Imah
Imah Dumagay is a stand-up comedian, actor, host, and producer. She has been a staple of the UAE comedy scene since 2018, and is a co-founder of Comedy Kix, a popular comedy club that runs weekly shows at various venues across UAE. Previously working as an executive assistant, Imah is now a full-time entertainer and a Partner at VIRUVI Management Consultancy, an event management company. She hails from Cotabato City, Philippines and currently lives in Dubai. In September 2021 she performed and filmed her comedy special "IMAH: A Dose of Laughter at The Theatre, Mall of the Emirates. August 2020, she performed in Dubai Opera, she hosted for the Dubai's King and Queen of Comedy, Ali Al Sayed & Mina Liccione. - Imah Dumagay graduated from a comedy school in Dubai in March 2018. In just few months of doing stand-up gigs, she entered a comedy contest Yalla Laugh's Beat The Camel and won first place (Aug 2018), and was Judges' Choice 2nd Runner Up - International Category in Dubai Short + Sweet Comedy Festival - 2018, She was one of the local comedians performed at the Dubai Comedy Festival 2020 and 2021. After over 200 gigs, she performed her first sold-out stand-up comedy special, "The Imah's Day Off" at The Theatre, Mall of the Emirates Dubai in November 2020, acting as the first Filipina comedian to do so in the GCC region. - She has opened for famed Indian comedians, Zakir Khan, Nitin Mirani, Anuradha Menon, and Anshu Mor. She was featured in One Africa's Global Comedy Fest in 2018 where she performed with some of the best comedians from across Africa, among others, Basketmouth, Eric Omondi, Bovi, Salvador, & Kenn Blag. In March 2021, she performed her second headlining hour, "The Shelarious Imah", at The Theatre. Mall of the Emirates. - She also opened for the UK comedians Mandy Knight and Axel Blake in 2019. She appeared in the smash-hit comedy play "lust Like That" in 2019 & 2021.


Glennard “OJ” Johnson
Glennard “OJ” Johnson is a 1997 graduate of St. Albans School. He received a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University where he also played varsity basketball and football. Mr. Johnson formerly served as the head basketball coach and athletic director at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Now back at his high school alma mater, Mr. Johnson serves as head basketball coach, admissions associate, and Director of the Skip Grant Program. Back at his alma mater since 2011, Mr. Johnson is excited to be an active member of the St. Albans community.
Denny Gonzalez
Denny Gonzalez hails from New Jersey and graduated from Colgate University with an A.B. magna cum laude in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. He currently pursues an M.A. in English at the Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English. Prior to his work at St. Albans, Mr. Gonzalez worked as a campus minister and service coordinator at Saint Ignatius High School, an all-male, Catholic high school in Cleveland, Ohio. He also taught English and served as student diversity coordinator at School of the Holy Child, an all-female, Catholic 5–12 school outside New York City. Committed to issues of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, Mr. Gonzalez is thrilled to step into this new role in the Skip Grant Program while continuing to foster joy in both teaching and learning in his Upper School English classroom.
RJ Johnsen
RJ Johnsen is an Assistant Director of the Skip Grant Program. In addition to this role, Mr. Johnsen serves as St. Albans' Head Varsity Baseball Coach, Director of Retail Operations, and Assistant Director of Upper School Admissions. Mr. Johnsen is a native of Washington, DC, having graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1999. In 2003, he received a degree in political science from the University of Rochester, where he also played varsity baseball.
Rachelle Sam
Rachelle Sam serves as an Assistant Director of the Skip Grant Program. Reverend Sam grew up in southeast Texas and received a B.A. in Religious Studies from Rice University and Master of Divinity from Harvard University. Prior to joining St. Albans, she taught ancient history and world history at Groton School in Massachusetts. At St. Albans she teaches in the Religion Department, works with the social service program, and coaches Cross Country.


They Know Not The Way
Naturalists know not the way, save the way to confusion and chaos in their own souls and that of their nations. Naturalists propose this or that "solution" to this or that "problem," whether domestic or international, and, almost invariably, the "problem" they are trying to "resolve" gets worse and worse and worse. One set of naturalists is thrown out at the ballot box when things get particularly bad, being replaced by yet another set of naturalists who have, they assert, "learned" from the lessons of the past. The only winner in this diabolical trap is, of course, the devil, as he promotes more and more naturalism by means of the various Judeo-Masonic forces at work in naturalistic, anti-Incarnational, religiously indifferentist and semi-Pelagian modern civil state.
It is thus laughable to read accounts of United States Senator and Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton talk about pursuing "peace" in the Middle East during her confirmation hearings before the United States Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, now headed by that august Catholic pro-abort named United States Senator John F. Kerry, D-Massachussets. As is ever the case, naturalistic platitudes ruled the day as Senator Clinton talked about "not giving up" on "peace" in the Middle East, trying to strike a balance between the humanitarian crisis faced by the Palestinians in Gaza and the security of Israeli civilians:
As intractable as the Middle East's problems may seem — and many presidents, including my husband, have spent years trying to help work out a resolution – we cannot give up on peace. The president-elect and I understand and are deeply sympathetic to Israel's desire to defend itself under the current conditions, and to be free of shelling by Hamas rockets.
However, we have also been reminded of the tragic humanitarian costs of conflict in the Middle East, and pained by the suffering of Palestinian and Israeli civilians. This must only increase our determination to seek a just and lasting peace agreement that brings real security to Israel; normal and positive relations with its neighbors; and independence, economic progress, and security to the Palestinians in their own state.
We will exert every effort to support the work of Israelis and Palestinians who seek that result. It is critical not only to the parties involved but to our profound interests in undermining the forces of alienation and violent extremism across our world. (Transcript Of Clinton's Confirmation Hearing : NPR)
Not to be outdone in the annals of naturalism is Germany's "gift" to the United States of America, the latter-day self-styled Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Dr. Henry Alfred Kissinger, a true believer in the "new world order" that is at the heart of Judeo-Masonic beliefs. As I noted a few months ago:
Kissinger, a former aide to the arch supporter of contraception and abortion, the late adulterous former Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, and Nixon sought to issue a National Security Study Memorandum (NSSM-200) in 1974 which would have encouraging countries to impose a one-child-per family policy in order to receive American foreign aid. The Nixon Administration authorized the writing of National Security Study Memorandum 200 in 1974 that was designed to implement a variety of the “population control” measures that had been recommended by the Rockefeller Commission, a panel appointed by President Nixon in 1969 following his own Special Message to Congress on July 18, 1969, on the “necessity” of controlling population growth.
This particular Memorandum, which was the brainchild of Nixon and Henry Kissinger and presidential counselor Donald D. Rumsfeld, included such draconian measures as encouraging countries to develop a one child per family policy and to regulate the control of food to developing nations. As a result of pressure brought by several Catholic cardinals in the United States, this NSSM was classified until 1989, at which point its terms were released. (Foggy Bottom's Bloody Tradition)
Kissinger published an article on The Chance for a New World Order yesterday, January 13, 2009, that spells out a quintessential naturalist "plan for peace" that has no room for the Prince of Peace:
The complexity of the emerging world requires from America a more historical approach than the insistence that every problem has a final solution expressible in programs with specific time limits not infrequently geared to our political process.
We must learn to operate within the attainable and be prepared to pursue ultimate ends by the accumulation of nuance.
An international order can be permanent only if its participants have a share not only in building but also in securing it. In this manner, America and its potential partners have a unique opportunity to transform a moment of crisis into a vision of hope.
Naturalists never learn as they reject the simple fact that He Who is the Way, the Truth and the Life, Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, has given us the only path to peace. Our Lord has commissioned His Catholic Church to be the instrument by which men may know true peace by being converted to the Faith and persevering in states of Sanctifying Grace. Peace within the souls of men by means of Sanctifying Grace is the necessary precondition, although, given the vagaries of fallen human nature, never an infallible guarantor, of peace within families and thus within nations and among nations. All other paths to "peace" are illusory, especially when one considers the path that the United States of America and most of the other allegedly "civilized" nations of the world at at war with God by means of slaughter over one million preborn babies by surgical means under cover of law each year and and the slaughter of countless millions more by means of chemical abortionists.
How can anyone in his right mind speak about "peace" among nations when when slaughter the innocent under cover of law and go about the pursuit of our "bread and circuses" so casually? There can be no authentic "peace" among nations absent a conversion of men and their nations to the true Faith. Nations that promote sin, the very thing that caused Our Blessed Lord Saviour Jesus Christ to suffer in His Sacred Humanity during His Passion and Death and that caused His Most Blessed Mother's Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart to be pierced through and through with Seven Swords of Sorrow, under cover of law and in every aspect of their popular culture will know nothing but disorder at home and conflict with each other.
Pope Leo XIII noted this in Tametsi Futura Prospicientibus, November 1, 1900:
God alone is Life. All other beings partake of life, but are not life. Christ, from all eternity and by His very nature, is "the Life," just as He is the Truth, because He is God of God. From Him, as from its most sacred source, all life pervades and ever will pervade creation. Whatever is, is by Him; whatever lives, lives by Him. For by the Word "all things were made; and without Him was made nothing that was made." This is true of the natural life; but, as We have sufficiently indicated above, we have a much higher and better life, won for us by Christ's mercy, that is to say, "the life of grace," whose happy consummation is "the life of glory," to which all our thoughts and actions ought to be directed. The whole object of Christian doctrine and morality is that "we being dead to sin, should live to justice" (I Peter ii., 24)-that is, to virtue and holiness. In this consists the moral life, with the certain hope of a happy eternity. This justice, in order to be advantageous to salvation, is nourished by Christian faith. "The just man liveth by faith" (Galatians iii., II). "Without faith it is impossible to please God" (Hebrews xi., 6). Consequently Jesus Christ, the creator and preserver of faith, also preserves and nourishes our moral life. This He does chiefly by the ministry of His Church. To Her, in His wise and merciful counsel, He has entrusted certain agencies which engender the supernatural life, protect it, and revive it if it should fail. This generative and conservative power of the virtues that make for salvation is therefore lost, whenever morality is dissociated from divine faith. A system of morality based exclusively on human reason robs man of his highest dignity and lowers him from the supernatural to the merely natural life. Not but that man is able by the right use of reason to know and to obey certain principles of the natural law. But though he should know them all and keep them inviolate through life-and even this is impossible without the aid of the grace of our Redeemer-still it is vain for anyone without faith to promise himself eternal salvation. "If anyone abide not in Me, he shall be cast forth as a branch, and shall wither, and they shall gather him up and cast him into the fire, and he burneth" john xv., 6). "He that believeth not shall be condemned" (Mark xvi., 16). We have but too much evidence of the value and result of a morality divorced from divine faith. How is it that, in spite of all the zeal for the welfare of the masses, nations are in such straits and even distress, and that the evil is daily on the increase? We are told that society is quite able to help itself; that it can flourish without the assistance of Christianity, and attain its end by its own unaided efforts. Public administrators prefer a purely secular system of government. All traces of the religion of our forefathers are daily disappearing from political life and administration. What blindness! Once the idea of the authority of God as the Judge of right and wrong is forgotten, law must necessarily lose its primary authority and justice must perish: and these are the two most powerful and most necessary bonds of society. Similarly, once the hope and expectation of eternal happiness is taken away, temporal goods will be greedily sought after. Every man will strive to secure the largest share for himself. Hence arise envy, jealousy, hatred. The consequences are conspiracy, anarchy, nihilism. There is neither peace abroad nor security at home. Public life is stained with crime.
Although the sequence of passages from Pope Pius XI's Ubi Arcano Dei Consilio, December 22, 1922, have been printed in numerous articles on this site, even I forget which articles contain what passages. I can imagine that readers can forget as well. These passages, however, are always useful to reprint when naturalists talk endlessly about "peace" and "peace plans" and do the adversary's bidding by making it appear as though men can "build for peace" absent a due submission to the true Church:
If we stop to reflect for a moment that these ideals and doctrines of Jesus Christ, for example, his teachings on the necessity and value of the spiritual life, on the dignity and sanctity of human life, on the duty of obedience, on the divine basis of human government, on the sacramental character of matrimony and by consequence the sanctity of family life -- if we stop to reflect, let Us repeat, that these ideals and doctrines of Christ (which are in fact but a portion of the treasury of truth which He left to mankind) were confided by Him to His Church and to her alone for safekeeping, and that He has promised that His aid will never fail her at any time for she is the infallible teacher of His doctrines in every century and before all nations, there is no one who cannot clearly see what a singularly important role the Catholic Church is able to play, and is even called upon to assume, in providing a remedy for the ills which afflict the world today and in leading mankind toward a universal peace.
Because the Church is by divine institution the sole depository and interpreter of the ideals and teachings of Christ, she alone possesses in any complete and true sense the power effectively to combat that materialistic philosophy which has already done and, still threatens, such tremendous harm to the home and to the state. The Church alone can introduce into society and maintain therein the prestige of a true, sound spiritualism, the spiritualism of Christianity which both from the point of view of truth and of its practical value is quite superior to any exclusively philosophical theory. The Church is the teacher and an example of world good-will, for she is able to inculcate and develop in mankind the "true spirit of brotherly love" (St. Augustine, De Moribus Ecclesiae Catholicae, i, 30) and by raising the public estimation of the value and dignity of the individual's soul help thereby to lift us even unto God.
Finally, the Church is able to set both public and private life on the road to righteousness by demanding that everything and all men become obedient to God "Who beholdeth the heart," to His commands, to His laws, to His sanctions. If the teachings of the Church could only penetrate in some such manner as We have described the inner recesses of the consciences of mankind, be they rulers or be they subjects, all eventually would be so apprised of their personal and civic duties and their mutual responsibilities that in a short time "Christ would be all, and in all." (Colossians iii, 11)
Since the Church is the safe and sure guide to conscience, for to her safe-keeping alone there has been confided the doctrines and the promise of the assistance of Christ, she is able not only to bring about at the present hour a peace that is truly the peace of Christ, but can, better than any other agency which We know of, contribute greatly to the securing of the same peace for the future, to the making impossible of war in the future. For the Church teaches (she alone has been given by God the mandate and the right to teach with authority) that not only our acts as individuals but also as groups and as nations must conform to the eternal law of God. In fact, it is much more important that the acts of a nation follow God's law, since on the nation rests a much greater responsibility for the consequences of its acts than on the individual.
When, therefore, governments and nations follow in all their activities, whether they be national or international, the dictates of conscience grounded in the teachings, precepts, and example of Jesus Christ, and which are binding on each and every individual, then only can we have faith in one another's word and trust in the peaceful solution of the difficulties and controversies which may grow out of differences in point of view or from clash of interests. An attempt in this direction has already and is now being made; its results, however, are almost negligible and, especially so, as far as they can be said to affect those major questions which divide seriously and serve to arouse nations one against the other. No merely human institution of today can be as successful in devising a set of international laws which will be in harmony with world conditions as the Middle Ages were in the possession of that true League of Nations, Christianity. It cannot be denied that in the Middle Ages this law was often violated; still it always existed as an ideal, according to which one might judge the acts of nations, and a beacon light calling those who had lost their way back to the safe road.
There exists an institution able to safeguard the sanctity of the law of nations. This institution is a part of every nation; at the same time it is above all nations. She enjoys, too, the highest authority, the fullness of the teaching power of the Apostles. Such an institution is the Church of Christ. She alone is adapted to do this great work, for she is not only divinely commissioned to lead mankind, but moreover, because of her very make-up and the constitution which she possesses, by reason of her age-old traditions and her great prestige, which has not been lessened but has been greatly increased since the close of the War, cannot but succeed in such a venture where others assuredly will fail.
It is apparent from these considerations that true peace, the peace of Christ, is impossible unless we are willing and ready to accept the fundamental principles of Christianity, unless we are willing to observe the teachings and obey the law of Christ, both in public and private life. If this were done, then society being placed at last on a sound foundation, the Church would be able, in the exercise of its divinely given ministry and by means of the teaching authority which results therefrom, to protect all the rights of God over men and nations.
It is possible to sum up all We have said in one word, "the Kingdom of Christ." For Jesus Christ reigns over the minds of individuals by His teachings, in their hearts by His love, in each one's life by the living according to His law and the imitating of His example. Jesus reigns over the family when it, modeled after the holy ideals of the sacrament of matrimony instituted by Christ, maintains unspotted its true character of sanctuary. In such a sanctuary of love, parental authority is fashioned after the authority of God, the Father, from Whom, as a matter of fact, it originates and after which even it is named. (Ephesians iii, 15) The obedience of the children imitates that of the Divine Child of Nazareth, and the whole family life is inspired by the sacred ideals of the Holy Family. Finally, Jesus Christ reigns over society when men recognize and reverence the sovereignty of Christ, when they accept the divine origin and control over all social forces, a recognition which is the basis of the right to command for those in authority and of the duty to obey for those who are subjects, a duty which cannot but ennoble all who live up to its demands. Christ reigns where the position in society which He Himself has assigned to His Church is recognized, for He bestowed on the Church the status and the constitution of a society which, by reason of the perfect ends which it is called upon to attain, must be held to be supreme in its own sphere; He also made her the depository and interpreter of His divine teachings, and, by consequence, the teacher and guide of every other society whatsoever, not of course in the sense that she should abstract in the least from their authority, each in its own sphere supreme, but that she should really perfect their authority, just as divine grace perfects human nature, and should give to them the assistance necessary for men to attain their true final end, eternal happiness, and by that very fact make them the more deserving and certain promoters of their happiness here below.
It is, therefore, a fact which cannot be questioned that the true peace of Christ can only exist in the Kingdom of Christ -- "the peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ." It is no less unquestionable that, in doing all we can to bring about the re-establishment of Christ's kingdom, we will be working most effectively toward a lasting world peace.
No Republican naturalist and no Democrat naturalist believes this to be so. Why should they? Conciliar "pontiffs" have spoken endlessly about the ability of "inter-religious dialogue" and international organizations to produce "world peace." No conciliar "pontiff" has exhorted men and their nations to convert with urgency to the Social Reign of Christ the King, thus leaving the naturalists to hatch their endless plans that are just variations of the same semi-Pelagian theme over and over and over again as the bombs fly and the innocent die.
Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Himself has sent us His own Most Blessed Mother to teach us that the path to world peace runs through her Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. She explained this Jacinta and Francisco Marto and their cousin Lucia dos Santos in the Cova da Iria near Fatima, Portugal, ninety-two years ago this year. We must do all we can to fulfill Our Lady's Fatima Message in our own lives, especially by praying as many Rosaries each day as our states-in-life permit and by observing the conditions of the Five First Saturday devotions. We may not see the fruit of all this with our own eyes. We must, however, continue to remain steadfast in our fidelity to the true Faith in the Catholic catacombs without making any concessions to conciliarism or its wolves that masquerade as shepherds.
As noted before, peace in the world is the result of individual souls being at peace with God by having His own inner life dwelling within our souls by means of Sanctifying Grace. The price of the purchase of that grace was the shedding of every single drop of the Divine Redeemer's Most Precious Blood on the wood of the Holy Cross and the Seven Swords of Sorrow that were thrust through and through the Immaculate Heart of His Most Blessed Mother. All men need to do is seek out this grace with a spirit of true contrition for their sins and a firm purpose of amendment of their lives as they give acts of thanksgiving to the Blessed Trinity for the great gift of the true Faith that makes it possible for them to scale the heights of sanctity and to live in true peace, that of eternity, with all others, forgiving injuries right readily and seeking justice when it is necessary to do so without malice and in a spirit of perfect equity and proportionality.
The saint we commemorate today, Saint Hilary of Poitiers, would find the naturalism of Hillary Rodham Clinton to be odious. Saint Hilary of Poitiers worked hard in the Fourth Century to combat Arianism in France, which is why he is called the Athanasius of the West, fighting also against the Gallican spirit that was condemned fourteen centuries later by Pope Pius VI in Auctorem Fidei, August 28, 1794. May Saint Hilary help us overcome the naturalism of the world and the Modernism of the counterfeit church of conciliarism as we remain steadfast in defense of the truths of Catholicism as the one and only foundation of personal and social order.
Let us continue to use the path to personal and world peace that is the Immaculate Heart of Mary, out of which her Divine Son's Most Sacred Heart was formed, a Sacred Heart from which we are called to drink fountains of Divine mercy as we seek to view all people and all things and all events at all times and in all of the circumstances of our lives through the eyes of the true Faith, the only means of human salvation and thus the only means of personal and social order.
Viva Cristo Rey!
Saint Hilary of Poitiers, pray for us.
Isn't it time to pray a Rosary now?


Karmanos Cancer Institute to host author at Health Equity Book Club discussion December 16
Karmanos Cancer Institute|News|Karmanos Cancer Institute to host author at Health Equity Book Club discussion December 16
Damon Tweedy will present on his book "Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine"
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute invites health care professionals, including trainees and students, as well as community members to participate in the fourth installment of its Health Equity Book Club from 4-5:30 p.m. Thursday, December 16. At this quarter's conversation, Karmanos will welcome Damon Tweedy, M.D. Dr. Tweedy is the author of the book to be discussed, "Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine.”
Participants can register at www.karmanos.org/bookclub.
Created by Michael Simon, M.D., MPH, co-leader of the Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Team, the purpose of the Health Equity Book Club is to enhance awareness of systematic racism, inequality and misinformation within the medical community. This is achieved through research and reading, followed by honest and transparent conversations about difficult topics.
At the December 16 event, Dr. Tweedy will speak about his book for the first portion of the meeting. Following his presentation, Isaac J. Powell, M.D. member of the genitourinary multidisciplinary team and professor in the department of urology, Wayne State University and Karmanos Cancer Institute and Taylor Barrow, second-Year Medical Student, Wayne State University School of Medicine will provide local perspectives. The event will conclude with a Q&A session.
About Dr. Tweedy
Dr. Damon Tweedy is the author of the New York Times bestseller “Black Man in a White Coat,” selected by TIME magazine as one of the Top 10 Non-Fiction books of 2015. He has published articles about race and medicine in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and other medical journals. His columns and op-eds have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post and various other print publications.
Dr. Damon Tweedy travels frequently to speak to physicians and clinicians, health care companies, medical schools and teaching hospitals and other organizations involved in health and wellness, about the impact of race on the medical profession at all levels. He is a graduate of Duke University School of Medicine and Yale Law School. He completed both his medical internship and psychiatry residency at Duke Hospital. He is currently an associate professor of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine and a staff psychiatrist at the Durham Veteran Affairs Health Care System.
About the Karmanos Cancer Institute Health Equity Book Club
The Karmanos Cancer Institute Health Equity Book Club's mission is to build awareness across the Karmanos Community and amongst health care professionals of issues related to and stemming from systematic racism in the health care system and society in the United States. By revealing the contributing factors and results of racism, we seek to highlight an important goal for us as a cancer institute: to expose and better understand the impact of racism on our practice of medicine. We believe that open dialogue within our community of colleagues, patients and families will help to facilitate Karmanos Cancer Institute's goal of equal access and provision of culturally competent, quality care to all patients and their families regardless of race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.
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Recording Memories: Meet EveryStep Hospice Volunteer Bob Leonard
If you ask an EveryStep Hospice volunteer what the biggest misconception is about hospice care, they’ll usually answer that most people don’t understand exactly what hospice is. Bob Leonard was among that group until about 15 years ago, when he interviewed a hospice volunteer on his KNIA/KRLA (Knoxville/Pella/Indianola) radio show.
“Not knowing much about hospice, I was worried that it would be a boring and sad interview,” says Bob. “But it wasn’t. She taught me that hospice was about life as much as death. Most importantly, I learned enough about hospice to help my mom and dad, and an aunt.”
It also led Bob to become actively involved in hospice volunteer work.
For the last 11 years, Bob has visited EveryStep Hospice patients to ask questions about their lives and digitally record their answers. These “life reviews” are then provided to the patients’ families. “I always hope that each person I talk with shares not only some stories from their life, but also leaves a precious gift or two in words for those they will leave behind,” says Bob. It also provides loved ones with a recording of their loved one’s voice.
Once Bob ran into the daughter of a man whose stories he had spent time recording. “She told me, ‘we took that recording you made with Dad, and put it in the side room of the funeral home with all his photos and memorabilia, and put it on loop, and it was just like he was there with us, like he wasn’t gone, hearing him laugh and talk with you, it was wonderful. Wasn’t like a funeral at all, and everyone had a good time just hearing his voice, his stories, and it was more like a party than a funeral, and he would have just loved it, so thank you.’”
Bob’s volunteer work also extended to serving on the advisory board for the EveryStep Hospice team (then HCI Care Services) in Knoxville. He remembers telling his mother about his position on the board; he recalls the conversation went something like this:
When I told her I was on the [EveryStep] board, she asked me, "What do you do?"
I replied, "Well, we meet for lunch once a month, and talk about stuff."
"No," she said. "What do you do?"
"Well, I replied. "We eat, and discuss budgets and events and stuff."
"NO," she said, "What do YOU do?"
"Oh," I replied, "I go around and visit patients and record their stories for their families."
"Good," she said. "Why didn't you just tell me that?"
“Her point was to be an active board member,” says Bob. “In mom’s 50 years of volunteering she had seen plenty of board members who only ‘met for lunch.’" Bob encourages everyone that is interested in volunteering for EveryStep to do so. “We all have different talents and interests, and we need to ask ourselves, ‘how can I use my talents and interests to help the organization?’ If you are like me, you will get lots more out of it than you give.”
To learn about hospice volunteering opportunities, please visit www.everystep.org/volunteer; go to “programs” and click on “hospice.”
To read a recent piece written by Bob and published by the Des Moines Register, click here.


City of Summerside » Official Documents and Data » Community Profiles » Present
Summerside Today
Summerside is PEI’s second largest City and the principal municipality for the western part of the province. The City, according to the 2016 Census, has a population of nearly 15,000.
Our labour force is made up of roughly 7,600 people and is distributed amongst 16 industries.
Most of Summerside’s employment is in year-round industries, including:
Retail (14%)
Manufacturing (12%)
Health and social services (11%)
Government (10%)
Accommodation, food, and beverage (10%)
The largest employer in the City is the Summerside Tax Centre. Slemon Park (formerly CFB Summerside) houses a number of other major employers, including StandardAero and Honeywell. Cavendish Farms, located in the outlying community of New Annan, is PEI’s largest private sector employer.
Eight councilors and a mayor govern the City’s geographic areas (called wards). The current mayor is Basil L. Stewart. Our City is protected by the Summerside Police Department, the Summerside Fire Department, and the East Prince Detachment of the RCMP.
Summerside has eight excellent schools, including:
Four elementary schools
Two junior high schools
One senior high school
One French school
We have a large Holland College presence in Summerside, which includes the following facilities:
East Prince Centre
Aerospace Centre
Marine Training Centre
Atlantic Police Academy
Motive Power Centre
We’re also home to the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts.
In 2007, the City signed a 20-year agreement with a private wind energy company in West Cape to supply Summerside with 23% of its electricity needs. Construction started in 2009 to build our own wind turbines to tie those to our electric utility. We now own and operate our own wind farm, which, on the average day, provides us with about 25% of our City’s energy. The City is also a large supporter of electric vehicles. We have more charging stations for electric cars per capita than any other Canadian city.
Summerside’s Prince County Hospital is the main referral hospital in western PEI. Island EMS (Emergency Medical Services) has a base in the downtown area of the City from which it operates two Advanced Life Support ambulances 24/7.
Entertainment/Attractions
Credit Union Place (CUP) brings numerous musical and sporting events to the City each year. The largest indoor sports facility in the province, CUP has a swimming pool, bowling alley, ice surfaces, and much more. Other attractions in Summerside include the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club, Spinnaker’s Landing, the Summerside Golf and Country Club, the Harbourfront Theatre, and various arts and cultural attractions.
Tourism Summerside works throughout the year to market Summerside as a four-season tourism destination. The Green’s Shore Park area attracts skiiers and skaters in the winter months. The Curling Club and hockey arena are also popular for winter sports. In the summertime, visitors love our historic attractions, Green’s Shore Beach, walking trails, parks, the Baywalk Boardwalk, and the natural beauty of the City. Many visit the City to explore their family history at the MacNaught History Centre and Archives.
Since the closure of CBF Summerside in 1990, the City has been aggressively seeking new ways to attract businesses to the area. Our Economic Development Office has created a number of programs to encourage companies to invest in the City. Thanks to these efforts, we’ve become a destination for Aerospace companies, Health IT organizations, Bio-tech businesses, and more.
The City of Summerside is steeped in history and heritage. Our preserved heritage homes, museums, cultural centres, and exhibits all demonstrate that our history will always be part of our present and our future.
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Meet the 2016 NCSG/WRRI Graduate Student Fellows
October 10, 2016 | Janna Sasser
Casey Lindberg from Duke University will study the impacts of multiple environmental stressors on fish populations native to estuaries along the East Coast. Photo courtesy Casey Lindberg.
Five recipients of graduate research fellowships, awarded by North Carolina Sea Grant and the Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina system, will explore current water resources and coastal issues in North Carolina.
Research topics range from the prevalence of E. coli in North Carolina’s agricultural watersheds, to innovative nanotechnology research for filtering brackish groundwater.
The 2016 student recipients are from Duke University, East Carolina University, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
“This set of projects exemplifies the diversity of topics available to students through the joint Sea Grant and WRRI fellowship, allowing both organizations to expand into new areas of research,” notes John Fear, Sea Grant deputy director.
Regina Bledsoe is a doctoral student in ECU’s interdisciplinary doctoral program in biological sciences, where her advisor is Ariane Peralta.
Regina Bledsoe
Bledsoe will study a newly constructed stormwater wetland on the university’s campus, designed in part by project collaborator Eban Bean, on faculty at East Carolina and NC State, and recently appointed to faculty at the University of Florida.
“The fellowship gives me an opportunity to test hypotheses generated from previous studies in an applied context, where hydrological manipulation is a management strategy,” Bledsoe explains. Hydrological manipulation involves a strategic regime of saturating and drying wetland soils to examine potential tradeoffs in water and air pollution.
The study builds off previous work in restored wetlands by Peralta in 2013. By conducting her project in an urban setting, Bledsoe will address gaps in previous research and determine management strategies for enhancing wetland function. This would include improving urban water quality and decreasing negative side effects, such as greenhouse gas production.
Bledsoe is from Theriot, Louisiana. She received her bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Nicholls State University in Louisiana. She also is the recipient of a National Science Foundation 2016 Graduate Research Fellowship.
Elizabeth Christenson, a doctoral student in applied microbiology at the UNC-Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Public Health, will study the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant, virulent E. coli in North Carolina’s agricultural watersheds. Her advisor is Jill Stewart.
Elizabeth Christenson
“Testing surface water for fecal indicator bacteria, such as E. coli, is commonly used to identify fecal pollution and human pathogen exposure,” Christenson explains. Using water samples from agricultural watersheds with and without large swine-feeding operations, she will test for differences in the number of pathogenic and antibiotic resistant E. coli present.
Microbial source tracking, a recently developed technique that enables researchers to determine the host source of fecal contamination using a “gene marker,” will identify where E. coli originate.
“I’m also incorporating spatial analysis to identify whether land-use characteristics, such as wetlands and vegetative river buffers, may help mitigate effects of runoff from swine operations on nearby water bodies,” Christenson adds.
Originally from Wisconsin, Christenson grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. She received a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and a master’s degree in environmental sciences and engineering from UNC-Chapel Hill. She is a recipient of a 2016 North Carolina Impact Award by The Graduate School at UNC-Chapel Hill for developing a spatial database of industrial hog farm sprayfields in Duplin County.
Jack Kurki-Fox is a doctoral student in biological and agricultural engineering at NC State, where his advisor is Michael Burchell.
Jack Kurki-Fox
He will test an innovative lab-scale model of nutrient removal for restored wetlands — previously developed by Burchell and department members as a jointly-funded Sea Grant and WRRI project — to demonstrate water-quality and ecosystem benefits at a field scale.
To test the model, agricultural drainage water will be rerouted by pumping it to a large restored wetland in Hyde County. Water quality will be monitored across the wetland to determine how efficiently the restored wetland removes nutrients.
“Results of this project hopefully can be used to guide further large-scale wetland restoration projects on former agricultural lands, and encourage wetland restoration as a water management strategy in coastal agricultural areas,” Kurki-Fox notes.
Fox grew up in Ashland, Wisconsin. He holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of Florida. He also is the recipient of a 2016 William H. and Glenda N. Johnson Graduate Engineering Fellowship, administered by the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at NC State.
Casey Lindberg is a doctoral student in Duke’s integrated toxicology and environmental health program, part of the Nicholas School of the Environment. Her advisor is Richard Di Giulio.
Casey Lindberg
Using wild-caught populations of Atlantic killifish, Lindberg will study the impacts of multiple environmental stressors on fish populations native to estuaries along the East Coast.
Atlantic killifish are small, nonmigratory fish commonly found in estuarine systems along the Eastern Seaboard. Subpopulations of these fish have evolved to become resistant to toxic waters caused by certain chemical pollutants found in contaminated ecosystems, including the Cape Fear River system, Lindberg notes.
“My research aims to understand how co-exposures to hypoxia, a condition characterized by oxygen-deficient waters, and a class of chemical pollutants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHS, impact the development and health of local fish species,” she explains, “and how evolved resistance to one stressor may influence tolerance to a secondary stressor, like hypoxia.”
The work may be used to identify population-level responses to both stressors, and model ecological risks across several regions of the United States.
Originally from Maryland, Lindberg received her bachelor’s degree in marine science with a concentration in chemical oceanography from the University of South Carolina.
James Peerless is a doctoral student in materials science and engineering at NC State. His advisor is Yaroslava Yingling.
James Peerless
Peerless will study a novel technology to filter and desalinate brackish groundwater. “I’m investigating a new filtration method that potentially will remove harmful contaminants from salt water, and produce safe drinking water for North Carolina coastal communities,” Peerless says.
The design involves combining activated carbon with functionalized nanoparticles. These particles measure 1 to 100 nanometers in size — for comparison, a human hair is 80,000 to 100,000 nanometers wide. Nanotechnology research is a quickly growing field. Improved water-purification methods currently are being sought for next-generation filtration designs.
“Our design uses one of the most promising nanomaterials investigated for selective absorption of water contaminants — functionalized inorganic nanoparticles, or INPs,” Peerless explains. INPs have been heavily studied in water purification for their antimicrobial, or disease-inhibiting, properties, as well as their ability to remove heavy metals from wastewater.
Using computer simulations, Peerless will design and optimize the model to potentially inform future fabrication and implementation. “We have a unique opportunity to investigate an economic and technological bottleneck in clean water production crucial to the environmental and economic stability of North Carolina,” he notes.
Peerless is a native of Granby, Connecticut. He received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Northeastern University in Boston.
For more information on North Carolina Sea Grant funding opportunities and fellowships, visit ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/funding-opps/.
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Vital City Challenge
City of Fuenalabrada
FUENLABRADA: A young city, with sports and eldery as their friend.
Participation is the common thread of a city built in the last 40 years with the collaboration of several generations.
Fuenlabrada is an example of success. Success is the only way to understand the history of a city that has grown from just 7,000 inhabitants to over 200,000 in 50 years, in an orderly and cohesive manner.
There is a fundamental secret behind this succes. Citizen participation has become a common thread through the different generations of the community. This has helped to build the identity of the citizens of Fuenlabrada, the city’s main heritage.
The Vital Cities Challenge is an excellent opportunity to promote sports and healthy leisure, and encouraging participation in the city life as well. The Vital Cities Challenge also contributes to uniting different generations in the city of Fuenlabrada through active cooperation between the young and elderly citizens.
City of Trnava
TRNAVA: Trnava offers sport opportunities for every age group. Recreational sports such as cycling, walking, running, swimming, athletics and collective games like volleyball, football and basketball are becoming increasingly popular.
The City of Trnava has six sport facilities, four sport halls and stadiums, three multifunctional playgrounds and three swimming pools besides the commercial ones. You can also visit multifunctional playgrounds in primary schools which are open in the summer all day long and during the school year in the evenings and over the weekends. The townhall is currently modernizing the Slavia Sport Complex and building new running tracks. Every year we add several kilometers to the network of bike lanes. We also conduct the bike sharing for the citizens.
We care about the public health and we do our best to provide wide range of activities and meaningful use of leisure time in the city. It is worth mentioning that Trnava received the prestigious award of the European City of Sport in 2020.
City of Sofia
SOFIA: City in the mountains and mountain in the city
Green, modern and active
The city of Sofia, as the capital of Bulgaria, is ancient, fast growing and developing for the needs of its nearly 1.3 million inhabitants. Also like every modern EU capital Sofia is following the tendention of being a greener, attractive, and innovative destination for the guests of the city. In matters of sport and healthy lifestyle the local authorities are developing the brand "Sofia - European capital of sport" for the last 7 years and following the success of the campaign ahead of the city is the candidacy for World Capital of Sport 2024. The percentage of active citizens in Sofia is increasing on a monthly basis and that is why there is much and much more "thirst" for sport activities and a healthier-eco-friendly lifestyle. Following that tendention the VCC project can be naturally implemented, as a platform which can be very accessible and helpful for a variety of society layers - young, middle aged, elderly and basically to everyone. Looking forward to seeing the Virtual city challenge in action!
City of Emmen
EMMEN: Did you know that a lot of happy people live in the municipality of Emmen? From all big municipalities in the Netherlands the inhabitants of Emmen belong to the top 3 happiest inhabitants in Holland. Emmen is the biggest municipality in the province Drenthe. Drenthe is in the north east of Holland. Emmen gives inhabitants a high quality of life. It is a safe, friendly, and green municipality where a lot of events are organized. From the 107.000 inhabitants of Emmen, 1500 are students. In the region a lot of educational institutions.
The city of Emmen has all services you need, like a big indoor shopping center, a hospital, educational institutions, a cinema, an Atlas theatre, and elite sports clubs, like FC Emmen (the paid football organization). Also, Emmen has the most beautiful zoo in the Netherlands, called Wildlands. You can also stay fit in Emmen at one of our 110 sport associations. You can enjoy the nature of Bargerveen and art and culture in the Rensenpark.
In the region of Emmen contains 7.800 companies. Emmen is the largest industry center of North-Holland. A lot of green energy innovations are taking place here. In addition to that Emmen has a strong service sector and offers employment in the field of High-tech systems & materials, logistics, chemistry, Agrofood, and horticulture.
ACES europe
ACES Europe is a non-profit association based in Brussels which assigns every year the recognitions of World Capital, European Capital, Region, City, Island, Community and Town of Sport. The allocation of these recognitions is done by ACES Europe, according to the principles of responsibility and ethics, being aware that sport is a factor of aggregation of the society, improvement in the quality of life, psycho-physical well-being and complete integration within social classes in the community. ACES Europe awards the European Capital of Sport title, an initiative that has received the recognition of the European Commission in the White Paper (Art. 50). In addition, ACES Europe is an official partner of the European Commission in the European Week of Sport.
university of bruxelles
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is based in the city of Brussels, the capital of Europe. The University was founded in 1834 as an offshoot of the French-speaking Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). The Dutch-speaking University was finally split off from its French-speaking counterpart in 1969. The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is a dynamic and modern University with two parkland campuses in the Brussels Capital Region: the main campus in Etterbeek is home to seven faculties. In Jette you can find the medical campus and the University Hospital. VUB offers quality education to more than 9000 students. Add to that the almost 4500 students of our partner, the Erasmus Hogeschool Brussels; the 400 students at the English-speaking Vesalius College; the 5000 students at the Centre for Adult Education with whom VUB shares campuses and the more than 150 research teams working on both campuses, and you get one of the biggest centers of knowledge in the capital of Europe. Internationalisation is one of the top priorities in the VUB strategic plan, exemplified by the establishment of the International Relations and Mobility Office (IRMO) in 2004. Thanks to its expertise and strategic location, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is an ideal partner for prestigious research and education with an outlook on Europe and the world.
innosportlab
InnoSportLab Sport & Beweeg is a non-profit innovation Centre, based in Eindhoven. InnoSportLab Sport & Beweeg innovates to make sports, games and exercise self-evident for everyone. InnoSportLab strives for innovations that lead to social and economic impact, is a national sports innovator center and an active partner in the Brain port innovation cluster Sports & Technology. Together with end users, companies, municipalities and knowledge institutions, we develop new products, services and methods that contribute to making effective sports and exercise stimulation possible.
kinetic Analysis
Kinetic Analysis® is lead partner of the Vital Cities Challenge project. They are specialized in human motion data and capturing data using next-generation sensors and customized measurement tools, resulting in highly accurate input that is improving peoples' lives. It is quantifying the human body motion with scientific accuracy. This data leads to the development of innovative products and services that revolutionize the way we live.
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Catching a Killer exposes the mind of an abuser for the first time - and you need to watch
Catching a Killer follows the murder investigation into Natalie Hemming - Pro Co. Channel 4 images must not be altered or manipulated in any way. This picture may be used sol
It isn’t easy to leave a manipulative man. It’s a simple thing to say but the harsh reality is exposed in a groundbreaking documentary made for Channel 4, Catching a Killer, which follows a real-life murder investigation. The victim, 31-year-old Natalie Hemming, was killed last year by her ex-partner when she finally made up her mind to leave him after enduring years of abuse.
‘Cold and calculating,’ 42-year-old Paul Hemming then tried to persuade detectives that someone else was responsible for her disappearance. The murder inquiry began with a call to Thames Valley police from Natalie’s distraught mother, Margaret. Her daughter had disappeared after her first date with a new man, which she had tried to keep secret from her former partner. From the outset, Natalie’s mother feared that Paul Hemming was responsible.
Detectives took the unusual step of allowing a documentary-maker, Anna Hall, to film their inquiry. The 90-minute film, which airs tonight, is a rare opportunity to see how an unrepentant abuser operates.
This is believed to be the first time that a murder investigation has been filmed from start to finish
Under questioning, Hemming uses exactly the same techniques – dishonesty and tears – that he used on women. He lies from the moment he is woken up by police officers investigating Natalie’s disappearance, even refusing to hand over his mobile phone in case his former partner – who is in reality already dead – should call him.
When he’s arrested the following day, he wipes away tears and comes up with a story Natalie has gone away because she was raped by another man. According to Hemming, they were on good terms when she left the house and had agreed to ‘start afresh’.
Not a word of it is true, but Natalie’s mother and sister go through hell before her body is found in a wood in Hertfordshire three weeks later.
Even then, Hemming does not confess. On the first day of his trial, he changes his story, admitting manslaughter and claiming that he 'accidentally' killed Natalie by throwing a jade egg at her head during a row. The jury aren’t taken in and convict him of murder. He’s currently serving life with a recommendation that he should be locked up for a minimum of 20 years.
Paul and Natalie Credit: Production Company
This is believed to be the first time that a murder investigation has been filmed from start to finish.
Home Office figures show that two women are killed by a current or former partner every week. What is going on is sometimes known by family members - Natalie’s sister Jo tried on many occasions to persuade her to leave Hemming – but less often to the authorities.
Research carried out in London by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime suggests that most victims of domestic homicide are not previously known to the police, suggesting either that they keep hoping for the best – or don’t know what help is available.
That’s one of many reasons why the documentary is so important, showing the determination of Thames Valley Police, led by Superintendent Simon Steel, to gather the evidence they need to convict Hemming. While it is true that some police forces are more effective than others, the film confirms that official attitudes to domestic violence have changed out of all recognition in recent years.
Natalie’s story is familiar, but no less tragic and compelling for that.
Now viewers can see for themselves the techniques used by an accomplished liar and abuser
She was a 21-year-old single mother, struggling with post-natal depression, when she met Hemming. He was 11 years older and already on file for violently assaulting a previous girlfriend. But men like Hemming target vulnerable women and he swept Natalie off her feet, presenting her with a £2,500 engagement ring.
They never married but went on two have two children together, despite escalating violence on Hemming’s part. On one occasion, he injured her so badly that she had to go to A&E and gave a statement to police. Hemming bombarded her with tears and promises that he would change, and Natalie eventually withdrew her complaint.
When a woman is murdered by a partner, outsiders often ask why she didn’t leave him years ago. Now viewers can see for themselves the techniques used by an accomplished liar and abuser, offering unusual insights into the mentality of such men. Last year, Radio 4 soap The Archers was praised for a plotline depicting domestic abuse in real time. This film is the next logical step in our education.
Women are most at risk when they finally find the courage to leave – something that murder detectives know all too well. The general public doesn’t, and that’s why documentaries like this one perform an important public service.
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In Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, we learn that Dr. Evil's Mini-Me would bite. "He's a biter," said Young Number Two, holding up a bandaged right hand. "He bites." Anybody who's ever been bitten by another human being knows it's nothing to sneeze at. (We're talking about biting-to-do-damage, not, well, other kinds of biting.) Researchers generally take the stance that if it can't be measured, it isn't worth knowing. Other researchers will say everything can be measured if you use the right kind of ruler. And so, yes, there are people out there, bless their hearts, who measure things like bite force in various creatures — including human beings.
And humans are not particularly impressive on this particular scale. The Mysterious World reports that the average human bite can deliver about 160 pounds per square inch (psi). Fortunately, we also have things like massive brains and opposable thumbs and neighborhood hardware stores to help even the score.
Because, frankly, 160 psi ain't nothin' in the animal kingdom. The National Center for Biotechnology Information has the whole nine yards about how calculations are performed to determine bite force in dogs and cats. Factor in placement and condition of muscles, the state of the teeth, and the animal's motivation — is it mad? — and the numbers start to stack up. Some of those numbers are very impressive indeed.
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It's probably no surprise larger predators in the wild can summon up really significant bites. Taking the first bite out of the food chain would be the Nile crocodile, with a bite force of 5,000 psi. Saltwater crocs weigh in at 3,960 psi. The hippopotamus can muster up 1,850 psi. If we limit comparisons to just cats, the numbers are smaller, but still impressive. Lions are a relatively puny 650 psi. Tigers can summon up 1,050 psi, which doesn't surprise anyone who's watched Tiger King. But if you factor in size, the biggest bite-for-the-buck is delivered by the jaguar: 2,000 psi from a cat that tops out at around 200 pounds for the male. About a third the size of a tiger. About twice the bite strength.
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US shutters Russia's San Francisco consulate in retaliation
By Associated Press Aug 31, 2017, 12:03pm MDT
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FILE - President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform at the Loren Cook Company, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Springfield, Mo. In an escalating tit-for-tat, the United States forced Russia on Thursday to shutter its consulate in San Francisco and scale back its diplomatic presence in Washington and New York, as relations between the two former Cold War foes continued to unravel.
Alex Brandon, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an escalating tit-for-tat, the United States forced Russia on Thursday to shutter its consulate in San Francisco and scale back its diplomatic presence in Washington and New York, as relations between the two former Cold War foes continued to unravel.
The Trump administration said the move constituted its response to the Kremlin's "unwarranted and detrimental" decision to force the U.S. to cut its diplomatic staff in Russia. Under the order, Russia must close its San Francisco consulate by Saturday, along with Russia's "chancery annex" in Washington and a "consular annex" in New York.
"The United States is prepared to take further action as necessary and as warranted," said State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert. Still, she said the U.S. hoped both countries could now move toward "improved relations between our two countries and increased cooperation on areas of mutual concern."
Earlier this month, the Kremlin retaliated for stepped-up U.S. sanctions on Russia by announcing the U.S. would have to cut its embassy and consulate staff in Russia by 755 people. During meetings in the Philippines shortly thereafter, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson left open the possibility the U.S., in turn, would retaliate for that move, and promised Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov a formal response by Sept. 1.
The U.S. has said as a result, it will stop issuing visas at its consulates in Russia in cities other than Moscow. A senior U.S. official said Thursday that the U.S. reduction of diplomatic staff is complete.
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Two cocoa farmers standing beneath a forest giant growing on their plantation.
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A group of refugees from Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia eating breakfast during...
A group of refugees from Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia eating breakfast during Ramadan while sitting in the open air mosque in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp.
People from the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp trying to get into vehicles...
People from the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp trying to get into vehicles while they are queuing to gain entry to the port.
A church built by Ethiopian migrants in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp.
A bed space in a makeshift shelter, the only two floor structure built in the...
A bed space in a makeshift shelter, the only two floor structure built in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp.
A man stands out against the night sky and the ferry port's lights at the...
A man stands out against the night sky and the ferry port's lights at the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp.
The smoldering remains of shelters destroyed by fire at the so-called 'Jungle'...
The smoldering remains of shelters destroyed by fire at the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp. When the authorities moved to close the camp some of the residents decided to set fire to their makeshift s...
A man runs from tear gas fired by French police during an operation to close...
A man runs from tear gas fired by French police during an operation to close down the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp.
Hadi Elya (19) from Pakistan leaps over a stream near the so-called 'Jungle'...
Hadi Elya (19) from Pakistan leaps over a stream near the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp. Previously he lived in Austria for eight months but was not able to get a residence permit. After six months...
A group of men warm themselves around a fire burning in an old tin at the...
A group of men warm themselves around a fire burning in an old tin at the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp.
People living in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp make their way to the...
People living in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp make their way to the road that leads to the ferry port where they will try to get onto trucks queuing to enter the port.
Ibrahim, a Syrian refugee living in a makeshift shelter in the so-called...
Ibrahim, a Syrian refugee living in a makeshift shelter in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp. Eventually he made it to the UK where he moved in with relatives.
Wessam (21) smoking in his makeshift shelter in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee...
Wessam (21) smoking in his makeshift shelter in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp. He fled Syria with his parents just before the war broke out and ended up in in Calais in October 2015. Among the m...
Dandan, Wessam and Ibrahim refugees from Syria, met in Calais in the autumn of...
Dandan, Wessam and Ibrahim refugees from Syria, met in Calais in the autumn of 2015 and moved into a shelter together in an area mostly housing Syrians from Daraa in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee cam...
In a makeshift shelter in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp, Wessam and...
In a makeshift shelter in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp, Wessam and Dandan look at old pictures from their hometown Daraa in Syria.
Yassin, a refugee from Damascus reading an Arabic/English dictionary while...
Yassin, a refugee from Damascus reading an Arabic/English dictionary while resting in a makeshift shelter in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp. After the camp was demolished he spent time living rou...
A group of men warm themselves around a fire in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee...
A group of men warm themselves around a fire in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp.
The lights from a patrolling police vehicle appear on a beach near the...
The lights from a patrolling police vehicle appear on a beach near the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp. Refugees from the camp have no more than four minutes to run one kilometre along the beach, get...
A composite image showing the remains of an Iranian passport (centre) and...
A composite image showing the remains of an Iranian passport (centre) and various other items lying on the ground after the south part of the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp was cleared of people and...
A man stands on a ladder while seeking a better signal for a mobile phone call...
A man stands on a ladder while seeking a better signal for a mobile phone call in the so-called 'Jungle' refugee camp. The police had recently visited the premises to warn the owner not to build the p...
A woman uses her mobile while sitting by the sea at Torreblanca looking...
A woman uses her mobile while sitting by the sea at Torreblanca looking towards Fuengirola. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the sum...
© Espen Rasmussen
Morning fog obscures the tower blocks in Torreblanca. The long broad beach,...
Morning fog obscures the tower blocks in Torreblanca. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the mornings and lat...
People beach fishing between Fuengirola and Torreblanca. The long broad...
People beach fishing between Fuengirola and Torreblanca. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the mornings and...
A man jumps over a small stream on the beach between Fuengirola and...
A man jumps over a small stream on the beach between Fuengirola and Torreblanca. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months...
Tourists on the beach at Torreblanca. The long broad beach, stretching from...
Tourists on the beach at Torreblanca. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the mornings and late eveings, the s...
The moon shines on the beach between Fuengirola and Torreblanca. The long...
The moon shines on the beach between Fuengirola and Torreblanca. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the morni...
People on the beach at Torreblanca are enveloped by a morning fog. The long...
People on the beach at Torreblanca are enveloped by a morning fog. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the mor...
People fishing from a water break at Torreblanca, are enveloped by morning...
People fishing from a water break at Torreblanca, are enveloped by morning fog. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months b...
A boy swimming in the sea at Torreblanca is enveloped by a light morning fog.
A boy swimming in the sea at Torreblanca is enveloped by a light morning fog. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but...
Residents play tennis and football at courts attached to a residential...
Residents play tennis and football at courts attached to a residential apartment block. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer...
Children in the sea enveloped by wispy morning fog on the beach at...
Children in the sea enveloped by wispy morning fog on the beach at Torreblanca. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months b...
Tourists riding one of the many waterslides in the waterpark Parque Acuatico...
Tourists riding one of the many waterslides in the waterpark Parque Acuatico Mijas. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer mont...
Novelty boats on the beach are enveloped by morning at Torreblanca. The long...
Novelty boats on the beach are enveloped by morning at Torreblanca. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the mo...
Tourists crash into the pool after riding one of the many waterslides in the...
Tourists crash into the pool after riding one of the many waterslides in the waterpark Parque Acuatico Mijas. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day...
Tourists swimming in the sea. The long broad beach, stretching from...
Tourists swimming in the sea. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the mornings and late eveings, the sun hungr...
Tourists dancing in one of the many pools at the waterpark Parque Acuatico...
Tourists dancing in one of the many pools at the waterpark Parque Acuatico Mijas. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months...
A visitor's shadow falls on a shack. The long broad beach, stretching from...
A visitor's shadow falls on a shack. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the mornings and late eveings, the su...
Two women sit on a bench outside Tivoli World in Benalmadena, a popular spot...
Two women sit on a bench outside Tivoli World in Benalmadena, a popular spot for tourists in the evening and at night-time. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists d...
Tivoli World in Benalmadena, a popular spot for tourists in the evening and at...
Tivoli World in Benalmadena, a popular spot for tourists in the evening and at night-time. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summ...
Children on an adventure train ride in Tivoli World in Benalmadena, a popular...
Children on an adventure train ride in Tivoli World in Benalmadena, a popular spot for tourists in the evening and at night-time. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tour...
Boys run and play on the beach in Torreblanca (Fuengirola). The long broad...
Boys run and play on the beach in Torreblanca (Fuengirola). The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the mornings a...
Tourists leave the beaches after a long warm day. The long broad beach,...
Tourists leave the beaches after a long warm day. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the mornings and late ev...
Boys playing football on the beach at Torreblanca (Fuengirola). The long...
Boys playing football on the beach at Torreblanca (Fuengirola). The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the mornin...
A child swimming in a pool. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola,...
A child swimming in a pool. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the mornings and late eveings, the sun hungry...
The long and wide beaches at Fuengirola are crowded with sun-beds, rented by...
The long and wide beaches at Fuengirola are crowded with sun-beds, rented by tourists for four Euros per day. The locals mostly lie on blankets on the sand close to the waterfront. The long broad beac...
People playing beach volleyball at sunset. The long broad beach, stretching...
People playing beach volleyball at sunset. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the mornings and late eveings,...
The shadows of people walking a seaside promenade fall on a shed Fuengirola.
The shadows of people walking a seaside promenade fall on a shed Fuengirola. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but...
Boys playing football on the beach at Torreblanca (Fuengirola), using a...
Boys playing football on the beach at Torreblanca (Fuengirola), using a storage shed as a goal. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout th...
Children play on a trampoline ride on the beach at Fuengirola. The long broad...
Children play on a trampoline ride on the beach at Fuengirola. The long broad beach, stretching from Fuengirola, is crowded with tourists during the day throughout the summer months but in the morning...
Boys playing football on the beach at Torreblanca (Fuengirola). The long broad...


650-years jubilee, © Museum Hameln
The Pied Piper jubilee celebrations
In the late 19th century, interest in the Pied Piper of Hamelin increased dramatically. In 1875, the extremely popular epic poem of Julius Wolff was premiered, and in 1879 the opera of Viktor Nessler. The potential of the old legend was also recognised in Hamelin: 600 years after the supposed procession of the children, a large jubilee celebration was held in 1884.
The Pied Piper subsequently became a poster child for tourism. Brochures, picture collections, postcards and souvenirs with his picture have been produced.
Jubilee celebrations also occurred in Hamelin in 1934, 1984 and 2009. The character of the celebrations exemplified the Zeitgeist. The 1934 jubilee also had a recognisable political dimension: The legend was used by the National Socialists for propaganda purposes.
The 650-years anniversary
The Pied Piper anniversary in 1934 is further evidence of the dangerous ability of the Nazi rulers to organize large-scale events, advertise them on a large scale and use them for political propaganda. People are mobilized by appealing to their „national duty“ to participate. In contrast to the festival weekend 50 years ago, the celebrations extend almost all year round.
The treasure of imperishable legends is one of the finest pearls of German folklore.
German history calls you, German legend, German landscape!
Gerda Riege
Woodcut, around 1940
Gerda Riege is the sister of the Hamelin painter Rudolf Riege who is considered the best-known graphic artist in Weserbergland.
Programme booklet
The organisation of the festival lay for the most part in the hands of the district administration of the NSDAP. Among the scheduled events were mixed together torch processions of the SA, military parades and an “ethnic German mass active game”: “Volk will zu Volk”. The jubilee celebrations thus also turned into a political propaganda function.
Henze-Dessau, 1934
The motto of the Pied Piper festival, “German history, German legend, German landscape calls to you!” makes it clear that the organisers in 1934 had more in mind than merely the celebration of a Hamelin city festival. Can the terrible events of 1284 be considered a cause for celebration at all? In contrast to 50 years previously, the figure of the Pied Piper was not made into a hero, but rather the legend was presented as an example of “real German folklore”.
Tourist office letter
The Hamelin tourist office, founded in 1914, describes itself as an establishment for the promotion of the city’s tourism. It works closely with the city administration. The first brochures appeared in the 1920s. Hamelin is promoted as the “Pied Piper city in the Weser Hills.” In 1933, the citizens of Hamelin were requested to provide “active assistance”. In May 1934, the office asked the Director of Studies, Heinrich Spanuth, to arrange an exhibition of the Pied Piper legend. Within six weeks, the jubilee exhibition resulted, “The Pied Piper legend in words and pictures”. It later formed the basis of the Pied Piper collection of the museum.
Pied Piper figure
Delius pottery, Hamelin 1934
The Hamelin Delius pottery, rich in tradition, produced a ceramic Pied Piper figure to mark the Pied Piper jubilee. The company logo of the pottery had always been a rat symbol. Because of this, it did not present any great difficulty for the management in 1934, as the “pottery with the rat”, to produce high quality souvenirs for the jubilee.
The circular red badge was the official festival emblem of the Pied Piper jubilee in 1934. The festival participants had to be expressly able to “identify” themselves. Each badge wearer also had the opportunity to participate in a tombola. “Hamelin good luck rats” made of parish chocolate could be bought for 30 Reichspfennigs. Each fourth rat received a winning ticket.
The triangular pin badge was used as a mark of identification for the promoters of the Pied Piper festival. This not only meant helpers and organisers, but also those businesses and places that were prepared to spread information and sell festival badges, commemorative publications and good luck rats. The “street hawkers” without a permanent business also wore an armband with the title “tourist office” and a number.
Information board
Car park, 1934
In contrast to 1884 – many people arrived by their own automobile, motorcycle or bicycle. Parking spaces had to be arranged for the cars: a supervised parking area in the Sedanplatz and various unsupervised surfaces were made available. Similarly to the Bückeberg festivals, which had occurred annually since 1933, the direction of traffic represented an enormous organisational cost.
Karl Schatzberg, 1934
The events of the 650-year celebrations of the Pied Piper legend lasted from May to September 1934. The main festival week took place from 24th June until 1st July. Similarly to 1884, local artists were attracted and mainly contributed to designing the cultural part of the events. The author Bernhard Flemes devised a theatre play, which was first performed on 26th June. On the same day, the Pied Piper art clock together with glockenspiel was ceremonially inaugurated. The puppet artist Marga Rulff performed a Pied Piper puppet play in the city hall “in eight pictures”. The open-air play, which had taken place regularly since 1930 under the direction of Magda Fischer, formed the core of the events line-up alongside the historical festival parade.
Two puppets from the puppet theatre of 1934, © Museum Hameln
Glove puppets: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Rulff’s Artist Puppet Games
Heads and hands by Rudolf Nickel, 1934 | costumes by Marga Rulff, 1934
The jubilee of 1934 was planned as a large festival with many events. In March 1934, Rulff’s Artist Puppet Games from Bad Pyrmont was commissioned by the city of Hamelin to stage a puppet show for the jubilee celebrations. Some of the beautifully-made puppets were preserved in Hamelin Museum, including to be seen here: Pied Piper and Madam Fable.
Marga Rulff based her songbook on Grimm’s fable template. But typical puppet show elements were also interwoven: The clown as a servant always speaks turned to the audience. Together with Madam Fable, he frames the actual plot.
From June to October 1934, several performances of the puppet show took place as part of the legend jubilee each week at the meeting hall in the garrison church.
Rulff’s production envisaged that all dramatic, i.e. real scenes would be represented by puppets. All mythical scenes should be performed with the help of an artistic shadow play. The fantastical in the night-time rat procession appeared likewise in three silhouettes in the same way as the procession of the children.
The design and production of the impressive shadow scenes was undertaken by Lotte Reiniger, the animated silhouette film artist from Berlin, already widely known in 1934.
The first jubilee took place on 28th and 29th June and was a splendid success. An array of photographers seized the opportunity to document the event with the new, modern technology and then sell their pictures.
The magnificent album with golden inscription: “Recollection of the Pied Piper festival in Hamelin” and the two framed commemorative coins contain studio and outdoor shots of the event. The first “full-time” Pied Piper actor is also represented: the businessman Adolph Pietsch.
The album is part of the estate of the Hamelin family Silberschmidt and was placed in the museum in 1936.


Halle Berry To Be Honoured With The People’s Icon Award At ‘People’s Choice Awards’
By Anita Tai. 19 Nov 2021 5:50 PM
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NBC and E! announce Halle Berry will receive The People’s Icon award at the 2021 “People’s Choice Awards”.
Cardi B will present the award to the actress for her contributions to TV and film.
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“Throughout her career, Halle Berry has broken down barriers, directed and starred in diverse roles that have paved the way for others in the industry,” said NBCUniversal Entertainment Television and Streaming Executive Vice President Jen Neal. “In addition to her filmography accolades and trendsetting ethos, Berry is known for her philanthropic work with women, children and underserved communities. She is an icon of our time and for all these reasons and more, we are honoured to present her with The People’s Icon award.”
Berry has worked as an actress, director, and producer throughout her career, earning a variety of accolades for her work including the Academy Award for Best Actress in “Monster Ball” and a Best Actress Golden Globe in “Frankie and Alice”.
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In her philanthropic work, the actress has been a supporter of the Jenesse Center in Los Angeles, which supports victims of domestic violence and aims to change the pattern of abuse in the lives of women and children. Berry also joined forces with Novo Nordisk and the Entertainment Industry Foundation to launch the Diabetes Aware Campaign along with many other charities.
The actress made her directorial debut in the film “Bruised” which hit theatres on Nov. 17.
The People’s Choice Awards take place on Dec. 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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