For all the mums due in January 2016, we are going to start our free, online, antenatal classes in your birth club from the 12th of October. As a member of this birth club, you will be part of a 6 week course of free classes. Our expert Sonali Shivlani who is an Internationally Certified Pregnancy, Lactation and Child Nutrition Counsellor will be taking questions from the members of the group in a designated thread.
If you are a pregnant and due in January 2016, do join this group to participate in these classes.
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Judaism and Immigration Reform
Post author By Rabbi Jason Rosenberg
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Judaism has something to say about Immigration Reform. And, it starts with Welcoming the Stranger, and Protecting the Weak.
Immigration Reform has been a hot issue, these past few months. A Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill has recently passed through the Senate, and the house is now debating what, if any, bill it might pass. What does Judaism have to offer this conversation?
Clearly, there isn't a single "correct" Jewish position on Immigration Reform. That's especially true when we're talking about specific policies or legislation. Judaism doesn't tell us precisely how long is too long for a path to citizenship to take. Judaism has little if anything to offer in helping us decide what percentage, precisely, of our money should we be spending on border security, as opposed to other aspects of Immigration policy.
But, Judaism does have quite a bit to say about values — which values should be important to us, and which values should undergird our society.
One of the values integral to Judaism is Hachnasot Orchim—welcoming the stranger. Welcoming the stranger has always been part of Judaism. In the Book of Genesis, we hear of Abraham, the first Jew, who was sitting in the entrance of his tent, when three strangers passed by. He immediately invited them in, and treated them like royalty — preparing a meal for them himself, not even letting his servants do it for him. That was probably fairly common and expected — we still see echoes of this kind of behavior in that part of the world. Our people inherited this tradition, and we built it into our theology.
You see, there is a natural, human tendency to favor those to whom we are the closest. We tend to take care of our own, and to be wary or afraid of "the other." The mitzvah of welcoming the stranger is, in part, a counterbalance to this reflex. It reminds us that this person, whom I do not know is, among other things, a human being. And that means that they were created in the image of God. The moment I encounter him or her, I have an obligation to him or her. There is no one — not a single, solitary person — from whom I can completely turn away, and to whom I have no obligation.
These people — these immigrants — who are not, at least not yet, part of our nation are still people. And we have an obligation towards them. We have to welcome them.
We can't welcome everyone equally, of course. No one is suggesting that we don't have any Immigration policy — that we open our borders and make everyone and anyone a citizen. But, our starting place has to be one of care and welcoming. We have to work to figure out how we can bring the greatest number of people possible into our country, and into our lives, rather than starting from a place of rejection and isolationism.
It would be incredibly ironic for us, as Jews, to be less than welcoming when it comes to immigration policy. Because, we've often been the victim of it. We've been the victims of restrictions on our own migrations for centuries. We've fled persecution and been told, time and again, "you're not welcome here." Even when others were trying to wipe our people off the map, we've been told to go somewhere else. Just not here.
And, in less dramatic times, we still had to leave one home to seek a better life elsewhere. Very few of us in the Jewish community have an American heritage which goes back more than a few generations. We are a people of immigrants in a nation of immigrants. It is our repeated memory of being a stranger in a strange land which is supposed to drive our moral dedication to helping others to never feel like strangers themselves. Or, as it says in Leviticus (19:33-34), "When strangers sojourn with you in your land, you shall not do them wrong. The strangers who sojourn with you shall be to you as the natives among you, and you shall love them as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt."
Because we were strangers, we know how it feels. And so, we are commanded to help other strangers. We have an obligation to immigrants not in spite of the fact that they are strangers, but precisely because of it.
We also have to remember that many immigrants, whether legal or illegal, are among the most vulnerable in our society. And that's another, perhaps even greater reason that we are obligated to help them. We are told over and over that we are obligated to protect the weak — the Bible commands us to protect the widow and the orphan, because those categories were the weakest, and the most vulnerable, in ancient society.
By contrast, "They're not my problem" appears exactly never in our text.
It's so easy to get caught up in the specifics of policy, discussions about "who should get in first" and rhetoric about amnesty and such that we can forget a very basic, fundamental fact: we're talking about people here. Were talking about people — not "illegals," but people — who are suffering. People who, perhaps because they came here illegally, are not afforded, or do not know about, the legal protections to which they are entitled. They are exploited and abused, with startling regularity and severity. Even if we hold them accountable for entering this country illegally, it should still shock our moral centers that human beings are treated in this way. Workers are abused physically, and are threatened with deportation should they utter any protest, or seek help. Children are left without their parents, often put in dubious foster care, because their parents were deported, while they weren't. Husbands and wives are kept apart for years and years because the one who came here, legally or not, doesn't have the right, or perhaps just the resources, to bring their loved one over. Young women are forced into slavery and the sex trade, because as far as society is concerned, they don't even exist. It's an abomination.
As I said, the policy issues are deeply, deeply complicated. And, no one policy, or set of policies, is going to solve all these problems. But, that simply doesn't give us the right to lose our sense of empathy for people who are suffering. The fact that we can't make the problem go away in no way diminishes our responsibility to make it better. We have to remember that behind every story, behind every argument, behind every policy debate live real people with real lives. And they're in real pain.
That, more than anything else, drives my support of Immigration Reform. It is a belief that, flawed, imperfect and incomplete as it will inevitably be, it is a step in the direction of justice, and of mercy. It is a step in the direction of forging a society which more closely holds to the ideals and values set out in our tradition.
Your conscience will tell you how to act, when it comes to laws and policies. Judaism can't tell you, and neither can I, which candidate to support, or which bill to protest. but, I urge you to do something. Call your Senator, or call your representative. Urge them to act. Urge them to act in a way which will make our country, and our society, a place which welcomes the stranger, protects the weak, and strives to be a shining example of our greatest ideals.
Rabbi Jason Rosenberg is rabbi of Congregation Beth Am in Tampa, Florida. This is a version of the sermon he gave at Congregation Beth Am on Friday, July 19th.
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The Time for Immigration Reform – Rabbis Organizing Rabbis Advocating in Ohio
Post author By Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk
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This blog post is excerpted from the prepared remarks shared on Friday, June 21, 2013 by Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk, Senior Rabbi of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in a meeting with Ohio Senator Rob Portman, convened together with Rabbi Rick Block (CCAR President and Senior Rabbi of The Temple – Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, Ohio), Rabbi Lewis Kamrass (Senior Rabbis of Isaac M. Wise Temple of Cincinnati, Ohio), and a broad coalition of supporters of comprehensive immigration reform in the US. Coalition partners included: HOLA, NAACP, Global Cleveland, American Nursery Alliance, University Hospital, National Latino Evangelical Churches, Hispanic Roundtable, Huntington Bank and America's Voice each conveyed their support to the Senator of the current bill before the Senate. Partners in the Jewish community included the American Jewish Committee board leadership who also contributed abundantly to the success of the meeting in terms of the Jewish community voice to Senator Portman.
Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk and Rabbi Rick Block, who serves as President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and Rabbi Lewis Kamrass, spoke emphatically and in solidarity with other many Ohio rabbis and the Rabbis Organizing Rabbis affiliate within the Central Conference of American Rabbis. They each urged Senator Portman about the stakes seen in this moment to change in the current system, and the desire of Jewish American citizens to see progress made. Rabbi Rick Block urged the Senator to not see the "perfect" as the enemy of the "good" in his deliberations on the bill and to take steps to assure its passage. In addition, Joy Friedman, Senior Organizer from Just Congregations, a division of the Union for Reform Judaism joined these rabbis at the meeting and offered resources and data points to the Senator about substantial support within the Reform Jewish movement nationally.
Senator Portman, my name is Rob Nosanchuk. I am Senior Rabbi of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple and I am here with Rabbi Rick Block of The Temple Tifereth Israel, Rabbi Lewis Kamrass from Wise Temple in Cincinnati and Joy Friedman, of the Union for Reform Judaism. We recognize the gravity of this particular moment in the U.S. Senate. We approach you to ask that you stand in alliance with the coalition meeting with you today, in advocating strongly for a just solution to the broken U.S. immigration system.
As Jews, our heritage is one of lifting up values of justice and compassion. Our efforts to exhort are congregants as rabbis are built on the idea that Judaism emphasizes both dinand rachamim, both strictness to the law and mercy that we ask God to look upon human efforts. As Jews we believe that it is our task to approach situations in which we find no one acting with humane instincts, environments situations which defy humane understanding, and that in those environments we strive to give of our humanity.
Today our heritage over generations of immigrants leaves us to ask- what to do with the freedom we have been given? Where can we find sources to lift up justice and freedom?
But it is difficult to answer those questions. For justice can't easily be located in today's immigration system, which you've as much as agreed today is broken. It is not even a system. It is a non-system!
There's no fairness offered to the millions of undocumented immigrants who, because we have failed in the past to make a difference in the public square on this issue, have been living in the illegalities of society.
There's no goodness in the offing for the 5,000 children of immigrants forced into the foster care system.
There's no equality in the system for LGBT Americans who are deemed illegitimate to protect a spouse or partner the way others can.
So we as Jews and as Rabbis feel commanded to fix this broken system and do our part in helping you to lead on this issue and to fulfill the legislation once it is signed and passed. For we believe that the legislation before you, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, is a crucial way to begin to address the problems I've mentioned and that you've outlined. We believe it is consistent with the humane and compassionate ideals we write and teach about to thousands of your constituents, and we commend you on your feeling that you want a comprehensive bill, and say to you that you should vote for the most just most fair comprehensive immigration bill that is placed before you.
I remember meeting you Senator a couple of years ago at an event where we each spoke acknowledging the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. We exchanged letters after that gathering. I remember the image you spoke of that day of remembering your travel back after 9/11 to be with your family and community in Ohio. You spoke of the feeling of profound pride and unity you had while watching Ohio first responders driving on the same highway toward New York, contributing with every fiber of their being to the acts of life affirmation, of healing and saving and redeeming lives.
I have held that image with me, when I think of you. I ask you today to hold on to that feeling of unity, to remember the idea you had on 9/11 that even during those perilous days, there is nothing we cannot be responsive to as a nation when we draw from what unites us. The first responders that ran from departments across the nation to help address the crisis in New York did not wait to secure the best reimbursement system. They had no idea whether there would be any real positive outcome for their extraordinary efforts. But they knew that people in our society were in harm's way and that a time comes to decide to get involved in promoting safety and decency and justice, no matter the price.
Senator Portman, we urge you to lead and then to exhort legislators you know in the House, to lead and pass this bill, and to address some of your specific concerns when this bill goes to a conference between the branches. For this is just such a moment. Americans are counting on our leaders to get something done, in a productive, healing, just and redemptive path. This is a moment for you Senator, to be among those first responders to a broken system and promote a path that is more just and compassionate.
Thank you for your time and for meeting with our coalition!
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Rabbis Organizing Rabbis: Immigration Reform Lobby Day in DC
Post author By Rabbi Seth Limmer
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(The CCAR "Gang of Ten": Rabbis Michael Namath, Baht Weiss, Sam Gordon, Esther Lederman, Greg Litcofsky, Ari Margolis, David Adelson, RAC Deputy Director Rachel Laser, and Seth Limmer)
It started as a question: as part of our Rabbis Organizing Rabbis campaign for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, would colleagues be interested in journeying to Washington, D.C. for a Rabbinic Lobby Day on Capitol Hill? If so, would Senators and their staffs be willing to meet with national representatives of CCAR, even from out of state? If so, would we as rabbis be able to make any impact on the success of the legislation's passage through Congress?
The answer to all these questions, I discovered on our first Rabbis Organizing Rabbis Lobby Day, is a resounding: YES.
May 22 was an auspicious date for many reasons. We knew it was one of the final days Senators would be in town before their June recess. We knew we had a team of ten colleagues taking trains, planes and automobiles to meet up at our Religious Action Center. But we didn't realize that late in the evening on May 21 the Senate Judiciary Committee would vote S. 744 [the bi-partisan bill for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, or CIR] out of committee by a margin of 13-5. When we entered the halls of Congress, our Senators all knew that a vote on CIR was coming their way.
After a thorough prep session at the RAC, our day began by meeting Senator Daniel Bennet [D-CO], one of the members of the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" who championed CIR. Led by David Saperstein (and together with our allies from the UUAA) we thanked Senator Bennet for his leadership, asked him how we could help ensure the passage of the Bill, and charged him (as he was happy to hear) to "get this work done".
From that session, our own CCAR "Gang of Ten" fanned out over Capitol Hill to meet in smaller groups with the offices of seven key senators. We heard interesting messages from two other members of the Gang of Eight with whom we met: Dick Durbin [D-IL] charged us to help secure the vote of his IL colleague, Mark Kirk [R-IL]; Robert Menendez directed our focus to the House of Representatives, where his staff feels this legislation will face serious and sustained opposition. Angus King [I-ME] also reiterated a call to ensure the overwhelming passage of CIR in the Senate to put real pressure on the House.
Our teams also scheduled appointments with Senators whose previous statements and records led us to believe we would have to work hard to gain their support. In many ways, it was in these sessions where the real learning of the day took place, and where the greatest optimism was found. Joe Donnelly [D-IN], heavily influenced by the support the Catholic Conference of Bishops has put behind CIR, was encouraged to hear more faith groups speak of the moral arguments for the legislation he is leaning to support. His colleague, Dan Coats [R-IN, who had expressed dismay for President Obama's DREAM act], turns out to be focused on the realism of CIR's border-security measures, but seeks a comprehensive solution and is very open to the possibility of supporting S. 744. (Coat's Legislative Director especially asked us to be vocal on the issue of why this bill didn't provide "amnesty", as that was the biggest negative public perception he felt his office needed to overcome.) Kay Hagan [D-NC], one of five Democrats who voted against the DREAM act, wouldn't commit to a position, as she faces re-election in a state turning towards the other party. It was curious that we felt more encouraged by our meetings with "swing" Republicans than Democrats…..
The most interesting meeting of the day was with the office of Mark Kirk [R-IL]. The importance of Kirk's leadership in widening the bipartisan support for CIR could be crucial, we had been told when meeting with Durbin's staff. So it was with great hope and a sense of urgency that Chicago's own Rabbi Sam Gordon began our session setting forth a compelling case. As conversations continued, we learned that Senator Kirk was open to supporting S. 744, and potentially even inclined to do so. The early and vocal advocacy of the faith community, we were told, was a large reason why. As the meeting became more and more encouraging, I felt emboldened to share the following with the Senator: thanks to Rabbis Organizing Rabbis, we already have a network of sixteen committed colleagues throughout Illinois who are poised to come out and support and help Senator Kirk arrive at (and keep to) the right vote on this issue. Sam Gordon listed the many cities in which Rabbis Organizing Rabbis can really make a very public difference for the Senator, and Kirk's people widened their eyes at the opportunities, took business cards, and pledged to be in touch.
I learned a lot from a tremendously full day in D.C. From Rachel Laser and the RAC Staff, I learned how important it was, before going to Wasington, to advocate publicly on a local level (I was fortunate enough to have an Op-Ed published on Immigration Reform in the Jewish Week). Sitting with Senators and showing them my public commitment and leadership definitely made a difference. From my Just Congregations community organizing training I learned how having people on the ground in states gave us greater power and opportunity when talking with Senators. From the Senators and staffers with whom we shared such fascinating conversations, I came to understand how much of a real difference it makes in the policy and legislation of our nation that we as rabbis went door-to-door on Capitol Hill.
And, lastly, I learned how invigorating it was to walk through the halls of Congress with my colleagues, making a real difference in the governance of our country and the ways its people are able to enjoy justice, peace and civil liberties. I can't wait to do it again.
Rabbi Seth M. Limmer is rabbi of Congregation B'nai Yisrael of Armonk, New York.
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Serve the Eternal With Joy
Post author By Rabbi Michael Latz
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The Psalmist calls to us, "Serve the Eternal with joy!"
For three days, participants of the Consultation on Conscience heard from pollsters about faith and Tikkun Olam; we sat at the feet of US Ambassador Susan Rice, Sister Simone Campbell and "Nuns on the Bus," and Rabbi Sharon Brous to discuss the role of faith in our pursuit of progressive social change; and we learned from staff at the Religious Action Center about how to lobby more effectively, about outstanding local social justice programs for our communities, and about the energetic Rabbis Organizing Rabbis Campaign for fair and humane immigration reform. We discussed violence against the human spirit, were weighted down with stories of gun violence and human rights abuses, and discussed how to face the obstacles of cynicism, callousness, and despair.
For a group of Balfour Brickner Rabbinic Fellows, we added powerful stories of the moments that called us to social justice; for some it was being bullied and beaten up years ago in high school; for others, it was the recognition we had been that bully. Powerful, prescient, evocative stories about the Divine spark bursting our hearts open and demanding we respond to the great moral injustices of our day with compassion, fortitude, and determination to make tikkun real.
And then, after sowing tears of pain and trauma, we responded to the call to Serve the Eternal with joy:
More than 20 of us went to a local Washington, DC bar where young professionals head after work. Teams of people were engaged in a karaoke competition, the contemporary version of a camp sing down.
What were a bunch of serious, social justice rabbis to do?
With words projected on the screen against the backdrop of contestants adorned in costumes from the fanciful Village People to the absurd Rocky Horry Picture Show to the romantic Dirty Dancing and music blared through the room, we danced.
It was powerful, joyous, effervescent. With laughter and movement, humor and a bit of awkward brilliance, we belted out lyrics to Time Warp and Time of My Life; we paused in the midst of our learning and pursuit of social justice to touch a different—and yet vital—part of our souls that longed to soar.
It was funny and fabulous and rejuvenating. And some of our colleagues can dance! For a few hours amidst the sacred work of the Consultation on Conscience, we opened our hearts and joyously sang a new song unto God.
"It's astounding;
Time is fleeting;
Madness takes its toll.
But listen closely…"
Let's do the time warp again!
Rabbi Michael Latz is the senior rabbi of Shir Tikvah in Minneapolis, MN.
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Finding Inspiration at the Consultation on Conscience
Post author By Rabbi Suzanne Singer
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Attending the Religious Action Center's (RAC) Consultation on Conscience is always immensely inspiring. Attendees are exposed to a multitude of speakers on the urgent issues of the day, as well as to social justice leaders who share their passion and their drive. At the end of the second day this year, several speakers provided me with renewed motivation to pursue this work. Rabbi Sid Schwartz offered a remedy for burnout: connecting our push for social justice to our tradition. He reminded us that Jews are "no longer the most vulnerable members of society" so that we must think beyond tribalism and embrace "the responsibility of privilege." He urged us to implement a regular service trip to the developing world in our congregations.
Sister Simone Campbell
Thinking beyond the boundaries of institutions, and a deep concern for the other were the themes of a session with Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of NETWORK, and Rabbi Sharon Brous of the emergent congregation, Ikar, in Los Angeles. Sister Campbell's organization has focused on systemic reform in the areas of health care, immigration, peace and economic justice. Sister Campbell was instrumental in organizing the "Nuns on the Bus" tour in 2012 to oppose the Ryan budget. She was reprimanded by the Vatican for promoting "radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith." During the session, she was quite sanguine about the criticism she has received from the officials of the Church. She affirmed that our faith values regarding community are desperately needed to maintain our democracy. She believes that people are starved for this kind of leadership which the Catholic Church is not providing. "We are called to be manna for the world so we can nourish the world and act responsibly together."
Rabbi Brous said there are two questions posed by God in the Torah that we must keep asking: "Ayecha?" I.e., "Where are you spiritually?" and "Ay hevel achicha?" "Where is your brother/your sister?" (from Genesis 4:9). She cautioned that we must move "from individual dignity to communal purpose…We are on the verge of meaninglessness if we don't bring the kingdom of heaven down to earth."
One Million Bones Project
The most surprisingly moving session, however, was Naomi Natale's "On the Power of Art to Confront Genocide." When I saw that title in the program, I was skeptical that this would be a worthhile session. In fact, Natale's work is transformative. Her project, called "One Million Bones," aims to educate and connect people in a visceral way to the genocides still occurring in the world, most notably in Sudan, Congo and Somalia. She and her team work with communities to make bones out of clay and then lay them out in strategic places. The bones are meant to honor the victims of genocide and mass atrocities. Natale has brought this project to a number of state capitals. The visual effect of 50,000 bones lined up and piled up two feet wide and tens of feet long is incredibly powerful and affecting. Natale plans to bring a million bones to the National Mall in Washington, DC June 8-9.
I am terribly grateful to the RAC for exposing us to these amazing people.
Rabbi Suzanne Singer is the rabbi of Temple Beth El in Riverside, California.
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What Matters to Us: Reflections from the Consultation on Conscience
Post author By Rabbi Barry Block
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The disconnect is striking.
"The Jewish vote," we were told last year, is all about support for Israel.
But here I am at the Consultation on Conscience. Israel is on the agenda, to be sure. But it's a crowded agenda. And our friends in Washington seem to "get" that better than the pre-election press.
The Consultation's keynote was a conversation between Rabbi Rick Jacobs and Ambassador Susan Rice. They talked about Israel. But they also struggled with Sudan and Syria. They emphasized international LGBT human rights.
Senators and members of Congress of both parties are poised to talk with us Tuesday about immigration reform and economic fairness, the environment and international human rights. And about Israel.
Danny Gordis claims that too few of us prioritize our own people. He argues that our universalism, unique in Jewish history, harms our own people. But the argument between universalism and particularism goes back to the Bible itself. Ruth suggests that redemption can come from anywhere, even Moab. Ezra takes the opposite view. The best of our prophetic books, Isaiah, cries out for justice, seamlessly, for Israelite and foreigner alike.
So what energizes the crowd at the Consultation?
Judging by the applause, marriage equality is a critical concern, along with its near relative, LGBT employment non-discrimination. For me, that's personal: my mom is a lesbian. As a congregational rabbi, LGBT equality is a concern in our own Texas community, where our members can and do lose jobs because they are LGBT. But admittedly, these issues are universal. My read of the prophets tells me to join Rabbi Jacobs and Ambassador Rice, concerned about persecution for LGBT folks worldwide, in countries with no Jews.
Immigration reform is high on our agenda, particularly for the rabbis at the Consultation who are leading Rabbis Organizing Rabbis. Some of our Jewish communities include immigrants whose status would be affected, but most are outside the Jewish community. So perhaps we should be surprised that the polling data before us shows that American Jews overwhelmingly agree that a path to citizenship must be included in comprehensive immigration reform. For me, and I'm not alone, this view is motivated by Torah: We are commanded to remember the stranger, for we were strangers in Egypt. And my views on immigration are motivated by the American Jewish experience: We Jews, better than some other Americans, recall our people's immigrant experience and identify immigrants' journeys with those of our own forbears.
But make no mistake: Israel's peace and security remains very much on the minds of Consultation attendees and our speakers. We lauded Ambassador Rice on the partnership she and the administration have shared with Israel at the UN, facing adversity together, and she told us about Israeli strides at the UN that were news to many of us.
All of the above are concerns at the Consultation. All are Jewish social justice priorities. All are universally important, and all are particularly Jewish.
Rabbi Barry Block has been named Rabbi of Congregation B'nai Israel in Little Rock, Arkansas, beginning July 1, 2013. Currently, Rabbi Block is on sabbatical as Senior Rabbi of Temple Beth-El in San Antonio, Texas, where he has served since 1992.
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Rabbis Organizing Rabbis: Immigration Reform
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Zacil addressing Rabbis at CCAR Convention.
When Zacil finished speaking, I could see they eyes of four hundred fellow rabbis welled up with tears. This undocumented immigrant courageously described living in her shadowland of America, a parallel country to the land of opportunity discovered by my great-grandparents, a land ruled by the principle that–regardless of high school graduation or a university degree–the highest aspiration of person without papers was living in perpetual fear while toiling tirelessly as landscaper or maid. When Rabbi David Saperstein rose to speak following her standing ovation, he simply stated, "There are eleven million Zacil's living today in America." And so immediately, beginning with over 250 rabbis sending a simple text message to become part of Rabbis Organizing Rabbis, our Central Conference committed ourselves to work for comprehensive, humane and common sense Immigration Reform.
I helped form Rabbis Organizing Rabbis to move the work of tzedek back to the center of my rabbinate, to the center of the Reform Rabbinate. I knew I wanted to work closely with colleagues on sustained campaigns to bring greater justice to our world; I sensed so many colleagues shared a commitment to tikkun olam that we were just waiting for the moment to act together and reclaim our Reform Movement's mantle as leaders in repairing our world. But by the time I wiped the tears from my eyes at hearing Zacil's story, by the conclusion of a convention which 300 colleagues joined Rabbis Organizing Rabbis, I was simply grateful that a dedicated and wide-ranging community was ready to get busy in the work that Torah calls us to do: to see to the welfare, the dignity, the humanity of the stranger, the oppressed.
In a workshop, my colleague and friend, Rabbi Larry Bach shared with us a teaching from Deuteronomy 6:
And it shall be, when Adonai your God brings you into the land which sworn to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you great and goodly cities, which you did not build; and houses full of all good things, which you did not fill; and wells dug, which you did not dig; vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant; when you shall have eaten and be full, then be wary lest you forget Adonai, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
Larry challenged our complacency, we comfortable citizens of these United States who are not wary Deuteronomy's warning and frequently forget we are but a generation or two removed from the immigrant experience. I was forced to think back through the many family stories I have forgotten to try and recall how my ancestors made it to America's shores. I remembered the story of my great-grandfather, who [and I appreciate the cosmic irony here] ran away from Russia rather than go to the seminary his parents wanted him to attend. I had always heard how, in sneaking out of Eastern Europe, he was forced at a certain point to hide from Cossacks in the straw and hay of a mattress lining. He saved his own life when not making a sound as the Cossack's bayonets pierced his stomach, causing blood to pool in his shirt and amid the straw. He carried that scar the rest of his life, across the Atlantic Ocean, and through Ellis Island to America.
I really don't know if my grandfather was an illegal immigrant or not. I don't know how or if he got his papers squared away legally. But I have realized, thanks to Larry Bach and Deuteronomy, that my great-grandfather must have skirted or violated innumerable laws and ordinances in escaping the oppression of Russia and making his way to safer shores. I have come to see that I had forgotten: I am the heir of illegal immigrants, real human beings who fled real horror to discover in America a better way of life for their children, and their children's children. Quite literally, for me.
So I commit myself, along with countless colleagues, to work for comprehensive and humane Immigration Reform. Not just because it is the right thing to do; not simply because it will be the first campaign of Rabbis Organizing Rabbis. I am doing this for my great-grandfather, for my family, and for me. I will no longer forget who I am, and what my identity compels me to do. I am the stranger, and knowing what it feels like to be oppressed, I must work on behalf of strangers, aliens, those in the shadows, everywhere.
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Looking back on Lori's 1st field season in Antarctica
Dr. Lori Ziolkowski takes a look back on her first field season at the Princess Elizabeth Antarctic Research Station and the small life forms that manage to survive around it
Dr. Lori Ziolkowski and Dr. Stefanie Lutz, travelled to the Princess Elizabeth Antarctic Research Station (PEA) in early 2017 for their first field season. The weeks before departure were busy with medical evaluations, preparing sampling gear, and everything else needed to survive and lead a successful scientific trip in one of the worlds most extreme environments.
The overarching goal of Lori's REMACA project, supported by the Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship and the International Polar Foundation, is to discover what types of life forms live around PEA and how active this life is. Previous studies have found ample evidence of microbial life on rocks, in the rocks, in ice-covered lakes and in the soil. But it remained unclear how active these microbes are. The climate of East Antarctica is harsh by temperature standards and these conditions are known to limit microbial activity elsewhere, like in the high Arctic.
But to the great surprise of Lori and Steffi, life is almost everywhere around PEA. By the end of their field trip, they had more samples than originally planned. Samples were collected from soils, rocks, ice, and even lakes. Most lakes around PEA are covered with a meter of ice because air temperatures do not go above freezing, so it was surprising to find one lake partially ice-free. In this open water lake, they found macroalgae, similar to seaweed, and green cyanobacteria mats.
The most hospitable place for a microbe trying to survive in Antarctica's harsh environment is actually inside the rock. Endoliths are a type of microbe that lives within rocks. When a rock is broken into pieces, one can typically see a line of green pigment and that green pigment is where microbes have been harnessing the suns energy through photosynthesis. Scientists often study endoliths because they may give us clues as to where life on other planets like Mars may exist. In the region surrounding PEA, microbes were found in most rocks.
Much of the field effort was also focused on studying cryoconites. Cryoconite holes are circular holes in glacier ice. Microbes also find these holes a hospitable place to live because they often contain melted water. In the Arctic, Lori and Steffi have studied and found cryoconites that are open to the atmosphere and have no ice cover. Typically, in Antarctica the cryoconite holes are ice covered and those around PEA were usually covered with 8-10 cm of ice. Multiple cryoconite samples from many locations around PEA were collected to determine local and regional variability in the composition of the material within these cryoconite holes.
Now that Lori and Steffi have returned to their labs, first sampling adventure over, the real work of analyzing samples begins. Over the next six months, they will process samples to find out which organisms are living in these samples and how active these microbes are. This will provide valuable information about what type of sampling should be conducted in 2018, their next field campaign. Lori and Steffi are excited to start working in the lab, to see what they find so they can begin making plans for the next trip!
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Visterra, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company that uses its proprietary technology platform to identify unique disease targets and design novel therapeutics, completed a $30m Series B financing round.
The round was co-led by new investors Merck Research Labs Venture Fund, Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd. and Temasek with participation from existing investors Polaris Partners, Flagship Ventures, Omega Funds and Alexandria Venture Investments and new investor Cycad Group. In conjunction with the financing, Dr. Lincoln Chee, Venture Partner of Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd., will join the Board of Directors of Visterra, and Dr. Janelle R. Anderson, Ph.D., Managing Director of Merck Research Labs Venture Fund, will join as a Board observer.
The company intends to use the proceeds to advance the development of multiple product candidates from its pipeline of novel monoclonal antibodies that target infectious diseases, including VIS410 for seasonal and pandemic influenza and VIS513 for dengue fever, into the clinic.
Led by Brian J. G. Pereira, M.D., President and CEO, Visterra is a biotechnology company that uses its proprietary Hierotope™ Platform to identify unique disease targets and design effective therapeutics. It is currently focused on therapeutics for infectious diseases and its lead product candidate, VIS410, is a broad spectrum human monoclonal antibody for the prevention and treatment of both seasonal and pandemic influenza. The company's second product candidate, VIS513, is a human monoclonal antibody for the treatment of dengue fever that has been shown to broadly neutralize all four dengue virus serotypes.
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Kentucky Gas Explosion Keeps Fossil Fuel Disaster Streak Alive
Fourth natural gas or coal-related accident in as many days sends at least two people to the hospital
Jon Queally, staff writer
[Update: 1:08 PM EST — Just hours after this post was first published Thursday morning a train carrying both crude oil and propane gas derailed in western Pennsylvania. The extent of the damage was not yet clear.]
Earlier: A gas pipeline explosion in Kentucky early Thursday that sent at least two people to the hospital, destroyed three homes, two barns, numerous cars, and left a 60-foot crater in the ground is the fourth significant fossil fuel-related disaster in the U.S. in as many days.
"The latest string of disasters bolds and italicizes a basic fact: fossil fuels aren't safe. Not for our communities, not for our environment, and certainly not for our climate." —Jamie Henn, 350.org
According to media reports, the cause of the explosion and subsequent fires in the town of Knifley, Kentucky, about 90 miles south of Louisville, was not known but one witness said the blast lit up the sky "just as plain as day." The section of the pipeline that exploded has been sealed off and an investigation is underway, authorities said.
The incident in Kentucky follows two fossil fuel disasters on Tuesday this week: a coal slurry spill in West Virginia that turned a local river "black" with toxic compounds and a dramatic explosion of a fracking well in western Pennsylvania. On Monday night, a similar explosion to what has happened in Kentucky occurred when a natural gas pipeline "ruptured and exploded" causing a massive fire in North Dakota.
In an email sent to Common Dreams, Jamie Henn, director of stratgey and communications for the climate group 350.org, said this week's rash of accidents shows the inherent risks and dangers of a fossil fuel industry pushing the boundaries of its extraction and transportion activities.
"The fossil fuel industry is like a giant robot at the end of a horror movie—falling to pieces and lashing out as it strains for ever more resources," wrote Henn.
"The latest string of disasters bolds and italicizes a basic fact: fossil fuels aren't safe. Not for our communities, not for our environment, and certainly not for our climate," he continued. "It's time politicians to stand up and reject catastrophes like the Keystone XL pipeline and start promoting things that don't blow up or leak, like solar panels and wind turbines."
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Steven Wilson announces the reunion will probably end after summer shows in New Year's message
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Steven Wilson appears to have called time on the current Porcupine Tree reunion, announcing that the bands upcoming outdoor shows will 'most likely' be the band's last.
In a New Year's message to fans on Instagram and Twitter earlier today (which you can see below), as well as discussing his upcoming solo album, which he refers to as 'totally pretentious', Wilson says 'Meanwhile the (likely final) PT shows will be a handful of festival appearances over the Summer'.
The full statement reads: "Happy new year to you all! First and foremost a big thank you to everyone that enjoyed the Porcupine Tree Closure/Continuation album / shows, and my book Limited Edition Of One during the past year.
"Coming in 2023 will be my new album, a 10 track 65 minute musical journey that's kinda hard to describe, but suffice to say it's different again, not to mention totally pretentious (in a good way!) It will be released by Virgin Music UK, more news soon. Meanwhile the (likely final) PT shows will be a handful of festival appearances over the Summer, check the band's channels for more info.
"Lots more exciting stuff (at least to me) happening, but for now I'll leave you with my very best wishes for the year ahead, I hope it will be a wonderful one for you."
Porcupine Tree announced they'd reformed after a 12-year hiatus in November last year. The band released Closure/Continuation in June and ended a tour of North America and Europe with a show at London's Wembley Arena in November.
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Trinity's exciting discoveries (Book Review - Zoe Kalo's Daughter of the Sun)
Title: Daughter of the Sun (Cult of the Cat series, Book 1)
Author: Zoe Kalo
Genre: YA mythological fantasy
Word count: 93,000 words
Trinity is a sixteen-year-old girl in an orphanage near London.
As the book starts, she is at a turning point in her life. She is consciously becoming aware of how 'different' she is - she never gets sick, her sharp senses, her exceptional affinity to cats, and more.
Now a mysterious female, who gives hostile vibes, is here to take Trinity to her long-lost grandmother.
Incorporating Egyptian mythology, the first book of the Cult of the Cat series tells a graphic tale of Trinity's discovery of the mysteries of her family and her destiny.
From the very beginning, I connected with Trinity. As she struggles within herself over her mysterious feelings, as she fights with the bullies in the orphanage, as she is taken to a world that is alien to her and yet is more of a home than the orphanage every was, as she discovers the many secrets of her past, her emotions are written so that one feels for her.
As I started reading this book, I had two different images in my mind.
One was of Halle Berry in Catwoman. Well, that was the wrong image, though I do wonder where the Cult of the Cat series takes Trinity and if there will be a glimpse of the Catwoman as the story moves forward.
Another is Harry Potter. This is a given.
The fact that Trinity is an orphan, unaware of her realities, with a mystery surrounding how she happened to be in the orphanage is reason enough to think of Harry Potter. But there are no other glaring similarities between the two.
It is a book that keeps you interested with its' fast-paced fantastical story, and the emotional struggles of its' characters.
As the story of Daughter of the Sun ends, there is a closure to some mysteries, while others are left with a hint of more to come.
As Trinity gets engrossed in her new world, she doesn't lose connection with her old one. This leaves the reader with a lot more to look forward to in the next book of the series.
With a hint of forbidden romance, Daughter of the Sun tells an engrossing tale the magical world of Goddesses, Egyptian symbols, and the Island of Cats.
The italicized text in quotation marks are quotes from the book.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Cult of the Cat series blurb
According to ancient Egyptian prophecy, three feline goddesses—Bastet, Sekhmet, and Mafdet—would one day be reborn as triplets during a solar eclipse.
But someone—or something—separated them at birth. Because if ever they were reunited, they would unleash a blistering power that could destroy the world.
In an adventure where the past confronts the present, and blood, betrayal and secrets abound, the triplets face each other for the first time. And discover they're the only force able to stop the evil god Apophis from enslaving humanity.
Daughter of the Sun, Book 1 - blurb
Sixteen-year-old Trinity was born during a solar eclipse and left at the doorsteps of a convent along with a torn piece of papyrus covered with ancient symbols. Raised by nuns in the English countryside, she leads a quiet life until she's whisked away to the Island of Cats and a grandmother she never knew.
But before they can get to know each other, her grandmother dies. All that Trinity has left is a mysterious eye-shaped ring. And a thousand grieving cats. As Trinity tries to solve the enigma of the torn papyrus, she discovers a world of bloody sacrifices and evil curses, and a prophecy that points to her and her new feline abilities.
Unwilling to believe that any of the Egyptian gods could still be alive, Trinity turns to eighteen-year-old Seth and is instantly pulled into a vortex of sensations that forces her to confront her true self—and a horrifying destiny.
A certified bookworm, Zoe Kalo has always been obsessed with books and reading. Reading led to writing—compulsively. No surprise that at 16, she wrote her first novel, which her classmates read and passed around secretly. The pleasure of writing and sharing her fantasy worlds has stayed with her, so now she wants to pass her stories to you with no secrecy—but with lots of mystery…
A daughter of adventurous expats, she's had the good fortune of living on 3 continents, learning 4 languages, and experiencing a multicultural life. Currently, she's working on a Master's degree in Comparative Literature, which she balances between writing, taking care of her clowder of cats, and searching for the perfect bottle of pinot noir.
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Community Member: Yvette Williams; Faculty Advisor: Susan Masino
The Pressing Issue of Substance Use Disorder
1a. Substance Use Disorder, Prevalence, and COVID-19 Impact
1b. Community Partnership: 2 Your Health, LLC
1c. Treatment Rates and Approaches
1d. Research Purpose
1e. Research Questions
2a. Literature Review
2b. Interviews Conducted
3a. The 5 Most Bio-Active Holistic Remedies
3b. The Big Picture
3c. Key Ideas From Interviews
Conclusion and Future Directions
Research Limitations
*Click on any quick link above to navigate to that main or subtopic below.
*Click on any Figure/image below to enlarge it.
1. The Pressing Issue of Substance Use Disorder
Substance use disorders (SUD) are conditions based on continued substance use despite negative consequences. Illicit drug use and lack of treatment causes an undue burden nationally and in the state of CT. Within the past year, there was an increase in the percentage of those who used illicit drugs, reaching 20.8 percent from 17.8 percent in 2015, as well as 20.4 million people who had a SUD (SAMHSA's 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDH), 2020).
Substance use disorder definition and prevalence rates
CT vs US opioid overdose death rates
Source: KFF analysis of CDC Multiple Cause of Death 2008-2018 from: "Mental Health and Substance Use State Fact Sheets." KFF, Kaiser Family Foundation, Nov. 19, 2020, https://www.kff.org/statedata/mental-health-and-substance-use-state-fact-sheets/connecticut.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been worsening the substance use epidemic and is expected to increase the rate of overdose deaths by 18% (Yeager, 2020). Isolation, limited treatment options, and economic pressures have intensified because of the pandemic and have resulted in increased challenges for those with substance use disorders. Just within the first three months of 2020, drug overdose deaths have increased more than 10%.
First three months of 2019 vs 2020's overdose death rates
Source: Stephenson, Joan. "Drug Overdose Deaths Head Toward Record Number in 2020 on CDC Warns." JAMA Health Forum, JAMA Network, Oct. 20, 2020, https://jamanetwork.com/channels/health-forum/fullarticle/2772241
I think it's [COVID-19] having a huge impact on the addiction population … isolation is the worst thing you can do for an addict, even for one in recovery.- Interviewee #2, Narcotics Anonymous Interviewee
The founder of 2 Your Health, LLC, Yvette Williams, through years of research and integrative therapy, was able to overcome life-threatening illnesses. Understanding the value of a health and wellness approach, 2 Your Health offers non-clinical health consultation and education as well as its own vegetarian food truck.
2 Your Health, LLC is working towards piloting an all-natural approach to addiction recovery. The foundation of this approach includes nutritionally dense foods, supplements, and botanicals paired with supportive mental and physical activities, without the use of regulated or synthetic substances or medication. This type of intervention works to support the body's own detoxification, nourishment, and healing abilities. Offering a natural approach will help combat the urgent need for an effective alternative response to addiction.
About 2 Your Health, LLC
Among people aged 12 or older in 2019, 21.6 million people needed substance use treatment in the past year. Yet, only 4.2 million people received any substance use treatment.
Number of people who received substance use treatment vs who needed it
Source: "Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health." SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Sept. 2020, https://store.samhsa.gov/product/key-substance-use-and-mental-health-indicators-in-the-united-states-results-from-the-2019-national-survey-on-Drug-Use-and-Health/PEP20-07-01-001.
The all-natural pilot study will utilize an integrative/ holistic approach. This approach differs from conventional medicine.
Conventional vs Holistic Remedies/Therapies
In order to pilot and demonstrate the efficacy of its natural, holistic addiction treatment approach, 2 Your Health has been seeking grant funding. An important first step towards obtaining funding is to show the existence of preliminary, empirical research that supports the proposed holistic approach. Accordingly, identifying, organizing, summarizing, and graphically representing the existing evidence-based research was the main goal of the project.
The focus was on the research related to 17 holistic remedies that are included in protocols or recipes (e.g. Nutrition, Hydrotherapy, Turmeric, Exercise). Empirical research was evaluated along with reports from cultural/traditional uses regarding the efficacy of these holistic methods to improve health and treat 53 typical substance abuse issues/problem symptoms (e.g. Drug cravings, Poor health, Insomnia, Anxiety).
Holistic remedies researched and examples of substance abuse problem symptoms examined
The field of natural, unconventional medicine is vast. Confidence continues to grow in various natural/integrative remedies. More and more empirical studies continue to reveal the efficacy of these remedies, though as is common in research, not all results are affirmative.
The guiding research questions throughout the literature review were:
To what extent does the existing evidence-based research support the effectiveness of the 17 holistic remedies in treating addiction-related issues?
Of the investigated therapies, which appear to be the most bioactive?
The answers to the two questions above will inform the development of grant applications from 2 Your Health, LLC and will hopefully help to secure funding to pilot the holistic addiction project.
Literature review and data collection process
Empirical research articles were gathered using databases such as PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and Google Scholar. 17 specific natural health remedies were researched: chlorophyll, glutathione, antioxidants, turmeric, wheatgrass, milk thistle, dandelion root, hydrotherapy, social connectedness, natural/outdoor therapy, acupuncture, spiritual belief/support, massage, MCT oil, CBD oil, exercise, and nutrition. In cases where there were initially few results returned after a search, different keyword searches were used, substituting "substance abuse treatments" with "health benefits" for example. After summarizing, or using direct quotes, from references, generalized and specific health benefits were isolated. The health remedies were then evaluated against 53 substance abuse issues/symptoms/ sequelae. To indicate the strength of support provided by the primary and secondary empirical research sources for each addiction issue, a color-coded rating system was created, with the 53 typical addiction problem symptoms found on the left and the 17 health therapies on the top. The color-coded rating system was then used within a matrix to demonstrate correlations between the 53 addiction problem symptoms, listed in column one, and the 17 holistic remedies, listed in row one.
Color-coded rating system used to correlate addiction problem symptoms to holistic remedies
Red checkmark meant that the research showed a strong indication that a particular remedy would relieve the issue it was associated with
Blue checkmark meant that the research showed indicative evidence that a particular remedy would relieve the issue it was associated with
Green meant that the effectiveness of the remedy in relieving an addiction issue was deduced through student analysis because of similar functions and properties
Black meant that the remedy has been reportedly used in traditional/historical/anecdotal/cultural medicine
Example of the natural remedies correlated to the addiction problem symptoms they help
Two 30 minute interviews were conducted via zoom, to gather broad but substantive feedback and insight into the drug addiction epidemic in the Hartford area as well as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on a problem that was already at crisis level. Interviewee #1, a specialist in addiction and infectious disease treatment at Hartford Hospital, was asked 10 questions addressing addiction, its prevalence in Connecticut, the type of drugs abused, current treatment available, and holistic treatment. Interviewee #2 is a member of Narcotics Anonymous (NA) who was asked the same 10 questions, but from the perspective of someone who has gone and continues to go through recovery and treatment.
3. Results and Discussion
The research indicated:
8 (Chlorophyll, Wheatgrass, Dandelion Root, Social Connectedness, Spiritual Beliefs, MCT Oil, CBD Oil) or 47% of the 17 remedies may help with 30-49% of the addiction issues.
8 (Glutathione, Antioxidants, Turmeric, Hydrotherapy, Nature Therapy, Acupuncture, Massage, Exercise) or 47% of the 17 remedies may help with 50-69% of the addiction issues.
1 (Nutrition) or 6% of the 17 remedies may help with >90% of the addiction issues.
Remedy to symptom correlation Figure 11a.
The 30-49% Addiction Problem Symptoms to Remedy Correlation is broken down into how supportive the research was. There were 424 opportunities for these 8 remedies to help one of the 53 addiction issues within the correlation table. Research indicated they may help 170 times. Level of effectiveness: Strong: 36, Indicated: 65, Deduced: 69, Blanks: 254.
Figure 11b.
The 50-69% Addiction Problem Symptoms to Remedy Correlation is also broken down. There were 424 opportunities for these 8 remedies to help one of the 53 addiction issues. Research indicated they may help 222. Level of effectiveness: Strong: 43, Indicated: 105, Deduced: 74, Blanks: 74
Figure 11c.
Finally, >90% Addiction Problem Symptoms to Remedy Correlation is broken down. There were 53 opportunities for the 1 remedy to help one of the 53 addiction issues. Research indicated they may help 50 times. Level of effectiveness: Strong: 20, Indicated: 22, Deduced: 8, Blanks: 3
The most Bio-Active Protocols were: Nutrition, Turmeric, Acupuncture, Exercise, and Glutathione. The least Bio-Active Protocols were: Social Support, MCT and CBD Oil, Milk Thistle, and Spiritual Support.
Symptom "hits" and "misses" for the most and least bio-active remedies
3a. The 5 Most Bio-Active Holistic Remedies:
Benefit summarization for the most bioactive remedies
3b. The Big Picture:
A heatmap was created based on the analysis done and described under the 'Methodology' section to provide a big picture, at-a-glance summary image of our research findings.
Through its numerous shaded cells, the heatmap below shows the likelihood that one or more of the 17 holistic remedies (row #1) will help with each of the 53 addiction problem symptoms (column #1).
Figure 14a.
Heatmap legend
Summary Heatmap: Shadings indicate likely help from remedies (row #1) for addiction issues (column #1)
Key takeaways from interviewee #1 (addiction specialist) and interviewee #2 (NA member)
It's [using drugs] a coping strategy for many people. If you take away a mechanism that people are using to cope with life and you don't help train them on something to replace it with by teaching them other coping strategies, then it's hard to expect them to do well. But people, even after they stopped using drugs, they can continue to have difficulty sleeping, have mood changes, have less appetite, and have cravings and they're still at high risk of having a relapse. It really needs to be multimodal [intervention]. Medications do have best track record at helping people have the best success over time. There may be a role for nutritional interventions and other integrative approaches as a complement to medication therapies or as more of the mainstay for people who may not be interested in taking medications. It's a conversation that they should have with their health care provider to see what the best fit is.- Interviewee #1, addiction specialist
*Listen to full interviews using the links below:
Interviewee #1:
https://trincoll.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/interview1/1_zmvz125s
https://trincoll.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/interview2/1_ye5y5k83
4. Conclusion and Future Directions
Through the process of conducting this research review, we learned how to refine our searching strategies in cases where the available research initially appeared to be very limited. Listening to the perspective of a clinical practitioner and a person in recovery from the Hartford area, helped us understand the struggles with substance use disorder people are dealing with right around us. We also were able to gain a better understanding of how people facing addiction may view the holistic addiction treatment approach developed by 2 Your Health, LLC. The literature review revealed that numerous holistic remedies, proposed by 2 Your Health, LLC, hold promise for treating symptoms and sequelae of addiction. Nutrition, Exercise, Acupuncture, and Turmeric appeared to be the most bioactive of all the interventions which means they are expected to help the highest number of the 53 addiction-related issues we reviewed.
Given the high prevalence of substance use disorders and their related challenges, we strongly believe that other interventions besides conventional approaches need to be employed. This belief is supported by the results of a public survey conducted by 2 Your Health in 2019. More than 200 people were surveyed, a high majority of whom answered the specific questions on which the following statistics are based. 86% of respondents thought that drug addiction was either a serious issue or a crisis. In the same survey, 73% of respondents thought that current treatment options were inadequate compared to the need and 96% said they would prefer an effective, science-supported, all-natural addiction recovery approach over a medication-driven one. Accordingly, the overall result of the preliminary research described above, strongly indicates that utilizing a holistic/integrative approach, whose components have empirical research support for their effectiveness, has a real potential to help people with substance use disorder, even those who may have become discouraged.
The ultimate goal and ideal next step would be to conduct controlled, human, evidence-focused research that employs the most bioactive holistic interventions above simultaneously to assess and hopefully validate their effectiveness in treating addiction symptoms and sequelae.
5. Research Limitations
This research did not focus on a comparison between conventional addiction recovery treatment and a holistic approach as data is generally unavailable on holistic program outcomes. Rather, the goal was to gather, assess the effectiveness, organize and present the strength of the existing evidence-based research on a number of remedies that are part of 2 Your Health's natural addiction recovery program.
The documented evidence-based research is clear; however, the ranking of its strength is subjective since it is the assessment of the research reviewers.
There is confidence in the deduced assessments of the remedies' effectiveness; however, these conclusions are subjective as they are the extrapolation of the research reviewers.
The bioactive level of a remedy does not necessarily predict the level of the positive health impact. It is conceivable that a remedy can be active and effective against a single major addiction symptom and provide a greater level of recovery benefits because of the breadth and depth of its primary and secondary impacts upon a person's addiction problem symptoms.
*2 Your Health LLC, Hartford CT; 860-726-3214; yawill@msn.com or c2yourhealth@hotmail.com
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How To Choose The Best Dial-Up Internet Provider? | ISP 1 by Dan Karas.
Why Choose Dial Up Internet Access?
Dial Up Internet Provider Service is the cheapest ISP option and may well serve your needs if you only need light to moderate Internet access. Dial up is also great if you travel because unlike most broadband plans you can use it practically anywhere. I personally use both a home based high speed cable ISP and a low cost dial up Internet service for the times I'm away from home.
Inexpensive - Many Nationwide ISP unlimited dial-up Internet service plans under $10 per month.
Mobile - You can use the dial up Internet service anywhere there is an available telephone jack.
Easy - No special hardware to buy, configure or maintain.
Note: Even though most dial up ISP's advertise Unlimited dial up, the maximum Internet connection time is usually capped at 300 hours per month which works out to approximately 10 hours usage every day of the month. If you need more Internet connection time than this then you should seriously consider a Broadband DSL or High Speed Cable Internet Plan.
Slow - Unsuitable for streaming audio or multimedia video viewing.
Must Connect - You have to dial up the ISP's service in order to access the Internet.
Disconnections - If your Internet connection is inactive for a period of time most ISP's will disconnect you.
Ties up Telephone - Your telephone line will be busy while connected without MOH.
Can I Use My Telephone While I'm Online?
If you only have one telephone line then you can't dial out or receive incoming while you are connected to the Internet unless you have a V.92 modem with "Modem On Hold" software installed.
What Is Modem On Hold?
Modem-On-Hold is a new V.92 modem technology that allows you to make and receive phone calls while connected to the Internet. Most dial up ISPs, such as the ones featured on our Cheap Dial Up page support "Modem On Hold". You will need call waiting service from your phone company and compatible Modem-On-Hold software. You should have received software such as "NetWaiting" or "MOH" with your v.92 modem, but if not, you will need to download it from your modem manufacturer's web site. Your ISP usually limits the time that you can remain connected "on-hold" to around 5 minutes, after which you will need to redial the ISP to connect to the Internet.
What is Accelerated Dial Up?
Most Internet service providers offer a dial-up Internet accelerator. Basically the accelerated dial up service consists of advanced compression and caching software downloaded from your ISP and installed on your computer. This special software drastically reduces the amount of data that needs to be sent across the phone lines to your computer's modem. Although you should see a immediate improvement in performance, the tradeoff is that the graphic image quality is somewhat reduced. The accelerator software is usually configurable to allow you to customize the compression ratio and other settings. For more information read my article How Dial-Up Internet Accelerators Work?.
How Do I Choose "Best" Dial Up ISP?
I would personally choose a established Internet provider that has a proven track record and provides many U.S. Nationwide and Canadian V.92 local access numbers. To avoid long distance telephone charges, you should ensure that any prospective dial up ISP provides local dial up numbers for your area. You can compare Low Cost Dial Up Internet Providers and choose one that fulfills your needs.
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Cyril Davies (* 23. Januar 1932 in Denham, England; † 7. Januar 1964 in London) war ein britischer Bluesmusiker. Er sang und spielte 12-saitige Gitarre, ist aber vor allem für sein Mundharmonikaspiel bekannt. Davies gilt zusammen mit Alexis Korner und John Mayall als einer der Väter des europäischen Blues. Durch seinen frühen Tod fand seine Karriere ein abruptes Ende.

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Davies wuchs in Denham auf und arbeitete zunächst als Automechaniker, ehe er nach London ging. Dort spielte er zunächst Banjo bei Steve Lanes Southern Stompers. Zunehmend Bluesfan, betrieb er seit 1955 zusammen mit Alexis Korner den London Blues and Barrelhouse Club, der zuvor ein Skiffleclub war – laut Aussagen Alexis Korners war der Skiffleclub immer voll, aber am ersten Abend des Bluesclubs seien nur drei Leute gekommen –; dennoch wurde er zur Keimzelle der britischen Bluesbewegung. Davies und Korner spielten auch als Duo zusammen. Mit Korner gründete Davies 1961 die Band Blues Incorporated, aus der eine ganze Reihe bekannter Blues- und Rockmusiker und -bands hervorgingen. Im Londoner Stadtteil Ealing betrieben sie den Ealing Club, wo sich die Bluesszene traf und zusammen spielte. Blues Incorporated spielte oft in dem Club; als Vorband fungierten keine geringeren als die Yardbirds oder die Rolling Stones, die damals noch unbekannt waren und durch Davies und Korner an ihre ersten Auftritte kamen.

1963 verließ Davies Blues Incorporated und gründete die Cyril Davies' All Stars. Korner wollte eine Bläsersektion in die Band holen und mehr in Richtung Jazz gehen, für Blues-Purist Davies ein nicht akzeptabler Schritt. Als Nachfolger kam Graham Bond zu Blues Incorporated. Davies nahm mit Blues Incorporated, abgesehen von ein paar Singles, nur das Studioalbum R&B from the Marquee auf, das als erste europäische Bluesschallplatte gilt. Mit den All Stars veröffentlichte er gerade einmal zwei Singles vor seinem Tod. Die All Stars waren größtenteils die Band von Screaming Lord Sutch gewesen.

Anfang 1964 starb Cyril Davies an Leukämie. Long John Baldry führte die Band unter dem Namen Hoochie Coochie Men weiter.

Diskografie
 The Legendary Cyril Davies (1957)
 Alexis Korner And Cyril Davies (1957–61)
 Cyril Davies (1962)
 R&B from the Marquee (1962)
 The Sound of Cyril Davies; EP (1964)
 Dealing With The Devil: Immediate Blues, Vol. 2 (1992)
 Stroll On (1992)

Literatur
 Stambler, Irwin: The Encyclopedia Of Pop, Rock And Soul. 3. überarbeitete Auflage, New York City, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989, S. 162f – ISBN 0-312-02573-4

Weblinks
 Cyril Davies gewidmete Webseite (engl.)
 [ Biografie im Allmusic Guide (engl.)]

Blues-Musiker
Gitarrist
Mundharmonikaspieler
Brite
Geboren 1932
Gestorben 1964
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package com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.sample;

import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.Osms;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.entities.error.CommonErrorEntity;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.entities.contract.ContractEntity;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.entities.CredentialsEntity;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.entities.error.PolicyRequestErrorEntity;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.entities.error.ServiceRequestError;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.entities.error.ServiceRequestErrorEntity;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.entities.messaging.MessageEntity;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.entities.purchase.PurchaseEntity;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.entities.statistic.StatisticEntity;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.services.ContractsService;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.services.CredentialsService;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.services.MessagingService;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.services.PurchaseHistoryService;
import com.github.ismaeltoe.osms.library.services.StatisticsService;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;

import retrofit.Callback;
import retrofit.RetrofitError;
import retrofit.client.Response;

/**
 * A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
 */
public class MainActivityFragment extends Fragment {

    private static final String TAG = MainActivityFragment.class.getSimpleName();

    public MainActivityFragment() {
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
    }

    @Override
    public void onViewCreated(View v, Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        final Osms osms = new Osms(Constants.CLIENT_ID, Constants.CLIENT_SECRET);
        osms.setAccessToken(Constants.ACCESS_TOKEN);

        final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create();

        final TextView accessTokenView = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.accessToken);
        Button gAccessTokenView = (Button) v.findViewById(R.id.gAccessToken);

        final TextView contractsView = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.contracts);
        Button gContractsView = (Button) v.findViewById(R.id.gContracts);

        final TextView purchaseHistoryView = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.purchaseHistory);
        Button gPurchaseHistoryView = (Button) v.findViewById(R.id.gPurchaseHistory);

        final TextView statisticsView = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.statistics);
        Button gStatisticsView = (Button) v.findViewById(R.id.gStatistics);

        final TextView sendMessageView = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.sendMessage);
        Button gSendMessageView = (Button) v.findViewById(R.id.gSendMessage);

        gAccessTokenView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                CredentialsService credentialsService = osms.credentials();

                credentialsService.getAccessToken("client_credentials", new Callback<CredentialsEntity>() {
                    @Override
                    public void success(CredentialsEntity credentialsEntity, Response response) {
                        osms.setAccessToken(credentialsEntity.getAccessToken());
                        accessTokenView.setText(gson.toJson(credentialsEntity));
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void failure(RetrofitError retrofitError) {
                        accessTokenView.setText(retrofitError.getMessage());
                        Log.e(TAG, retrofitError.getMessage());
                    }
                });
            }
        });

        gContractsView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                ContractsService contractsService = osms.contracts();

                contractsService.getContracts(Constants.COUNTRY, new Callback<ContractEntity>() {
                    @Override
                    public void success(ContractEntity contractEntity, Response response) {
                        contractsView.setText(gson.toJson(contractEntity));
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void failure(RetrofitError retrofitError) {
                        CommonErrorEntity e = (CommonErrorEntity) retrofitError.getBodyAs(CommonErrorEntity.class);
                        contractsView.setText(e.toString());
                        Log.e(TAG, e.toString());
                    }
                });
            }
        });

        gPurchaseHistoryView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                PurchaseHistoryService purchaseHistoryService = osms.purchaseHistory();

                purchaseHistoryService.getPurchaseOrders(null, new Callback<PurchaseEntity>() {
                    @Override
                    public void success(PurchaseEntity purchaseEntity, Response response) {
                        purchaseHistoryView.setText(gson.toJson(purchaseEntity));
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void failure(RetrofitError retrofitError) {
                        CommonErrorEntity e = (CommonErrorEntity) retrofitError.getBodyAs(CommonErrorEntity.class);
                        purchaseHistoryView.setText(e.toString());
                        Log.e(TAG, e.toString());
                    }
                });
            }
        });

        gStatisticsView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                StatisticsService statisticsService = osms.statistics();

                statisticsService.getStatistics(null, null, new Callback<StatisticEntity>() {
                    @Override
                    public void success(StatisticEntity statisticEntity, Response response) {
                        statisticsView.setText(gson.toJson(statisticEntity));
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void failure(RetrofitError retrofitError) {
                        CommonErrorEntity e = (CommonErrorEntity) retrofitError.getBodyAs(CommonErrorEntity.class);
                        statisticsView.setText(e.toString());
                        Log.e(TAG, e.toString());
                    }
                });
            }
        });

        gSendMessageView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                MessagingService messagingService = osms.messaging();

                messagingService.sendMessage(
                        Constants.SENDER_ADDRESS,
                        Constants.MESSAGE_ENTITY,
                        new Callback<MessageEntity>() {
                            @Override
                            public void success(
                                    MessageEntity messageEntity,
                                    Response response) {
                                sendMessageView.setText(gson.toJson(messageEntity));
                            }

                            @Override
                            public void failure(RetrofitError retrofitError) {
                                ServiceRequestErrorEntity serviceRequestErrorEntity = null;
                                PolicyRequestErrorEntity policyRequestErrorEntity = null;

                                try {
                                    serviceRequestErrorEntity =
                                            (ServiceRequestErrorEntity)
                                                    retrofitError.getBodyAs(ServiceRequestError.class);
                                } catch (RuntimeException e) {
                                    Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
                                }

                                try {
                                    policyRequestErrorEntity =
                                            (PolicyRequestErrorEntity)
                                                    retrofitError.getBodyAs(PolicyRequestErrorEntity.class);

                                } catch (RuntimeException e) {
                                    Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
                                }

                                if (serviceRequestErrorEntity != null) {
                                    sendMessageView.setText(gson.toJson(serviceRequestErrorEntity));
                                } else {
                                    sendMessageView.setText(gson.toJson(policyRequestErrorEntity));
                                }
                            }
                        }
                );
            }
        });
    }
}

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Ocado's Product Development team is revolutionising the next wave of automation within engineering and as a result, we're looking for a talented Manufacturing Quality Engineer to join us, working at a site in Blyth, Newcastle.
This role in particular is focused on putting in place the appropriate quality frameworks with suppliers, including system and component testing, operating procedures and quality plans, to allow this product handover to be successful. They will identify, investigate and address manufacturing quality issues during the product's pre-production stage. While this role will be based in Newcastle, the rest of the Manufacturing Development team is based at our Engineering office in Welwyn Garden City. Some flexibility with regards to travelling to different sites is likely to be required.


Mark-Viverito served on the City Council from 2005 to 2018.
Melissa Mark-Viverito is looking to get back into city public office.
The former City Council speaker announced Tuesday that she plans to run in next year's special election for public advocate. Mark-Viverito, who first announced her bid on "Mornings on 1," will kick off her campaign with an evening event at Borough of Manhattan Community College.
She has said she would hold city and state leaders accountable over the state of the city's transit system, ongoing problems at New York City Housing Authority developments and issues of inequality, as public advocate.
"My vision of governance in general is to be inclusive," she told amNewYork. "We want to engage in a conversation on how they want this office to work with them and how government can do better to serve them."
Mark-Viverito was elected to the City Council in 2005 and named speaker in 2014, making her the first Latina elected to the position. She was term-limited in 2018.
Mark-Viverito joins a crowd of candidates who are all looking to succeed Public Advocate Letitia James, who will step down in January to assume her new role as state attorney general. Council members Jumaane Williams, Eric Ulrich, and Rafael Espinal and Assembly members Michael Blake and Daniel O'Donnell are among those who have declared their candidacy. All except Ulrich are Democrats, as is Mark-Viverito.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to announce a special election to fill James' vacancy early next year.
What does the public advocate actually do?Some politicians have argued the office of public advocate is unnecessary. Officials worry BOE can't handle public advocate voteThe BOE executive director showed a "lack of understanding," City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said. Bill would eliminate public advocate positionCity Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr. said he doesn't believe the office is "necessary." City to hold public advocate special electionAfter James is sworn in as attorney general, the mayor must set the election date.


Preserving the harvest by canning, freezing, dehydrating, storing in a root cellar, or other methods.
Growing chamomile for tea is easier than you think. Once the plants are established, it is drought tolerant and trouble free. There is something so comforting to taking a break during the busy day and enjoying a cup of chamomile tea. I like to add a drop of local honey to sweeten it just a bit….
It is always a delicate balance between allowing the garlic to mature to their fullest and going too far. Lifting the garlic too early will result in undersized bulbs that won't store well. Harvesting too late and you risk the bulbs splitting through their skins leaving them unprotected and unable to withstand long term storage….


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