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Sanders Missed His Moment By Not Endorsing Hillary Last Week
On June 7th, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made history, becoming the first woman to be named presumptive nominee of a major political Party. Clinton won her Democratic primary battle against Bernie Sanders resoundingly, besting him by 387 pledged delegated and almost 4 million votes. Senator Sanders ran a strong campaign and for that, he should be proud. Yet his decision to break his promise "not to go negative," besmirching Hillary's character and record, coupled with a bewildering choice to call her "unqualified" in New York, where she had been a very popular two-term Senator, precipitated his demise. Instead of conceding obvious defeat, however, Sanders vowed to fight on, not yet endorsing Clinton. One assumes he thinks this will increase his leverage at the Democratic Convention, though day by day, it is apparent the opposite is true.
Clinton has the endorsement of 42 Democratic Senators. Sanders has 1 – well he had one. Even his lone Senate endorsement, OR Senator Jeff Merkley, has switched to Hillary, as have the most powerful of his few House endorsements (AZ Rep. Grijalva). Sanders has been in Congress almost 30 years. As an established part of the government fabric, he knows how this works. Clinton's was not a narrow victory. Sanders, an Independent, used the Democratic Party apparatus to gain money and publicity for his campaign, which is fine, but as such, he knew the rules.
Far from conceding, Sanders is now making a bucket of demands of the DNC and Hillary's platform, as if to hold his endorsement hostage. When even powerful allies like MoveOn.Org are urging him to smell reality, he risks appearing both the spoiler and exactly what former Congressman Barney Frank (of Dodd-Frank) called him – a self-righteous, cantankerous "know it all" who will take his marbles and go home if he doesn't get everything he wants; someone who alienates his own natural allies.
Perhaps it's a good thing the Primary season is unmercifully long, because character emerges under the glare of the hot lights. Hillary Clinton, despite once again enduring the most negative press coverage on record, ran an effective, classy campaign. Apart from calling Sanders out for his troubling record on gun control and the vagueness of his economic proposals, she saved most of her ammunition for Republican demagogue Donald Trump. In fact, she more or less moved on from Sanders months ago when it became obvious that his winning would be mathematically impossible. However, Sanders current behavior is making the case for why his colleagues were loath to endorse him in the first place.
Barbra Streisand, among many others, tweeted this graphic, aptly summing up the situation:
Imagine if their roles were reversed and Hillary "dared" to behave this way. She would be hung in effigy on every street corner, and excoriated by the beltway press. Sanders on the other hand is being coddled, with his more powerful supporters "gently" urging him from the stage. I know the better part of wisdom is for me to ignore his conduct and let him take as much time as he needs to "land the plane" as one commentator put it. But I find it offensive that once again the woman, the winner, is told to make concessions to the loser, a man, in the what…vague hopes that he sort of won't notice that he lost?
In 2008, in a much, much closer contest with then-Senator Obama, then-Senator Hillary Clinton and her supporters were told to sit down, shut up and "get over it." No coddling was done of her and no demands were made by her.
What is also unfortunate is that Senator Sanders is harming his legacy; diminishing his moment in the sun. He could have been a hero, making a magnanimous speech discussing how rhetoric naturally gets heated in battle, but at the end of the day, Hillary's record and guts make clear she is the better leader. Had he endorsed her and urged his supporters to unite behind her to defeat Trump, Sanders would have marched into the Convention as an endearing figure, capable of a generosity not before evidenced by his long tenure. Instead it is looking like he is insisting on nursing his drink well after last call when the lights at the bar have been turned out.
Sanders will soon discover that 85% of his supporters will follow Hillary and the remaining diehards are likely those who would never have voted for her in the first place.
Those urging coddling or hand holding of Senator Sanders, while well-meaning, are participating in a sexist double standard wherein we look askance at the woman pursuing power and are somehow terrified to take it away from the man. If women are expected to put on their big panties to sit at the big table, then no man should get away with less adult behavior.
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James M Grandone says:
Once again the Clintonites cannot understand, or will not understand, that this is more than an election. If Sanders endorsed Hillary, it would mortally wound the movement – yes movement – that he has inspired. It would be politics as ususal, like Hillary Clinton's campaign. Repugnant. The young and not-so- young members of the Sanders campaign are on a mission to reform the government and the politics at the party level that create a government. In the minds of most Sanders supporters both are corrupt, decaying institutions. They no longer meet the needs of the nation's people and must be reformed or replaced.
So, if Hillary is waiting for an endorsement, it will have to wait…
Yes. Bernie just like Jill Stein of the Green Party just simply has zero interest in having a great legacy as a loyal humble realistic Democrat. Shocking but true. Odd thing on the right Donald Trump is an equally horrible Republican and the Republican establishment will wait a long time for idiot Trump to tap dance to the RNC band. Bernie simply will not do the DNC dance as all good Democrat "losers " are obligated by tradition and every possible standard of loyalty or reason in DNC land. It really is a different kind of year but a bit of a mirror opposite reflection on left to right. Somehow I think we know Bernie the Independent who was in the Democratic caucus and who calls himself a Democratic Socialist not a Democrat just might March to a different drummer but look at the record. He always has. It is what it is.
And what movement would that be? The movement that he was absent from last week when democrats got real reform? Or the movement where he asks for 27 more dollars? Or is it the movement of irony, where he helps elect a real CEO named trump to possibly confirm 4 Supreme Court justices that will appeal all the progressive gains we have gotten over the last 8 years?
if that is the CASE.. then he should have run as an INDEPENDENT.. BY RUNNING UNDER THE DEM BANNER.. he must KNOW and FOLLOW THE RULES OF GAMESMANSHIP.. he cannot have it both ways..
I'm so sick and fed up w ith such selfoish self serving rubbish of bloody excuses.. nothing more
Elaine Plummer says:
First time in a very very long time I agree with Barney Frank. I remember Bernie from way back and even met him once in the early 80s when he was mayor of Burlington. His post Hillary win behavior doesn't surprise me because he doesn't really understand how to gauge and truly comprehend what the voters really want. He was a boutique type of Congressman, not presidential material. Hillary fought a hell of a battle overcoming negativity, some of which I understand and agreed with. However, in the end and despite it all, she is the best we have for sure.
Anita, you have been an unyielding supporter. I sure hope Hillary knows what an intellectual commentator you have been for her, standing up on the written podium fighting a battle towards this moment when many were attacking her with machetes of truth and not and,most horrifically, personally. You should be seated at the "head table" when she wins.
George Blake says:
My initial interest in Hillary is related to watching Election with Reese Witherspoon. Both the character and the real life presidential candidate are rightfully ambitious, well thought, well presented and…hated. But I've never been one to root for the underdog, and I have not with HRC. Your article speaks for the many of us who have well balanced views of HRC and the sexism no one wants to acknowledge. If this were an alternate but parallel situation with Pres. Obama as the presumptive and HRC demanding to take her toys and go home, the backlash would be horrendous. Still, I don't root for the underdog, even in that situation. Everyone knows what they signed up for, and she has made strides. The lack of reporting on her incredibly successful campaign is a weird mix of misogyny, overexposure, and media bias. It seems to be turning, but I want the true journalists to stand up and say what it is we all see, but don't like to say. Thank you for being so insightful, fair-minded and pleasant.
Anita Finlay says:
Thanks, George, for your thoughtful comment. Harvard just did a study about the horrid biased coverage she has received in 2016. I myself wrote a book about the disgusting coverage she got a 2008. A shame how little has changed.
Tara Browne says:
Anita, you should stick to what you know, which is plainly not the hearts and minds of progressive and independent voters. This article is completely misses the point of Bernie's campaign, which is to inspire the reclamation of our democracy, whether he wins the Oval Office or not.
Bernie is not reclaiming anything. He wants to take our country to a place that has failed miserably – see Greece, Spain and other socialistic countries. Wonderful places to visit but I wouldn't want to live under their financial mess as a result of "free" services for all.
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Bernie bashers usually point to Venezuela as the cautionary example of socialism, so I guess Spain and Greece are an improvement.
But I do have to wonder why you don't mention successful democratic socialist countries such as Norway – with its large middle class, low income inequality, excellent education, healthcare, longevity, excellent business environment, etc. Or Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Germany, France, or the UK, also successful societies with more or less socialist governments.
All of those countries score higher than the US in many important aspects of life.
We beat them re: how much we spend on healthcare, total gun deaths and per capita gun deaths,and our outlay for our military. We also have more children living in poverty than any of those countries.
I think it's a shame that you have discounted Bernie's campaign and the ideas that he championed, because 12 million of us (and counting) believe that the greatest, richest country on earth should do a better job of taking care of ALL of its citizens than it does. That was Bernie's message, and the second President Clinton would do well to heed it.
The Swedes pay the majority of their income in taxes for services.
Swedish tax rates (2013)
Local taxes in Sweden range from 28.89 per cent (Vellinge municipality) to 34.32 per cent (Hofors municipality).
National income taxes
None on income up to SEK 413,200
20 per cent on 413,201 to 591,600
25 per cent on income over 591,600
Income from capital
30 per cent (state tax)
22 per cent
Inheritance tax was abolished in 2005.
Sources (links in Swedish): Swedish Statistics Bureau Swedish Tax Agent
To note, people seem happy with that. Our government can't get TSA right, our Veterans are deprived of quality care, we spend far more then the money we have, etc, etc, etc. Glad a man who never held a job beyond being a politician lost.
Forgot to mention, the value add taxes Swedes pay too. Little left after all of that, but everyone is happy to let government care for them like a kid counting on its parents until they run out of money and need more.
Bernie doesn't have to stop his movement to endorse and congratulate Hillary for her hard fought win.
Bernie supporters should follow him by getting elected and making change from within.
Kathleen Wynne says:
What I find impossible to accept with the Bernie supporters is that they believe they and only they want real change. If you support Hillary, you are a sell out. FYI, Bernie supporters, we Hillary supporters want the same change. We recognize that this kind of change won't happen over night. Achieving it incrementally is better than achieving nothing at all. Such arrogance, as shown by Bernie and his supporters, is a totally selfish viewpoint. No change ever happens in a vacuum and screaming at the top of your lungs about everything which is wrong with the system and making demands that everybody simply lay down and do what you say is what a spoiled child does when they don't get their way. No revolution occurred in an election cycle or ever will and Bernie has had 30 years of being part of the very establishment he claims to be against and has not achieved one thing during that long time while feeding off the establishment teat! Why didn't he use that time wisely (as Hillary has in a lot less time) by building coalitions and consensus with those who would join him and help achieve the change he so wants to see in our government? He basically wasted 30 years and on the taxpayers' dime and the best he could come up with in making a stand for these changes his mantra "it's my way or the highway"….
It takes hard work, focus and a willingness to study the problems we face and come up with real solutions that can be achieved and a willingness to work across the aisle to bring about the change Bernie is talking about. Bernie has never worked or played well with others in congress and that has always been his problem in achieving what he is supposed to be so passionate about. Change of the kind he wants can never be achieved overnight and he is old enough to know that. Sadly, people want to hear what they want to hear and if you say it loud enough and long enough, they believe you have all the answers. It's clear, Bernie did not and never has had all the answers. He, like Trump, has never understood the power of humility in finding answers and building coalitions. Thank God, Hillary has.


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This therapy harnesses2) the immune system to battle tumors. Scientists have thought for decades that such an approach to cancer therapy should be possible, but it has been incredibly difficult to make it work. Now many oncologists3) say we have turned a corner4), because two different techniques are helping some patients. One involves antibodies that release a brake5) on T cells6), giving them the power to tackle tumors. Another involves genetically modifying an individual's T cells outside the body so that they are better able to target cancer, and then re-infusing7) them so they can do just that. We are still at the beginning of this story and only a very small proportion of cancer patients have received these therapies. But the results have been repeated at different centers and in different tumor types, giving doctors hope that immunotherapy for cancer may benefit more and more people in the future.
After more than a decade of failures, researchers announced they had derived stem cells from cloned human embryos8). Such cells can develop into any of the body's cell types, and researchers hope to use them to study and treat diseases. Mice, pigs, dogs, and other animals have been cloned by the same technique used on Dolly the sheep9), but human cells have proved much trickier to work with. In 2013, a new recipe―including a dash of caffeine, which appears to stabilize key molecules in delicate10) human egg cells―solved the problem. Now researchers must determine how embryonic stem cells from the cloned embryos stack up against11) induced pluripotent stem cells12).
Cosmic rays―high-energy protons13) and other particles from outer space―were first detected 100 years ago. Now researchers have finally nailed down14) solid evidence of where they come from. Theorists had long suspected that most are accelerated in the shock waves15) from massive exploding stars, or supernovae. If so, they reasoned, some of the particles must collide with atoms in space to produce subatomic particles called pions16), which would then decay17) into gamma rays. In 2013, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope spotted the telltale18) pion-decay signature in the debris19) from two supernovae.
A year-old gene-editing technique called CRISPR touched off an explosion of research in 2013. It's short for "clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic22) repeats": repetitive stretches of DNA that bacteria have evolved to combat predatory23) viruses by slicing up the viral24) genomes25). The "knife" is a protein called Cas9; in 2012, researchers showed they could use it as a scalpel26) to perform microsurgery on genes. In 2013, the new technology became red-hot, as more than a dozen teams wielded27) it to manipulate specific genes in mice, rats, bacteria, yeast, zebrafish, nematodes28), fruit flies, plants, and human cells, paving the way for understanding how these genes function and possibly harnessing them to improve health.
Scientists have long speculated that one of the functions of sleep is to restore and repair the brain, but whether this is a "core" purpose of sleep remains controversial. In 2013, researchers found direct experimental evidence that the mouse brain cleans itself during sleep, by expanding channels between neurons that allow an influx29) of cerebrospinal fluid30). The fluid flushes out detritus31) such as amyloid32) proteins, which accumulate as plaques33) in Alzheimer's disease, twice as fast when mice are sleeping as when they are awake.


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War & Watermelon by Rich Wallace (YA Historical Fiction)
It's Tween & Teen Tuesday when we review either a Juvenile (J) or Young Adult (YA) book.
War & Watermelon
Rich Wallace (Young Adult Historical Fiction)
If you were to rank boys based on "coolness", Brody Winslow would be near the bottom…low-middle at best. But things could be worse. It's August 1969 and his brother Ryan could STILL avoid the draft (if he just got off his butt), the New York Mets COULD win a game (if they just got off their butt), and Brody MIGHT be a starter on his football team (if he could just stay off his butt). All in all, things are looking pretty good. In less than a month, Brody will be starting junior high school and his brother has promised to take him to a farm in upstate New York for some hippie concert protesting the war in Vietnam. That might be fun. Big changes are coming and Brody is about to tackle them all…whether he's ready or not.
Rich Wallace started his early writing career as a sports editor for various New Jersey newspapers and his talent shows in War & Watermelon where the football and baseball references abound. But what's really at the core of this tender and sentimental book is the special bond shared by brothers Ryan and Brody. Unlike the competitive or jealous sibling relationships you find in some books, the Winslow boys are fiercely supportive, loyal, and kind to one another. As Ryan's 18th birthday approaches—along with his draft status—Brody senses his brother's increasing anxiety and is not sure how to comfort him: "I should get to bed; we've got another game tomorrow night. But I wouldn't be sleeping anyway, so I'd rather stay here with Ryan. He'd been there for me. Teaching me how to shoot a basketball or cook a hot dog. Taking me to the movies, even when he goes to the drive-in with Jenny. Giving me things like a Giants jersey he got too big for, or a flashlight when I was four and scared that there was a monster in my closet. Now he's scared. I'm scared, too. We might as well sit here together." There's also a tight-knit relationship between Ryan, Brody, and their father. Nights sitting up cheering on their Mets while eating olives and saltines or laughing out loud to re-reruns of The Honeymooners are clearly enjoyed and treasured by all three.
War & Watermelon is a humorous and delightful book about one young man trying to make a difference and one boy trying to make it through the day. It's a little slice of Americana served with grape soda pop and a bag of pretzels in front of a black and white TV. It isn't dramatic, suspenseful, thrilling, or riddled with angst. Some may even go so far as to call it trite or boring. But as Brody Winslow once said, "We wander around for an hour, shoot some baskets, then go home. Yeah, it was boring, but that's life. Boring isn't always so bad". I would even venture to say that boring can be great…now pass the olives and turn on the TV!
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Review: A Tale of Two Cities, Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Josephine Balfour-Oatts July 23, 2017 Off West EndReviewsTheatre154 views
Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities is the most recent play by actor, director and playwright Matthew Dunster. Directed by Timothy Sheader, Dunster's work returns to the Regents Park Open Air Theatre with a disturbing relevancy. Written in the nineteenth century and set in London and Paris at the time of the French Revolution, Dickens' narrative has lurched into our Great British present in light of the recent terror attacks in Manchester, on London Bridge, and of the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower. Each event whispers of Dickens' interest in violent revolutionary activity, and of his preoccupation with the possibility of class uprisings.
It is the best of times, and the worst of times in eighteenth century London and Paris. Three families, the Manettes, the Defarges and the Evremondes inhabit these places of past injustices, and it is through their story that one of Dickens' most widely read books comes to life. Spanning the years 1775-1792, A Tale of Two Cities is tightly bound by a tale of love and sacrifice. This time of social and political unrest reaches across generations, before landing in the lap of a twenty-first century Western audience. When will those in power learn from their mistakes? And how long will it be until enough is enough?
Three blue cargo holds tower above the audience in a pyramid, flanked by two screens attached to poles on either side of the stage. These screens flash with chapter headings from Dickens's novel, and signpost the action as it unfolds. The world of the play is held inside these cyan cages, and once open, spill forth cast and narrative alike. The ensemble is diverse in both race and age, and all have some offstage experience as a refugee, immigrant, as a relative of an immigrant, or as a member of the British working class.
Indeed, moments of emotional torment during the performance are executed with impressive commitment, and it is at these times that the oppressive experiences of the troupe became immediately obvious. However, the cast are stronger together than they are as individuals, and their characterisation is in danger of becoming stereotypical. A strange casting choice by Polly Jerold threw the story into sharp disarray when the characters of Charles Darnay (played by Jude Owusu) and Sydney Carton (played by Nicholas Karimi) were revealed to be almost identical in appearance. The actors looked remarkably different from one another, and were of a mismatched ethnicity. This choice remained unclear as the performance endured, and did not serve the story well.
Choreography and movement proved to be the most powerful elements of the production. Created by Liam Steel, even the smallest of sequences were visually arresting, and filled the space with images that aided the communication of Dickens's descriptive passages. In an unexpected and brilliant use of comedy, the 'Monseigneur in Town' was presented in a fanciful chariot drawn by three topless men in tight-fitting gold trousers. As horses, the three danced to house music, and were met with bubbles of laughter from the spectators. The production succeeded in satirising the aristocracy, and large scale comedic devices became progressively more innovative as the performance continued.
As night cast its dark eye across the theatre, helicopters chopped through the sky, loudly. Their presence seemed to act as a metaphor for the problems within this production: most distracting upon appearance. A firefly caught the light, and sparked the hopeful conclusion of the play – but can we share Dicken's optimism?
That is a story that remains to be written.
A Tale of Two Cities is playing at the Regents Park Open Air Theatre until August 5.
Photo: Johan Persson
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles DickensJude OwusuLiam SteelMatthew DunsterNicholas KarimiPolly JeroldRegents Park Open Air TheatreTimothy Sheader
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Курганчиковая мышь () — вид грызунов рода домовых мышей.

Внешне схожа с домовой мышью и долгое время считалась её подвидом. В отличие от домовой мыши курганчиковая мышь не имеет характерного запаха. Основной особенностью поведения является строительство «курганчиков» из травы и земли с запасами корма (семян) на зиму. Курганчиковая мышь населяет лесные и лесостепные зоны Юго-Восточной Европы. На территории России встречается в Ростовской области, а также, вероятно, в Белгородской и Воронежской областях.

Впервые описание особого вида степных мышей было предпринято А. Нордманом в 1840 г. под названием , однако современные исследователи полагают, что Нордман всё же имел дело с домовой мышью. Первые образцы именно курганчиковой мыши были пойманы Ш. Я. Петеньи в 1852 году в Венгрии и хранятся в коллекции Венгерского национального исторического музея; подготовленное Петеньи описание было опубликовано посмертно К. Чизером.

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки
 База данных «Позвоночные животные России»: курганчиковая мышь.

Домовые мыши
Млекопитающие Европы
Животные, описанные в 1882 году

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Dan Dennett reviews Alfred Mele's new book Free: Why Science Hasn't Disproved Free Will in October's Prospect magazine.
In the book Mele sets himself the task of explaining in terms accessible to everyone why recent highly publicized discoveries in neuroscience and psychology do not show, as some have claimed that "free will is an illusion".
Dennett thinks Mele accomplishes his goal. As Dennett notes, it is an important part of Mele's strategy to demonstrate that one need not take sides on the grand philosophical debate about free will to understand why the scientific "dis-proofs" are bunk. The grand philosophical debate is about whether free will is compatible with determinism, but Mele shows we can remain neutral about all that and still explain why nothing recently discovered in the lab should undermine the plain man's confidence that some of his choices are free.
We agree. It's a good book. Indeed, it's a model for the kind of writing philosophers should do more of if they hope to gain an audience outside of their cloistered specialties.
"This review could similarly end on the mild, modest verdict that Mele has done his job and done it well. But there is a larger context worth considering. Suppose you were reviewing a scientific report that drew the conclusion that a diet without fat was in fact unhealthy, and that butter and cream and even bacon in moderation were good for you, and suppose further that the science was impeccable, carefully conducted and rigorously argued. Good news! Yes, but the author acknowledges in fine print that the research was financed by a million dollar grant from the Foundation for the Advancement of Bacon. We would be entitled—obliged—to keep that fact in the limelight. The science may be of the highest quality, honestly and sincerely reported, but do remember that the message delivered was the message hoped for by the funder. This is not reporting a finding contrary to the goals of the fact-seekers.
This is, we think, is disgraceful.
It is disgraceful because Dennett is coyly, with nodding winks and cunning smiles, inviting the reader to commit the ad hominem fallacy.
As first year critical reasoning students learn: you commit ad hominem when you criticize the arguer, not the argument. It is a fallacious move because a logically valid argument is valid however evil or interested the arguer might be or who is paying him to make the argument.
So take Dennett's fantasy story seriously. What difference should it make that the nutrition study was funded by Big Bacon? The right answer is none whatsoever. What matters is the science that backs the study, not who backs the research. If indeed the science is "impeccable, carefully conducted and rigorously argued" then you are not "entitled", let alone "obliged" to keep its sponsorship "in the limelight". You are in fact intellectually obliged to ignore that fact if you want to criticize the study (or review it for Prospect magazine) because the motives of the researcher or his employers are always beside the scientific point.
"Might not the evil Bacon People have encouraged the researcher to lie about his results?" Maybe. But unless you have evidence that this has actually happened (so that the research is not impeccable) talking about the "goals of the fact-seekers" is slander, not science.
The Templeton folks are interested in advancing free markets and religion, not bacon and butter. That makes them suspect in Dennett's eyes. Fair enough, but how does this suspicion transfer to Mele's philosophy? Is Dennett really accusing Mele of tailoring his philosophy to Templeton's ideology?
"Alfred Mele is in an unenviable position, and there is really nothing he can do about it. Was his decision to stay strictly neutral on the compatibilism issue a wise philosophical tactic, permitting him to tackle a more modest project, demonstrating the weakness of the scientific argument to date, or was it a case of simply postponing the more difficult issue..."
The suggestion here is clearly that Mele might really have refrained from discussing this issue, not because he thought it irrelevant to his project, but out of fear of offending his Templeton paymasters.
Framing it as a rhetorical question doesn't make this accusation any less slanderous.
This is either silly or it is slanderous. If it is saying that scientific work is valueless if Templeton will fund it, it is silly. If it is saying that Templeton funding inevitably corrupts those it funds, it is slander.
Dennett owes Mele an apology.
He owes his readers something else. Ad hominem slurs are everywhere and they are everywhere poisonous to public discourse. They are the weapon of choice in the culture wars that now seem to engulf every aspect of intellectual life. This is something philosophers should deplore, not indulge.
As a public intellectual who is also a philosopher, Dennett owes it to us to set a better example.
UPDATED: Dennett has replied and the debate continues at Daily Nous.


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Now That Paraguay Has Reopened, Here's Why You Should Visit In 2023
Two and a half years after Covid was declared a pandemic, Paraguay is scrapping all entry requirements and welcoming back foreigners under normal pre-pandemic rules. In this article, we discuss what the new guidelines for traveling to Paraguay are and why this landlocked, lesser-known South American destination is where you should be heading in 2023.
Earlier on during the crisis, the virus hit South America (SA) hard, turning it into a global epicenter for infections on numerous occasions. However, the situation has improved dramatically in recent months, as a majority of destinations in the continent have reached some sort of stability, indicating the long-awaited 'endemic phase' is closer than ever.
Moving forward from the darker days of 2020 and 2021, Paraguay has now become the fourth SA nation to abolish health controls, confirming Covid has ceased being an emergency:
No Entry Requirements Traveling To Paraguay From October 2022
Since October 24, travelers have been allowed to enter Paraguay again without any health checks before or upon arrival. To put it simply, if you're an American visitor, your vaccination record has no longer been relevant in border screening procedures after the Government issued a new mandate reinstating pre-Covid normality.
Moving forward, all of the below applies to international tourists, regardless of country of origin and Covid status:
Vaccination is not a prerequisite for entry
Pre-departure tests for non-immunized individuals have been removed
Post-arrival tests do not apply
Quarantine is not required
*Additionally, since April, face masks have not been mandatory
Previously, only vaccinated travelers were allowed to bypass Paraguay's stricter border rules. The unvaccinated, on the other hand, were required to present a negative Covid test result, preferably a PCR, not older than 72 hours preceding travel. Again, as of this week, the testing mandate does not apply, and Covid discrimination has been brought to an end.
Paraguay Is Fourth Country To Reopen In South America
Officially, Paraguay is the fourth destination in South America to fully reopen its borders, following Argentina, Guyana, and Ecuador. Irrespective of the lifting of the Covid vaccination requirement, the Government notes travelers may still be asked to provide data on their immunization status while crossing into Paraguay, even though 'it will not represent any impediment to enter the country'.
Furthermore, any travelers who are coming via land from four other South American countries – Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Venezuela – will be expected to produce a yellow fever vaccination certificate. This policy had been in place way before Covid became widespread, and it is merely being reinforced now.
Why Should Paraguay Be On Your Bucket List For 2023?
Paraguay may not have a tourism scene as developed as its Mercosur neighbors, especially Brazil and Argentina, who are competing themselves to become SA's digital nomad hub, but it is home to numerous natural landmarks, a vibrant cultural scene, and beautiful Spanish colonial-era settlements.
Unlike its competitors, it does not have a coastline, being landlocked between the aforementioned Argentina and Brazil, as well as Bolivia. As a result, it is comprised mostly of swampland, savanna, and subtropical forest. For that reason, Paraguay is particularly favored by adventurers and solo travelers backpacking across South America who are looking for natural experiences off the beaten path.
Iguazu River: the body of water flowing into one of the Seven Natural World Wonders, Iguazu Falls, a breathtaking series of waterfalls extending along the borders of nearby Brazil and Argentina
Salto Cristal, another landmark waterfall described by a visitor on TripAdvisor as an 'unknown treasure in the wild' that left them with their mouths open
Parque Nacional Cerro Corá, a national park dotted with sculptures, historical monuments, and a stunning green scenery
Parque Nacional Ybycui, popular for hiking and wildlife watching
Playa de Aregua, a lakeside beach that is ideal for relaxing and bathing during the hot summer months
The capital of Asuncion is renowned for being one of the oldest European colonies in South America. Having retained some of its Old World heritage, it is packed with historic buildings and picturesque districts. One of the most important attractions in the city, Casa de la Independencia, was built in the year 1772, and it is now open as a museum.
Paraguay is not as famous as Costa Rica or Belize when it comes to nature excursions, but the views can be just as stunning, and overtourism and inflated prices are far from being a concern here. It is simply the perfect pick for Americans who have been craving the outdoors and budget-friendly destinations.
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Este endemică în Mongolia. Conform Catalogue of Life specia Anthomyia brevicerca nu are subspecii cunoscute.

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Bernhard Schrader (* 15. März 1931 in Quedlinburg; † 8. Januar 2012 in Essen) war ein deutscher Professor für Theoretische und Physikalische Chemie. Schrader war ein Wegbereiter der experimentellen Molekülspektroskopie in Deutschland, insbesondere der Raman- und Infrarotspektroskopie und der routinemäßigen Anwendung dieser Technologien in der chemischen Analytik. Schrader leistete auf zahlreichen Feldern Pionierarbeit, z. B. veröffentlichte er bereits in den 1960er Jahren Arbeiten zur medizinischen Anwendung der Ramanspektroskopie. Darüber hinaus demonstrierte er bereits 1967 erfolgreich die Möglichkeiten der Transmissions-Raman-Spektroskopie bei der Analyse organischer Festkörper wie zum Beispiel Pulver in der pharmazeutischen Industrie, fast 40 Jahre bevor diese Technologie 2006 wieder aufgegriffen und standardmäßig in der Industrie eingeführt wurde.

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Nach einer Ausbildung als Chemiewerker bei Fahlberg-List in Magdeburg (wo er bei Hans Fürst erste Erfahrungen in der industriellen Forschung sammelte) ging Schrader Anfang der 1950er Jahre nach Berlin, um dort Chemie an der Technischen Universität zu studieren. Als junger Student mit Heimatwohnsitz Quedlinburg nahm er in Berlin am Volksaufstand des 17. Juni 1953 teil. Schrader schloss sein Studium an der TU 1960 mit der Promotion ab, die von Friedrich Nerdel (ehem. Doktorand und Schüler von Walter Hückel) und seinem damaligen Assistenten Günter Kresze (der später Professor für Organische Chemie an der TU München war) betreut wurde. In Zusammenarbeit mit Friedrich Nerdel entstand in dieser Zeit die erste Auflage des "Lehrbuchs der Organischen Chemie", das bis 2010 insgesamt sechs Auflagen erreichen sollte.

1962 wechselte Schrader nach Dortmund an das Institut für Spektrochemie und angewandte Spektroskopie (ISAS), damals noch unter der Leitung von Heinrich Kaiser, wo er bis 1971 die Abteilung Molekülspektroskopie aufbaute und leitete. 1966 folgte ein Forschungsaufenthalt an der Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, USA, in der Forschungsgruppe von Earle K. Plyler, einem damals führenden Molekülspektroskopiker in den USA. 1968 habilitierte sich Schrader an der Universität Münster bei Ewald Wicke in Physikalischer Chemie, 1969 erfolgte die Umhabilitation in Analytischer Chemie an der Universität Bochum bei Gerhard Bergmann.

Von 1971 bis 1976 war Schrader Professor für Theoretische Organische Chemie an der damaligen Universität Dortmund (heute TU Dortmund). 1976 nahm er einen Ruf an die Universität Essen an, wo er bis zu seiner Emeritierung 1996 einen Lehrstuhl für Theoretische und Physikalische Chemie innehatte.

1981 war Schrader als Gastwissenschaftler ("Visiting Scientist") am damaligen IBM Research Lab in San Jose, Kalifornien, USA, tätig, 1984/85 folgte ein Forschungsaufenthalt am Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.

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Schrader veröffentlichte über 300 wissenschaftliche Arbeiten, und neben den unten aufgeführten Standardwerken, insbesondere den von ihm erstellten und angeregten, auch heute noch häufig referenzierten umfangreichen Spektrensammlungen und Atlanten, auch zwei vom Verlag Chemie herausgegebene Zeichenschablonen für chemische und mathematische Formeln und im Jahre 1975 vier wissenschaftliche Filme zur Demonstration von Molekülschwingungen (IWF Göttingen).

Er betreute 63 Dissertationen, und neben zahlreichen ausländischen Diplomanden und Doktoranden u. a. fünf Humboldt-Stipendiaten.

Das Raman-Modul der Produktlinie kompakter Raman-FTIR-Spektrometer der Firma Bruker Optics basiert auf Entwicklungen von Bernhard Schrader.

Für seine wissenschaftlichen Leistungen und auch für sein intensives persönliches Engagement für die internationale wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit insbesondere mit ost- und südosteuropäischen Ländern und der Türkei erhielt er zahlreiche Auszeichnungen im In- und Ausland, unter anderem war Schrader Träger der Clemens-Winkler-Medaille der GDCh, Ehrenmitglied des Deutschen Arbeitskreis für Angewandte Spektroskopie (DASp), Träger der Friedrich-Emich-Plakette der ASAC, Ehrenmitglied der "Turkish Chemical Society" und Mitglied der naturwissenschaftlich-technischen Klasse der Norwegischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

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 Kurzes Lehrbuch der Organischen Chemie. 3. Auflage. de Gruyter, 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-020360-8.
 Raman-IR-Atlas of Organic Compounds. Wiley-VCH, 1974, ISBN 3-527-25539-7.
 Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy. Methods and Applications. Wiley-VCH, 1995, ISBN 3-527-26446-9.

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Veröffentlichung: IWF Göttingen, 1975, zusammen mit Dr. Richard Schneider

 Vibrations of Free Molecules – 1. Stretching and Bending Vibrations in Ethylene
 Schwingungen freier Moleküle – 2. Schwingungsformen der Methylgruppe in Propen
 Schwingungen freier Moleküle – 3. Schwingungsformen aromatischer Ringe in Melamin
 Oscillations of Molecules in Melamine Crystal Lattices with Hydrogen Bonds

Weblinks

 Liste der Bernhard Schrader erteilten U.S. Patente (Quelle: justia.com)
 Microsoft Academic Research: Bernhard Schrader (Liste von Publikationen und Citations seit 1983)

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This goes beyond the "glass half-full, glass half-empty" metaphor. Apparently, there really are two alternative universes. Check out two articles on economic growth.
The American economy is a tremendous engine of prosperity when politicians get out of the way, and for proof look no further than Thursday's report on fourth-quarter growth. It's clearer than ever that business investment has rescued the U.S. economy by shifting into a higher gear. Tax reform and deregulation, take a bow.
Growth in the fourth quarter came in higher than expected at 2.6% after a December financial-market scare, and the internals were better than the top line. Consumer spending declined a bit but was still strong. Growth from government spending was negligible — so much for claims of a deficit-led boom in "demand."
The best news was business investment, which contributed 0.69-percentage points to GDP growth. This is even better than it looks because housing subtracted 0.14. Housing has now been flat or worse for most of the last two years, but that may be a silver lining.
This means the expansion isn't marked now by ever-rising housing prices, which means growth hasn't been driven by unsustainable home building. If interest rates don't keep rising, and assuming the labor market stays strong, the housing market should return to modest growth.
Wow! That sounds great! With data like this, everyone must be happy.
President Donald Trump's central claim about his economic policies officially crashed into reality on Thursday.
Throughout the 2016 campaign and since, the president and his party have vowed to kick-start tepid Obama-era economic growth. Specifically, they insisted tax cuts and deregulation would return growth to its post-World War II average of 3 percent — a level, candidate Trump said derisively, that President Barack Obama became "the first president in modern history" never to reach in a single year.
New government data on Thursday morning show that Trump, too, has failed to reach the 3 percent promised land, according to one major metric. The Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis measured 2018 growth at 2.9 percent, matching the peak Obama enjoyed in 2015.
I guess Harwood thinks record low unemployment, rising average wages, and other indicators of major prosperity are meaningless. In his universe, nobody is better off than under Obama.


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Reby Cary (1920-2018)
Posted on September 14, 2019 by contributed by: Gayle W. Hanson
Reby Cary
Courtesy City of Fort Worth
Reby Cary, educator, community activist, politician, entrepreneur and World War II veteran, was born on September 9, 1920, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Reverend Smith and Maggie B. Cary. A graduate of I. M. Terrell High School in 1937, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Prairie View A & M College (now Prairie View A & M University) in 1941. A year later he completed the requirements for his Master's degree in history but World War II interrupted his studies when he was drafted into military service. Cary returned to graduate school at Prairie View after his discharge in 1945 and completed his M.A. degree.
Cary enlisted in the United States Coast Guard, becoming one of the first African Americans to be commissioned in the ranks of apprentice seaman. He later became a Radioman Second Class and was assigned to the USS Cambria, AA036 (Amphibious Personnel Attack). Cary participated in the invasions of Saipan, Tinian, Leyte, Luzon and Okinawa. On his return to the United States, he noted that despite his service and those of thousands of other black women and men in World War II, African Americans still had to ride on segregated trains. He would spend the rest of his life fighting segregation and discrimination.
Upon returning to Fort Worth Cary found that vocational training programs for veterans were restricted to white former servicemen only. Cary joined two other men in his community and they established the McDonald College of Industrial Arts for African Americans in 1946 later named Southwestern College of Industrial Arts.
From 1952 to 1967, Cary was a counselor and history/ government instructor at Dunbar Middle School. In 1967, he became assistant professor of history at Tarrant County Junior College and two years later he became the first black professor hired at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), remaining there until 1978. In the early 1970s he led a successful crusade to remove Confederate symbols from the UTA campus.
Cary was a businessman who established a successful real estate company. He long supported black entrepreneurship and economic development in the black community. He was also a noted local historian who authored a number of books on African American history in North Texas.
In 1974 Reby Cary became the first African American elected to the Fort Worth School Board. In 1978 he ran for the Texas State Legislature, becoming the first State Representative elected in District 95. Cary served until 1985. One of his major accomplishments in the Texas State House came in 1983 when he introduced the bill to create the Texas Commission on Human Rights to fight racial discrimination across the state. Although elected as a Democrat, Cary became a Republican, crediting banker and politician William "Gooseneck" McDonald as his major influence.
Cary was a member of New Rising Star Baptist Church in Fort Worth and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He served on numerous local boards including the Boy Scouts of America, the United Way, and the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce.
Reby Cary died on December 7, 2018, on the 77th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. He was 98 and was preceded in death by his wife, Nadine Spencer Cary.
Subjects: African American History, PeopleTerms: 20th Century (1900-1999), Gender - Men, Civil Rights Activists, Military Conflict - World War II, United States - Texas, Military service - Coast Guard, Politicians - Republican Party, Racial Conflict - Segregation/Integration, Fraternities-Alpha Phi Alpha, Occupation-Business Owner, Occupation - Educator - Professor, Occupation - Community Activist
Hanson, G. (2019, September 14) Reby Cary (1920-2018). Retrieved from https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/reby-cary-1920-2018/
"Educator, Activist, Vet Reby Cary dies at 98," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 8, 2018, Kaley Johnson, "Homegoing Celebration for Reby Cary (September 9, 1920–December 7, 2018), Funeral program, Baker Funeral Home, Fort Worth, Texas.
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Fighting outlaw motorcycle gangs is currently one of the top priorities of many governments around the world. This is due to the notion that outlaw motorcycle gangs do not consist solely of motorcycle enthusiasts. Numerous cases reveal that these clubs, or at least their members, are involved in (organised) crime. In order to tackle these clubs, the former Dutch Minister of Security and Justice announced a whole-of-government strategy towards outlaw motorcycle gangs in 2012. As part of this effort, authorities such as the Dutch National Police, the Public Prosecution Service, the Dutch Tax Authority and local governments aim to cooperate in order to disrupt and restrict outlaw motorcycle gangs by means of Criminal, Administrative and Civil Law. Part of this strategy is to hinder club-related events. This article discusses the latter strategy in light of the distinction between prevention and pre-emption. As the latter two concepts are often used interchangeably, this article attempts to use a more strict division between prevention and pre-emption. Thereby, it becomes apparent that outlaw motorcycle gangs are to some extent governed through uncertainty. The author suggests that maintaining the 'prevention–pre-emption distinction' can offer an interesting and valuable point of departure for analysing today's crime policies.
Teun van Ruitenburg, MSc., is PhD Candidate at the Criminology Department of the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
People with mental illness usually experience higher rates of disability and mortality. Often, health care systems do not adequately respond to the burden of mental disorders worldwide. The number of health care providers dealing with mental health care is insufficient in many countries. Equal access to necessary health services should be granted to mentally ill people without any discrimination. E-mental health is expected to enhance the quality of care as well as accessibility, availability and affordability of services. This paper examines under what conditions e-mental health can contribute to realising the right to health by using the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality (AAAQ) framework that is developed by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Research shows e-mental health facilitates dissemination of information, remote consultation and patient monitoring and might increase access to mental health care. Furthermore, patient participation might increase, and stigma and discrimination might be reduced by the use of e-mental health. However, e-mental health might not increase the access to health care for everyone, such as the digitally illiterate or those who do not have access to the Internet. The affordability of this service, when it is not covered by insurance, can be a barrier to access to this service. In addition, not all e-mental health services are acceptable and of good quality. Policy makers should adopt new legal policies to respond to the present and future developments of modern technologies in health, as well as e-Mental health. To analyse the impact of e-mental health on the right to health, additional research is necessary.
Fatemeh Kokabisaghi, Iris Bakx and Blerta Zenelaj are Ph.D. candidates at the Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam. All authors contributed equally.
Emergency responders are often sent to the front line and are often confronted with aggression and violence in interaction with citizens. According to previous studies, some professionals experience more workplace violence than others. In this article, the theoretical framework to study variations in workplace violence against emergency responders is described. According to criminal opportunity theories, which integrate the routine activity theory and lifestyle/exposure theory, victimisation is largely dependent on the lifestyle and routine activities of persons. Situational characteristics that could be related to workplace violence are organisational or task characteristics, such as having more contact with citizens or working at night. However, they do not provide insight in all aspects of influence, and their usefulness to reduce victimisation is limited. Therefore, it is important to consider the role of personal characteristics of the emergency responders that may be more or less 'attractive', which is elaborated upon by the victim precipitation theory. Psychological and behavioural characteristics of emergency responders may be relevant to reduce external workplace violence. The author argues that, despite the risk of being considered as blaming the victim, studying characteristics that might prevent victimisation is needed. Directions for future studies about workplace violence are discussed. These future studies should address a combination of victim and situation characteristics, use a longitudinal design and focus on emergency responders. In addition, differences between professions in relationships between characteristics and workplace violence should be explored.
Lisa van Reemst, M.Sc., is a Ph.D. candidate at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.


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Posted byDouglas Arellanes September 10, 2004 Posted inCzech news
Watching two truly despicable people in a pissing match has a certain car-crash fascination to it. All the moreso when the people involved are, to a certain extent, TV stars. So watching the catfight between Vladimír Železný and Jana Bobošíková that has erupted in the last couple of days brings out a gleeful schadenfreude in me.
But first, a bit of background. Vladimír Železný founded the Czech Republic's first private TV station, TV Nova. He did so with the financial backing of Estee Lauder's son, Ronald Lauder. TV Nova was a runaway success from Day 1, and dominates the market, with something like a 70% market share.
The two had a falling-out, and Železný simply kicked his onetime partner out, leaving Lauder holding the bill. That kind of stuff happens all the time in business, but it was compounded by the fact that Železný was only able to do so because the laws governing TV are so badly written as to make the Czech Republic liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
To add insult to injury, Železný was wanted on a number of criminal charges, both related to TV Nova and to art smuggling. But he was able to delay these charges by getting himself elected to the Czech Senate; all members of both houses of parliament are granted immunity from any crime for the duration of their terms.
When it started to look like the Senate was going to strip Železný of his immunity, he looked to Brussels, and was able to get elected to the European Parliament in June. He started a new political party, the Independent Party, which usually was referred to as "Vladimír Železný's Independent Party" because a) he was the main man, and b) there was only one other candidate running on behalf of the party, a TV anchorwoman by the name of Jana Bobošíková.
Jana Bobošíková used to be an anchorwoman on the state-run Czech TV. Then she went to work for the Civic Democratic Party. Then she made her way back into Czech TV when its newly-appointed director Jiří Hodač, largely assumed to be a political appointee loyal to now-President Václav Klaus's Civic Democrats (ODS), made her News Director.
The staff of Czech TV staged a walkout in protest, and 100,000 people signed a petition supporting the walkout, and demanding that Bobošíková and Hodač resign. But Bobošíková would not back down. She slapped together what technicians she could find, and put on a slipshod news broadcast favorable to Klaus and ODS. Bobovíze was truly awful television, and not just because of its rock-bottom production values. It really reminded people of the old Communist news broadcasts.
The protests against "Bobovíze" were huge. I know because I was there, along with hundreds of thousands of others. It was the only time since the Velvet Revolution that Václavské náměsti was full.
But it's a tribute to the evil genius of Vladimír Železný that he was able to take the single most-hated woman in the country, rehabilitate her and turn her into a TV star again, this time as the host of the political talkshow "7," playing to her take-no-prisoners, ball-buster persona.
Then, when Železný decided to run for European Parliament, Bobošíková was a perfect choice to run with him on his ticket. They both won their races.
But now, the two have fallen out in the most public way, with Bobošíková first announcing that she was leaving the Independents, claiming that she disagreed with the direction the Independent Party was taking. Then it started to get more personal, with Železný criticizing her for being disloyal.
Then it escalated further, and the spouses started getting involved. Železný pointedly criticized Bobošíková's choice to hire her husband as her assistant in Brussels, saying not only have there been only three such cases in the history of the European Parliament, but also that Bobošík is stupid. Snap!
Bobošíková countered, saying Železný's trophy wife Kony is the real brains behind the Independent Party, and that she tried to remove her from the Independents' candidate list before the European Parliament elections. Rawr!
Who knows where this is going to end up? One thing is for sure, however. The European Parliament has received a request from the Prague City Court to strip Železný of his immunity, and the Parliament should take up the matter in the next few months.
Maybe it's a good thing that there are 626 MEPs in Brussels. There's less of a chance of these two meeting up on the Parliament floor.
Oh, and that soft grinding sound you hear in the background? That's God's mill.
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EVACUATION OF MALAYSIANS FROM YEMEN
JEDDAH – The Consulate General of Malaysia in Jeddah had thus far coordinated and assisted the safe return of three groups of Malaysian students from Yemen, totaling to 240 students.
The Consul General, Mr. Mohd Khalid Abbasi Abdul Razak, in his brief interview with the media stated that he headed a four members team from the Consulate to receive the first group of 154 students and Malaysians whom arrived by 4 buses from Sana'a -Hodeidah at Saudi border in Jizan on 5 April. The second group of 67 students were assisted when they arrived from Djibouti via C130 at King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah on 14 April and the last group of 19 students which arrived by bus from Sana'a to Jizan on 29 April.
All the students were assisted upon arrival in the immigration process, lodging, meals and facilitating their return to Malaysia from Jeddah.
According to the Consul General, as of to date more than 700 Malaysian citizens in Yemen had been evacuated from four cities in Yemen, namely Sana'a, Hodeidah, Aden and Hadhramawt. He also thanked all quarters involved in the evacuation of the students from the conflict-stricken country and those who had prayed for their safety. He reiterated that his team is ever ready to assist and facilitate any further evacuation.
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Born in 1819, the grandson of a wealthy industrialist, Roger Fenton set aside his law studies in the early 1840s to become a painter. After studying with Michel-Martin Drölling in Paris, he returned to London and worked with Charles Lucy, a member of the Royal Academy. By 1852, however, he had made his first photographs and become an important force in English photography.
In the first few years of his career he helped to found the Photographic Society (which later became the Royal Photographic Society) and made landscape and architectural views that evidenced such great technical ability and aesthetic refinement that his work came to the attention of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Commissioned by Thomas Agnew and with letters of introduction from Prince Albert, Fenton traveled to Balaclava (in present-day southern Ukraine) to document the Crimean War. Because his project was a commercial venture, one designed to produce a portfolio of photographs of heroes of the war, his photographs generally present a positive view of the campaign. He photographed the generals who led the armies, such as General Bosquet (1855), as well as the picturesque and exotic individuals who populated the region, as in Group of Croat Chiefs (1855). But he also photographed the soldiers who bore the brunt of the fighting, and their ravaged faces demonstrate the war's true toll.
On his return to England, Fenton made ambitious studies of the English countryside, its cathedrals, country houses, and landscape. Traveling throughout England, Scotland, and Wales, he photographed historic sites such as Lindisfarne Priory, Holy Isle, as well as numerous cathedrals, such as Ely, Salisbury, and Lichfield, and country houses such as Harewood House. While some of Fenton's photographs are distinguished by their evocative depictions of light, atmosphere, and place, others demonstrate his deep appreciation of the solidity, permanence, and integrity of English architecture. His work also included portraits of the royal family, a series of still lifes, and studies of figures in Oriental costume, such as Reclining Odalisque (1858) and Pasha and Bayadere (1858).
As his career progressed, Fenton pushed himself to tackle ever greater challenges, for example, striving to photograph clouds and the landscape using only one negative or interiors of darkly-lit cathedrals, difficult technical problems at the time. Some of his last compositions, such as The Queen's Target, No. 56 (1860) and The Long Walk, Windsor (1860), are radically simplified and daringly bold.
For reasons still unknown, Fenton sold all of his equipment and negatives at an auction in November 1862 and resigned from the Royal Photographic Society. He died seven years later at the age of 50.
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Interventional Radiology, also known as vascular and interventional radiology, offers image guided diagnosis and treatment of diseases or conditions in every organ of your body.
Medical staff who are part of this independent medical specialty handle a broad range of procedures, with a unifying concept being to offer the most modern and least invasive techniques available to minimize risk to patients and improve health outcomes while under our care.
At Community Healthcare System, interventional radiology services support patients in cancer care, urology, OB-GYN, gastroenerology, musculoskeletal, nephrology and vascular departments.
Interventional radiologists are recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Doctors in this field are board-certified physicians with additional advanced training in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. As the medical specialty that works with angioplasty and the catheter-delivered stent, interventional radiologists are seen as leaders in modern minimally invasive medicine.
Angioplasty and embolization therapy to treat bone and kidney tumors and spinal cord vascular malformations.
Catheter-diverted thrombolysis to clear blood clots and prevent disability from deep vein thrombosis and stroke.
Embolization for GI bleeding, pelvic and spleen trauma.
Embolization to stop hemorrhaging or block the blood supply to a tumor.
Stents for liver cancer patients.
Tube placement to improve blood flow in livers damaged from cirrhosis and hepatitis C.
At Community Healthcare System, the Interventional Radiology team has an key role in quality care, diagnosis and treatment of cancer and urology. Our non-surgical procedure can reduce trauma, help collect accurate biopsies, cut down on recovery time and reduce chance of infection.
Our team uses X-rays, arteriography, bone desitometry. computerized tomography (CT), flouroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), mammography, positron emission tomography (PET), ultrasound, venography and other advanced imaging techniques to get images to understand, visualize and diagnose the full scope of your disease.
We map out the procedure tailored to your individual patient needs. During the procedure, we guide interventional instruments through the body -- generally with needles and narrow tubes or catheters -- through a small opening in the skin to get to the site of the problem.
We are at your side when image-guided needle biopsies are performed and when ports are put in for chemotherapy treatment.
Our team is called on to place radioactive seeds in robotic radiosurgery, or CyberKnife, to attack cancerous and benign tumors at its source.
We play a major role in chemoembolization treatment. In chemoembolization, anti-cancer drugs are injected directly into the blood vessel feeding a cancerous tumor. In addition, synthetic material is placed inside the blood vessels that supply blood to the tumor, in effect trapping the chemotherapy in the tumor.
We offer skilled catheter placement techniques in dialysis and other types of urology and nephrology treatment.
Cerebral angiography, or cerebral arteriogram, a diagnostic test that can help your doctor find blockages in the blood vessels of your head and neck. These blockages can lead to a stroke or aneurysm.
Fistulagrams, an X-ray procedure to look at the blood flow and check for blood clots or other blockages in your fistula.
Inferior Vena Cava Filter (IVC), a type of vascular filter that is implanted by interventional radiologists or vascular surgeons to prevent clots from traveling to the lungs.
Kyphoplasty, the surgical filling of an injured or collapsed vertebra. This procedure restores original shape and configuration and relieves pain from spinal compression.
Myelography, diagnostic imaging to look for problems in the spinal canal, including the spinal cord, nerve roots, and other tissues.
Nuclear Medicine, including nuclear cardiology.
Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS), a tube placement that acts as a liver bypass.
Vericose Vein Sclerotherapy, a medical procedure to eliminate varicose veins and spider veins.
Interventional Radiology is housed at all of our hospitals.
To learn more about your course of care visit our cardiology, cancer care, urology, and Cath Lab pages.


The Coyote Ridge Community Solar Farm is a 1.95 megawatt solar array that was completed in September 2017, and is located by the Larimer County Landfill near Fort Collins, Colorado. The solar project helps lower energy bills for members of the Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, which serves portions of Larimer, Weld, and Boulder Counties in northern Colorado. Coyote Ridge was developed with the support of the Colorado Energy Office and GRID Alternatives, which organized hundreds of volunteers to help build the project.
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper's executive order Supporting Colorado's Clean Energy Transition directed state agencies to "work strategically with any interested electric utilities or cooperatives that, on a voluntary basis, would like to maximize its use of renewable energy."
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) Power Player Awards focus on projects and initiatives that "promote collaborative, innovative and replicable models for change." Opportunities to replicate the success of the Coyote Ridge Community Solar Farm in Colorado are mixed - several other electric cooperatives in the state are pursuing solar projects, but some co-ops face restrictions on pursuing new local solar projects because they have reached the 5% limit on local energy development imposed by their contracts with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. For example, United Power, which neighbors PVREA to the southeast and energized Colorado's first community solar project in 2009, has reached that 5% limit and faces limits on its ability to pursue new local energy projects.
In contrast, Mountain Parks Electric (MPE), which neighbors PVREA to the west, has not reached the 5% limit, and last month announced its first solar project, a 1.3 megawatt solar array with Microgrid Energy that is planned for Jackson County. The Mountain Parks Electric board has also discussed the possibility of a community solar array, and its general manager has highlighted members' interest in more renewable energy projects, noting that "Hand down, the most popular topic that I am asked about is renewable energy. How green is Mountain Parks Electric? What renewable facilities are part of our power mix? What local renewable project are in the works?"
The Smart Electric Power Alliance also emphasized the role of consumer demand for more renewable energy: "The Power Players Awards underline the fact that the transition in our industry is no longer a disruptive element but an integral and unstoppable force, driven not only by technology, but by growing consumer and business demand for clean energy," said SEPA President and CEO Julia Hamm. "The stories these winners have to tell often fly under the media radar. But they are creating programs and initiatives that will ensure a reliable, affordable and resilient power system benefiting customers, the grid and the economic development of their communities."


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Last week, Students for Life at Xavier University hosted the "Planned Parenthood Truth Tour." The tour is relatively new to Students for Life of America (SFLA), and in just a few weeks, it has already been displayed by more than two dozen of the over 1,200 SFLA groups across the country. Unlike many colleges where the display faced vandalism and physical destruction, the Xavier community was open to dialogue and hosted a wonderful platform for discussion on health standards at the nation's largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.
Xavier Students for Life initially asked participants what they thought of Planned Parenthood. Then, after walking them through the display, asked participants to vote on a scale of how much they trusted Planned Parenthood. It wasn't surprising to see that 68 percent of respondents distrusted the organization to some extent.
Most people distrusted Planned Parenthood because of the contradiction between the organization's claim that abortion is three percent of what it does, versus how many abortions it actually performs. Planned Parenthood is an abortion industry that performed 332,757 abortions between 2016 and 2017, according to its 2017-2018 annual report. That is more than its performance of breast exams (296,310), provision of prenatal services (9,005) and HPV vaccinations (19,705) combined, according to the report.
At the display, we planted 911 pink crosses to represent what we believe to be the total number of abortions performed by Planned Parenthood in one single day. The display also showed numbers from Planned Parenthood's annual report, which from 2005 to 2018 shows decreases in cancer screenings (down 69 percent), prenatal care (down 28 percent) and Pap Tests (down 75 percent). Meanwhile, abortions and revenue have both increased by 26 percent and $762 million, respectively.
The display also touched upon some of the unsafe laws regarding health inspections at Planned Parenthood. For instance, in Connecticut, nail salons have annual inspections while surgical abortion clinics are only inspected once every three years. Here in Cincinnati, a Planned Parenthood facility was cited in 2014 by the Ohio Department of Health for having a "dirty facility" and "failing to do credential checks on medical staff," according to Department of Health records.
In cases where states do make laws in favor of health regulations, Planned Parenthood fights back. Much like what we saw in the Whole Women's Health vs Hellerstedt case, Planned Parenthood claims it is too burdensome to hold surgical abortion facilities to the same standards as a hospital room.
The tour last week proposed a simple question: If Planned Parenthood truly cared about women's health, why does it fight against common sense sanitation regulations? Students for Life suggests that, as seen in Planned Parenthood's annual reports, doing so would decrease the number of abortions it could perform, and, in turn, decrease its profits. What business would want that?
After our conversations about the services Planned Parenthood provides, and after learning about the ways Planned Parenthood fights against health regulations, more than two thirds of students surveyed said they distrusted Planned Parenthood with their taxpayer money.
Because it provides some free services outside of abortion, many of Planned Parenthood's resources are a great benefit to society. Faced with the question of where women will go for such services if Planned Parenthood were to be defunded, Students for Life has a solution. Instead of sending tax money to the nation's largest abortion provider, we could send it to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), which outnumber Planned Parenthood clinics 20 to one, according to analysis by the Charlotte Lozier Institute.
FQHCs perform the same health services Planned Parenthood does (except for abortions) and are equipped to help more clients than Planned Parenthood. Near campus, free services at an FQHC can be attained at the Ambrose H. Clement Health Center, administered through the Cincinnati Department of Health. The health center is closer to campus and is held to higher health standards than Planned Parenthood.
For 68 percent of respondents to our conversations, Planned Parenthood was undeserving of taxpayer money, and only 19 percent of respondents said they "Strongly Trust" Planned Parenthood with their services and their taxpayer money. Students for Life's Planned Parenthood Truth display facilitated 110 conversations and caused 33 people who previously trusted Planned Parenthood to reconsider their stance.
Xavier Students for Life is glad that we were able to host the tour and that we were able to have so many constructive conversations on such a hot-button topic. Students for Life's mission is to educate students about the abortion industry and to provide help to women and families in need. Planned Parenthood has lied to women and the public long enough. Students for Life believes it's time for the truth about Planned Parenthood to be known and for society to act in a way that protects the safety of women through common sense health regulations.
Carson Rayhill is a first-year finance major from Loogootee, Ind. He is the Treasurer of Xavier Students for Life.


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So, today's outfit is brought to you by the colour blue! Ever feel like wearing lots of coulours all at once? I sometimes feel like that, but I have to hold myself back and not go on a colour overdose. I feel I accomplished that with today's outfit. It's bold and colourful, without being too in-your-face. The trick here is that I stayed within the same colour family. Cobalt and turquoise are shades of blue and complement each other rather than compete with one another. I paired the outfit with a dalmation printed pump because, why not? Those puppies were due for a walk!


Sam took part in his first half marathon – the farthest he's ever run – at the beginning of March. He completed it in two hours and 39 minutes, something he wouldn't have thought possible over a year and a half ago when he started running.
Sam after completing the half marathon!
He completed it in two hours and 39 minutes, something he wouldn't have thought possible over a year and a half ago when he started running for the first time.
Previously Sam couldn't even run around the block without fear of collapsing but following heart scares as young as 30, Sam took action.
He says: "Cancer unfortunately affects so many of us. The year my daughter was born, we lost three family members to cancer; my grandad, my partner's dad and her grandad. My dad also suffered with this terrible disease but luckily he survived and got the all clear and is still with us today.
Sam didn't have a fundraising target, instead he looked to raise as much as he could. Before the run he said: "Whatever I raise is more than it would be if I wasn't doing this and that's what matters." We're pleased to say that his total came in just under £200!


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Sarah,Debbie and Ronnie. This all seems so unreal, and our hearts are broken . We pray for comfort during such a difficult time. Fred will be forever in our hearts and forever loved and missed.
Sherry Sutton
So very sorry for your losd
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Sarah, Debbie, Ronnie and family Bill and I are so sorry to hear about Fred's passing. May all your memories you have made together help you through this difficult time. He was a wonderful man.
A very good friend
Sarah fred and myself Jean and whitey henn used to get together and enjoy a game of cards.we will miss him
Frederick Glover Panke
Frederick Glover Panke, 76, of Fernandina Beach, FL, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on May 4, 2022, at the Warner Community Hospice Center. He grew up locally and graduated from Fernandina Beach High School in 1963. He married the love of his life, Sarah Ruth Murray, in 1964. Together, they raised their two children, Debbie and Ronnie. His family remembers him as loving, generous, wise, and devoted. He was the kind of parent and grandparent that knew how to make you feel special and came to every game, performance, and award ceremony.
After a 33-year career in Sales and Marketing, Fred retired from CSX. Throughout his life, he was very active in his community and spent many hours volunteering at the ballpark and food banks. He was instrumental in the development of the John Muir Ecological Park during his time on the Yulee Historic Council. In 2013, he was the Grand Marshal for the Yulee Holiday Parade. Fred enjoyed perusing a good garage sale, taking care of his yard, and fishing in his free time. He and Sarah also enjoyed spending time with their many friends, several of whom they came to know through their square-dancing days with Sweet Art Squares and their church, Yulee United Methodist. In his later years, he took great pride in his Christmas light display during the holidays. Nothing made him happier than time with his family, especially his grandchildren and great-granddaughters.
Fred was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Pauline Panke; his in-laws, Leon Murray and Eula Mae Smith; and his brothers-in-law, Edward Collins and Gary Murray. He leaves behind his spouse of 58 years, Sarah Panke; his sister and brother, Mary-Ann Collins and Russell (Brenda) Panke; a sister-in-law, Caroline Murray; two children, Debbie (Neil) Little and Ronnie Panke; two grandchildren, Lonnie (Stephanie) Little and Laici (Jacob) Grice; and four great-granddaughters, Lindsay Little, Sydney Little, Lilah Grice, and Jessa Grice; and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews whom he loved dearly.
The family will have a private service at a later date.
He will be laid to rest in Hughes Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Warner Community Hospice Center or Yulee United Methodist Food Bank.