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Dr. Abhisek Swaika graduated from the Kasturba Med Coll Manipal, Manipal Acad Higher Ed, Manipal, Karnataka in 2008. He works in Jacksonville, FL and specializes in Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Swaika is affiliated with Mayo Clinic. Dr. Abhisek Swaika has 22 over peer reviewed publications. Dr. Abhisek Swaika has research interest in Hematology/Oncology.
Dr. Abhisek Swaika has research interest in Hematology/Oncology.


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Aria Flame - A World Of Silence [EP] (2014) - Review
Published on Wednesday, 22 October 2014 15:49
Band: Aria Flame
Album title: A World Of Silence [EP]
Label: Self-Released
01. My Muse
02. Realm Of Hate
03. A World Of Silence
04. My Own Little Hell
05. The Lonely Phoenix
06. Divine World
My expectations about this West Michigan (USA) based band were quite high but... you know. Ok, let me tell you that this female fronted band, self described as neo-classical metal, who were formed in 2011 by mezzo soprano singer Aziza Poggi and percussionist Erik Sales left me somehow disappointed. It might be a bit pardoned as the release in question is their debut one, yet self-released and it's heard that the band has the talent and all needed nozzles for making big things, but they lack, not in ideas, but how to put everything together.
Aziza is a good singer, she can sing in many different styles, be it operatic, high pitched, in low tones or in her trademark mezzo soprano, then behind the rest of instruments you have some very professional instrumentalist, for example Eric is a drum virtuoso, then guitar job is really fantastic, and of course I can't go past the significant bass lines that often reminded me to those in Korn. My biggest interest was drawn by fantastic gothic-theatrical keys and piano thankfully keeping the atmosphere gloomy, occasionally creating a circus like ambiance and adding another dimension to the whole thing. But like many times before also Aria Flame is a fine example that it's not everything on the technical side, you must know how to put all those things together to make the listener blown away. Compositional part is very important and this quartet simply didn't meet the demands of the genre they are into. A World Of Silence and its six featured songs have many bright parts, especially when the band after struggling with complicated structures finally reaches kind of drive, but when you almost think that you are there they are masters in ruining the feeling. For example in "Realm Of Hate" the band finds the balance but then with some compositional twists goes in the directions that I would't expect, maybe they wanted to add kind of an avantgardish/experimental feel to everything, Canadian band Unexpect comes in mind and I didn't liked them just because of the same reason, yet they want to save everything with kind of circus like vibrations in the title track but the things get even more confused. The right balance between the vocals and the rest of instrumentation is rarely reached, maybe in softer, or balladic segments, like in dramatic picturesque and quite emotional "The Lonely Phoenix", but otherwise to often everything works out so teared up.
Aria Flame with their dark version of hard rock and metal, mixed with gothic, some progressive and symphonic sounds, with addition of neoclassical elements and theatrical vibe, should stay away from trying to experiment with things they are not experienced in and to deliver nowhere leading dense, harsher or upbeat things like are present in the opener "My Muse" or in "Divine World", at least not with this kind of production, mix and mastering, and note that the mixing was done by award winning-Grammy producer Neil Kernon (Nevermore, Judas Priest). This is another example that big names behind the buttons are not always the right decision for the job, as the final result in here works out a bit out of pace, or at least vocals and the rest of instruments are like two separate things each one coming from different universe. After all you must know that Aria Flame can still be an enjoyable experience if you are not expecting of the music you are listening to to be taken away by the flow, to be mesmerized by catchy melodies, and you like just to enjoy in professionally played instruments or if you are eager to hear some unique ideas, then again if you like bands like are ReVamp, Korn, Unexpect, later-era Therion, etc, then go for it, maybe it's a thing for you, but from my side I'll keep an eye on them and expect better things as they are certainly capable to do them.
Review written by: T.V.
Rating: 5,5/10
2014-10-02 - ARIA FLAME - Debut EP Out In October, Track Available For Streaming
2014-11-12 - ARIA FLAME - Announces New Keyboardist
Band: Thurisaz
Album title: The Pulse Of Mourning
Label: Sleaszy Rider Records
It's not that often that you hear this kind of mixture between emotion and aggression so stunningly put together. This band simply deserves more attention from fans of divergent metal music. The Pulse Of Mourning is nothing else but a rollercoaster of emotions, a professionally done album from each and every aspect. The new offering from Thurisaz serves with nine songs that often go beyond all normal boundaries of metal genre. The basis of their musical output is still doom, death and black metal, let's say it's dark metal in some strange way, but done with an avantgardish spirit so often reaching the borders of progressive rock, post-metal and post-rock, even a huge dose of melancholy that is present all over in those beautifully arranged melodies makes most of the songs truly unforgettable, sometimes making your skin going goose bumps and leaves you breathless. It's a release that will captivate your mind from the ominous opening on, through all those memorable clean choruses, groovy climaxes, until the calm melancholic ambiances of the closing track.

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How to take off the plastic interior door panels in a 6th generation 2012 to 2016 Mitsubishi Mirage to upgrade the speaker.
This automotive maintenance tutorial was specifically written to assist owners of the sixth generation (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, & 2016) Mitsubishi Mirage in removing the plastic interior door panels in order to upgrade the OEM speaker, fix a faulty electrical switch, replace a broken power window motor or add soundproofing material.
Owners of other Mitsubishi vehicles such as the Lancer, Outlander, Galant, Montero, Eclipse, 3000GT, Endeavor, Raider, Diamante, Attrage, Carisma, Colt, Grandis, Magna, Pajero, Space Star and the revised 2017 Mirage may also find these DIY instructions to be helpful.
The tools needed to take off the door panels include a Phillips head screwdriver and a plastic automotive panel pry bar tool.
No tools are needed to remove the OEM door speakers.
Remove the screw located behind the door opener handle by turning it counterclockwise with a Phillips head screwdriver.
Set the screw aside in a safe place.
Then remove the Phillips head screw at the bottom of the door pull handle well in the center of the arm rest by turning it counterclockwise.
Move to the top inner corner of the door panel.
Use a plastic automotive panel pry bar tool to gently pry up the bottom edge of the sail panel.
Do not pry at the sides or top of the sail panel. There is a slot on the back of the sail panel attached to a plastic pop rivet button head.
Continue sliding up the sail panel until it can be removed.
On some Mitsubishi models, the sail panel may contain a tweeter speaker that needs to be disconnected.
Move to the outer edge of the door panel and locate the small screw.
Remove the outer edge screw by turning it counterclockwise with a Phillips head screwdriver.
At this point, you should have removed three screws.
Use the plastic pry bar tool to gently pry up the armrest panel.
Try to use excessive force and be sure to re-insert the pry bar tool in several locations to loosen the plastic retaining clips.
Turn over the armrest to access the switch panel electrical connectors.
Push in the release tabs on the two power plugs before sliding them straight out of their sockets.
Remove the two screws that were hidden by the armrest panel by turning them counterclockwise with the Phillips head screwdriver.
Set the two armrest screws aside with the other three screws. You should have removed a total of 5 Phillips head screws.
Insert the plastic pry bar tool in between the bottom edge of the door panel and the metal door frame.
Firmly pull out the bottom edge of the door panel to release the plastic pop rivet friction fasteners.
Continue pulling out the pop rivets all along the bottom edge and both sides of the door panel.
Lift the door panel up and off the top lip of the metal door frame.
To disconnect the door opener handle and door lock rocker switch cables, first pull the plastic collar out of the "C" shaped brackets and then lift the metal cylinder out of their sockets.
The cable with the yellow plastic collar is the door lock rocker switch cable. The light blue cable is the door opener handle.
Set the plastic door panel aside in a safe place.
The OEM door speaker is located at the bottom inner corner of the door frame.
Press in the release tab on the white plastic speaker power plug before pulling it straight out of the socket.
Rotate the OEM speaker 1/4 turn counterclockwise before pulling it out of the metal door frame.
I recommend purchasing new speakers from Amazon since you can verify which sizes will fit your vehicle and also whether or not you will need an adapter mounting bracket.
To help reduce road noise and make your new speakers sound their best, apply some Dynamat Sound Deadener to the metal door frame. It will stop any vibrations or rattles when you crank up the volume.
To replace the door panel, hold it near the door frame and tilt the top edge towards yourself.
Lower the metal cylinder at the end of the door lock switch cable (yellow plastic collar) in to the top socket.
Snap the yellow plastic collar in to the bracket.
Repeat the process to re-attach the door opener handle cable (blue plastic collar).
Pull the two switch panel wire looms out of the opening in the door panel.
Lower the top of the door panel on to the upper lip on the metal door frame.
Line up the white plastic pop rivets on the back side of the door panel with their corresponding holes in the metal door frame.
Firmly tap in the pop rivets all along the bottom edge and both sides of the door panel.
Replace the two screws located under the armrest by turning them clockwise with the Phillips head screwdriver.
Replace the small Phillips head screw at the outer edge of the door panel by turning it clockwise until it is snug.
Replace the Phillips head screw behind the door opener handle by turning it clockwise.
Push the two power plugs in to their sockets on the underside of the switch panel.
Line up the retaining clips on the underside of the switch panel with their slots on the door panel.
Lower the switch panel in to place and push it down to secure the retaining clips.
Line up the sail panel and slide it down in to place.
Sit inside the car, close the door and verify that the door lock switch, door opener handle, power window switch and power door lock switch all still work properly.
For more, check out all of my 2012-2016 Mitsubishi Mirage DIY Repair & Maintenance Guides.


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Andrzej Jopkiewicz (ur. 24 maja 1939 w Warszawie, zm. 15 października 2017 w Błoniu) – polonista, bibliograf, bibliofil, zasłużony i aktywny działacz ruchu bibliotekarskiego, członek założyciel Polskiego Towarzystwa Statystycznego, dyrektor Centralnej Biblioteki Statystycznej im. Stefana Szulca w latach 1973–1996.

Życiorys
Urodził się w rodzinie robotniczej. Syn Zygmunta Jopkiewicza i Małgorzaty, z domu Olszewskiej. Po ukończeniu szkoły podstawowej kontynuował naukę w VIII Liceum Ogólnokształcącym im. Władysława IV w Warszawie. Maturę zdał w 1957 r. i podjął studia na Wydziale Filologii Polskiej Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Studia ukończył w 1963 r. po obronie pracy magisterskiej pt. Życie i twórczość Ignacego Dąbrowskiego, napisanej pod kierunkiem prof. Stanisława Frybesa.

Pracę zawodową rozpoczął w 1963 r. w Muzeum Historycznym m.st. Warszawy – w Dziale Bibliografii. Zajmował się opracowywaniem haseł do III tomu Bibliografii Warszawy. Wydawnictwa ciągłe 1864–1903 (Wrocław 1971) pod red. Janusza Durko.

W latach 1969–1973 pracował na stanowisku kustosza w Oddziale Bibliografii Wojskowej Zakładu Bibliografii Wojskowej Centralnej Biblioteki Wojskowej im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego w Warszawie – wchodził w skład zespołu opracowującego Polską bibliografię wojskową.

W 1973 r. objął funkcję dyrektora Centralnej Biblioteki Statystycznej im. Stefana Szulca, funkcjonującej w strukturze Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (GUS) w Warszawie. Głównym wyzwaniem stało się wprowadzenie, zgodnie z nowym statutem – zmian wynikających z przekształcenia dotychczasowej Biblioteki GUS w Centralną Bibliotekę Statystyczną, spełniającą funkcje głównej biblioteki w kraju w zakresie teorii i praktyki statystycznej, demografii, statystyki matematycznej, techniki statystycznej i dyscyplin pokrewnych.

Funkcję dyrektora pełnił do 1996 r. W latach 1996–2004 pracował na stanowisku zastępcy dyrektora. Umocnił pozycję biblioteki – jako placówki naukowej tworząc Dział Bibliografii i Dział Informacji Statystycznej. Obydwa nowo utworzone działy podjęły prace nad wydawaniem wielotomowych serii: Bibliografia Wydawnictw GUS, Bibliografia piśmiennictwa demograficznego oraz Bibliografia piśmiennictwa statystycznego (bez wydawnictw GUS), Roczniki statystyczne świata w zbiorach CBS, Zestawienia Bibliograficzne i "Biuletyn CBS".

Był jednym z założycieli reaktywowanego w kwietniu 1981 r. Polskiego Towarzystwa Statystycznego (PTS); w kolejnych latach pełnił tam wiele funkcji: przewodniczącego Sądu Koleżeńskiego (w 1982), skarbnika Rady Oddziału Warszawskiego PTS (1982–2004), był również członkiem Głównej Komisji Rewizyjnej i Komisji Historycznej Rady Głównej tej organizacji. Redagował Biuletyn Informacyjny Rady Głównej Polskiego Towarzystwa Statystycznego (1986–1998), opracowywał sukcesywnie bibliografie zawartości jego kolejnych numerów (1986–1997), a w tomie Polskie Towarzystwo Statystyczne 1912–1992 (Warszawa 1992) – opublikował bibliografię prac PTS za lata 1917–1992.

Aktywnie działał w Stowarzyszeniu Bibliotekarzy Polskich, którego członkiem został w 1970 r. Pełnił funkcję: skarbnika Zarządu Głównego w latach 1979–1981 i 1997–2005, sekretarza generalnego SBP w latach 1985–1989, przewodniczącego Komisji Statystyki Bibliotecznej przy ZG SBP w latach 1981–2005; był przedstawicielem SBP w Sekcji Statystyki International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). Był członkiem Komisji Odznaczeń i Wyróżnień Zarządu Głównego SBP w latach 1984–2013 oraz jej przewodniczącym w latach 1984–1985, członkiem Zarządu Oddziału Stołecznego SBP w latach 1976–2002, członkiem Zespołu Historyczno-Pamiętnikarskiego przy Oddziale Warszawskim SBP (2003–2017), przewodniczącym Koła SBP w Centralnej Bibliotece Statystycznej (1974–2004). W latach 1991–2009 pełnił funkcję sekretarza redakcji miesięcznika "Bibliotekarz".

Od 1972 r. działał w Kole Wychowanków Gimnazjum i VIII Liceum Ogólnokształcącego im. Króla Władysława IV w Warszawie. W l. 1977–2005 pełnił w nim funkcję wiceprzewodniczącego Zarządu Koła i przewodniczącego Komisji Historycznej oraz redaktora biuletynu historycznego "Ławy skrzypią".

Interesował się literaturą i historią XVII wieku; przejawiało się to gromadzeniem źródeł historycznych, zwłaszcza pamiętników, materiałów ikonograficznych, kolekcjonowaniem białej broni, gromadzeniem księgozbioru liczącego około 5 tysięcy publikacji dotyczących historii i literatury XVII wieku oraz II wojny światowej. Od 1972 roku był członkiem Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Pamiętnikarstwa (TPP).

11 września 2018 r. w czytelni Centralnej Biblioteki Statystycznej odbyło się spotkanie poświęcone jego pamięci, zorganizowane we współpracy ze Stowarzyszeniem Bibliotekarzy Polskich.

Był żonaty z Zofią Danutą Jopkiewicz, polonistką, wieloletnią urzędniczką Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego. Syn – Tomasz Jopkiewicz – jest krytykiem filmowym.

Został pochowany na cmentarzu parafialnym w Błoniu w Alei X.

Wyróżnienia i odznaczenia
 Złoty Krzyż Zasługi (1984),
 Odznaka "Zasłużony pracownik informacji naukowo-technicznej" (1984),
 Medal SBP "W dowód uznania" (1999),
 Honorowa Odznaka SBP (2000),
 Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (2002),
 Krajowy Zjazd Delegatów SBP nadał mu godność Członka Honorowego SBP (2005).

Ważniejsze publikacje
Autor i współautor 156 publikacji bibliograficznych, historycznych i popularyzatorskich dotyczących statystyki, informacji naukowej i dziejów Warszawy. Autor biogramów poświęconych wybitnym postaciom ze środowiska bibliotekarskiego i statystycznego m.in.: Edwardowi Chwalewikowi, Stefanii Draczko, Irenie Morsztynkiewiczowej, Mieczysławowi Rulikowskiemu, Hannie Uniejewskiej, Leonowi Łosiowi, Zygmuntowi Peukerowi, Małgorzacie Kłossowskiej, Stefanowi Dąbrowskiemu – zamieszczonych w tomikach serii SBP "Bibliotekarze Polscy we Wspomnieniach Współczesnych" oraz w Słowniku pracowników książki polskiej.

 Stosunek szlachty polskiej do zagranicy i cudzoziemców na przykładzie pamiętników J. Paska i M. Jemiołowskiego. W: "Przegląd Humanistyczny" 1968, nr 2, s. 125–139,
 Zasady gromadzenia i prowadzenia wymiany publikacji przez Centralną Bibliotekę Statystyczną. "Statystyk terenowy" 1974, nr 4, s. 26–27,
 Centralna Biblioteka Statystyczna GUS: Dzieje, dzieje, zbiory, zadania.. "Wiadomości Statystyczne" 1976, nr 2, s. 44–46,
 Biblioteka Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego. "Kronika Warszawy" 1979, nr 1,
 Centralna Biblioteka Statystyczna jako placówka informacji naukowej. W: "Aktualne Problemy Informacji i Dokumentacji", 1981, nr 3, s. 9–13,
 System wyszukiwania informacji w zbiorach Centralnej Biblioteki Statystycznej jako instrument obsługi użytkowników SPIS/ Andrzej Jopkiewicz, Józef Oleński, Zygmunt Peuker. W: Centrum Informacji Naukowej, Technicznej i Ekonomicznej. Wydawnictwa Informacyjne, Warszawa: GUS, 1984,
 Wybrane zagadnienia sprawozdawczości i statystyki bibliotek oraz ośrodków informacji naukowej, technicznej i ekonomicznej. Warszawa: Centrum Informacji Naukowej, Technicznej i Ekonomicznej. Wydawnictwa Informacyjne, 1985.
 Irena Morsztynkiewiczowa (1902–1986) [oraz] Bibliografia prac... W: "Przegląd Biblioteczny" 1987, z. 2, s. 129–140,
 Bibliografia polskiej myśli ekonomicznej – warta kontynuacji. W: Rozwój myśli i instytucji statystycznych na ziemiach polskich/ oprac. Red. Stanisław Jońca. Warszawa: GUS 1994, s. 154–157. (Biblioteka Wiadomości Statystycznych ; t. 42),
 Księgozbiór prof. Kazimierza Romaniuka 1908–1996. (przekazany do zbiorów Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego). Warszawa: GUS, 1998,
 30 konkursów ze znajomości Małego Rocznika Statystycznego / Andrzej Jopkiewicz, Zygmunt Peuker. Warszawa: "Leliwa", 2001,
 Zasłużeni dla Stowarzyszenia Bibliotekarzy Polskich. Red. Andrzej Jopkiewicz. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo SBP 2005. (Bibliotekarze Polscy we Wspomnieniach Współczesnych", 9),
 Towarzystwa statystyczne w okresie międzywojennym. W: "Wiadomości Statystyczne", 2011, nr 11, s. 1–10,
 Kronika Stowarzyszenia Bibliotekarzy Polskich za lata 2007–2012. Oprac. Andrzej Jopkiewicz. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo SBP 2013.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Kierska D., Tworzydło R., Bibliografia prac Andrzeja Jopkiewicza. Warszawa, Centralna Biblioteka Statystyczna im. Stefana Szulca, 2018,
 Łazowska B., Andrzej Jopkiewicz (1939–2017), "Wiadomości Statystyczne" 2017, nr 10, s. 93–94,
 Łazowska B., Andrzej Jopkiewicz. "Bibliotekarz" 2018, nr 1, s. 40–41,
 Wołosz J., Andrzej Jopkiewicz (1939–2017). W: Zostawili swój ślad. Bibliotekarze zmarli w latach 2011–2018. Warszawa, Wydawnictwo SBP, 2019, s. 61–68. ("Bibliotekarze Polscy we Wspomnieniach Współczesnych" t. 16).

Absolwenci Wydziału Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Bibliotekarze Centralnej Biblioteki Wojskowej
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Ludzie związani z Błoniem
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Kawalerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (III Rzeczpospolita)
Odznaczeni Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi (Polska Ludowa)
Polscy bibliofile
Polscy bibliotekarze
Polscy historycy
Polscy statystycy
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UCC sending first round of assistance to partners in Puerto Rico
by Connie Larkman |	published on Sep 29, 2017
The United Church of Christ is sending the first of many grants to church partners in Puerto Rico on Friday, to get drinking water, first aid, and fuel to as many people as possible on the hurricane-ravaged island where life-saving supplies seem to be limited.
The denomination dispatched a $10,000 solidarity grant on Sept. 29 to the Iglesia Cristiana (Discípulos de Cristo) en Puerto Rico (Christian Church-Disciples of Christ in Puerto Rico, or ICDCPR) to equip pastors and lay leaders assessing the needs in dozens of local communities.
"ICDCPR will be conducting an assessment with pastors and lay leaders in approximately 5 to 10 towns in Puerto Rico on this first initiative," said the Rev. Angel Rivera-Agosto, Global Ministries (the common ministry of the UCC and Christian Church Disciples of Christ) executive for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Part of this evaluation will be worked through visits to affected areas, interviews with victims, valuation of damages and seeking alternatives to overcome the crisis created by the passing of the hurricane. Partners will be handling first aid kits, electric generators, drinking water, water filters, non-perishable food, battery-powered radios, batteries and other in-kind donations according to the needs they will be facing. We estimate serving 5,000-10,000 church members and community neighbors through 20 communities."
Three and a half million Puerto Ricans face a devastating humanitarian crisis. In the 10 days since Hurricane Maria decimated the U.S. commonwealth with 150 mph winds, drenching rains, flooding and mudslides, millions are left without power, 40 percent without drinking water, and there are long lines for food and limited fuel. More than 11,000 are in shelters, and countless homes have been damaged. The majority of roads on the island are severely damaged or destroyed. Communications continue to be a challenge because cell towers and phone lines are down.
On Thursday, the Trump administration temporarily waived the Jones Act, a 97-year old set of restrictions which limit shipping between U.S. ports to U.S. owned-and-operated vessels, to help get fuel, medicine, food and water to Puerto Rico, but problems remain getting supplies off the docks in the U.S. and into the hands of the people who need them.
UCC Justice and Witness Ministries, in an action alert, is urging church members to stand with Puerto Rico by reaching out to lawmakers, telling them to hold federal and local authorities accountable for the immediate distribution of aid, and to ensure that Puerto Rico has the long-term capability to recover and rebuild, by making the lifting of the Jones Act permanent.
Zach Wolgemuth, UCC Disaster Ministries executive, has been in touch with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) contacts, and said he hopes to link their resources with those who need them. "One of my jobs in the immediate future is going to be helping connect our Global Ministries church partners with FEMA resources and other organizations where we have longstanding partnerships and relationships. This work has already begun."
The United Church of Christ has a long history of walking with the people of Puerto Rico in the form of support for Puerto Rican self-determination through General Synod statements and strong relations with the churches of Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Puerto Rico. This year at General Synod, the denomination launched an 18-month Caribbean Initiative to celebrate and support our partners in that country, as well as in Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Venezuela, and Colombia. The crisis following the hurricanes only intensifies that effort. The Rev. James Moos, UCC national officer and co-executive of Global Ministries, said the church will be there with the most vulnerable, advocating and serving alongside them.
"We have partners in numerous places in the Caribbean including Puerto Rico which has been devastated by the Hurricane Maria," Moos said. "We will visit partners in Puerto Rico when the situation on the ground allows for it. Currently it is desperately short of electricity, fuel and water, and we don't want a visit to place an additional burden on our partners who are struggling to meet their own immediate needs. It's important to note that we will be working with Caribbean partners on long-term recovery efforts. In the wake of a major disaster we are typically engaged for a period of three to five years, and often much longer. We need prayers and financial donations to facilitate this effort."
More than a half a million dollars has already been donated to the UCC disaster relief fund for recovery assistance following Harvey, Irma and Maria, much appreciated gifts that will be used to restore lives around the affected regions.
"We have now seen Houston devastated by Harvey, Florida damaged by Irma – and now Puerto Rico utterly ruined by Maria. My God, when will it end? It has been heartwarming to see the outpouring of love and support coming in from our churches. We all want to do our part to help – and it matters. Please give to support the relief work. 100% of the money you give goes to direct relief aid – your OCWM contributions cover the overhead expenses," said the Rev. John Dorhauer, UCC general minister and president. "Help us live out our commitment to build a just world for ALL."
For the latest information on Puerto Rico, bookmark this Disaster Ministries page.
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La Casa Senyorial de Drabeši (en letó:  Drabešu muižas pils) és una mansió a la regió històrica de Vidzeme, al Municipi d'Amata del nord de Letònia.

Història
El nom de lloc Drabeši es deriva del cognom Drobisz d'un oficial polonès, propietari de la mansió a començaments del . Des de 1794 la finca va pertànyer a la família Blackenhagen.

La mansió actual va ser construïda en estil clàssic durant el primer quart del  -al voltant de 1820 -. Va patir danys per un incendi greu durant la revolució russa de 1905, però va ser reparada abans de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Després de les reformes agràries de la dècada de 1920, l'edifici va esdevenir una escola primària. El poeta Aleksandrs Čaks va treballar allà com a professor i administrador des de 1925 a 1927.

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Oregon's Measure 11 Youth Justice Reform Educational Survey
* 1. In Oregon, there are 21 different crimes that are considered Measure 11 offenses (https://www.oregon.gov/doc/resrch/Pages/measure_11.aspx). You can be convicted of a Measure 11 offense starting at the age of 15 and will serve a mandatory minimum sentence, meaning you will serve every day of your sentence. The least amount of time served under Measure 11 is 70 months (5 years, 10 months). I support changing the starting age of Measure 11 mandatory minimum sentencing in Oregon to:
Keep the age at 15
I do not support Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
* 2. A Measure 11 mandatory minimum sentence conviction starts at 70 months (5 years and 10 months) and goes up to 300 months (25 years) depending on the crime (http://www.classroomlaw.org/files/posts-pages/resources/lesson_plans/general_info.pdf). I support reducing all mandatory minimum sentences by:
25% (70 month minimum sentence would change to 52.5 months)
50% (70 month minimum sentence -> 35 months)
75% (70 month minimum sentence -> 17.5 months)
Keep minimum sentencing the same, no change needed
* 3. Youth convicted of a Measure 11 crime, and youth who plea bargained (took a deal) out of Measure 11 to a lesser charge, will have a felony on their adult record as opposed to an expungable juvenile record. Do you support youth felony convictions being cleared from their adult record?
Yes, I support youth Measure 11 convictions and plea deal convictions being an expungable juvenile record
No, youth Measure 11 convictions and plea deal convictions should be on their adult record
* 4. Almost all individuals convicted of a Measure 11 crime serve every day of their sentence. Some juveniles are eligible for a "second look" while adults do not get a "second look", which is a review hearing that takes place after 50% of the sentence has been served to determine if they are rehabilitated and ready to return to the community. I support second looks to determine eligibility for early release once an individual has served _____% of their sentence:
Second look every 25% of sentence served (i.e. second look every 20 months for an 80 month sentence)
50% (i.e. second look after 40 months for an 80 month sentence)
I do not support second looks
* 5. The least amount of time served for Measure 11 convictions are for Robbery II and Assault II (70 months), which accounts for about 30% of all juvenile Measure 11 convictions in Oregon (https://www.oregon.gov/doc/RESRCH/docs/m11juv.pdf). Do you support removing Robbery II and Assault II from the list of 21 Measure 11 offenses?
Yes, Robbery II and Assault II should not be Measure 11 offenses
No, Robbery II and Assault II should be kept Measure 11 offenses
* 6. Do you support Measure 11 modifications (reforms) to apply retroactively to individuals previously charged with a Measure 11 crime?
Yes, I support Measure 11 modifications to apply retroactively to individuals previously charged with a Measure 11 crime
No, I do not support Measure 11 modifications to apply retroactively to individuals previously charged with a Measure 11 crime
* 7. What is your county of residence?
Umatilla County
Tillamook County
Josephine County
Klamath County
Coos county
Deshutes County
Malheur County
Wasco County
Clatsop County
Gilliam County
* 8. Do you have children?
* 9. Have you had personal contact with the judicial system (i.e. arrest, court for criminal matter, incarceration)?
I have not, but one of my children has had contact with the juvenile justice system
I have had personal contact with the system and one of my children has as well
* 10. How old are you?
15 - 24 years of age
55 years of age or over
* 11. What is your gender?
* 12. Highest level of education completed
Currently in High School
Did not complete High School Diploma or GED
Graduated high school or equivalent
Some college was completed
Completed Associate's degree
Completed Bachelor's degree
Completed Master's Degree or higher
* 13. What is your yearly income?
0 - $20,000
Not employed
Not seeking employment
* 14. What is your ethnicity?
Native American or American Indian
Asian / Pacific Islander
* 15. Do you have any other comments, questions, or concerns?


In an era known for its political polarization and conflict, Thanksgiving is viewed by most Americans as a time of respite—for reconnecting with friends and family, and to be thankful for things simple and great. This was not always so. In fact, before becoming a national holiday with President Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation on October 3, 1863, the call for a national day of thanksgiving was fraught with fundamental arguments about federalism, religious liberty, and the role of government.
The Federalists and Washington won the day (thankfully) with the President following the Proclamation with a donation of $25.00 designated to the Presbyterian churches in New York City (remember, the national capital was in Lower Manhattan at this time), which was "to be applied towards relieving the poor", per the letter drawn by Washington's secretary, Tobias Lear. Washington put his money where his proclamation was.
It would be nearly six years before Washington would make another thanksgiving proclamation, but on the first day of January, 1795, the President declared a "Day of Public Thanksgiving" to be observed on February 19th. Again, this announcement was full of implication for ongoing arguments around federalism. Washington called for it after the successful quashing of the Whiskey Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania—a revolt waged over the federal government's first tax imposed on an American product. Washington referenced these matters in the Proclamation, giving thanks for "the great degree of internal tranquility we have enjoyed, [and] the recent confirmation of that tranquility by the suppression of an insurrection which so wantonly threatened it." In a strange way, Washington was calling Americans to be thankful for the successful implementation of a federal tax.
Jefferson responded directly, accusing his Federalist attackers of monarchical tendencies in supporting a step only taken "by the Executive of another nation as the legal head of its church." In fact, we now know that earlier versions of his famous "Letter to the Danbury Baptists" contained a number of phrases condemning the practice of similar presidential declarations. Furthering his argument regarding the "wall of separation between church and state", Jefferson made no national thanksgiving proclamations throughout his presidency.
Though James Madison called for a single "Day of Public Thanksgiving for Peace" following the end of the War of 1812, for the better part of half a century following that proclamation, no other American president would call for a national day of thanksgiving until the nation was entrenched in its bloodiest war over issues of federalism, state power, and human rights. In the midst of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln called for national days of thanksgiving and prayer in April 1862 (for "Victories During the War") and July 1863 ("Day of Thanksgiving, Praise, and Prayer").
In many ways, the institution of a national Thanksgiving holiday by Lincoln was his way of finding a genuinely American resolution (a call to prayer and thanksgiving) to a fundamentally American challenge (balancing local, state, and federal authority).
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Over 156 Crore Vaccine Doses Administered As India Marks 1 Year Of COVID-19 Vaccine Drive
Home News Vaccine makers set to adapt for Omicron COVID variant
Vaccine makers set to adapt for Omicron COVID variant
The manufacturers of America's most used COVID-19 vaccines insist they have plans in place to quickly adapt to potential challenges presented by the new omicron variant.
Both Pfizer and vaccine partner BioNTech said that, if necessary, they expect to be able to ship a new vaccine tailored to the highly contagious variant, first detected in South Africa, in about 100 days.
BioNTech added Friday it expects to review more data on omicron within two weeks to help decide whether the two jab-vaccine should be reworked.
The other two-shot vaccine maker, Moderna, said it is working to advance a booster candidate for its jab that is tailored to the new variant. '
The company said it is testing a higher dose of its existing booster and studying other booster candidates designed to protect against multiple variants.
"A booster dose of an authorized vaccine represents the only currently available strategy for boosting waning immunity," Moderna said in the statement.
Travelers became stranded after several countries banned flights from South Africa at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Nov. 27, 2021.
Professor Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group which developed the AstraZeneca vaccine used overseas, expressed cautious optimism that existing vaccines could be effective at preventing serious disease from the omicron variant.
He said most mutations appear to be in similar regions as those in other variants.
"That tells you that despite those mutations existing in other variants the vaccines have continued to prevent serious disease as we've moved through alpha, beta, gamma and delta," he told BBC radio. "At least from a speculative point of view we have some optimism that the vaccine should still work against a new variant for serious disease, but really we need to wait several weeks to have that confirmed."
He added that it is "extremely unlikely that a reboot of a pandemic in a vaccinated population like we saw last year is going to happen."
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We Should Stop Funding the Offensive Absurdities of the United Nations
http://www.henrymillermd.org/20688/united-nations-funding
On Thursday, in a rare emergency session, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution (128-9, with 35 abstentions) calling on the Trump administration to rescind its decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, which thereby recognized it as the nation's capital.
The U.N. vote was just the latest in a decades-long series of actions that have shown disdain for U.S. policies and interests.
The resolution is nonbinding, so the action is symbolic. It is also pointless to insult and irritate the nation that not only hosts the United Nations' headquarters—in prime Manhattan real estate —but also is the organization's largest funder, contributing about $8 billion a year.
But the U.N. has a long history of committing unforced errors, which is hardly surprising, because it was designed to fail.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, at a United Nations Security Council meeting to debate the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on December 8. Stephanie Keith/Getty
Best known for its peacekeeping in areas of conflict—where it enjoys a mixed record at best—the U.N.'s agencies, commissions and panels have a dismal record of accomplishment, especially while acting as the world's regulator-wannabe for all manner of products and processes.
The U.N. regularly panders to activists and, not coincidentally, adopts policies that expand its own scope and responsibilities. Science routinely gets short shrift; in U.N. programs and projects, everything becomes an exercise in public relations, politics and international horse-trading.
Two of the U.N.'s recent gaffes were committed by its Human Rights Council and World Health Organization, respectively.
The Human Rights Council published a report by Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, that called for a global "agroecology" regime, including a new global treaty to regulate and reduce the use of pesticides and genetic engineering, which it labeled human rights violations.
(As the U.N. uses the term, "agroecology" is a pseudoscience-based approach to farming that rejects modern biotechnology and synthetic pesticides and fertilizers and is highly critical of conventional agriculture, which is supposedly U.N. sustainable and environmentally damaging.)
The Council, which includes such stalwart defenders of human rights as China, Cuba, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, usually occupies itself by bashing Israel. But in 2000, at the Cuban government's urging, it created the post of special rapporteur on the right to food.
Befitting the UNHRC's absurd composition, the first person to fill the position, the Swiss sociologist Jean Ziegler was the co-founder and a recipient of the Muammar al Gaddafi International Human Rights Prize. (I am not making that up.)
For her part, according to UN Watch, Elver has cited works that claim the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were orchestrated by the United States government to justify its war on Muslims.
Her position on food reflects the same paranoid mindset. She opposes "industrial food production" and trade liberalization, and frequently collaborates with Greenpeace and other radical environmentalists, so, not surprisingly, her UNHRC report parrots the delusional ideological ravings of organic-industry-funded NGOs.
It blames agricultural innovations like pesticides for "destabilizing the ecosystem" and claims that they are unnecessary to increase crop yields.
The World Health Organization's most recent blunder was the appointment in mid-October of Robert Mugabe, the longtime (and soon to be former) president of Zimbabwe, as a "goodwill ambassador," somehow overlooking that he is widely regarded as a tyrannical despot and faces international sanctions for human rights abuses.
The response was a torrent of condemnation and outrage, including a statement from the U.S. State Department that "this appointment clearly contradicts the United Nations ideals of respect for human rights and human dignity."
Several days later, the WHO's director general, who had made the appointment in the first place, rescinded it. Somebody should rescind his appointment.
In a recent article, two respected commentators called for the United States to cut funding for the U.N.'s World Health Organization and its International Agency for Research on Cancer, which is plagued by incompetence and poor science on its good days, and is currently mired in a major scandal marked by corruption and conflicts of interest.
The United States has long been a hugely disproportionate funder of U.N. activities—our mandatory assessment and voluntary contributions total some $8 billion—but the era of America's as the U.N.'s sugar daddy is about to end.
In the spring of this year, State department staffers were instructed to find significant cuts in U.S. funding for U.N. programs (above the mandatory assessment)—the first signal of long overdue belt-tightening.
Why are incompetence and profligacy rife within the sprawling organization? In several respects, it's in the U.N.'s DNA.
First, the U.N. is essentially a monopoly. Inefficiency and incompetence are not punished by "consumers" of their products or services spurning the U.N. and patronizing a competitor. On the contrary, it is not uncommon in these kinds of bureaucracies for failure to be rewarded with additional resources.
unlike in business, if a program isn't working, government bureaucrats clamor to make it bigger.
Second, U.N. officials are rewarded for making the bureaucratic machinery run—that is, for producing reports, guidelines, white papers and agreements, and for holding meetings, whether or not they are of high quality or make any sense at all.
A related phenomenon is "glamour fever." The participants become so enamored of the trappings of the meetings—the formal and dignified proceedings, the simultaneous translation of the proceedings into various languages, and exotic venues—that they seem to forget why they're there.
(And they certainly don't want the activity, and the opportunity for all-expense-paid, luxurious travel, ever to end.)
Third, there's no accountability—no U.S. Government Accountability Office, House of Lords Select Committee or parliamentary oversight, and no electorate to kick the U.N. reprobates out when they act contrary to the public interest.
It's hardly surprising, therefore, that we see egregious examples of arrogance and corruption, let alone day-to-day featherbedding, laziness and incompetence in the thousands of individual U.N. programs and projects.
Fourth, in the absence of accountability, U.N. officials feel little need for transparency of policymaking, and the public relations offices simply spin, spin, spin the anti-technology, anti-capitalist party line, which often fails to take into consideration that modernity gives rise to greater prosperity and longevity.
Fifth, the pool of possible candidates for U.N. leadership positions is not a promising one. The organization is no meritocracy. The country or region of origin of a candidate seems to be more important than his credentials and qualifications.
Also, if you were a head of state or government minister, would you wish to lose your best people to the U.N., or would you prefer to keep them close to make you look good and to benefit your country? It's hardly surprising that the U.N. ends up with the least competent and most disaffected and dysfunctional officials.
U.S. discretionary contributions should go only to U.N. programs that are highly relevant to the interests, and consistent with the values, of the United States, and we should withhold funding and participation from U.N. agencies and programs that are found to be corrupt or incompetent.
The announcement last month that next year the United States would formally withdraw from UNESCO (the U.N.'s' "educational, scientific and cultural organization") to protest its chronic Israel-bashing (a popular U.N. pastime) is a promising development.
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said about Thursday's vote, "We will remember it when we are called upon to once again make the world's largest contribution to the United Nations."
I hope so. We and other like-minded countries should cease paying any dues at all until the entire organization undergoes fundamental and genuine reform. That is the only language the international bureaucrats understand.


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YI YI: A ONE AND A TWO
I'm the proud owner of 214 Criterions (my two most recent acquirees are A Christmas Tale & Safe).
Regular folks just don't understand us criterion addicts. Over the years I've been asked why I spend so much money on these movies (prices range from $29.99 to over $100) and I respond with these examples…
Besides the fact that both Stranger Than Paradise & Slacker are timeless modern films (Stranger Than Paradise being a personal favorite of mine) the special features on both supplementary discs are LOADED with some great documentaries (the made for German TV documentary on Jim Jarmusch is pretty important as it marks the last time he worked with cinematographer-turned-director Tom Dicillo and started working with Wim Winders cinematographer Robby Muller). Plus each movie comes paired with an additional (equally enjoyable) feature-length film (Permanent Vacation & It's Impossible To Learn To Plow From Reading Books, respectively)
*Richard Linklater's commentary track on It's Impossible To Learn To Plow... is excellent
Ok, all special treatment aside (Lodge Kerrigan is a PINNLAND EMPIRE favorite) for a single disc criterion this is one of my favorites. And not even so much for the movie itself (long before Clean, Shaven made it to the collection I was already a fan of the film and had seen it a million times). This disc contains my all-time favorite video essay (courtesy of critic Michael Atkinson) in the form of A Subjective Assault: Lodge Kerrigan's Clean, Shaven (this analysis is so great it makes me angry!)
*George Washington is another great single disc criterion that features two of David Gordon Green's early short films (which directly rubbed off on his first feature) and a rare short film directed by Clu Gullagher that also had an influence on Green's early work.
This is easily the best box set in the entire collection. Cassavetes fan or not, you have to admit that most of these films were incredibly influential within the world of independent cinema (Opening Night is definitely a solid film but I don't think it holds the same importance as the other four films in the set) and prior to the criterion treatment, they weren't given a proper release (in the U.S.) on video
The movie of discussion is another example I like to hit people with (the cover art alone is beautiful). Ever since Yi Yi was put out by Criterion, interest in Edward Yang has grown quite a bit in the U.S. (he wasn't really known amongst your casual American cinephile prior to 2005/2006).
It's already been established in older reviews (Love Streams & Stories We Tell) that I'm incredibly fascinated by (good) films concerning large immediate families and/or siblings because I never had that growing up (I'm an only child) so it should come as no surprise that I'm a huge fan of Yi Yi. Edward Yang's 2000 family drama recently crept into my psyche because it shares a few interesting similarities with Richard Linklater's Boyhood. Although Boyhood follows one main character over the span of 12 (real) years, it's still very much a film from the school of Yi Yi. Both stories explore young boy characters going through a "coming of age" period, mothers going through a depressive mid-life crisis, the relationship between siblings (specifically the older sister/younger brother dynamic), and the relationship between grandparents (specifically grandmothers) and grandchildren. However Yi Yi is a much longer film (over three hours) so it delves a lot deeper in to those issues and it also touches on other things like life & death (Yi Yi starts with a wedding that soon produces a baby, and it ends with the passing of an elder family member). Boyhood never really gets in to that (I have very few criticisms of Boyhood but it is strange that the main character went that long without ever really dealing with the passing of a family member, loved one or acquaintance).
In the film we follow a middle class (upper-middle class?) Taiwanese family made up of Mother (Yin-Yin), Father (NJ) and their two children; Ting-Ting & Yang-Yang. Ting-Ting is in the midst of a teenage love triangle with her best friend and a boy from school they both like, while Yang-Yang has to deal with being bullied by both his fellow classmates as well as his teacher who has it out for him. Like Ana in The Spirit Of The Beehive, Ting-Ting learns about honesty (and dishonesty) among those close to her. And like Ana in Cria Cuervos, Yang-Yang quietly observes the world around him (he takes to photography to document everything he sees). Meanwhile, their mother Yin-Yin falls in to a depression after her mother has a stroke, and their father NJ is also having a sort of internal crisis (at work) coupled with an old ex-girlfriend who suddenly resurfaces. In an effort to find some meaning in life, Yin-Yin goes on a spiritual retreat while NJ quietly coasts through life in a half depressive existential state throughout a good chunk of the film.
The Spirit Of The Beehive / Yi Yi
In addition to the four main characters, Yi-Yi branches off to extended family. Yin-Yin's somewhat immature younger brother (A-Di) just married a beautiful & semi high maintenance woman (who brings along her own large extended family) but he can't shake his clingy ex-girlfriend who's trying to sabotage his marriage. A-Di is also faced with being a father for the first time and can't seem to manage his money very well which all becomes too overwhelming for him.
Good Morning / Yi Yi
Besides Boyhood, The Spirit Of The Beehive & Cria Cuervos, Yi-Yi also shares the same DNA as other family-based films like The Secret Of The Grain (another criterion film centered around a large multi-generational family). The influence of Yasujiro Ozu is also pretty evident as Edward Yang focuses on multi-generational families in a similar fashion as Ozu.
Like most fans of Yi Yi, I found Yang Yang to be the most interesting character. He's practically the poster child for the film (when you do a Google search for Yi Yi his images are always the first to pop up and he's not even the sole "main character" of the movie). Edward Yang could have easily made the young protagonist out to be a slightly unrealistic, super cute little kid character who says forced one-liners but instead he made him quiet, observant and a bit of an old soul (although he is occasionally precocious). He delivers poignant dialogue that you'd think would come from an adult, but because he's an old soul it comes off as believable (perhaps reminiscent of the kinds of things we've said to/asked our own parents growing up)...
Yang-Yang (left) in a discussion with his father NJ (right)
side note - this scene always reminded of a part from The Spirit Of The Beehive (in an abstract way) when Ana has a somewhat similar exchange with her mother...
Yang Yang' maturity is exemplified in the final moments of Yi Yi. At the beginning of the film when Yin Yin's mother suffers the stroke she stays with the family instead of in a nursing home. Throughout the film each family member is required/expected to talk to her while she's in a coma in an effort to comfort her. One by one, each family member unloads their problems/dreams/concerns/daily news on the unconscious grandmother. However the one family member who won't speak to her is Yang Yang. At first you're just supposed to think he won't speak to his grandmother because he's confused & afraid (like any 6 year old would be in that situation). But at the end of the film the grandmother passes away and we finally learn, through Yang Yang's powerful eulogy, why he didn't want to speak to her...
I'm sorry, Grandma.
It wasn't that I didn't want to talk to you.
I think all the stuff I could tell you you must already know.
Otherwise, you wouldn't always tell me to "Listen!"
They all say you've gone away.
But you didn't tell me where you went.
I guess it's someplace you think I should know.
But, Grandma, I know so little.
Do you know what I want to do when I grow up?
I want to tell people things they don't know.
Show them stuff they haven't seen.
It'll be so much fun.
Perhaps one day I'll find out where you've gone.
If I do, can I tell everyone and bring them to visit you?
Grandma…I miss you
Especially when I see my newborn cousin who still doesn't have a name.
He reminds me that you always said you felt old
I want to tell him that I feel I am old too
What makes this film so great is that it transcends race which is a pitfall that quite a few popular family dramas have succumb to (sorry but I can't really relate to something like American Beauty). I'm black but when I watch Yi Yi there are so many things I can relate too even though the characters are Taiwanese.
Edward Yang could have taken the typical family drama route by implementing tons dysfunction but he didn't (we all know dysfunctional parents & fucked up children are common within this genre). Sure there's plenty of drama & dysfunction around the family (infidelity, money issues, attempted suicide, etc) but throughout the film the family stays a fairly tight unit (and they become even tighter by the end of the film).
Labels: coming of age, comparison, Criterion, fathers, mothers, review, richard linklater, spanish cinema, taiwanese cinema, the 00's, yasujiro ozu
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The exhibition of the Wilhelm-Leuschner-Memorial of the city of Bayreuth shows the path of life and the significance of the Weimar politician and member of the resistance, Wilhelm Leuschner. In four rooms with all in all five thematic sections the most important stages of his life are shown on the basis of plates and exhibits. His stages of life contain the birthplace Bayreuth where he spent his childhood, adolescence and apprenticeship as well as Darmstadt and Berlin, the places of his political functioning.
Leuschner got involved in union very early and entered the union in Bayreuth in 1907. His political commitment led him to the SPD in 1913 because he believed that there his beliefs in a fairer society were most likely to be put into effect. In 1919 he was elected full-time chairman of the unions in Darmstadt as well as representative of the labor force in the city's municipality. In the year 1924 he was elected for the SPD into the Hessian Landtag. In 1928 he became Hessian Minister of the Interior. Already as a unionist and representative of the Landtag and later as Minister of the Interior he fought publicly against the NSDAP which was gaining more and more strength through conventions and rallies. In November 1931 he publicised the so-called "Boxheimer documents" and tried to enforce an accusation against the author of these coup plans, Werner Best and against Adolf Hitler at the Court of the German Empire.
Wilhelm Leuschner also had an internationally high standing as a union leader. Therefore the National Socialists tried to use his prestige for their cause. In June 1933 they wanted him to legitimate the Nazi organization "German Labor Front", under the direction of Reichsführer Robert Ley, at the international employment bureau in Geneva as successor of the free unions. Wilhelm Leuschner refused and explained the course of action and the aims of the Nazi rulers to the other conference participants. At his return to Germany in the middle of June he got arrested and was placed in the concentration camp Börgermoor, afterwards to the one in Lichtenburg near Torgau. In the exhibition this period is documented by a fifteen minutes video and a chess. By playing chess with his political friend and chess gamer Ernst Reuter he mentally survived the incarceration.
The basis of the memorial exhibition is the inheritance kept safe by the Wilhelm-Leuschner-Foundation which is scientifically researched and coffered in the birthplace. Through this exhibition the memorial with the associated Bildungswerkstatt Wilhelm Leuschner is suited as a place of learning, encounter and international understanding.


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Gang Violence Reduction
Letter to Monsignor John Moretta
Monsignor John Moretta
3324 East Opal Street
Dear Father John,
Further to our recent telephone conversations, and in preparation for the meeting of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners scheduled to take place at the Church of the Resurrection Tuesday, Oct. 29, the following text summarizes our proposal for a model gang violence reduction and monitoring commission in Boyle Heights.
The model comprises research, presentations, analysis and evaluations of existing and planned programs, and continuous review and comparison of successful anti-gang suppression and intervention teams nationwide and internationally to the extent that their methods and results may be replicated in Boyle Heights.
The approach will divide the subject matter into four basic, overlapping categories:
Organizational;
Operational;
Community Resources and Partnering;
Evaluation, Assessment and Corrections.
I. Organizational
Assess the threat: including the number of gangs, approximate strength. Estimate their turf sizes or territories using COMPSTAT methods. Locate crime or violence hotspots and their patterns by dates, locations, known offenders, victims, MFO (Most Frequently Occurring) data, other relevant statistics and information.
Next, identify kingpin felons and assess their separate links or conjunctions to the data listed above. Profile their hierarchies and modus operandi, summarize them for inclusion in community meetings, commission-police meetings, CPAB action, other. Research should be designed to answer questions such as: What are the gangs' community resources? What are their chief financial resources? What is the most accurate available inventory of their estimated weaponry? What are the extent and depth of their connections with international drug cartels? Do they have a "children's army"? Can we identify the chief recruiters? How much flux is there in their territorial boundaries? Their membership numbers? How frequently do they leave the boundaries and for what typical periods of time? What percentage of them are "jumped in" for special planned criminal activities? How much grass-roots support do they enjoy in the community? What percentage of the surrounding population are reluctant supporters or on the fringe? Can any of them be enlisted to supply intelligence information?
Assess Police Resources: How many anti-gang enforcement sworn officers have had specialized training and experience and are now available in Boyle Heights full time? Part time? On loan from other divisions? What promises of expansion of force have been made? When? What progress to date? How many High Impact Teams can be fielded on short notice? How many Senior Lead Officers are assigned to concentrate on hotspot areas? How much joint training have they shared with anti-gang and anti-drug units? Do they regularly feature scheduled meetings with parole and probation officers who know the kingpin and supporter felons? What information can we obtain from victims or impacted families? What is the inventory of local legal remedies such as curfews or injunction programs? How narrowly or specifically are they drafted and what are their success rates citywide to date?
II. Operational:
This category includes police-community partnership planning for High Impact Suppression maneuvers. Planning and implementation cooperation will focus on intervention strikes designed to remove gang resources and weaponry, to identify shipment routes and couriers for cash, drugs, weapons, other resources.
This part of the collaborative effort also features risk assessment to determine the aggression rates for planned intervention strikes, and will employ techniques for minimizing collateral damage in the civilian population. Efforts will be on developing and maximizing intelligence reports from parolees and neighborhood sources. Youth counselors, Senior Lead Officers, and other knowledgeable sources will be consulted in joint High-Impact information gathering patrols. Post-op debriefings and feedback analysis will include neighborhood commission members, who will participate also in evaluations and corrections.
III. Community Resources and Partnering:
This phase coordinates the efforts of community resources: Schools, churches, businesses, youth activity services, social services, and others. Together, the members identify causes of gang popularity, such as tradition, social disintegration, demographics, unemployment, educational opportunity deficits, domestic violence in the environment, and many other factors.
Great efforts will be concentrated on planning and holding town meetings; sponsoring anti-tagging teams; intensifying media relations and distribution of information, including the scheduling and broad public notification of participation opportunities. All information will be shared through a central clearing house or community committee that includes Senior Lead Officers, CPAB, specialized units, and appropriate LAPD Command personnel. Together, the combined civilian-police commission for Boyle Heights will process and consolidate intelligence from neighborhood sources, anonymous tips, COMPSTAT data, and other relevant information.
IV. Evaluation, Assessment, Corrections:
After holding introductory or organizational lectures, discussion workshops and interviews, we would suggest question and answer sessions with other agencies such as District Attorney; City Attorney; parole and probation officers; school officials; social services; and many others. Based on the initial responses from all participants, we would research the most successful programs in other cities nationwide that bear the closest similarities to Boyle Heights at each stage of the developing program in terms of size, socio-economic factors, resistance and obstacles to prevention and intervention efforts.
The next stage will be to hold follow-up lectures and workshops to present comparative results from other jurisdictions and to make recommendations based on those results for short and medium term corrections and improvements.
At all stages, there must be a monitoring presence accepted by all partners, which will review intervention operations, analyze intelligence data emerging from combined sources, and propose tactical and strategic corrections and refinements in a consensus-building process with sworn officers, command officer staff, and community commission members.
As of today, a few of the cities with programs that would merit attention and study and which would offer replicable features in Boyle Heights initially include Fresno and Oxnard, California; Houston and Dallas, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; the NYPD "CAGE" units as recently reorganized to adapt to community policing concepts; and newly restructured anti-gang units in Washington, DC; Baltimore, Maryland; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, among others.
Several major European cities also should be studied for their specific progress in anti-gang intervention, including Rome and Milan, Italy; Zurich, Switzerland; Stockholm, Sweden; Paris, France; and Berlin, Germany. Several major recent studies by the Department of Justice, Office of Justice and Delinquency Prevention, such as those published in 2000 and 2001 on Youth Gangs, Programs and Strategies, will also be described and featured in lectures, discussions and partnership workshops.
The cooperative, interagency training and dialogue will emphasize combining High-Impact Anti-Gang Violence Suppression work with intelligence gathering, close interagency collaboration, and full community policing partnerships to isolate and reduce the social problems giving rise to gang activity and homicidal violence.
We will look forward to working closely with you to achieve our common goal. Once again, let us express our gratitude for your good works and your dedication to ending the continuing tragedies in Boyle Heights.
Arthur A. Jones, J.D., Dr.jur. Robin Wiseman, J.D., Dr.h.c.
--- Arthur A. Jones and Robin Wiseman are international human rights lawyers with legal educations in the United States and Europe. They are consultants and authors on international policing, social policy and human rights, and regular contributors to the forum here at LA Community Policing.


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Affectionately known as Poms, PomPoms, and Pommies, the Pomeranian has swept into society as a force to be reckoned with.
Like many of the breeds in the toy group, the Pomeranian's personality is far bigger than their bodies.
They are hot stuff and they know it. They boldly bounce around life and rule their people like benevolent dictators. They can be willful and stubborn and usually suspicious of strangers.
This is probably why Pomeranian dogs are popular. They're sassy, and they own it.
Thankfully, many have been able to get along with other pets and other dogs.
They are protective, loyal and demanding. Pomeranian dogs demand little in terms of food or exercise - just playing in the house will suffice on most days - but they are demanding in terms of needing your attention to their presence and attention to their magnificent but easily matting double-layered coats.
If you groom your Pomeranian every day, not only will your Pomeranian get used to being handled, but it will save you less time caring for the coat in the long run.
Grooming can be a great way to interact and give worshipful attention to your Pomeranian.
Pomeranians make ideal companions for single adults or senior citizens. They are not recommended for homes with small children, as both will wind up hurting each other unless trained properly.
Plus, there are variants of Poms called Teacup Pomeranians. They are extremely tiny, and quite frankly small childen could... Just step on them and flatten them outright. So take note of that!
Pomeranian dogs do well in urban settings or apartments. Pomeranians do not need a hike in the woods every day in terms of exercise, but still needs to be supervised if left out in the yard.
Sadly, Pomeranians are so popular that they have become a magnet for thieves.
And Pomeranians do not help matters any by boldly announcing their presence and strutting their stuff before anyone who happens by.
Most Pomeranian information in books or on the Internet only focuses on the good sides of living with Pomeranians. Keep in mind that there are bad sides, as well.
Their coat needs a thorough grooming every day in order to keep it tangle-free. They also have surprisingly fragile frames - it has been known for Pomeranians to die just from jumping from your arms to the floor.
Pomeranian dogs are prone to some health problems more so than some other breeds, but not as much as others. They can be prone to eye problems, skin problems, teeth problems, leg and knee problems.
They have delicate skeletons and teeth that are less strong as the average dog's. They need their teeth brushed and their eyes checked daily.
Do not roughhouse with a Pomeranian and do not let them jump more than a foot from the ground.
Most health problems with Pomeranians are curable, especially if done early. By grooming your Pomeranian every day, you can check for early signs of health problems, like swellings or bald patches.
That also gives you a great time to interact with your Pomeranian and lavish him or her with the attention they thrive in.
According to Pomeranian information on the web and in print, Pomeranians do not need a lot of exercise and can live happily in an apartment.


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Comics for July 29, 2001 – 07/29/2001 – Wow. 725 strips. Campus Safari has ended in this incarnation. It began a LONG time ago as one of my first comics and I want to redo it with better art and updated writing.


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Cardi B's Former History Teacher Just Clapped Back at All of the Haters Who Claim Cardi B Shouldn't Be Talking Politics
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - DECEMBER 21: Cardi B performs as part of Electric Holiday Concert at Puerto Rico Convention Center on December 21, 2018 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Gladys Vega/Getty Images)
Rapper Cardi B's former AP Government teacher Joan Hill took to Facebook to defend her former student, whose pointed commentary on recent political developments––such as the government shutdown––made headlines (and made her the target of criticism) in the last few weeks.
"For those of you on my feed who are trashing Cardi B for representing a political voice," she wrote, "she probably scored higher than you on the US History Regents exam and was in my AP govt class."
Hill then went on to list several reasons why her former student's opinions shouldn't be silenced, including: "She has a national platform and is using it to talk about things that are important... why can't we respect that?"
Cardi's former history teacher dragging the girls on Facebook. 😭 https://t.co/vYDtNYp7Xm
— Fan Account (@Fan Account)1549145426.0
Many praised Hill for defending her former student.
@BardiUpdatess I'm sure loving this. That's my kind of teacher. 💯
— Evelyn Lockhart (@Evelyn Lockhart)1549269980.0
@BardiUpdatess We should all be grateful to teachers like JoAn Hill who obviously instills a passion for learning i… https://t.co/LpXgGq8Dxk
— Jeane Willis (@Jeane Willis)1549293629.0
@BardiUpdatess A prime example of people judging a book by its cover. You better open it and read the table of contents. 💣
— Candy Hall (@Candy Hall)1549282864.0
@BardiUpdatess Yasssss she taught me also, LOVE MS. HILL ❤❤❤ she stans for allll her kids she taught. Don't play with her 😂
— M.BOOGIE 🧡 (@M.BOOGIE 🧡)1549248381.0
Cardi B has spoken highly of Hill, telling CBS in December 2018 that Hill continues to inspire her even now years after leaving high school.
"I know that she's strict, but every single day until this day of my life, Ms. Hill was always in my head," she said at the time.
Denise Reyes, another of Hill's former students, told The Daily Dot that the message indeed came from Hill, who regularly pushed her students to succeed.
"I think a lot of us were pretty scared of her if we didn't do our homework or have our notes ready for class," she said. "She would yell at us. But we all know it came from a good place. Ms. Hill wanted all of us to succeed, she always made that known."
Hill's defense comes after Cardi B made a widely seen Instagram video criticizing President Donald Trump's proposal for a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a proposal that kicked off the longest government shutdown in history after he and Congress reaching a stalemate over funding the project.
"This shit is crazy," she said in the video. "Like, our country is a hellhole right now, all for a fucking wall. And we really need to take this serious."
Iamcardib on Instagram: "I know a lot of ya do r watch the news so I'm letting ya know shit getting real .....I ain't going to say nothing much tho I don't want…"
The video soon went viral, making the rapper a target for President Donald Trump's supporters, including Fox News personality Tomi Lahren, who referred to her as "the latest genius political mind to endorse the Democrats."
Looks like @iamcardib is the latest genius political mind to endorse the Democrats. HA! Keep it up, guys! #MAGA2020
— Tomi Lahren (@Tomi Lahren)1547693176.0
Cardi B soon responded:
Leave me alone I will dog walk you . https://t.co/FjqIzpUbvp
— iamcardib (@iamcardib)1547973773.0
Cardi B has spoken out against the president before. At the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, she participated in a video along with Hillary Clinton to read a portion of Fire and Fury, journalist Michael Wolf's insider account of the Trump administration.
"Why am I even reading this sh*t? I can't believe this. I can't believe — this is how he really lives his life?" she said at the time.
She has also expressed support for former NFL football player Colin Kaepernick, whose decision to kneel in protest against police brutality and the inequities faced by people color have made him a regular target of the president's.
On Friday, Cardi B revealed she turned down the opportunity to perform at last night's Super Bowl to "stand behind" Kaepernick.
My husband, he loves football. His kids play football. It's really hard for him. …He really wants to go to the Super Bowl, but he can't go to the Super Bowl, because he's got to stand for something," she said. "You have to sacrifice that. I got to sacrifice a lot of money to perform. But there's a man who sacrificed his job for us, so we got to stand behind him."


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The match between Panathinaikos and Buducnost VOLI Podgorica will take place on 04.04.2019 at 16:00. OLYMPIC SPORTS CENTER ATHENS will serve as the site of this exciting event. The match is part of Euroleague in Basketball. It will be broadcasted live on Sportklub 1, Sportklub 1 Croatia, Nova Sports 1 Cyprus, Nova Sports 1, 5Plus, SportKlub 1 Crna Gora, SportKlub 1, SportKlub 1 Serbia, Sportklub 4. Internet broadcast is available at Euroleague.tv, . If you're aware of any broadcasts, please share in the comments below.