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My Epitaph
January 26th could be remembered for the signing of the Treaty of Karlowitz or the birthday of Nicolae Ceausescu. Of course, this day's real historical significance occurred in 1987, when I played and won five games on Jeopardy! This is the 20th anniversary of my claim to fame and, it seems a codger's prerogative to bore you with the details. Here is my game show memoir.
Although I am not quite ready for the tomb, I already have an epitaph. "He was on Jeopardy!" is how I am often introduced and usually remembered. At a wedding, the bride herself was introducing me to guests as a Jeopardy! champion. Being on the prestigious quiz show does have an undeniable glamour. People will gather around me, craving to hear about show biz, Alex and how much I won. I am also expected to live up to the intellectual image of Jeopardy!; everyone feels entitled to try stumping me with trivia questions.
Of course, I enjoy the attention and I certainly didn't mind winning $80,000. My greatest pleasure, however, is a personal satisfaction. I love Jeopardy!, and it has held me spellbound for years, enticing and teasing me with one irresistible challenge: "Am I as smart as I think I am?"
Jeopardy! tests, taxes and occasionally confounds my intellectual pretensions. Each show confronts the viewer with 61 answers, and the exertion is to come up with the right questions. Consider this example: "This country is the most populous monarchy in Asia." The correct response is–and remember to phrase it as a question–"What is Japan?"
The questions run the gamut of human knowledge. A typical Jeopardy! match might cover rock 'n' roll, presidential middle names, baseball, children's television, inventions and famous Academy Award losers. If any subject is worth five coherent questions and can pass the censors, it would make a suitable category for Jeopardy!
Why would I want to submit myself to this intellectual gauntlet five times a week? First, it is therapeutic. After a typical day as a public relations writer, playing Jeopardy! is the only assurance that I still have a mind left.
Second, I am genuinely good at it. I have an unnatural aptitude for information. Do you know the name of the song that Major Strasser was bellowing in "Casablanca"? Do you even care? Evidently, I do: it is "Die Wacht am der Rhein." I was born to be a Jeopardy! Jock.
My passion for Jeopardy! began 40 years ago. One summer day, a listless school boy was playing roulette with the television dial. Daytime programming offered me ample number of soap operas. A 12-year-old, however is not interested in adultery or detergent commercials; but with one more spin of the dial I found myself immersed in questions about history, movies, "colors of the map" (Greenland, Orange County) and 10 other topics that allowed me to test my wits against my vanity. I began watching Jeopardy! whenever I had the chance: on holidays, during vacations and as often as I could persuade my mother that I was too ill for school. The onslaught of puberty did not dilute my devotion. I was perfectly capable of thinking about both naked cheerleaders and the Punic Wars.
In the late '60s one went to college to "find yourself." I found myself in front of the dorm television watching Jeopardy! I scheduled my classes so that I would never have to miss my obsession. There were others who shared my intellectual pallor and passion. We gathered Monday through Friday to shout answers at the television set. Among that shrieking intelligentsia, my voice was usually first, most frequent and loudest. My less envious rivals urged me to try out for the show. It was certainly a tantalizing thought, but I didn't think that I was ready, yet. I intended to wait until I "grew up."
Unfortunately, the show was cancelled before that happened. Jeopardy! became a memory, one of the great "if only's" of my life. Because my theology does not include belief in resurrection or reincarnation, I did not expect a second chance. But, oh, ye of little faith.
Jeopardy! returned to the air and my life in 1984. The format had been updated from New York Talmudic to California Sly. The clues no longer appeared on sensibly priced cardboard. Now they were flashed electronically amid a barrage of neon. Whatever the show's cosmetic changes, its intellectual allure was as seductive as ever, and I no longer was content to love Jeopardy! from afar.
I had to try out and in 1986 I did. My first step was to make a pilgrimage to Los Angeles. The show is based there, and it conducts contestant tests several times a week during the television season. On my date with destiny I found myself one of 43 aspiring contestants outside Merv Griffin studios in Hollywood. We were ushered in and then confronted with a 50 question test and a deadline of 13 minutes. As you would expect from Jeopardy! it was an eclectic inquisition, with topics including William McKinley, the Green Bay Packers and the Taj Mahal. Of the 43 initiates, only eight of us passed the test.
The survivors then underwent a simulation of the game. As we played, we were scrutinized and dissected by the production staff for "speed, accuracy and personality." By personality it was meant that we projected our voices, seemed reasonably animated and actually enjoyed answering questions about Uriah the Hittite. Evidently, I was quite gleeful about Uriah; so were three others. The other four received perfunctory condolences and left.
I was a finalist. However, that did not guarantee my being on the show. There are twice as many finalists as contestants. In the words of the chief contestant coordinator, "We can call any of you, all of you or none of you." The fate of the finalist is to buy an answering machine and wait. I spent five months dusting cobwebs from the telephone before Jeopardy! deigned to call.
The trip to Los Angeles was at my own expense but I was too infatuated to care. I had been told to bring along three changes of wardrobe. Although Jeopardy! tapes five shows a day, the fiction is devoutly maintained that each show is filmed on a different day. A victorious contestant has no time to savor triumph; you have 15 minutes to rush to the other end of the studio, change clothes and rush back. The frantic pace takes its toll. You can never look as good by the fifth game as you did in my first. In my case, my hair began to look like a very bad toupee.
I was one of 11 intellectual gladiators summoned to the show. A stage manager instructed us in the terrain and equipment of the set: where and when to walk, how and when to use the buzzer, how to speak into the microphone. We were at the studio for almost three hours before the staff was ready to trust three of us for the first taping. I was one of the three.
At this time we met Alex Trebek. Since you are eager to know, I will tell you: What is he really like? Even when the cameras are off, Alex is suave, clever and sly. He takes great pride in Jeopardy! and he understands that intellectual vanity rather than greed motivates the contestants. In fact, he seemed so much like a kindred soul that we were willing to overlook that he was so much better looking than the rest of us.
My first game began and I can recall every detail of it, including my nerves. (In a calm state, I would not identify Mexico as a European country.) Yet, somehow I won. My next four games are more of a blur. Without the benefit of my VCR, I would only remember the more obnoxious competitors. Although I did win five games, the maximum number permitted by the show, I was not some intellectual juggernaut, reducing my competition to tears or catatonia.
In one game, I actually was trailing in second place as we went into Final Jeopardy. The clue was "The century that the largest number of elements on the periodic table was discovered." I didn't know the answer but I could make an intelligent deduction. I assumed that it couldn't be the 18th Century because Priestley was considered a genius for discovering oxygen, an element that everyone now takes for granted. Mendeleyev created the periodic table in the 19th Century, and I doubted that he had a number of blank spaces with the note: "Coming soon, an element near you." I wrote down, "What is the 19th Century?" My two opponents, infatuated with 20th Century technology, picked that era. I was right.
As a five-time on Jeopardy!, I was invited to the annual Tournament of Champions, where the year's 15 best players would compete for additional glory and a $100,000. As if I needed further incentive, the show now provided airfare and hotel accommodations. How did I prepare for the tournament? I didn't. My more reckless admirers, most of whom were options traders, advised me to quite my job and spend months memorizing encyclopedias. That seemed a bit drastic. What I had yet to learn in a lifetime of reading, I was not likely to pick up in a few months of cramming. Furthermore, you cannot predict what you will be asked on Jeopardy! A clue could just as easily be about Howdy Doody as the French Revolution.
How did I do? I met my minimum standard for vanity. I won my quarter-final and semi-final games but I learned some humility in the finals. (Not really, I learned to hate Daily Doubles and not to wager $3000 on them.)
All in all, I have had a gratifying adventure on Jeopardy! My dream had been realized. Of course, dreams can recur. If Jeopardy! ever wants to have a tournament of now geriatric champs, I am available. Oh yes, I also available as a "phone-a-friend" for that other game show.
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SwanShadow says:
Happy anniversary, Eugene!
Rest assured that your "Jeopitaph" is worthy of the legendary status you've acquired. And of course, like most legendary figures, the stories get better with age!
Eugene Finerman says:
You have given me a gratifying eulogy to go with my epitaph.


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A young woman walks towards center stage. Her cheerful gait causes her ebony twin ponytails to sway back and forth across the back of her white and purple school uniform. Upon arrival, she taps the microphone in front of her before flinching and stumbling back a bit as the shrill squeal of feedback fills the room.
"Kyaaa..." she cries, causing more cacophony. Opening her cendrée eyes, she notices the signal that the proper adjustments have been made. A toothy smile crosses her face and she steps forward and moves the microphone to suit her short stature.
"C'n ya hear me now?" she quips, as she scans the crowd and sees several affermations. "Good." She says with a nod. Opening her arms wide, she begins, "Good evening! Konbanwa! Bonsoir! Aloha ahiahi! Buenas noches! Guten Abend! Wǎnān! Mel'pal'voyenu! Bonum vesperum! Dobryj večer! Noswaith dda! Jó estét..." She trails off as she notices a growing number of confused expressions. After a brief silence, she clears her throat.
"The Fifth Son's Tavern proudly welcomes ya all to the Executor's Lounge. Do be sure ta examine our extensive menu an' inquire 'bout the specials from yer server. I am Rebecca Bouteillevoix, better known as Ryqoshay, and I'll be yer host for t'night's en'ertainment." She pauses for some applause, the most enthusiastic of which, coming from her father.
"Our first guest, many a' you may already be familiar with. For those who do not know her, no, she is not my younger sister, nor is she my doppelganger, she jus' 'appens ta look a lot like me. It is sheer coincidence, I assure you." A quick glance at her father earns a defensive gesture from him and a few scattered chuckles from the audience.
The girl sauntering over to the microphone could most certainly pass as a sibling of the host. Her hair is practically an identical shade, though it is loose and down save for a small tie-off high on her left. The differences continue with her eyes, as only one is grey while the other is dark enough to be considered black. Though white is still the primary color of choice in her wardrobe, she wears priestly robes trimmed in gold and yellow. And while the aura she extrudes is equally playful and energetic, there is a darker, more feral feel to it. The cuteness of the stuffed panda in her arms is counteracted by the ominous presence of the ornately runed scythe on her back.
"Hee~! Thankies! I have more!" Anita replies, pulling out more paper.
"Awuuu…" Dejected, the shorter girl trudges off stage.
"A~nyway…" the emcee begins after the first guest has exited the stage. "Movin' on, our next guest is one a' my favoritest peoples in the world." She bounces up on her toes in excitement as she speaks. "She's one a' the elite warriors of the guild an' even killed a white dragon just ta make me these pretty hair clips outta its crest." She turns her head to show off the accessories.
"I know, I know…" the girl sighs as her exaggerations are revealed. "In any case, allow me to present the lovely Vivian Sexton, formally known as the Lady Sanguine, an' now better known as Valkyrie! Wha'cha gonna read for us?" She asks just before relinquishing the mic.
And all that stand between.
'Having naught but killed all the men?
She giggled like a child.
Their sons had been taken.
A young man and woman in the audience glance at one another. From the title, they had both assumed the poem was going to be about him. After a moment, he shrugs and she responds with a curt nod before they both return their attentions to the stage.
"Well, I…" the red-haired warrior begins.
Finally, applause. Mugs are lifted, shot glasses are emptied. The girl was right, the audience did indeed enjoy her poem, though it may have more to do with the subject matter than the poem itself, but she doesn't care. She takes a bow.
"I know, I know, I know!" Anita retorts before huffing indignantly and crossing her arms. "Ok, I'm done, it's all yours, do your little story." As quickly as she had appeared earlier, she disappears, meaning she had already teleported before and her illusionary double had actually spoken.
The emcee sighs and her shoulders slump for a moment before she recovers. "Well, I guess the stage is yours." She holds out a hand to the waiting warrior.
A brief pause before generous applause. Many members of the audience stand and cheer while one young ninja sheepishly shrinks into her chair. Of course, the loudest ovation came from the girl's father.
For her part, Ryqoshay pretends to wipe a tear from her eye and giggles. "That was amazing, Val, made me wanna cry. Absolutely lovely! A gem! I loved it! Can I have a copy?" Anyone surprised by the gushing praise would be unfamiliar with the spoiled guild leader's reputation.
"Thank you, Mistress." The barbarian woman says yet again before turning and taking her leave.
"Oooo! Ooooo!" Anita raises her hand excitedly as she bounces on the edge of her seat.
Electricity arcs through the fluid between the disembodied brain and its container as the entire horrific creation levitates up from Anita's arms. It floats listlessly over the audience to take its place at the microphone.
"You worry too much, Val." The girl replys with a shrug. "This is all outside a' continuity. Nothin' we do here matters. 'Sides, you don' think clothes like these exist in our normal timeline, do ya?" She twirls to show off her outfit.
A voice enters the consciousness of the audience. No audible sound is issued forth as the undead creature lacks any means to create it. Instead, its psychic powers broadcast its thoughts directly into the minds of everyone present. The 'mind voice,' as Anita is fond of calling it, fluctuates in tone, volume and intensity making it difficult to identify a gender and leaves one questioning the sanity of its owner.
Silence. A few soft sniffles can be heard before a quite and hesitant, though respectful applause begins.
Ryqoshay reaches to wipe a tear from her eye. This time, she does not need to fake it. Who knew that a such a sappy romantic lay under Envy's usual insanity?
"There are no cameras." Thankfully.
Ryqo urges the floating undead creature off the stage. For its part, moves lethargically and continues to babble. It changes voices back and forth as though having a conversation with itself. Something about a mirage, a catchy shanty and bubbles. Why bubbles? At some point, it even began humming the song.
"I here!" the summoned girl announces, appearing out of the æther. "Come with me, Envy, Envy!" She wraps her arms around the jar and in a moment, both are gone.
"Aðallín" a young woman corrects, making her way through the crowd. The hem of her white, silky dress may only reach her knees, but her fluid movement still gives the illusion that she is effortlessly gliding along the floor. Her short white hair barely moves as the air itself seems to part to allow her passing. All in all, the effect gives her an aura of maturity and confidence, the likes of which would rival Ryqo's on the rare occasion the guild leader is in the proper mood.
"Aðallín." She repeats calmly, as though used to the mispronunciations.
"Thank you." The new guest nods as she arrives at the mic. With little hesitation beyond inhaling, she begins.
Yin, but where is Yang?
"So now do you see?
Different silence than before. Before, many were stunned or taken aback by the audacity of the topic choice, but now, the silence seems more contemplative.
The silence is shattered as a drunken man slips off his chair an onto the floor. All eyes turn to him and when they recognize him, many roll.
"Ahmohkesh!" the drunkard assures everyone as he staggers to his feet. "Izusht sha poem wash sho deep, I jus' cou…" he cuts off with a loud belch.
"Someone get 'im another beer, he c'n still stand up on his own." Ryqo quips.
"Thansh!" He holds up his empty stein and grins stupidly.


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Kanal (pronounced [kaˈnaːl] or [kaˈnaːu̯]; Italian: Canale, German: Kanalburg), frequently referred to as Kanal ob Soči ("Kanal on the Soča"; pronounced [kaˈnaːl ɔp ˈsoːtʃi] or [kaˈnaːu̯ ɔp ˈsoːtʃi]; Italian: Canale d'Isonzo), is a settlement mostly on the left bank of the Soča River in the Slovene Littoral, the traditional region in southwestern Slovenia. It is an important crossing point over the Soča. At its eastern border, on the left bank of the Soča, runs the Bohinj Railway, the railway track linking the Central Europe and the Mediterranean. The name Kanal comes from the shape of the valley.
The first mention of the settlement dates to 1140, the year 1336 mentions the name of Dvor Svete Marije, and bridge in 1350. The center of the town was fortified in the Middle Ages. There are four towers left called bastions. There used to be a small castle, which was destroyed in 1264 and later rebuilt after the First World War as a residential building. In the 19th century small manufacturing plants were established. From 1900 until 1906, the Bohinj Railway was built.
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A kanal is a unit of area used in parts of northern Pakistan and in India. In Pakistan different conversions exist in various areas: a kanal is generally considered equal to 5400 square feet, but it is equal to 4500 square feet in Lahore. In India it is generally considered equivalent to 4500 square feet or one-eighth of an acre.
A kanal is a traditional unit of land area. In India it is used in the northern states of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and North Eastern parts of Pakistan. Its use in India is in decline with urban land measurements standardizing on use of square meters and square yards.
Under British rule the marla and kanal were standardized so that the kanal equals exactly 605 square yards or 1/8 acre; this is equivalent to about 505.857 square meters. A kanal is equal to 20 marlas.
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Kanal (English: Ember) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam thriller-road movie, directed by M. Padmakumar. Starring Mohanlal, Anoop Menon, Atul Kulkarni, Pratap Pothan, Honey Rose, Sheelu Abraham and Nikita Thukral. The film was produced by Abaam Movies in association with Aashirvad Cinemas. Ouseppachan and Vinu Thomas composed the soundtrack. Mohanlal, Padmakumar and writer Suresh Babu joined together for the second time since the 2010 film Shikkar. The principal photography commenced in May 2015 in Kochi and completed in August 2015. Kochi, Hyderabad, Karwar, Goa and Qatar were the filming locations. The film gained mixed to positive critical response.
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Germany (/ˈdʒɜːrməni/; German: Deutschland [ˈdɔʏtʃlant]), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, listen ), is a federal parliamentary republic in West-Central Europe. It includes 16 constituent states and covers an area of 357,021 square kilometres (137,847 sq mi) with a largely temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Berlin. With about 81.5 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state in the European Union. After the United States, it is the second most popular migration destination in the world.
Various Germanic tribes have occupied northern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before 100 AD. During the Migration Period the Germanic tribes expanded southward. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation.
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Deutschland was an iron passenger steamship of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line, built by Caird & Company of Greenock, Scotland in 1866.
Deutschland was built as an emigrant passenger ship. She entered service on 7 October 1866 and arrived at New York on her maiden voyage on 28 October.
The Deutschland sailed from Bremerhaven on 4 December 1875, commanded by Captain Eduard Brickenstein, with 123 emigrants bound for New York via Southampton. Weather conditions were very bad with heavy snowstorms, and the ship had no clear idea of her position until, at 05:00 on 6 December, she ran aground in a blizzard on the Kentish Knock, a shoal 23 mi (37 km) off Harwich and 22 mi (35 km) from Margate, 3 mi (4.8 km) from the Kentish Knock lightvessel, and out of sight from shore. At the time she was 30 mi (48 km) from where Captain Brickenstein estimated she was.
Shortly before grounding, an attempt was made to go astern was made but failed when the stress fractured her propeller. Driven onto the sandbank, the vessel began to take on water and as the tide rose she failed to lift off the shoal as had been expected. When the sea began to break over her, and the wind rose to gale force, the order was given to abandon ship, causing some panick. One boat was launched, but was swamped, while a second boat, with the quartermaster, a sailor and a passenger aboard, went adrift and eventually reached shore on the Isle of Sheppey the next day with only the quartermaster left alive. The remaining boats were later washed away or destroyed by the stormy seas.
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Deutschland 83 is an eight-episode German television series starring Jonas Nay as a 24-year-old native of East Germany who in 1983 is sent to the West as an undercover spy for the Stasi. It is a co-production between AMC Networks' SundanceTV and RTL Television by the production company, UFA Fiction, with international distribution by RTL Group's FremantleMedia International and North American distribution by Kino Lorber. The series premiered on 17 June 2015, on SundanceTV in the United States, making it the first German-language series to air on a US network. The broadcast was in the original German language, with English subtitles. It subsequently aired in Germany beginning in November 2015, and later in the UK on Channel 4 beginning in January 2016.
A second series, entitled Deutschland 86 is a possibility and not out of the question, according to the producers. Wolf Bauer, head of producer UFA Fiction, said a second series of the show could be greenlit, even if the series does not achieve huge viewings in Germany. Deutschland 86 would be set in 1986, three years after the original series.
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What pain pushes you into yourself? We do that. We retreat into our world and our need when pain pushes. Hope will bring us out. Hope will draw us closer to God instead of closer to self.
Our nation has pain. There is the pain of being asocial. We are a nation of Facebook and Twitter and LinkedIn and gaming and netflix. Researchers and health professionals alarm at the impact of constant stimulation that over stresses youth to the point of needing medication. Dr's increasingly point to our disassociation and electronic trends as roots of further social disorder.
"Children or teens who are "revved up" and prone to rages or—alternatively—who are depressed and apathetic have become disturbingly commonplace. Chronically irritable children are often in a state of abnormally high arousal, and may seem "wired and tired." That is, they're agitated but exhausted. Because chronically high arousal levels impact memory and the ability to relate, these kids are also likely to struggle academically and socially….
Our nation has pain. There is the pain of amoral existence. Some states report active belief through church attendance below 5%. Nationally it is 16% and expected to drive lower. Just a half a century ago this was 60%. We had a moral standard of respect of life and decency toward others and self. Moral compass gives stability. Moral compass gives a staff on which we can rest in hard moments of indecision. Moral compass provides a rally point. There is no accepted moral compass at a time when our immigration is at all-time highs. How do you assimilate into nothing? We need a national ethic and morality and conscience more than we need a wall of separation.
Our nation has pain. There is the pain of amarital community. 40% of our children go to bed without dad in the home. 41% of new births are into never married situations. The impact is huge. Poverty, criminal behavior, emotional and mental distress, school performance, suicide and more key off of fatherlessness. We are birthing a generation with no chance of a normal or peaceful life.
Our nation has pain. That pain is a mess. Intimate partner violence and intimate terrorism show up in 1 of 3 women. Sexual assault is 1 of 4 women by age 16. The highest rates of domestic violence are with those 20-29. The angst and anger is violent. We are crying in our homes for solutions. This is not about percentages and political punditry. This is about me and my house.
Yet, you are faithful. You are doing what you know to do in faithful obedience and sacrifice. With the pains, each of us is impacted. A father, mother, sister, brother, child, cousin, or you is impacted. Why? We live in this pained world and it touches us and we bleed.
Stand there for a moment. Where has this pain touched you? Who around you is impacted? Where are you personally impacted?
We can feel rejected of God and cry, "Unfair." He is with you. He is here. Hope points to answers and secures a path. Put your hope in God and in His presence.
Most often our experience of pain comes from living apart from God's influence and presence. In Christ, we have choices. We can be in the world and not of the world. We can make choices that give us stronger whys in the land of hows. He has not left us on our own. He has not abandoned us.
So let's talk about how hope works behind the veil. When I am in His presence, I am secure. I am hopeful. I can see a future with beauty and success.
Last Fall, Dian and I spent the day in the beautiful New England countryside and on to the coast of Maine. When we allow ourselves to enjoy the beauty of God's creation, we are refreshed. Those images will walk with us for decades. It is good. Dian and I have a small lake cabin in Oklahoma in the wooded part of the state for this reason. I love to watch the birds and listen to the stillness. Whenever I post a calm or strikingly beautiful picture of nature on facebook, it gets the most likes. We like the calm. We need the calm and the beauty. Is not the presence of God more beautiful than nature? Have you ever enjoyed Him beyond any touch natural beauty can produce?
How often do you stop the noise and the pain and let God be God? This world with all the pain and problems that prick and provoke is there. It is there 24/7. In the middle of all of that, we have the privilege to walk with an amazing God of light and joy. His overwhelming presence permeates and puts us on top and covered. Yet, this is not some Pollyanna denial of a painful world, but a determined joy in the face of assault.
It is unrealistic to ignore the pain. It is incorrect to deny reality. After an opponent to Abraham Lincoln painted an unrealistic view, Lincoln responded. "Now a horse has four legs. If I call his tail a leg, how many legs does the horse have?
Don't deny reality. Face it. Deal with it. Put yourself in the presence of God and allow Him to adjust and protect and secure and strengthen.
But, Phil, it just keeps coming back and I can't seem to hold my footing. It drags me into wrong action and disturbed and depressive days.
In the Old Testament the priest would go into the Holy of Holies on assignment. There was great ritual and preparation for his time in the presence of God. There was great fear. If he did one thing wrong, put on the wrong piece of clothing, or touched a forbidden object prior to going into God's presence, he would be struck dead.
The people would tie a rope around his leg and put bells on his robe. If the bells quit ringing, they would pull him out, dead. He was anchored in the world. He had to come out. He could not stay in God's presence. The world owned him.
In Jesus, we have a new and better life. Each of us is called into the presence of God 24/7. It is no longer about one person going for all. Jesus did that and opened the path. We don't pull Him out, He pulls us in. His Holy Spirit is provided for 24/7 presence and provision to all. Yet, we don't live in that awareness. We allow the world, the pain, and the problems to displace us from our rightful position. We drift from our anchor point.
Watch for a moment what is happening in this verse. Hope is an anchor. Anchors have ropes fastened to a point. As the current of life pummels our bow, the anchor point holds us steady. If I want to be closer to the anchor point, I pull in the rope and shorten the extended line.
Hebrews 3:6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.
In life we pass from pain to pain and from victory to victory. At each of those moments there is opportunity to fasten the rope tighter into our grasp. If I want to get a good grip on a rope, I put a knot into it. My grip, my hold is more secure and firm. Every test in life, we can secure our grip on hope. Every time we see God provide for us in a hard moment, we can station our feet and tie another knot in the rope for a future need. Whether it is a pain to which God applies a solution or a victory in growth, each can become a knot that secures my grip and shortens the distance between the anchor point and me.
Our journey can be a series of choices to draw closer to God, to live in His presence. Our journey can also be a series of choices to drift. I can chose to gripe and groan and complain and my rope will stretch and extend and I will float further from my anchor point.
Make the choice at every point of pain and every point of victory to shorten the rope.
The anchor point is in the realized presence of God. In the presence of the Lord there is joy forevermore. A. Increase your dependence on Him in prayer and tie a knot. B. Build a closer relationship with a fellow Christian and tie a knot. C. Hammer scripture into your memory and meditation and tie a knot. D.Increase your personal and public worship times and tie a knot. E.Tell others of His goodness and tie and knot. F.Give out of the abundance He provides and tie a knot. G. Rest and trust Him in faith in hard moments and tie a knot. Live as a Christian disciple and tie a knot. The life of discipleship is not about obedience and duty, it is about drawing closer to God and He draws closer to you. The distance to the anchor point becomes less and less. In time of need you can pull in the line and be to that point faster when you live a life of tying the knot.
My rope is extended. I've not lived the Christian discipleship provided for me in Christ. Ah, the grace of God has been provided. You see, the anchor point is Jesus in the presence of God. We are no longer anchored in the world.
Before Jesus, that anchor would pull us back into the world. Now, Jesus will pull you back into His presence. He sees you drifting. You have hope. He will pull you into His presence as you drift. His grace is huge. Of course it is better to live close to the anchor and we will have fewer pains and fewer defeats. But, He is on your side. He is the anchor and He will pull you into His presence even if you chose to drift when your hope is in Him.
In this world of toils and snares tell me Jesus just who cares. None but thee Lord, none but thee.
Summary: Life pummels. Christ in me, the Hope of Glory, anchors me in the presence of God. Joy and answers are in His presence. Christian discipleship will pull me closer to the presence of God.
Live your life of Christian Discipleship in hope and healing. Tie a knot. Every opportunity. Tie a knot. Keep the rope on your anchor short and your time in His presence continual. Tie a knot. Don't drift.
If you find yourself drifting, call out in hope. He will draw you in. Your anchor is in His presence.
The Lord is by my side.


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Swacch Bharat and its motivators
Amita Bhaduri
MOST OF Etawah, a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in Uttar Pradesh, has plenty of stories to share about their favourite leader Daddaji or Mulayam Singh Yadav, one of the former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh.
The area bordering the ravines near Chambal, on the other hand, resounds with tales of dacoits like Phoolan Devi, Seema Parihar and Nirbhay Gujjar.
"Politics is a way of life in this agriculturally prosperous district. We had heard of instances of pakad (abduction) and were very wary in the beginning," says Aishwarya Mishra, a former Zilla Swachh Bharat Prerak (ZSBP) for Etawah and earlier for Kanpur (Dehat/rural).
Mishra, along with Divyanshu Seth, another ZSBP at Etawah are young professionals placed by Tata Trusts, a leading philanthropic organisation. in collaboration with the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to give a boost to the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) or SBM-G at the district level. They are deputed to work for a year with the district collector or the district development officer, who is in charge of the SBM-G programme. SBM-G is the rural component of the larger SBM scheme.
The Preraks provide coordination, management and monitoring support to the district administration for effective implementation of SBM-G. They are involved in developing district-level swachhta action, finance, and sustainability plan for monitoring mechanisms and quality supervision protocols.
They also ensure monitoring and implementation support for district-level sustainability initiatives pertaining to the programme. That's not all. They provide support for the development and rollout of the Social Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) strategy, with a focus on sanitation and personal hygiene issues.
Preraks provide coordination, management and monitoring support to district administration for effective implementation of SBM-Gramin
Who will flout the decree?
News has just trickled in that the present chief minister Yogi Adityanath wants the state to be open defecation free (ODF) by October 2, 2018. The Swachh Bharat Mission team is on the go. "Funds have been provided under the SBM-G. Toilet construction has to be accelerated. Targets have to be achieved and the MIS (management information systems) operators responsible for the data entry of toilets are working through the night. Data on built-up toilets need to be geo-tagged and updated regularly on the portal," says Seth worried that the efforts should not end at disbursal of funds.
As per a news report, in all blocks of Etawah, photographs of around 7000 to 8000 toilets in each block are yet to be uploaded on the portal, which is essential to focus better on verification and monitoring of toilet use.
With the sanitation coverage reaching over 97.37 percent [source: SBM (Gramin) portal as on July 23, 2018] from 52 percent in the 10 months that he spent as ZSBP, it has been a successful stint for Seth.
"When I joined, I realised that the SBM work was not on track. Toilets were being constructed but people were still waiting for the incentive amount. My first task was to get the payments fast tracked and ensure that the toilets were geotagged and the data updated on the portal. We also organised gram sabhas and with the help of swachhagrahis (field workers), tried to motivate people to construct toilets," says Seth.
Leaking loos, a problem
A mechanical engineer, Seth has had brief stints with a couple of startups like Oyo Rooms. Fully engrossed in his present work, Seth is now worried about leaking toilets. Alluvium sand is the major water-bearing formation in the area and water tables are high at certain places.
He fears that the groundwater in the district can become highly polluted due to sewage seeping from poorly constructed and improperly lined pit latrines. Many septic tanks are not built as per norms and this leads to faecal matter or sludge leaking into soil impacting the drinking water and the health of the soil in the vicinity.
"The government's earlier policy to set up quick pit latrines, septic tanks or sewage dumping sites in the backyards was not right. Villages lack underground sewerage networks here and people are averse to the twin-pit system. How can we have a sewage pit below our puja room or our kitchen, people ask. Some even feel that their house will collapse given the heavy seepage. It is common to see sewage flow into storm drains or be routed to cesspools," says Seth.
"People have notions of purity and pollution rooted in our caste system. They are scared of emptying twin pits even when the sewage has decomposed. It was hard to dispel illogical notions around the construction of toilets," says Seth.
What will happen after SBM finishes in 2019? These tanks need to be desludged (emptied) once in three years. Manual scavenging is out of the question and one will have to plan for mechanised vacuum sludging. Is it economically feasible in rural areas? Will the government do it? Generally, here, the septic tanks are not desludged and water mixed with faeces seeps through the soil, contaminating the groundwater table. Drinking this untreated water can be a threat to public health. These questions have been bothering Seth.
What will happen after SBM finishes in 2019? These tanks need to be desludged (emptied) once in three years. Is it economically feasible?
Bringing people on board
"Arguing against open defecation and convincing people about its ill effects were very hard. Getting them to own the programme was my first challenge. We tried to direct our messaging towards women who seem to accept toilets better. Educating children at schools and organising events, plays and exhibitions, and distributing children's books to communicate the importance of sanitation helped," says Mishra.
"Community-led total sanitation (CLTS) approach has been successful here. Our team of dedicated coordinators and swachhagrahis used information, education and communication (IEC) methods during their visits to the villages. We conducted gram sabhas on the subject of ODF sustainability and galvanised people through innovative triggering techniques such as role plays. We also focused on menstrual health and hygiene programmes for girls and women," says Mishra.
"We experimented with precast toilets under what we called a 'one-day toilet' campaign. Parts of these toilets are cast off-site and are transported to the construction site, reducing the construction time. The SBM-G guidelines are somewhat inflexible with regard to this. So, we could not take this up on a larger scale. Even when these toilets are less expensive and can be built quicker, getting them sanctioned was not easy," says Seth.
ODF sustainability, another challenge
Toilet construction picked up pace after they joined as ZSBPs of Etawah. But, Seth and Mishra know that it is difficult for a village to sustain its ODF status. The sustenance of ODF requires behavioural change as well as regular monitoring and incentives.
"The SBM has prompted a collective behaviour change on a wide scale unlike earlier programmes that dealt with just the construction of toilets. It may have provided a momentum to go ODF but such a change cannot be crammed into a five-year timeframe," says Mishra.
"Social sector fellowships like ZSBP facilitate our professional as well as personal development. Once selected, we are guided through a process by our professional mentors who provide us with support that build our capacities. We get to work on multifarious problems in a complex area and are given exposure to new ideas and techniques. It has been a life-changing experience and I got a hands-on understanding of the government sector. I hope to stay connected to social justice issues even after I revert back to the private sector where I worked earlier," says Seth.
This story was republished from India Water Portal
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Q: Can I sort list by second argument in Python? I have an external .txt file that looks like this:
Year of birth (yyyy); id; First name; Second name;
...
Year of birth (yyyy); id; First name; Second name;

Can I make a new list that sorts all elements by bbbb part?
I tried doing it by splitting all elements then sorting it, but like that I lose other elements that are connected to that id.

A: There are many ways to approach this using builtin functions and modules, or third party libraries like pandas as mentioned in other answers.
Using simple builtin functions, you can create a sorted list from a file by passing the file object to the sorted function:
with open(filename) as file_object:
    lines = sorted(file_object)

This works because sorted accepts any sequence or iterable object. File objects are iterable and yield a line at a time.
This will sort alphabetically starting from the first character of each line, then comparing the second, etc.
As you want to sort by the second string between the semicolons, you need to extract that string and sort by that instead. There are numerous ways to do this.
The sorted function takes a key argument. You should pass a function here which will be called for each line, and would return the criteria for comparing the line with other lines.
For example we can split the line into a list of separate strings:
>>> line = '1998;1234;Jim;Smith;'
>>> line.split(';')
['1998', '1234', 'Jim', 'Smith']

Then we want to compare the second value from the list (we count from 0, so the second value is [1]):
>>> line.split(';')[1]
'1234'

Create a function which does this, and we can then pass it to sorted as the key:
def get_id(line):
    return line.split(';')[1]

with open(filename) as file_object:
    lines = sorted(file_object, key=get_id)

Probably though you want lines to be processed more so that for each line you have a list of values. Python has a builtin csv module for handling delimited values (you're using semicolons):
import csv
from operator import itemgetter

with open(filename) as file_object:
    reader = csv.reader(file_object, delimiter=';')
    rows = sorted(reader, key=itemgetter(1))

In this case we can use itemgetter instead of having to write get_id, as the csv module has already done all the splitting for us, and we just need a function which can get the second item in the row.

A: list1 = """1999;id2;mike;smith;1996;id3;steve;jones;1998;id1;john;smith"""
list2 = list1.split(';')

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
columns = ['year','id','first','last']
df = pd.DataFrame(np.reshape(list2,(-1,4)),columns=columns)
###### by='id' if you want to sort by id, or replace with('year','id','first','last') whatever you want to sort by.
df.sort_values(by='id',inplace=True)
list3 = df.values.tolist()
list3
output:
[['1998', 'id1', 'john', 'smith'],
 ['1999', 'id2', 'mike', 'smith'],
 ['1996', 'id3', 'steve', 'jones']]

A: Here's a possible answer.
Sample string of items in your text file:
sample = """1998; 1; Jim; Smith;
2001; 2; Andrea; Johnson;
1995; 3; Tom; Jones;"""

We'll create a multidimensional array (list of lists) by splitting our string, splitting the line and appending to our main array.
matrix = list()
for record in sample.split('\n'):
    line = [i.strip() for i in record.split(';') if len(i) > 0]
    matrix .append(line)

Our matrix:
[
['1998', '1', 'Jim', 'Smith'],
['2001', '2', 'Andrea', 'Johnson'],
['1995', '3', 'Tom', 'Jones']
]

To sort, you can use the built-in method for a list and implement a lambda function to pick which column you'd like to sort by.  Note: Since indexes in Python start at zero, you'll have to take that into consideration.  For the example, x[1] means the second item, or the id column:
Sort 1: Descending ID order
matrix.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)

Output 1:
[
['1995', '3', 'Tom', 'Jones'],
['2001', '2', 'Andrea', 'Johnson'],
['1998', '1', 'Jim', 'Smith']
]

Sort 2: Descending birth year order (youngest to oldest)
matrix.sort(key=lambda x: x[0], reverse=False)

Output 2:
[
['2001', '2', 'Andrea', 'Johnson'],
['1998', '1', 'Jim', 'Smith'],
['1995', '3', 'Tom', 'Jones']
]

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58' | CHANCE! | Rhyan Grant heads towards goal from the edge of the area after McLaren makes a nuisance of himself in the Uzbekistan box by running onto a through ball and firing into the leg of a desperate defensive lunge! It's easily saved, but this is better from the Socceroos.
Possession currently 57/43 in favour of the Socceroos, it was 50/50 at half time.
55' | This Masharipov/Mabil battle is taking place at both ends down the far side of the field.
Good to see, both players tracking back and getting forward.
53' | It's opened up a little for a moment, first Behich claims a hand to the face (that did not seem too intentional) at one end, then Awer Mabil is back defending Masharipov at the other after another lighting counter attack from the White Wolves.
They're hounding the Socceroos at the moment all over the park, but it has been a better start to this half from the Australians.
50' | Rogic has a run, and keeps going, and going and going all the way into the penalty area where he tumbles to the ground, but more from frustration that the ball has run out of play then due to anything the defender was doing to him.
Bright start from Rogic, broken hand and all.
46' | Oh Khashimov slides in high with studs showing to Aziz Behich and goes into the book, joining Tukhtakhujaev, Rogic and Behich on yellow cards.
46' | We're back underway - can the Socceroos turn it around in this half and get Rogic/Mabil/McLaren into the game a bit more.
The second half might be better... Maybe.
This isn't me by the way... but Simon makes a good point. The start was good.
All square at the break, Uzbekistan by far the better of the two sides so far, but there is still a long way to go in this one, and they don't give out points for style so no harm done as of yet, but Graham Arnold will have his work cut out at the break to instill something into his side to help deal with their opponents.
What have you made of the first half? What do you think the Socceroos need to change?
45+1' | A rare mistake in the midfield from Sidikov hands possession to the Socceroos, who press forward and Rogic weaves into the penalty area but can't fashion a shot and the best moment of the game so far for the Socceroos passes.
44' | CHANCE FOR THE SOCCEROOS! Ikonomidis races into the penalty area but overruns the ball, under pressure from the Uzbekistan defence, and the chance goes begging without a shot being fired in anger.
43' | Masharipov picks up the ball on the edge of the area and makes a mockery of the Australian defenders with some beautiful footwork but his long range shot is always drifting wide.
41' | Better from Aziz Behich, who shows a lovely touch on the edge of the penalty area then battles with two defenders to win a free kick in a dangerous position.
A confab taking place over who will take it... Rogic the eventual chosen one, but his effort hammering into the wall and away from danger.
36' | CHANCE! Great stuff from Shomurodov, who out-muscles Trent Sainsbury and races towards goal before picking a pass inside to a host of white shirts busting a gut to get into a scoring position, but the shot when it does come is high and wide, much to the PSV centre-back's relief.
35' | Rogic finds some space, finally, and rushes forward, but his pass to Ikonomidis - who has been anonymous so far this half - shows some poor control and the chance is done.
34' | Another pass from Mabil this time is easily picked off and that frees the Uzbekistan side into a counter attack. The ball over the top is not on this time though and instead the White Wolves are confident enough to maintain possession in their own half - something the Aussies cannot do at the moment.
30' | So, half an hour gone and the Uzbekistan side are definitely playing the better football as things stand.
They had two days less rest to prepare for this game, and perhaps have shaken off the group-stage rust a little bit faster than the Socceroos, who can't seem to control the ball properly at the moment, forcing passes to be rushed and not find their targets.
28' | SIDIKOV! So close! Wonderful work from Shukurov on the left, breezed past twp Socceroos players before laying the ball off to his midfield partner, whose low driven shot fizzed just past the post.
25' | Another yellow card for the Socceroos - this time for Aziz Behich. He's been handing them out pretty readily so far has Mr Al Jassim since the early stages.
22' | Good pass from Rogic towards McLaren but the Hibs man can't get on the end of it. Better from the Socceroos but the men in gold keep coughing up the ball a bit cheaply. A decent spell of possession would not go amiss here.
21' | CHANCE! | Great possession and movement in the final third results in Akhmedov having a blast from the edge of the area. It's deflected behind for Ryan to claim, but that's the third or fourth time the Socceroos have been caught out with a ball in behind Grant on the right side of the Australian's defence.
Rhyan Grant likes getting forward, we know that, but he is going to have to temper his enthusiasm if the Socceroos want to keep a clean sheet here with Masharipov and Shomurodov prowling behind the line like that.
20' | Uh oh... Tom Rogic's first meaningful contribution is to be booked for cleaning up Masharipov after the Celtic man played a pass. It was spotted by the assistant on this near side, and that means Rogic will miss the quarter final if the Socceroos get there.
15' | Some nice interplay in the attacking third by Rogic - but he can't link with Mabil. That's the first time the Celtic play-maker has got into the game so far - the Socceroos might need him to be a bit more prominent if they are to win this one.
I am in Northern Laos.Score Sheet. 3-0 to us.
Couple of score predictions coming in - all positive so far. But if Uzbekistan keep putting those balls in behind for Shomurodov then we could be in a bit of strife.
Graham Arnold likes playing an attacking game - perhaps some caution might be advised against the in form Shomurodov.
12' | CHANCE! At the other end this time, Behich with the speculator from the edge of the area after a long throw but the save is easily made by Nesterov.
11' | CHANCE! Shomuradov has a great opportunity down the left for Uzbekistan but Ryan comes out to effect a point blank save at his feet!
10' | Irvine has been busy in this opening ten minutes on the left, more crisp passing from the Socceroos but the end ball is too far ahead of Mabil and McLaren and the possession comes to naught.
8' | The ball breaks for the Socceroos going forward there, but McLaren can't chase it down and Nesterov has a goal kick.
5' | DANGER THERE! Masharipov takes the ball round Grant with a decent touch but Degenek is back to clear the danger - good possession for the White Wolves so far in these early stages.
4' | Milligan in defensive duties now, denying an attacking chance down the left for Uzbekistan, the Socceroos easily dealing with that early threat.
2' | Milligan has a shot from well outside the area but the Uzbek's clear, then McLaren is fouled and we have our first yellow card for Tuhtakhujaev! The free kick comes to nothing though and Uzbekistan has a free kick.
1' | Referee Abdulrahman Al Jassim of Qatar gets us underway!
Ok, handshakes done, strap yourselves in, we're ready to go.
The players are in the tunnel, and the fans... well there are a smattering of supporters in the 12,000 capacity stadium, but it will not be a cauldron of noise against the Socceroos as has been in previous matches.
Listening in bed.LAOS.Go Socceroos.Lets have a very positive result.
Thanks for joining us John! Let me know where you are joining us from and what your score predictions are for this clash.
If you haven't been keeping up with the Asian Cup so far, here's a quick reminder of how things are set after three of the last 16 matches so far.
Earlier this evening, Japan qualified for the quarter finals with a 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia.
They will play Vietnam who accounted for Jordan (remember them from the group stages?) 4-2 in a penalty shoot out after the side shared a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes of football. It's the first time Vietnam have EVER won a knockout match in the Asian Cup.
Marcelo Lippi's China also progressed thanks to a 2-1 victory over Thailand, coming from behind to do so thanks to goals from Xiao Zhi and a Gao Lin penalty after Supachai Jaided put the wonderfully named War Elephants ahead.
China will take on Iran in the quarter finals after it accounted for Oman 2-0 in Abu Dhabi, Oman missing a penalty that would have put them 1-0 up within the first two minutes of the match.
Here's how the bracket looked before Japan's victory.
The White Wolves sit in 95th spot in the FIFA rankings, and has never qualified for the World Cup since playing its first international post independence in 1992.
However the side has qualified for the Asian Cup on each occasion, reaching the semi finals in 2011 when the tournament was last held in western Asia in Qatar. If that's a good omen for the Uzbeks, that's where it ends. In that semi final appearance they lost to the Socceroos 6-0, Kewell, Ognenovski, Carney, Emerton, Valeri and Kruse the goalscorers.
Uzbekistan finished in second spot in their group, beating Oman 2-1, Turkmenistan 4-0 and losing 2-1 to group winners Japan after making a raft of changes.
Four changes have been made from that game, the real danger man remains Odil Akhmedov, the captain and talismanic Shanghai SPIG FC midfielder. Here's how they line up.
Here is the team that Graham Arnold has charged with maintaining the Socceroos excellent record of three wins out of three against Uzbekistan.
Just the one change from the 3-2 victory over Syria, Massimo Luongo drops to the bench, with Trent Sainsbury returning at centre back and Mark Milligan moving back up into the right side of the midfield.
It's much as you'd expect and the same team that accounted for Palestine 3-0 on match day two.
Good evening night owls and welcome to ABC News Digital's live blog of this Asian Cup last 16 clash between the Socceroos and Uzbekistan! Simon Smale on duty tonight, keeping you all up to date with all the action from Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain as the action happens!
It's do or die time for the teams at this stage of the competition, with the Socceroos taking on the White Wolves of Uzbekistan for a spot in the Asian Cup quarter finals.
Thank you for keeping me company through the dead of night here in Australia, lets all hope the Socceroos can kick on and start to look like a real force to be reckoned with in this Asian Cup competition to make this caffeine-fuled vigil worthwhile!


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Survey highlights racial disparities in Ohio's healthcare systems
The survey was released last month, and those behind it are now hoping more hospitals in the state pledge to address discrimination and inequities in healthcare.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hope Lane-Gavin knew something was wrong. She had a medical issue she felt was an emergency, but it was happening on the weekend, in the midst of a pandemic.
So she called her doctor's after-hours emergency line.
"It was, you know, we are only taking emergency patients," she said. "We're in the thick of COVID. And I'm like, I understand that, but trust me when I tell you that this is emergent."
She says she felt totally dismissed and got the runaround for weeks. But she kept pushing.
"When I did finally convince them that I needed to come in, when I did get there, they were like, oh, this is an emergency, and so I was then scheduled for an emergency surgery the next day," Lane-Gavin said. "I was frustrated, and my husband was even more frustrated because, he knew it was a problem, I knew it was a problem, and we were just getting the runaround."
That type of experience is not unique in Ohio, as evidenced in a survey released earlier this year.
Nearly 900 people were questioned about their experiences in Ohio's hospitals and other healthcare settings.
"Black men and women experienced, from our survey, far more discrimination in the healthcare system than White men and women, particularly White men, who reported relatively little experience with discrimination in the healthcare system," said Steve Wagner, executive director of the Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio.
That group, along with the Northeast Black Health Coalition, Multiethnic Advocates for Cultural Competence and the Ohio Unity Coalition, teamed up to conduct the survey.
Along with the reports of discrimination, the findings also revealed the troubling outcomes – that many patients either failed to make future appointments or accepted the unequal treatment as a fact of life.
"Hospitals and healthcare systems need to actively engage with the community to understand the challenges and the discriminations that are faced in those systems, and that's the dialogue that has to happen," Wagner said.
Wagner points to some policies that are changing, including using race as a determining factor in c-section decisions. But other policies still need work. He points to the practice of using race in looking at kidney function and treatment decisions.
"Those are policies and practices," Wagner said. "Those are not built into how just an individual sees a person as White or Black. They're baked into the practice of medicine."
It's a fact Yvonka Hall also has experienced firsthand. She's also the executive director of the Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition, which was a partner in the survey.
She says, since the release of the survey results, she has heard from more people wanting to share their stories.
"We do know that these stories are real people saying, this is unacceptable, what happened to me should never happen to anyone within a medical setting," she said. "And so, for me, as an African American woman, who's also been discriminated against in a hospital setting, I say that the time is now for us to change what is not right and to be on the track to making sure that we address the inequities that are going on within our communities."
Hall not only shared that she herself had experienced discrimination, but she also said her own grandmother suffered. Her grandmother complained about pain following a surgery for more than a year before it was discovered that a surgical instrument had been left inside her. Even after that discovery, she said her grandmother never complained to anyone.
Hall points out many others who experience discrimination do the same. They don't know how to report issues or to whom.
"We have to take into account the pain and suffering that is going on in our communities and how to lessen it, and part of that is how people are treated in hospital settings," she said. "For 800, almost 900, respondents to say, yeah, I've been discriminated against in a healthcare setting, that is a very powerful piece, and we can use that piece, we can use the survey, we can use the results of the survey to actually elicit some change."
One Central Ohio institution already is working toward change. Spurred on by the 2020 racial justice protests, Nationwide Children's Hospital researched and then released the 19-page Stand Against Racism, Stand for Health Equity Report.
In it, there are seven pillars designed to promote anti-racism within the hospital: Nationwide Children's Education & Training; Clinical, Equity & Quality Projects and Interventions; Research & Outcome Metrics; Talent & Employee Experience; Faculty & Training Programs; Community Engagement & Partnerships; and Social Justice.
"Children's has really been committed to the concept of health equity for decades," said Lorina Wise, chief human resources officer for NCH. "There are multiple factors, I think, that impact what health equity looks like, what diversity looks like, and how we respond to it as a healthcare system."
She said it was important to get input from across the board when it came to creating the plan to improve racial equity and to implement it. Building relationships of trust is key.
Also important, she says, is realizing the path to solving the problem will be a long one.
"This is a journey, and I think that's important for all of us to understand," she said. "A lot of work did go into developing this plan, and it's not static. It's something that we're constantly going to have to look at, tweak, evolve, as we work through it."
And while NCH works through it, there will be check-ins and accountability. Those involved with the work under each pillar will send reports to the Diversity Steering Committee, which is made up of senior leaders and has been in place since 2002.
"This is not easy work, but we're in it for the long haul because a lot of these issues weren't created overnight, and so, the solutions are not going to occur overnight," Wise said. "But we're really working hard to do it, and we look forward to continued progress in this area."
It's progress Hope Lane-Gavin hopes to see throughout every healthcare system. She points out that she is a professional advocate and, therefore, knew how to fight for herself when she faced her medical challenges. She said she realizes that others who look like her are at a complete disadvantage.
"When we talk about provider education, provider training, implicit bias training, all of those hot button words and topics that are out right now, we need to make sure we're talking about the receptionist, the pharmacist, the pharmacy tech, because all of those people play an integral role in the healthcare system and can make or break somebody's treatment plan," Lane-Gavin said. "The moment is now to make some serious changes in these spaces, and so I'm just hoping that the momentum continues."
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Thousandaires bring original stories to life with the spontaneity of jazz, the bare-bones sensibility of early folk and the vibrancy of New Orleans. Ted Hefko and The Thousandaires encompasses the full range of his musical experiences and talents, with Ted strumming a guitar while he sings his original lyrics before switching to tenor sax or clarinet for his solos.
After several years living in Brooklyn, writing, touring and recording, Ted is happy to once again reside in his musical home: New Orleans, Louisiana. His latest album Gas Station Guru is playing all over North America and the English speaking world.
Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Ted Hefko moved to New Orleans on a Greyhound Bus when he was 18 and fresh out of high school. He chose to travel by bus to buy himself a little time to make the adjustment and also so he could pack more. His luggage totaled two guitars, a saxophone, cooking utensils, books, cassettes, and a pin-striped suit. He dreamed of a city on the water, full of music, and the sweet safety and serenity of the thick New Orleans air about him. He rode next to a Memphis call-girl, nearly twice his age, who entertained him with stories of the ins and outs of the business as they rode. Ted began writing song lyrics when he was in second grade and picked up the guitar a couple years later along with any instrument he could get his hands on. Wanting to dig a little deeper into modern jazz at The University of New Orleans, he chose saxophone over guitar as his primary instrument. That choice led to ten years of working as a freelance horn player in New Orleans and New York, before song writing and the guitar called him back.
The musician's internship is long and tortured, but it is all these adventures and mis-adventures that add character to a young player. The proposition, in the late 90's, was to drive across this great country in a van, living off sandwiches and bar menus. The pay was abhorrent but the scenery was rich whether driving route 66 through the painted desert or Colorado's Rabbit Ears Pass in a blizzard. Ted toured nationally with jazz-jam band, idletime, from 1998 through 2001 opening for acts such as The Funky Meters, Leftover Salmon, Leo Neocentelli, Derek Trucks, Rebirth Brassband, and North Mississipi Allstars. The group released Time Stops... on Louisiana RedHot Records in 2000, featuring two of Ted's originals.
In 2003, Ted moved to New York with plans of working as a horn player for hire and boning up on his modern jazz chops in the Big Apple. It quickly became apparent that his biggest asset was his experience in New Orleans and the modern jazz scene was not really where his passions lay. The more that he led his own groups and the more that he sang, the more his fortunes improved. He began with a couple of sets worth of traditional New Orleans standards and some of the modern jazz tunes he was shedding. Freed from the confines of learning songs for jam sessions and sideman work, he took a closer look at piedmont blues numbers, great Ellington songs just about anything hed heard that struck his fancy.
In 2009, after recording many demos of standards, Ted finally released his first all original album, Egyptland , a collection of scenes and stories set in New Orleans. Recorded in both New York City and Austin, Texas, the album featured a variety of musicians playing a wide variety of original songs in a wide variety of settings. He took this collection in for mastering with the legendary engineer, Gene Paul. As he looked about the room at the gold and platinum records by Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack and The Average White Band, Gene began to ask him about his recording process and miking, especially vocals. Ted soon found himself taking vigorous notes and already looking forward to bringing in his next album.
Having whet his appetite with his first release, he was ready to create a more cohesive album, in one studio with one rhythm section, within a season. If I Walked On Water featured the extremely talented line-up of Moses Patrou on drums and percussion, Luca Benedetti on guitar and Scott Ritchie on upright bass and received rave reviews in both the US and Europe.
With this success, Ted was itching get out on the road and promote the music. He purchased a vintage GMC Safari van for this purpose and roped a few unsuspecting musicians into getting aboard. The van broke down just a few hours outside of the city limits, but they soldiered on and the tours got better. It was with this band that he recorded Distillations of The Blues during a stop in New Orleans.


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Narodowy Związek Pracujących (czes. Národní odborová ústředna zaměstnanecká, NOÚZ) – czeska kolaboracyjna organizacja związków zawodowych w Protektoracie Czech i Moraw podczas II wojny światowej.

Organizacja powstała 30 czerwca 1939 r. poprzez połączenie wszystkich przedwojennych związków zawodowych. Na jej czele stanął Václav Stočes. Współdziałała blisko z Narodowym Zjednoczeniem. 20 lutego 1941 r. nadzór nad nią przejął inż. W. Köster z urzędu protektora. Jej celem było wychowanie czeskich robotników w duchu "nowego europejskiego porządku". Miała także przeciwdziałać wśród nich antyniemieckim nastrojom. Ponadto prowadziła działalność sportowo-kulturalną. Od 1942 r. powstawały tzw. Školy práce, które organizowały wolny czas robotnikom, przy okazji prowadząc propagandę profaszystowską i proniemiecką. W 1944 r. Związek liczył ponad 564 tys. członków. W terenie istniało 15 krajowych i 40 obwodowych sekretariatów, które podlegały sekretariatowi generalnemu.

Bibliografia
 Tomáš Pasák, Český fašismus a kolaborace, 1999

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Pete's a Seattle Seahawk now
SEATTLE – Pete Carroll is gone from USC and back in the NFL.
After days of talks, the Seattle Seahawks hired the charismatic coach Monday, luring him away from the USC.
"The nine years at USC have been the best years of my coaching life," Carroll said in a statement released by the university. "I will forever be indebted for the opportunity to represent this great university and would like to extend my thanks to President Sample and Mike Garrett for giving me the chance.
The Seahawks chief executive Tod Leiweke spent Sunday finalizing the contract for the 58-year-old Carroll.
On Friday, the team fired coach Jim Mora following just one season. Seattle forced general manager and president Tim Ruskell to leave on Dec. 3. The moves left them rudderless less than four years after the Seahawks reached the Super Bowl.
"We are excited to add Pete as our coach. He brings a great passion for winning and a positive attitude that is contagious," Leiweke said upon his return to Seattle.
The Seahawks are expected to formally introduce Carroll at their headquarters in Renton, Wash., on Tuesday.
Carroll was 6-10 in 1994 with the Jets and then 27-21 while twice reaching the playoffs from `97-99 with the Patriots – before he restored a dynasty at USC beginning in 2001.
"The university graciously approached me to stay but this choice is about pursuing the great challenges of competing in the NFL and I found this opportunity too compelling to pass up," Carroll said.
Carroll was 97-19 and won two national championships with USC. He leaves following his worst season since his first at the school and with the NCAA investigating the program.


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Khloe Kardashian Says Negative Comments About Her Looks Don't 'Affect' Her
By Mariah Cooper
Bye, haters! Khloé Kardashian isn't stressed about trolls slamming her looks because she doesn't have time for the negativity.
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The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 36, opened up about her feelings on people criticizing her physical appearance during an interview with Elle on Thursday, October 15.
"At first, [mean comments] would definitely bug me, and I'm like, 'What in the world?'" she said. "I would never take my time to shame someone or be negative. I only comment nice and positive things. At first, I would let stuff like that affect me. And now I really don't care. Maybe if I'm having a bad day. But typically, I would say 90 percent of the time, it doesn't affect me."
Khloe Kardashian attends the 45th Annual People's Choice Awards at Barker Hanger on November 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. John Salangsang/Shutterstock
Kardashian admitted she's tempted to joke around when trolls slam her looks. "Sometimes I have to f–k with people a little bit," she admitted. "I try not to! I try to behave, but sometimes they're just asking for it."
The Good American cofounder is known for occasionally clapping back at the negative comments on her evolving appearance. In May, one Instagram user wrote, "Why do you look so different in all your photos?"
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Kardashian quipped back, "My weekly face transplant clearly."
A source told Us Weekly at the time that she's not concerned when people question her new look.
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"Khloé doesn't care about the backlash she's been getting from fans saying she doesn't look like herself in her recent photos," the insider said at the time. "She thinks she looks great. And actually [she] does not care what people think as long as she's happy."
Earlier this month, the Strong Looks Better Naked author slammed another social media user who said she looks "different every week."
Kardashian tweeted back, "I'll never understand how bored or unhappy some people can be. I am someone who would never comment something unless it's positive. I believe in uplifting and complimenting one another. Who has the time chiiiillllldddd?! Time is precious boo. I'm spending it on happy things."
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A source told Us on October 8 that the reality star feels confident and that her appearance wasn't altered due to major surgery.
"Her transformation is due to hard work in the gym," the insider explained. "She hasn't done a major surgery, just small treatments like micro-injections, laser work and facial contouring."
The source added, "She feels like the best version of herself."


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Screening of A Matter of Taste with Drew Nieporent
Last Thursday, ICEstudents and alumni had a unique chance to get an inside glimpse into the life of one of New York's most celebrated and well-known restaurateurs. ICE students and guests took part in an exclusive screening of A Matter of Taste with famed restaurateur Drew Nieporent.
September 12, 2011 by ICE Staff
The documentary, first released on HBO in June, follows Chef Paul Liebrandt's career over the course of a decade. Liebrandt received three stars from The New York Times for his work at Atlas in 2000. He then opened Papillon and spent several years as a private chef. In 2005, Liebrandt returned to the restaurant world at Gilt, where he stayed until launching Corton in 2008. Corton has now received three stars in the New York Times, two Michelin stars and a James Beard Award nomination. Liebrandt was recognized as one of Food & Wine Best New Chefs in 2009.
A Matter of Taste tracks the life of the chef, following ups and downs and examining Liebrandt's perfectionism and creative process. The film offers a rare peak what happens in the kitchen and the dining room of Corton. ICE alum John Check (Culinary '09) said the film was a very interesting portrayal of the chef, following him from his more-idealistic youth through humbling culinary career changes until he finds his style and voice at Corton. Check said, " I appreciated that it was a realistic look at life on the line and the intensity of life in the kitchen." The filmmakers collected over 300 hours of footage in the years that they followed Liebrandt, giving them some incredible footage of restaurant life.
The special screening of A Matter of Taste was followed by a Q&A session with restaurateur Nieporent. Nieporent is the award-winning restaurateur behind Myriad Restaurant Group. He forever changed Tribeca when he opened Montrachet in 1985 (at Corton's current location), followed by widely acclaimed establishments such as Tribeca Grill, Nobu, Rubicon and Centrico.
When discussing life in the restaurant world, Nierporent advised the students that the two most important things they could remember would be professionalism and confidence, saying those were key ingredients to a successful career in the food world. It was an amazing film and a great chance to look inside the New York City restaurant world for students at ICE.
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Successful Berklee Alumni #3: Michael Wright
Third in a biweekly series of interviews with Berklee graduates who have successful careers not involving music.
Michael Wright
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Graduated in 2008 with a major in Music Business (Management track). Principal instrument: drums.
Position: Salesperson, working for Micro Focus, (a.k.a. Borland Software) a large multinational corporation that provides many computer software products used by businesses.
Overview: Michael has had a varied career, working as an audio/visual "technical supervisor" (a.k.a. "the sound guy") at a Marriott hotel, being a counselor at both camps and a college, touring with the Christian rock band while handling their merch. After marrying a woman from Northern Ireland and moving there, he founded his own music school, Stateside Drum Studios, where he still works on weekends. Michael applied to his current position via an agency and went to a high-pressure 3-day "camp," where he was among the 6 out of 45 "campers" who was offered a job. Another three months of (paid) intensive training and his software sales career with Microfocus started.
You can view his LinkedIn profile here. Michael asks that if anyone wants to connect with him that they mention me and Berklee in the "connect" message, as he doesn't like to just connect with random people. (In general, introducing yourself to someone who doesn't know you is good form.)
Choice quotes: "As a musician at Berklee, you're surrounded by and have to work with a very diverse group of people. You listen to and approach things differently, such as when you're in an ensemble and are hearing the other musicians and are able to pick up whether we're going to repeat a section or whether we're going to drop the dynamics. You take that same sort of understanding and 'unspoken language' into the business world."
"I found I can be just as much myself in the corporate world as I was in the music world, and still be able to have the fun I had in the music world, and just blend the two together."
Michael at one of the drum kits at his music school. The kick drum bears the name of the Christian rock band he toured with for almost a year. Here's a video of them playing live!
The school is successful, but banks in Northern Ireland the banks wouldn't give him a mortgage to buy a home while he was self-employed, so he sought a corporate job.
Michael with his mother, both looking very happy, at Berklee graduation. May, 2008.
I have been interviewing Berklee graduates who have successful careers NOT involving music. Interviews are posted biweekly.
People interviewed are all Berklee graduates who enjoy their field, expect to be in it for at least a few more years, and earn at least $45,000/year.
Conversations typically last 45 minutes, with a lot of plus-or-minus. They start with the graduates detailing what they do, then we follow their trajectory of their career—specifically, how they got both their current job and the jobs leading up to that. Finally, we discuss their thoughts on their Berklee education vis a vis their career.
Hopefully these interviews will be a source of inspiration for Berklee students and graduates who are still finding their way.


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