With Open Enrollment for individual consumers beginning today, Independence Blue Cross (Independence), the region's leading insurance provider, is meeting consumers where they live, work, and play to ensure they know how to choose a health plan, enroll, and get the most from their new health benefits.
Open Enrollment is much shorter this year. Individual consumers have just six weeks to understand their options, make this important decision, and enroll in a health plan. Consumers must enroll in a health plan on or before December 15 if they want to be covered for 2018.
For 2018, Independence is the only insurer offering plans both on and off the Marketplace — including 15 different HMO and PPO plans across all metallic levels on the Marketplace and 17 plans across all metallic levels off-exchange.
The tax credits available in our market are expected to increase this year so consumers may be eligible for more financial assistance to help pay their premiums. Last year, 86 percent of Independence members that enrolled through the Marketplace qualified for financial assistance, and one in five of those members paid a zero-dollar premium.
For those who are not eligible for financial assistance, Independence added two Silver plans that will be offered directly from the insurer. These plans are less expensive but with similar plan benefits as those being sold on the Marketplace. Those not eligible for financial assistance to help pay their premiums should consider enrolling in a plan for 2018 directly from Independence.
To help consumers understand their options and enroll in the coverage that is right for them, the Independence Express, the insurer's mobile education and retail center, will travel throughout the region every day except Thanksgiving. For more information about Independence events during Open Enrollment, visit events.ibx.com/independence-express.
Independence LIVE, the insurer's customer and community experience center located at 1919 Market Street in Philadelphia, offers a variety of health and wellness opportunities for the entire community and is a one-stop shop for Independence member services. Licensed agents are also available to help people enroll in coverage. Independence LIVE is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except major holidays.
In addition, Independence licensed sales agents are available by phone at 1-888-475-6206 to answer questions and help consumers enroll in health coverage from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, except major holidays, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through December 10.
Finally, consumers can visit Independence's easy-to-use website — ibx4you.com — to find the coverage that is right for them and enroll either on or off-exchange. The website includes a subsidy estimator that allows consumers to quickly determine if they qualify for financial assistance to help pay for their coverage.
information about any work-related health insurance available.
Open Enrollment for individuals and family health plans runs from November 1, 2017, through December 15, 2017. Consumers looking for health insurance in 2018 must enroll by the December 15, 2017, deadline.


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Sci-fi version of Hamlet – Short Story
2 months ago Opeha
In a distant galaxy, on a planet known as Denmar, a young prince named Hamlet grapples with a deep and troubling mystery. His father, the king, has recently died under mysterious circumstances, and rumors abound that the prince's own uncle, Claudius, may have had a hand in his death. Sci-fi version of Hamlet
As Hamlet struggles to uncover the truth, he is aided by a technologically advanced AI known as the Ghost of his father. The Ghost, who exists only as a holographic projection, reveals to Hamlet the shocking truth about his father's death – that Claudius poisoned him in order to seize the throne for himself.
With this knowledge, Hamlet sets out on a mission to seek revenge and bring justice to his father. He confronts Claudius and challenges him to a duel, but Claudius, being a skilled fighter and a cunning strategist, proves to be a formidable opponent.
As the battle between the two princes rages on, Denmar is thrown into chaos. The people are divided, with some supporting Hamlet and others backing Claudius. The conflict threatens to tear the planet apart, and it seems as though only one of the two princes can emerge victorious.
But in the end, it is not Hamlet or Claudius who triumphs, but the Ghost of the king. Using its advanced technology, the Ghost is able to manipulate the battlefield and turn the tide of the battle in Hamlet's favor. Claudius is defeated, and Hamlet is hailed as the hero of Denmar.
With peace restored to the planet, Hamlet assumes the throne and begins the difficult task of rebuilding and restoring order. But even as he does so, he cannot shake the feeling that his struggles are far from over. For in the vast and treacherous depths of space, there are always new challenges and dangers lurking…
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Q: How to reuse a connection in SSR mode? My NuxtJS app that uses SSR needs to contact a data server requiring authentication. They have a client library (let's call it Client).
Every time a user reloads a page, SSR opens a new connection. I'd like to be able to use a single connection and save the cost of reconnecting & authenticating.
I have written a plugin that creates an instance of the client connector and injects it into the context and app. This works fine for client side but server side, the connector instance gets leaked.
My current solution is to hook up to the render:renderDone event and close the connection there. The resource leak is avoided but I still pay the cost of reconnecting and authenticating every time a user asks for a page.
The plugin creates a connection and injects the connector into app:
export default async (context, inject) => {
  const client = <SOME CLIENT LIBRARY>
  await client.login()
  inject('ds', client)
}

The middleware copies the connector into the renderer.req:
export default function (context) {
  if (context.req) context.req.$ds = context.app.$ds
}

The cleanup hook closes the connection once the page is served.
function render(nuxtConfig) {
  return {
    routeDone(url, result, context) {
      if (context.req.$ds) context.req.$ds.close()
    }
  }
}

I'd like to be able to inject a single instance of the connector on the server side, while keeping the existing logic on the client side.
I tried creating the connector on the nuxt:ready event
  async ready(nuxt) {
    const client = deepstream(process.env.DEEPSTREAM_URL)
    await client.login()
    // What to do with the client?
  },

But at the location of the plugin, I don't see anything in the context that I could use. In other words, where could I put the client object in the ready callback, so that it can be retrieved in the plugin and injected into the Vue instance? Or is there a better way to achieve my goal?
Thanks

A: I ended up injecting the connector in the express server before the nuxtjs middleware. This way it is available on the req object of the context. The plugin can use it when performing SSR otherwise a new connector is created.

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While most Americans (58 percent) have heard at least something about Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., and the George Washington Bridge scandal, a majority says they're unmoved by it: 53 percent say it hasn't changed their view of him one way or the other. Most Republicans, and independents say they're unaffected.
But 28 percent say the scandal has changed their view for the worse, rising to 43 percent among Democrats.
Americans who know more about the scandal are affected more negatively. Forty-one percent of Americans who have heard or read at least something about the scandal say it has made them view the governor more negatively. Just 2 percent say it has improved their opinion of him, and 51 percent are unaffected.
Forty percent do not think the governor was personally involved with the decision to close lanes on the bridge, while 29 percent think he was. Thirty-one percent don't know.
Partisanship plays a role: Democrats are most likely to suspect the governor was involved (40 percent vs. 21 percent of Republicans and 26 percent of independents). However, sizable segments across all political persuasions say they don't know.
Yet 43 percent think governor knew about his aides' involvement before the emails and text messages became public. Twenty-seven percent think he found out after the story became public, and another 30 percent don't know.
Few Americans have a firm opinion of New Jersey's governor. Despite the attention he gets in political circles, six in 10 say they have not heard enough about Christie (38 percent) or have reserved judgment on him (another 22 percent).
However, among those who do have an opinion, unfavorable views of Christie have risen substantially following the scandal, from 10 percent in September as he was cruising to re-election, to more than double that, 23 percent, now.


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Charlotte Casiraghi's 3-year-old son Raphaël steals the show at Monaco Grand Prix
hellomagazine.com Princess Caroline's grandson made an adorable, rare appearance at the Monaco Grand Prix on May 13.
Charlotte Casiraghi's three-year-old son, Raphaël Elmaleh stole the show during a rare public appearance at the Monaco Formula E Grand Prix in Monte-Carlo on Saturday. The Monaco royal, looking characteristically stylish wearing a crème pantsuit, stepped out for the event with her little boy, uncle Prince Albert and cousin Louis Ducruet. The royal family gathered on the podium stage at the Circuit de Monaco where the top three teams' drivers joined them.
Charlotte's son Raphaël made a rare public appearance on May 13 Photo: YANN COATSALIOU/AFP/Getty Images
Raphaël looked adorable sporting vibrant red pants and a white button down shirt as he played with miniature racecars on the stage by his mother's feet. Doting mum Charlotte, 30, kept a close eye on her little boy as he played beside a magnum bottle of G.H. Mumm. The mother-son duo appeared amused as they watched the winning drivers spray champagne on the podium. Charlotte welcomed her son with ex-boyfriend, Gad Elmaleh in 2013. The French comedian confirmed his split from Princess Caroline's daughter last May, while admitting, "We stay close. We are a family."
The royal's son played on the floor with his car toys Photo: YANN COATSALIOU/AFP/Getty Images
Charlotte's attendance at the formula race follows her recent getaway with her current boyfriend Dimitri Rassam. The couple took their love to Italy for the La Biennale Art Exhibition in Venice last week. Charlotte and French actress Carole Bouquet's son were photographed cruising the canals of Venice on a boat, checking out art and holding hands during a romantic lunch at an outdoors café. On May 10, the royal mingled with actress Salma Hayek and her husband François-Henri Pinault at the Cini party during the 57th International Art Biennale.
Charlotte mingled with Salma Hayek during a recent trip to Italy with her boyfriend Photo: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images
Charlotte and Dimtri visited Jamaica and New York City together earlier this year. Back in 2015, Princess Grace Kelly's granddaughter opened up to the French magazine Philosophie about love saying, "I believe that the key to a long and happy relationship is when you both share a passion for the truth, for life."
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require 'spec_helper'

describe Dbc::Blog do
  let(:blog) { Dbc::Blog.new }

  it 'lists posts with newest at top' do
    first_post = blog.add_post(title: 'First post', body: 'A great, long post')
    second_post = blog.add_post(title: 'Second post', body: 'Another great, long post')

    expect(blog.posts).to eq([second_post, first_post])
  end

  it 'lists only published posts by default' do
    published = blog.add_post(title: 'First post', body: 'A great, long post')
    drafted = blog.add_post(title: 'Second post',
                            body: 'Another great, long post',
                            drafted_at: Time.now)

    expect(blog.posts).to eq([published])
  end

  it 'lists drafted posts, newest on top' do
    newer_drafted = blog.add_post(drafted_at: Time.now - 1)
    older_drafted = blog.add_post(drafted_at: Time.now - 2)

    expect(blog.drafted_posts).to eq([newer_drafted, older_drafted])
  end
end

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Resident Evil 5 May Have Exposed Child To Real Evil
A father in the Canadian province of British Columbia contacted the police on Monday after receiving sexually explicit messages from a man his 12-year-old daughter had met playing while Resident Evil 5.
The father, a resident of Nanaimo, British Columbia, told authorities that the message exchange began on Monday when his daughter was engaged in an online multiplayer game of Resident Evil 5 for the PlayStation 3. The conversation soon moved to a laptop his daughter was using. The father took the laptop tried to ascertain the identity of the man she was communicating with, at which point the messenger became antagonistic and the messages became sexually explicit.
"It was scary," said the father on Tuesday. "He started saying some very obscene things to me. These are openings to potential sex offenders, really."
While the sexually explicit messages were not about his daughter specifically, they were so disturbing the father called the police, and an investigation is now underway.
The father later discovered that the person sending the messages, who claimed to be a 22-year-old man from overseas, had allegedly been communicating with his daughter via email for two months.
Is this another case of an older man prowling for children via online gaming? It's hard to say. The story doesn't mention any sexually explicit emails or communications with the daughter aside from the incident on Monday. It may have just been an immature reaction to suddenly facing the questioning of a parent. Indeed there is no indication that the alleged predator knew the child's age at all.
However there is a clear message here. Whatever this man's intentions were, he allegedly spent two months communicating with the daughter without her father's knowledge. Incidents like this might be avoided with more parental supervision of internet and online gaming time.
I'll let someone else argue whether or not a 12-year-old girl should be playing Resident Evil 5.
Police called in after man targets girl online [Canada.com]
GunFlame
Doesn't the 360 have parental control for stuff like this?
Most social network of game sites also have some preventions. Under 14 access and stuff (not really great).
Either way, it's always going to be a problem. But to be honest, at least it can be monitored and it can more that likely be stopped.
If it happened in the outside world...things may not have been so simple. Heaven forbid that to ever happen.


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Die Kleine Festung (Malá pevnost) ist ein Teil von Theresienstadt, die unter Kaiser Josef II. 1780 bis 1790 als Festungsanlage erbaut wurde.

k.u.k. Monarchie
Die Kleine Festung auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite der Eger wurde schon bald nach ihrer Errichtung als Gefängnis verwendet. Neben zahlreichen Militärgefangenen inhaftierte die Habsburgermonarchie hier politische Gefangene, unter anderem den griechischen Freiheitskämpfer Alexander Ypsilantis, ungarische und tschechische Aufständische der Revolution von 1848/49 oder auch die Täter des Attentats von Sarajevo (Gavrilo Princip u. a.), deren Ermordung des österreichischen Thronfolgers Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este den Ersten Weltkrieg einleitete.

Gestapo-Gefängnis
Nach der Zerschlagung der Tschechoslowakei wurde unter der Besatzung durch Nazi-Deutschland im Juni 1940 in der Kleinen Festung ein Gestapo-Gefängnis eingerichtet.

Die Nazis nutzten die vorhandene Infrastruktur aus und bauten den Ort zu einem Bestandteil ihres Repressions- und Vernichtungsapparates aus. Das Gefängnis wurde von der Gestapo-Dienststelle in Prag verwaltet. Zu Anfang gab es nur männliche Häftlinge; erst nach dem erfolgreichen Attentat auf Reinhard Heydrich wurde im Juni 1942 eine Frauenabteilung eingerichtet. Zu den bestehenden drei Gefängnishöfen kam 1943 ein vierter hinzu, der für männliche Häftlinge bestimmt war.

Zwischen 1940 und 1945 überstellte die Gestapo rund 27.000 Männer und 5.000 Frauen an das Gefängnis Theresienstadt, zunächst mit Inhaftierten aus Prag, dann aus ganz Böhmen und ab 1944 auch aus Mähren. In der Kleinen Festung wurden bis Kriegsende überwiegend Tschechen festgehalten, darunter viele Widerständler gegen das Nazi-Regime. In den letzten Jahren dann auch Bürger der Sowjetunion, aus Polen, Jugoslawien und gegen Kriegsende Kriegsgefangene aus den Reihen der alliierten Armeen.

Von den Insassen kamen etwa 8.000 in anderen Lagern um, in die sie bis zum Ende des Krieges deportiert wurden. 2.500 starben im Lager nach Folter, Krankheiten und aufgrund der Arbeits- und Lebensbedingungen. 250 Insassen wurden in der Festung selbst hingerichtet. Unter den Opfern befindet sich auch eine Gruppe von Juden aus dem Rheinland, die von Köln aus per Bahn deportiert worden waren und am 4. Oktober 1944 – "irrtümlicherweise" – in der Kleinen Festung statt im "Ghetto" ausgeladen worden waren. Fast alle wurden ermordet.

Kommandant des Gestapo-Gefängnisses war seit dessen Einrichtung SS-Hauptsturmführer Heinrich Jöckel, der die 1. Kompanie des SS-Wachbataillons Böhmen und Mähren kommandierte.

Opfer
 Josef Beran (1888–1969), Erzbischof von Prag
 Felix Bloch (Zeichner) (1898–1944), Zeichner und Werbegrafiker aus Wien und seine Ehefrau Antonie
 Martin Finkelgruen (1876–1942), Kaufmann, "erschlagen" in der Kleinen Festung
 Karl Herxheimer (1861–1942), Medizinprofessor (Universität Frankfurt) und Mäzen
 Karel Kosík (1926–2003), Philosoph und Literaturtheoretiker
 Paul Thümmel (1902–1945), Doppelagent
 Theodor Veidl (1885–1946), Komponist und Musikschriftsteller, am 18. Februar 1946 eines Hungertodes gestorben.
 Benno Wolf (1871–1943), Höhlenforscher

Täter
 Heinrich Jöckel (1898–1946), SS-Hauptsturmführer, Kommandant, 1946 hingerichtet
 Wilhelm Schmidt, stellvertretender Kommandant, am 12. November 1946 verurteilt und hingerichtet
 Rudolf Burian, Aufseher, 1946 hingerichtet
 Anton Malloth (1912–2002), Aufseher, 2001 vom Landgericht München I wegen Ermordung eines Häftlings zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt.
 Albert Neubauer, Aufseher, 1946 hingerichtet
 Stefan Rojko, Aufseher, 1963 vom Landgericht Graz zu lebenslänglicher Haft wegen Tötung und Misshandlung mit Todesfolge von politischen Häftlingen und Juden verurteilt
 Kurt Wachholz (1909–1969), Aufseher, vom Ost-Berliner Stadtgericht 1968 zum Tode verurteilt
 Julius Viel (1918–2002), im "Ravensburger Kriegsverbrecherprozess" 2001 zu 12 Jahren Haft verurteilt.

Nachkriegszeit
Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde in der Kleinen Festung ein Internierungslager für Deutsche eingerichtet, die aus Tschechien vertrieben werden sollten. Während der Vertreibung wurden hier insgesamt etwa 3800 Deutsche interniert, darunter auch Kinder. Insgesamt starben von den Internierten etwa 600 Menschen. Das Lager wurde vom kommunistischen Innenministerium verwaltet. Eine Ausstellung in Räumen der Kleinen Festung behandelt diesen Teil der Geschichte von Theresienstadt.

Auf Initiative ehemaliger Gefangener und Hinterbliebener aus der Zeit des Zweiten Weltkriegs beschloss die tschechoslowakische Regierung 1947, aus der Kleinen Festung von Terezín eine Gedenkstätte zu machen. Ein Ghetto-Museum befindet sich in der "Magdeburger Kaserne" in der Großen Festung, die Sitz des von der SS eingerichteten Judenrats war.

Literatur
 Hans Günther Adler (behandelt vorwiegend die große Festung): Theresienstadt 1941–1945. Das Antlitz einer Zwangsgemeinschaft. 2. Auflage des Reprints der 2. Auflage von 1960. Mit einem Nachwort von Jeremy Adler. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-89244-694-1, WBG: ISBN 978-3-534-25355-5.
 Wilhelm Turnwald Dokumente zur Austreibung der Sudetendeutschen. Überlebende kommen zu Wort. Verlag Aufstieg, 1992. ISBN 9783761201992.

Weblinks
 Terezín Initiative Institute. Theresienstädter Initiative: internationale Vereinigung ehemaliger Insassen (tschechisch, englisch, deutsch)

 Peter Finkelgruen: Kleine Festung Theresienstadt: Oder wie man Geisel der Verhältnisse bleibt
 Wilhelm Turnwald (Hrsg.) Dokumente zur Austreibung der Sudetendeutschen. Überlebende kommen zu Wort.

Einzelnachweise

Ehemaliges Gefängnis
Militärgefängnis
Hinrichtungsstätte
Österreichisch-Ungarische Militärgeschichte
Gefängnis (Tschechien)
Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren
Geheime Staatspolizei
Nationales Kulturdenkmal (Tschechien)
Bauwerk im Okres Litoměřice
Kulturdenkmal in Terezín
Historische Behörde (Tschechien)

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Homepage About the Project Programme Photo gallery Media Contact Archive
THE ARTS AND THEATRE INSTITUTE IS PREPARING THE THIRD THEATRE NIGHT
The third Theatre night is going to happen on 21st November 2015.
The Arts and Theatre Institute is preparing the third Theatre Night aiming to attract audiences of all ages and interests to theatres. The Theatre Night is a time of extraordinary experiences because the visitors have a chance to see and witness things theatres do not offer during the season. In the past years, the audiences had the opportunity to visit workshops, lectures, book signings or backstage tours and could also participate in pulling down the stage, discussions with directors or touring the backstage in small and big theatres. This year is going to take place on the third Saturday in November.
The second Theatre Night surpassed the first successful year in 2013. The project took patronage of 120 theatres from 29 Czech and Moravian towns with the theatres welcoming 50,000 visitors. Due to the high number of participating theatres and viewers, the Czech Theatre Night was one of the biggest events of its kind in Europe. Even the second edition managed to fulfil one of the main aims: to attract visitors who would not go to the theatre under normal circumstances. The audio track was aired in Czech radios and theatres before the beginning of the performance for several weeks. The building of the Arts and Theatre Institute opened during the second edition and it offered an interesting education programme and an information centre for the visitors.
An extensive survey was performed during the Theatre Night last year, which is supposed to help to map theatre audiences in the Czech Republic (unlike the situation in other art disciplines, there is no relevant study about it). The theatres participating in the Theatre Night are provided with the results of the survey in order to have a chance to learn about their viewers and modify their programme, PR, marketing and other activities accordingly. The results of the Theatre Night 2014 can be downloaded at /pro-media/. The ATI is also preparing another survey for this year, which is going to be distributed among participating theatres and the audiences.
There is going to be an exhibition of 23 photos from the past Theatre Night in July. The photographers are the winners of the amateur competition, whose images were selected by a jury (the ATI production team and representatives of professional theatre photographers). The first stop of the exhibition is going to be Ledeč nad Sázavou, which is also the location of "Mimochodem" theatre. The exhibition is going to tour various theatres, such as DISK, Karlovy Vary Municipal Theatre or AMPULKA theatre in Třebíč.
The Arts and Theatre Institute, Celetná 17, Praha 1, 110 00, www.idu.cz, e-mail:
Copyright © 2023 The Arts and Theatre Institute
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So it is finally here, I remember blogging about how Matt was recognized as a Top Farmers Agent and therefor we get a trip and then time flew by and here we are!! Tomorrow we took off to pack, run errands and clean house for my cousin Brittany to stay while we are gone. And your gonna laugh but I am going to dig out my emergency Xanax because the thought of leaving all 4 of my babies (animals) makes me want to lay on the floor and cry! (that is literal not a figure of speech)I am more than aware of the fact that we are leaving them in loving hands and my grandparents are going to come over and see them also but I literally love them JUST AS MUCH as all you people love your kids! And ps… no comments on how that will change when we have a kid one day please because I bed to differ!
Anyways… back on track! We leave at 7am Friday morning and come home next Wednesday night at midnight! I am excited and will be even more so once I get past the leaving part and packing, which might I add the weather said the highs are only 70 so what to wear? what to wear??? I thought about trying my hand at mobile blogging while I was away but don't count on it and if you see some chicken scratch of a post while I am away now you know…I tried! HA! I added some photos of some things we are going to do/see for you to think of me while I am gone… the first is a picture of our hotel the Hyatt Regency Monterey Spa and Resort and I hope it looks half as good in person as it does in the picture below..
This is the Monterey Fisherman's Wharf it is full of shopping, seafood, restaurants and fun things to do and I think we are gonna hit this up next Tuesday!!
This is our tentative Saturday morning "outing" the Monterey Bay Aquarium… it is the biggest in the US and you know all those movies and commercials with an aquarium? Well it is this one!! Everyone we talk to and every site I go to says this is a must see!!
This is just part of the picturesque landscape……….
Well guys this may be my last post for a week or so (*TEAR*)….. so You Okie's don't melt and I will try to not have a Meltdown when I say goodbye to the Kiddos!
Have a great trip! We'll miss you while you are gone.


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Everyone knew there was danger. . .
Sci-fi novelist, Sarah Hoyt, has a great post up in response to Roger Cohen's NYT piece, The Great Unraveling.
Her post is titled, The Great Re-weaving.
It was a time of transparency. Real transparency, quite unlike the foolish promises of previous politicians blinded by their narcissism, and nothing like the rotten assurances of the decrepit Gray Lady who had, in her time, turned a blind eye to the Holocaust and hidden the horrors of Holodomor, the depravity of the Gulags to praise collectivist systems that devoured people and dreams and spit out nothing but misery and dehumanization and a boot stepping on a human face forever.
Now, suddenly, they couldn't make their picked man, their chosen one into the harbinger of that great collectivist future. They couldn't snigger behind their hands at the unwashed people who'd never know of his faux pas. Oh, they did what they could, that guard of journalistic castrati protecting the corpse of a corrupt and bloated bureaucracy. But enough slipped through the cracks that most people knew something was wrong: the Summer of Recovery that resided in some unspecified future conditional; the idea that his face would appease Islam's irate warriors was undone by the beheadings the Jihadists insisted on posting on Youtube; the way the Light Bringer seemed to be in the dark when bereft of a teleprompter.
And she quotes Kipling. . .Excellent read!
The Anchoress ruminates on a recent NYT piece by Roger Cohen, titled, The Great Unraveling.
The Anchoress writes, "It is, finally, perhaps a time of dawning realization that the centers are not holding; old orders are in extremis; new orders are in capricious adolescence.
It sounds terribly, terribly depressing, yes. Who wants to read that? Who wants to think about that?
For those among us who are Apocalypically Inclined -- in the Hollywood blockbuster movie sense of the term -- Cohen's piece will likely excite and terrify in equal measure.
For Catholics, who take apocalypse in its original meaning -- a revelation, nothing Cohen writes is at all surprising. The Powers of This World are always clawing for more power, more prestige, more wealth, more death.
The challenge for Catholics is: what do we do in the meantime -- the time between Now and The End? The Anchoress rightly suggests prayer and fasting for peace. These ancient ascetic practices make for a good start on our response.
Insofar as prayer and fasting mark us out as witnesses to hope in Christ, prayer and fasting are necessary. I would add to the mix: preaching and teaching; that is, proclaiming the Good News and teaching all that Christ himself taught.
The world needs as many priests, prophets, and kings as it can get. We cannot leave the salvation of creation to politicians, actors, media talking-heads, soldiers, and academics.
Christ saves us all, and the world needs to hear this fundamental truth!
P.S. I was unjustly accused last week of sounding like a Bible-thumping Baptist preacher!
I hope this one sounds more. . .Catholic.
I wish I had a breeze running down my leg. . .
First thing you need to know: I have a exceedingly strange sense of humor.
While watching this Bad Lip Reading episode, I nearly choked laughing.
Who will see the Cross if we fail to lift it high?
We know the plot of our salvation story: we are made by God, and we return to Him. And how do we return? Through the Cross. The cross of Christ Crucified is the Way, our way back to God. Being made by God and lost through sin, we cannot return to God without God. So, He sent into history – human events, the human story – the means for our return to Him: Christ on the Cross, crucified as one of us, fully human and fully divine—a bridge from here to there. Jesus explains to Nicodemus: "No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man." And Paul explains further: "Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God. . .emptied himself, taking the form of a slave. . .he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross." Then we hear the familiar refrain of our salvation: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life." And so we are saved from becoming nothing once more; we are made perfect as our Father is perfect; "being merciful, [He] forgave [our] sin and destroyed [us] not." His mercy does not destroy us.
If we accept the gift of God's mercy, we say: Praise Him, give Him thanks! And then what do we do? Carry on as before? Do we as please? Live in constant regret that our sins killed Christ? Do we try to make a sacrifice worthy of the gift of Christ's life? The poet, Christian Wiman, asks the same question this way: "What words or harder gift/does the light require of me/carving from the dark/this difficult tree?" What words or gifts does the Cross require of us? Paul writes that the coming of the Christ and his obedient death on the Cross, moves God to exalt His Son and to "bestow on him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend. . .and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord…" No other words will do. So, our tongues confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. And since there is no harder gift to give than the gift of Christ given on the Cross, we bend our knees at his name. And then what? What do we do next? With the Gift of the Cross in hand, we might worship it, take it around in procession, put it to work for our health and wealth; we might be embarrassed by its necessity or feel imposed upon and react with faint gratitude. Was there a better way to save us? Something less bloody, not quite so gruesome? Ever been angry with Pilate, the Jewish leadership, the mob that shouted, "Crucify him!"? Perhaps praying before a crucifix, you decide that you want nothing more to do with the cruelty of a god who needs blood to love? Or perhaps you felt a dark fear that once the gift of mercy is settled in your heart, you would never be the same again?
If we are afraid of the Cross, afraid of following Christ, maybe what we fear most is the inevitably of joining him on the Cross. Remember that Peter, in a fit of fear and false love, denied the inevitability of Christ's defeat and, in this denial, denied the necessity of his own crucifixion. Jesus, knowing the certainty of his Father's plan for our salvation, rebukes Peter's fear, "Get behind me, Satan!" Even then, Christ is emptied, obedient to death, and ready to die on the Cross. Perhaps we show our deepest gratitude to Christ by emptying ourselves, being obedient to death, and preparing ourselves to die in his name. Perhaps. But what does this mean for tomorrow? For today? Sitting in a room, cases packed, shoes neatly tied, waiting for martyrdom? Nothing so passive as all that! Paul says that we should bend our knees and confess Jesus as Lord. Walking this path of worshipful praise cannot be good exercise if we fail to do what Christ himself did: feed the hungry, clothe the naked, heal the sick. Add to this: preach the Good News of God's mercy and teach what Christ himself taught, and we have just the beginning of our gratitude, just the barest start to what must be our lives completely given over to the path of righteousness. There's much to fear in so much surrender. Especially when you know that the one you used to be will not be found again.
Look at Moses and God's people in the desert. "With their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses…" Not only are we made and made to return to our Maker, but we are rescued from death by the death of Christ on the Cross and expected then to prepare ourselves for following him to the Cross, obedient to death, bending the knee, confessing his name, and waiting, waiting, waiting for his return to us so we can return to Him. Is your patience exhausted by the wait? Do we complain against God and His Church? Our desert is not getting smaller or cooler or less arid. Our days are no shorter. Our nights no brighter. Moses wanders and we follow. And our patience, already silk-thin already, rubs even thinner, waiting on the fulfillment of the promise the Cross made in God's name.
While waiting, what do we do? Some of us persevere, walking the Way. Some of us withdraw to wait. Others walk off alone. Still others erect idols to new gods and find hope in different, alien promises. Some let the serpents bite and thrill in the poisonous moment before death. Perhaps most who were with us at first perish from hearts stiffened by apathy, what love they had exhausted by the tiresome demands of an obedience they never fully accepted. Not all the seeds will fall on smooth, fertile earth. If those who walked away or surrendered or succumbed to attacks on the heart, if they are out there and not here with us, what hope do we have of going forward, of continuing on to our own crosses in the city's trash heap?
We exalt the Cross. And they are not lost. Unless they choose not to be found. We exalt the Cross. Lifted high enough and waved around vigorously enough, even the lost will find it. Even those who, for now, do not want to be found, may see it and be healed, if they will. But they will not see what they must to be healed if those of us who claim to walk the Way do so timidly, quietly. The Way of Christ to the Cross is not a rice paper path that we must tip-toe across in fear of tearing it. Or a shaky jungle bridge over a ravine that we must not sway for fear of falling. Or a bed of burning coals that we must hop across quickly so as to avoid blistering our feet. The Way of Christ to the Cross has been made smooth, straight, and downhill all the way but nonetheless dangerous for its ease. There's still the jeering mob, the scourge, the spit and the garbage, and there's still the three nails waiting at the end. But this is what we signed up for, right? It's what we promised to do, to be.


Chefanie — Easy Apple Turnovers!
Like apple pie? Then you'll love these apple turnovers. And guess what -- they're so much easier to make!
Apple turnovers with St. Malo Chefanie Sheets and Amsterdam Chefanie Sheets.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line one pastry sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a saucepan on medium-high heat, heat apples, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and cornstarch until mixture is boiling.
- When mixture is to a boil, lower heat and let simmer until mixture is thick and apples are tender. This should take about 5 min.
- Once mixture is ready, set aside to cool.
- Flour work surface and roll out puff pastry until it is approx. a 15in square.
- Cut puff pastry into 4 smaller pieces.
- Use egg and water to make an egg wash. Simply whisk two ingredients with a fork.
- Paint egg wash onto each puff pastry square.
- Spoon apple mixture into the center of each puff pastry square.
- Add apple mixture to the center of each puff pastry square.
- Fold puff pastry over apple mixture in a triangular fashion and crimp edges with a fork.
- Egg wash the top of each turn over and then make small diagonal incisions on the top of each turn over to allow ventilation.
- Bake turnovers on parchment paper lined baking sheet for 20-30 min. until turnovers are golden brown.
- Lightly frost with your favorite frosting and cover with a #ChefanieSheet!


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Data Sharing by Scientists: Practices and Perceptions
Carol Tenopir
Suzie Allard
Kimberly Douglass
Arsev Umur Aydinoglu
Lei Wu
Eleanor Read
Maribeth Manoff
Mike Frame
Background: Scientific research in the 21st century is more data intensive and collaborative than in the past. It is important to study the data practices of researchers – data accessibility, discovery, re-use, preservation and, particularly, data sharing. Data sharing is a valuable part of the scientific method allowing for verification of results and extending research from prior results. Methodology/Principal Findings: A total of 1329 scientists participated in this survey exploring current data sharing practices and perceptions of the barriers and enablers of data sharing. Scientists do not make their data electronically available to others for various reasons, including insufficient time and lack of funding. Most respondents are satisfied with their current processes for the initial and short-term parts of the data or research lifecycle (collecting their research data; searching for, describing or cataloging, analyzing, and short-term storage of their data) but are not satisfied with long-term data preservation. Many organizations do not provide support to their researchers for data management both in the short- and long-term. If certain conditions are met (such as formal citation and sharing reprints) respondents agree they are willing to share their data. There are also significant differences and approaches in data management practices based on primary funding agency, subject discipline, age, work focus, and world region. Conclusions/Significance: Barriers to effective data sharing and preservation are deeply rooted in the practices and culture of the research process as well as the researchers themselves. New mandates for data management plans from NSF and other federal agencies and world-wide attention to the need to share and preserve data could lead to changes. Large scale programs, such as the NSF-sponsored DataNET (including projects like DataONE) will both bring attention and resources to the issue and make it easier for scientists to apply sound data management principles.
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Dobromir Rahnev & Kobe Desender & Alan Lee & William Adler & David Aguilar-Lleyda & Başak Akdoğan & Polina Arbuzova & Lauren Atlas & Fuat Balcı & Ji Won Bang & Indrit Bègue & Damian Birney & Timothy B, 2020. "The Confidence Database," Post-Print hal-02958766, HAL.
Dobromir Rahnev & Kobe Desender & Alan Lee & William Adler & David Aguilar-Lleyda & Başak Akdoğan & Polina Arbuzova & Lauren Atlas & Fuat Balcı & Ji Won Bang & Indrit Bègue & Damian Birney & Timothy B, 2020. "The Confidence Database," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-02958766, HAL.
Dobromir Rahnev & Kobe Desender & Alan Lee & William Adler & David Aguilar-Lleyda & Başak Akdoğan & Polina Arbuzova & Lauren Atlas & Fuat Balcı & Ji Won Bang & Indrit Bègue & Damian Birney & Timothy B, 2020. "The Confidence Database," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-02958766, HAL.
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In the wake of a devastating biological disaster, the United States east of the Mississippi River has been abandoned. Now called the Feral Zone, a reference to the virus that turned millions of people into savage beast-men, the entire area is off-limits. The punishment for crossing the border is death.
Lane McEvoy can't imagine why anyone would risk it. She's grown up in the shadow of the great wall separating east from west, and she's curious about what's on the other side – but not that curious. Life in the west is safe, comfortable...sanitized. Which is just how she likes it.
But Lane gets the shock of her life when she learns that someone close to her has crossed into the Feral Zone. And she has little choice but to follow. Lane travels east, risking life and limb and her very DNA, completely unprepared for what she finds in the ruins of civilization...and afraid to learn whether her humanity will prove her greatest strength or a fatal weakness.


BRIDGEPORT (AP) — Connecticut's only zoo has announced the birth of a baby giant anteater.
The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport says the baby was born on July 30, is a male, and now weighs 9 pounds.
The parents, father EO and mother Pana, were brought to the zoo in 2015, with the hopes they might start a family.
They had their first baby in 2016. That anteater, Mochilla, is now in residence at Alexandria Zoo in Louisiana.
The zoo says the mother and baby are in seclusion most of the day, with brief forays into the outdoor habitat. Female anteaters give birth to one offspring at a time and the baby rides on the mother's back for the first several months of life.
The public is being encouraged to follow the baby's growth on the zoo's Facebook and Instagram pages.


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Hackney stabbing: Schoolboy, 15, knifed to death and another injured in double stabbing
A teenager has been knifed to death in a double stabbing in north-east London.
The victim, a 15-year-old schoolboy, was found in Somerford Grove, Hackney, suffering stab wounds on Wednesday night.
He was given first aid by police officers before paramedics arrived but he was pronounced dead shortly before 9.50pm.
His next of kin have been informed.
The teenager was knifed to death in the attack in Hackney (@999London)
A second teenager, thought to be 16, was found with stab injuries in Shacklewell Road and rushed to hospital.
His injuries have been assessed as not life-threatening.
The road was taped off by police following the fatal stabbing (@999London)
All of Hackney was placed under a section 60 stop-and-search order following the fatal knife attack.
No arrests have been made.
Police were called to reports of a stabbing just before 9pm.
In statement, Scotland Yard said: "The Homicide and Major Crime Command have been informed.
Man fights for life after being knifed outside busy Tube station
"As a result of this incident a section 60 has been put in place for the whole of Hackney."
"There have been no arrests. Enquiries continue."
Just hours later, a male was left fighting for his life after being stabbed in a separate incident outside Camden Town station.
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Isaiah "Ike" McKinnon (born June 21, 1943) is an American former police officer employd by the Detroit Police Department from 1965 to 1984, and its chief from 1993 to 1998. He was one of the first African American officers in the Detroit police force, was the deputy mayor of Detroit from 2013 to 201, and was also a professor at University of Detroit Mercy. In 1967, while an officer in the Detroit police, McKinnon was almost killed by racist fellow police officers in an incident that was later covered internationally.

Early life and education
McKinnon was born on June 21, 1943, in Montgomery, Alabama. His father, Cota, was a carpenter and played the position of catcher in Negro league baseball. His mother Lula was a housewife.

In 1957, then-14 year old McKinnon,  was beaten by police officers while on his way home from school. According to McKinnon, that incident inspired him to join the police to reform the system.

McKinnon served in the United States Air Force from 1961 to 1965. He attended basic training in Texas, and spent three years at   Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. He then served overseas in the Philippines and Vietnam during his last year in the military.

McKinnon holds a doctorate in higher education administration from Michigan State University, a master's in criminal justice from Mercy College of Detroit and a bachelor's in history and law enforcement from the University of Detroit.

Career

Police force
McKinnon joined the Detroit police department in 1965 where he worked until 1984. He later rejoined the force as chief of police from 1993 to 1998.

During his time in the police force, McKinnon frequently experienced racism from his fellow white police officers. McKinnon was also the "poster officer" for recruiting more minorities into the police with his picture being used on police recruiting posters. McKinnon led initiatives in the police force such as teaching officers basic Spanish to communicate better with Hispanic Americans and he also laid the groundwork for a gun buy-back program.

During the 1967 Detroit riot, racial tensions increased in Detroit, and one night his fellow white police officers tried to kill him. McKinnon was driving home after an 18-hour shift, when he was pulled over by fellow police officers. McKinnon identified himself as a police officer and was still wearing his police uniform. One officer held a gun to him and said "Tonight you're going to die, nigger." The officer shot at him but missed. McKinnon fled in his car. Though he reported the incident, no action was taken.

McKinnon led the investigation into the 1994 Cobo Arena attack on Nancy Kerrigan.

Deputy mayor
Detroit mayor Mike Duggan appointed McKinnon as deputy mayor in 2013 at which time McKinnon helped with the mayor's faith-based initiatives. He supported the installation of the controversial Homeless Jesus statue in front of Detroit's Saints Peter and Paul Church.

Academia
McKinnon was an associate professor of Education at University of Detroit Mercy. He took a leave of absence for two years when he served as deputy mayor of Detroit. He retired prior to September 2020.

Security
McKinnon served as the security detail for Detroit mayor Jerome Cavanagh.

Personal life
McKinnon, raised Baptist, converted to Catholicism after marrying his wife.

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Di Legami: Stylish Sicilian Wine With Organic Native Grapes
by Edward Marchese
Published on: 9/22/2017
Di Legami is a small family winery in the Trapani area of Sicily. Headed up by winemaker Sebastiano Polinas and owners Giuseppe and Gabriella Di Legami they farm 45 hectares of vines which are all tended to organically and harvested by hand. Di Legami focses on Sicilian native varieties including Grillo, Perricone, Inzolia and Nero D'avola.
Grape Collective interviewed winemaker Sebastiano Polinas about making organic wine in Sicily and working with native varieties.
Grape Collective: Can you describe the terroir? How do the soil and climate influence the wine?
Sebastiano Polinas: The heat certainly influences the quality and characteristics of wines and therefore the terroir. It all starts with a special soil processing. In the winter, we add vegetation, to make nitrogen and organic matter, but from spring onwards the grass must not be present in the soil for no competition with the vine. We are in the south, where rains are not abundant and therefore plants need not have competition for water supply in the soil. Wind and temperature influence the physiology of vine, biochemical processes and maturation, anticipated compared to northern and central Italy. So we adapt to the climate and cultivate the vine differently from the areas of abundant water.
For example, on Etna or north Italy, on Etna or north Italy the grapes are exposed in the sun to encourage better accumulation of sugars.
Southern red wines are more alcoholic, less fresh but with lots of polyphenols and color, often soft on the palate. The white wines are fragrant and fresh, because they are protected from the agronomic point of view. If we follow the northern Italy wine line, we would have colored white, alcoholic and slightly acidic wines, and probably in the place of red wines we would make very soft wines!
We also say that for we who follow the rigid rules of biology (organic viticulture) the heat and the continuous winds keep us out of many issues related to the more classical diseases of the vines, such as Oidium, Peronospora and Botritys. This does not mean they are not present but we have learned to deal with them without the use of synthetic products, only with the aid of natural products.
How hot does it get in the summer?
For us in Sicily, and particularly in the Trapani area, we really feel the heat; which starts at the end of May, with peak points between the end of July and August to continue, though slightly milder in September. There may be cases of 40 degrees Celsius in June, depending on the wind. Ours is a windy area, but the heavier and hardest wind comes from the southeast, which can blow two out of three days a month. This wind is very hot! In fact, this wind also affects the winter months, sometimes we are at 20 degrees Celsius even at Christmas. One thing is certain, I almost never saw rains between June and October. So this is a limiting factor that affects our agriculture.
What is your philosophy of winemaking and viticulture?
On the philosophy of wines it is to be said that we are very careful to produce a grape without chemicals and, above all, one that is healthy and natural, a fundamental basis for our winemaking. We collect both white and black grapes by hand in small boxes or bins, cool and protect the press from the attack of oxygen that could degrade the aromatic potential. Important whites make a short film maceration and undergo a very soft pressing. The reds make a maceration of six to eight days at low temperatures and refinement in wine barrels for about 16 months. We carry on our own "creed" pointing to organic wines, with low SO2 content but that must be pleasant and catchy, which is essential to be able to sell our wines with pleasure!
Has your winemaking changed over time?
Of course, over time, we have changed the typology of wines, mainly due to the technological improvement in the cellar. In 2007, the year of our first winemaking, the wines were good but too alcoholic and heavy, but over the years the great work in the vineyard and the construction of the new structure, with the help of a refrigerator cell, with the increase of fridges and new winemaking techniques, we have greatly improved the products, so much so that we managed to produce a classical sparkling method.
How much vintage variation do you get?
Being a biological wine (organic), the fruit of the vintage, every year there are differences, otherwise we will make Coca Cola! The years of hot weather can be wines more alcoholic and less acidic and less perfumed than those produced in more mild vintages. Our wines are not always similar year to year but often more and more particular.
How would you describe the Perricone and the Inzolia?
The Perricone represents the history of Trapani territory. In Sicily, on the 118,000 hectares of vineyards only 300 are planted in Perricone. But before the Phylloxera age, the hectares were many more that were Perricone as it was one of the most predominate varieties. In the '70s and '80s it was well cultivated but the advent of the international vines almost eliminated it from the rich Sicilian vineyard heritage.
We are among the 15 or 16 companies that produce Perricone and we do it with great pride.
It is a late vine and susceptible to the most common diseases, which is why farmers have abandoned it, but rich in polyphenols and aromas and lends itself to medium-long refining in wood.
Inzolia is also part of the history of Sicilian viticulture and is one of the most indigenous grape varieties present with Nero D'Avola, Catarratto and Grillo. Inzolia is delicate, but if carefully crafted, it displays beautiful and interesting floral notes accompanied by incredible freshness.


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The EURAC Institute for Renewable Energy continues its collaboration with the trade fair Klimaenergy in 2012 with a new congress hosted at the Bolzano Fair convention centre.
Focused on innovative renewable energy applications, the congress has become a recurring event in the renewables sector. EURAC's researchers have contributed to the planning of this international congress, which is tailored to the needs of companies, institutions, and technicians who seek practical renewable energy solutions for their energy needs. In addition, the Institute for Renewable Energy has organised two workshops dedicated to solar thermal systems and the energy balance of buildings. The workshops addressed designers, technicians, politicians, contractors, researchers, as well as an interested public. The second workshop on Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) in public tendering focused on the definition of NZEB. During the workshop, the Black Monolith of the planned New Technology Park in the industrial zone of Bolzano was also addressed. The building is one of the three case studies of the European FP7 project DIRECTION aiming at finding a process for the demonstration and dissemination of innovative and cost-effective energy efficiency technologies for use in very low energy buildings.


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Measles Doesn't Kill, Except When It Does
There are quite a number of things that people take for granted today, regarding their health, at least in developed nations, like the United States. The majority of the population doesn't think much about the possibility of starving or being malnourished. If we suffer an injury, we can find treatment at a nearby pharmacy or convenience store. For something more serious, medical care is generally not too far away along roads that are kept in good repair. The same thing if we get sick.
There are diseases that we may never see in our lives, anymore, thanks in large part to vaccines. While these diseases may ravage poorer countries that lack the resources and infrastructure to provide a high level of immunization, such as the Philippines, those who live in affluent countries seldom see diseases that were once a common occurrence, let alone deaths from those diseases. This leads to a measure of complacency. Those of us who suffered through vaccine-preventable diseases all too easily think that it was nothing. After all, we made it. We forget, however, those who weren't so lucky, those who are no longer here to tell their story. So it is that we think of diseases like measles as no big deal. We think that it's only dangerous for people "over there".
Unfortunately, measles does not care what we think. It doesn't recognize borders. It doesn't care if you're from the United States, Germany, the Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria, Brazil. It will infect wherever it can. And it will kill without a care about who you are or what you believe.
It is not uncommon to hear someone on the internet claim that measles isn't dangerous. They will say that we haven't had any recent measles deaths in the U.S. They might argue that the last measles death was in 2003, even though a woman died in 2015 due to measles pneumonia. They may try to convince others that the lack of measles deaths is because the disease has become less serious on its own, and that vaccines have nothing to do with it. Often, they will trot out a graph that shows how measles mortality was decreasing before the vaccine was introduced. Sometimes they'll try to claim that mortality (dying from a disease) is just an extreme version of morbidity (getting sick with a disease), perhaps like a doctor who has lost his license recently said:
As a consequence of natural Herd Immunity, in the developed world measles mortality had fallen by 99.6% before measles vaccines were introduced. A fall in morbidity will have paralleled the fall in mortality (mortality is the extreme of morbidity).
What they do not note, however, is that the mortality rate never dropped below about 1-2 per 1,000 cases to 1 per 3,000 cases, nor do they note that the total number of cases (morbidity) didn't drop until the vaccine was introduced. They will also generally not mention that the "no deaths since 2003" figure represents only lab-confirmed measles deaths. That figure leaves out deaths due to measles that were diagnosed clinically, but did not meet the CDC criteria for lab confirmation. Nor does the figure include deaths due to subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), a rare, universally fatal, complication of measles.
Before we get into all of those other deaths, let's take a look at just the lab-confirmed measles deaths. We have two in 2003 and one in 2015. From 2003-2015, there were 1,846 cases of measles in the U.S., giving us a mortality rate of about 1.6 deaths for every 1,000 cases. This doesn't differ much from the mortality rate around the time the vaccine was introduced. The picture changes, somewhat, when we include data from death certificates.
The National Vital Statistics System provides a wealth of additional information on births and deaths in this country. Accessed via the CDC's WONDER database, anyone can look up data on the underlying cause of death, with the caveat that the recorded cause of death reflects the physician's best clinical judgment. It can then be grouped by a variety of criteria, letting users slice and dice things to a great level of detail. We could see how many people died of a particular disease or disease complication, what year they died, what the age distribution was, and so forth.
Once we delve into these death records, we see that there have been more deaths than just the three noted above. For the same 2003-2015 period, NVSS shows 9 deaths from measles with or without complications (it only shows 1 for 2003; this may be because the other death was reported using a non-measles ICD code). There were also 20 deaths due to SSPE in the same period. In fact, if we look at the entire span covered by ICD-10 codes (1999-2014), we get a much grimmer view of this easily preventable disease:
Source: CDC WONDER Database, Detailed Mortality
For the last seventeen years, there have been 51 deaths due to measles and its complications (49 reported to the NVSS plus 1 additional death each in 2003 and 2015 confirmed by CDC). Let's put that into perspective against the number of measles cases overall for those same years:
Note: The 2003 total only includes data from NVSS.
CDC confirms there were two deaths that year.
This should begin to illustrate the toll that measles takes on people, even those living in affluent countries. And remember, this is only looking at deaths from measles. The virus can also cause a number of non-fatal, but still serious complications, such as encephalitis (resulting in deafness or intellectual disability), ear infections (resulting in hearing loss), and pneumonia. Around 1 in 10 kids need to be hospitalized due to measles, though, again, certain doctors who value stories over facts may try to claim that those are "soft hospitalizations". Furthermore, measles can make its victims susceptible to other diseases (even ones they've had before) for up to 2-3 years.
The next time you see or hear someone saying that measles "isn't that bad", remind them that it still kills a fair number of those it infects, even in the United States. Show them these numbers. Remind them that it does more than kill. It also disables. It makes them more vulnerable to other diseases. Even those who are not permanently injured can still spend time in the hospital receiving supportive care. And if they advocate getting immunity "the natural way" (i.e., by suffering through an infection), possibly even recommending hosting a measles tea, do your best to steer them away from such orgies of death. They can achieve immunity without the disease, and without being medically negligent, thanks to vaccinations.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015). Complications of measles. Retrieved June 30, 2016 from http://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/complications.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WONDER Database. Compressed mortality, 1979-1998. National Vital Statistics System.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WONDER Database. Detailed mortality, 1994-2014. National Vital Statistics System.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2004). Epidemiology of measles -- United States, 2001-2013. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Retrieved June 30, 2016 from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5331a3.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2009). Summary of notifiable infectious diseases and conditions - United States, 2007. Retrieved June 30, 2016 from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5653a1.htm
Herriman, R. (2015). Philippines measles outbreak 2014: 58,010 cases, 110 deaths. Outbreak News Today. Retrieved June 30, 2016 from http://outbreaknewstoday.com/philippines-measles-outbreak-2014-58010-cases-110-deaths-31292/
Mina, MJ, Mercalf, CJE, de Swart, RL, Osterhaus, ADME, & Grenfell, BT. (2015). Long-term measles-induced immunomodulation increases overall childhood infectious disease mortality. Science, 348(6235), 694-699.
NHS. (2015). Measles outbreak: what to do. Retrieved June 31, 2016 from http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/pages/measles-outbreak-advice.aspx
Shapiro, H & Weir, E. (2001). Measles in your office. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 164(11), 1614.
U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2014). Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Retrieved June 30, 2016 from https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001419.htm
Washington State Department of Health (2015). Measles led to death of Clallam Co. woman; first in a dozen years. Retrieved June 30, 2016 from http://www.doh.wa.gov/Newsroom/2015NewsReleases/15119WAMeaslesRelatedDeath
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IngvarArni June 1, 2016 at 5:59 PM
Not too dissimilar from the Swansea epidemic in the UK in 2012, where 1219 were infected, 88 hospitalized and one died.
Chris June 1, 2016 at 11:37 PM
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Clancy was transported to the Ocean County Jail in lieu of $35,000 bail with no 10% option. Parker says the investigation is ongoing and additional charges are forthcoming.
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