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Q: Oracle Apex - REST data source - nested JSON array - trigger two tables - update function This question is a follow up to another SO question.
I've followed Carsten's instructions on the previous question. The trigger works as expected. I now just need to figure out how to handle the updating function of the trigger.
create or replace trigger "TR_MAINTAIN_LINES"
AFTER
insert or update or delete on "ORDERS_LOCAL"
for each row
begin
    if inserting then
        insert into ORDER_ITEMS_LOCAL ( order_id, line_id, line_number, product_id, quantity, price)
        ( select :new.order_id,
                 seq_line_id.nextval,
                 j.line_number,
                 j.product_id,
                 j.quantity,
                 j.price
            from json_table(
                     :new.order_items,
                     '$[*]' columns (
                         line_id for ordinality,
                         line_number number path '$.line_number',
                         product_id  number path '$.product_id',
                         quantity number        path '$.quantity',
                         price    number        path '$.price' ) ) j );
    elsif deleting then
        delete ORDER_ITEMS_LOCAL
        where order_id = :old.order_id;
    elsif updating then
        delete ORDER_ITEMS_LOCAL
        where order_id = :old.order_id;
        --
        -- handle the update case here.
        -- I would simply delete and re-insert ORDER_ITEMS rows.
    end if;
end;

Carsten did mention in his answer to a previous question:
"In the UPDATING case, :old.{column-name} references the value of a table column column before the update, :new.{column-name} references the value after the update."

*

*Would I leave the delete line? :

    elsif updating then
        delete ORDER_ITEMS_LOCAL
        where order_id = :old.order_id;
        --
        -- handle the update case here.
        -- I would simply delete and re-insert ORDER_ITEMS rows.

*

*Is the pseudo-code below the correct way to handle this? :

    elsif updating then
        delete ORDER_ITEMS_LOCAL
        where order_id = :old.order_id;
        insert into ORDER_ITEMS_LOCAL ( order_id, line_id, line_number, product_id, quantity, price)
        ( select :new.order_id,
                 seq_line_id.nextval,
                 :new.line_number,
                 :new.product_id,
                 :new.quantity,
                 :new.price )

A: I'm assuming that the update could potentially mean a new json value in ORDERS_LOCAL.ORDER_ITEMS. In that case the json needs to be parsed just like for the insert. Combine both inserting and deleting in a single if statement to avoid duplicate code.
create or replace trigger "TR_MAINTAIN_LINES"
AFTER
insert or update or delete on "ORDERS_LOCAL"
for each row
begin
    if inserting or updating then
        if updating then
          delete ORDER_ITEMS_LOCAL
          where order_id = :old.order_id;
        end if;
        insert into ORDER_ITEMS_LOCAL ( order_id, line_id, line_number, product_id, quantity, price)
        ( select :new.order_id,
                 seq_line_id.nextval,
                 j.line_number,
                 j.product_id,
                 j.quantity,
                 j.price
            from json_table(
                     :new.order_items,
                     '$[*]' columns (
                         line_id for ordinality,
                         line_number number path '$.line_number',
                         product_id  number path '$.product_id',
                         quantity number        path '$.quantity',
                         price    number        path '$.price' ) ) j );
    elsif deleting then
        delete ORDER_ITEMS_LOCAL
        where order_id = :old.order_id;
    end if;
end;


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More than 200,000 people could be saved from experiencing cancer in the next 25 years if all Australians maintained a healthy weight and exercised enough.
That includes 190,500 potentially preventable cancers linked to Australian's being overweight and another 19,200 connected to people not exercising for at least five hours a week.
The figures have emerged in new research by the Brisbane-based QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, published in the International Journal of Cancer on Monday.
The results of the study, funded by the Cancer Council and the federal government's National Health and Medical Research Council, come as more than two-thirds of adults are considered overweight or obese.
Nearly half of Australians aren't sufficiently active.
The cancers with the highest number of potentially avoidable cases include post-menopausal breast, endometrium, bowel and kidney cancers.
Obesity Policy Coalition executive director Jane Martin says the number of deaths that could be stopped through healthier lifestyles is striking and shows Australia has got a "very serious problem".
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"There are a proportion of cancers that aren't preventable, but this shows that there are a lot that are," she told AAP.
"We need to do some broad policy changes to create an environment that makes the healthy choice the easy choice."
Restricting junk food marketing to children, putting a health levy on sugary drinks and improving food labelling are among initiatives Ms Martin's group believe could help.
They also recommend funding more effective social marketing campaigns encouraging people to be a healthy weight.
Cancer Council chief executive Sanchia Aranda said both sides of politics need to recognise their responsibility to promote more public education about the benefits of good nutrition and exercise.
But individuals can also take steps to reduce their risk of lifestyle-related cancers, she said.
"Improving your diet can be as simple as eating more fruit, vegetables and whole grains. An easy measure is the two-and-five goal - two fruits and five serves of vegetables every day," she said.
"When it comes to physical activity, if you can't commit to five hours of physical activity per week it's important to remember that every little bit counts.
"So making an effort to be more active each day can still lead to better health."
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The flower clock: How a small protein helps flowers to develop right and on time
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An early stage flower of Arabidopsis thaliana. Using confocal microscopy, Shang Erlei et al. found that KNUCKLES (KNU), encoding a C2H2-type zinc finger repressor, expresses in floral meristem (shown in red) from floral stage 6 and overlaps with the stem cell marker gene CLVTAVA3 (CLV3) expressing cells (shown in green). Further, KNU directly repressed CLV3 and mediates a regulatory framework for the timely controlled floral meristem determinacy. Credit: Bo Sun
Researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology and Nanjing University have found that KNUCKLES (KNU), a small multi-functional protein, helps flowers to complete their development correctly and in a timely way. KNU stops a feedback loop between two genes, playing multiple roles to allow the proper formation of flower reproductive organs within a short time frame. This research will be useful for genetic studies of food crops, and food production globally.
How flowers form properly within a limited time frame has been a mystery, at least until now. Researchers from Japan and China have discovered how a multi-tasking protein helps flowers to develop as expected.
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In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from Nanjing University and Nara Institute of Science and Technology have revealed that a small protein plays multiple roles to ensure that floral reproductive organs are formed properly within a short space of time.
Flowers develop from floral meristems, which differentiate to produce the sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels. The proper development of these floral organs depends on meristem development being completed within a certain time period. In the early stages of flower development, stem cells provide the cell source for floral organ formation. In floral meristems, stem cell activities are maintained via a feedback loop between WUSCHEL (WUS), a gene that identifies floral stem cells, and CLAVATA3 (CLV3), a stem cell marker gene that is activated and sustained by WUS.
"A small protein called KNUCKLES (KNU) represses WUS directly, which leads to the completion of floral stem cell activity at the right time," says lead author Erlei Shang of the study. "What isn't fully understood is how the robust floral stem cell activity finishes within a limited time period to ensure carpel development."
"The team's research revealed that in Arabidopsis thaliana, KNU can completely deactivate the robust floral meristems at a particular floral stage, thanks to the multiple functions that KNU carries out via its position-specific roles," says senior author Toshiro Ito.
KNU both represses and silences WUS, and directly represses CLV3 and CLV1 (a gene that encodes a receptor for the CLV3 peptide). Consequently, KNU eliminates the CLV3-WUS feedback loop via transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms (i.e., those that do not involve changes in the underlying DNA sequences). Additionally, KNU interacts physically with the WUS protein, which inhibits WUS from sustaining CLV3, disrupting interactions that are required for the maintenance of floral meristems.
"Our results reveal a regulatory pathway where KNU plays a key role in supporting the completion of floral meristem development within a short time window, and ensures that flower reproductive organs are properly formed," says corresponding author Bo Sun.
The results of this research will be useful for genetic studies of food crop species such as rice, tomatoes, and maize. An understanding of the floral meristem termination mechanism discovered in this study will benefit crop yields for food production globally.
Scientists discover new function of FHY3 in plant meristem determinacy and maintenance
Robust control of floral meristem determinacy by position-specific multifunctions of KNUCKLES, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2102826118
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Catholic Schools have provided an invaluable service to the United States and Western Pennsylvania as well. U.S. Catholic Bishops recognize the importance of Catholic schools. In the Pittsburgh Diocese and other dioceses, the building of schools was given priority over the building of the parish church after World War II. At that time, religious orders comprised most of the staffing of these schools. Their dedication has left a legacy of schools with excellent academic success founded on the Gospel truth which is rooted in God's inestimable love for each and every person.
Catholic education has been an integral part of the life of the United States.
Pope Saint John Paul II, in his 1999 Apostolic Exhortation, "The Church in America", stated, "It is essential that every possible effort be made to ensure that Catholic schools, despite financial difficulties, continue to provide a Catholic education to the poor and the marginalized in society. It will never be possible to free the needy from their poverty unless they are first freed from the impoverishment arising from the lack of adequate education."
Generally, parish schools and parents of school children receive some aid from the diocese, but the bulk of the burden falls to the parish itself, and much of that burden falls to the parents of those with school age children through tuition and fundraising. Unfortunately, the support available at the diocesan level is not sufficient to prevent the closing of numerous parish schools. It is very important that we do not allow a dynamic to exist where only schools remain open in affluent neighborhoods and where only those with financial means are able to avail themselves of a Catholic Education.
It is worthwhile to consider that the public school system model relies on all members of the community to contribute to the funding of public education. Education is seen as a core service to the community. The obvious dilemma is that married couples or single parents with children at school age are generally at the lower end of their earning capacity and range in age from their 20's to 40's At this point in their lives, they face the challenging task of handling housing, car, food, clothing, and all the other expenses of a family. Assuming tuition for one child is $4,000 a year, a Catholic grade school education will cost $32,000 over eight years. This is before considering a Catholic secondary school and before considering that parents often are trying to save for college tuition.
This burden understandably increases as many parents have been blessed with more than one child. A very real need exists for those who feel God's call to help support lower and middle income parents in their desire to send their children to a Catholic School. We, as a Church, need to recognize and support the decision of parents who want to send their children to a Catholic School. Their decision is a beautiful response to their wedding day vow to raise their children according to the law of Christ and his Church.
Catholic Schools represent a beacon of hope for the Church and for our country. Catholic Schools generally will likely not ever compete with the physical facilities of the public school system. Amidst the present day culture which overemphasizes the material and passing things of this world, the Catholic school focuses on an education with profoundly deeper values which stem from the daily invitation of Christ into the classroom. Catholic Schools allow God, the source of all wisdom and knowledge, to be the foundation of the educational experience.
In turn, God can reveal His love that transcends all learning and knowledge so that learning is not an end in itself, but can be seen in the context of God's great love for each child. In this setting, a student can come to understand their inestimable value in God's eyes and begin to understand the ultimate goal of their life. The Catholic School environment is essential to parents to supplement their primary role of educators of the faith. They are able to counter balance negative cultural influences through daily participation in prayer and service to others as well as frequent participation in a sacramental life.
Teach the Truth strives to ensure viable Catholic Schools remain an option for all parents of school age children. Although the landscape has changed for U.S. Catholic Schools with the majority of the staffing shifting from religious orders to dedicated lay professionals, Christ's call to evangelization remains the same. The Church strives to aid Catholic Schools from the diocesan level, but numerous other responsibilities preclude the Church from being able to ensure that all children have an opportunity to go to a Catholic School. Teach the Truth invites individuals of goodwill to participate in the noble call to maintain the legacy of Catholic schools.
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Nigel headed Kim from the start on a very cold morning, and led into lap two but Kim soon got past and pulled clear. Andy Parsons took a good third place on his new 29" wheeled Giant after being pushed hard early on by Yeovil CC junior rider Kris Caines, who took fourth. Kris' dad Darren was next home in fifth and the last of the unlapped riders. Vince Hounsome was a lap down in sixth, while everyone else was two laps down or more.
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Q: MS Test "Method not found: System.String" Error Since recently some of my MS Test unit tests have stopped working. I haven't changed anything in the tests themselves. The error I am getting is the following:

Test Failed - [file name]
Message: Method not found: 'System.String Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.TestResult.get_TestContextMessages()'.

Under 'References', in my unit test Project (in Visual Studio), I have the following:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.MSTest.TestAdapter
Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.MSTestAdapter.PlatformServices
Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.MSTestAdapter.PlatformServices.Interface
Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.TestFramework
Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.TestFramework.Extensions
Moq
Ploeh.AutoFixture
Ploeh.AutoFixture.AutoMoq

Anybody know what the problem is here?

A: So the problem essentially is what I described in the last comment, i.e. if you create a new Unit Test project in Visual Studio 2015, it comes with Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework already installed. If you then install MSTest.TestFramework from NuGet, which is going to be MSTest version 2 (this is important to note), this is going to create Ambiguous Reference issue for test attributes such as TestClass and TestInitialize, i.e. the Unit Test project doesn't compile.
To resolve the issue above, the Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework reference can be removed from the project. That makes everything work fine, which was the case with my project. After some time though, for an unknown reason, something got corrupted in my Unit Test project and I started getting the error in the original post. To resolve this, I created a new Unit Test project, moved all of my unit tests to it, added a reference MSTest.TestFramework and deleted the one to Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.
Here is a related issue.

A: Have you also referenced Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.dll? I don't see it in mentioned project references. This library is referenced in MS test projects by default though.
Also, see if the processor architecture of the tests and target project are same. Processor architecture of the test can be checked from menu Test->Test Settings->Default Processor Architecture. Possibly it would need to be changed to x64.

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Instead of arresting a woman accused of shoplifting, these NYPD cops paid for her groceries
Image from Paul Bozymowkski via cbsnews.com
NEW YORK (CBS NEWS) — Three New York City police officers were working on the Fourth of July when they decided to stop by a Manhattan Whole Foods supermarket. Security guards told the cops a woman was shoplifting groceries — and officers are now getting massive praise for their generous response.
The cops — now identified as Lt. Louis Sojo and Officers Esnaidy Cuevas and Michael Rivera — were on the way to grab a snack and cold drink in the store when security guards told them a woman was stealing food, Sojo said at a press conference Friday. The cops approached her to assess the situation.
"I asked her, 'What's going on?' She told me she was hungry," said Sojo."So, I looked in her bag. I decided — we decided — to say 'We'll pay for her food.'"
Sojo said the security guard was shocked by the kind response, but brought the officers over to the cashier to pay for the woman's food. "At that moment, she was extremely emotional," said Sojo. "She did thank us, but she was pretty much speechless at what happened."
Film and TV director Paul Bozymowkski, who was in the store during the event, tweeted about the incident Thursday afternoon, "This woman was being held by security. She had food in her bag she didn't pay for. When the NYPD showed up, they paid for her food."
He also posted an image of the officers paying for the alleged shoplifter's food, which appeared to show her getting emotional. The photo has over 2,000 likes and nearly 500 retweets at press time. Bozymowski told CBS News that "it was very moving to see such a genuine act of kindness."
This woman was being held by security.
She had food in her bag she didn't pay for.
When the NYPD showed up, they paid for her food.
Happy 4th…! #July4th #FourthOfJuly #NYPD pic.twitter.com/zWHV1Fn1Wg
— paul bozymowski (@pboz) July 4, 2019
Sojo said the officers did not expect the good deed to receive so much positive attention and that they were "extremely humbled" by the response. He added that it isn't uncommon for officers to pay for someone's food.
"You know, I've been doing this for 22 years. This is not the first time I've paid for food. This is not the first time they've paid for someone's food," he said referring to the two other cops."We don't go out and do it all the time, but, you know, when you look at someone's face and you notice that they need you, and they're actually hungry. It's pretty difficult as a human being to walk away from something like that. We weren't raised like that. So, it's the right thing to do."
In addition to praise from the public, the officers were honored by the NYPD's Chief of Department Terence A. Monahan on Twitter. "Cops like Lt. Sojo and Officers Cuevas and Rivera of the Strategic Response Group are the kind-hearted cops who quietly do good deeds for New Yorkers in need," he wrote on a retweet of Bozymowkski's message.
Cops like Lt. Sojo and Officers Cuevas and Rivera of the Strategic Response Group are the kind-hearted cops who quietly do good deeds for New Yorkers in need. My thanks to @pboz for highlighting the often unnoticed. https://t.co/gbsjkx3iVE
— Chief Terence Monahan (@NYPDChiefofDept) July 4, 2019
When asked what the woman had in her bag, Sojo said he saw food he believed was from the ready-to-eat hot food buffet. He said the food cost between $30 and $35.
"This gets done throughout the city, throughout the state, throughout the country all the time," Lt. Sojo said."This is what cops do. We also enforce the law, but we also help."
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Eric Clapton's New Animated Music Video "Spiral" - Watch It Here!
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Eric Clapton has premiered the animated music video for "Spiral," a track off his new album, I Still Do. The bluesy number finds Eric ruminating about playing music. "You don't know how much it means, to have the music in me," he sings over his signature electric guitar. The video shows the guitarist at different stages of his long career, now into it's sixth decade.
In the recording studio, Eric improvised the lyrics right on the spot. "I have worked with many songwriters where stuff is written in the studio, but very rarely has an entire lyric come out like that," says producer Glyn Johns of the song's "spontaneous" origins. "It completely blew me away."
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Q: How to shuffle my array with no repetitions? I'm trying to create an array of 256 stimuli that represents the frequency value to input into my sound stimuli. So far I have created an array of 4 numbers representing the 4 different frequency levels for my audio tones:
#Pitch list - create an array from 1 to 4 repeated for 256 stimuli

pitch_list = [1,2,3,4]
new_pitch_list = np.repeat(pitch_list,64)
random.shuffle(new_pitch_list)
print(new_pitch_list)

#Replace 1-4 integers in new_pitch_list with frequency values

for x in range(0,len(new_pitch_list)):
     if new_pitch_list[x] == 1:
          new_pitch_list[x] = 500
     elif new_pitch_list[x] == 2:
          new_pitch_list[x] = 62
     elif new_pitch_list[x] == 3:
          new_pitch_list[x] = 750
     else:
          new_pitch_list[x] == 4
          new_pitch_list[x] = 875

My code works for randomly producing an array of 256 numbers of which there are 4 possibilities (500, 625, 750, 875). However, my problem is that I need to create the new_pitch_list so there are no repetitions of 2 numbers. I need to do this so the frequency of the audio tones isn't the same for consecutive audio tones.
I understand that I may need to change the way I use the random.shuffle function, however, I'm not sure if I also need to change my for loop as well to make this work.
So far I have tried to replace the random.shuffle function with the random.choice function, but I'm not sure if I'm going in the wrong direction.Because I'm still fairly new to Python coding, I'm not sure if I can solve this problem without having to change my for loop, so any help would be greatly appreciated!

A: I would make it so that you populate your array with 3 of your 4 values, and then each time you see consecutive duplicate values you replace the second one with the 4th value. Something like this (untested, but you get the gist).
Also - I'd cut out some of the lines you don't need:
new_pitch_list = np.repeat([500, 62, 750],64)
random.shuffle(new_pitch_list)
print(new_pitch_list)

#Replace 1-4 integers in new_pitch_list with frequency values

for x in range(1,len(new_pitch_list)):
    if(new_pitch_list[x-1] == new_pitch_list[x]):
        new_pitch_list[x] = 875

A: After you assign each value, remove that value from the list of choices, and use random.choice().
pitches = [600, 62, 750, 875]
last_pitch = random.choice(pitches)
new_pitch_list = [last_pitch]

for _ in range(255):
    pitches.remove(last_pitch)
    pitch = random.choice(pitches)
    new_pitch_list.append(pitch)
    pitches.append(last_pitch)


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The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is a United States-based nonprofit organization originally founded as a grassroots group by family members of people diagnosed with mental illness. NAMI identifies its mission as "providing advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives" and its vision as "a world where all people affected by mental illness live healthy, fulfilling lives supported by a community that cares". NAMI offers classes and trainings for people living with mental illnesses, their families, community members, and professionals, including what is termed psychoeducation, or education about mental illness. NAMI holds regular events which combine fundraising for the organization and education, including Mental Illness Awareness Week and NAMIWalks.

Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, NAMI has around 1,000 state and local affiliates and is represented in all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Funding comes from individual contributions, corporate sponsorships, events, and grants. NAMI publishes a magazine around twice a year called The Advocate. NAMI also runs a HelpLine five days a week.

History
NAMI was founded in Madison, Wisconsin, by Harriet Shetler and Beverly Young. The two women both had sons diagnosed with schizophrenia, and "were tired of being blamed for their sons' mental illness". Unhappy with the lack of services available and the treatment of those living with mental illness, the women sought out others with similar concerns. The first meeting held to address these issues in mental health led to the formation of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in 1979. In 1997, the legal name was changed to the acronym NAMI by a vote of the membership due to concerns that the name National Alliance for the Mentally Ill did not use person-first language. In 2005, the meaning of NAMI was changed to the backronym National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Mission

NAMI identifies its mission as to promote recovery by preserving and strengthening family relationships "affected by mental illness". NAMI's programs and services include education, support groups, informational publications, and presentations. Although originally focused primarily on family members, in more recent years NAMI has moved toward trying to include people diagnosed with mental illness as well (although activists have criticized these efforts). In addition, NAMI has a strong focus on discriminatory attitudes and behaviors about mental illness (what they term stigma); another identified goal is "to increase public and professional understanding", and "to improve the mental health system".

Structure
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit run by a board of directors who are elected by membership. NAMI National is the umbrella organization; state and local affiliates operate semi-independently, in an attempt to more accurately represent those in the surrounding communities. Since 2020, NAMI has been using a five-year strategic plan.

The current chief executive officer is Daniel H. Gillison, Jr., who prior to NAMI led the American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF), the nonprofit arm of American Psychiatric Association.

The national chief executive officer from 2014-2019 was Mary Giliberti, who resigned on April 24, 2019. Gilberti has a law degree from Yale University and clerked for Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch. Before coming to NAMI, Giliberti worked as a senior attorney at Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law for almost ten years and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee from 2008 to 2014. She worked for NAMI National during this time as the director of public policy and advocacy for federal and state issues. In 2017, she was "appointed by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) to serve as one of 14 non-federal members of HHS' Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee."

National and state NAMI organizations function to provide Governance, Public Education, Political Advocacy, and management of NAMI's Educational Programs. At the local level, local NAMI chapters also provide assistance in obtaining mental health resources, scheduling and administration of NAMI's programs, and hosting local meetings and events for NAMI members.

In February 2020, NAMI Sioux Falls merged with the South Dakota Office. The move was a result of a decision by the national NAMI office.

Partnerships

Celebrities
NAMI has partnered with a number of celebrities and influencers, including:

CEO Alliance for Mental Health
Beginning in 2020, NAMI CEO Daniel Gillison, Jr. has assembled a coalition of leaders of national mental health organizations to "chart a new course" for the country's care system. The coalition includes representatives from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, Massachusetts Association of Mental Health, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, Mental Health America, National Association for Behavioral Healthcare, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, and Treatment Advocacy Center, among others.

Community partners
NAMI works with non-partisan VoteRiders to spread state-specific information on voter ID requirements.

Additional partners include:

 Alpha Kappa Alpha
 Counter Logic Gaming
 Fox Sports
 HOSA-Future Health Professionals
 Instagram
 Jack and Jill of America
 The Jed Foundation
 Lokai
 Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute
 Tumblr
 Women's Health

Philosophy and positions
NAMI generally endorses a medical model approach to mental illnesses, and previously was a major proponent of terming them "serious brain disorders" during the "decade of the brain". NAMI endorses the term anosognosia, or "that someone is unaware of their own mental health condition or that they can't perceive their condition accurately". While NAMI previously referred to mental illnesses as "serious brain disorders", current advice on their "How we talk about NAMI" page recommends against this language.

Advocacy
NAMI advocates to improve the lives of people affected by mental health conditions. Their policy priorities include improving healthcare, crisis response, and stopping discrimination and harmful practices.

Programs
NAMI programs are generally in the area of support and education for individuals and families, often for no cost. The programs are set up through local NAMI Affiliate organizations, with different programs varying in their targeted audience.

NAMI Family-to-Family
The NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program is a free eight-week course targeted toward family and friends of individuals with mental illness, providing education from a medical model perspective of mental illness. Originally offered as a twelve-week program, but updated to a shorter model in 2020, the courses are taught by a NAMI-trained family member of a person diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. Family-to-Family is taught in 44 states, and two provinces in Canada. The program was developed by clinical psychologist Joyce Burland. Facilitators are required to teach material from the curriculum without alteration.

Purpose
The Family-to-Family program provides general information about mental illness and how it is currently treated from a medical model perspective. The programs cover mental illnesses including schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, etc., as well as the indications and side effects of medications. Family-to-Family takes a biologically-based approach to explaining mental illness and its treatments.

According to the NAMI website, Family-to-Family program states its goals as teaching coping and advocacy skills, providing mutual support, how to "handle a crisis", "information on mental health conditions and how they affect the brain", and locating resources in the community

Evidence Base
The NAMI Family-to-Family program has initial research evidence; one randomized clinical trial showed gains in empowerment, increases in problem solving and reductions in participant anxiety scores following the class; these changes persisted at 6 month follow up. These studies confirm an earlier finding that Family-to-Family graduates describe a permanent transformation in the understanding and engagement with mental illness in themselves and their family. Because a randomized controlled trial is at risk of poor external validity by mechanism of self-selection, Dixon and colleges sought out to strengthen the evidence base by confirming the benefits attributed to Family-to-Family with a subset of individuals who declined participation during initial studies

The NAMI Family-to-Family program was found to increase self efficacy in family members involved in caring for a family member with schizophrenia while reducing subjective burden and need for information.  In light of recent research, Family-to-Family was added to the SAMHSA National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP), although as of January 2018 this database and designation has been eliminated by SAMHSA.

NAMI Peer-to-Peer

The NAMI Peer-to-Peer is an eight-week educational program aimed at adults diagnosed with a mental illness. The NAMI Peer-to-Peer program describes the course as a holistic approach to recovery through lectures, discussions, interactive exercises, and teaching stress management techniques. The program provides information about biological explanations of mental illness, symptoms, and personal experiences. The program also includes information about interacting with healthcare providers as well as decision making and stress reducing skills. The Peer-to-Peer philosophy is advertised as being centered around certain values such as individuality, autonomy, and unconditional positive regard. The program is also available in Spanish

Preliminary studies have suggested Peer-to-Peer provided many of its purported benefits (e.g. self-empowerment, disorder management, confidence). Peer interventions in general have been studied more extensively, having been found to increase social adjustment

NAMI In Our Own Voice

The NAMI In Our Own Voice (IOOV) program started as a mental health consumer education program for people living with schizophrenia in 1996, and was further developed to IOOV with grant funding from Eli Lily & Co. in 2002.  The program was based on the idea that those successfully living with mental illness were experts in a sense, and sharing their stories would benefit those with similar struggles. The program approached this by relaying the idea that recovery is possible, attempting to build confidence and self-esteem. Because of the initial success of the program and positive reception, IOOV also took on the role of public advocacy.

NAMI In Our Own Voice involves two trained speakers presenting personal experiences related to mental illness, in front of an audience. Unlike the majority of NAMI's programs, IOOV consists of a single presentation educating groups of individuals with the acknowledgement many are likely unfamiliar with mental illness. The program's aims include raising awareness regarding NAMI and mental illness in general, addressing stigma, and empowering those affected by mental illness. Other than those directly affected by mental illness, In Our Own Voice often educates groups of individuals like law enforcement, politicians, and students.

In Our Own Voice has been shown to be superior at reducing self stigmatization of families when compared to clinician led education. Research into the effectiveness of the NAMI In Our Own Voice program has shown the program also can be of benefit to Graduate level therapists and adolescents. A 2016 study evaluating IOOV in California found significant reductions in desire for social distancing after attending an IOOV presentation, although no validated measures were used in the evaluation.

NAMI Basics
The NAMI Basics Program is a six-session course for parents or other primary caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illness. NAMI Basics is conceptually similar to NAMI Family-to-Family in that it aims to educate families, but recognizes providing care for a child living with mental illness presents unique challenges in parenting, and that mental illness in children typically manifest differently than in adults. Because of the development of the brain and nervous system throughout childhood and adolescence, information regarding mental illness biology and its presentation is fundamentally different from with adults. The NAMI Basics program has a relatively short time course to accommodate parents' difficulty in attending because of their caregiver status.

NAMI Connection
The NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group Program is a weekly support group for adults living with mental illness. The program is for adults 18+ diagnosed with mental illness and groups are usually weekly for 90 minutes. The support groups are led by trained facilitators who identify as having experienced mental illness themselves.

NAMI On Campus

NAMI On Campus is an initiative for university students to start NAMI On Campus organizations within their respective universities. NAMI On Campus was started to address the mental health issues of college-aged students. Adolescence and early adulthood are periods where the onset of mental illness is common, with 75 percent of mental illnesses beginning by age 24. When asked what barriers, if any, prevented them from gaining support and treatment, surveys found stigma to be the number one barrier.

Ending the Silence
This 50-minute or one hour program is available for students, school staff, and family members. It involves two presenters: one who shares educational information and one who is a young adult living well in recovery who shares their personal story. This program has been shown to improve the mental health knowledge of middle- and high school students.

In 2017, Former Second Lady of the United States Tipper Gore gave a $1 million donation to the Ending the Silence program.

Funding

NAMI receives funding from both private and public sources, including corporations, federal agencies, foundations and individuals. NAMI maintains that it is committed to avoiding conflicts of interest and does not endorse nor support any specific service or treatment. Records of NAMI's quarterly grants and contributions since 2009 are freely available on its website.

In 2017, NAMI had a 16% increase in overall revenue.

Corporate sponsors
NAMI's current and recent corporate sponsors include:

NAMIWalks
The 2017 annual report noted "$11.3 million raised across the country by 68,000 participants."

COVID-19 Mental Health Support Fund
NAMI launched the COVID-19 Mental Health Support Fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund received donations from its corporate partners as well as the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, Hearst Foundation, Johnson & Johnson, Kind, LivaNova, Starbucks and Thrive Global. NAMI also launched the Frontline Wellness program to support healthcare workers, funded by the American College of Emergency Physicians, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and various corporations.

Criticism

The funding of NAMI by multiple pharmaceutical companies was reported by the investigative magazine Mother Jones in 1999, including that an Eli Lilly & Company executive was then "on loan" to NAMI working out of NAMI headquarters.

During a 2009 investigation into the drug industry's influence on the practice of medicine, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent letters to NAMI and about a dozen other influential disease and patient advocacy organizations asking about their ties to drug and device makers. The investigation confirmed pharmaceutical companies provided a majority of NAMI's funding, a finding which led to NAMI releasing documents listing donations over $5,000.

Dr. Peter Breggin, a leader of the anti-psychiatry movement and opponent of COVID-19 lockdowns, refers to NAMI as an "AstroTurf lobbying organization" of the "psychopharmaceutical complex."

See also

 Biological Psychiatry
 Cole Resource Center
 Psychiatric survivors movement
 Self-help groups for mental health
 Treatment Advocacy Center
 Moon Knight - episodes' end credits end with disclaimers relating to NAMI.

References

External links
 NAMI.org - Official NAMI website

Mental health support groups
1979 establishments in the United States
Health and disability rights organizations in the United States
Mental health organizations in Virginia
Organizations established in 1979

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The Crumbling Architecture of Nuclear Arms Control
Posted on October 25, 2018 by Yves Smith
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By Dan Smith, Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. He is also a part-time Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manchester, affiliated with the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute. Until August, 2015, he was Secretary General of International Alert, the London-based international peacebuilding organization. Originally published at his blog; cross posted from openDemocracy
At a political rally on Saturday 20 October President Trump announced that the US will withdraw from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty of 1987. This confirms what has steadily unfolded over the last couple of years: the architecture of US-Russian nuclear arms control is crumbling.
Building Blocks of Arms Control
As the Cold War ended, four new building blocks of east-west arms control were laid on top of foundations set by the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty of 1972:
– The 1987 INF Treaty eliminated all ground-launched missiles with a range between 500 and 5,500 kilometres, including both cruise and ballistic missiles.
– The 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) reduced the numbers of strategic nuclear weapons; further cuts were agreed in 2002 and again in 2010 in the New START agreement.
– The 1990 Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty) capped at equal levels the number of heavy weapons deployed between the Atlantic and the Urals by the then-members of both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Treaty Organization (WTO).
– The 1991 Presidential Nuclear Initiatives (PNIs) were parallel, unilateral but agreed actions by both the US and the USSR to eliminate short-range tactical nuclear weapons, of which thousands existed.
Taken together, the nuclear measures – the INF Treaty, START and PNIs – had a major impact, as this graph from the Federation of American Scientists shows:
The fastest pace of reduction was in the 1990s. A deceleration began just before the new century started, and there has been a further easing of the pace in the last six years. But year by year, the number continues to fall. By the start of 2018 the global total of nuclear weapons was 14,700 compared to an all-time high of some 70,000 in the mid-1980s. Nuclear weapons are more capable in many ways than before; the reduction is, nonetheless, both large and significant.
Cracks Appear: Charge and Counter-Charge
Even while the numbers continued to drop, problems were emerging. Not least, in 2002 the US unilaterally withdrew from the ABM Treaty. That did not stop the US and Russia signing the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty in 2002 or New START in 2010 but perhaps it presaged later developments.
Trump's announcement brings towards its conclusion a process that has been going on for several years. The US declared Russia to be violating the Treaty in July 2014. That, of course, was during the Obama administration. The allegation that Russia has breached the INF Treaty, in other words, is not new. This year the USA's NATO allies also aligned themselves with the US accusation, albeit somewhat guardedly (cf the careful wording in paragraph 46 of the July Summit Declaration).
The charge is that Russia has developed a ground-launched cruise missile with a range over 500 kilometres. Many details have not been clearly stated publicly but it seems Russia may have modified a sea-launched missile (the Kalibr) and combined it with a mobile ground-based launcher (the Iskander K system). The modified system is known sometimes as the 9M729, or the SSC-8, or the SSC-X-8.
Russia rejects the US accusation. It makes the counter-charge that the US has itself violated the Treaty in three ways: first by using missiles banned under the Treaty for target practice; second because some US drones are effectively cruise missiles; and third because it has taken a maritime missile defence system and based it on land (Aegis Ashore) although its launch tubes could, the Russians say, be used for intermediate range missiles. Naturally, the US rejects these charges.
A further Russian criticism of the US over the INF Treaty is that, if the US wanted to discuss alleged non-compliance, it should have used the Treaty's Special Verification Commission before going public. This was designed specifically to address questions about each side's compliance. It did not meet between 2003 and November 2016; it was during that 13-year interval that US concerns about Russian cruise missiles arose.
Now Trump seems to have closed the argument by announcing withdrawal. Under Article XV of the Treaty, withdrawal can happen after six months' notice. Unless there is a timely change of approach by either side or both, the Treaty looks likely to be a dead letter by April 2019.
It could be, however, that the announcement is intended as a manoeuvre to get concessions from the Russian side on the alleged missile deployment or on other aspects of an increasingly tense US-Russian relationship. That is what Russian deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, implied by calling it "blackmail".
Arms Control in Trouble
Whether the imminence of the INF Treaty's demise is more apparent than real, its plight is part of a bigger picture. Arms control is in deep trouble. As well as the US abrogation of the ABM Treaty in 2002,
– Russia effectively withdrew from the CFE Treaty in 2015 arguing that the equal cap was no longer fair when five former Warsaw Pact states had joined NATO.
– The 2010 New START agreement on strategic nuclear arms lasts until 2021 and there are currently no talks about prolonging or replacing it.
– Russia claims that the US is technically violating New START because some launchers have been converted to non-nuclear use in a way that is not visible to Russia so it cannot verify them in the way the Treaty says it must be able to. The Russian government's position is that until this is resolved, it is not possible to start work on the prolongation of New START, despite its imminent expiry date.
It seems likely that the precarious situation of US-Russian arms control will simultaneously put increasing pressure on the overall nuclear non-proliferation regime, and sharpen the arguments about the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. For the advocates of what is often known as the nuclear ban, the erosion of arms control reinforces the case for moving forward to a world without nuclear weapons. For its opponents, the erosion of arms control shows the world is not at all ready for or capable of a nuclear ban.
The risk of a return to nuclear weapons build-ups by both Russia and the US is visible. We risk losing the degree of safety we gained with the end of the Cold War and have enjoyed since then. With US National Security Advisor John Bolton in Moscow as I write, and more importantly with the well-earned reputation for springing surprises that the US and Russian Presidents both have, there may be more developments in one direction or another in the coming days or weeks.
This entry was posted in Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Links, Politics, Russia on October 25, 2018 by Yves Smith.
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The Rev Kev October 25, 2018 at 6:22 am
The British author John Wyndham once wrote that 95 per cent of the human race wants to live in peace while the other 5 per cent was always considering its chances if it should risk starting anything. It was chiefly because no one's chances looked too good, what with nuclear weapons, that the lull after WW2 continued. Now it looks like a new generation of wonks who are not reality-based want to put the US in the position of being able to launch a pre-emptive nuclear attack on at least Russia with missiles based in Europe. Like with the old Pershing missiles, tough luck if you live in Europe. Russia has already said that they will target any European country that houses these missiles with nukes.
Saw a hint on RT that if the US continues these efforts, that Russia may develop missiles that could set off the Yellowstone Caldera. That would be…not good. The Russians are always ready to negotiate but the problem is that the US now has a reputation of being agreement-incapable. Remember that Bush was stationing missiles in Europe as a shield against non-existent Iranian nukes on top of Iranian missiles that did not have the range. Russia suggested that the missiles be located in Turkey but the US refused. After the Iran treaty went into effect, the US announced that – surprise, surprise – the missiles were for use against Russia after all. How do you negotiate with something like that?
Buckeye October 25, 2018 at 1:06 pm
"develop missiles that could set off the Yellowstone Caldera."
Hilarious! Sounds like something out of James Bond! The villain could be named "Ivan Gazbahm".
And his sultry Chinese-German henchwoman is named "Jiu Si Hahtkroch".
Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
Bill Smith October 25, 2018 at 7:04 am
In regard to the INF Treaty the Russian newspapers have had some stories that they consider that particular treaty likely the worst they ever signed. That's because the USSR gave up many more missiles than the US did. The articles also mention that the Russians feel they are many counties that have those type of missiles all around them. For example, China, Pakistan, Iran and Israel are specially mentioned. Lastly the technology has changed so much in the 30 or so years since that treaty was signed.
In a better time a new series of treaties might be negotiated but these are not better times.
David October 25, 2018 at 10:45 am
Ambassador Bolton agrees with you. (source)
…But there is a larger question here – I think one that applies to both Russia and the United States – and that's the countries that are producing intermediate range ballistic missiles and cruise missiles right now, specifically Iran, China and North Korea. We have this very unusual circumstance where the United States and Russia are in a bilateral treaty, whereas other countries in the world are not bound by it. Now some of the successor states to the Soviet Union are bound by it, but it's really only Russia that has the wherewithal to have this kind of program. So it has been the view of the United States, in effect, that only two countries were bound by the INF treaty.
It appears that Mr. Trump likes bilateral trade agreements and multi-lateral arms agreeements.
Tomonthebeach October 25, 2018 at 2:23 pm
This is all part of Bolton's war on Russia. Like Trump, he indulges in old score-settling with Beltway & Pentagon colleagues as well as proving he was right all along to oppose these and most other treaties. I am highly suspicious of this entire fiasco.
Why are we so preoccupied with a country that has an economy a fifth the size of the US alone (much less NATO/EU)? Even if allied with China and NATO ally (?) Califwannabe Erdogan, Russia is more annoying than a threat.
Bolton, on the other hand, scares the crap out me. He's just plain nuts.
NotTimothyGeithner October 25, 2018 at 2:51 pm
Its about China and even the EU. Russia in either sphere dramatically weakens the "need" for the U.S. around the world.
redleg October 26, 2018 at 10:18 am
Oil, gas, platinum, etc.
Russian resources are coveted by the western oligarchs, and the Russians aren't allowing those oligarchs to steal them anymore/again.
Lambert Strether October 25, 2018 at 7:55 am
I'm very glad this post is up. That this isn't a huge story is a fine example of "The tyranny of the urgent." (Those who read the transcript of Putin at the Valdai Club may recall this passage:
[PUTIN] Look, we live in a world where security relies on nuclear capability. Russia is one of the largest nuclear powers. You may be aware, I have said it publicly, we are improving our attack systems as an answer to the United States building its missile defence system. Some of these systems have already been fielded, and some will be put into service in the coming months. I am talking about the Avangard system. Clearly, we have overtaken all our, so to speak, partners and competitors in this sphere, and this fact is acknowledged by the experts. No one has a high-precision hypersonic weapon. Some plan to begin testing it in one or two years, while we have this high-tech modern weapon in service. So, we feel confident in this sense.
Naturally, there are many other risks, but they are shared risks, such as environment, climate change, terrorism, which I mentioned, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. If we are unable to put an effective end to this, it is not clear where it will lead to, and in whose hands this deadly weapon may end up.
So, in this sense, nothing has changed. We are not going anywhere, we have a vast territory, and we do not need anything from anyone. But we value our sovereignty and independence. It has always been this way, at all times in the history of our state. It runs in the blood of our people, as I have repeatedly said. In this sense, we feel confident and calm.
I have said that our nuclear weapons doctrine does not provide for a pre-emptive strike. I would like to ask all of you and those who will later analyse and in one way or another interpret my every word here, to keep in mind that there is no provision for a pre-emptive strike in our nuclear weapons doctrine. Our concept is based on a reciprocal counter strike. There is no need to explain what this is to those who understand, as for those who do not, I would like to say it again: this means that we are prepared and will use nuclear weapons only when we know for certain that some potential aggressor is attacking Russia, our territory. I am not revealing a secret if I say that we have created a system which is being upgraded all the time as needed – a missile early warning radar system. This system monitors the globe, warning about the launch of any strategic missile at sea and identifying the area from which it was launched. Second, the system tracks the trajectory of a missile flight. Third, it locates a nuclear warhead drop zone.
Only when we know for certain – and this takes a few seconds to understand – that Russia is being attacked we will deliver a counter strike. This would be a reciprocal counter strike. Why do I say 'counter'? Because we will counter missiles flying towards us by sending a missile in the direction of an aggressor. Of course, this amounts to a global catastrophe but I would like to repeat that we cannot be the initiators of such a catastrophe because we have no provision for a pre-emptive strike. Yes, it looks like we are sitting on our hands and waiting until someone uses nuclear weapons against us. Well, yes, this is what it is. But then any aggressor should know that retaliation is inevitable and they will be annihilated. And we as the victims of an aggression, we as martyrs would go to paradise while they will simply perish because they won't even have time to repent their sins.
I've see a video of a fancy new weapon. Is it real?
The Avangard is in testing or just completed testing. Depending what stories you see it has been successfully tested at least once. Even successful testing may not mean deployment. Earliest estimate for deployment is about 2020 in very limited numbers. I'm not sure how big a deal this thing is as it launched from an ICBM. How much faster than an incoming ICBM warhead does it move?
The Avangard has nothing to do with the INF.
The Russian nuclear doctrine does allow for the use of nuclear weapons – at least in fairly narrow circumstances. The wording implies the circumstances would "have to threaten the collapse of the state". First use in those circumstances might not be considered preemptive. Putin help write to doctrine when he was Secretary of the Russian National Security Council Staff .
Andrew Foland October 25, 2018 at 9:04 am
Just a general thing, for those interested in excellent technical (both scientific and legal/compliance) commentary on arms control, I highly recommend Arms Control Wonk. The level of discussion is very high, the kind of level NC readers would appreciate. I'm in no way associated with it except for being a longtime reader.
Scott1 October 25, 2018 at 1:28 pm
The UN was created not to sell Sustainable Development but to prevent Apocalyptic Riot. During the Cold War & a Bi Polar power balance of separate economics it did the job. However flawed it was, it did that one job.
Now it sits there selling Sustainable Development, which is great, but not what it was really made to do.
If the UN, or a new one with an overt and covert armed forces becomes the World's Unitary Power intent on eliminating nuclear weapons it could negotiate them away and fight a war or two, and be involved in a permanent level of conflict to keep the fields free of nukes.
In fact the banning of nuclear weapons would give a UN the power to enforce transformational energy programs. I have strong doubt that the UN as it exists now will prevent apocalyptic riot.
Human nature being what it is does not get excited and passionate about the environment. Humans get excited about big new power systems and war.
There has been a demonstrated desire to reduce the likelihood of nuclear war. The Cold War worked. During that period it was long only the US & the USSR that had nuclear bombs and delivery systems.
Russia moved into the Ukraine with tanks, took Crimea and got away with it. Pretty much the situation is that wherever you see tanks move you may see the employment of tactical nuclear weapons. A conventional ability to stop all tanks then is important for those nations vulnerable to tank attacks.
In fact I say that you cannot expect to reduce nuclear devices unless you address the reason for them, and that is to stop tanks. Reducing tanks first is then the right order to do things. Come to tank treaties first and then tackle nuclear weapons and the rest of the WMDs is what I say.
Jeremy Grimm October 25, 2018 at 2:38 pm
'Tactical' nuclear weapons are not the only way to stop tanks. The Russian move into Crimea is hardly an argument for the superiority of a tank invasion or the need for tactical nuclear weapons. Tanks are effective in open relatively flat even terrain, and as long as you have control of the air and sufficient infantry support around them. If the objective is to stop a tank rather than destroy it there are ways. You could stop a tank by spraying glue over their weapons sight, or vision blocks, or the camera port for some of the more recent armored vehicles. Even if you can't stop a tank you can stop parts from coming in to make repairs or diesel to run the their hungry engines … if their supply lines are not well protected. The tanks will quickly stop on their own. You could also stop tanks with opposing tanks … if you're ready to absorb the costs for building the force and keep it ready to roll near an attack corridor. Tactical nuclear weapons might save a little money (???) but they are a hellish invention for increasing the threats to our fragile world as we transition through Climate Disruptions into the new Anthropocene Climate Regime.
While you're working on those tank treaties, please include ground mines especially those with plastic casings — oh! and don't forget to eliminate those nasty spent-uranium shells.
rosemerry October 25, 2018 at 4:36 pm
"Russia moved into the Ukraine with tanks, took Crimea and got away with it" Rather a warped interpretation of a situation where the USA had overthrown the Ukrainian government and Crimea had been part of Russia and the population overwhelmingly voted to return. NO bloodshed at all. The video "Crimea, the way back Home" is worth a look.
RMO October 25, 2018 at 10:49 pm
Keep in mind you're dealing with a commenter who also said "The Cold War worked. During that period it was long only the US & the USSR that had nuclear bombs and delivery systems" which is so dazzlingly wrong in so many ways in so few words that it makes my head spin.
This is a very disturbing post coming as it does only two days before Vasili Arkhipov day.
I cannot imagine what kind of people could seriously consider using nuclear weapons under any circumstance whatsoever.


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Sudan coup 2021: US may reevaluate Israel-Sudan normalisation
Biden administration says US and Israel watching the aftermath of the military takeover in Sudan 'very closely'
State Department spokesperson Ned Price announced on Monday the US would be suspending $700m in emergency assistance to Sudan (AFP/File photo)
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The United States has said it will have to reassess the normalisation of ties between Sudan and Israel after Monday's military coup, where soldiers arrested the prime minister and several members of the country's transitional government.
"The many partners now we've spoken with have expressed a similar degree of alarm, concern and condemnation of what we've seen take place in Khartoum in recent hours," State Department spokesperson Ned Price said during a news conference on Monday.
Sudan coup 2021: US pauses $700m in aid after military takeover
"Similar to the approach to the [Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam], I think the normalisation effort between Israel and Sudan is something that will have to be evaluated as we and as Israel watches very closely."
The spokesperson's comments came shortly after he announced that Washington would be suspending $700m in emergency assistance to Sudan, which was "intended to support the country's democratic transition".
Earlier this year, Sudan agreed to a US-brokered deal to normalise ties with Israel, following a similar move made by the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco in 2020. The agreement still needs to be approved by Sudan's parliament.
Washington had promised financial and diplomatic incentives to Sudan in exchange for establishing diplomatic relations with Israel, including formally removing Khartoum from the US State sponsors of terror (SST) list after 27 years.
'Slow down' normalisation talks
Price's comments have signalled that the US may put a pause on the normalisation process between the two countries. Cameron Hudson, a fellow at the Atlantic Council and former US diplomat, told Middle East Eye that with the military currently in power, the Biden administration would look to refrain from offering it any legitimacy.
"The US could be signalling an effort to slow down the normalisation talks between Israel and Sudan because any deal now could be interpreted as legitimising the military's hold on power, something Washington has no interest in doing," Hudson said.
Doing so would likely harm the success of the coup, as establishing ties with Israel has been seen by analysts as a move made by Sudan's military, while civilian leaders including Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok have appeared to downplay the decision.
What's happening in Sudan?
"The Sudanese military has always been approaching Israel or isolating the civilians from being approached by Israeli officials," Dr Jihad Mashamoun, a researcher and political analyst, told MEE.
"The military believes that if they have the backing of Israel, Israel will lobby on behalf of the military in the US in favour of the Sudanese military's control over the transition period in Sudan."
Mashamoun noted that Israel, which has yet to give an official response to the coup, likely favours a military-led government in Sudan.
"Israel would want a military partner in Sudan rather than a civilian one because anything that a civilian government does has to go through parliament. The problem for Israel is that if this normalisation agreement goes through parliament, it won't pass."
'Suspend further financial assistance'
The coup took place in the early hours of Monday, when Sudanese armed forces arrested five ministers from the transitional cabinet, including Hamdok.
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan - the head of the army and chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council (TSC) - declared a state of emergency and announced the dissolution of the TSC and the government.
The actions were met with a harsh response in Washington, both within the Biden administration and Congress. The US severely condemned the military's actions in the African country and has said that it is reviewing a full range of economic options to address Monday's coup.
Meanwhile, a number of lawmakers put out a statement calling for the "immediate suspension of further international financial assistance and other appropriate measures".
The US has, however, said it is too early to decide whether it will enact sanctions on the country, which is suffering from a dire economic situation amid the political turmoil.
Already impacted by decades of isolation and sanctions, inflation approached 400 percent in June, and the nation has been witnessing shortages of basic goods and services and a spike in food insecurity.
Price noted that the US will continue to maintain its humanitarian assistance to the country. So far in 2021, Washington has provided nearly $377m in such aid to the country.
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'I'm still living in a land where we're starting from scratch - and maybe that's a good thing'
Tina McKenzie, CEO of Grafton Recruitment, talks about over-committing and her dream job that doesn't exist.
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IF SUCH A thing existed, Tina McKenzie's dream job would be chief executive of Northern Ireland's economy.
Until that day, she plans to continue using her business acumen in her role as CEO of Grafton Recruitment, one of the largest recruitment agencies on the island of Ireland.
The company recently announced plans to expand to Galway, Limerick, Sligo and Dundalk, where it expects to create some 30 new jobs across the new offices.
In our weekly question-and-answer series, we talked to McKenzie about long weekends, over-committing and her advice to her teenage self.
Here's what she had to say:
If you were forced to pick a different career, what do you think you would be doing instead?
If there was such a thing, I'd like to be chief executive of the Northern Ireland economy.
I think we need transformation in our economy – an economy that's next generation, and about high skills, high value and really ensuring that the people of this economy benefit.
What's your favourite spot for a working lunch or coffee to meet clients?
Probably in Belfast a little cafe I like to go to is Cuan cafe. It's a real quirky little cafe at the bottom of the Ormeau Road.
How often do you take a day off?
I try to take a long weekend once a month, but I really am never off truly to be honest. I'm never without my phone and I'm never offline.
What advice would you give to your teenage self?
Not to worry so much. Chill out, relax, travel more. Don't be so serious and don't worry so much.
Do you read business biographies/management books? If so, what's the best book you've read this year?
The most recent one I've read is on Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes – a book that's called Bad Blood by John Carreyrou. It's fascinating, about a lady who built a billion-dollar company and it was all fake – she's now being charged in the US.
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Do you like to see your employees working extra hours? Why/why not?
Generally no, I don't think it's good. If I see somebody working late I want to know why.
I think if somebody's working on something for a customer and it's very important and it needs to be done, then fine. Generally I think they need a work-life balance.
I'm more comfortable with my senior director team being available and working out of hours because I think that's some of the responsibility we carry, but certainly not for the general troops. I expect them to have a good work-life balance
What's your favourite job interview question to ask and why?
How would your last boss describe you? You always get some very interesting answers to that.
What's the biggest problem you've had to deal with in your business so far and how did you overcome it?
My biggest problem was six years ago when I started this company here – having new customers.
How did I overcome it? Non-stop contacting of clients, cold-calling, networking, warm-calling, introductions from friends, every which way I could to try and get customers to get them to buy our services – that really was the toughest, starting from nothing.
How do you choose who to promote in your business?
The people that absolutely dedicate themselves to the business and treat it like their own – those people who work the hardest and are the most dedicated.
What bad work (or business) habit have you had to kick?
I haven't kicked it yet – it's saying yes to too much. I over-commit. I struggle to say no – I still have the mental attitude that I have no customers, so I struggle to say no to a new opportunity to meet new customers.
I'm still living in a land where we're starting from scratch – and maybe that's a good thing because we push hard every day.
If you could invest in any Irish company (other than your own), which one would it be and why?
I've invested in two. I've invested in Fusion, which is a life sciences company and I've invested in First Derivatives, which is a company based in Newry.
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Fundraiser events are awesome opportunities to support great causes while having fun with family, friends and others from your community. On May 7th there is a 5k and Kids Obstacle Course Run to raise money for Perry Harrison Elementary School. Support our local schools, mingle with the families of your children's classmates, do something healthy and have a great time!
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The race will start in the bus lot which is in the back of Perry Harrison School. You will then run down the street and through Harrison Pond neighborhood and then you will head back to the school and end in the back of the school near the fields!
Once the race is over, have a great time mingling and relaxing while enjoying some music and food and cheer on the kids as they take on the muddy obstacle course!
This race is only open to people 18 & under but if your child might need any assistance, their parent can give them a hand! This race is about 1 mile long and is full of fun obstacles such as a water slide and mud pit. Get ready to run, climb, jump, and crawl your way to the finish line.
Thanks to the gracious support of sponsors, they have been able to donate 100% of the proceeds back to the school every year. Help make sure the same can happen this year by becoming a sponsor! Whether you would like to independently make a donation or if your business would like to, all sponsorship levels are greatly appreciated. Here are the sponsor levels, if you decide you would like to be one, email 5k@phspta.org.
As I mentioned earlier, Harrison Pond is the residential neighborhood that the 5k race will be going through. If you are interested in possibly purchasing a lot or home in the area, this is a unique way to tour the neighborhood and see how you like the lots and style of homes. It is a quiet community that is very close to good schools – Perry Harrison Elementary, Margaret Pollard Middle and Northwood High. If you are interested in making any real estate inquiries, feel free to contact me. I personally live right around the corner from both Perry Harrison and Harrison Pond and know the area very well.


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The Imprisoned is a large, black beast which Link encounters several times throughout the game. The first time Link fights this enemy is in the Sealed Grounds.
The Imprisoned is first seen as the large whale-like creature flying through the clouds that swallows Zelda, trapping her on The Surface.
In this battle your overall goal is to stop the monster from getting to the top of the spiral pathway. To do this, you must destroy all of its "toes" and knock the pillar in its head back into place 3 times.
The toes can be destroyed with normal sword attacks. It helps to lock on to a toe, and, if you have the Stamina, to use a Sword Spin attack. This works especially well on the clumps of toes in the front.
Start with the rear toes, though. Once those are gone, the beast will slow a bit. After each toe is removed The Imprisoned will stomp its foot. This is your cue to work on the other foot.
Once all the toes on both feet are destroyed, the monster will fall on its back. At this point you need to get to its head by any means necessary -- whether you have to fall off a ledge and use a geyser or just run around it, get there fast!
When you get to the head, lock on to the pillar and swing your sword in an upwards motion to drive it into The Imprisoned's head.
It will then rear up and cruise around the battle area, invincible for a few moments. Take this time to cross the area, watching for where it stops.
You now need to repeat this entire process two more times. For the last round, the monster's feet will give off dangerous shockwaves. This simply means you have to time your attacks. Go for the back toes first. After that, run far ahead of the beast, refill your Stamina Gauge and aim for a foot.
Lock on, move in while the foot is down and use a Sword Spin and some basic attacks to knock out the toes. You should be able to drop the monster a third time.
Drive the spike into its head a third time and the beast will be sucked into the seal. Approach the seal, raise your sword and perform a Skyward Strike to seal The Imprisoned back in its ethereal cage. To complete the seal, you have to slash your sword in the triangle shape shown. This is not hard. Just swing diagonally down to the right, then up to the right, and then horizontally to the left to complete the seal.
Right off the bat, you should notice that The Imprisoned now has arms. Don't worry, they wont be too much trouble. There are a few different strategies for taking him down this time.
The first is to run up and cut his toes off like before. The Stamina Potion can come in handy here since you can run up to the feet and then use a Spin Attack on each without running out of stamina. You always want to use your Bow on the "rear" toes now that you have it. You can use the Bow to take out all the toes if you wish, but this is pretty difficult.
The big difference this time around is the Groosenator, Groose's cannon. When the Imprisoned climbs a wall, use the cannon to knock it off. If you choose to go with the toe-cutting route, use the cannon to slow down the monster immediately, then save the next round to knock it down when it climbs.
Of course, when you cut off all the toes, the beast falls on its back. Run around to its head and drive the spike into its brain with your sword.
Perhaps the best strategy is to get ABOVE The Imprisoned by a level. Hit it with Groose's cannon and you can jump on top of his head and drive the spike down with your sword. You should get thrown off, but you can just climb ahead of him again and repeat this strategy.
Once you drive the spike into the monster's head three times, head to the ground level and use a Skyward Strike on the spike. Using directional slashes, complete the pattern shown on screen to seal The Imprisoned away a second time.


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This post is part of the 2018 Homeschooling Through the Holidays series.
The holidays are a busy time, and as much as I love Christmastime, it can seem like it's over before we've even settled down to enjoy it. It's also the time of year when our schooling seems to take a back seat, and boy is it hard to get back into the swing of things. It doesn't have to be that way though, you can make the most of the season this year by gameschooling through the holidays!
Gameschooling is the epitome of learning through play! Gameschooling is learning and reinforcing educational topics and developmental skills through playing games. Game offer so much more educationally than just the topic, especially games that were designed for families. Games are great for motor skills, critical thinking, patience, manners, and so much more! It can be hard to pick great games though, so here's a quick list to get you started.
Jurassic Park Danger! – Who doesn't love dinosaurs and the Jurassic Park franchise? Made by one of the best game publishers out there, Ravensberger, Jurassic Park is a Target-exclusive game this holiday season. Families love this game because it's a cooperative game with a twist. Up to four players can play as dinosaur keepers at Jurassic Park, the fifth player is THE DINOSAUR! How much fun is that??? I love cooperative games for family bonding, and this one is a winner!
Bears Vs. Babies – This game is just silly, and you and your kids will love it. For ages 10+, Bears Vs Babies pits your animal creation (a bear in a bikini with crab claw arms?) against some of the worst villians to exist, alien babies. For 2-5 players, giggles will abound when playing Bears Vs. Babies.
Prime Climb – Because math doesn't stop for the holidays, Prime Climb is a solid game that even younger players can participate in with a little help. The best part about Prime Climb is that it was designed to activate parts of the brain that sometimes lay dormant during math, making it perfect for math-reluctant households. Color-coded spaces help kids memorize multiplication and division facts, and they'll be having too much fun to notice. This is a seriously wonderful game that plays differently each and every time.
Captain Sonar – Another of my favorite game publishers, Asmodee, has created a unique team-play game. Captain Sonar is basically Battleship, but…more. Each team features four spots; you will play as Captain, First Mate, Radio Operator, and Engineer. There are five different maps and two modes of gameplay, meaning this game will be different every single time you play. This game is recommended for ages 14+ due to the nature of simulated warfare.
Scrambled States of America – Whimsical geography? I know it's hard to believe, but that's what you get when you play this delightful game. What do YOU know about your state? Well, it'll be a whole lot more after you play Scrambled States of America! Learning geography doesn't have to be dull.
There is no need for a kids table when it comes to gaming! There are lots of games designed for children that are still entertaining for adults. If you have or will be hosting little ones this holiday season, here are some great games you can play together!
Enchanted Forest – Another amazing Ravensberger game, Enchanted Forest is the perfect game for children who love fairy tales and stories. Race around the forest to find Cinderella's slipper, Rapunzel's tower, a cobbler's shoe, and other classic fairy tale items. No reading is required and up to 6 people can play, making this a great choice for everyone to enjoy.
The Magic Labyrinth – Another great game for fairy tale lovers, The Magic Labyrinth is a 3D puzzle game that is really a memory game in disguise. No reading is required and the game is recommended for ages 6 and up.
Tiny Polka Dot – The little sibling of Prime Climb, Tiny Polka Dot is a math game for ages 3+, and no math skills are needed! Tiny Polka Dot is actually a collection of 16 mini games to play with your child, and it can accommodate up to 6 players! Gather up the grandkids and have fun with math!
Animal Snacks – An exclusive game from Simply Fun, Animal Snacks is a quick-play game that reinforces pattern matching skills, gameplay manners, and motor skills. You can read my full review of Animals Snacks over on Homeschool Gameschool.
Trouble – Sometimes classic games are exactly what you need, and Trouble is one of our favorites. To play Trouble all you need are some counting skills, and let's face it, what kid doesn't love to press the die popper?
Gameschooling through the holidays is a great way to reinforce skills, practice the lessons they're learning in homeschooling, but also to bond as a family. Your child may not remember what they learned in second grade history, but they will remember the evening you sat down to play a game with them.
Meg blogs about secular homeschooling and gameschooling at Homeschool Gameschool. You can hear Meg talk about the benefits of gameschooling at GameschoolCon 2019 in Irvine, CA.
AH-HA! Gameschooling through the holidays, that is what I'm doing. So far today we've played Settlers of Catan, Forbidden Desert, and Pirates, Ninjas, Robots & Zombies…plus the kids made up a spelling/trading game with the Bananagram tiles! From my Dragon's Eye View this was an A+ day!