially freshening up your carpet and the insides of the vacuum cleaner with this step.
Some people find it helpful to place pieces of raw, ungrounded spices like cloves and cinnamon inside the bag or cavity of the cleaner, while others line it with fabric softener sheets. You may also use liquid enzyme cleaners (if you are sure they will not damage the bag or the plastic body) and disinfectant sprays to keep the insides of the vacuum cleaner squeaky clean and fresh smelling at all times.
If, in spite of cleaning, changing and deodorizing the bag, the smells persist, you may want to look at other causes within the anatomy of the vacuum cleaner. Disassemble the components and look for any blockages within the tubes (large debris and pet hair are common culprits).
Like every machine, vacuum cleaner may need timely servicing and maintenance by the pros. If your vacuum cleaner doesn't come in use very often, do take it out of its storage once in a while and give it a run. This will help you catch hold of any decay or problems within the machine and get them fixed at the earliest.
This post has been contributed by Alena Love, who is an employee at PowerVac, a company offering commercial vacuums. She is very passionate about maintaining a clean and healthy environment and for this very purpose she shares her innovative ideas through her articles.
Great topic! Vacuum cleaners is very essential for any home, factories, businesses etc. Thanks for this useful information.


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Jesus' Illegal Holy Week Activity
My friend Mairead Maguire advises those who have doubts about the nonviolence of Jesus to spend a quiet afternoon in their local church looking up at a large crucifix. Steady meditation on his passion and death reveals his steadfast nonviolence and the spiritual explosion of love and peace that he unleashed, she believes.
In Houston this past Saturday for a retreat day on "Jesus' Holy Week Journey of Peace," we discussed why Jesus was killed. The story has become so warped for the benefit of the ruling elite that we forget that Jesus was executed by the empire as a terrorist. Indeed, he was a revolutionary, but a nonviolent revolutionary.
Luke lists three charges against Jesus–inciting the people to revolt, urging people not to pay taxes, and claiming to be a king. This nonviolent Jesus was decidedly not passive. He did not sit under a tree and practice his breathing. He walked regularly into the face of danger, spoke the truth, and demanded justice. As far as decent law-abiding, religious people were concerned, he was nothing but trouble. He hung out with the wrong people, healed at the wrong time, visited the wrong places, and said the wrong things. His active nonviolence was dangerous and threatening.
It's clear from the basic plot line in Mark, Matthew, and Luke, that Jesus organizes the poor and disenfranchised in Galilee then heads toward Jerusalem on a walking campaign of nonviolence. He enters the city riding on a donkey in a peace march, cases the Temple, and the next day, engages in peaceful civil disobedience by turning over the tables of the money changers and preventing people from coming and going. After denouncing this "den of robbers," he teaches the good news of love, compassion and justice.
But note: in the Synoptics, there is no mention of a whip, no talk of violence, no notice of the animals. The whole event probably lasted a mere five minutes. But the crowds might have stayed for hours to listen to the Teacher. As anyone who has engaged in nonviolent civil disobedience knows, this was classic symbolic direct action. And it needed to be done.
The Jerusalem Temple, built by Herod Antipas at the beginning of the century, was held up as the one and only place where God dwelt. We have nothing quite like it today. It combined worship, commerce, local government, execution sight and imperial control. As I understand it, it would resemble some massive Washington, D.C. building containing the Pentagon, the U.S. Capitol, the White House, Wall Street, the World Bank, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Walmart, the National Cathedral and the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception–all rolled into one, as God's home.
The faithful were told to pay God a visit each year. Every Passover, they made the long trek to Jerusalem and paid a hefty fee to enter God's sanctuary. The population tripled to over 180,000. Over 18,000 lambs would be purchased and slaughtered for holy sacrifice in the Temple. A heavy tax was charged for all of this commerce. In effect, the Temple held a national bank, offered loans, kept track of debts and changed money for unclean sinners so they could pay with "holy" Temple money. Another fee would be added for the money-changing. Women, poor people, and other outcasts had to purchase expensive doves so they would be "purified" and then able to offer worship. The various fees robbed the poor and did so in God's name under the greedy eye of the Roman Empire.
Anyone who cared about justice or read the prophets would be outraged at such institutionalized injustice. It is only natural that Jesus took action to protest this big corporate, imperial, religious rip-off.
As various commentators have noted, Jesus did not merely want lower prices for the poor. He did not seek to reform the Temple. Through his symbolic action, he called for an end to the entire Temple system. With this action, he announced that God was present within every person; present whenever two or three gathered to pray in his name; present in the hungry, sick or imprisoned; present in the breaking of the bread and the passing of the cup; present in Spirit and in Truth.
Of course this action and those teachings threatened and outraged the religious authorities. Their economic and political privilege would end if his teachings were adopted, so they had him killed.
But in Houston and elsewhere, the question inevitably comes up, "Yes, but didn't Jesus chase people out of the Temple with a whip? Isn't that violent?" Many remember El Greco's unhelpful painting, "Christ Cleansing the Temple," which depicts Jesus with a raised arm, grasping a twenty foot long whip, ready to strike a group of people, including terrified women.
I insist: El Greco was wrong. Jesus did not use violence. He never hurt anyone. He never struck anyone. He never killed anyone. But he did not tolerate injustice, greed, hypocrisy or untruth. He confronted systemic injustice head on, as his disciples Gandhi and King would later do, and gave his life for God's reign of justice and peace, but he always did so through meticulous nonviolence.
The only mention of the "rope" or the "whip" is in John's Gospel, written decades after the Synoptics. John changes the entire plotline. He begins his Gospel with Jesus' nonviolent direct action in the Temple (2:13-26). He has a completely different agenda. His Gospel describes various signs and wonders, offers a series of self-descriptive "I Am" sayings, and culminates with the dramatic raising of Lazarus from the dead. With that, he takes us to the Last Supper, where Jesus offers a lengthy reflection and teaching before his arrest.
Throughout John's Gospel, like the others, Jesus is perfectly nonviolent. Indeed, he speaks more about nonviolent love–agape–than in the other gospels. With the cleansing of the Temple, John paints Jesus as a prophetic Jeremiah figure. With the mention of the whip, he amps up the drama, then resets the focus on Jesus' impending resurrection.
We're told Jesus made a whip from cords and drove out the oxen, sheep and doves and everyone else. Long ago, at the Jesuit School of Theology, my scripture teacher explained that this was the only instance in the entire Bible of that particular obscure Greek word, translated as "rope" or "whip." To get thousands of sheep, oxen and doves into this enormous structure, the cattlemen used ropes to lead them up the high stone walkways into the building, Jesus simply took those ropes, which the cattle, sheep and oxen would have recognized, to lead the animals outside. Then, he overturned the bankers' tables and launched into his speech.
But didn't he take a rope or a whip and start striking people? Some translations would have you believe so, but my scripture professor said No. That would be entirely inconsistent with the Jesus portrayed throughout John's Gospel, as well as the Synoptics. Jesus was nonviolent from Cana to the cross and back to Galilee. With such spectacular nonviolence, one cannot even imagine Jesus striking the poor animals. Indeed, was liberating them from their impending execution!
This one word has been used to justify countless massacres, crusades, wars and nuclear weapons. Perhaps we want Jesus to have some trace of violence in order to justify our own violence. We desperately hope he was violent so we can dismiss his teachings and wage war and build nuclear weapons guilt free.
Remember John's different agenda. He has a different punch line: "Destroy this temple and I will raise it up in three days." Jesus is the new temple, and he will rise, John writes. If the climactic action of Jesus' life, in John's version, is the raising of Lazarus, then Jesus' allusion to resurrection here at the start makes sense. In my forthcoming book, Lazarus Come Forth!, I suggest that Lazarus represents the entire human race, which Jesus calls out of the culture of war, empire and death into the new life of resurrection. With this prophetic action, Jesus points to himself right from the start as "the Resurrection."
Maybe the real Holy Week question is: "What does Jesus' dramatic illegal, nonviolent direct action against systemic injustice mean for us? If he gave his life to confront Temple injustice, what would he want his followers to do in the face of the Pentagon, Los Alamos, the School of the Americas, or our other war facilities?" I think Jesus would expect his followers to take similar bold, nonviolent action for justice and peace.
In this light, the climax of Holy Week is utterly amazing–and equally illegal. After the Roman empire killed Jesus, they put their imperial seal on his tomb. As Daniel Berrigan writes, in effect they were saying, "We killed you, you're dead, now stay dead! We order you to stay put!" He was not allowed to rise from the dead. But once again, Jesus breaks the law! He commits civil disobedience, rolls away the stone and starts organizing all over again!
If we accompany this nonviolent Jesus through his passion, death and resurrection, we may find ourselves in trouble for carrying on his disruptive campaign of nonviolent resistance to the big business of injustice, war and empire. But that would be a great Easter blessing–proof that he is alive and well in our midst. Alleluia!


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La  () est la chambre basse de l'Assemblée générale de l'État américain de la Caroline du Sud.

Système électoral
La Chambre des représentants de Caroline du Sud est composée de  pourvus pour deux ans au scrutin uninominal majoritaire à un tour dans autant de circonscriptions. Un représentant doit avoir au moins  et résider dans sa circonscription.

Siège
La Chambre des représentants siège au Capitole de l'État situé à Columbia, capitale de Caroline du Sud.

Histoire
En 1994, profitant de la révolution républicaine, le Parti républicain devient majoritaire à la Chambre des représentants pour la première fois depuis la Reconstruction. David Wilkins devient alors le premier président républicain d'une chambre () d'un ancien État confédéré. À l'issue des élections de 2016, les républicains contrôlent 80 des  de la chambre et 81 sièges à l'issue des élections du .

Présidence
Le président de la Chambre est élu par les représentants pour la durée de la législature. La fonction est occupée par le républicain Jay Lucas depuis 2014.

Représentation

Membres
 Albert Creswell Garlington : Membre 1850-1854

Notes et références

Politique en Caroline du Sud
Caroline du Sud

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Kristin Chenoweth: "Go for it."
by Kristina Latino
"If you can see yourself doing anything else and being happy, then you should do [that]. But if you can't see yourself doing anything else and being happy, then go for it."
This was the advice actor, singer and dancer Kristin Chenoweth offered to students yesterday in Farkas Hall as part of the Office for the Arts Learning from Performers series and co-sponsored by OFA, Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations and Faculty of Arts And Sciences Diversity Relations. (She also stopped by the Office of the University Marshall -- and less officially at the Coop.)
Her revealing interview, moderated by students Eric Padilla '14 and Cary Williams '16, covered a wide range of topics including her love of fast food (she's a McDonald's girl) and go-to audition songs (On the Other Side of the Tracks by Cy Coleman). Chenowith was witty and clever, charming the audience with tales from her childhood and moments of early artistic inspiration. A performer who has achieved success in film, Broadway, opera, classical concerts and TV, Chenoweth was more than happy to share perspectives with students hungry for advice. She even shared a song.
Chenoweth's overarching message yesterday afternoon was one of self-love and respect. In her Oklahoma town growing up, she was unique. One of the only children with an interest in performing, she stood out for her rare interests, as well as her petite frame and, as she said, a voice that "sounds like [she] breathes helium every morning." Rather than let these traits defeat her, she made them strengths.
"I choose to embrace the thing that makes me different," she said. "All the obstacles that you face -- switch it. Make it the thing that works for you."
She also stressed that one can't always plan one's future. She said that sometimes your path will stray from what you envisioned, but become much better than what you could have planned. To make difficult decisions, Chenoweth listens to that "little voice" inside of her and follows her heart, even when that means taking a risk. Some risky decisions, like deciding to take the role of Sally in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, have been incredibly successful, while others have fallen flat. Still, even when Chenoweth has faced challenges in her career, she has learned from them. She stressed in her talk that rejection is part of being an artist, regardless of how much success one has had in the past.
"It doesn't matter where you are on the food chain," she said. And added that when you face rejection, you should "let yourself be sad, get yourself a [Wendy's] Frosty, and then move the f--- on."
At the end of the day, she says, she is an actor first. In her view, one must always give oneself over to the character to achieve success. "I am an actor," she said. "I am 44-years old, and I want to be the best artist I can be."
She has stolen audience's hearts in Wicked, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Glee, Pushing Daisies, and so much more. She stole the Harvard community's heart yesterday. An artist for life, she's likely to steal the hearts of audiences for a very long time.
[Caption: Kristin Chenoweth singing "'Til There Was You" at Farkas Hall; student moderator Eric Padilla '14 is in the background. PHOTO: JACOB BELCHER/OFA]
[Caption: Chenoweth with Harvard students. PHOTO: Jacob Belcher/OFA]
See also: Dance, Music, Theater, Amish School Shooting, Blowin' In The Wind, Crime And Punishment, Dance, Exhibition, Harvard Divinity School, January Arts Intensives, Katie Pfohl, Music, Nadia Sirota, Robert Frost, The Sound And The Fury, Theater, archive, workshop, Kristina Latino


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From mid-2021 all that has been showing was trailers of movies yet to be premiered in 2022 and now finally it is 2022 the movies will finally showcase.
Movie 1: The 355
Directed by: Simon Kinberg
Opened on: January 7, 2022 (formerly January 14, 2022)Veteran X-Men writer and director Simon Kinberg helms this spy thriller about a group of international agents (played by a star-studded A-list ensemble) who band together to recover a top-secret weapon from a dangerous mercenary. This film was delayed one year from its original January, 2021 release. Starring: Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o, Diane Kruger, Penelope Cruz, Fan Bingbing, Sebastian Stan, Edgar Ramirez
Movie 2: Scream
Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Opening on: January 14
The directing duo known as "Radio Silence" who brought us 2019's Ready or Not take on Ghostface in a new entry in Wes Craven's meta horror franchise, with veteran stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette all set to return. Details on plot are still thin at the moment, but bet on the film to continue the mythology surrounding Sidney Prescott and her truamatic, very unlucky past. Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Jack Quaid, Jenna Ortega, Melissa Barrera, Dylan Minnette, Marley Shelton
Movie 3: Marry me
Directed by: Kat Coiro
Opening on: February 11
After securing some of the most glowing reviews of her career for her stellar turn in 2019's Hustlers, Jennifer Lopez makes a return to rom-coms in this story about a pop star who marries a stranger in one of her crowds (Owen Wilson) after she discovers her partner has been having an affair. This film was pushed back a year from its planned 2021 release. Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Sarah Silverman, John Bradley, Maluma
Movie 4: Death on the Nile
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Opening on: February 11, 2022 (formerly September 17, 2021)
Kenneth Branagh will return as detective Hercule Poirot following the surprise success of 2017's Murder on the Orient Express, which Branagh also directed. So far, big names like Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Annette Bening, Letitia Wright, and Rose Leslie have joined the whodunit. Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Annette Bening, Rose Leslie, Letitia Wright
Movie 5 Uncharted
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
Opening on: February 18, 2022 (formerly February 11, 2022)
This Indiana Jones-styled action-adventure film, based on the popular video game series of the same name, has been floating around in development for more than a decade, but it wasn't until June of 2019 that we got some solid forward movement on it. Tom Holland was confirmed to star in the film as the central hero, Nathan Drake, and it officially went into production in early 2020. It lands here after several shifts in the release schedule; let's hope it stays here. Starring: Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas, Sophia Taylor Ali, Tati Gabrielle


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'Salami slicing' in Canberra as War Memorial has two heritage referrals running at once: here are the details if you want to have a say
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Make a comment on the current Australian War Memorial Referral under Environment Protection and Biodiversity (EPBC) Act; comments close 13 December 2019 (Department of the Environment and Energy website Referral No. 2019/8574).
Attend War Memorial consultations on a future Referral under EPBC Act; consultations 2-12 December 2019 (War Memorial media release of 3 December 2019; another link)
Salami slicing is something that old-fashioned delicatessens did with a wheel-shaped blade, though now those of us who like processed meat tend to buy it in vacuum-packed plastic. Salami slicing is also used, however, by project proponents wishing to game approval processes, such as those put in place by Australian legislation on planning and heritage matters.
Heritage Guardians said this in its submission to the National Capital Authority on the War Memorial's Works Approval application for carparking associated with the Memorial's $500 million expansion program:
[T]he Authority has been put in the position of having to consider an "early works" application for a multi-stage project where approval of the application inevitably has implications for the project as a whole. The term "salami slicing" could apply. The threshold questions are: Is the Authority able to assess this part of the project in isolation from the entire project? How can approval for this application be taken as other than acceptance of the project as a whole?
The National Capital Authority duly waved the Memorial's application through. To describe this outcome, we made use of Lewis Carroll's Humpty Dumpty ('"When I use a word", Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less"') to characterise the Authority's decision: the Authority said the carparking 'is the first of the permanent works forming part of the broader redevelopment project' but it was, at the same time 'an independent structure, not physically connected to the larger redevelopment project and is therefore able to be considered as a separate project'. So there: salami sliced and wrapped.
Another slice of salami is currently under consideration at the Department of the Environment and Energy (DEE), which has to decide whether some parts (slices) of the Memorial project – the New Southern Entrance, Anzac Hall, the Glazed Courtyard, and the Parliament House Vista – should be declared Controlled Actions under the EPBC Act. We know from the Memorial's media release that the slice currently being considered by DEE (closing 13 December) is separate from the one the Memorial is consulting people on from 2 December (yesterday) to 12 December. This is because the latter consultation includes sections of the project which are not covered by the current Referral – refurbishment of the main building, an extension to the Bean Building, and public realm works – and because 'data and feedback' have to be collected to go to DEE as part of the consultation process. (Moreover, the current consultation was meant to close on 3 December, but the time had to be extended because some of the documentation was overlooked on the first go.)
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The links above will take you to where you can make your views known. The War Memorial media release includes contact details if you need clarification. We think we've got it right.
We will publish later in the week the Heritage Guardians submission on the current EPBC Referral. Meanwhile, here is a summary of the submission.
The proposal should be subject to rigorous assessment by the Department [of the Environment and Energy] as a controlled action under the EPBC Act.
National Heritage values and Commonwealth Heritage values are at risk of significant impact from the proposal as it relates to the New Southern Entrance, Anzac Hall, the Glazed Courtyard, and the Parliament House Vista.
There are whole of environment impacts also.
The Referral does not cover significant aspects of the project, contributing to 'salami slicing' of the project to an extent that amounts to gaming of the approvals process.
The Referral contains misleading or incorrect information in relation to the project's Detailed Business Case, the basis for project costings, the Memorial's description of its role, and the amount of consultation the Memorial has undertaken on the project.
David Stephens*
3 December 2019 updated
David Stephens is a member of the Heritage Guardians committee, leading a community campaign against the extensions to the War Memorial.
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One comment on "'Salami slicing' in Canberra as War Memorial has two heritage referrals running at once: here are the details if you want to have a say"
The cumulative impact of new and future development is a critical consideration in heritage impact assessment and it really is outrageous how the AWM is approaching this. The NCA has made a significant mistake in not considering this for the carpark – it will be shocking if DEE does not simply throw this approach out the window it's so bad!