Christopher Reeve is an accomplished actor and activist. His acting career is noted for his roles in the superman series, Somewhere in Time, and other top films. Since 1995, when a devastating spinal cord injury left him virtually paralyzed, Reeve has been an activist and role model, helping to bring awareness, research, and hope to those who struggle with disabilities of any kind.
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they become inevitable. Christopher Reeve shows that we are all capable of overcoming seemingly insurmountable hardships. He describes his own struggles since his spinal cord injury that left him virtually paralyzed. Yet, says Reeve, many able-bodied people choose paralysis – choosing to live with self-doubt and the fear of taking risks.


Global Concepts Charter School is holding a fundraiser this fall to help children in foster care. Most children only receive two trash bags to collect their belongings when entering foster care. 6th Period Participation in Government students are partnering with Together We Rise to create Sweet Cases, blue duffel bags that contain personal hygiene and supplies to help children with the transition during such a difficult time. This is our attempt to provide dignity and compassion to children when they need it most.
Last year, we raised over $400 online and nearly $1,000 total to supply more than 30 Sweet Cases to GA Family Services. This year, our students have pledged to raise $500 and break $1,000! They will decorate and pack before donating to a local foster care agency in November.
Both buildings will be holding a dress down on Friday, October 6, 2017, to raise funds for this project but we also need your help to show that Global Cares. Please support our cause and help children in foster care because together we rise.
Please see the link below, share it, and consider supporting a very worthy cause. Thanks.


While there are many packages in MindSeer, there is a method to the madness. To begin with, a good deal of the structure is designed to eliminate circular dependencies. Also things are split up so that some packages could be broken off with relatively little work for use in other projects.
Packages in this hierarchy are owned by the University of Washington and the long name follows Java guidelines.
The vault classes were originally conceived as a library for metadata about files. It is not known if this library could be used externally from MindSeer. It contains most of the MindSeer independent logic for displaying, querying and building a data set. The original design was a little ambitious and so users can create alternate backing stores using databases or basic maps.
These are the central classes for creating nodes, associating meta data and creating collections (DataVault?) of files with metadata. It also contains classes to execute queries.
This includes classes for displaying and rearranging trees in Swing.
These classe include filters for file types and utilities for files.
These classes were supposed to handle synchronization of the vault. They are not used or tested.
The xml package contains classes to convert a Data Vault to or from XML.
Generic NIFTI classes live here. They can be used as an external library for reading NIFTI files. Because it also handles SPM's transform, this library depends on matfile.
These classes are responsible for reading a Matlab version 4 or 5 file and converting it into Java objects. They are a separate library from MindSeer.
Packages in this hierarchy are copyrighted by Eider Moore. They were from his personal library and released under the LGPL.


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WEBINAR - LEARNING FROM THE MANCHESTER BOMBING
AND WEMBLEY FOOTBALL "NEAR MISS"
May 5, 2022 | Virtual Event
The Manchester Bombing and Wembley Football "Near Miss" - What have we learnt so far and are they really that different?
On May 8th 2017 a terrorist attacked an Ariane Grande Concert in Manchester, killing 22 innocent victims, many of them children. On 11th July 2021, drunk, drugged, lawless hooligans repeatedly forced entry to an English soccer final at Wembley Stadium in London; somehow, no one died!
On the face of it, how could those two things have anything in common, yet some of the similarities are remarkable and disconcerting.
This session will examine the failings that led to both and what we might do better in the future to prevent or recover from them.
Eric Stuart was the principal author on the safety aspects for the 'Baroness Casey Euros Review' at Wembley and has twice submitted evidence to the Manchester Inquiry. He has a unique insight into the challenges that both event teams faced and why things went wrong.
WEBINAR LECTURER
Eric Stuart, QPM, BA Hons, UKCMA
Eric is the director of Gentian Events, a Crowd Safety Management Company established in 2009, and Chairperson of the United Kingdom Crowd Management Association (UKCMA). Engaged in Crowd Safety Management for 15 years and working with crowds since 1980, his 33 year police career in London culminated in a planning role for Notting Hill Carnival and London New Year's Eve, with viewing audiences of 1 million and 450k respectively. As 'Chief of Staff' for the planning and delivery of the 70 day London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, he was the only person to see the event through from initial planning through delivery and debrief.
Eric writes and delivers crowd safety plans at events from major music festivals to motor sports and from large carnival processions to New Year's Fireworks. He works closely with private organizers, police and local authorities to achieve mutual understanding of each other's roles in keeping crowds safe at major events. Eric is keen to ensure there is a better balance between the mathematics, physics and human behaviours when planning for crowds.
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Individuals with a diagnosis of autism are seven times more likely to be represented in criminal justice statistics compared to people without this diagnosis (Debbaunt, 2004). This signals the need for further investigation into the practices of professionals working in these areas; in particular, the extent of their awareness and understanding of autism. This paper reports on a qualitative study undertaken with 30 people working in probation, a community rehabilitation company, police, and liaison and diversion services in a county in the North of England. Interviews were conducted between July and September 2017. While a number of criminal justice professionals possessed some experience of autism in their personal or professional practice, several professionals struggled to accurately identify what autism is, and how it could impact on an individual's communication style; which could represent a barrier to effective communication between providers and service users. These results add to the body of literature on the subject of criminal justice services and alleged offenders who are on the autism spectrum and aims to raise awareness and promote discussion on this important subject.
Iain Dickie, Shirley Reveley PhD. (Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow), Austin Dorrity, University of Cumbria, UK.


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Instaforex Loprais Praga Team heads to Dakar 2021 with new strategy
11.12.2020 Dakar
The main goal for the Instaforex Loprais Praga Team in Dakar Rally 2021 remains the same. Aleš Loprais with his Praga V4S DKR aims to fight for the highest positions in the truck category. However, this time, his efforts will be doubled with a second truck. The Loprais' crew is going to enjoy support from Jan Tománek, Tomáš Kašpárek and Jiří Stross with Tatra Jamal – Queen 69.
Despite a unique coincidence, that is behind the nickname "Three Zeroes" for the Tatra crew number 520 – as they all share the same blood group – it is a very strong and versatile team.
"Tomáš has done a lot of rallies and cross-country rallies. He's capable of driving and also navigating in the whole Dakar. He's a very versatile player in case the team gets affected by the COVID-19 in the last minute. It's a similar case with Jiří, who is not just a great mechanic, but he could also step in as a navigator," says Jan Tománek about qualities of his teammates. But Jan can also do various roles, as he previously participated in Dakar as a driver and a navigator as well, in a car and a truck. And just like Jiří Stross, he is known to be an excellent mechanic.
They all can also utilise their vast experience as co-drivers in rallies. As a navigator, Tománek helped to steer Martin Prokop towards a victory in the Junior World Rally Championship, while Kašpárek won the Czech Sprintrally championship with Roman Kresta. And Stross also had enjoyed several successes in the national championships over the past few years.
"The biggest embarrassment would be if we struggled due to the navigational errors," laughs Tománek, but he firmly believes in his crew and their chemistry. "I drove with each of them in the past and we're friends. It was our intention to build the crew in this way."
Battle strategy
Despite being born competitive, Tománek and his crew do not aim for their own strong result at Dakar Rally 2021.
"It is going to be about a battle strategy. From my point of view, it is Aleš who needs to fight. While he said that I'll be pushing The Queen, the reality is slightly different. I won't be racing, because we added another half a tonne of material to this 'old lady' just to help Aleš and his crew when they might need, so they could give it everything," reveals Tománek.
Having another vehicle in the race should help the red and white Praga to be even faster. Tománek's Tatra is set to carry more reserve tyres and they will be ready to help when necessary and for as long as needed. That is going to allow Loprais to take bigger risks, especially in situations when he had to ease off and take a safer and slower approach in the past.
"If possible, we'll try to be right behind Aleš. That is always a big advantage. The question is, how well the guys will be doing and how safe and fast it's going to be possible for The Queen to drive with so much load. The strategy is built in a way that it might work, but there are also some big question marks. Aleš can relax because there's somebody to help him, but who's going to help us? It gives us a huge responsibility that I'm feeling. A precision drive without any mistakes will be crucial with such a heavy vehicle," says the six-time Dakar Rally participant.
Tománek, Kašpárek and Stross might also play an important role in the marathon stage, after which the crews in a bivouac do not have access to mechanics and other team members as only the crews are allowed to service their vehicles. But they can help each other.
Proven and reliable
The decision about entering the second truck also meant more intensive preparations in team workshops this Autumn. The Tatra Jamal – Queen 69 truck underwent a careful refurbishment, but also some adjustments, so the truck can carry more equipment and spare parts.
"For example, the steering weighs 70 kilograms. You can't just put it there; you need to pretty much build it in. So, we had to come up with all kinds of mounts and holders," explains Loprais' mechanic Petr Pokora, who also helped with preparations of both trucks.
"And there are more things just like that. For example, because of a different design, The Queen had to be tarped again. And that's a lot of work that takes almost two days."
"The Queen took a lot of time and effort. Everything was fixed, renovated, and changed. All the shafts, tubes, compressors, and all other important parts are new. The Queen is proven and reliable and while it's not as fast as Praga, it still delivers great performances. That's why I think that the guys can be near us," believes Pokora.
Fly in the right direction
While preparation is important and a well-thought strategy and resilient determination of all team members are the only way to succeed, one moment is all it takes for everything to fall apart in the most difficult marathon rally in the world.
"It all sounds beautiful and I wish it could be all just like that, but Dakar offers so many different scenarios. I've experienced a lot at Dakar, so I know that we can't evaluate until the finish line. Well, in case everything goes well, and we indeed finish. At this moment, I can only hope that everything is going to run smoothly, the trucks will fly in the right direction and without technical hiccups," says Aleš Loprais who knows that he needs to keep both feet on the ground.
The Czech and Slovak participants of Dakar Rally will head to Saudi Arabia right after Christmas, on a special flight. The Instaforex Loprais Praga Team is going to do the last test for both trucks during the official shakedown, that starts on December 30 and ends on the New Year's Day. All the technical and administrative scrutineerings will take place in Jeddah on January 1 and 2.
The Dakar Rally 2021 officially begins on Saturday, January 2 with an 11-kilometre long Prologue, that is going to determine the starting order for the opening leg. From Sunday, January 3 until Friday, January 15, the crews will face 12 legs that are 7,646 kilometres long, out of which 4,767 kilometres are going to be timed.
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January 31, 2011 • Ford is working with other major automakers to turn vehicle-to-vehicle communications technology into a basic safety feature of every car. The wireless technology sounds an alarm to alert drivers if they or another car pose a threat on the road.
January 28, 2011 • Adel Iskandar, an instructor at Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, speaks to host Michele Norris about the protests in Egypt and the role of social media.
Digital Music Sampling: Creativity Or Criminality?
January 28, 2011 • The advent of the sampler in the '80s brought a long tradition of musical borrowing into the digital age. Today, "sampling," or repurposing a snippet of another artist's music, is mainstream. Is sampling theft, or is copyright law making creativity a crime?
January 28, 2011 • A new camera may make finding and sampling blood spots easier for crime scene investigators. Chemist Stephen Morgan describes a thermal infrared camera developed by researchers at the University of South Carolina that can spot blood spatter not visible to the naked eye.
January 28, 2011 • Tunisian and Egyptian political activists used Facebook and Twitter to organize protests and publicize breaking news. Harvard's Jillian York discusses the use of social media platforms for digital activism, and cases in which governments have blocked the services or compromised user privacy.
January 28, 2011 • Sites like Bit.ly, which provide a service to users by shortening URLs, also get something in return — users' browsing preferences. Bit.ly's Hilary Mason talks about the services sites hope to provide by collecting such data, and the trade-off of less privacy for a more customized online experience.
January 28, 2011 • A solar panel manufacturer's decision to move its factory to China means the loss of 800 jobs in Massachusetts. The state gave the company many incentives. But officials say the federal government needs to play a stronger role in keeping manufacturing jobs in the U.S.
January 27, 2011 • In November, technology reporter Omar Gallaga began reviewing iPad apps for children. Since then, he and his 3-year-old daughter have become hooked. They've plowed through more than 50 apps, and they've discovered a whole new world of content for kids.
For Sale On the Web: You!
January 27, 2011 • In the digital age, writes commentator Dave Pell, it seems all we do is sell ourselves. Look how great my marriage is! Or my awesome workout! But this is leaving us overwhelmed.
January 26, 2011 • A team of U.S. and European researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have captured infrared images of a blurry object they believe to be the oldest galaxy seen by man.
January 26, 2011 • The Obama social media operation was a juggernaut during the 2008 campaign. But two years later, Republicans have caught up. Now the White House has renewed its social media push with outreach on Twitter and YouTube following the State of the Union address.
January 26, 2011 • While Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler sat on the sidelines of last weekend's championship game with an injured knee, his peers were blasting him in Twitter messages that essentially called him a quitter. The hurtful tweets have set off a debate about sportsmanship in the digital age.


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Leap of faith (Bronze): Perform an Airjack Successfully.
Finish Him! (Bronze): Perform a Finishing Move on an enemy vehicle.
Riding on Rims (Bronze): Shoot out the tire of an enemy vehicle.
Ready, Aim, Fire! (Bronze): Kill an enemy vehicle using the Aimed Shot.
Spin Spin Shooter (Bronze): Kill an enemy vehicle using the Cyclone.
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Taxi (Bronze): Achieve any rank on one Taxi side mission.
Making a Mess (Bronze): Achieve any rank on one Rampage side mission.
Road Warrior (Bronze): Achieve any rank on one Contracts side mission.
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Made to Order (Bronze): Achieve any rank on one Made to Order side mission.
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Mission from God (Bronze): Survive a five star police response for 5 minutes.
Accidental Tourist (Bronze): Visit every district in Barcelona.
Barcelona Drift (Silver): Achieve any rank on all Street Showdown side missions.
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Anti Social Behaviour Order (Silver): Achieve any rank on all Rampage side missions.
Road Rash (Silver): Achieve any rank on all Contracts side missions.
Man In Brown (Silver): Achieve any rank on all Hot Potato side missions.
Gone In 59 Seconds (Silver): Achieve any rank on all Made to Order side missions.
Can't Catch Me! (Silver): Achieve any rank on all Fugitive side missions.
Diesel Powered! (Silver): Complete all side missions with an 'A' rank or better.
Dukes of Barcelona (Silver): Perform twenty five cinematic stunt jumps.
Cat Hater (Silver): Destroy fifty cat statues.
I Live For this Stuff! (Gold): Complete all side missions with an 'S' rank.
White Men Can Jump (Gold): Perform all fifty cinematic stunt jumps.
Wreaking Havok! (Gold): Destroy one hundred cat statues.
Wheelman (Platinum): Get every Trophy possible.
– Venga Venga! (Bronze): Complete the Mission – Frantic.
– Salute from Stavo (Bronze): Complete the Mission – Finding Family.
– Respect from Radu (Bronze): Complete the Mission – Letting Off Steam.
– Praise from Paulo (Bronze): Complete the Mission – Stand and Deliver.
– The Target Revealed (Bronze): Complete the Mission – Recover The Documents.
– The Best of the Best (Bronze): Complete the Mission – Defeat Felipe.
– Stavo's Swansong (Bronze): Defeat Stavo, the boss of the Chulos Canallas.
– Radu's Requiem (Bronze): Defeat Radu, the boss of the Romanians.
– Paulo's Peace (Bronze): Defeat Paulo, the boss of the Los Lantos.
– The Spanish Job (Bronze): Complete the Mission – Getting the Job Done.
– A Real Wheelman (Bronze): Complete the Mission – Get Gallo.


To help avoid disease, plant disease-resistent varieties or certified disease-resistant seed potatoes.
Potatoes are not the most widely grown home garden crop, but these tender herbaceous perennials are a common food and provide a family with a large yield under adequate growing conditions. Potatoes are planted in early spring, after the danger of frost, from certified disease-free seed potatoes. Under ideal growing conditions, you should grow a good crop, but your potatoes are always at risk for wilts and cultural problems.
Outdoor temperatures are something you cannot control. You can plant your potatoes in a good soil and at the right time of the year but still have problems when temperatures rise higher than expected. Potatoes plants and tubers that are exposed to hot sun and winds after cloudy weather can suffer damage and die. Symptoms of this exposure include light green, wilting leaves that dry up, and if tubers are present underground, they become brown and watery. To prevent this, protect potatoes from hot sun and drying winds.
Potatoes need even, consistent irrigation from the time you plant them up until the potato tubers are fully developed. The soil should never be allowed to dry out during the growing season; however, you should stop watering when the tops of the potato plants turn yellow to prevent the tubers from rotting. Potatoes that receive inconsistent moisture exhibit symptoms such as yellowing of leaf tips and margins, and stunted and dwarfed plants, and any tubers that do develop are malformed and cracked. The plants can turn brown and die. Placing a 2- to 3-inch layer of organic mulch around the potatoes can help the soil maintain moisture.
Fusarium wilt in potato begins with leaves taking on a pale appearance, especially on outer leaves, and leaf petioles begin to droop. As the disease progresses, lower plant leaves begin to yellow, wilt and die; the entire plant may die before the potato reaches maturity. Potatoes often show signs of browning at the stem with decay where stolens are attached. If tubers are present at the time of infections, they, too, turn brown in color.
Verticillium wilt symptoms often occur on the potato plants about the time flowering begins. Symptoms include wilting on hot, sunny days that may affect just the leaves on only one side of the plant or only one stem. The lower leaves usually show signs of wilting first, and as the disease moves up the plant, the upper leaves begin to wilt. Potato plants affected with verticillium wilt in cooler weather often develop yellow, wilting leaves that can lead to plant death.
Allman, Molly. "Reasons Why Potato Plants Are Dying and Not Blooming." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/reasons-potato-plants-dying-not-blooming-58020.html. Accessed 22 April 2019.


CRYOLIST - Take a few minutes to check that your efforts are in the new IPY EOC Catalogue!
Take a few minutes to check that your efforts are in the new IPY EOC Catalogue!
Please send out to any and all people, organizations and institutes interested in science education and outreach. Apologies in advance for any cross postings!
To all those interested in Education, Outreach and Communication during the latest International Polar Year!
Since the close of the International Polar Year (IPY) in the June 2010, the IPY Education, Outreach and Communication (EOC) Assessment Project has been working to collect information on Education, Outreach and Communication projects that occurred during the 2007-2009 International Polar Year.
We have now collected survey responses from more than 200 IPY EOC activities and have information on more than 500 education and outreach programs and activities. This includes large scale outreach involving internationally collaborations to IPY inspired classroom projects and activities. Thank you to all those who have taken the time and filled out our survey, your efforts are greatly appreciated and we have included the entries into our current catalogue of IPY EOC efforts.
Now that we have compiled IPY EOC projects into a single online, open access, searchable database we are asking for your feedback.
You can view and search the catalogue here: http://apecs.is/education-outreach/ipy-outreach-assessment/catalogue.
Please take the time to look through the catalogue. You can browse and search through the catalogue, allowing those interested in certain topics, target audiences, activities, certain countries etc. to narrow down the catalogue to what you are interested in. If you find an error in an EOC activity that you were a part of please email [hidden email] with the name of the project and the correction.
This IPY EOC Assessment Project is an ICSU funded activity, lead by APECS in partnership with SCAR and IASC. The project committee thanks everyone who has taken the time to input EOC records and complete surveys, and hopes that this project will help promote, record and archive all the EOC efforts that made IPY such a success.
If you have any questions, concerns, corrections please direct your email to [hidden email].


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The Peaceful Tour Live is a collection of Howard Jones songs performed live and with full electronics, released in 2001. Many of the hits included were revamped with contemporary electro elements, most notably You Know I Love You Don't You? Robin Boult accompanied Howard on electric guitar for this tour and Shaz Sparks sung backing vocals and the chorus on the track All I Want.

Track listing
"Conditioning" – 6:01
"New Song" – 4:49
"Like To Get To Know You Well" – 5:19
"Collective Heartbeat" – 7:17
"Hide And Seek" – 6:09
"All I Want" – 5:37
"Hunt The Self" – 3:59
"Let The People Have Their Say" – 5:12
"You Know I Love You...Don't You?" – 4:55
"Things Can Only Get Better" – 7:10
"What Is Love?" – 5:30

References

Howard Jones (English musician) albums
2001 live albums

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Obviously, thermodynamics has an important place in the energy nexus. During the ESAT conference we propose to explore the possibilities offered by non-equilibrium thermodynamic principles to improve energy efficiency of process units and mitigate CO2 emissions. A specific entry for papers on this topic will be provided.


I decided to write this post because I have seen the launch of many books lately that relate to women's soccer.
So, I would like to indicate these books and know the review of who have already read them. Feel free to share others related with the women's soccer world and give your review about them in the comment wall below!
One of the best female soccer players of all time, and for many, the greatest goalkeeper in history, released this week her biography. No, I am not talking about Hope Solo, but of Nadine Angerer, the 2013 FIFA World Player of the Year. In her career, she has played for the biggest German clubs, FC Bayern Munich, FFC Turbine Potsdam and FFC Frankfurt, furthermore, she has also played for clubs abroad such as the Australian club, Brisbane Roar and the American club, Portland Thorns. The German goalkeeper saved two penalties in the 2013 European Championship final and she also was named player of the match following Germany's 1–0 win against Norway. The book was published in German. Let's hope there is an English version!
One of the most recognisable names in the women's game, World Cup winner, Yuki Ogimi has released two books in her career so far. The first is her biography, which details her career at club and international level. The Japanese international has already enjoyed playing club level not only in her home country but also in England and Germany.
Yuki Ogimi has also released a training book. A great book of training techniques to practice which will help increase your speed and stamina!
Both of Yuki Ogimi's books are in Japanese.
The goalkeeper Hope Solo, which shares with Angerer the post of the best female goalkeeper in the history, is another player who has already has published her biography. Hope Solo, without any doubt, is one of the most controversial and famous players in the women's soccer world. In her career, she has played for the biggest clubs in the world, such as Göteborg, Olympique Lyonnais and Seattle Reign. Her biography is an absolute must-read book for anyone who loves women's soccer and USWNT.
Veronica Boquete, or simpy Vero, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Bundesliga club FFC Frankfurt and the Spanish national team. She is one of the greatest personalities in women's soccer and is one of the most friendly players. Vero has already played for Philadelphia Independence, Tyreso and Portland Thorns. "Vero Boquete, la princesa del deporte rey" is a must read for readers of Spanish.
"Footballer: My Story" is the inspiring story of Kelly Smith, the greatest player in England's history and a legend in women's soccer. She is the captain and assistant coach of Arsenal Ladies and recently has retired from the England Women's National Team. I highly recommend her book!
The Kicks collection (Saving the Team; Sabotage Season; Win or Lose), from the star soccer player and Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan, it is a series of children's Middle Grade books. Alex Morgan is an inspiring player and her books are a perfect gift for kids!
"O Dia em que as Mulheres Viraram a Cabeça dos Homens" was written by Rene Simoes, former coach of the Brazil WNT. The author shows in his book the challenges, the facts behind the scenes, the difficulties and prejudice suffered by the players, the joy and the conquest of an unprecedented Olympic medal in Athens, 2004. This is a must-read book for Brazil WNT fans! In Portuguese.
Part 3: Get to know the biggest group of Women's EURO match officials yet!


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Holder Scrambled to Find Judge to Approve Rosen Subpoena After Rejected Twice; Only Fox News Reports
Not surprisingly, there has been yet another revelation in the unfolding of the James Rosen investigation scandal. On Tuesday, it was discovered that Attorney General Eric Holder went "judge shopping" to find someone who would sign off on a subpoena of Fox News Correspondent James Rosen's personal records. Apparently, Holder went to three different federal judges before he found one that would agree to sign the subpoena without telling Rosen or Fox News.
However, the only morning show coverage of this important development in this scandal was found on the Fox and Friends; no other network or cable show devoted a sentence to educate the public about this discovery.
Fox & Friends cohost Gretchen Carlson believes that this is "the most egregious part of this story thus far" because the exposure of these new facts show that Holder went to a great deal of trouble and did "a lot of deliberate work to go … to three judges" in order to find one to sign the subpoena. [Listen to the audio here]
Additionally, on Tuesday afternoon news broke that the House Judiciary Committee was investigating whether or not Holder had committed perjury by lying about his involvement in the subpoenaing of Rosen's personal emails and phone records while under oath in his Congressional hearing May 15. Holder claimed to have no involvement in the matter, but it was later revealed that he had personally signed off on the decision to investigate Rosen.
Fox News devoted 20 minutes of its morning show Fox &Friends to cover this significant development in this scandal that has attempted to criminalize journalism, while two of the other three networks did not cover this story at all Wednesday morning. CBS was the only other network to report on it at all; however, they only deemed it worthy of two minutes of coverage on CBS This Morning.
These were stories that were widely available to all the news networks. They were not private and exclusive reports by Fox News to which the other networks did not have access. So why then, besides their vested corporate interest in defending their own, was Fox the only network to devote significant time to these discoveries? It was because the other networks have such strong liberal leanings.
The other news networks committed what is known as bias by omission. By devoting very little coverage to the Holder perjury story and no coverage at all to the "judge shopping" revelation, the liberal media lay bare their political tendencies
This practice is just as unacceptable as a network reporting the news with an overtly liberal spin. By failing to report news that might damage the left-wing political agenda, the mainstream media misleads its viewers into believing that such occurrences did not even take place. This practice must be eliminated from the news media in order to properly and truthfully educate the public about what is happening in their country and around the world, which is what news is supposed to do, but sadly, not what it usually does.
For reference, the transcript of the Fox & Friends discussion of Holder's "judge shopping" is provided below:
6:10 a.m. Eastern
GRETCHEN CARLSON: I think this may be the most egregious thing that comes out of this case so far today, which is it's now becoming apparent that possibly Eric Holder was judge shopping, so to speak. So, he had to go to a judge to get a subpoena to be able to look into James Rosen's personal e-mails, his phone calls, etc., who he was talking to. Now, it turns outs that apparently he went to not one but two, no three judges on a shopping spree to find a judge that would actually say, let's not tell James Rosen that we're doing this. Let's not tell Fox News or News Corps that we're doing this, and I find that to be the most egregious part of this story thus far.
STEVE DOOCY: The first two judges said, no, we can't do that. You're prosecuting journalism. Eventually, Judge Royce Lamberth overturned the first two judges and away we went.
CARLSON: That is a lot of deliberate work to go from one judge to two judges to three judges and then for Eric Holder to get under oath and say he's never done this and never had anything to do with this. To me that is one of the most important points of this story thus far.
CARLSON: Apparently Eric Holder was judge shopping to get this whole thing to happen where he could investigate James Rosen who works for Fox News and the dealings he was having at the State Department. Why did he have to judge shop? Because let's look at the three judges. The first two said, no, we're not going to let this happen. We're not going to let you subpoena and not tell James Rosen that you're looking into his personal e-mails and his personal phone records and listening possibly into his phone calls. Judge Alan Kay denied it. Judge John Facciola - I hope I pronounced that right - denied it, and it finally went to Royce Lamberth, who did approve it. So look guys, this was not just, hey I'll see if, you know, this is on a whim; I am going to go to a judge and see what happens. This took a lot of work. It took a lot of work and effort to get to three judges who finally the third judge said yes.
DOOCY: Sometimes that's the way Washington works.
BRIAN KILMEADE: It's a lot of work that he said he didn't know or do and didn't know about. So why not investigate it? So, the person who can makes heads or tails of this, to find out really what happened, is the man that was a part of it, who signed off on it, talked about it but, doesn't remember it? Perfect.
DOOCY: Perfect indeed.
Bias by Omission
Gretchen Carlson
James Rosen


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Oct 9, 2021 IPL Cricket 2021
IPL Cricket Updates
IPL Cricket is the latest professional Cricket League to be launched in India. The IPL is an eighteen (18) team league consisting of the first division, the Superliga, the Reserve League and the Championship. It is being hosted by a tournament which is the IPL Franchise T20 World Series. This is the first major event in the world where professional players from across the globe will be competing to be the IPL champions.
The IPL was established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and is managed by a syndicate of Indian businessmen who own a majority share in the IPL. The IPL has made a lot of advancement in terms of cricketing infrastructure, cricket courts, cricket pitch and other associated amenities and facilities in six cities in India where IPL matches are scheduled to be played. The Delhi Daredevils, the franchise that is part of IPL, is among the first teams to be registered in the IPL. The other teams which are part of IPL are Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Kochi Bears, Bangalore Gladiators, Delhi Hurricanes, Kolkata giants and the Hyderabad Devils. These IPL Cricket teams have earned revenue and sponsorships from various prominent companies in the cricketing industry and thus have earned a steady revenue which they are using to improve their quality of cricketing performance and also improve their brand value in the market.
Due to this, there are IPL Live Cricket Score, IPL Live Scores Card which are continuously updated throughout the IPL season for the fans who are able to manage their subscriptions and keep track of the score of every IPL match. The other important IPL Cricket updates are IPL Live Scores, IPL Live Stage and IPL Live Schedule. The IPL Live Stage is the stage which is used for the qualification tournaments. Earlier, the IPL was just started as a developmental league for the players and teams but later with the increasing popularity, it has been transformed into another professional cricket tournament with IPL Commissioner IPL ShashankManohar as the head coach. The IPL Live Schedule and IPL Live Score Card provide the fans with the schedule and score of every IPL match that is being played in different countries. The IPL cricket updates help you to keep track of the IPL matches that are scheduled for your country.
India is planning for the IPL. This is a big step forward in terms of popularity in the sport. Twenty20 cricket in India has exploded. It has the potential to go beyond the limited global cricketers and become a mainstream source of revenue. The IPL was only planned for three countries in fact but after Twenty20 cricket in India, the plan has been expanded to four nations.
Twenty20 cricket is now the hottest game in the world. With millions tuning in every week to watch this game, it has a tremendous fan following. The IPL is the most competitive cricket tournament with huge prize money and huge audiences. Cricket world cup is also on the off-season.
Twenty20 matches are played between teams from different countries. The format of Twenty20 matches have undergone radical changes in the last five years. The boundaries between first and third wicket have been abolished and in their place came three boundary corners. As a result, scoring rates have gone up. Batting has also become a lot more effective.
Twenty20 cricket is the most watched and followed cricketing game. All over the world, people are looking forward to the IPL. India is one of the favorites to win the IPL.
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If the IPL is good business for the IPL franchises, what can the future hold in store for the youngsters who have caught the fever for cricket? This is the big question that everyone is looking forward to find the answer to. The IPL is gradually moulding the cricket world cup and the kids who dream of becoming legends are lining up for the IPL.
The IPL is an eight team league that will be played in the month of April in Mumbai. Twenty one teams will be participating in the IPL and the matches will be played in different countries including India. The benefits that come with participating in IPL are better dressing rooms, international standard of training and better management of the match. The players playing in the IPL have the advantage of playing at bigger grounds and the commercial benefits that come with it include a share of ticket and advertising money. But the true worth of the IPL lies in the growth of the game in India.
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Novelist and essayist William H. Gass, author of The Tunnel and many other works, has died.
Kal Penn is publishing an essay collection with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2019. The still-untitled book will include pieces on "his ambition as an actor, the challenges of navigating Hollywood," and his year-long hiatus from acting while he worked as an associate director in President Obama's Office of Public Engagement.
Actress Sally Field is working on a memoir. Grand Central will publish In Pieces, which Field has been writing for the last five years, next fall.
Paris Review editor Lorin Stein has resigned "amid an internal investigation into his behavior toward female employees and writers," the New York Times reports.
WNYC hosts Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz have both been put on leave as the station investigates recent allegations of misconduct.
Tonight at the Brooklyn Historical Society, Jennifer Egan talks about her new book, Manhattan Beach.


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Sit and relax in the quaint downtown village of Tobermory as you plan your adventures for the day ahead. Take in the harbour with it's many moored yachts and crystal clear blue waters. View shipwrecks right from the dock!
Zip across the bay on a Zodiak tour to Flowerpot Island or take a more leisurely ride on the Chi Cheemaun to Manitoulin Island. Check out the Visitor Centre to learn more about what the area has to offer.


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After the Ads take on the Chicago Wolves at 7 pm, fans can join Ads players and staff on the ice to get their heads' shaved. For each person who gets their head shaved the Admirals will donate $50 to St. Baldrick's Foundation.
Fans do need to pre-register, and can do so by calling the Admirals office at 414-227-0550 or by signing up in the form below. All fans who get their head shaved will also receive a ticket voucher good for a 2015-16 Ads game.
The Admirals continue their six-game road trip on Tuesday in Oklahoma City. They'll return to the BMO Harris Bradley Center to host Texas Sat, Mar. 21 at 7pm.


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Master Plan update - November 2020
Headley Court West site
Headley Court Mansion site
NHS Seacole Centre
November 2019 proposals
Headley Court Mansion Site (edged red)
In response to feedback, proposals for the Mansion Site have been updated.
In November 2019, Angle proposed creating 128 retirement living apartments. Angle listened to feedback and units have been reduced to comprise the development of 93 new-build retirement living apartments and the retention and conversion of the Grade 2 listed mansion into 18 retirement apartments.
In addition, there will be a range of communal facilities for both on/off-site residents and the refurbishment of the grounds and gardens.
Outline consent, seeking approval for the use, access, location and massing of the new buildings has been submitted in December 2020. The information on this web page provides the key information from this planning application. The full planning application package is available on the MVDC Planning Website.
In summary the redevelopment is centred on the previously developed part of the site where the existing permanent buildings, which will be demolished, are currently located. The proposals also include the Change of Use of the Mansion Building to 18 Retirement Living Apartments and ancillary facilities. The detailed Listed Building Consent Application will come forward in due course.
The proposals provide a range of benefits and improvements as detailed below:
1) The proposals reuses Previously Developed Land in the Green Belt in a sustainable way as well as bringing back into use and regenerating a heritage asset and it's setting.
2) The retirement community will provide a long term viable use for the Site incorporating the heritage assets and extensive grounds and gardens.
3) The new buildings are sensitively designed to respect and improve the setting of the heritage assets and openness of the Green Belt by incorporating high quality design and landscaping principles.
4) The proposals will improve public access to the heritage assets and the Green Belt through provision of access to the gardens and communal facilities within the retirement community.
5) The site will support a range of jobs at both the construction and operational stages and thereby make a substantial economic contribution.
6) The development will include high quality retirement accommodation with care provision for which there is a need.
7) The proposals will contribute towards meeting the acute housing need within Mole Valley within the short term.
8) There will be a number of improvements to the local highway as a result of the proposed development which will improve access and safety conditions.
The following latest plans and information relating to the proposed planning application can be down loaded by selecting the links below:
Proposed Colour Site Plan
Proposed Layout – Ground Floor Plan
Proposed Layout – Lower Ground Plan
Proposed Layout – First Floor Plan
Car Parking Plan – Identifies locations for proposed car parking
Existing v Proposed Layout – Shows the proposed buildings relative to the location of existing permanent buildings
Proposed Elevations – Indicative elevations with existing building heights indicated
Design Code – This will govern the detailed design of the scheme at Reserved Matters stage
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The work that the Bristol Bike Project does in supporting and empowering often marginalised people and specifically women and refugees in the Bristol area is fantastic and, I believe, essential to the continued development of the wider community.
I have also added links for SaferWorld which is working towards greater global cooperation and a focus on positive conflict resolution, concepts that need as much support as possible to flourish and become the norm, making violent conflict (which benefits a select few) a thing of the past.
All of these organisations aim to improve the situations and circumstances for people locally and worldwide not just through providing financial assistance but through the development of ideas, through education, through awareness and through the individual making a difference.
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Conversation on race: Untold history of Northerners' fear of black migration
by Aallyah Wright March 29, 2018 April 2, 2018
Eugene Dattel (left) and Otis Sanford talk about growing up in the Missisippi Delta.
OXFORD – Addressing the troubling history of race in America, two native Mississippi authors — a seasoned historian and a veteran journalist — dive into race relations in the North and South and how much hasn't changed in today's society.
"A Conversation About Race" is one of many conversations hosted at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi in the lead up to the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. in an effort to reflect on a time that changed the course of history.
Throughout the conversation, Eugene Dattel, cultural and economic historian and author, talked about a recurring theme of how white people in the North did not want to see African-Americans prosper economically, educationally or politically and wanted to keep them in the South.
He added that this attitude of white Northerners is an ignored part of history.
Eugene Dattel addressing crowd at Overby Center for the discussion on race
"We know that the abolitionists ended slavery, but we don't know as much about their attitudes towards black people. Generally, they were anti-black," said Dattel. "Their great fear was of a migration North of black people."
He went on to mention how Connecticut disenfranchised its two percent black population in the 1800s, starting a colonization society to encourage African-Americans to move to Africa.
States including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Oregon had exclusion laws to keep black people out of their region, he said.
"They passed laws to give African Americans the rights in the South so they wouldn't move North," said Dattel. "Between 1865 and 1914, the black migration North did not exist. The black population in the North stayed under two percent."
According to Dattel, white wealth accumulation increased 84 percent in the last 30 years, three times that of the black population. White home ownership is up 71 percent while black home ownership saw a 41 percent increase. Black Americans own only two percent of businesses with paid employees, and more than 56 percent of black high school students need remedial work, he said.
"The difference between what happened in the 1960s and now is dramatic," said Dattel.
So, what role did the media play then versus now?
In the 1880s and 1890s, Dattel said, journalism followed the Southern path in terms of attitudes towards black people.
He gave examples of how The New York Times agreed with segregated school systems in the Midwest, approved of radical judges of the Supreme Court who neutered civil rights laws and wanted to start cotton production again by getting white ingenuity and black labor.
Otis Sanford, former managing editor of the Commercial Appeal says diversity is one of the casualties of today's newspaper climate.
Otis Sanford, former managing editor of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis and professor at the University of Memphis, spoke to his experience as an African-American journalist and the emerging diversity of the newsroom in the early 1970s, which he noted has fallen by the wayside today.
"I came to this university in 1973, and I was not the only African-American in the journalism program. We had several, and a lot of us got jobs coming out of this department. I was the first African-American male hired at The Clarion-Ledger (in Jackson)," he said.
The Kerner Commission, also known as the President's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, released an extensive study on race in America that stated news organizations need to reflect the makeup of their community, Sanford said, and when looking at newsrooms, editors felt they needed more diversity.
The commission consisted of 11 members who were appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to find out the causes of urban race riots, and in turn, provide solutions in 1967.
This report noted that the nation was moving towards a separate and unequal nation with two societies, a black society and a white society. As a result, they wanted to increase help to black communities to "prevent further racial violence and polarization," according to history.com.
With continuing progression, major newspapers started to aggressively hire African Americans during that time, but that is not the case today, said Sanford.
"Now with retrenchment when newspapers are downsizing and getting rid of staff, that has totally gone by the wayside," said Sanford.
Despite being an African-American journalist, Sanford said, he was blessed to not be typecast as a journalist, or as an editor, who covers certain topics based on his race. He has covered politics, police and local government— to name a few.
"It goes beyond race. Race is one of the things that I like to talk about and that I like to research and study because it provides a fascinating insight to where we are, where we've been and I think where we're headed," he said.
In today's world, racial inequality still exists along with resistance to being inclusive, whether it's holding separate graduations for white, black and Hispanic students in the Northeast or unfairly judging someone for mentoring a student of a different race.
White students and black students don't fully integrate until they meet on a college level whether in the classroom or social events, said Dattel.
"The classroom is the perfect place to hash out ideas and look at different perspectives," said Dattel. "In that context I adhere to, and Otis as well, there are universal standards … those universal standards are civility and respect and listening and questioning and a knowledge base."
Despite the ongoing tensions of race in America, the theme of universal standards brought Dattel and Sanford together, becoming friends, they said.
But in 30 years to come, an audience member asked, will there ever be harmony and a minority-majority, with whites being the latter, among Mississippians?
Sanford said its unlikely.
"As much as I love my home state, Mississippi has always struggled with conformity and so I still see a lot of tension there. A lot of it depends on politics and who's politically in control, and what kind of mindset those folks will have 20, 30 years from now," said Sanford.
"Its hard to say because I honestly believe that's one of the great fears that drives our political discourse today is the fact that minority-majority, not just state, but majority-minority nation is what's driving a lot of the tension and concern right now."
In the future, will the conversation of race stop being brought to the forefront and stop being romanticized as it has been, asked another audience member.
"I don't think we're ever going to get away from the conversation about race … this country is not nearly ready to do that," said Sanford.
by Aallyah Wright, Mississippi Today

Conversation on race: Untold history of Northerners' fear of black migration

by Aallyah Wright, Mississippi Today
March 29, 2018

OXFORD – Addressing the troubling history of race in America, two native Mississippi authors — a seasoned historian and a veteran journalist — dive into race relations in the North and South and how much hasn't changed in today's society.

"A Conversation About Race" is one of many conversations hosted at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi in the lead up to the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. in an effort to reflect on a time that changed the course of history.

Throughout the conversation, Eugene Dattel, cultural and economic historian and author, talked about a recurring theme of how white people in the North did not want to see African-Americans prosper economically, educationally or politically and wanted to keep them in the South.

He added that this attitude of white Northerners is an ignored part of history.

"We know that the abolitionists ended slavery, but we don't know as much about their attitudes towards black people. Generally, they were anti-black," said Dattel. "Their great fear was of a migration North of black people."

He went on to mention how Connecticut disenfranchised its two percent black population in the 1800s, starting a colonization society to encourage African-Americans to move to Africa.

States including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Oregon had exclusion laws to keep black people out of their region, he said.

"They passed laws to give African Americans the rights in the South so they wouldn't move North," said Dattel. "Between 1865 and 1914, the black migration North did not exist. The black population in the North stayed under two percent."

According to Dattel, white wealth accumulation increased 84 percent in the last 30 years, three times that of the black population. White home ownership is up 71 percent while black home ownership saw a 41 percent increase. Black Americans own only two percent of businesses with paid employees, and more than 56 percent of black high school students need remedial work, he said.

"The difference between what happened in the 1960s and now is dramatic," said Dattel.

So, what role did the media play then versus now?

In the 1880s and 1890s, Dattel said, journalism followed the Southern path in terms of attitudes towards black people.

He gave examples of how The New York Times agreed with segregated school systems in the Midwest, approved of radical judges of the Supreme Court who neutered civil rights laws and wanted to start cotton production again by getting white ingenuity and black labor.

Otis Sanford, former managing editor of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis and professor at the University of Memphis, spoke to his experience as an African-American journalist and the emerging diversity of the newsroom in the early 1970s, which he noted has fallen by the wayside today.

"I came to this university in 1973, and I was not the only African-American in the journalism program. We had several, and a lot of us got jobs coming out of this department. I was the first African-American male hired at The Clarion-Ledger (in Jackson)," he said.

The Kerner Commission, also known as the President's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, released an extensive study on race in America that stated news organizations need to reflect the makeup of their community, Sanford said, and when looking at newsrooms, editors felt they needed more diversity.

The commission consisted of 11 members who were appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to find out the causes of urban race riots, and in turn, provide solutions in 1967.

This report noted that the nation was moving towards a separate and unequal nation with two societies, a black society and a white society. As a result, they wanted to increase help to black communities to "prevent further racial violence and polarization," according to history.com.

With continuing progression, major newspapers started to aggressively hire African Americans during that time, but that is not the case today, said Sanford.

"Now with retrenchment when newspapers are downsizing and getting rid of staff, that has totally gone by the wayside," said Sanford.

Despite being an African-American journalist, Sanford said, he was blessed to not be typecast as a journalist, or as an editor, who covers certain topics based on his race. He has covered politics, police and local government— to name a few.

"It goes beyond race. Race is one of the things that I like to talk about and that I like to research and study because it provides a fascinating insight to where we are, where we've been and I think where we're headed," he said.

In today's world, racial inequality still exists along with resistance to being inclusive, whether it's holding separate graduations for white, black and Hispanic students in the Northeast or unfairly judging someone for mentoring a student of a different race.

White students and black students don't fully integrate until they meet on a college level whether in the classroom or social events, said Dattel.

"The classroom is the perfect place to hash out ideas and look at different perspectives," said Dattel. "In that context I adhere to, and Otis as well, there are universal standards … those universal standards are civility and respect and listening and questioning and a knowledge base."

Despite the ongoing tensions of race in America, the theme of universal standards brought Dattel and Sanford together, becoming friends, they said.

But in 30 years to come, an audience member asked, will there ever be harmony and a minority-majority, with whites being the latter, among Mississippians?

Sanford said its unlikely.

"As much as I love my home state, Mississippi has always struggled with conformity and so I still see a lot of tension there. A lot of it depends on politics and who's politically in control, and what kind of mindset those folks will have 20, 30 years from now," said Sanford.

"Its hard to say because I honestly believe that's one of the great fears that drives our political discourse today is the fact that minority-majority, not just state, but majority-minority nation is what's driving a lot of the tension and concern right now."

In the future, will the conversation of race stop being brought to the forefront and stop being romanticized as it has been, asked another audience member.

"I don't think we're ever going to get away from the conversation about race … this country is not nearly ready to do that," said Sanford.

This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
Aallyah Wright
Aallyah Wright is a native of Clarksdale, and a Mississippi Delta reporter covering education and local government. She is also a weekly news co-host on WROX Radio (97.5 FM) and collaborator with StoryWorks/Reveal Labs from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Aallyah has a bachelor's in journalism with minors in communications and theater from Delta State University. She is a 2018 Educating Children in Mississippi Fellow at the Hechinger Report, and co-founder of the Mississippi Delta Public Newsroom.
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History: Nonviolent Communication is also called Compassionate Communication. It was developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg who grew up surrounded by both inflammatory social situations and profoundly compassionate relationships. He asked himself: Why this discrepancy? Why is it that some persons wish to do harm to one another, while others enjoy giving to one another? From his studies and investigations into human nature, Dr. Rosenberg concluded that it is basic to human nature to enjoy compassionate giving. He postulated that incendiary human encounters are due to fear fostered by faulty education and self-perpetuating circumstances. Once human beings understand that they can get their needs met through the method of Nonviolent Communication, conflict is transformed into understanding and positive strategies.
Name: The term, "nonviolence" was coined during the Ghandian and Civil Rights movement. It implies the absence of violence in thought and deed. We may be unhappy with the actions of another human being, yet we wish for the well-being of this person even when we are in opposing positions. Nonviolent Communication allows for all persons to attend to what is most important to them.
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Automated checklists increase safety and lower costs
March 4, 2014 | Erin Digitale
Pilots, astronauts and workers in other high-risk industries follow rigorous safety checklists to help them avoid hazards. Checklists have shown potential to reduce risk in health care, too, but the challenge is figuring out how to incorporate them into physicians' and nurses' work flow.
A Stanford team has built a solution: an automated checklist that pulls data directly from patients' electronic medical records and pushes alerts to caregivers. The checklist, and a dashboard-style interface they used to interact with it, caused a three-fold drop in the rates of a serious type of hospital-acquired infection, the team found. The work has just been published in Pediatrics.
From our press release about the study:
"Electronic medical records are data-rich and information-poor," said Natalie Pageler, MD, the study's lead author. Often, the data in electronic medical records is cumbersome for caregivers to use in real time, but the study showed a way to change that, said Pageler, who is a critical care medicine specialist at the hospital and a clinical associate professor of pediatrics. "Our new tool lets physicians focus on taking care of the patient while automating some of the background safety checks."
Working in the pediatric intensive care unit at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, the researchers focused on bloodstream infections that occur via central lines, which are catheters inserted in major veins. The automated alerts were designed to help physicians and nurses follow an established set of best practices for caring for central lines. For example, alerts were generated when the dressing on a patient's central line was due to be changed.
The drop in the rate of central line infections – from 2.6 to 0.7 infections per 1,000 days of central line use – not only protected patients from harm; it also saved money. The team estimated that the savings in the pediatric intensive care unit were about $260,000 per year.
Next, the researchers hope to adapt the automated checklists to other uses, such as helping to guide the recovery of patients who have received organ transplants.
A version of this story first appeared on the Scope blog.
Tags: Natalie Pageler, patient safety, safety


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Bacon Meatball appetizers made with just 3 ingredients and unbelievably good flavor! Quick and easy appetizer recipes perfect for parties.
It's the Saturday before Labor Day which means, hello, HAPPY BACON DAY!! It may as well be a national holiday here in our house. I mean, I buy bacon in bulk and currently have about 30-lbs in my freezer. That should really explain everything, right?! Ha. I have a fabulous little appetizer for you today. They're simple to make and I assure you, people will devour them. Enjoy!
Like bacon? Scroll down to find even more amazing bacon recipes!
Bake in a 400-degree oven for 15-25 minutes. Cooking time will vary depending on the thickness of your bacon and how well done you'd like it. My bacon was thick and I like it well done, so I cooked them for the full 25 minutes.
I can't believe I have never thought of doing this, we love bacon at our house. These look so yummy!
I did not microwave the bacon because I find that leaves it bland and rubbery so instead I suggest to anyone else who feels this way, just put it on the stove top for a few.


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Author Hongo Searches for 'The Perfect Sound'
Poet Garrett Hongo's latest book, "The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo," will be released in February by Penguin Random House and can be pre-ordered from online booksellers.
Hongo's passion for audio dates back to the Empire 398 turntable his father paired with a Dynakit tube amplifier in their modest tract home in Los Angeles in the early 1960s. But his adult quest begins in the CD-changer era, as he seeks out speakers and amps both powerful and refined enough to honor the top notes of the greatest opera sopranos.
In recounting this search, he describes a journey of identity where meaning, fulfillment, and even liberation were often most available to him through music and its astonishingly varied delivery systems.
Hongo writes about the sound of surf being his first music as a kid in Hawaii, about doo-wop and soul reaching out to him while growing up among Black and Asian classmates in L.A., about Rilke and Joni Mitchell as the twin poets of his adolescence, and about feeling the pulse of John Coltrane's jazz and the rhythmic chords of Billy Joel's piano from his car radio while driving the freeways as a young man trying to become a poet.
Journeying further, he visits devoted collectors of decades-old audio gear as well as designers of the latest tube equipment, listens to sublime arias performed at La Scala, hears a ghostly lute at the grave of English Romantic poet John Keats in Rome, drinks in wisdom from blues musicians and a diversity of poetic elders while turning his ear toward the memory-rich strains of the music that has shaped him: Hawaiian steel guitar and canefield songs; Bach and The Band; Mingus, Puccini, and Duke Ellington.
And in the decades-long process of perfecting his stereo setup, Hongo also discovers his own now-celebrated poetic voice.
Hongo was born in Volcano, Hawaii, and grew up on the North Shore of Oahu and in Los Angeles. His most recent books are "The Mirror Diary: Selected Essays" and "Coral Road: Poems." He is a regular contributor to SoundStage.
Garrett Hongo
"Soulful . . . Hongo delivers a memorable memoir on reflection and artistry, as rendered through his audiophile tendencies . . . As he describes in lyrical, fervent passages, his penchant for spinning vinyl on cheap turntables would eventually become a love for elaborate equipment, amplifiers, speakers, and vacuum tubes . . . [A] paean to the power of music." — Publishers Weekly
"Music throbs in the background throughout this spirited memoir . . . Along the way, the author offers a history of the invention of the vacuum tube, amplifiers, and the various permutations of the phonograph. A memoir of self-discovery via homage to the richness of sound." — Kirkus Reviews
"Contrary to Marcel Duchamp's quip that one can look at seeing but cannot hear hearing, in 'The Perfect Sound' we hear the proverbial juice flowing, or blood rushing, in the soul of a poet acutely attuned to a world of sounds. From his first soundscape of ocean surf in Oahu to Rabelais's fantastical sea of frozen words, from cicada to Aeolian harp, from La Bohème at La Scala to the Heart Sutra at a Kyoto temple, Garrett Hongo ingeniously mixes personal memoir with cultural history and offers us an indispensable guide for the search of acoustic truth." — Yunte Huang, author of "Charlie Chan"
"Garrett Hongo is a master, but be advised: this memoir will have you spending hundreds of dollars on audio devices, and hours of delight and even awe as you read. It is not all about stereos — it is an aria of living, hearing, feeling, writing. Masterful." — Luis Alberto Urrea, author of "The House of Broken Angels"
"'Exuberance is beauty,' says William Blake, and this is a truly exuberant book: exuberant about music, about language, about life. Read and drink in its spirit!" — Mark Edmundson, author of "The Fine Wisdom and Perfect Teachings of the Kings of Rock and Roll"
"A quest organizes the telling of a life. In his memoir, 'The Perfect Sound,' Garrett Hongo's deeply informed and passionate quest to bring recorded music to life ingeniously parallels his development as a poet seeking a voice that will become his recorded identity." — Stuart Dybek, author of "Childhood and Other Neighborhoods"
"Picking up where he left off in 'Volcano,' Hongo shifts the focus in this new memoir from Hawaii to the wide-ranging soundtrack of his long life, well lived on three continents. His clean, poetic prose and dry sense of humor about his quest for the hypermaximal gear to hear it all anew are two of this book's many pleasures." — James McManus, author of "Positively Fifth Street"


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Rhodes to Ruin: How Africa is Traducing the Legacy of a Great Man
Liam Deacon
A statue of Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town has been removed after students launched an uncompromising campaign to have the great man expunged from history.
The statue of the British businessman, mining magnate, philanthropist and politician has stood in the grounds of the university since the 1920s. Rhodes donated the land on which the institution is built and provided much of its initial wealth.
Protesters threw red paint on the bronze and danced on the plinth as the statue was lifted off on Friday. "It was a symbol of institutionalized racism," said Ramahiba Mahapha, the leader of students' representative council.
Students began a hashtag campaign (#Rhodesmustfall) earlier in the year and have repeatedly vandalized the monument with spray paint and buckets of human excrement, forcing the university management to board it up in March.
Since the statue was taken away, the hashtag #Rhodeshasfallen has started trending in its place. Here are a few examples.
Now that #RhodesHasFallen. How about we just stop erecting statues altogether? Plant trees instead? Signifies future, growth & humility.
— Simon de la Rouviere (@simondlr) April 10, 2015
Just going to leave this here… #RhodesHasFallen pic.twitter.com/Djg7s1kocH
— Kaveshan Chetty (@KaveshanChetty) April 10, 2015
The spirit of Robert Mugabe is here, Rhodes had to fall. What a coincidence! #RhodesHasFallen
— Seabelo (@SeabeloSeleke) April 8, 2015
The new world will be created by, and belong to, those brave enough to make it happen. #RhodesHasFallen pic.twitter.com/fmGqWf4Fzm
— ★Charlie★Mathews★ (@mandyldewaal) April 9, 2015
Similar protests have spread across South Africa with wide-spread demands for the removal of other statues of prominent figures of the nation's past, including Louis Botha and Paul Kruger.
Not everyone agrees, however.
The civil rights group Afriforum said that Afrikans are "increasingly being portrayed as criminals," and "all cultures and heritage should be respected by everyone. The Afrikaner also wants our heritage to be preserved for future generations, so that they can also learn from the past."
The Democratic Alliance opposition party said, "The defacement of statues is a total distraction from the heart of the issue." Mmusi Maimane, the party's parliamentary leader, added; "Poverty and inequality remain with us 21 years after apartheid because of the ANC's failure to transform South Africa. That is the real scandal in our country."
In "solidarity" with the #Rohdesmustfall campaign in South Africa, supporters of the despotic Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe have threatened to dig up and destroy Rhodes' grave in the Matobo Hills (which still attracts thousands of visitors each year, bringing much-needed tourism revenue to the area.)
All of which seeks to denigrate the achievements of a man who always put Africa – and its people – first.
He moved to the continent at 17 to stay with his brother. Initially Rhodes worked in agriculture, before going on to found the De Beers diamond firm which he built up to be a world leader that until recently controlled much of the global trade. His business employed thousands and made him one of the wealthiest men in the world.
"Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life," said Rhodes, the son of a vicar from Hertfordshire.
Like many giants of history, Rhodes is a controversial figure. He was also a man of his time, and lectures at the university have attempted to reminded students that it is problematic to judge historical figures by the moral standards of today.
Rhodes is credited with bringing rapid development and wealth to large parts of Africa. He set up the world's most famous educational grant, the Rhodes Trust, which bequeaths benefits on thousands of students and scholars of all nationalities and races to this day. The Rhodes University in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, was funded by him.
Rhodes is most famous for his grandiose dream of drawing a "red line" from Cairo to Cape Town, the length of the continent, without leaving British territory and constructing a railroad to prove it. Rhodesia – now Zambia and Zimbabwe – was also named after him.
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