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New research shows that the temperature of the arctic region fell steadily from over 2000 years ago all the way up to a 100 years ago. The cooling was caused by less solar radiation during the summer and the cold temperatures would have continued undisturbed. But around the year 1900 there occured a dramatic increase in temperature and the new research results therefore provide further evidence of man's influence on the climate. The results are published in the scientific journal, Science.
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Safely handling Arsenic in your water without Reverse Osmosis
May 26, 2019 By Joseph Borowy
When it comes to water filtration, generally customers seek the highest level of filtration possible. But with a little research, it becomes clear that not all water filters remove all or even most contaminants. And each type has its advantages and drawbacks.
Reverse Osmosis for Arsenic
One such technology that, while very thorough in terms of contaminant removal, has serious drawbacks, is Reverse Osmosis.
Now to be clear, there are some water sources for which Reverse Osmosis will create good drinking water when virtually nothing else will (of course, distillation is always an option as well but usually isn't practical because of power consumption and the slow rate of production).
Customers Wanting to Avoid Reverse Osmosis
More and more, however, we hear from customers who want to get away from reverse osmosis systems while still getting a high level of contaminant reduction.
The reasons are obvious. One, it's expensive to maintain RO since there's so many components that wear out a different rates. Two, the water it produces is naturally acidic and mineral deficient, which is a bigger and bigger concern among customers. Three, it produces a ton of wastewater for each gallon of good water, which is a concern in areas where there is drought or water rationing (such as California). Recently we wrote and entire piece on the Best Alternatives to Reverse Osmosis and the reasons why people want to avoid it.
So with RO out of the picture, the field is narrowed quite a bit in terms of choosing a water filtration system. But in reality there are some contaminants that may be in your water that are more concerning than others.
Arsenic, a difficult-to-remove contaminant
Arsenic is one such contaminant. It's toxic and dangerous in low concentrations (just 10 parts per billion is the top limit set by the EPA for safety).
The challenge is removing it. It's one of those contaminants that's really, really hard to effectively reduce. RO generally handles it well, but when you look for other systems that can do it without the drawback of reverse osmosis, it's tough.
First of all, many systems claim to reduce or remove arsenic, without any certifications or testing to validate those claims. I've personally seen testing done on a pitcher filter that claimed to reduce arsenic by 90%+, when in real life it reduced it by only 17%. This is common, unfortunately, among water filters that are not certified by NSF. They get away with ridiculous claims that put peoples' health at risk.
When you look at the field of non-RO systems that are actually NSF Certified to reduce Arsenic, it's a slim field.
The Multipure Aquaperform and Aqualuxe are two systems that are NSF certified for Arsenic V.
They're also, in our opinion, far and away the best non-RO systems available anywhere.
The Aqualuxe has the same inner core as the Aquaperform, but has a nanomesh wrap around it that also offers an NSF-Certified 6-factor reduction of bacteria (99.9999%) and 4-factor reduction of virus (99.99%). If you're looking for the absolute highest quality non-RO water filter available anywhere, the Aqualuxe is it.
Both the Aquaperform and Aqualuxe are NSF-tested for Arsenic V at 50 parts per billion concentration. That's 5x the level deemed hazardous by the EPA.
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The tags you see in the Steam store will also help you find games in the library. You can look for just your open world titles, as an example.
Valve is also teasing an upcoming Events page (below) that will shed even more light on what's happening with your game. You'll see updates, but you'll also see news of tournaments, livestreams and other happenings with the games in your collection. It's an acknowledgment that many games are treated more like services and may need a steady stream of info, not just the occasional patch.
The upgrades might be necessary. The Epic Game Store is rapidly adding features, and might entice more people as it matures. This won't necessarily have gamers or developers flocking to Steam if they were on the fence, but it might make them happier to stay there.


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Michael Noll-Hussong
Saarland University, Germany
Andrei Irimia
University of Southern California, United States
Susan E. Esposito
Life University, United States
Front. Psychol., 05 May 2017
Sec. Emotion Science
Volume 8 - 2017 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00634
Depression in Men and Women One Year Following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): A TBI Model Systems Study
Sarah Lavoie1, Samantha Sechrist1, Nhung Quach1, Reza Ehsanian1,2, Thao Duong1,3, Ian H. Gotlib4 and Linda Isaac1,3*
1Rehabilitation Research Center, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, USA
2Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
3Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
4Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
In the general population, females experience depression at significantly higher rates than males. Individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at substantially greater risk for depression compared to the overall population. Treatment of, and recovery from, TBI can be hindered by depression; comorbid TBI and depression can lead to adverse outcomes and negatively affect multiple aspects of individuals' lives. Gender differences in depression following TBI are not well understood, and relevant empirical findings have been mixed. Utilizing the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) 1 year after TBI, we examined whether women would experience more severe depressive symptoms, and would endorse higher levels of depression within each category of depression severity, than would men. Interestingly, and contrary to our hypothesis, men and women reported mild depression at equal rates; PHQ-9 total scores were slightly lower in women than in men. Men and women did not differ significantly in any PHQ-9 depression severity category. Item analyses, yielded significant gender differences on the following items: greater concentration difficulties (cognitive problems) in men and more sleep disturbances (psychosomatic issues) in women per uncorrected two-sample Z-test for proportions analyses; however, these results were not significant after the family-wise Bonferroni correction. Our results indicate that, in contrast to the general population, mild depression in persons with moderate to severe TBI may not be gender-specific. These findings underscore the need for early identification, active screening, and depression treatment equally for men and women to improve emotional well-being, promote recovery, and enhance quality of life following TBI.
Depression is characterized by feelings of sadness, emptiness, hopelessness, and worthlessness. It can also be manifested by concentration problems, fatigue, and a loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities, as well as appetite, weight, and sleep disturbances; recurrent thoughts about death or suicidal ideation may also be present (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Risk factors for depression include, experiencing adverse events during childhood such as emotional, physical, and sexual abuse (Chapman et al., 2004; American Psychiatric Association, 2013), memory and cognitive biases that influence emotion regulation (Foland-Ross and Gotlib, 2012; Kircanski et al., 2012), and genetic and physiological factors including a family history of depression, specifically among first-degree relatives, in addition to early onset or recurrent forms of depression (Sullivan et al., 2000; American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
Depression can affect multiple facets of life and cause clinically significant impairment or distress to individuals' physical and emotional well-being, as well as to their social and professional life (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Functional consequences can range from fairly mild, when depressive symptoms are undetected by others, to full impairment, such as the inability to address one's own basic self-care needs (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In the general medical setting, depressed individuals often experience higher levels of physical illness and pain and a diminished capacity for physical, social, and role functioning (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Suicide is arguably the most serious consequence of depression (American Psychiatric Association, 2013); over half of all suicides transpire within the context of a mood disorder (Mann et al., 2005; Guillamondegui et al., 2011).
The prevalence rate of depression is estimated to be 8–10% in the general population (Guillamondegui et al., 2011). While epidemiologic findings elucidate that females are 70% more likely than males to experience depression (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2016), clear gender differences in symptoms, course, response to treatment, and functional consequences have not been identified (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Furthermore, some researchers have posited the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM-5) (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), used to diagnose both psychiatric and neurological conditions, includes depressive symptoms that are more readily observed in female-specific depression (Weissman et al., 1984; Breslau et al., 1995; Piccinelli and Wilkinson, 2000; Kenneth et al., 2002).
Risk for depression among individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) is markedly higher than that seen in the general population (Scholten et al., 2016). Approximately 25–50% of persons with TBI will experience major depression within the first year after TBI (Scholten et al., 2016), and over 60% of persons are affected within 7 years after injury (Fann et al., 2009), reporting long-term struggles with a mood disorder. Importantly, major depression is associated with adverse outcomes for individuals with TBI (Barker-Collo et al., 2015; Bombardier et al., 2016; Moreno-Lopez et al., 2016), including social isolation, hostility and cognitive deficits (Mauri et al., 2014). Anxiety and addiction, along with other psychiatric conditions, may co-occur with depression in individuals with TBI (Gordon et al., 2006; Guillamondegui et al., 2011). Depression and comorbid psychiatric conditions can complicate depression screening, diagnosis, and treatment in a variety of ways, including depression being masked and ultimately left undiagnosed, and may interfere with an individual's ability to comply and adhere to treatment (Gordon et al., 2006; Guillamondegui et al., 2011).
Little is known about the development and progression of depression following TBI (Bombardier et al., 2016), particularly among women (Oyesanya and Ward, 2016); this is due, in part, to the high symptom overlap (poor self-regulation, cognitive and inhibitory deficits) between TBI and depression (Schwarzbold et al., 2008). Despite the fact that depression is a frequently reported psychiatric condition following TBI, the extent to which depression influences long-term disability after TBI is not known (Crooks et al., 2007; Guillamondegui et al., 2011). Depression may be masked by cognitive changes, a flat affect, or other deficits commonly seen following TBI; these deficits may be attributed to the absence of post-trauma treatment progress when they are actually due to underlying depression (Guillamondegui et al., 2011). Risk factors for depression following TBI include structural changes in the brain due to injury (Cervos-Navarro and Lafuente, 1991; Xiao et al., 2015). Depression may also be a consequence of injury to the areas of the brain that manage emotions, in particular areas of the limbic system such as the amygdala (Blennow et al., 2012; Harmon et al., 2013). Changes in levels of neurotransmitter chemicals in the brain, which modulate emotions, have also been reported and can increase risk for depression following TBI (Blennow et al., 2012). Psychological response to injury may also elevate risk for depression in TBI (Lukow et al., 2015). Finally, depression can arise as individuals who have experienced TBI face new challenges in adapting to temporary or permanent disability, limitations, or changes in their professional, family, and community life (Lukow et al., 2015). Understanding differences in these factors between men and women is critical to early identification and treatment for depression in order to maximize recovery following TBI.
The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a powerful clinical tool to study depression; it is able to detect a wide range of depression symptoms (Kroenke et al., 2001). Importantly, the PHQ-9 has been shown to be a sensitive instrument in identifying depression in individuals with TBI, especially in the hospital context (Dyer et al., 2016). The objective of this study was to assess depression, measured by the PHQ-9, in males and females 1 year following TBI. We hypothesized that, compared with males, females will report more symptoms of depression, operationalized as mean PHQ-9 total score, as well as a higher severity of depression within each of the five PHQ-9 depression severity categories, at a 1-year follow-up assessment.
This study was approved by the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center IRB Committee. All participants were admitted to the Rehabilitation Center of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC), a Level I Trauma hospital. The Rehabilitation Center is a specialty unit providing treatment to the most medically complex and acute traumatic brain-injured patients. This work was conducted at the Rehabilitation Research Center, SCVMC.
Participants were from the Northern California TBI Model Systems of Care (TBIMS) database, a longitudinal study to assess long-term outcomes following TBI (Dahmer et al., 1993). All participants (1) met the TBIMS case definition for TBI (Dahmer et al., 1993); (2) met at least one of the criteria for moderate to severe TBI: post-traumatic amnesia > 24 h, trauma related intracranial neuroimaging abnormalities, loss of consciousness > 30 min, and/or Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) < 13; (3) were age 16 years or older at the time of injury; and (4) sustained a TBI within California.
Inclusion criteria required that participants had a 1-year follow-up assessment completed between October 2007 and October 2013 (n = 238); these were the corresponding years that the PHQ-9 scores were obtained. Participants with a 1-year follow-up completed between October 2007 and October 2013 who had missing PHQ-9 data were excluded (n = 63); reasons for exclusions and missing data included lost to follow-up, refused follow-up, withdrew from study, incarcerated, expired, unavailable, and physically or cognitively unable to provide PHQ-9 responses. As described below, 175 individuals (n = 131 males; n = 44 females) met the inclusion criteria for analysis.
Demographic variables included sex, age, ethnicity, marital status, and employment status. Of the 238 participants who completed a 1-year follow-up between October 2007 and October 2013, 182 were male (75%) and 56 were female (25%); mean age was 32.38 (SD = 16.76). After excluding participants who were lost to follow-up (n = 7), refused (n = 2), withdrew (n = 1), incarcerated (n = 2), expired (n = 1), unavailable (n = 9), and physically or cognitively unable to provide PHQ-9 responses (n = 41), 131 males and 44 females (n = 175) were available for analysis. The racial and ethnic mix of the study population was White (n = 137), Black (n = 10), Hispanic (n = 65), Asian or Pacific Islander (n = 20), Native American (n = 1), and other (n = 5). Marital status was predominantly single (n = 149), followed by married (n = 61), divorced (n = 15), separated (n = 12), and other (n = 1). Years of education were: ≤8 (n = 7), 9–12 (n = 108), 13–16 (n = 109), and >16 (n = 14).
This study was carried out in accordance with the approval of the Institutional Review Board's Research and Human Subjects Review Committee of SCVMC. All participants understood and provided informed consent to participate or, if unable, family or legal guardian understood and provided informed consent for the patient in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Data regarding injury was collected via medical record abstraction by a research assistant. At 1-year post-injury, a research assistant conducted follow-up assessments for data collection.
The PHQ-9 (Kroenke et al., 2001) is a self-reported 9-item measure of depression. Scores are totaled and are categorized into level of severity with higher scores indicating greater depressive symptoms (1–4: minimal depression, 5–9: mild depression, 10–14: moderate depression, 15–19: moderately severe depression, 20–27: severe depression). The PHQ-9 has good test-retest reliability (r = 0.84) and internal reliability (α = 0.89) (Kroenke et al., 2001). The PHQ-9 is valid and reliable in persons with TBI (Fann et al., 2005).
Demographic variables, as mentioned above, were obtained for all participants who completed a 1-year follow-up assessment between October 2007 and October 2013 (n = 238). The final sample for analyses (n = 175) was then divided into two groups on the basis of sex. For each group, mean PHQ-9 total scores were calculated. A two-tailed t-test was used to compare the average total PHQ-9 scores between the two groups, with alpha set at p < 0.05. The percentages of individuals in each category of depression severity was calculated for each group. Two-sample Z-tests for proportions were then used to compare the categories of male versus female within each category of depression. The percentage of individuals who endorsed each of the 9-items of depressive symptoms was calculated for each group to provide an item analysis assessment. Two-sample Z-tests for proportions were then used to compare the proportion of males versus females for each item.
Initial analysis was conducted using Microsoft Excel; a data analysis cross check was then performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 24. An independent sample t-test was used to cross check for mean PHQ-9 total scores, following an outlier and range check. Chi-squared tests were used to cross check all initial Z-tests run for depression severity categories and item analyses; the Bonferroni correction was applied to correct for any family-wise errors arising from multiple comparisons in the data analyses.
PHQ-9 Total Scores
Both men and women reported experiencing mild levels of depression (PHQ-9 Total Score = 5–9). Total PHQ-9 scores in men (M = 6.04; SD = 6.26) were higher than total PHQ-9 scores in women (M = 5.27; SD = 5.58), but this difference was not statistically significant [t(173) = -0.72; p = 0.47].
PHQ-9 Depression Severity Categories
A lower percentage of males (17.56%) than females (27.27%) reported experiencing no symptoms of depression, mild depressive symptoms (22.90% vs. 27.27%), and moderately severe depressive symptoms (6.11% vs. 6.82%); uncorrected two-sample Z-test for proportions analyses comparing males and females, however, revealed no statistically significant differences in any PHQ-9 depression severity category (|z|≥ 0.84; p ≥ 0.16) (see Table 1).
TABLE 1. Comparison of PHQ-9 depression severity categories.
PHQ-9 Item Analysis
The uncorrected item analysis yielded statistically significant sex differences for the following items: males endorsed "trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television" for "more than half the days" to a greater degree than did females (12.21% vs. 0%) (z = 2.43; p = 0.02), and females endorsed "trouble falling or staying asleep or sleeping too much" for "several days" to a greater degree than did males (31.82% vs. 16.79%) (z = -2.13; p = 0.03) (see Table 2). However, these results did not reach significance using Bonferroni corrected alpha of p = 0.0014.
TABLE 2. Item Analysis of PHQ-9.
Individuals with TBI are at a significantly higher risk compared to the general population for developing both acute and chronic depression (Scholten et al., 2016), and for the emergence of various psychiatric disorders (Iverson et al., 2011; Brandel et al., 2016) such as anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Zaninotto et al., 2016), and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (Fisher et al., 2016). Given the lethality concerns surrounding depression, raising awareness about the prevalence of depression in persons with TBI is especially important.
The present study of sex differences in TBI and depression is critical given recent findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016) indicating that the prevalence of women with mild to severe TBI, as measured by TBI-related Emergency Department visits in the U.S. among the general population, has risen by 49% between 2007 and 2010; rising rates among women have been attributed to more females experiencing falls, motor vehicle accidents, unintentional blunt traumas, and assaults (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016; Oyesanya and Ward, 2016). Importantly, depression rates are increasing in parallel to the rising rates of TBI (Oyesanya and Ward, 2016). Previous studies reveal that female survivors of TBI are at higher risk for developing depressive disorders than are male survivors (Iverson et al., 2011; Oyesanya and Ward, 2016; Scholten et al., 2016). Other research, however, suggests that there are no gender differences in outcomes post-TBI (Mushkudiani et al., 2007; Slewa-Younan et al., 2008; Renner et al., 2012), and still other findings indicate that males with TBI are at a higher risk for depression than are females (Sigurdardottir et al., 2013; Albrecht et al., 2015), particularly when comparing post-menopausal women with age-matched men (Davis et al., 2006). Investigators have found that younger women have better outcomes than do older women post-TBI; this may be attributable to the neuro-protective effects of hormones found in pre-menopausal women (Kirkness et al., 2004; Wagner et al., 2004; Ley et al., 2013). Despite conflicting results, researchers and clinicians alike are becoming aware of hormonal disturbances that often follow TBI (Ghigo et al., 2005; Schneider et al., 2011; Lauzier et al., 2014). Therefore, it is imperative for depression treatment care plans following TBI to be tailored to each gender specifically to address the physiological and hormonal differences between men and women who are affected by brain injury.
Investigators have suggested that TBI-related depression results from altered functional connectivity of a number of networks in the brain, including white matter abnormalities (Isaac et al., 2015), and neuroadaptions within the thalamus, insula, and subgenual cingulate cortex (Moreno-Lopez et al., 2016). Disruption to the neural circuitry between the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex, that results from diffuse axonal injury (Inglese et al., 2005; Silver et al., 2009), as well as from damage to the hippocampus, amygdala, and prefrontal regions of the brain (Harmon et al., 2013), has also been found to lead to mood disorders that develop as soon as a few weeks or months following the initial injury (Jorge and Starkstein, 2005). A number of other factors, including various adjustment issues and unique barriers that accompany TBI recovery (Moreno-Lopez et al., 2016) such as low levels of social support, being young at time of injury (Ouellet et al., 2009), and lack of hope (Oyesanya and Ward, 2016), may also contribute to depression emergence among the TBI population. Indeed, one of the most disabling symptoms of depression is lack of hope; depression, comorbid with TBI, is therefore a leading contributor to disability following TBI (Oyesanya and Ward, 2016). These contributing factors for depression may help explain why gender differences are not as prevalent among those with TBI compared with the general population. Both males and females with a TBI experience life-altering changes that directly impact their quality of life and productivity. Future research is needed to quantify the extent to which depression emergence post-TBI is a direct result of structural and neurochemical changes that occur in the brain following the injury versus due to the associated barriers in TBI recovery attributable to suffering a TBI.
Interestingly, unlike the general population, the mild depression noted among both males and females with TBI in our study population suggest that depression is not gender-specific. Gender differences may be seen, however, in the manifestation of depression symptoms. We demonstrated that a greater percentage of men reported concentration difficulties, where depression was experienced through cognitive symptoms, while a higher percentage of women indicated sleep disturbance issues, reflecting more psychosomatic symptoms of depression. These exploratory results are consistent with previous research demonstrating that depression symptoms are expressed differently in men and women; whereas men experience cognitive symptoms (Alexandrino-Silva et al., 2013), women are more affected psychosomatically (Alexandrino-Silva et al., 2013; Silverstein et al., 2013); however, our item analyses did not reach statistical significance using a strict Bonferroni correction. These findings warrant further study in order to better understand depression following TBI and its unique impact on each gender. Moreover, our results indicate the need for early identification, active screening, and treatment of mood disorders in both genders equally to improve emotional functioning, reduce disability, promote recovery, and enhance quality of life following TBI.
While this study provides valuable gender comparison information regarding depression following TBI, limitations exist. The present study sample of fewer women (25%) than men (75%) may not be adequate to fully evaluate the gender differences in depression post-TBI; we should note, however, that this gender ratio is representative of individuals who have sustained a moderate to severe TBI across all TBI Model Systems throughout the U.S. (Frost et al., 2013; Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center, 2016) with female TBI representation being even smaller in the Veteran population (Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, 2013). It is also important to highlight that individuals in this study sample were slightly younger and more racially and ethnically diverse, compared with the Model Systems National Database as a whole (Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center, 2016). Future research is needed to extend this study to assess depression in women and men with TBI across the country. Finally, we used data from only one time point, as opposed to measuring depression over a series of time points, thus limiting our ability to assess spontaneous symptom recovery, relapse, or a change in depression over time. We plan to expand this research by analyzing data from the entire Model Systems National Database, and to assess depression at multiple time points, in order to more fully evaluate depression in women and men following TBI.
LI is the last author and anchored and directed the project. She also actively wrote sections of the "Introduction" and "Discussion" as well as assisted in directing the data analysis. SL, first author collected the data, conceived of the clinical outcomes, wrote the majority of the manuscripts. All remaining authors contributed to both data interpretation and writing of the paper.
This work was funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Grant # H133A11006) to the SCVMC Rehabilitation Research Center Director and Principal Investigator, LI.
This work was supported by colleagues at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Jyodi Mohole and Judith Mills, as well as Drs. Roberta Wang, Henry Huie, and Emily Huang. The subject recruitment and data acquisition team consisted of Laura Jamison and Ketra Toda.
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Keywords: depression, mood, traumatic brain injury, concussion, gender
Citation: Lavoie S, Sechrist S, Quach N, Ehsanian R, Duong T, Gotlib IH and Isaac L (2017) Depression in Men and Women One Year Following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): A TBI Model Systems Study. Front. Psychol. 8:634. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00634
Received: 23 December 2016; Accepted: 09 April 2017;
Michael Noll-Hussong, University of Ulm, Germany
Susan Elizabeth Esposito, Life University, USA
Andrei Irimia, University of Southern California, USA
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*Correspondence: Linda Isaac, linda.Isaac@hhs.sccgov.org


In an interview Jafar Ibrahim Eminki, spokesperson for the KDP, one of Iraqi Kurdistan's powerful political parties, tells NIQASH whose fault the constitutional crisis in the northern region really is.
Ever since the selected Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament was prevented from entering the regional capital, Erbil, and going to his office in the parliament buildings there, Jafar Ibrahim Eminki has assumed that role.
Eminki is the Deputy Speaker in the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament but he is also the spokesperson for one of the semi-autonomous region's largest political parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, or KDP. This is also the party that Mohammed's party, the Change movement, fell out with.
When problems arose around the subject of who should be the President of the region, which has its own borders, military and legal system separate from the rest of Iraq, there was a split in a painstakingly-negotiated broad based, power-sharing government. This has seen two parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Change movement, withdraw to their areas of influence inside the region and the KDP stick to theirs, in Erbil.
All the members of the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament are unhappy with the damage being done to our reputation.
Since then business at the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament has been suspended.
Eminki spoke to NIQASH about whose fault this constitutional crisis was, why he has made disparaging remarks about many other politicians who do not agree with his party and whether there's any hope that things may return to normal soon.
NIQASH: The Parliament here has not done any work for the past ten months. And parties in opposition to the KDP say that it is your fault that Parliament is suspended, mainly because of disagreements about who should be President. Is there no other option, other than this one?
Jafar Eminki: The current situation in the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament is not related to the Kurdish presidency. It has happened because of our political system which saw people who were not prepared to be MPs, and who did not have the right qualifications for it, enter Parliament as MPs. The other reason concerns those politicians who have tried to make this a populist cause and take the issue to the street; this too has disrupted Parliament.
NIQASH: At one stage, your party and the Change movement were able to agree enough, to enter into a broad-based, power-sharing government together. But that didn't work out for very long.
Eminki: Differences of opinion are natural and healthy and they can make us stronger. But the problem was the way in which these differences played out. I was always wanting to resolve any differences in the least damaging way. I did everything I could to try and resolve these issues.
NIQASH: Do you regret taking the position you eventually did?
Eminki: Not at all. I regret nothing.
NIQASH: Do you think that the reputation of the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament has been damaged by all of this?
Eminki: Yes. And that continues. And its not just me. All the members of the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament are unhappy with the damage being done to our reputation.
NIQASH: Yousef Mohammed, the member of the Change movement who was nominated Speaker of the Parliament during your shared time in government, has recently visited several countries and has represented himself as Iraqi Kurdistan's Speaker.
Eminki: Legally, practically and realistically he is not the Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament any more. When he left the region, I told him the timing was wrong and that they would ask him questions he would find very difficult to answer, and that our problems would increase as a result of answers he had to give. That happened. And he has repeated those things several times. He actually referred to members of the Iraqi Kurdish military as a militia [by this, Eminki means Mohammed's references to troops loyal to the KDP in Erbil who kept him from entering the city]. I consider that unpatriotic.
NIQASH: Sometimes it feels as though you don't like anybody. You have also made some remarks about Fakhraddin Qadir, the secretary of the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament.
Eminki: There are a number of conflicts with the Secretary, a member of the Islamic bloc here. He was biased and he always took the Change movement's side. I knew that his point of view would align with the Speaker's. He is just a follower. The KDP used to believe that the Islamic bloc was independent but it turned out not to be true. However we still have a relationship with him as he is a respected person in Kurdistan.
NIQASH: Recently there have been meetings between Iraqi Kurdish political parties. Do you feel that there's some light on the horizon when it comes to solving this crisis?
Eminki: I have hope. And I think we should be optimistic about any attempts at resolution. As to how optimistic we should be, I have no idea.
NIQASH: Does the KDP actually want to resolve the political problems in Iraqi Kurdistan?
Eminki: Of course, and from the very roots of the problem up.
NIQASH: Should some kind of consensus be reached, will you continue on as the Deputy Speaker?
NIQASH: So you think Parliament may actually reconvene this year?
Eminki: When a new political consensus is formed, Parliament will reconvene. If Parliament does not repeat the mistakes of the past, then Parliament could carry on.


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Rambo III Recap
Rambo is back, Jack! And this time Rambo needs to save a prisoner from an Afghan fort, but not just any prisoner… Trautman! Oh no! Can he enter the war zone, befriend the rebels, ride some horses, free the prisoners, and take down the bad guy before it's too late? Find out in… Rambo III.
How?! Rambo is living it up in the citttaaaayyyy. And by city I mean with some monks in Thailand. Approached to help Trautman to help support those fighting against the Soviets in Afghanistan he's like, "fuck no." This is a good idea because Trautman is immediately captured and tortured. That's when Rambo ties on his bandana, greases up those abs, and heads to Afghanistan to free his friend. Getting across the Pakistan border he meets up with the Muhajideen, who are hesitant to help this stranger. But when they are attacked by the Soviets the survivors are willing to go along. On their first attempt Rambo isn't able to get Trautman and he and his allies barely escape with their lives. Sending them away to go in solo he's able to get Trautman and a bunch of other prisoners and fly a helicopter out of the Soviet base. They are shot down, but Rambo and Trautman basically toy with their prey and shoot and punch people all day until they got a free path to Pakistan… psych! There's literally the entire Soviet army there to kill them. So they die… double psych! A big ol' Muhajideen army comes and helps Rambo totally own the Soviets. America! On top again! Ha! Stupid Soviets, getting embroiled in a war in Afghanistan. America learned from Vietnam and wouldn't have made that mistake again… anyway, Rambo them walks off into the sunset to live peacefully forever more (spoiler: he does not). THE END. Big Question: Has this film aged the worst of any film ever? I mean, Rambo literally says that the US wouldn't possibly be dumb enough to get into another Vietnam like Afghanistan… come on!
Why?! I do like the Rambo films because the motivations are clear and noble… besides the excessive amount of murder he doles out. In the first he's just trying to be treated like a human being, the second he's rescuing POWs, and here he's trying to save his friend from a war zone. Nothing more.
Who?! All the Rambo films have such small and diverse casts that it's actually hard to get something for this section. Not like an aspiring musician-turned-actor is gonna get his shot in a Rambo film… kind of a one man show. I was interested to see that Randy Raney was in this film. Interested because he was only in one other film ever: playing the big baddie opposite Sly in the classic Over the Top. Best two-film filmography I've ever seen.
What?! Coca-Cola is all over a lot of Sly's films in the 80s. I liked how it was used in the second film. Here it's just seen in several spots in Thailand and not commented on. I did want to highlight this film as a Secret Sport Film Alert. We see the Afghanistan sport of Buzkashi played vigorously by Rambo. I believe this is likely the only BMT film to feature the sport.
Where?! We again split out time. This time between the starting setting of Thailand and the major setting of Afghanistan. Once again because of context there really isn't anywhere else that this could be set… they had to really get across that the Russian conflict in Afghanistan was their Vietnam and the United States was just too smart to fall into a conflict like that again… … … … … yup.
When?! Obviously takes place when the Soviet Union was fighting in Afghanistan, which lines up with the trend that the films take place when the film is being made. Nothing more specific can be found I don't think… the war lasted ten years. D.
Wow, almost the inverse of the second film. I thought this film was actually kinda beautifully made. Looked amazing. But almost everything else about it was not good. In particular the ending which has Rambo running around some caves killing people before fighting an entire Soviet army all while spouting super poorly aged propaganda. Still fun, but bad.
'Ello everyone! We are still in the process of making the horrible mistake of watching four Rambo films in a week. Luckily two of them are bonkers 80s films. This is the second one of those. Let's go!
P's View on the Preview – After watching the third film I kind of expected something much much worse. These days, online, the third Rambo has a bad rep. The second is widely loved, the fourth has a specific niche fanbase, but the third is accepted as the worst of the franchise. So I was holding out hope this would be the not-gross bad one of the bunch. What were my expectations? I was basically hoping for the parody version of Rambo from UFH starring Weird Al Yankovich. If not that I would accept something, again, over the top jingoistic nonsense, with giant explosions I suppose.
The Good – The first roughly two-thirds of this film is pretty good. Solid vistas, and a storyline which makes you care about Rambo's goal beyond that it's good for America. A really good set piece in the Afghan base. And a really good enemy in the Russia commander who feels trapped in a backwater war that is preventing him from attaining the Russian glory he deserves. Just … shut it off right when they escape the base.
The Bad – The last third of this film is everything wrong with Rambo films. Remember how Rambo used a bow an arrow with explosive tips? Those are back, you liked that right? We have a tank hitting a low-flying helicopter and exploding it, that sounds cool right? Rambo explodes someone while hanging them in a cave … that doesn't sound gross right? You see … I hate all of that. All of the stuff that they seem like they needed to fit into the last half hour is the worst parts of Rambo, and they go all in. That is why, I think, people don't have fond memories of this film. The ending of the film is just so silly and awful you can't really even remember that the first hour of the film is pretty good. The level of propaganda is extreme in this one as well. At one point a character literally says "the Afghan people have never been conquered. We already had our Vietnam, this is yours" to the Russian commander. Yikes, that didn't age very well.
The BMT – I think this is a decent example of how to make a bad third entry in an action franchise. The trilogy has quite the arc: a serious action/drama in the first, a full-throated action film in the second, and basically a parody of itself in the third. But … then again, I kind of like the third one still? It is still a pretty great action film for the first hour of the film. It just sinks under the idea / expectations of Rambo in the end. Did it meet my expectations? I think of the four films I watched this got the closest. It is hilarious how it basically spells out the catastrophe in Afghanistan for the US that would come 15 years later. And yet it is also a pretty amusing action film. That's just about what I was hoping for.
Roast-radamus – Definitely a very strong contender for Setting as a Character (Where?) for being set in Afghanistan, which must be a rather rare setting for a bad film. There was a brief shot of a Coca-Cola truck in Thailand in the beginning, but I don't think that'll be enough to bet a product placement nod. And the closest it'll get it a BMT nod I guess, as this is the only truly silly-bad film of the bunch.
StreetCreditReport.com – Once again we are too far back to really get any lists besides the yearly Siskel & Ebert show (it wasn't on that). I will say as far as contemporary fans are concerned, I think Rambo III is the one they'd put as the worst Rambo film made. So that is something. Which made it particularly nice that it managed to sneak in and qualify right at the last second this year.
You Just Got Schooled – I didn't have time to watch anything else but the canonical Rambo. I will point out that the beginning of Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls is effectively a combination of Cliffhanger (him losing the raccoon), and Rambo III (him retiring to the monastery at the top of a large staircase). That same scene is spoofed in MacGruber. The early Rambo was ripe for spoofing. And I said I would do it: Jamie's podcast Mac East 2nd Floor Studios Presents Submersion did an episode on the animated Rambo series Rambo: The Force of Freedom (Episode 79). And the episode features me as well. I rank the top ten Ruby-Spears animated series that have a submarine episode available online … yes, there are ten of them.
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Grandma and Grandpa renewing their vows after 27 years.
My grandmother, Bobbi (she of the practical jokes ) grew up in a poor family and only had an 8th grade education. High school back in the 1920's was expensive and wasn't something the family could afford, so she stayed home, caring for her sick mother and working as a waitress or maid when she could. One weekend, while she was at home, a good-looking fellow drove up in his Auburn Cord and brazenly asked Grandma to take a ride with him.
However, the young man was smitten by Grandma, because he was back the next day, with his cousins (whom Grandma DID know). They introduced him properly as Otto Abraham – "Tom" to his friends. Tom wasted no time asking Grandma to take a ride with him and they went on a date – in fact, they dated every night for the next two weeks and then they decided to get married. Grandma said that people thought they were being hasty, but that she thought Grandpa was a "swell guy" and she wasn't going to let him out of her grasp. She never did regret her decision.
Grandpa had joined his family's construction crew as a teenager, but work was hard to come by in 1928 – and even more so when the stock market crashed and the great depression hit the next year. He worked at whatever he could find – often working on road construction with his family's crew, but not too proud to be a wrangler at a dude ranch, a crop picker, or any other sort of odd job that came his way. However, he was often unemployed and worried about how he was going to support his growing brood. At the height of the depression, the family moved into a tiny home in Wells, Nevada. Grandpa was cleaning out a small shed the backyard and found a stash of money – more than he could make with 5-6 months of steady work! He used the money to pay off bills and to purchase much-needed food and clothing. But, one evening, there was a knock at the door and, when Grandpa opened it there was a "sinister looking" man outside – he was a secret service agent and had come to arrest Grandma and Grandpa for counterfeiting! After much explaining and showing the agent where he had found the money, a more thorough investigation was launched and it was discovered that the family that had previously rented the home (and had left town in a hurry) had been the actual counterfeiters.
In 1932, Grandpa was working in the potato fields in Idaho, harvesting, sorting and storing the spuds. My grandmother cooked for the crew of fourteen men to earn a bit extra, as any money was precious at that time. As the men were eating and talking, their language was colorful and peppered with swear words. With her two small, impressionable children at work with her, Grandma asked, over and over again, for the workers to please keep the language clean. Her requests seemed to work for only a few minutes and then the cussing would begin again. One day, one of the men let loose with a particularly vulgar word and Grandma, in a fit of frustration and anger, hurled a fork at him! It nearly took off his ear and lodged in the wall, right next to the man's head, quivering from the force of the throw. There was no more swear words in the cookhouse after that.
On one summer's day in 1956, my grandfather began to have a lot of pain in his arms and back. When it did not improve, my grandmother took him to the hospital, where they were assured that it was torn ligaments from the hard, manual labor Grandpa did each day. They taped him up and my grandmother stayed with him until about 8:30 that night, when he asked her to go home and check on my mother and her sister (who were then 8 and 12-years-old). Grandma got waylaid by some neighbors and talked to them for a while and when she got home, the phone was ringing. It was a friend, who told her, "I heard Tom died today, is there anything I can do?" Grandma laughed out loud and assured her friend that her husband was very much alive. However, a few minutes later, two more friends came to the house, telling her that her husband of 28 years was gone due to a heart attack. Grandma told us that she didn't remember much for days after that – just the terrible loss and grief.
While I have great memories of my grandmother, the only things I know of my grandfather are from the pictures that are left and stories that were told (and there were many stories – funny, dramatic, frightening, and thrilling). And whenever I'm driving in Idaho on a long and lonely mountain road, I wonder – did Grandpa see this same view? Was he here long ago, building this very road with his father and brothers? I like to think that he was.
I like what you remember. We all have struggles and we all die – but what good did we do and what fun did we have in our one precious life?
Life is short — you gotta make it count!
This is beautiful. Why not write a book about your ancestors to keep the memories alive? You can pass those stories down for generations to come.
What a lovely story. You told it so well. Thanks for sharing.
You are such a fabulous writer. I love this story. I have some family secrets percolating on the back burner in my mind to write at some point too.
That is one thing I like about Mormons — that they keep journals and so many stories are not lost. We even had a stagecoach robbing bandit in my family — I may have to write a post about him someday.


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Q: CSS - Only wrap text between elements, NOT characters (can't use a space) Let's say I have a few  elements like this, with no spaces between the elements:
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When rendered in a browser, and is being horizontally "squished", I would like the text to wrap ONLY between elements. So, only the first two examples should be allowed:
1. ✔ No wrapping:
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2. ✔ Element-only wrapping:
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3. ❌ Character wrapping (this must not be allowed):
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How do I prevent the characters from wrapping in CSS? Normally I'd put a space between the elements to get them to wrap properly, but I can't use spaces in this specific case. I've tried the following, but characters still wrap with this (in Firefox, at least):

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A: I think what you're looking for is white-space: nowrap (which will prevent wrapping within a single .n element), combined with display: inline-block (which will render the elements as inline block-level elements):

.n {
  white-space: nowrap;
  display: inline-block;
}

  aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccccccccc

This will render the elements beside each other if there is room, or wrap them if there isn't enough room, however no wrapping is allowed within a single .n element.
On a side note, I suggest using more descriptive class names. This will become a nightmare to maintain very quickly.

A: I would probably use flexbox in this scenario. Here's an example:

.flex {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

  aaaaaaaaaa
  bbbbbbbbbb
  cccccccccc

Flexbox is great for organizing elements on the page like this, I highly recommend researching it further.
EDIT: The other answers may be better for your situation. Flexbox is really powerful for organizing lots of content, but it may be over-engineering if you need something simple.

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Dauphin County ending 2021 with at least 21 homicides, district attorney reflects
by: Daniel Hamburg
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The City of Harrisburg has had three homicides in just the last week.
That violent end to the year is raising concern as we head into the new year.
UPDATE: Woman dead after domestic-related shooting in Harrisburg; suspect in custody
"I don't put a lot into the fact that there's been a clump of homicides can happen at a time. Sometimes you go a long streak without any and sometimes they're all clumped together," Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo said.
Chardo says any violence is too much violence and his office and the police are doing the best they can to deal with it. Dauphin County has had 21 homicides in 2021.
Law enforcement has cracked down on illegal gun purchases, getting dozens of weapons off the street, yet the violence persists.
"I don't want to blame it on COVID but certainly COVID has had an impact where, you know, there's been an increase in violence throughout the country. And I think that when you have people that are sort of bottled up, that that can have an impact," Chardo said.
UPDATE: Woman charged for allegedly stabbing, killing cousin
Chardo says some violent crimes are tied to domestic problems and of the county's 21 homicides, four were murder suicides. But Chardo says most can be attributed to drug disputes.
"Our drug task force works very, very well with other agencies," Chardo said. "It's a very, very cooperative approach and I think we've seen a great deal of success. It's just it's hard to measure."
Harrisburg police investigating deadly Emerald Street shooting
Chardo says they're in discussions about what can be done in the new year to have even more success.
"Working with our chiefs of police, we're trying to do everything we can with regard to gun violence because most of these involve gun violence and anything we can to crack down on illegal gun use on the streets, we're going to do it," Chardo said.
Harrisburg Police search for man charged with Criminal Homicide
Chardo also points to the county's focus on mental health issues as a way to curb violence
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Q: Unable to Get Multiple Select Options I'm trying to pull the selected options through AJAX into a django view.  It's only printing out the first selected option, not the 2nd or 3rd and so on.  If I pass a dictionary in the ajax, it receives it fine in the view.  So the error is not in the view, since the getlist is gathering the dictionary.  However, when I use the variable from the template.html, it only won't get more than 1 value.  I've tried adding "[]" after the name and id, but no success.  I've also tried some javascript from other answers on SO, but no results.

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            success: function(response) {
                $('.company-form-container').html(response);
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When our families go through battles with illness we know, as the mom, there seem to be no sick days for us. We may have restful days as we battle through the illness, but the needs of the home seem to await us until we are feeling better.
Times of difficult trials can also place a stress on our homes. How can we keep the peace of our homes when we do not at the moment see closure to the situation the Lord is bringing us through?
The Lord is my strength and my shield: in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
We must remember this truth in every situation – "The Lord is my strength" – "in Him my heart trusts, and I am helped." Whatever situation you are facing He has allowed, and it is for your good.
Make time to spend in the Word and prayer – You have nothing to offer others of spiritual value if you have not spent time alone with the Lord.
Focus on the basic needs during this time – time with the Lord, rest & food.
This is not a time to clean house but if time and strength permits, take a few minutes each day to tidy and keep some feeling of order.
Make a list of the must do's for that day – there should be no more than three must do's and eating must be one of them.
Accept and ask for help from others during this time. We have been so blessed by the love of our church family during trials and illness. The Lord provided through them many meals, words of encouragement and much prayer. Remember to reach out to others in need – there is much thankfulness in receiving a meal at your doorstep.
Your children are a huge help, and this is the time our training in basic home management is a true blessing.
I have two basic routines that I do every day – whether sick or well – they keep my home running in order and take very little time. Read my Morning Routine and Evening Routine when you have a moment. The lists of both are in my planner and on the inside of a kitchen cupboard door.
You may be a little more on edge so pray before you respond to your husband and children during this time. Stay close to the Lord, post Scriptures throughout your rooms, keep Bibles open in various areas and take time to be alone with the Lord in prayer.
Take time to enjoy and each other as a family. Cherish quiet meal times together, movie nights are great when everyone is feeling under the weather and just having the time to sit together to talk or to pray. Stay connected as a family always – during whatever circumstances you are facing.
Ladies, even when it seems things are overwhelming, and there is much on your plate – take time to cherish your husband everyday. Notes, hugs, kind words, kind gestures, and lots of love. Keep this relationship a priority no matter what you are facing.
Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything that makes me conscious of my need for Him. If prayer is birthed out of desperation, then anything that makes me desperate for God is a blessing.


(i) No.F.3(42)/Fin.(Rev-I)/2010-11/asf/210 dated 26.11.2010 regarding amendment in the First Schedule after the entry at Sl. No. 77 appended to the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 (Delhi Act 03 of 2005).
(ii) No.F.14(5)/LA-2010/ulaw/359 dated 31.12.2010 regarding Delhi value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, 2010 (Delhi Act 12 of 2010).
(iii) No.F.12(9)/Fin.(Rev-I)/2010-11/DS-II/09 dated 05.01.2011 regarding exemption of Luxury Tax to be provided in the Hotel for Pravasi Bhartiya Divas, 2011.
(iv) No.F.3(44)/Fin.(Rev-I)/2010-11/asf/1 dated 05.01.2011 regarding amendment in the Sixth Schedule appended to the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 (Delhi Act 03 of 2005).
(v) No.F.3(43)/Fin.(Rev-I)2010-11/DS-II/33 dated 19.01.2011 regarding amendment in the First Schedule after the entry at Sl. No. 78 appended to the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 (Delhi Act 03 of 2005).
(vi) No.F.3(10)/Fin.(T&E)/2009-10/asf/5 dated 24.01.2011 regarding amendment in the Fifth Schedule after the entry at Sl. No. 1 appended to the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 (Delhi Act 03 of 2005).
(vii) No.F.3(29)/Fin.(T&E)/2009-10/asf/6 dated 31.01.2011 regarding commencement of the Delhi Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, 2010 w.e.f 1st day of Feb, 2011.
(viii) F.12/01/2006/AR/12379-578/C dated 29.11.2010 regarding appointment of Shri Shanti Kumar Jain (IPS) as Whole Time Member, Public Grievances Commission, Govt. of NCT of Delhi.
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In the early 2000s Greg Sharrow and audio producer Erica Heilman conducted a set of interviews under the auspices of the Vermont Folklife Center for the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress. From those interviews, an audio documentary was produced called "Prisoners of War: A Story of Four American Soldiers," which focused on a group of Vermonters who had been captured during the Battle of the Bulge. Over the course of our research, we interviewed several veterans who shared powerful stories with us about their POW experiences but were not included in the documentary. In this episode of VT Untapped, we're proud to share one those stories through an interview with Maj. J. Francis Angier.
Francis grew up on a farm in New Haven, Vermont. He learned to fly at the tiny Bristol airport in the next town over and flew solo before even getting his driver's license. Before and after the war he was a farmer but his service as a pilot also extended throughout his life. He has been a member of the Vermont Air Guard and the Vermont Army Guard.
In this episode Francis speaks to us about his service in World War II. He was a member of the 8th Air Force and flew 33 missions during the war. On October 25th, 1944 his plane was shot down from an altitude of 30,000 feet. Several of his crewmen were killed in the crash, but Francis survived multiple injuries and interrogation by the local magistrate. He was brought to Stalag Luft III, a POW camp in the German province of Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan (now Žagań, Poland), 100 miles south-east of Berlin. He was held for six months before the U.S. 14th Armored Division liberated the prisoners on April, 1945.
Today, Francis is 95 years old and lives in a Veterans home in Land 'O Lakes, Florida. Thanks to his son, John Angier Jr. for speaking to us as we prepared this episode. To learn more about this incredible story, read Francis's book, Ready or Not: Into the Wild Blue.
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Francis in 2008 with his first great-grandchild.
Maj. Angier was originally interviewed by VFC Folklorist Greg Sharrow and audio producer Erica Heilman on October 3, 2003.


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Maharashtra govt announces Rs 150-crore package for onion farmershttps://indianexpress.com/article/india/maharashtra-govt-announces-rs-150-crore-package-for-onion-farmers-5503293/
Maharashtra govt announces Rs 150-crore package for onion farmers
The government's move, which will drain the state's debt-burdened exchequer further, comes in the wake of protests by onion farmers across the state.
Written by Sandeep Ashar, Parthasarathi Biswas | Mumbai, Pune | Published: December 21, 2018 9:17:28 am
Within minutes after the decision was taken, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis termed it as the "biggest relief ever" to onion farmers. (Representational/Express photo: Mayur Bargaje)
The BJP-Sena government in Maharashtra on Thursday rolled out a Rs 150-crore relief package for onion farmers in the state. The dole comes amid growing agrarian distress and on the back of the BJP's recent poll debacle in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. With the Devendra Fadnavis government announcing an ex-gratia grant of Rs 200 per quintal while imposing a maximum ceiling of 200 quintals per farmer, the dole means that each onion cultivator can avail up to Rs 40,000 in grant from the state exchequer.
While the state has about 10 lakh onion cultivators, the government hasn't given a carte blanche. It has clarified that those who have sold their produce between November 1 and December 15 will be eligible for the grant.
There has been a sharp drop in onion prices in the state since November. According to senior officials of the state marketing department, the sale price of the old crop of onion (summer harvested crop) has now come down to Rs 250-300 per quintal as compared to Rs 850-Rs 1,500 per quintal in October.
Politically motivated, it will help some farmers
The falling price of onions was bound to have major political ramifications that no political party could remain oblivious to. The subsidy has come in the wake of the BJP's disappointing performance in three states in the Hindi heartland. It remains to be seen if the subsidy will help contain farmers' unrest but, in the short term, it is bound to help those farmers who have been forced to sell onions at dirt cheap rates. Onion prices in Maharashtra had collapsed over a variety of reasons, such as the carry forward stock of rabi and the early arrival of south Indian onions. Prices are expected to improve after January.
What has compounded matters for local cultivators is the arrival of a fresh crop of onion in the state, which is still going at Rs 750-Rs 850 per quintal on account of superior quality.
The government's move, which will drain the state's debt-burdened exchequer further, comes in the wake of protests by onion farmers across the state. The relief translates into an aid of Rs 2 per kg of onion. On condition of anonymity, a senior BJP minister admitted that the move was aimed at curbing unrest among farmers and in rural areas ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Within minutes after the decision was taken, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis termed it as the "biggest relief ever" to onion farmers, while NCP state chief Jayant Patil, a former minister, said that the government was "making a mockery of the farmers".
In 2016, when onion prices had dropped similarly, the government had extended an ex-gratia grant of Rs 100 per quintal while imposing the same upper limit. The government has clarified that the relief won't be extended to traders selling onion in Mumbai's Agriculture Produce Market Committee, Vashi.
Subhash Deshmukh, Minister of Co-operation and Marketing, said: "It is expected that around 2 lakh farmers will benefit from the scheme." About 75 lakh quintal of onion has been sold between November 1 and December 15, he added.
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