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Parents say public health backlash risks their child's life
Their daughter is vulnerable to COVID-19; their school district has weakened prevention rules
By: Erik Gunn - October 2, 2021 10:22 am
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Parents of a 6-year-old child with Down syndrome are invoking federal law to ask a northwest Wisconsin school district to reinstate and maintain COVID-19 prevention measures in the child's school.
An attorney for the parents filed a formal request Friday for the Menomonie area school district in Dunn County to institute strong pandemic mitigation policies in order to meet state and federal requirements for children who need special education.
"We just want the school district to follow the public health recommendations of experts and their own medical advisors and people who know what they're talking about so that our child can go to school and be safe," said Thomas Pearson, the child's father, in an interview Friday.
Pearson's daughter entered first grade this fall at an elementary school in the Menomonie district. Because she has Down syndrome, she is at higher risk for severe COVID disease. At the same time, however, "it's important for her to be in school in person," Pearson said.
Pearson, his partner and their three children have watched the Menomonie district grapple over the last month and a half with how to manage the COVID-19 pandemic as coronavirus infections rebounded over the summer. Public health officials have attributed the resurgence of the virus, statewide and nationally, to a new, more contagious mutation, the delta variant, as well as to an insufficient number of people getting vaccinations against the virus.
'A great year' in kindergarten
Through most of the 2020-2021 school year, the school district had maintained a masking requirement. Pearson's daughter attended kindergarten in person all year, he said.
"We were worried and scared," Pearson acknowledged. But the school was careful, he added, with universal masking, attention to physical distancing requirements and keeping children in the same small groups, or cohorts.
"She attended all year and it worked," he said. "She had a great year."
In June, after an election in April that saw two incumbents unseated by newcomers, the school board voted 5-4 to make masks optional for the remainder of the school year. "At that juncture, the pandemic was taking a very different trajectory," Pearson says. Cases had fallen through the first half of 2021 while vaccinations were increasing.
Over the summer, however, as the spread of COVID-19 resumed, so did mask recommendations from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) along with the state health and education agencies and local county health departments. The Menomonie school district administration had drafted a COVID-19 policy for the 2021-2022 school year that included a mask requirement.
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Nevertheless, the school board voted 5-4 on Aug. 9 to delete the requirement, making masks optional from kindergarten through 12th grade instead. Two weeks later, on Aug. 25, board members who had opposed the change attempted unsuccessfully to reinstate a requirement.
At a "meet and greet" session just before school started, Pearson saw some children and teachers with masks and others without. "It was clear that in general the COVID mitigation plans this year were not nearly as rigorous as last year," he said.
He and his partner, the mother of his daughter, decided to keep the child home from school. "We just didn't feel like they were doing enough" to keep kids safe, he said.
Masks return — but for how long?
On Sept. 13, after more than 1,000 students were out of school and under quarantine, the board voted 5-3 to relax quarantine requirements. Under the looser rules, for students who have been in close contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19 who is not in their household, the decision to quarantine is now up to parents. Students who live with someone diagnosed with COVID-19 can now come back to school if they have no symptoms 11 days after they were first exposed, and seven days if they test negative for the virus.
"That made us feel they were making it even less safe for children," Pearson says. The couple also withdrew their 8-year-old son from school. "We didn't feel comfortable with him being there."
Then, on Sept. 27, board members who had favored requiring masks instead of making them optional raised the masking issue again, pointing to the renewed increase in cases. This time the board approved on a 5-4 vote a narrower mask requirement for grades 4K through 6.
Late this week, however, the board scheduled a special meeting for Sunday afternoon, Oct. 3, to consider still another change for those elementary school grades. Update: On Saturday, the board posted a notice on the school district website that the meeting had been canceled.
In place of a blanket requirement, masking would be required in a particular school building only if a student or staff member attended school within 48 hours of being diagnosed with COVID-19. At that point, all students in that person's grade level would be required to wear masks for 14 days after they were last exposed to the individual, according to the proposed policy draft.
The policy also allows for requiring masks at a school if at least 10% of the students are out isolating due to COVID-19.
Seeking a legal remedy
For Pearson and his partner, those potential changes are worrisome. "It kind of defeats the purpose of universal masking as a mitigation strategy when you're waiting to see if people are exposed," he said. "We were really hopeful" that they would be able to send their daughter back to school in person. "Now that is all kind of in limbo again."
Jeff Spitzer-Resnick (photo courtesy of System Change Consulting)
On Friday, Jeff Spitzer-Resnick, a Madison disability rights lawyer, sent a letter to the Menomonie school district administrator, Joseph Zydowsky, seeking a "due process hearing" on behalf of Pearson's daughter. The letter cites the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004.
In the letter, Spitzer-Resnick notes that the girl is "in the highest risk category for contracting COVID-19 as well as the highest risk category of becoming severely ill and possibly dying" if the virus infects her. It charges that, by not providing better mitigation in the pandemic, the school district is failing to fulfill two legal obligations that it has to her as a special education student: providing "a free appropriate public education" and doing so "in the least restrictive environment" — education "with her same age peers in school."
Spitzer-Resnick writes that the school board's action "removing essential COVID-19 mitigation protocols" before the school year started went against the recommendations of the Dunn County Public Health Agency. His letter also points to the upcoming meeting to reconsider the reinstatement of the mask requirement for elementary school.
Even that requirement "continues to fail to have other necessary COVID-19 mitigation strategies in place," the letter states, listing masking and vaccination requirements for school district employees as well as stronger quarantining and physical distancing rules — all of which, the letter adds, have been recommended by both the Dunn County health department and the girl's doctor.
A copy of the letter was shared with news organizations with the name of the girl redacted. "Your school board's decision has forced my clients to keep Student out of school in order to quite literally save her life," it states. "While saving her life is her parents' utmost goal, that should not come at the cost of a denial of her right" to a free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment.
Wanted: Stronger public health measures
To resolve the dispute, the letter asks the school district to "institute all appropriate COVID-19 mitigation protocols" in the school building that Pearson's daughter would attend.
Those include, it says, a universal mask requirement for students and staff; a vaccination mandate for all employees, with medically approved exceptions; quarantine for all students and staff with positive COVID-19 tests "and those in close contact with them, including notification of all students and staff of positive COVID-19 test results within Student's school building"; and a physical distancing rule of at least 3 feet "whenever possible."
It also seeks reimbursement of legal fees and "compensatory education" to make up for the loss of the education and environment to which the girl has a right. That would include making up for lost education time during the period in which the issue is adjudicated.
Contacted Friday about the letter, Zydowsky, the Menomonie school district administrator, told the Wisconsin Examiner in email message that he was busy with homecoming activities and that "I have no comment on the matter."
Who gets protected? And who doesn't?
Pearson believes the administration and the school district appear to be "doing everything they can do" for the safety of children like his daughter. "It's frustrating" to see a majority of school board members vote to weaken COVID-19 prevention policies, he said. "They're defying the recommendations of everyone from health officials down to their own medical advisors, and even the district administrators."
Pearson said his daughter is eager to return to the classroom. "Every day she asks if she's going to school," he said. "She has a right to go to school in person like everyone else under these circumstances. A mask is inconvenient, but given how unanimous public health experts are, it's hard to see how it's unreasonable to require it for children's health issues."
On the first day of school, Pearson said, the school sent out emails to parents informing them that one of the pupils had a potentially toxic peanut allergy, and alerting them not to send peanuts or foods containing them to school with their children to avoid exposing the allergic child to potentially airborne peanut particles. The message was "pleading with everyone to come together and keep that child safe," he said. "I get it."
Yet even as parents cooperate with that message, "here there's an airborne virus, and some children are more vulnerable than others," Pearson said. "And masking has become such a toxic issue, other parents, in order to protest them, they're willing to put my child and other children at increased risk."
This story was updated 10/2/2021 at 3:25 PM with the information that the school board canceled its scheduled Oct. 3 meeting.
by Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner
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Deputy Editor Erik Gunn reports and writes on work and the economy, health policy and related subjects, for the Wisconsin Examiner. He spent 24 years as a freelance writer for Milwaukee Magazine, Isthmus, The Progressive, BNA Inc., and other publications, winning awards for investigative reporting, feature writing, beat coverage, business writing, and commentary. An East Coast native, he previously covered labor for The Milwaukee Journal after reporting for newspapers in upstate New York and northern Illinois. He's a graduate of Beloit College (English Comp.) and the Columbia School of Journalism. Off hours he is the Examiner's resident Springsteen and Jackson Browne fanboy and model railroad nerd.
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Q: How can I add a button to approve tasks to a sharepoint list? I want to make the approval process easier. For this I have thought of adding a button to a column of a sharepoint list.
The user would see the list of tasks pending approval and clicking on the task button would automatically be approved.
How can i do this (workflow,javascript...)? Is that possible?
Thanks for your answers.

A: Using the sharepoint workflow system, the user can approve from the task detail form already.
If you want to make it more user friendly as you suggested, you may program an extra field, using JSLink technology to customize the task list rendering or to add this approval button from an other list (I assume you are using sharepoint 2013 on premise) from which you call javascript API to trigger the approval.
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A: Yes, a workflow would work. I would have a separate "Approved" column that defaults to "No" (don't show it on the form). And run a workflow (upon form submit?) that changes the value of Approved to "Yes".

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NASCAR: Paul Menard leads final Michigan N'Wide practice
By Chris EstradaJun 13, 2014, 3:38 PM EDT
After leading the first Nationwide Series practice session today at Michigan International Speedway, Paul Menard continued to show quick pace in the final NNS practice before tomorrow's qualifying and 250-mile race.
Menard, one of multiple Sprint Cup competitors in the NNS field this weekend, posted a lap of 191.088 miles per hour to lead the session ahead of Ty Dillon, Chris Buescher, Chase Elliott and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
In NNS competition at Michigan, Menard has posted three Top-5 finishes and an average finish of 8.5, his second-best average finish on active series tracks. This is his first NNS start of the year.
Dillon was P2 with a lap of 190.396 mph to ensure a 1-2 run for Richard Childress Racing, while Roush Fenway Racing's Buescher went P3 with a lap of 189.984 mph.
Elliott , who is making his Michigan debut on Saturday, topped out at 189.848 mph – just ahead of JR Motorsports teammate Earnhardt (189.753).
Kyle Busch, Dylan Kwasniewski, Sam Hornish Jr., Joey Logano and Brian Scott rounded out the Top 10. Qualifying for Saturday's Ollie's Bargain Outlet 250 goes off at 10:40 a.m. ET tomorrow morning, followed by the race itself at 2 p.m. ET.
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This month has been incredible.
Perhaps the rising of Coventry Bloggers? So, if you haven't heard two lovely girlies Emily of Drained Beauty and Amy of Writhing into the Ether have decided it's time for all of Cov's bloggers to get in touch, support and collaborate with each other.
So far, we have been invited to Samoan Joe's where we have tried and tested nearly all of the delicious drinks they have to offer. It's not the place I'd normally venture to as I'm more of a pub lover however I was pleasantly surprised! We have had two fantastic nights here and I've been back of my own accord too.
Granted it's not everyone's scene but if you enjoy a decent cocktail and a show stop by to grab a drink.
We were also lucky enough to be chosen to promote Debenhams Let's Take Beauty event. It's happening on June 7th people so if you haven't already got a ticket swing by the store to grab yours now!
Lastly, (On the blogger front) the girls hosted their very own bloggers shindig. (Follow the group on Instagram @coventrybloggers)!
The evening involved socialising, drinking some fizz, glitter, nails and of course taking lots of photos! It gave us all a chance to meet and discuss what our goals are. We all differ, not just in looks and personality but in what we write about and what we have to offer. If you're from Coventry or the surrounding areas and wish to get involved let them know by joining us on Facebook!
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39,000 senior lives saved by COVID vaccines, government says
Published: Oct. 5, 2021 at 9:39 AM CDT
(CNN) – A new government report finds COVID-19 vaccines have saved tens of thousands of elderly people's lives.
According to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report published Tuesday, vaccinations were linked to a reduction of about 39,000 deaths in Medicare beneficiaries between January and May.
Researchers also say vaccines prevented about 265,000 new COVID cases and 107,000 hospitalizations.
Seniors are now the most vaccinated demographic in the United States, with more than 94% of them having received at least one dose.
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Read about Pat Smith's fight for chronic Lyme patients during the 16th WG meeting and more.
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TBDWG 16- Fight Continues For Lyme Patient Relief
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Pat Smith in WG meeting on geographic boundaries preventing Lyme diagnosis: "I lived in the world of patients for 36 years, and I can tell you that they are not getting treated in those states because the government and other entities are telling them there is no disease. They are consistently not being diagnosed and treated, and you think this because there is a positive test they will get treated? No way. That doesn't happen. To do this is the kiss of death. You will put another nail into the coffin of people in these states and to do this without even being willing to make changes to the language, I find it totally unconscionable."
Testing Not Put into Chapter 8, "Epidemiology & Surveillance"
Pat Smith stated, "Since Lyme disease has the burden of illness within TBD and testing is one of the biggest issues, why is that not discussed in this report?" David Walker responded, "Lyme disease moves more slowly and there is ample opportunity and a much better opportunity to make diagnosis." Pat retorted, "David, you don't think there's any Lyme disease beyond a few weeks and a few Doxy pills, and I think the time has come that we have to acknowledge there is ample research out there to show it isn't true, and that diagnostic tests are not picking up our patients, and it's time we did something about it! I don't know what we are waiting for. And I'm not asking for the moon in this chapter but asking merely for something that addresses the fact that there is a need and obviously the government has to look at that need."
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Controversial Topics Discussed
A number of topics were vigorously debated at the Working Group (WG) meeting on 10/27/20. The issues of Lyme diagnostics were not mentioned in the Chapter 8 section on challenges and issues. The use of Bayes Theorem to try to preclude Lyme in low incidence states was challenged as was travel-related disease used to explain the cases there. Old and unavailable citations (use of 1904 article that was reviewed and 1941 article) used to substantiate RMSF deaths. A one-hour turbulent discussion of the rules which apparently were changed on how a minority report could be done and the motion made by Pat Smith to save her minority report. Suggesting the inclusion of outreach to industry in "Looking Forward" chapter for next WG brought up conflicts of interest and change in WG makeup.
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Hope for Chronic Lyme Patients
Richard Horwitz, MD, et al., have published a new case study and retrospective chart review of 40 patients on double dose dapsone combination therapy (DDD CT) in the journal Antibiotics.
The study found that of the 40 patients analyzed, an 8-week course of dapsone combined with doxycycline and rifampin effectively improved symptoms in 98% of patients, as well as led to long-term remission in 45% of the total patients studied, even though most of the individuals were ill for a decade or longer.
The research included a segment of 12 patients with the presence of EM rashes. Of these, 100% showed improvement with 58% remaining in remission. The study abstract states, "In conclusion, double-dose dapsone therapy could represent a novel and effective anti-infective strategy in chronic Lyme disease/post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS), especially in those individuals who have failed regular dose dapsone combination therapy (DDS CT) or standard antibiotic protocols." Read more.
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The results of a study to collect ticks from Pike County, Pennsylvania, conducted by the Northeast Wildlife DNA Laboratory of East Stroudsburg University included real time PCR analysis of ticks countywide. The county was divided into 9 grids, each with several collection sites. The sites were based on use by community members and presence of favorable tick habitat and included: state parks, state game lands, township buildings, schools, township parks, communities and hiking trails.
All life stages of Ixodes scapularis ticks (deer tick) were collected, but only nymphs and adults were tested. Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence in I. scapularis ticks overall was 39%, with Bartonella spp. next with 18.5%. Read more.
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MyLymeData Analysis on Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment
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Providing Insight to CLD Treatment
A new study lead by researchers from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) analyzed data from the MyLymeData patient registry. The Registry, with over 13,000 enrolled patients, is a project of the non-profit LymeDisease.org.
The researchers used machine learning techniques and analyzed more than 2,000 patients with chronic Lyme disease (CLD) from the database to identify key features associated with improved patient response. They found that the extended use of antibiotics was an important element of improved health. Read more.
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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affects TBD Diagnosis
Challenges & Possible Solutions
A study published in the journal Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease addresses the observed negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the timely diagnosis of tick-borne infections (TBD) in three adult patients.
The researchers examined the ways that various precautionary measures, which have been set in place to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus, can also have indirect health effects on patients who have been infected with TBD. This situation may potentially result in the failure to properly diagnose TBD infections. Read more.
Read the study in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease.
Read LDA's COVID-19 and Lyme Page.
HHS & Cohen Foundation Announce LymeX
TBD Research Partnership
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation announced a new $25 million-dollar, public-private partnership – the LymeX Innovation Accelerator (LymeX).
The HHS website states, "Our LymeX mission is to strategically advance Lyme and tickborne disease solutions in direct collaboration with Lyme patients, patient advocates, and diverse stakeholders across academia, nonprofits, industry, and government." Read more.
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Tauro futbolo komanda var en fodboldklub fra den litauiske by Kaunas.

Historie
Klubben blev stiftet i 1928 og gik konkurs i 1944.

Sovjetinvasionen i Litauen i 1944. Mesterskabet ophørt, da Tauras F.K. var i første omgang.

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Nationalt
 Lietuvos futbolo čempionatas (D1)
 Vindere (1): 1943.

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ATT's Vision of the Future c.1993
Simply put, this "montage of ATT ads came from a 1993 Newsweek CD-ROM, when Newsweek thought that one day, magazines would be sent to you in CD-ROM form, sponsored with ads." Continue reading to watch.
..and were (mostly) remarkably accurate, predicting: E-Books, in-car GPS, tablet PCs, E-ZPass, video conferencing, and video on demand.
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ATT Rush Delivers Plastic Bag
AT&T mistakenly double charged a customer for two refurbished 16GB iPhones instead of the single unit ordered. So, instead of completely canceling the second order, they rush delivered a plastic bag. Click here for one more picture.
But the next day he received another package from AT&T. It was shipped 2-day via DHL. Inside? One empty plastic bag, complete with an invoice for "75011 MISC iPhone PPA BAG … $0.00."
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Deal of the Day: ATT Phones for a Penny at Amazon
That's right, for one day only Amazon.com is offering all AT&T phones — excluding the iPhone — for just a penny with service agreement. Notable handsets include: the BlackBerry Curve, Sony Ericsson W580i, Samsung Blackjack II, and AT&T Tilt. Product page.
Looking to grab a Blackberry Curve or Pantech Duo? You're not gonna find them any cheaper than this. In fact, the Curve actually comes with a $75 mail-in rebate, meaning they'll pay you $75 to get one
VIDEO: LG Vu Touchscreen TV Phone Gets Previewed
PhoneArena provides us with a hands-on demonstration of that AT&T LG Vu, one of their first handsets to support MediaFlo, complete with retractable antenna. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.
As we've mentioned above, the Vu has the same user interface as the European models PRADA and Viewty. Of course, AT&T slightly personalized the whole thing, but most of it is kept the same; for example, both the homescreen and the first page of the main menu house shortcuts to the Mobile TV
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VIDEO: AT&T Surface Demonstration
Now that you've heard the news about AT&T's partnership with Microsoft, check out a live demonstration of the AT&T Surface technology. Continue reading to watch. Click here for first picture in gallery.
Being able to throw down a phone or two and get specs, review plans, and compare features is simply jaw-droppingly cool, though what really got us was another feature that AT&T has apparently been tossing around as a future possibility: device-to-device transfer
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PICTURES: Microsoft Surface Set to Launch at AT&T Stores on April 17th
Microsoft announces the availability of its Surface technology at select AT&T stores nationwide beginning April 17th. According to the company, "shoppers in New York, Atlanta, San Antonio, and San Francisco will be treated to what amounts to the novelty of learning about a device by simply placing it atop the Surface." Click here for first picture in gallery.
They'll also have the ability to explore interactive coverage maps. Later, users will be able to drag ringtones, graphics and video and drop it into "the phones."
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VIDEO: Samsung Blackjack II Hits AT&T, Gets Previewed
Samsung's Blackjack II aka SGH-i617 boasts a 206-MHz TI OMAP 2420 processor, 256MB ROM, 64MB SDRAM, 2.4-inch (320 x 240) display, 2.0-megapixel camera, integrated GPS, and Bluetooth 2.0. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.
Samsung took what many loved already with the BlackJack and made an evolutionary step forward keeping the same known design while greatly improving on the features. As far as performance goes, it's solid with quick responses, great reception, clear sound, and strong battery life
Samsung A717 / A727 Multimedia Clamshell – Video Preview
Touted as the "world's slimmest 3G phones" offered through AT&T, these handsets boast 2.0 (A717) / 1.3 (A727) megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD card slot, dual-band 3G, and AT&T Mobile Music support. Video after the break.
This is a quick look at the new Samsung Ultras for AT&T. We show you how they're the same, and how they're different – both from each other and from a few other Samsungs we've recently reviewed here on Phone Scoop
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1) My newly revamped handbag: This poor old bag was tossed to the side quite a while ago as the leather straps had torn away and broken, that issue was solved recently by my dad who fixed it for me with these gorgeous gold long chain handles. It now looks even more gorgeous and is my new obsession!
2) Lemon juice: Yeap, I'm still obsessing over it, I'm still using it everyday for 5 mins!
4) Cleaning: Need I say more?
Do you drink lemon juice too? If you drink it every morning in warm water is meant to be amazing for your skin. I don't think I could drink it tho.
Thanks for my award, I have listed my 5 obbsessions at the moment and linked back to you.
That bag is stunning, I love black bags with chain handles, so hot!
@glamour rouge thanks :) i will check it out!


LilFox Botanicals is a new luxury organic skincare line that is free of synthetic fragrances. sulfates, gmo's and paragons. The ingredients are ethically sourced, organic and wild harvested. LilFox has high quality ingredients and still remains delicate and gentle. All of the products are concentrated essential oils produced from steam distillation of plant matter. The products are packaged in Miron Violet Glass containers which keep the integrity of the ingredients because light can make natural ingredients less potent. These dark glass containers protects them.
I love everything about LilFox, from the packaging, to the scents and the textures of the products and most importantly the way they make my skin glow. LilFox has high quality ingredients and I love that it's organic and ethically sourced. I tried several products from the line and was not disappointed. I also love the playful names.
The products that I tried from LilFox Botanicals are the Chlorophyll +Tourmaline Antioxidant Mask, The Aphrodite Rose Toning Mist that has Rose Quartz Infusion, the Maracuja +Rose Youthful Vixen Face Nectar, and the Kalahari Watermelon under eye serum (which I guarantee my boyfriend will steal from me).
I'll start with the Chlorophyll + Tourmaline Antioxidant Mask, it comes in a powder form and you mix it in the bowl with either water or the Toning Mist. I mixed mine with the Toning Mist, this was my favorite. I have never applied a face mask with a brush before. I love the LilFox bowl and brush, it makes the experience fun. This mask is good for dry or mature skin, and skin that is acne prone. It smells amazing because it is made with matcha green tea which help protect against free radicals and it is also an anti inflammatory. It also has chlorella algae which helps slow down cellular damage and helps with anti-aging. Chlorella algae helps with cell and tissue regeneration. French Green Clay which help draw out impurities from your skin. The Brazilian tourmaline crystals are also in it and all the ingredients absorb into the skin.
The Aphrodite Rose Toning Mist infused withRose Quartz is amazing (this is also my favorite, I can have more than one favorite right?). Not only does it smell good it feels so nice when you spray it on your face. I have been using it throughout the day, it has been refreshing me through out this LA heat wave. I believe any skin type can use this spray. It is made with Rose damascene which helps balance and hydrate your skin and your heart. It is infused with Rose Quartz with is known to open your heart chakra, everyone could use more love in their life so why not with a toning spray. There is no water in this so it is not diluted and is of pure ingredients.
I also tried the Kalahari Watermelon Eye Serum. I didn't know Kalahari was so I had to google it and it's a watermelon from Africa. It is small, perfectly round and yellow inside. The seeds of the watermelon are rich in Omega 6 essential fatty acids and Omega 9's which help repair oxidative damage. Basically it helps fight against pollutants and helps repair the delicate eye area. It also contains Argan Oil. The applicator is a roll on and the oil just gently is applied. I did pat it in with my ring finger. It didn't irritate my sensitive eye area and felt very moisturizing.
The last product I tried from LilFox was the Maracuja + Rose Face Nectar. I applied it after the face mask, the toning mist and the eye serum so it tied it all together. This is a treatment that helps nourishes your skin. It also protects it from free radicals, it helps with fine lines and repairs cells. Maracuja is passion fruit, which is high in Vitamin A + C. I used it for several weeks and noticed my skin glowed. You don't need to use a lot of the oil because it goes a long way and I was surprised on how fast it absorbed into my skin. It also didn't feel heavy on.
If you care about your skin definitely try LilFox Botanicals. You won't regret it. There are a few more products that I want to try. Such as the Bamboo Charcoal Mask, The Neroli Toning Mist, and the Moondust Toning Mist. Lilfox has body scrubs, deodorant and several other products in the line. You can find LilFox Botanicals here and you can stay in touch with them on Instagram @LilFox_Botanicals. You can also read an interview we did with Madame Fox, Alexis Rose here.


Life is imitative, like father like son. Life replicates itself, although we know from DNA, that its copyist isn't always perfect. Life makes mutants, called mutations, and according to Wallace and Darwin that is how we evolved. The mutations turned out to be good, and God understood this. He made the "mutations." Actually, neither Darwin nor Wallace went below the surface, simply because it was clear enough right before their living eyes and there was no need. I know the holy people don't like the word 'evolved', because God made us and our book that tells us that He made us is the truth and so Wallace and Darwin are devils lying to our children. One thing about holy people, they "know".
In the old language, fortunately, there is no problem with evolution; in fact, intelligent design is the natural order of evolving because the living organism of our personal nature has two copies off of which to imitate, mom and dad. Mon and dad are just like the creator God who made the "man" of the garden. His name was Yahweh God until the man and the woman, the mom and pop at our beginning, came apart and were separated from each other, one being left alone in the jungle while the other is expelled out into the world to wonder why he feels so homeless. The God actors in the rest of Genesis are Yahweh and God and they are made like mom and dad; they are mom and dad, only in our story they are both "males" and their sexual orientation is holy. Holy because the Gods are "like" brothers. Still, honor your mother and father, right!
I take intelligent design to mean that we have feelings to tell us about our actions, our deeds, our motives and our designs. If we are paying attention, our feelings are feedback to our actions. Suppose we don't like our feelings! Then we are free to choose other ways of acting and act accordingly. If the design isn't already ruined, then our feelings will reward our actions. Unfortunately, and this is the word of God, Adam was a ruined man and anyone coming after him couldn't use his feelings as a power source to direct his intelligence because his choice had been arrested on account of his being separated from his living body, note, his feelings. Adam chose to ignore what he had forgot and that meant he was dead to how he felt.
How, exactly, did THAT happen? I hope that is the question you had just now.


ACCORDING to Michael Tomlinson, "the rich get married and stay together, the poor don't". And surprise, surprise — people aren't impressed.
A CONSERVATIVE MP has sparked outrage after making some very controversial comments about marriage, divorce and social class.
Speaking about the UK budget in Parliament recently, Tory MP Michael Tomlinson, who represents England's electorate of Mid Dorset and North Poole, claimed marriage was "disappearing in our poorest communities".
The Christian father of three said more government funding should go towards preventing the breakdown of marriages and families in the first place, which he argued ended up costing the government more in the long run.
"Because 87 per cent of high-earners marry, 24 per cent of low-earners marry — the rich get married and stay together, the poor don't," The Mirror quoted Mr Tomlinson as saying.
"Why does this matter? Because where there is poverty, family breakdown is often not far behind — and while poverty is often a driver of family breakdown, crucially so too is family breakdown a driver of poverty.
Unsurprisingly, Mr Tomlinson's controversial comments have been slammed online, with social media users describing his opinion as "appalling" and "judgmental".
And many pointed out his statement was also incorrect, given the high levels of divorce among wealthy, high-profile celebrities, including within the British royal family.
The backlash against Mr Tomlinson's comments follow a similar controversy caused by conservative Scottish MP Michelle Ballantyne, who said people on welfare cannot have "as many children as they like".
"It is fair that people on benefit cannot have as many children as they like, while people who work and pay their way and don't claim benefit have to make decisions about the number of children they can have," Ms Ballantyne, herself a mother of six children, said last week.
Her comments also sparked widespread outcry, with many members of the public accusing her of lacking empathy for struggling families.
Disgraceful Tories !!! What about in work parents who need benefits ? What about those who had children and then lost jobs ? What we can't afford is Tories who only worry about cutting taxes for the wealthy.


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Q: Connection refused "mysqli_connect(): (HY000/2002): Connection refused in **************************conn.php on line 6 Failed Hey guys I have problem with connecting my .php file to database, I've tried different ways but still the same response.
Here is my code (updated):
    <?php
$server_name = "localhost";
$mysql_username = "*****";
$mysql_password = "*****";
$db_name = "*****";
$conn = mysqli_connect ($server_name, $mysql_username, $mysql_password, $db_name);
if($conn) {

    echo "Success";

}
else {

    echo "Failed";

}
?>

UPDATE
Guys, when I connect to localhost everything works fine but I would like to connect to a server and be able to upload data from different android devices. Currently I use 000webhost.com free service, so might it be the key point and problem that I didn't upgrade that to PRO?

A: mysqli_connect requires the arguments to be in the order servername, username, password, databasename. Your order is servername, databasename, username, password.
The code should be:
$conn = mysqli_connect($server_name, $mysql_username, $mysql_password, $db_name);

A: You sequence of parameter is wrong
<?php
$server_name = "*****";
$db_name = "*****";
$mysql_username = "*****";
$mysql_password = "*****";
$conn = mysqli_connect($server_name, $mysql_username,$mysql_password, $db_name);

if($conn) {
    echo "Success";
} else {
    echo "Failed";
} ?>

Correct syntax
mysqli_connect(host,username,password,dbname,port,socket);

Reference mysqi_connect
EDIT
A extra tip
$conn = mysqli_connect("localhost","username","password","db_name");

Put values according to you server.
EDIT 2
MySQL needs to be running on the port 3306 make sure it is correct

A: I think your problem is that you did not instantiate the class, remedied by making it $conn = new mysqli ($server_name, ..... .  Also, your sequence of parameters is incorrect.  It should be server, user, password and finally database.
In addition, you should be using PHP constants instead of variables for this, so $server_name should be SERVER_NAME.  Similarly $mysqli_username, $mysqli_password, and $db_name should be changed.  Not that I wouldn't work as you have it, but it just is not proper.

A: From the comments and from the ruling out of other possibilities indicated in the other answers, it is quite possible it is a connection issue with your service provider.
You should write to them explaining your situation, if at all they have support for free services. You should probably change the passwords to some dummy ones in case you have share it with them; Some service providers ask you to share your password for them to check, not sure if it's recommended practice.
Also, for testing and development, it's better you use some kind of local installation of PHP, such as XAMPP or WAMPP etc, so that you can have control during development and testing. If something works on your local installation and not on the remote, having a development installation is useful to isolate and report such issues.

A: Iy you are using MAMP, the default port for mysql is 8889, but the "traditional" port that php expects to use for mysql is 3306.
So you need to open MAMP and change the MAMP mysql port to 3306, then restart the mysql server. Now the connection should be successful.


The practice's nurses Lisa, Bronagh and Pamela manage the treatment room Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 12 noon and between 3.00 pm and 5.45pm. Diane is the healthcare assistant.
Kay, Allison, Nicky, Lucinda and Alison make up our reception and administrative staff. They are the first point of contact in our Primary Care Team and offer a friendly welcome. They are there to help you to get the best care we can offer.
Our midwives provide care and advice during your pregnancy and in the first 10 days following delivery. They are present during antenatal clinics at the Medical Centre and visit you at home postnatally.
Our District Nursing team provide skilled nursing care for patients in their own home and assist and advise carers.
The health visitors are specially trained to give health advice in matters relating to family and child health. They assess children's development and are involved with the doctors in the weekly child health clinic held at the practice.