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NWI hospitals aim to keep patients out — and healthy - March 14, 2017
Courtesy of NWITimes.com • March 14, 2017
By Giles Bruce
MERRILLVILLE — When Mary Parnell was admitted to the hospital with congestive heart failure last year, Lyndsay Simpson came to see her.
Simpson is a nurse navigator for Methodist Hospitals. She educates patients on how to prevent health problems in the future. She helps coordinate their care to ensure they follow through with it.
She talked to Parnell, a 59-year-old from Gary, about limiting her salt intake. She later called Parnell at home to see if she needed transportation to her follow-up appointments. She offered to set up home health care.
Simpson is part of an increasing trend in health care in Northwest Indiana. Hospital systems are proactively reaching out to patients and coordinating their health care to keep them from being readmitted to the hospital.
Many medical institutions now use data analysis, usually as part of their electronic medical record systems, to manage the health of all their patients. The goal is to bend the cost curve, at a time when health care accounts for nearly 20 percent of the nation's gross domestic product. Private insurers and the federal government are starting to reimburse providers on quality rather than quantity of care.
"Population health management is caring for an entire community as opposed to caring for the sick within that community," said Matt Doyle, chief financial officer for Methodist Hospitals.
"It's designed to promote health through wellness and prevention, and also treating the sick when the sick need to be treated. Better outcomes and better health are the end goals."
Obamacare advanced true health
To reduce costs, the health care industry is "moving from what's considered emergency medicine to true health medicine," Doyle said. Emergency room visits and hospitalizations are expensive — and, with regular checkups and screenings, often preventable. Methodist also has expanded its outpatient care, Doyle said, to get "the hospital beyond the four walls."
Methodist utilizes its electronic medical record system to automatically notify patients of upcoming appointments that need to be scheduled or tests they may need. Data analysis helps the hospital system identify high-risk patients in need of care. Providers go over a checklist with the patients on items like diet, exercise and lab work.
These changes started before the 2010 Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, but the law included provisions to advance them. For instance, the law penalizes hospitals if patients are readmitted within 30 days of being in the hospital. Even if President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans follow through on their promise to repeal Obamacare, Doyle doesn't expect population health management to go away.
"At the end of the day, I think cost is the name of the game," he said. "So if there's a repeal, or repeal-and-replace, I can't imagine there will be a change from this side. It's too important from a cost perspective."
Quality care priceless
The LaPorte and Porter physician groups have nurse navigators who reach out to patients to help them close care gaps or transition from the hospital to home or a skilled nursing facility. The nurses contact patients to remind them that they missed, say, a cancer screening. The navigators also identify and contact people who are at high risk for readmission.
"It has been said that population health is providing the right care for the right patient at the right time in the right setting," said Dr. Stacey Leva, vice president of population health management and quality for the LaPorte and Porter physician groups.
The focus on population health management has helped increase the mammogram and colonoscopy rates in LaPorte and Porter counties, she said.
"If there is an abnormality that's caught, it's priceless to the patient and their care team," she said. "It means a lot to us to know that by doing this work we are helping to improve the health of our patients and the communities we serve."
Best care at right cost
Community Healthcare System has improved its population health technology over the past couple of years, increasing automation and better filtering information to providers. The system's data analysis can determine, for instance, which medications work best for which patients, depending on what strain of a disease they have.
"With the analytics, we're using … we can start identifying patients before their first admission to prevent that admission in the first place," said Dr. Alan Kumar, the hospital system's chief medical officer. "The sophistication of the analytics is there."
Community has population health agreements with Cigna and HMO Illinois, where the system is paid a monthly fee to care for patients, and is in negotiations with other insurers and employers on similar arrangements.
"Health care systems are not just competing to say we're the biggest, but to say we're the best," Kumar said. "We aim to provide the best value of care at the right cost. Employers, payers and patients appreciate this."
Franciscan Health has an accountable care organization, where it provides free care coordination to its Medicare beneficiaries. Under the arrangement, part of Obamacare, the federal government rewards Franciscan Health for lowering costs and improving quality.
"Our medical providers are using population health analytics tools to identify high-risk patients with chronic illnesses, who we assign to our team of care coordinators," said Joe Riffle, administrative director of the Franciscan Accountable Care Organization.
"The care coordinator's role is to assist these patients with obtaining the right health care services in the right place at the right time to help eliminate avoidable emergency or hospital admissions, reduce unnecessary duplication of care, and promote high-quality care by ensuring that age-appropriate screenings and disease management protocols are being followed."
Hospitals focus on prevention
On a January day at the Methodist Heart Failure Clinic in Merrillville, nurse practitioner Fran Clark looked at a computer and asked questions of Parnell, the Gary resident who was hospitalized last year with a heart condition.
"Shortness of breath?" Clark asked.
"It was a little worse today because I had to walk from the bus," Parnell responded.
"Have you quit smoking?"
"I use a vapor pen once in a while, two or three times a day."
"Your blood pressure was good."
Parnell discussed what she learned from the nurse navigator about a heart-healthy diet.
"Yesterday, I got ready to fix pasta. I got ready to eat," she said. "I said, 'I can't eat this.' "
"It's not that you can't eat it," Clark said. "You have to be aware of what a serving is."
With the help of her care team at Methodist, Parnell has avoided having a heart attack. Clark told her that her condition had stabilized.
"We want to help patients be able to better manage their condition," said Connie Adams, clinical and quality director of the Methodist Hospitals Heart and Vascular Institute. "This really is a team sport."


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The National Aviation Hall of Fame's 2020 Combs-Gates Award to be Presented to Commemorative Air Force (CAF) RISE ABOVE
November 12, 2020, Dayton, Ohio - The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) proudly reports that the CAF's RISE ABOVE project has earned the 18th Annual Combs Gates Award. The NAHF will award the $20,000 cash prize to the CAF in early 2021.
NAHF Chairman Michael Quiello quoted from the nomination packet itself in making the announcement, "The CAF indisputably sets the standard for aviation education around the world. Their project is centered on the lessons and legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). It consists of community events, restored World War II-era aircraft, school visits, traveling exhibits, virtual learning tools, and classroom materials."
CAF RISE ABOVE Leader Doug Rozendaal, further stated, "CAF RISE ABOVE is committed to telling the inspirational story of the Tuskegee Airmen and the WASP. We are on a mission to educate people of all ages about these important American trailblazers so their strength of character and ability to triumph over adversity may serve as a means to inspire others to rise above obstacles in their own lives and achieve their goals."
CAF RISE ABOVE's three-fold educational outreach program includes multiple resources for educators, parents, and students. Their educational trifecta includes an informative website with an online virtual museum which offers multiple easy to use resources, a fully restored WWII-era P-51C Mustang, and an iconic travelling exhibit that offers a fully-functional mobile movie theater featuring two compelling original short films that tell the story of the Tuskegee Airmen and the WASP.
The Combs Award, the original title, grew out of a donation to the NAHF by the late Harry Combs, a 1996 Enshrinee of the NAHF. As part of a $1.3 million gift to help fund the creation of a NAHF research center, Combs stipulated that the Combs Award be established to encourage and support relevant aviation history research and preservation efforts. A panel of expert judges review each submission based upon criteria such as historical accuracy, creativity, potential for long-term impact, and value to the NAHF's mission of honoring America's outstanding air and space pioneers.
John Gates and his sister, Diane G. Wallach, are co-trustees of the Gates Frontiers Fund, a foundation created by their late parents, Charles C. and June S. Gates. Mr. Gates, who passed away in 2005 at age 84, was former Chairman and CEO of the Gates Corporation, an avid multi-engine and helicopter pilot, and partner with Combs in several aviation businesses, including the Combs Gates FBO chain and Gates Learjet.
About the National Aviation Hall of Fame The National Aviation Hall of Fame, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, is the only Congressionally-chartered aviation hall of fame in the U.S. Based in Dayton, OH, the NAHF's Heritage Hall & Education Center is committed to informing the public of American aviation heroes, their accomplishments and their impact on advances in aviation from Early Flight to Space Travel. The NAHF strives to create a distinctive educational resource that will inspire future generations to appreciate our nation's extraordinary aviation heritage through the men and women who created it.
Learn more about the CAF Rise Above Program at www.cafriseabove.org.

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"Once the system is migrated from the bank's iOS environment to Linux and Oracle, we will integrate the applications with four other applications in the Bank's enterprise. These include mainframe applications and others on the Microsoft and AIX platforms," said Raquela Kaplan, Director of Marketing, Infinite Corporation.
"In this migration, there over 1200 programs and over 6 million lines of code. We estimate that the migration will be completed and tested in early May of this year," continued Kaplan.
Infinite has developed a family of products designed to migrate AS/400-based applications to Windows, Linux and UNIX. Last year, Infinite released its latest generation of migration tools, named Infinite i and Infinite 36. Infinite i is a family of products that migrate and deploy RPG and COBOL applications from the IBM System i (AS/400) environment to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R 2 and Red Hat's Enterprise Linux Version 6.1.
The latest release of Infinite i provides functionality that cannot be achieved using the IBM i OS environment. The product family will allow RPG and COBOL applications to be migrated to 64-bit Windows or Linux. The database layer can be deployed to either MS SQL 2010 or Oracle 11g. The UI layer of the environment will be executed in a Cloud-based structure.


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Biden Has 'Very Unusual' Cancelation of yet Another Event
By Nick Arama | Nov 30, 2021 10:30 AM ET
AP Photo/Alex Brandon
We've seen a constant state of chaos when it comes to the administration of Joe Biden and it seems to affect everything he touches.
We've seen Biden go full-blown incoherent and lose track of what he's trying to say. We've seen him make up stories that couldn't possibly be true. Indeed, that's a feature rather than a bug of his nature, and not just a recent occurrence due to his incoherence — he had to drop out of his first presidential race for lying about his background and plagiarizing.
We've seen his team in a frequent state of panic to prevent his blunders as they often try to cut off the press' ability to question Biden, even if they're rudely cutting off UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the process.
My colleague Sister Toldjah has spoken before about this "Hideout Plan" where the press is limited from getting access to Biden. We saw this in evidence a couple of weeks ago when Biden abruptly canceled the traditional Three Amigos press conference with Biden, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador after Biden made a series of blunders in 24 hours that had staffers behind the scenes struggling to correct the record.
That even earned this comment from Justin Sink of Bloomberg.
"I mean, I would — I guess I would just press for having a press conference. And I guess I would wonder if Jen said that this was going to happen if there's a longstanding precedent of this happening, and the most recent data point is yesterday where you guys had to clean up not only this Olympic comment but his comment on the timing for the Fed and his Taiwan comment, is the worry that you don't want the President taking questions? And if not, I think the best way to satisfy that would be to have the President out there tomorrow."
But the Biden team still didn't have any press conference. Instead, we were left with hearing about what happened in the meetings between the three leaders from Justin Trudeau, who held his presser. CBS News White House reporter Kathryn Watson even noted that allowed Biden to avoid some uncomfortable questions about things like the border.
But yesterday, Biden suddenly canceled another event where he was supposed to make remarks about "his Administration's work to strengthen the nation's supply chains, lower everyday costs for families, and ensure that shelves are well-stocked this holiday season." The cancelation came just minutes before he was supposed to speak.
Even Senior White House Reporter for NBC News Digital Shannon Pettypiece commented that this was "very unusual" for someone to cancel like that, minutes before.
White House unexpectedly canceled Biden remarks on supply chain … about 15 minutes before they were supposed to starts
Very unusual
— Shannon Pettypiece (@spettypi) November 29, 2021
The cancelation came after his meeting at the White House with the CEOs of several major retailers and the White House claimed he wanted to have more time to speak with them as their excuse for Biden skipping out on his remarks.
That seems like a pretty lame excuse, especially in the context of his prior actions and issues, as well as the importance of the supply chain issue. It's unusual that the cancelation was done like that, but it's not unusual for Biden to once again be chaotic. One has to wonder what was going on behind the scenes because we've already learned not to trust what they say. Is this more of the "Hideout Plan" coming into effect to prevent more blunders? I wouldn't put it past them.
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Air Force to end agreements with Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman, prepares for launch contract protests
by Sandra Erwin — August 9, 2020
The Air Force since 2018 has supported the development of Northrop Grumman's OmegA launch vehicle (left) and Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket. Neither was selected for a Phase 2 launch services contract. Credit: SpaceNews graphic
The selection of SpaceX and ULA was expected. What was surprising was the large value of the contract awarded to SpaceX for its first Phase 2 mission.
WASHINGTON — The Air Force made the call to stick with SpaceX and United Launch Alliance as its launch providers for the next five years. Now it has to decide if and how to continue working with the companies that lost the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 competition — Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman.
An issue at hand is the termination of the Launch Service Agreement contracts that the Air Force awarded in October 2018 to Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman, as well as to ULA.
The purpose of the agreements was to help Phase 2 competitors pay for launch vehicle development and infrastructure. Blue Origin received $500 million; Northrop Grumman $792 million and ULA $967 million. The funds were to be spread out through 2024, and the Air Force from the beginning said the LSAs would be terminated with those companies that did not win a Phase 2 procurement contract.
Despite political pressure to not end the LSAs, the agreements will be terminated, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition Will Roper said Aug. 7 during a video conference with reporters.
"We will work with those two companies to determine the right point to tie off their work under the LSA agreements," Roper said. The intent of the LSAs "was to create a more competitive environment leading into Phase 2," he said. "The point is not to carry them indefinitely."
LSA funds supported the development of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket and Northrop Grumman's OmegA launch vehicle. ULA will continue to receive funds for its Vulcan Centaur vehicle. SpaceX was not awarded an LSA contract.
Before the LSAs are terminated, said Roper, "We have to determine what work has been done and what rights to the data the government has. We want to make sure we retain those."
Roper said a key reason why the LSAs could not continue for all three companies is that the Air Force doesn't have enough money in the budget.
A RAND report commissioned by the Air Force warned that ending the LSAs could leave the Air Force with fewer industry competitors able to challenge ULA and SpaceX in 2024 when Phase 3 of the National Security Space Launch program is scheduled to begin.
RAND said cutting off financial support could drive companies to abandon certification efforts to qualify commercial launch vehicle for national security launch. The report said this has national security implications because if a U.S. launch company dropped out of the market, a foreign competitor is likely to emerge to try to fill the gap.
Roper said the Air Force plans to continue to support U.S. industry but the specifics have yet to be worked out, Roper said. "We will discuss this with Capitol Hill for Phase 3."
Roper said he agreed with RAND's take that it would be "in the government's best interest to have three or more viable systems to compete for Phase 3."
Both the House and Senate versions of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act include provisions for the Air Force to create new partnerships with the launch industry similar to the LSAs.
Possibility of legal protests
Before the Air Force can move forward and start planning Phase 2 missions with SpaceX and ULA, it is preparing for the possibility of a legal protest over the Aug. 7 awards.
Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman issued statements on Friday expressing disappointment in the Air Force's selection. Any decision to file a protest would be made after the companies are briefed by the Air Force on why their bids didn't make the cut.
"We submitted an incredibly compelling offer for the national security community and the U.S. taxpayer," Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith said. The New Glenn bid was a "very competitive single basic launch service price for any mission across the entire ordering period."
The company intends to stay in the launch market regardless, Smith said. "We are proceeding with New Glenn development to fulfill our current commercial contracts, pursue a large and growing commercial market, and enter into new civil space launch contracts."
Northrop Grumman said the company is "confident we submitted a strong proposal that reflected our extensive space launch experience and provided value to our customer, and we are looking forward to our debriefing from the customer."
Surprising price tag for SpaceX mission
The selection of SpaceX and ULA was not surprising given their experience. "This ended exactly how everyone expected," said one industry source.
What nobody expected was the price tag for SpaceX's first Phase 2 mission awarded on Aug. 7.
SpaceX was awarded a $316 million contract to launch USSF-67, a mission scheduled for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022. ULA was awarded a $337 million contract to launch two missions — USSF-51 and USSF-106 — scheduled for the second and fourth quarters of fiscal year 2022, respectively.
Roper during the call with reporters was asked to explain why SpaceX is being paid nearly the same amount for one mission that ULA is getting for two missions. Roper declined to comment on that issue, and said these launches are classified missions.
The U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center, which oversees launch procurements, said in a statement to SpaceNews that both contracts include funding for support costs in addition to the price that the companies bid for the launch services.
"The awarded task order includes the first year of Launch Service Support, and the prices for the individual missions ordered from each respective company," SMC said. "These prices were proposed by companies as part of the Phase 2 acquisition, and they reflect significant savings when compared to historical pricing from previous NSSL launch acquisitions."
The additional payment to launch providers — which one industry source estimated at about $100 million per company — was unexpected. It is reminiscent of the "ELC" funding that the Air Force used to pay ULA and was criticized by SpaceX as government subsidies that commercial companies don't get.
ELC is short for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Launch Capabilities, which the Air Force awarded yearly to ULA for infrastructure and engineering support. ELC was discontinued in 2019 and the Air Force said it would transition to commercially based pricing.
Based on the value of the Aug. 7 contract, the SpaceX contract is likely for a Falcon Heavy launch. An industry analyst who asked to not be quoted by name said the $316 million launch contract, even if $100 million is for support costs, is very large considering the pricing that SpaceX has offered for Falcon Heavy. The company in February won a Falcon Heavy contract for a NASA asteroid mission in 2022 valued at $117 million, which includes the launch itself and other mission-related costs.
SpaceX has not commented on social media or issued any statements following the Air Force's announcement that it was selected as a Phase 2 provider.
The Air Force awarded ULA 60% of the Phase 2 missions to be flown over five years, and 40% will go to SpaceX. According to several sources, SpaceX believes it should have won the 60% share because it has operational and certified vehicles, whereas ULA's Vulcan Centaur is still in development and is expected to fly for the first time in 2021.
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require "sidekiq_toolbelt/version"

module SidekiqToolbelt
  extend self

  def counts(queue: :default)
    counts = {}

    Sidekiq::Queue.new(queue).each do |job|
      if counts[job.klass].nil?
        counts[job.klass] = 1
      else
        counts[job.klass] += 1
      end
    end

    pp counts.sort_by {|k,v| -v}.to_h
  end

  def kill(job, queue: :default)
    Sidekiq::Queue.new(queue).each do |job|
      job.delete if job.klass.starts_with?(job)
    end
  end

  def kill_by_error(error, queue: :default)
    Sidekiq::Queue.new(queue).each do |job|
      job.delete if job.item['error_class'] == error
    end
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  def kill_retries(job)
    Sidekiq::RetrySet.new.each do |job|
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Contracts / Logistics / Sustainment & Logistics / training
Swedish Army: SEK 51 million to Saab for Training Systems
credits monch.com
Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, for training systems for the Swedish Army. The order value amounts to SEK 51 million and deliveries will take place at the end of 2018.
The contract include deliveries of the Manpack 300 training system to most of the regiments in Sweden and a number of networked base stations. The Manpack 300 systems, used for controlling, monitoring and collecting training data for analyse of exercises, comes with commercial 4G-functionality. This upgraded system will give the Swedish Army an improved capability during exercises. The base stations come in the form of mobile containers, which gives the Swedish Army the opportunity to deploy the equipment and practice anywhere.
MANPACK 300, used for controlling, monitoring and collecting training data for analysis of exercises, comes with commercial 4G functionality. This upgraded system will give the Swedish Army an improved capability during exercises. The base stations come in the form of mobile containers, which will give the army the opportunity to deploy the equipment and practice anywhere.
Saab´s Exercise Control (EXCON) is used in all training systems being delivered to the regiments. Excon is an interoperable software tool, designed to help prepare, plan, execute, control and evaluate training exercises. Saab´s instrumented training systems will now be part of the Swedish army´s training facilities and allow for training from platoon up to company level.
"With this order, the Swedish Army is upgrading and modernising its training capability. The new systems allow for larger geographical coverage for the training. It also ensures that radio communication can be recorded via the base stations, allowing the customer to evaluate that part of the training", says Åsa Thegström, head of business unit Training & Simulation within Saab business area Dynamics.
"The Swedish Army has in recent years invested heavily in improving their training capability and strengthening their simulator portfolio. They have always been one of the leading users of simulators and with the new instrumented training systems, based on the latest 4G technology, they will place themselves at the forefront", says Åsa Thegström.
Saab´s Exercise Control (Excon) is used in all training systems being delivered to the regiments. Excon is an interoperable software tool, designed to help prepare, plan, execute, control and evaluate training exercises. Saab´s instrumented training systems will now be part of the Swedish Army´s training facilities and allow for training from platoon level up to company level.
Source: Saab AB & monch.com
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Q: Webview does not scroll vertically inside ViewPager We are trying to load html data into webview inside viewpager using PagerAdapter. So, there are multiple pages with webview in viewpager. All pages with webview loads data perfectly. But, only first webview scrolls vertically. Other webviews are not vertically scrollable.
Please, help us to solve this problem.

A: I had exactly this problem. The solution for my was change the library appcompat and support to a downgrade version. I currently use this:
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1'
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Use of calcium channel blockers and risk of hospitalized gastrointestinal bleeding.
Comparison of wireless capsule endoscopy (M2A[TM]) with push enteroscopy in the evaluation of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.
Acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding - experience of a tertiary care center in southern India.
Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients on long-term oral anticoagulation therapy: endoscopic findings, clinical management and outcome.
CONCLUSION: Cystic artery pseudo aneurysms remain a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
The researchers analyzed 114,835 cases of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, including all gastroduodenal ulcers and hemorrhages extracted from seven electronic health record databases from the Netherlands, Italy, and Denmark.
Lower gastrointestinal bleeding although common is usually self limited; so that adequate time is available for diagnosis with careful history and physical examination 5 along with colonscopic findings and histopathological confirmation 6.
Frozen section from the mass was consistent with metastatic RCC, pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed subsequently due to obstruction over duodenum and gastrointestinal bleeding.
Your doctor may recommend capsule endoscopy to help diagnose obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, inflammatory bowel diseases, cancer, coeliac disease and polyps.


The SaveTheInternet.eu campaign is mobilising EU citizens to contact their Council representative and tell them not to turn their backs on the Telecoms Single Market legislation.
The SaveTheInternet.eu coalition is sending a letter to the Council of the European Union urging support for strong and enforceable net neutrality provisions in the Telecoms Single Market regulation. The letter is part of a larger campaign on our website which will mobilise Europe's citizens to put pressure on their national representatives in Council. The Council consists of representatives of the 28 EU Member States. After the strong vote in favour of net neutrality by the European Parliament in April of this year, the Council must now accept, reject or amend the proposal.
Earlier this year, the SaveTheInternet.eu campaign worked with the European Parliament, which adopted a regulation with strong net neutrality protections and which eliminated loopholes. At the moment, several Member States in the Council appear to be willing to undermine those provisions: the most recent proposal by the Italian Presidency removes the definitions and replaces the proposed binding powers with "simplified principles". This is a net neutrality proposal without any net neutrality. If adopted, it will harm innovation in Europe and fundamental rights of European citizens.
We urge the Italian Presidency not to sacrifice the quality and the spirit of the text simply to be able to claim "success" in being able to close the file. The proposal as it is now would do more harm than good.
For more information, see the website of the campaign.
For more information on the EU's decision-making process, please see EDRi's "Activist Guide to the Brussels Maze" at edri.org/papers.


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The notes on the structure of the individual psalms often published 2013, avg rating 4.06 — A sense questionable -- and are challenged in the notes. of Both the scope of its subject matter and the arrangement of the whole collection Book I includes Psalms 1-41, attributed to David. published 1994, avg rating 4.47 — For details see notes on the titles of the various psalms. Students of the Psal… One question that ought yet to be addressed is: Do the Psalms speak of the Amazon.co.uk: book of psalms Select Your Cookie Preferences We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. they are sometimes not easily correlated with the content of the psalms they 24 ratings — are not wholly adequate to describe the rich variety that the creativity of It should be noted that reference to "penitential" and "imprecatory" psalms by the Law, the Prophets and the canonical wisdom literature. On this the Septuagint rule. Relative Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. To who so ever will understand, the history of "mankind" is known to have begun approximately 4.3 million years ago. can be said in this regard see introductions to the individual psalms. Hence something, after community) are the most complex. (2) the psalms and/or songs "of Asaph" (Ps 50; 73-83) and (3) the songs "of As noted above (Collection, Arrangement and Date), the manner that now pervades the world. This, however, may have also included psalms written the whole or part of the poem around that center (see note on 6:6). The book of Psalms in modern Protestant Bibles includes 150 poetic compositions meant to be sung or spoken by God's people. appears also to have been used as a title for the entire section of the Hebrew The contents of the superscriptions vary but fall into a few broad categories: Psalms 73-89, 4. already noted, were probably preexilic. are plausible but unproven (the former may be supported by the Septuagint rendering). Other evidence points to further compilations. Herod's) temple and was used in the synagogues as well. published 1990, avg rating 4.46 — When the Psalms speak of the king on David's throne, they speak of the king 94 ratings — So who or what controls the music of your life? 43 ratings — written in the manner of those he authored. published 2006, avg rating 3.75 — The contents of the superscriptions vary but fall into a few broad categories: (1) author, (2) name of collection, (3) type of psalm, (4) musical notations, (5) liturgical notations and (6) brief indications of occasion for composition. Most poetic lines are composed of two (sometimes three) of a ziggurat (a Babylonian stepped pyramid; see note on Ge 11:4). name of the author, is ancient. as distinct psalm "types" has no basis in the Psalter collection itself. me," "for the Lord hears the needy.". 166 ratings — Book 5: God among us. unwarranted. "Sing praise to the Lord"; (14) motivations for praise: "for you have delivered In him they are Ps 66; 75); (5) confessions of confidence in the Lord (e.g., Ps 11; 16; 52); (6) hymns in praise of God's majesty and virtues (e.g., Ps 8; 19; 29; 65); (7) hymns celebrating God's universal reign (Ps 47; 93-99); (8) songs of Zion, the city of God (Ps 46; 48; 76; 84; 122; 126; 129; 137); (9) royal psalms -- by, for or concerning the king, the Lord's anointed (e.g., Ps 2; 18; 20; 45; 72; 89; 110); (10) pilgrimage songs (Ps 120-134); (11) liturgical songs (e.g., as king) or even prayers of the community speaking in the collective first The book of Psalms has been designed to be the prayer book of God's people as they wait for the Messiah and his coming kingdom. The word Psalm is Greek, as is Psaltery; the Hebrew term for a Psalm is mizmor, whereas Psaltery is termed nebel, which has ten strings, as is evident from Psalm 143:9. From the NIV Study Bible, Introductions to the Books of the Bible, Psalms Some sources, including Jewish Midrash traditions, suggest the five-fold division is based on the five books of the Torah (Genesis to Deuteronomy). The Psalms are a collection of the writings of several different authors. Used with permission. They knew that many voices from many times spoke here, but none When the It is therefore not surprising that modern than most people today. published 2014, 1 chapters — When beset by wicked adversaries, the petitioners appeal to God of the Hebrew poets. This work by Nancy deClaisse-Walford, Rolf Jacobson, and Beth Tanner is the most complete and detailed one-volume commentary available on the Psalms. published 1970, avg rating 4.00 — for God's saving help (e.g., Ps 30; 34); (3) prayers of the community (e.g., Moreover, "David" is sometimes used elsewhere as a collective for the kings published 1959, avg rating 4.49 — (see 41:13; 72:18-19; 89:52; 106:48; 150). an overall design in mind. thanks"); (10) lelammed ("for teaching"); and (11) shir yedidot ("song He is our ultimate salvation, high and lifted up, the creator of the universe (Psalm 24:1–5); and He is also our shepherd, protector, and friend who guides and walks alongside us each step of our lives (Psalm 23; 91). Psalms 1-41 (Book 1). 1 and 6 above. published 2015, avg rating 4.29 — Written to join the Hebrew Torah, or the first five books of the Old Testament, the Book of Psalms is a remarkable collection of … Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. Though not all these appear in every prayer, they all belong to the conventions translations occasionally differ. 292 ratings — to," can also be taken in the sense of "concerning" or "for the use of" or adversary), they confess their guilt and plead for mercy. 24 ratings — to these matters, the Psalter and the Prophets were mutually reinforcing and In its final form the Psalter was divided into five Books (Ps 1-41; 42-72; 73-89; 90-106; 107-150), each of which was provided with a concluding doxology And if you don't, the song becomes a place into which to pour your overflowing heart. 121 ratings — 81 ratings — Psalms for Beginners This series will examine the different types of psalms as well as the various literary devices used by the authors of this book. feature is parallelism. When Christ came in the flesh, This summary of the book of Psalms provides information about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the Book of Psalms. But there are a few places where these divisions are was being given its final form, what the psalms said about the Lord and his Book 3: God around us. As for Davidic authorship, there can be little doubt that the Psalter contains Usually this could be done with some confidence, and the reader is advised We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. A particularly interesting systematic but doxological, confessional and practical. The notations themselves Most discussion centers on categories 250 ratings — Even the Septuagint (the pre-Christian Greek Now, however, it must be The reason for the Elohim collection in distinction In Ps 110 two balanced stanzas are divided by their introductory oracles (see also introduction to 105 ratings — of his dynasty, and this could also be true in the psalm titles. 769 ratings — the poet devoted to each letter of the Hebrew alphabet one line segment (as published 1997, avg rating 4.15 — 4,768 ratings — It provides the fundamental Hebrew poetry lacks rhyme and regular meter. In fact, one of the first collections included in the book was church. lodge their accusations against their adversaries, and appeal for deliverance "theology" impoverishes it by translating it into an objective mode. 36 ratings — 4. the poets has achieved within the basic two-segment line structure. published 1975, avg rating 4.41 — two psalms. "curse") pronounced by the psalmists on their adversaries. even through Israel. (6; 32; 38; 51; 102; 130; 143) for liturgical expressions of penitence; the Book 4: God above us. It is also found in Hab 3, a psalm-like Occasionally, cause"; (10) confessions of sin: "I have sinned against you," "I confess my A related problem is the extremely concise, often elliptical writing style design features are pointed out in the notes. Book 2 - Psalms 42-72 - Like Exodus, this book describes ruin, and rescue by God. Read 174 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. of the individual" may include prayers of the king (in his special capacity to each stanza (as Ps 12; 41), or do so with variation only in the introductory 53 ratings — published 2012, avg rating 3.94 — book of instruction in the faith and in full-orbed godliness -- thus a guide for Yes, in a variety of ways -- but not as the prophets do. 76 ratings — published 1958, avg rating 4.30 — the giving of his word, represent the renewed inbreaking of God's righteous (4) complaint against God: "Why have you forsaken me?" who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. postexilic era, when there was no reigning king, they spoke to Israel only person singular. Notes throughout the Psalms give additional indications of conscious arrangement The Book of Psalms read by Alexander Scourby. ascents" (Ps 120-134). device is to place a key thematic line at the very center, sometimes constructing (5) liturgical notations and (6) brief indications of occasion for composition. But there are also psalms that "dedicated to." "My lips will praise you"; (13) calls to praise: "Magnify the Lord with me," psalms composed by that noted singer and musician and that there was at one 44 ratings — Psalms 90-106 (Book 4). Psalms 28-29: Separated from the Wicked, and Praising the Lord for His Power: Psalm 30: David Rejoices in His Healing: Psalm 31: David Calls on the Lord, and Thanks Him for Answering His Prayers: Psalm 32: A Psalm of Confession and Forgiveness: Psalm 33: Praise for the Lord's Dependable Care and Control: Psalm 34: A Song of the Saved: Psalm 35 published 2010, avg rating 4.38 — This study takes an overview of the Book of Psalms, to help us better understand appreciate this Bible book. as to which psalms are "Davidic" remains somewhat indefinite, and some "Davidic" to him. The Psalter is not only the prayer book of the second temple; it is God's covenant with David would yet be fulfilled. These theological themes, of course, have profound That many of them are at least preexilic appears evident Other apparent groupings include Ps 111-118 (a series of Hallelujah psalms; see introduction to Ps 113), Ps 138-145 (all of which include "of David" in their titles) and Ps 146-150 (with their frequent "Praise the Lord"; see NIV text note on 111:1). are among the "humble" who trust in the Lord -- cry out to God in their distress Two important features of the Psalms … with others of the same type. The book of Psalms shows us that we can express the full spectrum of our emotions to God. Ps 12; 44; 79); (4) praise from the community for God's saving help (e.g., published 1980, avg rating 4.19 — Strangely, both the Septuagint and Hebrew texts number Ps 42-43 as testimonies to Christ, which in their unique way they are. relatively recently invented as a simple system of symbols capable of representing Psalms 1–41 . 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Q: How to access storage from domain layer I think I may have some confusion about the domain/service layer separation.
In my application, the domain code needs to generate a system-wide unique identifier with a business meaning. This means it has to access the storage with exclusive access. I could do this directly in the domain code, but I think this is wrong for two reasons:

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*Domain code should not access the storage (I think...)

*Getting an exclusive storage lock means I will block concurrent operations on other domain objects who also need this access, since the lock will be released only when the entire session is committed. It feels wasteful to use optimistic concurrency here: while the ID generation is quick, the business operations are relatively long, which means high probability of two concurrent business operations.

As an example, consider the following:
class UnitOfWork
{
    public OrderRepository TheOrderRepository { get; private set; }
    public void Commit() { /* ... */ }
}

class UnitOfWorkFactory
{
     UnitOfWork CreateNewUnitOfWork()
     {
         var sess = CreateNewSession();
         var trans = CreateNewTransaction(session);
         return new UnitOfWork
             {
                 TheOrderRepository = new OrderRepository(sess, trans);
             }
     }
}

class OrderService // application service layer
{
    public void ProcessOrder(ID id, Details details)
    {
        using (uow = UnitOfWorkFactory.CreateNewUnitOfWork())
        {
            Order order = TheOrderRepository.Load(id);
            order.Process(details);
            uow.TheOrderRepository.Update(order);
            uow.Commit();
        }
    }
}

class Order // domain layer
{
    public void Process(Details details)
    {
        // need to get a unique, business-related identifier here.
        // Where do I get it from?
    }
}

There are two options I could think of:
// Option 1 - get BusinessIdRepository from Service layer

class Order // domain layer
{
    public void Process(Details details)
    {
        // bad, because other Orders will block in Process() until my Process()
        // is done.
        // also, I access the storage in my domain layer, which is a no-no (?)
        var id = m_businessIdRepository.GetUniqueId(details);
    }
}

And:
// Option 2 - introduce a service. For this example, suppose the business ID is
//            just an increasing counter

class BusinessIdBrokerService
{
    int GetBusinessId(Details details)
    {
        int latestId;
        using (uow = UnitOfWorkFactory.CreateNewUnitOfWork())
        {
            latestId = TheIdRepository.GetLatest();  // takes lock
            latestId ++;
            TheIdRepository.SetLatestId(latestId);
            uow.Commit();  // lock is released
        }

        return latestId;
    }
}

class Order // domain layer
{
    public void Process(Details details)
    {
        // domain layer accessing the service layer. Is this bad?
        var id = m_businessIdBroker.GetBusinessId(details);
    }
}

Now, option (1) has obvious disadvantages, but option (2) has the domain layer accessing the service layer. In all the diagrams I saw, this is a big no-no.
Following Jimmy Bogard's terminology (http://lostechies.com/jimmybogard/2008/08/21/services-in-domain-driven-design/) it looks like I want a Domain Service (as opposed to an Application Service) here, but this Domain Service will access the storage (not only through a repository: it will create an independent session + transaction.)
I should note that option (2) has the drawback that the ID generation cannot be rolled-back in case of a problem in Order.Process, because it's already been committed. I have no problem with that in my scenario. I'm fine with wasting IDs.
If it makes a difference, I'm using NHibernate as my ORM.
What approach would you recommend?

A: To remove the dependency from the Order to the IdBroker you could inject the IdBrokerService injected in the OrderService and pass the new Id to the Order.Process method as a parameter.
If you are fine with wasting id's that an independent service that generates a new id is probably the best solution in your case. You then add this service as a dependency to other services that get the ids and pass them to domain objects. This way your domain objects stay clear of any external interaction.


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Despite the fact that Greeks some to love their alcoholic beverages, being drunk in public is absolutely frowned on. The Greek people seem to drink in moderation while seeming to enjoy alcohol on a regular basis. Officially, the drinking age is set at eighteen years old. However, people start drinking with their families from a fairly young age. The message is clear – Greeks enjoy having a drink now and then. They pass this love along to their children and are also eager to share it with anyone who travels to their country.
Alcoholic beverages in Greece are either world famous (such as their wines) or fairly unique. Here are some things you absolutely must try the next time you visit Greece. Be sure to bring home some of your favorites!
To the unsuspecting, retsina may look like a regular white wine. However, it doesn't taste the way we expected! This white wine is flavored with the resin of an evergreen tree and has a distinct "pine" flavor. There was a time when wine was stored in wooden barrels from this tree, which would impart the flavor into the beverage. Even though the wine isn't necessarily stored in this way anymore, manufacturers have been adding it to give it a more authentic flavor. It's particularly refreshing when served chilled.
Food historians believe that Ouzo was originally an offshoot of Tsipouro. In some regions of Greece, the distilled winemaking leftovers were often mixed with herbs such as anise to give it a unique flavor. Eventually, it becomes its own beverage. Today, Ouzo is a popular Greek favorite throughout the world. It's typically mixed with water and ice and served with small glasses. When served cold, it's a refreshing treat when paired with typical mezedes such as stuffed grape leaves, olives, and feta cheese.
In case you can't bring yourself to drink Ouzo "straight", try one of the many cocktails that have Ouzo as a main ingredient. A particularly popular Alcoholic Beverages You Must Drink While in Greece one is called the "Ouzito" and is Greece's answer to the Mojito. Ouzo is shaken over ice with crushed mint leaves, lemon juice, and sugar and poured into glasses that have been filled halfway with ice cubes.
Raki, Tsipouro, and Tsikoudia are all names for the same beverage. It's called primarily on the island of Crete, but has different names elsewhere in Greece. This is a distilled alcoholic beverage sometimes referred to as "Greek moonshine" due to its strong, alcoholic flavor. It's made from the leftovers generated from the wine making process. When wine grapes are pressed for their juices, the skins and seeds that are left behind are then distilled.
When it's bottled and sold at official distilleries, it's easy to find information as to how strong it is – it's usually an 80 proof spirit. However, when it's distilled at home, the proof is unpredictable and could be even more than that. It's often mixed with local honey to make a beverage called "Rakomelo". You can either make your own honey-flavored Tsipouro or buy the Tsipouro with the honey already mixed in.
Try one of these unique alcoholic beverages the next time you're in Greece or eat Greek food!


I wonder if any of you have a memory like this? I must have been about two or three years old. Either way, my brother, who is fifteen months younger than me, was still in a high chair. I remember that we were on holiday and staying in a holiday apartment or hotel (I'm not sure which). My brother was being fed a boiled egg in his high chair and Dad was talking to Mum.
Agh – few things annoy my linguistic sensibilities more than random capitalisation. Sure, misplaced apostrophes are probably a greater grammatical blot on the language landscape, but the capitalisation of words is more irritating because of its intentional nature. I'm currently editing and rewriting the copy on a massive IT website and still come across examples of nail-on-blackboard level irritation.
How easy is this blog to read? Apparently, yesterday's blog post A lick of paint is comfortable reading for 13 year old students – or grade 7. The prevous post, Don't blame marketing for a sexist society, is seemingly much harder for some readers, requiring a year 12 or college level education to decipher. How do I know this? A little-known tool hidden within Microsoft Word that assesses readability according to the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test (Wikipedia).
Should wordsmiths imbue compositions with dexterous and verbose adroitness? Or should writers use short, simple phrases? I often come against amateur writers, particular in business, who insist writing should be a demonstration of language skill.


I have a collection of random objects in the studio which I use for props. I wasn't sure I'd ever use this little Yellow Chick Pez dispenser until yesterday when I had no idea what I wanted to paint and thought, why not.
And it's a total coincidence that it's close to Easter. This happens to be the only one I have. My son has a huge collection . . .hmmmm.
I think it's a pretty old one. Do they even sell these anymore?


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Here you can choose to stay in basic rooms, "rorbuer" or the new apartments with great views.
The resort is located near y the sea, and you can rent a boat.
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Idyllically situated at Åkerøy in Dønna. 20 min by car from the ferry dock Bjørn, 30 min by ferry from Sandnessjøen. Accommodation and restaurant as well as great fishing.
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COLOMBO (Agencies): Rangana Herath may retire from international cricket in November, following the three-match Test series against England. Provided he plays every Sri Lanka Test until then, he will finish five Tests short of 100.
Herath had earlier retired from the shorter formats in order to lengthen his Test career, but now, aged 40, he believed it was time to consider stepping away from all formats. "Maybe my final series will be the England series later in the year," he told BBC Sinhala.
Herath is the most successful left-arm bowler in Tests, having taken 418 wickets. He is the last remaining international cricketers to have played in the 1990s, having made his debut in September 1999. It was only after 2009, however, that his Sri Lanka career truly took off. More than 90% of his wickets have come in the last nine years of his career.
"I'm really glad I've been able to play as long as I have," Herath said. "But the most important thing is that of those 18 years, I wasn't able to play for Sri Lanka for about seven of those years. I'm proud of what I was able to do in those seven years – the training I did, and the desire I had, especially." Herath also said he would talk with Sri Lanka's coach and captain following the South Africa series, before finalising his plans.


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Sprays and sprayers put to the test at Cereals 2018
Crop protection and chemical usage is a hot topic at the moment, with pressure mounting on farmers to be more precise with applications – for both environmental and financial reasons.
However, with technological advancements happening at an equally fast pace, it's easy to get lost in the plethora of sprayer technology available on the market – and it can be even harder to make a decision without seeing the kit in action.
Profiling the most up-to-date application technology, the Syngenta Sprays & Sprayers Arena will feature again at this year's Cereals event. The latest sprayers on the market will be put through their paces in live demonstrations throughout both days, giving visitors the opportunity to talk directly to manufacturers and compare new products and services. "The Syngenta Sprays and Sprayers Arena is a great opportunity to see the latest technology on offer, and novel innovations to ensure crop protection products are applied correctly and safely," says Cat Gray, Syngenta. "Throughout the two days, Syngenta Application Experts will be carrying out informative, live demonstrations of how to get the best from your sprayer."
The arena is set to put 40 of the latest sprayers to test – showing visitors what's on the market to help them improve efficiency and reduce costs. Below is a flavour of just some of the kit that visitors will see in action at this year's Cereals Event (13-14 June).
Amazone will be debuting one of its latest additions; The UX 01. The sprayer is available in 4,200, 5,200 and 6,200litre tank sizes – designed with a low centre of gravity – and the underbelly is completely smooth to prevent crop damage. It is also shaped to offer surge-free operation for safety on the road and stability in the field. The new 28° steering axle provides the tightest of turns for use in row crops and potatoes. Load-sensing anti-lock brakes come as part of the package and the sprayer is kept in the tractor track by the automatic hillside compensating AutoTrail system.
Also in the ring will be the new UF 02 mounted sprayer which was launched earlier this year.
Bateman will be demonstrating four sprayers in the arena, one from each of its ranges – RB17, RB26, RB35 and RB55.
The RB17 range boasts a 2,500-litre stainless steel tank – with a 3,000-litre option – and an 18m to 24m standard Contour boom. At the opposite end of the range, the RB55 has a much larger capacity at 5,000 litres with twin front and rear clean water rinse tanks. The sprayer features a 24-42m Variable Geometry boom and John Deere 275hp engine, as well as field and road mode, cruise control and all round dynamic braking.
Fendt will be putting its Rogator RG600 to the test at this year's event.
The self-propelled sprayer features a 3,800, 5,000 or 6,000-litre tank as well as a 500-litre clean water tank. It boasts a low centre of gravity and a smooth undercarriage – with up to 120cm ground clearance for maximum plant protection – as well as a category 4 certified cab with maximum legroom for driver comfort.
Househam Sprayers
Househam Sprayers will be demonstrating a number of new self-propelled sprayers at this year's event, including the 230hp model of the Predator. The sprayer boasts a 5,000-litre stainless steel spray tank and 36m tri-fold boom. Weighing just 10,440kg (unladen) it's a very light piece of kit and will be joined alongside the recently updated Spirit sprayer – as well as a special new announcement set to be unveiled on the day.
Househam's latest innovations include a level 4 filtration system in the cab, Individual Nozzle Control, Auto Nozzle Select and Househam's Total Machine Control V5 Controller with FieldMaster GPS mapping and guidance. "We'll be demonstrating in the arena to show farmers the technology and efficiency of our future-proofed machinery," says Robert Willey, managing director at Househam. "We're excited to be sharing our newest machinery with Cereals' visitors before anyone else."
John Deere's R4050i will be making its first appearance in this year's Sprays & Sprayers arena. The R4050i has a 5000-litre spray tank and a lightweight boom made of carbon fibre – removing around 800kg from the rear of the machine and improving weight distribution, explains Mark James, crop care product marketing manager at John Deere. "Able to spray widths of 18m or 36m, the high-performance spray boom is considerably lighter than steel or aluminium designs. However, the carbon fibre is around 5.5 times stronger than steel and is able to flex, which relieves the boom structure from the stress that can cause fractures in metal booms.
"The boom is specially designed to withstand the high dynamic loads created at high application speeds of 20 to 30kph, even with very wide booms."
Sands Agricultural Machinery
Sands Agricultural Machinery is set to demonstrate the new lightweight 3000 Horizon. The lightest and the most compact model in the Horizon range the 3000 still offers high spraying outputs, quality and reliability.
The model benefits from a unique Panoramic cab, featuring the latest category 4 filtration. Comfort, visibility, build quality and ergonomics are to the highest standard and the low noise levels take operator wellbeing to the next stage.
The Horizon 3000 has replaced the Vision 3000 and carries on its ability to offer a high capacity machine at a relatively low overall weight. This allows it to tread lightly in damper conditions while still giving the performance required when spraying demands are at their highest.
Other exhibitors
Visitors to this year's event will also see the following exhibitors demonstrating sprayers in the arena:
Agrifac UK Ltd
Berthoud Sprayers Ltd
Chafter Machinery Ltd
Chantry-Dammann UK
Hardi Ltd
Knight Farm Machinery
Kuhn Farm Machinery UK Ltd
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Lemken UK
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Anglicans must unite in service of peace, says Archbishop of Canterbury
Justin Welby concerned by fragmented state of Communion over issues such as gay bishops
The congregation at St John's Cathedral, Hong Kong, for the official opening of ACC-17. (Photo courtesy Anglican Communion News Service)
By La Croix International staff | Hong Kong
The Anglican Communion must not put its internal differences, disputes and issues above the pressing concerns of afflicted peoples and nations around the world, said the Archbishop of Canterbury.
"We cannot condemn whole nations to the absence of help, neglect of support, solitary suffering, through indulging in the luxury of disunity," Justin Welby told the Anglican Consultative Council on the opening day of ACC-17 in Hong Kong, according to churchtimes.co.uk.
"We exist for others, in the service of peace," he said in his presidential address, adding that all provinces in the Communion must continue to strike a balance between being both autonomous and interdependent.
"We cannot abandon the victims of such wars (as in South Sudan), neglect the persecuted, forget the poor, ignore climate change, fail to preach the gospel with the intention of making disciples because we think our issues are more important," he said.
The Anglican Communion has been divided over controversial issues such as homosexuality, notably the archbishop's decision to invite gay bishops but not their partners to the Lambeth Conference in England next year.
The Lambeth Conference is one of the four Instruments of Communion, or unity, within the Anglican Communion. The others are the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primates' Meeting, and the triennial Anglican Consultative Council.
"We live in dangerous times … (with) the possibility of the breakdown of the rule-based order that has governed the world" since the end of World War II and rising populism and isolationism, he warned.
"The beauty of the Communion, in service, is that it breaks down the barriers that divide us, and brings us together to find common solutions," Archbishop Welby said.
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Marijuana enforcement, not marijuana, is what's harmful, supporters tell Harrisburg officials
Updated: Mar. 11, 2016, 2:13 a.m. |
Published: Mar. 11, 2016, 1:13 a.m.
Christine Vendel | cvendel@pennlive.com
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Harrisburg Councilman Cornelius Johnson (at left) lead the public meeting March 10 about the city's efforts to reduce penalties for marijuana possession. To his right were Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico, Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse, Police Chief Thomas Carter, Council President Wanda Williams and Councilwoman Destini Hodges.
HARRISBURG- Marijuana isn't the reason people turn to a life of crime, but rather an arrest for marijuana possession that can push some people down the wrong path.
That was the sentiment of several people who spoke Thursday night in favor of Harrisburg's proposal to reduce the criminal penalties for small amounts of marijuana. The supporters said marijuana is much less harmful than other legal substances such as alcohol or prescription drugs.
People arrested for marijuana possession lose their driver's license under Pennsylvania law, which kicks off a chain-reaction. Without the ability to drive, they can lose their jobs and have a hard time finding a new one, tempting them to sell drugs or commit other crimes, several supporters said.
But other speakers said they thought the city's efforts to lessen penalties could encourage more marijuana use, create more drug addicts and cause more vehicular accidents.
Dozens of people showed up to the city council-sponsored meeting at the Harrisburg Area Community College midtown campus. It was the first of two scheduled public meetings on the marijuana proposal. The second meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. Thursday March 24 at the city's public works building at 1820 Paxton Street.
Most of the people who attended Thursday night's event supported the city's efforts to downgrade an arrest for marijuana possession from a misdemeanor to the same level as a traffic ticket.
But many of them opposed the city's proposed fines of $100 for the first offense, and $200 for the second offense as too high. And they opposed a third arrest reverting to a misdemeanor charge, as proposed by Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse.
Papenfuse said the fines and "three-strikes rule" were structured to act as a deterrent because city officials aren't looking to decriminalize marijuana. Instead, he said, city officials want to lessen the penalties to allow for people to make small mistakes without harming their long-term economic opportunities.
Poor people who are arrested can seek community service instead of the fine, under the proposal, Papenfuse said.
Some suggestions posed by speakers at the meeting included:
Lowering the fine to $25, which is the fine in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia
Allowing more than three arrests before a charge reverts to a misdemeanor
Adding a time limit for the three strikes rule, so an arrest as a teenager wouldn't count against someone arrested again as a 40-year-old.
Keeping fines out of the city's general fund so the city doesn't "profit" from arrests. (Councilman Cornelius Johnson said he would only support the measure if fines went to drug treatment or programs to help youths.)
Ensuring that arrestees don't lose their driver's license. As it stands, Pennsylvania law calls for a 6-month suspension for first offenses, a 1-year suspension for second offenses and a 2-year suspension for a third arrest.
District Attorney Ed Marsico appeared on the panel with city council members and Harrisburg Police Chief Thomas Carter. He said further investigation was needed to determine if Harrisburg's proposal could avoid suspending driver's licenses.
Marsico said he had concerns about Harrisburg's proposal because it would be at odds with other municipalities in the county. When Philadelphia adopted a similar law, it applied countywide, he said.
The impetus for Harrisburg's proposal was to lessen the load on Harrisburg police officers who get tied up in court for marijuana possession cases and allow people a second-chance after making a minor mistake, Papenfuse said.
Another reason, he said, was to address the racial disparity that shows up in marijuana possession arrests. Crime statistics provided by the mayor Thursday night showed 366 arrests in 2013, 461 in 2014 and 433 in 2015. Black people were arrested over white people at a rate of nearly six to one.
The statistics revealed that the city's proposal may be limited in its scope. Out of last year's 433 arrests, for example, 23 people were arrested for marijuana possession alone, while 410 others were arrested for possession plus other charges. Those other charges, which could include possession of other drugs or drug paraphernalia, would not be reduced to the same level as a traffic ticket under the city's proposal.
After the meeting, Councilman Johnson said he was reserving his opinion on specifics about the proposal until after the second public meeting, but said he wanted to look more closely at the fines and three-strikes provision.
Papenfuse said he believes Harrisburg can be a leader to help push the state toward reducing penalties for marijuana possession and removing mandated license suspensions for offenders.