It was certainly an “adventure” driving earlier today from Morris to St. Paul for the Christmas holidays. It was the day after our first winter-storm-blizzard of the 2020-2021 Winter Season. I was checking the road conditions from Morris to the Twin Cities and was expecting “good” conditions from Morris to Monticello. However, I saw the map that there will be some “rough” conditions from Monticello to the Twin Cities based on the 511mn.org site. I kept thinking to myself that the road conditions will be improved by the time I drive through this area after this sunny day.
When I left Morris, the amount of snow in the ground was about an inch or so. It depends on the area as we had snow drifts created from the 60 mph winds (blizzard). We didn’t even have work despite the smaller amounts of snowfall, but the “blizzard ” wind conditions made it “crazy” to drive in. Fortunately, it was a “nicer” day despite the below zero weather (high was only 0 F). I chose to drive when there was daylight, which I was aiming to get home by sunset. It took a little longer than I wanted to depart from Morris as it was around a little after 2ish. There was some patchy snow conditions in various parts along Minnesota State Highway 28, which I learned from the past (had a small car accident last month while driving to work ; pt-job during the weekend) to “eye” far ahead and be ready to slow down to avoid slipping and driving off the road like my past accident (see map) . I finally made it to Sauk Centre to go much “faster” on the interstate (I-94) after some uneventful driving (went through Starbuck without the State Patrol driving the opposite way nor the local police squad car pulling me over)…thank God!
I got to Sauk Centre around a little after 3ish and the sun was still out. Driving on I-94 was pretty smooth sailing most of the way that I can remember..driving the speed limit and just a little over (no more than 5). I even passed by a State Patrol by the St. Cloud (north exit) as he/she was making sure all of us were driving “safely”. It wasn’t until I reached Monticello , which I remembered looking at the “road conditions” that the challenge will start. Part of some lanes were still covered, which I drove the other at times. I kept looking ahead to determine which lane to go on as there were cars behind me and wanted to keep that safe distance.
It was worse around Elk River and the “fun” started. While driving, I was listening to various radio stations that would play “Christmas” music. I started singing my own “parody” (“White Christmas”..”I’m wishing we didn’t have a white Christmas…”). The timing of this snow might be great for others, but “hectic” for us drivers. Anyways, I would pass by so many cars that ended up on the ditch. I was tempted to help one particular vehicle that crashed into a pile of snow in the concrete median. Thank God there was snow there or it could’ve been worse. I wanted to stop and see if I could help them, but notice I had a low tank. I wanted to fill my tank earlier , but I was in a rush to beat the sunset and wanted to take advantage of the “sun ” while it was up (Winter Solstice was earlier this week, so we are slowly going to gain some daylight…woot woot!)
There was one semi truck that was stalled on the right side of the highway going east and many cars were pulling to the exit ramp beforehand in Maple Grove. However, as I slowly drove pass it from the inner lane , I notice it was probably a running out of gas issue or some maintenance issue. Thank God it wasn’t serious..no other vehicles involved based on my observation. There was some type of pick-up truck with it’s emergency lights flashing, so probably some road side service waiting for a tow. As I write this, I do remember passing a huge “semi-truck ” tow vehicle during my drive , which was probably heading to this situation.
Minnesota Weather: Following Winter Storm, Bitter Wind Chills For Christmas Eve By Mike AugustyniakDecember 24, 2020 at 12:00 pm minnesota.cbslocal.com ” …According to meteorologist Mike Augustyniak, Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport received 8.8 inches of snow, but totals varied widely around the metro area. Maple Grove saw 9 inches, while Shoreview and Forest Lake picked up only 5 to 6 inches. Downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul received about 6 inches, while Woodbury picked up 6 inches. Other areas, like Cambridge and Anoka, saw about 9 inches.
You gotta remember the temperatures were single digits, which it’s always important to have a full tank of gas to keep your vehicle running in case you get stalled or land in a ditch to keep warm while waiting for help. I fortunately had my emergency supplies (e.g. sleeping bag, food, water, etc..); however, low gas tank! I was taking a gamble driving with a low tank, but again I wanted to beat the sunset and take advantage of the day light. However, it really started to get dark by 5ish and was still outside of the Twin Cities.
After passing the stalled semi-truck, I was heading to Highway 694 to the Twin Cities… yeah! However, this stretch to St. Paul was still a challenge. I notice so many vehicles! It was probably “late Christmas” shoppers trying to get their “last minute” gifts or groceries before stores close early or close Christmas day. The roads were still “bad” as I was driving 35mph most of the time along the stretch to St. Paul. I didn’t see many stalled vehicles, but just heavy traffic. It was rush hour too! I remember seeing some accidents on the other side of the highway going west on 694. I try to remember to pray (silently or audibly) all the time I hear or see emergency vehicles rushing with their sirens and lights flashing. I saw this ambulance going pretty fast the opposite direction.
I finally would reached St. Paul around 5:45ish; however, still rush hour traffic. I remember passing this vehicle going slow on the “fast lane” and a car behind it was honking. I feel for that person as I drove very slow after my “car accident” last month when I drove off the state highway. I was nervous and worried I’ll do it again, so cars would pass me as I would turn on my flashers to give them ahead notice I’ll be slowing down every time I would see an up-coming snow patch…just drove more cautiously ever since, which we all should! However, drive to the “slower lane” if possible to let “dare devil” fast drivers take their chances on these slippery roads!
When I reached my destination, I wanted to get some groceries and gas. I went to Sunray shopping center to find out the Cub Foods grocery store closed early 😦 I then went to get gas on my way back home and saw I had about 2-3 or less gallons of gas..close to empty! Thanking God I was able to get home with enough gas. After filling gas, I decided to checkout Target after googling on my phone that it was still open…yeah! I was hoping to get some groceries even though my parents didn’t need any after texting and calling them while waiting for my tank to be filled with gas at the nearby gas station.
As I drove towards Target (1/2 mile or so from Sunray) , the roads were still bad! I was going up a hill towards White Bear Avenue from Old Hudson Road past the new Capital View Apartments. Besides me there was a van stuck and couldn’t go up the hill. Fortunately, there were some “good Samaritans” helping and would end up helping me later as I was trying to turn left when the light turned green. I had no luck going up the icy hill, so I ended up turning right (opposite direction to Target) with the help of the “good Samaritans”. I opened my driver side window to yell thank you and wave my hand as I drove off to show my appreciation, While driving the opposite direction of my destination on White Bear, I was looking for a time to turn back. I drove to my old church (St. Pascals) and turned around the side road. However, as I was turning, I ended up getting stuck. I would drive back and forth (tires burning ), which I finally got out safely and drove back to White Bear going to my destination. As I was driving towards Target, I realized so many cars going the same direction. It was packed! I even saw the Target lot parking lot packed with shoppers! I decided to not even go there and just head home. However, the road (going down hill) going to Suburban Avenue from White Bear pass the interstate 94 bridge was icy!! I saw my vehicle slowly going to the right lane nearly colliding with the vehicle right side of me. I also notice vehicles ahead of me sliding down the hill , so I kept my distance to avoid a head on collision. Fortunately, I was able to get some traction and got back to the left lane to turn to Suburban. After that ordeal, I just felt I needed to “do something” about that icy stretch. I pulled over to the BP gas station on that corner and decided to get some sand or gravel. I saw an open bag of sand an gravel outside of the gas station. I went inside and asked if I could buy that bag and put some on the icy hill. However, the attendant told me it’s only for the store. She suggested me using the salt. I decided to buy a bag (blue) of salt and I went to icy hill and spread this bag after seeing so many other cars after me sliding ..of course I did this safely as I waited for that opportune time (e.g no cars and would put my hand up to tell them to stop and have me put some salt in front and back of their tires.
After using the whole bag, I decided to buy 3 more! I took another bag out and waited to see any more opportunities. I would spray as much salt again on the icy road . One car had trouble going up the hill (towards the bridge), so sprayed some in front and back of the tires. The passenger in the back asked me to help push their vehicle and put salt on the back tires area. I then started pushing on the icy road and was having trouble. Fortunately, the car behind her had a willing passenger (teenager) to get out and help me push this vehicle up the hill. This teenager said..”wow, it’s icy” as he was slipping ” but we both manged to push this car! I thanked him and we went are separate ways.
“Pic taken December 23rd 2010”
It was getting too cold for me as my hands were getting cold. I decided to “retire” and head home. I took the 2 extra bags as part of my driving emergency kit. I also used one of the bags to add some extra weight on the back of my car and hoping this will help me later on. As I drove off from the gas station on Suburban Avenue, I notice many cars struggling up the hill. There was one vehicle that was stuck blocking my entry way towards Burns Avenue. I ended up getting stuck as I lost my momentum going up the hill. I found my car turning left and doing a 180 degree turn. Fortunately the car behind me gave me some distance, so I can drive off and went back to Suburban Avenue. Since I grew up in this neighborhood of East St. Paul, I knew the other detours to get home…
I took the detour and finally got home. The driveway wasn’t shoveled really well on my parent’s home. I decided to shovel it before I parked my car and finally got home a little after 7ish..halleluah!
As I write this (10:24pm -yesterday now as it’s 9:05am Christmas Day) , I was curious if the road conditions between Monticello and the Twin Cities improved..
Looks like it hasn’t. Stay safe out there as we are expecting new storm system later next week.
Christmas Day (Friday, December 25th 2020) Update:
Use common sense – if public safety officials say not to travel, don’t
Keep cruise control off – powertrain engaging when wheels are on ice (say on bridge surface) can send you into a spin
Allow more following distance – tires don’t stop as quickly on slippery surfaces
Wear a seatbelt – goes without saying
Fuel up when you reach half a tank – can keep vehicle running and warm in case of emergency
Keep a phone charger in your vehicle..”
I hope this will encourage you to “pay it forward” and help those who might need it this “holiday” season and “every” season. God bless and stay safe!
Any other personal stories, tips, suggestions, etc…
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…8. No virus can claim credit for more worldwide pandemics and scares than influenza. The outbreak of the Spanish flu in 1918 is generally considered to be one of the worst pandemics in human history, infecting 20 to 40 percent of the world’s population and killing 50 million in the span of just two years. (A reconstruction of that virus is above.) The swine flu was its most recent newsmaker, when a 2009 pandemic may have seen as many as 89 million people infected worldwide…”
Bill Gates: The next outbreak? We’re not ready
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In 2014, the world avoided a horrific global outbreak of Ebola, thanks to thousands of selfless health workers — plus, frankly, thanks to some very good luck. In hindsight, we know what we should have done better. So, now’s the time, Bill Gates suggests, to put all our good ideas into practice, from scenario planning to vaccine research to health worker training. As he says, “There’s no need to panic … but we need to get going.”
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“Contagion” follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.
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Responding to Pandemics: 4 Lessons from Church History
March 16, 2020 | Glen Scrivener thegospelcoalition.org “…Here I’ll briefly mention four pandemics in history and how the church has responded in the way of Christ. As we note their examples, let’s be inspired by their faith—even if we might make some adjustments for our own time and circumstances. Their impulse to move toward the needy, displayed in heroic sacrifice, is entirely Christlike; we dare not be less sacrificial in the love we seek to embody. At the same time, the wisdom of such moves in our own day, when we may ourselves be carriers of the infection, needs careful thought. As we look to these historic examples, let the Spirit lead us in our application. But let our own spirits be stirred toward faith, hope, and love. And may we—with our own pandemic—live out the wisdom and way of Jesus before a watching world…”
Jesus the Game Changer Season One – Rodney Stark Extended Interview
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Karl Faase interviews Rodney Stark, author of more than 40 books, including ‘The Rise of Christianity’. A common theme throughout his books, is the growth of Christianity from a small movement in Galilee to the majority religion of the Roman empire.
20 of the worst epidemics and pandemics in history
By Owen Jarus – Live Science Contributor, All About History 24 days ago .livescience.com
Plagues and epidemics have ravaged humanity throughout its existence, often changing the course of history.
“..Throughout the course of history, disease outbreaks have ravaged humanity, sometimes changing the course of history and, at times, signaling the end of entire civilizations. Here are 20 of the worst epidemics and pandemics, dating from prehistoric to modern times.
on November 24, 2019 verywellhealth.com “…In general, flu season can start anytime in late fall, peak in mid-to-late winter (usually January or February), and continue through early spring….On average, flu season lasts about 13 weeks. It will usually end by April, but in some years it can linger into May. There have been six years in the past where the peak was in March, for example…”
“…A graver health risk for Americans — not just right now, but every year — is the flu.
Since October, up to 20,000 people in the US have died of influenza. The coronavirus, meanwhile, has infected more than 2,800 people worldwide and killed 81.
“When we think about the relative danger of this new coronavirus and influenza, there’s just no comparison,” William Schaffner, a vaccine expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told Kaiser Health News (KHN). “Coronavirus will be a blip on the horizon in comparison. The risk is trivial.”..”
Did leak from a laboratory cause swine flu pandemic? Science Editor,
Steve Connor @SteveAConnor
Tuesday 30 June 2009 00:00 independent.co.uk
Same strain of influenza was released by accident three decades ago “…Almost 6,000 Britons have now been infected with the influenza “A” (H1N1) strain of swine flu. But two medical researchers believe that this strain of the virus had been extinct in the human population for more than 20 years until it was unwittingly reintroduced by scientists working in a research lab somewhere in the world, leading to a pandemic in 1977 that began in Russia and China.
“Careful study of the genetic origin of the [1977] virus showed that it was closely related to a 1950 strain, but dissimilar to influenza ‘A’ (H1N1) strains from both 1947 and 1957. This finding suggested that the 1977 outbreak strain had been preserved since 1950. The re-emergence was probably an accidental release from a laboratory source,” according to the study published in The New England Journal of Medicine…
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What the 1918 influenza pandemic can teach us about the coronavirus outbreak
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The 1918 influenza pandemic killed 50 to 100 million people around the world. John M. Barry, the author of a book on the pandemic, explains what happened. And how the response to coronavirus could avoid a repeat of ‘the great influenza,’ or the Spanish flu. Read more: https://wapo.st/38TmrhD. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK
14 Facts About The Spanish Flu | The Shorely
“..
The Spanish Flu start in 1918
Ended in 1920
It killed 100 million people
And infect 500 million people.
It killed more people than both World Wars combined
It’s the best disaster that humanity has ever seen
The Spanish Flu didn’t come from Spain
The Reason why it’s called the Spanish flu is because the wide coverage in the Spanish Press.
There was no cure for Spanish Flu…”
10 Misconceptions About the 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ PUBLISHED 17 MARCH 2020 THE CONVERSATION snopes.com
In the pandemic of 1918, between 50 and 100 million people are thought to have died, representing as much as 5% of the world’s population. “…Especially remarkable was the 1918 flu’s predilection for taking the lives of otherwise healthy young adults, as opposed to children and the elderly, who usually suffer most. Some have called it the greatest pandemic in history.
The 1918 flu pandemic has been a regular subject of speculation over the last century. Historians and scientists have advanced numerous hypotheses regarding its origin, spread and consequences. As a result, many harbor misconceptions about it.
By correcting these 10 misconceptions, everyone can better understand what actually happened and help mitigate COVID-19’s toll….
1. The pandemic originated in Spain
No one believes the so-called “Spanish flu” originated in Spain.
The pandemic likely acquired this nickname because of World War I, which was in full swing at the time. The major countries involved in the war were keen to avoid encouraging their enemies, so reports of the extent of the flu were suppressed in Germany, Austria, France, the United Kingdom and the U.S. By contrast, neutral Spain had no need to keep the flu under wraps. That created the false impression that Spain was bearing the brunt of the disease.
In fact, the geographic origin of the flu is debated to this day, though hypotheses have suggested East Asia, Europe and even Kansas….
3. The first wave of the pandemic was most lethal
…Scientists now believe that the marked increase in deaths in the second wave was caused by conditions that favored the spread of a deadlier strain. People with mild cases stayed home, but those with severe cases were often crowded together in hospitals and camps, increasing transmission of a more lethal form of the virus….
8. Widespread immunization ended the pandemic
Immunization against the flu was not practiced in 1918, and thus played no role in ending the pandemic.
Exposure to prior strains of the flu may have offered some protection. For example, soldiers who had served in the military for years suffered lower rates of death than new recruits….
Why the 1918 Spanish Flu Probably Didn’t Originate in Spain
Spanish Flu: a warning from history
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100 years ago, celebrations marking the end of the First World War were cut short by the onslaught of a devastating disease – the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. Its early origins and initial geographical starting point still remain a mystery but in the Summer of 1918, there was a second wave of a far more virulent form of the influenza virus than anyone could have anticipated. Soon dubbed ‘Spanish Flu’ after its effects were reported in the country’s newspapers, the virus rapidly spread across much of the globe to become one of the worst natural disasters in human history.
To mark the centenary and to highlight vital scientific research, the University of Cambridge has made a new film exploring what we have learnt about Spanish Flu, the urgent threat posed by influenza today, and how scientists are preparing for future pandemics.
Coronavirus and the Sun: a Lesson from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Richard Hobday
Mar 10 · 6 min read /medium.com/ “…..Put simply, medics found that severely ill flu patients nursed outdoors recovered better than those treated indoors. A combination of fresh air and sunlight seems to have prevented deaths among patients; and infections among medical staff.[1] There is scientific support for this. Research shows that outdoor air is a natural disinfectant. Fresh air can kill the flu virus and other harmful germs. Equally, sunlight is germicidal and there is now evidence it can kill the flu virus….”
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-Treatment
=>Aspirin
In 1918 Pandemic, Another Possible Killer: Aspirin – The New … nytimes.com Aspirin Misuse May Have Made 1918 Flu Pandemic Worse Date:
October 3, 2009
Source:
Infectious Diseases Society of America sciencedaily.com “..High aspirin dosing levels used to treat patients during the 1918-1919 pandemic are now known to cause, in some cases, toxicity and a dangerous build up of fluid in the lungs, which may have contributed to the incidence and severity of symptoms, bacterial infections, and mortality. Additionally, autopsy reports from 1918 are consistent with what we know today about the dangers of aspirin toxicity, as well as the expected viral causes of death.
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Its use was promoted by the drug industry, endorsed by doctors wanting to “do something,” and accepted by families and institutions desperate for hope.”
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China. Trip to Infected Zone. What’s Fake and Truth about Coronavirus // How People Live(2020)
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China. Coronavirus outbreak. All you wanted to know about China virus or coronavirus in project “How People Live”
My friends, I am Lyadov, and I am in China doing my vlog. Right now, I intend to go to the Hubei Province, which as many of you already know is described as the source of the coronavirus. This is where the city of Wuhan is, where the coronavirus story started. I want to see how the people there are living.
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The coronavirus is spreading – Pakistan being the latest to declare its first cases – and so is fear of the unknown.
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Fears are growing that the coronavirus outbreak could become a pandemic as new cases are reported around the world. The virus, which emerged in China, has spread to at least 29 countries.The World Health Organization has said the world should do more to prepare for a possible coronavirus pandemic.
WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency
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The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency at a press conference in the United Nations building in Geneva.
Coronavirus Wuhan Nurse: 90,000 infected by virus
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Chinese government reportedly trying to downplay the severity of the cornavirus outbreak in Wuhan and across China where according to this whistleblower, an estimated 90,000 people have been infected, much larger than the public reports of only around 2,000.
Infection rates have been confirmed to have tripled in the past weeks as China locks down Wuhan and 17 other cities. First reports of the coronavirus hitting the U.S. have also emerged including a 30 year old man in Seattle, Washington; a 60 year old woman in Chicago; a 50 year old man in Orange County, California, a patient in Los Angeles County; and a fifth in Arizona. All had recently traveled to Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, per CNN.
Chinese President Xi Jinping deems the outbreak a “grave situation” and Chinese officials warn that the virus has been seen to spread without any noticeable symptoms in the early stages of the infection.
“…Increasingly drastic anti-disease efforts began with the Jan. 22 suspension of airplane, train and bus links to Wuhan, a city of 11 million people in central China. That lockdown has expanded to a total of 17 cities with more than 50 million people…”
Published: 03:26 EST, 24 January 2020 | Updated: 03:09 EST, 25 January 2020 dailymail.co.uk “..Disturbing videos have emerged purporting to show people collapsing in the streets of the Chinese city at the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak.
Dozens of videos tagged as coming from Wuhan show people lying in the street after collapsing where they stand or being tended to by medics as people in face masks rush to help.
The new strain of coronavirus, a SARS-like disease which attacks the respiratory system, has killed at least 26 people and infected 800 worldwide. ..”
China building 1,000-bed hospital in 5 days to treat coronavirus
China is swiftly building a 1,000-bed hospital in Wuhan dedicated to patients infected with the new coronavirus. Authorities are aiming to have the facility finished by Wednesday.
China quarantines Wuhan amid coronavirus | NTDTV
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“..”From what we can see now, the origin is the wild animals sold in the seafood market. This wild animal virus is adapting as well. This fits our knowledge of coronaviruses.”..”
Published: 08:05 EST, 23 January 2020 | Updated: 15:30 EST, 24 January 2020 “..A leading Chinese virologist who helped tackle the SARS epidemic in Asia in 2003 has warned that a new strain of deadly coronavirus from China could lead to an outbreak at least 10 times worse than the health crisis 17 years ago.
Bats are used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat a series of illnesses, including coughing, malaria and gonorrhea.
The animal’s faeces is also believed to be able to cure eye diseases, according to ancient Chinese medical masterpiece Ben Cao Gang Mu. ..”
Coronavirus: China puts millions in lockdown amid rising deaths
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Coronavirus, 1st presumptive case, found in Canada
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The individual presumed to have coronavirus landed in Toronto on Jan. 22, after travelling to Wuhan, China, and was hospitalized the next day, say health officials.
“State and federal health officials on Friday announced steps to confront the global spread of a novel coronavirus that emerged in China last month, following the discovery of a second confirmed U.S. infection and 63 suspected cases — including two in Minnesota….
In the two confirmed U.S. cases, the travelers returned from China before their symptoms emerged. CDC officials said that sort of lag could make it hard to catch cases via airport screening. The CDC advised that no Americans take non-essential travel to Wuhan, and to take public health precautions such as wearing masks and washing hands while traveling to other regions of China.
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State officials stress that the risk of infection here is “low.”
“..At the University of Minnesota, spring semester began Tuesday, with more than 2,200 Chinese international students recently returned from China. While the U said it will work closely with the state health department to monitor any developments, it stressed that there are no confirmed coronavirus cases on any of its campuses, according to a public health alert.
…The global SARS outbreak, which caused 774 deaths in 17 countries from 2002 to 2004, was due to a novel coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization. At the peak of the SARS outbreak in 2003, Minnesota had 11 suspected and probable cases. Many of those cases had alternative diagnoses that could explain their symptoms, however.
..”
->Wisconsin
UW-Platteville students monitored for possible coronavirus
What a Coincidence! A U.S. Patent For ‘An Attenuated Coronavirus’ Was Filed In 2015 And Granted In 2018 Photo of Michael Snyder Michael SnyderJanuary 26, 2020 dcdirtylaundry.com “..We are being told that the coronavirus outbreak which is currently escalating at an exponential rate probably started with a snake. Perhaps that is true, but a lot of researchers are now pointing out some really odd “coincidences” regarding this outbreak. For example, China’s very first biosafety-level-4 lab is located just 20 miles away from where this outbreak supposedly originated. And a news report about this lab from a few years ago specifically stated that it would be “studying the pathogen that causes SARS”. Of course SARS was caused by a coronavirus, and now a “new coronavirus” has been unleashed in the only Chinese city where coronavirus research was being conducted.
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This patent was filed by the Pilbright Institute, and as Stefan Stanford has pointed out, some of the major backers of the Pilbright Institute include the World Health Organization, the European Commission, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation….
The lab cost approximately 44 million dollars to build, and the Nature article specifically mentioned that future plans for the facility included “studying the pathogen that causes SARS”.
In other words, coronavirus research was to be conducted in this lab.
Perhaps it is just a wild coincidence that the coronavirus outbreak began in the only city in China with a biosafety-level-4 lab that was conducting coronavirus research…”
-Symptoms
What Coronavirus Symptoms Look Like, Day By Day
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After being exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19, it can take as few as two and as many as 14 days for symptoms to develop. Cases range from mild to critical. The average timeline from the first symptom to recovery is about 17 days, but some cases are fatal. Here’s what it looks like to develop COVID-19, day by day.
“…A sudden loss of smell, known as anosmia or hyposmia, could be a symptom of the coronavirus, even if patients experience no other symptoms, according to leading Rhinologists in the UK.
Evidence from South Korea, China and Italy suggests that many patients with COVID-19 may have experienced a loss of smell without any other symptoms.
The British Association of Otorhinolaryngology calls on the authorities to advise anyone with a loss of smell or taste to self-isolate.
Young people could be more likely to carry the disease without presenting the more commonly-recognised symptoms of fever and coughing, they believe…”
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This video illustrates the basic reproduction number and spread of the coronavirus, updated confirmed cases, the safety of packages from China, and coronavirus quarantines and evacuations. Dr. Seheult also discusses a recent Lancet article about coronavirus hospital admissions, MuLBSTA score, and unsubstantiated theories such as an HIV association with coronavirus.
He had sent out a warning to fellow medics on 30 December but police told him to stop “making false comments”.
There had been contradictory reports about his death, but the People’s Daily now says he died at 02:58 on Friday (18:58 GMT Thursday).
The virus has killed 636 people and infected 31,161 in mainland China, the National Health Commission’s latest figures show.
The death toll includes 73 new deaths reported on Thursday…”
The coronavirus conspiracy: is there a cover-up in China?
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China’s initial response to the Coronavirus received praise. But now with the accusations of cover-ups, crack-downs and even forced quarantines beginning to mount – is China trying to shut down Coronavirus whistleblowers? “…Jonathan Wick
Jonathan Wick
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There is 300 cases of Possible Corona Virus Here in Albuquerque NM at Kirkland’s Air Base. There lieing to US in the United States there’s thousands infected…”
Comments: “Seth Bracken
Seth Bracken
4 hours ago
Zheng-li Shi was also on the team at UNC that created a chimeric virus, transforming a harmless coronavirus into one that had the capability to infect human respiratory tract cells….
Cate
5 hours ago
Yes, there were similar discussions by another Chinese Youtuber about this lady Huang Yanling. The story is pretty much the same: she worked in the P3 Lab (the one where Shih is the director but Wuhan does have a P4 lab as well) and she died unexpectedly. When she was cremated, she also infected the worker in the nearby crematorium. As to why Shih and others in Wuhan focused on studying bats, it is said that they were studying how to weaponize the coronavirus. That is why China won’t allow US CDC to enter to help in the earlier days. They were afraid of being found that they were trying to create a bioweapon! Of course, all this leads to conspiracy theory, but there are just too many coincidences for people not to get suspicious! Also, China is making such an effort to point the blame to others. They clearly know what they are guilty of and are trying super hard to get away from it.
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Lee
3 hours ago
My mother works at a similar lab in North America and has contacts with people who worked at the Wuhan virology lab. When I shared her this, she definitely thinks this is plausible. When they analyze viruses in a lab, they increase the quantity and concentration of the virus to make it easier to study. If this was mishandled, the lab staff could easily get infected and given what we know about the disease, it could easily spread from there…
Coronavirus patient says disease ‘not the scary thing that everyone thinks it is’ Fox News Flash
Published February 29 foxnews.com “…In some cases, these discoveries in the apothecary led to innovation in the kitchen. For example, in Asia, the use of orange zest, lemon zest and dried orange peel in cooking developed out of the knowledge of their application as remedies for digestive disorders. A little citrus peel in your diet can go a long way….
For hundreds of years, herbalists trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) have used mature mandarin orange peel, known as chen pi or ju pi in Chinese medicine, to improve digestion, relieve intestinal gas and bloating, and resolve phlegm. This peel acts primarily on the digestive and respiratory systems. We apply it in conditions involving a sense of distension and fullness in the chest and upper middle abdomen combined with loss of appetite, vomiting or diarrhea, or coughs with copious phlegm.
Immature mandarin orange peel, known as qing pi in Chinese medicine, acts primarily on the liver and stomach to promote digestion, relieve food retention and abdominal distension, and promote good liver function. Practitioners of Chinese herbology use this herb when the sense of distension and discomfort lies primarily under the rib cage rather than the central abdomen. …
Citrus peels also contain hesperidin, a flavonoid that reduces the proliferation of cancer cells and induces programmed cell death in human colon cancer cells. Korean researchers found that qing pi extract induces programmed cell death in human colon cancer cells.
Fact Vs. Fear: A Look At The Numbers
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“..According to an Israeli biological warfare expert who spoke to The Washington Times, the deadly animal-borne coronavirus spreading globally may have originated in a laboratory in the city of Wuhan linked to China’s covert biological weapons program, said an Israeli biological warfare analyst.
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China coronavirus goes viral: What’s true and what’s fake? | DW News
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A transmission in Germany may be the first person-to-person infection of coronavirus outside Asia. Officials say a man contracted the virus from a Chinese colleague at a conference. Other confirmed cases of the viral outbreak in Europe have so far involved patients who had recently been to China. Other than Germany, more than a dozen countries have confirmed cases of the virus. In China, the death toll has jumped to 100, with more than 45-hundred cases confirmed. Scientific studies suggest each infected person passes the virus on to two or three other people, on average. Entire cities are already under quarantine, and now the government has asked people to delay foreign travel. For millions, worrying and waiting are the new normal. Spreading almost as rapidly as the coronavirus itself are false information and conspiracy theories about it. So what’s true and what’s fake?”
Reports: Coronavirus was originated in a Wuhan Lab
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WION
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The deadly animal virus pandemic Coronavirus, which has sent waves of terror around the world, may have had its origins in the pandemic, in Wuhan, a laboratory linked to China’s secret biological weapons program.
China Implies Coronavirus Leaked from Lab?
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Zooming In with Simone Gao
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Welcome to the China Angle. I’m Simone Gao. There are several important points about the #Coronavirus that must be discussed. The first point is the real scope of the #epidemic, including the number of people infected and the death toll. Second, the biosafety of #China’s #P4 labs, and if the virus was in fact leaked from those labs. And third is the origin of the virus itself; could it have been created in Chinese laboratories? Today we’ll address the second point – whether the virus was leaked from a lab in Wuhan.
Your Story: Is Coronavirus a biological weapon? WION News | World News
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The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mainland China reached 1,868 as of now. According to the National Commission of Health in China presents the recent data.
Iranian, Russian and Chinese Officials Claim COVID-19 Is A Biological Weapon
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Kim Iversen
224K subscribers
Regarding “peddling conspiracy theories”, Im not discussing suspicions raised by people on Reddit or 8 Chan, officials from world governments are saying it. Should I censor what these nation’s officials are claiming? When do I pick and choose which claim to cover and which to ignore? Just because you might not agree with the theory doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be heard. I’m firmly against censorship and think it’s best to be open minded enough to hear someone out no matter how crazy the theory may sound.
Chinese scientists says COVID-19/coronavirus could have originated from government …
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Chinese scientists says COVID-19/coronavirus could have originated from government testing lab in Wuhan “…a Chinese-language newspaper published in Hong Kong, Ming Pao, and the British daily, The Mirror explained Sunday that the Wuhan Center for Disease Control, or WHCDC, could have spawned the contagion in Hubei Province.
According to the report penned by Botao Xiao and Lei Xiao of the South China University of Technology,… the research lab, which is only 280 meters away from the Huanan seafood market,… kept disease-ridden animals including more than 600 bats.
It stated that while it’s plausible the virus was leaked from the lab and contaminated initial patients in this epidemic,… more solid evidence is required through future study.
The report also raised the possibility that the Wuhan Institute of Virology could have leaked the virus while it was carrying out tests involving Chinese horseshoe bats…”
Peggy Traeger Tierney .tierneyrealnewsnetwork.com “…Bill Gates & Barack Obama released a docuseries on Netflix called PANDEMIC in December right before the Wuhan virus was “discovered.”
The docuseries pushed the need for the Gates Foundation to receive funding to carry on virus research to prevent the next PANDEMIC!
Bill Gates funded the Wuhan lab in China that released the Wuhan virus and is already selling test kits. Coincidence? Bill Gates was a member of China’s Academy of Sciences who built the lab and he was awarded their highest honor.
The Wuhan virus ..”
DAVID ICKE – THE TRUTH BEHIND THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: COVID-19 LOCKDOWN & THE ECONOMIC CRASH
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->Simulation
New Coronavirus Wasn’t ‘Predicted’ In Simulation
By Angelo Fichera Posted on January 29, 2020 .factcheck.org “…There was in fact an exercise (called “Event 201”) that took place in October that was hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — which the Gates Foundation participated in — that focused on emergency preparedness in the event of a “very severe pandemic.” But it didn’t deal with 2019-nCoV, and it didn’t make real-life predictions about death tolls.
“To be clear, the Center for Health Security and partners did not make a prediction during our tabletop exercise. For the scenario, we modeled a fictional coronavirus pandemic, but we explicitly stated that it was not a prediction,” the center said in a statement. “Instead, the exercise served to highlight preparedness and response challenges that would likely arise in a very severe pandemic. We are not now predicting that the nCoV-2019 outbreak will kill 65 million people. Although our tabletop exercise included a mock novel coronavirus, the inputs we used for modeling the potential impact of that fictional virus are not similar to nCoV-2019.”..”
-> Wuhan Games
LIVE: Opening ceremony of 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China
Posted 13 Mar 2020, 4:15am .abc.net.au
A spokesman for China’s ministry of foreign affairs has lashed out at the United States’ handling of the coronavirus outbreak, saying COVID-19 may have been brought into China by US soldiers.
Who exactly is handling the Corona Virus Task Force in the US?
I look in to the back ground of Debra Birx which leads us to PEPFAR, which leads us to Bono and Bill Gates and the swampy depths of the Frankenstein Medical Industrial Complex. It’s GLOBAL.
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“..The simulation conducted in October entitled nCoV-2019 was undertaken barely 2 months prior to to the outbreak of COVID-19…
January 30th, 2020, WHO Director General announces the “Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
And now a Worldwide vaccination campaign has been launched to curb the COVID-19 under the auspices of CEPI in partnership with GlaxoSmithKline.
Concluding Remarks
While COVID-19 (alias nCoV-2019) constitutes a multi-billion corporate bonanza for Big Pharma, it has also contributed to precipitating humanity into a dangerous and unfolding global process of economic, social and geopolitical destabilization…” We Debunked All The Lies Being Spread About Coronavirus
by Rachael Conaghan 30 January 2020 junkee.com “..
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Jokes may seem harmless, but they can lead to something more insidious. Today a man in Sydney’s Chinatown collapsed and died, and it’s being reported that no one performed CPR to save his life because of coronavirus concerns.
In a seperate Sydney incident a photo of a person who had collapsed was posted to social media, with the caption insinuating the person had the virus…”
If you type the keywords “doctor”, “Yunnan” and “faint” in Chinese into Google, then you’ll pull up an article from the Chinese newspaper Beijing News that was published on January 17. The article says that the incident occurred in the hospital in Zhenxiong, an administrative district in Yunnan, and confirms that the doctor was suffering from hypoglycemia and overwork…”
Published: 4:00pm, 30 Jan, 2020 scmp.com ‘A picture of a Chinese man passed out in a subway station in Seoul that was shared on an online forum caused concern about the spread of coronavirus in South Korea. Photo: ScreengrabA picture of a Chinese man passed out in a subway station in Seoul that was shared on an online forum caused concern about the spread of coronavirus in South Korea. Photo: Screengrab
A picture of a Chinese man passed out in a subway station in Seoul that was shared on an online forum caused concern about the spread of coronavirus in South Korea. Photo: Screengrab
An image of a Chinese man collapsed in a Seoul subway station, apparently too sick to stand, has been held up by many Koreans as proof of just how great a threat the Wuhan coronavirus
is.
The picture of the man and two women trying to help him was shared in a post on an online forum titled “A Chinese man collapsed in Konkuk University Station” which went viral. “I was going back home with some friends when I saw a Chinese man collapsed on the ground. I ran home holding my breath … People living near Konkuk University, be careful,” the author of the post wrote.
Except the man was not, as so many claimed, infected with the virus. He was just drunk. This was confirmed by representatives of the subway…”
China Blames America for the Coronavirus Outbreak
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China is getting the World Health Organization to praise its handling of the deadly coronavirus outbreak while spreading propaganda and misinformation around the world! Including blaming the outbreak of the corona virus COVID-19 on America, and saying Shen Yun Performing Arts carry the disease!
-Harvard Professor
Harvard Professor among three arrested with lying about China government ties #Coronavirus Wuhan
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Perfectrice
Dr. Charles Lieber, 60, who is the chair of Harvard’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, is accused of lying about working with several Chinese organizations, where he collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from Chinese entities
“..The head of Harvard’s chemistry and chemical biology department, Charles Lieber, was charged Tuesday with making false statements about his involvement with China’s program to recruit foreign researchers. Lieber’s contract with the program, Thousand Talents, afforded him a monthly salary of up to $50,000 and annual living expenses of more than $150,000 over three years, according to an affidavit supporting the criminal complaint against Lieber unsealed on Tuesday. He was also given more than $1.5 million by the Chinese government and the Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) to set up a lab and conduct research at the university…” DOJ: Harvard University professor lied about work for the Chinese government
Kristine Phillips
USA TODAY usatoday.com/ “..Lieber, who specializes in nanoscience and is principal investigator of Harvard’s Lieber Research Group, has received more than $15 million in grants from U.S. federal agencies since 2008. He is required to disclose any conflicts of interest and money he receives from foreign governments.
..But authorities say Lieber denied his affiliation with the Chinese program, called the Thousand Talents Plan, and with Wuhan University.
Lieber told investigators and Harvard University officials in 2018 that he “is not and has never been a participant” in the program and he “had no formal association” with Wuhan University after 2012, according to court documents. He claimed the university “continued to falsely exaggerate” his involvement. …
The Justice Department also charged two Chinese nationals, but their case is not related to Lieber’s.
Yanqing Ye, 29, and Zaosong Zheng, 30, each were charged with visa fraud, making false statements, acting as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy. Both came to the United States through a work-study program of the State Department…. No Link Between Harvard Scientist Charles Lieber and Coronavirus
By Jessica McDonald
Posted on February 21, 2020 factcheck.org “..On Jan. 28, the Department of Justice announced the charges against Lieber and the two Chinese nationals in a single press release. But as the title of the release says, the three cases are “separate.”
..There is nothing inherently wrong with Lieber participating in the Chinese program, but he needed to disclose those relationships and funds to Harvard and when receiving grant money from U.S. agencies. Lieber allegedly failed to do so on multiple occasions, including when he was asked about his Chinese ties from curious investigators. Lieber has not been charged with sharing intellectual property with the Chinese.
..Lieber’s affiliated school, Wuhan University of Technology, also does not appear to do work with viruses, according to a list of research projects on its website. WUT is primarily an engineering school, focused on subjects such as material science, transportation and logistics.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. A cropped photo circulating on social media showing a rail car marked with COVID-19, the name of the coronavirus disease spreading around the globe, was altered to include the marking.
THE FACTS: In recent days, social media user have been sharing manipulated images of railroad tank and freight cars labeled with COVID-19, falsely claiming that the U.S. was behind the spread of coronavirus. A fuller version of the photo shows the extended train with the marking “GATX 208630,” meaning the train belonged to GATX Corporation, a global railcar lessor that operates in North America…”
PUBLISHED: 13:35 EST, 5 March 2020 | UPDATED: 15:49 EST, 5 March 2020 .dailymail.co.uk
Some suggested that the virus has come from space or been invented in a lab
Others said that hand dryers spraying alcohol or chlorine with protect you
Also fears that the virus can be transmitted through packages from China “…A post on Facebook page ‘Stop 5G UK’ claimed: ‘Wuhan is where 5G was rolled out.
‘What if all we are seeing in Wuhan is sickness from exposure to excessive 5G radiation, and weakened immune systems?’
And in a video on Twitter, an unidentified woman said: ‘5G absorbs oxygen, and that’s really important to know.
‘On your oxygen molecules, the little electrons, with 5G they start to oscillate. So 5G is absorbing the oxygen and then your haemoglobin can’t take up the oxygen.
‘So how long do you think it’s going to take the human body to fall over because it suddenly cannot take up oxygen into cells?’
It is true that Wuhan boasts a 5G network, but there is no evidence at all of a link between the network and the virus. .”
Secret plans during lockdown? Calling all Ψhιstlε βlowers to do the right thing…
For optimum health, I HIGHLY recommend REMOVING microwave frequencies from your home. Wifi, cordless phones, wireless devices etc. Good news! You can use your phone for INTERNET with the CELL/Bluetooth Wifi OFF (airplane mode ON) by connecting these adapters to an ETHERNET cable (from your router).
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Dr. John Bergman
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Coronavirus, Protect yourself and family
309,639 views•Jan 28, 2020
Dr. John Campbell
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Practical tips to protect yourself and your family from Coronavirus from China.
Coronaviruses – Protect yourself and your family
Cases have been confirmed in Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, France, South Korea, United States, Vietnam, Japan, Canada and Nepal
1. Stay home, avoid planes, buses, trains, busy areas
2. No visitors, avoid close contact with symptomatic people or potential carriers, don’t share cups
3. Wear a quality medical mask
4. Wrap around glasses
5. Gloves and meticulous hand hygiene, don’t touch eyes, nose mouth
6. Don’t trust hand sanitizers
7. Avoid hospitals, limited visiting
8. Good nutrition, vitamin D
9. Keep warm
10. Thoroughly cook meat and eggs
11. Catch it – bin it – kill it
12. Coughs and sneezes spread diseases
13. Avoid public spaces if you start to feel ill with fever
Chinese Coronavirus: What to Know & What to Do (2019-nCoV)
‘..The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) originating near Wuhan, China is spreading to other countries and is increasingly causing people to wonder what they should know & what they should do. Like many viruses, this virus can spread quickly and may mutate as time goes on. You need to know what to do to protect yourself and your family from this new virus.
This new virus in China may become a dangerous pandemic, and you need facts and an action plan you can share with your family and the people you care about. The media is giving you some helpful information, this video will give you the rest.
***If it would help non-english speaking people, you can click this link to translate this video’s title, show notes & captions into another language…
CLICK: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_vide…
3,951 views•Jan 28, 2020
RT America
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is funding biotech companies tasked with stopping the spread of the deadly coronavirus emerging from China. RT America’s Michele Greenstein (in for Rick Sanchez) reminds us of Bill Gates’ links to controversial medical research. Dafna Tachover, senior attorney and director of the 5G program at Children’s Health Defense weighs in on the health risks posed by 5G wireless technology. (TIMECODES) RT America’s Rachel Blevins reports on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House for the unveiling of President Trump’s “win-win” peace plan for the Middle East. (TIMECODES) RT’s Charlotte Dubinskij reports on ongoing protests in France. (TIMECODES) RT America’s Alex Mihailovich reports on the disturbing role that the European weapons sector plays in fueling violent crime associated with Mexico’s drug trade. (TIMECODES) RT’s Donald Courter reports on former State Sec. Hillary Clinton’s contention that Facebook is to blame for the Trump presidency. (TIMECODES) RT America’s Sayeh Tavangar reports on NASA’s decision to begin to allow tourists to visit the International Space Station. (TIMECODES)
Preventing Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 Infection
-Masks ?
How To Avoid Getting Infected By The Coronavirus
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Coronavirus: Doctor explains the proper way to wash your hands and put on a face mask
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•Jan 29, 2020
South China Morning Post
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-Outdoors Safe?
Coronavirus outbreak: Australians crowd Bondi Beach despite restrictions, social distancing=
“…Medical experts say fresh air and exercise are important for your physical and mental health but advise Americans to use caution.
They recommend only doing outdoor activities with the people in your household and staying 6 feet away from neighbors or others in public areas.
Coronavirus is highly contagious, can live in the air for hours and on some surfaces for up to three days, and can be spread easily by droplets from someone’s cough, ..”
-Prayer
Coronavirus sweeps across China By Kevin ZellerJanuary 28, 2020 mnnonline.org “..How To Help
Handley says believers can help by praying for the region around Wuhan. “They’re deeply impacted and their hospitals are overflowing. This is a chance for the church to be the church, using extra precautions, wearing face masks . . .being careful not to do anything that’s going to spread the disease, but they also want to be the hands and feet of Jesus in the midst of what’s happening.”
Coronavirus
(image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
As fear of the virus spreads, so can the Gospel. Handley recalls the words of a senior ministry leader in China, saying, “Please pray for China. This is a humbling time for us, and a time for real spiritual reflection. He said, Actually, this might be spiritually good for us to be reminded that even a rising, growing power can be brought down by a small, unseen bug.”
Handley says the people at Asian Access need prayer to know when to have people travel, and when to let them stay home. The outbreak of the virus will increase costs for the ministry, and Handley asked for prayer that funds would rise to meet them…”
“..The aim of these mapping services is to educate the public (especially travellers to potentially at-risk areas) and assist public health authorities in analysing the spatial and temporal trends and patterns of SARS and in assessing/revising current control measures…”
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Coronavirus – Why You Should Panic More
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What is the Coronavirus and why should you panic more? In this life enhancing video you’ll have these questions answer. Being able to feel more fear and have a lower quality of life because of clickbait, fear mongering headlines is empowering.
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Did a 1981 science fiction book predict coronavirus? 24/02/2020
Vita Molyneux
newshub.co.nz “..”They call the stuff Wuhan-400 because it was developed at their RDNA labs outside the city of Wuhan,” reads the passage.
“Wuhan-400 is a perfect weapon. It afflicts only human beings, No other living creature can carry it and like syphilis Wuhan-400 can’t survive outside a living human body for longer than a minute.”..”
Gravitas: Did a writer predict the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak?
52,737 views•Feb 18, 2020
WION
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Dean Koontz released ‘The eyes of darkness’ in 1981. Claims have emerged that this novel predicted the coronavirus outbreak almost 40 years ago. Wion’s Palki tells you the truth behind ‘Wuhan 400’.
40 Years Ago, A Novel Predicted The Coronavirus Outbreak; Called It Wuhan-400?
“An excerpt from the American author’s 1981 novel “The Eyes of Darkness” is being shared online after he wrote about a virus with an apparently uncanny resemblance to the one experts warn could prove a pandemic.”
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…The book was a fictional novel, but like many fictitious books written about military intelligence operations, there is always a seed of facts, just as Tom Clancy provided in his writings…..information provided to him from intelligence sources. His untimely death at 66, along with Breitbart (2013) is an indication of more things coming-out soon about the Muslim Brotherhood “insurgency” by Hussein Obama.
Did Tom Clancy get too close to the truth?..”
Tom Clancy–why has death certificate not been filed city-data.com “..He said the Obama administration is made up of Marxist Muslims who all take their orders from Senior Adviser to the President, Iranian-born Valerie Jarrett. Garrow said it is well known to intelligence agencies all over the world that Obama is a foreign plant who was placed on the path to the presidency by ultra-rich Saudi nationals. This is why all of Obama’s education records have been permanently sealed. Ex-CIA agent says Obama had Andrew Breitbart and Tom Clancy assassinated |
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*see Peace: How can we live with Muslims? & Deep Thought: Why is sexual abuse common? goodnewseverybodycom.wordpress.com
“…Now, we would all like to know how Dean Koontz, the world’s sixth-most highly paid author, who ties with John Grisham, at $25 million annually, knew of Wuhan and even named the deadly bacteriological weapon “Wuhan-400,” 40 years ago? We would like to have a chat with him about his “prophetic visions”on what seems to have striking similarities with the nVoC-2019 Coronavirus.
We now all know that the Coronavirus pandemic was not, as some early reports claimed, the product of a Wuhan seafood market, where people were allegedly eating infected bats, but instead a Chinese biological weapon that had escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and one lab, in particular, that seems to match the description of the RDNA labs in Dean Koontz’s fictional book. Koontz, who obviously has contacts with U.S. military intelligence must have known in the early 80s that the Chinese were working on this kind of thing.
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1981 book predicts corona virus/a new bird flu hits China/ virus of UNKNOWN origin found in Brazil
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In his recent sermon on 16 Feb 2020 (Anointing Oil For Healing And Protection), Pastor Prince screened an excerpt from a sermon he preached on 19 August 2018 in which he prophesied a new strain of flu-like virus that was to come. He also shared how God has already released a new “strain” of healing among His people.
The coronavirus is not from God but from the devil, who comes to steal, kill, and destroy (see John 10:10).
This sermon excerpt assures us that we, God’s people, need not worry during these dangerous and uncertain times because God is always ahead of the devil. The devil plays catch up to God, not the other way around!
While we exercise wisdom in carrying out our daily affairs, we can live fearless and confident in God’s protection, knowing that even if a thousand fall at our side and ten thousand at our right hand, it shall not come near us (see Ps. 91:7). Instead of allowing fear to dictate our every move, let’s continue to place our entire trust in the Lord and claim His powerful promises of protection found in Psalm 91.
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Christ’s Heart Ministries International
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Bishop Isaiah Mbuga 2017 New Year Message.
Christ’s Heart Church Mukono, Uganda.
TV Airing Date: 08-Jan-2017
Christ’s Heart TV Program airs every Sunday 7:30 a.m. EAT on Urban TV Uganda
“…How to protect yourself
There are currently no vaccines available to protect you against human coronavirus infection. You may be able to reduce your risk of infection by doing the following…
Treatment
There are no specific treatments for illnesses caused by human coronaviruses. Most people with common human coronavirus illness will recover on their own. However, you can do some things to relieve your symptoms
take pain and fever medications (Caution: do not give Aspirin to children)
use a room humidifier or take a hot shower to help ease a sore throat and cough
If you are mildly sick, you should
Vitamin C Infusion for the Treatment of Severe 2019-nCoV Infected Pneumonia clinicaltrials.gov “..Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, has antioxidant properties. When sepsis happens, the cytokine surge caused by sepsis is activated, and neutrophils in the lungs accumulate in the lungs, destroying alveolar capillaries. Early clinical studies have shown that vitamin C can effectively prevent this process. In addition, vitamin C can help to eliminate alveolar fluid by preventing the activation and accumulation of neutrophils, and reducing alveolar epithelial water channel damage. At the same time, vitamin C can prevent the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps, which is a biological event of vascular injury caused by neutrophil activation. Vitamins can effectively shorten the duration of the common cold. In extreme conditions (athletes, skiers, art workers, military exercises), it can effectively prevent the common cold. And whether vitamin C also has a certain protective effect on influenza patients, only few studies have shown that vitamin C deficiency is related to the increased risk and severity of influenza infections. In a controlled but non-randomized trial, 85% of the 252 students treated experienced a reduction in symptoms in the high-dose vitamin C group (1g / h at the beginning of symptoms for 6h, followed by 3 * 1g / day). Among patients with sepsis and ARDS, patients in the high-dose vitamin group did not show a better prognosis and other clinical outcomes. There are still some confounding factors in the existing research, and the conclusions are different…” Coronavirus: Is High-Dose Vitamin C the Answer?
by innovation | Feb 13, 2020 | IV Nutrition Therapy, Press | 0 comments innovationcompounding.com “..A lack of vitamin C has been long known to increase susceptibility to viruses, and a few studies have shown that vitamin C deficiency is related to the increased risk and severity of influenza infections.
Vitamin C is significant to the human body and plays a role in reducing inflammatory response and also helps to boost the immune system when you are ill with a cold or the flu. Supporting various cellular functions of both the innate and adaptive immune system, vitamin C is well known for its contribution to the body’s immune defense.
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-Misc
Most Effective Way To Kill A Virus
“fluids (no caffeine), let your immune system do it’s job, rest, honey, humidifier, etc…”
Orthodox rabbis joined Jewish congregants, including dozens of Chinese citizens in Israel, as they gathered Sunday at Judaism’s holiest site seeking divine intervention, as Chinese authorities report an uptick in cases linked to the COVID-19 virus, which was first detected late last year…”
Vice President Mike Pence Prays With Coronavirus Task Force beliefnet.com “..During one of the first joint meetings of the group, Pence took a moment to pray with the task force before they began a discussion on the next steps to combating the coronavirus…”
Let us pray for the intercession of St. Rosalie on behalf of the victims of the coronavirus.
May the afflicted find healing and comfort during their suffering. Amen.”
Coronavirus Outbreak in China | Guided Christian Healing Prayer Meditation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xp2YlKX6cg “..94 views•Premiered 5 hours ago
Abide – Healing Prayers
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Find peace with this guided Christian healing prayer meditation in response to the Coronavirus Outbreak in China..”
‘God Is the Ultimate Healer’: Southern Baptists Pray for Coronavirus Breakthrough
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‘God Is the Ultimate Healer’: Southern Baptists Pray for Coronavirus Breakthroug
Gospel for Asia calls on Christians to pray and fast for end of coronavirus during Lent
By Caleb Parke, Fox NewsFebruary 26, 2020 | 7:22pm nypost.com “..Gospel for Asia (GFA) created a Lent devotional calendar online that includes daily prayers and Bible readings as Christians remember the 40 days Jesus fasted in the desert, as recorded in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke…”
Coronavirus – Prayer Requests From the Church in Wuhan, China asiaharvest.org “…Over the years, Asia Harvest has printed and delivered more than 380,000 Bibles to believers in Hubei. While that work will need to be put on hold for a while, as the whole province is on lockdown (no one allowed in or out, and internal travel has also been curtailed), our work continues throughout the other 30 provinces of China.
A Prayer Request from a Wuhan Pastor:
* Peace be upon you. At this time the virus has been at the center of our thoughts and lives. We are always watching the latest news, and thinking about how our family and the church should face this.
* As for my family, I have gathered masks and food and have ventured outside as little as possible. When venturing out in public I have worn a mask, but as for the rest, I place my life in the Lord’s hands.
* As for the church, we are all part of a great struggle. We are facing a severe test of our faith, and we feel that Christians in our city are not only called to suffer with the people, but we have been called to pray for those who are fearful, and to introduce them to the peace of Christ…”
The Coronavirus Predicted in the Bible? Yes!
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The Coronavirus outbreak has captured the whole world’s attention. Face masks sold out, travelers denied access into certain countries and the media broadcasts every new development. Are we to worry? Not if you believe the Bible! When you understand what the Bible says about this, fear is turned into hope!
Corona Virus COVID-19 National Day of Prayer | Guided Christian Healing Prayer Meditation
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Breakthrough | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX
Breakthrough (2019) imdb.com “..When her 14-year-old son drowns in a lake, a faithful mother prays for him to come back from the brink of death and be healed.
Director: Roxann Dawson
Writers: Grant Nieporte (screenplay by), Joyce Smith (based upon the book by)
Stars: Marcel Ruiz, Topher Grace, Sarah Constible | See full cast & crew »..”
“..“Breakthrough, which is based on Joyce Smith’s 2017 book “The Impossible: The Miraculous Story of a Mother’s Faith and Her Child’s Resurrection” (co-written with the Christian author and media personality Ginger Kolbaba), presents itself as the true story of a modern miracle. But it’s also a portrait of what religious faith looks like when there’s no pesky doubt to get in the way.
Dead for Over an Hour, Son Comes Back to Life cbn.com “..“He’s been dead for 45 minutes.” These words met Joyce as she saw her son. On Monday, January 19, 2015, 14-year-old John Smith had spent the night with two friends,- Josh Rieger & Josh Sander – after winning a close basketball game the night before. John scored the winning shot. Joyce had spoken to John and was prepared to go pick him up when she got a chilling phone call minutes later from friend Cindy saying, “There’s been an accident.” John had fallen through the ice on Lake Saint Louise. First responders had pulled him out but “he didn’t have a heartbeat.” Stunned, after calling husband Brian & her sister, Joyce raced to the hospital praying all the way. Joyce burst into the ER as doctors feverishly worked to bring life back to John’s lifeless body. Sensing little hope, Dr. Stutterer finally told her, “You can go up and talk to your son.” “In that moment I knew I had to get desperate with my Lord. I had to get a hold of God and get a hold of him fast,” she says. Remembering a Beth Moore Bible study, she knew that the Holy Spirit had raised Christ Jesus from the dead. That same power was available to us. “All of a sudden, everyone and everything in that room faded away and it was just me and John and God. With a voice I thought was quiet, but that actually bellowed through the room, down the hallway, …. I declared, ‘I believe in a God who can do miracles! Holy Spirit, I need you right now to come and breathe life back into my son!” She closed her eyes and wept, and at that instant, she heard the sound of a miracle. John’s heart monitor sprang back to life. John’s recovery was slow but sure. Doctors expected and wanted to prepare the family that massive brain damage would affect him, but every test showed remarkable healing. His recovery defied every medical & scientific expectation, and 16 days later he walked out of the hospital under his own power, completely healed.
POWER OF PRAYER
Joyce knows that prayer really does work. As John lay in the hospital she marveled at how the Lord had brought John into her and Brian’s life unexpectedly when most parents were entering the empty nest stage. Looking back she remembered that at 17 years old she fell in love with a man six years older and a divorced father of two. Headstrong, she didn’t listen to her parents and became pregnant after high-school graduation. She was happy until Charlie told her to get rid of it. She hid her pregnancy, wearing baggy clothes, etc, and turned down a music scholarship for college thinking she would get married. Charlie never changed so she agreed to give the baby up for adoption. She never told her parents. He took her to a hospital where the doctor induced labor. “I gave birth to a baby boy with a round, chubby face, huge blue eyes, and a light covering of blond hair on his head,” she says. She adored him. On the third day she awoke and her baby boy was gone, taken away. “I begged for death to take me, as I sobbed into my pillow,” Joyce says. It was four days later her stunned parents found out she had given birth and had not told them. She did stay with Charlie and a subsequent pregnancy lead them to marry. During the hard years of this marriage Joyce turned to God again in her life. He answered her prayer and she didn’t miscarry her son Tom. She went back to church but eventually divorced Charlie.
A single mom with two boys, she met Brian who loved her boys and they married. Brian, a videographer, had a heart for missions and went on several trips . His heart for the children lead them to seek to adopt a child. In February 2000 they adopted a little five-and-a-half-month old baby boy from Guatemala they named John when she was 49 & Brian 46 years old! So much joy! Strangely Joyce never told Brian about giving up her first son for adoption. Never sure how he would take it. But one day when John was three years old, as she did devotions God spoke to her heart – I want you to find your son. She went to the computer. Miraculously, He led her step-by-step and within 10 days she had found and spoke with her son. Less than two weeks later she says, “I met my sweet son Joe for the second time in my life. And he was everything I hoped and prayed he would be.” Brian had proved to be so welcoming in hearing of her oldest son.
TOTAL RESTORATION
Joyce continues to marvel at the goodness and grace of God. He totally restored her oldest son and family to her. John is doing remarkably well, is totally restored, a good student with a 3.5 gpa and is very articulate. If we have just a little bit of faith, He will do wonders. She says it could be that God healed John over two weeks so that man would exhaust all his efforts. God restores hope. People want to see a God who cares and is above all things. She thanks God for the role of adoption in her life, restoring Joe to her and bringing them John. He cares for the hopeless and the lost, and adopts us into His family. Joyce just wants people to know that God does the impossible, she says. Their story is slated to be made into a movie by Devon Franklin and 20th Century Fox.
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John Smith & Marcel Ruiz Interview: Breakthrough
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Dana Dean interviews the real life family behind BREAKTHROUGH the Movie
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BREAKTHROUGH, based on the true story of a local mom who prayed her son back to life, is in theaters April 17th. Today is the movie premiere in St. Louis. It’s not open to the public but the stars of the film along with the family sat down for interviews this morning. Watch this clip to see Dana Dean interview John Smith, Joyce Smith, and Pastor Jason Noble
Breakthrough: A Conversation with John and Joyce Smith – Pastor David Crank
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Have you ever felt like your faith is being tested? Joyce and John Smith join Pastor David to share their true story behind the Hollywood film, Breakthrough and how God can do the impossible in our lives. We can’t let our circumstances dictate our faith in God! “It doesn’t matter what Man says, God has the final word.” He prepares us for the unexpected and raises us up when the enemy attacks. When we give Him complete control, there’s nothing we can’t overcome. It’s time to Breakthrough
BREAKTHROUGH Interview: DeVon Franklin
Stephen Curry to Executive Produce Faith-Based Drama ‘Breakthrough’ (Exclusive) (Exclusive)
11:42 AM PDT 10/18/2018 by Borys Kit , Scott Feinberg hollywoodreporter.com
The move, which was finalized several months ago, is one of the first for Curry’s burgeoning media career and one of the first to be revealed since the Golden State Warrior point guard officially launched his banner, Unanimous Media, earlier this year.
“..NBA superstar Stephen Curry has quietly come aboard Breakthrough, a faith-based drama from Fox 2000, as an executive producer, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The move, which was finalized several months ago, is one of the first for Curry’s burgeoning media career and one of the first to be revealed since the Golden State Warriors point guard officially launched his banner, Unanimous Media, earlier this year.
Unanimous, which has an overall film and TV deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment, is developing many of its own projects, but Curry couldn’t pass up getting involved with Breakthrough since it dovetailed with his own focus on faith and family-friendly material.
Based on a book by Joyce Smith titled The Impossible, Breakthrough tells the true story of how Joyce’s son, John Smith, fell through the ice and drowned, and was declared legally dead. A hour later, however, the basketball-loving 14-year-old was miraculously revived through the power of prayer…”
The True Story of ‘Breakthrough’
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“Breakthrough” tells the true story of one of the most miraculous recoveries ever. John Smith was just 14 years old when he fell through an icy Missouri lake in 2015. After being rescued from the frigid waters, John was rushed to a local hospital, where, with no pulse for nearly 45 minutes, he was declared dead. But then something remarkable happened: He woke up. The incredible tale is being retold, Hollywood-style, in “Breakthrough,” starring Chrissy Metz and Josh Lucas.
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Invaders, predators, barbarians – the Vikings are often portrayed merely as one-dimensional warriors whose achievements include little more than plundering and raiding. But from where did the Vikings originate and were they really violent, godless pagans? Here, Philip Parker explains the real history of the Viking world… “…Iceland became Christian to avoid a civil war. Competing pagan and Christian factions threatened to tear the Althing apart and dissolve Iceland into separate, religiously hostile, states. At the Althing’s meeting in the year 1000 the rival factions appealed to Iceland’s most important official, the lawspeaker Thorgeir Thorkelsson. As a pagan he might have been expected to favour the old gods but, after an entire day spent agonising over the decision, he concluded that henceforth all Icelanders would be Christian. A few exceptions were made – for example the eating of horsemeat, a favoured delicacy that was also associated with pagan sacrifices, was to be permitted…”
Ancient Norse Vikings | History Documentary – YouTube
Vikings
Editors History.com “..From around A.D. 800 to the 11th century, a vast number of Scandinavians left their homelands to seek their fortunes elsewhere. These seafaring warriors–known collectively as Vikings or Norsemen (“Northmen”)–began by raiding coastal sites, especially undefended monasteries, in the British Isles. Over the next three centuries, they would leave their mark as pirates, raiders, traders and settlers on much of Britain and the European continent, as well as parts of modern-day Russia, Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland…
..European peoples they confronted–was that they came from a foreign land, they were not “civilized” in the local understanding of the word and–most importantly–they were not Christian…
Early Viking Raids
In A.D. 793, an attack on the Lindisfarne monastery off the coast of Northumberland in northeastern England marked the beginning of the Viking Age. The culprits–probably Norwegians who sailed directly across the North Sea–did not destroy the monastery completely, but the attack shook the European religious world to its core. Unlike other groups, these strange new invaders had no respect for religious institutions such as the monasteries, which were often left unguarded and vulnerable near the shore. Two years later, Viking raids struck the undefended island monasteries of Skye and Iona (in the Hebrides) as well as Rathlin (off the northeast coast of Ireland). The first recorded raid in continental Europe came in 799, at the island monastery of St Philibert’s on Noirmoutier, near the estuary of the Loire River….
End of the Viking Age
The events of 1066 in England effectively marked the end of the Viking Age. By that time, all of the Scandinavian kingdoms were Christian, and what remained of Viking “culture” was being absorbed into the culture of Christian Europe….”
Vikings in Minnesota? The Mystery of the Kensington Runestone Aug 25, 2018 Matthew Gaskill thevintagenews.com “..For about eight hundred years, Scandinavians carved and erected stone monuments to their achievements, family members (dead and alive), property and beliefs. These “runestones” were erected throughout the region between the 4th century AD and the end of the Viking Age in the 12th century AD…”
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Heads up: Viking boat near the Mississippi – fake story
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Quite a few people have linked and shared this story, apparently without realizing that it’s satire, completely made up. So this is just to clear things in case you were misled.
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Roads, towns and livelihoods are washed away in Midwest floods
PBS NewsHour
Published on Mar 22, 2019
Ongoing flooding across the Midwest has left thousands of homes damaged and vast swaths of farmland underwater. Residents and public officials alike are trying to cope with washed-out roads, lost livestock, ruined crops, and a lack of supplies. Meanwhile, weather experts are predicting a “potentially unprecedented” flood season. Judy Woodruff speaks to Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts for more.
Alert Experts Warn Of Historic Widespread Flooding! Food Prices Skyrocket As 1000s Farms Destroyed
Epic Economist
Published on Mar 23, 2019
We have never seen catastrophic flooding like this, and the NOAA is now telling us that there will be more major flooding for at least two more months. On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned that “historic, widespread flooding” would “continue through May”. More than 90 percent of the upper Midwest and Great Plains is currently covered by an average of 10.7 inches of snow, and all of that snow is starting to melt. That means that we are going to transition from one of the worst winters in modern history to a flood season that has already taken an apocalyptic turn for farmers all across America. At this moment, millions of acres of farmland are already underwater. Thousands of farmers are not going to be able to plant crops this year, and thousands of other farmers that have been financially ruined by the floods will never return to farming again. This is already the worst agricultural disaster in modern American history, and it is going to get a whole lot worse.
Iowa
Iowa flooding: Here’s how to donate, volunteer and otherwise help victims in western Iowa Shelby Fleig, Des Moines Register Published 1:29 p.m. CT March 20, 2019 | Updated 2:04 p.m. CT April 4, 2019 desmoinesregister.com “..After touring flooding in Mills County on Monday morning, Gov. Kim Reynolds said she was “unprepared for the level of damage” she saw — and has declared disasters in 41 counties.
Here are several verified ways to help flooding victims:..
Nebraska
NEBRASKA FLOODING 2019 (the most important video I’ve ever made)
Whitetail Fit
Published on Mar 16, 2019
What is happening along the river banks of Nebraska is absolutely devastating and heartbreaking. These towns are being destroyed and severely affecting the people who call these places home. People, Cattle, and livestock being trapped without any way to get to them, homes being submerged by a rush of 10 foot water and 2 foot thick chunks of ice bigger than a truck. These are the same river banks I have had some of my most memorable hunting experiences on. Those properties are 100% under water right now.. I am partnering with the American RedCross of Nebraska and have set up a means and outlet through Whitetail Fit and GoFundMe for people to donate and help out however they can to get food, water and clothing to the 15+ shelters set up along the eastern border of Nebraska. This money will also be used to help rebuild these peoples lives. This is our community, our town and our State. I may not be able to do much on my own, but together and through the Whitetail Fit family, I’ve seen some pretty amazing things happen. I believe in the Hunting community, and the passion everyone has in their hearts to help when there are those who are helpless. I’ll be posting more from here out and keeping everyone up to date on the efforts. Thanks guys! Joel Burham, Owner Whitetail Fit
As Million Calves Lost In Nebraska Beef Prices To Escalate Dramatically In The
Coming Months
Epic Economist
Published on Mar 29, 2019
According to Agriculture Secretary Sunny Purdue, there “may be as many as a million calves lost in Nebraska” due to the catastrophic flooding that has hit the state. This is not a rumor, this is not an exaggeration, and this is not based on any sort of speculation. This number comes to us directly from the top agriculture official in the entire country, and it means that the economic toll from the recent floods is far greater than most of us had anticipated. You can watch Purdue make this quote on Fox Business right here, and it is important to remember that this number is just for one state. It is hard to imagine what the final numbers will look like when the livestock losses for all of the states affected by the flooding are tallied up. This is already the worst agricultural disaster in modern American history, and the National Weather Service is telling us that there will be more catastrophic flooding throughout the middle portion of the nation for the next two months.
Real Footage, After Nebraska Floods 2019 … people, farm animals
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Published on Apr 1, 2019
Billions in damages in Midwest after floods.
Nebraska flooding biggest disaster in state’s history.
Farmers salvaging what they can after floods.
From farms to wedding plans, neighbors offer help amidst Midwest floods.
Volunteers start work in flooded Nebraska.
Billions in damages in US Midwest after Missouri River overflows. Nebraska farmers and ranchers are in the process of putting their lives back together after recent storms and flooding caused more than $1 billion in damage to the agricultural industry.
Flooding is a big concern for large parts of central U.S. The rising Missouri River in particular has already claimed at least three lives. The flooding has also destroyed hundreds of homes and caused billions of dollars in damage. Weather experts have warned the danger from flooding could persist into May.
Real Footage, After Nebraska Floods 2019 … people, farm animals
-Ashland, Nebraska
Clean up begins as floodwaters recede in Nebraska – YouTube
AP Archive
Published on Apr 2, 2019
(28 Mar 2019) Residents in eastern Nebraska are beginning to clean up as floodwaters recede across the Midwest.
Ashland, Nebraska resident Larry Lindberg, who lives right along the Platte River, showed a water line that rose above his hip on his home’s garage.
Just north of Ashland, in Mead, a flooded water treatment plant at a Superfund site that stores radioactive waste and explosives was shut down for a few days. It is now back up and running.
The Environmental Protection Agency reported Wednesday that there were no releases of hazardous contaminants at any of eight toxic waste sites in flooded parts of Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa.
The EPA identified the Nebraska Ordnance Plant in Mead, and the Conservation Chemical Corporation site in Kansas City, Missouri, as heavily flooded Superfund sites that required the agency to take immediate action to prevent the spread of contaminated groundwater.
Two Iowa sites had some minor flooding but did not require the agency to immediately do anything. It plans to reassess once the floodwaters recede.
“..From the air, Lewis and Clark Lake along the Nebraska-South Dakota border appears immense as it stretches some 25 miles behind Gavins Point Dam.
It would be logical to think of the sprawling lake — formed by damming the Missouri River — as a big deal in flood protection.
There’s 90 miles of shoreline along this watery playground that draws 2 million visitors a year.
It is formed by one of six massive dams on the Missouri River, all operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…”
-Prayer
Historic moment to #PrayandServe
Nebraska Family Alliance
Published on Apr 4, 2019
Sunday – April 7th, 2019 is a Statewide Day of Prayer for disaster victims and recovery relief in Nebraska. Find out more at Karen Bowling, NFA’s Executive Director shares on this historic moment.
-Thank You for Help!!
Southview Baptist Church makes it their mission to help the … – YouTube
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Southview Baptist Church makes it their mission to help the Nebraska flood victims. Channel 8 KLKN …
Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are mudding out houses in Nebraska that were inundated when heavy rainfall and rapid snowmelt caused catastrophic flooding. Please pray for homeowners and our teams as they provide relief and share the Gospel with flood victims. Operation Blessing Volunteers Helping Nebraska Flood Victims Clean Out Homes 04-02-2019 Christian Ellis cbn.com “..The damage is so extensive that surging water levels have left a large area without any way to protect against future floods. Operation Blessing volunteers have been working to remove debris and sheetrock from homes that have water damage.
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In an interview with CBN News, Senior Director of U.S Disaster Relief Anthony Lloyd shared the organization specializes in hot meals, flood relief and cleaning houses. Furthermore, their biggest goal is to encourage the victims, calling themselves the “hands and feet of Jesus”.
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South Dakota
Photos of the 2019 flooding from around the state April 1, 2019 Delainey LaHood newscenter1.tv “..RAPID CITY, S.D. — South Dakota was hit with record breaking flooding this spring — an issue that may continue through the rest of the season.
We’ve assembled a photo gallery of flooding across the state, including emergency personnel members working hard to help residents in need.
You can submit your own photos of the flooding to this gallery by clicking the blue “Submit Your Photo” button at the top of this article…
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Prayer with Action
How you can help Midwest flooding victims CNN Special Projects Portraits Amy Chillag By Amy Chillag, CNN Updated 10:03 AM ET, Wed April 3, 2019 cnn.com “..It has killed livestock, ruined harvests and made the future look bleak for many farmers – some still reeling from the 2011 floods.
There are several organizations helping victims right now with shelter, food, and water. Relief groups are also standing by to provide long-term relief…” How to help those affected by the Midwest flooding Nation Mar 18, 2019 6:28 PM EDT — Updated on Mar 21, 2019 12:20 PM EDT pbs.org “..Across the region, hundreds of homes are flooded and families are displaced. Waters have reached historic levels, spurred by a late-winter storm last week. Flooding caused water to rise hitting 41 feet in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and more than 30 feet in Iowa’s Fremont County. Freeport City, Illinois, anticipated its worst flooding in 50 years — and that’s the best case scenario, according to the Associated Press.
As river levels begin to top off and slowly recede in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas, states like Illinois and North Dakota are readying for similar disasters.
Here are some ways you can help these families and communities…”
How to Help Those Impacted by the Midwest Flooding gofundme.com “..Flooding in the Midwest and Great Plains caused by melting snow and extremely heavy rains have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes. The floods have destroyed houses, crops, and have displaced families.
Below you can find verified GoFundMe fundraisers to support those impacted by the floods.
All fundraisers are backed by the GoFundMe Guarantee, which means we guarantee all funds get to the right place or they’ll get a refund. For more information read about GoFundMe Trust and Safety…”
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->Africa
Funds Set Up to Help Disaster Victims in Midwest, Mozambique Mar 22, 2019By Stan Friedman covenantcompanion.com “..CHICAGO, IL (March 22, 2019) – The Evangelical Covenant Church has established two separate funds to help people respond to the flooding disasters in the Midwest and Mozambique. Local congregations in the Midwest also have been providing assistance in their areas, including places that still are difficult to travel…”
Praise Report-thank you!!
Tyson Foods Helping Flooding Victims in Midwest – YouTube
Music teacher Marston Riley, 64, was taken into custody on suspicion of child abuse and causing great bodily injury on a child after the brawl broke out at Maywood Academy High School in Maywood, Calif., on Friday. However, in spite of this, members of the community have banded together to donate tens of thousands of dollars to support Riley, according to a GoFundMe started in his name.
“We all may have mixed feelings about what happened,” wrote Cecilia Diaz Jimenez, who created the fundraiser page to support the teacher. “But please do know that this is not the first time that Mr. Riley is [sic] attacked; physically or verbally. He is a great person and a great teacher.”
The footage in question shows Riley punching the student as the pair faced off in the classroom on Friday. Riley had initially asked the student to leave the classroom because he wasn’t wearing a proper uniform, Los Angeles news station KTLA reported…”
A band teacher-Marston Riley was arrested after he defended himself from a student who hit him ..
SCATMAN’S WORLD
Published on Nov 4, 2018
A band teacher-Marston Riley was arrested after he defended himself from a student who hit him with a basketball,called him multiple epithets, & continued to threaten him. This kid should have been arrested & the teacher called a hero….
The teen, who has not been publicly identified, was treated for mild to moderate injuries at a local hospital and released, according to a statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office.
Students told KTLA the fight began when Riley asked the student to leave the classroom because he wasn’t wearing a proper uniform. The boy refused. One student began recording the spat and captured the teen hurling racial slurs at Riley, who is black.
“It was just back and forth, back and forth, and then the teacher just decided to throw a punch and that’s when everything happened,” one student told CBS.
Some students, parents and teachers defended Riley on social media — instead blaming the student for using racial slurs against him.
“We all may have mixed feelings about what happened. But please do know that this is not the first time that Mr. Riley is attacked; physically or verbally. He is a great person and a great teacher,” reads a description on the fundraising page.
“He was a really nice teacher, I always respected him. He always had a really good relationship with every student,” a student told KTLA.
Still, other parents were left disturbed by the situation.
“Just the fact that he’s hitting a child — it’s not right,” one mom told NBC…”
Hurt while “breaking-up fights”
Central High teacher in wake of student attack: ‘It’s like I’m watching my life as a movie’ By Josh Verges | jverges@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
PUBLISHED: April 27, 2016 at 1:57 pm | UPDATED: April 27, 2016 at 4:31 pm twincities.com “The Central High School teacher who was hurt breaking up a lunchroom fight Dec. 4 hopes to return to work in the fall once he feels more like himself.
John Ekblad, 55, said in an interview this week that he’s slowly recovering from the headaches, nausea, memory loss and numbness in his right side. But a hand tremor makes it a struggle to lift food to his mouth, and he’s battling anxiety and memory loss.
“My big thing is anxiety — that ain’t me,” he said. “It’s like I’m in my body somewhere and I want to come out. It’s like I’m watching my life as a movie.”..”
Teachers losing their SH*T Compilation (Teachers vs Students)
Violence against teachers leads to increased absenteeism – SADTU
SABC Digital News
Published on Jun 15, 2018
On the eve of National Youth Day, teacher union SADTU says violence against teachers has led to increased levels of absenteeism. It’s even contributing towards some leaving the profession. These attacks have been widely captured on social media. A warning to sensitive viewers that some of the following content in this package is violent.
At least 40 teachers assaulted by students during the school unrests witnessed in 107 secondary
KTN News Kenya
Published on Aug 2, 2018
At least 40 teachers were assaulted by students during the school unrests witnessed in 107 secondary schools in 14 counties. The Teachers’ Service Commission says the affected teachers have been transferred even as TSC CEO, Nancy Macharia, dismissed claims that delocalization of teachers was to blame for the unrests. This emerged when various education stakeholders appeared before the parliamentary committee probing school unrests.
Watch: Student assaults teacher 10 times in classroom | क्लास में टीचर पर कातिलाना हमला
Zee News
Published on Oct 13, 2017
A student of a school in Haryana’s Jhajjar has assaulted a teacher in class. The student attacked teacher multiple times. Watch to know more.
Sal: I remember sharing in kindergarten class during “Share & Tell” that this was my favorite show to watch back in the days. I can’t remember when I stopped watching this show, but I do remember watching many shows on t.v.
Little House on the Pairie Theme Song
Episodes
List of Little House on the Prairie episodes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org “..The following is a list of episodes for the television show Little House on the Prairie, an American Western drama about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota from the 1870s to the 1890s. The show is an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s series of Little House books.
The regular series was preceded by the two-hour pilot movie, which first aired on March 30, 1974. The series began on the NBC network on September 11, 1974, and ended on May 10, 1982.
The majority of the episodes run approximately 50 minutes (not counting commercials, they have since been edited for syndication to accommodate more commercial time). Expanded episodes (90 minutes to 2 hours) have been indicated as such; many of these may not currently be shown in determined areas due to their length. ..”
Pilot
Little House on the Prairie – Episode Guide – Season 1 littlehouseontheprairie.com ‘…For the first time since their original TV broadcast, all 24 season 1 episodes are now presented complete and uncut, and newly restored and remastered for optimal picture and sound quality! In this ultimate season 1 episode guide, you’ll relive all of the heartwarming adventures and learn some new facts along the way. Some of our favorite facts and tidbits came from Alison Arngrim’s autobiography and Melissa Gilbert’s memoir.
Below is a complete index with links to the Pilot Movie and Season One episodes:..”
Little House on the Prairie – Pilot (Part2) Highlights
Little House on the Prairie – Pilot (Part4) Highlights
Little House on the Prairie – Pilot Deleted Scene
Season 1
Season 1 Episode 1 A Harvest of Friends Preview Little House on the …
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Little house on the prairie season 1 – YouTube
Season 1 Episode 8 Ma’s Holiday Preview Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie Season 1 Episode 14 The Lord is my Shepherd part 2
LHOP ~ The Lord Is My Shepherd (2) Prt 1
LHOP ~ The Lord Is My Shepherd (2) Prt 2
Little House On The Prairie — Season One Deluxe … – YouTube
(documentary) Little House on the Prairie: The American Dream by Elliot Robinson
Interviews
interview andrew garvey patrick labyorteaux VOSTFR
interview matthew labyorteaux albert ingalls VOSTFR
interview reverand alden dabbs greer VOSTFR
Merlin Olsen Little House Interview
Merlin Olsen (1940–2010) imdb.com “Merlin Olsen was born on September 15, 1940 in Logan, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for Mitchell (1975), Little House on the Prairie (1974) and Fathers and Sons (1986). He was married to Susan Wakely. He died on March 11, 2010 in Duarte, California, USA. See full bio » ..”
Merlin Olsen – Player BIO | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site profootballhof.com “..As a rookie Olsen was voted into the Pro Bowl. And in the winters that followed they never played a Pro Bowl without him for 14 consecutive years. Ten times he was selected a first- or second-team All-Pro. Merlin came to the Rams as one of their two first round draft choices in 1962…”
Katherine MacGregor Little House interview Pt. 1
interview nels oleson richard bull VOSTFR
interview nellie oleson alison arngrim VOSTFR
Alison Arngrim Reveals ‘Little House On The Prairie’ Secrets | Megyn Kelly TODAY
Little House on the Prairie – Melissa Anderson Interview 1
Little House on the Prairie – Melissa Anderson Interview 2
interview almanzo wilder dean bulter VOSTFR
interview caroline ingalls karen grassle 1ere part VOSTFR
interview laura ingalls melissa gilbert VOSTFR 3emes part
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Michael Landon
Biography imdb.com “.. Michael Landon was born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, on Saturday, October 31st, 1936, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. In 1941, he and his family moved to Collingswood, New Jersey…” Michael Landon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org “..Landon was born Eugene Maurice Orowitz on October 31, 1936, in Forest Hills, a neighborhood of Queens, New York.[2][3] His parents were Peggy (née O’Neill; a dancer and comedian) and Eli Maurice Orowitz. His father was Jewish.[4] Eugene was the Orowitz family’s second child; their daughter, Evelyn, was born three years earlier, in 1933. In 1941, when Landon was four years old, he and his family moved to the Philadelphia suburb of Collingswood, New Jersey. He attended and celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Temple Beth Shalom. His family recalls that Landon “went through a lot of hassle studying for the big event, which included bicycling to a nearby town every day to learn how to read Hebrew and do the praying.”[5] He attended Collingswood High School.[2] ..”
JOHNNY CARSON INTERVIEW MICHAEL LANDON Jul 24 1981
JOHNNY CARSON INTERVIEW MICHAEL LANDON Mar 10 1989
What Happened to Michael Landon?
Michael Landon Tribute 1991 Part 1
Remembering the Last Farewell, part 1
The Little House on the Prairie reunion 2005 (Tombstone) 1
Little House on the Prairie Today Show Reunion April 30 2014
Little House Stars and Guest Stars
Little House on the Prairie
Published on Mar 11, 2015
“Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder” is a one-hour documentary that goes beyond the famed “Little House” books to the behind-the-scenes, true life story of one of America’s most iconic authors, Laura Ingalls Wilder. Step further into Laura’s world with 35 minutes of bonus features and travel behind the scenes with director Dean Butler to experience the making of “Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder”. Available on DVD on Amazon.com.
The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder Tribute ( Little House on the Prairie TV Show Theme Song)
Walnut Grove Then & Now
Real Ingalls Family
The Real “Little House on the Prairie” Family – YouTube
About The Ingalls Family by Sarah S. Uthoff 111 Comments littlehouseontheprairie.com “..Charles Phillip Ingalls or “Pa” (1836-1902)
Charles had a wandering foot in all his various incarnations. In real life his family had long been farmers, moving several times while he was growing up in search of a better chance. Charles followed this same pattern with his own family after marrying Caroline Quiner, always in search of better financial opportunities, specifically a successful wheat farm. After many moves and attempts, with his family’s help Charles proved up his homestead, but due to health issues he retired from farming almost immediately afterward. Together Charles and Caroline built up one final home in De Smet, South Dakota. It’s known in Laura circles as the Third Street House and is where Charles and Caroline spent the rest of their respective lives…”
“..Laura was both a pioneer and an author. She helped her family create a homestead, worked as a seamstress and taught school before marrying Almanzo James Wilder. They set out to build their own farm. They had several failed attempts before finally making a last fresh start in Mansfield, Missouri. They were able to improve their farm slowly until they had a modestly successful farm of over 200 acres. Laura’s work sharing information to improve farm life led to a semi-regular career writing mostly magazine articles for the Missouri Ruralist. Her own ambitions and her daughter Rose’s prodding led her to write and publish a fictionalized account of her childhood in the Little House books. The process of creating the series and later answering her fan mail would be her big project for the rest of her life…”
The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder – Behind The Scenes
Laura Ingalls Wilder LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE Bio | Almanzo Wilder | Rose Wilder Lane
” Enjoy learning the history of the Ingalls Family in Walnut Grove at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Gift Store. The museum’s collections are housed in a series of interesting buildings, including an 1898 depot, a chapel, an onion-domed house, dugout display, little red schoolhouse, early settler home, and covered wagon display. Also on display are memorabilia from visits by the following stars from the “Little House on the Prairie” TV series:..”
Laura Ingalls Wilder – Walnut Grove, MN – YouTube
Walnut Grove, MN: Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum part 1, Video 8
Colin Kaepernick explains why he won’t stand during National Anthem …
KTVU
Published on Aug 29, 2016
Raw Video – 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick explains why he is refusing to stand during the National Anthem.
A timeline of Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protest and the athletes who joined him By Mark Sandritter Updated Sep 25, 2017, 10:28am EDT sbnation.com “…Initially, Kaepernick was alone in his protest. And unnoticed. His protest didn’t come to light and gain national attention until the third preseason game. Since then, he’s continued on with his protest while being joined by several other NFL players, other professional, college and high school athletes.
Here is a complete timeline of Kaepernick’s protest and the other athletes who has followed suit.
Aug. 14 and Aug. 20 — Kaepernick goes unnoticed while sitting during the anthem
Kaepernick made headlines when he sat during the 49ers third preseason game, but he also sat during the first two games, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network. Kaepernick wasn’t in uniform and didn’t play during the first two games…”
Eric Reid: Why Colin Kaepernick and I Decided to Take a Knee By Eric Reid Sept. 25, 2017 nytimes.com “In early 2016, I began paying attention to reports about the incredible number of unarmed black people being killed by the police. The posts on social media deeply disturbed me, but one in particular brought me to tears: the killing of Alton Sterling in my hometown Baton Rouge, La. This could have happened to any of my family members who still live in the area. I felt furious, hurt and hopeless. I wanted to do something, but didn’t know what or how to do it. All I knew for sure is that I wanted it to be as respectful as possible.
A few weeks later, during preseason, my teammate Colin Kaepernick chose to sit on the bench during the national anthem to protest police brutality. To be honest, I didn’t notice at the time, and neither did the news media. It wasn’t until after our third preseason game on Aug. 26, 2016, that his protest gained national attention, and the backlash against him began…”
Devin McCourty explains why Patriots knelt during national anthem Dan Ventura Sunday, September 24, 2017 bostonherald.com “..Fueled by comments by President Donald J. Trump aimed at NFL players not standing for the national anthem, McCourty and at least 15 Patriots teammates took a knee during the anthem prior to playing the Texans Sunday. Many fans booed the players in response and called for them to “stand up.” ..” Everything you need to know about NFL protests during the national anthem By Adam Stites Updated Oct 19, 2017, 11:37am EDT sbnation.com “..”This stand wasn’t for me. This is because I’m seeing things happen to people that don’t have a voice, people that don’t have a platform to talk and have their voices heard, and effect change. So I’m in the position where I can do that and I’m going to do that for people that can’t.”
His decision to sit during the national anthem drew criticism, though. Many felt and still feel it was disrespectful to the United States, its flag, and its military.
“I have great respect for the men and women that have fought for this country,” Kaepernick said. “I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country. And they fight for freedom, they fight for the people, they fight for liberty and justice, for everyone. That’s not happening.
“People are dying in vain because this country isn’t holding their end of the bargain up, as far as giving freedom and justice, liberty to everybody. That’s something that’s not happening. I’ve seen videos, I’ve seen circumstances where men and women that have been in the military have come back and been treated unjustly by the country they fought have for, and have been murdered by the country they fought for, on our land. That’s not right.”..”
Hansen Unplugged: Anthem protests not about disrespecting the flag
WFAA
Published on Sep 25, 2017
“Our forefathers made freedom of speech the First Amendment. They listed 10, and not one of them says you have to stand during the national anthem.”
Randy Moss describes hate mail he received after wearing controversial tie at HOF induction Tom Schad, USA TODAY Published 12:15 p.m. ET Aug. 9, 2018 usatoday.com “..In an interview with the website that published Thursday, Moss said more than 20 NBA and NFL athletes have reached out privately to thank or applaud him after he wore a tie that listed the names of a dozen black men and women who have been killed by police. But Moss also said he’s gotten “probably 150 to 200 messages” that amounted to hate mail.
“The black community praised me and thanked me for shedding light on African-Americans dying,” Moss told The Undefeated. “Then on the flip side, you’ve got sites where people are slamming me, saying, ‘Hey, (racial epithet), stay in your place.’
“All of this hate mail I’m getting for wearing a tie and talking about the truth. But I can handle it because I’ve been dealing with racism my whole life.”..”
Natives
My decision and my right’ — teen has sat out Pledge of Allegiance for years By Mayra Cuevas, CNN Updated 7:45 PM ET, Fri September 16, 2016 cnn.com “… (CNN)Long before Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem, sparking a national dialogue, there was Leilani Thomas.
Leilani, now 14, has sat out the Pledge of Allegiance since the second grade.
“Most of my teachers, they respected my decision and my right and belief. So they never said anything about it,” she told CNN during a phone interview Friday. “I think the pledge is a lie to me and it’s a lie to my people.”
Leilani and her family are part of the Elem Indian Colony — a Native American tribe in Northern California, where she attends Lower Lake High School as a freshman. …
Thomas was to join the North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline when Leilani told him about the situation with the pledge and her grades. He decided to stay and stand by his daughter instead.
But even 1,500 miles away from North Dakota, Leilani says she will find a way to make her voice heard in support of Standing Rock.
“As they say ‘justice for all’– we think that is a lie. What they did to my people not long ago? And not so long ago. They still do it today for example with Standing Rock in North Dakota. I want people to realize what has happened and is still happening to the native people to this day. I have my rights to do so,” she said. ..”
After the team received its gold medals, Imboden took a knee on the medal podium as the national anthem played.
Following the event, Imboden took to Twitter to explain why he took the knee. The main reasons: racism, gun control, mistreatment of immigrants and the rhetoric of President Donald Trump…
Who is Race Imboden?
The 26-year-old Imboden was born in Tampa, Florida, and hails from Brooklyn, New York. A long-time member of the U.S. fencing team, Imboden has tallied 12 gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals at the Pan American Games between team and individual events. He scored bronze with the American foil team at the 2016 Olympics.
Currently ranked second in the men’s foil in the world by the International Fencing Federation, Imboden was part of the first U.S. foil team to win a world championship this July. Imboden also moonlights as a professional model, working for the likes of Marc Jacobs, J. Crew and Rag and Bone according to USA Today…”
Kelly Holstine, 46, Minnesota’s 2018 Teacher of the Year and the director of educational equity at OutFront Minnesota, an LGBT+ civil rights group, attended the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday in New Orleans. Before the Louisiana State University-Clemson University game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the first couple took the field amid chants of “USA, USA” and “Four more years!”
The former English teacher from Shakopee, Minn., who was the first openly-gay teacher to receive the award, lined up for the national anthem with her colleagues, only 15 feet from the president and the first lady. As singer Lauren Daigle performed, Holstine took a knee.
“We were told that putting our hand over our hearts during the national anthem was optional, but that wasn’t enough for me,” Holstine tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “Kneeling is a way to show respect for the military and our country, while also supporting oppressed and marginalized humans.”..”
Veterans
An open letter from American military veterans in support of Colin Kaepernick By Rhiannon Walker @InstantRHIplay theundefeated.com “..“I wanted to put something out there in the world … to say that ‘There are veterans who not only agree with Colin Kaepernick’s right to do that, but also agree with the substance of the action,’ ” Smith said. “And are willing to stand up and say Black Lives Matter and this is an important issue that we need to address in our country…” I’m a U.S. military veteran and sitting for the National Anthem is the most American thing ever By Revelist by Joshua M. Patton huffingtonpost.com “…The right we have to protest the government, refuse to participate in the national anthem or Pledge of Allegiance, to go to political events and scream nonsense obscenities at our elected leaders is a miracle.
This list of complaints our ancestors made against the British government to the King got the entire Congress labeled as traitors and marked for the hangman’s noose. Like Kaepernick, they were a bunch of rich guys who were doing well in society-as-it-was, and they went out on a limb for those without power…and that limb snapped in two..”
Neutral Perspective
Debate: Colin Kaepernick
SM East Harbinger
Published on Sep 27, 2016
Students of Shawnee Mission East High School sat down on Thursday, September 22nd and discussed NFL Quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Specifically, his decision to kneel during the national anthem.
Should
Everyone Should Stand for the National Anthem
PragerU
Published on Nov 23, 2017
Why should every American stand for the National Anthem? Because the Anthem and the flag represent America, and America is a free nation. That alone is worth standing for. Joy Villa, singer, songwriter, and recording artist, explains.
Trump Criticizes NFL for Not Forcing Players to Stand for National Anthem By SCOTT RAFFERTY rollingstone.com
President said football players are displaying “total disrespect for our great country” by protesting during “The Star-Spangled Banner” “..During Tuesday’s meeting with owners and players, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league didn’t ask for a commitment from players to stand for the national anthem. Instead, Goodell explained, “We spent today talking about the issues that players have been trying to bring attention to – issues to make our communities better.”
In response, Donald Trump criticized the NFL via Twitter for not forcing players to stand for the national anthem, writing they are displaying “total disrespect for our great country” by protesting during the national anthem…”
Carla Malony, who was secretary of the GOP’s Beaver County branch, apologised for the series of posts she made on the social network last year.
Although it is unclear exactly when the comments were made, they appeared to be in reaction to players kneeling in protest as the national anthem played before NFL games.
In one post, Ms Malony described American footballers taking part in the gesture to protest cases of police brutality in the US as “over paid ignorant blacks”, suggesting they should “go to Africa”.
When another Facebook user commented: “Go Steelers,” in reference to the Pittsburgh Steelers NFL franchise, the GOP activist launched into another racially-charged tirade.
“Steelers are now just as bad as the rest of the over paid baboons. You respect your flag, country and our national atnthem (sic),” she wrote.
“Stop watching, or going to a game and paying for over priced food, water and tickets. Lets see how the baboons get paid when white people stop paying their salaries.”
The Beaver County Republican Committee said in a statement that it had accepted Ms Maloney’s resignations from both of her roles in the party and denounced her comments.
“The views expressed in her posts are abhorrent and have no place in reasonable public discourse,” the committee said.
The NFL national anthem protests first began in 2016, when then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee to highlight police violence against minority groups and racial inequalities in America.
Since then, hundreds of players have refused to observe the anthem at American football games and in a variety of other US sports.
The protests have drawn the ire of president Donald Trump, who last year called on NFL franchise owners to fire players who refused to stand during the national anthem.
From the beginning of the 2018 NFL season, due to start on Thursday, players will be required by league rules to observe the anthem on the field or stay in the dressing room.
In her resignation statement, Ms Malony apologised for her remarks about the protests, which she said had been “in poor taste.”
“I apologise for my distasteful, inappropriate and insensitive social media posts,” she added.
“Those that know me know that I come from a diverse family that represents modern America.
“I know my posts and comments were disrespectful to not only the people that I love, but families across the country.
“I know I am a better person than this and, as I step away from these public positions, I will work to show everyone who I truly am.”..”
Report: GOP official resigns after calling kneeling NFL players ‘baboons’
CNN
Published on Sep 2, 2018
According to the Beaver County Times, Carla Maloney, a Republican county official in Pennsylvania, has resigned after it was revealed that she’d written Facebook posts referring to kneeling NFL players as “baboons.”
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Stop blaming the “other” political party for where we are at! “We” caused this on ourselves…
Here are some facts:
Trump Feeding “Tear Away” Immigrant Kids to America’s “Elite Pedophiles” By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor – June 17, 2018 veteranstoday.com “..The “elites,” as they love calling themselves, who own the Federal Reserve, run Washington and London, who start our wars, loot our economy, run our media, control our lives, live on a diet of ritual sexual abuse, sex hormones and amphetamines…
Their diet of stolen children come from families destroyed by narcotics or targeted by fake courts and fake police. Kids seized by “family services” are picked through and fed into the rape and murder mill of the real “Pizzagate,” built around those who own the GOP….
In America, it began with “boy’s homes” and detention centers. It began with teenage boys but, as it moved on, it became smaller and smaller children…
Kids that hit the US border, and this is Trump’s doing 100%, are picked through like meat, the “prime kids” are sent off to pedophile rings run by Trump cronies, to be passed around Pentagon brass, Tea Party get togethers and among the GOP faithful. They are stored at elite hunting “camps” and “religious retreats” owned by billionaires and big corporate donors. We aren’t making this up, it isn’t fake news and it was originally “busted” as the Franklin Scandal…”
The Franklin Scandal – YouTube
Oct 17, 2009 – Uploaded by trinedaybooks “Video account of child pornography, sex rings, government coverup and innocent kids being sent to jail, based …”
Major documentary on highest-level child sex-abuse is suppressed Listen | Print By Ralph Lopez Aug 14, 2014 in World digitaljournal.com “..On May 3rd, 1994, the Discovery Channel was set to air Conspiracy of Silence, an hour-long documentary on a network of Nebraska businessmen and Washington politicians who flew children, some under age ten, to Washington D.C. for sex orgies. ..”
Inside Casa Padre, the converted Walmart where the U.S. is holding nearly 1,500 immigrant children by Michael E. Miller, Emma Brown and Aaron C. Davis June 14 2018 washingtonpost.com “..Texas-based Southwest Key has grown quickly in recent years, fueled by surges of young Central Americans seeking refuge north, an expansion that has helped push annual compensation for the nonprofit’s chief executive, Juan Sanchez, to nearly $1.5 million, filings with the Internal Revenue Service show. The organization now houses 5,129 immigrant children in three states — approaching half the approximately 11,400 currently in federal custody — in facilities that are being strained to capacity, according to Sanchez…”
DACA: What you need to know CBS News January 24, 2018, 6:00 AM cbsnews.com “..The government is open again, and now the fight begins over securing the fate of several hundred thousand immigrants known as Dreamers. To end the shutdown, Democrats exacted a promise from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring a legislative fix for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival recipients (DACA) to the floor on Feb. 8, if government remains open (that’s when the new short-term spending bill expires).
Congress will now try and come up with a solution for the undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, in balance with upgrades in border security. Here are some of the questions about DACA and about the challenges ahead:..”
Family separation crisis: How we got here Author: Suzanne Nuyen
Published: 1:37 PM EDT June 18, 2018 kare11.com
Since the Trump administration rolled out its ‘zero tolerance’ policy on immigration, about 2,000 children have been separated from their parents. “The Trump administration has said its “zero tolerance” policy on immigration is an effort to deter individuals from entering the U.S. illegally.
Since its rollout, about 2,000 children have been separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border.
Here’s a look at how this policy came to be:
March 2017: Former Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly confirms that the administration was considering the policy of separating families as a deterrent to illegal immigration. Nearly 200 national, state and local organizations write a letter to Kelly in opposition of the policy. Multiple members of Congress also write letters to Homeland Security. ..”
Did Obama separate families at the border? – YouTube
CNN
Published on Jun 21, 2018
Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson says that he discussed separating kids from their parents as a deterrent to illegal immigration but didn’t think the practice was right.
Jeff Sessions’ church slams his use of the Bible to defend separating migrant families “..Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a United Methodist, and he is also the face of the Trump administration’s widely condemned policy of separating migrant children from their families at the border. In a Friday statement slamming the policy as “a shocking violation of the spirit of the Gospel,” the United Methodist Church registered its dissent to Sessions’ use of the Bible to defend the separations: Jesus is our way, our truth, our life. The Christ we follow would have no part in ripping children from their mothers’ arms or shunning those fleeing violence. It is unimaginable that faith leaders even have to say that these policies are antithetical to the teachings of Christ. Christian sacred texts ….”
Trump blames Democrats for a law that separates undocumented immigrant children from their families. Some Democrats blame Trump’s administration for losing track of nearly 1,500 immigrant kids.
None of this is accurate.
We’ve fact-checked many claims about the border, and it’s clear that the latest spin from both sides deserves a turn under the microscope. However, since this is a roundup of multiple claims, we won’t be giving Pinocchio ratings.
…
Trump tweeted “Put pressure on the Democrats to end the horrible law that separates children from there parents once they cross the Border into the U.S. Catch and Release, Lottery and Chain must also go with it and we MUST continue building the WALL! DEMOCRATS ARE PROTECTING MS-13 THUGS..”
President Obama is showing little concern for international law, and none at all for Washington’s historic responsibility in Central America.
“..
…The Ramirezes (their names have been changed to protect them from retribution) got through Mexico and crossed the Rio Grande just south of here safely, but Esperanza, who is 24, has had to live with violence her entire life. She and her daughter had just fled the most dangerous city in the world, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where the two biggest criminal gangs, which have memberships across the region in the tens of thousands, fight with automatic weapons. The city has become a war zone, with a murder rate of 193 per 100,000 (New York City’s rate is 5.1). Angelica’s father died in gang-related violence a couple of years ago. “In some neighborhoods, people are abandoning their homes from fear,” she said. “The gangs are even murdering 8-year-old kids who will not join them.” …
Americans, especially young Americans, probably know more about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda than they do about how their own government funded murderous right-wing dictatorships in Central America back in the 1980s. The Reagan administration’s violent and immoral policy included $5 billion in aid to the military/landowner alliance in El Salvador, which prolonged an awful conflict in which some 75,000 people died—a toll proportionally equivalent to the casualty rate in the American Civil War. But once shaky peace agreements were signed in the 1990s, the United States walked away, leaving the shattered region to rebuild on its own. ..
The very name of one of the giant criminal gangs—18th Street, or Calle 18—reveals the origins of the current crisis. Eighteenth Street is not in San Pedro Sula, or in San Salvador, or in any of the other Central American cities torn apart by gang warfare. Eighteenth Street is actually in Los Angeles, where the gang and its rival, the Mara Salvatrucha, were born among young Salvadorans who had been displaced by the civil war in the 1980s. After the United States started deporting gang members, they arrived back in Central America, some barely speaking Spanish and knowing only how to do one thing: grab the weapons the region was already awash in and start killing. During the decade-long civil war, family and community life had weakened, so the newly arrived gangs partly filled a vacuum…
Here in McAllen, the community center of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church has become a relief station for adults with children who are pouring across the border in the Rio Grande Valley. Children who are by themselves do not come here; they are held in the overcrowded Border Patrol detention centers until a relative who is already in the United States sends them funds for an air ticket to join them, pending a resolution of their immigration case. (Roughly 90 percent of the Central Americans already have a family member in the United States.) ..”
Why Central Americans are fleeing their violent homelands for the US By Danika Fears and Lorena Mongelli April 13, 2017 | 1:26am | Updated nypost.com “..n 2016, El Salvador’s murder rate was 81.2 per 100,000 inhabitants — down from 104 in 2015, the highest in the world. Honduras’ murder rate was 59 last year, while Guatemala’s was 27.3, dropping from a high of 46.5 in 2009.
“There’s no such thing as people going out jogging there,” Ana Quintana, a policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, said of Honduras. “There are 24-hour funeral homes. It’s incredibly sad.”
Civil wars rocked El Salvador and Guatemala until the mid-1990s, leaving them vulnerable to transnational crime outfits — like MS-13, which was created by Salvadorans who fled to LA.
Drug trafficking from South America and Mexico — in which some of the gangs have become involved — has also contributed to the bloodshed.
In 2014, US officials said 80 percent of drug flows into America pass through routes in Central America…”
Deporting people made Central America’s gangs. More deportation won’t help. By Daniel Denvir July 20, 2017 washingtonpost.com ‘..“MS-13 is one of the most vicious criminal gangs in this country today,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “As I said when I visited Long Island after these murders took place in April, MS-13’s motto may be ‘kill, rape and control,’ but the Department of Justice’s motto is justice for victims and consequences for criminals.” In April, Sessions made a stop on his immigrants-are-killing-Americans tour in Long Island, where he went further into his view of transnational gangs…
In reality, it is U.S. foreign policy and the very sort of deportation policies Sessions embraces that have created the “horrific violence” and “lawlessness” he expresses concern about, and there’s no reason to believe that continuing these policies will do anything other than cause more harm….
The gang Sessions pinpointed, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), was founded in Los Angeles, as was its rival, Barrio 18. Many of the youths who formed MS-13, and who joined its rival Barrio 18 (initially formed by Mexicans) had fled El Salvador as refugees as civil war raged between 1980 and 1992. At the time, the right-wing military government in El Salvador was backed by President Ronald Reagan’s administration. All in all, the U.S. spent billions of dollars on its dirty war against left-wing rebels of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, or FLMN. Wars were also ripping apart Guatemala, where the U.S.-backed military committed genocide against indigenous people, and Nicaragua, where the U.S. supported a Contra army that sought to overthrow the left-wing Sandinista government because it had dared to depose the right-wing Somoza family dictatorship…
In fiscal 2014, the Border Patrol apprehended almost 137,000 unaccompanied minors and individuals traveling with their families, the majority part of a new refugee exodus from Central America to seek asylum from violent conflicts between gangs and governments in their deeply impoverished native lands…
. In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility law, which made it far easier for the government to deport people convicted of certain crimes, including relatively minor ones and crimes committed by lawful permanent residents. At the same time, the INS Violent Gang Task Force, created in 1992, was working with local police to target immigrant gang members for deportation. In 2005, ICE’s Operation Community Shield was launched to target MS-13…
..Since taking office, President Trump has proclaimed that his government is “actually liberating towns” from the gang’s clutches and falsely claimed that he has deported half of the gang’s U.S.-based membership. He has blamed “weak illegal immigration policies” under President Barack Obama for allowing the gang to spread, calling it “a serious problem” that “we never did anything about.” In fact, deporting alleged gang members had been a bipartisan priority for three presidential administrations. And for presidents from both parties, the emphasis on gangs has served the same purpose: fomenting public anxiety over crime and foreigners in the service of a system that mostly deports immigrants who have been convicted of no violent crime…
The tragic upshot is that, thanks to flashy headlines about international gang violence, people are primed to support the same sort of policies that created this spiraling crisis in the first place: deporting Central Americans, refugees and alleged gang members alike, while funding law-and-order crackdowns and business-friendly economic reforms in the region that can only make things worse. We are not importing Central American problems. Rather, it is the U.S. that has exported violence, time and again, to Central America.”
ICE Repatriation Flights to Central America
What happens to migrant children who get deported back to Central America?
CBS This Morning
Published on Jul 25, 2014
Many undocumented migrant children who fail to reach the U.S. are sent home to Central America. Manuel Bojorquez recently traveled to El Salvador to find what is waiting for them when they arrive home.
Why so many migrant kids are coming to the U.S. alone
PBS NewsHour
Published on Jun 20, 2014
Hoping to stop the surge of unaccompanied minors arriving in the U.S., Vice President Biden visited Guatemala to get support from Central American leaders. The NewsHour’s P.J. Tobia reports on why kids are coming and what happens to these child migrants when they arrive.
Immigrant America: The High Cost of Deporting Parents
VICE News
Published on Mar 19, 2014
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As Barack Obama considers ways to enforce immigration laws “more humanely,” VICE News travels to Guatemala to meet a deportee named Ray Jesus, who lives apart from his American wife and 5 American children. When Ray lived in the U.S., he was the family’s breadwinner. Now they rely on welfare to get by. It turns out that deporting parents costs much more than the price of a one-way ticket home.”
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‘Like a kidnapping’: ICE snatches 25-year Minnesota resident from his family in harrowing video ALAN PYKE
JUL 31, 2018, 4:34 PM
UPDATED: AUG 1, 2018, 3:36 PM thinkprogress.org
Plainclothes, refusal to show ID, threats of federal assault charges — all in the broad daylight of a county courthouse. “..No clean cases
Carlos’ story is not neat or simple. He was in court that day because he’d struck a pedestrian with his car in early 2017. His blood-alcohol level was under the legal limit, but because he’d had two beers and didn’t blow a perfect 0.0 he was charged with a felony. During his nearly six months in county lock-up following his arrest, he completed a rehab program. He enrolled in and completed another after his release…
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“He has always admitted his fault in what he has done, and also has said to me various times, you know, I feel like I had to experience going to jail to understand what so many people are going through in our criminal justice system,” said Catalina, who’s sat alongside Carlos in church pews and marched with him at protests for eight years. “He always brings me back to understand that we are instruments of God’s work. He never hides. He was never shameful about his story. He would always acknowledge what happened, and say we go through these things for a purpose. He leads through that.”
The incident happened in the city of Bangor over Memorial Day weekend, the ACLU of New Hampshire said in a video statement.
The footage shows passengers being confronted by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent.
“Are you folks U.S. citizens?” the CBP agent asks.
“I’m not answering that question, sir,” a man says in the video…”
VIDEO: Kirstjen Nielsen Driven Out of Mexican Restaurant by Protesters heavy.com “..“Secretary Nielsen, how dare you spend your evening here eating dinner,” the protester shouts, accusing Nielsen in being “complicit” in the separation and deportation of children. Nielsen kept her head down for most of the video and did not interact with the protesters. “Shame! Shame! Shame!” the protesters chanted. They held a sign that said, “no human is illegal.” Men in suits stood between the protesters and the secretary. “End family separation,” the protesters shouted. “If kids don’t eat in peace, you don’t eat in peace.” They shouted, “Not in D.C. Not in the U.S.” and “In a Mexican restaurant of all places….The F*cking gall. Shame on you….fascist pig.” They also shouted, “Abolish ICE” and “No borders, no wall, sanctuaries for all.” ..”
Misreporting?
Commentary: Time magazine’s major mistake on the crying-girl cover Time magazine’s cover for July 2, 2018. (Time)
Aaron Blake chicagotribune.com/ “..Unfortunately, they made their most iconic image something that wasn’t a family being separated — and ultimately undermines their cause.
The photo of a nearly 2-year-old Honduran girl crying as her mother is being patted down quickly went viral. It also has been used for a Facebook fundraiser to raise more than $18 million to help reunite families that have been separated. And the whole thing culminated in its placement in a photo illustration on the cover of Time magazine. The image on the July 2 issue features the girl against a red background, with President Donald Trump towering over her and the words, “Welcome to America.”
The implication was clear: This was a girl who, like 2,300 other children, was being separated from her mother. Time and many others made a decision to suggest that this was an example of Trump uprooting our American ideals.
But that’s not what it was. As The Washington Post’s Samantha Schmidt and Kristine Phillips report, the girl’s father says the child and her mother were never separated. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol confirmed it, as did the Honduran deputy foreign minister.
The image is a sad one, but it is of a rather standard occurrence at the border: A mother and her daughter attempted to immigrate illegally and were apprehended. The mother, in fact, had tried this before and was deported in 2013. The photo says virtually nothing about Trump’s now-aborted policy. In fact, it’s an example of how not all young children were separated from their parents…”
Time Magazine Corrects Cover Story on Crying Migrant Girl, Admits Family Was Never Separated Jon Levine,The Wrap 19 hours ago (June 23rd 2018) yahoo.com “..Time Magazine issued a correction to their most recent cover story on Friday, revealing that Yanela Hernandez, who became world famous over a tearful image of her being separated from her family, was, in fact never separated at all.
“The original version of this story misstated what happened to the girl in the photo after she taken from the scene,” read the correction at the bottom of their cover story.
“The girl was not carried away screaming by U.S. Border Patrol agents; her mother picked her up and the two were taken away together.”
While there is no doubt the family separation policy at the border did take place, the revelation that Hernandez herself was not separated is a high-profile mistake for the iconic magazine…’
Inside America’s $2bn immigrant detention industry – BBC News
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Published on Apr 2, 2014
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Under President Barack Obama, the US has deported almost two million undocumented immigrants, more than any of his predecessors.
Before being kicked out of the US, most of these people will spend time locked up in a detention centre. Some have criminal convictions, but the majority are detained on immigration charges.
A little-known federal law enacted in 2006 ensures that a minimum of 34,000 undocumented immigrants must be held on every single day. Private companies run most of the centres.
The BBC’s Franz Strasser went to Georgia to investigate America’s $2bn (£1.2bn) detention and deportation industry.
Are Immigration Detention Centers Concentration Camps? June 23, 2019
therealnews.com ‘Aviva Chomsky discusses the reality of refugees coming to the U.S in light of the controversial statement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that refugees are kept in concentration camps
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KPIX Gets Rare Look Inside Federal Immigrant Detention Center …
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Reports of abuse and inhumane conditions in federal immigrant detention centers prompted the California attorney general to take over control and monitoring of the facilities this year. ICE officials say past problems have been fixed and invited KPIX 5’s Allen Martin to see for himself. (9-29-17)
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Published on Jun 16, 2018
New video released by the U.S. government goes inside an El Cajon detention centre where undocumented immigrant children are separated from their parents.
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DHS whistleblower: Children detained at the border are at risk of deep trauma
18-year-old U.S. citizen detained by border officials said conditions were so bad he lost 26 pounds, almost self-deported BY CAITLIN O’KANE
UPDATED ON: JULY 26, 2019 / 1:26 PM / CBS NEWS cbsnews.com “..Francisco Erwin Galicia, the 18-year-old Dallas-born U.S. citizen detained by border officials, is speaking out about the conditions inside the facility where he was wrongfully held for more than three week. Galicia said conditions were so bad, he considered self-deporting just to get out — even though he has a birth certificate proving he’s American-born…
During the 23 days he was in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Galicia was not allowed to shower, he told The Dallas Morning News, which first reported his story.
The teen said he lost 26 pounds during his time in the immigrant detention center, and said officers didn’t provide him with enough food. He was crammed into an overcrowded holding area with 60 other men. They slept on the floor with aluminum-foil blankets — some even had to sleep in the bathroom area, he said…
“It was inhumane how they treated us. It got to the point where I was ready to sign a deportation paper just to not be suffering there anymore. I just needed to get out of there,” he told the newspaper. “It’s one thing to see these conditions on TV and in the news. It’s another to go through them.”
Galicia’s brother Marlon, who was born in Mexico and is not a U.S. citizen, decided to agree to deportation after two days in the facility.”
“..Elk River – The jail here is home to most of Minnesota’s immigration detainees, and it’s brought nearly $30 million to Sherburne County in recent years.
But a proposal to expand its capacity to house even more detainees has prompted a debate over whether the county should profit from or opt out of the nation’s growing immigration detention system…
On Aug. 10 and 11, Jewish organizations are coordinating #CloseTheCamps events on Tisha B’Av, a Jewish day of mourning.
The Torah commands Jewish people to love the stranger as one of their own, and the majority of Jews in the U.S. have an immigration story, said Carin Mrotz, executive director of Jewish Community Action (JCA), which organizes Jewish Minnesotans for social change.
“That story also involves not being welcome. … Often in moments of history when we have not been welcome, we have come anyway,” she said. “So we have all of these textual but also historical and cultural and traditional reasons why we tend to prioritize immigrant rights.”..
Mia Freiberg, a 25-year-old Minneapolis activist who is also helping coordinate the event, has long been aware of border issues, having grown up in San Diego. And social justice has always been a strong tenet of the Jewish community, she said: There’s a Jewish experience of being part of a diaspora and a persecuted minority group.
Questions about comparing immigration policies to the Holocaust are beside the point, Freiberg said.
“Compare it to the Japanese internment camps of World War II; compare it to whatever state-sanctioned violence,” she said. “The fact that we have to question whether or not it’s as bad as one of the most publicized mass genocides in the history of the world — that bar is too high. And I think it is a distraction from … the fact that people are dying, the fact that innocent people are in cages because they’re just trying to find a better life.”..
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Ms Provost addressed the group and its controversial content, which was posted by current and former Border Patrol officers, when it was uncovered earlier this month.
In a public statement at the time, she said: “These posts are completely inappropriate and contrary to the honour and integrity I see — and expect — from out agents day in and day out.
“Any employees found to have violated our standards of conduct will be held accountable.”
However, Ms Provost was apparently aware of the secret group long before her public statements, as she had responded to a post in it just three months after her appointment, The Intercept reported. ..”
American war veteran who spent several days in ICE detention receives $190k settlement
The IndependentNovember 14, 2019, 9:36 AM CST yahoo.com “A US citizen and military veteran suffering from a mental health condition will reportedly receive $190,000 (£147,988) from a Michigan city after local officials transferred him to ICE detention following an arrest last year.
Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, a decorated Marine veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, was arrested while experiencing an episode in which he lost all recollection, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Police found the veteran, who was born and raised in Michigan, on the helipad of a hospital after he started a small fire and pulled an alarm, according to reports.
Mr Ramos-Gomez was set to be released from jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanour trespassing charge, but was instead turned over to ICE by the Kent County Sheriff’s Department, which reportedly has a contract with the federal immigration enforcement agency.
“The fact that he has the name that he does, that he’s of the ethnic background that he is, almost certainly played a role,” Miriam Aukerman, a senior attorney for the ACLU of Michigan, told CNN…”
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Minnesota Vikings Players Credit the Lord for ‘Miracle’ Playoff Victory: ‘That Was God’ By Samuel Smith , CP Reporter | Jan 15, 2018 1:04 PM christianpost.com
QB: Winning Important Playoff Game Not Bigger Moment Than When I Accepted Christ “..Minnesota Vikings players are crediting the power of the Lord after they miraculously escaped Sunday’s NFL divisional playoff game against the New Orleans Saints with a victory that puts them one win away from reaching Super Bowl LII, which will be held in their own stadium…
“I ran the route, my QB gave me a great throw. God took care of the rest,” Diggs, a former standout at the University of Maryland, told ESPN after the game. “If you watch the play, a guy ran into another guy. I give all the glory to God. I give him the praise on this praise Sunday.”
“I still don’t know what just happened. I really don’t,” Diggs added when asked what he was thinking when he scored the game-winning touchdown. “I give it to God because without Him nothing is possible and I wouldn’t be here.”
Fellow Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen, a Minnesota native, agreed after the game and remarked, “That was God.”
“That play right there was God,” Thielen said, according to Sports Illustrated.
The 29-year-old quarterback, Keenum, who had a breakout season in 2017 after struggling through early parts of his career and will now be quarterbacking in the NFC Championship game, also praised the Lord.
“God is so good,” Keenum told Fox in a televised interview after the game. “It’s probably the third best day of my life; the day I gave my life to Jesus Christ, the day I married my wife, and probably this one.”..”
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Another Vikings wide receiver, Adam Thielen, described the final play this way: “That was God. That play right there was God.”
“God is so good,” Keenum said after the game.
“It’s probably gonna go down as the third best moment of my life; behind giving my life to Jesus Christ, marrying my wife, and this one’s right there close,” Keenum continued.
Three best moments of Case Keenum’s life:
1) Giving his life to Jesus
2) Marrying his wife
3) Throwing walk-off touchdown against the New Orleans Saints
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Case Keenum: I Just Threw It, Man … And He Caught It | Vikings vs Saints
Case Keenum’s Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know By Laura Amato
Updated Jan 14, 2018 at 10:06am Published Jan 14, 2018 at 10:00am heavy.com “…That, however, hasn’t stopped the Texas native, and, now, Keenum is primed for one of the biggest performances of his career, leading the Vikings in the postseason as the squad sets its sights on Super Bowl glory. Keenum wasn’t the planned starter in Minnesota this year, but he’s hit his stride under center with a team that’s rallied around his underdog mentality. And, through it all, Keenum has relied on the his family to keep him positive. Here’s everything you need to know about the QB’s support system:..
4. Keenum Credits Family & Faith for his Success…
It’s been a challenging road to postseason glory for Keenum – he was recruited by just one Division I program out of high school, set a handful of records at Houston, but was sidelined with an ACL injury and went undrafted out of college. Still, the quarterback never lost his faith or the support of his family. In fact, throughout his season with the Vikings, Keenum has been quick to point out how important both are to his success on the gridiron.
He told Pioneer Press:
That’s why I became a Christian — being around Christian athletes through FCA. I’m not playing for the name on the back of my jersey, I’m playing to glorify God. He’s given me talents, and I’m trying to maximize those talents however I can.
There have been plenty of detractors throughout his career, but Keenum’s family hasn’t shied away from voicing their support. His father, Steve, told Pioneer Press, “He’s a good man that loves his Lord and loves his wife, loves kids and he loves to play football. I wouldn’t play golf with him, and I wouldn’t hunt with him, because he’ll make you look bad.”
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Vikings QB Keenum 3rd Best moment in life after giving his life to Jesus Christ & marrying his wife
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Eight years later, the Vikings can get some revenge against the New Orleans Saints.
With the Saints defeating Carolina 31-26 in a wild-card game Sunday at home, they advanced to face the Vikings in a divisional playoff at 3:40 p.m. next Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium. It will be the first playoff meeting between the teams since New Orleans defeated Minnesota 31-28 in overtime in the 2009 NFC championship game.
The Vikings are the No. 2 seed in the NFC while the Saints are No. 4. The teams met in the Sept. 11 season opener, with Minnesota winning 29-19 at U.S. Bank Stadium.
The Vikings have a 2-1 playoff series edge over New Orleans, winning a wild-card game in 1987 and a divisional game in 2000. But the Saints won the most important game between the teams on Jan. 24, 2010 at the Superdome and two weeks later beat Indianapolis 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV.
Afterward, many on the Vikings alleged Saints players were trying to take quarterback Brett Favre out of the game. In 2011, the NFL initiated the “Bountygate” investigation.
In 2012, the league ruled there was a system in place in which Saints players were illegally paid bonuses for injuring opposing players. Penalties included coach Sean Payton and then-defensive coordinator Gregg Williams suspended for the entire 2012 season.
The only Vikings player remaining from the 2009 NFC championship game is defensive end Brian Robison. When asked last week about the possibility of rematch against the Saints, he said, “I’m not worried about that. This is 2017. That’s a long time ago.”
The Vikings went 13-3 during the regular season and won the NFC North while the Saints went 11-5 and won the NFC South. New Orleans didn’t look like a playoff-caliber team in the loss to open the season at Minnesota and started 0-2 before winning eight straight games.
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Chris joined the Pioneer Press in 2013 to cover the Vikings. He was a longtime NBA writer with the Akron Beacon Journal, Rocky Mountain News and AOL FanHouse. Before coming to Minnesota, he covered the Miami Heat and Dolphins for Fox Sports. Chris has won six awards in the past three Pro Football Writers of America contests. Chris is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he spent his college years watching the losingest team in the history of Division I-A football.
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Kimberly & Case Keenum Brought Together by Faith, Football & a Snow Cone Lindsey Young Assistant Editor & Staff Writer Posted Jan 12, 2018 vikings.com “..Because at the end of the day, Case and Kimberly know they’re in this adventure together – as husband and wife, study buddies, as best friends.
“A lot of people talk about the negative along the way, but I really feel like it’s been a great experience for us,” Kimberly says with a smile. “Everything we’ve been through, God has always been there in our lives.”..”
-Eagles “Fly”
Nick Foles nearly quit NFL, but prayer led him to Chiefs. Now he’s on cusp of Super Bowl By Pete Grathoff pgrathoff@kcstar.com
January 19, 2018 10:26 AM “..Foles, 28, talked more about that time of his life during a news conference in Philadelphia. Ultimately, prayer led Foles to reunite with Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who had drafted Foles in 2012 when he coached the Eagles.
The Chiefs signed Foles before the 2016 season and he appeared in three games, making one start. Foles completed 36-of-55 passes for 410 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.
“I talked a lot to my wife and I remember just saying a prayer,” Foles said this week. “I literally said a prayer and then … my heart said go back. At that moment, it was going to back to play for coach Reid, and when I did, you know, I am a better person because of that decision.
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Is there an NFL conspiracy against the Eagles? Enrico Campitelli,NBC Sports Philadelphia 5 hours ago yahoo.com “Somebody jumped the gun this week in a promotion for Super Bowl LII. Or did they?
This year’s Super Bowl will feature either the Patriots or Jaguars taking on either the Eagles or Vikings. Unless there is some conspiracy afoot!
You see, there is an image going around that the NFL posted a promo of Super Bowl LII featuring only the Patriots and Vikings along with some head-scratching text. Just another attempt to disrespect the Birds!
It included the following text:
Your team is headed to Super Bowl LII…and you could too! When you donate to United Way, you could score 2 club-level seats to watch the PATRIOTS vs. the VIKINGS battle it out for the coveted Super Bowl title! But…that’s not all! You could also WIN pre-game sideline access + other cool perks! Don’t pass up this touchdown experience – donate TODAY for your chance to WIN big
Offsides!
So are the conference championship games fixed?!? Unlikely. “
Vikings Fans Completely DISRESPECT The People of Philly!
Vikings fans put up with Eagles’ fans antics for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ trip to Philadelphia By Jace Frederick | jfrederick@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
PUBLISHED: January 21, 2018 at 6:50 pm | UPDATED: January 21, 2018 at 8:44 pm twincities.com “..At one point while tailgating Sunday afternoon, Mike decided to walk over to the Vikings’ tailgating section along with former Bethel football player and Eden Prairie native Ben Wahlquist and Ben’s younger brother, J.J. To get there, they had to cross paths with a sea of Eagles fans. They paid the price for doing so.
“I took two hot dogs and a beer can (to the body) and a football almost went by my ear,” Mike said. “The hot dog actually hurt, me getting hit in the back with a hot dog.”
Said Ben Wahlquist: “That was more verbal abuse in five minutes than I’ve taken in my entire life.”
Asked what the worst thing said to him was, Wahlquist said, “I probably shouldn’t repeat it. I went to Bethel.”
That was a common theme among Vikings fans who tailgated outside Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday…
There were some fun moments with Philadelphia fans, too. As White Bear Lake’s John Howalt was driving into the tailgate lot, an Eagles fan lined up like he was going to tackle Howalt’s rental car.
“He came up, lifted up the front end, and then he gently set it down,” Howalt said, “and gave us a high five on the way (by).”
Becky Uhlenkamp, from Victoria, Minn., said “most” Eagles fans were nice, but noted there were a few beers launched into the Vikings contingent. A few of those cans did more damage than others. Eric Streich, from Madison, Minn., said one can hit a kid, but that the fan who threw that can was indeed arrested…”
Vikings Fan BEHIND ENEMY LINES at the NFC Championship Tailgate!
Eagles fans make ‘financial apology’ for behavior toward Vikings fans Andrew Kulp | The700Level,NBC Sports Philadelphia 4 hours ago (1.27.18)yahoo.com “..In the words of Donovan McNabb, a handful of Eagles fans have even made a “financial apology” on behalf of the team’s supporters. ESPN’s Tim McManus reports a sizable uptick in donations to The Mike Zimmer Foundation – the Vikings’ head coach its namesake – with notes of contrition attached.
Almost $7,000 has been collected from Eagles fans since the game, per McManus, with more money flowing in.
Whether Vikings fans who complained about the hospitality are being crybabies or have a legitimate gripe is probably in the eye of the beholder…”
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Sal: I actually did a “little” prayer during the Vikings’ 4th quarter when they were down. I prayed that God will be “glorified” if the Vikings win after reading a recent article (posted above) on Case Keenum prior to the game. I believe many others were praying too. Do you think “our” prayer were answered?
-Continue the “miracle” in various ways throughout the year..
What does ‘SKOL’ mean? By Ted Glover@purplebuckeye Jun 27, 2010, 4:52pm CDT dailynorseman.com
Viking fans say ‘Skol Vikings!’ Ever wonder what ‘skol’ means? Now you will, if you read this story. ‘..Anyway, at the end of the battle, Viking warriors would decapitate the king or leader of the tribe/army they had just vanquished and that night would drink from his skull–spelled skoll–as a sign of respect for the fallen opponent. It was only then, Viking warriors believed, could an opponent who had fought valiantly be allowed into Valhalla.
In battle, Vikings would urge each other forward by yelling “SKOLL” to one another. By doing so, they were telling each other to keep it up so they could drink from the skull (and the top of a lopped off skull looks roughly like a..wait for it…BOWL!!) of the Vanquished that night…”
What Does ‘Skol’ Actually Mean?
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What were you thoughts of this “memorable” game? Are there other words to describe this game besides “miracle”?
