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After losing custody of her first five daughters because of an opiate addiction, a Maine mother battles her illness and the odds to keep her new baby.
by Barbara A. Walsh | November 29, 2018
Jessica Coulombe, who has had five of her daughters taken from her by the state because of her battles with drug addiction, says she is grateful for a chance to rebuild her life. Photo by Yoon S. Byun.
The voices echo in her mind like an endless tape.
"You don't deserve to be a mother."
"You're an addict."
"You're not worth another chance."
Jessica Coulombe has heard these disparaging words many times from family members, strangers, social workers and her own conscious.
I've just hit every bottom, losing my kids. I'll never be able to get them back."
— Jessica Coulombe
During a 13-year span, Jessica had five daughters. She lost custody of them all because of her heroin and cocaine addictions.
"I've just hit every bottom, losing my kids," the 36-year-old Augusta mother says. "I'll never be able to get them back."
In April, Jessica learned she would have another chance to be a mother. At the time, she was pregnant, homeless and still using heroin and cocaine.
"I was real hesitant about having the baby," she says. "I thought about adoption or abortion, but I got to believe in myself that I can do this."
After several overdoses, periods of sobriety and relapses, Jessica desperately wanted to recover. She wanted to birth a healthy baby, and more than anything, she wanted to keep her child.
"I've had enough hell living on earth," she says. "I want to be sober."
The ultrasound image of Jessica Coulombe's fetus is displayed on a monitor during her five-month appointment in July at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Photo by Yoon S. Byun.
As Maine's opiate epidemic has surged over the past five years, hundreds of women like Jessica have delivered more than one baby while on opiates. Maine Department of Health and Human Services statistics show that 69 percent of the 250 women who gave birth to a drug-affected baby between 2014 and 2016 also had another infant who suffered withdrawal symptoms during the same time period.
Stories about opiate-addicted pregnant women are complicated and chaotic. The suffering their babies endure often provokes anger and outrage from the general public. But opiate addiction, doctors say, is one of the most difficult and heartbreaking diseases to treat.
Recognized as a mental health illness, Opiate Use Disorder affects nearly all of the brain systems involved in learning, memory, motivation and pleasure. Changes to the brain are profound, long lasting, and often irreversible.
"As a society, we need to recognize that opiate addiction is a disease with chronic relapsing," explains Dr. Julia McDonald of the Augusta Family Medicine Institute, where Jessica sought treatment and care during her recent pregnancy. "Treating pregnant women with addiction is very complex. It's easy to judge the women, which furthers (the perception) that they are vessels for the innocent or the unborn. Many of these women could also be perceived as innocent within their history of trauma and abuse."
As a recovering addict, she needs to know that she has someone to fall back on. At the end of the day, she's still my mom, and I'm going to be there for her and for the baby."
— Jessica Coulombe's eldest daughter McKenzie Coulombe
Jessica's eldest daughter McKenzie knows firsthand about opiate addiction and relapses. She's lost all hope many times, certain that her mother would die of an overdose. For years, she wrestled with anger over her mother's substance use and the pain it caused her four sisters and herself.
Still, the 19-year-old believes her mom deserves redemption and forgiveness.
"As a recovering addict, she needs to know that she has someone to fall back on," McKenzie says. "At the end of the day, she's still my mom, and I'm going to be there for her and for the baby."
On a rainy summer afternoon, Jessica and McKenzie Coulombe sit side by side in a McDonald's restaurant booth. They're dressed in similar colors and clothes. Jessica wears a pink sweatshirt; McKenzie sports a pink T-shirt and a baseball cap. It's clear that they are mother and daughter. McKenzie has her mom's dark hair and brown eyes.
In April when she learned she was pregnant, Jessica stopped using heroin and cocaine. To increase her chances of staying in recovery, her doctor placed her on buprenorphine, commonly known as Subutext or Suboxone. Often prescribed to pregnant women, the opiate reduces cravings and withdrawals but does not produce a high.
McKenzie and her mother talk on the phone for nearly an hour every day. They shop and go out to eat together, things they never had the chance to do before. But their relationship is only newly mended and still evolving.
For the past several years they had little contact, but when Jessica was homeless last fall, McKenzie agreed to let her stay in her Oakland apartment. Months later after she moved out, her mother called and explained that she was pregnant. McKenzie was shocked.
"My heart dropped. I didn't think she'd be able to do it, stay clean. I was scared."
The next day, McKenzie texted her mom and asked: "Where do we go from here?"
Jessica Coulombe and her 19-year-old daughter McKenzie joyfully watch the ultrasound image of Jessica's fetus in July at Maine Med. Jessica, in recovery from drug addiction, found out that she was having a girl, her sixth daughter. Photo by Yoon S. Byun.
Jessica didn't know where to go for help, but she was certain she wanted to change. She and McKenzie learned about Family Medicine Institute in Augusta, which specializes in treating pregnant women with addiction, and made an appointment.
"I'm very proud of her," McKenzie says. "This time is different for her. She chose to do this on her own."
Though she has recently grown closer to her mother, McKenzie is still trying to sort out her feelings and memories. She spent a lot of time with her great grandmother or 'Memere' who lived across the street. As she recounts her memories at McDonald's, her mother falls quiet.
I remember sitting in her lap one time in Memere's kitchen and she was nodding off. I said, 'Mom you look bad.' She was doing heroin. I was about six."
— McKenzie Coulombe
"Mom would come home from work and I'd watch her put her makeup on and get pretty," McKenzie remembers. "And then she'd leave, and I'd hang onto her leg and beg her not to go. I didn't get her time, her attention. I'd cry in my Memere's arms for an hour after she left."
As McKenzie got older, her great grandmother explained that her mother was using drugs.
Jessica would go in and out of treatment and periods of sobriety over the next several years as she had four more daughters. All of them, except McKenzie, were fathered by the same man, who also used heroin and cocaine. Each of her children was placed in DHHS's custody during their early years.
As the eldest, McKenzie did her best to watch out for her younger siblings. She was nearly nine when her family was living in Bangor.
"It was just chaos. She was pregnant, and I was watching my two younger sisters. My mom's boyfriend was very angry, yelling and screaming. My sisters were scared. They (Jessica and her boyfriend) had a little pink sparkly makeup bag and they'd disappear into the bathroom for an hour or so. I knew they were doing drugs."
In 2008, McKenzie was adopted by her grandmother. Three of her four sisters were adopted by an aunt, the fourth was placed in the custody of a family friend.
McKenzie twirls her cell phone on the restaurant table as she explains that counseling has eased her anger and resentment.
"My counselor has helped me separate addiction from the person, but I never understood why her kids weren't better than the drugs. It's still hard for me to understand why wasn't I good enough."
Jessica turns to her daughter and speaks in a low voice, just above a whisper.
"It's not you; it's nothing you did or didn't do. It was me. I just feel horrible. Oh my god, I wish I could go back and change it."
Nearly seven months pregnant, Jessica sits at her kitchen table in a three-room Augusta apartment. She wears a flannel shirt that covers her expanding stomach. The neighborhood is not great, she says, but it's all she can afford with her part-time job. For the past three months, she has worked at a local Thai restaurant as a hostess.
I just want them to do good, to be healthy and happy. When they're older, I want them to know about addiction. I don't want them to go down that road."
— Jessica Coulombe, about four daughters that she hasn't seen in years
Spread out on her kitchen table are pictures of three of her daughters, the 14-, 10- and 9-year-olds who live with her aunt. Her youngest daughter, who is 6, lives with a family friend.
"I haven't seen them for four years," Jessica says, her words heavy with longing. "I need to get more sobriety under my belt. I need to prove myself."
She talks with her aunt to get updates on her daughters, and occasionally she receives photographs. The recent pictures show the dark-haired girls smiling on their first day of school.
"I miss watching them grow and going to school, going to sports events, memories and stuff. I miss everything," she says picking up the pictures to take another look at her girls.
Jessica hopes to eventually see her daughters again, but she hasn't pressured them for visits.
Having "had enough hell living on earth," Jessica Coulombe is trying to look forward, not back. "I want to be sober." Photo by Yoon S. Byun.
Jessica wants her daughters to understand how drinking and smoking marijuana at age 12 and hanging out with the wrong group of friends can lead to a lifetime of addiction. By the time she was 18, she had already started taking Percocet and Vicodin. A year later, she began using heroin and Oxycontin.
"I didn't know how addictive they were. I didn't know much about it back then."
To help maintain her sobriety, Jessica regularly attends AA meetings and steers clear of former friends who are still using opiates or other drugs. She participates in group therapy as part of her treatment at the Family Medicine Institute and has completed eight weeks of intensive counseling. She is also mending family relationships, reconnecting with her mother, who refused to see her while she was using heroin and cocaine.
After her baby was placed in state custody, Jessica Coulombe kept her daughter Avery's pajamas, hat and blanket. She sleeps with the items each night. "They still have her scent on them," she says. Photo provided by Jessica Coulombe.
"It's nice," she says, smiling. "I go over there for Sunday dinners again."
Despite her progress, Jessica knows that a DHHS case worker still will be called to the hospital when she gives birth.
"I hope they will see how good I am doing and just close the case. I just want to keep my baby."
From her living room, Jessica picks up four pairs of pastel-colored pajamas that she and McKenzie bought for her baby. Weeks earlier, she learned that she will have another girl. Jessica holds the pajamas close to her chest and explains, "I can't wait to hold her. I think I'm going to call her Avery Rae."
On November 18, three weeks before her due date, she gave birth to a 7-pound, 7-ounce baby.
"She's beautiful," Jessica told McKenzie as she held her dark-haired daughter in her hospital room. "I can't believe she's here."
McKenzie cried when she saw her baby sister. She posted a photograph of herself on Facebook holding Avery wrapped in a blanket.
"I love you so much," she wrote. "I cannot wait to watch you grow and teach you everything I know."
Though she was grateful for her sister, McKenzie still worried. She knows her mother remained substance free for 15 months after her last pregnancy, only to relapse again.
"We're not out of the woods yet," McKenzie says. "It's definitely going to be a battle."
In the days following Avery's birth, nurses evaluated the newborn for signs of withdrawal from Jessica's prescribed opiate replacement drug buprenorphine, which can cause excessive crying, irritability, diarrhea, and tremors. Because of her previous five custody cases, DHHS opened a new case file to evaluate her baby's potential risk of harm.
As nurses and the DHHS worker came and went, Jessica tried to remain positive. She held her daughter close and sang to her, "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You'll never know, dear, how much I love you. So please don't take my sunshine away…"
Over the next few days, Jessica was relieved that her daughter did not show any signs of withdrawal.
Jessica Coulombe's sixth baby, Avery Rae, shortly after being born earlier this month at Maine Med. The infant will remain in protective custody with a family friend until Jessica can convince authorities that she can care for the newborn. Photo provided by Jessica Coulombe.
"She's been doing great," Jessica says.
On Wednesday, on Avery's fourth day, Jessica's worst fear materialized. The DHHS caseworker returned and handed Jessica paperwork explaining that the state would be placing Avery in protective custody.
"Because of my history, she said I hadn't been sober long enough. She said you can get her back. I said, 'How soon?' She said it all depends on me. She said to keep my home, my job. Keep doing what I'm doing."
That evening, Jessica held Avery all night.
"I sang to her. I kissed her. I told her, 'I love you baby girl. Momma's gonna go, but I'll see you soon.' "
Avery, Jessica learned, was placed with the family friend who took custody of her 6-year-old daughter. DHHS informed her that she can have supervised visits with the baby. She also has a civil court date on Monday to explain to a judge why she should be reunited with Avery.
The DHHS and the state attorney general's office declined to speak about her case, saying they cannot comment on a confidential child-protection matter.
While she awaits the hearing, Jessica is back to work, trying to stay busy by having coffee with sober friends and spending time with her family. At night, she sleeps with the hospital blanket that still has the scent of her newborn daughter.
"I'm not going to give up," she says. "Sometimes, it takes other people longer than others to change. I get frustrated with myself. I don't like this disease, but I didn't just carry another child for nine months and go through labor and pain not to keep her. I just hate addiction, I do."
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Barbara is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has worked for newspapers in Ireland, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Florida. While working at the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, Walsh reported on first-degree killer William Horton Jr. and Massachusetts' flawed prison-furlough system. The series changed in-state sentencing and furlough laws and won a 1988 Pulitzer Prize. During her career at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Barbara wrote in-depth series on several social issues in Maine. Many of her stories changed laws and earned national, state and regional awards. Barbara is also the author of an adult biography/memoir, August Gale: A Father and Daughter's Journey into the Storm, and Sammy in the Sky, a children's book illustrated by Jamie Wyeth. She lives on a lake in Maine with her two daughters, husband and Paco, a rescue dog from Puerto Rico. When she is not writing, taking pictures or walking Paco, she can be found sitting by the lake, comforted by its blue-green waters.
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Thought I would share a little bit about my experience with Alzheimers! It might be helpful for someone else who must deal with this dreadful disease. I am passionate about health and have found so many wonderful benefits from alternative health solutions.
Hi everyone, as March approaches, my Mom and Dad are more and more on my mind. I miss them so much. Mom died 6 years ago on Good Friday and Dad died in March 5 years ago. Why is it that you need someone so much more after they are gone? Supposedly, as you get older, you expect to get some wisdom, but sometimes I think that I just don't even come close to wisdom.
Anyway, Mom has been gone now for 6 years (and Daddy has been gone for 5 years) and I still firmly believe that we can fight off Alzheimers and Dementia. I still firmly believe that if Mom had had a real chance of surviving the nursing home accident and the subsequent negligence, we would have had a very good chance of getting Mom back some from the abyss of Alzheimers. There are so many alternative health solutions to help with these kinds of diseases, especially if we eliminate toxins from the body and eliminate toxic products from our homes. And those are just two alternative solutions.
Mom and I enjoyed our last years together, maintaining her beautiful roses on the side of their home. She and I would go down the row of rose bushes and "ooh and aah" over the beautiful variations in colors…she had green, purple, white, red, yellow, peach, pinks and a few others that I can't remember. They were gorgeous. We trimmed out some of her great Hosa ground cover and then planted those cuts in my flower bed right in front of our home. It all took just great and I get beautiful blurple (blue purple) colored flowers with the Hosa every spring/summer.
Mom helped me out (supervising) when I painted my kitchen and my bathroom. We giggled a lot but had fun being together. She also helped me pick out beautiful fabric to cover the kitchen chair cushions. It was perfect.
One of the most favorite things Mom and I did together was to go to the Le Peeps close by my house for brunch. We frequently did this and the waitresses there got to know Mom very well and also understood that she had Alzheimers. They were so wonderful with Mom and she delighted in their attention. Mom was a very tiny woman but she could really put away the good food at Le Peeps. She almost always got their Le Petite French Toast with strawberries and ate every bite.
Mom was not a particularly nurturing person but with Alzheimers, she became the sweetest and most loving Mom I could ever have hoped for. When I would walk into the room where she was (her home, the secured Alzheimers assisted living facility or anywhere she happened to be), her face would light up with the greatest delight in seeing me. It would always make my day. She would then do everything in her power to make sure I had food to eat, or a blanket to cover me up if I stayed overnight in her home, or take me out on the patio to sit with her and enjoy the day and her roses or whatever she could do that might make me happier. She would constantly ask me if I was happy. I would constantly reassure her that I was happier than I ever thought possible and she would just laugh with glee. Throughout her Alzheimers time, she was always making sure that I was happy or checking to make sure that Daddy was alright. It was amazing to watch her and love her.
When my sister, Pattie, would drive out during the year 5 or 6 times (she came out as often as possible and she was a deaf ed teacher so it was not always easy for her to come out to visit), she and I would take Mom for drives in the mountains and Mom was always so pleased. Pattie and I would frequently take Mom to lunch at Le Peeps, Village Inn or somewhere special and Mom was always thrilled.
One of my favorite places to go with Mom was to the Goodwill Center on Broadway. We would walk up and down all the aisles and Mom would pick out things to show me. We always came home with clothes for her and clothes for me. It was fun and she loved it.
One of my very favorite pictures of Mom and Dad is below. I miss them both so much.
Daddy was about 5'8″ and Mom was about 5′. This was early in Mom's Alzheimers diagnosis. It was a terribly difficult time for my Dad. I lived only 10 minutes away from Mom and Dad so Daddy often called me to come over when he couldn't get Mom to stop crying. Of course, in the early days of Alzheimers, Mom understood very well that she was losing everything: her memories. Eventually, she did not know who Daddy was. She always seemed to know me though…which was a blessing for me and hopefully, for her! I would always go over when Daddy called and climb into bed with Mom. I would hold her and rock her, telling her that I would never leave her. Eventually, she would calm down some.
Often I would spend the night on the couch and she would sneak out all night long to be sure that I was covered up with a warm blanket. I reassured her and led her gently back to bed each time. But 15 minutes later, she would be sneaking out to the living room again to check on me. She was so cute.
Blessings to all who read this blog with care and love! Be blessed with wisdom, love, peace and hope for all that is wonderful!
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Alzheimers disease is a very troublesome condition in elderly people. It is due to atrophy of cerebral cortex. Generalized atrophy is very common in elderly people but all of them don't have serious alzheimers disease. Because, behind this, familial factor or genetic factors play important role. So as your first degree relatives had alzheimers disease, you are also very prone to develop this one in your later part of life!
Anyway, nice emotional post, tough experience is not good!
I feel the love from this post and all I can say, "this is marvelous post". Nice to know you have a great time with your parents although older people might have some paranoia and others are suffering from terrible disease. Alzheimers can be annoying to others but if the person knows how to help them well you may find love from them.


If you are the type of reader who remembers things from last week, you may remember the great area plot quiz we had running.
This week, we are excited to announce that the results are in. The plot above shows answers to the four questions. The correct answers are indicated with the green lines. Remember, in each question, the big circle was area 1000 and readers had to guess the areas of the second and third biggest circles.
As the above plot shows, when the circles are 8% to 20% of the size of the biggest (questions 1 and 3), people exhibit a great deal of variation in their area estimates, but the responses benefit from some "wisdom of crowds" magic and approximate the truth. When the circles are 5% or 1% of the biggest, people tend to underestimate the area. It is also interesting to note that 1) the biggest variation in response is in the question with the biggest circle; this was a somehing surprise, since one would think it would be easier to visualize putting a biggish circle inside a little one, however floor effects can account for some of it 2) While the circles in questions 1 and 4 weren't that different in area, people treated them somewhat differently. It seems as if in question 4, the fact the circle was third largest caused people to underestimate its size. Perhaps if it were second largest, it may have been spot on. The mean absolute deviations from the correct answer in Questions 1 – 4 were 38.6, 9.4, 73.6, and 31.2 respectively.
The following plot, which shows the difference between the responses and the correct answers, is also informative (and frankly, we couldn't decide which one to lead with). It makes the underestimation apparent.
Hadley of ggplot2-authoring fame asked if we used "scale_area" to make our plots. Yes, we did.
Naturally, at this point, many R-hounds will want to play with the data. There are many things to try, such as computing the accuracy of the third circles on the assumption that the areas of the second circles are all correct. Far be it from us to stand in the way of such tinkering. Just paste the following into an R session to reproduce the data frame "df" with the responses.
If you want the correct answers (what we in JDM call the "normative" answers), just paste this, too.
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THE NEW ECONOMIC REALITY:
AUSTERITY AND INCREASING INEQUALITY IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Craig Webster,
Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of European Studies and International Relations, University of Nicosia
There are many different responses that could have been chosen to deal with the crisis within the Eurozone. However, the general approach to deal with the crisis of the Eurozone is austerity. In general, these policies in the Eurozone are similar to the usual Washington Consensus policies that have been implemented in other places in the world. Many Europeans will have to get used to a more fiscally austere reality and a widening of inequalities resulting from austerity policies.
In terms of the currently-existing inequalities within the developed world, there is a great deal of variation. While no EU member state is nearly as imbalanced in terms of the distribution of wealth as the US, Portugal, the UK, Spain, Greece, and Ireland are those states that are closest to the inequalities of the US, as the OECD Gini coefficient data below illustrate. What is most interesting about these data are that they illustrate that states that are currently experiencing the worst of the financial crises in Europe are generally those states that seem to be the most unequal European states in the first place. There should be concern that not only will the current austerity cause a great deal of harm to many in those countries in which austerity programs are imposed but that these austerity programs may have a long-term effect, creating even greater rifts between the poor and the rich.
While the current inequalities in developed countries are a concern, the trend in many countries in recent decades should also be disturbing. The general trend illustrates that since the mid-1980s, there is an increase in inequality in the developed world. What is causing the general trend may be debated. While we see that those OECD states with welfare states generally based upon a liberal or conservative basis have retained high levels of economic inequality, those states with welfare states build largely upon social democratic principles have retained higher levels of equality. What is noteworthy is the general movement towards a widening chasm between the rich and poor in the developed world, so that even those that are usually held up as examples of egalitarian societies (Sweden, Denmark) illustrate that they too are susceptible to this general trend towards inequality.
There seems to be a significant recent acceleration of the trend towards economic disparity. A May report from the OECD reported that inequality has increased more in the first three years of the crisis (to the end of 2010) than it had in the previous twelve years. So, it would appear that financial crisis and policies to counteract the crisis are catalysts for inequality.
There are two concerns that should be brought up in terms of the austerity policies and their impacts upon the societies in which they are imposed. One is that it seems that austerity policies will increase the rift between the rich and the poor. This will likely lead to a growth in social and political problems that may be associated with increasing inequalities, especially since many of the countries in which these policies are followed are generally more unequal than most other Eurozone societies in the first place. The other major concern is what types of policies will reverse the general trend towards inequality and what types of organizations and movements will support them. It would seem that there are strong institutional biases that encourage economic policies that create increasing inequalities but it is hard to imagine the strong counterparts that would encourage greater equality. While strong organized labor unions in the developed world supported more egalitarian societies after World War Two, such a strong and influential institution in developed countries seems to be generally lacking now.
While it is of concern to citizens throughout the EU as to whether austerity policies will actually turn things around for the countries with financial problems, it seems quite clear what type of societies will result after the austerity programs have been in place for some time. What we can expect are increased inequalities and the types of social and political concerns that such economically bifurcated societies foster. While the future is unwritten, it does seem that the trajectory of inequality is set and the global economic crisis and the policies put into place to deal with it are largely supportive of an increasing gap between the rich and poor. For those of us who are supportive of more egalitarian societies, it may be hopeful that the close relationship between the welfare states in Western Europe and national identity will at some time create social resistance to the undermining of the welfare state, an institution that is generally credited with easing the woes of the poor and in some societies may have been an important agent in creating opportunity structures for the poor and middle classes. However, without large and influential institutions that are systematically biased in favor of more equal societies, broad public resentment and resistance seems to be the only hope.

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Kadiata Releases New Single & EP Release Date
South London's Kadiata returns with the announcement of his new EP Dnt Tell Me Plz out May 22nd. 'The Surface' a swirling hypnotic number serves as the lead single, and introduction to the EP which was premiered via Clash Music; "The track is about falling for fake love, how it can affect your perception of the relationships you have with people because of fears that can be difficult to face".
From opening track 'Oh Why', which tells the story of woeful love, through to closer 'Overdose', 'Dnt Tell Me Plz' is a colourful and unique journey; the sound and story of the tower block and the lives inhabiting it seen through a brand new light. Packaged together, it's an ideal introduction to the world of Kadiata and his expansive vision for the future. "There's a lot to tell about where I come from," he says. "My mission is to translate the story of everyone growing up in a council estate, the struggles but the good parts of it as well. It's embedded in my identity."
The EP is produced by Kadiata himself with additional production by Miles From Kinshasa, and backing vocals from an upcoming singer's Ojerime and J Grrey. A self-taught producer, designer and director, everything Kadiata has released so far has been engineered by himself, from his debut video 'Goodnight' in 2015 to this more recent EP. All of this has lead to Kadiata being dubbed as a council estate visionary. "I'm not like your typical Kanye or Steve Jobs," he explains, of the way his visual and aural aesthetic have often been described. "I'm one of you guys, from the council estate, but I have a very different way of thinking."
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Kim Richey remains really really good
Club Passim, Cambridge, Mass., October 12, 2010
Reviewed by Jeffrey B. Remz
Kim Richey may have entitled her most recent CD, "Wreck Your Wheels," but the Ohio native keeps on chugging. While once upon a time - about 1995! - she was considered a country artist, these days, Richey more squarely falls into the Mary Chapin Carpenter territory with a touch of Sheryl Crow perhaps thrown into the mix.
So, Richey is not exactly country, not exactly rootsy, but she proved to be all good in concert in the packed coffee house.
The Boston area has always been kind to Richey, who divides her time between London and Nashville these days. In fact, she drew fans from distant Maine and New Hampshire to the gig.
What Richey served up during her 80 minutes on stage, accompanied by her producer Neilson Hubbard on drums and bass and Dan Mitchell on keyboards was a slew of good songs, a great voice and engaging stage patter.
The songs ranged from the opening number Every River (one of her chestnuts) to Reel Me In to Careful How You Go and the stylistically different When the Circus Comes to Town from "Wreck Your Wheels." No filler in the batch.
Richey's voice has lost none of its luster either. It is a thing of beauty - very pretty with a lot of feeling and control. She is very very easy on the ears.
Richey certainly displayed her characteristic good sense of humor. In thanking a fan for bringing her a present - a book about mushrooms, Richey gave a shout out to "Jeff," though his name was Chuck in reality. Richey quickly turned her gaffe into a funny line about his name previously having been Jeff.
There was no need to categorize Richey except to say that in covering different styles and phases of her career, she simply was really really good.
Hannah Schneider opened with a strong set that meshed well with Richey. This marked the first full-fledged tour of the states from the Denmark native, who once studied with Richey in Copenhagen, who was on the folkie side, but used tapes to help flesh out her sound. While Schneider 's songs sometimes sounded a bit similar style-wise, she possessed good vocals and warmth with songs that stood up.


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My Life Fighting Judicial Corruption and the Political Subversion of Freedom; keeping in mind George Orwell's words: "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."
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ALL AMERICANS MUST OPPOSE AND FIGHT THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT (aka Senate Bill 1867)—We all have a stake in this: It just won't be America Anymore if the Government Details All Opponents as "Terrorists"—"Cry, the Beloved Country"—Above All, in California, We Need to Remove Boxer and Feinstein who BOTH Supported this Bill: And they call themselves (small-d) "democrats"?
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The extremely, tragically, humiliatingly short short role of honor of those who voted against Senate Bill 1867 includes: Tom Coburn (R-OK); Tom Harkin (D-IA); Mike Lee (R-UT); Jeff Merkley (D-OR); Rand Paul (R-KY); Bernard Sanders (I-VT); Ron Wyden (D-OR); 3 Democrats, 3 Republicans, 1 Independent; and three cheers for Oregon: you are the only state with TWO Senators who stood up against the monstrosity of indefinite detention of any accused person, regardless of citizenship or national origins, in violation of the Constitution.
Senate Bill 1867 represents nothing but Stalinist Communist Dictatorship at its worst. This is Oriental Despotism installed and housed in America under the Flag of Our Fathers. Did we fight the Kaiser, Hitler, and the Cold War only to institute such things as this at home? Did we take in thousands of refugees from Vietnam after 1974-75 because we offered them a worse life than they would have had along the Mekong Delta? I think not. I defy and deny the right of any Senator who voted for this bill to call himself an American, much less a Patriot.
All 93 Senators who voted for S.B. 1867 should be removed from office (by special recall election if necessary: Barbara Boxer, for instance) and sent to Singapore to be prosecuted and punished as major Drug using narcotics-offenders for whatever kind of crack they're smoking that makes them think this is all right, because it is not. Dianne Feinstein tried to make a few meaningless amendments at the last minute (which passed) but she deserves condemnation not praise for trying to "fake" a little amelioration in this bill where there was none. What happened that even Mark Udall of Colorado voted for the bill after his amendments failed? To HELL with Florida's Marco Rubio, Louisiana's David Vitter, Texas' John Cornyn, and every other cowardly craven Senator who voted in favor of this bill, including every other Senator who ever pretended to be in favor of freedom or the Constitution. These are the times that try men's souls, and the trial of 93 Senators for Treason is way overdue to begin right now. If I am elected to the United States Senate from California I swear on the graves of my grandparents, my father's soul and my mother's heart that I will fight to erase the past twenty years of freedom-suppressing legislation from the United States Statutes at Large and U.S. Code until no trace of them is left, either in those statutes or in the Code of Federal Regulations nor in any guidelines to law-enforcement officials having any force or effect on the construction or interpretation of the law. To HELL with Lindsey Graham, Joe Lieberman, John McCain and Carl Levin and all the lot of other fakes and phonies. To HELL with both of California's Com-Symp Senators who would turn America into one vast prison camp in the name of "Security."
As Jon Stewart wryly commented on the December 7, 2011, Daily Show, even on a politically sacred cow–a "must pass" bill like the National Defense Reauthorization Bill, you would have expected at least nine or maybe "a baker's dozen" of senators to have opposed this bill, but there were only 7 (in a vote that took place less than one week before Pearl Harbor Day). See http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-december-7-2011/arrested-development (Looking as always on the bright side of life, Stewart also predicts that Obama will veto the bill because it does not give him absolutely unlimited power and requires him to allow annual reviews of all persons indefinitely detained without trial or, in the alternative, execute a waiver: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-december-7-2011/arrested-development—one-way-train-to-gitmo. In other words, Obama, the rank hypocrite whose Presidential Campaign Promises meant Less than Nothing, will not sign this bill because it places minor restraint on his power.)
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U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress – 1st Session as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Question: On Passage of the Bill (S. 1867 As Amended )
Vote Number: 218 Vote Date: December 1, 2011, 08:02 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Bill Passed
Measure Number: S. 1867 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 )
Measure Title: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts: YEAs 93
NAYs 7
Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State
Alphabetical by Senator Name
Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Ayotte (R-NH), Yea
Barrasso (R-WY), Yea
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Begich (D-AK), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea
Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Boozman (R-AR), Yea
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Brown (R-MA), Yea
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Yea
Coats (R-IN), Yea
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Coons (D-DE), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Yea
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
DeMint (R-SC), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Franken (D-MN), Yea Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Hagan (D-NC), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Heller (R-NV), Yea
Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Johanns (R-NE), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Johnson (R-WI), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Kirk (R-IL), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Yea
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Lee (R-UT), Nay
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Manchin (D-WV), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Yea
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), Nay
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Moran (R-KS), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Paul (R-KY), Nay
Portman (R-OH), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Risch (R-ID), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Rubio (R-FL), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Yea
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Yea
Toomey (R-PA), Yea
Udall (D-CO), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea
Vitter (R-LA), Yea
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Grouped By Vote Position
YEAs —93
Akaka (D-HI)
Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Brown (R-MA)
Burr (R-NC)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coats (R-IN)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Coons (D-DE)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Durbin (D-IL)
Enzi (R-WY) Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagan (D-NC)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (D-SD)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kirk (R-IL)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lugar (R-IN)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY) Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Portman (R-OH)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Rubio (R-FL)
Schumer (D-NY)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Shelby (R-AL)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Vitter (R-LA)
Warner (D-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wicker (R-MS)
Coburn (R-OK)
Harkin (D-IA)
Lee (R-UT) Merkley (D-OR)
Paul (R-KY)
Sanders (I-VT) Wyden (D-OR)
Grouped by Home State
Alabama: Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Alaska: Begich (D-AK), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Arizona: Kyl (R-AZ), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Arkansas: Boozman (R-AR), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea
California: Boxer (D-CA), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Colorado: Bennet (D-CO), Yea Udall (D-CO), Yea
Connecticut: Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Delaware: Carper (D-DE), Yea Coons (D-DE), Yea
Florida: Nelson (D-FL), Yea Rubio (R-FL), Yea
Georgia: Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Hawaii: Akaka (D-HI), Yea Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Idaho: Crapo (R-ID), Yea Risch (R-ID), Yea
Illinois: Durbin (D-IL), Yea Kirk (R-IL), Yea
Indiana: Coats (R-IN), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Iowa: Grassley (R-IA), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Kansas: Moran (R-KS), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Kentucky: McConnell (R-KY), Yea Paul (R-KY), Nay
Louisiana: Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Yea
Maine: Collins (R-ME), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Maryland: Cardin (D-MD), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Massachusetts: Brown (R-MA), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Michigan: Levin (D-MI), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Minnesota: Franken (D-MN), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Mississippi: Cochran (R-MS), Yea Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Missouri: Blunt (R-MO), Yea McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
Montana: Baucus (D-MT), Yea Tester (D-MT), Yea
Nebraska: Johanns (R-NE), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Nevada: Heller (R-NV), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea
New Hampshire: Ayotte (R-NH), Yea Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
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New Mexico: Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Udall (D-NM), Yea
New York: Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea
North Carolina: Burr (R-NC), Yea Hagan (D-NC), Yea
North Dakota: Conrad (D-ND), Yea Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Ohio: Brown (D-OH), Yea Portman (R-OH), Yea
Oklahoma: Coburn (R-OK), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Oregon: Merkley (D-OR), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Pennsylvania: Casey (D-PA), Yea Toomey (R-PA), Yea
Rhode Island: Reed (D-RI), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
South Carolina: DeMint (R-SC), Yea Graham (R-SC), Yea
South Dakota: Johnson (D-SD), Yea Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tennessee: Alexander (R-TN), Yea Corker (R-TN), Yea
Texas: Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
Utah: Hatch (R-UT), Yea Lee (R-UT), Nay
Vermont: Leahy (D-VT), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Virginia: Warner (D-VA), Yea Webb (D-VA), Yea
Washington: Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea
West Virginia: Manchin (D-WV), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Wisconsin: Johnson (R-WI), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Wyoming: Barrasso (R-WY), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Yea
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Since today is the autumnal equinox, I though I'd share this cool illustration that I found while exploring the amazing Chronicling America website. I found the image in an old issue of The Times (Richmond, Va.) from September 23, 1900. You can view the image in its original context by clicking here. Meanwhile, if you want to learn more about the complicated relationship between Native Americans and the rest of nature, check out Shepard Krech's still-classic text, The Ecological Indian, and the mountain of literature that it has inspired.


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Q: Creating a custom MCBrowserViewController Is there a way to create a UITableView housing the same information found in an MCBrowserViewController? My current code only allows a standard view to be pushed that is not in the same design as my app:
self.browserVC = [[MCBrowserViewController alloc] initWithServiceType:@"chat" session:self.mySession];
[self presentViewController:self.browserVC animated:YES completion:nil];

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

A: Check out MCSessionP2P, a demo app that illustrates the ad-hoc networking features of MCSession. SessionController conforms to MCSessionDelegate, MCNearbyServiceBrowserDelegate and MCNearbyServiceAdvertiserDelegate and acts as the datasource for a UITableView. The app advertises itself via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth and programmatically connects to available peers, establishing a peer-to-peer network.

A: *

*Set your View Controller as the delegate to MCNearbyServiceBrowser and MCSession (i.e. <MCNearbyServiceBrowserDelegate, MCSessionDelegate>)

*Create a property for your MCNearbyServiceBrowser (and MCSession)

*In viewDidLoad (or whichever trigger suits your pattern) of your View Controller:
_myPeerID = [[MCPeerID alloc] initWithDisplayName:[UIDevice currentDevice].name];
_mySession = [[MCSession alloc] initWithPeer:_myPeerID];
[_mySession setDelegate:self];
_browser = [[MCNearbyServiceBrowser alloc]initWithPeer:_myPeerID serviceType:@"connectme"];
[_browser setDelegate:self];
[_browser startBrowsingForPeers];

*Implement the - (void)browser:(MCNearbyServiceBrowser *)browser foundPeer:(MCPeerID *)peerID withDiscoveryInfo:(NSDictionary *)info method as so:

*

*Add every found peer into an array for the data source of your UITableView. Typically you'd get the peerID.displayName.

*Call [tableView reloadData].

A: Yazid's answer was working for me. Next step, to connect to a peer that was found during startBrowsingForPeers use
_browser.invitePeer(peerID, toSession: _mySession, withContext: nil, timeout: 30.0)

(SWIFT notation here)

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Q: How to simulate widening of standard value types through implicit conversions? If I add a Byte and a Char, the result is an Int. If I put a Squirrel and a Hamster in a List, it becomes a List[Rodent]. I would like to generalize this principle on a meta level through type classes.
Let's assume I have givens of Lift[X, Y] for various type pairs.
I would like to create a type class
    trait =~=[X, Y] {
      type Unified
      val left :Lift[X, Unified]
      val right :Lift[X, Unified]
    }

Such that a given exists if there are givens Lift[X, Unified] and Lift[Y, Unified].
As Lift relation forms a graph, this would need introducing many layers between various givens for enforcing precedence, but I can do that.
Unfortunately, I am unable to make this work, even in the simplest case of
  type X
  type Y
  type Z
  sealed class LiftImplicits {
     implicit val x2z = new Lift[X, Z]
     implicit val y2z = new Lift[Y, Z]
  }
  object Lift extends LiftImplicits {
    implicit def identity[X] = new Lift[X, X]
  }
  object =~= {
     implicit def lift[X, Y, Z](implicit left :Lift[X, Z], right :Lift[Y, Z])
         :(X =~= Y) { type Unified = Z } =
       ???
  }
  implicitly[X =~= Y]

The last summoning does not compile and moving implicit x2z and y2z down doesn't help either. Is it even possible to implement?


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// Code generated by Microsoft (R) AutoRest Code Generator.

package com.azure.resourcemanager.cosmos.fluent.models;

import com.azure.core.annotation.Fluent;
import com.azure.core.util.logging.ClientLogger;
import com.azure.resourcemanager.cosmos.models.CreateUpdateOptions;
import com.azure.resourcemanager.cosmos.models.MongoDBDatabaseResource;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;

/** Properties to create and update Azure Cosmos DB MongoDB database. */
@Fluent
public final class MongoDBDatabaseCreateUpdateProperties {
    /*
     * The standard JSON format of a MongoDB database
     */
    @JsonProperty(value = "resource", required = true)
    private MongoDBDatabaseResource resource;

    /*
     * A key-value pair of options to be applied for the request. This corresponds to the headers sent with the
     * request.
     */
    @JsonProperty(value = "options")
    private CreateUpdateOptions options;

    /**
     * Get the resource property: The standard JSON format of a MongoDB database.
     *
     * @return the resource value.
     */
    public MongoDBDatabaseResource resource() {
        return this.resource;
    }

    /**
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     * @param resource the resource value to set.
     * @return the MongoDBDatabaseCreateUpdateProperties object itself.
     */
    public MongoDBDatabaseCreateUpdateProperties withResource(MongoDBDatabaseResource resource) {
        this.resource = resource;
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the options property: A key-value pair of options to be applied for the request. This corresponds to the
     * headers sent with the request.
     *
     * @return the options value.
     */
    public CreateUpdateOptions options() {
        return this.options;
    }

    /**
     * Set the options property: A key-value pair of options to be applied for the request. This corresponds to the
     * headers sent with the request.
     *
     * @param options the options value to set.
     * @return the MongoDBDatabaseCreateUpdateProperties object itself.
     */
    public MongoDBDatabaseCreateUpdateProperties withOptions(CreateUpdateOptions options) {
        this.options = options;
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Validates the instance.
     *
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException thrown if the instance is not valid.
     */
    public void validate() {
        if (resource() == null) {
            throw LOGGER
                .logExceptionAsError(
                    new IllegalArgumentException(
                        "Missing required property resource in model MongoDBDatabaseCreateUpdateProperties"));
        } else {
            resource().validate();
        }
        if (options() != null) {
            options().validate();
        }
    }

    private static final ClientLogger LOGGER = new ClientLogger(MongoDBDatabaseCreateUpdateProperties.class);
}


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For students who make payments after a predetermined deadline, a fine of Rp. 250,000 / week. And if up to the deadline for the trusteeship has not made payment / submission of dispensation, then the student will automatically be "DECIDED" and still be subject to a fine of Rp. 750,000 / semester.
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The Full and Versatile World of an International "MK" Educator
By Andrew "Smith" on April 28, 2017
When Ashley Patterson started looking for post-college job opportunities, she knew that she wanted to find a way to pursue education and international mission work together.
"I was looking for something unique," Ashley said. "I already had a passion for missions and I knew I didn't want to be in a traditional classroom for 30 years, so teaching in an African schoolhouse sounded really different and exciting."
It didn't take long for Ashley to see her passions come together. She joined Serge, relocated to remote Bundibugyo, Uganda, and is now in her second year teaching the children of Serge missionaries—or MKs (missionary kids), as they are affectionately called.
"As MK teachers, we have the most regular job on the team," said Alanna Jones, who also teaches MKs in Bundibugyo. "We clock in every morning, then we teach, and then we go home. But at the same time every day is totally different, because life here is so unexpected. That balance of routine and adventure is great for me."
Across the globe, Serge missionaries are working to advance the kingdom of God: proclaiming the good news, discipling, and engaging in works of mercy and justice in the name of Christ. Many of these missionaries follow their callings to the very ends of the earth, remote areas where the school systems are unable to serve the needs of their children. That's where MK teachers come in. By providing solid education to MKs, teachers enable missionary families to serve.
Teaching MKs is a unique opportunity to both serve missionary teams in a vitally important way, and to make a massive impact on the academic, personal, and spiritual development of the kids.
Scott and Lindsay Nimmon serve as MK teachers in rural Kibuye, Burundi, where a team of Serge medical missionaries provides clinical care and trains and equips Burundian medical professionals. There, in their little schoolhouse, the Nimmons teach Bible, language arts, history, geography, art, and even some math to 18 students, ranging from kindergarten through seventh grade. Already veterans of the international life, most of these students have studied in the United States, in France, and now in Burundi.
"In the morning I teach half an hour of Bible, then Kindergarten, then second grade, then fourth to seventh grade, then I go back to second grade, and every one of those is a gear shift for me," said Lindsay. "It is challenging. It is exhausting. But it is wonderful."
"This has been the most diverse classroom experience I have ever had and the most exciting teaching that I have ever done," Scott added.
One unique challenge to teaching in a place like rural Africa is the lack of access to resources. Teaching materials, lesson plans, and basic classroom supplies are often hard to come by, forcing MK Teachers to adapt and innovate.
"The limited resources is one of the most challenging things," said Ashley. "But at the same time, it's one of the coolest ways I've seen the Lord show up when we're in need. I've seen how the Lord is resourceful and how he has made me more resourceful."
The challenges and the blessings go hand in hand. Teaching materials are difficult to obtain, but the kids and teachers become thankful for little things like new erasers or a treat of candy from the U.S. One or two teachers may have to take on a range of subjects and grade levels normally handled by many, but the individual attention and depth of relationships formed with students and parents are irreplaceable.
"We play a lot of roles in the kids' lives," said Lindsay. "We're their teachers, but we're also their neighbors, their church members. We're Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Scott and they knock on our door and want to play capture the flag with us. That presents challenges, but it also adds a new dimension and depth to our relationships with our students that you don't get a chance to have in the States. I really like the community aspect of it."
"Plus, because of the depth of the relationship that we have with the students and families here, our opportunities to show our students Christ are multiplied 1,000 times," Scott said. "We have a real opportunity for relational ministry that can model what it looks like to show and receive grace in ways you just couldn't do in other settings."
International mission work is an incredibly rich, rewarding experience, a beautiful life. But, especially for families, it also involves sacrifice and struggle. Parents in ministry overseas need the support that MK teachers provide, and the kids, inevitably shaped by their experience abroad, need not only the education, but the love and guidance teachers can give as well.
"The biggest challenge for 'Third Culture Kids' is the lack of identity you can find in home and place," said Alanna. "Education goes beyond academics, it's about the whole child. We're growing adults, not just teaching them facts. As believers, there's joy in helping them find their identity solely in Christ. Everything in their lives: culture, place, and friends, is always changing. So pointing these kids towards Christ and the kingdom before anything else is the biggest way to help them."
"There are four missionaries on our team in Kibuye who grew up as MKs," Lindsay added. "And I think the things that were poured into their lives both by parents and teachers are still having an impact, not just on them, but globally, for the glory of God. This work makes a difference."
Serge mission teams—especially in Africa, Asia, and Latin America—are experiencing a growing need for MK Teachers. Would you or someone you know be a great fit for the job?—forward this article or talk with us!
About Andrew "Smith"
Andrew "Smith" is a Serge staff writer working in a secure field. His name has been changed for his protection and for the sake of his ongoing work with Serge.
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While we were still reeling from the disturbingly open displays of racism in my beloved Charlottesville, hurricane season swept in like a vengeance with Harvey and Irma. Wildfires are ravaging exquisitely beautiful forests out West. Earthquakes rocked cities in Mexico.
Add to these massive catastrophes the countless recent individual experiences of serious illness, death, splintering relationships, etc.
One of these tragedies alone can make us wonder where God is and why isn't he intervening in more obvious ways. I wouldn't dare speculate on the "why?" questions here, but my thoughts certainly run in the same direction as Martha's did when she encountered stress and loss. She had the advantage of pondering directly to Jesus, so we might be informed a bit by his responses.
This is the question Martha asked Jesus on that familiar occasion in Luke 10, when she was worried, upset and left alone by her sister Mary.
In a circumstance more similar to current events, the disciples woke Jesus up from a nap with this question during a major squall while boating on the Sea of Galilee: "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?" (Mark 4:38). Of course, he did. Jesus calmed the storm with a word – no harm done.
These were the first words out of Martha's mouth when Jesus arrived in Bethany after the death of Lazarus. She and Mary had sent word to Jesus several days prior with news that their brother ("the one you love") was sick (hint, hint, Jesus).
Four days after Lazarus was already dead, Jesus finally showed up. "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died," Martha opened with. Was this totally a pious statement of faith and submissive acceptance? Or was she a little angry with him? At least, confused and disappointed?
Martha was not the only person thinking this way about Jesus. Mary repeated the same statement when she went out to meet him, and some of the Jews mourning with her wondered, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?" Why didn't you save your friend, Jesus?
The questions we have in times of tragedy, loss, and disappointment are expressions of faith, however flagging it may be. If we didn't have a mustard seed of faith left, we wouldn't bother to ask. God is so much bigger than our questions, and he understands why we have them.
The worst thing we can do is repress our doubts or pretend we don't wonder where he is when we need him. Bold Martha gives us two great examples to follow when life is hard and we don't understand where God is. The best way to maintain any relationship is to keep the communication lines open!
Can My Friends Recognize Jesus on My FB Feed?


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OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A bill that would raise the age limit to buy tobacco products in Washington is back at the Statehouse.
SB 6048 would raise the legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21.
"The tobacco industry doesn't want the minimum age to be raised because they know that if you reach the age of 21 without being a smoker, you will likely end up not being a smoker," Sen. Patty Kuderer (D) said while introducing her bipartisan bill.
Kuderer said 3,900 Washington minors are becoming regular smokers each year. This bill is an attempt to curb that trend.
"Today, they are making E-cigarettes and vape pens with flavored smoke that tastes like gummy bears and blue raspberry. It's a blatant attempt to pull in more youth to their market," Kuderer said.
Adding, "we're seeing vape pens flooding high schools and students are even going as far as to smoke their favorite flavor in the middle of class."
This is the third time a bill attempting to raise the smoking age limit has been brought to the Washington legislator.
"When we first proposed this legislation, Washington would have been the first state to move to Tobacco 21. Last year, we would have been the third, now five states including Oregon and more than 200 cities and counties have increased the smoking age to 21," Attorney General Bob Ferguson said in support of the bill.
Ferguson also pointed out that the bill does not criminalize a 19-year-old caught with a cigarette but rather fines store clerks for selling the product to minors.
Hawaii was the first state in the nation to raise its smoking age to 21, followed by California, Maine, New Jersey, and Oregon.
A similar bill is also making its way through the Idaho legislator.
"No bill in Olympia this session will save more lives than increasing the legal smoking age to 21," Ferguson said.


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John the Baptist Beheaded(A)(B)
14 King Herod heard about this, for Jesus' name had become well known. Some were saying,[a] "John the Baptist(C) has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him."
15 Others said, "He is Elijah."(D)
And still others claimed, "He is a prophet,(E) like one of the prophets of long ago."(F)
16 But when Herod heard this, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!"
17 For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison.(G) He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married. 18 For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."(H) 19 So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to, 20 because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man.(I) When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled[b]; yet he liked to listen to him.
21 Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet(J) for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.(K) 22 When the daughter of[c] Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.
The king said to the girl, "Ask me for anything you want, and I'll give it to you." 23 And he promised her with an oath, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom."(L)
24 She went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?"
"The head of John the Baptist," she answered.
25 At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter."
26 The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. 27 So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, 28 and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother. 29 On hearing of this, John's disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
Mark 6:14 Some early manuscripts He was saying
Mark 6:20 Some early manuscripts he did many things
Mark 6:22 Some early manuscripts When his daughter
Mark 6:14 : 6:14-29pp — Mt 14:1-12
Mark 6:14 : 6:14-16pp — Lk 9:7-9
Mark 6:14 : S Mt 3:1
Mark 6:15 : Mal 4:5
Mark 6:15 : S Mt 21:11
Mark 6:15 : Mt 16:14; Mk 8:28
Mark 6:17 : Mt 4:12; 11:2; Lk 3:19, 20
Mark 6:18 : Lev 18:16; 20:21
Mark 6:20 : S Mt 11:9
Mark 6:21 : Est 1:3; 2:18
Mark 6:21 : Lk 3:1
Mark 6:23 : Est 5:3, 6; 7:2
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No, nothing went wrong in my code that caused me to learn this lesson, but multiple code reviewers raised red flags about this line in my code: def resolve_query_dict(d, moves_list=Move.objects.all()). Move.objects.all(), by the way, is a fancy Django function that returns a list of all of the Move objects in your database, and since I would likely never be running this code over an extended period of time while things were added to the database, accidentally freezing the value of "all of the moves in my database" wouldn't have really been an issue, but the dangers of writing code like the above are still whacky and interesting. Basically, odd things happen when you use mutable objects or called functions as default variables in your functions.
... print "Making a list..."
The thing that's odd about the code that we just ran is that it printed "Making a list…", which implies that the make_a_list function got called, even though all we did was assign it as a default variable. Interesting. Now what happens if we run list_length?
Hmm. It would appear that we aren't getting a new random number every time we run this function.
That's not the only weird thing about default arguments, though. Things can get messy even when you're not setting functions as default args—really, all it takes to break things is a mutable object.
Perhaps it's a bit more intuitive this way, but the exact same thing is happening in the previous example; the function is modifying a distinct object in memory, whether it was named before it got passed as a default argument or not.
F***in' Decorators, How Do THEY Work?!