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On January 24th, AP sports writer Jon Krawczynski observed an NBA referee, Bill Spooner, tell a coach that he’d make up a bad call to his team, and posted a tweet:
Spooner claims that he never muttered those words, and Krawczynski swears he heard the conversation correctly. In either case, Spooner, a 22-year NBA veteran, was so inflamed over the tweet that he’s suing Krawczynski. According to ESPN, Spooner’s suit seeks over $75,000 in damages along with both an unpublishing and retraction of the statement on the grounds that the tweet is a defamatory accusation.
Now consider this: Krawczynski currently has 2,087 followers, and the game during which this occurred was the Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Houston Rockets, two teams with a combined 51-85 record. What does this mean? No one was paying attention!
But Spooner didn’t want to let this tweet, which criticized his job performance, pass without a fight (and let’s face it, fans generally assume referees make bad calls and makeup calls all the time). Therefore he filed a lawsuit and ended up with feature coverage on the subject on ESPN, FoxSports, BizJournals.com, SB Nation, MinnPost.com and more. So now there are a lot more people aware of his bad calls (if the tweet is indeed true).
While this isn’t the first scenario of someone creating adding publicity around a tweet they want buried, it’s a good example of how to draw attention where you don’t want it.


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Harry’s bringing the juice.
Harry Styles has wowed fans with his cover of Juice by Lizzo.
The star returned to BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge earlier this week to perform a few cuts from his critically-acclaimed sophomore album Fine Line, including UK top ten single Lights Up, Adore You and Paul McCartney’s Wonderful Christmastime.
Before he performed Juice, Harry had nothing but praise for Lizzo, saying: “I just think she’s amazing; she’s one of the most exciting artists working now for sure. She’s exactly what you want an artist to be, which is themselves.”
Harry was joined by his full band for the performance and left fans in motherf***ing meltdown mode especially during the lyric, “Somebody come get your man, I think he got lost in my DMs,” for obvious reasons…
Lizzo responded to Harry’s cover on Twitter with “*melts*” followed by two emojis – watch the performance below.


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Alece is a New Yorker changed by Africa, a car dancer, and a loud laugher. She’s the founder of One Word 365 and a non-profit communications coach and community manager. Spend a little time with Alece and you’ll discover she’s an extroverted introvert passionate about grace, authenticity, and red wine. She blogs candidly about searching for God in the question marks of life and faith.
Andrea Levendusky sees art everywhere, waiting just at the edge of her everyday vision.
In the hijinks of her curly-headed, fairy-hearted daughter. In the daily gift of a simple home and loving city community. In the work of her hands and imagination to bring story to life on paper, screen, canvas, and plate.
Andrea makes her nest in Rochester, New York, where she balances the very tall hats of single mom, worship leader, and busy entrepreneur. Her design studio, The Organic Bird, brings beauty to business branding, purpose to packaging, and whimsy to website development. She approaches each project with an ear for the story crying out to be told and uses color and cunning to communicate that story to the world.
At the core of her own story is a tale of brokenness and Gospel redemption she’s still working to tell. Readers of The Organic Bird Blog find pieces of Andrea’s story sprinkled among original music, prints, and daily happenings of a candle-hoarding, word-loving, mountain-hugging, world-traveling, beauty-chasing, hope-clinging girl with a dream or two still up her sleeve.
There was a time when Addie Zierman would have used words like “Jesus freak” and “on fire for God,” to describe her faith. She has since learned that Christian cliché makes a rotten foundation when it comes to the complex, disjointed, beautiful life of faith.
She recently published her debut book, When We Were on Fire: A Memoir of Consuming Faith, Tangled Love and Starting Over, which was named by Publisher’s Weekly as one of the best books of 2013.
Addie is a mom, writer and Diet Coke enthusiast. She lives in Minnesota with her husband, two small sons, and very fluffily dog.
Ashleigh Baker is on a treasure hunt for the poetry in life’s prose – a pen in her right hand, a bag of stories in her left. She strikes gold most often when searching the eyes of her three boys and home-at-last Marine. Since 2005, she’s been digging deep for the good stuff and sharing her spoils online, writing on faith, relationships, the sacred, scary, and everything in the grey space between truths. One thing Ashleigh knows for sure – beauty will indeed save the world, and she’s on a mission to find it.
Ben Moberg is a Christian gay man and is becoming less and less anxious about saying that. After spending his life in the closet, behind the lines of conservative evangelicalism, Ben, at last, came out and found only love and freedom patiently waiting for him on the other side. It’s been a beautiful last few years for him and his.
Other than that, in much more interesting areas of his life, Ben is a lifelong Minnesotan, a brother to four siblings, a son, an uncle, a world traveler, a slow writer, a Netflix binger, and he works at an elementary school as a paraprofessional. He has been hit by evangelicalism like a hundred thousand times, and he is a sluggish forgiver, but grace is having a go at him. He lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Christie Purifoy earned a PhD in English literature from the University of Chicago before trading the classroom for a vegetable garden and a henhouse in southeastern Pennsylvania. When the noise of her four young children makes writing impossible, she tends zucchini and tomatoes her children will later refuse to eat. The zucchini-loving chickens are perfectly happy with this arrangement. The chickens move fast and the baby even faster, but Christie is always watching for the beauty, mystery and wonder that lie beneath it all. When she finds it, she writes about it at www.christiepurifoy.com.
In the words of a former English professor, Elizabeth Esther is ‘sort of all over the place.’ Born and raised in a high-demand fundamentalist cult, Elizabeth Esther spent her childhood preparing for the Rapture. She also ate health food and had a lot of babies before it was cool to say words like “organic” and “home birth.” Actually, she never had any home-births, she gave birth the boring, old-fashioned way: in a hospital with epidurals. Elizabeth is an ENFP which is just a nice way of saying scatterbrained, emotional, highly-sensitive, (annoying?) artist-y type person. Her articles have been published all over the place except she can’t remember where.
Her first book, “How I Left Church to Find God,” will be published in September 2013 by Convergent Books, a new imprint from Random House.
Emily Maynard is an outgoing introvert from Portland, Oregon. She is a big picture thinker and big question asker. She likes Twitter, vegetables, fashion, Harry Potter, mentoring college students, new information on anything, and declarative sentences. Emily does her thinking aloud at Emily Is Speaking Up. After years in a high-control Christian culture, she’s finding her voice and doesn’t plan on shutting up anytime soon. She is not the Emily Maynard from The Bachelorette.
Share a cup of tea with Erika Morrison and you’ll likely find your chi balanced, your heart stirred, and the earth beneath you thrust heavenward. She’s a Spirit-led, poet-hearted, story-telling Life Artist. She’s wife to Austin, Momma to three handsome hooligans, and soul sister to a vibrant community of Christ-followers in New Haven, Connecticut. A compulsive creative, Erika gathers the stories and symbols of the seemingly mundane and weaves them with great panache into the deeper story of love she sees in the life of Jesus, and from life with Jesus. Readers of The Life Artist will find pieces of this story scribbled and shared online in the hopes that they, too, will live this Life as a precious, fine art.
Jesus following, lioness-hearted, big dreaming, student of life. Writer for A Deeper Story, Prodigal & Prism Magazine. Blogher ’13 Voices of the Year honoree. Natural hair newbie, abuse survivor, advocate, wifey, boymom. Non-profit manager, fashionista, lover of Swiss Cake Rolls, hater of horcruxes and human trafficking.
Essayist in the upcoming anthology, I Speak for Myself: 40 American Christian Women Under 40 addressing the topic of taboo. (Being published by White Cloud Press, 2013). Grace is seeking representation for her first solo book, Detroit’s Daughter, a memoir about surviving her father, her brother, abuse, racism, Christians, boys, and poverty, while growing up in inner-city Detroit.
Jason Boyett is a writer, designer, speaker, creator, and dad from Amarillo, Texas. He has written several books, including O Me of Little Faith (Zondervan) and the Pocket Guide series. His work has also appeared in a variety of publications online and off, fromSalon to the Washington Post to The Daily Beast. A relentless consumer of popular culture, Jason is the host and creator of the 9 Thumbs Podcast and a fan of Americana music, television shows on the USA network, and children’s fiction. His self-employed day job includes corporate copywriting and design, creative consulting, celebrity ghost-tweeting, and other paid professions that pretty much weren’t a thing five years ago. He blogs irregularly and poorly at jasonboyett.com.
Jason and his wife, Aimee, first met each other when they were preschoolers. They currently live in the house in which she grew up. They are the parents of two kids, a small dog, and an even smaller hamster.
Jen is a author and Bible teacher, against all odds and reason. She has written nine books, most recently “7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess,” in which she wore the same seven pieces of clothes for a month among other weirdo things, so she can be extreme and bizarre. She is a terrible blogger and heinous email-answerer, loving the first and potentially losing her salvation over the second. She lives in Austin, TX with her husband Brandon and their five kids, three from regular procreation and two from Ethiopia. They pastor Austin New Church, drawing in the unlikely, working to bring spiritual and social renewal to the city and beyond. Jen regularly weeps over the plight of the poor, the orphan crisis, Subaru commercials, mean Christians, brave Christians, the American Church, sports montages, and she has never one time made it through a reading of The Prodigal Son. She is an introvert who masquerades as an extrovert, which means she once left a conference so exhausted, she fell asleep at her airport gate and dropped onto the floor like a corpse.
Joy grew up in a Christian home, and should know the answers to all the usual faith questions, but she doesn’t. She has delivered four babies, handed two over to heart surgeons in the hall outside an operating room, and buried one in a cemetery just a few miles from her home. She has no idea how she managed to marry a man who would love her and their kids through all of the upheaval, but she did. She has been writing since the second grade and blogging since 2005. She currently works as Director of Social Engagement for Feed The Children.
Kelley Nikondeha is a thinker, connector, advocate, avid reader, mother of two beautiful children, lover of God’s justice & jubilee. She leads theological conversations at Amahoro Africa and is chief storyteller for Communities of Hope. Kelley lives her life in transit between Arizona and Burundi. She’s in transit between continents but also in terms of her own experience of motherhood, discipleship, theological engagement and living into God’s dream for the world. She savors handwritten letters, homemade pesto and anything written by Walter Brueggemann. She’s fueled by space and snacks (and Diet Coke).
Melissa has a deeply rooted history with music, singing, and performing (even starting at age 2 with a familial audience and her hairbrush serving as a microphone). After singing soprano with the gospel music group Truth, Melissa was invited to become a part of the critically acclaimed, Grammy nominated group, Avalon. Melissa was honored with the other members of the group to have won the 2002 American Music Award for Favorite Artist in Contemporary Inspirational Music. She spent almost seven years in Avalon belting out the lead to songs like “Everything to Me” which won the Dove Award for Inspirational Recorded Song of the year in 2004. In her career as an artist, Melissa has also written and recorded 2 solo albums. Her album Next Step, which was released in 2009, was a culmination of songs and lyrics birthed throughout a season of wrestling over the loss of her 32-year-old brother-in-law to cancer. She is now working on a new project of both songs and videos that capture where she is on her journey now. This project will be released in the fall of 2012.
Melissa is now further using her passions to continually grow and challenge herself and those around her in her current position as the full-time Pastor of Worship and Arts at GracePointe Church in Franklin, TN (http://www.gracepointe.net). In addition to her full-time position as a pastor, Greene continues her platform outside of GracePointe spending her time speaking, singing and leading worship at other churches, conferences and venues, and writing with other artists and musicians. Melissa also is a mother of 2 wonderfully, demanding, and beautiful children. She’s also married to Ben Greene, her partner in this adventure of life and her best friend.
Once upon a time Micah knew everything there was to know about God, Jesus, the Bible, and how the universe works. This didn’t work out too well for him. One day he found himself admitting that, despite having all the answers, he barely believed in God anymore. With the few shreds of faith he had left, he clung to the hope that God was searching for him, and that he would someday be found.
Being found is more of a journey than a destination, and this is where you’ll find Micah today. Slowly picking through all the broken pieces of failed religion, looking for Jesus in the midst of it, being found by Him more and more each day.
When he’s not chasing his two small boys around the house, riding motorcycles with his wife, or overdosing on coffee, he attempts to scrawl out the words of this unfolding story on the pages of the internet.
Mihee Kim-Kort is an ordained Presbyterian minister and mom to twin babies with #3 on the way (very soon). Her current ministry is UKIRK (www.iukirk.com) to college students at Indiana University through the two PC(USA) churches in town. She graduated from the University of Colorado-Boulder with a BA in English and Religion, Princeton Theological Seminary with her MDiv and ThM (Religion and Society).
She recently published her first book Making Paper Cranes: Towards an Asian American Feminist Theology. Zealous about God and church, parenting and spirituality, and social justice (race issues, immigration, and poverty) she often has plenty to write about at First Day Walking.
Nish Weiseth – Founder, Editor-in-Chief
Nish is a dreamer, schemer, believer, trouble-maker, and rabble-rouser. She’s the founder of the Deeper Story network and her passion is to connect people and build bridges across ideologies for the sake of mutual understanding and advancing God’s Kingdom here, today. As a fierce advocate for social, global and political good, she has traveled to and written from Bolivia for World Vision and she is an activist on issues of poverty, equal rights, and orphan care. Her first book, Speak: How Your Story Can Change the World will be published by Zondervan and released in March of 2014. She lives with her husband, son, baby daughter, and two dogs in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Preston Yancey, Storyteller and Social Media Manager
Preston Yancey is a PhD candidate in Divinity at at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. His first book, a spiritual memoir of God’s silence, Tables in the Wilderness (Zondervan, 2014), is being written now. He runs on a diet of caffeine and God’s grace.
Sarah Bessey is the author of Jesus Feminist, a disarming and beautiful invitation to the Kingdom of God waiting on the other side of the Church’s gender debates. She is also an award-winning blogger, an editor at A Deeper Story, a contributor for SheLoves Magazine, and a passionate advocate for global women’s justice issues. One of those happy-clappy Jesus-followers, Sarah is a joyful subversive, a recovering know-it-all, and a voracious reader. She lives in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada with her husband and their three tinies
Sarah Schwartz grew up on a little farm in Oregon that her Mama’s family has called home for over a century. While her heart belongs to the northwest, these days you can find her in southern California trying to finish seminary, love a few people really well, and make her therapist laugh. She’s captivated by the idea of resurrection, and a God who brings dead things back to life. She writes because (to borrow from Biedma) most days she wants to be a poet, but deep down, what she really wants is to be a poem.
Pilgrim, perceiver, and feminist-poet-mama, Suzannah Paul writes love letters to the broken, beautiful Church at the smitten word. Home is (and isn’t) a Pennsylvania summer camp where she and her husband raise children and chickens, set extra places at the table, and trace outlines of the Kingdom of God.
Tamára is a collector of fine tattoos, an imbiber of cheap wine, and a singer of eclectic music. She works out her thoughts on life and faith at Tamara Out Loud, occasionally with adult language, frequently with attempted humor, and hopefully with God’s blessing. Editor of What a Woman is Worth, due out imminently from Civitas Press, she holds a BA in English and her five children, when they let her; she almost never holds her tongue.
Zack Hunt is a born and bred Southerner learning how to cope in a land bereft of fried chicken and sweet tea. After spending a lifetime in Tennessee, Zack is currently doing graduate work in History of Christianity at Yale Divinity (because spending the better part of a decade earning an undergraduate degree in Religious Studies/History – Political Science and then a master’s degree in Theology wasn’t enough educational torture). When he’s not in class, Zack blogs at The American Jesus and will be releasing his first book through CLC Publications this fall.

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Do you love Akshay Kumar? Take this Bollywood quiz and prove you are Khiladi Kumar’s biggest fan
Akshay Kumar is a name that doesn’t need an introduction. The actor has been ruling the industry for several decades now and he has delivered several blockbuster movies. In fact, Akshay has been making headlines of late for his upcoming movie Raksha Bandhan which is about a brother’s unconditional love for his sisters. Besides, the Khiladi Kumar also has some interesting movies in the pipeline which include Selfiee with Emraan Hashmi. Mission Cindrella with Rakul Preet Singh, Ram Setu with Jacqueline Fernandez Nushrratt Bharuccha, the Bollywood remake of Soorarai Pottru with Radhika Madan, etc. and his fans are certainly in for a treat.
Interestingly, Akshay is also quite active on social media and doesn’t miss out on a chance to leave his fans intrigued. From sharing updates about his upcoming projects to giving a glimpse of his personal life, the actor’s Instagram activities often grab attention. Needless to say, Akshay enjoys a massive fan following across the world. If you too are a fan of Khiladi Kumar, here’s an intriguing quiz for you to prove your love for the superstar.
Also Read: EXCLUSIVE: Akshay Kumar in talks with producer Dinesh Vijan for their next; To roll in 2023

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On Wednesday, September 18, 2019, Animal Cruelty Investigator Tara Kalil, responded to 821 E. Brighton Avenue, Brighton Towers, regarding an animal cruelty investigation. Officer Kalil had been made aware of an incident where several witnesses had observed a woman choking a dog. Officer Kalil spoke with each witness and learned that, Wanda Mckee, 58, of Syracuse was observed to violently choke a puppy by intentionally twisting and holding her collar.
The dog was later learned to be a four month old pug mix. As this was occurring, good Samaritans intervened and stopped Mckee from choking the dog. Officer Kalil was informed that Mckee was not the owner of the dog and was only watching it. Officer Kalil met with the owner and checked on the dog’s status. We are happy to report that the dog is in good health and has acceptable living conditions.
The dog is no longer permitted to be with Mckee and the owner agreed to have her seen by a Veterinarian as a precaution.
As a result of Officer Kalil thorough investigation, Mckee was subsequently charged with Agriculture and Markets Law 353 Animal Cruelty, and was issued and appearance ticket returnable for an October court date.

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Fantasy Sharks staff writer MJ Brown will be tweeting live from the NFL Combine this Saturday, February 27th. Saturday’s events will include workouts for quarterbacks, wide receivers and tight ends.
Some of the questions (courtesy of Dan Collins) MJ will attempt to answer are…
- Are Jared Goff, Carson Wentz, Connor Cook, Paxton Lynch, and Dak Prescott throwing the ball well?
- Is Connor Cook being viewed as a personality issue after interviews?
- Which QB (Goff or Wentz) interviewed well with the Browns?
- Is Paxton Lynch cementing himself in the 1st round?
- Is Christian Hackenberg still the apple of Bill O’Brien’s eye?
- Are any middle round QBs (Adams, Hogan, Sudfeld) impressing or creating buzz at the combine?
- Who will run the fastest 40? (Kolby Listenbee, Will Fuller, Braxton Miller, Corey Coleman, surprise?)
- Wide receivers on the 1st Round Bubble, are they performing and gaining momentum, or staying in the 2nd round discussion (Will Fuller, Corey Coleman, Michael Thomas, Josh Doctson, Braxton Miller, Tyler Boyd, Sterling Shepard)?
- Does Hunter Henry truly look talented enough to be head and shoulders above the rest? 1st Round discussion?
- Who truly looks to be the 2nd best tight end in the Draft after workouts (Austin Hooper, Nick Vannett, Tyler Higbee, Thomas Duarte)?
- How are interviews going with troubled players Robert Nkemdiche and Noah Spence?
- (Medical Exams from Friday) – Any new news on Jaylon Smith’s and Myles Jack’s health?


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For many decades, nurses have spread cheer through hospitals, putting smiles on the faces of their patients while caring for them. However, nurses can spread more than cheer if they are not careful; deadly diseases can be transmitted easily from one patient to another by nurses who don’t intend any harm, especially as antibiotic-resistant bacteria is on the rise and making headlines. According to the CDC, on any given day, about one in 25 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection. To ensure that only encouragement is spread instead of diseases, nurses should be mindful of what they are doing at all times.
Stay Strict With Universal and Standard Precautions
Every qualified nurse has learned about universal precautions, both in school and through continued training in the workplace. The universal precautions exist primarily to keep patients’ bodily fluids from coming into contact with nurses or primary care physicians, and they’re the reason why things like needles and swabs are disposed of in specially marked containers.
Other simple practices, such as washing hands thoroughly, changing gloves between each patient, and properly discarding gloves may sound like obvious precautions; however, studies are showing that “78 percent of nurses didn’t wash up according to the standards endorsed by the World Health Organization to reduce the risk of spreading infection to patients,“ reports Men’sHealth. This isn’t appropriate, but it is reality — so make sure you develop and maintain good habits. Always assume a patient has an infectious disease and take the proper precautions in that regard.
Be Mindful of What Is Touched With Gloves
When gloves are worn, nurses can protect themselves from germs and diseases. However, germs can still be picked up easily with gloves and transferred from one patient to another. Even if gloves are changed between rooms, there are still several ways to transmit germs. For example, nurses might pick up pens, flashlights or other objects to use with gloved hands. Touching these objects later without gloves can transmit harmful microorganisms to that nurse’s skin.
Clearly, nobody wants to transmit diseases to a patient, but sometimes the same, repeated practice can become an unconscious habit. The dangers of failing to observe propers procedure include the spread of extremely harmful diseases like MRSA, which are often picked up in hospitals, spread between staff and patients alike. The CDC recommends good hand hygiene; gloving; mouth, nose, and eye protection; gowning; appropriate device, instrument, and equipment handling; and finally the appropriate handling of laundry to prevent the spread of these diseases.
Monitor Visitors and Patients Closely
Although most hospitals post signs encouraging visitors to wash their hands, health professionals should never expect them to do so. Many visitors and other patients are not aware of the many germs and diseases present in a hospital. A woman visiting her sick father may stop to talk to his new roommate, shake the roommate’s hand and then go hold her father’s hand. If the roommate has a MRSA infection that can be spread through skin-to-skin contact, both the visitor and her hospitalized father would be at risk without realizing this.
Other times there might be barriers that require a more culturally competent nursing environment to overcome. While it is certainly important to comply with HIPAA regulations and avoid disclosing medical information about infected patients to others, it is also extremely important for nurses to educate visitors and other patients about the possibilities of acquiring and spreading infectious diseases; but this isn’t always easy when your patients and their families speak a different language or come from a different cultural background. Nurses who work in hospitals where these guidelines are not posted visibly or discussed regularly with visitors should talk to administrative personnel about improvements. Being proactive about educating visitors and patients can save nurses, hospitals and patients from more stress.
There are several other ways nurses can prevent the spread of illnesses and germs in hospitals. According to Becker’s, these are the 10 best strategies for infection prevention and control in medical practice:
- Hand hygiene: It’s been mentioned above, but it’ll never be mentioned enough. Hand hygiene is the simplest approach to preventing the spread of infections in any situation.
- Environmental hygiene: Surfaces, clipboards — everything that you touch in your hospital should be sanitized to keep your environment clean.
- Screening and cohorting patients: It is essential that patients who are suffering from the same disease or infection should be kept together in a designated area, to ensure that cross infections do not happen.
- Vaccinations: Hospital staff need to stay up on their vaccinations to keep from contracting and spreading infectious viruses.
- Surveillance: Through surveillance, organizations should gather data regarding infection patterns at their facility.
- Antibiotic stewardship: Establishing a program to assist with appropriate antibiotic selection and dosing can help keep the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria down, and can improve patient outcomes.
- Care coordination: There is a risk of breaking the sterile field in the surgery room particularly around the portion of the surgical procedure when multiple, critical activities are taking place at the same time that require staff to multitask. Care coordination can go a long way in preventing surgical site infections.
- Following the evidence: Keeping up on the latest findings, especially regarding the spread of infections and strategies for prevention, is absolutely essential for those looking to keep a current infection prevention program.
- Appreciate all departments that support infection prevention program: When things are going well, everybody should be encouraged to continue doing well. From surgeons to the cafeteria staff, everybody plays an equal part in infection prevention.
- Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Programs (CUSP): Becker’s review mentioned that structured patient safety improvement framework can influence positive change and improve patient outcomes.
In time, perhaps we’ll see a world where healthcare-associated infections never occur — but until then, we’ll just need to be vigilant and better about prevention. Nevertheless, by following the above tenets and observing the universal and standard precautions, nurses can drastically reduce the number of healthcare-associated infections that occur.

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LAWRENCE — Danvers school officials repeatedly complained about the performance of a security camera system installed at the town’s newly renovated high school in the months leading up to the 2013 murder of math teacher Colleen Ritzer by a 14-year-old student, according to e-mails discussed in court Tuesday.
The revelations came at a Superior Court hearing in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Ritzer’s parents, Peggie and Thomas Ritzer of Andover, in 2016. DiNisco Design, the Boston-based firm that designed a nearly $80 million renovation to the high school, is the last defendant in the lawsuit.
The town of Danvers and a cleaning company employed by the school department were previously dropped from the suit. Tuesday’s hearing was held on DiNisco Design’s motion for summary judgment to have a judge, and not a jury, decide the case.
The cameras were working on the afternoon of October 22, 2013, and could have been monitored live if Danvers school officials had assigned someone to watch them, but no one was watching at the time, DiNisco attorney Katherine L. Kenney argued.
Video from the system was used extensively in the 2015 trial of Philip D. Chism, who was convicted of first-degree murder, Kenney said. Video shown at the trial captured Chism, then 14, following Ritzer, 24, into a girls’ bathroom after school. He exited minutes later, but returned with a recycling cart and then exited a final time.
Chism raped and murdered Ritzer using a box cutter inside the bathroom, then put her body into the recycling cart. He then dragged the recycling cart into woods behind the school, where Ritzer’s body was found hours later.
He was sentenced to life in prison and is eligible for parole after 40 years. Ritzer’s murder was one of the worst cases of school violence in state history.
However, “there’s just no question that that system was not functional and not operational on the day of the attack on Ms. Ritzer,” Daniel Murphy, an attorney for Ritzer’s parents argued.
The school’s resource officer at the time, Sergeant Stephen Baldassare, had to use a paper map key to figure out which camera feeds showed which part of the school and that the videos would freeze or crash when he pulled them up on the evening of Oct. 22, Murphy said, reading from previous testimony of former Danvers chief of police Patrick Ambrose. It took Baldassare four days after the attack to piece together the video that the Essex district attorney’s office eventually used as evidence against Chism, he said.
Murphy read previously impounded e-mails from school officials and DiNisco executives dating back nearly a year before the attack on Ritzer, which detailed the school’s struggles with its new surveillance system.
A Danvers High School IT employee first told then-assistant principal Keith Taverna of issues with the camera system in November of 2012, according to e-mails read out by Murphy.
A vendor wrote in an e-mail near the end of 2012 that they “have never seen a worse software package” and attempted fixes were “like putting lipstick on a pig,” according to Murphy.
By September 2013, Taverna wrote in an e-mail that the camera system was “down completely” and that “this is obviously very important for the security of the building,” Murphy read. A temporary workaround was developed, but Murphy said that it was only implemented in November.
The software was too new and Danvers High School’s computers too old to handle it, Murphy said.
“The software product chosen by the design team was never going to properly integrate with the hardware at Danvers High School,” he said.
If the cameras had been working properly, someone could’ve intervened to stop Chism, Murphy said.
Kenney, DiNisco’s attorney, countered the assertions, arguing that even if there were problems with the cameras, no one was assigned to monitor the live feed during the time of the events. No one would’ve seen what was going on in time to intervene, she said. Even if someone had seen the live video, Kenney said the medical examiner determined the injuries inflicted on Ritzer in the school’s bathroom were lethal.
Murphy read from an expert’s affidavit that claimed that there should’ve been alerts sent out by the system. Kenney contended there was no discussion of such alerts in the trial transcripts.
Judge John Lu did not issue a ruling on dismissal Tuesday.
The town attempted last month to close Tuesday’s hearing to the public, arguing it would jeopardize safety at the school, but Lu dismissed that motion, as The Salem News first reported.
Peggie and Tom Ritzer sat quietly in the back of the courtroom on Tuesday and declined to speak with a reporter after the hearing.
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The 38th Ludum Dare has come and gone and I was lucky enough to finish a project for it. The theme for the jam this time was “Small worlds.” To catch people up, Ludum Dare is a game jam that takes place every 4 months (I made a mistake last postmortem, saying it was every 3 months). The community decides on a theme before the jam that everyone will follow. The participants then choose whether or not to participate in the ‘jam” or the “compo.” A compo is where one person makes all of the assets of the game within 48 hours. A jam allows people to team up and use assets that were prepared beforehand like art, music, or code.
If you’re interested in participating, check out their rules.
Like last time, I entered in the compo. My game is called “Small world, Giant steps” and was made in Clickteam Fusion 2.5. It can be played here, you don’t even need to download anything! Small world, Giant steps is an endless runner where you control a giant navigating his way through a village. The goal of the game is to get as far as you can while avoiding the destruction of the village.
Going into this project, I knew that I wanted to make a simple game. The last two games that I have made for this has been heavy in mechanics. However, each suffers in the same way; lack of clarity and polish. The last game time I entered, I made TROTW which was supposed to be an action puzzle game. Prior to TROTW was a tower defense game called Ludem’s Tomb. In that game, you were charged with making a tomb that could ward off grave robbers with traps. With previous failings in mind, I decided to go with a simple gameplay and concept.
9 PM Day 0: Coming up with a concept
The way that I like to do these game jams is to not make any code before I make a plan on paper. I’ll brainstorm concepts on paper and extrapolate from there. I started off writing down what I could possibly do with this theme. Originally, I had thought to do a Metroid-like game where the entire world consisted of a few platforming levels. Maybe the levels would loop on them selfs and navigation/platforming was the way to beat the game.
Mike, The other half of Designophiles, suggested a game where you play as an ameba. Although I didn’t go with the original concept, it got me thinking differently about the theme. It got me thinking that the physical world doesn’t necessarily have to be small, but everything in the world is. If you were controlling a large object, everything in the world would seem smaller. This is the concept that I decided to go forward with, you would be a giant, trying to navigate a town without causing too much destruction.
The game would consist of you balancing a marker on a balance beam with the arrow keys while pressing the appropriate letter key to make the giant progress. The letter is chosen at random. I put a hitbox under the giant’s foot. If there was a person in the hitbox while the giant took a step then they would be crushed and the player would be punished in some way. Because the controls were simple enough, I decided to make things a little more interesting for the player. In order to make the giant take a step, you need to press a randomly chosen key. This turned out to have the opposite effect, but we’ll get into that soon enough.
I concluded the night by laying out the structure of the coded events and made some filler assets.
8AM Day 1: Let’s get to programmin’
This day was dedicated to getting the basics of the game down. I would start with the balancing mechanic and the consequences of going too far one way or the other. This would cause you to fall down either forward or backward depending on which side of the balance bar you overshot. Then, I added the smaller people and hitboxes so there would be something to avoid stepping on. Lastly, I added houses and Inns. The purpose of these were an additional punishment to falling down, as well as adding something that would contribute towards your score. Crushing a building would result in the spawning of more villagers. Looking back I should have also had some positive aspect to avoiding buildings and people. The only thing that ended up contributing positivity to the score were steps taken and time played.
By the end of the day, I had the basics of the game down. It wasn’t pretty, and there was no real score or goal, but the bulk of the programming was out of the way.
11:30 PM Day 1: First Testing
I had presented the game to a few friends, Mike included. The consensus was that the game was frustratingly hard. It was not fun to control the balance with two arrow keys while simultaneously pressing one of the random 26 letter keys on the keyboard. I was very apprehensive about changing this, however. I had wanted the game to be reminiscent of Bennett Foddy’s games, where part of the fun was overcoming odd control schemes. One game, in particular, GIRP, uses all of the letter keys as well as the mouse to control a climber’s ascent. I decided to collect more opinions before I progressed and called it for the night.
10:00 AM Day 2: Second Testing
I decided, after getting some sleep and clearing my head, to cut down on a number of buttons the player would have to press in order to take a step. I reduced the inputs to q, w, e, r, a, s, d, and f. I then got another group of people to try out the game; this time people I didn’t know from a forum. Other than complaints about the art aspects (which I was changing in the meantime) they also came to the same conclusion that it was frustrating to control. I further lowered the controls scheme to q, w, e, and r, as those were all on one line. Players could now assign a letter to one of their four fingers and not need to look down at the keyboard. This change, along with the change in art assets, seemed to do the trick. People were playing and reportedly enjoying the game now.
One comment that I received, which I took note of, was about the nature of endless runners. They said that what they liked about endless runners was that their controls are typically easy to pick up. The challenge comes from dodging oncoming obstacles, or clearing gaps.
4:00 PM Day 2: Submitting the game:
It was around this time where I had the game basically done. There were a few bug fixes, but It was ready to be played. Family plans pulled me away from programming any further, so I submitted the game as it was.
- It’s finished! Which is always a plus
- It can be played in the browser
- It’s simpler than previous games I made, which was the goal
- It has non-placeholder art.
- No real goal
- Control scheme could have had more polish or done a different way
- No music or sound effects
WAS IT A SUCCESS?
As I have said before, and I will say every time, game jams are a good learning tool. If you came away from it with some sort lesson than its a good thing. I think Small World, Giant Steps was a success. The game is fun (from what people have told me) and it’s clear on how to play.
That being said, the controls need a bit more polish or a complete rework. I feel that this is the weakest part. If the controls were more simple, and the challenge came from the environment in the game, than it would be a more enjoyable.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO BETTER NEXT TIME?
Simple is definitely the way to go for now. I found myself being able to focus on other parts other than gameplay mechanics or data entry. In the future, I may make a more complicated game, but probably when I get better at coding or time management.
WHAT WILL BECOME OF SMALL WORLD, GIANT STEPS?
Probably nothing. If anything maybe I’ll make a follow-up game with better controls, but I don’t see me going back to add anything.
Part of the fun of awkward controls come from the satisfaction in mastering them. I feel like one of the things that Small World, Giant Steps is lacking is that it’s not that satisfying to progress. After a point, the difficulty plateaus, and there are no more challenges to overcome. If the controls involved some sort of physics, or the player was rewarded for constantly moving, then maybe that would help. But I feel there are currently no intensive for the player to come back and learn the controls.

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Like another famous Okie from Muskogee, Woody Guthrie came from a part of Oklahoma that the U.S. government sold during the 1889 land rush away from the Quapaw and Osage nations, as well as the Muscogee, a people who had been forcibly relocated from the Southeast under Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act. By the time of Guthrie’s birth in 1912 in Okfuskee County, next to Muskogee, the region was in the hands of conservative Democrats like Guthrie’s father Charles, a landowner and member of the revived KKK who participated in a brutal lynching the year before Guthrie was born.
Guthrie was named after president Woodrow Wilson, who was highly sympathetic to Jim Crow (but perhaps not, as has been alleged, an admirer of the Klan). While he inherited many of his father’s attitudes, he reconsidered them to such a degree later in life that he wrote a song denouncing the notoriously racist New York landlord Fred Trump, father of the current president. “By the time he moved into his new apartment” in Brooklyn in 1950, writes Will Kaufman at The Guardian, Guthrie “had traveled a long road from the casual racism of his Oklahoma youth.”
Guthrie was deeply embedded in the formative racial politics of the country. While some people may convince themselves that a time in the U.S. past was “great”—unmarred by class conflict and racist violence and exploitation, secure in the hands of a benevolent white majority, Guthrie’s life tells a much more complex story. Many Indigenous people feel with good reason that Guthrie’s most famous song, “The Land is Your Land,” has contributed to nationalist mythology. Others have viewed the song as a Marxist anthem. Like much else about Guthrie, and the country, it’s complicated.
Considered by many, Stephen Petrus writes, “to be the alternative national anthem,” the song “to many people… represents America’s best progressive and democratic traditions.” Guthrie turned the song into a hymn for the struggle against fascism and for the nascent Civil Rights movement. Written in New York in 1940 and first recorded for Moe Asch’s Folkways Records in 1944, “This Land is Your Land” evolved over time, dropping verses protesting private property and poverty after the war in favor of a far more patriotic tone. It was a long evolution from embittered parody of “God Bless America” to “This land was made for you and me.”
But whether socialist or populist in nature, Guthrie’s patriotism was always subversive. “By 1940,” writes John Pietaro, he had “joined forces with Pete Seeger in the Almanac Singers,” who “as a group, joined the Communist Party. Woody’s guitar had, by then, been adorned with the hand-painted epitaph, THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS.” (Guthrie had at least two guitars with the slogan scrawled on them, one on a sticker and one with ragged hand-lettering.) The phrase, claims music critic Jonny Whiteside, was originally “a morale-boosting WWII government slogan printed on stickers that were handed out to defense plant workers.” Guthrie reclaimed the propaganda for folk music’s role in the culture. As Pietaro tells it:
In this time he also founded an inter-racial quartet with Leadbelly, Sonny Terry and Cisco Houston, a veritable super-group he named the Headline Singers. This group, sadly, never recorded. The material must have stood as the height of protest song—he’d named it in opposition to a producer who advised Woody to “stop trying to sing the headlines.” Woody told us that all you can write is what you see.
You can hear The Headline Singers above, minus Lead Belly and featuring Pete Seeger, in the early 1940’s radio broadcast of “All You Fascists Bound to Lose.” “I’m gonna tell you fascists,” sings Woody, “you may be surprised, people in this world are getting organized.” Upon joining the Merchant Marines, Guthrie fought against segregation in the military. After the war, he “stood shoulder to shoulder with Paul Robeson, Howard Fast, and Pete Seeger” against violent racist mobs in Peekskill, New York. Both of Guthrie’s anti-fascist guitars have seemingly disappeared. As Robert Santelli writes, “Guthrie didn’t care for his instruments with much love.” But during the decade of the 1940’s he was never seen without the slogan on his primary instrument.
“This Machine Kills Fascists” has since, writes Motherboard, become Guthrie’s “trademark slogan… still referenced in pop culture and beyond” and providing an important point of reference for the anti-fascist punk movement. You can see another of Guthrie’s anti-fascist slogans above, which he scrawled on a collection of his sheet music: “Fascism fought indoors and out, good & bad weather.” Guthrie’s long-lived brother-in-arms Pete Seeger, carried on in the tradition of anti-fascism and anti-racism after Woody succumbed in the last two decades of his life to Huntington’s disease. Like Guthrie, Seeger painted a slogan around the rim of his instrument of choice, the banjo, a message both playful and militant: “This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.”
Photo by “Jim, the Photographer”
Seeger carried the message from his days playing and singing with Guthrie, to his Civil Rights and anti-war organizing and protest in the 50s and 60s, and all the way into the 21st century at Occupy Wall Street in Manhattan in 2011. At the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama, Seeger sang “This Land is Your Land” onstage with Bruce Springsteen and his son, Tao-Rodriquez Singer. In rehearsals, he insisted on singing the two verses Guthrie had omitted from the song after the war. “So it was,” writes John Nichols at The Nation, “that the newly elected president of the United States began his inaugural celebration by singing and clapping along with an old lefty who remembered the Depression-era references of a song that took a class-conscious swipe at those whose ‘Private Property’ signs turned away union organizers, hobos and banjo pickers.”
Both Guthrie and Seeger drew direct connections between the fascism and racism they fought and capitalism’s outsized, destructive obsession with land and money. They felt so strongly about the battle that they wore their messages figuratively on their sleeves and literally on their instruments. Pete Seeger’s famous banjo has outlived its owner, and the colorful legend around it has been mass-produced by Deering Banjos. Where Guthrie’s anti-fascist guitars went off to is anyone’s guess, but if one of them were ever discovered, Robert Santelli writes, “it surely would become one of America’s most valued folk instruments.” Or one of its most valued instruments in general.
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Princess Dr. Moradeun Ogunlana
Princess Dr. Moradeun Ogunlana, and UN Ambassador for Peace is globally recognized as a leader on women's empowerment. She is the CEO of Innovative Global Consulting, an Infrastructure, Agriculture, Energy, Business, and Economic Development corporation connecting businesses in Africa to the World. She gave opening remarks at the 2021 AFRICA-DUBAI Investment Business Summit and International Honors - ROYAL EDITION and she is the Six West Honorary Ambassador, a development project in College Park, Georgia.
She is also the Founder/CEO of African Women’s Health Project International an international non-profit group that focuses on empowering women globally thru access to affordable healthcare, agriculture and cultural developments.
An advocate of global leadership development, Princess Ogunlana in collaboration with Principal Michelle White, Western High School and Brenda Morant of the International Women's Think Tank formed a partnership to prepare young women for leadership roles by expanding their understanding of diverse world cultures through the Sister School Global Initiative (SSGI). SSGI operates through the African Women’s Health Project International as part of its seven adopted United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. SSGI's commitment is to pair high-performing secondary schools in Africa with outstanding sister schools in other parts of the world. Princess is excited to begin with Western High School, with its illustrious alumnae and legacy as America’s oldest all-girls public high school. Watch signing ceremony:
Princess Ogunlana’s commitment to promoting women, nationally and internationally, stems from her decade-long involvement with the Sister Cities International organization, both as a Little Rock Sister Cities Commissioner, and later as a global citizen.
Her dedication to women’s economic empowerment extends to the global arena, where she provides forums through the Global Council of Women for Development to exchange best practices in accelerating women’s economic progress at the United Nations level.
Princess Ogunlana is an authentic Yoruba Princess of the Adedoyin Anoko Royal Lineage; the Granddaughter of HRM Oba W C Adedoyn II, Akarigbo Anoko of Segamu, Remo Kingdom in Nigeria.
Long known for her coalition work, Princess Ogunlana serves on numerous advisory boards of global organizations, such as Fight Cancer Global.
HRH Princess Dr. Moradeun Ogunlana is guest speaker at The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) 2021. This year’s theme: “Unlocking New Value Opportunities in the Energy System”
ADIPEC is the world’s meeting place where oil, gas and energy companies and professionals convene to engage and identify opportunities that will unlock new value in an evolving energy landscape.
CREATING A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Princess Ogunlana will share insights into the important role of a diverse, equitable and inclusive society, how to promote integral development of energy needs and how to help set a path for economic growth and future development.
Building towards gender equality supports economic growth, helps address poverty, and access to a better future. Understanding what is needed to tackle one of the biggest challenges of our society today will help create a balanced world and provide opportunities for women, industries, and countries.

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After almost 2 weeks of having flu, I am now finally better.
I go with Gareth to his therapy and he’s so happy.
After his therapy, we went to the mall. It was raining hard that day that we can’t enjoy outdoors.
It was also so humid and I can’t stand longer outside.
Eversince Gareth has his speech therapy, he really improves a lot. This time he is more responsive. I can’t wait for him to express himself clearly.
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In the area of the Joint Forces Operation on September 28, the Russian occupation troops violated the ceasefire 7 times, 1 time - with the use of weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements, - the JFO headquarters reported. The armed formations of the Russian Federation twice fired aimed fire from hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers and small arms in the direction of Krymske. The occupiers used anti-tank grenade launchers and small arms near Pavlopil. Our positions near Kamianka came under fire twice. The first shelling was carried out by the enemy from heavy-duty anti-tank grenade launchers, the second one - from prohibited 120 mm mortars. In addition, the use of two enemy drones was recorded in the Donetsk oblast, with the help of which the enemy dropped VOG-17 in the area of the settlements of Lebedynske and Shyrokyne. Two members of the Joint Forces suffered gunshot wounds as a result of the hostilities. The soldiers are in a hospital, their state of health is satisfactory. Our servicemen opened adequate fire on the enemy provocations, which forced the enemy to stop shillings.
Another 557 cases of COVID-19 were detected in the occupied territory of Donetsk oblast over the day, while 80 people died. These are the data of the so-called "Ministry of Health of the DNR". In total, according to "official" statistics, there are 65 645 cases of COVID-19 in CADO today. 9473 patients are undergoing treatment (inpatient and outpatient). 4808 people died. The occupiers also revealed 405 cases of "usual" pneumonia over the day, 139 cases more than in the previous day. Of these, 186 patients were hospitalized. In total, 3669 patients with pneumonia are being treated, of which 1105 are on oxygen support (+121 over the day).
35 people died from COVID-19 in the occupied Luhansk region over the day. This was reported by separatist media.
More than 16 tons of humanitarian supplies were delivered to the occupied part of Donbas on September 28. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories. Humanitarian aid was transferred from the member states of the Geneva Conventions, which contribute to the global budget of the International Committee of the Red Cross. A total of 16.36 tons of cargo was delivered to CADLO by one vehicle. The truck transported the humanitarian aid through the Novotroitske checkpoint.
The fire, which occurred in the eastern belt entry at the level of 1235 m, continues to be actively extinguished at the Zasyadko mine in occupied Donetsk. This was reported by the fake "Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DNR". In particular, the report said that "extensive fire control continues, muck drawing and cooling the lining fuel elements and smoldering rock mass are being carried out. The gas situation is being monitored and sampling of the mine atmosphere is being carried out". At the same time, the occupiers did not report on the search for the miner who disappeared during the fire, having noted only that as of 06:00 on September 28, "a person who did not come to the surface was not found".


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Burnout Paradise coming to PSN
I’m tempted to sell my copy of Burnout and get the download version. But it depends how big the game will be. No release date yet, but it will be $29.99. It will include all the free updates so far to.
I’m impressed all the support this game is getting. Now that I’ve finally beat MSG4 I have time for other games, so I’ll be playing this again soon. And there is more updates coming this year.
This is the complete transformation of Burnout. That means youâ€™ll see new game modes, new vehicles including motorcycles, day / night gameplay, weather, a huge new island play area, stacks of new challenges and maybe even aircraft!


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Car Dealership -- NEX-5 & Vivitar 24mm f2.0. Click to see larger.
I have always had a soft spot for old Vivitar lenses. They designed some of the more unique lenses. Some of them, like the Series-1 28mm f1.9, and 35-85mm f2.8 variable focusing, are one of a kind at that time. It also produced at least two versions of the 24mm f2.0. One was produced by Kiron with a 55mm filter size, and the other with a 49mm filter size, probably was made by Komine. I have used both of them and prefer the Kiron version. You can see some of the pictures I took with the Olympus OM mount Kiron 24mm f2 on the 5D here, and the 49mm filter size version here.

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With a broad colour palette consisting of 7 colour options this allows the user to tune the device to their own specific needs. Equipped with a powerful 300 lumen LED tourch built-in with full brightness control and a user friendly interface with a start-up time of less than 3 seconds the Reveal XR is a welcome addition.
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We were commissioned by UNHCR and the Home Office to undertake an independent evaluation of the Refugee and Migrant Advice Service (RMAS) run by King’s Arms Project.
About the study
The Refugee and Migrant Advice Service is the second pilot in the Community Engagement Pilot series and should be read in conjunction with the evaluation of Action Access. The RMAS pilot was designed by the Home Office and King’s Arms Project with input from UNHCR and other stakeholders working in the field of asylum and migration management. It was delivered by King’s Arms Project and provided support within the community. Participants had a legal advisor over 3 meetings for support with immigration casework and received more holistic support from King’s Arms Project. The pilot’s main aim was to test approaches to immigration management and lessons for future policy.
RMAS provided support within the community to up to 50 pilot participants at any one time. The evaluation found the three-meeting legal model to work well. The pilot increased participants’ understanding of their immigration cases and their possible future options. The support helped participants gain increased knowledge of and confidence in accessing their entitlements. The pilot was seen to have benefits in terms of self-esteem and wellbeing, above and beyond providing the opportunity for participants to engage with legal counselling. Whilst the main aim of the pilot was to support participants with their insecure immigration status to achieve case resolution, the nature of the holistic support on offer meant that their immigration status was not seen in isolation to other aspects of their daily life. This second pilot in the series built on the collaborative working relationship between the voluntary sector and the Home Office, established during the Action Access pilot.
The evaluation comprised the following elements:
- Desk research: A review of pilot documentation and relevant literature; analysis of management information data and costs data provided by the Home Office and King’s Arms Project.
- Research with pilot participants: In-depth narrative interviews with 20 pilot participants (10 men and 10 women). These were carried out at three stages.
- Research with delivery and strategic stakeholders: Ongoing delivery interviews with six members of staff (managers and caseworkers) from KAP; final reflection interviews with five strategic and delivery stakeholders from KAP and five strategic stakeholders from the Home Office; one final reflection interview with UNHCR (on the CEP series as a whole); a final reflection interview with a legal representative who provided legal services to pilot participants.
- Research with key informants: The evaluation of pilot 1 included an online workshop with key informants, which took place in March 2021. To minimise the research burden on key informants, we also used this workshop as part of the RMAS evaluation.


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1. It’s not what I feel for you, it’s what I don’t feel for anyone but you.
2. When I gaze deep into your mind, I am met with the beauty of a thousand diamonds. As I let that love and beauty flood over my body, I knew that there was nothing that I would ever trade our relationship for.
3. The sun is up, the sky is blue, today is beautiful, and so are you.
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4. If I had to choose between loving you and breathing, I would use my last breath to say I love you.
5. I don’t know if I ever told you before but you are the only one I ever waited this long.
6. It doesn’t matter where you go in life, what you do or how much you have. It’s who you have besides you.. I’m so glad I have you !
7. If these roses could speak the language of my heart… They’d say… I love you !
8. If you ever ask me how many times you’ve crossed my mind, I would say once. Because you came and never left.
9. As long as we’re under the same moon, I’ll feel close to you..
10. When I tell you I love you, I don’t say it out of habit. I say it to remind you that you’re the best thing that ever happened to me.
11. I want to be with you until the sun falls from the sky.
12. All of the little things you do warm my heart. You are a constant source of joy in my life.
13. I could never say how much I like you, and just how special you are to me. But I can say that my world is all smiles whenever I am with you. I love you a lot.
14. You are the source of my joy, the center of my world and the whole of my heart.
15. 7 billion people in the world… But !! my heart choose you..
16. You may hold my hand for a while, but you hold my heart forever.
17. I would rather feel your breath on the back of my neck than have all the riches in the world. I love you.
18. Every day I spend with you, becomes the new best day of my life.
19. It’s not your body and face only that I love. I have fallen love with your spirit, your heart, your character, and with you.
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20. If I could be anything in the world i would want to be a teardrop because i would be born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips.
21. If you were a movie, I’d watch you over and over again. I could watch you everyday of my life and never get bored.
22. When you feel alone, just look at the spaces between you fingers and remember. That’s where mine fit perfectly.
23. I fell in love with you, not for how you look, just for who you are.
24. If someone asked me to describe you in just 2 words, I’d say… Simply amazing.
25. Touch my heart and you will feel, listen to my heart and you will hear, look into my heart and you will see, you will always be a special part of me.
26. Forget the butterflies. I feel the whole zoo when I am with you.
27. We loved with a love that was more than love.
28. Believe me, you’re the one, whom my heart finds, whom my mind reminds me of, whom my destiny wants, whom I love the most.
29. If I could have anyone in the world, it would still be you.
30. When my eyes meet yours I get this overwhelming emotion I can’t put into words.
31. I love you in the morning, in the middle of the day, in the hours we’re together and the hours we are away.
32. You are the last thought in my mind before I drift off to sleep. And the first thought when I wake up each morning.
33. I can’t stop thinking about you today… tomorrow… always…
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34. I love you much more than you will ever know for you complete me.
35. I love you to the point that words aren’t enough.
36. My love for you will not falter, it will not weaken, it will not diminish, even with all the miles between us.
37. The day I met you, my life changed… the way you make me feel is hard to explain. You make me smile in a special kind of way… you make me fall deeper in love everyday.
38. I know you love me because you put up with me even when I’m moody.
39. You are my paradise and i would happily get stranded on you for a lifetime.
40. You are the risk I’ll always take.
41. To be your friend was all I ever wanted. To be your lover was all I ever dreamed.
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Today, I want to share some photos I took of a Bald Eagle flying with a Crappie in its talons. Unfortunately, I couldn’t capture a shot of the moment when the Eagle snatched the fish out of the water because I wasn’t fast enough to get my camera on it in time. However, I managed to take some pictures of the eagle leaving the water with its catch.
I was observing several Double-crested Cormorants catching shad near the lake dam, and I noticed this eagle perched nearby, watching these birds. So, I kept my eyes on it, in case it decided to fly down and grab a fish. While I was photographing one of the Cormorants, I saw the Eagle leaving the tree and diving toward the lake out of the corner of my eye. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get my camera on it quickly enough to capture the initial strike. Nevertheless, I am happy with the photos I took of the Eagle flying away with the fish.
All of this took place at Charleston Lake in Charleston, Arkansas.
I have seen two methods that Bald Eagles use in catching fish in lakes. They soar high above the water, using their powerful eyesight to spot fish near the surface. Once a target is identified, they swoop down with precision and snatch the fish from the water with their sharp talons. Another method involves watching the water surface from a perch then swooping down close to the water and dropping their feet in to catch the fish. This demonstrates the bald eagle’s adaptability in hunting for fish in various environments.
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- Date: 12/12/23
- Time: 10:55 AM
- Camera: Canon EOS R5
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- ISO: 1250
- Aperture: 7.1
- Shutter: 1/3200
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Crypto trading volume has risen by 73% in the past two days, surpassing $35 billion. In fact, the only times we’ve seen trading volumes this high were more than a year ago, during the bull run, and on April 25, 2018.
Bitcoin (BTC) has gained almost $400 during the 48h rally, touching $4,010. Now, the question is whether the $4,000 resistance will hold.
However, it’s the amazing performance of the altcoins that seems to have pushed the market up. ETH, EOS, BCH, and ADA led the pack. Here’s why.
Did ETH start the rally due to the Ice Age?
Ethereum (ETH) was the first crypto to start growing substantially in price. Its trading volume doubled and its price has risen more than 20 percent in the past 48 hours. ETH is currently trading at $148 per coin.
This is probably because of a large reduction in the new supply of Ether, caused by the “Ice Age”, coupled with increased demand. In fact, the lowest ever number of daily block rewards – accounting for 12,989 new ETH – was recorded on February 17, 2019. That’s exactly when the price rally started. For perspective, the daily new supply of ETH from mining in Q4 2018 was around 20,000 ETH.
While the new supply was reduced by 35 percent, the price of ETH rose by more than 40 percent in the past 10 days. The Ice Age might reduce new supply by a further 23 percent from here, which might cause a further price rise. It remains to be seen whether this will help ETH push through the historically strong resistance of $150 in the next few days.
However, these issuance rates won’t last long, since the Constantinople fork is expected to delay the Ice Age difficulty bomb by 12 months. Constantinople will keep the new supply at around 13,500 ETH per day, which is a little bit higher than today. The fork is supposed to take place around February 27, 2019.
The fork will not require any action from the owners of ETH or smart contract developers. However, miners, node operators, and exchanges will have to update their clients.
ADA bullish on Shelley
Cardano (ADA) has gone up by around 15 percent in the last 48 hours and is now worth $0.047. This positive momentum might be thanks to the Shelley phase of the project being 90 percent finished, according to Charles Hoskinson. It is expected to start in Q1 of 2019.
Shelley is supposed to decentralize the network and introduce staking and delegation. Its new features are expected to attract developers. These features include multi-signature transactions, quantum-resistant transactions, light client support, and “human-friendly addresses.”
However, Cardano’s other milestones are currently vague. Hoskinson will announce a new roadmap for 2020 during his keynote speech at the IOHK Summit on April 17-18. At the moment, the timer on Cardano’s roadmap page isn’t available.
Aside from Shelley’s performance, it will be worth keeping an eye on the IOHK Summit’s roadmap announcement in April. The price movement around the announcement date will depend on the new milestones set. The community expects positive news, but traders will nevertheless be prepared to short ADA if the roadmap happens to include delays of important updates.
Is BCH riding on Bitmain news?
The price of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) grew over 21 percent over the past two days and currently stands at $146. BCH’s market performance might have been reinforced by Bitmain’s announcement of a new energy-efficient ASIC chip for mining Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. Apparently, it will be 30 percent cheaper to mine BTC and BCH with the new chips.
EOS has dethroned LTC
Amazingly, EOS has rallied almost 35 percent in the past 48 hours, reaching $3.78 at one point. It has since corrected a bit and is currently trading at $3.62. At the same time, its trading volume rose by a whopping 185 percent, reaching $2.3 billion in just two days. The popular platform for dApps has dethroned another great performer, Litecoin (LTC), from fourth place in terms of market cap, after the latter maintained the position for several days.
EOS is still ahead of Ethereum and Tron in terms of the number of dApp users, as well as the number of transactions and volume transacted on dApps, according to dApp Radar.
Bull trap or bull run?
While cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, traded flat for days prior to the rally, many fundamental changes have been happening behind the scenes. Apart from the aforementioned coins, positive momentum is building up around other altcoins including Stellar (XLM). Notably, IBM’s Jesse Lund hinted yesterday that IBM will expand its Stellar-based cross-border payment system to include 40 banks. This means strong competition for RippleNet is emerging.
Even though the mood is predominantly bullish, traders are careful not to get stuck in the bull trap. Some, like TradingRoom, are anticipating a pause and a pullback, but also expect the bullish momentum to continue due to positive TA indicators.
$EOS covered 30% gains in a day out of the 45% predicted. We are not done with the upside momentum yet
There is a pause & pullback but I do expect the momentum to continue until we get to the target
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This restaurant takes it portions and challenges seriously. How about a 2.5 pound burger? Just kidding that isn’t a challenge at Fat Tony’s thats just part of the regular menu. No they have three challenges, one that picks fire over size. But the other two? Well lets start with the real burger challenge.
Eat a five pound burger (elsewhere on the site it mentions it being a total of ten pounds of food) with all of the fixings & a full pound of fries in 45 minutes or less
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Artist: Michael Samson
One of my greatest regrets about the current trend towards digital distribution and downloading mp3 singles is the loss of a physical product with liner notes, pictures, etc. that contextualize the music as part of a cohesive body of work and creates more of a sense of connection between the listener and the artist. A case in point is the absolutely spectacular packaging of music, photography, and poetry created by pianist Michael Samson on his latest CD entitled Rapture.
The presentation of this album is one of the finest I’ve seen in a long time, and I’ll go into detail on it later in this article.
But first, a few words of introduction about this talented artist. Michael Samson was born in New York and was nurtured creatively from an early age by attending a school with an exceptionally strong music program. Interestingly, his first instrument was not piano, but viola, which he took up in third grade when he joined the school orchestra. He cites these early experiences and teachers as formative influences, which played an important role in his deciding to pursue music and become a composer. Around the age of 10, he became enamored with the piano and actually began to teach himself to play by ear. He eventually began formal lessons and developed a love for the classics such as Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin, and Satie. His creative flame was also fanned by other art forms like film and theatre. Some of his earliest influences came from movie soundtracks of the 80’s, including “The Never Ending Story” and “Willow,” both of which inspired him deeply at a young age. In addition, growing up in the New York area, Broadway musicals were a part of his cultural milieu that had an impact on him as well.
As he matured into the early 1990’s, he became aware of the emerging contemporary instrumental and new age music genres, which were elemental in shaping his own musical direction. In particular, he cites Yanni as his greatest role model. In his words: “No other artist made such a powerful impact upon me as Yanni did. If I had to choose any true “influence” on my own music today, well, Yanni would definitely be it!” He goes on to say: “Suzanne Ciani is probably my greatest influence after Yanni. I absolutely adore her music, and have been listening to it since my early teens. Her Pianissimo albums are the staples of my solo piano collection.” He also includes many other artists of this genre as having been influential, such as Enya, David Lanz, and Jim Brickman, to name but a few. However I was fascinated to learn that Michael’s musical affinities are extremely diverse and encompass rock, pop, classical, and more. According to Michael: “My musical tastes vary to such a degree that most people are shocked I can mention both Yanni and Metallica in the same sentence!”
All of which leads to Michael’s own music and creative flow. In his words: “When I write music, it is a process of introspective exploration and self-discovery. In some ways it can seem as if the music is writing itself. I think that as I write, the music speaks to me, and I simply speak back. It’s much like a conversation that helps me to explore what I may be feeling at that particular moment in time. As the music takes shape, new feelings emerge, ideas surface, and a personal journey beings to develop.” Of his third album, he goes on to say: “Conceptually, Rapture is a more introspective work, attempting to reach the listener on a more spiritual and personal level. The album attempts to capture the very essence of an emotion or state of being, and is therefore more primal and direct in the way that it communicates with the listener.”
This last statement pretty much zeros in on what I feel is a strong point of Michael’s music – its emotional content. Listening to it with eyes closed I was aware of experiencing it more on a feeling level than an intellectual one. As Michael said, his music is “primal and direct” in its conveyance. And I would agree. I found his choice of chord changes, progressions, and melodies to be quite evocative yet presented in a style that is often understated, and by his description, “introspective.” This is music that exudes an elegant simplicity which allows the listener room to intuit its essence and the intention of the composer.
As mentioned, a key descriptive word for Michael’s music is “evocative.” Listening to the first song, the title track, I was drawn in by the feeling that arose within me as it unfolded. On a composition entitled “The Life Before Us,” rolling arpeggios on the left hand provide momentum as the right hand traces a delicate melody that for me exuded an air of hopefulness. On “Emerald Sea,” a more pensive piece that echoes the influence of Satie, the power of perseverance is referenced in Michael’s poetry that describe this track – in an excerpt from the liner notes: “If I lost sight of the path I FOUND MY WAY BACK… When others turned away I KEPT THE FAITH…” This sense of being drawn forward also resonated for me in a track entitled “The Calling,” something I’m sure that many on the spiritual path can relate to. One piece in particular that I thought would be a perfect movie soundtrack is “Forever Home,” with its gentle yet dramatic ambience creating a cinematic feel that was perhaps inspired by Michael’s love of film and music. Of this track he writes: “There’s a place inside all of us. Deep within and secret… We take this place within us, all the days of our lives. We carry it, and it carries us…”
An element I was aware of in a number of Michael’s compositions is romanticism, and particularly in the appropriately titled “Amor.” This heartfelt piece unfolds tenderly in several movements and reminded me at times of the works of fellow pianist Suzanne Ciani. The album draws to a close with “Haunting Me,” featuring a wistful melody that lingers in the air like the fragrance of a flower. Quoting from the liner notes: “You’re in the sunlight surrounding my shadow. In the raindrops falling upon my face. And in the air that I breathe… You’re a part of me. Sustaining me. Haunting me… Always.”
Reprinting these words here in linear sentence form doesn’t really do them justice compared to the way they are so artistically and graphically arranged in the booklet that accompanies the album. As mentioned earlier, this booklet is a work of art, including the striking cover image by Michael Vincent Manalo. At 24 pages in length it features Michael Samson’s thoughtfully poetic musings on each song along with beautiful color and black & white photography professionally shot on location along the rugged coastline of Washington State, where Michael has been living for the last couple years. It is visually stunning in its glossy finish with a full UV coating that was engineered with a custom made die. A lot of work and creativity went into creating this entire package that represents one integrated piece of artwork along with the music. Samples of the music and photography are available at Michael’s beautifully designed website, along with videos of him performing. Experiencing an artistic statement like this is something that will be missed as we move farther into the realm of downloading individual mp3 tracks from iTunes.
I was glad to have shared the album with a pianist and music teacher friend of mine, who was better able to pick out specific classical music influences that I was not as familiar with. This is not to imply that Rapture is a classical recording by any means, but it could appeal to those with leanings in this direction, as well as listeners who enjoy solo piano in a contemporary instrumental context. Michael Samson is an up and coming composer who is evolving into a promising future in the arts. I’m looking forward to his next release, West Bound which will be his first album featuring other instruments and full orchestration. Stay tuned!


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When you picture someone with yellowed teeth, who comes to mind: an adult, or a child? While most people think this problem is one only adults face, tooth discoloration in children is becoming a more common occurrence. Pediatric dentists in Sugar Land, Texas, compiled a list of 15 common causes.
- Lack of brushing/flossing: These problems can lead to early childhood tooth decay, excess plaque, and yellowing.
- Soda: Acids contained in soda lead to tooth erosion, and make teeth more sensitive from staining, especially when dark sodas are consumed.
- Medications: Some medications are known to cause tooth discoloration, especially if taken by the mother during pregnancy. Tetracycline taken during pregnancy can cause the baby to be born with tooth discoloration.
- Fruit Juice: Aside from high amounts of sugar contained in them, fruit juice also contain pigments that cause tooth staining.
- Popsicles: Just like they stain your child’s tongue and lips, the food dyes contained in these yummy treats can also work their way into the pores of tooth enamel and cause staining and/or discoloration.
- Multivitamins: A small percentage of children will develop staining from the amounts of iron contained in their multivitamins.
- Tooth Injury: When teeth are partially knocked out, broken or chipped, the damage can reach the gums and cause them to remain a grayish color.
- Excess Amounts of Fluoride: Whether from the water or swallowing toothpaste, excess amounts of fluoride can cause brown spots to appear on children’s teeth.
- Jaundice: Pediatric dentists in Sugar Land, TX know it is not uncommon for a baby who was born with jaundice to develop a green tint to their teeth.
- Hot/Cold Beverages: Just like a hot shower opens open the pores on your skin, hot drinks open up the pores on the teeth and can lead to discoloration. Cold drinks have the same effect. To avoid staining, keep drinks from cool to lukewarm in temperature.
- Fruits & Veggies: While we will never discourage a child loading up on fruits & vegetables, we do encourage they drink a large glass of water after consumption to help wash away the pigments that lead to staining.
- Illness: The mouth is a gateway to discovering other issues in the body. Sometimes tooth discoloration is a sign of something bigger.
- Genetics: Those born with a weak enamel will be more susceptible to staining.
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Day in and day out cardiologists see the effects of what a poor diet can do to your heart. And while an occasional indulgence is fine—a glass of red wine here, a piece of chocolate there—there are certain foods they will never let pass their lips.
Bacon, ham, hot dogs, and sausages are a part of many Americans’ daily diets but Jennifer Haythe, MD, a cardiologist and assistant professor of medicine at Columbia Presbyterian in New York City won’t go near them. “These products are literally dripping with saturated fats. And we know that sausage and processed meats have been linked to heart failure and cancer,” says Dr. Haythe. What exactly is in processed meat? Processed meat refers to meat that has been salted, cured, fermented or smoked to improve its shelf life. While these foods are quick and convenient, the chemicals and sodium used in processed foods are harmful for our hearts, especially when eaten in larger quantities. Hot dogs also make an appearance on our must-read list of foods to never, ever eat raw.
A tender and juicy steak topped with mushrooms sauteed in butter is a meal you may want to reserve for a special occasion. “That delicious steak in front of you is full of saturated fats, cholesterol, and salt,” says Dr. Haythe. Dr. Haythe advises all her patients to limit red meat to once a month. When you do eat read meat, looks for leaner cuts like eye of round roast, top roast, top sirloin, and sirloin tips. Uses spices and herbs for flavor and steer clear of butter, cream, and hollandaise sauces. And if you’re out to eat, avoid ordering bone-in steaks and these other foods you should never eat at a restaurant.
It’s easy to plow through a bag of potato chips or a giant bowl buttered popcorn, but Dr. Haythe says these snacks can be bite-sized bits of trans-fats, sodium, and carbs. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that 99.2 percent of people worldwide consume more than 2,000 milligrams of sodium each day. (Many health organizations recommend no more than 1,500 milligrams a day.) People who consume more than 2,000 milligrams of sodium per day account for one in 10 cardiovascular deaths. Does this mean you have to give up popcorn for your next Netflix binge? If you can’t give up popcorn or chips entirely, try switching to baked chips and or lightly salted and buttered popcorn. To keep tabs on your portion, leave the bag of chips or popcorn in the kitchen and place a snack in a single-serving bowl.