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https://www.trumbulltimes.com/sports/high-school-sports/article/Jillian-Rice-leads-Bryant-past-Boston-College-13930585.php Jillian Rice leads Bryant past Boston College Published 11:51 am EDT, Monday, October 9, 2017 For the second time in as many seasons, the Bryant University women's swimming and diving team defeated Boston College. In this year's meeting, the Bulldogs won 156-144. Trumbull native Jillian Rice out of St. Joseph, won all four of her events taking home victories in the 50, 100 and 200 yard freestyles before capping her night with a win in the 400 yard freestyle relay. Rice, a junior, has now her last eight races against the Eagles, and 10-of-12 overall. "We just needed to keep the momentum,” said head coach Katie Cameron. “We were swimming really well and I think we just needed to pay attention to the details. They swam a steady meet and were able to pull out the win." Rice, an applied psychology major, enjoyed a dominant year for the Bulldogs in 2016-17 when she earned 26 first-place finishes and 34 top-three finishes on the year. Rice helped the 800 free relay team win a gold medal for the first time at the NEC Championships. Jillian Rice swept the freestyle events versus Boston College. She was also a member of the 200 medley relay that finish fourth and set a school record at the NECs. Rice earned a bronze medal in the 200 free, finished eighth in the 50 free and ninth in the 100 free. The Bulldogs host Bucknell next Friday night at the Chace Athletic Center Pool.

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Cadart, Alfred The publisher and amateur etcher Alfred Cadart (1828–1875) played a key role in the revival and sale of etchings in France and beyond. As founder of the French Société des Aquafortistes, he combined strategic understanding with a passion for the artistic qualities of the etching. His efforts to promote the art of etching did not bring him financial success, but they did help develop the infrastructure for original printmaking that emerged in the 1890s. View this artwork Etching versus Photography Cadart married the sister of a painter, which led him in 1859 to start publishing reproductions of paintings in the form of both photographs and etchings. After a few years, he threw himself entirely into the promotion of etching, in which he took an explicit stance against the growing popularity of photography. This was a deliberate strategy—by dismissing photography as mechanical and uninspired, he wanted to emphasise etching as ‘the caprice, the fantasy, the most immediate way to convey one’s thoughts.’ Publications and Etching Societies Cadart published affordable print albums and print series, etching manuals and articles, and organised exhibitions, lectures and etching demonstrations. In this way, he offered contemporary artists like Édouard Manet a platform for their etchings, shared his knowledge of etching techniques, and promoted appreciation of etching as an original art form. In 1866 he expanded his activities to America, where he founded the French Etching Club of New York. Alfred Cadart (ed.), Eaux-fortes modernes. Publication d’oeuvres originales et inédités (5 vols.), Paris, 1862–66. Janine Bailly-Herzberg, L’eau-forte de peintre au dix-neuvième siècle. La Société des aquafortistes, Paris, 1972. Anna Sigrídur Arnar, ‘From Illustration to Original Print’, in The Book as Instrument: Stéphane Mallarmé, the Artist's Book, and the Transformation of Print Culture, Chicago, 2011. 9 prints in 'Cadart, Alfred'

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Tragic Trends: Suicide Prevention Among Veterans Carlos Fuentes, Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To Chairman Takano, Ranking Member Roe, and members of the committee, on behalf of the men and women of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) and its Auxiliary, thank you for the opportunity to provide recommendations on suicide prevention. Eliminating suicide among our nation’s veterans continues to be a top priority for the VFW. The most recent analysis of veteran suicide data from 2016 found suicide has remained fairly consistent within the veteran community in recent years. An average of 20 veterans and service members die by suicide every day. While this number must be reduced to zero, it is worth noting that the number of veterans who die by suicide has remained consistent in recent years, while non-veteran suicides have continued to increase. Congress must ensure sufficient resources are available and used for effective Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) suicide prevention efforts, including to identify veterans at increased risk of suicide, adopt new interventions, and effectively treat those with previous suicide attempts. Programs such as the Veterans Crisis Line, the placement of suicide prevention coordinators at all VA medical centers and large outpatient facilities, integration of behavioral health into primary care, and joint campaigns between the Department of Defense and VA must continue to be improved and expanded. The VFW also supports the recent executive order to establish the Veteran Wellness, Empowerment, and Suicide Prevention Task Force to coordinate suicide prevention efforts at the national and local levels, and expanding efforts with community partners like the VFW. The Government Accountability Office has identified several key barriers that deter veterans from seeking mental health care. These include stigma, lack of understanding or awareness of the potential for improvement, lack of child care or transportation, and work or family commitments. Early intervention and timely access to mental health care can greatly improve quality of life, promote recovery, prevent suicide, obviate long-term health consequences, and minimize the disabling effects of mental illness. The VFW is proud to have partnered with VA, and community and corporate partners to raise awareness of mental health conditions, foster community engagement, improve research and provide intervention for those affected by invisible injuries and emotional stress through the VFW Mental Wellness Campaign. Since Fall 2016, nearly 300 VFW posts around the world and 13,000 volunteers have successfully reached 25,000 people in the past three “Day to Change Direction” events, hosted in partnership with Give an Hour’s Campaign to Change Direction. The focus of the VFW’s Mental Wellness Campaign is to teach veterans and caregivers how to identify when they or their loved ones are experiencing the signs of emotional suffering –– personality change, agitation, being withdrawn, poor self-care, and hopelessness. In an effort to destigmatize mental health, participants are informed that mental health conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are common reactions to abnormal experiences. The goal is to also reduce the number of veterans who die by suicide each day without having made contact with VA health care services. Research indicates that veterans who do not use VA for their health care are at an increased risk of suicide. This comes as no surprise to the VFW, as our members have continuously informed us that they prefer VA health care because of the high-quality and veteran-centric care VA provides. To better assist all veterans, veterans service organizations, VA, and Congress must know more about the two-thirds of veterans who die by suicide each day without any contact with VA. The VFW urges VA to analyze the demographics, illnesses, socioeconomic status, and military discharges of the 14 veterans and service members who die by suicide every day and do not use VA health care. There are questions that need to be answered in order to properly address this epidemic. Did those 14 use private sector care? Were they eligible to use VA? Were they among the many who were discharged without due process for untreated or undiagnosed mental health disorders? Were they discharged for unjust and undiagnosed personality disorders due to transgenderism or during the era of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? Have they used other VA benefits such as the GI Bill? However, VA must stand ready to assist veterans who take the bold step of seeking assistance when they are suffering from suicidal ideation. Over the past decade, the VA Office of Mental Health Services has developed a comprehensive set of services to treat the approximately 1.7 million veterans who received VA mental health services in fiscal year (FY) 2018, which is a significant increase from the 927,000 veterans who received such care in FY 2006. Since 2016, VA has strived to provide same day access to veterans who need urgent and emergent health care. While this and other suicide prevention initiatives have resulted in VA saving the lives of veterans in crisis, it must do more to ensure veterans who need help receive it. It is unconscionable for veterans who experiencing mental health care crises to be turned away. For example, the VFW was informed of a veteran who presented to a VA mental health clinic with suicidal thoughts and asked to be seen immediately because she feared she would take her own life. The front desk clerk informed her that she could not be seen immediately because she had just completed a mental health care appointment the previous day and the next available appointment was in a week. Luckily, the veteran was able to cope with her crisis without VA assistance, and is alive and well. Too many veterans have died because VA has turned them away in their time of need or failed to identify the seriousness of their health conditions. For example, it is unacceptable for a veteran who is in a VA waiting room to complete suicide without someone noticing the veteran needed immediate assistance. VFW commends VA for looking into ways to protect its employees and patients at VA medical facilities. However, enhanced safety procedures at VA medical facilities will not address the underlying problem. VA employees have become desensitized to veterans with mental health concerns. I have personally witnessed a VA employee disregard a veteran as “just another crazy veteran.” Such mentality must stop. VA must train its employees to identify and assist veterans in crisis. VA must also encourage its employees to take action when they identify a veteran in crisis, without fear of reprisal. Another reason VA is required to turn veterans away is eligibility for VA health care. The VFW lauds Congress and VA for recent action to expand VA mental health care services to recently discharged veterans and veterans with Other Than Honorable discharges. VA also has the ability to treat any veteran who is not eligible for VA care through its humanitarian care authority under section 1784 of title 38, United States Code (U.S.C.). However, VA is required to charge veterans the full cost of urgent or emergent mental health care. It is understandable for VA to bill other health insurance for such care, but VA must not be required to place an undue burden on veterans who have survived a mental health crisis, particularly because financial instability is often a contributing factor to mental health crises. The VFW is working with a veteran who was rushed to a VA hospital during a mental health crisis caused by untreated bipolar disorder and depression. The veteran was admitted to the medical center’s inpatient mental health care clinic for two weeks, despite not being eligible for VA health care. VA saved his life, but now he has a $20,000 bill. His mental health crisis was exacerbated by unemployment and his inability to provide for his family. With proper treatment he has been able to return to work, but still lacks the resources to pay the VA bill. The VFW is working on having his bill waived, but he will never return to VA if he has another mental health crisis. The fear of being turned down or billed for care should never prevent a veteran from seeking the urgent or emergent VA mental health care they need. Congress must amend section 1784 of title 38, U.S.C., to exempt those who have worn our nation’s uniform who receive urgent or emergent mental health care under VA’s humanitarian care authority from having to pay the full cost of such care. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) report determining Veterans Health Administration (VHA) staffing shortages continues to list psychiatry clinics as having the most need, with the fourth being psychology. Out of 141 facilities surveyed, 98 had a shortage for psychiatrists and 58 had a shortage for psychologists. By not adequately staffing VA, the capacity to serve veterans and provide the necessary access to mental health care needed by so many veterans will continue to be limited. With the entire nation experiencing a critical shortage of mental health providers, such need cannot be sufficiently addressed by simply increasing use of community care. VA must utilize the tools it was given by the VA MISSION Act to hire more providers with enhanced recruitment and retention incentives, train more mental health providers with increased Graduate Medical Education opportunities, and maximize its current capacity with its anywhere to anywhere authority. The VFW is proud to be part of the solution. Through Project Advancing Telehealth through Local Access Stations (ATLAS), the VFW has worked with VA and Philips to leverage VA’s anywhere to anywhere authority to expand telehealth options for veterans who live in rural areas. In this partnership, VA has identified highly rural areas where veterans must travel far distances to receive VA health care. The VFW identifies posts in those areas to serve as access points for VA health care. Once the post is modified to VA’s specifications, it is equipped with Philips-donated telehealth technology to provide veterans access to VA health care at a convenient veteran-centric location. More than 20 VFW posts have been identified as possible telehealth centers. The primary use for the first Project ATLAS site in Eureka, Montana, will be for mental health care. Veterans in Eureka are required to travel more than 70 miles to the nearest VA clinic for mental health care. Soon they will have the ability to receive VA health care closer to home. VA is making concerted efforts to ensure it appropriately uses pharmaceutical treatments when providing mental health care. Under the Opioid Safety Initiative, VA has reduced the number of patients to whom it prescribes opioids by more than 22 percent. Prescribed use of opioids for chronic pain management has unfortunately led to addiction to these drugs for many veterans, as well as for many other Americans. VA uses evidence-based clinical guidelines to manage pharmacological treatment of PTSD and SUD to ensure better health outcomes. However, many veterans report being abruptly taken off opioids they have relied on for years to cope with their pain management, without receiving a proper treatment plan to transition them to alternative therapies. Doing so leads veterans to seek alternatives outside of VA or to self-medicate. VA must continue to expand research of non-traditional medical treatments, such as medical cannabis and other holistic approaches, for mental health care conditions. In the past several years PTSD and traumatic brain injury (TBI) have been thrust into the forefront of the medical community and the general public in large part due to suicides and overmedication of veterans. Medical cannabis is currently legal in 33 states and the District of Columbia. This means veterans are able to legally obtain cannabis for medical purposes in more than half the country. For veterans who use medical cannabis and are also VA patients, they are doing this without the medical understanding or proper guidance from their coordinators of care at VA. This is not to say VA providers are opting to ignore this medical treatment, but that there is currently a lack of federal research and understanding of how medical marijuana may or may not treat certain illnesses and injuries, and the way it interacts with other drugs. This is regardless of the fact that many states have conducted research for mental health, chronic pain, and oncology at the state level. States that have legalized medical cannabis have also seen a 15-35 percent decrease in opioid overdose and abuse. There is currently substantial evidence from a comprehensive study by the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academic Press that concludes cannabinoids are effective for treating chronic pain, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep disturbances related to obstructive sleep apnea, multiple sclerosis spasticity symptoms, and fibromyalgia –– all of which are prevalent in the veteran population. The VFW urges Congress to pass legislation to require VA to conduct a federally funded study with veteran participants for medical cannabis. This study should include participants who have been diagnosed with PTSD, chronic pain, and oncology issues. The VFW has also long advocated for the expansion of VA’s peer support specialists program. VA peer support specialists are healthy and recovered individuals with mental health or co-occurring conditions who are trained and certified by VA standards to help other veterans with similar conditions and/or life situations. Veterans who obtain assistance from peer support specialists continuously sing their high praises. Peer-to-peer programs are also critically important for minorities, LGBT and women, or any group within the veteran community that is ostracized or misunderstood. This is instrumental in helping veterans avoid loneliness, which can lead to suicidality. Aside from veterans receiving support from fellow veterans who have recovered from similar health conditions, and experiencing the bond and trust veterans share, peer support specialists also greatly assist in destigmatizing mental health conditions such as PTSD. For a veteran to become a peer support specialist, they must have actively gone through treatment, and be living a relatively healthy lifestyle. This allows veterans who may be struggling to see that their condition is treatable, manageable, and not something that has to negatively impact or control their lives. 2016 Congressional Statement of VFW National Commander John A. Biedrzycki Jr. VFW Testifies: ‘Congress Must End Sequestration!’ Congressional Statement of VFW National Commander Brian Duffy Congressional Statement of VFW National Commander Keith E. Harman VFW to Congress: 'Repeal Sequestration Once and for All'

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PlayStation 4 Wish List: The Console 3 februari 2013 | Top lists | 3 reacties February 1st – the gaming scene was turned upside down by a small teaser Sony released. It is widely assumed, that in less than three weeks, on February 20th, Sony will share the first details of their next generation console, the PlayStation 4. Though most of the games will probably be saved for E3, the hype is very high. Here’s my wish list of what I’d like of the hardware for Sony’s next system: Improved power This is a no-brainer, but should still be mentioned. The next PlayStation should be a significant step up in terms of power, making releasing a successor worth the effort. Not only would it enhance the graphics of the games, but it would also give developers more options and thus more creative freedom. Probability: Very high – If all the rumored specs are any indication, power won’t be an issue. Easier to program for The PS3 was apparently quite difficult for developers to program for. The PS4 should fix that. Rumors are that Sony will be using off the shelf hardware. The fact that studios like Kojima Productions and Square Enix have already made new engines that should make development a lot easier, helps as well. Probability: High – Recent rumors have pointed in this direction, and it seems logical Sony will do what they can to make it happen to prevent inferior multiplatform games in the future. Evolved DualShock Sony will probably keep the controllers largely the same, since they are so intertwined with the identity of the PlayStation. But there are some small adjustments that could be made to improve the controller. Most importantly, better secondary shoulder buttons (trigger shape). Probability: High – With PlayStation 3 Sony tried a completely new controller design, but never went through with it. It’s likely they will keep the DualShock’s basic design, but add some new functions and improvements. Rumors indicate touchpad functionality on the front and the rear. Large HDD With the rise of DLC and full digital download games, as well as optional installs for your retail titles, it’s nice to have a large chunk of space on your console that doesn’t run out too quickly. Probability: Very high – Hard drives have grown larger and cheaper the past few years, so it’s only logical the new consoles will be able to store a lot more data. Hopefully the PlayStation 4 will contain at least 500GB of storage. Faster Blu-Ray Putting Blu-Ray technology in the PS3 gave Sony an edge over the competition in terms of storage space, and gave players a good Blu-Ray movie player at the same time. So I’m very glad they made this decision, but the downside was the slow reading speed of the device. This resulted in the necessity to install many of the games to the HDD, a lengthy process. Probability: High – Blu-Ray is becoming more and more of a standard, so Sony will keep this format for the next generation. A faster drive would be very welcome, and will most likely be the case. If you are going to shell out a few hundred dollars and be one of the early adopters of a new piece of technology, it’s always nice if you can rely on some form of stability. Of course, technology comes with problems, and there always will be, but if Sony can keep them at a minimum, that would be greatly appreciated. Probability: High – Technology will never be infallible, but for console manufacturers a high failure rate is expensive and causes negative publicity. For this reason, it can be assumed Sony will do everything to ensure the new machines will be high quality and reliable. Backwards compatibility on consoles is always a great thing – being able to keep playing the entire PlayStation 3 library on your PlayStation 4 would be very convenient. PlayStation 2 was backwards compatible with the PlayStation, and the early PlayStation 3 models were compatible with both PlayStation and PlayStation 2, but in later hardware releases the functionality was removed. Hopefully Sony will include it with at least the early models of their new console. Probability: Somewhat likely – It can be a good selling point, especially around launch, and if PlayStation 4 uses Blu-Ray it shouldn’t be difficult to do from a technical standpoint. The only question is whether Sony will have to keep production costs low – especially if they’re planning to launch a powerful console at a attractive price. This one has a 50/50 chance I’d say. The excitement for Sony’s incoming announcement is there – now let’s see if they can deliver. In any case, February 20th can’t come soon enough! Top 10 Games of 2013 Geen reacties | jan 7, 2014 Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2014 15 reacties | jan 10, 2014

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About the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival The Vancouver Jewish Film Centre is proud to host the longest-running Jewish film festival in Canada, showcasing the diversity of Jewish culture, heritage and identity through film. Since 1988, with the help of our generous and dedicated community sponsors, we have presented high quality comedies, dramas, thrillers, hot and timely documentaries and whimsical shorts. Formerly held at the beloved and lamented Ridge Theatre, the Festival’s primary venue since 2013 has been the Fifth Avenue Cinemas. In 2016, we added screenings at the Norman and Annette Rothstein Theatre. In 2018, we further extended the Festival’s reach around the Lower Mainland as we expanded to two additional venues: the Kay Meek Studio Theatre in West Vancouver; and the Inlet Theatre in Port Moody. (Above: Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion performed in-person to present new episodes of their show, Yidlife Crisis, on the big screen at the 2018 Festival.) Every year we strive to bring you a most entertaining and intriguing experience! Each year’s Festival features: Guest filmmakers, directors, writers, producers Panel discussion groups and audience participation Comedies, narrative features and thought provoking documentaries Opening and closing hosted receptions Special screenings, receptions and multiple events Special screening in honour of the late Peter Oberlander The Vancouver Jewish Film Centre is responsible for operating in compliance with the Motion Picture Act and Consumer Protection BC. To attend a Vancouver Jewish Film Centre film screening (which may not have been classified by Consumer Protection BC), you must be a Vancouver Jewish Film Centre member. Membership is by annual subscription and is limited to persons who are 18 years of age or over. Only members are permitted to be present at the place where a non-classified film is being exhibited.

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The Walther Collection Mi bis Sa, 12-18 Uhr Reichenauerstr. 21 89233 Neu-Ulm, Deutschland Wegen Umbauarbeiten bis Mai 2020 geschlossen. Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C., May 7, 1976 Serie: The Family Gelatin-silver print Image Dimensions: 10 x 8 inches 25.4 x 20.32 cm Paper Dimensions: 14 x 11 inches 35.56 x 27.94 cm Framed Dimensions: 22.68 x 18.66 x 1.5 inches © The Richard Avedon Foundation. John de Butts, Chairman of the Board, AT&T, New York City, May 5, 1976 Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., June 2, 1976 Mike Mansfield, U.S. Senator, Montana, Majority Leader of the Senate, Washington, D.C., March 2, 1976 A. Philip Randolph, Founder, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, New York City, April 8, 1976 George Meany, President, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C., March 3, 1976 Jimmy Carter, Democratic Candidate for the Presidency, Plains, Georgia, March 5, 1976 Gerald Ford, President of the United States, Washington, D.C., March 18, 1976 Hubert Humphrey, U.S. Senator, Minnesota, Washington, D.C., March 12, 1976 Jerry Brown, Governor, California, Sacramento, California, March 20, 1976 Katherine Graham, Chairman of the Board, Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C., March 11, 1976 Nelson Rockefeller, Vice President of the United States, New York City, June 28, 1976 F. Edward Hébert, U.S. Congressman, Louisiana, Washington, D.C., July 8, 1976 James Skelly Wright, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit, Washington, D.C., July 29, 1976 Barbara Jordan, U.S. Congresswoman, Texas, New York City, July 14, 1976 Leonard Woodcock, President, United Automobile Workers, New York City, April 19, 1976 Frank Fitzsimmons, President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Washington, D.C., May 6, 1976 Arnold Miller, President, United Mine Workers, Washington, D.C., May 6, 1976 Thomas Gleason, President, International Longshoreman's Association, New York City, June 29, 1976 Frank Church, U.S. Senator, Idaho, Washington, D.C., March 1, 1976 Daniel Inouye, U.S. Senator, Hawaii, New York City, July 14, 1976 Thomas (Tip) O'Neill, U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts, Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., May 6, 1976 Peter Rodino, U.S. Congressman, New Jersey, New York City, July 14, 1976 Andrew Young, U.S. Congressman, Georgia, New York City, July 15, 1976 Carl Albert, U.S. Congressman, Oklahoma, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., March 12, 1976 Emanuel Celler, former U.S. Congressman, New York, New York City, August 12, 1976 Thomas Eagleton, U.S. Senator, Missouri, New York City, July 14, 1976 Charles Shaffer, attorney, Rockville, Maryland, New York City, July 9, 1976 Richard Kleindienst, former Attorney General of the United States, Washington, D.C., July 29, 1976 Herbert J. Miller, Jr., attorney, Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., August 10, 1976 Joseph Califano, attorney, Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., June 8, 1976 Cesar Chavez, organizer, United Farm Workers, Keene, California, June 27, 1976 Ronald Reagan, former Governor, California, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 1976 Walter Annenberg, publisher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Radnor, Pennsylvania, May 10, 1976 Edmund Muskie, U.S. Senator, Maine, Washington, D.C., March 1, 1976 Eugene McCarthy, former U.S. Senator, Minnesota, Washington, D.C., March 2, 1976 Bella Abzug, U.S. Congresswoman, New York, New York City, June 19, 1976 Melvin Laird, former Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C., June 8, 1976 George Bush, Director, CIA, Langley, Virginia, March 2, 1976 James Angleton, former Chief of Counterintelligence, CIA, Arlington, Virginia, July 8, 1976 Elliot Richardson, Secretary of Commerce, Washington, D.C., May 4, 1976 Lady Bird Johnson, former first lady, McLean, Virginia, August 24, 1976 J. Paul Austin, Chairman of the Board, Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia, August 21, 1976 Jules Stein, founder, Music Corporation of America, New York City, May 28, 1976 Shirley Chisholm, U.S. Congresswoman, New York, New York City, July 12, 1976 George McGovern, U.S. Senator, South Dakota, Washington, D.C., March 1, 1976 W. Mark Felt, former Associate Director, FBI, Fairfax, Virginia, July 8, 1976 Rose Mary Woods, secretary, Washington, D.C., July 30, 1975 Arthur Burns, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., May 4, 1976 William Simon, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., May 4, 1976 Earl Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., July 29, 1976 Benjamin Bailar, Postmaster General of the United States, Washington, D.C., July 8, 1976 Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, Washington, D.C., June 8, 1976 Clark Clifford, attorney, Washington, D.C., August 10, 1976 Cyrus Vance, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, August 20, 1976 Hyman Rickover, Deputy Commander for Nuclear Propulsion, Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., May 6, 1976 I. F. Stone, journalist, Washington, D.C., July 8, 1976 Peter Rozelle, Commissioner, National Football League, New York City, July 7, 1976 Edward Wilson, Chairman of the Board, J. 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Replacing patriotism with tribalism The politics of grievance and revenge divides us all The Coming of Bolton By Clifford D. May - - Tuesday, August 22, 2017 ANALYSIS/OPINION: Just after last week’s terrorist attack in Barcelona, a pro-Islamic State website posted video from the scene along with a message in Arabic saying, “Terror is filling the hearts of the Crusader in the Land of Andalusia.” Let’s unpack that. “Crusader” is a term jihadists use, pejoratively, for Christians. More specifically, of course, it refers to the Christian soldiers who fought a series of wars, beginning in 1095, to recover Jerusalem and other parts of the Holy Land from the Muslim armies that had burst out of Arabia four centuries earlier. Andalusia indicates the territories of the Iberian Peninsula that were conquered by Muslim armies from North Africa beginning in 711. The Reconquista, a war waged by Christians to recover those territories, ended in 1492. Here’s the larger point: To those discomfited by theological or even ideological explanations for most modern terrorism, one alternative explanation is this: The killers are revanchists. Their motivation is to reverse territorial losses. They have suffered such losses, they believe, in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The want to fill “the hearts” of the “others” now living in such lands with terror in order to drive them out or at least relegate them to inferior status. In other words, these revanchists also are supremacists. Longer-term, their goal is grander. Finland, which also suffered a terrorist attack last week, was never part of a caliphate or Islamic empire. And the Islamic State publishes an online magazine called Rumiyah — Arabic for Rome which, they believe, must be conquered by Muslims as was the Christian capital of Constantinople (now Istanbul). But priority goes to formerly Muslim lands. In an odd way, this brings us to Charlottesville. The neo-Nazis and Klansmen who rioted and committed murder there also are revanchists in the sense that they seek revenge (the root of the word) and the restoration of power they believe has been taken from them here, in this land, America. They are supremacists, too, of course, although they fight for supremacy based on race rather than religion. They are enemies of Americanism, rejecting the Founders’ conviction that “all men are created equal” in the eyes of God and should be equal under the law. They deserve unequivocal condemnation and firm opposition. The Antifa movement, a collection of anarchists and radical leftists, opposes such white supremacism. (About Islamic supremacism it has less to say.) But Antifa also is supremacist. It seeks to abolish — not least through violence — individual rights in favor of group rights. Members of groups Antifa favors — those they deem victims or oppressed — are to enjoy enhanced rights. “Others,” those they regard as “privileged,” are to have their rights curtailed or eliminated. So Antifa should be condemned and opposed, too — not least by those who call themselves liberals or progressives. Too often Antifa and its ilk are enabled instead. For example, last week, The New York Times gave space to K-Sue Park, a “Critical Race Studies Fellow at the U.C.L.A. School of Law,” who argues against “a narrow reading of the First Amendment.” Despite objections from conservatives, she notes, the U.S. government has come to reject “a colorblind notion of the right to equal protection.” On the contrary, the government encourages “consideration of race in university admissions.” So why not apply the same principle to freedom of speech? In other words, she suggests, the First Amendment should fully apply to a person of color. A person of pallor — not so much. I can anticipate the emails I will receive. They will say such “reverse” discrimination is a necessary corrective. They will remind me of “the legacy of slavery.” To which, I’ll reply: Name an institution more ubiquitous than slavery. Name a civilization that began to view slavery as immoral and then went on to abolish it earlier than the West — which did so based on the Judeo-Christian belief that man is created in God’s image. That was nothing less than a revolution in the history of morality. Resistance to this revolution was a root cause of America’s Civil War. That led to the emancipation. As for equality, that remains a work in progress. But which non-Western nations are doing better? I think President Trump blew an opportunity in his impromptu press conference the Tuesday after the riot in Charlottesville. But he was not being hyperbolic when he worried about where identity politics and the sudden furor over old statues is leading. “This week it’s Robert E. Lee,” he said. “I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder, is George Washington next week and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You really do have to ask yourself: ‘Where does it stop?’ “ It took not a week but only hours before his predictions came true. Among the examples: In Chicago, a monument to Abraham Lincoln was vandalized and James E. Dukes, bishop of Chicago’s Liberation Christian Center, called on Mayor Rahm Emanuel to rename Washington Park and to remove a statue of America’s Founding Father. What should we call Washington, D.C.? Since we’re on the Potomac, perhaps River City? Because we certainly got trouble with a capital “T” and that rhymes with “P” and that stands for the politics of grievance and division; for patriotism replaced by tribalism. Meanwhile, revanchists, supremacists and jihadists overseas are building nuclear weapons in order, as they put it, to bring “Death to America.” They’re targeting us all — without regard to race, creed, color or party affiliation. At this fraught moment, it would be helpful if we had leaders with both the will and the skill to emphasize Americanism, the principles and the values — many of them incompletely realized — that should unite us. • Clifford D. May is president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a columnist for The Washington Times. Sign up for Daily Opinion Newsletter Quiz: Can you pass a 2019 news test? Obama spied on an opponent and the FBI lied repeatedly. Trump is being impeached? 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Home>The Business Miami-Dade’s Fernandez Climbs from the Bottom to Deputy Director The Waste360 40 Under 40 winner discusses his role managing the largest government-owned solid waste management system in the southeastern U.S. Amanda McCorquodale | Jul 30, 2018 At 40, Michael Fernandez may be young to be the deputy director of operations of Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste Management in Florida, but he has 20 years of experience in the industry. “Michael is determined to provide the best public service,” says Johanna Faddis, Miami-Dade’s resource recovery administrator. “He is constantly looking for ways to improve the way we do business, whether it’s by installing onboard scales on transfer fleets, piloting aluminum trailers to maximize loads or piloting gaming cameras to curtail illegal dumping.” Fernandez received a Waste360 40 Under 40 award this year and recently spoke with us about his role managing the largest government-owned integrated solid waste management system in the southeastern United States. Waste360: What are your responsibilities as deputy director of operations? Michael Fernandez: I oversee the county solid waste operations, which includes curbside garbage collection for over 340,000 customers, bulky waste pickup and single stream recycling. We oversee 13 neighborhood drop-off sites, and the disposal site is a huge disposal system, so I'm responsible for the plant. We have a resource recovery facility and a waste management facility. It's a huge, huge operation. We manage about 1.8 million tons a year and have three landfills. We handle all incorporated Miami-Dade County as well as nine municipalities. I have a great staff, and I can't do it by myself, obviously. The department's close to a thousand employees, mainly field staff. Waste360: Beyond the size of the system, what other challenges are specific to Miami-Dade? Michael Fernandez: Hurricanes. In the preseason, we make sure our contracts, emergency contracts and supplies are in place. We'll do some test runs and simulations with our Emergency Operations Center partners. Then, we'll start prepping when the storm is 48 hours away. Typically, people want to start cleaning up their yard and start cutting everything down in preparation to a storm. It maximizes our system, creates long lines at the dumps and there'll be stuff all over the curbs. The last thing you want is the debris out there when the storm hits, so we go into a sweep mode to collect everything. At the same time, we can only leave our people out until winds reach 35 mph. Then, we just hold tight, and once the storm passes, we assess the facility and make sure our infrastructure is okay. Then, our main goal is to try and open the facility as soon as possible, so we can start getting back into service again. Waste360: Can you think of a challenge that you recently overcame? Michael Fernandez: Getting onboard scales on transfer plates. When I first started working here as the senior division director over the transportation system, I noticed tractors were arriving at the disposal facilities way overweight or underweight. In the beginning, it was a safety concern. I was concerned these drivers were hauling overweight loads, and God forbid, they get into an accident and hurt someone. I brought it up to the deputy director at the time, and we quantified an amount of what it would cost us and how the return on investment will pay itself off. Sure enough, a million dollars and a few years later, we outfitted our fleet’s 135 tractor trailers with onboard scales. It's beautiful. They are coming in right at 80,000 pounds. We also double check the weight against the disposal site scale, which is regulated by the state. If we see a deviation larger than 2 percent, then we bring the tractor’s onboard scale in for calibration. Waste360: What are you proudest of? Michael Fernandez: That I started from the ground up. I was trying to become a firefighter, and it just didn't work out for me. That's when I started working in the private sector, and I remember getting a phone call from a temp agency and they were like, "Hey do you want to work at a garbage company?" I was like, "Garbage? I'm not going to pick up garbage." I started in the office, and then worked my way out to the field when I became supervisor. I've driven garbage trucks, picked up roll off cans and picked up trash with a crane. I've pretty much done it all, and I've worked with some really good professionals along the way. It's been a long road, and I've still got a long way to retire. But I'm very proud that I started from the bottom and worked my way up to the top of a huge industry. TAGS: Waste360 40 Under 40 Business Operations Business

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Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games (Hardcover) By Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (Illustrator), Warren Ellis (Introduction by) This is book number 2 in the Locke & Key series. #1: Locke & Key Master Edition Volume 1 (Hardcover): $49.99 #3: Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows (Hardcover): $24.99 #4: Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom (Hardcover): $24.99 #5: Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks (Hardcover): $24.99 #6: Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega (Hardcover): $29.99 Soon to be a Netflix Original Series! New York Times-bestselling writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez, the creators behind the acclaimed Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft, return with the next chapter in the ongoing tale, Head Games. The three Locke children—survivors of a horrific home invasion that claimed their father—have just begun to rebuild their lives when little Bode discovers a key with incredible power. Q: What if overcoming your fears, mastering any skill, learning any art was as simple as turning a key? A: It could cost you your life—especially if Dodge, the malevolent creature who is the Locke family's sworn enemy, gets his hands on it. Head Games features an introduction by Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan). Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Full Throttle, The Fireman, Heart-Shaped Box, and NOS4A2, recently made into a TV series from AMC. His horror novella In the Tall Grass, co-written with Stephen King, was made into a feature film from Netflix. His book of short stories, 20th Century Ghosts, won the Bram Stoker Award and British Fantasy Award for Best Collection. He earned the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long-running comic book series, Locke & Key, featuring the eye-popping art of Gabriel Rodríguez. Born in Santiago, Chile, Gabriel Rodríguez began working as an illustrator in the late 90s and in 2002 started drawing books for IDW Publishing, including CSI, George Romero’s Land of the Dead, and Beowulf, amongst others. In 2007, he co-created the award-winning series Locke & Key with Joe Hill. He continued developing other creator-owned projects: the Eisner-winning Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland, with Eric Shanower; Sword of Ages; and the gritty sci-fi adventure Onyx, with Chris Ryall. In 2019, he partnered with Hill once again for two new Locke & Key stories, “Dog Days” and “Nailed It.” "A helluva comic... Locke & Key: Head Games picks up where Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's last series left off... [and] you will not find a better single blend of stoytelling and artwork..." — Blair Butler, G4 "Not only has Joe Hill kept the Locke & Key franchise fresh throughout this second series, but at its end, Head Games actually trumps the initial stories in just about every way... Gabriel Rodriguez contnues to assert himself as one of the prmiere horror artists in the industry." — IGN "With each and every issue this series just keeps aadding layers to a story that is already full of charm and perplexity and charater—not to mention gorgeous art—that easily puts it in a league of its own... if only as comics could so completely transport their readers as readily and deftly as Hill andcompany with this book..." — Ain't It Cool News Publisher: IDW Publishing Series: Locke & Key Maximum Age: UP Minimum Grade Level: 11 Maximum Grade Level: UP Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror Comics & Graphic Novels / Crime & Mystery Comics & Graphic Novels / Literary

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Gov. Jim Justice Dismisses 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates Over Climate Change October 1st, 2019 by WCBC Radio Republican West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has reacted to the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls who are vowing to take bold action against climate change. A former Democrat himself, Justice dismissed the field of candidates as political opportunists trying to score points on what he believes is a non issue, particularly for the state of West Virginia… https://www.wcbcradio.com/audio/archive/100119/Justice1.mp3 4 Responses to “Gov. Jim Justice Dismisses 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates Over Climate Change” October 01, 2019 at 9:40 am, Jay said: Why would Justice care anything about the environment? He is a billionaire who made his money off the backs of coal mines and coal miners and sold some of his coal mining assets to Russians. In 2008, the average price of metallurgical coal jumped over 50%, and Justice’s Bluestone sold 2.8 million tons of it that year. That attracted the attention of Mechel, the Moscow-based mining giant. In 2009, Justice sold Bluestone and its 725 million tons of reserves to Mechel for $436 million in cash, a chunk of preferred stock, plus the assumption of more than $100 million in debt. On top of all that, the Russians were contractually on the hook to buy additional coal from Justice. He found reserves that he said were worth $165 million. Mechel balked, claiming the coal was worth only $25 million. In 2014, Mechel sued Justice and Weir International, a mining consultancy, for fraud. According to Mechel’s complaint, “Justice knowingly and with the intent to defraud and/or negligently made or caused to be made misrepresentations and omissions of material fact.” October 01, 2019 at 12:08 pm, kevin said: > “I’m shocked! Shocked I tell you,” – to think a greedy tax evading coal operator would think that climate change is no big deal. He’s just the latest in a long line of politicians who have made their millions robbing West Virginia of their future, leaving them with dirty water, bad air and mountains of debt. He is the product of what Trump meant when he praised ‘undereducated voters.’ This was what they chose for their future. October 01, 2019 at 5:52 pm, Mark said: > And don’t forget Justice was elected as a DEMOCRAT!!!! October 01, 2019 at 8:53 pm, kevin said: > Good try Mark, but he is Republican though and though. Poll: Majority Of Marylanders Support Tax Hike For Better Education » « Franchot Would Like Allegany & Garrett Co. Schools To Start After Labor Day

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Pressured Morocco’s CGEM boss resigns over Algeria remarks Mezouar steps down as head of General Confederation of Morocco’s Enterprises following foreign ministry’s criticism of his “irresponsible” comments on political developments in Algeria. Salaheddine Mezouar’s comment on Algeria cost him the helm of CGEM CASABLANCA – The President of the General Confederation of Morocco’s Enterprises (CGEM) Salaheddine Mezouar stepped down on Sunday hours after the foreign ministry denounced his “meddling” with the political developments in neighbouring Algeria as “irresponsible.” “The government of His Majesty the King denounces the irresponsible, clumsy and ill-considered approach of Mr. Salaheddine Mezouar, President of the General Confederation of Morocco’s Enterprises, who felt obliged to comment on the internal situation in Algeria at a conference held in Marrakech,” said the foreign ministry in a statement released on Sunday. During the first plenary session of the World Policy Conference held last Saturday in Marrakech, former foreign minister Mezouar praised the peaceful movement in Algeria in recent months, urging “the military to share power” with civilians. Algeria has witnessed since February 22 ongoing peaceful protests which pushed on April 2 ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign but are demanding the departure of the entire political system. Analysts saw Mezouar’s resignation as a pressure from the palace which has been seeking to open dialogue with Algeria in order end the longstanding political impasse. CGEM is an independent organisation and the official partner of the government in all areas regarding economic policy, regulations and all that is related to the private sector. The foreign ministry said that CGEM cannot replace the government in taking positions on international issues and in particular the development in Algeria. “The Kingdom of Morocco has indeed decided to stick to an attitude of non-interference with developments in Algeria. Morocco refrains from commenting on this subject. It has neither to meddle with internal developments in this neighbouring country, nor to comment in any way,” said the statement. Mezouar had served as foreign minister between October 2013 and March 2017, before handing over his post to current FM Nasser Bourita. He was elected as head of CGEM in May 2018. Read the article on the Middle East Online

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Cleveland Browns trade Duke Johnson Jr. to Houston Texans The Cleveland Browns have traded running back Duke Johnson Jr. to the Houston Texans for an undisclosed pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Author: Matthew Florjancic Published: 11:03 AM EDT August 8, 2019 Updated: 11:41 AM EDT August 8, 2019 CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have agreed to trade running back Duke Johnson Jr. to the Houston Texans. Hours before kicking off the preseason tonight against the Washington football team at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, the Browns confirmed news that they traded Johnson Jr. to the Texans. In exchange for versatile running back, the Browns received an undisclosed selection in the 2020 NFL Draft. The parting of the ways between the Browns and Johnson Jr. came just two weeks after coach Freddie Kitchens said he would have a “significant role in our offense” during the 2019 season. Johnson Jr.’s future with the Browns had been the topic of much debate and discussion since the organization signed controversial running back Kareem Hunt in early February, and the questions grew louder when he elected not to show up for the voluntary portion of the offseason program. Cleveland Browns running back Duke Johnson Jr. (29) meets with position coach Stump Mitchell during a drill on the first day of mandatory minicamp at team headquarters in Berea on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. Matt Florjancic RELATED: Preview: Cleveland Browns host Washington Redskins in 2019 preseason opener After reiterating during mandatory minicamp his desire to be traded, Johnson Jr. parted ways with his former agent and hired well-known representative Drew Rosenhaus, who successfully negotiated a release from the Browns for Breshad Perriman after hours after signing him to a contract once they acquired Odell Beckham Jr. in a trade with the New York Giants. After leading the Browns with 74 catches during the 2017 season, Johnson Jr. caught just 47 passes and got 40 carries. Despite the lightened workload, Johnson Jr. averaged a career-high 5.0 yards per carry and matched a single-season personal best with three touchdown receptions. Selected in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft after a record-setting career with the University of Miami, Johnson Jr. has rushed for 1,286 yards and five touchdowns with 71 first downs and five 20-yard bursts on 299 carries over 64 games in his four years with the Browns. Johnson Jr. has turned 235 catches into 2,170 yards, eight touchdowns, 29 20-yard plays, two 40-yard efforts and 103 first downs. Cleveland Browns running back Duke Johnson Jr. hustles through a drill on the first day of training camp in Berea on Thursday, July 25, 2019. RELATED: 3 things to watch for during Cleveland Browns’ first preseason game Quarterback Baker Mayfield was outspoken about his disapproval of Johnson Jr.’s trade request, and while he toned down his comments early in training camp, the message was the same. “We want guys who want to win,” Mayfield said on the first day of camp. “We want guys who want to be here to work with each other. “The goals should absolutely be that high. We know and we have to emphasize that to get there, you have to take it one week at a time and one game at a time. Right now, it is training camp and we have to take it one day at a time. Just work on the little things right now to get to that ultimate goal.”

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24 October 2012 Richelle Budd Caplan Executive Director of the Anne Frank House, Ronald Leopold and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, Avner Shalev In essence, Anne Frank wrote a “blog” 70 years ago. I have often wondered whether Anne would have won the Pulitzer Prize had she not died in Bergen Belsen? Anne Frank was one of the 1.5 million Jewish children who died during the Shoah simply because she was Jewish. In hiding in Amsterdam, Anne noted in her diary that she wanted to become a journalist. She was a teenager who had aspirations – similar to those of Moshe Flinker who while in hiding in Brussels noted in his diary that he wished to become a statesman. Anne shared the hope to dream along with Abraham Kopolovitz who was born in Lodz, Poland, in 1930. During the Shoah, Abraham was imprisoned in the Lodz Ghetto. Abraham also left a notebook that was found after his death. Anne’s personal story has resonated with readers from all over the globe, especially young people, since her diary was originally published more than 60 years ago. Her words have touched many hearts and minds and she ultimately may be perceived as an icon. Approximately 1.2 million people annually visit the place where Anne spent approximately two years in hiding – 85% of them from outside of the Netherlands. This week, Yad Vashem signed a first-ever cooperation agreement in the field of education with the Anne Frank House, expanding professional development opportunities for Dutch educators to study this difficult and complex subject matter. During our discussions with the Executive Director of the Anne Frank House, Ronald Leopold, it was clear that both of our institutions share a deep commitment to transmitting to educators and their students the importance of teaching about the Jewish victims’ pre-war experiences, their everyday life struggles during the Holocaust and the dilemmas that Holocaust survivors – such as Otto Frank - faced after they were “liberated.” It is thereby hoped that Yad Vashem and the Anne Frank House will now work more closely together to support teachers who wish to learn more about the Holocaust. Posted by Richelle Budd Caplan

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Author Archives: Yazdanyar Law Offices About Yazdanyar Law Offices Ms. Mehrnoush Yazdanya, Esq. graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in Political Science and a Minor in Near Eastern Languages. She obtained her J.D. from the University of Southern California’s Law School. She has been a member of the California State Bar Association since 2005. She opened own private practice in 2009 and her firm currently has offices in Beverly Hills, Irvine, San Francisco, and Sherman Oaks. Her firm, Yazdanyar Law Offices, specializes in assisting clients nationwide to comply with and address issues related to the sanctions programs administered by the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). More specifically, her practice focuses mainly on assisting Iranian-Americans and Legal Permanent Residents of the United States with the legal and transparent transfer of assets from Iran to the United States and/or obtaining specific licenses from OFAC authorizing otherwise prohibited transactions. Ms. Yazdanyar has successfully defended federally prosecuted clients on issues relating to U.S. trade sanctions, handled OFAC matters arising before the Federal Bureau of Investigations, as well as successfully assisted hundreds of clients throughout the U.S. with the transfer of assets from Iran to the United States. As such, her practice encompasses the regulatory, enforcement, and criminal aspects of sanctions law. Posted on December 8, 2019 by Yazdanyar Law Offices While the issue of US-Iran relations is often marked by tension, news of the release of two innocent men is a welcome respite. My client, Dr. Masoud Soleimani, was arrested and imprisoned over a year ago for alleged US sanctions violations. More specifically, he was arrested for trying to import synthetic growth hormones to be used solely for stem cell research purposes from the US to Iran. Sanctions practitioners and legal experts across the field, including myself and my co-counsel Mr. Leonard Franco, as well as scientists worldwide were baffled as to why Dr. Soleimani was being criminally prosecuted and detained for this alleged violation. First, from a legal standpoint, the items at issue could be classified at medicine and were therefore permitted to be exported to Iran under the existing sanctions regulations. Second, even if the US government were to take the position that the items were not medicine, given the nature of the goods (the items had a shelf-life of 6 months and, as conceded by the US government, could not be used for any dangerous purpose or any purpose other than research) and their value (less than $10,000.00), this would be a case that would normally be handled on a civil or administrative level and NOT through criminal prosecution. Earlier this morning, all charges against Dr. Soleimani were dropped. Similarly, Chinese American Xiyue Wang who was wrongfully detained and unjustly held in Iran for over three years on alleged espionage charges had all charges against him dropped and was also freed. Mr. Wang, a Princeton University PhD student, was arrested in August of 2016 when he traveled to Iran for research purposes. Today, due to the cooperation of the US and Iranian governments as well as the efforts of all parties on both sides, both Dr. Soleimani and Mr. Wang are free and on their way home. Although nothing can make up for the time they lost and the hardships of unjust imprisonment they endured, everyone involved is grateful that this ordeal has finally come to an end. First, and most importantly, because two innocent men who did not deserve to be imprisoned are now on their way home to be with their families where they belong. And second, this exchange shows the world that, through diplomacy and open dialogue, even two adversaries can reach an outcome that benefits everyone. On a personal note, it was a true honor to represent Dr. Soleimani and to personally witness his strength of character and kindness of heart in even the most dreadful of circumstances. I hope that today will be the first of many good days for him and that he will soon be back where he belongs: in the hospital saving lives as he was doing before his arrest. -Mehrnoush Yazdanyar, Esq. Posted on August 7, 2018 by Yazdanyar Law Offices | Leave a reply Iranian-Americans woke up yesterday morning two major announcements made by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) as well as from Iran’s Central Bank. Here’s how this news can impact you: Snapping Back of Sanctions by U.S. Government In accordance to President Trump’s May 8th2018 decision to cease the United States’ participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, yesterday marked the last day of the 90-day wind-down period. As a result, the President issued an Executive Order that snapped back into place certain sanctions relating mostly to what non-U.S. persons and other countries could do vis-à-vis Iran. Our firm has received thousands of calls, emails and social media inquiries asking, “so what happens with the U.S. withdrawal of the nuclear deal, and how does this impact a U.S. person’s ability to bring their money to the United States from Iran?” The truth is, there is no direct impact on most U.S. persons looking to bring personal funds from Iran. Most of the changes in regulations announced on August 6, 2018, have nothing to do with the transmittal of personal assets or what is called noncommercial personal remittances, such as a gift or inheritance from Iran. Similarly, the sale of real property and the transfer of real property proceeds remain, for the most part, legal under the regulations. However, as many of you have experienced these past few months, while the transactions remain legal, finding U.S. dollars in Iran has become increasingly difficult and for some, impossible. The drop of Iran’s currency coupled with the fact that you could not buy U.S. dollars on the open market have made logistically sending funds from Iran to the United States extremely problematic for Iranian-Americans. The only people who have been able to successfully transfer funds are those who 1) have a connection to a broker who is willing to sell to them on the open market and 2) those who can afford the egregious jump in exchange rates. As we all have witnessed, Iran’s currency was already at an all-time low even before the Trump Administration announced that the United States government would withdraw from the nuclear deal. Since this announcement, we witnessed a spiral in the value in the Iranian currency against the U.S. dollar. The Iranian government tried to combat the plummet of the toman/rial by setting a fixed exchange rate and making the exchange of U.S. dollars outside of this rate by brokers illegal. However, this just resulted in individuals buying U.S. dollars from the black market at all time high rates. The news from clients who recently traveled to Iran and those who have family in Iran is that the socio-economic situation “has never been this bad before.” The recurring story you hear played out in one form or another is that people don’t have money to buy bare necessities and those who do are hoarding them because they are unsure of what the future holds. There is an air of uncertainty, fear and desperation in the words of anyone you speak to who has recently visited or been to Iran. Central Bank of Iran’s Decision to Legalize the Purchase & Sale of the US Dollar So, what is the Iranian government doing to curb the plight of Iran’s economy? The Iranian government and the new head of the Iranian Central Bank announced that the ban on buying and selling U.S. dollars in Iran would be effectively removed. Therefore, licensed currency exchange brokers are once again allowed to purchase and sell U.S. dollars in the open market. Furthermore, there will be no fixed exchange rate and no differentiation of the rate based on the purpose of the exchange (commercial or personal). In other words,except for vital goods and medicines that the government will provide necessary funds for, the market will determine the exchange rate for all U.S. dollars to be bought and sold in Iran. The hope is that this move will level out the surging currency exchange rate. Although is difficult to predetermine the exact rate, once the exchange of the US dollar resumes in Iran’s open market, we are likely to see fall of in the exchange rate. We will keep you updated as soon as we receive any additional substantial information. As always, please feel free to contact our firm with any questions. Because of the sanctions and regulations that remain in place governing transactions between the United States and Iran, individuals are rightly careful when transferring money between the two countries. In particular, the United States has prohibited the use of the hawala system to transfer funds to and from Iran. But because the hawala system takes its name from the general word for an ordinary wire transfer or deposit, many people think that any form of “havala” (or “hawala”) is prohibited as well. This is not the case, as the United States has authorized certain types of transfers to and from Iran “Havala”: a General Verb The confusion about the types of permitted fund transfers stems from the use of the Persian verb “havala” to describe the informal fund transfer system hawala. “Havala”, from the Arabic verb tahweel, has the general meaning of “to transfer”, and Persian speakers use “havala” to describe any fund transfer, for example, through Western Union, Venmo, a third country bank or any other type of deposit into a bank account. The United States government permits transfers to and from Iran through third country banks for certain types of transactions, such as remittances, inheritance, or sales of real property. The verb, however, could also denote a transfer through the hawala system, which is not allowed under the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (ITSR). Hawala System: a Specific Method of Transferring Money As many are familiar, the hawala system is an informal method of transferring money between countries that relies on personal networks and trust. For example, Customer A in Iran wants to transfer money to his family in the USA. He goes to a hawaladar (or broker in charge of arranging these types of transfers) in Iran and gives him a sum of money to transfer. The hawaladar then finds a customer in the USA who wants to send money to his/her family in Iran. The hawalader then deposits the funds he received from Customer A into an account Customer B provides in Iran. The hawaladar in return asks Customer B in the USA to deposit the dollar equivalent of that amount to Customer A’s family member’s account in the USA. Therefore, both customers A and B are able to successfully send funds to their families through this system without ever actually moving money across borders or through banks. Many prefer the hawala system to formal banking options because it is often more convenient, quicker, and requires less documentation than banks for legitimate transfers between expatriates and their home communities. Moreover, hawala networks thrive where the formal bank sector is weak or where no formal banking relationship exists, such as between the United States and Iran. The very features that make the hawala system attractive for users are also the reasons why authorities are concerned to scrutinize and regulate these sorts of transfers: because of their opacity hawala transfers could facilitate the financing of terrorism, money laundering, or the circumvention of sanctions. For these reasons, governments have started asking hawaladars to record their transactions and have even prohibited the use of hawala to transfer funds between certain countries, as the United States has with Iran. Moreover, the use of hawala for illicit activities means that individuals making innocent use of the hawala system may unwittingly be implicated in a criminal conspiracy. For example, settling liability between transferring and receiving hawaladars may involve serious illegal activity, such as fraud, sanctions evasion, or narcotics trafficking. We, therefore, strongly discourage the use of the hawala system to transfer money between the United States and Iran. When sending or receiving funds to and from Iran, you should only work with currency exchange brokers who send funds through third country banks and you should never allow direct deposits of any kind into your account from within the United States. And, as always, please be sure that your transfer is compliant with current U.S. sanctions law and that you submit all the proper documentation to your bank prior to each incoming wire. Posted on January 15, 2018 by Yazdanyar Law Offices | Leave a reply It has been brought to our attention that many individuals are routinely mistaking a “return-without-action” letter from OFAC for an OFAC license. Please be advised that a one page letter or response from OFAC is often a RWA Letter and not an actual license. This is merely a correspondence from OFAC. This IS NOT an OFAC license and will not be treated as such by your bank or by OFAC should any problems arise with the underlying transaction(s). Furthermore, when an OFAC license is submitted to the government, OFAC will routinely issue a case number for that application for reference purposes. This is so one can easily reference the case when calling or writing to OFAC to check the status of the application and/or to submit any needed supplemental information. Once again, a case number IS NOT an OFAC license number and will not be treated as such by your bank or by OFAC. Please be advised that this type of letter is also routinely sent in response to a license application submission in which the applicant is asking OFAC for authorization to engage in activities that are ALREADY authorized by GENERAL LICENSES, such as the receipt of Non Commercial Personal Remittances from Iran or the Sale of Property in Iran. A “return-with-no-action” letter can also be sent if an application is missing certain information thereby preventing OFAC from being able issue a final decision. An actual OFAC license will have a license number as well as an expiration date. It will also clearly outline the authorized activity. For a sample OFAC license, please clink the following link: Sample License If you received a return-without-action letter and would like additional guidance regarding this matter, please feel free to contact our firm at 310-780-6360 or email us via our website’s contact page. Inherited vs. Gifted Real Property in Iran: Why One is Legal and the Other is Not Posted on January 8, 2018 by Yazdanyar Law Offices | Leave a reply Because of the uncertain economic situation in Iran, many individuals who have real property in Iran would prefer to gift it to their children or other family members, including US persons, while they are still alive instead transferring title of the property as an inheritance after their passing. While this makes perfect sense if one wants to avoid possible probate and other legal issues and inheritance taxes in Iran, transferring title of real property to a US person as a gift is a violation of current US sanctions regulations. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) currently prohibits US persons from making any new investments in Iran without its prior authorization. Under OFAC regulations the acquisition of real property in Iran by US persons, including any type of title transfer or transfer of property, is considered a type of investment and therefore is prohibited. The only condition on which US persons can receive transfer of title to real property in Iran is if OFAC has authorized such a transaction. OFAC does, however, authorize US persons to acquire and sell real property in Iran if they inherit that property. Moreover, according to Reg: § 560.543 of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regime (ITSR) US persons may engage in transactions necessary and ordinarily incidental to the sale of real property in Iran, such as engaging the services of an attorney, funds agent, or real estate broker. US persons may also transfer the proceeds from sales of real property in Iran to the United States only if they acquired the real property before becoming a US person or inherited it from persons in Iran. Although the inheritance of real property is permitted, OFAC does not consider a gift of real property from an Iranian national who is still living an inheritance. For this reason US persons must obtain specific authorization from OFAC (i.e. a specific OFAC license) before the transfer of title in order to legally accept the gift. Furthermore, if US persons wish to sell the property they acquire as gifts, they must again obtain another license from OFAC, as that transaction falls outside the scope of general licenses issued by OFAC. As for other forms of property, such as vehicles, coinage, furniture, and the like, there are separate licenses that authorize US persons to receive these as gifts. And as with real property, US persons may inherit these items and transfer the proceeds from sales of them to the US, provide that they have obtained the necessary documentation attesting to the validity of the inheritance, sale, and transfer. Therefore if you are planning to accept a gift of any type of property in Iran, contact our office for more information on how to acquire the necessary OFAC license, to arrange the required documentation, and to disclose any past violations to the government. How You Can Donate to the Kermanshah Earthquake Relief Effort and Be OFAC Compliant Posted on November 14, 2017 by Yazdanyar Law Offices | Leave a reply The deadly earthquake that struck Kermanshah has left the region devastated and in dire need of resources. Many individuals and entities have contacted our office asking how they can donate to the cause while also ensuring that they are complying with U.S. sanctions law. If you have any questions regarding this matter or if you are a non-profit organization and would like additional information or guidance regarding how to legally raise funds for the Kermanshah relief effort please feel free to contact our firm. It will be our pleasure to provide you with pro bono assistance. The Impact of Trump’s Decertification of the Iran Nuclear Deal On Friday, October 13, 2017, President Trump announced that he will decertify the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal. By way of explanation, as part of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, the administration must recertify to Congress every 90 days that Iran is complying with its obligations under the JCPOA. Absent this certification, Congress has the option to re-impose nuclear related sanctions. Therefore, although Friday’s announcement does not withdraw the United States from the Iran Deal, it does open the door for Congress to impose legislation that could potentially undermine the integrity of the deal. Please keep in mind that the nuclear sanctions primarily impact non-U.S. persons and other countries. Therefore, even with the lifting of the nuclear sanctions in 2016, U.S. persons and U.S. companies continue to be broadly prohibited from engaging in transactions or dealings with Iran and the government of Iran unless such activities are exempt from regulation or authorized by OFAC. Although the re-imposition of nuclear related sanctions may not appear to have direct legislative impact on what U.S. persons can do vis-à-vis Iran, it is unclear whether such additional sanctions could soon follow. What is clear, however, is that such an act could have grave consequences from a foreign affairs standpoint and will undoubtedly undermine U.S. national security and credibility. This is especially true since the administration has offered no evidence that Iran has violated the deal. Furthermore, a bipartisan group of national security leaders have verified the success of the program and have urged the United States to continue implementing the deal. If you would like to help protect the Nuclear Deal and encourage Congress to uphold the agreement, please contact your representative today via the following link: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials If you have trouble finding your representative, please contact our office today. Trump’s Travel Ban 3.0: What Does it Mean? On September 24th, the Trump administration introduced a series of new travel restrictions on eight countries. Travel ban 3.0, for clarity sake, was in many ways predictable, but also contained a few significant surprises. The bottom-line for Iranian Americans and their friends and family abroad is that travel ban 3.0 continues version 2.0’s suspension of entry in the U.S. by Iranian nationals (among others) who lack a bona fide relationship with a U.S. person or entity. On October 18th, however, a new, indefinite suspension of entry into the U.S. by Iranian nationals will come into effect. Iranian nationals will no longer be permitted to obtain immigrant and non-immigrant visas for entry into the U.S., even including those who have a bona fide relationship with a US person or entity. Important exemptions remain, but travel ban 3.0 represents a near total denial of entry for Iranian nationals and others. Travel Ban 2.0 Travel ban 3.0 is the result of a Department of State review set in motion by travel ban 2.0. Recall that version 2.0, officially Executive Order 13780, ordered the Secretary of Homeland Security to determine “a comprehensive set of criteria” against which the Secretary would evaluate the capabilities of foreign governments to help the U.S. government to identify which of their nations attempting to enter the U.S. pose national security threats. The Secretary of Homeland Security came up with the following three criteria: 1. The integrity and rigor of the country’s travel documentation; 2. The willingness of the government to share information on its nationals with the U.S. government; and 3. The presence of terrorists in a country’s territory These criteria, as version 3.0 repeats, would enable the U.S. government to achieve its “foreign policy, national security, and counterterrorism goals.” As the next step the executive order instructed the Secretary of State to assess whether foreign countries fulfill these criteria and to request that the countries that fall short of these standards improve their practices. Finally, based on the findings of this review the Secretary of State would recommend to the president which countries to target with the new travel ban. While the Departments of Homeland Security and State were engaged in this work, version 2.0 suspended entry into the U.S. of nationals from six predominantly Muslim countries. Several rulings by U.S. courts placed injunctions on this order, although the Supreme Court lifted these injunctions and allowed the administration to deny entry to nationals from those countries who lack a bona fide relationship with a U.S. person or entity. This suspension will remain in effect under the new travel ban. The results of the review by the Department of State are in, and the following countries were found to be deficient in each of the three aforementioned criteria: Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, North Korea, Chad, and Venezuela. Starting October 18th, nationals from these countries – with the exception of Venezuela and Somalia – will be denied both immigrant and non-immigrant visas for entry into the U.S.; this ban also includes nationals who have a bona fide relationship with a U.S. person or entity. As for Venezuela the ban applies only to certain top officials, and Somalis are permitted nonimmigrant visas. Although travel ban 3.0 places stringent restrictions on entry, certain general exemptions, case-by-case waivers, and country-specific exemptions are allowed. General exemptions are made for the following categories of nationals from the aforementioned countries: 1. Persons who are in the U.S. on valid visas before October 18th; 2. Lawful permanent residents of the U.S.; 3. Nationals on humanitarian or advanced parole in the U.S.; 4. Dual nationals of non-designated countries; 5. Holders of diplomatic visas; and 6. Nationals already granted asylum or refugee status in the U.S. Case-by-case waivers may be granted at the discretion of consular officers to nationals for whom denial would cause “undue hardship”, who do not pose threats, and whose entry would be in the national interest. Individuals in this category could include nationals who have already been admitted to the U.S. on work or study visas, or who have “significant contacts with the U.S.”, but will be outside the country on October 18th; who have “significant business or professional obligations” that would be impaired if denied entry; who, seeking to visit a family member who is a lawful permanent resident, would incur “undue hardship” if denied entry; who are seeking entry for medical care; or who are or have been employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government. If you think you might be eligible for this waiver, please call our offices, or consult an immigration lawyer. The new travel ban also grants exemptions that are unique to the individual designated countries. Iranian nationals, for example, are permitted to enter the U.S. on a student visa (F and M) or an exchange visa (J), though they should expect enhanced scrutiny. (Still) A Poorly Written Regulation Unlike the previous two iterations of the travel ban, version 3.0 succeeds in cloaking the restrictions in a veneer of rationality, deliberation, and objectivity; however, upon a closer look it is clear that the travel ban remains a poorly written regulation. The most glaring example is the dropping of Sudan from the list of targeted countries. While Iran is chastised as a state sponsor of terrorism, there is no mention of Sudan, which continues to appear alongside Iran on the Department of State’s list of designated state sponsors of terrorism. Then there are the surprising additions of Chad, North Korea, and Venezuela to the list. Chad, for one, has been a valuable partner in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel, as the new ban itself acknowledges, and is not often cited as a source of destabilizing terrorism. Moreover, North Korea is not a source of immigrants to the U.S., as its government does not allow its citizens to leave the country. The choice to target certain top Venezuelan government officials, to the exemption of ordinary citizens, is in line with new financial sanctions placed on Venezuela in August, yet the rationale presented in the travel ban is perplexing. Despite the fact that Venezuela’s government is “uncooperative” and its information sharing policies “inadequate”, the text of the ban asserts that U.S. government has access to “alternative sources” to verify the identities of Venezuelan nationals. For this reason, the Secretary of State’s review recommended imposing restrictions only on the top government officials “who are responsible for the identified inadequacies”. The order does not specify what those “alternative sources” are. Nor does it defend the choice of officials’ role in setting travel policy as the criterion to determine which officials should be designated. In short, travel ban 3.0 will significantly curtail entry into the U.S. of nationals from several countries, and its convoluted regulations will create difficulties for officials working to enforce them and for individuals specifically exempted from the restrictions. Therefore, if you or a member of your family is planning to enter the U.S., we advise that you consult with an immigration lawyer prior to travel so that you know if and how you will be affected. OFAC & Iran Sanctions Still Exist: Here’s What U.S. Persons CAN’T Do Posted on July 11, 2017 by Yazdanyar Law Offices | Leave a reply

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Lan Tens: DC-10s in Chile The 1980s were a time of crisis and transition at Chile's national airline Lan Chile. During that period the airline acquired its first widebodies and although the DC-10s were ultimately just a temporary addition five aircraft served at times across a six year period. Here's the story of Lan's long-haul ambitions. ​Lan Chile was throughout the 1970s firmly supported by the new dictatorship of General Pinochet and grew with the acquisition of second-hand Boeing 707s and new 727s. The former opened up long haul flights to Europe (Madrid, Frankfurt and Paris Orly) in 1970 and across the Pacific extending from Tahiti to Fiji on September 5, 1974. Lan-Chile McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 CC-CJT Aeroclassics 1:400 Scale Model Airliner ​Despite the expansion the airline was not profitable and its debt load was increasing. The 727s were sold off in 1979 and short-haul additions were thin on the ground, with only a sole 737-200 being added in 1981. Ladeco, Lan Chile’s privately-owned competitor became the largest domestic airline in Chile. On international routes though Lan was still king but the 707s were becoming rather long in the tooth. ​The solution was the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30. A pair of ex-Laker Airways series 30s were leased and repainted into full Lan colours. One served for nearly a year but the other survived for nearly four years. Additionally, a single ex-National Airlines example was leased from Pan Am in June 1, 1981 as CC-CJN. The aircraft seated 270 passengers and was used initially on the New York and Buenos Aires services before moving onto the European routes, with trips to the USA on weekends. ​A further pair of second-hand DC-10s were acquired a year later with ZK-NZS and ZK-NZT joining the fleet as CC-CJS 'Santiago' and CJT 'Valparaiso' respectively. These aircraft were only built in 1976 and 1977 but had fallen foul of Air New Zealand’s decision to replace its DC-10s with 747s, in part probably due to the Erebus disaster. The arrival of Lan’s own DC-10s allowed the leased examples to be returned (aside from G-BGXI). ​None of the DC-10s wore the unusual multi-ribbon scheme that seems to have been introduced on the 707s in 1978, but was replaced in 1981 by the more organised standard scheme that would serve the airline into the mid-90s. The pair of Laker DC-10s had a light grey belly and black nosecone, whilst the ex-NZ pair had natural metal bellies and no black nosecone. This scheme was short-lived and never made it onto the DC-10s ​Unfortunately, Lan’s financial situation continued to decline and on March 10, 1983 it was forced to withdraw from all European routes. From then on, the DC-10s were used exclusively on services to the USA becoming regular visitors to Los Angeles, Miami and New York. The European connection was maintained by operating from Santiago to Rio de Janeiro, where the passengers would transfer to a VARIG flight to Madrid. This 1984 timetable advertised the DC-10 routes. From the wonderful timetableimages.com ​On July 24, 1981 Patrico Sepulveda was installed as President and after a few years he ‘cleaned house’. On December 31, 1983 a new company Línea Aérea Nacional, Ltda. (renamed S.A on Feb 9, 1985) replaced the state controlled original Lan Chile. This new airline absorbed the assets of the old but not the debts and was to be run as a more cost focused airline. The route flown was either via Lima or Caracas to Miami and then New York CC-CYS as SE-DFH in basic Lan colours after she joined SAS ​The DC-10s didn’t appear to fit the new airline’s plans proving too large for the remaining routes and both were sold. CC-CJS joined SAS in August 1986 and CC-CJT joined American in June 1986. Their replacement in the Lan fleet was a pair of new Boeing 767-216ERs leased from ILFC and joining the fleet on May 29 and June 30. The 767s introduced a new route to Montreal Mirabel and would provide a firm foundation with which to grow the long-haul fleet and replace the remaining Boeing 707s. Konstantin von Wedelstaedt [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)] ​Despite turmoil within its home country by the early 90s Lan-Chile was in a position to begin to grow to the dominant position it currently fulfils in the South American market. The DC-10s were Lan’s first widebody jets and came surprisingly late in the airline’s history, however they weren’t the only first generation widebody the airline would operate. ​In December 1988 the airline also leased the Aer Lingus 747-130 EI-BED for 14 months providing a glimpse of a Jumbo in the Chilean scheme. Ultimately Lan’s success would be built on the Boeing 767-200/300 and it wouldn’t be until 2001 that another quad would join the fleet, in the form of the Airbus A340-300. Davies. R.E.G. Airlines of the Jet Age: A History LAN. Airlinefiles.com

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Next Society, Politics & Psychology Next Warfare & Defence Next Other Warfare & Defence Issues Next Arms Trade Arms Trade 9780870030833-01-000 9780870030833-01-000 9780870030833 https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/russia-in-the-world-arms-trade/dmitri-v-trenin/andrew-j-pierre/paperback/9780870030833-01-000.html Russia in the World Arms Trade By Dmitri V. Trenin (Contributor), Andrew J. Pierre (Contributor) https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/russia-in-the-world-arms-trade/dmitri-v-trenin/andrew-j-pierre/paperback/9780870030833-01-000.html £12.25 rrp £12.50 Save £0.25 (2%) Eight prominent Russian experts contribute to this unique Russian-American analysis of the state of Russia's arms industry and national export controls, as well as the strategic implications of Russian arms sales to China and clients in the Middle East.Since the early 1990s, Russia's once colossal defense-industrial complex has been in upheaval. Parts of the arms industry have collapsed, and hopes for conversion from military to civilian production have proven largely illusory. An aggressive arms-sales policy seen as a panacea has also met with mixed results. At the same time, turmoil in domestic politics and in the reform process has limited and slowed much-needed changes in the industry's organization, operations, decisionmaking, and controls over the export of arms and sensitive technologies. The authors examine these and other issues posed by Russia's participation in the world arms trade, weigh the chances of Russian-American discord over arms exports to ""rogue states"" as well as the possibilities for arms cooperation; discuss the prospects for Russia's expanded participation in multilateral arms restraint and international norm-setting, and offer policy proposals. The book evolved from discussions of the Russian-American working group on conventional arms proliferation convened by the co-editors at the Carnegie Endowment's Moscow Center. Andrew J. Pierre, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, is coauthor of The Algerian Crisis: Policy Options for the West (Carnegie, 1996) and author of The Global Politics of Arms Sales (Princeton, 1982), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Contributor: Dmitri V. Trenin Imprint: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Publisher: Brookings Institution Biography: Andrew J. Pierre, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, is coauthor of The Algerian Crisis: Policy Options for the West (Carnegie, 1996) and author of The Global Politics of Arms Sales (Princeton, 1982), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Dmitri V. Trenin https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/russia-in-the-world-arms-trade/dmitri-v-trenin/andrew-j-pierre/paperback/9780870030833.html £12.25 rrp £12.50 Save £0.25 (2%)

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A major new exhibition featuring the earliest works and “lost pots” of one of Britain’s most well known artists is coming to York next summer. Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years will be showcased from 12 June – 20 September 2020 at the Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA). The touring exhibition, developed by the Holburne Museum in Bath, is the first to celebrate Grayson Perry’s earliest forays into the art world and will re-introduce the explosive and creative works he made between 1982 and 1994. The remarkable 70 works included in the exhibition have been crowd-sourced following a national public appeal. These ‘lost’ pots will be on display together for the first time since they were made. Dr Helen Walsh, curator of ceramics, said: “We are delighted to be showcasing the ground-breaking early works of such a renowned and influential artist. “It is fascinating to see how his craft has progressed and evolved since he began working as an artist. His early ceramic works show that the distinctive style, themes and characters have always been central in his decoration. “To be able to bring these works together for public display, many of which are usually hidden away in private collections, is absolutely thrilling. “We are very much looking forward to seeing Grayson Perry’s ceramic works displayed in the beautiful Centre of Ceramic Art at York Art Gallery alongside our own collection of Britsih Studio Ceramics.” The exhibition will shine a light on Perry’s experimentation and exploration of the potential of pottery to address radical issues and human stories. For art lovers, Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years represents a unique opportunity to enjoy the artist’s clever, playful and politically-engaged perspective on the world through a number of pieces, many of which have not been seen in public since they were first exhibited. Often challenging and explicit, these works reveal the early development of Perry’s distinctive voice that has established him as one of the most compelling commentators on contemporary society. Explaining how the exhibition came together, its Curator Catrin Jones said: ‘When we proposed the exhibition, Grayson responded really positively because, he said, “no one knows where those works are”. So, we asked the public and were absolutely overwhelmed by the response. What followed was an extraordinary process of rediscovery as we were contacted by collectors, enthusiasts and friends, who collectively held over 150 of his early works. Our first task was processing photos of the wonderful pots, plates and drawings which arrived in our inbox, and asking all sorts of questions about the works and where they came from. We logged all the pottery marks and provenance information, as well as the wonderful stories of how their owner came to have a genuine Grayson Perry.’ Catrin and her team then sat down with Perry to look through the extraordinary and varied selection of artworks and it was during this process that Grayson remarked that seeing the works again was a powerful reminder of his “pre-therapy years.” The exhibition begins with Perry’s early collaged sketchbooks, experimental films and sculptures, capturing his move into using ceramics as his primary medium. From his first plate, Kinky Sex (1983), to his early vases made in the mid-80s, Perry riffed on British vernacular traditions to create a language of his own. The themes of his later work – fetishism, gender, class, his home county of Essex, and the vagaries of the art world – appear in works of explosive energy. Although the majority of his output consisted of vases and plates, Perry’s early experiments with form demonstrate the variety of shapes he produced: Toby jugs, perfume bottles, porringers, funeral urns and gargoyle heads. Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years begins in 1982, when Perry was first working as an artist and then charts his progress to the mid-90s, when he became established in the mainstream London art scene. The exhibition provides a snapshot of a very British time and place, and reveals the transition of Grayson’s style from playful riffs on historic art, such as old Staffordshire pottery, along with crowns (the mixed-media Crown of Penii, 1982) and thrones (Saint Diana, let them eat shit, 1984 – inspired by his fascination with Princess Diana) into a style that is patently his own: plates and vases rich with detail that tell tales of our times and experiences, such as 1989’s Cocktail Party. Much of the iconography of Perry’s output has an angry, post-punk, deeply ironic leaning, combining cosy imagery with shocking sexual or political content. Many of the works displayed in the Pre-Therapy Years tell a very personal story, particularly in the evolution of Claire, who first appeared in the early 80’s inspired by such powerful women as television newsreaders and Princess Diana, rather than the exuberant child-like figure Perry created after her ‘coming out’ party in 2000. Accompanying the remarkable rediscovery of Perry’s artworks, The Holburne Museum will illustrate the exhibition with photos and snapshots of the era, again sharing hitherto unseen glimpses of Perry as he journeyed from angry, ironic young artist to one of British art’s best-loved figures. After completing his art degree at Portsmouth in 1982, Perry moved to London and lived in a Camden squat with Marilyn and the Welsh conceptual artist, Cerith Wyn Evans, collectively enjoying creative freedom while sharing limited resources. During these early years, Grayson encountered the Neo Naturists, a group of freewheeling performance artists, whose visual and creative approach would have a profound impact. Grayson Perry notes, “This show has been such a joy to put together, I am really looking forward to seeing these early works again many of which I have not seen since the eighties. It is as near as I will ever get to meeting myself as a young man, an angrier, priapic me with huge energy but a much smaller wardrobe.” Your email address will not be published. The comment form uses cookies. Please read our cookies policy for more information.

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5 facts to know about the history of Memorial Day Memorial Day is Monday, May 27 and honors those who have died while serving in the United States military. Here are five things to know about the history of Memorial Day. 1. Memorial Day began in the years following the Civil War. In the late 1860s, people who lost loved ones in the Civil War began gathering every spring to pay tribute to their friends and family who were killed during the war. It didn't become an official holiday until 1971. 2. Waterloo, New York is the official birthplace of Memorial Day. Many other towns claim to be the birthplace of the holiday, but Waterloo is the only one officially recognized by the federal government as the birthplace. Waterloo first celebrated the holiday on May 5, 1866 and was declared the official birthplace of Memorial Day 100 years later. 3. Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day. In 1868, General John Logan called for a nationwide day of remembrance in May, writing that on "Decoration Day," Americans should decorate the graves of soldiers "whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land." 4. It hasn't always been observed on the last Monday in May. Memorial Day was held every year on May 30 for decades, until Congress passed the Uniform Holiday Monday Act, decreeing that Memorial Day, a federal holiday, would take place the last Monday in May. So if you have Memorial Day off and a three-day weekend, you have Congress to thank for it. 5. The red poppy tradition stems from a World War I poem. "In Flanders Fields" by Lt. Col. John McCrea inspired the tradition of wearing a red poppy on Memorial Day. In 1915, the same year the poem was written, Georgia teacher and war volunteer Moina Michael wrote her own poem in response, calling for people to wear poppies to pay tribute to those who died in war. More stories from GateHouse Media: Here's a memorable Memorial Day menu, no matter the weather These are the 50 cities where mosquitoes are the worst, according to pest control company It's not just chlorine that makes our eyes red while swimming

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Researchers Are Using Machine Learning to Screen for Autism in Children Slide: 1 / of 1. Caption: Getty Images/Cavan Images RF Author: Francesca_Cristiani. WIRED Insider Parents and doctors face a difficult dilemma when it comes to detecting and treating autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children. It’s critically important to diagnose ASD as early in a child’s development as possible. Starting treatment for ASD at an age of 18 to 24 months can increase a child’s IQ by up to 17 points—in some cases moving them into the “average” child IQ range of 90-110 (or above it)—and, in turn, significantly improving their quality of life. What’s more, early intervention can save someone with ASD up to $1.2 million in lifetime medical costs, according to Geraldine Dawson, director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development. But the current process of early screening isn’t very accurate because it relies on a questionnaire that parents answer about their child’s behavior (usually at the child’s 18 month checkup). And these questionnaires often produce false positives. In fact, of the children whose parents report early signs of ASD on the questionnaire, Dawson says only 50 percent have that diagnosis confirmed by a licensed ASD clinician. And because there are so few licensed ASD clinicians qualified to follow-up with the many parents who report suspected ASD through the questionnaire, the wait time for children to receive a diagnosis could be well after the child’s third birthday—delaying treatment past the ideal window of time to potentially improve outcomes for children with ASD. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Duke University, led by Dawson and electrical and computer engineering professor Guillermo Sapiro, hope to improve the difficult problem of early ASD detection by combining the ubiquity of mobile devices with the power of machine learning and computer vision. Together, they hypothesized that these technologies could create a faster, less expensive, more reliable, and more accessible system to screen children for ASD. The method they developed has not only led to new insights about ASD, but it could also enhance how doctors evaluate patients for other behavioral disorders. Developing an ASD Screening App The Duke team’s method took the form of a mobile device app, which allows caregivers and practitioners to test children for ASD-related behaviors at home or in the clinic based on specific symptoms. “Babies who go on to develop autism typically don’t pay attention to social cues,” Dawson says. “They’re more interested in non-social things, like toys or objects. They’re also less emotionally expressive. They smile less, particularly in response to positive social events.” The in-app test screens for these behaviors by playing a movie with a social stimulus (a woman telling nursery rhymes, for example) on one half of the screen, and with non-social stimulus on the other half (a spinning top). Meanwhile, the device’s front-facing camera tracks the child’s gaze, head movements, smile, and other facial expressions. For Sapiro, the challenge was to convert the facial movements data into meaningful information. And this is one of the instances where the machine learning goes to work. Sapiro (a recipient of AWS Machine Learning Research Awards, which gives leading researchers easy access to AWS computing infrastructure and machine learning services) and his team used Amazon Web Services and tools called TensorFlow and PyTorch to build machine learning algorithms that connect children’s facial expressions and eye movements to the appropriate human emotions and attention patterns. The group is also using these cloud computing tools to develop new machine learning algorithms for privacy filters for the images and videos they collect—an issue most developers run into when dealing with sensitive healthcare data. “When doing the facial analysis, we had a team of trained ASD clinicians label by hand the emotions associated with different facial expressions, and used that data to teach and validate the algorithm,” Sapiro says. Dawson and Sapiro went back-and-forth for months, refining the algorithms until they were able to detect signs for ASD. Studying ASD at an Unprecedented Scale Machine learning and computer vision technology allowed the researchers to study ASD more quickly, and in more children. Typically, ASD studies involve 50 to 100 children. With the app, the Duke team collected behavioral data of about 1,700 children in a single study. The research team tested the app results against evaluations conducted by ASD specialists, and found the app to be almost 90 percent accurate in some subset of behaviors—a step forward from the 50 percent accuracy of the traditional questionnaire. Beyond improving the initial assessment, the team hopes the app could become a useful complementary tool for licensed ASD clinicians. The app provides frame-by-frame analysis of a child’s reactions to stimuli—a more detailed observation than the human eye—and can detect signs for ASD instantly and objectively. “We’re actually finding new biomarkers associated with autism,” Dawson says. “We learned that when children with autism watch these movies, they make very subtle head movements, almost as if they have trouble keeping their bodies still. And we expect to discover even more now that we can analyze behavior in greater detail.” An Automated Screening Method The potential for this kind of at-home, app-based screening method is promising, Dawson says. Her team is already exploring using it to detect signs of ADHD, but Dawson says the method could potentially be applied to other behavioral disorders, such as dementia and Alzheimer’s, and possibly anxiety and depression. “Whether we’re looking at motor behavior, attention, emotional expression, or cognitive processing — there are so many aspects of behavior you can measure through computer vision analysis,” Dawson says. “I see this as a tool that could potentially be used for a wide range of conditions.” For Sapiro, the most exciting aspect is that machine learning-powered apps could make healthcare more accessible. Screening for ASD is expensive and time-consuming, and specialists are often unavailable in the developing world, which makes early detection nearly impossible. But mobile devices and cloud technology make it easier and more efficient—from anywhere. Sapiro estimates it costs only $1 and takes only 10 minutes or less to process healthcare data on each of the thousands of patients. With the global footprint of AWS infrastructure, research teams could work in various countries and collaborate across international borders. “The more algorithms, the more people, the more resources we put toward this data, the better the potential outcomes for patients,” he says. “I wish every child in the world could meet with an ASD specialist, but that’s unrealistic. If we could provide ASD screening at a large scale, that would be a tremendous contribution.” Future/Now More Uncategorized

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Desalination Is Booming. But What About All That Toxic Brine? Desalination plants turn seawater into drinking water, but also pump hypersaline water back into the environment. That's especially troubling because desal has become extremely popular. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg/Getty Images If only humans could drink seawater without dying, we wouldn’t find ourselves floundering in a water crisis. To not die, first you have to boil saltwater and collect the pure vapor, or get yourself a fancy membrane that filters out all the salt and, conveniently, sea life. This is the controversial idea behind large-scale desalination—great big expensive facilities that turn saltwater into a liquid that won’t kill you. The classic criticism of desal is that it takes a tremendous amount of energy to process seawater, and we really shouldn’t be burning any more fossil fuels than we need to be. But a less chattered-about problem is the effect on the local environment: The primary byproduct of desal is brine, which facilities pump back out to sea. The stuff sinks to the seafloor and wreaks havoc on ecosystems, cratering oxygen levels and spiking salt content. Unfortunately, scientists haven’t had a good idea of just how much brine the 16,000 operating desal facilities worldwide have been producing. Until now. Researchers report today that global desal brine production is 50 percent higher than previous estimates, totaling 141.5 million cubic meters a day, compared to 95 million cubic meters of actual freshwater output from the facilities. Bad news for the environment, to be sure, but things aren’t altogether dire: Desal tech is rapidly evolving, so plants are getting far more efficient, both in the brine they produce and the energy they use. The WIRED Guide to Climate Change Desalination facilities typically fall into one of two categories: thermal and membrane. With thermal, you suck in seawater, heat it up to get the pure vapor, and pump the remaining brine back out to sea. With membranes, you push seawater at great pressures through a series of filters, which pull out all the salt and other contaminants. Thermal is the more old-school method—prior to the 1980s, 84 percent of desalinated water went through this process. Since the beginning of the new millennium, though, a particular kind of membrane technology, reverse osmosis (we’ll call it RO for short), has proliferated exponentially. RO facilities now produce 69 percent of desalinated water worldwide. Why? Because RO is cheaper and more efficient. Advances in membrane technology mean facilities require less and less pressure, and therefore energy, to filter seawater. As an added benefit, RO produces less brine. With thermal, 75 percent of the water you bring in might leave as brine. With RO, it’s more 50-50 freshwater to wastewater. “It also depends on the feedwater,” or input water, says Edward Jones, coauthor on the new study and an environmental scientist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. “Reverse osmosis is least efficient when you're desalinating highly saline water, such as seawater. And it gets more and more efficient as feedwater salinity drops.” Jones et al./Science of the Total Environment This is an important consideration because not all desal facilities are processing seawater. In fact, if you take a look at the map above, you’ll see a great number of them are inland. These are processing brackish (i.e., only slightly salty) water from aquifers or rivers for drinking, or for use in industry and agriculture. They’re by nature more efficient than coastal plants that process seawater. That’s part of the reason why coastal plants in the Middle East and Northern Africa produce an astounding proportion of the world’s desal brine. A total of 173 countries and territories run desal plants, but only four nations—Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Qatar—produce 55 percent of global desal brine, according to the new study. The second reason for the discrepancy is that in the Middle East they’re using older, inefficient thermal plants, while the rest of the world has been shifting to RO. “These plants are very, very expensive to build, so it's not likely they’ll be taken offline,” says Jones. “So there's still going to be these plants operating that produce vast quantities of brine, particularly in the Middle East, where they've got a very established network of thermal desalination plants.” Countries in the Middle East can afford to keep running these energy-hungry things because they’re awash in oil money but poor in water resources. But as populations grow elsewhere around the world, and climate change drives droughts, desal has become an increasingly attractive option. (Analysts forecast an annual growth rate for the industry of close to 9 percent for at least the next four years. You can see just how much desal has boomed recently in the graph below.) For instance, last year Cape Town rushed to bring temporary RO plants online so the city wouldn’t wither amid a vicious drought. “Increasing water scarcity is the major driver,” says Manzoor Qadir, coauthor on the new study and assistant director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health. “At the same time, if you look at the countries where desalination has tremendously increased, those are the countries that can afford it.” The boom in desal brings with it a tidal wave of brine. Because this stuff is denser than typical seawater, it sinks to the seafloor and disrupts vibrant communities of life, which find themselves wanting far less salt and far more oxygen. Facilities can mitigate the environmental impact by, for example, mixing the brine with seawater before pumping it out, to dilute it. They might also take care to expel the byproduct where currents are strongest, thus dissipating the brine quicker. Inland, a plant might evaporate the water in pools and cart away the remaining salt. But brine is more than just hypersaline water—it can be loaded with heavy metals and chemicals that keep the feedwater from gunking up the complicated and expensive facility. “The antifoulants used in the process, particularly in the pretreatment process of the source water, accumulate and discharge to the environment in concentrations that can potentially have damaging effects on the ecosystems,” says Jones. Dilution may help with the hypersalinity problem, but it doesn't get rid of the chemical toxins. But herein lies opportunity: The discharge can also contain precious elements like uranium. This might be enough incentive to turn desal brine from a noxious byproduct into a source of revenue. Or you might use evaporative pools inland to produce commercial road salt for deicing roads. And that could help clean up the industry, because capitalism. “There's definitely economic opportunities available,” says Jones. “That's why we stress there is positive news here as well. There's an opportunity as well as it currently being a big challenge.” Desal, for all its faults, isn’t going anywhere. As it gets cheaper, adoption will continue to grow. Middle Eastern countries full-tilt rely on it, while other regions, like Southern California, use it to supplement traditional—and increasingly unpredictable—sources of water. A plant run by Poseidon Water, for instance, produces 10 percent of San Diego County’s water supply. “That is enough water to serve 400,000 residents,” says Jessica Jones, spokesperson for Poseidon. “This is the only new water supply in the county that is not dependent on snowpack in the Sierras or local rainfall—truly climate-resilient.” Except, that is, for the fact that sea levels are rising due to climate change, which threatens seaside desalination plants the world over. And ironically enough, these facilities are sucking up massive amounts of energy, thus contributing to the emissions problem. "From an impact perspective, the energy intensity is huge," says Michael Kiparsky, director of the Wheeler Water Institute at UC Berkeley, who wasn't involved in this study. "Even if powered by renewable energy sources such as solar or wind, you're still using a tremendous amount of energy, which in principle could go elsewhere to displace fossil fuel consumption." "Desalination is not a panacea," Kiparsky adds. In a place like California, it can be a complement to more traditional sources of water like snowpack. And while the efficiency of these plants will improve, this is still a fundamentally energy-ravenous technology. "There are theoretical limits to the energy intensity reductions that are possible for seawater desalination," says Kiparsky. "It will never be cheap." This is a terrifying world we’ve built for ourselves, to be sure. But perhaps it’s not too late to clean up our act. How Corning makes super-pure glass for fiber-optic cable Hyundai's walking car concept reinvents the wheel Give yourself to the dark (mode) side The life-changing magic of peak self-optimization What is XR, and how do I get it? 👀 Looking for the latest gadgets? Check out our picks, gift guides, and best deals all year round 📩 Get even more of our inside scoops with our weekly Backchannel newsletter Matt Simon is a science journalist at WIRED, where he covers biology, robotics, cannabis, and the environment. He’s also the author of Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal About Our World—And Ourselves, and The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar, which won an Alex Award. Toilet-to-Tap Water and Other Ideas That Could Save Us From the Next Water Crisis Would you drink recycled toilet water? Scientists and engineers are betting on it as they look for innovative new ways to prepare for a warmer drier climate. TopicswaterClimate Change

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What are the Different Methods for Ventilator Weaning? Patients who have only been ventilated for surgery may be able to breathe on their own immediately afterward. Patients who have been placed on a ventilator during surgery are often weaned off of the respiratory support within a few days. Patients on ventilators must gradually get used to breathing without one. A sore throat and difficulty speaking may occur after being weaned from a ventilator. Written By: Erin J. Hill For anyone on a ventilator, the weaning process can be a happy, stressful, and sometimes scary event. Everyone reacts differently to the prospect of ventilator weaning; ranging from short-term patients who can’t wait to get up and moving again, to long-term patients who are hesitant about attempting to breathe on their own again with no intervention. Before attempting any ventilator weaning method, it is important to ensure that the patient is ready. This will include curing or stabilizing the illness that led to ventilation in the first place; as well as readying the patient emotionally for this important step. In some cases, counseling is implemented as a coping tool. Some patients may also require physical or speech therapy to learn exercises used to strengthen the neck and chest muscles used for breathing. Once all the groundwork is laid, a patient may be ready to begin ventilation weaning. The first step usually includes a spontaneous breathing test to allow the patient to practice breathing again, as well as to gauge lung strength. This is done using a device called a T-tube, inserted into the ventilator to allow patients to take breaths on their own. This device has its drawbacks, however. Many patients will receive an inaccurate reading because the T-tube is much more difficult to breathe through than it would be to breathe independently. Assuming the T-tube test goes as planned, the patient will be permitted to use one of two ventilator weaning devices. The first of these is called synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation. This method is conducted by placing a small valve directly into the ventilator. The valve allows a patient to take independent breaths while still providing mandatory breaths as backup. This tactic can be counterproductive, however, because it sometimes provides mandatory breaths directly after a patient takes an independent breath. This can cause too much airway pressure and lead to complications. Another method used for ventilator weaning is called pressure supported ventilation. This is similar to the synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation, but it allows the patient to control the rate at which independent and mandatory breaths are taken and administered. This prevents the problems associated with the synchronized method and is preferred by many physicians. While many doctors opt for weaning patients off the ventilator, there are those who prefer to allow a patient to try breathing on his own “cold turkey.” A spontaneous breathing test will still generally be administered ahead of time, followed by the complete removal of the ventilator tubes. This method is often effective for patients who are fully recovered from illness, young patients, and short-term patients. It is not usually recommended when a patient has been ventilated for a long time or in elderly patients. In some cases, the ventilator will have to be reinserted; a process that can strain the health of weak patients. In any case, ventilator weaning should be done with care. It is much less harmful to allow a nervous or weak patient to remain on a ventilator than to rush weaning before it’s time. Ensuring that each patient is emotionally stable, strengthened, and nourished with solid foods will greatly increase the chances of success. What Causes a Difficult Intubation? What Are the Potential Complications of Intubation? What is BiPAP Ventilation? When is a Mechanical Ventilator Necessary? What are the Different Mechanical Ventilation Modes? What is Ventilation Pressure? What is Mechanical Ventilation?

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‘He picked the wrong house’: Bodybuilder, 82, sends home intruder to hospital November 25, 2019 at 12:25 AM EST - Updated November 25 at 3:18 PM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHAM/CNN) - An 82-year-old bodybuilder, who can deadlift 225 pounds, used common household objects to fight off a man she says broke into her New York home. Willie Murphy, 82, says a man knocked on the door to her home late Thursday night, claiming he was sick and needed an ambulance. She called police but didn’t let him in. Willie Murphy, 82, is an award-winning bodybuilder who can deadlift 225 pounds. She works out at the YMCA almost every day. (Source: WHAM/CNN) Suddenly, Murphy heard a loud noise. “I’m saying to myself, 'What the heck is that?’ The young man is in my home, broke the door,” she said. But what the suspect likely didn’t realize is Murphy is an award-winning bodybuilder, who works out at the YMCA almost every day. She grabbed a nearby table. "I'm alone, and I'm old but guess what? I'm tough,” Murphy said. "I took that table, and I went to working on him. And guess what? The table broke.” Once the man was injured, Murphy says she poured shampoo on his face and hit him with a broom. “When he's down, I'm jumping on him,” she said. “He picked the wrong house to break into.” When officers arrived minutes later, it wasn’t Murphy who needed medical attention. "He's laying down already because I had really did a number on that man,” Murphy said. The suspect, who police say was intoxicated, was taken to the hospital. Murphy is not pressing charges. Jim Marron has been friends with the 82-year-old for over a decade, and he’s not surprised she held her own. "I probably weigh close to twice as much as her. I wouldn't want to tango with her. Don't mess with Willie,” he said. Murphy says she can deadlift 225 pounds. She hopes her story inspires people of all ages. Copyright 2019 WHAM via CNN. All rights reserved.

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Upper Great Lakes News, Music, and Arts & Culture WNMU-FM Home Preview Guide Search Playlists Upper Great Lakes News NPR News Media Meet University Beat Classiclectic Just Folks Jazz Showcase Night Studio Peninsula Performances Sound Spectrum Sunday Swing Sustainer Testimonials NMU Payroll Deduction Contact WNMU-FM Instagram Features Community Discussion Guidelines WNMU-FM Production Resources EEO Report/Public File Univ. Board of Trustees NMU Board meeting Audited Financial Statement Employee Statistical Report Northern Notes To Prevent School Shootings, Districts Are Surveilling Students' Online Lives By Anya Kamenetz & Jessica Bakeman • Sep 12, 2019 Delphine Lee / NPR Originally published on September 12, 2019 8:25 pm In a photo taken last March, a teenage boy is sitting at his desk with a plastic pellet gun that looks a lot like an AR-15. The airsoft rifle is propped up on the arm of a chair, pointing at the ceiling, and the boy, Eric, is looking at the camera. We're not using his last name to protect his privacy. Eric's friend took the picture. At the time, Eric says, he didn't realize his friend had captioned the photo "Don't come to school Monday" and had sent it to others on Snapchat. "I don't think he really had the intention of getting me in trouble," Eric says, explaining his friend's post as "dark humor." But Eric, who is now in 10th grade, did get in trouble. Someone reported the photo to Miami-Dade County Public Schools, where Eric is a student. Two police officers and Eric's principal took him out of class to question him. "I was terrified," Eric says. "They think that I wanted to shoot up the school, and I didn't. I didn't want to at all." Eric was recommended for expulsion. His parents fought it, explaining that he didn't take the picture, caption it or send it to anyone himself. Ultimately, he was moved from his A-rated magnet school to a different school with a C rating. His parents want to transfer him somewhere else. But they worry about what his record now says. Eric's dad, Ricardo, says, "Anybody that doesn't know the story will read this and say, 'There's no way in the world I'm gonna put this child in my school.' " A spokesman for Miami-Dade schools said the district takes threats seriously, investigates them thoroughly and disciplines students when necessary. For many students, this new school year will mean more reasons to watch what they do or say online. Spurred in part by the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., a year and a half ago, schools nationwide are collaborating with law enforcement in new ways in efforts to avoid the kind of tragedies that, while still rare, are far too familiar. They're investing in new security technologies that scan social media posts, school assignments and even student emails for potential threats. These companies say they are saving lives. Privacy hawks and advocates for vulnerable students, such as those with disabilities, worry that these new surveillance technologies could threaten students' privacy and have far-reaching implications. Florida out in front Not surprisingly, Florida is at the forefront of this new wave of school security efforts. Since the Parkland shooting, the Miami-Dade school district has opened a police command center with live video feeds from 18,000 cameras located in its public schools. It has installed GPS tracking on every school bus. There is an app through which the public can report threats. And, on Aug. 1, the state launched an ambitious data repository called the Florida Schools Safety Portal. It's intended to collect information from school discipline records, law enforcement and mental health and child welfare systems and display it all in one place, alongside tips sent in by the public and automatic scans of social media posts for potential threats. It's the state's answer to a problem that policymakers have been trying to solve since the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, which left 17 people dead and 17 injured. Various people had concerns that the confessed shooter was dangerous, but they weren't always comparing notes. The system has been controversial from the start. State advocates for students with disabilities and students with mental illnesses raised alarms that children would be unfairly stigmatized and tracked for actions rooted in their conditions. Social Sentinel, one of the largest companies in the business of scanning social media for schools, declined to be a part of the portal, because, it said in a statement, "we did not feel comfortable participating in an extensive database of student profiles." The firm is still serving schools in Florida — it just won't link its results to the portal. The portal just launched, but officials involved with the process have already started to question whether it will work as designed, as a one-stop shop of information. Because of privacy concerns, no one will be able to access the data without authorization — and only a cop can see the law enforcement records, and only a school official can see the discipline records. So instead of integrating data, the portal essentially keeps it siloed. "The Department of Education and all the other stakeholders that were tasked with doing this have done the absolute best possible job they could with what they were asked to ... accomplish," Bob Gualtieri, a Florida sheriff and the chair of the state's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, said at a public meeting Aug. 15. "What they were asked to accomplish is, in essence, the impossible." Initially set up to investigate the Parkland shooting, the commission's brief has grown to encompass school safety across the state, including the portal effort. Late one night last spring, after an event, David Cittadino got an alert that someone might want to hurt his students. Cittadino is the superintendent of schools in Old Bridge, N.J. Safety has been an increasing concern in this suburban township, as it has been around the United States. Cittadino's first year as assistant superintendent, 2012, not only was the year of the Sandy Hook school shooting, but was when, in his own small community, two young graduates of Old Bridge High School were shot and killed by a troubled veteran at a local supermarket. In response, the school district has "hardened" schools, Cittadino says: more police, more security measures at the doors. But, he adds, he has seen a new urgency in the past year. "Things changed after Parkland," he says. He remembers a school board meeting with members of the public asking, "What are you going to do?" For his district, as for hundreds more around the country, the answer was new technology. Cittadino dug through his old phone messages and returned a call to Social Sentinel. It offers school professionals "Total Awareness," its website says. Social Sentinel scans public posts to social media for potential threats to a school community. The company won't say exactly how it identifies which accounts to scan. When a threat is found, it is shared automatically with district officials and sometimes with the police. A different company with a parallel mission, called Gaggle, scans learning software for similar threats. That means emails sent by students and faculty on school accounts, school assignments written with Google Docs or within the student software Canvas, and even calendar entries made in Microsoft Office. Gaggle safety experts manually review each alert before passing it along. Gaggle reported that between July and December 2018, it found 51,000 examples of what it called "questionable content" — most often bullying or sexual content, less often self-harm and least often threats of violence to others. On its website, Gaggle claims that it has "helped districts save 722 students from carrying out an act of suicide." That figure, says Gaggle CEO Jeff Patterson, is based "on the severity of the incident, the specificity of it and the imminent nature." He gives an example: "I'm getting on the bus, my parents aren't home and I'm going to kill myself." Stories like these are what sell these technology products. But details often can't be shared with the public or the press. Sarah Trimble-Oliver is the chief information officer of Cincinnati Public Schools, which is a customer of Gaggle. The school district has about 36,000 students, and last year, it had about 90 serious incidents that came into it through Gaggle. In one such case, "it actually came through as an alert for self-harm," Trimble-Oliver says. "We did find that there was some actual planning for self-harm and harm to others." Software offerings like these promise to partially automate school safety, giving school leaders like Cittadino and Trimble-Oliver peace of mind. They're meant to help administrators answer the question "What are you going to do to prevent the next incident?" Cittadino points out that shootings like the ones in Parkland and Dayton, Ohio, were preceded by threatening statements made online. "For every incident we're reading about, not just the ones at schools, there was a social media footprint that led to these tragedies — people putting it on social media, dealing with feelings of loss, shut out by society, left alone, seeking revenge," he says. Indeed, after the Columbine High School shooting, the U.S. Secret Service studied shootings committed by adolescents. In 81% of cases, at least one person knew the shooter was planning or thinking about committing violence. But what happened that night in the spring of 2018 — the incident that Cittadino remembers as proving the usefulness of his security system, the reason that Social Sentinel connected him to a reporter — also shows the drawbacks of this move toward high-tech surveillance in schools. First of all, the post, which Cittadino paraphrases as "I would not have a problem with taking out a bunch of people all at once, and I would have no remorse for it," didn't come from a current student. It was from an account that Social Sentinel connected to Old Bridge schools based on its algorithm. Second, after Cittadino contacted police, they showed up at the person's house and determined that it was not a serious threat. It was more like someone venting emotions, he says. In other words, as a result of this system, a school official experienced anxiety and sent the police to a young person's home late at night, with unknown repercussions to that person. Cittadino sees a success story, a potential crisis averted. Social Sentinel sees the validation of its model. Amelia Vance, a student privacy advocate with the Future of Privacy Forum, sees a false alarm that burdens school and law enforcement resources, even as it infringes on civil liberties and free speech. "There's no proven information showing that social media monitoring is useful," she says. "We have a lot of data showing it overwhelms with false flags." No easy answers Here's the hard truth: School shootings of any kind — and mass shootings in general — are still so rare that there is no evidence that any particular security measure will reduce them. That was the conclusion of a review of literature by Jagdish Khubchandani, a professor at Ball State University, that was published this year. Whether you're talking about locked doors to the building, security cameras, metal detectors, more police officers, random checks of lockers — none of it has been shown to improve safety. To prove so, says Khubchandani, would involve randomly assigning similar schools to use a particular measure rather than another and then following up for years. Newer high-tech alert systems, as well as facial and voice recognition, have no evidence behind them either, Khubchandani tells NPR. Still, he holds out hope: "If ... shooters have these warning signs, it does seem like a new out-of-the-box approach. It could be promising." But he also sees a drawback. "I hope that the social media monitoring does not make criminals out of a bunch of students who are having problems." School leaders, for their part, feel bound to do something to help. In fact, according to Vance, the student privacy advocate, in today's climate they may face legal liabilities if they don't — if they miss something, if something happens and they should have known. And technology companies, having taken millions of dollars from investors, are offering solutions for that anxiety. But it's not clear that students are any safer as a result. © 2020 WNMU-FM EEO Report & Public File

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Why age gracefully? Just because low testosterone has got you down, it doesn't mean that the down-in-the-dumps feeling and all the physical symptoms that come with it are something you have to put up with. Testosterone replacement therapy, which is available in a number of forms, has been shown to increase energy levels, muscle mass, bone density, and sex drive and to reduce other symptoms in men who suffer from low testosterone for a range of reasons. Testosterone supplements come in a variety of forms, including gels, injections, patches, and pills. Men concerned about maintaining an active lifestyle may find it easiest to go with the patch because it is applied once daily to the back, abdomen, thigh, or upper arm and worn for 24 hours, and users can exercise, swim, bathe, and shower like normal. Most importantly, the patch is the only delivery method that mimics the natural daily rhythm of testosterone production in healthy young men. While gels are also popular, they can be messy and restrictive. The gel is applied once daily to clean, dry and unbroken skin on the shoulders, upper arm, or abdomen, and users must wait several minutes for the gel to dry before dressing and a further 5 to 6 hours before showering, bathing, or swimming. Because the testosterone in the gel is so easily absorbed, men using this form need to take caution not to let anyone else come into direct contact with the medicated skin - this can lead to the other person developing masculine features such as a low voice and facial hair unless the affected area is washed thoroughly and as promptly as possible with soap and water. Though they are available, pills are not commonly prescribed as a means of treating low testosterone because they can cause severe liver damage. And while some doctors may prescribe testosterone injections, the shots are injected directly into a muscle - which can be painful - and are generally administered at the doctor's office every 3 to 4 weeks, which may be inconvenient. Side effects of testosterone replacement therapy can include acne, prostate growth, sleep problems, increased blood cell production, and other effects that are related to the specific dosage form. As well, men with prostrate cancer, breast cancer or allergies to testosterone or any ingredient in the dosage form should avoid testosterone replacement therapies. Talk with your doctor to find out whether testosterone replacement therapy - and in which form - is right for you! All material copyright MediResource Inc. 1996 – 2020. Terms and conditions of use. The contents herein are for informational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Source: www.medbroadcast.com/healthfeature/gethealthfeature/Andropause-A-Turning-Point-for-Men Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited (genetic) disease in which excess mucus clogs the lungs, prevents food from being digested, and damages the reproductive system. It is the most common life-threatening genetically inherited disease affecting children and young adults. The incidence of CF occurs in about 1 in 3,600 live births in Canada. In CF, an abnormal protein called CFTR is produced. This protein changes the way chloride (a component of salt, which is also called sodium chloride) moves in and out of cells. This affects the balance between salt and water in the body, making the mucus that lines the lungs, pancreas, and other organs thicker and stickier. CF affects all the body's exocrine glands. These glands create and secrete chemicals necessary for proper functioning of the body. The pancreas, for example, is an exocrine gland that provides digestive enzymes for the stomach. The sweat glands provide liquid to cool the skin. In CF, some glands produce abnormal substances. The sweat glands, for example, release high levels of salt. Other glands, like the pancreas, become plugged with mucus. Because of the many organs affected and thanks to newborn genetic screening, CF is usually diagnosed early in childhood, with over half of children being diagnosed before the age of 1.Thanks to good research, more and better medications, and early diagnosis, people with CF are living longer, fuller lives. Dry mouth is usually a temporary condition caused when the salivary glands don't produce enough saliva. It's a common side effect of many prescription medications and a symptom of certain diseases. Though it can occur at any age, it is more common in older people, affecting 30% of those 65 and older. Dry mouth isn't life-threatening, but it can be extremely bothersome and can have negative effects on dental health. The medical term for dry mouth is xerostomia. October 04, 2015 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases Hypoglycemia occurs when the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood is too low. Normally, your body keeps your blood glucose within a concentration range of 4.0 mmol/L to 8.0 mmol/L (about 70 mg/dL to 140 mg/dL). In order to do this, the body has mechanisms that involve the hormone insulin, which is made by the pancreas, as well as several other hormones. When blood sugar levels rise, the pancreas responds by releasing insulin to encourage the movement of glucose from the bloodstream to the cells. Insulin lowers the amount of glucose in your blood by signalling the cells in the body to use the glucose as fuel. Your body uses glucose as its main fuel. The brain requires a constant supply of blood glucose and will signal the adrenal glands to release two hormones called adrenaline and cortisol whenever blood glucose levels are low. The adrenaline and cortisol then signal the liver to convert the carbohydrates it stores (from the foods we eat) into glucose and release it into the bloodstream. The pancreas is also involved in raising blood glucose levels if they fall too low. When blood sugar is low, the pancreas releases the hormone glucagon, which increases blood sugar by signalling the liver to convert stored carbohydrates into glucose and to create new glucose molecules from other substances (such as amino acids) in the liver. If these mechanisms don't work properly, the blood glucose remains too low and the brain won't be able to function normally. Obesity is a leading cause of preventable illness and death in North America. In recent years, the number of overweight people in industrialized countries has increased significantly, so much so that the World Health Organization (WHO) has called obesity an epidemic. In the United States, 69% of the adult population are overweight or obese. In Canada, the self-reported data shows that 40% of men and 27% of women are overweight, and 20% of men and 17% of women are obese. People who are obese are at a much higher risk for serious medical conditions such as high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, diabetes, gallbladder disease, and different cancers than people who have a healthy weight. The thyroid is a gland located in your neck, just beneath the Adam's apple. It releases hormones – thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) – that increase the body's metabolic rate. A metabolic rate is the rate of chemical processes occurring within the body that are necessary to maintain life. In metabolism, some substances are broken down to provide energy for vital processes while other substances are made. The thyroid gland is self-regulated by thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), made by the pituitary gland (sometimes called the master gland) in the brain. TSH stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroid hormones (T4 and T3). When thyroid hormone levels in the body are high, TSH production will "switch off," stopping the thyroid from making more T4 and T3. Hyperthyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland becomes overactive, making an excessive amount of thyroid hormones. It is much less common than hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid gland) and has a variety of causes. Hyperthyroidism is 5 to 10 times more likely to occur in women than men. Risk factors for developing hyperthyroidism include having another autoimmune disease (e.g., type 1 diabetes, pernicious anemia), a family history, eating large amounts of iodine, being a woman, and previous goiter. Cholesterol is a fatty substance your body needs to rebuild its cells and to make certain hormones. It's carried throughout your body in your bloodstream. Your body only requires a small amount of cholesterol. When there's too much cholesterol in your bloodstream, you have high cholesterol. This is a very common condition. Cholesterol levels generally rise with age. Unfortunately, high cholesterol can significantly increase your risk of heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease. Most of your body's cholesterol (about 80%) is made in your liver. The rest comes from your diet. Dietary cholesterol is found in foods from animal sources, such as eggs, meats, and dairy products. There are two important types of cholesterol you should know about: low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad" cholesterol high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good" cholesterol Most of the LDL, or "bad," cholesterol circulates in the blood and remains unused. Normally, the liver removes this "extra" cholesterol, but many people have more LDL cholesterol than the liver can handle. LDL cholesterol promotes buildup of harmful plaque (fatty deposits) in the walls of the arteries. The term high cholesterol refers to having high levels of LDL cholesterol. HDL gets its "good" name by picking up LDL cholesterol from the arteries and tissues and carrying it back to the liver, where it can be broken down. Two-thirds of the human body is made up of water. That means that if a person weighs about 70 kilograms (154 pounds), their body contains about 47 litres of water. Almost 70% of this water is inside the body's cells, 20% is in the space surrounding cells, and slightly less than 10% is in the bloodstream. The water in the human body is essential to keeping it healthy. When the amount of water you intake matches the water you excrete, the body's water supply will be balanced. If you are healthy and do not sweat excessively, you should consume at least 2 to 3 litres of fluid a day (about 8 glasses of water) to maintain your water balance and protect against complications, like the development of kidney stones. Dehydration results when there is a deficiency in the body's water supply. If the brain and kidneys are functioning properly, the body will be able to manage minor changes in water intake. It's usually possible to drink enough water to make up for a regular day's water loss. However, it may be difficult to drink enough water if you are vomiting, have severe diarrhea, are exposed to excessive heat, or have a fever. Dehydration is common among seniors, infants, and children. Seniors sense thirst more slowly so they may not recognize that they are becoming dehydrated and in turn may not drink enough fluids. Infants and young children lose proportionately more fluid from diarrhea or vomiting than older children and adults. Some dehydration is relatively mild; however, severe loss of the body's supply of fluids can be potentially life-threatening. When the body's supply of fluids falls below a certain amount, a condition called hypovolemic shock may result. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a potentially lifethreatening complication that may occur in people who have diabetes, most often in those who have type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes. It involves the buildup of toxic substances called ketones that make the blood too acidic. High ketone levels can be readily managed, but if they aren't detected and treated in time, a person can eventually slip into a fatal coma. DKA often leads to people being newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. It can also occur in people already diagnosed with type 1 diabetes who have missed an insulin dose, have an infection, or have suffered a traumatic event or injury. Although much less common, DKA can occasionally occur in people with type 2 diabetes under extreme physiologic stress. April 02, 2015 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases The thyroid is a gland located in the neck below the Adam's apple. It helps control the body's metabolic rate by producing the hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). A metabolic rate is the rate of chemical processes occurring within the body that are necessary to maintain life. Hypothyroidism is the most common of the thyroid disorders. It occurs when the thyroid gland becomes underactive and does not produce enough thyroid hormones. The metabolic rate falls and normal bodily functions slow down. Hypothyroidism occurs in 1.5% to 2% of women and in 0.2% of men, and it is more common with increasing age. Up to 10% of women over the age of 65 show some signs of hypothyroidism. Although less common, hypothyroidism does occur among the young. Neonatal hypothyroidism, called cretinism, is associated with mental retardation, jaundice (yellowing of skin), poor feeding, breathing difficulties, and growth problems. Childhood (juvenile) hypothyroidism is characterized by delayed growth and problems with mental development; however, with prompt treatment, problems can be minimized. Diabetes is a condition of elevated blood sugars in which the body does not make enough insulin and/or the insulin being made cannot be used properly by the body. The body's main fuel is a form of sugar called glucose, which comes from food (after it's been broken down). Glucose enters the blood and is used by cells for energy. To use glucose, the body needs a hormone called insulin, which is made by the pancreas. Insulin is important because it allows glucose to leave the blood and enter the body's cells. Diabetes develops when your body can't make any or enough insulin, or when it can't properly use the insulin it makes. There are two main types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2. Type 1 diabetes develops when your body makes little or no insulin. When this happens, glucose can't get into the cells for energy and remains in the blood, causing hyperglycemia (high blood sugar). Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition. Most people develop type 1 diabetes before the age of 30, but it can also occur in older adults. In North America, 5% to 10% of people with diabetes have type 1 diabetes. It occurs equally among women and men. Diabetes is a condition in which the body cannot properly store and use fuel for energy. The body's main fuel is a form of sugar called glucose, which comes from food (after it has been broken down). Glucose enters the blood and is used by cells for energy. To use glucose, the body needs a hormone called insulin that's made by the pancreas. Insulin is important because it allows glucose to leave the blood and enter the body's cells. Diabetes develops when the body can't make any or enough insulin, and/or when it can't properly use the insulin it makes. For some people with diabetes, the body becomes resistant to insulin. In these cases, insulin is still produced, but the body does not respond to the effects of insulin as it should. This is called insulin resistance. Whether from not enough insulin or the inability to use insulin properly, the result is high levels of glucose in the blood, or hyperglycemia. There are two main types of diabetes: type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. About 90% of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, which used to be called adult onset diabetes. However, more and more children are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes due to the rise in obesity. Some people do not have diabetes but also do not handle glucose as well as normal. This is called impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). Up to 40% of people with IGT will eventually develop type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is a condition where people don't produce enough insulin to meet their body's needs and/or their cells don't respond properly to insulin. Insulin is important because it moves glucose, a simple sugar, into the body's cells from the blood. It also has a number of other effects on metabolism. The food that people eat provides the body with glucose, which is used by the cells as a source of energy. If insulin isn't available or doesn't work correctly to move glucose from the blood into cells, glucose will stay in the blood. High blood glucose levels are toxic, and cells that don't get glucose are lacking the fuel they need to function properly. There are two main kinds of diabetes: type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. More than 90% of all people with diabetes have type 2. Overall, more than 3 million Canadians have diabetes, and the number is rapidly rising. Over a third of people with type 2 diabetes are unaware they have the disease and are not receiving the required treatment because, for many people, early symptoms are not noticeable without testing. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas cannot make insulin. Everyone with type 1 diabetes requires insulin injections. Most people are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during their childhood or adolescent years. Type 1 diabetes occurs most commonly in people of northern European ancestry. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not make enough insulin or the body does not use insulin properly. It usually occurs in adults, although in some cases children may be affected. People with type 2 diabetes usually have a family history of this condition and 90% are overweight or obese. People with type 2 diabetes may eventually need insulin injections. This condition occurs most commonly in people of Indigenous and African descent, Hispanics, and Asians. Another less common form is gestational diabetes, a temporary condition that occurs during pregnancy. Depending on risk factors, between 3% to 13% of Canadian women will develop gestational diabetes which can be harmful for the baby if not controlled. The problem usually clears up after delivery, but women who have had gestational diabetes have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Prediabetes is a term used to describe blood sugar levels that are higher than normal, but not high enough to be classified as diabetes. Many people with prediabetes go on to develop diabetes. July 10, 2014 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases The thyroid is a small gland located below the Adam's apple in your neck. It releases hormones, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), which increase the amount of oxygen your body uses and stimulate your cells to produce new proteins. By controlling the release of these hormones, the thyroid determines the metabolic rate of most of your body's organs. The thyroid gland is regulated by thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), which is made by the pituitary gland in the brain. Normally, when thyroid hormone levels in the body are high, they will "switch off" the production of TSH, which in turn stops the thyroid from making more T4 and T3. Problems occur when the thyroid gland becomes either underactive (hypothyroidism) or overactive (hyperthyroidism). Thyroid problems are more common in women than men. Cancer may also develop in the thyroid gland. Bones need calcium and phosphorus to remain healthy and strong, but the body also needs vitamin D to be able to absorb these two minerals. Without this necessary vitamin, bones can become soft and flexible. This softening is called osteomalacia, or rickets when diagnosed in children. The condition is called osteomalacia when the bone softening occurs after the growth plates have closed. Rickets was a common childhood illness in North America until the 1940s, when it was discovered that vitamin D, readily available from sunlight (which produces vitamin D in the body) and vitamin D-enriched milk, prevented this condition. Although we haven't seen many cases of rickets in North America over the past 60 years, this condition is beginning to reappear, particularly among exclusively breast-fed babies. Rickets is still a major childhood problem in poorer, colder countries where babies are kept mainly inside the home and foods rich in vitamin D are not readily available. Osteomalacia is a disease of bone formation. It is important to differentiate it from osteoporosis, which is a disease of bone that is already formed. March 05, 2017 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases Carcinoid syndrome is a pattern of symptoms that occurs in people who have carcinoid tumours. The symptoms are caused by hormones and chemicals produced by the carcinoid tumour and, in many cases, these symptoms are actually worse than the effects of the growth of the tumour itself. Carcinoid tumours were first identified in Europe in the mid-1800s as a specific, distinct type of growth. The name carcinoid was first used in 1907 to classify them as a type of tumour that fit midway between malignant (cancerous) tumours and ones that were benign (non-malignant). Carcinoid tumours can be widely distributed throughout the body, but are usually found in the digestive system (50% of cases) or lung (30% of cases). In children, carcinoid tumours are usually found in the appendix. Once the appendix is removed, the cancer is usually cured. Carcinoid tumours produce too much of certain chemicals and hormones and this can cause reactions in the body. One common chemical produced by carcinoid tumours is a hormone called serotonin. This hormone makes the blood vessels dilate (widen) and causes increased blood clotting, intestinal secretions, and motility (causing diarrhea). Carcinoid tumours are rare, with 1 to 2 cases in every 100,000 people. It makes up less than 1% of all cancers. Hemochromatosis is primarily an inherited (genetic) condition that allows too much iron to be absorbed and stored throughout the body. It's one of the most common genetic disorders in Canada. 1 in 9 Canadians carries the defective gene for this condition, and 1 in 300 Canadians is affected with the condition. Men and women are equally affected, although signs appear later in women. Most people absorb only enough iron to meet their body's daily requirements, and the excess is excreted. In hemochromatosis, however, iron continues to be absorbed and stored in different organs and tissues long after the body's needs are met. The liver is the first organ to store excess iron, after which it accumulates in the heart, pituitary gland, and elsewhere in the body. Left untreated, the resulting damage to the liver, heart, and pancreas may eventually lead to death. In hemochromatosis, the total iron content in the body can reach as high as 50 g, compared with the normal levels of about 2.5 g in women and 3.5 g in men. It's been nicknamed "bronze diabetes" because it may be accompanied by diabetes mellitus and increased skin pigmentation (darkening of the skin). Because women lose iron in their menstrual flow, they tend to be protected from getting hemochromatosis as long as they are having menstrual cycles. Thus it affects men earlier than women, usually when men are between 40 and 60 years of age. Rare cases have occurred in children. June 01, 2015 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is not a disease in the usual sense; rather, it is a collection of symptoms that can affect a woman's reproductive health and heart health, and it can have other significant effects on health and lifestyle. It affects 5% to 10% of women in their reproductive years. Its risk factors are not well known, but heredity does play a role. May 07, 2018 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases Testosterone is the hormone responsible for deep voices, muscle mass, and facial and body hair patterns found in males. As men get older, the level of testosterone in the body and production of sperm gradually becomes lower, and they experience physical and psychological symptoms as a result of these low levels. This is part of the natural aging process and it is estimated that testosterone decreases about 10% every decade after men reach the age of 30. Andropause is a condition that is associated with the decrease in the male hormone testosterone. It is unlike menopause in that the decrease in testosterone and the development of symptoms is more gradual than what occurs in women. Approximately 30% of men in their 50s will experience symptoms of andropause caused by low testosterone levels. A person experiencing andropause may have a number of symptoms related to the condition and could be at risk of other serious health conditions such as osteoporosis without proper treatment. Addison's disease, also known as primary adrenal insufficiency, is a rare condition that affects the body's hormonal activity. It is estimated that Addison's disease affects 1 to 2 out of every 100,000 individuals. This disease is named after Dr. Thomas Addison, who discovered it in 1849. Addison's disease occurs when the body's adrenal glands are not able to make enough of the hormones cortisol or aldosterone. Each hormone works differently and plays important roles in the human body. Cortisol helps the body respond to stress. It also helps maintain blood pressure and blood sugar; slow the immune system's inflammatory response; and regulate the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Aldosterone is involved in keeping adequate blood pressure and water and salt balance in the body.

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An “Exemplary Comrade”: The Socialist Workers Party’s 40-year-long cover-up of Stalinist spy Sylvia Callen: Part four By Eric London In May 1947 the Socialist Workers Party received information that Sylvia Callen, the personal secretary of long-time party leader James P. Cannon, was an agent of the Soviet secret police, the GPU. It quickly became clear that Callen had concealed critical personal information about her Stalinist background when she joined the SWP in 1938. For nearly nine years Callen had high-level and unrestricted access to the party’s most sensitive information. However, rather than exposing Callen’s murderous role as a spy within the Trotskyist movement, the Socialist Workers Party launched a cover-up that lasted for nearly 40 years. What follows is a historical account of the cover-up and its exposure by the International Committee of the Fourth International. Part one | Part two | Part three | Part four Joseph Hansen and the control commission Joseph Hansen could not be deposed or questioned during the Gelfand Case. To the end, Hansen actively defended Callen, however, having organized an international campaign to slander those who raised questions about what was ultimately proven to be the truth: she was an agent of the GPU. Why did Hansen, and the SWP after his death, go to such lengths to defend Callen? Why did not they simply admit, even before the release of the grand jury transcripts, that James P. Cannon’s secretary had been an agent of the GPU from 1939 to 1947? By the mid-1970s, when the International Committee initiated its investigation into Security and the Fourth International, nearly 30 years had passed since Callen left the SWP. “Dossier of a Double Agent: The Lies of Joseph Hansen,” part of the Security and the Fourth International investigation The obvious question is: Why did Hansen and Barnes cling so desperately to the transparent lie that Callen had been an “exemplary” comrade? Would it not have been easier for Hansen to admit that the SWP had been duped by Callen’s claims of innocence, and that the 1947 control commission’s investigation had been inadequate? The only answer is that the activities of Callen and Hansen were too closely intertwined. Hansen was compelled to lie about Sylvia Callen because—as a document obtained by Gelfand’s attorneys near the conclusion of the litigation proved—he was shielding his own role as an agent inside the SWP. Late in the litigation, Judge Pfaelzer compelled the SWP to turn over a letter sent to Hansen by his close friend, Vaughn T. “Irish” O’Brien. In this letter, dated June 8, 1976, O’Brien recalled an encounter in the late 1940s or early 1950s—the general time frame of the control commission and the publication of Budenz’s books—with Pearl Kluger, a former member of A.J. Muste’s American Workers Party who knew Budenz personally. O’Brien wrote, “I had not seen Pearl for a considerable period of time, but she immediately said, ‘Budenz says your friend Joe Hansen worked with the GPU.’” [73] This extraordinary revelation—that the same man who had originally exposed Sylvia Callen had also identified Joseph Hansen as a GPU agent—was substantiated by the Socialist Workers Party. Just one month after the conclusion of the Gelfand trial, in the April 15, 1983 edition of the Militant, SWP leader Larry Seigle wrote that Budenz “had fingered not just CP members, but also several SWP members, as Soviet agents. Among these were Joseph Hansen, a central leader of the SWP until his death in 1979, and Sylvia Caldwell, who had been a secretary in the SWP national office.” [74] It is evident that there were, in the immediate aftermath of the Gelfand trial, disagreements within the SWP leadership as to how to handle the evidence that incriminated Hansen as a GPU operative. Seigle’s public acknowledgment of Budenz’s exposure of both Caldwell and Hansen—thus confirming the allegations made by Gelfand—was evidently seen as a major political blunder. Just one day after Seigle’s article appeared in the Militant, the SWP leadership formulated a plan to reverse the damaging admission. The minutes from the SWP Political Committee meeting of April 16, 1983 show that the Barnes leadership conspired to denounce the grand jury transcripts as forgeries and double down on its defense of Callen-Caldwell: “We should write an article presenting the party’s position on the accusations against Sylvia Caldwell. The article should present for the party and the international movement our political position on the responsibility of the party to defend itself against COINTELPRO-type ‘snitch-jacket’ operations of the kind that is now being carried out against Sylvia Caldwell and the SWP. It is especially necessary to explain again, for those who have never learned or have forgotten, the responsibility of the leadership of a revolutionary workers party to defend loyally each and every member against such slander campaigns. “The article will examine the new ‘evidence’ presented by the FBI in Pfaelzer’s courtroom and circulated by the WL/WRP, consisting of what is presented as transcripts of testimony given by Sylvia Caldwell before two grand juries investigating Soviet ‘espionage’ in the 1950s. We have no way of knowing how much the transcripts are doctored. Moreover, testimony given under these conditions—before a secret grand jury, without a lawyer, under threat of indictment as a Soviet spy in the shadow of the judicial murder of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg—cannot be taken as true by any serious workers’ leader.” [75] SWP Political Committee Meeting Minutes, April 16, 1983, page 1 (Wisconsin Historical Society) The minutes also reveal that the publication of the grand jury transcripts, exposing the cover-up of Sylvia Franklin, had produced widespread anxiety within the SWP membership and among its international allies. “Because of inexperience and some confusion on these points, in the party and in the international movement, an article along these lines would be helpful.” [76] On August 5, 1983, the Militant published a report that had been given by Jack Barnes in May, weeks after the PC meeting, to the SWP’s national committee. Barnes resumed the defense of Callen-Caldwell: “Another thing that happened at the trial needs to be emphasized. And that is what the government and the WL-WRP did concerning our comrade Sylvia Caldwell, whom they accuse of having been an agent of the Soviet secret police during the years when she was a member of our party, from the mid-1930s to the late-1940s. As we know, Sylvia was vilified by the FBI disrupter and stool pigeon, Louis Budenz. She was hounded by the FBI throughout the years of the witchhunt. She was hauled before the federal grand juries investigating Soviet ‘espionage’ during the 1950’s, like the one that indicted the Rosenbergs. And she has now had the WL-WRP continuing the effort as a means of furthering their disruption operation against our movement, here and internationally.” [77] This tirade was a lie from beginning to end. If “our comrade Sylvia Caldwell” had been, as Barnes claimed, the subject of vicious persecution throughout the 1950s, why had the SWP failed to mount a public campaign in her defense? Why was there not a word written in the Militant about “comrade Sylvia” being “hauled before federal grand juries investigating Soviet ‘espionage’ during the 1950’s, like the one that indicted the Rosenbergs”? Why had the SWP and the Militant not denounced publicly the listing of Sylvia Callen as a GPU co-conspirator in the 1960 federal indictment of Robert Soblen? Barnes went on to imply that the 1958 transcript was a forgery, referring to it as “what the FBI claims is a transcript of her testimony before a grand jury in 1958.” He continued: “This is supposed to be the perfect frame—an official transcript, in which the woman under oath herself says that she did the things she was accused of doing. (I leave aside the fact that nowhere in the transcript is there any mention of the Soviet secret police, or any activity by Sylvia on their behalf. All it quotes her as saying is that she was gathering information for the Communist Party (CP). It is revealing that, for the WL-WRP as for the FBI, being a member of the CP and being a Soviet espionage agent are the same thing.)” [78] The intense involvement of the Communist Party in the operations of the GPU—and especially in the penetration of the Fourth International and the SWP and in the organization of Trotsky’s assassination—is an indisputable and massively documented historical fact. Budenz’s own writings and testimony had made very clear that he, and those whom he recruited for anti-Trotskyist espionage activity, had been working for the GPU. Barnes’ claim that “Sylvia’s” admission that “she was gathering information for the Communist Party” does not prove that she was acting on behalf of the GPU testifies as much to his desperation as to his unscrupulous dishonesty. The reasons for Barnes’ desperation are to be found in the evidence uncovered in the course of the Gelfand case and the Security and the Fourth International investigation. The significance of the O’Brien letter, and Seigle’s and Barnes’ statements about the release of the 1958 transcript was summed up by David North in an article titled “Barnes Still Defends Sylvia Franklin,” which appeared in the Bulletin, the newspaper of the Workers League, on September 9, 1983. North wrote: “The transcripts showed that the facts presented by Louis F. Budenz, ex-editor of the Stalinist Daily Worker, in his November 1950 affidavit exposing Franklin, were absolutely true. Franklin explicitly admitted in her testimony that she had been a member of the Communist Party and that she had been recruited by Louis Budenz to work as a spy inside the SWP. “These transcripts shattered the decades-old coverup of the true role of Franklin inside the SWP. The countless lies of Joseph Hansen, Barnes, and their accomplice, George Novack, in her defense (‘an exemplary comrade,’ ‘a warm human being,’ ‘Budenz’ foul slander,’ ‘Healy’s Big Lie,’ etc.) were exposed once and for all. “Furthermore, other evidence introduced at trial established the full significance of the Franklin coverup. Budenz, it emerged, had also identified Hansen as a GPU agent at about the same time he had identified Franklin. This fact was contained in a letter written on June 8, 1976 to Joseph Hansen by his close friend, Vaughn T. O’Brien. [79] After quoting Seigle’s April 15, 1983 article noting that Budenz had also fingered “several SWP members,” including Joseph Hansen, as GPU agents, North continued: “Although he publicly exposed Franklin, Budenz never published what he knew about the GPU activities of Hansen. This was because he was instructed not to do so by the FBI. It was protecting its highly-prized agent inside the SWP, Joseph Hansen—who, as other evidence established, had sought and obtained a covert relationship with the FBI in 1940.” [80] It was essential, from the standpoint of the SWP’s cover-up, that Budenz, as a source of the claim that both Callen and Hansen were agents, be labeled a “slanderer,” “stoolpigeon,” and “perjurer.” Moreover, if Hansen and the SWP were to admit that Callen was an agent, it would lend legitimacy to Shachtman and Glotzer’s 1947 source. This source not only warned about Callen but also said, in the words of Cannon, that “the FBI has an agent in our party, high in the leadership.” Cannon said Shachtman’s Workers Party had warned the SWP of the FBI agent “for years.” The Security and the Fourth International investigation uncovered documents revealing that Hansen met secretly with the State Department in the aftermath of Trotsky’s assassination. At these meetings, Hansen admitted to having a relationship with the GPU at the same exact time the Stalinists were infiltrating the SWP with agents like Franklin. He asked for, and received, information for follow-up meetings with the FBI in New York City. None of these facts were known to the National Committee of the SWP until the International Committee published them. While Hansen’s role as an agent is clear, the full details of his operations with the GPU and US agencies are not yet known. There were multiple sides to his motivation for initiating contact with the State Department and FBI. He feared that if US officials knew he had been in contact with the GPU, he would need an alibi, which he provided to the agents with whom he met after Trotsky’s assassination. He also hoped to deflect attention from his past connections to the GPU in the investigations into Trotsky’s assassination. Hansen began working for the FBI, handing over to them information about the SWP’s internal investigation into the assassination, as well as providing the US government a copy of the “W Memorandum,” a list of names of GPU agents the SWP had received from ex-Communist Party member Whittaker Chambers. In exchange for this and other internal party information, Hansen was able to avoid prosecution when, in 1941, the Justice Department, at the behest of the FBI, prosecuted 29 members of the SWP with sedition and conspiracy to overthrow the government in the Minneapolis Smith Act Trial. As the World Socialist Web Site detailed in its two-part review of Donna Haverty-Stacke’s book Trotskyists on Trial (Part one, Part two),Hansen’s absence from the list of defendants was otherwise inexplicable on account of his role as Trotsky’s secretary in Mexico City from 1939 to 1940. Members of "The Eighteen" SWP members jailed for sedition during World War Two While the documents published by the ICFI showed Hansen’s relationship with the FBI began in 1940, they do not indicate that this relationship ever came to an end. The SWP had the opportunity to uncover the truth about Callen and Hansen. If the 1947 SWP control commission had made a real effort to investigate the claims about FBI and GPU infiltration by Shachtman and Glotzer’s source, which followed the Budenz revelations, they would have exposed the agents who did untold damage to the SWP over the course of the next decades, including Hansen himself. In the course of the SWP’s suit against the FBI over COINTELPRO, the government was forced to admit that it had infiltrated the SWP with hundreds of agents, comprising a substantial portion of the party membership. Soviet spy logs and cables, acquired by the US Army Signals Intelligence through the VENONA program, which were published in the mid-1990s, explicitly reference Callen—codename “Satyr”—as a Soviet agent. Instead, the control commission let the matter pass and swore those present to secrecy. Callen was allowed to leave the movement without any public statement from the party explaining her sudden departure. The SWP dropped all coverage of Louis Budenz’s revelations at precisely the time the government was acting on the SWP’s prior demand that Budenz be interviewed by a grand jury. When Budenz published his second book in 1950, Men Without Faces, the SWP worked with Callen herself, who dictated to Farrell Dobbs how the SWP should respond to Budenz’s allegations. Hansen maneuvered to protect Callen, as evidenced by his exchanges with Isaac Don Levine in 1958 and Gerry Healy in 1960. The SWP failed to report on the 1960 Robert Soblen trial and the testimony of Jack Soble, which further identified Callen as an agent. Cannon, in his 1966 letter to Reba Hansen, also gave a false portrayal of the 1947 control commission, indicating that it investigated the matter and allowed Callen to “continue with her work.” As a result, Hansen remained at his leadership post, with access to information about the world movement’s activities and membership. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Hansen became the dominant political figure in the SWP, engineering its political break with the International Committee in 1963 and its reunification with the pro-Stalinist United Secretariat of Michel Pablo. Hansen also oversaw the recruitment of Jack Barnes and a group of 12 students from Carleton College, a rural private college in Minnesota, and helped orchestrate their elevation into the leadership of the party. The ICFI’s Security and the Fourth International investigation was an enormous undertaking and a milestone in the history of the Trotskyist movement. The ICFI conducted this struggle under conditions where the Stalinist bureaucracy and Pabloite apparatus wielded considerable influence over the labor movement and sought to blackguard and isolate the ICFI. Despite these unfavorable circumstances, the ICFI fought to expose the crimes of the Stalinist bureaucracy in orchestrating the murder of Trotsky and the infiltration of the Trotskyist movement. To the contemporary reader, it might seem difficult to understand the bitterness of the denunciations that were hurled against the ICFI for undertaking this investigation. Opposition to the Security and the Fourth International investigation from the various Pabloite and Stalinist organizations had two central motivations. First, the state agents inside the SWP and the international Pabloite organizations were determined to block their own exposure through the ICFI’s investigation. Second, and most fundamentally, Security and the Fourth International’s exposure of the counterrevolutionary history and role of Stalinism cut across the political agenda of the Pabloites and their Stalinist allies. But, over the past 40 years, the publication of new evidence has substantiated the ICFI’s allegations as fact. Even today, many who cite the information made public through Security and the Fourth International do so without acknowledging the investigation itself or the ICFI’s role. The lies to defend Hansen and to slander the Security and the Fourth International investigation continue to the present. The ex-Pabloite, St. Mary’s professor Susan Weissman, for example, called the investigation “a bizarre, sectarian smear campaign against Joseph Hansen.” When challenged to retract her slanders in a November 10, 2015 open letter by David North, Weissman hid behind a veil of dishonest silence. To honest historians, as well as workers and youth coming into struggle with the capitalist system, the investigation is an invaluable source for understanding the counterrevolutionary nature of the Stalinist bureaucracy and the necessity of protecting the revolutionary movement from agents of the state. The historical significance of Security and the Fourth International endures. [73] The Gelfand Case, vol. 2, pp. 651-654. [74] The Militant, April 15, 1983. [75] SWP PC meeting minutes April 16, 1983. [77] Barnes Still Defends Sylvia Franklin, p. 10. [78] Ibid., p. 3. 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