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Precedent of the UAlbany bus incident
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During the week in between the white supremacist riot in Charlottesville and last weekend’s massive resistance rally in Boston, I stumbled on a surp
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The Israel Anti-Boycott Act is an attack on free speech, Miriam Axel-Lute argues.
Miriam Axel-Lute reflects on the recent controversy involving now-former employees of a Lark Street business.
Tax reform may not be sexy but it's important
Affordability in Albany?
As I write this, the trial of two of the young women at the center of what has become called the UAlbany/CDTA “bus incident,” was beginning.
Safe and affordable housing has emerged as one crucial factor affecting people’s health.

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Engineers Develop New Portable Malaria Screening Instrument
According to the World Health Organization, over 216 million people were infected with malaria in 2016, and 445,000 individuals died from the disease. The key to solving this health crisis is early-stage diagnosis, when malaria therapeutics are most effective. A new prototype for a portable instrument capable of early-stage malaria detection has been developed by a team of researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
There are two standard ways of diagnosing malaria—yet both have limitations. The first involves taking a blood sample and looking at it under a microscope to identify red blood cells that have been infected with the malaria parasite. This involves counting cells—which is manually intensive and dependent on the technician reading the blood smears. The second approach, known as the rapid diagnostic test (RDT), works in about 15 minutes. However, without refrigeration, RDTs can spoil like milk or eggs.
“Malaria primarily impacts low-resource environments where supply chain management is difficult and access to power can be unreliable. Therefore, an effective malaria diagnostic must be independent of these,” said corresponding author Andrea Armani, the Ray Irani Chair in Engineering and Materials Science, whose lab is located in the new USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience.
Advantages of the PODS
The portable optical diagnostics system (PODS) prototype developed by USC Viterbi engineers Andrea Armani, Samantha McBirney, Dongyu Chen, and Alexis Scholtz, detects a by-product called hemozoin generated by all species of the malaria parasite. As such, it is a rapid screening for all malaria strains.
The PODS instrument was designed to solve the challenges limiting current systems. To minimize size, weight, and power requirements without sacrificing performance, every aspect was considered. The prototype weighs less than 10 pounds, is 12-by-10 inches (the size of a large shoebox) and can be powered by a battery for eight hours. In addition, PODS was designed to require minimal sample processing and handling, as well as to eliminate the need for secondary chemicals with strict storage requirements. This makes the device particularly suited to low-resource environments.
The current prototype can analyze an unprocessed, whole blood sample in 10 to 15 minutes. With only 500 µL of blood (five to seven drops), it can achieve sensitivity levels needed for an early-stage diagnosis.
“This could represent a tipping point in the global fight against malaria,” Armani said.
The laser beam passes through the blood sample and hits the detector on the other side. Two measurements are taken: one with the magnet next to the sample and one without the magnet. If there is any hemozoin in the blood, it will be pulled to the side of the sample holder by the magnet, changing the amount of light that can make it to the detector.
Malaria-infected mosquitoes infect human hosts with the parasite. Their primary nutrient source is hemoglobin, a component of red blood cells. As the parasite digests hemoglobin, it creates what is known as heme as a by-product.
PODS has three primary components: a laser, a detector (to detect light), and a magnet. When a sample of blood is placed between the laser and the detector, the amount of light that makes it to the detector decreases as the blood blocks it. If hemozoin is present, even less light shines through. At high concentrations even in blood, it is readily apparent if hemozoin is present because the nanocrystal is very good at blocking light. However, as the concentrations decrease to values indicative of early-stage malaria, it becomes harder to detect the presence of hemozoin. (Additionally, everyone’s blood absorbs light a little differently, further complicating the measurement.)
By applying a magnet, it is possible to manipulate and move the hemozoin particles within a test tube, or move them in and out of the laser beam. In this way, a single sample can be used to perform two measurements, and every diagnosis is personalized. If hemozoin is present, even in minute concentrations, the signals change. “PODS operates on a very simple design concept. If there is hemozoin, then there must be malaria,” Armani said.
The researchers intentionally designed the device to use inexpensive, off-the-shelf components and not require any reagents. If a component fails, the engineers wanted to ensure that it was not necessary to seek out a custom supplier or a single-source supplier.
“All the parts are readily accessible and easily replaced,” McBirney said.
The researchers are now working on the next generation of the device to improve its ruggedness and further reduce the sample volume to under 200 µL (one to two drops) of blood. They expect to eliminate the attached laptop so the device could operate for over 30 hours with an external battery pack or be hand-powered.
The article featuring this research, “Portable diagnostic for malaria detection
in low-resource settings,” is featured in ACS Sensors.


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Cesare Vincenzo Orsenigo (December 13, 1873 – April 1, 1946) was Apostolic Nuncio to Germany from 1930 to 1945, during the rise of Nazi Germany and World War II. Along with the German ambassador to the Vatican, Diego von Bergen and later Ernst von Weizsäcker, Orsenigo was the direct diplomatic link between Pope Pius XI and Pope Pius XII and the Nazi regime, meeting several times with Adolf Hitler directly and frequently with other high-ranking officials and diplomats.
Orsenigo was close to Achille Ratti, the Archbishop of Milan, and was appointed to the Vatican diplomatic corps when Ratti was elected Pope Pius XI, as nuncio to the Netherlands (1922–1925), Hungary (1925–1930), and Germany (1930–1945).
Orsenigo believed in the Italian fascist ideal and hoped the German variety would develop into something similar. He was a controversial figure among his contemporaries and remains the subject of historical criticism for his advocacy of "compromise and conciliation" with the Nazis, particularly in relation to The Holocaust. Pius XII has been criticized by several contemporaries and historians for not replacing Orsenigo as nuncio. Pius XII left the nunciature vacant after Orsenigo's death in 1946 until he appointed Aloisius Joseph Muench to the post in 1951.
Orsenigo with Hitler and Joachim von Ribbentrop, January 1939
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Orsenigo was born in Olginate, Italy. He attended a seminary in Milan and was ordained in 1896. . He became a Kaplan and later a priest of San Fedele in Milan. 1912, he was finally a member of the cathedral chapter of Milan. Even as a parish priest in Milan, he met Achille Ratti, who soon after became Pope Pius XI.
Ratti, after his election as pope in 1922 appointed Orsenigo to the rank of titular archbishop of Ptolemais and made him a nuncio to the Netherlands, effective June 23, 1922. Orsengio, aged 49 at his appointment, had no formal diplomatic training, but rather had been a friend of Ratti in Milan. Ratti overruled Orsenigo's objections that he lacked experience, noting that he himself had spent decades as a librarian before being appointed apostolic delegate to Poland.
On April 25, 1930, he became Apostolic Nuncio in Germany, a post previously held by Eugenio Pacelli (future Pope Pius XII), who had been appointed Cardinal. He received his conformation letter from President Paul von Hindenburg. Orsenigo's nunciature was located in Berlin, although a separate nunciature existed in Munich due to its "peculiar status" dating back to 1871.
On February 16, 1933, Orsenigo wrote to Pacelli that it would be "ingenuous and incoherent" to support the newly elected Nazi government, but that he feared open opposition would lead to a new Kulturkampf. In a March 7, 1933 letter to Pacelli, Orsenigo estimated that six to seven million of Germany's thirteen million voting Catholics had supported the Nazi party. According to George Schuster, Orsenigo "was frankly jubilant" over the election of Hitler. As early as March 1933, Orsenigo concluded that compromise and conciliation was the only option, arguing that earlier condemnations of Nazism by German bishops had concerned only its religious, not political, tenets.
After the conclusion of the Reichskonkordat on July 20, 1933, Orsenigo urged German bishops to support the Nazi regime. For example, anti-Nazi bishop Maximilian Kaller complained that Orsenigo (who, Kaller assumed, spoke for the pope) "put the skids under me" by telling him to make amends with the Nazis. Orsenigo punished Bishop August von Galen, who continued to publicly criticize the Nazi's euthanasia program, with a critical letter to Rome.
Writing on May 8, 1933 about an earlier conversation with Hitler, Orsenigo opined that Hitler saw Christianity as essential to private life and the German state and that without the cooperation of the Nazis the German Church could not hope to defeat liberalism, socialism, and Bolshevism. Orsenigo reported that Hitler did not agree with the neo-pagan wing of the Nazi party, as represented in Alfred Rosenberg's The Myth of the Twentieth Century.
Following an April 4, 1933 transmission from Pope Pius XI to "look into whether and how it might be possible to become involved" in helping the victims of Nazi persecution, Orsenigo replied that any intervention would be seen as "a protest against that government's law" and thus not be advisable. Of the 95 documents from the Berlin nunciature in the Vatican Secret Archives from 1930 to 1938, only four contain references to Jews.
Pius XII retained Orsenigo as nuncio to Germany; his priorities (as he made clear to Orsenigo) were the preservation of the Reichskonkordat specifically, and Vatican-German relations more generally. According to Phayer, "In Orsenigo, Pius had the right man for the job. A pro-German, pro-Nazi, antisemitic fascist, Orsenigo would have no trouble adjusting to the Nazi regime in Berlin. In addition, Orsenigo who hankered after the cardinal's hat, could be trusted not to interfere with Pius's well-known intention to deal with Germany himself". On the orders of Pius XII, Orsenigo warmly and publicly congratulated Hitler on April 20, 1939, the Führer's fiftieth birthday.
On May 4, 1939, Orsenigo visited Adolf Hitler in Obersalzberg; Orsenigo was flown to Salzburg and had lunch at the Grand Hotel in Berchtesgaden before being transported to Hitler's residence, where the two spoke privately for an hour before having tea with von Ribbentrop and his aide V. Hewel (who also wrote an account of the meeting). In a 1940 note to Pius XII, Orsenigo again argued in favor of conciliation, stating his fears of lapsed religiosity among German Catholics unless the clergy appeased the regime and relieved members of the Church of a conflict of conscience.
On June 21, 1942, he was a consecrator at the Cologne Cathedral for the inauguration of the new archbishop in Cologne, Joseph Frings. In November 1943, he again met with Hitler on behalf of Pius XII. According to Orsenigo's own account:
On February 8, 1945, prior to the end of World War II, Orsenigo moved to Eichstätt, in Bavaria. The nunciature lost its official status in May 1945, with the defeat of Nazi Germany, although the Allied Control Council allowed Orsenigo to remain in Eichstätt. Orsenigo died in Eichstätt on April 1, 1946, leaving his aide de camp, Monsignor Carlo Colli as the only remaining link between Pius XII and the German Church. Colli died in January 1947, leaving his secretary Monsignor Bernard Hack alone in Eichstätt. After a lengthy interregnum, during which Pius XII relied on Father Igo Ziegler at the Villa Grosch in Kronberg, the next nuncio would be Aloisius Joseph Muench.
Orsenigo as nuncio routinely refused to intervene on behalf of Jews and more often than not failed to forward to Rome reports descriptive or critical of the Holocaust. A rare exception, was the Nazi plan to "resettle" Jews married to Christians, although Phayer argues that his concern was primarily with their Catholic spouses. According to Phayer, "when the nuncio was directed by the Holy See to discuss incidents concerning Jewish victims with Nazi officials, he did so timidly and with embarrassment".
In 1941, Orsenigo was contacted by Kurt Gerstein, a Protestant SS officer who had personally witnessed the extermination of Jews and wished to notify the Vatican. Informed of the purpose of Gerstein's visit, Orsenigo refused to meet with him. Gerstein's message was eventually sent to the Vatican by the auxiliary bishop of Berlin, not the nuncio's office, where the information reached a "dead end".
Both the Catholic and Protestant Churches in the Netherlands were vocal in their protests against the deportation of the Dutch Jewry, although the mainline Protestant Church eventually turned silent on the basis of Nazi promises that doing such would save further "Jews" of their denomination from deportation. Orsenigo sent word to the Vatican that the protest of the Church had caused the Dutch deportations to end, despite the fact that exactly the opposite had occurred, and seizures, murders, and deportations of Catholics of Jewish heritage increased.
Because Germany would not allow Pius XII to appoint a nuncio to occupied Poland, Orsenigo fulfilled that role as well, for all intents and purposes. On November 1, 1939, Orsenigo's authority was formally extended to Poland. In August 1940, Orsenigo indeed launched a private protest with the German government, listing a variety of abuses against the Polish Church (but none against the Polish people); this had no noticeable effect. Bishop Adam Stefan Sapieha of Cracow wrote Orsenigo, telling him that a direct protest by the Pope (rather than the nuncio) was "indispensable". Phayer finds it "doubtful" that Orsenigo forwarded Sapieha's request to the Holy See.
Among Polish Catholics, there was a widespread perception that Orsenigo "purposefully minimized their situation in his reports to Rome". For example, Hilarius Breitinger, the apostolic administrator of Warthegau, delivered two copies of a letter critical of the Pope's silence towards Berlin with regard to the situation in Poland: one to Orsenigo and another to Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, only the latter of whom assured Breitinger they would deliver the letter.
A November 25, 1939 dispatch from Orsenigo prompted Pius XII to make "one of his most controversial decisions". Orsenigo informed the Pope of the situation in the diocese of Chełmno-Pelpin: the bishop, Stanisław Wojciech Okoniewski, was in exile; his auxiliary was ill; all but one canon was absent; only 20 of the 500 priests of the diocese had not been forced out, imprisoned, or murdered. Pius XII therefore reversed his decision not to replace Polish prelates with (even temporary) German ones, naming Karl Maria Splett, the bishop of Danzig, also apostolic administrator of Chełmno-Pelpin. This decision was seen as a betrayal by the Polish government-in-exile, as the Concordat of 1925 prohibited placing any Polish territory under the jurisdiction of a bishop outside Poland.
The RSHA infiltrated the Berlin nunciature through a German journalist who was to Orsenigo and a through [clarification needed] a patriotic German priest who served under Orsenigo as adviser on German and east European affairs. According to Alvarez and Graham, this espionage provide "access to the attitudes and intentions of the nuncio".
Orsenigo's primary priest-assistant was in fact a secret member of the Nazi party. It is unknown whether Orsenigo himself was aware of his assistant's party membership, however this fact was certainly known by Robert Leiber, a German Jesuit who served as one of Pius XII's closest confidants and advisers during the war.
According to Prof. Jose Sánchez, "a chief point of criticism of [Pope Pius XII] is his unwillingness to replace Cesare Orsenigo as his nuncio to Berlin". The Vatican received many contemporary complaints about Orsenigo as nuncio; for example, Cardinal Theodor Innitzer, the Archbishop of Vienna, wrote to Cardinal Secretary of State Luigi Maglione in 1939, stating that Orsenigo was too timid and ineffectual. The German episcopate was divided on Orsenigo; Bishop Konrad von Preysing wrote a letter to the Vatican in 1937 calling Orsenigo too sympathetic with the Nazis, but Cardinal Adolf Bertram, the chairman of the German Bishops Conference, wrote a letter of praise recommending that Orsenigo be allowed to stay. von Preysing had a history of correspondence with Orsenigo, but became frustrated upon receiving the following response: "charity is well and good but the greatest charity is not to make problems for the church".
Owen Chadwick argues that "the Pope knew how weak with the Nazis [Orsenigo] was". Phayer and Morley also criticize Pius XII for leaving Orsenigo at one of his most important nunciatures. However, Pierre Blet argues that had Orsenigo been replaced, a new nuncio may not have been accepted by the Nazis and the Vatican would have lost communication with the German Church.
Susan Zuccotti argues that Orsenigo was "never known for his imagination or daring". Chadwick states that "Orsenigo saw nothing but ill to come from a breach between the Church and a Nazi State. As an Italian he believed in the Fascist State. His ideas on what ought to happen in Germany were formed on the basis of what happened in Italy". Chadwick credits to Orsenigo the creation of a chaplain-general for the German army, the circulation of pastoral letters from German bishops on pro-Nazi subjects such as mass procreation.
|Catholic Church titles|
Giovanni Tacci Porcelli
| Nuncio to the Netherlands
23 June 1922 – 2 June 1925
| Nuncio to Hungary
2 June 1925 – 18 March 1930
| Nuncio to Germany and Nuncio to Prussia
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Aloisius Joseph Muench
A Moral Reckoning: The Role of the Catholic Church in the Holocaust and Its Unfulfilled Duty of Repair is a 2003 book by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, previously the author of Hitler's Willing Executioners (1996). Goldhagen examines the Roman Catholic Church's role in the Holocaust, and offers a review of scholarship in English addressing what he argues is antisemitism throughout the history of the Church, which he claims contributed substantially to the persecution of the Jews during World War II.
Goldhagen recommends several significant steps that might be taken by the Church to make reparation for its alleged role. A Moral Reckoning received mixed reviews and was the subject of considerable controversy regarding allegations of inaccuracies and anti-Catholic bias.Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday
The 50th birthday of Adolf Hitler on 20 April 1939 was celebrated as a national holiday throughout Nazi Germany and some other parts of the world.Apostolic Nunciature to Germany
The Apostolic Nunciature to Germany is an ecclesiastical office of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio to Germany with the rank of an ambassador. The office of the nunciature has been located in Berlin since 1925, in union with the new Apostolic Nuncio to Prussia until 1934. Between 1920 and 1925 the nunciature was held in personal union by the Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria, seated in Munich. With the unconditional surrender of Germany in 1945 the diplomatic ties were interrupted and reestablished for West Germany only in 1951, then in Bonn. In 2001 the nunciature moved again to Berlin.
The three Popes, once serving as nuncios in what is today's Germany, were Alexander VII, Leo XII and Pius XII. As of 2014 the Apostolic Nuncio to Germany is Nikola Eterović, appointed by Pope Francis on September 21, 2013.Apostolic Nunciature to Poland
The Apostolic Nuncio to Poland is one of the oldest nuncios, appointed by the Pope as apostolic representative to the Roman Catholic Church in Poland. Three nuncios to Poland went on to be elected pope. Three were cardinals at the time of their appointment as nuncio, and the rest—with the sole exception of Filippo Cortesi—were elevated afterwards.Apostolic Nunciature to the Netherlands
The Apostolic Nuncio to the Netherlands is the principal representative of the Holy See to the Royal Government of the Netherlands. The nunciature is located at Carnegielaan 5 in The Hague.
Giovanni Tacci Porcelli (29 Apr 1911 - 8 Dec 1916)
Roberto Vicentini (19 May 1921 - 1922)
Cesare Orsenigo (23 Jun 1922 - 2 Jun 1925)
Paolo Giobbe (12 Aug 1935 - 14 Nov 1959 )
Giuseppe Beltrami (31 Jan 1959 - 22 Jul 1967 )
Angelo Felici (22 Jul 1967 - 13 May 1976)
John Gordon ( 1976 - 1978 )
Bruno Wüstenberg (17 Jan 1979 - 31 May 1984)
Edward Idris Cassidy (6 Nov 1984 - 23 Mar 1988)
Audrys Juozas Bačkis (5 Aug 1988 - 24 Dec 1991)
Henri Lemaitre (28 Mar 1992 - 8 Feb 1997 Retired)
Angelo Acerbi (8 Feb 1997 - 27 Feb 2001)
François Robert Bacqué (27 Feb 2001 - 15 Dec 2011)
André Dupuy (15 Dec 2011 - date unknown)
Aldo Cavalli (21 Mar 2015–present); Titular Archbishop of Vibo Valentia; previously, Apostolic Nuncio to Malta and LibyaApostolic Nuncio to Prussia
The Apostolic Nuncio to Prussia was the ambassador of the Holy See to the Free State of Prussia. He was based in Berlin.Diego von Bergen
Dr. Carl-Ludwig Diego von Bergen (1872 – October 7, 1944) was the ambassador to the Holy See from the Kingdom of Prussia (1915–1918), the Weimar Republic (1920–1933), and Nazi Germany (1933–1943), most notably during the negotiation of the Reichskonkordat and during the Second World War.
From 1930 to 1943, by virtue of seniority, Bergen was also the doyen of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See. This office entitled him to speak at the funeral of Pope Pius XI in 1939, when he infamously urged the cardinals to elect a new pope who would work with the fascist governments of Europe to build "a new world upon the ruins of a past that in many things has no longer any reason to exist". Bergen was recalled in 1943, aged more than seventy, which was a good deal more than the mandatory retirement age for German diplomats, and was replaced by Ernst von Weizsäcker.Eichstätt
Eichstätt (German pronunciation: [ˈaɪçʃtɛt], formerly also Eichstädt or Aichstädt) is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Eichstätt. It is located on the Altmühl river and has a population of around 13,000. Eichstätt is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Eichstätt.Filippo Cortesi
Filippo Cortesi (8 Octobter 1876 – 1 February 1947) was the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland from December 24, 1936 to February 1, 1947. Cortesi earlier served as nuncio to Paraguay in the interim. Cortesi was the only nuncio to Poland never to become a cardinal.Foreign relations of Pope Pius XII
Foreign relations of Pope Pius XII extended to most of Europe and a few states outside Europe. Pius XII was pope from 1939 to 1958, during World War II and the beginning of the Cold War.Franz Justus Rarkowski
Franz Justus Rarkowski, S.M. (June 8, 1873 – February 9, 1950) was the Catholic military bishop of Nazi Germany. The existence of such a role was provided for by the Reichskonkordat (1933), and Rarkowski had been acting head of the military chaplaincy since 1929, before he was officially consecrated on February 29, 1938 as episcopus castrensis. Rarkowski's title was translated into English as "Field Bishop of the German Army".The first draft of the Apostolic Brief to regulate the military chaplaincy was given to the German government on June 26, 1934. The brief was issued on September 19, 1935.Giovanni Tacci Porcelli
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Hilarius Breitinger, OFM Conv (7 June 1907 – 23 August 1994) was a German Franciscan prelate made apostolic administrator of the Reichsgau Wartheland during World War II by Pope Pius XII, one of the most controversial examples of the reorganization of occupied dioceses during World War II. Breitinger's appointment and those like it were the justification of the Polish Provisional Government for declaring the Concordat of 1925 "null and void" in 1945.Lorenz Jaeger
Lorenz Jaeger (23 September 1892 – 1 April 1975) was a German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Paderborn from 1941 to 1973, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.Orsenigo
Orsenigo is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Cesare Orsenigo, Vatican diplomat
Giovanni Battista Orsenigo, Italian monk and dentist
Simone da Orsenigo, Italian architectPaolo Giobbe
Paolo Giobbe (10 January 1880 – 14 August 1972) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Papal Datary in the Roman Curia from 1959 to 1968, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.Ptolemais, Cyrenaica
Ptolemais (Greek: Πτολεμαΐς) was one of the five cities that formed the Pentapolis of Cyrenaica, the others being Cyrene, Euesperides (later Berenice, and now Benghazi), Tauchira/Teuchira (later Arsinoe, and now Tocra), and Apollonia (now Susa).Its ruins are at a small village in modern Libya called Tolmeita (Arabic طلميتة), after the ancient name.Reorganization of occupied dioceses during World War II
The reorganization of occupied dioceses during World War II was an issue faced by Pope Pius XII of whether to extend the apostolic authority of Catholic bishops from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy to German-occupied Europe during World War II.
Although such reorganization was often refused, the decision of Pius XII to appoint German apostolic administrators to occupied Poland was "one of his most controversial decisions". These actions were the primary justification given by the Soviet-backed Polish Provisional Government (which replaced the pro-Catholic Polish government-in-exile), for declaring the Concordat of 1925 null and void in 1945, an act that had tremendous consequences for post-war Polish-Holy See relations. There was no Apostolic Nuncio to Poland between 1947 and 1989.Robert Leiber
Robert Leiber, S.J. (10 April 1887 – 18 February 1967) was a close advisor to Pope Pius XII, a Jesuit priest from Germany, and Professor for Church History at the Gregorian University in Rome from 1930 to 1960. Leiber was, according to Pius' biographer Susan Zuccotti, "throughout his entire papacy his private secretary and closest advisor".


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Kobra Style: Murals/Geometry Enhance This Eduardo Kobra Inspired Drawing Class
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First Ace Cup a huge success
Twelve talented young women came to the Cape Region June 3-5 to play the first Ace Cup/Battle at the Beach golf tournament. They brought not only their golf clubs, but also thousands of dollars in donations for the Alzheimer’s Association.
The tournament was the brainchild of three sets of parents of girls who often met and played together at national and regional junior contests. About 18 months ago, Eric and Susie Lundquist, Andrew and Ellen Barber, and Chase and Kelly Brockstedt began chatting about holding their own junior event. They decided to emphasize creating a fun competition and asking the golfers to raise funds for a worthy nonprofit recipient as part of the event.
Kelly Brockstedt and her husband Chase agreed to host the first Ace Cup. In remarks during the evening award ceremony June 5, Chase credited Don Byerly, manager of Kings Creek Country Club, for his wholehearted support of the project.
The Kings Creek CC golf professionals were also happy to help. Head pro Kevin Wiest assigned assistant pro Eric Willey to oversee the competition. Willey said the girls’ play was awesome, noting that they made more than a dozen birdies during the three competition rounds.
Phil Gottis, a board member for the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, came to the gathering with Maggie Shope, constituent events manager for the association’s Philadelphia office. They accepted a check for $70,000, representing the money raised by the girls in the weeks leading up to the tournament.
“We are blown away by your initiative,” Shope said.
Gottis said, “To see young leaders care makes a big impact.”
Shope said the money will provide direct support for victims and their families, expand education and awareness programs, and support continuing efforts to improve treatment options and research for a cure.
The girls split into two teams for the tournament – Teal Tide and the StinGRAYs. The first session June 4 used a four-ball format, with a point available for the front 9, back 9 and total. The second session that afternoon was a nine-hole alternate shot contest, with six points available. The final competition took place June 5, and was standard singles match-play format, worth 18 points for front, back and overall.
Whoever did the seeding did a great job of keeping it competitive, with the Teal Tide team earning a 17-16 victory.
Teal Tide members were Sawyer Brockstedt, Ellison Lundquist, Haley Davis, McKenna Murphy, Ann-Sophie Bourgault and Valentina Hurtado. StinGRAYS players were Kate Barber, Chloe Chang, Sophia Dyer, Saia Rampersaud, Hannah Raub and Francesca Choquette.
Sawyer Brockstedt chose this year’s donation recipient, honoring a grandparent currently under treatment for the condition. Her father Chase said, “This disease touched our family.” He also noted receiving “so many calls, texts and messages” from donors about their own families’ experience. “This disease touches everyone in some ways,” he said.
Brockstedt gave thanks to the other parents, his wife Kelly, the Kings Creek CC staff, the Big Fish Restaurant Group, The Starboard Restaurant and the Sea Voice accommodations in Rehoboth Beach.
“The rigors of junior golf are not for the faint of heart,” Brockstedt said. Despite those challenges, he said the friendships and relationships the junior golfers make are “for a lifetime.”
He also told the golfers, “This is about making a change, using your skills for a purpose.”
See more photos from the tournament here.
First Tee Summer Family Fun Day June 22
The First Tee of Delaware will hold a Summer Family Fun Day from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 22, at Plantation Lakes Golf & Country Club.
Participants will learn about First Tee and its Life Skills Experience on-the-golf-course program. First Tee staff will also discuss the organization’s other programs in Southern Delaware, including school events and coordinated activities with the Boys & Girls Clubs in Sussex County.
In addition, Life Skills Experience classes begin July 13 through Aug. 17, with no class held July 27.
Local club competition results
The Rehoboth Beach Country Club Ladies 18-hole group played a Best Ball of 4 game June 9.
Kerry Lockwood, Julie Burton, Elise Coar and Suzanne Moore won first-place gross, with Patty Lessy, Peggy Roca, Cyndy Simeone and Carol Wetherhold winning first-place net. Lora Drewer, Barbara Collins, Ella Alexander and Beth Forbes finished second net.
The Rehoboth Beach CC Ladies 9-hole group played a team one best ball game June 8, where the worst scores from three holes were cut.
Lynn Kokjohn, Christine Moore, Maurra Lindsay and Joyce McCoy won first-place net, with Marilyn Martens, Charlotte Samans, Julia Derrick and Mary Enzler taking second.
The Mulligan’s Pointe Ladies 18-hole group played a Nassau game June 8.
Cathy Cosgrove won the front nine, with Peggy Claussen in second. Wendy Michaelson took the back nine, followed by Kathy Hudak. Susan Shockley won the overall contest, with Mary Louise York in second.
The Kings Creek CC Ladies 18-hole group played a team Cha Cha game June 3. Jean Chlastawa, Vicki Martina, Sue Griesemer and Erin Reid won on a match of cards against Lisa Powell, Linda Outlaw, Marty Jaxheimer and Ana Dittel.

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In Global Justice news last week: Calls for accountability for alleged Israeli and Palestinian crimes during 2014 Gaza conflict; prosecution of sexual and gender-based crimes gaining momentum; ICC to deliver sentence in the case against Jean Pierre Bemba tomorrow 21 June; and much more. Click through to read a summary of this weeks news.
Calls for accountability in Israel and Palestine
Reports emerged last week that the Israeli army decided not to prosecute an officer suspected of ordering the alleged shelling of a clinic during the July 2014 Gaza conflict. The news follows a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report calling on the ICC prosecutor to launch a formal probe into serious international crimes allegedly committed by both Israeli and Palestinian forces during the 2014 conflict.
“After nearly a half century of impunity, it’s time that those responsible for some of the gravest crimes, whether against Palestinians or Israelis, pay the price,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW’s Middle East director.
Meanwhile, Khalida Jarrar—recently released by Israel after a 15-month detention related in part to her involvement in Palestine’s Supreme National Committee for Coordination with the ICC—noted a lack of initiative by the Palestinian government to follow-up on its move to accept the Court’s jurisdiction at the end of 2014.
With an increasing number of attacks and threats against civil society promoting accountability for the Israel/Palestine conflict through the ICC system of international justice, last week also saw the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council call on the UN to do more to protect human rights defenders in the region and internationally.
With the prosecution of sexual and gender-based crimes gaining momentum, this year’s International Criminal Court Forum focuses on the ICC prosecutor’s mission to end impunity for sexual violence as crimes against humanity, war crimes and means of genocide.
International Criminal Court investigations
Uganda: UN envoy reports increased attacks and higher abduction of children by Lords Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen, who is to face trial this December at the ICC.
Darfur, Sudan: Concerns raised by BashirWatch Coalition over Angola welcoming the visit of ICC suspect Omar al-Bashir.
ICC preliminary examinations
Burundi: UN experts report significant drop in number of executions but stress serious alleged human rights concerns with no signs of progress.
Ukraine: New report in Norwegian Helsinki Committee addresses investigation of cross-border attacks in Eastern Ukraine
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Former UN chief Kofi Annan says Africans entitled to ICC justice.
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Practical steps needed to end impunity for rape as a weapon of war, said EU commissioners on first international day against the elimination of sexual violence in conflict.
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Lucas Bazan Pontoni rifled through his pockets for the 45-cent lunch fee as he stood in line at a downtown soup kitchen. When he came up short, an acquaintance sprang for the government-subsidized meal.
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Title: Chronic City
Author: Jonathan Lethem
First published January 1, 2009
467 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385518635 (ISBN10: 0385518633)
In Chronic City, Jonathan Lethem presents a captivating portrait of the delusions, desires, and lies of Manhattan’s elite. Chase Insteadman, a former child star, is a beloved fixture on the city’s social scene, living off residuals from his hit show.
His fiancée, Janice, is trapped in space, sending him love letters that keep him adrift in his vague routine. But when free-spirited pop critic Perkus Tooth enters the picture, fueled by high-grade marijuana and a desperate need for meaning, Chase is drawn into a world where reality is blurred and truth is hard to find.
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Jonathan Allen Lethem is a talented American writer who has published several novels, essays, and short stories. He made his debut with Gun, with Occasional Music – a unique blend of science fiction and detective fiction – in 1994.
He went on to publish three more science fiction novels before gaining mainstream recognition with his National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, Motherless Brooklyn, in 1999. His 2003 publication, The Fortress of Solitude, was also a commercial success and a New York Times Best Seller.
Lethem’s writing skills were recognized in 2005 when he was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.
Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem is a work of literary fiction, first published in 2009. Lethem, who has been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize, is best known for his inventive, genre-bending novels that explore the intersections of pop culture, psychology, and politics.
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Brian Abston announces resignation from Mt. Juliet city commission
Mt. Juliet Commissioner Brian Abston will resign because he will move out of the district, according to a statement.
Abston's resignation of the District 4 seat is effective on May 24, when he said he will move to another residence in Wilson County. Abston is on his second term and has served more than six years as commissioner.
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Conditional leave to appeal and stay of execution granted on certain terms-Application to vary order by permitting appellant to pay judgment debt by instalments not entertainable-Order for appellant to give security in sum of £500 subject to conditions relating to prosecuting appeal and payment of costs is not satisfied by cash deposit of £500.
The appellant was the defendant. A single Judge of the Court granted conditional leave to appeal and also a stay of execution upon the defendant giving security in the sum of £500 subject to conditions for the due prosecution of the appeal and for payment of all costs to become payable to the respondent. In lieu of giving this security the appellant, through his solicitor, deposited in Court the sum of £500 without any undertaking.
The appellant moved the Court to vary Judge's order relating to stay of execution by permitting him to pay the judgment debt by monthly instalments of £50.
The respondent's Counsel argued that the order for security was not satisfied by the deposit of £500.
Held: The appellant was not, in fact, applying for an order suspending execution, but for an order as to how the judgment was to be satisfied. The Court had no power to entertain the application.
Held further, that the deposit of £500 without any order as to the terms and conditions under which it was held by the Court was not a compliance with the order of the Court requiring the appellant to enter into good and sufficient security. Final leave to appeal was refused.
Motion for final leave to appeal. W.A.C.A. 3319.
Case referred to: (1) Tairu v. Tairu, W.A.C.A., Judgment of 25th October, 1949.
H. O. Davies for Appellant. L. A. McCormqck for Respondents.
The following judgment was delivered: Verity, Ag. P. In this matter there are two motions before the Court which are inter-related and were heard together.
The first motion is for a variation of an order made by a single Judge of this Court on 29th June, 1951, and for an order for a payment of the judgment debt by instalments. The motion paper also contains an unusual, perhaps unprecendented prayer that the Court order that the judgment debtor should pay over to the judgment creditor any sums received by him from all his debtors. This last prayer was not pressed by Counsel for the judgment debtor, who indeed, suggested that it might be struck out. I think he was wise not to pursue this part of the application which, for a variety of reasons, I would not entertain, and to which in the circumstances I do not propose to give further consideration.
The second motion is one for final leave to appeal to His Majesty in Council against the judgment in regard to which the first motion relates.
Dealing in the first place with the first motion I think it is desirable to make clear what was the order which it is desired to vary. Upon the application for*Page 267conditional leave to appeal under article 6 of the Order of Council which makes provision for appeals from this Court to the Privy Council a stay of execution was also sought under the provisions of article 8. The application was made to a single Judge who granted a stay of execution, subject to the condition that the appellant should either pay into Court the amount of the judgment debt and costs or furnish security for the payment in the event of the appeal failing. The appellant was given twenty-one days within which to comply with the condition. In the event of non-compliance execution was to be carried out, the respondent being in such case required to give security for repayment in the event of the appeal succeeding. The appellant failed to comply with the condition upon which execution was stayed and execution was therefore carried out.
In lieu of complying with the condition of the order staying execution the appellant has applied to the Court to vary that order, under article 7 of the Order-in-Council. In the motion paper it is not specifically stated in what respect a variation is sought, but reading the whole notice of motion together with the affidavit in support thereof I think, it is sufficiently clear that the applicant seeks to set aside the order for a stay of execution and to substitute therefor an order for payment of the judgment by instalments. Counsel for the applicant in the course of argument clearly stated that he no longer seeks a stay of execution but that the judgment should be satisfied by monthly payment of £50-a matter which would satisfy the judgment debt in rather more than a century. Upon this fact being brought to the attention of Counsel he suggested that it would be at any time open to the respondent to apply to the Court to vary the order.
It is, I think, clear that the appellant is not, in fact, applying to this Court for an order suspending execution but for an order as to how the judgment is to be satisfied, which is not the function of this Court as a Court of Appeal from the judgment of the Court below, still less in the exercise of its power under the West African (Appeal to Privy Council) Order-in-Council, 1949. The powers of the Court under the Order-in-Council in regard to execution of a judgment appealed from are those conferred by article 8 which provides that the Court may either direct that the judgment shall be carried into execution or that execution thereof shall be suspended pending the appeal, as to the Court shall seem just. This power was exercised by a single judge of the Court on 29th of June, 1951, when execution was stayed upon certain conditions and otherwise to be carried into execution. By article 7 it is prescribed that such an order by a single judge may be varied, discharged or reviewed by the Court, but this does not confer upon the Court any further powers than those provided by article 8, that is, either to direct that execution shall be carried out or that it be suspended. If it is to be carried out, then execution will issue in the ordinary course and subject to such procedure as is prescribed by law for the execution of judgments in the Supreme Court, a matter with which this Court is not concerned. If on the other hand this Court orders that execution shall be suspended, then no further proceedings in execution shall be had, but in neither event has the Court, in my opinion, power under the Order-in-Council to take any such steps as are sought by this motion, which I would therefore dismiss with costs.
I would add, moreover, that having perused the record of the whole proceedings and considered the conduct of the appellant throughout, I should not be disposed to concur in any variation of the Order of the 29th of June, which I think was a very proper order in all the circumstances.
In the second motion, which is for final leave to appeal, objection was taken by Counsel for the respondents that the conditions of appeal prescribed by the order of the 29th of June have not been complied with in that, whereas the order requires that the appellant should within three months “enter into good and sufficient security to the satisfaction of the Court in, the sum of £500 for the due*Page 268prosecution of the appeal and payment of all such costs as may become payable to the. . . plaintiff respondent” in certain events, no such security has been entered into.
It appears that, having failed to find such security, a sum of £500 was paid into Court by the appellant's solicitor.
Although article 6 of the Order-in-Council makes no reference to security by way of deposit, and I am not of the opinion that the words either of the Order-in-Council or of the Order of the 29th of June, can strictly speaking be interpreted to include the giving of security in that form, yet I would incline to the view that had the leave of the Court been sought to give security by such means it would have been within the power of the Court to grant such leave.
It is clear, however, that in so doing the Court would have ordered that the amount be lodged in Court in such precise terms as would have secured to the respondent guarantee both of due prosecution and payment of costs as is prescribed by the Order-in-Council.
It is submitted on behalf of the appellant that the payment into Court of £500 does, in fact, provide such security and Counsel has referred to the case of Tairu v. Tairu (1), when in somewhat similar circumstances it was held that the deposit in lieu of bond in that case was an even higher form of security and that this Court, under the provisions of section 8 of the W.A.C.A. Ordinance (Cap. 229) would entertain the appeal, even though the conditions had not been strictly complied with.
It is to be observed that there were two elements in that decision: firstly, that the Court was evidently satisfied that the security given by way of deposit was adequate and secondly, that the appeal was entertained by specific statutory provision, even though the conditions of appeal had not been compiled with. It certainly did not decide that the payment of money into Court was the giving of security in the terms of the order for conditional leave to appeal. By invoking the provisions of section 8 of the Ordinance, indeed, it is clear that the Court held the reverse to be the case.
In my opinion neither of these elements exists in the present case. In the first place it is clear that section 8 of the W.A.C.A. Ordinance is not applicable to an appeal from this Court to the Privy Council and equally clear that there is no similar provision in the Order-in-Council governing such appeals. In the second place, I am by no means satisfied that the form of the deposit secures to the respondent any such guarantee as is required by the Order-in-Council or by the order of the 29th of June. A bond by way of security to be in compliance therewith must be so conditioned that the respondent shall have recourse to the amount thereof in the event of the appellant failing in due prosecution of the appeal and for the payment of all costs payable in the event of failure to obtain final leave to appeal or of the appeal being dismissed or of His Majesty- in-Council ordering the appellant to pay the respondent's cost of the appeal. There can, I think, be no doubt that were a bond entered into conditioned otherwise it would not be in fulfilment of the conditions of appeal and final leave would not be granted thereon. It is of the essence of such security that the respondent shall have recourse thereto without question.
It follows that when security is given by way of deposit the conditions upon which the respondent shall have recourse thereto must not only be identical but also beyond question. But is that so in the present case?
There is no order of the Court determining the conditions upon which the deposit is paid in or held by the Registrar or upon which the respondent shall have recourse thereto. There is no manner of acknowledgment whatever by the appellant of the conditions upon which the sum is paid in or held or upon which the respondent may rely. The deposit is merely acknowledged by the Registrar as received from “H. O. Davies, Esquire” (who happens to be*Page 269appellant's solicitor), and the receiving officer states that it is “fee for deposit £500 by Krekchi as a security to the satisfaction of the Court in the suit No. W.A.C.A. 3319, U. A. C. Ltd. v. F. Krekchi”. To it is also appended the signature of Mr. H. O. Davies, as that of the payer, a course prescribed for the completion of all Revenue Collection Receipts in that form of whatever nature may be the payment.
Is this to be deemed to be a deposit on such conditions as are required by the order of the Court relating to the giving of security? I think the question can best be answered by contemplating what would be the fate of a bond conditioned in such terms, i.e. that it were given “as security to the satisfaction of the Court” in such and such a suit.
I am unable to hold, therefore, that the deposit of a sum of money by Mr. Davies on such terms affords any such security as is required by the Order-in- Council and to which the respondent may have recourse without question, in all or any of the events in which a properly conditioned bond would be forfeit.
In my opinion, therefore, the conditions prescribed by the order of 29th of June in accordance with the provisions of article 6 of the Order-in-Council have not been complied with within the prescribed time and final leave to appeal should therefore be refused, with costs.
In view of the previous history of this case and with the intent that further time and money may not be expended on inapt applications to this Court, I would wish to observe that article 6 of the Order-in-Council provides that the time to be fixed for the period within which security is to be given shall not exceed three months from the date of the hearing of the application for leave to appeal under article 3, that this period has already passed, and that there is no provision in the Order-in-Council whereby this Court is empowered to enlarge the time so limited.
De Comarmond. S.P.J. I concur. Robinson, J. I agree.
Motion disallowed. Final leave to appeal refused.


DULUTH, Ga. — Massey Ferguson a worldwide brand of AGCO Corp, (NYSE:AGCO), is donating a MF1734E compact tractor to support the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy. The tractor, valued at $25,000 MSRP is one item that will be auctioned during the 8th Annual Wrangler Gold Buckle Gala at the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
“Rural heritage and traditions like this are common bonds that the PRCA and Massey Ferguson share,” says Cale Sledge, tactical marketing manager, AGCO. “Our support of the Hall of Fame helps honor these legendary athletes and preserve the sport’s proud history for rodeo fans to enjoy for years to come. We’re committed to ProRodeo Hall of Fame through a relationship with PRCA which began more than 40 years ago and we’re proud to donate the MF1734E compact tractor for the Gala Auction.”
“We are thankful for the generosity of Massey Ferguson and the company’s support of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame,” says Kent Sturman, director of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy. “We are proud to have a partnership with a corporation that shares our belief in rural and western heritage. Their support helps our museum preserve that heritage.”
The tractor has horsepower ratings of 34 engine/29 PTO and is equipped with a clean-burning, turbo-charged diesel engine that provides excellent performance and reliability. It has gear or hydrostatic transmission choices, loader option and 5-year powertrain warranty.
Massey Ferguson also supports the grounds care of the Hall of Fame and Museum by providing a free 1-year lease of a Massey Ferguson GC1710 sub-compact tractor equipped with a belly mower. In total, Massey Ferguson’s donations this year are valued at more than $40,000.
More than 40 years of commitment
Hesston first became involved with Professional Rodeo Cowboys in 1975 when the hay and forage harvesting equipment manufacturer obtained the rights to televise the final night of the National Finals Rodeo (NFR), then held in Oklahoma City, Okla. Hesston’s commitment to ProRodeo has transcended time as the company has been involved with the PRCA and has sponsored the NFR continuously since 1975. In 2011, Hesston by Massey Ferguson renewed the company’s sponsorship and committed to carrying on the tradition by becoming the official farm-equipment company of the PRCA with high visibility during the PRCA-sanctioned NFR.
“We are honored to have a long-standing relationship with NFR,” says Sledge. “Just as rodeo and hay production have a shared heritage in the West, sponsorship of the NFR is an important part of our heritage and our future.”
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We will continue to update this post with reaction to the new Washington Post poll. Keep checking back.
While NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league would have no comment, Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, who has vowed to never change the name, was naturally pleased.
“The Washington Redskins team, our fans and community have always believed our name represents honor, respect and pride,” he said in a statement released by the team. “Today’s Washington Post polling shows Native Americans agree. We are gratified by this overwhelming support from the Native American community, and the team will proudly carry the Redskins name.”
Joe Gibbs, the Hall of Fame former coach who led the team to three Super Bowl championships, called the findings “important to our whole Redskins community.” As a kid growing up in western North Carolina, Gibbs rooted for the team.
“That whole time, I was a Redskin and I loved it,” Gibbs told The Post’s Liz Clarke, “and when I got a chance to coach the Washington Redskins, I can honestly say I do not remember anybody saying anything negative to me about the Redskins name. The whole time I was there, I associated Redskins with courage and bravery. Today, everything in my house is Redskins.”
Tre Johnson, a former Pro Bowl offensive lineman with the team, said he’d like to learn more about the poll’s methodology, but added that he believes the 10 percent of Native Americans is still important.
“There are a lot of people in our culture today who are African-American and use the [N word],” Johnson told The Post’s Clarke. “Well, I don’t want that used because it affects my kids and their view of the world and their view of themselves. I might be in the 10 percent of African-Americans on that, based on the use in music and movies today. But I still feel offended by that word, and I don’t want it used. I don’t want my kids and future generations thinking that term is acceptable or has any valid definition going forward in the 21st century.
“It all comes down to whether this is a majority-wins issue. Do we care about everybody? Or do we care about most people? Do we only care about the majority and the majority culture? This has been an argument of minorities for some time.”
The results gave some who have opposed the nickname, like the managing editor of Pro Football Talk, pause. On Twitter, Michael David Smith wrote, “This poll is making me reconsider.”
The owner of one NFL team said they think the results will have an impact on how the issue is regarded within the league. “I do think [the] poll will affect the attitudes of some owners,” the source, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the controversial nature of the topic, told The Post’s Mark Maske.
All along, owners had been reluctant to get involved in what they felt was a matter between the league and one team. “There has not been much discussion about this, at least to my knowledge,” the owner told Maske. “I get the sense that this issue is gradually going away.”
For one of the Redskins’ highest-profile ex-players, former quarterback and current team broadcaster Joe Theismann, the poll was “significant.”
“The reason why it’s significant is because it comes from the Native American nation,” Theismann told The Post’s Clarke. “You’ve got politicians commenting on this, a lot of people commenting on this. To me, the people that matter are the Native Americans of this country. It’s their voice that I think is important to listen to. … We’re in a state in our society where if one person raises an issue, it seems like it becomes an issue for a lot of people. Will it ever go away? It has never gone away. This goes back many, many years. It’s just every now and then, it surfaces.
“But I think that this poll, as it shows 90 percent of Native Americans favoring the name, it hopefully will put it to rest for a long time.”
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), who has spoken out in opposition of the Redskins name, issued the following statement in response to the new poll:
“The question the poll does not answer is a moral one: will the National Football League and team owner Dan Snyder choose to continue to profit from a racist mascot and team name? The vast majority of Americans would never dream of calling a Native American the R-word. With racist roots directly linked to the genocide of Native Americans, it is just as hurtful and ugly as the N-word — especially for Native youth. Indian people and tribal nations face significant economic, health, and educational challenges that must be addressed. That starts with the NFL treating Native Americans with respect, not labeling them with a dehumanizing epithet.”
Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), another staunch opponent of the name, was not swayed by the poll results. His office issued the following statement to The Post:
“A single poll does not change the facts: Indian Tribal Leaders, Native American organizations across the country, including the National Congress of American Indians, and their allies, have spoken out against the racist, offensive name of the Washington football team. A federal judge ordered the cancellation of the team’s trademark because the name is clearly disparaging to Native Americans. Instead of stubbornly clinging to this relic of the past, Dan Snyder and the NFL should do the right thing and change the name.”
Virginia state Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) also issued a statement about the poll.
“As the founder of the Redskins Pride Caucus, I’m proud to stand with the Native American Guardians and other advocates who represent the ‘90%’ referenced in the Washington Post poll,” Petersen said. “As Redskins fans, we take seriously the history of the original Americans, whose legacy of honor and courage is reflected in our favorite football team. In the past season, our Pride Caucus hosted pro-Redskins events attended by members of the Navaho, Apache, Blackfoot and Cheroenhaka tribes. We look forward to doing more such events in 2016 — and representing the Redskins Pride all the way to the Super Bowl.”
Suzan Harjo, the lead plaintiff in a court case challenging the team’s trademark protection, questioned the validity of the results.
“The big picture is that [the poll’s finding] is totally opposite from my experience since the 1960s of where native peoples are today,” Harjo, who is affiliated with the Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee tribes, told The Post’s Theresa Vargas. “And I know that from having a huge extended family in Oklahoma, in Nevada, in various states and across tribal lines. I know it from working with people who evaluate this kind of thing in their home communities. The tribal leadership, the native nations and the tribal leadership of all the native organization, all tell us well into the high 90s we have support on this issue. It’s only going in one direction.”
Felitia Hancock, a San Francisco teacher who is a Redskins fan, wrote on Facebook: “This all has to be taken in context of our history as a nation. It is highly unlikely that (former Redskins owner George Preston) Marshall chose the name to ‘honor’ Native Americans. He couldn’t give two hoots about Native Americans or what they felt or thought. Snyder didn’t give two hoots either until the name controversy came up. If you wouldn’t name the franchise this today then why is it okay to hold onto the name? Cultural appropriation is an American tradition in its own way, but that doesn’t make it okay. When the dominant culture gets to define what is appropriate and what isn’t appropriate for centuries, then it is way too easy to fall back on ‘honoring traditions’ as an explanation for why words, names or actions should be allowed. If you use common decency and civility as your measuring stick, then does the name “Redskins” demonstrate common decency or civility? No. So change it. Your sports fandom or your desire to make money should not trump (hmmm, loaded word now) common decency and civility.”
The Change the Mascot campaign issued the following statement in response to the poll:
“The results of this poll confirm a reality that is encouraging but hardly surprising: Native Americans are resilient and have not allowed the NFL’s decades-long denigration of us to define our own self-image,” said Change the Mascot leaders National Congress of American Indians Executive Director Jackie Pata and Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter. “However, that proud resilience does not give the NFL a license to continue marketing, promoting, and profiting off of a dictionary-defined racial slur — one that tells people outside of our community to view us as mascots.
“Social science research and first hand experience has told us that this kind of denigration has both visible and unseen consequences for Native Americans in this country. This is especially the case for children, who were not polled and who are in a particularly vulnerable position to be bullied by the NFL. It is the 21st century — it is long overdue for Native Americans to be treated not as mascots or targets of slurs, but instead as equals.”
Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Council on Civil and Human Rights, maintains that a “slur is a slur is a slur,” even if the poll’s results are accurate.
“The fact that we’re poll-testing racial slurs against Native Americans shows how much we’ve ignored their basic humanity to begin with,” Henderson told The Post. “A slur is a slur is a slur. Frankly, I’m offended by the team name and I’m not even Native American. Celebrating and commodifying stereotype should have no place in 21st century America. Even if the poll’s results about this slur are accurate, that wouldn’t give license to Dan Snyder to cash in by appropriating it.”
Alex Zeese, a lifelong Redskins fan who has a podcast about the team and has been sympathetic to both sides of the issue, was diplomatic.
“My position is I understand both sides,” he wrote on Facebook. “As someone who’s a fan, I get the emotional attachment. As someone who’s part of a minority group and has experienced a level of discrimination because of that, I understand why people would be upset. Granted, Jews don’t deal with a level of discrimination that Native Americans or African Americans do. It’s simply that I’ve got an ability to empathize with just about anyone in the world.”
FedEx, which holds the naming rights to the Redskins’ FedEx Field, found the poll “consistent with other research we’ve seen concerning the name,” spokesman Patrick Fitzgerald said in a statement. “We highly value our sponsorship of FedEx Field, which not only hosts the Washington Redskins, but is also home to a variety of major entertainment and sports events and multiple community activities. We are proud that FedEx Field is a venue that is used by a wide range of community groups.” FedEx Chairman and President Fred Smith is a part owner of the Redskins.
ESPN’s Bomani Jones has opposed the nickname, as well as Cleveland’s use of the Chief Wahoo logo and was told by the network to cover up a “Caucasians” shirt he wore on a “Mike and Mike” appearance on ESPN radio.
at this point, on the washington football team, i’m not telling anyone what to do. i handle it as i choose. you can respect that, right?— bomani (@bomani_jones) May 19, 2016
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This page is both for people who are interested in finding out more about Morris College choirs, as well as for current choir members. On this webpage, you will find everything from our choirs' calendar of events, auditions, and practice dates. When you sing with the choirs at Morris College; you are part of a community. The Morris College Choirs are a community of undergraduate singers of diverse musical backgrounds and interests who seek to share and excel in choral music performance as a part of their educational development.
The Morris College Choirs are made up of two choral groups: Chorale and Gospel. The choral groups consist of 40 members. Both groups have performed at events throughout various cities in the United States. The Morris College choirs are under the direction of Assistant Professor of Music Mr. Herbert J. Johnson.
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Summer is the season most of us look forward to, but for those who suffer from excessive sweating, the warmer weather can be a nightmare. When anti-perspirants aren’t enough, and changes of clothes throughout the day impractical, there is an alternative. For many people who suffer from excessive underarm sweating , they could consider treating the problem with Botox injections.
Most people associate Botox* with anti-wrinkle injections. It also has another very effective application- preventing excessive sweating, or hyperhidrosis.
The treatment is quick and relatively pain free, consisting of a series of small injections in the underarm area and only takes about 30 minutes. Typically it lasts for up to 7 months.
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The Phone is a short story about an older gentleman who lived alone, walking the streets of his community with no real purpose, when he discovers his family’s childhood phone in an antique shop he takes it home, plugs it in and begins to dial. He doesn’t call his grown son or any of his other relatives or friends; admittedly, he has very few. Instead, he calls the number of his teenage sweetheart, at which point he gets the surprise of his life when he hears her unmistakable voice on the other end.
I wrote that story with no one in particular in mind, but I have known people afflicted with some form of dementia. When I looked into the subject of dementia as background information for my little project, I was shocked to find out how prevalent a problem it has become, for those afflicted, and the people that care for them.
Throughout the world, approximately 47.5 million people are living with some form of dementia. In the United States alone, an estimated 5.3 million suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Unfortunately, this number is expected to grow by as much as 40 percent in individuals 65 and older by 2025. While dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are devastating to the individual, they also often prove to be overwhelming for the families left to care for them.
Who is Taking Care of Alzheimer’s Patients?
It is believed that the overwhelming majority of patients is cared for at home by family members. Approximately 2/3 of caregivers are women, with 34 percent over the age of 65. More than half of caregivers are taking care of one or both of their parents. (2) Of these individuals taking care of a patient with dementia, almost 60% rate the stress of being a caregiver as high or very high, while 40% admit to suffering from depression. (2) As a result of the emotional and physical toll associated with caregiving, caregivers received $9.7 billion in added health care costs of their own in 2014. (2)
What Does a Caregiver Do?
In 2014, family and friends provided an estimated 17.9 billion hours of unpaid care to Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. This care included everything from bathing, dressing, and toileting to feeding, monitoring for dangerous behavior, and cleaning up behind them. In addition, almost 1/3 of caregivers are faced with caring for a dementia patient that exhibits aggressive behavior. As a result, they may be subjected to everything from spitting, biting, and scratching to verbal threats, shouting, and swearing.
Changes for the Caregiver
With an adult child most often serving as the primary caregiver, it frequently results in significant changes in other parts of their life. For instance, 43% of sons and 42% of daughters report their professional career has suffered due to their caregiving responsibilities. This is usually the result of having to miss work to take care of the dementia patient, as well as experiencing difficulty managing all their work responsibilities.
According to the respondents in a recent survey, 80% admit that their caregiving responsibilities have placed a train on their marriage or relationships. This is due to decreased time together and increased stress and fatigue. Additionally, caregivers often face an upset in the balance of child and household responsibilities, which results in resentment, as one spouse is left to take care of the home and children, while the other focuses on the Alzheimer’s patient. Forty-eight percent admit that caregiving has put a strain on their relationship and is causing them to “drift apart” from their spouse.
With no cure available for dementia or Alzheimer’s disease and the numbers of patients diagnosed with these conditions expected to grow, more and more people are going to be thrown into the role of caregiver. What’s more, it’s real life to them, not just a short piece of fiction.

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Carrying the national tricolour and chanting patriotic slogan, scores of BJP workers followed Vardhan as he moved from Model Town to Adarsh Nagar and Jahangirpuri. The yatra ended at Pitampura.
"The minister exhorted people to do something in the name of the country and more than enjoying rights we should try to fulfil our duties," the Delhi BJP said in a statement.
Several other BJP leaders, including North Delhi Mayor Sanjeev Nayyar, accompanied Vardhan during the journey.
'Tiranga Yatra' has been conceived by BJP as part of the programme to imbibe a spirit of nationalism and spread awareness about the contribution of freedom fighters, marking 70th year of Independence.