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Ian Steadman/ January 14, 2014
Prisons Are Now Using Scary, Untested Drugs to Execute Death Row Inmates
Unintended consequences of a boycott
This piece first appeared on newstatesman.com.
Pentobarbital and sodium thiopental are anaesthetics, used around the world by doctors and vets on all kinds of patients in a variety of cases. They are also used to render prisoners unconscious in the ten U.S. states that use lethal injection to execute their condemned.
That is, as long as they can obtain the drug. Since pharmaceutical company Hospira stopped manufacturing sodium thiopental in early 2011, there hasn't been a domestic producer of either drug within the U.S. American prisons rely on either one of the drugs as the first of the three used in the standard cocktail given to those due to be executed—the others being pancuronium bromide, which paralyses all of the muscles in the body, and potassium chloride, which stops the heart.
A couple of years later, and prisons have started to use up the stockpiles, bought from before production ceased. The result is the rise of new, untested drugs in execution cocktails. Here's the Guardian from yesterday:
On Thursday, the state of Ohio is scheduled to inject Dennis McGuire, 53, with two drugs: first, the sedative midazolam; then, the painkiller hydromorphone. When it is over, McGuire, who was convicted of the 1989 rape and murder of Joy Stewart, will be dead—which is Ohio's goal. But the procedure is untried and untested; the drugs that the state will employ have never been used in a death chamber. And experts have warned in legal proceedings that if the process goes wrong, McGuire will not just peacefully drift away, but will be awake, struggling and failing to pull enough air into his lungs, until the drug overdose that will kill him takes hold.
"McGuire will experience the agony and terror of air hunger as he struggles to breathe for five minutes after defendants intravenously inject him with the execution drugs," his lawyers have said in court documents.
But on Monday a federal judge in Columbus, Ohio, ruled that McGuire's execution could go ahead. Judge Gregory Frost found that there was insufficient evidence to show a substantial risk of severe pain for the condemned man and said that "Ohio is free to innovate and to evolve its procedures for administering capital punishment."
An Ohio state prosecutor, addressing the court, said: "You're not entitled to a pain-free execution."
That last point is contentious—much of the motivation for making sure that executions are calm and painless is to avoid accusations that they might constitute a "cruel and unusual punishment," as prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. Lethal injection is used specifically because it is seen as less painful than historical forms of execution, such as beheading, electrocution, or firing squad.
Yet the pretense of kindness relies on there being no struggle from the condemned prisoner. While there is no sure way of knowing the pain that someone experiences when getting the sodium thiopental/pancurium bromide/potassium chloride cocktail, there are several cases of prisoners appearing to be in severe pain. A typical lethal injection death should be completed within seven minutes. Often that time is exceeded, sometimes by one or two hours, and throughout the execution the prisoner can be twitching, shaking, blinking, or appearing to try to speak.
Last week, in Oklahoma, 38-year-old Michael Lee Wilson, convicted of beating a convenience store manager to death in 1995, was executed in what appeared to be considerable distress. His last words, 20 seconds after the execution began, were: "I feel my whole body burning." It begins to sound like a cruel or unusual punishment.
The prison may have used a batch of pentobarbital that was past its expiration date. Pentobarbital is manufactured by Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck. When the domestic U.S. production of the drug stopped in early 2011, that Danish pentobarbital began to find its way to American prisons for use in executions—a situation that caused an unhappy Lundbeck to force its customers to sign an agreement that they would not sell on the drug to any prison authority that could use it for the death penalty.
Then, in late 2011, the EU—which forbids torture and the death penalty in its constitution—introduced strict export controls to stop the sale of drugs like pentobarbital to the U.S. What pentobarbital made it through would have had an expiration date of a couple of years. It's no surprise, then, that as that last batch runs out, we're starting to see a range of alternative drugs introduced by states that refuse to stop executing prisoners.
On October 15, for the 1986 rape and murder of 21-year-old Angela Crowley, Florida executed 51-year-old William Happ using the sedative midazolam hydrochloride. Allen Nicklasson, 41, was executed for murder on December 11 in Missouri using pentobarbital, after a temporary stay of execution in October after controversy over the alternative drug that the state wanted to use—the general anaesthetic propofol, which is similar to valium, and which has never been used to execute anyone before. The state refused to comment on who manufactured the pentobarbital used, or where it was bought. Here's Nature on the case:
Propofol, used up to 50 million times a year in US surgical procedures, has never been used in an execution. If the execution had gone ahead, US hospitals could have lost access to the drug because 90 percent of the US supply is made and exported by a German company subject to European Union (EU) regulations that restrict the export of medicines and devices that could be used for capital punishment or torture. Fearing a ban on propofol sales to the United States, in 2012 the drug's manufacturer, Fresenius Kabi in Bad Homburg, ordered its US distributors not to provide the drug to prisons.
"The European Union is serious," says David Lubarsky, head of the anaesthesiology department at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Florida. "They've already shown that with thiopental. If we go down this road with propofol, a lot of good people who need anaesthesia are going to be harmed."
Several states, led by Ohio, have since 2009 been moving away from the three-drug cocktail towards simply using pentobarbital on its own—it can cause the body's lungs to stop working when given in high enough doses. However, the difficulty in procurring even that single drug means that not only are alternative drugs being used without much knowledge of their efficacy, prisons are turning to unregulated "compound pharmacies". These are where two or more other drugs are mixed to approximate the effects of another drug—a process that is unreliable at best, and which has led to outbreaks of diseases like meningitis in areas where the method has been tried with prescription drugs.
(There's further irony here that the nation most responsible for the international War on Drugs is now forced to seek out an alternative dealer—one which peddles an inferior-quality product, with unknown risks attached—now that its preferred brand is unavailable.)
Sticking up for many of the prisoners condemned to die may be difficult for some, considering the crimes they are convicted of, but the death penalty is enough of a medieval anachronism to know that adding in medical experimentation on top is a cruel, tortuous thing to do. International pressure has had some results in affecting those ten death penalty states in America—we have to hope it hasn't stopped here.
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Alzheimer's Diagnosis: How do you know for sure?
March 28, 2017 Paul Susic	1 Comment
Alzheimer's Diagnosis Overview:
Currently there are no definitive tests to determine an Alzheimer's diagnosis, except for an autopsy which may be performed after death. Instead, the current approach for establishing an Alzheimer's diagnosis basically involves a process of elimination, ruling out other conditions which may mimic or exacerbate memory conditions such as depression, Huntington's disease, or hypothyroidism. An Alzheimer's diagnosis is essentially made based upon data from the patient's history, mental status exams and interviews with the patient, family members and friends over a period of time. Studies have indicated that a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease based upon such clinical features are accurate in about 90% of the cases.
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM- IV), among other things, a combination of memory impairment and other cognitive deficits, such as difficulty communicating which is severe enough to affect social and job functioning must be found as well as a memory decline which is determined to be gradual in onset.
Although slightly less important than clinical features in making an Alzheimer's diagnosis, laboratory imaging studies are also useful in providing additional information. Laboratory tests look for certain proteins or genes associated with Alzheimer's disease while imaging techniques examine the brain for shrinkage. There is no foolproof test currently available including having a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's disease. Genetic predisposition does not mean that a specific individual will develop the disease and coincidentally many normal brains exhibit shrinkage.
Laboratory tests for an Alzheimer's disease diagnosis:
Recently, two new tests have been developed called the ADmark Assays. One of these assays measures beta-amyloid and tau protein in the spinal fluid (requiring a spinal tap). The other assay considers the probability that an individual's dementia is due to Alzheimer's disease based upon whether the specific form of the gene that makes APOE (designated as e4) is present in the individual's system. This test is usually discouraged in asymptomatic individuals, however. According to a panel of experts assembled by the National Institutes of Health, testing for this APO e4 gene should not be performed currently because there is presently no cure for Alzheimer's disease as well as no treatment that has been recommended to lower the risk of developing it. It is believed that knowledge of the gene's presence could produce unnecessary anxiety in an individual and can lead to discrimination by employers or health insurance companies.
Alzheimer's diagnosis and imaging studies:
Imaging studies may eventually aid in the Alzheimer's disease diagnosis before the onset of symptoms. Positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computer tomography (SPECT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are all currently used to examine brain structure or function in Alzheimer's disease patients. Currently however, the scans are not routinely used in Alzheimer's diagnosis, although they can rule out other possible causes of dementia.
Some information from The Johns Hopkins Medical Guide to Health After 50
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Including Cinnamon Beach, Hammock Beach Resort, Hammock Dunes and Ocean Hammock and the golf courses.
Overview A resort area with two hammock benefits. You might first picture a rope hammock – maybe feet up, sipping a pink drink against the sunset. Absolutely, you're in the right place. However, the local use of 'hammock' denotes a hardwood forest – of great importance to maintaining a healthy ecosystem. At Ocean Hammock you have both – a gold-star vacation with expansive natural surroundings. The hammock is an attractive and natural buffer from nearby beach towns, making Ocean Hammock a distinct community. For immediate beach access and a bike-able, walkable community, this development is an ideal choice.
2000: Ocean Hammock Club opens.
2003: Michelle Wie wins the US Women's Amateur Public Links at Ocean Hammock Club.
2006: Bobby Ginn (of The Ginn Company, later Ginn Resorts) buys Ocean Hammock Golf Course and the adjacent Lodge, adding these to the offerings at Hammock Beach Club and Resort.
2007: In a second purchase, Bobby Ginn buys the club which rounds out Ocean Hammock's amenities. Also in 2007, the Ocean Course at Hammock Beach hosts a championship for the PGA Tour. Want to play it yourself?
SAND, SWIMMING AND ... CINNAMON? While low-tide paddling reveals some of the best shells along the coast, beach shoes are recommended for soft feet. Swimming requires some caution as a rocky coquina reef sits close to shore. As for the cinnamon? Tiny crushed shells give the beach its namesake color, mixed into a warm sand. The resulting landscape is ever so beautiful and you'll never tire of looking at the shore while you relax with a guilty-pleasure beach book.
THE SPA AT HAMMOCK BEACH RESORT Scrubbing and soothing you with the best of local offerings, your spa experience can be as long and luxurious as you like – probably including coquina and sea salt products.
ECO TOURS WITH HAMMOCK WATER SPORTS Stick close to home and yet see it all; perfect convenience if you're staying locally. This eco-tour outfitter offers pick-up service to and from Hammock Beach and the estuary at nearby Bings Landing. Call ahead to make a reservation, or simply stop by to rent boards. Group rates are offered, call for details.
Children: Yes! Very family-friendly with kids' lessons available.
SUNDANCER CRUISE At one hundred seventeen feet, the Sundancer understandably comes with some cool stuff. Gadgets, gear, plus two bars... and a fireplace. She sails every Sunday for both brunch and dinner cruises, as well as a Happy Hour at sea for Wednesday cocktail cruises. Want her all to yourself? Private charters are available, and allow access to the ship's dressing room – should you wish to change into something more nautical.
BEACH PICNICS While many of our restaurant recommendations and tips for beach access point you in the right direction, guests at Hammock Beach can take the lazy route and order one of four old-fashioned picnics. Choose wisely – only one includes fried chicken.


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Telecom Sector in Pakistan; an Outlook of Past, Present and Future
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Among all the industries, the telecom sector in the Pakistan is a significant contributor in revenues putting a positive impact on economy. Throughout the last decade, country has seen an incredible progress in the telecom industry due to deregulation as well as privatization of the sector. But unfortunately unjustifiable complacency has affected the rapid growth of telecom sector.
It is so obvious and apparent that telecom sector in Pakistan has observed a real growth specifically after January 2004 when there was an announcement of policy for mobile phones came that proved to be a basis of grounds for licenses and competition enhancement in Pakistan.
As per the sources by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, around 2,50,000 cellular subscribers were shown up at the launch of first mobile phone service which then showed a rapid growth to 14 million with increased teledensity by 2005.This increase continued to raise with wider cellular population in the country that further added up to five hundred thousand users every month .
It is evident that due to robust strategy of the government, IT and telecom sector has developed to the most during the last five years. Computer and internet usage has seen a gigantic progress due to reduction in rates and increased bandwidth packages across the country. In this regard, both, fixed broadband and mobile broadband have grown to waves.
As per the Economic Survey of Pakistan in 2011-12, the investment figure of telecom sector reached to $495.8 million. However, in regard to Foreign Direct Investment, it has been proved to be a real beneficiary for years 2003 to 2009. But after these years, investments in telecom sector got declined due to cut throat competition in the industry which made investors unenthusiastic to add the additional capital in the business
However, with the facts, total revenue generated in the fiscal year of 2010-11 was reported as Rs. 364 billion. This figure shows 5.4% increase as compare to revenues of Fiscal year 2009-10 that was Rs. 344 billion. Moreover, also the cellular companies' revenue grew to Rs. 262.76 billion that is 11% greater by the previous year.
Though, Pakistan is one of the late adopters of 3G and 4G technologies but after its emergence in the country, positive GDP growth has been observed with enhanced mobile as well as internet penetration. Pakistan was already equipped with 2G infrastructure so it got to 3G/4G really well and deployed the faster broadband services in every nook and corner of the nation. This successful auction has attracted foreign investors for telecom industry that make the country to have significant results reaped on economy.
This launch of 3G and 4G in a country fulfils the demand of broadband required for all the sectors like agriculture, commerce, health as well as education sectors. Moreover, it has enhanced the socio economic development while improving lifestyles and bestowing the economic opportunity in both sectors of public and private.
However, 3G and 4g technology reframe a stakeholder friendly policy with clear and multidimensional plans. This leads to entail greater economic benefits while broadband penetration enhanced with 10% increase with positive impact on GDP as well as catering both the long term and short term objectives of the telecom sector. Moreover, it created a pool of new jobs and new broadband connections across the nation.
Internet of things (IoT) and Telecom
As the name suggests that internet of thing is the next big aspect in the world of technology that connects billion of devices, capable of sensing and communicating with efficient decision making that is creating easiness of lives. Thus, to generate awareness in this regard, PTA is conducting awareness sessions so that people could get benefit from it well. Under these sessions, IoT components, devices with sensors, networks as well as IoT applications got introduced to people.
So, this is the start of a new thing that will bring about beneficial aspects in the country if executed well. Need is to implement policies that can support this framework putting impact on economy in a positive way.
Awareness of Big Data Analysis
With transformation in technology sector, business analytics and big data are enhancing the way of businesses. It is making possible to compete on analytics by getting into data insights and with usage of advanced algorithms. However, big data analytics presents great opportunity for youth to become efficient in this field and get to fill the greater unemployment gap that is faced in the country for years.
Thus, in order to create awareness, different sessions on big data analytics are being arranged by PTA so that it can reach many of the people relating to technology. These sessions caters the informative training and highlights the current as well as future scope of big data analytics either in business, human resource or any other field.
Usage of Cloud Computing
In order to enhance the telecom sector, there are also cloud computing sessions that are being arranged at regular intervals. Basically, cloud computing is a kind of internet based computing that offers shared computer processing resources as well as data to computers and further devices on requirement.
So, business organizations and the individuals could adopt cloud computing services as an attractive investment opportunity or may explore the services like a client that can save much of the operational cost.
Thus, it has been quite visible that Pakistan is an enormous market for mobile telephony as well as mobile broadband while the population of the country is growing at gigantic rates. There has been a remarkable growth observed in broadband subscribers. However, as per PTA, broadband penetration will get to a significant rise as 10 subscribers for each 100 inhabitants around the year 2020 while leading broadband users to the figure of 78 million mark.
Overall, with respect to past five years, telecom in Pakistan has grown to vast extent. Tele density has increased from 60.9% (in 2014-2015) to 70.9% (in 2015-2016) with revenues of Rs. 454.4 Billion in 2016 that were reported as Rs. 445 Billion in 2015. However, Telecom contribution figures for the year 2015-16 has crossed the mark of 157.8 billion and it is significantly better mark than all previous years.
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Human Rights Watch calls on authorities to release five university students accused of desecrating Quran in Mafraq city.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Jordanian authorities to release five university students detained over allegations that they desecreted the Quran and engaged in "devil worship".
The Al al-Bayt university students, who were accused of ripping and burning Quran manuscripts while performing a "religious ritual" in a campus bathroom in the city of Mafraq, were assaulted by a crowd of other students before being detained two weeks ago.
HRW's statement, released on Tuesday, also called for the arrest of those who attacked the students.
"The students, who deny the accusations and have neither been charged nor taken before a judge, were assaulted by a crowd of other students, and their attackers should be brought to justice," said HRW.
The US-based rights group said that the sister of one of the detained students said that a group of about 200 other students attacked her sister and four male students on the university campus following the Quran desecration rumour.
"She said the attackers appeared to have targeted the five students because they frequently dress in black and are rock music devotees," the statement said.
Campus officials and student activists managed to pull the five students to safety, but local authorities then detained them and later handed them over to the security services.
All five deny any involvement in the alleged desecration.
The father of one of the male students told HRW that his son had phoned him in distress from the university campus on the morning of March 12 and begged for help, saying: "Father they are beating me and I don't know why."
The Jordanian news website al-Sabeel reported on March 21 that the Office of the Public Prosecutor had extended the students detention for another seven days while it investigated them for "sowing discord [fitna] and defaming religion".
The father of one of the five told HRW that, according to his lawyer, the authorities have not yet filed any charges.


The PF regime says it has established its own 'state cement plant' in Ndola. The government run cement plant will be operated by the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM).
According to PF websites and Facebook pages, evil dictatorEdgar Lungu will grace the ground breaking ceremony this Friday, 7 July 2017.
Instead of giving incentives to the private sector, the PF regime will now compete with Dangote and Lafarge using the new cement plant.
Larfage, formerly Chilenga cement was a government owned company but was privatised because government could not manage it properly.
'The cement plant to be done under ZCCM will be two times bigger than the existing Dangote plant in Ndola which currently has a mass production capacity of 45.8 million tonnes per annum (Mta),' states a statement on one of the Facebook pages run by State House.
It's not yet clear how Dangote and Latarge will react , that is if they will accept to compete with government or exit market.


Neutroid was written by Nickolas Marentes in 1983 and sold through his company, Fun Division (known earlier as Supersoft Software). It was the third of seven games that he wrote for the TRS‑80 Model I and Model III. Nickolas Marentes became better known for his later TRS‑80 Color Computer games such as Donut Dilemma (which began with a Model I version) and Rupert Rythym.
Marentes was inspired to write Neutroid after reading an interview with Tim Skelly, the author of the 1982 Gottlieb arcade game Reactor. Although Neutroid doesn't resemble Reactor in any way, they both share a similar abstract concept of manipulating particles within an enclosed space to prevent a nuclear disaster.
In Neutroid, you are at the controls of a small atomic particle accelerator or synchrotron. In it, Protroid and Antitroid particles appear. Bonus energy regions, high energy walls and deflector rods exist. The aim? Control the movement of an atomic particle called a Neutroid within the synchrotron and neutralize all the orbiting Protroids before your Neutroid becomes energy saturated. Your Neutroid starts off slow and in a low energy state but as it gains energy, its speed increases till it finally reaches the high energy state where controlling it requires a high degree of rapid strategic thinking and lightning fast reflexes.
The Neutroid (represented as a dot) moves constantly, but you can't control it directly. Instead, you must bounce it off deflectors (represented as squares of four dots). Changing the state of the deflectors is done by using the arrow keys. The goal is to use the Neutroid to hit the moving Protroids (represented by asterisks) around the perimeter.
The trick is to bounce the Neutroid where you want it to go without hitting a wall. Hitting the wall with the Neutroid will result in the loss of one life. In later levels, you can also lose a life by colliding the Neutroid with an Antitroid, which looks like a Neutroid.
It takes a little while to get used to the keyboard controls. The important thing to remember is that using an arrow key to change the deflectors will end up moving the Neutroid in the direction of the key, but only if the Neutroid isn't already moving in the opposite direction. In other words, you can only move the Neutroid at right angles; you can't reverse it directly. For example, pressing the up arrow will cause the Neutroid to move up after it bounces off a deflector, but only if the Neutroid isn't already moving down. If it was moving down then you would have to bounce it twice (first left, then up) to cause it to move up.
In 1984, Marentes wrote Neutroid II, an updated version of Neutroid for the TRS–80 Color Computer. Neutroid II featured color and better sound.
Because Nickolas Marentes lived in Australia, Neutroid never received distribution outside of that country. That is a shame because Neutroid is an excellent game that deserved wider release.
Neutroid is a treat for TRS‑80 users: a professional quality game which they probably have never seen. You can read about his other games and download both Neutroid for the TRS–80 Model I/III and Neutroid II for the TRS‑80 Color Computer from Nickolas Marentes' Project Archive site.
I never heard of Neutroid but I downloaded it now. Looks like great fun. It reminds me of Nukliex another game I had never heard of till I read about it here. Keep up the good work.
Good job with the review of Neutroid. I used to play Neutroid 2 on the Coco. I never knew about the original Model 1 version. Now I have a new TRS‑80 game to try. Thanks for the pointer.
I know Nick personally – he lives in brisbane, about a 2 hour drive from me. We meet up whenever possible.
You might find of interest the fact he is now writing a new game for the Colour Computer 3 that showcases some amazing hardware stretching code – Amiga copper like effects. He is planning on releasing the game as a ROM cart which will include a Yamaha sound chip for the music soundtrack and effects.
Despite living in Australia, I'd never come across Neutroid back in the day, although in recent years after discovering Nick's site I downloaded it to play, As Matthew mentions, another quality commercial release from Nick!
I've had the good fortune to have corresponded with Nick in recent times as well, most recently when he kindly gave permission (and assistance) in porting the Model 1 version of Donut Dilemma to another Australian-designed 8-bit micro, the Microbee. Donut Dilemma has long been coveted by Microbee users, who have an ever growing library of TRS‑80 Model 1 ports due to the similarity of hardware.
Sadly Nick has recently announced the shelving of his above-mentioned Coco3 game for the foreseeable future. We can only hope that some day he finds it in himself to dust it off and complete it.
The CoCo3 game mentioned is not canned, having reorganized my limited free time and am slowly progressing.


Moving around in The Sims 3 is much easier than in previous versions. You can play as more than one family by changing your active household, and even create new games in different towns, or in the same Sims 3 neighborhood.
This guide will explain how do you move your sims 3 from one house to another, and also the new options for Sims 3 real estate that is offered through The Sims 3 Ambitions.
If you were wondering how do you move your Sims 3 from one house to another, it is actually quite simple to do in The Sims 3.
To move your active household to another household, the house that you want to move your Sims to must be unoccupied. To move your Sims to this vacant house, an adult Sim must use their phone or use a computer and select "Move." Then you must select the "House" option and then pick out your new house.
Be sure to have enough money to purchase the house (the Sims 3 money cheat helps with this). You also now have the option of either selling your current household belongings or packing it up and taking it with you. If you decide to pack it up, all of the inventory will be moved to your active household's family inventory.
After your new house is purchased and your Sims are at the new house, the Build Mode is brought up for you to place or decorate your Sim's home and change items as you wish. Occasionally, a challenge will also become available when moving your Sims.
One of the great new options that became available in The Sims 3: Ambitions is the addition of The Sims 3 Real Estate.
Sims in your neighborhood are now able to purchase community lots that generates revenue for your Sim's family. When a Sim purchases the community lot building, they also have the option of upgrading it.
Profits earned through real estate investments become available each Monday at 9AM. These profits are not directly deposited to the family's account (like the weekly stipend on professions). Instead, your Sim needs to go collect the money at the place of business.
Strangely, even if your Sim is working at the place of business that they own, their career is not affected. Also, Sims that have a romantic relationship with an employee at their new place of business will now become "Creeped Out" by their boss when attempting romantic interactions.


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Supporting Victoria's emergency management sector to learn, improve, and deliver positive community outcomes
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IGEM plays a key role in ensuring that all evaluations and reviews undertaken facilitate the ongoing improvement of emergency management arrangements and support the achievement of desired community outcomes.
Regular monitoring and reporting on progress with implementing desired changes is a key part of the IGEM's assurance role.
IGEM takes a collaborative, evidence-based and community-focused approach to its work.
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Exotic animal and plant disease outbreaks and pest incursions can have significant economic, community and environmental impacts.
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Bushfire and other fires have potential consequences including loss of life and property, and damage to infrastructure and environment.
Risks include more days of extreme heat, harsher fire weather, less rainfall and rising sea levels.
Communications disruption
Communications services are crucial in keeping communities safe, connected and informed before, during and after emergencies.
Cyber security and ICT systems failure
Risks relating to the confidentiality, availability, integrity of information and data and disruption of services.
Energy supply disruption
Reliable energy supplies are critical to many social and economic activities.
Major flood events have occurred in Victoria every 10 to 20 years, with much of the increasing risk created by human settlement.
Hazardous material incident
Potential risks relate to many places where Victoria's hazardous materials are manufactured, stored, transported, used and disposed.
Heatwaves are considered to be the 'silent killer' of extreme weather events and are the leading cause of weather-related deaths in Australia.
Risks may relate to the delivery of public health services, with impacts on community health and wellbeing and potential for loss of life.
Supply chain disruption
Geopolitical, environmental, economic, societal and infrastructure-related shocks can expose supply chains to wide ranging consequences.
Terrorism and extremism
Attacks carried out by individuals or non-state groups with ideological, political or religious goals can result in loss of life, severe injury and/or material damage.
Water supply disruption
Risks include collection, storage, treatment, delivery, availability and allocation of water for consumption and environmental, recreation and cultural uses.
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Risks may relate to human resource supply and skills to support emergency management operations.
Review of Victoria's preparedness for major public health emergencies, including pandemics
A review of Victoria's preparedness for a range of events which might have wide-ranging public health impacts upon the Victorian community
A major public health emergency is an extensive biological or biohazard event that is causing or has the potential to cause loss of life or serious risk to public health, significant adverse consequences for the Victorian community, and threatens to overwhelm the public health and healthcare systems.
Preparedness for all emergencies relies upon the existence and awareness of sound governance arrangements and operational plans. Those involved in the prevention, response and recovery of emergencies also need to have the authority, capability and capacity to enact the plans and arrangements. Ideally, these incorporate both foresight and flexibility.
Being prepared for major public health emergencies requires planning, testing, practising and refining of arrangements in a range of ways. People who contribute to the response, relief and recovery in these emergencies must also have the capability and capacity to enact these processes.
The Review of Victoria's preparedness for major public health emergencies, including pandemics provides a broad examination of the State's preparedness for such emergencies, specifically major emergencies, which will test the emergency management sector's capability and capacity to respond.
Initiated under IGEM's Annual Forward Plan of Reviews – 2021, this review follows on from previous reviews of sector preparedness, focusing specifically on major public health emergencies, which are not considered typical or as well-practised.
The review considered six different cases to contextualise Victoria's preparedness for major public health emergencies:
the COVID-19 pandemic
blue green algae
epidemic thunderstorm asthma
In its report, IGEM makes 27 observations, 41 findings, and 7 recommendations identifying good practice and opportunities for continuous improvement.
If implemented these recommendations will provide opportunities to strengthen Victoria's preparedness for future major public health emergencies.
The Review of Victoria's preparedness for major public health emergencies, including pandemics was published on 3 September 2022. The report is available in PDF format from the link below or you can view as a flipbook (External link)
Victorian Government response
On 3 September 2022, the Victorian Government responded to IGEM's Review of Victoria's preparedness for major public health emergencies, accepting the findings and supporting-in-principle the review's seven recommendations.
The review provides critical insights into Victoria's preparedness for and response to the COVID-19 pandemic and opportunities for continuous improvement.
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Have you ever had a photo that you wanted to change leaf color in to give it that Autumn feel? I have. In fact, I was in a situation where my client wanted fall wedding photos. Unfortunately, the Autumn leaves were a little late coming out. So I had to figure out how to change leaf color.
It's actually pretty easy to change leaf color in Photoshop. There are many ways to do it, but here's how I do it.
Create a selective color adjustment layer and change the cyan to -100 on the red yellow and green colors.
Then invert the layer mask and use the brush tool to paint the effect onto the leaves.
Here is a video showing you exactly how to change leaf color in Photoshop.
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This editing trick has come in very handy for me many times when a client is wanting Autumn colors and the colors just aren't that great yet or the colors that Autumn just wasn't that great at all.
So experiment with this and see how it works for you. You could even create multiple fall colors. Check out my editing series The Four Seasons where I show you how to edit the same photo to look Summer, Fall, Spring, and Winter.
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Three years ago, on April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people and triggering a 200 million gallon spill of crude oil. Our offshore injury lawyers proudly represented 27 rig crewmembers, helping ensure they and their families received compensation to help them recover from their trauma. In their honor, we explore how the fragile Gulf environment is recovering three years after the tragedy.
At first glance, when you walk down the beaches or sail along the waters of the Gulf, things appear to have returned to normal, but, underneath the surface, scientists fear that all is not right.
While the oil spewed out of the Macondo well head for weeks, it polluted over 1,110 miles of beaches and marsh along the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. To this day, cleanup crews still find buried pockets of oil on the beaches every time big storms stir up the Gulf.
David Muth, the National Wildlife Federation's Mississippi River Delta Restoration Program director, says, "Visually, the coast looks great," but, since oil penetrated deep into the fragile eco-systems, "Some of those persistent chemicals just get built up, and as each creature comes along and eats it, the toxins can be amplified right up the food chain until you get to the top predators, like dolphins and sea turtles."
In fact, since the spill, over 650 dead dolphins have been found, Muth says. Turtle deaths have also been on the rise, but some of those fatalities are believed to have been caused by shrimp nets, not by spill related pollution.
Animal deaths can tell one part of the spill's impact story, but the key to truly understanding how the BP disaster has affected the region is in recognizing that the real damage may take years to show up. That is why victims of the spill may still be eligible to file BP restitution claims, three years after the initial incident—some people are only now realizing how they have been hurt by the environmental disaster.
April 20, 2010 changed the future of the Gulf coast forever; three years later, its people are still struggling to recover. At Arnold & Itkin, our attorneys want the residents of the Gulf Coast to know that we will be here for you, for as long as it takes to recover from the spill.


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The Innovative Technology Totino's Came Up With
By Lauren Cahn/May 23, 2021 10:24 pm EST
Totino's frozen pizza is not necessarily going to offer you the authentic, Italian taste that you might be craving in a pizza (and there are many other frozen pizzas that simply rank higher in our opinion). That said, if you happen to be in the freezer aisle of your supermarket staring down the increasingly vast selection of frozen pizzas, you could do worse than to pick up a box of Totino's, especially if you are someone who cares about how crispy their frozen pizza crust turns out after heating. That's because Totino's frozen pizzas are nothing if not reliably crispy (assuming you follow the directions on the package, of course), and they have been since at least as far back as 1979 (via General Mills' Taste of General Mills blog).
How can we be sure? Because that's the year the company was awarded a U.S. patent for their innovative "fried dough product and method" (via U.S. Patent Office) of achieving a reliably crisp crust. And that innovative technology that Totino's came up with made Totino's the "OG" of crisp frozen pizza crusts. And nothing can take that away — not even what happened in 2018.
In 2018, Totino's patent for crispy frozen pizza crust expired
A "patent" means the exclusive right to commercialize either an invention or a novel method of doing something — ahem, such as a method for ensuring that frozen pizza crust comes out of the oven crispy, according to AVOO. A patent is granted to the inventor by the federal government, but only for a limited period, so as not to hinder further innovation using the patented technology. Totino's, which had been acquired by Pillsbury in 1975 (via General Mills' Taste of General Mills blog), filed a patent application for the novel method invented by Totino's — or, judging by the "inventor" specified on the patent application, more likely by the mom and pop team that started the whole Totino's business, Rose and Jim Totino (via USPTO).
The patent was granted to the inventors in 1979 and was subsequently assigned to Pillsbury where, over the years, it got trotted out a few times in federal court (i.e., very prestigious), including that time when Jeno's accused Totino's of having stolen the crisp crust technology from Jeno's (via Time). Obviously, that didn't stick. But what did stick is the fact that, at the time Totino's got the patent, patents expired after 21 years. So that's what happened in the case of Totino's patent for crisp crust technology.


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League Academy's Elaine Donnan Receives Commitment to Arts Education Award
League Academy Magnet Coordinator Elaine Donnan received the Metropolitan Arts Council Carl R. Blair Award for Commitment to Arts Education.
League Academy Principal Mary Leslie Anderson said, "Elaine Donnan is one of the most valuable assets to the League Academy community. She is and has been dedicated to the integration of the arts and arts education at League Academy for essentially her entire career. The League community and I are amazed on a daily basis what she contributes to students, staff, and the community. Her devotion, knowledge, and support are incomparable."
Ms. Donnan began her career in Greenville County Schools as an art teacher at Monaview Middle School in 1978. She later moved to League Academy of Communication Arts, where she served as an art and theatre teacher. Since 1996, Ms. Donnan has served as the arts magnet coordinator for League. Donnan currently serves on the GCS Teacher Forum and Leadership Council as well as the League Academy PTA, and in 1989 was named the GCS Teacher of the Year.
Ms. Donnan is a certified educator in Curriculum Leadership Institute in the Arts and she played a major role in League's communication arts magnet designation. She is also active in MAC's SmartARTS program at League. She received bachelor's degree from Furman University and a master's degree from the University of South Carolina.


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Iran: Some people consider peace 'an existential threat'
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London : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters are trying to create "an atmosphere of hysteria" and "fear-mongering," the Iranian foreign minister said Thursday.
"The only explanation that you can have here is that some people consider peace and stability as an existential threat," Javad Zarif told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
"Because a deal cannot be threatening to anybody unless you want conflict and tension and mistrust and crises."
In a highly controversial speech to the American Congress on Tuesday, Netanyahu said that far from stymieing Iran, the deal currently being negotiated in Switzerland would pave Iran's way to nuclear weapons.
Zarif told Amanpour that the prime minister's speech had "no effect on the negotiating table."
He spoke from Montreux, where Iran, the U.S., and five other countries are trying to hammer out an agreement that would trade sanctions relief for guarantees on Iran's nuclear program.
Zarif told Amanpour that he believed they were "very close" to such a deal, but only if everybody eschewed "the path of confrontation."
"Everybody has to make tough choices. We have made the choice to engage in negotiations, although we believe that this entire exercise was unnecessary, this was a manufactured crisis."
"People have been predicting for the past twenty years that Iran was a year away from making a bomb, and that prediction has been proven wrong time and again."
"But unfortunately that is a reality that this hysteria that has been fanned continues to be fanned. And we try to resolve that problem."
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In critical opinion and popular polls, Máirtín Ó Cadhain's Graveyard Clayis invariably ranked the most important prose work in modern Irish. This bold new translation of his radically original Cré na Cille is the shared project of two fluent speakers of the Irish of Ó Cadhain's native region, Liam Mac Con Iomaire and Tim Robinson. They have achieved a lofty goal: to convey Ó Cadhain's meaning accurately and to meet his towering literary standards.
Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–70) is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant writers in the Irish language and a giant among twentieth-century authors. Liam Mac Con Iomaire is a lecturer, broadcaster, translator, and biographer. He lives in Dublin, Ireland. Tim Robinson is a writer, artist, and cartographer. He lives in Roundstone, Ireland.


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Daniel Morales-Doyle is an associate professor of science education and coordinator of the licensure strand of the MEd Science Education program. His research examines the potential for science education to act as a catalyst for social transformation. The courses he has taught include: ED 217: STEM, Education, and Society; CI 531:Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for Equity in Secondary Science Education; CI 551: Practitioner Research in Science Contexts; and CI 566: Research on Science Curriculum.
Selected Grants
National Science Foundation, Youth Participatory Science to Address Urban Heavy Metal Contamination, PI
National Science Foundation, Science Education for Excellence & Equity in Chicago (Project SEEEC), co-PI
Morales-Doyle, D. (2017). Justice-centered science pedagogy: A Catalyst for academic achievement and social transformation. Science Education, 101(6), 1034-1060.
Morales-Doyle, D. (2018). Students as curriculum critics: Standpoints with respect to relevance, goals, and science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 55(5), 639-773.
Morales-Doyle, D. & Gutstein. E. (2019). Racial capitalism and STEM education in the Chicago Public Schools. Race, Ethnicity, and Education, 22(4), 525-544.
Morales-Doyle, D. (2019). There is no equity in a vacuum: On the importance of historical, political, and moral considerations in science education. Cultural Studies in Science Education, 14(2), 485-491.
Morales-Doyle, D., Childress-Price, T., & Chappell, M. (2019). Chemicals are contaminants too: Teaching appreciation and critique of science in the era of NGSS. Science Education, 103(6), 1347-1366.
Morales-Doyle, D. (2020). The Aspirin unit: Confronting a hostile political climate through the chemistry curriculum. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 15(3), 639-657.
Morales-Doyle. D. & Frausto, A. (2021). Youth participatory science: a grassroots science curriculum framework. Educational Action Research, 29(1), 60-78.
Morales-Doyle, D., Varelas, M., Segura, D., & Bernal-Munera, M. (2021). Access, dissent, ethics, and politics: Pre-service teachers negotiating conceptions of the work of teaching science for equity. Cognition & Instruction, 39(1), 35-64.
2015 - PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Curriculum Studies
2005 - MSEd, Northwestern University, Secondary Science Teaching
2002 - BA, University of California at Berkeley, Chemistry
Research Currently in Progress
Morales-Doyle's research seeks to address inequity in science education as a component of larger systems of oppression. His work explores high school science curriculum, teaching, and teacher education. His focus is on engaging youth in learning science and learning to critique science in order to construct communities that are more just and sustainable. He was a high school teacher in the Chicago Public Schools for more than a decade before coming to UIC
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Click here to read about the Miller Center's new Senior Fellows.
William J. Antholis, Director and CEO of the Miller Center.
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Will Hitchcock, Director of Academic Programs and Randolph P. Compton Professor of History at U.Va.
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Keri Matthews, Associate Editor, Presidential Recordings Program; and Coordinator, Presidential Oral History Program.
Gary W. Gallagher, Faculty Associate and John L. Nau III Professor of History at U.Va.
Risa Goluboff, John Allan Love and Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of Law and History at U.Va.
Jeffery Jenkins, Faculty Associate and Professor of Politics at U.Va.
David Leblang, Faculty Associate, J. Wilson Newman Professor of Governance, and Chair of Politics at U.Va.
Melvyn Leffler, Faculty Associate and Edward R. Stettinius Jr. Professor of History at U.Va.
Jeffrey Legro, Faculty Associate, Vice Provost for Global Affairs, and Ambassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics at U.Va.
Sidney Milkis, Faculty Associate and White Burkett Miller Professor of Politics at U.Va.
John M. Owen IV, Ambassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics at U.Va..
Brantly Womack, Faculty Associate and C.K. Yen Professor of Politics at U.Va.
Brian Balogh, Chair of the National Fellowship Program and Dorothy Danforth Compton Professor of History at U.Va.
Barbara Perry, Co-Chair of the Presidential Oral History Program, Director of Presidential Studies, and Professor of Ethics and Institutions.
Russell Riley, Co-Chair of the Presidential Oral History Program and University of Virginia Associate Professor.
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"I'm just very thankful and grateful," said Jessica Conner about the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Jessica and her husband have two healthy and happy boys: Jackson (age 7) and Paxton (age 2). Having dental and medical coverage through Alabama's CHIP program has been a lifesaver for the Conner family.
When Jackson was 18 months old, his eating habits changed drastically. He began drinking more milk and stopped eating solid foods. It wasn't until he was 2 years old that he was able to tell his parents that his "mouth hurt." Shortly thereafter, Jackson had his first visit to the dentist who discovered that the boy's pain was caused by having no enamel on his teeth — a condition called enamel hypoplasia. Many root canals, many extractions, and much anxiety followed this diagnosis.
In addition to the emotional toll that Jackson and his parents faced, the family faced $2,500 in out-of-pocket costs to cover these procedures. Thankfully, the receptionist at their dental office was familiar with CHIP. She gave Jessica the enrollment information and encouraged her to apply so that Jackson could have affordable coverage. The parents were thrilled that CHIP caps out-of-pocket health expenses based on family income.
It's great news that both Jackson and his younger brother Paxton are doing well, and that they have reliable dental and medical coverage through CHIP. But CHIP's future is in jeopardy because its federal funding expires at the end of September.
The Children's Dental Health Project is urging Congress to extend federal funding for this valuable and much needed program. If CHIP goes away, millions of children could lose dental coverage. The expiration date is swiftly approaching, and states may need to cut services long before funding runs out. Jackson Conner is only one of 8 million kids who are living a healthier life because of CHIP. Won't you help us spread the word? Let's keep CHIP working for families.


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Battle of the Books 2018-19
by Marissa Meyer
The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series!
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . .
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future.
School Library Journal (January 1, 2012)
Gr 7-10-This re-imagined fairy tale, the first of a quartet, is neither imaginative nor compelling enough to keep readers involved in the detailed plot. In New Beijing of the Eastern Commonwealth, citizens are plagued by a deadly disease called lutumosis and are in constant danger of being obliterated by a moon-dwelling population called the lunars. Cinder is a human with surgically implanted robot parts who lives with her stepmother, two stepsisters, and an android named Iko. She slaves away as a mechanic, working hard to fix robots, hovercrafts, and netscreens. One day a hooded stranger walks into her booth at the marketplace with a broken android. To her shock, it is Prince Kai. The teen is flustered by the handsome young man who is soon to be emperor but manages to hide her mechanical arm and foot, which would reveal that she is a lowly cyborg, and agrees to help him. Meanwhile her stepsisters, Pearl and Peony, are readying themselves for the ball, intended to help Prince Kai find a princess. After Peony becomes afflicted with lutumosis and is taken to quarantine, Cinder's stepmother volunteers her hated stepdaughter for research in a desperate attempt to save her. With the help of a strange yet kindly doctor, Cinder learns a shocking secret about her past that could help save Prince Kai's empire, if only she can figure out what it means. The author's skilled, concise writing style cannot save this lackluster tale that has way too obvious secrets. Die-hard retold fairy-tale lovers who are also fans of future worlds such as that in Scott Westerfeld's "Uglies" series (S & S) might enjoy this one, but otherwise it is an additional purchase.-Tara Kehoe, Plainsboro Public Library, NJ (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc.
The Nameless City
 by Erin Hicks
Every nation that invades the City gives it a new name. But before long, new invaders arrive and the City changes hands once again. The natives don't let themselves get caught up in the unending wars. To them, their home is the Nameless City, and those who try to name it are forever outsiders. Kaidu is one such outsider. He's a Dao born and bred--a member of the latest occupying nation. Rat is a native of the Nameless City. At first, she hates Kai for everything he stands for, but his love of his new home may be the one thing that can bring these two unlikely friends together. Let's hope so, because the fate of the Nameless City rests in their hands
Booklist starred (March 15, 2016)
Grades 6-10. The titular city of Hicks' series opener goes by many names. Set in a highly desirable location, the city, which resembles thirteenth-century China, has cycled through conquerors, all of whom call it something new. Its permanent residents watch those rulers come and go and call it the Nameless City. Kai, son of a general in the current conquering army, the Dao, has just arrived, and he is dazzled by the place, especially the girl he sees racing across the rooftops. That girl—Rat—is one of the conquered, and through their friendship, Hicks teases out the city's complex dynamics. Resentments toward the Dao are simmering, and privileged Kai is mostly oblivious until Rat starts training him in her parkourlike moves. Remarkably, Hicks conveys these dynamics without much exposition, relying instead on visual cues, expressive faces and gestures, and subtext. Meanwhile, the primary story—fueled by cinematic action, some well-timed comical stumbles, and a nefarious plot against the Dao—is just as compelling. All of these elements are brilliantly integrated in Hicks' detailed, expansive, beautifully colored artwork, which handles dense cityscapes filled with tiled roofs just as handily as it does meaningful glances. With comprehensive world building, well-rounded characters, and entertaining action, this expertly executed story will find a home with a wide variety of readers, all of whom will be eagerly awaiting the next installment.
Some Kind of Courage
 by Dan Gemeinhart
From the Publisher:Saddle up for a life-defining, death-defying adventure.
Joseph Johnson has lost just about everyone he's ever loved. He lost his pa in an accident. He lost his ma and his little sister to sickness. And now, he's lost his pony-fast, fierce, beautiful Sarah, taken away by a man who had no right to take her.
Joseph can sure enough get her back, though. The odds are stacked against him, but he isn't about to give up. He will face down deadly animals, dangerous men, and the fury of nature itself on his quest to be reunited with the only family he has left.
Because Joseph Johnson may have lost just about everything. But he hasn't lost hope. And he hasn't lost the fire in his belly that says he's getting his Sarah back-no matter what.
School Library Journal (November 1, 2015)
Gr 5-8-Joseph Johnson has had to become a man sooner than most 12-year-old boys. Following the tragic deaths of his parents and sister, Joseph finds himself the ward of an alcoholic rancher who sells Joseph's beloved horse, Sarah, to a malevolent horse trader. Joseph takes off on his own across Washington state in search of Sarah, ready to give everything he's got to get back to the last reminder of his family. Early on he is joined by Ah-Kee, an abandoned Chinese boy in similarly dire straits who doesn't speak a lick of English. Joseph and Ah-Kee are embroiled in a series of gripping dangers and narrow escapes, each more thrilling than the last. Gemeinhart's vivid language and rapid pacing capture the rugged grandeur and wild unpredictability of the largely unsettled American West of the late 1800s, though it is the fortitude and sensitivity of the main character that elevates this novel beyond a mere succession of adrenaline rushes, absorbing though they are. It is Joseph's unwavering sense of honor and duty that is propelled by love, not the familiar Wild West conception of masculinity, that makes this book truly captivating. VERDICT Gemeinhart's riveting tale of grit and grief is equally tragic and triumphant.-Anna Murphy, Berkeley Carroll School Library, Brooklyn
The Port Chicago 50
by Steve Sheinkin
From the Publisher:An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin.
On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the docks were addressed. When the dust settled, fifty were charged with mutiny, facing decades in jail and even execution.
This is a fascinating story of the prejudice that faced black men and women in America's armed forces during World War II, and a nuanced look at those who gave their lives in service of a country where they lacked the most basic rights.
Booklist (February 1, 2014)
Grades 6-9. The award-winning author of Bomb (2012) returns with another compelling American history narrative. This time Sheinkin takes on the Port Chicago 50, a group of African American sailors who were court-martialed and convicted of mutiny when they refused to continue loading ammunition after experiencing a terrifying accidental explosion that destroyed the entire port. Tracing the history of racial discrimination in the U.S. armed forces, Sheinkin describes the U.S. Navy's long-standing policy of restricting duties for African American servicemen, the unfair treatment the divisions received at the segregated Port Chicago facility, and the dangerous working conditions facing the sailors there, including a lack of training on how to properly handle explosives, and competitions that encouraged reckless practices. Sheinkin's narrative shines as he recounts the frustrating court-martial trial that resulted in a guilty verdict for all 50 men, which still stands today despite repeated attempts to exonerate the sailors. Photos, reproductions of primary documents, and direct quotes from the sailors themselves flesh-out this account of a little-known piece of civil rights history
Genius: the Game
by Leopoldo Gout
Trust no one. Every camera is an eye. Every microphone an ear. Find me and we can stop him together.
The Game:Get ready for Zero Hour as 200 geniuses from around the world go head to head in a competition hand-devised by India's youngest CEO and visionary.
The Players:
Rex- One of the best programmers/hackers in the world, this 16-year-old Mexican-American is determined to find his missing brother.
Tunde-This14-year-old self-taught engineering genius has drawn the attention of a ruthless military warlord by single-handedly bringing electricity and internet to his small Nigerian village.
Painted Wolf-One of China's most respected activist bloggers, this mysterious 16-year-old is being pulled into the spotlight by her father's new deal with a corrupt Chinese official.
The Stakes:Are higher than you can imagine. Like life and death. Welcome to the revolution. And get ready to run.
Booklist (June 1, 2016):
Grades 7-11. Only 200 invites go out worldwide to participate in The Game, a competition for the smartest teens on the planet, and Tunde (an engineering genius from Nigeria) and Painted Wolf (an activist blogger from Shanghai) get two of them. Their Mexican American friend (and expert hacker) Rex invites himself along, and the three look forward to meeting in person for the first time. Each has important secondary reasons for going, but they must work together to unmask a darker purpose embedded in the competition. Gout's near-future novel mixes e-mails, different fonts, and Manning's diagrams, photos, and drawings into the prose to tell an up-to-the-minute story of global friendships and politics. Point of view alternates among the three main characters, and their voices are unique, especially that of Tunde, who often uses Nigerian pidgin (slang). The abundance of STEM concepts, action, and suspense will get all types of readers hooked on this new series.
The Map to Everywhere
by Carrie Ryan
Wherever you need to go--the Map to Everywhere can take you there.
To Master Thief Fin, an orphan from the murky pirate world of the Khaznot Quay, the Map is the key to finding his mother. To suburban schoolgirl Marrill, it's her only way home after getting stranded on the Pirate Stream, the magical waterway that connects every world in creation. With the help of a bumbling wizard and his crew, they must scour the many worlds of the Pirate Stream to gather the pieces of the Map to Everywhere--but they aren't the only ones looking. A sinister figure is hot on their tail, and if they can't beat his ghostly ship to find the Map, it could mean the destruction of everything they hold dear!
In Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis's first installment of a fantastical new series, adventure, magic, and hilarity collide in the treacherous skies and dangerous waters of the Pirate Stream. Heart-pounding escapades and a colorful cast of characters will have readers setting sail through this wholly original and unforgettable tale.
School Library Journal (September 1, 2014) Starred Review. Gr 4-6-
Fin is so forgettable, no one can remember him for more than a few minutes. Left by his mother at an orphanage in the pirate city of Khaznot Quay at the age of four, he's been on his own ever since. Fin uses his curse to his benefit by becoming a master thief. When he receives a letter directing him to steal a key in exchange for treasures and a promise to show him the way home, he accidentally releases the Oracle, an insane wizard who had been carefully guarded for centuries. Meanwhile in another world, adventurous Marrill, stuck in suburban Arizona, finds an enormous ship in a parking lot. Soon she's traveling the pirate stream, a waterway connecting all worlds, joined by a wizard on a quest for the Map to Everywhere, which they will need to get Marrill home. Fin and Marrill's paths intersect and they set about stealing and reassembling the map-each piece located in a different world. The task becomes further complicated when they realize the Oracle is also after the map. Alternating between Fin and Marilll's points of view, a slower beginning allows for compelling character development in the first quarter the book. When the plots merge, the pacing picks up, mirroring the urgency of the characters, though readers may wish for more time to digest and appreciate the various worlds before racing on to the next. Husband and wife team Ryan and Davis have created wholly original settings, and the juxtaposition of Fin and Marrill's backgrounds and personalities is enjoyable and humorous. This is an ambitious undertaking, and strong readers who enjoy adventure fiction and fantasy will inhale the first book in what has the potential to be an extraordinary series.- Juliet Morefield, Multnomah County Library, OR
I Kill the Mockingbird
by Paul Acampora
From the Publisher:When Lucy, Elena, and Michael receive their summer reading list, they are excited to seeTo Kill A Mockingbird included. But not everyone in their class shares the same enthusiasm. So they hatch a plot to get the entire town talking about the well-known Harper Lee classic. They plan controversial ways to get people to read the book, including re-shelving copies of the book in bookstores so that people think they are missing and starting a website committed to "destroying the mockingbird." Their efforts are successful when all of the hullabaloo starts to direct more people to the book. But soon, their exploits start to spin out of control and they unwittingly start a mini revolution in the name of books.
Booklist (May 1, 2014 )
Grades 6-9. It really begins with the death of everybody's favorite eighth-grade English teacher, Mr. Nowak. Affectionately dubbed Fat Bob because he was as wide as he was tall (and he was very tall), the teacher had assigned only one book as summer reading the previous year, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Now, best friends Lucy, Elena, and Michael vow to find a way to memorialize Fat Bob by insuring that everybody will want to read the modern classic. Their plan: make the book desirable by making it scarce. Their strategy: visit every library and bookstore in the area and hide all copies of the book, then publicize their campaign with posters and a website proclaiming, I Kill the Mockingbird. Will the kids succeed? Will Lucy and Michael's friendship blossom into something more? Will Lucy's mom, whose cancer is in remission, ever learn to eat healthfully? Acampora's well-written, resolutely cheerful offering celebrates books, reading, and life, and that is surely enough to satisfy the most jaded reader
 by Jonathan Auxier
A New York Times bestseller, The Night Gardener is a Victorian ghost story with shades of Washington Irving and Henry James. More than just a spooky tale, it's also a moral fable about human greed and the power of storytelling.
The Night Gardener follows two abandoned Irish siblings who travel to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house. But the house and its family are not quite what they seem. Soon the children are confronted by a mysterious spectre and an ancient curse that threatens their very lives. With Auxier's exquisite command of language, The Night Gardener is a mesmerizing read and a classic in the making.
School Library Journal (April 1, 2014):
Gr 4-6-Storytelling and the secret desires of the heart wind together in this atmospheric novel that doubles as a ghost tale. Irish immigrants to England, Molly and Kip make their way to the Windsor house in search of employment. The great house stands in the shadow of a menacing tree, which locals speak of only in fearful whispers. Despite her young age and the warnings of a local storyteller, Molly uses the power of her own words to secure work, but soon realizes that all is not right in the house. Constance, Bertrand, Penny, and Alistair Windsor each struggle with personal demons, and strange footprints appear at night. A malevolent spirit, the Night Gardener, haunts the estate, dooming its inhabitants with foul dreams while the tree grants wishes to entrap the recipients. Molly and Kip must face their own dark secrets to release the Gardener's hold and end his evil enchantments. Auxier gives readers a spooky story with depth and dimension. Molly's whimsical tales illustrate life's essential lessons even as they entertain. As the characters face the unhealthy pull of the tree's allurements, they grow and change, revealing unexpected personality traits. Storytelling as a force to cope with life's challenges is subtly expressed and adds complexity to the fast-paced plot. Readers of Mary Downing Hahn or Peg Kehret's ghost novels will connect with the supernatural elements and the independent child protagonists of Auxier's tale of things that go bump in the night.-Caitlin Augusta, Stratford Library Association, CT
Navigating Early
by Clare Vanderpool
When Jack Baker's father sends him from his home in Kansas to attend a boys' boarding school in Maine, Jack doesn't know what to expect. Certainly not Early Auden, the strangest of boys. Early keeps to himself, reads the number pi as a story, and refuses to accept truths others take for granted. Jack, feeling lonely and out of place, connects with Early, and the two become friends.
During a break from school, the boys set out for the Appalachian Trail on a quest for a great black bear. As Jack and Early travel deeper into the mountains, they meet peculiar and dangerous characters, and they make some shocking discoveries. But their adventure is only just beginning. Will Jack's and Early's friendship last the journey? Can the boys make it home alive?
School Library Journal (March 1, 2013)
Gr 6-9-When Jack's mother passes away, his military father returns home to pack him up and ship him off to boarding school in Maine. Wading through the emotional trauma of grief and trying to adjust to his new surroundings, Jack feels that he doesn't really fit in anywhere. It is not until he befriends the school's resident outsider that he finds someone who might be able to help him navigate the troubled waters of his future. Early's older brother, Fisher, is a school legend, and the boy refuses to believe that he perished in the war. He sees numbers as having colors and narratives and believes that the story of Pi is also the story that will lead his brother home. Early sets off on an epic quest to find the Great Bear that has been ravaging the countryside as he believes it will lead him to Fisher. When Jack teams up with Early to find a bear, a brother, and an unending number, both boys finally find their way back home. Set just after World War II, this novel, like Vanderpool's Moon Over Manifest (Delacorte, 2010), once again meticulously blends an intricately plotted and layered story line with a fully realized historical backdrop. Interesting characters meander through the boys' adventure, fitting themselves into the pieces of their story as it begins to weave together. Readers will find themselves richly rewarded by this satisfying tale.-Jessica Miller, New Britain Public Library, CT
by Jason Reynolds
Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of a brand-new series from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award–winning author Jason Reynolds.
Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team—a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves.
Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training. If he can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons—it all starting with running away from his father, who, when Ghost was a very little boy, chased him and his mother through their apartment, then down the street, with a loaded gun, aiming to kill. Since then, Ghost has been the one causing problems—and running away from them—until he meets Coach, an ex-Olympic Medalist who blew his own shot at success by using drugs, and who is determined to keep other kids from blowing their shots at life.
School Library Journal (December 1, 2016)
Gr 5-9-At school, Castle "Ghost" Crenshaw is taunted about where he lives and what he wears. He also has an anger management problem, but the kid can run, really run. Supported by a loving mother and a tough but caring track-and-field coach, Ghost learns a few lessons about life and teamwork while reminding readers of the potential in everyone. Nuanced characters facing real-life problems delivered with the author's irresistible warmth and humor.


Downing Street confirmed King Felipe VI will visit Britain along with Queen Letizia of Spain from June 6 to 8, as the campaign reaches its climax.
The King of Spain's state visit to Britain, which will coincide with the snap June 8 general election, will go ahead, Downing Street has said. King Felipe VI will visit Britain along with Queen Letizia of Spain from June 6 to 8, as the campaign reaches its climax.
In an election set to be defined by Brexit, the visit could prove awkward given tensions over the sovereignty of Gibraltar.
Earlier this month, Theresa May warned that Gibraltar's status will not be up for discussion during exit talks after European Council president Donald Tusk suggested Spain, which also claims sovereignty of the Rock, could veto its inclusion in any post-Brexit trade deal.
The move caused fury in Gibraltar – which accused the EU of "bullying" – while former Conservative Party leader Lord Howard even suggested Mrs May could go to war to defend the British enclave.
While few at Westminster seriously expect it to come to an armed conflict, there is concern among some MPs the EU intends to use the issue as leverage in the Brexit talks.
Tags: Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Donald Tusk, King Felipe VI, Spain/Gibraltar, United Kingdom.