Wednesday, May 8, 2019

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PTSD Treatment For Veterans Becomes More Accessible

PTSD Consultation Program

ChooseVA – Greg’s Story

Adjutant General Reaches Out to PA Legislature to Support Gov. Wolf’s PA GI Bill

Cambridge Springs resident honored by governor for military service

DMVA's Hollidaysburg Veterans' Home, 500 Municipal Dr., Hollidaysburg, PA (Blair County), will hold an open house on Wednesday, May 1 and Thursday, May 2, 2019. Opportunities for employment include: certified nurse aide, licensed practical nurse, registered nurse and registered nurse supervisor.

PA National Guardsman returns to Myrtle Beach to honor MYR

103-year-old Pa. veteran among four who visit Trump in Oval Office

Army Reserve NCO and Daughter Prepare Tax Returns Pro Bono

Club pro offers free golf lessons for veterans

Imlertown Road Bridge to be named after Bedford serviceman

New Vietnam War Exhibit Honors Region’s Fallen Veterans

Operation Save-A-Vet, Save-A-Pet has made a difference for one Greencastle veteran

Here are 12 big changes veterans caregivers will see in the next year

Major League Baseball unveils commemorative uniforms to honor the fallen on Memorial Day

Have you heard about VEText? VEText is VA's text messaging appointment reminder system to alert veterans of upcoming health care appointments, allowing you to confirm or cancel quickly. Many veterans are already receiving interactive VEText appointment reminders. Every enrolled veteran with a cell phone number listed in their health record is automatically enrolled in the program

VA releases mental health and suicide prevention toolkit for former Guard and Reserve members

7th Annual Matthew 'Scrapper' Hanes Memorial Ride APR 20, Saturday at 9 AM – 8 PM, WBVMCPA
York, Pennsylvania 17406.

Women Veteran Wellness Retreat - Indiana

Experience Red Rose DAV Chapter 80 in Lancaster, Pa, A place where Veterans with disabilities and claims get help and answers.

Creative Writing Workshop & Meet up for Women Vets Sun, Apr 28, Hellertown American Legion, Apr 28, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Hellertown American Legio, 935 Main St, Hellertown, PA 18055, USA

Event: Get-together: Education Benefits Fair - May 4, 2019, 11 am.-2 p.m. - Fort Indiantown Gap, Bldg 8-80, Annville, PA (Lebanon County) - Point of contact: Gail Sweigart at 717-861-9034 or email Gail.M.Sweigart.ctr@mail.mil

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) Workshop: - May 5, 2019, Noon-6 p.m., May 6, 2019, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.  - Hunts For Healing, 3 Coburn Hill Rd., Laceyville, PA (Wyoming County)

PA Cares Training Summit: - May 22, 2019 - Comfort Inn, 1 Denver Rd., Denver, PA (Lancaster County)

Tha POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS of @wcsteelerfan - Hosted by @wcsteelerfan

Report shows caregiver stress

Own The Moment – Patient Communication

Own The Moment – Measurement and Improvement

Own The Moment- Leadership

Own The Moment – Environment

Own the Moment – Employee Engagement

Own The Moment – Culture

2019 National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic Closing Show

April is Occupational Therapy Month

VA ensures Veterans have same-day access to emergency mental health care

Ocasio-Cortez says VA offers “some of the highest quality” healthcare for vets, “don’t fix it”

VA’s benefits appeals process will see a dramatic changeover next month

This is what PTSD does to your voice, according to new research

VA’s improvements to Veteran community care under MISSION Act on track for June 6 implementation

Trump's tax cut was a disaster for some Gold Star families, but it's a symptom of a larger problem

Appeals Modernization Act

Veteran takes his own life outside Cleveland VA Medical Center

Trump signs bill allowing veterans to seek care outside broken VA system

Agent Orange Radio Program 1 May 10, 2019

"Say Goodbye" by Shaun Schipper

Criminal Justice and Racism links 050819



Survivors of Simon’s Rock shooting traumatized anew by prison interview

Deplorable Trump shrugs, says no regrets 'at all' about dangerous rhetoric targeting congresswoman

Billionaires pitch in for Notre Dame, but it's going to take all of us to save burned black churches

How Kirsten Gillibrand plans to end the racial wealth gap if she becomes president

BEYOND COLUMBINE: Twenty years after Columbine, Rocky Mountain Public Media takes you Beyond Columbine. Take an in-depth look at the national impact Columbine has had – not only on our school children, but for victims of other gun violence, in the realm of mental health, and on our art and culture.

Court Officials Close Ranks in Defense of Secret Courts

White guy says historically black school should 'move' if they don't want campus used as dog park

Graphic video shows Florida police slamming unarmed black teenager's head into the ground

Self-Proclaimed Nationalists Interrupt Author, Chant 'This Land Is Our Land' at Politics and Prose

Court Says Using Chalk On Tires For Parking Enforcement Violates Constitution

Florida House passes bill requiring felons to pay court fees before voting

Two more states are dumping Christopher Columbus to celebrate indigenous people instead

'Columbus Day' officially becomes 'Indigenous Peoples' Day' in Maine: Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill on Friday, April 26 officially changing the name 'Columbus Day' to 'Indigenous Peoples' Day' in Maine.

Supreme Court to decide whether LGBTQ people are covered by Civil Rights Act: It's the first time the Supreme Court will decide a major LGBTQ rights case since the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh

The Keys to Diplomacy

Police shoot 3 children while firing at robbery suspect: According to the mother, two of her children suffered head wounds, while her third child survived gunshot wounds to the face.

Trump’s rhetoric stokes hate. He never thinks of the consequences.

Chapter 9: SLAVERY WITHOUT SUBMISSION, EMANCIPATION WITHOUT FREEDOM

Inside the phony science that perpetuates white supremacist ideas

I’m a police officer in London. Here’s why we’ve lost control of the streets.  I’ve faced the aftermath of knife crime and seen colleagues stabbed. Cuts mean we can’t keep ourselves or the public safe

Religious Freedom Report Offers Grim Review Of Attacks On Faith Groups

Women of color want 2020 Democrats to work for their vote: They’re a key voting bloc — and they want candidates to present policies that will help them and their communities.

WHlTE man tells the truth about Trump

A bus driver rapes, a man keeps girl captive and neither are going to prison

Let's talk about subtle ways to change the behavior of others....

Has Trump added ‘fuel to the fire’ in the rise of white nationalism and hate in America? New York Times Magazine’s Mark Leibovich, Huff Post’s Lydia Polgreen, Axios’ Alexi McCammond, and MSNBC political analyst Rick Stengel examine the rise of hate and white nationalism in the country following another shooting at a house of worship

Black farmers were deliberately sold ‘fake seeds’ in scheme to steal their land: report

Crimes against humanity

‘The work of culture alters our perceptions’

White Supremacists Chant ‘Six Million More’ After Crashing Holocaust Remembrance Day Event In Arkansas

MICHELLE OBAMA

Economics and Corruption related links 050819



Fight surprise medical bills with transparent protections

Revealed: Brexit group covered up its targeting of right-wing extremists.  Brexit-backer Arron Banks repeatedly denied that Leave.EU appealed to National Front supporters – in a bid to get the BBC to drop an investigation

Private Health Insurance Stocks 'In Free Fall' as Medicare for All Gains Momentum: "Insurance industry stocks dropping as the Medicare for All movement heats up—we've got some serious people power on our hands!" said National Nurses United

Scientists Restore Some Function In The Brains Of Dead Pigs 3:42

Trump’s Budget Is Full of Cuts Aimed at People With Disabilities: Funding for the Special Olympics may have been restored, but many more important programs are still on the chopping block.

Pharma & Insurance Gave $36M to the 33 Senate Democrats Not Backing Medicare for All

While Trump proposes budget cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, STDs rise in rural areas

Veterans buck home buying trend

Westmoreland County prepares to launch new veterans court program

Governor Wolf Announces Lulus’ Expansion into Pennsylvania, Creating Hundreds of Jobs in the Lehigh Valley

PENNSYLVANIA WING ADMINISTRATOR (FULL-TIME)

WELCOME TO THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC

Why Waste Management?

Philadelphia Veterans Job Fair, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA 19148, April 18, 2019, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

DRIVEN TO EXCELLENCE BEHIND THE WHEEL? JOIN PENSKE'S TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVERS.  Penske Hiring Safe Truck Drivers

Britain is once again the sick man of Europe: If treachery becomes part of the debate, there can only be total victory or total defeat

California Estate Tax: Gone Today, Here Tomorrow?

Militia in New Mexico Detains Asylum Seekers at Gunpoint: Members of the United Constitutional Patriots patrolling the border in Sunland Park, N.M., last month.

Senator states that nurses “probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day” in amending rest breaks bill

Issue of Europe runs like 'fault line through Conservative Party': From Thatcher and Major to Cameron and May, Conservative Party has had uneasy relationship with the continent.

Seriously ill, emaciated man who was denied benefits by DWP dies: Stephen Smith’s case sparked outrage after his benefits were cut and he was told to find a job

The 17 Cognitive Biases That Explain Brexit: It’s all in our heads. Unfortunately

Brexiteers seem to forget what it is the EU has moved us away from

Theresa May to face grassroots no-confidence challenge

Tech’s new stars have it all—except a path to high profits: Millions of users, cool brands and charismatic bosses are not enough

Believe It Or Not, Brexit Is Actually Helping The European Union

Nomura chief Koji Nagai warns of severe job cuts in London: Brokerage looks to save $1bn to offset Brexit and weakness in trading business

European Parliament Election voting intention in the UK

Milwaukee School's 'Walking School Bus' Improves Attendance: The Walking School Bus program at Milwaukee's Lincoln Avenue School, which started in fall 2017, will soon pick up nearly 20 children along an expanded route every Monday and Friday.

The Affluent Homeless: A Sleeping Pod, A Hired Desk And A Handful Of Clothes

'Could You Draw A Dot Within 50 Miles Of Your House?': Why The U.S. May Have A Geography Literacy Problem

Beyond Annoying: How To Identify The Sounds Of A Troublesome Snore

Episode 908: I Am Not A Robot

Bumble: Whitney Wolfe

Why No One Feels Rich: The Psychology Of Inequality

The Broken Ladder: HOW INEQUALITY AFFECTS THE WAY WE THINK, LIVE, AND DIE

“Aspiration’s new Spend & Save account nets you 1% back at companies with good sustainability practices and employee-friendly policies.”

High school journalists take on Betsy DeVos in editorial after being barred from event

Britain looks set to squander the extension period

The hard-centre is racist: This article was initially commissioned and published by the Independent. It was spiked within hours. 

How China Is Colonizing Africa Using Trade, Aid, and Debt-Trap Diplomacy

New IRA says Brexit has provided it with opportunity - Sunday Times

A scion of France’s le pen family opens a training academy for a new far right elite

Guy Verhofstadt: Biggest waste of EU resources is Nigel Farage's salary

The Government Is Planning To Make EU Students Pay Higher Tuition Fees To Study At English Universities.  Exclusive: Home fee status and financial support for EU nationals will be withdrawn from 2021 in a new crackdown on foreign students by Theresa May.

Fewer Britons choosing EU countries for holidays, travel firm says

Measles Cases Surpass 700 as Outbreak Continues Unabated

Populists parties 'struggling to form European alliance'

Brexit costs UK £600m per week, says Goldman study: Brexit has knocked UK GDP by 2.4% amid hit to investment, according to bank estimates

In 10 Years, Half Of Middle-Income Elders Won’t Be Able To Afford Housing, Medical Care

Tom Watson: Labour deputy leader storms out of meeting in row over Brexit referendum stance

Key members of Jacob-Rees Mogg’s pro-Brexit MP lobby group finally revealed: Government forced to release list of ‘senior’ members of influential European Research Group, after long-running openDemocracy investigation

Brexit news: Attempt to get Labour to commit to second referendum shot down at party meeting

WATCH: Medicare for All in the Spotlight at Historic Congressional Hearing.  "We are creating a movement that makes it clear that when we win Medicare for All, it will be because of the people's movement!" said Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Ady Barkan's POWERFUL Medicare For All Remarks

Change UK reaches out to anti-Brexit Labour supporters: ‘Don’t endorse prevarication,’ says Chuka Umunna at European election launch

Revealed: Inside the secretive Tory election call centre.  The Conservative Party contracted a secretive call centre during the election campaign which may have broken data protection and election laws, a Channel 4 News investigation has found.

May Blocked 2016 Probe in Brexit-Backer Arron Banks, Mail Says

May urged to clarify whether she blocked Arron Banks investigation: Labour MP seeks answers amid reports PM stymied security services in 2016

A Tory/Labour Brexit deal is further away than ever. Here’s why.  The enormous political sacrifices it would take to deliver an increasingly unpopular outcome make sense for neither side

FRONTLINE | "The Warning" | PBS

I AM the documentary Director Tom Shadyac PT (parte 1/3)

I AM the documentary Director Tom Shadyac PT (parte 2/3)

I AM the documentary Director Tom Shadyac PT (parte 3/3)

Ballot With 'Brexit' Written On It Counted As Tory Vote To Break Tied Local Election: Controversy in Prince Charles's home town as Conservative candidate wins by a majority of one with the help of a "doubtful" ballot paper.

San Francisco billionaire gives $30M to study homelessness

The Economy Adds More Jobs, But It Won’t Help Trump In 2020

Theresa May under pressure to quit after local election losses: Tory councillors and MPs call for PM to go as party sheds more than 1,300 seats

'I'm 57. How employable am I going to be?' Nearly 1,400 autoworkers are about to lose their jobs

Economic Update: Capitalism vs. Socialism

Brexit disaster is making Britain a weird place to live in

Millions of EU nationals will lose their right to vote due to government inaction, say campaigners: Independent Group MP Mike Gapes has led calls for the government to ensure voting rights for EU citizens in the European elections

A Mockery of Democracy?  TALKING POLITICS

How Seumas Milne quietly became Labour's power player: JAMES BALL examines how Labour’s director of strategy and communication emerged as the key figure in Corbyn’s office.

The Truth About Modern Monetary Theory (w/ Richard Wolff)

Joe Biden says he ‘doesn’t have time’ to lay out his healthcare plan: Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have made detailed policy proposals on the 2020 campaign trail

Two Charts Show Trump's Job Gains Are Just A Continuation From Obama's Presidency

Fadhel Kaboub is associate professor of economics at Denison University and president of the Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. He formerly taught at Drew University, where he was also codirector of the Wall Street Semester Program; the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC); and Bard College at Simon’s Rock. Kaboub’s research interests include macroeconomic theory and policy, economic development, international law and economics, and the methodology and history of economic thought.

Living Wage Calculator: Families and individuals working in low-wage jobs make insufficient income to meet minimum standards given the local cost of living. We developed a living wage calculator to estimate the cost of living in your community or region based on typical expenses. The tool helps individuals, communities, and employers determine a local wage rate that allows residents to meet minimum standards of living.

Revealed: May’s last-ditch Brexit plan to woo Labour.  PM risks Tory civil war over new customs deal

Theresa May’s secretive plans to replace NHS in England with private US healthcare system Kaiser Permanente (Note: article is a couple years old, but shows the international nature of the oligarchy)

Statement on the JCPoA by the High Representative of the European Union and the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Most Progressives are Neoliberals in Disguise Professor Bill Mitchell

Convinced this stitch-up can end the Brexit ordeal? Think again: The whole idea underpinning any possible deal between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn is nonsense on stilts

Bernie Sanders spooks health-care stocks as Trump teaches investors to expect the unexpected

Busting Brexit Myths: The Leave campaign are already peddling their lies stirring up support for a no deal Brexit. Remain campaigners need to be able to counter these myths and promote the positives of staying in the EU.

If Labour really wants to move on, it has to back a second referendum: The party has to make the case that Brexit simply isn’t worth it – and focus on issues such as wages and the NHS

Why we need a people's vote on the Brexit deal | View

A world first' - Boris Johnson to face private prosecution over Brexit campaign claims
Legal case has been privately crowdfunded

Conservative donors abandon Theresa May's party to back new Brexit referendum campaign

Brexit: The conditions are ripe for the biggest backlash imaginable.  Lewis Goodall says Britain's true populist revolt is yet to come - even if Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn strike a Brexit deal.

Ecology and Pollution related links 050819



Why Did People Abandon this Pennsylvania Town? | What on Earth?

Thanks to Brexit, I've got 30 days to leave my home in France: When we applied for the right to remain in France after Britain leaves the EU, we discovered that we don't meet a basic income criteria that we had never before been told existed

This Mine Fire Has Been Burning For Over 50 Years: Centralia, Pennsylvania was once a bustling mining center, but a hidden, underground fire has turned it into a smoldering ghost town.

FL Senate gives right to grow veggies in the front yard a green thumbs up

ENDANGERED SPECIES

Countdown to 2020 and the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

Just 20 minutes of contact with nature will lower stress hormone levels, reveals new study

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Naomi Klein make powerful video no North American should miss

Pentagon’s endless war brings endless pollution

One climate change scientist takes on a roomful of sceptics.

Earth at 2° hotter will be horrific. Now here’s what 4° will look like. | David Wallace-Wells

David Wallace-Wells, "The Uninhabitable Earth"

In ‘The Uninhabitable Earth,’ Apocalypse Is Now

The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells review – our terrifying future

New Climate Books Stress We Are Already Far Down The Road To A Different Earth

Book review of The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells

University of Alaska, Fairbanks: Murie Auditorium

Terrifying proof of global warming | 60 Minutes Australia

Five-question interview with Denis Hayes, coordinator of Earth Day 1970, 1990, 2000 and ... 2020.

'You did not act in time': Greta Thunberg's full speech to MPs.  Read the full text of the speech Greta Thunberg gave to MPs at the Houses of Parliament

FEDERAL RESERVE NOMINEE HERMAN CAIN SAYS GOD WILL TELL US WHEN TO QUIT FOSSIL FUELS, INSULTS SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE

For these readers, every day is earth day

Top Scientist: 5G Is ‘Criminally Insane’ & Will ‘Fry Living Things’

U.S. Moves to Stop All Nations From Buying Iranian Oil, but China Is Defiant

Resistance Is Futile

Adopt or gift a HeroRAT: Adopt a HeroRAT and help people to live, work, and play without fear or disease

How Kenya’s Push for Development Is Threatening Its Famed Wild Lands: Kenya is pursuing a plan to build an extensive network of roads, power lines, dams, and renewable energy infrastructure. But many of these projects, including wind farms and geothermal facilities, are being constructed in the nation’s iconic parks and wildlife areas.

The environment + you: Your stories

Global Hunger Has NGOs Worried. Is Smart Ag the Way Forward?

COURT AFFIRMS YELLOWSTONE MORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD, BLOCKS MINING EXPLORATION.  Victory: Lucky Minerals’ exploration license ruled invalid, taking plans for exploratory drilling “off the table”

Endangered wolf pups born in captivity join dens in the wild

New Poll: 71% of Independent Voters Want Candidates Who Pursue Climate Action

Five Years In, the Flint Water Crisis Continues Its Deadly Toll

Federal Judge Rules That The Public Has No Right To Know About Dakota Pipeline Spills

Zero-Waste Bees Wax Food Wraps

Maine just became the first state to ban Styrofoam

Australia Has Cut Its Plastic Bag Use By 80 Percent In Just 3 Months

Supervolcanoes in the Pacific Northwest

South Africa is Bracing for an Electoral Storm Over the Climate Crisis (1/2): Prof. Vishwas Satgar provides a climate justice critique of South African political parties: What are the commitments of the ANC, DA, and EFF to a deep, just, life-sustaining transition?

Calves exported for Dutch veal brutally beaten, jumped on and hit in the face, hidden cameras reveal
Illegal violence towards Irish calves exposed – as Ireland planning to increase numbers sent abroad

TRUMP GIVES BIG OIL GREEN LIGHT TO KILL WHALES, DOLPHINS, PEOPLE: The administration just gutted regulations put in place to prevent another Deepwater Horizon spill, which killed 11 people and 150 whales and dolphins, and a million seabirds.

What is the Green New Deal? (And why we need it now)

Nature in worst shape in human history with 1 million species at risk of extinction, massive UN report warns

Children Change Their Parents’ Minds about Climate Change: Study of students schooled on the issue showed them going on to shift their elders’ attitudes

US climate objections sink Arctic Council accord in Finland

Trump White House quietly cancels NASA research verifying greenhouse gas cuts

American Spring LIVE: Episode 1 - Birth and Rebirth

Scientists gear up for forthcoming asteroid near-miss: In 2029, a one-in-a-millennium asteroid close encounter will happen, witnessed by billions of people. Richard A Lovett reports.