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scottysanchezs · 6 months ago

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A laugh escaped and Scotty raised his eyebrows at her "Now I want to know what else is on that bucket list. I don't think I've made a bucket list since College and that was years and years ago." Scotty laughed again, making a small joke about his age. The man took a deep breath and then nursed his beer in his hands, Scotty wanted to know why getting arrested seemed and sounded so interesting to the brunette. He wondered if she had a wild side that no one knew about. Nodding his head, Scotty let out a sigh and then opened his mouth to speak "I don't really like to talk about it. I mean, when my wife passed ----" Stopping himself, Scotty took a gulp of his beer and let the alcohol burn down his throat "I got into a really dark place. Got fucked up for a bit. Caused some mayhem. Department back in Brooklyn wasn't happy about it. They did everything in their power to try and take my gun and badge. Said I had a mental breakdown. Most of it is true I guess. The whole mental breakdown thing. " Shrugging his shoulders, Scotty swallowed hard and then shook his head, letting out a nervous laugh "Sorry. Didn't mean to get serious for a minute." Finishing his beer, a soft smile appeared on his face. He watched as she positioned herself and the man couldn't help but stare. He had no idea why the hell Scotty felt safe enough to talk to Armi about Alyssa. Swallowing a lump that formed in his throat, he smiled and nodded as she took the shot "See! You did good." Scotty exclaimed and then looked at her "Listen. We can uh, we can finish this game of Pool or we can get out of here?" Scotty had no idea what the fuck he was doing, but here goes nothing.

"Maybe not, but you'd probably choke to see the other items on said bucket list." She commented, "Getting arrested might be one of the more milder ones." Add in the fact that she had a fantasy or two featuring such scenarios, and well -- it was over. But she thought better then to tell Wilmington's police chief that. "You've been to jail?" She questioned, her brows furrowed at the thought, "For real?" Not that it was completely far fetched, but -- okay, maybe it was kinda far fetched. At least, in her mind. She smirked as he made a second hit, before then passing the over to her. She shook her head at the term he used for her, not hating it. Not even a little bit. He was a good looking man, himself. She went up, and position herself to make her shot. Usually good at pool, tonight she seemed to be fumbling as she missed. Straightening up, she groaned, "Okay -- I might be a little rusty. Do not judge me."

#(everybody has a chapter they don't read out loud: conversations.)#(conversations.)#(armi deleon.)#gun tw #death mention tw

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theculturedmarxist · 1 year ago

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CONSERVATISM

by Daniel DeLeon

The Daily People The People, Oct. 20, 1895

T he scientific principle of the class struggle is a basic principle from which socialist tactics proceed.

The principle is denied, by the superficial and the vicious, as unsound and immoral. And, yet, hear them talk and you will find that, unconsciously, they act obedient to it. Like bees, who, without mathematical knowledge, build their cells mathematically, the adversaries of the theory of the class struggle frame their conduct obedient thereto.

“Conservatism” is the motto of the upholders of the present system. “Conservatism”, as against “revolution”, is what they recommend.

In the one word, the principle of the class struggle is ratified by its very denouncers.

The exploiting and idle class struggles upon the lines of their class interests. They aim to conserve the power they now enjoy to live in luxury without work, to ride the proletariat, to fleece the workers. That their aim should be such is not to be wondered at; it is natural. But for the very reason that “conservatism” is natural with the capitalist class, “revolution” is the natural principle to control the class struggle of the oppressed.

The working class of America has nothing, no economic or social powers, worth conserving. “Conservatism” can never mean the striving to conserve chains. When the lot of a class is thralldom, “conservatism" ceases to be a natural principle with it; revolution must become its moving spring. And that is the situation of more than one half of our population today.

Time was when the workers still held some economic power. They could combine in unions, and the force of their numbers in the shops and mills could ensure for them a certain amount of freedom. That was when machinery had not yet reached its present perfection, when capitalist concerns had not reached their present stage of concentration, when, consequently, there were not more applicants for jobs than there were jobs to be had.

Now all that has changed.

Owing to the stupendous army of the unemployed, coupled with the elimination of skill by the machine, the subdivision of labor, and the concentration of capital, the economic power once wielded by the workers is a thing of the past, and whatever little power they may still seem to possess in this respect, their bosses can at any moment shatter to pieces, as they have done again and again, with the aid of the public powers.

Stripped of all economic power, and thereby thrust into rags, squalid homes, dependence, with overworked wives and underfed children, to talk “conservatism” to the worker is irony, and to hear the labor misleaders recommend the thing to the toilers is insanity, where it is not rascality.

“Conservatism”, by all means, if there is anything worth conserving, and everything not worth losing.

“Revolution”, if there is nothing worth conserving, and everything worth gaining.

These are the class lines upon which the political battle is being fought, and is bound to be fought, to the end.

With the reactionary and therefore conservative ballot of the capitalist parties, backed by their guns, the oppressing class seeks to conserve its usurped position and continue to enjoy its stolen goods.

With the revolutionary and therefore socialist ballot, ready to be backed by all other means if the capitalist class rebels against the fiat of the suffrage, the wage slave class, the proletariat, seeks to rid itself of its chains, and to regain possession of its own!

#daniel deleon #conservatism #labor history

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georgemcginn · 8 months ago

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unclesamsmisguidedclub · 5 years ago

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Special Forces Members Killed in Afghanistan Identified

On August 21, two Special Forces members killed in Afghanistan were identified as Green Berets with 1st battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne). They were killed in Faryab Province, Afghanistan. The Army has identified them as Master Sgts. Luis F. Deleon-Figueroa, 31, and Jose J. Gonzalez, 35. Both were posthumously promoted to Master Sergeant. (Military.com)

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#7th Special Forces Group #Afghanistan #Faryab Province #Green Berets #Jose J. Gonzalez #Luis F Deleon-Figueroa #Uncle Sam&039;s Misguided Children #US Army

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blackfemmecharacterdependency · 3 years ago

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BFCD Masterlist: Video Game Characters

List will be updated as characters are introduced to the blog. Feel free to continue to submit characters as I do not play or really know video games and those that I didn’t find in searching/research, were fewer in number than the ones that I happened across or found by sifting.

Edit: The asterisk is for voice actors and I only included the Black female voice actors. That’s why they don’t all have them. (Some of them were for whatever reason voiced by some nonblack).

Bangalore (Anita Williams) - Apex Legends * Erica Luttrell | Billie Lurk/Megan Foster - Dishonored 2 * Rosario Dawson | Bow Kid - A Hat in Time | Bunny Brawler - Fortnite

Daisy Fitzroy - Bioshock Infinite * Kimberly Brooks | Darli Dagger - Samurai Shodown | Doctor Slone - Fortnite * Mara Junot | Dolores - The King of Fighters

Flint - Brute Force * Monnae Michaell | Fliss Dubois ( Félicité DuBois) - Man of Medan * Ayisha Issa | Frey Holland - Forspoken * Ella Balinska

Grace - Fighting Vipers | Grace Sienar - Star Wars: Squadrons * Erica Luttrell | Grace Walker - Wolfenstein * Debra Wilson

Holiis Forsythe - Psychonauts * Kimberly Brooks

Ikora Rey - Destiny The Game * Mara Junot | Imani - Paladins | Isabelle Moreau - Desperados

Jacqui Briggs - Mortal Kombat * Danielle Nicolet, Megalyn Echikunwoke | Jade - Mortal Kombat | Joslin Reyes Tomb Raider * Tanya Alexander | Julianna Blake - Death Loop * Ozioma Akagha

Kanna - Blast Master Zero | Kate Alen - F Zero

Mary - Pop N’ Music | Marina - Splatoon | Marlene - The Last of Us * Merle Dandridge | Melusi - Rainbow Six Siege * Sibongile Mlambo

Nadine Ross - Uncharted | Nilin - Remember Me | Nora Harris - The Last of Us * Chelsea Tavares | Nyoka - The Outer Worlds

Oerba Dia Vanille - Final Fantasy | Olara Horizon Zero Dawn | Olive Specter - The Sims | Orisa Overwatch *Cherrelle Skeete |

Piranha Jet Set Radio | Plastic - Mirror’s Edge * Ozioma Akagha | Purna Jackson - Dead Island

Talanji - World of Warcraft * Susan Wokoma | Talia - Lolirock | T-Bug - Cyberpunk 2077 | Tilly Jackson - Red Dead Redemption * Meeya Davis-Glover

Vella Tartine - Broken Age * Masasa Moyo | Vivienne de Fer - Dragon Age Inquisition

Zahra - Indivisible *Secunda Wood | Zo - Horizon Zero Dawn * Erica Luttrell | Zoey Wade - Choices: Stories You Play

#BFCD Masterlist #Video Game Characters Masterlist #Video Games #Black Femme Character with Black Voice Actor #Black Actresses #Black Female Characters #Black Voice Actors #List will be updated as needed #Girl That's Queuedt #90 tags

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salmonthestoryteller · 2 years ago

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Exo-Squad

Exo-Squad (1993-1994) is another show I haven't had the opportunity to see in years. It remains among my favorite shows because it did some amazing storytelling. Given that it technically was considered a children’s cartoon, it surprisingly did not shy from serious subjects. Which definitely works in its favor.

Set in the years 2119-2131 AD, against the backdrop of a war between Terrans (Humans) and Neosapians (An artificially created race), Exo-Squad is a very character-driven story that managed to both be somewhat episodic and carry a story arc that definitely had a beginning, middle, and (sort-of) end. (We'll get to the sort-of later.)

The series doesn't actually start with the Neosapian War. It starts with the idea of there being Space Pirates marauding from a base on Saturn’s moons, and the decision by the leaders of the Homeworlds (Earth, Venus, and Mars) to send most of their defense force (The Exo-Fleet) to get rid of the pirates once and for all. Partly at the encouragement of Phaeton, the Neosapian Governor of Mars.

We spend the first few episodes of the series on the battles against the pirates, introducing the main set of characters - the members of Able Squad, an E-frame unit belonging to the Exo-Fleet, including; J.T. Marsh, Nara Burns, Maggie Weston, Kaz Takagi, Alec DeLeon, Rita Torres, Wolf Bronsky, and Marsala.

Phaeton, meanwhile, is revealed to have secretly funded the creation of a fleet and weapons of his own - allowing him to seize control of the Homeworlds while the Terran’s own forces are busy with the Pirates. When what is happening on the Homeworlds is discovered, the Exo-Fleet ceases its attack on the pirates and heads back to stop the Neosapian fleet. However, due in large part to a tactical error by Captain Marcus, temporarily in charge of the fleet because the actual leader Admiral Winfield was injured during the battle with the Pirates, the Exo-Fleet is forced to retreat - leaving the Homeworlds in Phaeton’s hands.

Does that sound like I might be hating on Marcus? Wait, let me fix that.

Due to Marcus being an absolute imbecile who couldn't figure out how to direct his forces to fight their way out of a paper bag and opting to split his forces in half while facing a force of unknown numbers and power, the Exo-Fleet is handed their asses and forced to retreat.

There, now you know I am definitely hating on Marcus. Trust me, if you watch the series, you will share my feelings on the windbag.

Anyhow, you basically start the show under the notion “Space Pirates are evil, and Phaeton’s army is evil.”

Then the series spends the rest of the seasons explaining that, hm… maybe things aren't that clear cut.

Because as it turns out, the Terrans have kinda been dicks the last 100 years or so.

The Neosapians were used as slaves to help the humans terraform Venus and Mars. Unsurprisingly, this eventually led to the first Neosapian War. While they were finally granted their freedom, Terran prejudice and general shitty treatment of Neosapians continued.

(Anyone sensing an allegory?)

Apparently not having learned their lesson, the Terrans then used prisoners as slave labor in their mining operations on… Saturn. Until the prisoners rebelled and - oh, yeah - became the Pirates they were having such trouble with at the start of the series.

(Anyone potentially sensing a second allegory?)

The idea that maybe things wouldn't have come to this point if the Terrans weren't generally being assholes manages to co-exist in the series along with the fact that Phaeton is still a megalomaniac set on genocide, who doesn't honestly care about the well-being of his own people half as much as his own power.

In time, the remaining Exo-Fleet does manage to forge an alliance with the Pirates. Which plays no small part in how they eventually win the war - which is told over the course of 51 of the series' 52 episodes.

Do its episodic plots occasionally veer into the wild side? Yes. (I'm honestly not bothered by the alien plotline. It's the destruction and reformation of Mars that has me scratching my head a bit.)

Are there plots you really wish the series explored further? Yes. (Are we seriously ending the series without anyone in Able Squad knowing Marsala led the first Neosapian War??)

Does it do a perfect job of addressing all the rather serious subjects it dredges up? No, of course not.

But overall, it tells a solid story and offers characters you can easily get attached to. Some that may surprise you as the story unfolds. (Simbacca for me. And Shiva. Someone please tell me how I ended up such a fan of Shiva, gdi.)

Episode 52 is actually the start of a new season that never occurred. (Which is why I said it sort of ends.). It was going to delve further into the alien plot. I'm guessing it was also likely to start a new war, one where all the survivors of the previous war had to work together. Which definitely would have been a challenging plot, but one I was up for seeing what they did with.

Sadly, the series was canceled. Leaving us with the start of a plot that was never finished.

If you don't mind watching animated series, and don't mind older series, I would definitely recommend checking out Exo-Squad if you have the chance.

#exosquad #exo squad #exo-squad #meta #nostalgic thursdays #salmon rambling on and on

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batteredhope · 3 years ago

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How Do We Conquer the Pandemic of Addiction and Suicide?

Michael R. DeLeon, a successfully acclimated ex-offender who after nearly 8 years of drug addiction and gang involvement, spent 12 years in state prison and halfway houses for a gang-related homicide.

But that is NOT where his story ended. His story will inspire, motivate and challenge you. We all know someone who has been affected by drug abuse or violence. You will definitely want to share Michael’s story with everyone.

Finding the Purpose for your life is the key ingredient to overcoming trauma and the adverse childhood experiences so many of us endure. Having a relationship with God, who GAVE me that purpose, is why I stand here today.

Since Michael’s release from prison, he has earned 3 Associates Degrees, a Baccalaureate Degree in Business Management, a minor in Criminal Justice, and a CADC Educational Certificate. Michael is now in the process of obtaining his Masters's Degree in Addictions Counseling at Liberty University as well as pursuing his LCADC.

Michael has spoken to over ten million students and young adults as a motivational speaker in many facilities delivering evidence-based student programs around the country. He has presented in centers and schools in all 50 states in America.

“For most of my life, since age 11, I was part of the problem. In my own life, I was the problem. After 12 years in prison, I wanted to be the solution—so I dedicated my life to this purpose.”

During his riveting interview, Michael discusses how we can help fight the main cause of death and destruction of life in America.

Michael is the founder of Steered Straight, Inc. A non-profit organization formed in 2000 designed with the intention of carrying a prevention message to youth and young adults regarding the extreme dangers of drugs, gang involvement day-to-day, and criminal activity.

Michael speaks and presents to youth, parents, educators, law enforcement, medical professionals, and community groups throughout the country. He presents to in excess of 1.5 million people each year.

He created two additional educational arms of Steered Straight: Recovery Army and Faithing Addiction, both of which target specific audiences throughout America to educate and prevent addiction and build and support Recovery.

Michael is developing Steered Straight by stressing the importance of young men and women making sound, rational decisions in their day-to-day lives.

Michael is an award-winning filmmaker and has directed and produced four documentaries on addiction, focusing on the opiate and heroin epidemic in America, marijuana legalization, and Addiction Recovery.

Michael also founded the Project Pride Program while incarcerated in prison. After pitching the idea for this program to then-Commissioner Jack Terhune, he worked to develop the message that consequences can be severe and life-lasting. Project Pride is still in existence at the New Jersey Department of Corrections and is the largest prison outreach program in America.

Check out this episode!

#hope #encouragement #faith

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melaniekennebeck-blog · 7 years ago

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Roles, Inequality, and Blogging Rationale

Support Our Troops through Better Transition Assistance for their Children- A Call for Empirical Research to Increase Positive Social Change

The movement of Supporting Our Troops has expanded to include military-affiliated families as a whole unit. Although several programs have been developed to assist these families few have been evaluated for efficacy after development and implementation. The specific program of interest for this blog is the Student 2 Student Transition Support Program, which was designed to assist recently relocated students through transitions into a new community and school with peer mentorship. The goal of the future blog is to assist with increasing awareness of S2S’s existence, improve its utilization, and bring attention to the need for empirical research on S2S’s efficacy. For this part of the blog planning, psychology’s role in the past, present, and future will be discussed as well as the multicultural concerns and a possible publishing site will be identified.

Role of Psychology

Psychology has assisted in the development of S2S through the Secondary Education Transition Study (SETS), which was funded by the U.S. Army to evaluate the needs of recently relocated students with military affiliation (Military Child Education Coalition [MCEC], 2001). The data collected from SETS was incorporated into the development of S2S and also supported its implementation into schools (MCEC, 2015). Although the program was created with military-affiliated students in mind, all recently relocated students are welcomed by S2S at participating schools (MCEC, 2015). A specific ethnicity or race is not assisted by this program. Instead, S2S targets all recently relocated students, who are a multicultural group within themselves. The current role of psychology is to draw attention to the need for future action to evaluate the efficacy of this program (Conforte et al, 2017; Forum on Health and National Security, 2014; Park, 2011).

Currently, 206 high schools have an active S2S program (MCEC, 2016). The strengths and weakness of the program at achieving their goals is speculated and lack empirical support. It is hopeful for the program to continue to expand and improve recently relocated student’s ability to transition into a new school. As the program continues to expand and reach the lives of more students, efficacy evaluation becomes more imperative. Psychology can fulfill the role of maximizing understanding of what is needed for new students to successfully transition into the complex social settings at each school and ensure equal education for all students (Weinstein, Gregory, & Stambler, 2004). In an effort to ensure school connectivity is being enhanced, evaluation is the next component (Forum on Health and National Security, 2014).

Evaluation of Inequalities

New students are a multicultural population in need of support from parents, peers and faculty to successfully transition into a new school and community (MCEC, 2001). Sadly, these students often tend to blend in with the majority population after enrollment and experience greater risk to their academic achievement and extracurricular participation (Bradshaw, Sudhinaraset, Mmari, & Blum, 2010). Risks can include possible preexisting biases (Katz, 2003) or various group norms that are unknown as a newcomer (Crandall, Eshleman, & O’Brien, 2002). Both of these may hinder the recently relocated student’s ability to socialize with new peers and during adolescence, peer relationships are vital to development (Berk, 2012). Schools often fall short in assisting these students and their families (Aronson & Perkins, 2013). Weinstein Gregory, and Strambler’s (2004) statement supports that positive influences can outweigh negative ones and increase resiliency, which supports that positive social change may exist for those who participate in S2S as mentors and mentees but the empirical support is lacking. Again, this highlights the need for more evaluation to support this claim.

Possible Publishing Site

Russell (2014) indicates that tumblr is a newly popular blog site. Tumblr combines blogging and social media to create a user-friendly site that appeals to younger crowds. S2S is for students and this format may increase their likelihood of seeing my future blogs. Having students request for an S2S program to be started at their school would increase the number of active programs and expand its ability to promote social change. This site may also reach recently relocated students who are in need of support and may benefit from realizing they are not alone. Tumblr also allows for posts to be connected to Facebook or Twitter to increase visibility (https://www.tumblr.com). The user-friendly site and appeal to younger populations make Tumblr a viable option for publishing my blog. Tumblr also has a large teacher/educator audience looking for more ways to assist their students (https://www.tumblr.com). Ads may be included in the blog and it has a less professional appearance, which are both downsides (Russell, 2014). However, the less professional appearance may be better suited to reaching my desired population. Russell (2014) points out that many bloggers use this site and another more professionally appearing site. After becoming more familiar with blogging, this may be an option for continuing awareness and requesting studies for S2S. As a new blogger looking for an audience of students, educators, and school psychologists, Tumblr appears to be a viable option.

Psychology’s role has assisted S2S to be developed and implemented. However, the role has continued into awareness and evaluation of efficacy. The multicultural population of recently relocated students deserve more than simply blending into the crowd. This population deserves to be supported through transitions by their peers, faculty members, and parents. More is needed for social change to be ensured.

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Berk, L. E. (2012). Development through the lifespan (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Bradshaw, C. P., Sudhinaraset, M., Mmari, K., & Blum, R. W. (2010). School transitions among military adolescents: A qualitative study of stress and coping. School Psychology Review, 39, 84 – 105. http://naspjournals.org/?code=naps-site

Catalano, R.F., Haggerty, K.P., Oesterle, S., Fleming, C.B., & Hawkins, J.D. (2004). The importance of bonding to school for healthy development: Findings from the social development research group. Journal of School Health, 74(7), 252-261. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2004.tb08281.x

Conforte, A.M., DeLeon, P.H., Ling, C., Bakalar, J.L., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Engel, C.C. (2017). Identifying policy implications and future research directions regarding military community support and child psychosocial adjustment. Military Medicine. 182(5), 1572-1580. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-17-00002.

Crandall, C. S., Eshleman, A., & O’Brien, L. (2002). Social norms and the expression and suppression of prejudice: The struggle for internalization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82(3), 359–378. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Finch, A.J. & Frieden, G. (2014). The Ecological and Developmental Role of Recovery High Schools. Peabody Journal of Education, 89(2), 271-287. doi: 10.1080/0161956X.2014.897106

Forum on Health and National Security (2014). Military families in transition: Stress, resilience, and well-being. Retrieved from http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a607405.pdf

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icymirss · 5 years ago

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A U.S. service member died in combat Thursday in Afghanistan a little over a week after two Army Green Berets were killed by enemy small-arms fire. A statement from Operation Resolute Support officials in Kabul did not identify the service member or branch of service.... On Aug. 21, Master Sgts. Luis F. Deleon-Figueroa, 31, and Jose J. Gonzalez, 35, died from small-arms fire during combat operations in Afghanistan's Faryab province.

#afghanistan #military #troops #soldiers #politics

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centralcitysfinest-rp · 7 years ago

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Past:

Barry (or Bartholomew, he hates that name) was born to Nora and Henry Allen. His childhood was a happy one, one that he was blessed with, until one night when he was eleven an accident happened. Young Barry bore witness to the accident but no one took the word of an eleven year old to be serious – the notions of two streaks and a storm within his living room were far too unbelievable to be taken as police statements, and so it was believed that the murder of Nora Allen was at the hand of her husband, Henry Allen.

Taken in and fostered by Joe West, Barry Allen grew up practically as a son to Joe, and more than just a friend of a brother to his daughter, Iris. His mother’s death as well as his father’s imprisonment inspired a fire inside Barry, a thirst for understand what had happened during that night, and as a bright kid his only escape was to search for an explanation through science. That’s what inspired him to double-major Physics and Chemistry in Central City University, and afterwards study Criminology and apply as a forensic scientist for the Central City Police Department.

The particle accelerator accident changed Barry’s life forever, both blessing and cursing him with the speed force. After a nine months long coma, Barry turned to the help of the S.T.A.R. Labs teams to help him cope with the powers he’d newly acquired, slowly adopting them as his own family as well. It came to him as a shock that the man he’d taken as a mentor was really the reason Barry’s mother had died, and had planned a lot of Barry’s life in advance. At the revelation that Harrison Wells was really Eobard Thawne, Barry almost died and in the process lost a great friend in attempt to stop Eobard once and for all, and in the process, opened a rift to an alternate Earth, putting his own home in danger.

Present:

Barry meets a new speedster who claims to have come from a different Earth named Jay Garrick – Jay claims that he’d lost he’s speed force, and asks for Barry’s help to defeat the speedster that challenges him and wreaks havoc on the Earth 2, known by the name Zoom. At first, Barry is hesitant to take up another mentor, the betrayal of Eobard Thawne still very fresh and the death of Eddie Thawne far too recent. Until Barry and the team finally make a decision about what to do with Jay Garrick, he’s momentarily kept within the confines of the metahuman cells inside S.T.A.R. Labs.

The appearance of Earth-2 Harrison Wells sends Barry into a frenzy, at first, he almost harms the man. But after Harrison Wells explains that Zoom has his daughter captive and desperately needs the help of the Flash, Barry finally agrees, after confirming Harrison’s notions through Cisco’s vibe. Barry is also plagued with the obsession of becoming faster to be able to beat Zoom and his army of metahumans that he keeps bringing over to his home – his desperation has even reached levels of working secretly with Eobard Thawne from the past. However, after the events of the gala, where his friends more than just got hurt, but caused hurt, as a result of Zoom’s plans to tear off Barry’s backup, Barry goes in blind after him, and as a result gets severely injured injured, so much that he’s paralyzed and ridden into a wheelchair for some time. However, his encounter with Zoom helped him finally to reveal his identity as Jay Garrick, the very person Barry had seen as a friend.

Jay Garrick reminds Barry that family is weakness when Barry taunts him with his own past, and to prove so, he murders Barry’s father. Barry almost kills Jay, only to realize he’d been fighting a time remnant all along, and essentially Zoom has given Barry the means to defeat him. After Zoom kidnapped Joe and threatened to kill him if Barry didn’t help him, Barry created a time remnant to backfire Zoom’s plans, and Barry watched the time wraiths drag Zoom into the speed force. Even with an ally who lives on Earth 3, a doppleganger of his own father, Henry Allen, Barry is overwhelmed with the loss of his father, and runs back in time to save his mother. As a result, he creates the alternate timeline, Flashpoint.

Barry allows himself six months of bliss before he is in for a rude awakening when, as he uses his powers, he begins to loose his memories of the old timeline. Barry soon realized how negatively his decision affected his friends, and goes back in time to rectify his prior correction. However, when he traveled back in time, he realizes that he’s changed his friend’s lives in many ways - maybe in ways beyond his ability to fix.

Positive traits:

Kind

Altruistic

Intelligent

Negative traits:

Cynical

Shy

Neurotic

Connections:

oliver queen: close friend, mentor caitlin snow, cisco ramon: team mates, best friends iris west: girlfriend joe west: father-figure felicity smoak: ex-flame, close friend christian singh: work colleague eobard thawne: nemisis rip hunter: ally, friend marceline deleon: close friend leonard snart: friend? kara danvers: best friend

#grant gustin #the flash #barry allen #chara: male #chara: hero #chara: meta #chara: canon #chara: the flash

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Master Sergeant Jose Gonzalez US ARMY and Master Sergeant Luis DeLeon-Figueroa US ARMY Salute!

Non sibi sed patriae!

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pumabydesign001 · 5 years ago

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By an Angel's Kiss, MSGT Jose Gonzalez, 35, and MSGT Luis Deleon, 31, Army (Afghanistan)

By an Angel’s Kiss, MSGT Jose Gonzalez, 35, and MSGT Luis Deleon, 31, Army (Afghanistan)

Kissed by an Angel, Where Violins are the Angels’ Voices, and the Cello Sings Harmony

MGST Jose J Gonzalez, 35, of La Puente, CA and

MSGT Luis F Deleon, 31, of Chicopee, MA

Both of the 1st Bn, 7th Special Forces Gp, (Airborne), Eglin AFB, Florida

were killed 21 August, in Faryab Province, Afghanistan by small arms fire

Rest in peace, Gentlemen

Job well done.

A mourning nation thanks you.

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sharpened--edges · 7 years ago

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If war came … how would [an anarchist] society organize to defend itself? Let us assume that the anarchist federation of North America is invaded by troops of the Chinese, Swedish, Saudi Arabian or Brazilian government. What would happen? There would be no state apparatus to seize; instead, the invaders would have to conquer a network of small communities, one by one. There would be no single army to defeat, but an entire, armed population. The people would challenge the invasion with resistance—strikes, psychological warfare, and non-cooperation as well as with guerrilla tactics and larger armed actions. Under these circumstances, it is unlikely that the invaders would conquer the federation.

Howard J. Ehrlich, Carol Ehrlich, David DeLeon and Glenda Morris, “Questions and Answers About Anarchism,” in Reinventing Anarchy, Again, edited by Howard J. Ehrlich, AK, 1996, p. 11.

#howard j. ehrlich #carol ehrlich #david deleon #glenda morris

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kellyannecontent · 7 years ago

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yeah dawn valenti. she’s done a lot of shitty vaguely anti-black things in the chicago activism community already but this calls for her unequivocal ousting imo. the whole thing is so disgusting and makes me so mad. the way those fucking yuppies just walk away in such a blasé fashion like where’s the guillotine. he was due to be back in hawaii june 1 on duty and i can’t find a damn thing about it after late may so i’m assuming they settled and he got to go back to thuggin in the army with this his white trash wife at his side. rick is certainly a piece of trash but looks like he was worth whatever deleon spent since they managed to keep the rest of what happened out of the media.

#ghost-of-algren

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NBC loves them their live musical events, and we are closing in on their next offering, Bye Bye Birdie, which both stars, and is Executive Produced by Jennifer Lopez. Broadway legend, Harvey Fierstein, has adapted the musical’s book, and has made some substantial tweaks to bring this picture of 1960s Americana into the 21st Century.

For those who are unfamiliar, Bye Bye Birdie is the story of a music agent named Albert who represents an Elvis-like singer named Conrad Birdie who, like Elvis, is going into the Army. Before he enlists, Albert comes up with the idea for Conrad to give a lucky contest winner “one last kiss” before he goes off to war. The musical then goes on to explore the coming-of-age of that contest winner, 15-year-old Kim MacAfee; the relationship between Albert and his secretary/girlfriend Rosie; and how all of the town of Sweet Apple, Ohio deals with Birdie Fever.

Dick Van Dyke and Chita Rivera as Albert and Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie

What I’ve always loved about the original Broadway production (which won the Best Musical Tony in 1961) was that it centered the experience of a Puerto Rican woman. Dick Van Dyke starred as Albert and Broadway legend Chita Rivera starred as Rosie Alvarez, earning a Tony Nomination for her role and portraying a nuanced depiction of a Latina in the U.S.

The song “Spanish Rose,” which was in the original Broadway production and was adapted in the 1995 TV movie starring Vanessa Williams as Rosie is a defiant run-down of just about every Latinx stereotype in response to a racist potential mother-in-law. While props must be paid to the original from The Queen…

…I prefer the lyric changes in the 1995 version:

Regardless of the version, Rosie’s Puerto Rican identity was established in the original source material by giving the character a Latinx last name and casting a Puerto Rican actress to play her. Since then, things got a bit wonky in that department. In the 1963 film, Van Dyke was invited to reprise his role as Albert, whereas the role of Rosie was not only recast with Janet Leigh, but her Puerto Rican identity erased, her last name changing from Alvarez to DeLeon, so as to make her ethnicity less specific. “Spanish Rose” wasn’t used in the film.

In the 1995 version, “Spanish Rose” did appear, but the role was played by Vanessa Williams, who is not Latina. At least a woman of color was playing the part? And, to be fair, I actually loved her performance.

Still, this upcoming live version is a chance for there to be a filmed version that gets everything right. Harvey Fierstein told The Hollywood Reporter that there were several things that concerned him when taking on this adaptation.

“I want to be true to the time it takes place but at the same time, having Rosie be Albert’s secretary whom he’s having an affair with is a little sexist and old-fashioned. I didn’t see any reason for that. So I changed that. I made them both high school teachers.

“He’s the English teacher who writes a song, and she’s the music teacher who says, ‘I’ve got a great kid with a great voice. He ends up being Conrad Birdie, who’s supposed to only take one summer off to promote the record but turns into a star. It’s been eight years and Rosie just wants to go back to their real lives. It really makes a lot more sense that way.”

It really does make a lot of sense, though it would require a bit of tweaking to the song “An English Teacher.” Still, it’s awesome to see that Albert and Rosie will be equals in this version.

Doubly awesome is the fact that Rosie will be played by a Puerto Rican triple-threat again! This time, Jennifer Lopez is doing the honors, and as she’s an Executive Producer on the project, this new live version will “accommodate Lopez’s wish for the airing to highlight Rosie’s struggles as a Puerto Rican woman about to hit middle age and in a relationship with a man afraid of commitment, as seen in the original musical’s book but lost in the 1963 film.”

I can’t wait. Bye Bye Birdie is the first live musical from NBC that I’m genuinely excited about! Will you be watching?

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A Call for Research

Support Our Troops through Better Transition Assistance for their Children- A Call for Empirical Research to Increase Positive Social Change

Supporting Our Troops is a very visible movement. Bumper stickers, green porch lights, yellow ribbons, redshirt Fridays, signage, and various merchandise can be seen throughout most communities in the United States and abroad where our service members and their families are stationed (Higgins, 2005). April is the chosen month dedicated to the contributions of military-affiliated children and the color purple has been designated for awareness (U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity [DODEA], 2017). This visible support can be very welcoming for military families, who typically relocate every two to three years (Department of Defense [DOD], 2015). Support is important because when efforts are made to care for military families, soldier focus increases and the mission at hand can be successfully completed with few distractions (Conforte et al, 2017).

Transition Support for Military Affiliated Children

236,954 military-affiliated students have been identified (DOD, 2015). These students relocate every two to three years, which equates to about six moves during their school-age years (DOD, 2015). Adolescence, in particular, is a developmental period hinged upon peer relationships and disruption without proper safeguards could cause issues (Berk, 2012). Disruption in social support has been linked to negative impacts on attendance, grades, behavior, and social networks (Aronson & Perkins, 2013). Several studies have been conducted to assess the needs of military families, which has led to the development and implementation of several programs (Aronson & Perkins, 2013; Bradshaw, Sudhinaraset, Mmari, & Blum, 2010; Conforte et al, 2017; Mmari, Bradshaw, Sudhinaraset, & Blum, 2010). Very few of these programs have been reevaluated for efficacy (Conforte et al, 2017; Park, 2011). Lack of efficacy support leaves these programs being promoted by good intentions alone (Park, 2011). With 236,954 identified military-affiliated students relocating every two to three years and an unknown number of civilian family relocations, good intentions are not enough. Empirical studies are the next logical step (Forum on Health and National Security, 2014).

Description of S2S

One such program, developed by the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC, 2015), is called the Student 2 Student Transition Support Program (S2S). S2S is a peer mentoring program designed to increase resiliency for recently relocated students (MCED, 2015). When a new student arrives at a school without S2S it is often a school counselor, teacher, or another staff member who gives a tour of the school, classes, and relevant information, which does not maximize the student’s ability to fully integrate into the new community on campus. As supported by Bronfenbrenner’s theory, an adolescent’s development is influenced by a multisystem of variables that are best understood by peers (Finch & Frieden, 2014). Without peer support or mentoring these students are often left to fend for themselves and social change is needed to positivity influence school connectivity for recently relocated students. S2S is structured to alleviate disruption caused by relocation with peer-support to increase the likelihood of a smooth transition into the new school (MCEC, 2015).

Call to Action for Social Change

Active S2S programs can be found in 206 high schools currently (MCEC, 2016). However, like many military support programs, S2S has not been reassessed for efficacy (Park, 2011). It is possible that participation in S2S increases school connectivity and empirical research is needed. Positive peer mentoring has been negatively correlated with the frequency of behavioral referrals (Gordon, Downey, & Bangert, 2013), which is also influenced by levels of school connectedness (Yuksek & Solakoglu, 2016). School connectedness is supported as warding off symptoms of depression (Newman, Newman, Griffen, O’Connon, & Saps, 2007), increasing commitment to success (Catalano, Haggerty, Oesterle, Fleming, & Hawkins, 2004), participation in extracurricular activity (Werner, 1989), and attendance (Yuksek & Solakoglu, 2016). Empirical support for the connection between S2S and school connectivity would increase awareness, the frequency of usage (Conforte et al, 2017), and keep the Support Our Troops movement’s progress for waning (Subašić, Reynolds, Reicher, & Klandermans, 2012).

Rationale for this Topic

The rationale for this topic is derived from personal life experiences. During my school-age years, I enrolled in seven different schools due to my father’s enlistment in the Air Force. Later, I enlisted in the Army Reserves as a Mental Health Specialist and continued to work on my degree for school counseling. Prior to my honorable discharge, I married a fellow Army soldier. My passion is with school-age individuals and the military community. As a school counselor, I facilitated the S2S program and fell in love with its mission. As a mother of two school-aged children with military affiliation, this passion has increased. Not all military students have the opportunity to attend one of the 206 schools with an active S2S program and not all students who relocate are affiliated with the military. Increasing awareness of S2S would assist to increase implementation into more schools, and empirical support would assist to improve the currently active programs, which would positively impact transitions for recently relocated students.

The Support Our Troops movement has expanded to include military families. Several programs have been developed and implemented. While empirical support exists for both processes, studies are lacking for efficacy afterward. S2S is one of these programs and a blog, structured similarly to this paper, would assist to increase awareness of S2S’s existence, improve utilization, and bring attention to the need for empirical research on S2S’s efficacy. From personal experience and with literature support it is evident that social change is needed to better assist students through relocation transitions.