A fredom liberator of France in World War II during the occupation by the 3rd Reich
Simone Segouin was a French teenager who bravely fought on the front lines against the German occupiers, and helped liberate the historic city of Chartres.
Born in 1925 in Thivars, 55 miles from Paris, Simone was a tomboy with three brothers who taught her how to fight. She was especially close with her father, a patriotic farmer who served his country with distinction in the Great War (WWI.)
In 1940 the Germans marched into France and began a brutal occupation that would last four long years. Filled with love of her country and admiration for her veteran father, Simone was determined to find a way she could help, even as a teenage girl. She joined the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans – a resistance group – and took the nom de guerre Nicole Minet. Simone was provided with false identity papers showing “Nicole Minet” to be from the Channel port of Dunkirk. This was a wise move because the port was bombed at the beginning of the war so it was impossible for them to verify her papers.
Simone stole a bike from German soldiers and painted it to avoid detection. It became her “reconnaissance vehicle” and she used it to move around without attracting notice so she could deliver messages and snoop around. Simone/Nicole underwent intensive military training to be a combat soldier. She carried out multiple acts of sabotage against German targets, helping to blow up bridges and supply lines.
While helping capture German troops in Thivars, she fell in love with Roland Boursier, commander of the resistance operation in her hometown. He was in hiding after killing a group of German soldiers. Since he couldn’t leave his hiding place in the countryside, Simone became his courier, taking messages to the main Resistance group.
Simone helped liberate the historic city of Chartres, home of the famed cathedral, in August 1944. Afterwards, General Charles de Gaulle, the Free French leader and future president, visited the city and gave a speech at the city square. Journalists covering the event were fascinated by the sweet-looking girl eating a baguette with jam – and carrying a machine gun. She proudly told the reporters that she was part of General de Gaulle’s security detail. Simone was interviewed by an American reporter for Life magazine, and photographed by famed war photographer Robert Capa.
After Chartres was liberated, Simone joined France’s 2nd Armored Division heading to Paris, where a brutal battle was taking place. The 2nd Armored Division helped defeat the Germans and bring freedom to the City of Light.
Simone was asked if she’d ever killed anyone. She answered, “On July 14, 1944, I took part in an ambush with two comrades. Two German soldiers went by on a bike, and the three of us fired at the same time, so I don’t know who exactly killed him. You shouldn’t have to kill someone like that. It’s true, the Germans were our enemies, it was the war, but I don’t draw any pride from it.”
After the war ended, Simone was promoted to lieutenant and awarded the prestigious Croix de Guerre.
She became a pediatric nurse in Chartres and raised six children. Now 94, she lives in Courville-sur-Eure, where a street was recently named after her. Mayor Frederic Hallouin described Simone as “A rebellious spirit, a strong character certainly, who took her father’s example and rejected the enemy occupying our country.” Simone said, “I’m very glad to know that people are not indifferent to this period of my life.”
Simone Segouin was born on the 3rd of October, 1925, near Chartres, around 55 miles from Paris. Her father was a farmer and she had three brothers, so she was used living in a world of men.In 1944, when she was only 18 years old, she joined the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans – a combat group made up of militant communists and French nationalists. Her father served in the Great War and he was a great inspiration for her to join the resistance. She was known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet.She was given a new name and false identity papers; this was supposed to protect her family if she was captured by the Germans. Now, “Nicole Minet” was from Channel port of Dunkirk. The Germans bombed the port at the beginning of the war, so it was hard for them to check her details.In the beginning, she stole a bicycle from a German military administrator and re-sprayed the bike in order to use it for delivering messages and to stake out targets.Soon, she was trained to use weapons and participated in more dangerous missions than stealing a bike from the Germans. It didn’t take long for her to start blowing up bridges and even assisting in capturing German soldiers. She was involved in armed actions against enemy convoys and trains, attacks against enemy detachments, and other acts of sabotage.She fell in love with Roland Boursier, who was commander of the Thivars Operation. They met in the countryside of her village. Roland asked her to be a runner for him, taking messages back to the Resistance group.Later, he asked her to join them, and she said that she would be happy to do it.The French newspaper Independent Eure-et-Loir described her as “one of the purest fighters of heroic French Resistance who prepared the way for the Liberation”.They spotted her eating a baguette smeared with jam, her machine gun by her side, wearing an FTP armband. She said to the journalists that she was there in order to provide security for De Gaulle.She helped to liberate Chartres, and then she linked up with France’s 2nd Armored division, which was headed to Paris in order to liberate it. Paris was still a battle zone and Simone became part of it.Simone killed two Germans in the fighting and also had assisted in capturing 25 German prisoners of war during the fall of Chartres.When the war was over, she was awarded the prestigious Croix de Guerre and she was promoted to lieutenant. Women made up just 10% of The Resistance, but their presence helped force a shift in the way their gender was treated. For example, women voted for the first time in France in the local elections in 1945, and later in the national elections too.Simone went on to become a pediatric nurse in Chartres, where her wartime exploits made her hugely popular. A street in Courville-sur-Eure was named for her.
Vaccinations Why They Are Effective Against COVID-19? from the New York Times Monday January 18
Vaccinations = What Makes The Vaccinations Effective Against COVID-19?
| We explain why the vaccine news is better than you may think. |
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‘We’re underselling the vaccine’
| Preparing the Pfizer vaccine in Phoenix.Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times |
| ‘We’re underselling the vaccine’ |
| Early in the pandemic, many health experts — in the U.S. and around the world — decided that the public could not be trusted to hear the truth about masks. Instead, the experts spread a misleading message, discouraging the use of masks. |
| Their motivation was mostly good. It sprung from a concern that people would rush to buy high-grade medical masks, leaving too few for doctors and nurses. The experts were also unsure how much ordinary masks would help. |
| But the message was still a mistake. |
| It confused people. (If masks weren’t effective, why did doctors and nurses need them?) It delayed the widespread use of masks (even though there was good reason to believe they could help). And it damaged the credibility of public health experts. |
| “When people feel as though they may not be getting the full truth from the authorities, snake-oil sellers and price gougers have an easier time,” the sociologist Zeynep Tufekci wrote early last year. |
| Now a version of the mask story is repeating itself — this time involving the vaccines. Once again, the experts don’t seem to trust the public to hear the full truth. |
| This issue is important and complex enough that I’m going to make today’s newsletter a bit longer than usual. If you still have questions, don’t hesitate to email me at themorning@nytimes.com. |
| ‘Ridiculously encouraging’ |
| Right now, public discussion of the vaccines is full of warnings about their limitations: They’re not 100 percent effective. Even vaccinated people may be able to spread the virus. And people shouldn’t change their behavior once they get their shots. |
| These warnings have a basis in truth, just as it’s true that masks are imperfect. But the sum total of the warnings is misleading, as I heard from multiple doctors and epidemiologists last week. |
| “It’s driving me a little bit crazy,” Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown School of Public Health, told me. |
| “We’re underselling the vaccine,” Dr. Aaron Richterman, an infectious-disease specialist at the University of Pennsylvania, said. |
| “It’s going to save your life — that’s where the emphasis has to be right now,” Dr. Peter Hotez of the Baylor College of Medicine said. |
| The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are “essentially 100 percent effective against serious disease,” Dr. Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said. “It’s ridiculously encouraging.” |
| The details |
| Here’s my best attempt at summarizing what we know: |
| The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines — the only two approved in the U.S. — are among the best vaccines ever created, with effectiveness rates of about 95 percent after two doses. That’s on par with the vaccines for chickenpox and measles. And a vaccine doesn’t even need to be so effective to reduce cases sharply and crush a pandemic.If anything, the 95 percent number understates the effectiveness, because it counts anyone who came down with a mild case of Covid-19 as a failure. But turning Covid into a typical flu — as the vaccines evidently did for most of the remaining 5 percent — is actually a success. Of the 32,000 people who received the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine in a research trial, do you want to guess how many contracted a severe Covid case? One.Although no rigorous study has yet analyzed whether vaccinated people can spread the virus, it would be surprising if they did. “If there is an example of a vaccine in widespread clinical use that has this selective effect — prevents disease but not infection — I can’t think of one!” Dr. Paul Sax of Harvard has written in The New England Journal of Medicine. (And, no, exclamation points are not common in medical journals.) On Twitter, Dr. Monica Gandhi of the University of California, San Francisco, argued: “Please be assured that YOU ARE SAFE after vaccine from what matters — disease and spreading.”The risks for vaccinated people are still not zero, because almost nothing in the real world is zero risk. A tiny percentage of people may have allergic reactions. And I’ll be eager to see what the studies on post-vaccination spread eventually show. But the evidence so far suggests that the vaccines are akin to a cure. |
| Offit told me we should be greeting them with the same enthusiasm that greeted the polio vaccine: “It should be this rallying cry.” |
 A medical worker receiving the Moderna vaccine in Jersey City, N.J.Bryan Anselm for The New York Times |
| The costs of negativity |
| Why are many experts conveying a more negative message? |
| Again, their motivations are mostly good. As academic researchers, they are instinctively cautious, prone to emphasizing any uncertainty. Many may also be nervous that vaccinated people will stop wearing masks and social distancing, which in turn could cause unvaccinated people to stop as well. If that happens, deaths would soar even higher. |
| But the best way to persuade people to behave safely usually involves telling them the truth. “Not being completely open because you want to achieve some sort of behavioral public health goal — people will see through that eventually,” Richterman said. The current approach also feeds anti-vaccine skepticism and conspiracy theories. |
| After asking Richterman and others what a better public message might sound like, I was left thinking about something like this: |
| We should immediately be more aggressive about mask-wearing and social distancing because of the new virus variants. We should vaccinate people as rapidly as possible — which will require approving other Covid vaccines when the data justifies it. |
| People who have received both of their vaccine shots, and have waited until they take effect, will be able to do things that unvaccinated people cannot — like having meals together and hugging their grandchildren. But until the pandemic is defeated, all Americans should wear masks in public, help unvaccinated people stay safe and contribute to a shared national project of saving every possible life. |
There is NO Excuse for Bigotry and Idolatry Anywhere on Earth 126 Members of Congress Who Are Unfit to Be Public Servants
There is no excuse for bigotry and idolatry anywhere on earth these 126 people are unfit to serve as legislators or hold any public office
Distinct Difference Between Leadership = Statesmanship and Being a Traitor Exemplified in the Juxtaposition of James Earl Carter and the MOB
| Official portrait, 1977 | |
| 39th President of the United States | |
|---|---|
| In office January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | |
| Vice President | Walter Mondale |
| Preceded by | Gerald Ford |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Reagan |
| 76th Governor of Georgia | |
| In office January 12, 1971 – January 14, 1975 | |
| Lieutenant | Lester Maddox |
| Preceded by | Lester Maddox |
| Succeeded by | George Busbee |
| Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 14th district | |
| In office January 14, 1963 – January 10, 1967 | |
| Preceded by | District established |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Carter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Earl Carter Jr. October 1, 1924 (age 96) Plains, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Rosalynn Smith (m. 1946) |
| Children | 4, including Jack and Amy |
| Parents | James Earl Carter Sr.Lillian Gordy |
| Residence | Plains, Georgia, U.S. |
| Education | United States Naval Academy (BS, 1946) |
| Civilian awards | List of honors and awards |
| Signature | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1946–1953 (active)1953–1961 (reserve) |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Military awards | American Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal China Service Medal National Defense Service Medal |
| This article is part of a series aboutJimmy Carter |
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James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and philanthropist who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967 and as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. Since leaving the presidency, Carter has remained engaged in political and social projects as a private citizen. In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in co-founding the Carter Center.
Raised in Plains, Georgia, Carter graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree and joined the United States Navy, where he served on submarines. After the death of his father in 1953, Carter left his naval career and returned home to Georgia to take up the reins of his family’s peanut-growing business. Carter inherited comparatively little due to his father’s forgiveness of debts and the division of the estate among the children. Nevertheless, his ambition to expand and grow the Carters’ peanut business was fulfilled. During this period, Carter was motivated to oppose the political climate of racial segregation and support the growing civil rights movement. He became an activist within the Democratic Party. From 1963 to 1967, Carter served in the Georgia State Senate, and in 1970, he was elected as Governor of Georgia, defeating former Governor Carl Sanders in the Democratic primary on an anti-segregation platform advocating affirmative action for ethnic minorities. Carter remained as governor until 1975. Despite being a dark-horse candidate who was little known outside of Georgia at the start of the campaign, Carter won the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination. In the general election, Carter ran as an outsider and narrowly defeated incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford.
During Carter’s term as president, two new cabinet-level departments, the Department of Energy and the Department of Education, were established. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), and the return of the Panama Canal Zone to Panama. On the economic front, he confronted stagflation, a persistent combination of high inflation, high unemployment and slow growth. The end of his presidential tenure was marked by the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis, the 1979 energy crisis, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In response to the invasion, Carter escalated the Cold War when he ended détente, imposed a grain embargo against the Soviets, enunciated the Carter Doctrine, and led a 1980 Summer Olympics boycott in Moscow. In 1980, Carter faced a challenge from Senator Ted Kennedy in the primaries, but he won re-nomination at the 1980 Democratic National Convention. Carter lost the general election to Republican nominee Ronald Reagan in an electoral landslide. He is the only president in American history to serve a full term of office and never appoint a justice to the Supreme Court. Polls of historians and political scientists usually rank Carter as a below-average president. Carter’s activities since leaving the presidency have been viewed more favorably than his presidency itself.
In 1982, Carter established the Carter Center to promote and expand human rights. He has traveled extensively to conduct peace negotiations, monitor elections, and advance disease prevention and eradication in developing nations. Carter is considered a key figure in the Habitat for Humanity charity. He has written over 30 books, ranging from political memoirs to poetry, while continuing to actively comment on ongoing American and global affairs such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Abortion
Although Carter was “personally opposed” to abortion, he supported legalized abortion after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, 410 US 113 (1973).[citation needed] As president, he did not support increased federal funding for abortion services. He was criticized by the American Civil Liberties Union for not doing enough to find alternatives.[380]
In a March 29, 2012 interview with Laura Ingraham, Carter expressed his current view of abortion and his wish to see the Democratic Party becoming more pro-life:[381]
I never have believed that Jesus Christ would approve of abortions and that was one of the problems I had when I was president having to uphold Roe v. Wade and I did everything I could to minimize the need for abortions. I made it easy to adopt children for instance who were unwanted and also initiated the program called Women and Infant Children or WIC program that’s still in existence now. But except for the times when a mother’s life is in danger or when a pregnancy is caused by rape or incest I would certainly not or never have approved of any abortions. I’ve signed a public letter calling for the Democratic Party at the next convention to espouse my position on abortion which is to minimize the need, requirement for abortion and limit it only to women whose life [sic] are in danger or who are pregnant as a result of rape or incest. I think if the Democratic Party would adopt that policy that would be acceptable to a lot of people who are now estranged from our party because of the abortion issue.
Death penalty
Carter is known for his strong opposition to the death penalty, which he expressed during his presidential campaigns. In his Nobel Prize lecture, Carter urged “prohibition of the death penalty”.[382] He has continued to speak out against the death penalty in the U.S. and abroad.[383]
In a letter to the Governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, Carter urged the governor to sign a bill to eliminate the death penalty and institute life in prison without parole instead. New Mexico abolished the death penalty in 2009. Carter wrote: “As you know, the United States is one of the few countries, along with nations such as Saudi Arabia, China, and Cuba, which still carry out the death penalty despite the ongoing tragedy of wrongful conviction and gross racial and class-based disparities that make impossible the fair implementation of this ultimate punishment.”[384] In 2012, Carter wrote an op-ed in the LA Times supporting passage of a state referendum which would have ended the death penalty. He opened the article: “The process for administering the death penalty in the United States is broken beyond repair, and it is time to choose a more effective and moral alternative. California voters will have the opportunity to do this on election day.”[385]
Carter has also called for commutations of death sentences for many death-row inmates, including Brian K. Baldwin (executed in 1999 in Alabama),[386] Kenneth Foster (sentence in Texas commuted in 2007)[387][388] and Troy Davis (executed in Georgia in 2011).[389]
Equality for women
In October 2000, Carter, a third-generation Southern Baptist, severed connections to the Southern Baptist Convention over its opposition to women as pastors. What led Carter to take this action was a doctrinal statement by the Convention, adopted in June 2000, advocating a literal interpretation of the Bible. This statement followed a position of the Convention two years previously advocating the submission of wives to their husbands. Carter described the reason for his decision as due to: “an increasing inclination on the part of Southern Baptist Convention leaders to be more rigid on what is a Southern Baptist and exclusionary of accommodating those who differ from them.” The New York Times called Carter’s action “the highest-profile defection yet from the Southern Baptist Convention.”[390]
On July 15, 2009, Carter wrote an opinion piece about equality for women in which he stated that he chooses equality for women over the dictates of the leadership of what has been a lifetime religious commitment. He said that the view that women are inferior is not confined to one faith, “nor, tragically does its influence stop at the walls of the church, mosque, synagogue or temple.” Carter stated:
The truth is that male religious leaders have had—and still have—an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter. Their continuing choice provides the foundation or justification for much of the pervasive persecution and abuse of women throughout the world. This is in clear violation not just of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but also the teachings of Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul, Moses and the prophets, Muhammad, and founders of other great religions—all of whom have called for proper and equitable treatment of all the children of God. It is time we had the courage to challenge these views.[391]
In 2014, he published A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power.[392]
Gun control
Carter has publicly expressed support both for a ban on assault weapons and for background checks of gun buyers.[393] In May 1994, Carter and former presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan wrote to the U.S. House of Representatives in support of banning “semi-automatic assault guns.”[394] In a February 2013 appearance on Piers Morgan Tonight, Carter agreed that if the assault weapons ban did not pass it would be mainly due to lobbying by the National Rifle Association and its pressure on “weak-kneed” politicians.[395]
Same-sex marriage
Carter has stated that he supports same-sex marriage in civil ceremonies.[396] He has also stated that he believes Jesus would also support it, saying “I believe Jesus would. I don’t have any verse in scripture. … I believe Jesus would approve gay marriage, but that’s just my own personal belief. I think Jesus would encourage any love affair if it was honest and sincere and was not damaging to anyone else, and I don’t see that gay marriage damages anyone else.”[397][396] Evangelist Franklin Graham criticized the assertion as “absolutely wrong.”[398][399] In October 2014, Carter argued ahead of a Supreme Court ruling that legalization of same-sex marriage should be left up to the states and not mandated by federal law.[400]
Race in politics
Carter ignited debate in September 2009 when he stated, “I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he is African-American.”[401] Obama disagreed with Carter’s assessment. On CNN Obama stated, “Are there people out there who don’t like me because of race? I’m sure there are … that’s not the overriding issue here.”[402]
Torture
In a 2008 interview with Amnesty International, Carter criticized the use of torture at Guantánamo Bay, saying that it “contravenes the basic principles on which this nation was founded.”[403] He stated that the next president should make the promise that the United States will “never again torture a prisoner.”[404]
Healthcare
In an October 2013 interview, Carter labeled the Affordable Care Act President Obama’s major accomplishment and said “the implementation of it now is questionable at best”.[405] In July 2017, Carter concluded the U.S. would eventually see the implementation of a single-payer healthcare system.[406][407]
Campaign finance laws
Carter vigorously opposed the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC that struck down limits on campaign spending by corporations and unions, going so far as to saying that the U.S. is “no longer a functioning democracy” and now has a system of “unlimited political bribery”.[408]
Health issues
On August 3, 2015, Carter underwent elective surgery to remove “a small mass” on his liver, and his prognosis for a full recovery was initially said to be “excellent”. On August 12, however, Carter announced he had been diagnosed with cancer that had metastasized, without specifying where the cancer had originated.[434] On August 20, he disclosed that melanoma had been found in his brain and liver, and that he had begun treatment with the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab and was about to start radiation therapy. His healthcare is being managed by Emory Healthcare of Atlanta. The former president has an extensive family history of cancer, including both of his parents and all three of his siblings.[435] On December 6, 2015, Carter issued a statement that his medical scans no longer showed any cancer.[436]
On May 13, 2019, Carter broke his hip at his Plains home and underwent surgery the same day at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia.[437] On October 6, 2019, a forehead injury above his left eyebrow received during another fall at home required 14 stitches.[438] A public appearance afterward revealed that the former President had a black eye from the injury.[439] On October 21, 2019, Carter was admitted to the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center after suffering a minor pelvic fracture he obtained after falling again at home for the third time in 2019.[440] He was subsequently able to resume teaching Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church on November 3, 2019.[441][442] On November 11, 2019, Carter was hospitalized at the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta[443] for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain, caused by bleeding connected to his falls.[444] The surgery was successful, and Carter was released from the hospital on November 27.[445][443]
Longevity
Carter, the earliest-serving living former president since the death of Gerald Ford in 2006, became the oldest to ever attend a presidential inauguration, in 2017 at age 92, and the first to live to the 40th anniversary of his own.[446][447] Two years later, on March 22, 2019, he gained the distinction of being the nation’s longest-lived president, when he surpassed the lifespan of George H. W. Bush, who was 94 years, 171 days of age when he died in November 2018; both men were born in 1924.[448] On October 1, 2019, Carter became the first U.S. president to live to the age of 95,[449] and on October 1, 2020, he became the first president to live to the age of 96.[450]
Funeral and burial plans
Carter has made arrangements to be buried in front of his home in Plains, Georgia. Carter noted in 2006 that a funeral in Washington, D.C., with visitation at the Carter Center was planned as well.[451]
| Official portrait, 1977 | |
| 39th President of the United States | |
|---|---|
| In office January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | |
| Vice President | Walter Mondale |
| Preceded by | Gerald Ford |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Reagan |
| 76th Governor of Georgia | |
| In office January 12, 1971 – January 14, 1975 | |
| Lieutenant | Lester Maddox |
| Preceded by | Lester Maddox |
| Succeeded by | George Busbee |
| Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 14th district | |
| In office January 14, 1963 – January 10, 1967 | |
| Preceded by | District established |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Carter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Earl Carter Jr. October 1, 1924 (age 96) Plains, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Rosalynn Smith (m. 1946) |
| Children | 4, including Jack and Amy |
| Parents | James Earl Carter Sr.Lillian Gordy |
| Residence | Plains, Georgia, U.S. |
| Education | United States Naval Academy (BS, 1946) |
| Civilian awards | List of honors and awards |
| Signature | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1946–1953 (active)1953–1961 (reserve) |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Military awards | American Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal China Service Medal National Defense Service Medal |
| This article is part of a series aboutJimmy Carter |
|---|
| Governor of GeorgiaGovernorshipPresident of the United StatesPresidency TimelineAppointmentsCabinetJudiciaryInaugurationCamp David Accords Egypt–Israel Peace TreatyTorrijos–Carter TreatiesIran hostage crisis Operation Eagle ClawMoral Equivalent of War speech1979 energy crisisCarter DoctrineU.S.–China relationsTimeline ’77’78’79’80’80–81showPresidential campaignsPost-presidencyPresidential LibraryAwards and honorsBibliographyActivitiesCarter CenterOne America Appeal |
John’s Legacy
I concur. His performance has been exalted and his awareness of the trajectory of these circumstances unrivaled. I have personally been impacted by his tender devotion to all of us and unwavering commitment for economic and social justice. What we do at the end to honor his legacy is in fathomable. His work has changed a nation and not merely this community. blessings on the occasion of the remembrance of Dr King
The Boldest Plan in 1/2 Century Needs A Civilian Conservation Corps and a Work Projects Administration as well as Opportunities to Balance the Inequities Between Rich and Poor Throughout the WORLD “This is the boldest vision laid out by an American president for fighting poverty, and child poverty in particular, in at least half a century,” Luke Shaefer, a poverty expert at the University of Michigan, told me. I think that’s right. The Biden plan would reduce child poverty by about half and would go a long way to make this a fairer country with a better future. As my column argues, that’s Rooseveltian! Please read.children deserve to be safe and have a world which is safe for them to grow and develop to their fullest potential no matter what. We must protect our children.
GOOD NEWS!
WE’RE GRaTEFUL TO EVERYONE OF YOU WHO HELPED MAKKE IT POSSIBLE TO BE SAFE AND SOUND
Hallelujah I got my first shot MODERNA for COVID-19 today, the second comes 2/9 and I can’t wait. No reaction either at all Thanks for everything for the place that is safe and the services provided by everyone here. If we’re able to move on it will be because of your care commitment and beneficence.
Ultimate Issues I Used to Share Withal
Ultimate Issues Which I used to share: the wisdom of living on the edge with a number of different people of diverse ages, I took groups on tours. All that ended abruptly. I used to serve as a steward at the First Menonite Church downtown in the park next to Denver Health. They ended that when they discerned that I did not believe in Jesus as my Lord and savior. I used to speak in services at the UU churches when all of a sudden I was compass non gratis. I used to be involved in speaker’s Bureaus that went to places throughout the metro region. One time I was in Ft. Collins with the groups that met in early December. I remember countless opportunities to converse with youth, with activist groups, with young people at all of the schools in the Metro region including the universities and my alma mater Iliff School of Theology. IT WAS DEVASTATING for me when I was not connected any more to youth and to share stories and listen to ideas of people in these groups. Vincent Harding before his death invited me to do a seminar with him at Morehouse School of Medicine. Of course it was a great honor to serve and to represent people who were abandoned and forgotten.I even went to Washington D.C. on occasion to testify before many people in charge of programing and legislation and as you know offer prayers and benedictions.I wish that my life had not turned out with me being alienated from everything I believed and that had made me feel vital. As a chaplain I understand the meaning of being present and being filled with longing to share and know others as they struggle through ultimate issues. I feel privileged to have had these experiences but have always felt that i FELL away from my calling to teach to be a rabbi to be present and connected to others. Leading this life of destitute relationship to almost everyone who I have ever loved as I see it has taken an enormous toll. All I want at this juncture is a safe haven in which to spend the rest of my life with dignity and peace.
Hallelujah
Hallelejah
Interpretation. In the Hebrew Bible hallelujah is actually a two-word phrase, not one word. … However, “hallelujah” means more than simply “praise Jah” or “praise Yah”, as the word hallel in Hebrew means a joyous praise in song, to boast in God. The second part, Yah, is a shortened form of YHWH, the name for the Creator.
Hallelujah (/ˌhælɪˈluːjə/ HAL-i-LOO-yə) is an interjection. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew phrase הַלְלוּ יָהּ (Modern Hebrew hallūyāh, Tiberian haləlūyāh), which is composed of two elements: הַלְלוּ (second-person imperative masculine plural form of the Hebrew verb hillel: an exhortation to “praise” addressed to several people[1]) and יָהּ (the name of God Yah).[2][3][4] The term is used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible (in the book of Psalms), twice in deuterocanonical books, and four times in the Christian Book of Revelation.[5]
The phrase is used in Judaism as part of the Hallel prayers, and in Christian prayer,[5] where since the earliest times[6] it is used in various ways in liturgies,[7] especially those of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church,[8] both of which use the form “alleluia” which is based on the alternative Greek transliteration.
In the Hebrew Bible hallelujah is actually a two-word phrase, not one word. The first part, hallelu, is the second-person imperative masculine plural form of the Hebrew verb hillel.[1] However, “hallelujah” means more than simply “praise Jah” or “praise Yah”, as the word hallel in Hebrew means a joyous praise in song, to boast in God.[10][11]
The second part, Yah, is a shortened form of YHWH, the name for the Creator.[5] The name ceased to be pronounced in Second Temple Judaism, by the 3rd century BC due to religious beliefs.[12] The correct pronunciation is not known, however, it is sometimes rendered by Christians as “Yahweh” or “Jehovah“. The Septuagint translates Yah as Kyrios (the LORD), because of the Jewish custom of replacing the sacred name with “Adonai“, meaning “the Lord”.
In Psalm 150:6 the Hebrew reads kol han’shamah t’hallel yah halelu-yah;[13] the first “hallel” and “yah” in this verse are two separate words, and the word “yah” is translated as “the LORD”, or “YHWH”. In 148:1 the Hebrew says “הללו יה halelu yah”. It then says “halelu eth-YHWH” as if using “yah” and “YHWH” interchangeably. The word “Yah” appears by itself as a divine name in poetry about 49 times in the Hebrew Bible (including halelu yah), such as in Psalm 68:4–5 “who rides upon the skies by his name Yah” and Exodus 15:2 “Yah is my strength and song”. It also often appears at the end of Israelite theophoric names such as Isaiah “yeshayah(u), Yahweh is salvation” and Jeremiah “yirmeyah(u), Yahweh is exalted”.[5]
The word hallelujah occurring in the Psalms is therefore a request for a congregation to join in praise toward God. It can be translated as “Praise Yah” or “Praise Jah, you people”.[2][7][14]
Most well-known English versions of the Hebrew Bible translate the Hebrew “Hallelujah” (as at Psalm 150:1) as two Hebrew words, generally rendered as “Let us praise” and “the LORD”, but the second word is given as “Yah” in the Lexham English Bible and Young’s Literal Translation, “Jah” in the New World Translation, “Jehovah” in the American Standard Version, and “Hashem” in the Artscroll Tanach (Orthodox Jewish). Instead of a translation, the transliteration “Hallelujah” is used by JPS Tanakh, International Standard Version, Darby Translation, God’s Word Translation, Holman Christian Standard Bible, and The Message, with the spelling “Halleluyah” appearing in the Complete Jewish Bible. The Greek-influenced form “Alleluia” appears in Wycliffe’s Bible, the Knox Version and the New Jerusalem Bible.
In the great song of praise to God for his triumph over the Whore of Babylon[5] in chapter 19 of the New Testament book of Revelation, the Greek word ἀλληλούϊα (allēluia), a transliteration of the same Hebrew word, appears four times, as an expression of praise rather than an exhortation to praise.[6] In English translations this is mostly rendered as “Hallelujah”,[15] but as “Alleluia” in several translations,[16] while a few have “Praise the Lord”,[17] “Praise God”,[18] “Praise our God”,[19] or “Thanks to our God”.[20]
The linguist Ghil’ad Zuckermann argues that the word Hallelujah is usually not replaced by a praise God! translation due to the belief in iconicity: the perception that there is something intrinsic about the relationship between the sound of the word and its meaning.[21]:62
The word “hallelujah” is sung as part of the Hallel Psalms (interspersed between Psalms 113–150).[22] In Tractate Shabbat of the Talmud, Rabbi Yose is quoted as saying that the Pesukei dezimra Psalms should be recited daily.[23] Psalms 145-150, also known as the Hallel of pesukei dezimra, are included to fulfill this requirement in the liturgy for the traditional Jewish Shacharit (morning) service.[24] In addition, on the three Pilgrimage Festivals, the new moon and Hanukkah, Psalms 113-118 are recited.[25] The latter psalms are known simply as Hallel with no additional qualification.
Psalms 146:10, ending with Halleluja, is the third and final biblical quotation in the Kedushah. This expanded version of the third blessing in the Amidah is said during the Shacharit and Mincha (morning and afternoon) services when there is a minyan present.[26]
todos de mis mas favoritos retratos de unos miembros de mi familia de mi hija majora en Filadelpfia
Mi familia con unas de las persnas en mi primero groupo de Woodrock en el campo de Lower Pottsgrove en Pennsylvania en 1970 Andy Toy
por eso echo menos todos mi parte en la familia mio y tambien las personas en mi tent a Woodrock.
78
78th anniversary of the life and times of my sister
8 years separate our births and 19 days. Which means that we were conceived at nearly the same time 8 years apart 9 months beforehand.We were fortunate to have the chance to lead long and distinguished lives in the privileged upbringing of our devoted parents. Though often it has been the case that we were subjected to difficulties and duress that seemed overwhelming. We are blessed to have been here in your case nearly 8 decades. I hope that this day and all the rest of the revolution of the earth around the sun that you will celebrate and hold dear the gift of your life. I hope that you are safe and warm, and can achieve another year of magic in your efforts to capture the pulse of the community in which you thrive.Thankfully the year 2021 has arrived with greater expectations for all of us to have grace and health. May your achievements be satisfying and fulfill your wishes.
“Safe and warm?” I went for a little birthday walk this morning and despite several layers of clothing was about to turn into an icicle so I had to retreat. I am very grateful that I have a place to retreat to and a cup of tea. I take nothing for granted — not birthdays or health or sanctuary.“
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