Anonymous ID: 2d417e May 13, 2021, 5:27 p.m. No.13655521   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>5524 >>5532 >>5631 >>5707 >>5881 >>6042

>>13655444

>https://nypost.com/2021/05/13/biden-inauguration-priest-resigns-as-santa-clara-u-president/

Biden inauguration priest resigns as Santa Clara U. president

The Jesuit priest who presided over the inaugural Mass for then President-elect Joe Biden resigned as president of Santa Clara University in California this week after an investigation found he had behaved in a manner “inconsistent with established Jesuit protocols and boundaries.”

 

John Sobrato, the chairman of the university’s board of trustees, confirmed in a statement Wednesday that Rev. Kevin O’Brien had offered his resignation Sunday and the board had accepted it the following day.

 

Sobrato added that a probe by the Jesuits’ USA West Province confirmed that O’Brien had engaged in inappropriate behavior, “consisting primarily of conversations, during a series of informal dinners with Jesuit graduate students.”

The chairman’s letter went on to say that “alcohol was involved” and that the investigation did not find any inappropriate behavior by O’Brien outside of the dinner settings. O’Brien had been placed on leave when the investigation began in March.

 

O’Brien has been directed by the Jesuits to begin a “four-to-six-month therapeutic outpatient program … to address related personal issues, including alcohol and stress counseling,” according to Sobrato.

Anonymous ID: 2d417e May 13, 2021, 5:29 p.m. No.13655529   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>5532 >>5631 >>5881 >>6042

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/12/resignation-letter-heres-how-santa-clara-university-president-kevin-obrien-explained-his-departure/

Resignation letter: Here’s how Santa Clara University President Kevin O’Brien explained his departure

May 12, 2021

Dear Santa Clara University community,

With a heavy heart but clear mind, I write to share with you personally my decision to resign as president of Santa Clara University. As I have written to you at other times during these remarkable two years, I want to share with you directly the reasons for my decision.

In early March, my Jesuit Provincial, Scott Santarosa, S.J., expressed concerns to me about my well-being. These concerns were based on accounts of my behavior over the past year in certain social settings with adults that did not meet the highest standards of decorum expected of me as a Jesuit. The Province investigated these concerns, and based on the results of that review, Father Santarosa asked me to enter a therapeutic program to address related personal issues, including my use of alcohol and stress management.

Throughout the process, I asked for no preferential treatment because of my position, presumed the good will of all involved, and fully cooperated. In April, I entered an outpatient or nonresidential treatment program, which many Jesuits over the years have found helpful in living a full, healthy life of service. In my case, the program is expected to take four to six months.

My extended absence from campus during these challenging times does not serve the university well. After much prayer and thought and out of deep love for Santa Clara, I have concluded that the best service I can offer to our beloved university is to step aside now. While my deepest desire and skill set are attuned to return to leadership, I will not know until the program’s completion how and when I can do so most effectively. As I engage this personal work, I cannot leave the university waiting, amid all the challenges we face in a very competitive landscape and given the opportunities we need to seize as we pivot to a post-pandemic context. Finally, if the Board wishes to begin planning a search for my successor, it is vital that this work begin now.

At the successful completion of my treatment program, Father Santarosa expects that I will return to active ministry as a Jesuit priest, but, for the reasons above, it will not be at Santa Clara as president – a statement which is very hard for me to write. As together we addressed challenges during the pandemic and in our movements to greater racial justice, I have loved my service here, primarily because of the people. Thank you for your company and your support, especially when the days and decisions were hard. I trust that God will use my labor here for good, even when I fell short of my or your expectations.

We are positioned well to emerge from these challenging months with strength and clarity of purpose. We are in very good hands with Acting President Lisa Kloppenberg’s exceptional and visionary leadership. She exemplifies the best of Jesuit education. We are also blessed with the wise and skilled stewardship of our university cabinet, deans and other university leaders.

I am at heart a teacher and an educator, so I wish to close with a message for our students. It is important to have friends in your life, as I do now, who can speak honestly when they are concerned about you. Equally important, no matter the success or positions you achieve in life, everyone needs help at times, and it is OK to ask for help when you need it, and to allow others to care for you.

Know that my days begin with prayers for Santa Clara and its mission which endures with the grace of God and the goodness of so many. Wherever I might land in my next mission as a Jesuit, I will carry you with me.

Gratefully yours,

Kevin O’Brien, S.J.

Anonymous ID: 2d417e May 13, 2021, 5:57 p.m. No.13655749   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>5771

https://irp.nih.gov/catalyst/v21i2/obituaries-kuan-teh-jeang

Obituaries: Kuan-Teh Jeang

NIH Mourns Death of Retrovirus Expert

Kuan-Teh Jeang, an accomplished virologist and chief of the Molecular Virology Section of the NIAID Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, died suddenly on January 27, at age 54. He had worked at NIH since 1985. Jeang’s research focused on the gene regulation of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and how human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) causes leukemia. He was a prolific scientist who authored or co-authored more than 300 publications. He cofounded and served as editor-in-chief of the online journal Retrovirology. In this position, he helped establish an award to recognize midcareer scientists and advocated passionately for open access to scientific information.

“Teh was a talented researcher who believed strongly in the equal and global distribution of scientific knowledge,” said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci. “He made many important contributions to our understanding of HIV and HTLV-1, leaving a lasting legacy here at NIH and beyond. We will miss him deeply.”

Jeang also was an editor at Cell and Bioscience and an associate editor of Cancer Research. From 2010 to 2011, he served as president of the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America, where he sought greater representation in leadership positions for Asian-American scientists. His recent awards include the International Retrovirology Association’s Dale McFarlin Award in 2011, Biomed Central’s Open Access “Editor of the Year” award in 2010, and research support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2011, 2012, and 2013.

Teh’s death is a blow to the NIH, the retrovirus research community, and his many friends and colleagues around the world,” said Kathryn Zoon, director of the NIAID Division of Intramural Research. “He was a dynamic and thoughtful scientific leader who ran an incredibly creative and productive lab.”

Jeang earned his M.D. and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) in 1982 and 1984, respectively. He performed his postdoctoral studies with the late Dr. George Khoury at the National Cancer Institute and joined NIAID in 1987.

“Teh Jeang was a very special person,” said Malcolm Martin, chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology. ”His scientific achievements had an enormous impact on multiple areas of retrovirology, and his influence extended to the related fields of cellular and cancer biology.”

Jeang leaves behind his wife and three children, as well as an NIH community profoundly saddened by his passing.

Anonymous ID: 2d417e May 13, 2021, 5:59 p.m. No.13655771   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>13655749

>His scientific achievements had an enormous impact on multiple areas of retrovirology, and his influence extended to the related fields of cellular and cancer biology.

 

When introducing him as the honored speaker at the NIH George Koury Lecture on October 24, 2012, Deputy Director of Intramural Research Michael Gottesman (right) described Kuan-Teh Jeang (left) as a dynamo and prolific researcher. To see an archived video of the lecture, visit https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?Live=12023&bhcp=1

 

Nuclear damage and miscounted chromosomes: Human T cell leukemia virus transformation of cells

 

Human T-cell Leukemia Virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a delta-retrovirus that infects approximately 20 million individuals worldwide. HTLV-1 is the etiological agent of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), a poorly treatable and prevalently fatal disease. The virus encodes a oncoprotein, Tax, which has been shown to transform primary rodent cells. Tax confers immortalization, anchorage-dependent cell growth, and tumorigenicity to rodent cells. Tax can also immortalize human primary T lymphocytes. However, successful transformation of human cells has not been established using Tax. The Tax protein has pleiotropic effects on host-cell gene expression and activates several pathways such as the cyclic AMP responsive binding protein (CREB), the nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-ÎşB), the cyclin-dependant kinases (CDKs), and the Akt pathways. Tax-expressing cells also exhibit nuclear morphological aberrancy, frequent multinucleation, aneuploidy, and loss of function of the tumor suppressor protein p53. Currently, the mechanisms and factors needed for the initiation of ATL by Tax remain incompletely clarified. Dr. Jeang will speak on research insights gained over the past 25 years on how HTLV-1 infection and Tax expression create nuclear damage and aneuploidy in the process of cellular transformation.

Anonymous ID: 2d417e May 13, 2021, 6:18 p.m. No.13655898   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>5917

https://www.cnet.com/features/qanon-channels-are-deleting-their-own-youtube-videos-to-evade-punishment/

QAnon channels delete their own YouTube videos to evade punishment

In the YouTube video, a cartoon man in a black suit and blue tie stands in the corner of the screen spewing QAnon theories. He's pointing to the rest of the screen like a professor at a blackboard. The animation is superimposed over a picture of former President Donald Trump speaking to camouflaged military personnel.

The cartoon man repeats themes you'd hear from devotees of the baseless pro-Trump conspiracy, which contends the world is run by a powerful cabal of Democrats and Hollywood elites who traffic children and worship Satan. The video tries to untangle "Q drops," online breadcrumbs from Q, the anonymous person or group behind the conspiracy. It mentions corrupt politicians on both sides of the aisle as being "primary targets in DC" while Trump is kept safe. It falsely claims President Joe Biden had been executed some time ago for "high treason" and what we're seeing now isn't real.

"You're watching a scripted movie with actors, doubles and CGI," says the cartoon man, waving his hand around as he talks.

The video titled TRUMP HAS HAD MILITARY INTELLIGENCE INFILTRATED 4NTIFA, with Antifa deliberately misrendered was published on April 27 and has since been removed from Google-owned YouTube.

The content likely runs afoul of YouTube's policy of banning QAnon videos that could incite violence and is now purged from the video-sharing site. It wasn't deleted, however, by YouTube. Instead, the channel, called It's Time to Tell The Truth, took it down on May 5, eight days after it was published. "Video unavailable," a message on the YouTube video player now reads. "This video has been removed by the uploader."

Anonymous ID: 2d417e May 13, 2021, 6:18 p.m. No.13655904   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>5916 >>5938 >>6059 >>6108

https://twitter.com/KATVAlex/status/1392540161058168837

 

Here's a look at the crack on the I-40 bridge over the Mississippi River. @myARDOT

says it's on a critical beam that runs the length of the bridge. @KATVNews

 

More: https://katv.com/news/local/i-40-bridge-over-mississippi-river-closed-due-to-emergency-maintenance

Anonymous ID: 2d417e May 13, 2021, 6:19 p.m. No.13655916   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>13655904

>https://katv.com/news/local/i-40-bridge-over-mississippi-river-closed-due-to-emergency-maintenance

I-40 bridge over Mississippi River closed due to emergency maintenance

A routine inspection of the I-40 Mississippi River Bridge revealed a crack that requires further investigation, according to the Arkansas Department of Transportation.

Both the eastbound and westbound lanes will be closed through Wednesday morning.

“Our focus now is getting stranded motorists taken care of, providing water and snacks, and starting to turn them around using the emergency shoulder. It will be slow going with the truck traffic,” said Arkansas Department of Transportation spokesman Dave Parker.

Parker said the department is inspecting their drone video to assess what to do next. The bridge was last inspected in September 2020.

Traffic is being rerouted to I-55 as an alternate route, which is causing backups.

It is unknown when the repairs will be completed. Updates will be provided at IDrive Arkansas.

https://idrivearkansas.com/

Anonymous ID: 2d417e May 13, 2021, 6:21 p.m. No.13655930   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>13655894

>But wait. Fully vaccinated but got COVID anyway. BUT he got fucking COVID and he is asymptomatic so he doesn't know who he has infected. But fully vaccinated people don't have to isolate says Biden today. But Billyboy is in isolation. Soooo….he wasn't infectious until he FOUND OUT he had it?

Anonymous ID: 2d417e May 13, 2021, 6:28 p.m. No.13655982   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>13655962

>wrong machine. missing password relates to routers. deleted database relates to server.

this is what happens when too much is going on

what's the relation between smartmatic and dominion while we're straightening things out?