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On September 5, 2020 September 5, 2020 By DerrickIn African-American Adventure Fiction, African-American Speculative Fiction, Sword & SoulLeave a comment
It's been a couple of days since I've heard of Charles Saunders passing away. In those couple of days I've had a few well meaning people ask me if I were going to write something in reference to his passing and while I fully understood why they would ask me that, I also didn't feel as if it was my place to do so. And here's why:
There's this psychological pattern commonly known as "imposter syndrome" where an individual constantly doubts their talents and refuses to believe that they deserve their success, popularity or achievements. They fully expect to one day be exposed as a fraud and live in fear of the day that happens. You find it a lot among writers. Oh, yah…a whole lot of writers, trust me.
My imposter syndrome manifests in me through my relationship with a number of professional writers that thanks through the Internet I have met, worked with, met in person and even become friends with. The very notion that these accomplished men and women whose writings I have read and enjoyed for many years that treat me as a fellow professional still blows my mind and I often feel that somehow, I've tricked them into thinking I'm far more intelligent and talented than I actually am.
Which brings me to Charles Saunders. When people asked me if was I going to write something about Charles, I felt that Ron Fortier, whose friendship with him goes back to the 1970s and Milton Davis, who worked quite closely with Charles in recent years were more qualified to speak about Charles and that I would be stepping on toes by being presumptuous in claiming a relationship that wasn't there.
But after talking with my wife Patricia and re-reading some of the letters Charles wrote me, I realized that there indeed was a relationship Charles and I had for a long time even though we had never met in person. I wouldn't be the kind of writer I am without Charles Saunders. Don't get me wrong…I would still have been a writer. It's what I'm hardwired to be. But it was Charles Saunders that expanded my notion of what a black writer could write about. He, along with Octavia Butler, Chester Himes, Ishmael Reed, Samuel R. Delany and Langston Hughes helped me to have the courage to write what I wanted to write, instead of what I was "supposed" to write or what I "should" be writing.
I discovered IMARO sometime during the 1980s when I spent a lot of time on weekends hanging out in Manhattan's used bookstores. At that time, I was hip deep in Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lin Carter, Fritz Leiber and the sight of a Heroic Fantasy/Sword & Sorcery paperback with a black hero on the cover was enough to drive all the air out of my body. I bought the book on the spot, asked the guy behind the counter if he had any more books like that. He gave me that; "Get outta here, man," look and so I took the book home and during that weekend read it two times. Next weekend I read it two more times. It was that much of a revelation to me.
You have to understand that I didn't get much encouragement from black folks as to the stuff I liked to write. Even other black writers didn't have much respect or liking for my pulp influenced action adventures or Science Fiction or Sword and Sorcery. "That's stuff for white people" I would be told or, "You need to write books that will educate. Our kids don't need that."
So when I found Charles Saunders it was akin to Indiana Jones finding the Ark of The Covenant. Here was proof that what I liked to write could be published. I could write what I liked to write and it would find an audience. As this was pre-Internet I had no way of knowing the setbacks and indignities Charles himself had to struggle with and like most visionaries he was not accepted or appreciated the way he should have been because he truly was ahead of his time. He is now known as the Father of Sword and Soul, but man, did it take him a long time for that acknowledgment. It's not an easy thing to be the founder of a genre. But that's what it means to be a trailblazer, leading the way for others to follow. Quite often, it's the scout that returns to the wagon train with a lotta arrows in his back. But because he went on ahead and found a way, the wagon train gets to where it's going. And all of us who have loved Charles for the characters he created and the stories he told are still on that wagon train, because it's not the destination. It's never the destination. It's the path you create and the journey you take, the pushing of boundaries further and further out so that the ones following you know where to go because you made that road easier.
Charles Saunders expressed an appreciation and enjoyment of my work that still sustains me when I hit those days when the words struggle to flow the way they should. I consider myself blessed that for a time we exchanged letters and communicated not just as writers but I also hope with all my heart, as friends.
On February 21, 2019 February 21, 2019 By DerrickIn Action Adventure, African-American Adventure Fiction, African-American Speculative Fiction, Heroic Fantasy, New Pulp, Sword & SoulLeave a comment
Kind of a grandiose title, right? And Milton would probably be the first one to knock me upside my head for bestowing that title upon him but I can't help it. Whenever I think of Sword and Soul I first think of Charles Saunders, that remarkably talented founder of the genre and the man who I consider to be The Godfather of Sword and Soul. At its simplest Sword and Soul is African inspired Heroic Fantasy/Sword & Sorcery . That's the thumbnail version. For a more in depth and comprehensive overview of the genre I point you in the direction of an article written by Balogun Ojetade who is himself no stranger to the genre:
Sword and Soul: Much needed new genre? Or Simply something old with a new coat of paint? By Balogun Ojetade
And Milton Davis is the second name I think of when it comes to Sword and Sword because he's had considerable influence in revitalizing and reinvigorating the genre, spreading knowledge of it and inspiring a whole generation of brand new writers who have embraced Sword and Soul with a burning passion, elevating and evolving it in exciting and fascinating new directions. That's why I call him The Godson of Sword and Soul.
"Okay, Derrick," you say. "I'm sufficiently intrigued to want to know more. But where do I begin? Who should I be reading? What books and writers do I start with?"
I'm glad you asked because Milton Davis has been good enough to compile a list of Sword and Soul books that you can start with. And here it is:
IMARO by Charles Saunders
DOSSOUYE by Charles Saunders
MEJI by Milton Davis
GRIOTS Edited by Milton Davis and Charles Saunders
GRIOTS: SISTERS OF THE SPEAR Edited by Charles Saunders and Milton Davis
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AFRICA by Balogun Ojetade
THE CONSTANT TOWER by Carole McDonnell
ABENGONI: FIRST CALLING by Charles Saunders
SONGS OF THE SUNYA: TALES FROM THE SANDS OF TIME by Mansa Myrie
CHANGA'S SAFARI by Milton Davis
WHEN NIGHT FALLS by Gerald L. Coleman
Many of these I have read myself and heartily recommend and as for those I haven't read, I trust Milton's recommendation as to their quality and entertainment value so don't be wary of diving in and discovering the magic and majesty of Sword and Soul for yourself. Enjoy!
On February 22, 2018 May 20, 2018 By DerrickIn African-American Adventure Fiction, African-American Speculative Fiction, Heroic Fantasy, Horror, Humor, New Pulp, Science Fiction, Superhero, Superhero Prose Fiction, Sword & Soul, Thriller1 Comment
If you're among those who saw BLACK PANTHER and loved it…
…and if you didn't love it I'm not sure we can still be friends. But I digress…
…you're probably salivating and looking forward to more adventures of King T'Challa and wondering how you're going to fill your entertainment hours with more of the same. You desperately crave for more fantastic tales of black heroes and heroines to feed your stimulated imagination now that your creative juices are flowing and your soul seeks to enrich itself with legends and stories of heroes and heroines who can stand shoulder to shoulder with T'Challa, Princess Shuri, Nakia, Okoye and M'Baku.
Look no more.
There's a legion of staggeringly creative black writers and artists that have been working like gubmint mules for years producing just those kinds of stories. Some of their names you know. Charles Saunders. Milton Davis. Balogun Ojetade. Gerald L. Coleman. Valjeanne Jeffers. Jeff Carroll. Nicole Givens Kurtz. Toi Thomas. Alicia MCalla. Thaddeus Howze. Brian W. Parker. Ronald T. Jones. Mshindo Kuumba. Jarvis Sheffield.
Some names you don't. But that's okay. There's two places you should start to learn the names you're not familiar with.
One is here: Black Science Fiction Society
And the other is here: The State Of Black Science Fiction
So now you don't have to wait. Because there is more wonder and adventure out there than I think you didn't know existed. And I envy you the discovery. Wakanda is not just a country. It is not just a warrior spirit and code. It is not just a technology. Although it embraces and celebrates all of these.
Wakanda is also a family of imagination. Because we can dream our future into reality.
And in this…we are all this day and forevermore citizens of Wakanda.
"Wakanda will no longer watch from the shadows. We cannot. We must not. We will work to be an example of how we, as brothers and sisters on this earth, should treat each other. Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
-King T'Challa, Sovereign of Wakanda
On January 17, 2018 February 6, 2020 By DerrickIn African-American Speculative Fiction, Heroic Fantasy, Sword & SoulLeave a comment
Before we get into the meat-n-potatoes of this review, it's necessary that Sherman set the Wayback Machine for the 1970's so we can indulge in a brief history lesson for context: Charles R. Saunders is a writer who like most of you reading this review fell in love with the work of Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan, King Kull and Solomon Kane. REH is credited with being the creator of "sword and sorcery" a sub-genre of epic fantasy. Sword and sorcery concerns itself with stories driven by action, healthy doses of sex and violence and strong supernatural/magical elements.
So in love with sword and sorcery is he that Mr. Saunders sets about writing his own stories. And in doing so he determines to expand the genre by creating a black heroic fantasy character and set his adventures in a mythical Africa just as fabulous and dangerous as Howard's Hyborian Age. And with his stories of Imaro, Charles Saunders gives birth to what is now known as "sword and soul" which are fantasy stories with an African connection or featuring African characters
I've been a fan of Mr. Saunders and his work ever since I was a high school student back in the 70's and devouring heroic fiction at an appalling rate. And as the Wayback Machine brings us back to the present we can begin this review proper with the good news that sword-and-soul is not only thriving here and now, it is giving voice to a new generation of African American fantasy writers eager to explore the genre and continue to nourish it with their talents.
GRIOTS is an anthology of sword and soul stories co-edited by Mr. Saunders and Milton J. Davis who himself has long carved out his own territory in the genre. The fourteen stories in the book are:
"Captured Beauty" by Milton Davis. It's a great action story to lead off the book with. It's a simple plot having to do with rescuing a beautiful damsel in distress from the clutches of a vile villain. But what made this story stand out for me were the characterizations of the protagonist Changa and his employer, the merchant Belay and their relationship.
"Awakening" by Valjeanne Jeffers. It starts out with a little girl who has no desire to spend her adult days sitting around being ladylike and raising squalling brats while the men have all the fun being warriors and having adventures. The girl, Nandi, grows up and finds out that there's a supernatural force in her life who also thinks that yeah, her being a warrior is a pretty good idea.
"Lost Son" by Maurice Broaddus is a story I wanted to like a lot more than I do as I like Mr. Broaddus' style of writing. But the story just seemed to end without resolution or even much of a point.
"In The Wake of Mist" by Kirk A. Johnson is another story I didn't get. Although I liked the imagery the writer evokes, that's all the impression the story made on me. A series of wonderfully described images that really didn't seem to go anywhere or evoke any sort of feeling in me.
"Skin Magic" by Djeli A. Clark kicks the anthology back into action mode with a story that has a healthy heap of horror. The main character is a thief on the run who has living tattoos on his skin that are portals to a nightmarish limbo through which Cthulhuian creatures can emerge into our world. The thief, barely able to control this horrible ability is pursued by the fearsome minions of a consortium of dark magicians who desire this power for their own purposes. As soon as I finished this story, I wanted to read a sequel right away.
"The Demon In The Wall" by Stafford L. Battle is one of my favorite stories in this anthology. Equal parts high adventure and comedy, it's an entertaining near parody of the genre. The sorceress Makhulu and her grandson, the warrior Zende are characters I'd love to see more of. The banter between them alone is worth reading the story for.
"The Belly of The Crocodile" by Minister Faust is a tale of sibling rivalry. And that's all I'll say about it because it's not a long story and its emotional punch is best served by reading it yourself.
"Changeling" by Carole McDonnell is a story that works just the way it is but if it were twice as long I wouldn't kick. This is about three sisters destined to marry and become queens of their own kingdoms. But the real prize is their native kingdom only one of them will inherit when their mother dies. It's got that 'Once Upon A Time" feeling as it unfolds it's ultimately sorrowful tale. It's a story of Shakespearean tragedy that has a lot to say about human nature and the ugly power of jealousy.
"The General's Daughter" by Anthony Nana Kwamu is a good choice to follow "Changeling" as they have something in common. Both of them have more than their share of action but they also dig deeper into the emotional core of their characters to reveal who these people really are and why we should care about what happens to them. I really liked the emotional resonance I felt in both these stories after I finished them.
"Sekadi's Koan" by Geoffrey Thorne is another story I immediately wanted a sequel to as soon as I finished reading it. I got a very strong Roger Zelazny vibe in this tale of a gifted martial artist studying her deadly art at a school located…well, I'm not sure where it's located but I was so entertained I didn't care. And unlike some other stories where I got the impression that the writers themselves weren't sure of where their stories were happening, I didn't get that impression from Mr. Thorne. I got the feeling he knew exactly where and when his story was taking place but is saving that for what I hope will be future stories about Sekadi.
"The Queen, The Demon and The Mercenary" is by Ronald T. Jones and like "The Demon In The Wall" is a story that seems designed for nothing but the reader to have as much fun reading it as I'm sure the writer had writing it. The swaggering warrior Toulou sets out to rescue a suffering kingdom from the demon-wizard terrorizing the people and does it in style. Highly recommended.
"Icewitch" by Rebecca McFarland Kyle proves that you don't necessarily have to set a sword and soul story in an African setting. This story takes place in a frigid realm where a dark-skinned youth struggles to find acceptance among his mother's people who are lighter-skinned.
The only real problem I have with Melvin Carter's "The Leopard Walks Alone" is the ugliness of the names in the story. I tried saying them aloud and I swear I bruised my tongue. I realize it's a somewhat petty quibble but naming is important in fantasy stories. Difficult and harsh sounding names should be used sparingly.
And The Master himself, Charles Saunders finishes up the anthology with a tale of Imaro: "The Three Faced One" If you've never read an Imaro story or anything by Charles Saunders, this is an excellent introduction to both.
GRIOTS also boasts fourteen interior black and white illustrations by fourteen separate artists as well as biographical information about the writers and artists and introductory essays by the editors. The cover by Natiq Jalil is simply wonderful to look at.
So should you read GRIOTS? Absolutely. True, a few of the stories didn't turn my crank but most of them did. If you're a sword and sorcery fan looking for some heroic fantasy that takes place in realms other than the Medieval or ancient settings most sword-and-sorcery stories take place in then you most certainly should check this anthology out.
Want a copy of GRIOTS? You know you do. Okay, go HERE and get yourself one.


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A: Your IDs were converted to classes.

This codepen illustrates some of the fixes necessary to approach what I believe you're talking about.
Not to be rude but if you're not sure when to use class or ID then you should start at HTML/CSS basics, then tackle flexbox.
Adding padding to bottom of flexbox has nothing to do with keeping aspect ratio.
Flexbox was not stacking the rows.
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Paintings by Paul Gauguin
By: Debra N. Mancoff
When Paul Gauguin submitted his work to be considered for the Impressionists' fourth exhibition, not many had heard of the stock agent who had only recently taken up painting. Despite the fact the works had been submitted after the official deadline, the organizers of the event were convinced by his talent and decided to show it anyway. Critical response was positive, and Gauguin joined the Impressionist fold.
By the eighth Impressionist exhibition, however, critical assessment of Paul Gauguin's work had turned sour. In reviews of the final exhibition, critics dismissed his work as classic Impressionism, and in reaction, Gauguin chose imagination and memory as central forces in his art.
Leaving Paris behind, Paul Gauguin briefly joined Vincent van Gogh in Arles, but Gauguin had already moved far from his association with the Impressionists. Always charismatic, Gauguin attracted a circle of young artists, including Paul Sérusier, who took inspiration from Gauguin's brilliance, and they led the vanguard of the next generation of French artists.
Below are some links to famous paintings by Paul Gauguin. Follow them to learn more about the Impressionist master who was once a stock agent.
The Market Gardens of Vaugirard: The Market Gardens of Vaugirard by Paul Gauguin shows Gauguin painting in the tradition of fellow Impressionist Camille Pissarro. Learn about Gauguin's The Market Gardens of Vaugirard.
The Little One is Dreaming, Etude: One of Gauguin's young children is the subject for his 1881 work The Little One is Dreaming, Etude. Read about Gauguin's The Little One is Dreaming, Etude, notable for its intimacy.
Paysage à Saint-Cloud: Paysage à Saint-Cloud by Paul Gauguin was part of the Impressionists eighth exhibition, and was dismissed by the critics. Read about Gauguin's Paysage à Saint-Cloud.
Vision After the Sermon: Paul Gauguin's Vision After the Sermon is seen by critics as Gauguin's rejection of Naturalism. Learn about Vision After the Sermon, by Paul Gauguin, which marked a new direction for the artist.
Tehamana Has Many Ancestors (Merahi metua no Tehamana): Tehamana Has Many Ancestors by Paul Gauguin is one of a number of works that emerged from Gauguin's trips to Tahiti. Learn about Tehamana Has Many Ancestors by Paul Gauguin, a portrait of Gauguin's longtime Tahitian companion.
On the next page, you'll find a detailed look at Gauguin's painting The Market Gardens of Vaugirard.
For more on Impressionist paintings, artists, and art history, see:
The Market Gardens of Vaugirard by Paul Gauguin
The Little One is Dreaming, Etude by Paul Gauguin
Paysage a Saint-Cloud by Paul Gauguin
Vision after the Sermon by Paul Gauguin
Tehamana Has Many Ancestors (Merahi metua no Tehamana) by Paul Gauguin
The 1879 painting The Market Gardens of Vaugirard by Paul Gauguin was one of eight works Gauguin submitted to the fifth Impressionist exhibition. With The Market Gardens of Vaugirard's broad areas of color and patchy application of paint, Paul Gauguin followed the example of Paul Cézanne and Camille Pissarro, emphasizing structure over atmospheric effect.
Early in his career Gauguin painted in a Naturalist style shared by other Impressionists. On the next page we'll see another example of Paul Gauguin working in this mode.
The Little One is Dreaming, Etude by Paul Gauguin (oil the
The Little One is Dreaming, Etude was completed by Paul Gauguin in 1881, in time for the Impressionists' seventh exhibition. With more than a dozen works, Gauguin was a stronger presence at the seventh exhibition than in the previous ones. He labeled his work etude, or study, suggesting that The Little One is Dreaming, Etude was observed and swiftly painted to capture the momentary effect. The subject is one of Paul Gauguin's children, asleep in a cradle with her back to the viewer, an intimate glimpse into his family life.
Though Paul Gauguin received critical praise during the seventh Impressionist exhibition, by the time the eighth exhibition rolled around critics were less impressed. Next we'll look at an Impressionist painting that fared less well with the critics.
Paul Gauguin's 1885 painting Paysage à Saint-Cloud did not fare well with the critics at the eighth exhibition. When compared to Seurat's scientific formulations, Gauguin's naturalist landscapes were dismissed as classic Impressionism: competent, well-painted, but nothing new and pale next to the "old masters" such as Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet. Gauguin soon rejected the naturalist approach evident in Paysage à Saint-Cloud for an art based on memory and imagination.
Critical attacks prompted Paul Gauguin to seek other modes of artistic expression. On the next page we'll find an example of Gauguin moving in a different direction.
Vision after the Sermon by Paul Gauguin (oil on canvas, Gallery of
Vision after the Sermon by Paul Gauguin, completed in 1888, exemplifies Gauguin's interest in a new aesthetic. After the eighth Impressionist exhibition, Gauguin struck out to find his own mode of expression. Searching for a more authentic environment than urban Paris, Paul Gauguin made repeated visits to remote regions of Brittany. In a bold rejection of naturalism, Gauguin painted Vision After the Sermon -- a depiction of Breton women and their priest who witness Jacob struggling with the angel -- dissolving the barrier between the zones of religious belief and spiritual imagination.
Eventually Paul Gauguin left France altogether in an attempt to find other inspiration. The place he chose was Tahiti. Keep reading to learn about a painting Gauguin created after visiting the tropics.
Tehamana Has Many Ancestors (Merahi metua no Tehamana) by 21-3/8 inches) can be found
Paul Gauguin's 1893 work Tehamana Has Many Ancestors (Merahi metua no Tehamana) emerged from Gauguin's first journey to Tahiti in June 1891.
Gauguin was disappointed that the primitive paradise that he sought was being subsumed by Western influence. The young woman in Tehamana Has Many Ancestors (Merahi metua no Tehamana) became Gauguin's companion, and he painted Tehamana in the modest "Mother Hubbard" dress that was introduced to Tahitian women by missionaries. Nevertheless, the plaited fan and evocative images Gauguin placed on the wall vividly portray the perseverance of Tehamana's ancient heritage.
Debra N. Mancoff is an art historian and lecturer and the author of numerous books on nineteenth-century European and American paintings. She is a scholar in residence at the Newberry Library.
Debra N. Mancoff "Paintings by Paul Gauguin" 14 August 2007.
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Last Updated on May 11, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 448
Language and Meaning
At the heart of "i was sitting in mcsorley's" is the question of language's capacity to sufficiently name the world. Cummings's associative imagery and unconventional syntax present not a literal picture of the world within McSorley's saloon, as much as it does the speaker's emotional and subjective response to that place. That response is depicted in a rush of concrete images that are not spatially ordered or tied to narrative. The effect of this kind of description is an impressionistic rendering of the saloon, where no clearly defined shapes come into focus. The blurry nature of the picture is illustrated in the first lines of the second stanza, when cummings writes "the slobbering walls filthily push witless creases of screaming warmth chuck pillows are noise funnily swallows." Such an impressionistic representation of the physical world suggests that the role of language is not simply to name what is out there but also to question what is out there. By calling attention to language's incapacity to provide an objective depiction of the world, cummings asks readers to think about their own relationship to words and the things they represent. Language is more a prism than a window, cummings's poem suggests, and once readers acknowledge their part within that prism, they can participate in the poet's vision of the world as he sees it.
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Helen Ross McNabb Center, University of Tennessee Medical Center and the United Health Foundation to Expand Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Services in Eastern Tennessee
To help thousands of Tennesseans and their families fight substance abuse and addiction, Helen Ross McNabb Center, The University of Tennessee Medical Center and the United Health Foundation are partnering to expand access to care providers and behavioral health services throughout East Tennessee.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and UnitedHealthcare Community & State CEO Heather Cianfrocco discuss the United Health Foundation's new partnership with the Helen Ross McNabb Center to fight substance abuse in East Tennessee (Photo: Erika W. Bentley/Evolve Creative).
A three-year, $1.05 million grant from the United Health Foundation to Helen Ross McNabb Center will help expand The University of Tennessee's Medical Center's Emergency Room Substance Misuse Harm Reduction and Engagement Program.
"Every day we see the devastating effects of substance abuse and addiction on East Tennesseans," said Jerry Vagnier, president/CEO of the Helen Ross McNabb Center. "We are grateful to have a partner like the United Health Foundation to help us expand the reach of our resources and services to meet the needs of our neighbors and their families. Together we will improve the lives of the people we serve."
According to America's Health Rankings, Tennessee ranks 38th in drug related deaths - with a rate of 22 per 100,000 in 2018. The drug-related death rate in Tennessee has nearly doubled over the previous 12 years.
Funding Supports Hiring of Peer Support Specialists, Expansion of Behavioral Services and Education
The three-year grant partnership will support Helen Ross McNabb Center's mission by:
educating people seeking care at UT Medical Center's Emergency Room about available resources and services to help address their substance abuse/addiction, particularly individuals addicted to opioids;
engaging more than 250 patients per year, with the goalof 100 of these patients accepting a referral to outpatient, residential or other treatment options per year; and,
hiring addiction and peer support specialists to work within the emergency department to directly engage patients with needed resources and support.
"The United Health Foundation has built a critical partnership with the McNabb Center and the University of Tennessee Medical Center to provide resources for substance abuse addiction," said Tennessee Governor Bill Lee. "These efforts provide much-needed support in the fight against the opioid crisis and will do significant work in creating pathways to healing."
"We've worked very hard to provide optimal care for those in our community who seek treatment at the medical center for medical issues associated with opioid and substance use, but we know the problem of addiction remains after we've treated a patient's medical issue," said Dr. James Shamiyeh, senior vice president and chief quality officer at The University of Tennessee Medical Center. "We are proud this joint effort with the United Health Foundation and the Helen Ross McNabb Center will bring much-needed onsite and ongoing education, as well as treatment, to help many in our community work to overcome their addiction to opioids and other substances."
"Helen Ross McNabb Center and The University of Tennessee Medical Center work every day to help people fight substance abuse and addiction, and we are honored to partner with them in their efforts," said Heather Cianfrocco, United Health Foundation board member and CEO of UnitedHealthcare Community & State. "Through this partnership, we are helping to expand access to mental and behavioral health services that are critical to helping build healthier communities in East Tennessee."
About Helen Ross McNabb Center
Helen Ross McNabb Center is a premier not-for-profit provider of behavioral health services in East Tennessee. Since 1948, the Center has provided quality and compassionate care to children, adults and families experiencing mental illness, addiction and social challenges. As the Center celebrates more than 70 years of providing services to communities in East Tennessee, its mission remains clear and simple; "Improving the lives of the people we serve." For more information, visit www.mcnabbcenter.org.
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US Sealed Boosting of Air Traffic of North Korea Before Trump Summit
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At the significant time while North Korea is trying to renovate part of its airspace to the foreign flights, according to the three familiar sources the United States has prevented efforts by a UN agency for boost the civil aviation in North Korea.
The step taken by the US is a part of a negotiating strategy for maintaining the approvals pressure on North Korea, according to one of the sources, before a second summit between the US President Donald Trump and Korean leader Kim Jong In Vietnam in late February. Washington is asking tangible commitments from Pyongyang at the summit for renouncing its nuclear and missile programmes.
The United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization, with 192 member countries, has been working with Pyongyang to initiate a new air path that would pass through North and South Korean airspace.
Currently, Airlines take indirect subduing for avoiding North Korea due to the ultimate undeclared missile launches, which have been witnessed by some passengers on commercial flights.
If space was counted safe, international airlines could save fuel and time on some routes between Asia and Europe and North America and North Korea could start recovering its own trading aviation industry.
The country is suffering a lack of cash has a population of more than 25 million but its economy has been crushed by a series of approvals for its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.
Montreal-based ICAO was practiced to help for boosting the aviation system of North Korea by prominent training sessions between its military group and civil aviation staff.
North Korea also asked ICAO for accessing to US-produced aeronautical charts according to them. But the United States dispirited the UN agency from assisting North Korea with its air programme as Washington wanted to " pool all the leverages and incentives" until Pyongyang makes substantial progress on denuclearisation according to the third source.
The source informed, " They would keep tight hold of all available leverage to make sure there is no loophole until the North Koreans take action that deserves a reward".
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Q: Sequence contains more than one matching element When I am trying to set IsDefault property of each dressing items where match a condition it throws an error saying:

Sequence contains more than one matching sequence.

(this.DressingItems
     .Where(xx => xx.DressingInfo.CatID == catId
                        && xx.ProductID == this.ProductID)
     .Single()).IsDefault = false;

A: this.DressingItems.Where(x=> x.DressingInfo.CatID == catId &&
                                x.ProductID == this.ProductID).ToList()
                 .ForEach(item=>item.IsDefault = false);

A: The point of the Single operator is to assert that a given sequence only has one item. For instance when retrieving a specific instance by primary key.
I suppose you want to mutate the state of any DressingItem matching the criteria, in which case you have some options, all involving enumerating the resultset, and executing some behavior.
There is no LINQ operator to specifically do this, since LINQ operators are meant to be pure. Pure functions are functions that do not have side effects, and this is exactly what you are trying to do.
There is, however, an extensionmethod on List<T> which does allow this. e.g.
this.DressingItems.Where(di => di.DressingInfo.CatID == catId
                            && di.ProductID == this.ProductID)
                  .ToList()
                  .ForEach(di =>
                  {
                      di.IsDefault = false
                  });

Or you could roll your own:
public static class EnumerableExtensions
{
    public static IEnumerable<T> ForEach<T>(
         this IEnumerable<T> source,
         Action<T> mutator)
    {
        var buffered = source.ToList();
        buffered.ForEach(mutator);
        return buffered;
    }
}

You might ask why the guys at Microsoft decided against adding this to the BCL: As I recall, the idea was that an extensionmethod vs. a foreach() { } construct would not yield much benefits in terms of typing anyway, and it wouldn't help at all in terms of ambiguity. All other operators are side-effect free, and this one is explicitely designed to induce them.

A: Well, this exception says that at least two items of the sequence DressingItems match your Where condition. The call to Single then causes the exception because it asserts that only one item is passed in.
Reading your question makes me think that you want to do something on each item of the input sequence, so you will probably use a foreach loop:
foreach(var item in this.DressingItems.Where(xx => xx.DressingInfo.CatID == catId && xx.ProductID == this.ProductID))
{
    item.IsDefault = false;
}

A: It is an InvalidOperationException thrown by the Single method.
The method is supposed to return only one element, please check the criteria that you use on your query.
However an exception is also thrown when it fails to find any element

A: you have more than one item in this.DressingItems that match the given CatId and Product Id.
if you are sure there must be one (single), then you have to review how is this.DressingItems loaded.
if it's expected there are more than one, then you have to use foreach to set the values.

A: Since you are looking for a one liner, you could create your own method doing that.
public static void DoActionForEachElement<T>(IEnumerable<T> items, Func<T, bool> predicate, Action<T> action)
{
    foreach (var item in items)
    {
        if (predicate(item))
            action(item);
    }
}

and then call it by
DoActionForEachElement(
               DressingItems,
               xx => xx.DressingInfo.CatID == catId && xx.ProductID == ProductID,
               x => x.IsDefault = false);

This way you don't have to cast the result from Where to a List first.


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"Catholic Church: Christ Nullified God's Promises to the Jews"
by Israel Today
A Catholic synod called at the Vatican to address the rising persecution of Christian in the Middle East wrapped up on Saturday with a joint statement that focused a lot of attention on demanding Israel end its "occupation" of Arab lands.
The gathering was meant to address the various acts of persecution, intimidation and discrimination that are resulting in a severe dwindling of Christian communities across the region.
But the bulk of the two-week meeting was spent discussing how Israel is the root cause of all the Middle East's woes, including those faced by its Christians.
The final statement reflected that position. It listed the "occupation" of Arab lands, the building of Israel's security barrier, military checkpoints, the jailing of terrorists (defined in the statement as "political prisoners") and the general disruption of Palestinian life as some of the main reasons behind the exodus of Palestinian Christians and Muslim attacks on the Jewish state.
Cyril Salim Bustros, the Lebanon-born Greek archbishop of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston, Massachusetts was responsible for delivering the final statement.
In clarifying remarks, he stated that "the Holy Scriptures cannot be used to justify the return of Jews to Israel and the displacement of the Palestinians, to justify the occupation by Israel of Palestinian lands."
He then escalated the situation by declaring that the original promises made by God to the children of Israel "were nullified by Christ. There is no longer a chosen people."
Bustros rejected the idea of Israel as "the Jewish state," and insisted that eventually all the so-called "Palestinian refugees" must return to the land, a sure recipe for the demographic destruction of the world's only Jewish nation-state.
Mordechai Levi, Israel's ambassador to the Vatican, decried Bustros' comments and the damage they had done to strengthening ties between Israel and the Church.
The Catholic Church has for years been trying to repair its image as an institution steeped in anti-Semitism. But Bustros' remarks make fairly clear that the Vatican remains as dedicated as ever to replacement theology - that teaching that says God has tossed aside the Jews, despite is irrevocable promises to them, and that "the Church" has instead inherited those promises.
Art's Commentary.....The theology of the Roman Catholic Church is an ammillenial theology, a theology that maintains that God is finished with Israel. They maintain the kingdom of God has been transferred to the church and the Roman Catholic Church is the only true church. That leaves no place for Israel and implies that Rome is the custodian of the kingdom of God on earth and of Holy city of Jerusalem. This twisted theology puts Rome in the camp of the devil to carry out his purpose of attacking Israel.
When the reformation took place the reformers did not abandon all of the errors of Rome. This false theology is one of the errors not forsaken by the reformation church of Sardis. As a result we have protestant churches today that hold to this erroneous theology


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It's late afternoon in Liliha and minutes are ticking by on the new town clock high above Finance Factors at the crossroads of North Kuakini and Liliha streets. Schoolchildren and early diners squeeze onto stools at Liliha Bakery for $4 hamburgers, hot cakes and saimin.
The man walking his dog is just one more sign of a revitalized neighborhood, which happened because a handful of business and community leaders began taking important steps a few years ago. They organized cleanups, created safe activities for families, fostered new pride – and, in the process, created a blueprint for other Hawaii communities that want to revitalize and reinvent themselves.
Drive mauka from downtown Honolulu, turn left in the middle of Nuuanu and you'll end up in Liliha, maybe on a meandering street where cottages crowd each other two and three to a lot, and a whole new generation of kids is growing up back in Liliha with their parents, and grandma and grandpa, too.
Ching, a Republican, is the firebrand behind Liliha's revitalization. It's the neighborhood where she grew up and the place she represents in the state Legislature. She dreams of new businesses, and knows that cleaning up the neighborhood is the first step to attracting those businesses. So she organizes volunteers to pull weeds and pick up trash.
She helped rebuild community pride by emphasizing the area's rich cultural history. Liliha includes sacred Hawaiian lands and historic burial places, including the Royal Mausoleum. Ancient battles raged here and Liliha herself, a fiery Hawaiian chiefess, stood between the churches she protected and the wrath of her queen. This is also where the menehune are said to have made their home.
To build pride, Ching dug into her own pocket to produce a free calendar of Liliha scenes taken by a friend, National Geographic photographer Paul Chesley.
New businesses, including Finance Factors and Longs/CVS Pharmacy, and a refurbished Liliha Bakery have helped the rejuvenation. Longs installed a small, tasteful fountain in front of its new store (designer and area retailer Mary Philpotts offered free advice) and Finance Factors added its large town clock across the street.
Steven Teruya, president and COO of Finance Factors, says reaching out to the community, and then keeping the community in the loop on plans, is important for any business entering a neighborhood.
Teruya suggests that any area hoping to revitalize should start by creating or strengthening the local business association. He points to the strength of the Kaimuki Business and Professional Association, which coordinates efforts and helps create a small town atmosphere there.
"The people volunteering for projects are going to be the owners, family and friends – people with a stake in the community," Teruya says.
Neighborhood businesses can work effectively with government agencies, the county councils and legislative representatives to make improvements.
Cyrus Tamashiro, who runs Tamashiro Market and has been active in helping organize the Liliha-Palama Business Association Santa Claus Parade, says community cleanups bring together students from schools and Honolulu Community College, public housing residents, business leaders, police officers and city employees to pick up trash, cut weeds and paint over graffiti. Participants know they're making a difference.
Partnerships can even come from unusual quarters, says Tamashiro. Bank branch managers formerly assigned to Liliha, like Glenn Goya of First Hawaiian and Kanoi Lam, who used to be with American Savings (formerly Bank of America) and is now with UBS Financial Services, still help out though they no longer work in the district.
Brian and Alan Lum of B&A Automotive never wait for someone else to do the work: If there's new graffiti on a nearby wall or their neighbors are hit, they act quickly. In fact, they buy half a dozen cans of beige spray paint at a time so they don't run out.
When they first moved to the neighborhood, their neighbor, a contractor, let them park on his property, says Lum. Now they're happy to help the contractor's widow by covering graffiti when it appears on her fences.
Pastor George I has built a compassionate and responsive congregation for his Ka Huakai Church, which uses the city park at 2555 Puunui Ave. for its work. It has meant getting permits and working closely with the park director, but now hundreds of families come to the park for movie nights and other events. The Halloween party alone drew 800 people.
Pastor I has used his own funding to buy a projector and large screen for the community movies. He's happy to help other communities do the same thing, even to the point of lending and setting up the equipment.
Attorney Michael J. O'Malley, of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, provides pro bono help in creating a 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit corporation for Liliha. The process takes from three to six months, but allows private donations and grants that pay for revitalization.
"The first thing is setting up the organization, a nonprofit corporation," says O'Malley. "That's the easy piece. It means you don't have an owner; there is an independent board or members, and no one owns the assets.
The second step includes knowing what kind of information to provide, which includes what you are trying to do, where the money is coming from and where it will be spent. Generally, says O'Malley, at least one-third of any money raised should come from donations from the general public.
He says organizations need a tax adviser for this process, but many attorneys will do it for free. Contact him at momalley@goodsill.com, he says; if he's not available, he can refer another attorney.
Amy Hammond, who founded Special Events Hawaii and the highly successful "I Love Kailua" festival, says community events help a neighborhood develop an identity by bringing people together and showcasing local talent. Events don't need to be large; they can start small like the Liliha Gingerbread Festival, held at Christmastime in a school auditorium.
"It's all part of instilling pride," says Hammond. "We tried to showcase the best of Liliha and how it was special and that a lot of that was the people. We did some awards as well to recognize special citizens." Ching helped bring talented people from the community together – an ukulele player, storytellers, lei-makers and cultural dancers.
"There's amazing talent in Liliha," says Hammond. "Bringing them together you get to know the people in your neighborhood. It also gives people a day when they can come together and talk about different community goals and learn about community services.
Don't be afraid to start small, says Hammond, noting that the now huge "I Love Kailua" festival was launched in a bank parking lot. "It can always grow," she says. It has in Liliha. The gingerbread festival has been joined by the "I Love Liliha Town Festival" in August and the Liliha Nuuanu Candlelight Tours in January, featuring historic sites.
The Henry M.H. Ho Building at 1630 Palama St. was spotted with graffiti when Arc Painting's Bill Powell went to work. Offering free advice on colors and approaches, including an attractive, new awning, Powell turned the historic building into the bright pink Liliha Town Center. It has attracted some new tenants and serves as a community center with local information.
It was hard work, and more work remains, but Liliha now has strolling residents and visitors, a new clock and fountain, streets that feel safer and a town center. Someone even claims to have spotted actress Tia Carrere.
"This is the new 'in' place,'" declares Ching. "I believe we're sitting on a gold mine. It's close to downtown, close to the airport and 15 minutes from Kailua. We're local. We're funky. We're authentic.


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WWE(R) Thanks President Obama And General Petraeus For Holiday Messages
Source - World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.:
STAMFORD, Conn., Dec 17, 2009 -- World Wrestling Entertainment(R) would like to thank both President Obama and General Petraeus for providing the WWE(R) with taped, non-partisan holiday messages to the men and women in the US Armed Forces to be included in our annual special, "Tribute to the Troops," this Saturday on NBC at 9 PM ET. This marks the second year that the Commander in Chief has provided a special message for the troops.
For the last seven years, WWE has traveled to the Middle East to entertain troops serving overseas in appreciation for their service to our country. WWE would also like to thank all those responsible in the White House, First Lady's office and the US Central Command for making this happen.
The request process for the President's video began in April 2009, when WWE met with Trooper Sanders, Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady. WWE continued these discussions after Labor Day as requested. In November, WWE was pleased to receive confirmation from Matt Flavin, Director of Veterans and Wounded Warrior Policy at the White House, that a Presidential message would be supplied for "Tribute to the Troops." WWE supplied background information, as well as our production and deadline needs. We received confirmation on Monday that President Obama's message had been taped, and it was delivered on Tuesday morning.
We are hopeful that everyone, especially the service men and women of the Armed Forces and their families, enjoy "Tribute to the Troops."
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., a publicly traded company (NYSE:WWE), is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly, PG content across all of its platforms including television programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing. WWE programming is broadcast in more than 145 countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 500 million homes worldwide. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Toronto and Sydney. Additional information on World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE) can be found at corporate.wwe.com.


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Cuenta regresiva a la Crisis Infinita es un especial unitario publicado por DC Comics como el inicio oficial del argumento de Crisis Infinita. Salió a la venta el 30 de marzo de 2005, se agotó y rápidamente se realizó una segunda edición. Cuando se publicó por primera vez, la tapa del cómic mostraba a Batman sosteniendo un cadáver entre sombras, de manera de no arruinar la sorpresa de quien moría. Para la segunda edición se quitaron las sombras, revelando la identidad del cadáver.

Cuenta regresiva fue un especial de 80 páginas con un valor inicial de 1 dólar (mucho menor que lo que valdría normalmente un cómic de 80 páginas); no obstante, la segunda edición salió a la venta por 2 dólares. En cuanto a la parte creativa, el guion fue coescrito por Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka y Judd Winick, mientras que los dibujos se dividieron, generalmente de capítulo en capítulo, entre los equipos de dibujante-entintador conformados por Rags Morales y Michael Bair, Jesús Saiz y Jimmy Palmiotti, Ivan Reis y Marc Campos, y Phil Jiménez y Andy Lanning. El artista Ed Benes dibujó y entintó su capítulo.

Sinopsis
El argumento principal trata sobre Ted Kord, el superhéroe y exmiembro de la Liga de la Justicia conocido como Blue Beetle, que investiga un robo de fondos de su compañía que lo ha dejado casi en bancarrota. La mayoría de los otros héroes descartan, educada o completamente, las preocupaciones de Kord. Sólo Booster Gold, otro superhéroe y el mejor amigo de Kord, decide ayudarlo a completar su investigación pero, antes de poder hacerlo, resulta herido gravemente por una trampa explosiva.

Solitario y sin ayuda, Blue Beetle continúa siguiendo las pistas hasta llegar a Suiza, donde se infiltra en el castillo que sirve de base para la organización Checkmate. Allí enfrenta a Maxwell Lord quien admite haber utilizado a la Liga de la Justicia y al satélite de Batman, Hermano MK I, para vigilar a la comunidad superheroica, a quien considera una amenaza para la humanidad. Luego que Kord rehúsa unirse a su complot anti-metahumano, Lord dispara a Blue Beetle en la cabeza, asesinándolo.

Crossovers

Cuenta regresiva fue promocionado como puente a los cuatro títulos que dirigían a la Crisis Infinita, sin embargo no los presentó en forma ecuánime. Esencialmente, el argumento principal era un largo prólogo a El proyecto OMAC. Los acontecimientos de Día de Venganza fueron señalados cuando Beetle se enfrenta al hechicero Shazam, pero no se dio ninguna pista relacionada con el título. La Guerra Rann-Thanagar fue mencionada en un único cuadro, pero pareciera ya estar avanzada en la historia. Los personajes principales de Villanos unidos aparecen en un capítulo del libro, pero este no tiene ninguna conexión con la historia de Blue Beetle.

Cuenta regresiva volvió a imprimirse como parte del tomo recopilatorio El proyecto OMAC (noviembre de 2005).

Series de DC Comics
Historietas creadas por Geoff Johns

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December 11, 2012. After several delays, WordPress released it's latest version 3.5 to the millions of WordPress users today. This one is nicknamed Elvin after the drummer, Elvin Jones.
Whenever a new major version of WordPress is released, it's always a dilemma when to actually do the update. Let's look at what's in this release and some considerations on when to update.
First off there is a new Welcome screen with links to some of the more used functions of WordPress. I guess this will be helpful to those relatively new to the software and unfamiliar with the sidebar navigation.
I had to add it to my screen options as it wasn't selected by default once I updated.
Here's a screenshot of the Welcome section of the dashboard.
Probably the biggest change for users is the Media Manager. It has been completely overhauled and can now be used to create a gallery, upload multiple images and makes it easier to update things like the titles and descriptions.
When you visit a post or page editing screen, you'll see the new Add Media button which replaces the tiny icon used before.
Once you click on the Media Manager button, you'll see something that looks similar to the media uploader before but once you click on Media Library, the new features will become immediately apparent.
I've added a screenshot below. You may need to click to enlarge the image to see the full effect.
Included with WordPress 3.5 is a new default theme called… wait for it… Twenty Twelve. This theme is written to be fully responsive for mobile devices and includes a widgeted home page which means you can create home pages with sliders, featured posts and anything else that can go into a widget area.
Favorite Plugins. If you have multiple websites and tend to use a set of plugins on every website, you can go to the WordPress.org site, login and mark them as favorites. Then you can go to your Plugins manager, click the Favorites link, input your WordPress.org username and there you'll see a list of the favorites to make it easier to install them on the new site. I tested this on a few of my favorite plugins and you can see the result in the screenshot below.
For new installations of WordPress, the Links Manager is gone. I guess very few people actually used it. If you are just updating however, it will still be there. But if you were using it (for example to build a list of resources or favorite posts), there's a Link Manager plugin to take it's place. I'm thinking you should go ahead and install it to manage your existing links in case you need to reinstall your website at some point.
My best advice is to wait at least a couple of weeks unless you are in the process of building your website. The WordPress development team and all the beta testers can't possibly test every combination of themes and plugins so oops are going to happen. It's my experience that some plugin developers don't really get serious about testing their plugins with the new version until it actually comes out.
I upgraded one of my smaller sites today and sure enough one of my plugins stopped working. But the upgrade went smoothly and the site looks the same as before.
And always, always, always BACK UP YOUR SITE before clicking the update button! It's just software after all and things happen. The backup software I use is Backup Buddy because I can restore my site with just a few mouse clicks if need be. If you don't see a coupon code on their site, you can use MYBONUSBLOG to get a 25% discount.
If you update and all goes well or doesn't go well, leave me a comment about your experience either way.
I was actually doing a security scan on my blog when I got the notice that WordPress needed an upgrade. So I logged in and upgraded to 3.5 without any worries. I haven't really played around with the new features yet but I am looking forward to it. Especially the media options.
Hey Justin — Glad everything worked for you. I've done a few of my smaller sites but still waiting to upgrade sites with memberships or a lot of plugins.
I thought it was for an upgrade and did and am very satisfied.


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