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School Refuses Religious Exemptions for Vaccines in the Midst of Outbreaks
The private school in Ohio is mandating that all students be up to date on their vaccinations.
In the wake of a reported measles outbreak in New York and chickenpox outbreak at a school in North Carolina, a school in Ohio has decided to take preemptive action and mandate that all students be up to date on their vaccinations. The Hebrew Academy of Cleveland will no longer accept religious exemptions. The only exemptions that will be given will be to children whose physician "certifies in writing that immunization against a disease is medically contraindicated."
According to Cleveland 19, the school sent a letter to parents on November 15 explaining in part, "After consultation with many experts in the field, the Academy has modified its policy regarding vaccination. This is particularly important, as there are students in our school for whom it is medically unsafe to be vaccinated. Consequently, it is crucial to ensure maximum vaccination rates amongst our student body. ... We recognize that there are families that have strong views on both sides of this issue. However, this is not an area where we can accommodate any deviation from this new protocol."
The news outlet also spoke to Cleveland Clinic's Dr. Baruch Fertel, whose children attend the school. "There's really no good credible science for someone not to be vaccinated," he said. "We see from these outbreaks that it can just spread like wildfire and cause harm."
Fertel said the precautionary measure is crucial considering how illnesses like chicken pox and measles can travel. "We live in a global world. People have family coming from all over. People travel all across the country, so it's certainly possible for something like that to come," Fertal said. He also noted that plenty of parents are skipping vaccines for reasons that have little or nothing to do with religion. "A lot of it has to do with prominent celebrities all across the spectrum, even some politicians have weighted into this discussion," he said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 220 individual cases of measles have been confirmed in 26 states and the District of Columbia as of November 3, 2018. And there have been a total of 15 outbreaks (defined as 3 or more linked cases) have been reported so far in 2018. The CDC warns that the majority of people who got measles were unvaccinated.
The Hebrew Academy's new policy is in line with the state of Ohio's requirement that students get six vaccinations, depending on their grade. Those vaccinations include polio, chickenpox, and measles.
Fertal urged parents think about how the decision to skip immunization affects others in the community, stating, "Choosing not to vaccinate, yes it's a personal decision, but on the other hand, it can affect other people if one becomes affected."
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Trudeau urged to take 'responsibility' after unveiled police radio deal has ties to China
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to review a contract awarded to a company whose parent company has ties to China and has been accused of espionage in the United States. The half-a-million dollar contract was to maintain police radio equipment for a frequency filtering system in order to prevent eavesdropping.
The contract was reported to Canada's Sinclair Technologies, which is managed by China's Hytera Communications and is partially owned by the Chinese Government.
Hytera technology was banned in the United States in 2021 for "unacceptable risk" to national security over fears the Chinese Government could be using the companies to spy on Americans.
The company, Hytera Communications, faces accusations of conspiring to steal trade secrets from the American communications company Motorola Solutions, but has denied the accusations.
The chairwoman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Jessica Rosenworcel, said at the time: "These new rules are an important part of our ongoing actions to protect the American people from national security threats involving telecommunications."
There are now concerns about the potential access China could have to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) communication lines.
In a news conference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he found the Chinese ties to the Canadian company "disconcerting".
The Canadian leader also acknowledged that Canadian security agencies have warned about "foreign interference in our institutions and our structures" and now there is a case of officials "signing contracts that have questionable levels of security for our operations and our national security institutions like the RCMP."
Prime Minister Trudeau promised: "We're going to be following up on this" and said he will ensure communication technology used by government agencies is secure.
He also said that the Canadian government must "make sure that Canada is not signing contracts with the lowest bidder that then turn around and leave us exposed to security flaws"
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The RCMP has said their radio communications are protected with encryption, and that the radio frequency filtration equipment provided by Sinclair Technologies "poses no security concerns nor does it allow access to radio communications."
In a statement to CTV News, the RCMP said: "The contract was awarded in accordance with federal government procurement policies and regulations, and in accordance with the Trade Agreements.
"PSPC (Public Services and Procurement Canada) acted as the Contracting Authority for the Standing Offer Arrangement. The RCMP supported PSPC to ensure operational requirements were met."
Radio-Canada has reported that a PSPC spokesperson said the department did not take security concerns and the concerns about Sinclair Technologies' parent company into consideration during the bidding process.
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28 Working Days For Building Permits
Investors can now expect a faster turn-around time when applying for building permits. Under the newly passed Regulation of Building Permits Act, 2017, a Building Permits Evaluation Committee will ensure
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Investors can now expect a faster turn-around time when applying for building permits.
Under the newly passed Regulation of Building Permits Act, 2017, a Building Permits Evaluation Committee will ensure fast tracking of building permits approval for commercial and industrial buildings.
The Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism, Faiyaz Koya says the processes under the Act will reduce the time taken to issue building permits to 28 working days.
"The Building Permits Evaluation Committee will set the timelines for the approval agencies to approve plan and will give directives to relevant authorities to issue building permits provided all requirement set out in the law are compiled with," Mr Koya said.
Stakeholders are glad their concerns have been addressed.
Philip Toogood, Managing Director/Partner BAYLEY's, Fiji & South Pacific said the Act provides a clear road map for the issuing of Building Permits and gives developers and investors comfort that their applications will be properly and promptly attended to.
This Building Permits Evaluation Committee will provide a single-window for building permit applications for the construction of all buildings that are for use other than private residential use, Mr Koya added.
"This process will not sidestep the rules, regulations and standards set for the construction of buildings.
"But will be an inclusive process that ensures in the future that potential bottlenecks are resolved before they arise", Mr Koya said.
"The fast-track process will bring together the relevant approval agencies as part of the Building and Construction Approvals Committee and building permits will be granted within a strict timeline."
The Committee will receive applications, assess and coordinate with the approval agencies for the relevant approvals and then will coordinate with the authority that is responsible for the issuance of building permits.
The Committee consists of the permanent secretary responsible for industry and trade as the chairperson and such other members to be appointed by the Minister on such terms and conditions as the Minister considers necessary.
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Brian Corrales, Sa Bom, 36264
By Soo Bahk Do Biz | 08/10/2017
Brian Corrales, Sa Bom
Moo Duk Kwan® Dan Bon 36364
Wasatch Martial Arts Academy is owned and operated by Master Brian Corrales. Master Corrales brings over 25 years of martial arts experience into his classes, 15 of which where he has owned his own school. Brian Corrales has participated in the infamous Ko Dan Ja Shim Sa, an 8-day Masters Test in the mountains of California in 2008 and again in Switzerland in 2013. He is currently a 5th Dan (5th degree black belt equivalent) in the art of Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan. He is also a certified Sa Bom, designating him as a "master model" instructor. This is the highest level of teaching certification issued by Moo Duk Kwan® for the Soo Bahk Do® martial art system. Master Corrales is the highest ranking Soo Bahk Do practitioner in Utah and operates the only certified school in the state that is legally authorized to teach Grandmaster Hwang Kee's art form known as Soo Bahk Do®.
In 2010, Master Corrales was appointed as Region 8's Youth Ambassador where teaches seminars at the regional and national level targeting children, teenagers, and young adults.
In 2011, Master Corrales was appointed by the Chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee to officiate as a Regional Examiner in Region 8 (Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico). He is responsible, along with Oliver Whitcomb Sa Bom Nim, to oversee Dan-level promotions, and ensure that students, instructors, and schools within Region 8 are in accordance with the values set forth by the Technical Advisory Committee and Grandmaster H.C. Hwang.
Master Corrales has taught many special seminars throughout the Rocky Mountain region and has been a multiple-time National Champion at the Soo Bahk Do National Championships. He has trained in Korea and has received instruction from both the founder of Soo Bahk Do, Kwan Jang Nim Hwang Kee and his son Kwan Jang Nim H.C. Hwang.
Brian Corrales has also been nominated into the Black Belt Hall of Fame and was invited to participate on the USA Karate Team.
Soo Bahk Do is Master Corrales' primary art and always will be. He has, however, experimented in the following martial art systems: Tae Kwon Do, Shorin-ryu, Shotokan, Budoshin Jiujitsu, and Brazilian Jujitsu. He also acquired a black belt in Tang Soo Do (Korean karate) before training in Soo Bahk Do. He is also known to hold special seminars using the Kan Bong (6 foot Korean staff). Master Corrales is a seeker of knowledge and his classes given unique insight that he has acquired from his diversity of training.
Master Corrales holds dan number 36364, which was issued to him by Grandmaster Hwang Kee. His lineage can be traced back to the founder himself.
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Hi Friends-
It never ceases to amaze me that my biggest insights seem so… obvious. Other people call them "aha moments" but for me they feel more like "oh-duh" moments. 😂
I had just such a moment of clarity today. The realization sprung from writing the latest Hurry Slowly episode, which is a meditation on how we can honor our own rhythms, ideas, and idiosyncrasies.
A good chunk of what I explore in this new episode is why we don't honor our uniqueness. Which has a lot to do with how our culture trains us to look outside of ourselves for answers — to cherish the advice of others above our own inner guidance.
As often happens, it turned out that I needed to hear this episode as much as anyone. After recording it, I realized that I was looking outside for something that I could only get inside. As a mentor of mine likes to say: "Happiness is an inside job."
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I mentioned in the last newsletter that as soon as I decided to re-open Hi-Fi, I received a truly lovely email from a past participant that pinged into my inbox like some magical validation from the universe.
For those of you who are considering taking Hi-Fi, I wanted to share this beautiful perspective from Lucy who took the course during the first offering, way back in 2020:
"I think it's hard to know when in the unfolding of everything to stop and say 'Hey, this is how Hi-Fi impacted my life!' because it just keeps going and going.
Taking the course was a true gift, both in the grounding community and tools it provided during a chaotic year, but also in the continuous ways its stuck with me and inspired some major life shifts.
Hi-Fi helped me figure out that I needed to move home to become a full-time caregiver for my dad in the last years of his life, a process I'm still engaged with and often overwhelmed by. The tools you provided have been a lifeline during the most challenging season of my life thus far, and I'm very grateful for them.
I've made ritual altar time a consistent part of my life and I love it. I've kept up with making a wall journal at the start of each year and love that too. I've been developing a card deck of reminders and permission from my Wise Self for the last couple years that I hope to release soon.
I'm sure you get this feedback a lot, but it really is hard to single any one thing out. Things are just different. Thank you for everything you do."
This message made my week! If it resonates with you, you can learn more about Hi-Fi and book your spot here. Registration is open through next Friday, Jan 27th.
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"Are you breathing just a little and calling it a life?" That's a Mary Oliver quote from this absolutely wonderful interview with poet laureate Ada Limon about life, loss, and poetry. Highly recommended: "I think it's important, especially as an artist, to not always be looking for how we are seen. I think about labels a lot. And I'm just very suspicious of any kind of summing up of 'this is who I am.' Because, first of all, who I am is changing rapidly all the time with what I'm reading, and who I'm with, and what I'm experiencing. And then the other thing is even I can't sum up who I am. So I don't know if I can trust someone else to do it."
Nick Cave on the antidote to our existential helplessness. I just stumbled on these marvelous excerpts from Nick Cave's The Red Hand Files: "Rather than feel impotent and useless, you must come to terms with the fact that as a human being you are infinitely powerful, and take responsibility for this tremendous power. Even our smallest actions have potential for great change, positively or negatively, and the way in which we all conduct ourselves within the world means something. You are anything but impotent, you are, in fact, exquisitely and frighteningly dynamic, as are we all, and with all respect you have an obligation to stand up and take responsibility for that potential. It is your most ordinary and urgent duty."
On using ChatGPT to connect with your inner child. There is so much controversy about ChatGPT that I really appreciated artist Michelle Huang's rather wondrous approach to it. She fed all of her childhood diaries into the system so that she could have conversations with her "AI" self as a child. "I do think essence is something that stays constant. And of course, let's say if someone goes through significant trauma, they may behaviorally act different, but I think a lot of their worldview or what they hope to believe or what they actually believe remains intact. I think a lot of times the most difficult part about trauma is trying to reconcile your internal conception of yourself, or of the world, versus anything that has happened to make you reevaluate that. Most of the entries I used in this project are from when I was between 10 and 14. That's when I was sentient enough to have thoughts, but not jaded. Honestly though, I'm surprised how much has stayed the same."
Writing, an embodied process that connects you to your humanity. Continuing on the ChatGPT thread, this essay questions what writing is good for if/when we have AIs that can do a moderately good job of it without us. It really made me re-appreciate how much value the act of writing adds to my life: "It's possible that one of the things we will decide is that students don't need to learn to write anymore, since we have technology that can do that for us. I think this would be a shame because one of the things I value about writing, is the act of writing itself. It is an embodied process that connects me to my own humanity, by putting me in touch with my mind, the same way a vigorous hike through the woods can put me in touch with my body. For me, writing is simultaneously expression and exploration."
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Jeff Koterba trades his pencil and ink for pad and apple.
For three years, artist Jeff Koterba's new iPad and Apple pencil sat unused and unloved.
"My son encouraged me to use it and I tried to, in fits and starts. I just could not get the hang of it," said Koterba, who has been The World-Herald's cartoonist for more than 30 years.
He liked creating his cartoons at a drawing board, with real ink in a multilayered process. He was used to that. It was comfortable.
above: Old Jeff and New Jeff
"I don't know what happened," Koterba said. "I literally picked it up and said 'Today I'm going to start drawing my editorial cartoons this way.' At my age I didn't know if I could learn anything new, but it changed my life."
His first cartoon produced on iPad appeared in The World-Herald on Easter.
above: Jeff's Easter cartoon. The Omaha World-Herald says it is Jeff's first new age cartoon, while Jeff, on his Facebook page, says "This is one of the last cartoons I've drawn using traditional methods. Pencil, paper, pen, brush, ink, watercolor." You decide.
The Omaha World-Herald interviews Jeff about evolving.
"You can put shadows in eyeballs," he said with something approaching awe. "I like to think that on some level, readers are picking up on these details."
"I've never had so much fun drawing," he said. "Every day I am still learning."
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Myalgia-arthralgia Syndrome Associated With Taxanes in Patients with Breast Cancer
Chelsea Seguin, Natalie Kovacevich, Ioannis A. Voutsadakis
Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy
Background: As taxanes are increasingly used in oncology, the myalgia–arthralgia syndrome (M-AS) that represents an adverse effect of these drugs is becoming more common. Nevertheless, information regarding predisposing factors, prevention, and therapy of the syndrome is still lacking.
Patients and methods: Women who had received docetaxel as part of the FEC-D(T) regimen for the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer were retrospectively identified from the records of our oncology department. Data on demographics, disease specifics, adverse effects, and treatment were reviewed. Patients were divided into two groups: those who developed M-AS after docetaxel treatment and those who did not develop the syndrome. The two groups were compared to identify risk factors for M-AS. Effectiveness of drugs used for M-AS was evaluated.
Results: Sixty-seven patients were identified as fulfilling the inclusion criteria. Nineteen patients developed the M-AS after the first docetaxel administration. Forty-eight patients did not develop the syndrome. Three patients in this group were excluded because they had been taking gabapentin or pregabalin at the time of docetaxel administration for another indication. The remaining 45 patients constituted the control group. The two groups were similar in age, menopause status, stage of their cancer, and histology. The M-AS group had a higher median body surface area and was more likely to receive less than the three intended cycles of docetaxel. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, atypical antiepileptics, extended corticosteroids, and opioids were drugs used as M-AS treatments.
Conclusion: Docetaxel-associated M-AS is an adverse effect causing incomplete drug treatment. Possible risk factors and effectiveness of treatments for the syndrome are presented.
Keywords: myalgia–arthralgia syndrome, taxanes, gabapentin, pregabalin, adverse effects
Taxane-based chemotherapy regimens constitute one of the most widely used cytotoxic antineoplastic treatments for various cancers including breast, gynecologic, lung, and genitourinary malignancies. Taxanes have a well-known toxicity profile that includes bone marrow suppression, hypersensitivity reactions, skin toxicities, dose-limiting peripheral sensory neuropathy, and alopecia.1 The taxane-induced myalgia–arthralgia syndrome (M-AS) is a less well-understood toxicity, and it is distinct from taxane-associated peripheral neuropathy. M-AS presents most often with moderate or severe generalized musculoskeletal pain the first hours or days after taxane administration. Although in our clinical experience, severe pain after taxane administration is commonly encountered as a factor leading to patients' requests for discontinuation of treatment, no data exist on the incidence of this occurrence that could decrease the overall efficacy of oncologic treatment. There is no consensus with regard to the treatment of this adverse effect. Various pharmacologic agents have been anecdotally reported as useful in treating the syndrome, but no randomized data exist.2,3
We performed a retrospective review of the records in our clinic to identify patients treated with docetaxel for localized breast cancer who experienced taxane-induced M-AS so as to investigate possible risk factors for developing the syndrome and the effect that the syndrome has in delivering the scheduled dose of docetaxel, and to evaluate drug treatments.
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This spring, the Duke coaching staff has been scouting the country for the best defensive talent in the class of 2012, and they found an outstanding linebacker prospect in the state of California. Jeremiah Allison is a 6'1" 210 pound linebacker prospect from Dorsey High School in Los Angeles. The Blue Devils have had recruiting success on the west coast, bringing QB Brandon Connette, TE Cooper Helfet, WR Blair Holliday, and current 2012 LB commit Deion Williams to Durham in recent years. They hope that trend continues with Allison, who has received a verbal scholarship offer from Duke, along with Boise State, Colorado State, Nevada, SMU, and UCLA. As a junior, Allison was first team all-state, all-city, and all-league, totaling 88 tackles and 24 sacks. A standout both on the field and in the classroom, Allison is the prototypical play-making defender the Blue Devils are looking for in the class of 2012.
Some of my strengths are that I'm a student of the game, I always want to learn more about the game. I'm very competitive and I'm able to get to the quarterback quite well. I'm always going one hundred miles per hour, and I never dwell on a bad play, I just try to move on to the next play.
I'm playing outside linebacker and I'm working on a lot of coverage, that's a big key that I've been working on. Of course, you know, I can get around the corner and get to the quarterback, but the main priority is covering, so I've been working on that a lot.
BDN: What are your goals for yourself and for your team in your senior year?
Of course a championship, I want to bring a championship back to Dorsey. I want to break the sack record, which is 26. I came 6 short, well actually 2 because I had half-sacks. I want to make sure my teammates around me are able to get into colleges, so I just want to make sure we have an all-around great season.
Of course academics, with me being a 4.25 [GPA] student, I really stress the importance of education. The name of the player is a student-athlete, so being a student is a really big priority, and the college education is really big as well. So I'm really going to focus on education when I pick a college.
BDN: You mentioned academics as important to you; is there a particular field you are interested in studying?
Right now I'm thinking of two. Either going into law, because I love to debate and I feel that no one can beat me in a debate, or also anesthesiology. I really became fond of science so I'm thinking of going into medicine.
BDN: What schools have you had the most contact with this spring?
They're all basically the same. They all contact me around the same amount. All the schools have really reached out to me.
I took two unofficial visits – I took three actually. I took one to Stanford, one to Cal, one to UCLA...and one to USC. I went to Stanford for a Nike camp, but we ended up going up the day before for their Junior Day. And I went to UC Berkeley with one of my friends for their Junior Day, and of course UCLA and USC are right in my backyard so they're easy campuses to reach.
BDN: Do you have any plans to visit some of the schools that are farther away?
Most definitely, I do have plans to visit schools away from California just so I can get a feel for the other aspects of America.
BDN: Do you have an idea for how you want to narrow things down and make a final decision?
Right now I just want to get the season started and see how we progress as a team. If our season is running smoothly, and I don't have a lot of things on my plate, I'll be able to get more into the college recruiting process and sitting down and thinking about where I want to go. But if the team depends on me to help them out with anything, I'm going to really focus on the team because for us seniors, this is our last shot.
One thing, the people who are going to be helping me make my decision are my Coach Lonnie Pumphrey and Coach Knox and my mother and my grandmother. And I just cherish the game of football, every time I go out there I'm trying to get better and I'm always trying to uplift my teammates and do the right thing.
BDN: Thanks a lot, Jeremiah, and best of luck to you.


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by Esther Lombardi
Esther Lombardi is a veteran journalist who has written about literature, education, and technology.
Whether you are reading J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye for school or pleasure, you may wonder what the role is of women and girls in the famous novel. Is love relevant? Are relationships meaningful? Is Holden able to make any real (and lasting) connections with any other female character—young or older? Here is a breakdown of all of the significant female characters and how they relate to Holden Caulfield.
Who Is Holden
Holden is a 16-year-old boy—in a coming-of-age novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger. So, his viewpoint is colored by adolescent angst and awakening. So, who are the women/girls in his life?
Holden's Mother
She is a presence in his life (but not a very nurturing force). She appears to have issues of her own to deal with (Holden says that she never got over his younger brother's death from leukemia). We can picture her sitting there—"nervous as hell," as he describes her. Neither she nor his father seems to attempt a connection with their son; instead, they ship him off to one boarding school after another and remain emotionally and physically distant/removed.
His Sister Phoebe
Phoebe is a grounding force in his life. She's a smart 10-year-old kid, who hasn't lost her innocence yet (and he'd like to keep it that way).
Here's how Holden describes his sister:
"You'd like her. I mean if you tell old Phoebe something, she knows exactly what the hell you're talking about. I mean you can even take her anywhere with you. If you take her to a lousy movie, for instance, she knows it's a lousy movie. If you take her to a pretty good movie, she knows it's a pretty good movie."
It appears that the events in her life have caused her to grow up too quickly, but she still retains some of her wonderful, kid-like charms. She truly cares for Holden, something he does not seem to experience from any of the others in his life. She offers a real connection.
Jane Gallagher
Holden seems to think a great deal about this girl. He says that she reads "really good books." She also appears to be strategic: "wouldn't take her kings out of the back row." She's a tough girl, but still sensitive. She still has an innocence about her, which would be attractive to Holden. But, when he reaches out to her, she's not there.
Sally Hayes
Holden calls her "one of those little skirts." She refuses to run away with him, saying: "You can't just do something like that." And, as she also points out: they're "practically children."
Mrs. Morrow
He meets her on his train ride into New York City, but he lies to her.
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Well. I finished off five of the books that were on my shelf last month. You'll see some returning stars on this month's "What's On My Shelf" as well as some new ones that have popped up fairly recently.
I started reading this in the last few weeks of January and am almost finished with it now. Standing at a lengthy 600+ pages, it is one of the longest (and only) biographies I have ever read. More on that when I finish and review it.
This book was given to me to read by a friend. It takes a lot of the principles of communism (not the unethical or immoral ones, of course) and applies them to Christianity. It's a short read, coming it at around 150 pages, but one that challenges the mind and is very intriguing so far.
This book is for a course I'm currently taking in school. It's radical, thought-provoking, and wrong about a few things. Overall it's been a solid read so far—I'm 50% done.
Still making progress slowly but surely with this one. Hoping to be done with it by the start of the summer, but we'll see if that actually happens.
This book is a leadership staple. I know very few leaders who have NOT read this book, so I figured it's about time I dive in to Dr. Covey's insight as well. Very excited to start this book in a week or two.
A former New York Times' #1 bestseller, Ready Player One is almost like a science fiction version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I picked up this book in August 2016 and got through about 25 pages before it got lost in the shuffle and I eventually just returned it to the library. Not this time. I've heard many good things about this book and am determined to read it in its entirety.
Well that's all for this month! Comment with books I should add to my 2017 reading list!


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Q: Force file download AND show a new page I have found numerous examples on forcing he download of a file with PHP, but none of them show how to do this from a new page (e.g. a thank you for downloading page, with a button to start download if it didn't start already). When ever I use the header attachment method it just downloads the file whilst leaving the browser on the page I was on when I click the link.
I want to be able to show a new page and automatically start the download.  How do I do this with PHP?

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UK immigration inspector says UKBA ignored police data on missing asylum seekers
The UK's chief inspector of immigration, John Vine, has issued a final damning report into the workings of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) which was abolished in March 2013. He found that, while there had been improvements in the organisation's systems for finding asylum seekers in its final months, it continued to ignore important data right up until the end.
Mr Vine has been the UK's chief inspector of immigration since 2008. He was recently reappointed and will stay in his position until July 2015. He is considered by the Home Affairs Committee, a committee of MPs which oversees the work of the Home Office, to have been successful in discovering inefficiency and bad practice in the UK's immigration authorities
In November 2012, Mr Vine's office issued a report into the working of the UKBA's handling of 'legacy asylum cases'. These were asylum claims which had been 'lost' by the UKBA and left undecided, often for many years. In 2006, an internal review in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate of the Home Office, which then handled UK immigration, had uncovered some 450,000 such cases which had not been dealt with. The UKBA was established in 2008 and instructed to clear this backlog by 2011.
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It was a very special day for bride Kinsey French, not just because it was her wedding but because she was able to share a major life moment with six of her very special students.
French is a special education teacher at Christian Academy's Rock Creek campus in Louisville, Kentucky. When it came time to plan her wedding, she knew she wanted to have her students, who all have Down Syndrome, involved.
"They were like family to me. They were my first class and they've been my only class and so I knew I couldn't have a special day without them," French said.
The students told WLKY News that their favorite parts of the big day included the food ("mashed potatoes!") and the dancing. French's students took to the dance floor to show off their dance moves, including the dab and the whip and the nae-nae.


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Josephine Baker (Little People, BIG DREAMS #16) (Hardcover)
By Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Agathe Sorlet
Meet Josephine Baker, the world-famous entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent in this true story of her life! Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the incredible life of Josephine Baker, from growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, during segregation to defying expectations and performing on the stage in Paris, where audiences fell in love with her.
Josephine Baker was born for the stage. But growing up in segregated St. Louis, she didn't have the same opportunities as white entertainers. So, she moved to Paris where audiences fell in love with her. Josephine worked as a dancer, an actor, and even a spy. She then spent the rest of her life spreading the word that people of all colors can live together in harmony. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the entertainer's amazing life.
Agathe Sorlet is a French animator and illustrator who is based in Paris. She graduated from Gobelins l'école de l'image.
Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Women
Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
Publication Date: July 31st, 2018


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Home Blog Joe Riojas Killed in Single-Vehicle Accident in Dallas, TX
Joe Riojas Killed in Single-Vehicle Accident in Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX -- October 30, 2022, Joe Riojas was killed following an accident where his vehicle crashed into a tree.
Investigators reported that the crash happened at around 3:20 a.m. along Bonnie View Road and Kilburn Avenue.
It appears that 28-year-old Joe Riojas was in a Chrysler traveling southbound along Bonnie View when the vehicle somehow ran off-road on a curve. The vehicle then hit a tree.
Due to the collision, Riojas sustained fatal injuries. No others were said to be involved. Police said they believe alcohol may have been a factor in the crash, but this has not been confirmed.
Commentary on Joe Riojas Single-Vehicle Accident in Dallas
To be rather blunt, I can't help but be a bit skeptical of police saying alcohol was a factor here. The reason for that is simply because I've seen so many reports where police brought up alcohol, and it just turned out to be the officer jumping to conclusions based on their "gut instinct". Is alcohol common in a crash like this? Certainly, and it can even raise serious concerns about a local bar possibly illegally over-serving the victim and needing to be held accountable. But if investigators haven't looked into things like mechanical defects, tire failures, medical conditions, road hazards, or even other drivers that left the scene, how can they say they're getting this man's loved ones the answers they deserve?
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By: Heather W. Petty
Published by: Simon & Schuster
Released: September 15th, 2015
Series: Lock & Mori #1
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FACT: Someone has been murdered in London's Regent's Park. The police have no leads.
FACT: Miss James "Mori" Moriarty and Sherlock "Lock" Holmes should be hitting the books on a school night. Instead, they are out crashing a crime scene.
FACT: Lock has challenged Mori to solve the case before he does. Challenge accepted.
FACT: Despite agreeing to Lock's one rule—they must share every clue with each other—Mori is keeping secrets.
OBSERVATION: Sometimes you can't trust the people closest to you with matters of the heart. And after this case, Mori may never trust Lock again.
LOCK & MORI: MIND GAMES
Released: December 6, 2016
Mori's abusive father is behind bars . . . and she has never felt less safe. Threatening letters have started appearing on her doorstep, and the police are receiving anonymous tips suggesting that Mori—not her father—is the Regent's Park killer. To make matters worse, the police are beginning to believe them.
Through it all, Lock—frustrating, brilliant, gorgeous Lock—is by her side. The two of them set out to discover who is framing her, but in a city full of suspects, the task is easier said than done. With the clock ticking, Mori will discover just how far she is willing to go to make sure that justice is served, and no one—not even Lock—will be able to stop her.
LOCK & MORI: FINAL FALL
To Be Released: November 28, 2017
Mori is out for revenge. Imprisoned in the English countryside, with her brothers held as leverage, she's never felt angrier or more helpless. When an opportunity for escape arises, Mori takes it and flees back to the streets of London, where she is finally able to plot the demise of her recently freed father and his cohorts.
But after a bittersweet reunion with Lock, she discovers that he may not be the ally he once was. In the face of blackmail, threats, and Lock's noble attempts to thwart her crusade, Mori has an impossible decision to make.
Can Mori wash the blood from her hands and walk away? Or will her final fall from grace be the end of everyone she loves?
Though set in modernday London, this adaption still feels vaguely steampunk: it's darkly atmospheric, and the stakes are high."
Maggie Reagan, Booklist


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On behalf of the Board of Directors, welcome to Zion's Hill Preschool. The board is a group of parent volunteers who want to give back to the school that has given our children and families so much. We meet monthly to plan programs and activities for the school, set policies, address concerns and suggestions made by parents and staff, review the budget and ensure delivery of our mission statement.
This group of dedicated and talented volunteers utilizes their skills, talents and expertise as current and former professionals to make Zion's Hill the very best preschool. We are amazed and grateful for their commitment, time and enthusiasm.
We welcome your feedback and suggestions and encourage you to share your ideas with the Board throughout the year.
The Chairperson serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Zion's Hill Preschool. The Chair oversees Board meetings, and appoints and serves on committees. S/he oversees legal matters for the school, establishes personnel procedures, works with the Director to ensure smooth school operations, and facilitates open communication between the Board, staff, and families.
The First Vice Chair works with the school Director and Board Chair(s) to organize and facilitate the following events: Open House, Prospective/New Family Play Dates and Tours, Registration and Summer Camp.
The Second Vice Chair position supports the Chair(s) with special projects and as needed during the year. Primary responsibilities include coordinating and maintaining communication with the classroom representatives, planning the Fall and Spring Family Fun Days, and working with the Director to coordinate Friends and Family week.
The Secretary records and distributes the minutes of every meeting of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee. S/he also prepares a packet of information for each Director for distribution at the June turnover meeting. Other duties include notifying the Board of meetings and posting any notices.
The Treasurer is responsible for preparing and maintaining the annual budget and provides updates and tracking on a regular basis throughout the year. S/he also delivers the weekly deposit to the bank and performs other finance-related duties, as needed.
The Assistant Treasurer works with the Treasurer on budget preparation, tuition comparison to other local preschools, as well as other finance activities. In the absence of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer assumes the full duties of that office.
The Buildings & Grounds chairperson is responsible for organizing and soliciting help for "Clean Up Days" in the fall and spring. S/he acts as a liaison for outside contractors to address maintenance needed by ZHPP, and keeps records of all contacts and work performed.
The Communications chair(s) creates a unified look and voice for the information that is provided to our school and local community. Duties include monthly newsletter preparation, posting of advertisements and special events on community sites and local papers, and school Facebook page updates.
The Fundraising chair(s) is responsible for leading the fundraising events held each school year. The two main events are the Annual Appeal in the fall, a mail solicitation, and the Spring Fling, an adult party featuring a silent/live auction. Fundraising works with the Treasurers to account for all donations and related acknowledgments to donors.
The Hospitality chair is responsible for coordinating school events throughout the year including but not limited to Open House, the annual staff appreciation dinner, the December board meeting and the Valentine's Teacher Luncheon. S/he provides refreshments and décor, and helps communicate these events to families.
Social coordinates group events for the children and families of Zion's Hill Preschool. The chair(s) should be able to creatively brainstorm new event ideas and execute each event through the management of vendors, funds and Evites.


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TV plea to stop 'abuse' of animals in jungle
By Sherna Noah
November 11 2014 10:25 AM
TV presenter Chris Packham has penned an open letter to Ant and Dec - calling for an end the "abuse of animals" on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
The ITV jungle show returns on Sunday with a new line-up of celebritiesfacing spiders, snakes and cockroaches in the bushtucker trials.
Springwatch host Packham (53) described the trials as "barbaric" and "silly" and said that the hit show was undoing the work of natural history programmes.
In the open letter, he said that teaching young viewers that killing for "exploitative 'entertainment' is acceptable".
"Could I please ask you to reconsider the use/abuse of animals in your popular and otherwise entertaining show," he wrote.
The presenter said that the trials "undermined a respect for life, which ... impacts negatively upon conservation ... and ... spoils the show because it's simply out of date, some would say barbaric."
Packham dismissed I'm A Celebrity's use of consultants to advise on animal welfare, saying: "I can guarantee that some animals are harmed during production, because they are fragile or easily stressed."
He criticised the "mockery" of insects being eaten when in some parts of the world "invertebrates are routinely eaten - normally because there is no choice".
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Self-driving car spinoff Waymo will buy up to 20,000 electric vehicles from Jaguar Land Rover to help realize its vision for a robotic ride-hailing service.
Union Pacific says it will complete $87 million in new projects to upgrade Louisiana railways.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says a tugboat that sank into the Mississippi River near Chalmette in Louisiana and led to an unsuccessful search for two of its crewmembers has been located.
A self-driving Uber vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in a Phoenix suburb in the first fatality involving a fully autonomous test vehicle, prompting the ride-hailing company Monday to suspend all road-testing of such autos in the U.S. and Canada.
Volkswagen plans to build a new five-passenger SUV in Chattanooga.


EDIT: version 0.8 reached, all of the listed features were added (or postponed).
Improved AI: there's still pathing problems, they'll all get fixed.
Improved companions: you will get a special menu to give them generic orders (hold, attack, etc) or talk to them. You will be able to reduce their aggro range too (Which by default will be smaller). Once you own a home, all your companions will be found there.
Active effects: flames, toxic clouds, mechanical spikes, calltrops... you'll be able to find such things in dungeons, as obstacles to avoid, or triggered by traps or other effects.
Status: Done, a few of them postponed.
Guilds: your character will be able to join a faction, and gain access to certain new quests, traders and trainers as a result. I would like to add at least three of them in 0.8, although I have 8 planned.
Advanced Skills: some of them will finally be introduced! You need to unlock them via a trainer, normally in a guild. I'll give more info about this soon. And yes, ways to reset your skills will be provided.
Many new items: clickable items didn't make it into 0.7, but now they'll come. also, many new kinds of scrolls (summoning, circles of protection...). Over 50 new items added including 4 new armor sets, axes, hammers, mauls, etc.
Status: Done, but clickables are postponed.
Crafting system: some of the crafts will be added, brewing and scribing scrolls. Crafting armors and weaponry might need to wait a bit more still. The crafting mechanics is already planned, and will be disclosed soon as well.
Better encounters: this one was also cut out from 0.7. Both in town and in roads, there will be many more interesting people to meet, which can even initiate quests.
Status: Done, but more will come.
New areas: several outdoor areas and dungeons will be added, and also I'll add detail to some of the existing ones that are rather empty still (Storme, Iron Valley). Of course, new quests will be included.
Status: Done, and beyond the initial scope.
Improved Town Hall quests: Each kingdom will offer different ones, and they'll be of different types as well.
Rebalance of current skills and items: I am aware bows are needed, and I am aware some skills need love.
I know what you are thinking... where is the mage?!?!
The reason the mage is not here yet is, he needs some of the mechanics above to be implemented. In particular, the persistent map effects, as well as scroll scribing. It has to be done in this order, if I want to make things right. Mage will be priority after 0.8 is finished.
Finally, the iOS release should happen real soon. It works great on my old iPad, so only details and "bureaucracy" remain.
Right now working hard in Freetown and a new dungeon, and also a few new effects.
There has been a slight change of plans; I decided to postpone a few things (crafting, clickable items) in favor of creating much more content for this version. Since I started planning out 0.8 two months ago, the gameworld has grown by 3 outdoor areas, 1 major town, and 4 dungeons, plus other interior/smaller areas. 12 new quests are completable.
I'd love not having to postpone anything, but I must. My priority right now is making the game completable, a requisite for the iOS release. Of course, I will still add needed features; but the focus will be on the main quest and the areas/content required to complete it.
0.8 is official and live; unsticking this topic and working on the 0.9 features list.


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1 in 3 children in NJ are being raised by struggling low-income families
David Matthau
David Matthau Published: June 6, 2016
A new Kids Count report finds mixed results when it comes to the well being of children in the Garden State.
While the state has made progress in improving child nutrition and reducing child poverty, a third of all children in the state are considered low-income.
A low-income family of four earns $46,000, according to the report.
"That certainly presents challenges to paying rent, especially because we have one of the highest housing costs in the country, to putting food on the table, the kinds of things that families take for granted," said Cel Zalkind, the executive director of Advocates for Children of New Jersey. "Looking at how do we help to lift children and families out of poverty needs to be a priority for our state."
She noted on the positive side "we've continued to see a drop in the number of uninsured children, in fact that decreased by 25 percent from 2010 to 2014. And only about 2 percent of low income kids are now without health insurance. … It's very encouraging that the state has made such an effort to enroll eligible children in health insurance, and that families have responded."
The report also compares the state's 21 counties on 13 measures of child well-being.
The wealthier counties of Morris and Hunterdon top the list.
"And at the bottom are Atlantic and Cumberland counties. They have a much higher child-poverty rate, and a family median income that's quite a bit lower than the state average."
Zalkind also noted black and Hispanic children are more likely to have less access to services and to have families who live more deeply in poverty.
"That disparity is of great concern," she said. "For a state that has as many resources as New Jersey has, this is unacceptable."
The report also finds:
— The number of low-birthweight babies declined by 11 percent, and a greater number of mothers received early prenatal care across all racial subgroups.
— Infant mortality also dropped by a promising 17 percent. But the infant mortality rate for black babies was three times higher than for white babies.
— Black children are also more likely to be low-birthweight.
New Jersey made some progress in reducing the number of children who re-enter foster care, decreasing by 14 percent from 2009 to 2013. Yet, the number of children who suffered from abuse or neglect after being reunified with their families increased by 31 percent during the same period.
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NJ church told it's not allowed to take in the homeless from the cold
New initiative would help NJ school breakfast expansion
NJ rescue missions need more help to keep homeless shelters afloat
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Even with meal plans or jobs, NJ college kids are going hungry
Report finds poverty in NJ declining. But is it really?


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Board announces series of public meetings on naming replacement of Kelly Road school
by admin|Published March 12, 2020
School board chair Tim Bennett
The School District 57 board of education has set dates for a series of public meeting regarding its upcoming decision on how to incorporate the name Shas Ti into the new school building in the Hart replacing the old Kelly Road Senior Secondary.
Board chair Tim Bennett maintains a final decision on what to name the new school, set to open in September, has not yet been made.
"No decision has been made as to what the final outcome is going to be," he said Thursday. "We have an obligation to listen to the public and hear thoughts and concerns and, as a board, we'll need to bring a recommendation forward to (the board's) April 28 meeting."
Whatever the school is named, the goal is to have the new name reflect the indigenous and non-indigenous history of the area and school.
"The board of education has made a commitment to truth and reconciliation and supporting the work of UNDRIP and that has been the process that we've been going through," he said. "It's looking at having that community conversation of how do we preserve the history that is Kelly Road Secondary and how do we honour our commitment to truth and reconciliation and UNDRIP.
"We acknowledge the frustration that the community is feeling and we, as a board, are committed to moving forward positively with our community."
The process getting underway was developed by the engagement process working group, struck by the board following the February motion to start the process of renaming the school. Information will be formally collected through a questionnaire and a series of face-to-face meetings conducted in a roundtable-style format.
Dates and locations of public engagement sessions are as follows:
April 1 – Hart Community (Location TBD)
April 15 – House of Ancestors
"We have our commitment to an authentic process," Bennett said. "We need to allow this process to play out … The board will need to make a decision, one way or another, that will hopefully both honour the history of Kelly Road and our commitment to truth and reconciliation and Lheidli T'enneh."
The online questionnaire will be available from March 20 to April 17.
"We will carefully consider all of the information gathered, both through the emails and messages we've received, and the information that will be presented during the working sessions," said Bennett. "A final decision will be made by the board."
Updates will be available on the School District No. 57 website (sd57.bc.ca), SD 57 social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter) and through a subscription-based newsletter individuals can opt to receive by making a request through a link on the School District No. 57 website.


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Cathy Cunningham (born December 30, 1959 in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian curler.

Career
Cunningham played in her first Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, in 1988 as a third for Maria Thomas. The team finished 6-5. Cunningham returned again in 1991 as a skip but finished with a 2-9 record. In 1993 she returned again, playing third for Thomas, this time finishing with a 5-6 record. The next year she joined up with Laura Phillips and the team lost in their final tie-breaker match to Sherry Anderson of Saskatchewan. Cunningham was Phillips' third for the next three Tournament of Hearts, finishing with a 5-6 record in 1995 and 1996 and losing to Alison Goring of Ontario in the 1997 semi-final.

Cunningham would not return to the Hearts until the 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts where she skipped her own team to a 3-8 record. At the 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts her team finished the round-robin with a 6-5 record, but they managed to make the playoffs, where they beat Jan Betker of Saskatchewan and then Suzanne Gaudet of Prince Edward Island before losing to defending champion Colleen Jones in the final.

At the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Cunningham finished 6-5 once again but did not qualify for the playoffs.

In January 2008, Cunningham won the right to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts playing third for Heather Strong.

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Curlers from Newfoundland and Labrador
Sportspeople from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Living people
1959 births
Canadian women curlers
Canada Cup (curling) participants
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Unsurprisingly, one of the things complained by most B2B sales representatives regarding their jobs is they are too busy trying to set appointments and this keeps them from actually selling. Though these complaints have been constantly resolved by sales managers by buying expensive lead lists, but because the problem is the excessive amount of time spent on setting appointments, the lists of leads and sales incentives end up just being temporary solutions.
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You're banned because the Speakers' Corner thread was named after the historical section in Hyde Park, London, where folks are free to climb up on a box and talk about anything to anyone who will listen.
To suggest changing that title would be like someone suggesting we change this thread's title to "Old Game: You're Banned".
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Since Sidra entered Junior High School, he becomes very busy with all the school activities. He even has to be at school on weekends for his sports club activity. My husband and I got a bit lost on what to do as the three of us usually did things together on weekends. But we have to get used to this. Eventually Sidra will have to be by himself as he grows up so maybe it is time to start letting him go.
One of the thing that my husband and I are starting to do at weekends is having a date. We would get dressed and go to the city, have lunch at a nice place and do things together. When Sidra was still in elementary school, it was very rare for my husband and I to go out by ourselves. I had forgotten how it felt to go on a date. It was strange at first -and I felt a bit guilty to Sidra- but eventually we enjoy it!
This is a dress that I made to wear on these dates. Of course I don't always have to get dressed to go out with my husband, but where's the fun? After all I always welcome more reasons to wear pretty dresses.
The pattern is Burdastyle Halter Dress with Ruffles 04/2015 #111B, it is already in petite size so I cut size 17. The midriff part was shortened a bit, about 1 cm. I also eliminated the ruffles as I think it is a bit too much. To do this, I just cut the strap frill two times and tapered the ends to have a couple of long straps. I was a bit worried that the floral fabric might look like a curtain, but I think it works quite well with this pattern.
Obviously I can't wear a bra with this dress, not even the strapless one because of the cutout under the bust. It doesn't really matter actually, but I feel a bit exposed wearing the dress in train. Sometimes the train is crowded and you have to stand a bit too close to other people. I'm shorter than most people so they can look down into my dress -deliberately or accidentally. Maybe I think about it too much! But anyway I made a shrug to wear when in train or when it gets a bit chilly.
The shrug is called Saki's shrug, you can check more about in Yoshimi's post about the shrug. It is delightfully simple, basically just several rectangles sewn together. But the result is quite pretty, especially in light knit fabric like this.
I love summer with all the pretty dresses, swimsuits, and tanned skin. Unfortunately it is over now, time for some pretty autumn dresses!
Dress pattern is Burdastyle Halter Dress with Ruffles 04/2015 #111B, size 17 (petite size).
Shrug pattern is Saki shrug – as posted by Yoshimi.


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State iTHRIV partnership awards $200,000 in pilot funds
Teams of researchers, physicians, veterinarians, and data scientists at Virginia Tech, Carilion Clinic, and the University of Virginia will embark on multi-institutional research projects to accelerate health breakthroughs in the fields of pediatrics, prenatal care, and cancer treatment. The work is supported by the Integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia.. Photo by Clayton Metz for Virginia Tech.
The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV), a National Institutes of Health-funded Clinical and Translational Science Awards hub, has awarded teams of physicians, researchers, veterinarians and data scientists at Virginia Tech, Carilion Clinic, and the University of Virginia $200,000 in pilot funding. The funds will be used across four multi-institutional research projects to accelerate health breakthroughs in the fields of pediatrics, prenatal care, and cancer treatment.
"Our vision for these exciting seed projects is to support the ideas and cross-institutional collaborations that will lead to knowledge that improves health in Virginia and beyond," said UVA Health's Sean Moore, director of the iTHRIV Pilot Studies Program. "Our past four years of pilot and feasibility awards have already led to numerous publications, patent applications, and $9 million in federal follow-on funding – all directed at using data to change outcomes. We are excited to see what our new awardees will accomplish."
The funded projects are:
Identifying Institutional Factors Impacting Patient Care in Colorectal Screening
Colorectal cancer screening rates remain well below the national goals and are substantially worse among some demographic groups. For example, one in two rural Virginians remains unscreened. Principal Investigator John Epling, vice chair for research and population health with the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Carilion Clinic, will lead an interdisciplinary team to examine factors that may delay colorectal cancer screening and the consequences of these delays. Members of the research team include Michelle Rockwell, senior research associate at Carilion; Paul Yeaton, division chief of gastroenterology at Carilion; Sarah Parker, chair of the Department of Health Systems and Implementation Science at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and research associate professor at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC; Jeff Stein, associate director of the Center for Health Behaviors Research at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC; and Li Li, chair of the Department of Family Medicine at UVA Health. Together, they will work to understand and quantify factors in health care processes, known as "sludge" — unnecessary paperwork, long wait times, etc. — and how these factors may affect vulnerable individuals.
Researchers will conduct facilitated discussions with patients who have recently experienced or are experiencing some aspect of the colorectal cancer screening process within the Carilion system. Using themes identified by affected communities, the team will create a patient-experience survey designed to quantify benefits as well as the consequences (such as delayed or foregone screenings, distrust, and other factors identified by community members). With 20 million Americans eligible for colorectal screening every year, this work stands to change the way our broad population experiences screening. This work will be especially valuable to inform process improvement for the most vulnerable.
The Obesity EMBRACE Pilot: Empowering Moms and Basic Research Via Active Community Engagement
Pregnancy is a time of excitement and worry for mothers-to-be, particularly for obese women. This is primarily because of increased risk of gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and early delivery, among other poor maternal and infant health outcomes. A team composed of Brittany Howell, assistant professor of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and of human development and family science, and Jaclyn Nunziato, assistant professor in obstetrics and gynecology at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and obstetrician-gynecologist physician at Carilion, will examine a potential contributing factor to poor pregnancy outcomes: imbalance in the vaginal microbiome. The vaginal microbiome refers to all of the microorganisms found in the vagina. Most studies about the vaginal microbiome in pregnancy are focused on healthy weight populations, despite known differences in the vaginal microbiome associated with weight. The vaginal changes during pregnancy in overweight women have not been thoroughly studied, and it is not known how these differences may predict health outcomes.
The overarching goal of the research is to determine the effects of maternal pre-pregnancy weight on the vaginal environment and microbiome and their relationship with pregnancy, birth, and infant outcomes. Researchers believe a screening tool to assess the risk of pregnancy complications would provide an opportunity to identify women at high risk while prompting further research into treatment options that alter the vaginal environment. The team also hopes to engage with a representative group of women, obstetrician-gynecologists and other stakeholders to begin exploring the feasibility of implementing such tools into the clinic.
Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) after High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Sarcoma
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are particles naturally released from cells that enable communication between cells locally and distantly. In some cancers, EVs are implicated in cancer progression and metastasis. A cross-institutional team of Shawna Klahn, associate professor of oncology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, and Natasha Sheybani, research director of UVA Health's Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center, plans to characterize the EVs released from soft-tissue sarcomas before and after treatment of the tumor with high-intensity focused ultrasound, a technique that uses sound waves to destroy cancer tumor cells. Researchers are seeking to understand the biological consequences of high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment on EVs. EVs represent a potential new drug delivery tool, and high-intensity focused ultrasound can alter the release and/or contents of the EVs. In addition, this work will offer important information about the use of focused ultrasound as a treatment option for some types of cancer.
Discovery of Probiotics to Improve Infant Health
Research has shown that a healthy gut is important for not only food digestion and nutrient absorption, but also for helping to protect our bodies against disease and illness. Breastfeeding infants has many advantages, including better protection from infections. However, for infants having to exclusively receive formula because of a variety of reasons, formula selection can be challenging and overwhelming for parents and result in undereducated decision-making or constant formula changes for the infant. Establishing formula content that is most effective for promoting infant health would make decision-making easier for parents as well as provide consistent nutrition for the infant.
In this proposed project, an interdisciplinary team of Xin Luo, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medice, and Monica Garin-Laflam, associate professor of pediatrics and the director of the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Carilion, will test the hypothesis that infants with higher abundance of specific strains of Lactobacillus reuteri in the gut microbiome have more protective antibodies (known as IgA) for fighting infections. Researchers plan to examine the fecal microbiome of breastfed infants to determine whether infants with more strains of Lactobaccillus reuteri also have more IgA capable of recognizing gut pathogens such as salmonella, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and shigella. The team hopes that understanding which Lactobaccillus reuteri strains promote IgA production will inform the design of baby formula to promote better infant gut health and will guide parents in the selection of the best baby formula.
About iTHRIV
iTHRIV is supported by the National Institutes of Health through the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (award number UL1TR003015). A commonwealth collaboration of the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Carilion Clinic, and the Inova Health System, iTHRIV unites the research infrastructure of these flagship institutions to accelerate innovation in health-related research with the latest advances in clinical and translational science. iTHRIV is committed to engaging with community voices to understand the health-related priorities of affected communities.
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