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Depression: hope, healing and recovery
Sermon and Intercessions for Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year C)
This material was first published by Redemptorist Publications
and is included here with their permission.
Very often at the start of an episode of a television drama series there is a brief recap of events that have gone before to remind us what's been happening and it might be helpful today to do something like that to set the scene for our Gospel reading.
So 'previously in chapter ten of St John's Gospel' Jesus has been talking about the relationship between a shepherd and his sheep, identifying himself in two of his 'I Am' sayings as the gate for the sheep and the good shepherd. He describes the characteristics of a good shepherd which enable his sheep to feel safe, secure and cared for and therefore able to live without anxiety or fear.
The Pharisees to whom Jesus is talking would know that in their scriptures the relationship between shepherd and sheep is used as an image to describe the relationship between a king and his people, In Ezekiel, chapter 34, God says that he himself will be a true shepherd to his people who have been neglected, led astray and abused by false shepherds. He also says that he will set up David to be the shepherd, or king, of Israel and of course it was expected that the promised Messiah, would be a descendant of David.
Now it's the Festival of Dedication, or Hanukkah, when the liberation and re-dedication of the Temple about 150 years earlier is remembered and celebrated. These events took place following a revolution led by Judas Maccabaeus against occupying forces which resulted in Judas becoming king over Israel and founding a dynasty even though he was not a descendant of David.
It's during this Festival that Jesus talks about being the good shepherd in a land once again occupied by a foreign power, this time the Roman Empire. So we can perhaps understand why there's a sense of expectation and excitement, tension and suspicion in Jerusalem as people speculate about Jesus, a descendant of King David, being the Messiah, the true king who would overthrow the Roman imposters and regain freedom for the people of Israel.
It's in this context that the religious leaders put pressure on Jesus to declare categorically whether or not he is the Messiah. It's not a question with a straight forward answer. He certainly isn't the sort of Messiah they have in mind and they don't seem to have understood him at all. So Jesus says that he has already answered them both in what he has been saying and in the things he has done in his Father's name. He goes back to using the image of a good shepherd whose sheep know him, recognise his voice, trust him and follow him. And as a good shepherd protects his sheep so Jesus says he will keep his people safely in eternal life.
The problem is that these religious leaders don't recognise the voice of the Good Shepherd, the true Messiah, and they don't understand his language. This presents a major barrier to honest communication between them and Jesus and in the final section of this chapter they try to stone Jesus and seek to arrest him on charges of blasphemy.
The Pharisees, and people who thought as they did, had a clear picture in their minds of what the longed-for Messiah would be like and what he would do. His voice and the language he used would be about revolution, victory over enemies, power and a triumphant kingship established in this world.
Jesus uses a different language – one of peace and reconciliation, justice tempered with mercy, healing and forgiveness and his kingdom is the kingdom of heaven where God alone rules with love and compassion.
If Jesus is the Good Shepherd then his sheep are the ones who look for tenderness, care, protection and a love that will look for them when they're lost. They recognise that Jesus offers them these things and so they follow him trusting that he will look after them in a way that no-one else can. They recognise that he offers them eternal life in the kingdom of God.
Our Gospel reading today invites us to think about the voices and the languages that we ourselves understand and use.
Around us are many voices speaking the language of violence, extremism, hatred, jealousy, prejudice and pride. Surely our calling is to use the language of love to reach out to God's lost sheep who are longing for the care and protection that only our Good Shepherd can provide.
Intercessions
Let us pray to God our Father who tenderly cares for his people and listens when we call out to him with our concerns for all who are in need.
We pray for the church of God reaching out to care for and protect all who are lost and longing to belong to a fellowship of love.
We pray for the leaders of all nations that they may hear and recognise the voice of the Prince of Peace calling for justice and freedom for all who are oppressed.
We pray for ourselves and the communities in which we live, work and worship that we may care for one another as brothers and sisters in Christ.
We pray for all in any kind of distress or pain that they may know that they are held safely in the Father's hands and nothing can snatch them from him.
Heavenly Father, we are your people and we thank you for your care and protection. Accept these prayers and bring to all for whom we have prayed your blessings of love, joy and peace. We ask this in the name of the one true Shepherd, your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


Brother Seamus Plunkett Nolan cfc passed away peacefully early on Wednesday morning last surrounded by his family and his Christian Brother community at the Cowper Care St Patrick's nursing home in Baldoyle. May his good and kindly soul rest in peace.
He was known to many in the education world because of his long and immense contribution to teacher education at the Christian Brothers Training College in Marino. Many Brothers who passed through the college over the years, either as students or as members of staff, will remember him with fondness, as will the countless number of young lay students who had the privilege of knowing him from the 1970s onward.
He had a saying in Irish whenever he was concluding a lecture or a piece of work, "Ní beag san." It means, literally, in English, "That's no small achievement." I feel certain that this phrase is what his good soul might have said as he departed this life on Tuesday evening.
The phrase, so oft repeated, also captures his whole attitude to life, to live life fully, without making unwarranted demands upon it. He was generous with students, never judgmental or critical, and always searching for the kind, encouraging word that would prompt further progress.
His interest in people, in students and in all who crossed his path meant that he rarely forgot a name, a face or a story. In his later years he could entertain former students or Brothers with anecdotes and humorous stories about life in the college, the foibles of academics and the occasional success with the Department of Education. All of these stories, although laced with exquisite and telling details, were never unkind or ego-serving. In fact, they spoke volumes about his ability bring out the best in people. Ego or ambition were never on display. His was a humble service of others.
Something of a polyglot, he could lecture in any area of the curriculum with clarity and depth. This came from a remarkable commitment to study and learning. A visit to his office would always reveal the extent of his academic library and, in his early years, long hours were spent boning up on the more unfamiliar areas. When lectures emerged from this laboratory they were never boring. They were always supported by illustrations (he used AV aids long before they were commonplace), pertinent anecdotes and laced with dry Dublin wit (even 'try mheán na Gaeilge'). His wide-ranging talents extended to the visual arts and to music.
His love of Irish was infectious and inclusive. Even the most diffident would soon feel perfectly at home with him and would soon rally the confidence to speak Irish fluently. Many of his students went on to become distinguished writers, scholars and poets in the language. Those who were with him on trips to the Gaeltacht will remember his lectures on Irish archaeology, flora and fauna, and on the folk stories of the local people. For many their love of Irish, the Gaeltacht and Irish heritage began there.
Above all, he was a loyal and committed Christian Brother, a man who throughout his life gave testimony to a deep and modest faith. The respect in which he was held was amply demonstrated by his being elected by the Brothers to serve on Chapters and leadership teams at different points in his life. In his later years, up to a few months before his death, he served with professional competence and attention to detail in his work at the Province Centre in Marino where he was loved and appreciated by all. He will be greatly missed.
Stephen Covey, in his The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People, noted that the four great life-tasks are: to live, to love, to learn and to leave a legacy. All four were fulfilled and visible in Brother Seamus' life. As he would say: "Ní beag san." In Brother Seamus we have lost a great Christian Brother, a great educator and a friend to many. Ar dheis Dé go rabid a anam dilis.
A group of novices with a very young Brother Seamus . Please provide information in the comments section below.
I would be interested in identifying the other men in this photograph. Is one of them Tom O'Connell?
I think I could possibly identify 4.
Thank you, Dan, for that information. Job done!
I understand that Brother Cornelius John Shreenan my old headmaster was nursed in Baldoyle until he passed away in August 2009. I would love to know where he is buried to one day visit and pay my respects.RIP dear Brother.
I have replied to you privately via your email address. Thank you for your comment. Brother Shreenan was a highly respected Christian Brother.
Sadly, I have just come across this news of Br. Seamus Plunkett Nolan/s death. He was everything the appreciation above suggests – a deeply Christian person, a scholar, a modest genius, a patient and even mentor and of course a source of devastatingly witty throw-away comments. It was his natural instinct to be himself that allowed him to move so easily between the different spheres he inhabited.
Thank you, Muiris, for your appreciation of the wonderful man that Seamus Nolan was. He has left a wonderful legacy of memories and inspiration for us all.
Brother Brian Monaghan is a Christian Brother currently living in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is also a poet with a deep sense of place, deploying a language rooted in his native vernacular. His poetry gives voice to his sense of God and to the relationships that continue to inform his work and his life as a Brother.
Brian's Story from Donal Leader on Vimeo.


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Vojislav Seselj says he will not return to The Hague if summoned after being released for medical treatment in Serbia.
Vojislav Seselj, the Serbian far-right leader, has said he will defy a UN war-crimes court if judges request that he return to The Hague, in remarks a day after returning home on provisional release.
Seselj, accused of recruiting paramilitary forces during the Balkan wars, returned home on Wednesday after the tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands, released him for medical treatment in Serbia.
He was granted his temporary freedom on condition that he doesn't interfere with victims or witnesses and that he goes back if summoned.
But he said on Thursday that he "will not go voluntarily".
"I will not hide, but they will have to arrest me."
"When they give orders to the Serbian Government, [Serbian President Tomislav] Nikolic and [Serbian Premier Aleksandar] Vucic will decide what do to. I will not run.
"That would be a historical paradox and a form of legal paradox that Vucic and Nikolic, associates in my war crimes and associates in crimes against humanity, have to extradite me. Do you think I would miss such a chance?"
Rasim Ljajic, president of the Serbian State Council for Cooperation with The Hague Tribunal, told Al Jazeera that the matter of Seselj's return to The Hague was between the accused and the tribunal, as the state had fulfilled all that had been asked of it.
He said the tribunal had decided Serbia's obligations only included not issuing Seselj a passport.
"No other obligations exist, which is somewhat of a precedent," Ljajic said.
"In all other cases we were obliged to return the accused to The Hague, unless they return voluntarily. In this case, there is no obligation. Why not? That is a question for the Tribunal."
Seselj, 60, said he had been planning revenge on sometime close associates, Vucic and Nikolic, but he had issued such threats at the time the Hague court had sought guarantees for his provisional release.
"Because my threat was successful, there is no revenge," said Seselj, president of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS), at party headquarters in Zemun, near Belgrade.
Vucic and Nikolic were in the SRS until 2008, when they split with Seselj, forming the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), which is currently the ruling party in Serbia.
"The Hague had had enough of keeping me there and they did Vucic a favour to delay my arrival until the end of the visit of Albanian premier Edi Rama," Seselj said.
"The point of the Serbian Radical Party is the idea of Greater Serbia. If that idea was extinguished, what would we be doing on the political scene?"
Seselj repeated an earlier sentiment, saying he had been "proud and happy" to hear of the murder of then-Serbian premier Zoran Djindjic in 2003, calling him a "traitor, mafioso and dark chapter of Serbian history".
In a statement, the Democratic Party (DS), of which Djindjic had been president, said Seselj's comments were "monstrous".
"Hatred, division, insults, disqualificationsa and appeals for public lynching are not something that has been unknown in Serbia since the time Seselj went to The Hague, as the political rhetoric that he had established stayed the main matrix for settling scores with political foes, even now when his pupils are in power," the DS statement said.
Seselj said he was not aware of the fact, which he described as possible, that "the Americans were preparing a political execution" of Vucic.
"I have nothing to do with that," he said.
He denied he had been temporarily freed so that the US could use him to destabilise the Serbian government.
"All those whom Americans themselves brought to power are now complaining, unlike me, who rejected an American offer in 1991 to be opposition leader. Now I am picking up where I left off in 2003," Seselj said.
Seselj, who once said he would like to gouge out the eyes of rival Croats with a rusty spoon, had been in custody in The Hague since surrendering in 2003.
He was charged along with other Serbian leaders of the 1990s as part of a criminal plot to drive out non-Serbs using massive destruction and terror.
Seselj has pleaded not guilty to charges of crimes against humanity and violating the laws and customs of war in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Vojvodina, but prosecutors have demanded a 28-year sentence.
Judges have delayed passing the verdict several times because of different legal obstacles.
Seselj said his political campaign will focus on "stopping any attempts to include Serbia into EU or NATO".
Serbia's current government is led by Seselj's former top associates, who now support Serbia's EU membership.


Things that have aged well: The Jaguar E-Type, malt whiskeys, Anthea Turner.
Things that have NOT aged well: The UK's post-apocalyptic road surfaces, casual racism, many, many Atari 2600 games.
Now you might be considering me a blasphemous fool if you worship the altar of Atari. You might even consider me an unqualified fool who "wasn't there" when I drop a further bombshell and remind you that I was born in 1990 and so don't have any first-hand experience of 2600 (or VCS) gaming to fall back on. Thing is though, despite starting my gaming journey with Sega's Mega Drive, I'm not the sort of gamer to instantly dismiss older stuff from the 70's/80's based on it's age. After all, without the flashy graphics and sophisticated technology that came later, games from this era had to rely on raw gameplay and that crack-like "just one more go" pull to get arcade goers to part with their coins and – subsequently – their folding paper money for home versions.
In short, I have big respect for the past and am always prepared to give something a go which is why I have been playing on this 'Retro Handheld Console' by Blaze featuring fifty Atari games. The problem is that the box craftily refers to the built-in titles as simply "Atari games" which might lead you into expecting the presence of some arcade classics. These are 2600 games though and without the benefit of rose-tinted vision, I struggled to muster up the enthusiasm to play many of these for an extended period of time. 2600 conversions were undoubtedly a big deal back in the day and the height of what a gamer could reasonably expect given the host hardware but in 2019, I have to say that most of what is on this handheld device is simply no fun to spend time with.
I will return to my gripes with the games in a moment. First though, I want to have a quick look at the device itself.
I really like the design. The faux wood effect and grooved black plastic are a nice throwback to the 1977 original and if the Atari logo was to be removed, there would still be no doubt as to what this is. It's such an iconic and nostalgic look. Furthermore, the red buttons are immediately reminiscent of the single red button featured on the famous 2600 joystick. Happily, the build quality on this thing does actually feel quite solid. It's sturdy and the buttons don't feel too cheap. The handheld takes four AAA batteries and comes with a standard headphone jack as well as an AV-Out port on the top edge.
My only criticisms of the hardware itself is the small screen (initially difficult to adjust to after years of huge, high quality smartphone and handheld console displays) and the fact that the sound isn't that beefy through the headphones even with the volume wheel spun up to the max. I wanna hear those awesome Atari explosions damn it!
On the whole though, I was impressed with the overall finish and sturdiness of the handheld. As many retro gamers will be aware, a lot of these devices are hit-and-miss when it comes to construction quality and Blaze themselves have put their name to some poor efforts in the past. Not so here though – it's a firm thumbs-up from me. I just wish that some kind of instructions came in the box because as it is, you are directed to an online site for the manual. The console doesn't have built-in instructions for the games so some are pretty much impossible to fathom out without directions.
Let's get back to those pesky games though and the first big issue: the lack of any third-party games. There's none of Activision's enduring classics present on the device for example and things get worse when you realise that a great many other essential games (third AND first party) don't feature. Games such as Ms Pacman, Berzerk, Kaboom, Battlezone, Defender II and Jungle Hunt would have made this device a nice little pick-up-and-play distraction for example. Instead, the list of games is padded out with filler crap such as Fun With Numbers, 3D Tic-Tac-Toe, Video Checkers and a collection of hopelessly antiquated sports titles…the usual stuff that has been wasting space on Atari Flashback devices for years.
Isn't it about time that this 'game' stopped appearing on Atari compilations and retro gadgets?
There are a few redundant and unenjoyable ports such as Tempest and also some extremely abstract role-playing games like Adventure and the Swordquest series – games that were fun back when you had no choice but to use your imagination while moving simplistic squares about but not so much in 2019. If you were there when these games were new however then you might be able to extract some nostalgia-fuelled enjoyment from them. Additionally, there are several games on the handheld that make no sense in the single-player environment such as Air-Sea Battle (ignore the second gun and play with yourself) and Pong. Playing Pong alone against the computer is a bleak experience that could well send you down a nihilistic route in life.
Eight games out of fifty isn't what I would consider a strong strike ratio however. Granted, I have eliminated the rest based on the fact that I personally have no nostalgia for the games or because I genuinely believe that they are creaky and no fun to play. If you grew up with the 2600/VCS then I would implore you to check out the full game list because this handheld may well speak to you a little more than it did to me. For younger gamers or Atari virgins however, I can't recommend this product.
Missile Command is a classic that plays well for a 2600 conversion but this device needed more games of this quality to qualify as an essential purchase.
You want to be playing the arcade versions of games like Tempest and seeing what the 2600 was really capable of by digging into the Activision support, not playing Pong by your lonesome or something like Video Chess. The problem is that far stronger compilations of games have been released across various consoles over the last fifteen years or so. Emulation is also a thing as is Activision Hits Remixed for the PSP.
I wanted to like this because the device itself is pretty cool and surprisingly well put together but it could have been so much better. If you can find one dirt cheap or you receive it as a gift (like I did) then sure but otherwise, it's just another underwhelming retro device that doesn't stand out for any reason.
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Yeah if you grew up playing Atari, then I can see buying one. But many of the games have not stood the test of time and are hard to play.
Strange selection of games considering that several are almost unplayable without the paddles such as Night Driver. I enjoyed Night Driver when I rented it plays well with Paddles. Then again the arcade game featured a plastic overlay of a car.
Maze Craze I'm certain that's 2 players only and Demons to Diamonds is and that uses paddles.
Yeah it is pretty disappointing. Also, I didn't know that those games were meant to be played with paddles – makes these versions even more disappointing.
But I have been playing a lot of Missile Command on the handheld since the review. Really enjoy that one and seeing how far I can go.


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Welsh Water encourages customers to ask for help and adopt water-smart habits in 2022
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DŴR CYMRU Welsh Water has confirmed that a record number of households – 140,000 – now receive financial support from the company to pay their bills.
People in Wales faced financial challenges in 2021 including the ending of Covid-19 furlough schemes, changes to benefit payments and the rising cost of energy.
Welsh Water – the only not-for-profit water company in England and Wales – says that making small changes at home could not only help its customers save money but could also see them save water and help protect the environment for the long-term.
The company has released some advice in a bid to help people save water, save money, and stay safe during the colder months:
Ask for help. Welsh Water has a range of tariffs and schemes to support people who are struggling to pay their bills. Customers facing financial difficulty should contact the company to ask for support. Alternatively, customers can familiarise themselves with the options and apply for help online at dwrcymru.com/en/support-with-bills
Go paperless with online bills. Making a change by opting for paperless bills by signing up to My Account not only helps save paper but also means customers can stay on top of their bills and keep an eye on their water consumption habits.
Keep your loved ones safe. Welsh Water's Priority Services Register offers additional free services for anyone who needs a different kind of support; like accessible bills or bottled water delivered if there's ever an interruption to their water supply. These services could help anyone from a person living with a disability or illness, a family with young children, or an elderly or isolated neighbour. Find out more about these free services at dwrcymru.com/en/help-advice/priority-services
Use water wisely. Saving water helps protect the environment; the less everyone uses, the less chemicals and energy water companies need to use to clean it and return it to rivers and seas. Customers can make every drop count by doing things like taking showers instead of baths and only filling the kettle with as much water as they need to boil. This not only helps save water but reduces the energy needed to heat the water to begin with. The Welsh Water Get Water Fit calculator will help customers with some hints and tips on how to save water and has access to some handy free water saving products for the home. Visit www.dwrcymru.com/getwaterfit
Sam James, Managing Director of Household Customer Services at Welsh Water, said: "It's always a good idea to practice good habits when it comes to water; whether that's reducing your usage, or taking control of your finances. There's no better time than a new year to decide to make a small change that could have a big impact.
"We know that many people may be going into 2022 feeling particularly worried about their finances, which is why we especially want to remind our customers that we are here to help if you're struggling financially. We understand that the past twelve months have been challenging for many people, and our highly trained teams are waiting to provide expert advice and support.
"We have a range of financial support options that can help get customers back on track. All anyone needs to do is reach out, whether that's through a phone call or by accessing our support services online."
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2009 – 2012 and later. Unaccompanied minors apprehended at border in 2005 at about 5,000 a year, picks up in 2011 and is 10,000 in 2012. Compare with month of October 2018 — 5,000 unaccompanied minors were apprehended in and May 2019 12,000 were apprehended.
Apprehended and detained unaccompanied minors are the responsibility of Office of Refugee Resettlement of Health and Human Services. Per its website, "HHS is legally required to provide care for all children until they are released to a suitable sponsor, almost always a parent or close relative, while they await immigration proceedings."
November 6, 2018 Open letter in New York Review of Books condemning "concentration camps for kids."
Oct 2018 – May, 2019. Apprehensions along southern border were in October 2018, 93,000 in March 2019, and 133,000 in May 2019. Total apprehensions Oct 2018 – May 2019 were 594,000. This is almost double the 251,000 for the same period one year before. Apprehensions of unaccompanied minors grows from Oct 2018, 5,000, to May 2019, 12,000. The Oct. through May total for unaccompanied minors was 56,000, ten times the total annual numbers ten years ago.
March 27, 2019. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan said "CBP is facing an unprecedented humanitarian and border security crisis all along our Southwest Border." Nationwide, CBP had more than 12,000 migrants in custody. The agency considers 4,000 to be a high number of migrants in custody and 6,000 to be at a crisis level. More than 12,000 migrants in custody is unprecedented.
May 29, 2019. "We are in full-blown emergency and I cannot say this stronger, the system is broken," acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders told reporters."
June 6, 2019. Trump administration curtails education and legal services at detention centers for children. "Approximately 13,200 minors [both unaccompanied and with an adult] are currently being held in federally contracted shelters as of June 2, an HHS spokesperson told NPR."
June 17, 2019. On June 17, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, posted an Instagram live video discussing the detention camps along the southern US border as "concentration camps" in which she used the phrase "Never Again."
June 24, 2019 Holocaust Museum states, "The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum unequivocally rejects efforts to create analogies between the Holocaust and other events, whether historical or contemporary."
July 1, 2019. Open letter published in New York Review of Books defending Ocasio-Cortez's use of the term.
July 1, 2019. Pro Publica reports that "The three-year-old [Facebook] group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit a controversial Texas detention facility on Monday, calling them "scum buckets" and "hoes."
July 1, 2019. More than a dozen U.S. House members visited migrant detention centers in Texas on Monday on the heels of a report revealing current and former Border Patrol agents joking on Facebook about throwing burritos at the visiting officials.
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Canada will take in 40,000 more immigrants in 2021 than it planned for 2018. immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen (a lawyer with (Somali origin) said in December, 2018. The target for new arrivals in Canada will rise to 350,000, which is nearly 1% of the country's population. The equivalent for the U.S. would be about three million new immigrants a year, three times current levels.
The vast majority of Canadian immigrants come under economic programs designed to address skills shortages and gaps in the labor market.
Canada also plans to increase the number of refugees it will accept from 43,000 in 2018 to reach 51,700 by 2021. The equivalent for the U.S. would be about 500,000 refugees. Trump is seeking to cap refugee settlement at 50,000 a year.
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Beto O'Rourke's Immigration Plan
The O'Rourke campaign issued a plan for immigration reform on May 29. It starts with a critique of Trump administration practices on the border. When O'Rourke gets to his ideas they include the following:
1. Solidify and by implication increase family-based immigration;
2. Introduce a community-based visa program for refugees. State and local governments were denied making immigration laws back around 1880 by the federal government
3. A provision for meeting the labor needs of certain (but unnamed) industries by what looks like a guest worker program. For agriculture, perhaps?
4. Make it easier for some types of skilled workers to get into and stay in the U.S.
5. Make it easier for green card holders to become naturalized.
6. Strengthen controls on the southern border
7. Invest in programs in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to lessen hardships and demand the end of corruption,
8. Improve Mexico's migration and refuge policies.
9. Legalize the status of 11 million unauthorized persons, including persons covered by DACA
Missing from the plan is any role of employers, any new system of federal oversight, and a long term policy on skilled workers.
IN OUR OWN IMAGE: Beto O'Rourke's Plan for Rebuilding Our Immigration and Naturalization System is here.
The only Democratic presidential candidate who has a platform for immigration reform is former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro. Not only is Castro calling for a reversal of Trump's Muslim ban and wall spending; he also wants to decriminalize of the very act of crossing the border illegally. Unauthorized border crossings were first criminalized in 1929.
Castro proposes scaling back the existing enforcement regime by ending the use of for-profit detention facilities, breaking up Immigration and Customs Enforcement, dialling back Customs and Border Protection's mandate to act within the United States, and refocussing deportation efforts on people who are convicted of serious crimes or considered a threat to national security.
But his proposal contains few concrete suggestions for the establishment of a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented or for the reform of the existing system for legal immigration.
"If you thought the caravans were bad, you ain't seen nothing yet" was written on April 9 by James Nealon, former US Ambassador to Honduras and John Feeley, a former US Ambassador.
So you hate undocumented and irregular migration from Central America? Well you're going to hate it more now that the President has cut off aid to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, the countries from which the families and children we're seeing at the southwest border are fleeing.
We have to ask ourselves, after seeing illegal border crossings drop to historic lows in 2017, why are we seeing a spike now? Three reasons: First, because we have a booming economy. As long as U.S. per capita GDP is 25 times that of Honduras, and as long as there are more jobs than job seekers, there will be a significant pull factor.
Second, though things have gotten better in the Northern Triangle (the murder rate in Honduras has been more than halved since 2012), all politics is local. For many people living in conflictive communities or rural poverty, things haven't gotten better enough, quickly enough to meet their rising expectations.
And third, and maybe most importantly, the President doesn't get that his own rhetoric is helping fuel the current surge of migrants at the border. The smugglers use the President's own bombastic words as proof that the border is going to close and that if they don't go now, it will be too late.
The reason we have "catch and release", in which asylum seekers are released into the United States pending a far-in-the-future court date to adjudicate their case, is because those courts have a backlog of 800,000 cases. So rather than making a decision on an asylum request in real time, and repatriating those found not to have a valid case, everyone who makes a claim gets in, at least for awhile.
Rather than spend billions on a wall, rather than close the border, rather than cut off foreign assistance meant to fix the problem, why don't we spend the resources necessary to fix the immigration courts? We wouldn't tolerate an 800,000 case backlog at the DMV, so why should we tolerate it at the border?
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The president's purge of Homeland Security leadership this week does two things: first, that whatever might be called the Administration's immigration policy has become hostage to a Mexican border enforcement policy, one which the courts have repeatedly curtailed and to a fight with the countries of origin for migrants at the border. Second, the shakeup is punishing the congressional Republicans, who are more attuned to the complexities of immigration on America's main streets. Congressional Republicans have no independent voice on immigration.
This gives to congressional Democrats an opportunity to show leadership on immigration – something they have avoided — and likely will continue to avoid. Is there any Democratic presidential candidate whose immigration views are known, much less designed to lead as opposed to react?
An immigration policy needs to take into account three things: the impact on the United States, the impact on the countries of origin, and the migrants themselves. Democrats have a golden opportunity to articulate a constructive, achievable approach to all three.
The Democrats could show (probably will not) an awareness of both the pluses and minuses of immigration today in America. The minuses generally involve problems in cultural integration. They could show (this will be easy) a better understanding of how to work with Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, the key countries of origins. And they could give a lot more attention to crafting immigration policies which place the right emphasis on who is admitted (limiting family related immigration to immediate family and expanding economic categories of immigrants).
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David Frum, a senior editor of the Atlantic, writes correctly that immigration's "most important effects are social and cultural, not economic." He does not cite any social or cultural reasons in favor of immigration. He associates and implies there is a causal relationship between increased immigration in Europe and the U.S. in the past 40 years with societal breakdown, and even with economic inequality. But immigration's rise worldwide is just one aspect of globalization. Reducing immigration rates will only partly correct for globalization's effects.
He believes that by lowering immigration (meaning the reduction in permanent visa awards) we can "more quickly and successfully absorb the people who come here."
He is right that absorption of immigrants into the country's civic culture is key. He is somewhat careless and too summary in identifying where and why the absorption is not going well. It has gone well in major urban areas which have been absorbing immigrants for over a century. It is probably going well with college educated immigrants, who make up an ever larger share of recent immigrants.
It has not gone well for inland and especially non-urban areas where the immigrant share of the population went from, say, 1% to 5%. It is not going well with persons with very little formal education (mainly from Latin America).
Dailing down immigration is a deceptively simple solution. It would be a good thing for those wedded to inclusion of immigrants (such as I) to address the absorption issue accurately and to offer sensible policy changes. That will counter the Trump administration's alarms of panic, which go pretty much unrebutted.
He ends the article this way:
The years of slow immigration, 1915 to 1975, were also years in which the United States became a more cohesive nation: the years of the civil-rights revolution, the building of a mass middle class, the construction of a national social-insurance system, the projection of U.S. power in two world wars. As immigration has accelerated, the country seems to have splintered apart.
Many Americans feel that the country is falling short of its promises of equal opportunity and equal respect. Levels of immigration that are too high only enhance the difficulty of living up to those promises. Reducing immigration, and selecting immigrants more carefully, will enable the country to more quickly and successfully absorb the people who come here, and to ensure equality of opportunity to both the newly arrived and the long-settled—to restore to Americans the feeling of belonging to one united nation, responsible for the care and flourishing of all its people.
Frederick Douglass — a "composite" America
Jill Lepore writes in Foreign Affairs how Frederick Douglass was the most articulate advocate after the Civil War to defend the identity of America as a nation of immigrants. She wrote:
The most significant statement in this debate [about American identity] was made by a man born into slavery who had sought his own freedom and fought for decades for emancipation, citizenship, and equal rights. In 1869, in front of audiences across the country, Frederick Douglass delivered one of the most important and least read speeches in American political history, urging the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments in the spirit of establishing a "composite nation." He spoke, he said, "to the question of whether we are the better or the worse for being composed of different races of men." If nations, which are essential for progress, form from similarity, what of nations like the United States, which are formed out of difference, Native American, African, European, Asian, and every possible mixture, "the most conspicuous example of composite nationality in the world"? (March / April 2019 issue)
In a prior posting here, I wrote:
In a speech in Boston in 1869, Frederick Douglass argued that Chinese should be allowed to immigrate and become citizens. He presented his vision composite nationality under conditions of "perfect human equality."
Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882mprohibited Chinese labor migration to the United States and barred Chinese residents from obtaining U.S. citizenship. The law was repealed in 1943. (see here.)
Douglass: I want a home here not only for the negro, the mulatto and the Latin races; but I want the Asiatic to find a home here in the United States, and feel at home here, both for his sake and for ours. Right wrongs no man. If respect is had to majorities, the fact that only one fifth of the population of the globe is white, the other four fifths are colored, ought to have some weight and influence in disposing of this and similar questions. It would be a sad reflection upon the laws of nature and upon the idea of justice, to say nothing of a common Creator, if four fifths of mankind were deprived of the rights of migration to make room for the one fifth.
The voice of civilization speaks an unmistakable language against the isolation of families, nations and races, and pleads for composite nationality as essential to her triumphs.
Our Republic is itself a strong argument in favor of composite nationality. It is no disparagement to Americans of English descent, to affirm that much of the wealth, leisure, culture, refinement and civilization of the country are due to the arm of the negro and the muscle of the Irishman. Without these and the wealth created by their sturdy toil, English civilization had still lingered this side of the Alleghanies, and the wolf still be howling on their summits.
The grand right of migration and the great wisdom of incorporating foreign elements into our body politic, are founded not upon any genealogical or archeological theory, however learned, but upon the broad fact of a common human nature.
Man is man, the world over. This fact is affirmed and admitted in any effort to deny it. The sentiments we exhibit, whether love or hate, confidence or fear, respect or contempt, will always imply a like humanity.
If our action shall be in accordance with the principles of justice, liberty, and perfect human equality, no eloquence can adequately portray the greatness and grandeur of the future of the Republic.
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Trump's base hates DACA. The polls give a confused picture with much Republican ambivalence until one gets to Ann Coulter and Stephen Miller. Trump wants to keep the DACA people hostage, and the Dems in Congress will not agree to a wall unless the entire DACA community gets permanent protection. The entire DACA eligible community is about 2 million, far more than the roughly 700,000 already enrolled, and permanent protection downstream entails tricky situations where the normalized DACA people seek legal status for their unauthorized parents.
If this sound like an explosion in the making it is. But Trump does not want a comprehensive solution to immigration and certainly not a national commission to come up with solutions, because it removes the issue from his control.
A national commission would take into account security, e-Verify, legal immigrant targets, temporary visas, etc. and last beyond 2020, and would probably involve suspension of the Trump Administration's administrative changes such as "public charge" criteria for awarding green cards.
The key is if a bipartisan solution can be found in the Senate.
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Jin Park flew with his parents from Korea to the U.S. in 1997. We settled in a Korean enclave in Flushing, Queens. The language, people, smells and flavors reminded us of home, and that helped ease our transition into our new life. My mother found work in a beauty salon, providing manicures and facials. My father was hired as a line cook in a Korean restaurant, working 12-hour shifts six days a week. I started going to a school in a nearby Korean church. I slowly began adapting to my new life. I found comfort in learning how to speak English." A graduate of Harvard, Park begins his Rhodes Scholarship in the Fall.
The formal title of the Dreamer executive order is DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, signed June 15, 2012.
Selected findings from a 2017 survey of Dreamers:
Has an American citizen as spouse, child or sibling: 73%.
Employed: 91%
Got driver's license for first time: 80%
Impact of DACA on employment: about 60% say that it led improved job prospects, more income, get a credit card, etc.
Bilingual is an asset to employer: 80%
Pursued education blocked in the past: 65%
In school now: 44%, of which half are in college bachelor's program
Residence: about 25% in CA, 15% in Texas.
Hispanic: 93%
Median age: 25 (youngest is 16, oldest is 35)
Age when came to U.S.: median 6 years old.


Using a medium skillet, melt the butter and add the pepper, sauté for 2 minutes. Add the corn and salt and heat through, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Add the mayonnaise and stir to combine. Transfer to whatever bowl you plan to serve the dip from. Sprinkle the cayenne and chili powders on top of the corn mixture. Top with the crumbled cheese and lime juice and serve with tortilla chips (I'm loving Target's organic corn tortillas with flax seeds). This would also be delicious on top of chicken or steak. Enjoy!


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Home > Hub > Enterprise 50 2015
Nursing home provider rides the silver tsunami
Fri, Nov 20, 2015 - 5:50 AM
"Our vision is to be a leading healthcare operator in the region. We see eldercare as a sector with a lot of potential because of the ageing population. We want to focus on two things: growth and the improvement of quality of care." - Orange Valley CEO Khoo Chow Huat.
PHOTO: LAURA NG
NURSING homes do not have to be dull, sterile places crammed with beds. With some experimentation and effort, eldercare services provider Orange Valley is paving the way for residents to enjoy quality care in a comfortable, modern setting that feels just like home.
Singapore, as well as the region, is facing a greying population and the demand for nursing homes has shot up tremendously in the past decade.
Orange Valley has been riding on the silver tsunami to become the largest nursing home operator in Singapore with six locations islandwide and more than a thousand beds.
Khoo Chow Huat took over the helm in August last year and he is not content with just conquering the local market: he has his sights set on the surrounding region as well.
A first-time entrant to the Enterprise 50 Awards, Orange Valley started with just one nursing home in 1993 set up by its founder and previous CEO Tan Soo Sam.
After the business was bought over by equity fund KV Asia last year, Mr Tan stepped down and Dr Khoo was brought in to run Orange Valley.
ENHANCED STANDARDS
Dr Khoo may be new to Orange Valley but he is no stranger to the healthcare business. He was previously at an investment firm which looked at healthcare assets in the region. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Mount Alvernia Hospital and Assisi Hospice from 2008 to 2012.
Says Dr Khoo: "Our vision is to be a leading healthcare operator in the region. We see eldercare as a sector with a lot of potential because of the ageing population. We want to focus on two things: growth and the improvement of quality of care."
With the introduction of the enhanced nursing home standards by the Ministry of Health (MOH), Orange Valley has been reviewing and improving its systems and processes to meet the new requirements which will be enforceable from next April.
Orange Valley recently passed all three licensing audits by MOH with zero findings, and all six facilities are on a two-year licence.
"We have been looking at new tools and equipment to enhance productivity and deliver better care," says Dr Khoo.
This year, the company purchased a new medication packing machine to improve efficiency by allowing staff to pack medication faster and reduce errors with more information printed on the packages. It also enables them to track stock levels.
Orange Valley is also evaluating the use of machines to monitor vital signs of patients more accurately and make the task less taxing for staff.
The company is also looking at new models of care. For example, Orange Valley is currently testing out the "Eden" concept in its newest nursing home at Sims Avenue.
The idea is to create a lush and healing environment for residents with plenty of greenery. Residents also get the opportunity to benefit from pet therapy and to plant their own gardens in the premises. If successful, this initiative will be rolled out to the other homes, says Dr Khoo.
"We want to grow, but we want to also make sure we deliver good care through these different initiatives," he states.
Dr Khoo says that the company is constantly on the lookout for more opportunities. He cites the government's move to grow the eldercare sector by releasing suitable sites for the private sector to develop into nursing home facilities.
Another area that Orange Valley is looking at is the government's Build- Own-Lease model, where MOH builds and owns nursing homes and selects an operator through an open tender. The ministry aims to develop 17,000 nursing home beds by 2020.
These developments are all growth opportunities for Orange Valley and would allow the company to increase its capacity, says Dr Khoo.
Aside from the government's support for the nursing home sector as a whole, he says that having a private equity fund owner gives the company an advantage. While some nursing home operators face constraints when it comes to resources, Orange Valley is able to request more funding to pursue opportunities if it has business propositions that make sense.
OVERSEAS MARKET
Also, as a larger group, Orange Valley is able to enjoy greater economies of scale. For example, the company has a central kitchen that cooks for all six nursing homes instead of having meals cooked separately at each location. This also helps the company to have better control over food quality.
"As a bigger group, it allows us to experiment with different models of care. With six branches, we can try out a model in one home and if it is successful, we can roll it out to the other homes. If we only have one facility, it is hard to try new things and run normal operations at the same time," explains Dr Khoo.
Another growth opportunity that Orange Valley sees is the overseas market.
"In the past, we were very focused on Singapore as our main business. But over the past year, we have started looking at regional opportunities - in particular, China," says Dr Khoo.
He adds that the company has been approached by various parties to collaborate with them on nursing home projects in China as they have a high regard for the Singapore healthcare system.
Just a few months ago, Orange Valley signed a memorandum of understanding with CapitaLand in Guangzhou to develop an eldercare facility.
Dr Khoo says that of all the markets the company is looking at, China is the most ready due to its ageing population as a result of the one-child policy.
"They don't have many good nursing homes and there is a gross shortage of supply. All of the Asian markets are ageing, but in markets like Indonesia, there is still a strong mindset that the elderly should be cared for in the family. The idea of a nursing home might take a while before it becomes a viable business proposition," he explains.
Orange Valley may be benefiting from the growing ageing population and rising demand for eldercare services, but it still faces challenges as an SME.
Rent is not a big factor as it owns some of its facilities and some are leased from the government, which is "quite a reasonable landlord", says Dr Khoo.
"Manpower is always an issue in the healthcare sector, even in big hospitals. When it comes to SMEs, it gets even more challenging," he says.
To cope with the labour crunch, Orange Valley has been looking at different sources of manpower. The company used to bring in workers from the Philippines, but it is now looking at places like Myanmar.
The company is also trying to attract locals to the business by participating in job fairs, and is looking at how to redesign jobs to attract Singaporeans to the sector.
"I am part of the ILTC (intermediate and long-term care) manpower council and we constantly discuss how we can work together as an industry to raise the profile of the sector so that people are more aware of it and the advantages of joining us," he says.
Dr Khoo says he expects demand for eldercare services and nursing homes to continue to grow.
"What we hope to do, besides growing our capacity in tandem with demand, is to offer more options for consumers. In the future, I imagine that when we build nursing homes, we may build homes with more selection of room types, with a higher proportion of single and double rooms, so they can choose," he says.
Dr Khoo adds that over the next 20 years, consumers will be more discerning and there will be people who have the ability and the desire to be cared for in an environment that is better than what's available today.
"As the government ramps up capacity, our question is how we can improve our quality of care and offer value for money," he concludes.
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Oh Lord, remembering you makes such a difference.
It hurt when my friend mocked my secret weakness.
Did he know, how dare he?
Not demand that I be soothed.
as one pleads for a friend." Job 16:19-21.
Job sees even in his suffering that God is more than the righteous judge, but also the one who takes our side, who seeks to be merciful. We can have faith in life's perplexing moments that God, our advocate and intercessor pleads for us.


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Bota (The World) var en illustrerad albansk tidning med politik, kultur och ekonomi som teman. Den utkom varannan vecka på albanska och engelska. Det första numret utkom 1936 och fram till 1939 med 82 nummer. Tidningen gavs ut av ett albanskt tryckeri i Boston i USA och hade som syfte att bland annat främja kulturella förbindelser mellan albaner och amerikaner.

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Minority Cannabis Business Association Endorses Booker's 'Marijuana Justice Act'
The 'Marijuana Justice Act' will reinvest $500 million in communities most impacted by the war on drugs by divesting in prisons and outdated law enforcement practices.
The bill ends the federal prohibition on marijuana, makes it easier to expunge past criminal charges, and stops deportations based solely on marijuana charges.
Washington, D.C – August 1, 2017 – The Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) announced its endorsement and full support for the 'Marijuana Justice Act', legislation introduced today by U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) that would end federal marijuana prohibition and reinvest in the communities most devastated by the war on drugs.
"This bill recognizes the consequences of the targeted war on drugs and outlines a plan to move our country forward by divesting in prisons and reinvesting in job training, reentry programs, legal clinics, public libraries and more." Said Jesce Horton, cofounder and chairman of the Minority Cannabis Business Association. "We're excited to support and endorse the "Marijuana Justice Act" and hope to keep seeing legislation like this at the state and local levels."
"Ceasing the travesty that is the drug war, especially the disparate impact it has had on communities of color, has long needed a leader within our federal government to say enough is enough." says Kayvan Khalatbari, Minority Cannabis Business Association Policy Chair and founder of Denver Relief Consulting. "I applaud Senator Booker for his determination in not just ending the war on drugs, but ensuring meaningful reinvestment in the lives and communities that have been decimated in its wake."
"Ending federal marijuana prohibition would bring the law in line with the opinion of the growing majority of Americans who want states to be able to enact their own marijuana laws without harassment by the DEA." said attorney Shaleen Title, a founding board member of the Minority Cannabis Business Association and founder of THC Staffing Group.
The Marijuana Justice Act would do the following:
Remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, ending federal prohibition of marijuana
Cut federal funding for state law enforcement and prison construction if a state disproportionately arrests and/or incarcerates low-income individuals and/or people of color for marijuana offenses
Allow entities to sue states that disproportionately arrest and/or incarcerate low-income individuals and/or people of color for marijuana offenses
Prevent deportations of individuals for marijuana offenses
Provide for a process of expungement for marijuana offenses at the federal level
Provide for a process of resentencing for marijuana offenses at the federal level
Create a "Community Reinvestment Fund" of $500m to invest in communities most impacted by the war on drugs, for programs such as job training, reentry, community centers, and more. Part of the funding will come from the aforementioned cuts to state law enforcement and prison construction.
In October of 2016 members of the Minority Cannabis Business Association held their first ever Policy Summit to draft a statewide model bill that would help guide lawmakers, advocates, and business owners in their pursuit to build a more racially just and equitable cannabis industry. You can find more information about MCBA's model legislation on our website https://minoritycannabis.org/model-bill
About the Minority Cannabis Business Association
Founded in 2015, the Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) is the first 501(c)(6) not for profit business league created to serve the specific needs of minority cannabis entrepreneurs, workers, and patients/consumers. The MCBA represents more than 700 minority owned businesses, entrepreneurs, and patients from across the United States. Its 12-member board of directors is comprised of a diverse group of medical and legal professionals, cannabis industry veterans, and social advocates from across the U.S. You can find more information about us at www.minoritycannabis.org


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North Dakota State Gets North Carolina
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The brackets are in.
It's going to be an interesting first round with NDSU taking on number 1 seed North Carolina in the First Four game in Dayton Ohio. If by chance Cinderella makes an appearance, they got Duke next.
It is an honour to be involved with any type of March madness activity, a sign that the program is going in the right direction but man, they got a tough road.
Here's the official word from Inforum:
Richman said NDSU was expected to participate in a conference call later Sunday night to determine travel plans to Dayton. Like the Eagles, NDSU will take an 18-15 record into the tourney. That includes four straight victories and wins in nine of its last 12 games.
"To see North Dakota State on the screen and to see North Dakota State on my chest is an amazing feeling," said Bison guard Vinnie Shahid. "It happened so fast, we weren't expecting it to come up so fast. We're excited to play North Carolina Central and we'll go from there."
The other regional host cities are Hartford, Conn.; Des Moines, Iowa; Jacksonville, Fla.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Columbus, Ohio; Tulsa, Okla.; and San Jose, Calif. NDSU previously played at regional sites in Minneapolis in 2009, Spokane, Wash., in 2014 and Seattle in 2015.
The Bison are 1-3 in NCAA play defeating Oklahoma in 2014. The Bison were knocked out by San Diego State in their attempt to get into the Sweet 16.
"We've talked about the excitment, the carpet behind the scenes, the police escorts," Richman said, "but for them, when the lights come on, we're playing a basketball game."
The other "First Four" game in Dayton is Farleigh Dickinson (N.J.) against Prairie View (Texas) on Tuesday. That winner gets Gonzaga, the No. 1 seed in the West Regional. The University of Dayton has hosted the "First Four" games since the NCAA expanded the tournament field from 64 to 68 teams in 2011.
It's a mini four-team tourney of sorts that the community has embraced. The university was awarded another "First Four" contract to host it through 2022.
"We need to focus on us and that's what the focus will be about," Richman said. "We feel like we're playing our best brand of basketball and we need to ride that confidence that we built in Sioux Falls."
Let's see... because in March Madness, anything can happen
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