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Heather M. Territo
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
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Education and Training:
Fellowship, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University at Buffalo (2013)
Residency, Pediatrics, University at Buffalo (2010)
Internship, Pediatrics, University at Buffalo (2008)
MD, Medicine, University at Buffalo (2007)
BS, Biology, Loyola College at Baltimore, magna cum laude (2003)
Fellowship Program Director, Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, University at Buffalo (2017-present)
Medical Director, Erie County Youth Detention Center (2015-present)
Medical Director, HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Clinic, Erie County Department of Health (2015-present)
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, UBMD Pediatrics, Oishei Children's Hospital (2013-present)
Chief Medical Officer, Erie County Department of Health (2013-present)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University at Buffalo (2013-present)
Medical Director, Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic, Erie County Department of Health (2012-present)
Loyola College of Baltimore: Dedication Award for Varsity Swimming and Diving Team (2003)
National Jesuit Honor Society: Nomination for Membership (2002)
NCAA Division I: All Academic Team (2000-2003)
Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society (2001-2003)
Journal Articles:
Haque SN, Territo HM, Bailey R, Massoudi B, Loomis R, Burstein GR. Quantifying benefits of using health information exchange to support public health STI reporting and treatment in Western New York. Health Inf Manag. 2017.
Territo HM, Wrotniak BH, Bouton SM, Burstein GR. A New Strategy for Trichomonas Testing Adolescent Females in the Emergency Department. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2016; 29(4).
Territo HM, Wrotniak BH, Qiao H, Lillis KA. Clinical signs and symptoms associated with intussusception in young children undergoing ultrasound in the emergency room. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014; 30(10).
Books and Book Chapters:
Territo HM, Ashurst JV. "Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU)" StatPearls. 2018.
Territo HM, Justiz Vaillant AA. "HIV Prophylaxis" StatPearls. 2018.
American Academy of Pediatrics (2016–present)
National Coalition of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Directors (2014–present)
Buffalo Pediatric Society (2013–present)
"Trichomonas Infection Rates in Males Presenting to the Emergency Department for Sexually Transmitted Infections" STD Engage Conference, National Coalition of STD Directors (2018)
"Trichomonas Infection Rates in Males Presenting to the Emergency Department for Sexually Transmitted Infection Evaluation" Annual Meeting, Pediatric Academic Societies, Adolescent Medicine: STI's (2018)
"Head Injuries and Concussion in the Pediatric Emergency Room" Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Gates Vascular Institute (2018)
"Asthma, Appendicitis, and Acidosis...Oh, My!" Pediatric Grand Rounds, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2017)
"PrEP Implementation: The Why's, What's and How's" Student Health Center, University at Buffalo (2017)
"PrEP Implementation: The Why's, What's and How's" Weigel Health Center, Buffalo State College (2017)
"The Pediatric Emergency Room: A Potpourri of Patients" Pediatric Clerkship Lecture Series, University at Buffalo (2017)
"Efficacy of Single vs. Double Dose Dexamethasone Treatment for Mild to Moderate Asthma in a Pediatric Emergency Department" Annual Meeting, Pediatric Academic Societies (2017)
"STDs: An Update on Gonorrhea Treatment, Congenital Syphilis, and HIV and the Need for PrEP" Pediatric Grand Rounds, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2017)
"Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the Emergency Room Setting - Part 2" Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Gates Vascular Institute (2017)
"Pediatric Trauma for the General Pediatrician" Pediatric Resident Lecture Series, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2017)
"Pediatric Resuscitation: Didactic and Clinical Skills" Pediatric Resident Lecture Series, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2017)
"Sedations in the ED" Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Gates Vascular Institute (2016)
"Emergency Room Procedures: Lecture and Practical Stations" Pediatric Resident Lecture Series, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2016)
"Emergency Room Toxicology: From Assessment to Antidotes" Pediatric Resident Lecture Series, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2016)
"Trichomonas: A New Strategy for Trichomonas Testing" Pediatric Grand Rounds, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2016)
"Burns" Pediatric Resident Lecture Series, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2016)
"Emergency Room Procedures: Lecture and Mock Scenarios" Pediatric Resident Lecture Series, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2016)
"Emergency Room Procedures: Lecture and Practical Stations" Pediatric Resident Lecture Series, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2015)
"Testing, Treatment and Precention: The Clinician's Role in Ending the AIDS Epidemic in New York State" HIV, HCD and STD Clinical Education Initiative, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute (2015)
"Metabolic Disorders" Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Lecture, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2015)
"Emergency STIs" Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Lecture, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2015)
"Emergency STIs" Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Buffalo General Medical Center (2015)
"Sedation and Analgesia" Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Lecture, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2014)
"Hand Injuries" Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Lecture, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2014)
"A New Strategy for Trichomonas Testing Adolescent Females in the Emergency Department" National STD Prevention Conference, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014)
"Syphilis? An Update and Overview" HIV and Immunodeficiency Clinic, Erie County Medical Center (2014)
"Wound Care: Minor Trauma" Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Lecture, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2014)
"Bedside Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Intussusception in the Emergency Department" Annual Meeting, Pediatric Academic Societies (2014)
"Asthma Emergencies" Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Lecture, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2013)
"A New Strategy for Trichomonas Testing Adolescent Females in the Emergency Department" Annual Meeting, Pediatric Academic Societies (2013)
"A New Strategy for Trichomonas Testing Adolescent Females in the Emergency Department" Annual Conference, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (2013)
"Clinical Signs and Symptoms Associated with Intussusception in Young Children Undergoing Ultrasound in the Emergency Room" Annual Conference, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (2013)
"Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Testing and Treatment Update" Weigel Health Center, Buffalo State College (2013)
"Is There a Doctor on Board?" Pediatric Grand Rounds, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2012)
"Clinical Signs and Symptoms Associated with Intussusception in Young Children Undergoing Ultrasound in the Emergency Room" Annual Meeting, Pediatric Academic Societies (2012)
"Lipoxins as Anti-Inflammatory Mediators during RSV Infection" Research Scholars Day, University at Buffalo (2010)
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Service Activities:
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: Program Director Advisory Committee; Committee Member (2017–present)
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: 3rd Annual Humanities Day Program; Facilitator (2017)
University at Buffalo: Faculty Senate; Member (2016–present)
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: 3rd Year Medical Students; Clerkship Lecturer (2016–present)
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: ACGME Clinical Competency Committee - Pediatric Residency; Committee Member (2016–present)
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: ACGME Clinical Competency Committee - Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship; Committee Member (2014–present)
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Candidates; Interviewer (2014–present)
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Scholastic Oversight Committee; Committee Member (2014–present)
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: Pediatric Emergency Department Medical Students; Coordinator (2014–present)
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Residency Program; Coordinator (2014–present)
Erie County Department of Health: Quality Improvement/Quality Assurance Committee; Committee Member (2013–present)
Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo: Emergency Department - Vaginal Bleeding in Pregnancy Protocol; Coordinator (2011)
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS); Provides other health care professionals with the knowledge and skills to recognize and treat critically ill infants and children.; Teacher (2010–present)
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School: Dr. Barnes D. Keller, Clinical Professor of Medicine; Volunteer (2004)
St. Ignatius Loyola School: Substance Abuse in Adolescents; Teacher (2003)
Roswell Park Cancer Institute; Volunteer (2002)
R. Adams Crowely Trauma Center of University of Maryland Medical Center; Volunteer (2001–2003)
Pediatric Emergency Care; Reviewer
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Melanesian countries in the pacific share a culture bond, a bond that depicts building strong relationships through these important values, peace and unity.
All Melanesian countries have their unique custom of establishing peace and unity in their respective communities. They exchange their customs to unite everyone and established peace and harmony in our communities.
As portrayed in the picture, different customary materials are used, mats, pigs, pigs tasks, shell money, kava. Whatever valuable material is used the concept of building peace is still the same.
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On Jan. 25, 2018, NASA launches Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, a hosted payload aboard SES-14, a commercial communications satellite. GOLD will investigate the dynamic intermingling of space and Earth's uppermost atmosphere — and is the first NASA science mission to fly an instrument as a commercially hosted payload.
Space is not completely empty: It's teeming with fast-moving charged particles and electric and magnetic fields that guide their motion. At the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space, the charged particles —called the ionosphere — co-exist with the upper reaches of the neutral atmosphere, called the thermosphere. The two commingle and influence one another constantly. This interplay — and the role terrestrial weather, space weather and Earth's own magnetic field each have in it — is the focus of GOLD's mission.
"The upper atmosphere is far more variable than previously imagined, but we don't understand the interactions between all the factors involved," said Richard Eastes, GOLD principal investigator at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder. "That's where GOLD comes in: For the first time, the mission gives us the big picture of how different drivers meet and influence each other."
Historically difficult to observe, this little understood region responds both to terrestrial weather in the lower atmosphere below and the tumult of space weather from above. And it responds rapidly too, undergoing dramatic change in as little as an hour, Eastes said.
Big events in the lower atmosphere, like hurricanes or tsunamis, create waves that can travel all the way up to this interface to space, changing wind patterns and causing disruptions. On the opposite side, from above this region, flurries of energized particles and solar storms carry electric and magnetic fields and have the potential to disrupt Earth's space environment. This combination of factors makes it difficult to predict changes in the ionosphere — and these changes can have a big impact.
"Space isn't just the home of astronauts and satellites; it affects our day-to-day lives," said Sarah Jones, GOLD mission scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Low-Earth orbiting satellites — including the International Space Station — fly through the ionosphere. But communication signals, like radio waves and signals that make our GPS systems work, also travel through this region, and sudden changes can distort them or even cut them off completely.
GOLD scans the entirety of the Earth's disk every half hour. (Courtesy NASA GSFC)
GOLD seeks to understand what drives change in this critical region. Resulting data will improve forecasting models of the space weather events that can impact life on Earth, as well as satellites and astronauts in space. GOLD is the first mission that can provide us with observations fast enough to monitor the details of regular, hour-by-hour changes in space weather — not just its overarching climate.
"The first meteorological satellites revolutionized our understanding of — and ability to predict — terrestrial weather," said Elsayed Talaat, heliophysics chief scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "We anticipate GOLD will give us new, similar insight into the dynamics of the upper atmosphere and our planet's space environment."
Roughly the size of a mini fridge, the 80-pound GOLD instrument is an imaging spectrograph, an instrument that breaks light down into its component wavelengths and measures their intensities. Specifically, it measures far ultraviolet light, creating full-disk ultraviolet images of Earth from its geostationary vantage point above the Western Hemisphere.
"Just like an infrared camera allows you to see how temperatures change with different colors, GOLD images ultraviolet light to provide a map of the Earth that reveals how temperature and atmospheric composition change by location," Eastes said.
From these images, scientists can determine the temperature and relative amounts of different particles — such as atomic oxygen and molecular nitrogen — present in the neutral atmosphere, which is useful for determining how these neutral gases shape ionospheric conditions. These data will provide the first maps of the upper atmosphere's changing temperature and composition all over the Americas.
GOLD is a NASA mission of opportunity led by the University of Central Florida. The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder built the instrument. A payload hosted on an otherwise unrelated satellite, the GOLD instrument flies in geostationary orbit on a commercial communications satellite, SES-14, built by Airbus for Luxembourg-based satellite operator, SES.
"For years, we've studied Earth's upper atmosphere in detail from the ground and low-Earth orbit," Eastes said. "By backing out to geostationary, we can put things in a global context. You can see half the Earth from out there."
Also launching this year is the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, which will study the ionosphere and neutral upper atmosphere. But while GOLD flies in geostationary orbit 22,000 miles above the Western Hemisphere, ICON flies just 350 miles above Earth, where it can gather close-up images of this region. Together, these missions provide the most comprehensive ionosphere observations we've ever had, enabling a deeper understanding of how our planet interacts with space.
GOLD is the newest addition to NASA's fleet of Heliophysics missions. NASA Heliophysics missions study a vast interconnected system from the Sun to the space surrounding Earth and other planets, and to the farthest limits of the Sun's constantly flowing stream of solar wind. GOLD's observations will provide key information about how Earth's upper atmosphere is connected to this dynamic and complex system.
By Lina Tran, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
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How Did Logan Paul Survive 8 Rounds With Boxing Legend Floyd Mayweather Sunday? His Lucky, Million Dollar Pokemon Card Of Course.
By Tom Zenner • Jun. 8, 2021 • Ballers, Sports Biz • 17 Views
Logan Paul walks to the ring before an exhibition boxing match against Floyd Mayweather at Hard Rock Stadium, Sunday, June 6, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
If you're wondering what allowed Logan Paul to exit the boxing ring after his 8-round exhibition with Floyd Mayweather Sunday on his own two feet and with his faculties intact, it wasn't impeccable training and boxing skill apparently.
No, according to Paul, it was just more of the "good luck" he's experienced every single day since he got his hands on a rare and valuable Pokemon card.
You may have seen it as he walked into the ring Sunday. Paul turned the card into a diamond-encrusted necklace, and get this. The card, not counting the diamonds, is worth $1 million.
The card is rare. Not quite as rare as a Logan Paul cross hook that landed squarely on Floyd Mayweather's nose, but almost that rare according to the internet star/boxer.
"This is a Pokemon card. It's a BGS 10 Charizard, first edition Charizard. It's one of three in the world. It is my prized possession."
According to Paul he spent $150,000 on the card last year, and his life has been a joyride ever since. "Ever since I got this graded at a 10, the momentum in my life has been crazy. It's my good luck charm, my prized possession. Estimated value, now… I mean, s—, this is a million-dollar card, baby."
Considering he made roughly $20 million for essentially hugging Mayweather for 45 minutes on Sunday, I'd say there's some truth to it being a good luck charm.
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[Freeswitch-dev] Garbage characters on fs_cli when doing	reloadxml
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Its a casualty of using system libedit.  Well-known topic.  Talk to Travis
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it should improve some day as system libs catch up.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Nathan Neulinger <nneul at mst.edu> wrote:
> I don't see garbage in out very often, but I do see fs_cli crashes fairly
> regularly on reloads that generate bursts of
> output. Figured they were all due to the known lack of locking/etc. in the
> client.
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> > I have a few installs where you see garbage characters at fs_cli when
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> > cosmetic. I was curious if anyone else sees that?
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US People's Delegation Defies Trump at Bonn Climate Summit
by Thanu Yakupitiyage November 13, 2017 September 23, 2020
Thanu Yakupitiyage of 350.org and Katia R. Aviles-Vazquez of It Takes Roots report from Bonn, Germany on the People's Climate Summit, and how grassroots groups are confronting the U.S.'s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement
SHARMINI PERIES:	It's The Real News Network. I'm Sharmini Peries coming to you from Baltimore. In Bonn, Germany, the 23rd Annual Conference of parties under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is taking place this week and next, to discuss the significance of the Bonn talks and to discuss the US president's or lack thereof is Thanu Yakupitiyage. She is a US Communications manager with 350.org. Thanu, thank you so much for joining us. THANU YAKUPITIYAGE:	Thank you for having us. SHARMINI PERIES:	Also joining us is Aviles-Vazquez from Puerto Rican Organization of Boricua. She's also a member of the delegation of It Takes Roots. I thank you for joining us as well, Katia. KATIA AVILÉS-VÁZQUEZ:	Thank you. SHARMINI PERIES:	Thanu, I understand that there are two types of delegations to the Bonn meetings from the US. One is a people's delegation, which is very extensive and large and has large presence in Bonn and then there is a few official delegates from the US Government. Tell us about the atmosphere there and the US presence. THANU YAKUPITIYAGE:	Yeah. Absolutely. I think the atmosphere here is one of persistence. This COP, these climate talks are being hosted by Fiji. There's a lot of backing from the Pacific Islands. The Pacific Islands are on the extreme front lines of the climate crisis. Many of the islands in the Pacific including Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Talanoa, Tuvalu, Kiribati and others are only two to three meters above sea level. They're experiencing some of the worst floods, some of the worst typhoons and hurricanes. They're basically losing their islands because of climate change, because of the fossil fuel industry. I think that the atmosphere here is one of not actually a focus on the United States but of how countries need to actually move forward without the US. It's actually been extremely nice to be in a space where the US centricity has actually been shifted and people understand that other countries really need to push forward their ambition. That's why we're here as the US people's delegation to really put forward our people's vision of the United States and the kinds of local action we need to have on the US level in order to continue to move forward with the rest of the world. SHARMINI PERIES:	Thanu, a continuation of this discussion is the fact that the US has already stated that they want to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. What presence do they have in Bonn? Why are they tending at all? THANU YAKUPITIYAGE:	Yeah. Absolutely. Just to clarify. Yes, the Trump Administration has an intention to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. They made that statement back in early June. However, they will not be able to do that until 2020. There are individuals from the US State Department who are here were still part of talks around the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement. Having said that, no, the Trump Administration does not have a large delegation here. In fact, next week, the White House is hosting … the one event that they're hosting is one where they're going to speak towards, basically, the need for fossil fuels, nuclear, and coal as a mitigation tactic for climate change, which we find absolutely disrespectful, absolutely absurd that they are conducting this panel on Monday here at the COP. SHARMINI PERIES:	Katia, let me go to you this time. You're from Puerto Rico, that has just gone through a huge devastation as a result of Hurricane Maria. Tell us about the reasons why UN Bonn, what messages you are carrying on behalf of the Puerto Rican people? KATIA AVILÉS-VÁZQUEZ:	Hi. Yes. I'm from Organizacion Boricua de Agricultura Eco-Organica in Puerto Rico. What we are is a network of farmers, agroecological farmers in the archipelago of Puerto Rico, working on sustainable sources of food and also, just and fair access to land. We are the representing chapter of La Via Campesina in Puerto Rico. Why am I here? We have just been hit with the major reason why we need to stick to Climate Change Agreement and even increase our ambition by what Thanu said. We were hit by two major hurricanes in the Caribbean. They leveled a lot of the smaller islands. The reason was, at 40 feet, the water temperature was measured at 80 degrees. There's just the massive energy that was given to this hurricanes to develop because of the increase in temperature due to climate change. We need to stop this fossil fuel mission now. We're no longer talking about transition or future changes. We're facing them now and we're talking about how are we going to recover and adapt in the now regarding climate change and the challenges that it brings including changing crop patterns, changing hydrological cycles. We just came out of a drought two years ago. Now, we had this major hurricane level the island. We've been two months without power, without water, without communications. The reason that I'm here is because without the United States, whether Trump was to throw paper towels or not, we need every single country to move forward and make sure that we meet all of the requirements in terms of keeping parts familiar below a certain level. Also, we need to make sure that we have climate reparations for those of us that have had the least to contribute to climate change, but I bore the brunt of the impact of climate change. That's why I'm here. SHARMINI PERIES:	Are people in Puerto Rico making the connection between Hurricane Maria and human caused climate change the message you're trying to carry out in Bonn? KATIA AVILÉS-VÁZQUEZ:	That's a great question. Actually, a lot of people are, indeed. It's interesting because once you hit emergency mode, for example, a lot of people are relying now on gas powered generators and many people are trying to go solar. People would definitely see a peer connection. Particularly because we just had the worst drought that we have had in over 100 years. We came out of it this year. We came out of this heavy drought that harmed our agriculture and led to millions of dollars in loss to go into a hurricane that has left us without any power and without, basically, a working economy. Definitely, people are seeing it, but there's also a sense of impotence and frustration because we can adapt all we want, but you cannot adapt to a category five hurricane. You cannot adapt to increasing temperature levels. At this point, the weather has been some of the hottest month that we have seen, and we're suffering that without any fans and without mosquito nets, the mosquitoes and the outbreaks of disease have had increases in the past few months. There is a connection, but it's a very difficult connection to make because fine, I can make the connection and then what do I do about it. It doesn't matter if I use the car or public transport because the impact that that small archipelago or the entire region is having is very small compared to the decisions that are being made here, for example. SHARMINI PERIES:	Thanu, I understand that the US delegation is broad representative of many organizations as well as cities and mayors and of course, the civil society organizations like yourselves, the 350.org and many more. Now, I understand that in the United States, we're just coming out of various extreme weather situations like the fires in California as well as what happened in Puerto Rico, several hurricanes, had hit the United States, in Florida and elsewhere. Now, from what I understand, the delegations very charged up as a sense of urgency. Describe that and what you hope to achieve with the delegations that are there from all over the world. THANU YAKUPITIYAGE:	Yeah. I definitely think that there is a really strong sense of urgency. People are listening to the US people's delegation. We had a very successful press conference. We had a speak out yesterday where we had a diverse range of speakers from indigenous communities, communities of color, communities working in their towns in Colorado and California and Texas to really bring about local climate action. The US people's delegation, basically, is a coordinated effort by several organizations, 350.org, the It Takes Roots coalition and Delegation SustainUS and Sunrise Movement, ICLEI Sustainable Cities, Our Children's Trust, and several others. We represent very different organizations and constituents are really coming together to call on local elected officials to really put their money where their mouth is and not just pledge for climate action but to really act on it. In terms of some of our demands of people's delegation, we're demanding a just and equitable transition to 100% renewable energy in all cities and states. We're going to be doing this at least from the 350 and through pushing resolutions that were calling fossil free resolutions. We're calling for US elected officials to step up on meaningful climate action in bold ways. We're calling for them to move beyond just saying that they're still in but to actually implement things in cities and states. We're calling for a halt to all new fossil fuel projects. We're also demanding a stop on negotiating cap and trade, carbon offsets, and carbon pricing because we don't want there to be false solutions to the climate crisis. That's why it's so urgent that we move towards real solution and we move towards transitioning to 100% renewables. SHARMINI PERIES:	In terms of the US people's delegation on carbon trading, for example, is there a sense of consensus? THANU YAKUPITIYAGE:	I think that the people's delegation is coming together from a range of perspectives because we understand that these crises are gender of certain groups in this delegation that are working more on carbon pricing than others, but there is a consensus that we need real solution. SHARMINI PERIES:	Thanu, President Trump is pushing for a pro-coal, pro-fossil fuel agenda that he announced back in June that he would like to pull the United States out of this agreement and promote something called pro-coal, clean coal or whatever it is that he wants to do. I understand that there's being a panel held at the conference on this particular venture. How is that being received in Bonn and what is your reaction to it? THANU YAKUPITIYAGE:	I think it's being received with ridicule. The title of the panel is, The Role of Cleaner and More Efficient Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power and Climate Mitigation. Some of the speakers include folks from Peabody Energy, which is a coal company, NuScale, which is a nuclear engineering firm and Tellurian, which is a liquified natural gas exporter. Basically, the Trump Administration has sent people from the White House here to be cronies to the fossil fuel industry and to fossil fuel executives who are wrecking the planet. We are standing up against them. We as the people's delegation are saying that this is not right. This is not even a solution. This is just preposterous and complete neglect of communities. SHARMINI PERIES:	Organization is there, who has been quite profound at organizing much of the demonstrations here in the United States. It was New York two years ago or this, I guess, in January in Washington, D.C. one of the biggest climate demonstrations to take place in the US. Are you joining the protest that are taking place in Bonn, actually, last weekend? How was that attendance and the sides of the demonstration? Describe it for us. THANU YAKUPITIYAGE:	Yeah. Absolutely. Last week's demonstration here in Bonn, there was 25,000 people on the street. It was really festive. The front of the march was led by 350's Pacific Climate Warriors who have come from different regions of the Pacific Islands who, once again, that their islands are at the extreme front lines of the climate crisis with their islands being two to three meters above sea level. They know, first and foremost, that the entire world is connected that what the United States is doing, what the Trump Administration does is impacting the Pacific. What other countries, including Germany, does impacts other parts of the world. The mood, I think, was both festive but urgent with an extreme emphasis to really stop the fossil fuel industry and a real emphasis on solidarity from regions across the world. Sharmini Peries:	Now, one final question to you, Thanu, this particular meeting is sponsored by the Island of Fiji or the Islands of Fiji, I should say. However, the meeting is taking place in Bonn, why is this? Also, take the opportunity to talk to us about why island nations are in such crisis and how the levels of sea level rises are affecting the islands. THANU YAKUPITIYAGE:	Yeah. As to why this conference is in Bonn, the UNFCCC has their offices here and I think that they have a way in which they decide where the conferences are happening. I'm not sure that Fiji has the infrastructure and support in order to be able to host a conference as big as this in Fiji, but the host of countries for the COP, it's not necessarily always in the country who is hosting the COP itself and that's pretty much across the board. In regards to your second question about island nations being impacted, the reality is that not just the Pacific Islands but near where I'm from, Sri Lanka. The Maldives is also in crisis. They are also at risk of sea level rise and this is because these islands are close to sea levels. Some are even below sea level. They are really experiencing what's happening because of the melting ice caps. They're experiencing what's happening because of the fossil fuel industry helping to warm the planet. The reality is, in order to really see it with these islands, we need to make some drastic, urgent, rapid changes. That requires stopping fossil fuels. The more that we burn fossil fuels, the more that we continue to live in an economy that is based on the fossil fuel industry. We're putting entire people at risk and in terms of my own personal interest, what is going to happen in the next 50 to 100 years is that you are going to see mass migrations of people from low-lying areas including Bangladesh and island nations because their countries are sinking. However, one of the things that, really, has been inspiring to me here at the COP is, really, the message of the 350 Pacific Climate Warriors. Their message is, "We are not drowning. We are fighting." I was with the Pacific Climate Warriors when we went and witnessed devastatingly huge coal mine close to here in Bonn. To really make the connection between what's happening in even a place like Germany is impacting a place like Fiji or the Marshall Islands or Tuvalu. The island nations are really here to really show the faces of those most impacted. As someone who is also from an island, certainly, that is, perhaps, less crisis than Maldives but will definitely be the impact of Maldivians moving to Sri Lanka. I think that this is something that we all need to really take into consideration regardless of where we're from. SHARMINI PERIES:	Thanu and Katia, I thank you both for joining us. I hope you can join us again next week because I understand, the conference will be continuing into next week. KATIA AVILÉS-VÁZQUEZ:	Thank you. THANU YAKUPITIYAGE:	Thank you so much. SHARMINI PERIES:	Thank you for joining us here on The Real News Network.
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Thanu Yakupitiyage is the U.S Communications Manager at 350.org. 350.org is an international climate campaign organization that has coordinated over 20,000 climate rallies in more than 180 countries, helped lead the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline, spearheaded the growing fossil fuel divestment campaign, and co-organized the largest climate march in history, the People's Climate March. In addition to work on climate justice, Thanu is a long-time immigrant rights activist, media professional, and cultural organizer based in New York City.
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Il pozzo sacro di Sant'Anastasia (meglio conosciuto dai sardaresi col nome di Sa funtana de is dolus ossia la fonte dei dolori in sardo) è un monumento nuragico situato nel centro abitato di Sardara, comune del Sud Sardegna. Antistante all'omonima chiesa, situato a valle del colle di Pran'e Cuaddus e racchiude attorno a sé un'area archeologica vasta e unica: è l'unica in Sardegna ad avere ben tre pozzi sacri. Inoltre, l'altro ed unico pozzo sacro situato all'interno di un centro abitato è il Pozzo sacro di Predio Canopoli di Perfugas.

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Vi si accede attraverso una passerella che evidenzia tutta l'area archeologica, dotata di pannelli descrittivi per ogni singolo ambiente.

Datato tra il XIII e il XII secolo a.c, in tarda Età del bronzo, è un pozzo sacro destinato al culto delle acque che si differenzia da quelli di Santa Vittoria di Serri e di Santa Cristina in quanto è stato costruito con blocchi di pietra basaltica e calcarea non lavorati, puramente grezzi e non definiti. Di interesse tecnico è anche il pozzo di Cucuru Nuraxi nel comune di Settimo San Pietro, luogo sacro e monumentale che raggiunge una profondità di 30 metri alla quale si ipotizza la presenza di acqua salata.

Il pozzo è caratterizzato da un atrio parzialmente lastricato di cui rimangono solo alcuni blocchi di pietra che danno accesso ad un vano scala di dodici gradini avente una copertura a piattabanda digradante. La scala dà accesso alla camera circolare con copertura a thòlos avente un diametro di circa 3 metri ed un'altezza di 5 metri.
La vena sorgiva, convogliata in un cunicolo lungo 5-6 metri, scaturiva da un'apertura munita di architrave alla base della camera del pozzo, nel lato opposto alla scala.

L'area archeologica
Intorno all'area sacra votiva sono state rinvenute diverse capanne e un ulteriore pozzo all'interno della Chiesa di Sant'Anastasia (Sardara).

Capanna 1

La capanna posta sopra il pozzo sacro, ha una pianta circolare con due nicchie rettangolari. Durante le opere di scavo sono state rinvenute sotto la pavimentazione sette canalette disposte a ventaglio e coperte da lastre. Quest'ultime avevano il compito di convogliare l'acqua proveniente dalla sorgente nel canale fino ad alimentare il pozzo sacro.

Capanna 4

Situata leggermente più alto rispetto alla capanna 1 era destinata alla fucinatura. Al suo interno ed esterno son state trovate diverse matrici di fusione in terracotta.

Capanna 5

Viene definita come sala delle riunioni dei capi del villaggio, in quanto al centro di essa vi è un bancone sedile, ancora oggi visibile. La capanna è stata realizzata tra la fine del XI e il X secolo a.C.
Al suo interno inoltre sono stati rinvenuti diversi reperti: un orcio ricolmo di manufatti in bronzo, tra cui strumenti da fonditore per attività artigianali e tre bacili di bronzo.

Il secondo pozzo

Durante gli scavi di Antonio Taramelli è stato rinvenuto un pozzo d'uso realizzato in opera isodoma fino alla profondità di circa 2,50 metri, per poi lasciare spazio alla roccia naturale. Il pozzo, avente forma tronco conica, racchiudeva al suo interno diversi reperti di una certa rilevanza: una brocca askoide, vasi a cestello e piriformi, datati tra il Bronzo finale e il VII secolo a.C.

Curiosità
Nelle operazioni di scavo vennero rinvenuti dei blocchi di pietra basaltica ornati con bozze mammellari in rilievo e soprattutto un blocco a forma di protome taurina che vennero murati nella facciata della chiesa di Sant'Anastasia.
Attualmente questi reperti si trovano all'interno della chiesa e si ipotizza possano essere stati utilizzati per ornare la facciata esterna dell'ingresso del pozzo sacro.

Un ulteriore pozzo sacro nonché buona parte del villaggio risulta oggi non scavato per le difficoltà dovuto al fatto di trovarsi in un'area centrale del paese.

Tutti i reperti di Sant'Anastasia e della sua area archeologica sono esposti presso il Museo civico "Villa Abbas" di Sardara e presso il Museo archeologico nazionale di Cagliari.

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Bibliografia
A. Taramelli, "Il tempio nuragico di S. Anastasia", in Monumenti Antichi dei Lincei, XXV, 1918, coll. 5-106
D. Casti, Sardara. Il culto delle acque. Il pozzo sacro di Sant'Anastasia e la sua chiesa, Firenze, Il punto, 1982
G. Ugas-L. Usai, "Nuovi scavi nel Santuario Nuragico di S. Anastasia di Sardara", in Un millennio di relazioni fra la Sardegna e i paesi del Mediterraneo. Atti del II Convegno di studi (Selargius-Cagliari, 27-30 novembre 1986), Cagliari, Provincia di Cagliari-Assessorato alla Cultura, 1987
G. Ugas, "Sardara (Cagliari) Località di Sant'Anastasia. Area del Santuario nuragico", in Bollettino di Archeologia, 3, 1990, pp. 144-145
R. Sirigu, "Sant'Anastasia: storia degli scavi", in Archeologia a Sardara. Da S. Anastasia a Monreale, collana "Quaderni didattici", 11, Cagliari, Soprintendenza archeologica per le province di Cagliari e Oristano, 2003, pp. 7-15
L. Usai, "Sant'Anastasia: l'area archeologica", in Archeologia a Sardara. Da S. Anastasia a Monreale, collana "Quaderni didattici", 11, Cagliari, Soprintendenza archeologica per le province di Cagliari e Oristano, 2003, pp. 16-40

Voci correlate
 Pozzo sacro
 Civiltà nuragica

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Siti archeologici della provincia del Sud Sardegna
Pozzo sacro di Sant'Anastasia
Siti archeologici nuragici
Sardara

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By Karol Brinkley, CNN
Updated 8:18 AM EDT, Sun May 12, 2019
Social media campaign empowers postpartum moms
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Meg Boggs is on a mission to redefine the public perception of a woman's postpartum body.
If she could tell moms two things to start them on a self-love journey it would be to "look in the mirror" and "get in the photo with your kids." The mother and blogger says she refused to be in photos the first couple of months of her daughter's life, "I regret so much that I wasn't in the photos with her. It's so important and you have to think about your kids and they are going to want you in the photos with them."
'I felt as if my postpartum journey and body didn't count'
In 2018, Boggs was a first-time mom to a 7-month-old baby and dealing with negative body image issues. As a plus-size woman, she felt she didn't look like other pregnant or postpartum women on social media. It began during pregnancy, "I would see pictures of a perfect bump and I didn't relate to that because I definitely did not have a perfect bump." Boggs would search for images she could relate to online but found none, which was isolating, "I felt as if my postpartum journey and body didn't count."
Meg Boggs wants postpartum women of all shapes and sizes to be represented on social media
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In an attempt to connect with similar women, she started to blog on MegBoggs.com, posted her very first postpartum photo on Instagram and braced for how the internet might react. "To my surprise, my messages flooded with positivity and things like 'I needed this today.' That's when this idea started finding its way into my heart," Boggs said.
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An experience as painful as infertility helped Fortin focus her perspective, knowing that there are women walking the same journey she walked through wishing they had her stretch marks and extra skin. "They are the road map to my motherhood. They are a representation of my three miracle babies who I would not have if I did not walk through infertility and carry three human beings at one time," Fortin says that this perspective helped her find the beauty in every single stretch mark on her body. She calls them her "hope wounds" because they represent "things that I prayed for and longed for."
Fortin shares her body before and after carrying and giving birth to triplets
Even though some of the reaction to these photos has been critical, Fortin remains focused on the reason she's doing this in the first place, to empower women to love themselves and share their stories, "It's like a connection is made because you're being vulnerable. It's so beautiful and it fills my heart and reminds me of why I'm sharing."
'They are beautiful, no matter what society tells them'
Bethanie Garcia was inspired by her husband and children to view her body the way they did, like it was perfect. "Once I forced myself to believe that I was beautiful, I started seeing everything in a different light and started that whole journey of self love and self worth," the mother of four said. Garcia wants to help create a world in which her daughters can feel beautiful without unattainable standards. She wants women to know that "they are beautiful, no matter what society tells them or what they look like."
Bethanie Garcia wants to be honest and open about what motherhood is really like.
Before her fourth child was born, Garcia experienced a first-trimester miscarriage. The loss was not only physically and emotionally traumatic but she says it created a sense of failure. Miscarriage is common – around 10% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage – but Garcia says that even though she knew this, it still felt like her body had failed her.
She decided to post about her loss and received thousands of messages from women saying they had felt shame or failure because of their own miscarriages. Garcia heard from women that had never told anyone other than their partners, "The response helped me feel a lot less alone."
'It's those messages that remind me that it's worth it'
For Meg Boggs and these 25 women, the only way to normalize postpartum experiences is to be transparent, raw and continue the conversation. Sometimes, there are people that try to bring them down and cause pain with their words but Boggs says that, "I can get hundreds of negative comments but it's that one message that I'll get, even if it's just the one that says 'This is what I needed to see today,' it's those messages that remind me that it's worth it."


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The Church in foreign contexts
March 10, 2016 by Don Hutchinson
Nigeria is a beautiful African country. However, it is divided into two almost even geographic regions based on religion. The religious majority in the South is Christian, and Islam in the North.
When visiting in 2011, I was forever changed by a heart-breaking brief conversation with a five year old. Our chat took place while he was enjoying his first ice cream cone, strawberry.
Nigeria (June 2011)
The little tyke was a student at a school for the children of Christian martyrs, those who had been killed for their faith in Jesus Christ. One of hundreds of students at the school, he had my full attention as he shared the details of watching the murder of his parents and sister; then, sitting by their bodies through the night until a relative removed him from the street the next morning. His family, well known Christians in the community, was killed as the result of mob violence that erupted after a Christian candidate was elected President of Nigeria in April 2011.
The circumstance of our conversation required that I hold back my tears, which wasn't easy, until alone later that night in my room.
Nigeria is most often in today's news because of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, which the government has been unable to rein in. Boko Haram was little known prior to April 2011, but boldly escalated their presence with the election of President Jonathan and have not retreated, even following his defeat by a Muslim candidate in the election of March 2015.
I had another life-impacting conversation, in a different walled compound, in Northern Nigeria. I was privileged to spend an evening with a Christian leader who is a former jihadist who started his almajiri training at the same tender age of 5 years, when he was apprenticed to a radical Muslim imam. Conversion to Christianity was, from the perspective of his previous religious compatriots, his death warrant. As a result, his identity and location are not publicized. He uses the pseudonym "Abdulmasi," which means "servant of the Messiah."
After dinner, Abdulmasi shared that our meeting the next day with over 100 pastors from Northern Nigeria – witnesses to Jesus in a hostile environment that shelters Boko Haram – was coordinated through word of mouth, as a safety measure. Each pastor was responsible to tell the next, using an established and trustworthy communication chain of mouth-to-ear communication only.
Late last year, I was discussing the current situation in Nigeria with a senior Christian leader from that nation. He stated his observation that the pastors of many of the churches terrorized by Boko Haram, outside of the North, were preaching against Boko Haram instead of preaching for Jesus. This prominent and well known Nigerian church leader shared that he walks freely on the streets, without security or concern, because he preaches for Jesus.
I noted in last week's blog the situation in Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, where there are severe social and government constraints on Christians living out their religious beliefs.
I also referenced the situation in communist China, where the Church is growing in members faster than any other nation in the world.
Recently, Christian leaders in China have been in the news for a determined effort to place crosses on the roofs of church buildings. In China, it is forbidden to place above the roof line of buildings any symbols other than those of the Communist Party (e.g. the star) or the nation (e.g. the flag), unless the state symbols are also there, and higher.
In short, the placing of crosses or other symbols in this manner, creating in that culture the public perception of declaring something as greater than the communist state, is not permitted.
While in China last November, I saw a more than 10 metre high cross on the side of one church building and another prominent large cross placed several stories high on the front of another, but neither above the roof line.
Is the behaviour of pastors who are placing crosses on the roofs of their churches defiance that may inhibit the religious freedom of others? Or, is it Holy Spirit inspired civil disobedience that will advance religious freedom?
The Church looks different in these countries from its appearance in Canada, and other nations.
The forms of government, and resulting laws, are different in different parts of the world. As a result, the styles of Christian worship and opportunities to witness to one's faith may also be different.
In Nigeria, even congregations associated with staid historic Western denominations are vibrant and charismatic in expression. I delivered the main message at the pastors' gathering, and it was perfectly legal. But certain safety precautions are in order.
In Pakistan, the law prohibits disagreement with Islam. Sharing about one's belief in Christianity can result in criminal charges; and, mob violence can rule alongside state officials. To preach in Pakistan, a country I have not visited, a Canadian would have to do so in private and hope not to be reported.
In China, the registered Protestant Church is non-denominational in expression. The church we worshipped in reminded me of a conventional Anglican form of worship, including organ and a full choir. The registered Catholic Church follows the traditional Roman Catholic form of mass. Unregistered churches can, I am told, be more charismatic in expression.
It is legal for Chinese Christians to share their faith, as well as Bibles, with fellow citizens. One of the world's largest Bible printing companies, if not the largest, is in Nanjing. Amity Printing publishes Bibles for both international and domestic Chinese distribution. It is, however, illegal for a foreigner to bring Bibles into the country. Why would you need to? Bibles are readily available nationwide and foreigners can by them by the box and give them to churches for less than it costs to buy them in Canada. It is also illegal for foreigners to proselytize Chinese citizens without permission. To get my visa, I signed an agreement to not proselytize while in China. Chinese Christians are sharing the gospel just fine.
Globally, the Church is consistent in doctrine – the core doctrine of Christianity with variations on nonessential matters – or it would not be the Church. And, the Church is contextual in expression. Established in a Hebrew and Greek, Romanised culture in the Middle East during the 1st century, the Church has adapted to cultural expression (without doctrinal compromise) ever since.
Christianity is not a Western religion or an Eastern religion, the religion of the Northern Hemisphere or the South. Christianity is a relational religion – relationship with God and other people – that is enhanced by cultural infiltration resulting from life together. Cultural expression cannot, however, be permitted to compromise or contaminate the core doctrine of the Church.
Because of its relational nature with God and people the Church remains robust, alive and growing even in environments where Christians encounter social hostility and/or government restriction.
The Church faced these kinds of differences in its early days when non-Jews first started to become Christians. The people were different. The cultures were different. And, often, the laws were different.
The Christian Council at Jerusalem concluded to accept the new converts in their cultural setting by equipping them with core doctrine and to "not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God" with traditional Jewish requirements. They also made sure there was a structure in place for continuing relationship. (Acts 15)
Early direction to the Gentile churches in differing legal environments, particularly letters of the apostles Peter and Paul who made "first contact" with these new non-Jewish Christians, also encouraged compliance with the laws of government authorities as part of their expression of faith. (1 Peter 2:13-14; Romans 13:1-7)
Filed Under: Freedom of Religion - Global, Render unto Caesar
Foreign countries, foreign courts
Half a decade has passed since the almost expected, yet still shocking, assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti. Minister Bhatti was the first Christian member of Pakistan's parliament invited into cabinet, where he served as Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs.
With Shahbaz Bhatti, February 2011
Just weeks before his death, Shahbaz was in Ottawa. That's where I met him in February 2011. In conversation, Shahbaz shared that he had declined the Canadian government's invitation to remain here and was preparing to head home. He knew his life was in danger. When I asked him about his needs returning home, Shahbaz stated that he did not desire a more trustworthy security detail; another offer from the Canadian government. He asked instead for prayer.
Shahbaz Bhatti was killed, execution style, on March 2, 2011, moments after leaving his mother's home in Islamabad. His murderer has not been identified.
Death threats against Minister Bhatti had increased dramatically after he expressed support for Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who is still in prison after being sentenced to death in 2010. Her crime? In responding to a co-worker's question about her Christian faith, Asia Bibi is alleged to have made a remark (which she denies) that was found by a judge to be an offence to the Prophet Mohammed. In Pakistan, the penalty for "blasphemy" against Mohammed is death.
A few months ago, I was privileged to visit China as part of a delegation that attended meetings with the leadership of both the national Protestant and Catholic churches registered with, and operating within the requirements of, the Communist government. The delegation also had a significant meeting with the Minister and senior officials from the State Administration for Religious Affairs, China's department for oversight of religions and religious organizations.
This extraordinary opportunity confirmed for me the remarkable truth that the Church can thrive anywhere, even in cooperation with the requirements of a Communist government.
Years ago, I met with leaders of the unregistered house church movement who were visiting from China. They told me that they were experiencing increased freedom as they purposed and acted to respond to social needs. Their motivation was a statement Jesus made about one aspect by which He would judge the Church, "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me." (Matthew 25:34-40)
In the setting of Canada's democracy, we sometimes complain about government or the courts. But, we don't face open, potentially deadly, hostility because of our religious beliefs. There are no blasphemy laws by which we might be imprisoned for a comment made to a co-worker. We are not confronted with the need to contextualize our religious practices in submission to a government that has either a religious or ideological belief that is determinative of both judicial appointments and judicial decisions.
Several of the more difficult New Testament passages for Christians are found in the apostle Paul's letter to the Church in Rome. Among them, Romans 12:1-2 challenges Christians to be living sacrifices for God, transformed in our thinking to follow God's will, not our own. Romans 13 confronts us with:
1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4 for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience.
This is not a message dictating unquestioned subservience. Nor does it require collaboration with the government or compromise of Christian doctrine. But, Paul does appreciably limit the appropriate circumstances for civil disobedience (a topic to be addressed in more detail in an upcoming blog).
Working with and within the political and judicial system can be difficult, but that is what is asked of us.
Seven centuries before the birth of Jesus, four young men were abducted from Jerusalem by a conquering king – Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah (also known by their Babylonian names: Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego). They held fast to their faith in God, refused to bow in worship to King Nebuchadnezzar's golden statue, walked out of what should have been certain death in a fiery furnace, and found a place, within that foreign culture, to serve as leaders in the nation of Babylon; all the while, worshipping God. (see particularly Daniel 1 and 3)
Early Christians refused to bow to Caesar or his image, the Emperor having been declared to be a god. They kept the peace, were at one time put to death as entertainment, and contributed to their society. Four centuries after the death of Jesus of Nazareth, Caesar was displaced as god of the Empire by this same Jesus. In making this decision, the Emperor Constantine also granted legal freedom to other religions, provided they were not disruptive.
Without judicial independence and sound legal doctrine, the ideology of the state – whether religious or atheist – is determinative in the courtroom; and, judicial decisions become subservient to state doctrine. This is little different from the ancient Babylonian or Roman empires, and was understood by Paul when he wrote his remarks to the Church.
How Christians respond to cultural, societal and political constraints, as well as the decisions of courts – both just and unjust – bears witness to our character as Christians, a word that literally means "little Christs" (little anointed ones). Are we both believing in Jesus and behaving like Him?
The Church, both registered and unregistered, is growing faster in China than any other nation in the world. Asia Bibi's lawyers continue to appeal the decision of the lower court, many around the world are intervening on her behalf with the Pakistani government, and her plight highlights that she is one of millions around the globe who face persecution for their religious beliefs. Instead of choosing the safety of a land foreign to him, Shahbaz Bhatti gave his life to work within the legalities of Pakistan's constitutional structure "to serve the suffering humanity, defend principles of religious freedom, human equality, social justice and rights of minorities." And, he asked me to pray for him.
The request of the persecuted is consistently that we pray. Pray that they – we – might be faithful to God and the Scriptures.
Filed Under: Freedom of Religion - Global, Politics, Render unto Caesar
A heartfelt and freely chosen "Merry Christmas!"
December 22, 2014 by Don Hutchinson
Baby Jesus. We count the days and we sing the songs. Some engage in the North American war of words over "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays." Still others decry the trees, cards, advent calendars and wreaths along with the gifts and expressions of generosity. Peace on Earth? Goodwill to all?
Some support the manger and menorah in the same public square. Others – an admittedly smaller but louder portion of the population – decry both. Is the public square to be truly for all the public or must one be stripped of religion to enter what Father Richard John Neuhaus referred to as a naked public square?
Whatever one thinks of this celebration – commercialism gone wild or season of love and charity – one thing cannot be denied. Jesus is the central figure in human history.
Son of God? Son of Man? Son of God and Son of Man? As He famously asked His disciples, "Who do you say that I am?"
The Jews who had no reason to record the deaths of the many who claimed to be Messiah experienced a new religion birthed in their holy city. Josephus, the great Jewish scholar of first century Rome, made reference to His crucifixion in particular.
The Romans who had their own selection of gods, including their emperor, in time embraced Him as King above their king. They even changed the record of time to reflect their estimate of His birth.
His real presence in the world cannot be denied.
His worship as God is today accepted by over 1/3 of the planet's population. His importance in the plan of God by another 1/6. And the denial of His place in history and human lives is the focus of much of the remainder.
The Magi so revered the signs in the night sky that they traveled far to bring their best to Him. King Herod, in those days ruler of ancient Israel under the Romans, so feared His birth that he ordered the slaughter of every male child in Bethlehem under the age of 2 years. Mary and Joseph were warned and had taken their baby boy out of town by then.
Historians tell us He probably wasn't born December 25. Some challenge the story of the stable. Others question whether the Romans settled on the right year. Efforts to avoid Him are many.
But it's not about contending over minor details.
And it's not about debating questions around the existence of evil, but accepting the presence of supreme and redeeming Good.
And it's not just about Baby Jesus. Yes, the miracle and story of His birth remind us about prophecies of old fulfilled, fresh hope and overcoming fear. But it's not just about Baby Jesus.
As my pastor says, it's about "a blood stained cross, an empty tomb and a poured out Holy Spirit."
And it's about men, women and children who risked their lives to hold fast to their faith in Him and to share that faith with others. Centuries of men, women and children.
And it's about men, women and children who are risking their lives today for the same reasons in Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Nigeria, Pakistan and Syria; to name just a few from the World Watch List top 50.
And it's about men, women and children who are willing to risk their reputations and social status to hold fast to their faith in Him and share it with others right here at home.
It's not about putting others down. It's about lifting His name up! Both in word and in deed.
And somehow, now as then, it's about living life together – the constitutional consensus that holds us together and the conversation that enables us to appreciate our differences. Acceptance, even when without agreement.
It's about the continuing effort to understand, maybe someday experience, the message of the angels to the shepherds who were watching their flocks on that night, "peace on Earth and goodwill to all."
It really doesn't matter whether you say "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas." What matters is that it is heartfelt and freely chosen.
So, Happy Holidays! And, Happy Hanukkah!
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Alison Brie opens up about her battle with depression and body dysmorphia
By Natacha Maloon| 9 months ago
Alison Brie has opened up about the mental health battle she's been working through for many years.
In an interview with Women's Health, the Glow actress, 37, disclosed that body dysmorphia and depression were something she would "be working through [her] whole life."
"I go back to red carpet photos where I thought I looked so horrible, and there are some where I now think, God, I looked beautiful. And I'll remember: An hour before that I was in tears; I thought I was so disgusting," she explained.
Alison Brie at the 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California. (WireImage)
"I think it's something I'll probably be working through my whole life. And depression too."
Brie admitted she a family history of mental health problems, noting her maternal grandmother had suffered with schizophrenia.
"The rest of my family then dealt with the trickle-down effects of trauma," Brie told Women's Health. "And that meant depression more than anything."
The actress explained how fitness had become a saving grace that helped her combat personal demons.
"When I've been in a really serious depression, I'll drag myself to a yoga class — even if I don't want to be around people — tears streaming down my face. But, get in class, get out of your head, get blood flowing. It ends up helping eventually," she said.
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Brie married fellow actor Dave Franco in 2017, and said she is constantly educating him about mental health.
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"It's been funny talking to him about it. He said, 'Before I knew you, I'm not sure I believed body dysmorphia was a real thing. It's so interesting to me what you see — and what I'm seeing when I'm looking at you — and the frank discussions we have about it,'" Brie said.
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Your reading list just got longer—the 2017 National Book Awards longlist is here
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By MJ Franklin 2017-09-12 15:05:09 UTC
Make room on your "to-be-read" list—National Book Awards season is here!
This week, the National Book Foundation is announcing the books longlisted for the 2017 National Book Awards.
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The National Book Awards is an annual celebration of the best and brightest in American literature. Each year, the National Book Awards honors four literary categories: Young People's Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction.
Past winners have included Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad (2016 Fiction winner), Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell's March: Book Three (2016 Young People's Literature winner), Ta-Nehisi Coates' letter to his son Between The World And Me (2015 Nonfiction winner), and Robin Coste Lewis' Voyage of the Sable Venus (2015 poetry winner).
One notable addition to this year's longlist is Angie Thomas' Black Lives Matter-inspired YA novel, The Hate U Give. The book follows a young teen named Starr Carter who witnesses her unarmed friend Khalil get shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop. The book has been a mainstay on the New York Times Best Sellers list, and MashReads called The Hate U Give the one book you should read this year."
The National Book Foundation will be announcing one category from its longlist each day this week: Young People's Literature on Tuesday, Sept. 12; Poetry on Wednesday, Sept. 13; Nonfiction on Thursday, Sept. 14; and Fiction on Friday, Sept. 15. We'll be updating this post each day with each new announced category.
The finalists for the 2017 National Book Awards will be announced on October 4, and the winners of the 2017 National Book Awards will be revealed on November 15.
In the meantime, check out the longlisted books below.
Young People's Literature
What Girls Are Made Of by Elana K. Arnold
Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
All the Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry
You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 by Frank Bidart
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen
The Book of Endings by Leslie Harrison
Magdalene: Poems by Marie Howe
Where Now: New and Selected Poems by Laura Kasischke
WHEREAS by Layli Long Soldier
In Language of My Captor by Shane McCrae
Square Inch Hours by Sherod Santos
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems by Danez Smith
Afterland by Mai Der Vang
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances FitzGerald
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman, Jr.
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein
Democracy In Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson
Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, And Fake News by Kevin Young
Dark at the Crossing by Elliot Ackerman
The King Is Always Above The People: Stories by Daniel Alarcón
Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado
A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Barren Island by Carol Zoref
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ALAN PARDEW reckons Hatem Ben Arfa is the key to Newcastle United's dreams this season.
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The flamboyant playmaker is close to returning to the United line-up after an agonising pre-season ankle injury that came just 30 minutes into his comeback game against Kansas City in July.
Pardew is hoping to play Ben Arfa in a central role just behind one of his strikers.
And with the Frenchman closing in on a return, Pardew told the Chronicle: "On the training ground he can do things that no one else at this football club can do, and therefore he has a talent that we need to put in the team.
"But he needs to be right, and I'm not going to take any chances with him.
"You could argue I should give him 10 minutes today at Villa, but I think three days of real hard graft, and being involved on Tuesday, is a better route for him.
"We want him back at his best as quick as we can."
Ben Arfa will be asked to prove his fitness and strength in the run up to Tuesday's visit to the City Ground for the Carling Cup battle with Forest.
The French flair player has not been seen in action since July when he suffered ankle damage in the baking heat at the Kansas City Stadium.
However, his anticipated return at Forest will take place in cooler conditions.
Pardew – who is also hoping to include fit-again French teenager Mehdi Abeid in his squad for the cup clash – is delighted with Ben Arfa's rapid progress, and paid tribute to the player he is yet to see play at competitive level as Toon boss.
Pardew said: "Hatem's had to be very strong, especially after this injury.
"He was looking good in pre-season, and it was a blow to him.
"Hatem's actually recovered quicker than we thought."
Abeid was back on the training field this week too after recovering from a muscle injury sustained in a behind-closed-doors game at Sunderland last week.
The teenager was stretchered off after a strong tackle from Titus Bramble, but is back in first-team squad contention.
Pardew said: "Mehdi trained yesterday, and I think he's got a chance for Tuesday too."
However, Davide Santon will see a specialist at the beginning of next week.
The player injured his knee on Thursday and then underwent scans.
A club statement said: "Davide was injury free when he completed his pre-signing medical examination and scans. The injury he sustained on Thursday is not connected to his previous injuries."
Meanwhile, Santon's fellow countryman Fabio Zamblera has left United by mutual consent.
United signed Zamblera from Atalanta in 2008 and the 21-year-old, who has had two loan stints to Roma and Sampdoria during his stay in Toon, was a signing made by controversial former transfer chief Dennis Wise.
United have also agreed to extend the loan of James Tavernier at Carlisle for a further two months.
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