Papaya Outbreak Grows to 109 Infected People. But How Does Salmonella Get Inside Produce?
Concern is growing as the numbers keep increasing in the Papaya Salmonella outbreak. With 109 cases from at least 16 states, this is a serious situation. Authorities have begun to identify the source of the outbreak, but still investigating if any other farms could be affected. Until this is resolved, the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) is asking that consumers do not consume and throw away or return Maradol papayas imported from Mexico. Retailers should remove them from the shelves and restaurants should not buy or serve Maradol papayas imported from Mexico. Any place that the papayas have touched such as counters, refrigerator shelves, or refrigerator drawers should be disinfected.
As of the last CDC update August 4, 2017, 109 cases have been reported, 35 have been hospitalized, and 1 death has occurred in the State of New York. States affected include: Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
At first it seemed that Salmonella Kiambu traced back to Maradol papayas was the only bacteria involved in the outbreak. However testing has proved that another Salmonella strain, Salmonella Thompson has also been found on these papayas and has infected people. The FDA has identified several types of bacteria in papaya sources. More investigation is underway to determine what has contributed to this outbreak.
How Does Salmonella Get Inside Produce?
Many instances of outbreaks trace back to produce. In fact, 13% of all outbreaks between 1990 and 2005 were linked to fresh produce. One of the driving factors is that produce is one of the main food products that are often consumed raw and many times handled the least. The question becomes, how did the bacteria get inside the fruit or vegetable? While the bacteria is Salmonella and the fruit or vegetable in this case is papaya, this is a question many have pondered. The answer to this important question would allow farmers and distributers better ways of preventing contamination, which would lower opportunities for outbreaks.
Could the irrigation water be contaminated with feces from livestock or wild animals such as deer or geese? Could animals wandering through the crops contaminate the fruits and vegetables with infectious feces? Is uncomposted animal manure being applied to a field? Is the water table contaminated with an infectious bacteria? If so, can the plant pull the bacteria through the root structure into the plant?
One of the main questions researchers are interested in finding out, is how the bacteria contaminate produce. In fact, many companies sponsor research to get to the bottom of this question for their particular product in order to prevent future contaminations. As each plant has unique properties and mechanisms for bringing in nutrients and how the water and nutrients travel through itself, investigations can only focus on one type of produce at a time.
In 2006, baby spinach was the source of an E. coli outbreak. Fresh Express, a produce company, funded research to determine if the roots of the plant could pull pathogens from the soil and transport them to other parts of the plant, such as the stems and leaves. This research would be beneficial to spinach farmers and could carry over to other salad greens with similar mechanisms. By placing a fluorescence gene in an experimental E. coli bacteria, researchers could spy on the bacteria and watch how it moves through the plant. They found that E. coli can survive for a surprising 28 days and could move from the soil into the roots of the spinach plants. It turns out that the E. coli did not move past the roots to the plants interior structures, leaning toward E. coli contamination originating from the external parts of the plant.
Researchers from University of California, Davis investigated how cantaloupes may get contaminated with Salmonella. This is a major concern for California, as 70% of the cantaloupes sold in the United States comes from this state. Researchers concluded that uptake from contaminated soil was unlikely to travel beyond root structures, urging scientist to identify another route of entry. They considered that external contact with pathogens could provide potential for contamination. Irrigation water or contamination from the ground's surface could transfer pathogens to the melons during normal growing and transporting methods. Researchers concluded that an opening in the surface of the fruit such as a nick or cut, could allow a route of entry for the pathogen. In these cases, the pathogen makes its way inside and no amount of washing it could remove the bacteria.
Prevention and helming keep ourselves safe is something we can always do, despite issues in the food system. While we expect that the food we purchase from reputable vendors is safe and healthy, we can take small extra steps to keep ourselves and our family safe.
The best way to protect yourself from contaminated produce is to inspect it thoroughly prior to purchasing. Do not buy any fruit or vegetable with nicks, cuts, or bruises. These are avenues for harmful bacteria to make its way inside, potentially causing illness.
Once you get the produce home, store it properly. If it is a product meant to store at room temperature, set aside a place for it on your counter in a basket or contained location. If it is a product meant to store in the refrigerator, use the produce drawers in your refrigerator if possible. This contains it until you are ready to use it. Wash these areas regularly so bacteria cannot grow out of control and begin to contaminate other things in your kitchen and home.
Wash produce thoroughly. There are different techniques depending on the type of produce you are working with. Wash and dry thoroughly to remove any residual contamination from the farm or even the store you purchased it from. This also applies to any produce grown in your own garden. You may have bacteria lurking in your own back yard. Always be safe and remember to wash.


Dapsis has been a lover of insects since the age of five. He earned his master's degree in entomology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Thirty-six years of professional[LD3] pest management experience (at Ocean Spray and Black Flag) includes working with insects common in vegetable crops, cranberries, and in households. All the street creds needed to be a walking encyclopedia of tick facts.
Larry told us that tick activity has been especially high in spring 2018, with its greater than normal precipitation. Tick populations grow when it is wet, because of the higher ambient humidity (it's not the rain that matters per se, it's the humidity). Ticks are moisture-seekers and thus can stay out for longer periods of time hunting for dinner in damp or rainy weather. On the other hand, when it is dry, they bury deeper into leaf litter in search of moisture. A somewhat new revelation, supported by research data, is that the incidence of Lyme disease on the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard is much higher than the incidence in the rest of the state… because humidity is higher on these islands since they are surrounded by water.
Another recent finding is that Barnstable County (Cape Cod) is the only county in the state in which the incidence rate is not rising. This has gotten the attention of the Harvard School of Medicine. As they looked into this statistic, they discovered that Barnstable also happens to be the only county in the state with an aggressive education program. Larry was recently interviewed by a writer for public radio working on a series of stories on their exceptional educational efforts.
In Massachusetts, we have three tick species to be aware of, the deer tick, dog tick and Lone Star Tick. Lone Star is widely spread on Cape Cod and the islands. Deer ticks can vector the pathogens that cause five different diseases.
Deer ticks carry Lyme Disease. Lyme is the most prevalent infectious disease in Massachusetts and is now considered to be a public health crisis. In addition to Lyme, deer ticks can carry pathogens which cause Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis, relapsing fever and Powassan virus, all of which can be very serious.
How do ticks spread from one area to another? Migratory birds can introduce ticks to a new area. This seems to be what happened on Cape Cod. Other animals can then move them around locally like wild turkey and coyotes.
When are ticks active in Massachusetts? The risk of infection is year round, but the greatest risk is from the nymph stage (late May) into August when 25% of people are infected and the bite is more difficult to detect. The greatest risk is NOT from tick adults: their bite is more likely to be noticed.
How do I get a tick tested for disease? If you found a tick and want to get it tested, it is very easy, just click here. Massachusetts residents have the chance to get a reduced rate through a special CDC grant, until the funding runs out (likely around August 2018).
Regarding the use of Permethrin around cats, Claire Willey, pharmacist at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, said, "You should never apply Permethrin directly to cats since it is highly toxic to them. Cats are not capable of metabolizing this chemical in the liver, so it can build up, causing tremors and seizures. If you have a house with dogs and cats, even though dogs can absorb it, we recommend not using Permethrin, as cats can be exposed." Dapsis said that clothing treated with Permethrin (when applied in a factory) is safe around cats.
Dr. Jennifer Graham, associate professor at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, advises that when considering Permethrin use near bodies of water (with fish or other aquatic animals), use the following guidelines: Permethrin should be kept out of lakes, streams, or ponds. Do not contaminate water by cleaning equipment or by disposing of wastes near a body of water. Permethrin may not be applied when weather conditions favor drift from treated areas. Permethrin degrades rapidly in water, although it can persist in sediments. Thank you to the Extension Toxicology Network, a pesticide information project of cooperative extension offices of Cornell University, Michigan State University, Oregon State University, and University of California at Davis, for providing guidance.
By far, Permethrin is the most effective tool in the box. This insecticide can be sprayed onto clothing where it will remain effective through six washings, or one can purchase factory-treated clothing where Permethrin remains active in repelling insects through 70 washings. Larry Dapsis tells us that 60 seconds of exposure to Permethrin is sufficient to kill ticks. Treating footwear is very important since nymph stage ticks (poppy seed-sized) bury into leaf litter on the ground. If you are treating pants, turn them inside out after the spray dries and then finish by treating the bottom 6" of cuff.
Children under age of 10 have a higher incidence of Lyme disease than any other age bracket. Why is that? Dapsis believes it is because they are not using enough Permethrin in footwear and outer clothing. It is highly effective in killing the tick upon contact with treated clothing, and the tick is guaranteed to die. But the question must be asked, is it safe?
Professor Rich shared that, "Permethrin is safe for humans but not for arthropods (including ticks). It works against the arthropod nervous system by disrupting sodium channels. The ion channels of mammals (like us) are not as susceptible to pyrethroids (eg. permethrin). It's also thought that mammals have higher metabolic rates and so the pyrethroids break down quickly before they have an opportunity to act against neural cells. Empirically, we know that permethrin has very little toxicity in mammals and appears to have no carcinogenic activity." The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states that permethrin cream can be used on children as young as 2 months of age. There are no studies available on use from birth up to two months.
According to a 2017 EPA document https://www.epa.gov/insect-repellents/repellent-treated-clothing , the toxicity profile is extremely low for humans. Permethrin has low dermal absorption. As with any insecticide, read the label and use the product according to manufacturer's instructions.


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Q: Regex to match GGG and number after GGG I'm trying to build a regex to match GGG and number after GGG (might me with space) for example:
This is GGG 15
This is GGG15

A: first thing that comes to my mind:
@"\bGGG\s*\d+"

explanation :
\b word boundary
\s* whitespace occuring 0 or more times (makes the space optional)
\d+ digit occuring 1 or more times (makes the number mandatory, at least 1 digit)

A: This should just be:
\bGGG ?\d+

or if you want to allow any whitespace, not just a space character:
\bGGG\s?\d+

or if you want to allow more than one whitespace character:
\bGGG\s*\d+

From the comments, the \b is necessary to exclude BGGG123.  If you also want to exclude something like GGG123B, also add a \b at the end.

A: Regex: \w+\s*\d+ or if it's only GGG then use GGG\s*\d+
Details:
\w Matches any word character (equal to [a-zA-Z0-9_])
+ Matches between one and unlimited times
\s Matches any whitespace character (equal to [\r\n\t\f\v ])
* Matches between zero and unlimited times
\d Matches a digit (equal to [0-9])
Regex demo

A: Vnuuk,
Sorry the slashes are backwards, it should be GGG\s+\d+.

A: One of the resources I use is https://regexr.com/ to help when I am working on getting my regex's correct.
You could use GGG/s+/d+

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Ellis Wellwood Sifton  (12 October 1891 – 9 April 1917) was a Canadian soldier. Sifton was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Sifton was born in Wallacetown, Ontario and was a farmer when he enlisted in October 1914. One of four soldiers to earn the Victoria Cross in the Battle of Vimy Ridge (the others were Thain Wendell MacDowell, William Johnstone Milne and John George Pattison), Sifton was 25 years old, and a Lance Sergeant in the 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Victoria Cross
On 9 April 1917 at Neuville-St.-Vaast, France, during an attack on enemy trenches, Lance-Sergeant Sifton's company was held up by machine-gun fire. During an attack on Vimy Ridge, "C" Company of the 18th Battalion was held up during its advance by German machine gunners who had survived the artillery barrage by taking refuge in concrete shelters. As the Canadians moved forward, the German machine guns swept the battlefield, causing heavy casualties. Sifton saw the machine gun nest first. He jumped up, rushed forward and leapt into the trench. He then charged into the German gun crew and knocked the gun over before turning on the gunners with his bayonet, killing each man. More Canadians hurried forward, but not before a small German party moved down the trench towards Sifton. He used his bayonet and his rifle as a club to fight them off until help arrived. Despite these efforts, Sifton was killed during the fighting.

Citation
His Victoria Cross citation published in the London Gazette, dated 8 June 1917 reads:

His VC is held by the Elgin County Pioneer Museum in St Thomas, Ontario.

References

Further reading
 Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
 The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

External links
 Ellis Wellwood Sifton's digitized service file
 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
 Legion Magazine Article on Ellis Wellwood Sifton
 Ellis Wellwood Sifton: Directorate of History and Heritage Victoria Cross Biography

Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross
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1917 deaths
Canadian military personnel killed in World War I
People from Elgin County
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Der JaG-7 () war ein zweiachsiger Lastkraftwagen des sowjetischen Herstellers Jaroslawski Awtomobilny Sawod (kurz JaAZ). Der heute nicht mehr existierende Prototyp wurde 1939 gebaut und sollte ab 1942 in Serie gefertigt werden, was durch den Zweiten Weltkrieg verhindert wurde. Obwohl nie in Produktion gegangen, ist er ein wichtiges Bindeglied zwischen Vorkriegs- und Nachkriegsfertigung in der Geschichte des sowjetischen Lastwagenbaus.

Unter der Bezeichnung JaS-4 (russisch ЯС-4) wurde auch ein Versuchsfahrzeug mit Kippbrücke gebaut. Als JaG-7A entstand ein einzelner Omnibus mit 32 Sitzplätzen, der Teile des JaG-7 verwendete.

Fahrzeuggeschichte

Ausgangssituation
Im Jaroslawski Awtomobilny Sawod wurden bereits seit etwa 1925 schwere Lkw gebaut. Dies brachte jedoch für die junge Automobilindustrie der Sowjetunion verschiedene Probleme mit sich. Während kleinere Lastwagen wie der GAZ-AA oder auch der ZIS-5 schon ab etwa 1933 in großen Stückzahlen gefertigt wurden, konnten schwerere Lastwagen nicht in großen Mengen hergestellt werden. Eine ganze Reihe von Faktoren war dafür verantwortlich, unter anderem mangelndes Fachwissen, schlechte Straßen, politische Planvorgaben und Devisenmangel. So blieben die Produktionszahlen in Jaroslawl im Vergleich zu anderen Werken jener Zeit gering.

Zudem hatte die Anlage in Jaroslawl gegenüber anderen Automobilwerken einen entscheidenden Nachteil. Nicht alle Komponenten für die Lastwagen wurden im Werk selbst gefertigt. So gab es vor dem Krieg am Standort keine eigene Motorenproduktion. Da auch an anderer Stelle in der UdSSR keine ausreichend starken Lastwagenmotoren gebaut wurden, konnten sie auch nicht leicht von anderen Unternehmen bezogen werden. Mit diesem Problem hatten nicht nur die ganz frühen Modelle wie der Ja-3 zu tun, sondern auch spätere Fahrzeuge wie der JaG-6 oder der JaG-10 blieben auf Importmotoren angewiesen oder waren untermotorisiert.

Außerdem baute man bei JaAZ noch bis 1942 Lastwagen, die weitgehend auf den technischen Stand von etwa 1920 zurückgingen. Um dem Abhilfe zu schaffen, wurde mit dem JaG-7 in den späten 1930er-Jahren eine modernere Konstruktion geschaffen.

Bau des Prototyps
Ende 1938 gaben die Konstrukteure bei JaAZ verschiedene Versuche auf, einen stärkeren Motor aus heimischer Fertigung zu erhalten. Zuvor hatte man erfolglos versucht eine Kooperation mit dem Moskauer Sawod imeni Stalina (ZIS) aufzubauen, auch Bemühungen um einen Dieselmotor aus einem Motorenwerk in Ufa schlugen fehl. Stattdessen wurde für das Projekt der Sechszylinder-Ottomotor aus dem Omnibus ZIS-16 verwendet. Durch neue Leichtmetall-Zylinderköpfe und einige weitere Verbesserungen leistete dieser 12 PS mehr als sein Vorgänger aus dem Lastwagen ZIS-5. Trotzdem stellten sich die 85 PS nicht als ausreichend für den Einsatz im JaG-7 heraus, der voll beladen 10,3 Tonnen und damit 4,2 Tonnen mehr als der ZIS-5 auf die Waage brachte. Das Drehmoment war in Verbindung mit dem genutzten Schaltgetriebe zu gering, weshalb das Fahrzeugbauinstitut NATI extra ein Untersetzungsgetriebe entwarf. Damit war zwar das Drehmomentproblem gelöst, jedoch waren größere Geschwindigkeiten als 52 km/h durch den Leistungsmangel nicht möglich. NATI hatte zwar einen Dieselmotor mit 110 bis 130 PS Leistung in der Entwicklung, der Typ MD-23 hätte später im Motorenwerk in Ufa gefertigt werden sollen. Jedoch wurde auch dieser Plan nie verwirklicht, das Werk baute ab 1939 Teile für die Luftfahrtindustrie.

Im Laufe der Erprobungen wurden verschiedene Motoren am Fahrzeug ausprobiert, unter anderem auch der NATI-Dieselmotor MD-23. Dieser kam wahrscheinlich nur bei einem von insgesamt zwei Prototypen zum Einsatz, der ab diesem Zeitpunkt auch JaG-8 genannt wurde.

Weitere Teile wurden aus anderen Automobilwerken zugeliefert. Bei der Kupplung wurde auf eine Zweischeiben-Trockenkupplung von ZIS zurückgegriffen, viele Standardteile stammten entweder von ZIS oder aus dem Gorkowski Awtomobilny Sawod (GAZ). Einzig das Viergang-Schaltgetriebe war neu und wurde nach dem Krieg fast unverändert im Nachfolger JaAZ-200 verbaut. Die Verwendung von Nichteisenmetallen am Fahrzeug wurde minimiert, um Rohstoffe einzusparen.

Komplett neu angefertigt wurde die Karosserie. In der Literatur finden sich Angaben, dass sie von einem White inspiriert worden sei, andere Quellen nennen GMC- bzw. General-Motors-Lastwagen als Vorbilder. Tatsächlich weist der Prototyp optisch eine sehr große Ähnlichkeit mit schweren Modellen der GMC T-Serie der 1930er-Jahre auf.

Neben dem JaG-7 als Pritschenwagen wurde auf dem gleichen Fahrgestell der JaS-4 gebaut. Auch dieses Modell blieb ein Prototyp. Es handelte sich um einen Kipper mit viereinhalb Tonnen Nutzlast. Außerdem gab es unter der Kennung JaG-7A den Prototyp eines Omnibusses, der aus Teilen des JaG-6 und des JaG-7 zusammengebaut wurde. Er glich optisch dem ZIS-16, war mit 32 Sitzplätzen aber deutlich größer. Außerdem bestanden Pläne, in der Serienfertigung ein Fahrzeug mit Kofferaufbau zu produzieren.

Weitere Entwicklung und Verbleib
Der Zweite Weltkrieg brachte grundsätzliche Umbrüche in die sowjetische Lastwagenindustrie. Zum einen mussten viele Projekte und Weiterentwicklungen zeitweilig gestoppt werden. Zum anderen kamen durch den Lend-Lease-Act große Mengen zuverlässiger US-amerikanischer Fahrzeuge in die Sowjetunion. Mit ihnen kamen auch neue Motoren und andere technische Neuerungen. So wurden schon im Krieg Motoren von Detroit Diesel in Jaroslawl montiert und später auch selbst gefertigt. Die Reihen-Vier- und Sechszylinder-Zweitakter sollten die sowjetische Dieselmotorenindustrie in den kommenden Jahrzehnten prägen und wurden zum Beispiel als JaAZ-M204 und JaAZ-M206 im späteren JaAZ-200 verbaut. 1959 wurde die Lastwagenfertigung in Jaroslawl sogar komplett zu Gunsten der Motorenfertigung aufgegeben.

Es gibt Berichte darüber, dass auch der JaG-7 in Kriegszeiten mit einem Detroit Diesel 6-71 (Sechszylinder) ausgerüstet wurde. Dieses Modell wurde als JaG-9 bezeichnet.

Bereits 1941 wurde unter der Bezeichnung Ja-14 bzw. OP-200 ein neuer Lastwagenprototyp für sieben Tonnen Zuladung gebaut. Dessen Fertigstellung erfolgte 1944 und mündete 1947 in der Serienproduktion des JaAZ-200, später MAZ-200 genannt. Diese Lastkraftwagen wurden zu Zehntausenden noch bis 1965 gebaut. Optisch wie technisch wurden viele Elemente vom JaG-7 übernommen, der für die Konstruktion wegweisend war.

Heute ist kein JaG-7 mehr erhalten. Auch der Bus JaG-7A und der Kipper JaS-4 sind nicht mehr vorhanden. Die Fahrzeuge wurden der Öffentlichkeit sehr wahrscheinlich nur ein einziges Mal gezeigt, auf einer Parade 1939, bei der verschiedene Entwicklungen der sowjetischen Automobilindustrie vorgestellt wurden. Ein Pressefotograf filmte das Ereignis, wodurch einige wenige Aufnahmen des JaG-7 und des JaS-4 bis heute erhalten geblieben sind.

Technische Daten
Für den Prototyp JaG-7 von 1939, soweit bekannt.

 Motor: Ottomotor, 6 Zylinder in Reihe
 Motortyp: ZIS-16 (aus dem gleichnamigen Omnibus), später auch andere Modelle
 Leistung: 85 PS (62,5 kW)
 Hubraum: 5555 cm³
 Getriebe: mechanisches Vierganggetriebe + Rückwärtsgang
 Untersetzungsgetriebe: zweistufig
 Höchstgeschwindigkeit: 52 km/h
 Antriebsformel: 4×2

Abmessungen und Gewichte
 Länge: 6695 mm
 Breite: 2500 mm
 Höhe: 2315 mm
 Radstand: 4200 mm
 Bodenfreiheit: 280 mm
 Leergewicht: 5300 kg
 Zuladung: 5000 kg in jedem Gelände
 Zulässiges Gesamtgewicht: 10.300 kg, JaS-4: 10.600 kg
 Sitzplätze: 3 in der Kabine
 Abmessungen der Ladefläche: 3780×2330×600 mm
 Bauart: Pritsche, drei Bordwände klappbar, aus Holz
 Achslast vorne leer/beladen: 2280/2680 kg
 Achslast hinten leer/beladen: 3020/7620 kg
 Spurweite vorne: 1900 mm
 Spurweite hinten: 1860 mm
 Reifengröße: 10,5-20"
 Gewicht eines Rades (Reifen + Felge): 120 kg

Einzelnachweise

Literatur
 L. M. Schugurow: АВТОМОБИЛИ. России и СССР. Erster Teil. Ilbi/Prostreks, Moskau 1993, ISBN 5-87483-004-9.

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Afterwards, dial the Office of Campus Safety at 909-706-3088. This number is monitored 24 hours a day and personnel may be able to respond more timely to an emergency situation until local authorities arrive. This number can also be used to notify the Office of Campus Safety for non-life threatening issues for things like a burst water pipe, suspicious person on campus, alarms, etc.
Upon placing the call for emergency help:
Give your name, location, and the nature of the emergency.
DO NOT HANG UP until instructed to do so.
To reach a Residence Life professional for campus situations that are NOT life-threatening but residence related (i.e., lockout, facility failures such as a loss of electrical power, alarms, etc.) callers should call the Residence Life Offices at ext. 392 using a campus phone or 909-706-3092 from any non-campus phone.
To reach Facilities personnel for minor campus situations that are NOT life-threatening, callers can call the Facilities office at ext. 336 using a campus phone or 909-706-3036 from any non-campus phone.
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The Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act (Public Law 101–542) was signed into law by President Bush in 1990 and went into effect on Sept. 1, 1991. Title II of this act is known as the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990. This act amends the Higher Education Act of 1965(HEA) by adding campus crime statistics and reporting provisions for postsecondary institutions. It requires the disclosure of crime statistics for the most recent three years, as well as disclosure of the institution's current security policies. Institutions are also required to issue timely warnings when necessary. All public and private Title IV eligible institutions must comply with the requirements of this act which is enforced by the U. S. Department of Education (ED).
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If you went on Samsung's Open Source Release Center today you would have seen an interesting appearance of a device coded GT-I9505G. As we know already the I9505 is the Galaxy S4, but could the 'G' stand for 'Google'? We know we are expecting Samsung to release the Nexus Galaxy S4 anytime soon, as they already announced it at the I/O event last month.
The S4 LTE-A edition is also ready to come out in only two days. There are hints that indicate this could be the name of the S4 Google but this could also be something entirely different. However it doesn't really matter at this point as Samsung already showed us the device, so we know it's coming. It's just a matter of when and where. Whether it's the I9505G or something totally different, this is just for our personal fun to know.
You can take a look at Samsung's Open Source Release Center by yourself and see the kernel source.


Dance is a very powerful drug, if embraced judiciously; to reap its rewards, one must shoulder its challenges with intrepid countenance. Frank Keene, a grieving baker in a near catatonic state, happens on a car accident. The loquacious and insightful victim, Steve Mills, is on his way to an appointment in Pasadena with a years-ago acquaintance; he asks Frank to go in his place. It&#39s a dance class. Frank goes, to find Steve&#39s friend. The story moves back and forth among Steve&#39s childhood, the scene of the accident, and the aftermath of Frank&#39s first Lindy hop. Black eyes, group therapy, loneliness, boys being boys, roads not taken, and saying good-bye color the story.


In D365 the default models will be set automatically for you when you create a model in your environment and set the parameter.
But how to set the default model without creating a new model?
There is a config file under C:\Users\username\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Settings\DefaultConfig.xml.


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Q: Stop automatically a task (Viewflow, Django) I've splited the flow and assigned several tasks to different users. How can I:

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*stop all the tasks after a certain time?

*collect the available responses?

A: Verify the datetime your flow should ends inside the view
At least once you will have to acess some view in order to verify if the flow has or hasn't ended. There you could implements a piece of the snippet provided in the views.py bellow.
Using the @property tag in your model allows you to perform, among many other things, some validation on the fly and returns it whenever requested as if a model attribute.
Reference: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/glossary/#term-property
Example: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/db/models/#model-methods

models.py
from django.db import models
from django.utils import timezone

class Flow(models.Model):
    ends = models.DateTimeField

    @property
    def is_active(self):
        return timezone.now() < self.ends

views.py
from django.http import HttpResponse

def interact_with_flow(request, pk)
    if Flow.is_active:
        status = 'Flow Active'
    else:
        status = 'Flow Ended'
    return HttpResponse(request, status)


This hardware wallet was released back in 2014 and was the original hardware Bitcoin wallet which offered users the chance for cold storage of their keys.
It also presented them with the convenience of a hot wallet for when they needed to make any transactions.
Security is the top need of any cold storage wallet, and the TREZOR can be backed up by using the 24 words which are generated on your first set-up. A pin code is required on set-up, and also each time you make a transaction.
One feature is the power of two which takes place in between incorrect guesses, and if you made 30 wrong guesses, it would amount to around 17 years before the next attempt.
One extra security feature is a passphrase you can add to the 24-word seed. This is, in fact, the 25th word so the device cannot be accessed without knowing this.
The seed without this extra word isn't enough for access so if you lost your device, it is almost impossible for anyone to access it.
TREZOR has another feature which is the Hidden (Double) Wallet which allows users to add an unlimited amount of hidden wallets.
With each passphrase you create, it also creates a new hidden wallet.
Using this in the real world means you can have one account which contains a small amount of crypto while there is another hidden account which includes your main portfolio.
If for any chance a hacker was able to break into your device, they would see the account which is unhidden, and not look any further for the hidden account.
You can also erase a Trezor which is basically a reset of the device and means you need to start afresh. This leaves no traces of wallets which were previously stored.
When setting up the device, it is straightforward and when you are ready to connect the device to the computer you need to have a bridge which is performed by the TREZOR Chrome extension. This allows the device to communicate with the computer.
TREZOR states a weak point with password managers is the master password, and for this reason, the TREZOR password manager is the key to your passwords itself.
Each password is encrypted separately with a unique key, and all of these are generated on the device which they never leave. This means they can never be seen on the computer and make it impossible for hackers to penetrate.
The cost for a TREZOR hardware wallet is currently $99, or you can purchase them in sets of three for $276. These can be bought with BTC directly from the company website.
If you wish to use a credit card or bank account, you can buy from TREZOR Amazon.
Like other wallets which are hardware based, you should never buy TREZOR wallets from any other sources apart from the company website of Amazon.
The company also offers a TREZOR promo code, but such is the demand they might not be up for long.
Because TREZOR is the original wallet, you would expect the company to support plenty of coins, and in this department, it doesn't disappoint.
The full list of TREZOR supported coins is well more than 600. So apart from BTC, Trezor Bitcoin Cash and Trezor Ethereum support, here are a handful of other altcoins they support.
TREZOR is a small car fob-sized device which is small and handy and can plug directly into a PC.
Because of its size, you can easily carry it on your keychain, and with the high level of security it offers, you can be safe in the knowledge if it fell off, no one could break into it.
It is now available in two models, and these being the TREZOR One and the TREZOR Model T.
The TREZOR One also has some available accessories such as silicone or leather cases and extra-long USB cables which are handy because the one in the box is quite short.
One of the most significant differences between TREZOR Vs. Ledger is the amount of support they have for cryptocurrencies.
TREZOR does support plenty, but this might not be full support, so it is worth checking to make sure any coin you wish to store has full support.
Many coins on TREZOR require the use of MyEtherWallet or others depending on the currency, whereas the Ledger supports them all by default.
The number of coins supported is also a difference and Ledger comes out on top. TREZOR Ripple support is nowhere to be seen. However, it has full support from the Ledger.
Overall when you look, there is little to choose between the TREZOR Vs. Ledger Nano S debate apart from personal choice and full support for the most types of coins.
This wallet has been at the top of its game since it was first introduced, and with good reason. It offers some of the best security for any device to hold all of your cryptocurrencies on.
This being said, if you only have a small number of coins, it might not be the best option, but, if you are a big investor or have a substantial amount of cryptocurrencies, then it is a viable option to make sure they are all secure.
You can see that it doesn't matter if your TREZOR is lost or stolen, you can recover your funds as long as you have written down your 24-word recovery password.
It is easy to use, and still sets the way for many other wallets to follow.


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Police: All fireworks are illegal in Whittier
By Brian Day | bday@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PUBLISHED: May 26, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: September 1, 2017 at 4:22 a.m.
WHITTIER – With Independence Day approaching, police are reminding residents and visitors that all fireworks are illegal in Whittier, and the Whittier Police Department takes a "zero tolerance" stance toward them.
All fireworks, including the "Safe and Sane" variety – which are legal in some other nearby jurisdictions – are illegal to manufacture, possess or sell within the city, Whittier police Officer Brad White said in a written statement.
"Throughout the entire 4th of July weekend, Whittier Police officers will be taking a 'zero tolerance' approach towards enforcement of the Whittier Municipal Code by fielding dozens of officers for this explicit purpose," White said. "Violators will be criminally prosecuted and may face fines of up to $1000."
Anyone wishing to dispose of fireworks voluntarily may turn them in "anonymously, without fear of penalty" at the Whittier Police Department, 13200 Penn Street, White said.
For more information, contact the Whittier Police Department at 562-567-9200.
Brian Day | reporter
Brian Day has covered crime and breaking news for the Southern California News Group since 2007. He's a graduate of California State University, Fullerton and Cerritos College in Norwalk. He loves dogs and has a pet German shepherd, which in turn, has a pet cat. Brian is a local news junkie, a licensed drone pilot and a part-time science geek with an unfortunate predilection for puns.
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Paramedic Science Electives
in Africa, Asia and Latin America
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Once-in-a-lifetime travel
PARAMEDIC SCIENCE REVIEWS
Boost your career on a paramedic science elective abroad
Go on a once-in-a-lifetime paramedic science elective placement with Work the World and you'll get career-boosting clinical experience in an overseas hospital. Then in your free time, you'll have life-changing travel experiences with new friends.
You are in total control — you tell us what you want to experience and we'll tailor your overseas placement to your specific interests. You choose everything from the destination right down to the kinds of hospital or clinic you want to get experience in.
You'll find the experience to be eye-opening. And that's true whether you're a undertaking an elective for paramedic students or graduates.
Why go on a paramedic placement abroad?
Unique experience that puts you ahead of your peers
Stand out to employers when job hunting
Strengthen your academic profile
Build a network to tap into during your career
Gain perspective that reframes your view of the NHS
Build confidence by stepping out of your comfort zone
Get inspiration around where you might specialise
"The doctors and nurses in the ED did an amazing job with the few resources they had." Amber, University of East Anglia
Read more paramedic science reviews here
It's official - our programmes are open!
Plans can change, so once you've secured your space, you can make unlimited changes to your travel dates, absolutely free.
Eye-opening clinical placement
A paramedic science elective placement abroad is all about the challenge and taking on a new attitude towards the discipline. For example, you will come to see that, for all it's faults, the NHS ambulance service is a miracle in comparison to the services offered by some of our destinations (if they offer one at all).
On your paramedic placement abroad you'll have the opportunity to see:
No on-scene emergency treatment
Limited resources (especially single-use items)
Manual intubation without pain relief
Treatments carried out in busy corridors
You will also see major differences in the fundamentals of paramedic science too. For example, in most of our destinations, primary care doesn't exist. This means some patients use A&E as a GP surgery, making emergency care that much harder.
Tap into our hospital partnerships
Our long-established international hospital partnerships let us tailor your placement down to a level of detail that would be impossible if you were trying to organise your trip independently.
The partnerships also allow us to guarantee things like your hospital placement, supervision, and your choice of departments. You'll get detailed information on all of the above long before you travel.
You also get an exceptional level of flexibility should you want to amend your paramedic science elective choices while you're overseas. All of this means you have the opportunity to create a placement suited perfectly to you, without the risk of your elective plans falling through.
As a paramedic science student or graduate, your clinical placement is the focus of your trip. But your free time in the afternoons and weekends will be packed full of experiences like:
Relaxing on palm-lined, white-sand beaches
Getting close to elephants, lions and giraffes on safari
Swimming with curious sea turtles on warm tropical reefs
Hiking (or paragliding!) through the Himalays
Spending a weekend hopping between paradise islands
But it's the people you share it with that really make your Work the World trip memorable. You'll live with other healthcare students and graduates in a big private house.
Learn about accommodation
The service you get with us is end-to-end. That means we will support you before, during and even after your trip.
You'll get:
Pre-departure preparation with our UK team
Structured, supervised paramedic science elective placement
Private, catered accommodation
24/7 in-country team
Airport pick up and drop off
Arrivals are every Sunday, 52 weeks of the year — travel on your paramedic placement abroad when it suits you. Durations of placements for paramedic science students start from one week.
Your paramedic science elective takes place in the largest and best-equipped hospital in Takoradi. But that doesn't mean it's well equipped compared to what you're used to. You will be in an open plan A&E with separate areas for paediatrics and minor surgery. That said, the lines between these areas blur when things get busy, which is often. You can even spend time with local Ghanaian students, sharing skills and stories. You will also see how even the smallest differences in local Ghanaian culture impact emergency care.
Explore Takoradi
The hospital you'll undertake your internship in was first established in 1550, making it the oldest in the city. Most of the city's emergencies are routed to the A&E department here, so expect it to be busy. Most patients in the adult A&E are economically disadvantaged, and with that comes a lot of trauma resulting from manual labour. The paediatric A&E is less busy, but you will see a range of cases rushed into the stabilisation room before being referred to other specialist departments.
Explore Merida
Paramedic science placements in Vietnam are fascinating. This is, in part, because traditional medicine is built right into the healthcare system. This means you'll see how modern practises complement ancient traditions. In our partner hospital's A&E department you'll see cases like RTA's and trauma, and unfamiliar diseases. Many patients travel in from some of Vietnam's most rural areas, so the patient demographic is mixed.
Explore Hue
On a paramedic science elective in Lusaka, you'll see that Ambulances here are driven not by paramedics, but by drivers with no clinical experience. That means emergency cases are first dealt with when they arrive at hospital rather than on scene. Add to that the fact that your placement hospital's A&E department is the city's main major trauma centre, and you quickly realise that your experience here will be eye-opening. Local patients are typically from economically disadvantaged areas, so you will see the impact that has on both the cases and the care.
EXPLORE LUSAKA
Philippines - Iloilo
Your paramedic science elective in Iloilo takes place in the largest government tertiary referral hospital on Panay Island. The hospital is recognised as one of the government's centres of excellence. Emergency services here are housed in one central complex with separate areas for triage, resuscitation, internal medicine, trauma, ENT, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, and paediatrics. In this busy department, you'll see cases of everything from tropical diseases like dengue fever, right the way through to stab wounds.
Explore Iloilo
On a paramedic science elective in Dar es Salaam, you'll see that Tanzania is seriously lacking in financial resources, and is rarely able to develop its healthcare system. The A&E department in your placement hospital here was only established in 2010. As this is the only A&E of its kind in all of Tanzania, some emergency cases are referred from many hours' drive away. For some patients, a few hours will be too late. The department is busy, day in, day out. What's more, doctors and nurses work shifts here, so you'll get face time with lots of different staff, giving you a breadth of experience.
Explore Dar es Salaam
Flagging down a taxi is often a more efficient way to get to hospital than calling an ambulance. You'll spend most of your time in A&E looking at cases as they come in as a result. That said, ambulances do come into their own when there are mass casualties resulting from major incidents. One of our partner hospitals even has a specialist ICU ambulance, one of the few existing in Nepal. In terms of cases, you'll see everything from domestic injuries to paediatric typhoid.
Explore Pokhara
Kathmandu - Nepal
Undertake your paramedic science elective in Kathmandu, and you'll spend time in a busy A&E. Ambulances are used locally, but for the most part, patients tend to make their own way to hospital. This means patients won't have had any on-scene or in-ambulance treatment before you see them, often critically injured. As well as trauma cases, you'll also see plenty of late-stage conditions — there are no primary care options in Nepal so patients use A&E as their first port of call.
Explore Kathmandu
"A man came in quite poorly. He was really delirious and obviously needed oxygen. But the family couldn't afford it, so he didn't get it."
Emily Wyre, University of Brighton 2021
"I was absolutely blown away by the resilience and strength of the patients"
Caitlin Merriman, Flinders University 2020
"To any paramedic student or anyone considering doing a placement in Zambia I would say - YOU WON'T REGRET IT."
Ria Pattarumadathil Joseph, Flinders University 2020
All Disciplines, Ghana Takoradi, Merida Mexico, The Philippines Iloilo, Sri Lanka Kandy, Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Destination Features
How do you chase off the chills and keep yourself toasty through the colder months? Here's list of our destinations' best beaches to give you some inspiration.
All Disciplines, All Destinations, Our Service
In this article you'll deep-dive, week-by-week into what your elective might be made up of and how it's structured.
What do our paramedic science electives offer?
A Work the World paramedic science elective gives you the chance to undertake a clinical placement in the developing world. You will spend time in a low-resource hospital and see unfamiliar practices and advanced conditions. You can even choose the departments you want to rotate through. Learn more here.
What are the benefits of a paramedic science elective?
The benefits of our paramedic science electives include:
Expanding your clinical knowledge and skill set
Becoming more confident, independent and resourceful
Making yourself more attractive to employers
Doing some proper travelling
Building your personal and professional network
Sharpening your language and communication skills
Renewing your perspective on the NHS
What countries can I travel to on a Work the World paramedic science elective?
Work the World organise medical electives in Africa, Asia or Latin America, with placements in many different countries: 1. Tanzania 2. Zambia 3. Vietnam 4. Indonesia 5. Mexico 6. Ghana 7. The Philippines 8. Nepal 9. Sri Lanka.
What kinds of cases will I see on a Work the World overseas paramedic science elective?
You'll see cases like:
Tropical infectious diseases like malaria, dengue fever, and chikungunya
Much higher numbers of RTAs than you're used to at home
Domestic abuse, assault, attempted suicide
Hypo- and hyperglycaemia
Sepsis with multi-organ failure
How long is a Work the World paramedic science elective?
A paramedic science elective is as long as you want it to be. Our minimum placement duration is one week, but students typically travel on their paramedic science electives for 4 weeks. There is no upper limit to how long you can travel.
What is a paramedic science elective?
A paramedic science elective is a clinical placement that paramedic science students undertake as part of their degree. If you want to undertake your paramedic science placement overseas, get in touch with us today.


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Friday, July 19, 2019 12:15 AM KINGWOOD, Texas—Southern New England Practice Transformation Network (SNE-PTN) will be awarding over 1,100 select Vision Source member practices achievement payments of up to $2,500 per practice, for their performance in the transformation towards value-based care, in 2019. Vision Source member practices constitute greater than 99 percent of the total award recipients. Practices currently enrolled in SNE-PTN will be eligible to receive achievement payments for having completed activities that prepare their practices for success in value-based care and alternative payment models.
Thursday, July 18, 2019 12:18 AM DALLAS—For the fourth consecutive year, Eyemart Express is launching a Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) fundraiser across all of its stores, now numbering 201, and the company has pledged a $10,000 minimum donation to the effort, according to an announcement earlier this week. The company is partnering with Visual Eyes Eyewear in the fundraising effort. Eyemart Express also will include customers in the philanthropic initiative, with a donation of $5 for every pair of SU2C glasses purchased in stores nationwide through Sept. 7. The special SU2C collection, which offers men's and women's on-trend frame styles with colorful designs and subtle shapes, was created by the retailer in collaboration with Visual Eyes Eyewear.
Thursday, July 18, 2019 12:15 AM SAN DIEGO—Trefoil Therapeutics raised $28 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing, the company announced Tuesday. Trefoil is developing novel engineered fibroblast growth factor-1 proteins (eFGF-1) as a regenerative pharmacologic therapy to treat serious corneal endothelial diseases and epithelial disorders, the announcement noted. The financing included new investors Bios Partners, the Dallas-Fort Worth-based group that led the round, and Access Biotechnology. All existing investors, including Hatteras Venture Partners, Aju IB Investment, Correlation Ventures, ExSight Ventures and InFocus Capital Partners, participated in this financing, according to the announcement.
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 12:18 AM CALGARY, Alberta—FYidoctors, an optometrist-owned eyecare company, has acquired Edmonton-based Alberta Eye Health Clinic, according to an announcement Tuesday. The acquisition, which marks the fifth FYidoctors location in the Edmonton area, brings Dr. Aaron Patel, Dr. Rajan Mistry and their staff to the FYidoctors family. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Alberta Eye Health Clinic has a special interest in low vision options, such as specialty contact lenses (known as scleral lenses), as well as dry eye treatments, and "prides itself in using the latest technology to monitor, diagnose and educate on eye diseases," the announcement noted.
Ocular Therapeutix Names Patricia Kitchen as Chief Operations Officer
Monday, July 15, 2019 12:18 AM BEDFORD, Mass.—Biopharmaceutical company Ocular Therapeutix has appointed Patricia Kitchen as chief operations officer. Kitchen brings nearly 25 years of biotechnology and pharmaceutical experience, including roles managing global operations and manufacturing relating to complex product development, technology transfer, supply chain management, and process-scale up and validation. Prior to joining Ocular, she held a number of senior management positions at Mundipharma, including global director of technical operations (ex-U.S.) where she was responsible for leading the transformation of manufacturing operations, supply chain, technical services, and other technical development teams across Mundipharma's global markets and manufacturing suppliers.
Ohio Ends Sales Tax on Eyeglasses, Contact Lenses
Monday, July 15, 2019 12:15 AM COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Ohio Optometric Association has commended its membership for the support they provided to the association's effort to make eyeglasess and contact lens purchases exempt from Ohio's state sales tax. According to the state's revised tax code, which became effective July 1, all sales of corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses that require a prescription by an optometrist or ophthalmologist will be exempt from sales tax, the association noted on its website. The exemption for the sale of eyeglasses includes both lenses and the corresponding frames.
Every Decoration Has a Story at This Illinois Practice
Friday, July 12, 2019 1:04 PM Faye Gamboa, OD, has created a carefully crafted, immersive experience for patients and customers at Wanderlust Eyecare in Northfield, Illinois. She was inspired by her love of traveling—wanderlusting, as she calls it, as well as going on mission trips to help those in need—and each piece of décor has also been placed with great consideration. "Each decoration has a story," Dr. Gamboa said. There's pottery from a mission trip in Morroco, teacups from Dr. Gamboa's honeymoon in the Maldives and a collection of vintage cameras to represent a love of photography. There's a large, canvas display in the optical space, which maps out where she's traveled on her mission trips.
Dr. Ken Krivacic Joins Faculty for 'Demystifying Private Equity'
Wednesday, July 10, 2019 12:27 AM NEW YORK—Ken Krivacic, OD, MBA, has joined the faculty of presenters for "Demystifying Private Equity and Its Role in Optometry." This series of symposia is produced by Review of Optometric Business and is sponsored by leading PE-based companies that invest in optometry. The first symposium is slated for Dallas on July 20. The second is slated for Chicago on August 24. The program is geared toward OD-owners, associates and office managers. Click here to register.
Zeiss Gets FDA Clearance for CLARUS 700
Wednesday, July 10, 2019 12:21 AM DUBLIN, Calif.—The Zeiss Medical Technology Segment of Zeiss announced that it has received 510(K) clearance from the FDA for the CLARUS 700, high-definition, ultra-widefield imaging system for advanced care specialists. CLARUS 700 is the first high-resolution ultra-widefield imaging with true color and a complete range of fundus imaging modalities, including fluorescein angiography (FA), according to Zeiss. Ultra-widefield fluorescein angiography helps eyecare specialists identify earlier more severe forms of diabetic retinopathy like neovascularization and retinal diseases such as uveitis, choroidal masses, retinal tears, detachments, and peripheral ischemia. The high-resolution and high contrast images of the FA from the CLARUS 700 allow clinicians to capture the smallest details from the macula in early phase to the periphery in late phase of FA, Zeiss said.
Altaire Pharmaceuticals Issues Recall of Multiple Ophthalmic Products
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 12:24 AM
NEW YORK—Altaire Pharmaceuticals announced last week that it is voluntarily recalling several prescription drug products "as a precautionary measure." The company attributed the recall to management concerns regarding the sufficiency of quality assurance controls over critical systems in the manufacturing facility. The recall is being carried out to the retail level and is only for the specific lots listed, the company said. In addition, Altaire announced that it is voluntarily recalling over-the-counter (OTC) drug products sold at both Walmart and Walgreens under the companies' store-brand labels. They include Lubricant Eye Drops Moisturizing and related products. (The Walmart products affected are marketed under the "Equate" and "Support Harmony" labels and the Walgreens' products carry a Walgreens name on the packaging.) For more information on this recall, visit the FDA notice here.
Wize Pharma Forms Joint Venture With Cannabics Pharmaceuticals
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 12:21 AM HOD HASHARON, Israel—Wize Pharma (OTCQB: WIZP) and Cannabics Pharmaceuticals(OTCQB: CNBX) have formed a joint venture focused on the research and development of cannabinoid formulations to treat ophthalmic conditions. "We are very pleased to have jointly created and approved a plan that will support our pursuit of a significant opportunity to create ophthalmic treatments that leverage the therapeutic power of cannabis. Having assessed the regulatory pathway for eyedrops containing cannabinoids or cannabinoid strings, we are eagerly engaging in technology development and clinical advancement. Cannabics, a world leader in the development of cannabinoid-based therapies for cancer, and with a state of the art laboratory that has received approval from the Israeli Ministry of Health to conduct research with Cannabinoids and Cancer is an ideal partner for Wize," said Noam Danenberg, CEO of Wize, based here.
Takeda Completes Sale of Xiidra to Novartis
Monday, July 8, 2019 12:24 AM OSAKA, Japan—Takeda Pharmaceutical Company (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) announced last week that it completed the sale of its Xiidra (lifitegrast ophthalmic solution) 5 percent product to Novartis for $3.4 billion upfront in cash and up to an additional $1.9 billion in potential milestone payments. VMail first reported news of the pending deal in May. "The completion of this transaction marks an important step in executing Takeda's strategy, which is focused on optimizing our portfolio around the key business areas that are core to our long-term growth and creating the most value for our patients and shareholders," said Christophe Weber, president and CEO of Takeda.
EyeSouth Establishes Presence in Alabama with Montgomery Eye Physicians Partnership
Monday, July 8, 2019 12:18 AM ATLANTA—EyeSouth Partners has completed an affiliation with Montgomery Eye Physicians and Prescription Eyewear, which marks the firm's first partnership in Alabama, according to an announcement late last week. EyeSouth also noted that Alabama "will be a priority growth state for the company in the future." Montgomery Eye Physicians will continue to operate under its brand, with no changes to its staff, physicians or locations, according to the announcement. EyeSouth, an eyecare-focused management services organization committed to partnering with leading physicians in the Southeast, is backed by Shore Capital Partners, a lower middle-market health care private equity firm.
Essilor's Points de Vue and IOA to Develop Joint CE Program
Monday, July 8, 2019 12:15 AM CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France and LONDON, England—The International Opticians Association (IOA) and Essilor's online review of ophthalmic optics Points de Vue have announced a partnership to develop continuing education for ECPs. The program aims to embrace the diversity and expertise of opticians around the world. By leveraging intersections between the many different professionals within the eyecare sector, this CE partnership is designed to build knowledge sharing networks between opticians, ophthalmologists, and optometrists. Olga Prenat, global director of professional relations at Essilor International and chief editor of Points de Vue, said, "In the context of the profound transformation of the eyecare sector, opticians, ophthalmologists and optometrists alike need to have access to the latest information and trends in their field and relevant training programs to be able to meet the different challenges successfully.
Essilor Vision Foundation Introduces One Millionth Glasses Recipient and New Campaign
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 12:24 AM DALLAS, Texas—The Essilor Vision Foundation introduces Khloe, a first grader who also happens to be the recipient of the one-millionth pair of glasses provided by Essilor Vision Foundation since 2007. Alongside being one of the 10 million children in the United States who needs vision care, Khloe loves unicorns, dancing, and shopping with her mom. She also loves reading with her tablet, but was having vision trouble and began struggling in school—until she got the glasses she needed.
Meet the #Achievers—VM's Most Influential Women in Optical 2019


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University of Arizona Poetry Center
#ArtLitPhx: Engagement in Poetry
August 30, 2019 August 12, 2019 Superstition Review
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 – 6:00PM TO 8:00PM
What keeps us engaged? What drives us down the page to the end of the poem? We will explore "speed" or "momentum," by analyzing poems that keep our attention. But also, we will explore how as writers, we can be engaged with our surrounding world, to the point that we must do something about it. We will look at poems that have been a "call to arms" of sorts. To inspire our creativity, we will look at the current headlines to draw poetry from the media. This workshop will be half generative and half revision.
University of Arizona: Poetry Center, Room 205, 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson
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#ArtLitPhx: Come to the Table
August 8, 2019 July 29, 2019 Superstition Review
Come to the Table Opening Reception: August 31 at 2:00 PM
Curated by Leela Denver in collaboration with Wren Awry, with additional curation by Dr. Laura Vázquez Blázquez.
Come to the Table presents work about, inspired by, and in conversation with food. This exhibit explores the many forms of food poems that exist while also asking "what can a food poem be?" Organized by four fundamental stages of a food experience—growing, sourcing, cooking, and eating, with a highlight of food culture along the US-Mexican border—this exhibit explores the various ways poetry uses food and food uses poetry. Come to the table and join us for an interactive exhibit where you can explore the world of food poetry and share your own with us.
Exhibitions are displayed in the Jeremy Ingalls Gallery of the Poetry Center at the University of Arizona, 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson.
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#ArtLitPhx: Morgan Lucas Schuldt Memorial Reading
July 24, 2019 July 8, 2019 Superstition Review
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 – 7:00PM
The Morgan Lucas Schuldt Memorial Reading features emerging and innovative poets. This event is presented annually as part of the Poetry Center's Reading and Lecture Series, and is named after poet and publisher Morgan Lucas Schuldt (2/11/1978–1/30/2012).
This year, the University of Arizona Poetry Center is proud to present Erika L. Sánchez and sam sax, who will read from their work. After the reading, there will be a short Q&A and a book signing.
Erika L. Sánchez's debut poetry collection, Lessons on Expulsion, was published by Graywolf in July 2017, and was a finalist for the PEN America Open Book Award. Her debut young adult novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, published in October 2017 by Knopf Books for Young Readers, is a New York Times Bestseller and a National Book Awards finalist. She is currently a 2017-2019 Princeton Arts Fellow.
sam sax is a queer, Jewish, writer and educator. He is the author of Madness (Penguin, 2017) winner of The National Poetry Series selected by Terrance Hayes & 'Bury It' (Wesleyan University Press, 2018) winner of the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. sam has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation, Lambda Literary, & the MacDowell Colony.
Location: University of Arizona Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson
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#ArtLitPhx: Whitman Summer Social
Poetry selections from the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2019 – 5:30PM
This event takes place at the Copper Room at Hotel Congress (311 Congress St., Tucson AZ).
Join the University of Arizona Poetry Center for a short reading of poems that the Poetry Center library staff has selected for the programs of the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music (AFCM) Programs over the past two years. Supporting AFCM's diverse and excellent programming, the featured poems speak to the pleasures of music and the transformative experience of excellent art. Poems will be read by Library Director Sarah Kortemeier and Senior Library Specialist Julie Swarstad Johnson. The band Young MacDonald will play before and after the event.
There will be a short 20 minute reading of curated poems. Event will feature complimentary snacks and a cash bar; doors at 5:30, program at 6 p.m.
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#ArtLitPhx: Lehua Taitano and Bojan Louis Poetry Reading
The University of Arizona Poetry Center is proud to present our summer resident Lehua Taitano and Bojan Louis (new poetry faculty in the Creative Writing program and in American Indian Studies), who will read from their work. After the reading, there will be a short Q&A and a book signing.
Lehua M. Taitano is a queer CHamoru writer and interdisciplinary artist from Yigo, Guåhan (Guam) and co-founder of Art 25. She is the author of two volumes of poetry—Inside Me an Island (WordTech Editions) and A Bell Made of Stones (TinFish Press). Her chapbook, appalachiapacific, won the 2010 Merriam-Frontier Award for short fiction. She has two recent chapbooks of poetry and visual art: Sonoma(Dropleaf Press) and Capacity (a Hawai'i Review e-chap). Her poetry, essays, and Pushcart Prize-nominated fiction have appeared in Fence, Kartika Review, Red Ink International Journal, Poetry Magazine, and numerous others. She has served as an APAture Featured Literary Artist via Kearny Street Workshop, a Kuwentuhan poet via The Poetry Center at SFSU, and as a Culture Lab visual artist and digital exhibit advisor for the Smithsonian Institute's Asian Pacific American Center. Taitano's work investigates modern indigeneity, decolonization, and cultural identity in the context of diaspora.
Bojan Louis (Diné) is the author of the poetry collection Currents (BkMk Press 2017), which received a 2018 American Book Award, and the nonfiction chapbook Troubleshooting Silence in Arizona (The Guillotine Series 2012). His fiction has appeared in Ecotone, Numéro Cinq Magazine, Yellow Medicine Review, and Alaska Quarterly Review; nonfiction in MudCity Journal and AS/US. Former poetry editor at RED INK and former poetry editor and co-founder of Waxwing, Louis has been a resident at The MacDowell Colony and is the inaugural Virginia G. Piper Fellow-in-Residence at Arizona State University. He will be joining the MFA and AIS faculty at the University of Arizona in the fall 2019.
Date: Thursday, July 25
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#ArtLitPhx: 2019 CBAA's Biennial Meeting
January 2, 2019 November 29, 2018 Superstition Review
The 2019 College Book Art Association's Biennial Meeting will be held January 4–5 at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Themed The Photographic Artist's Book, this meeting is an interdisciplinary landmark for CBAA—keynote speaker Cristina de Middel will discuss the ways her work blends documentary and conceptual photographic practices, and discussion sessions will explore topics ranging from The Historical Photobook: Examples, Conventions, and Extensions to The Rise of the Risograph. In addition to these exciting features, CBAA is planning a large exhibit of photo-based artists' books. Co-hosted by the Joseph Gross Gallery in the University of Arizona School of Art and the internationally known University of Arizona Poetry Center, the exhibit will include books by Massin, Michael Snow, Bern Porter, Alec Findlay, Paul Graham, Ken Ohara, Bill Burke, and many others.
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#ArtLitPhx: Layli Long Soldier and Timothy Yu at the Phoenix Art Museum
October 20, 2017 September 30, 2017 Superstition Review
The University of Arizona Poetry Center is proud to present poets Layli Long Soldier and Timothy Yu at the Phoenix Art Museum (1625 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004) on Friday, November 3 at 7pm. Both poets will read from their works, and then there will be a short Q&A and a book signing.
The local opener is Bojan Louis, who is a member of the Navajo Nation. His first collection of poems, Currents, published in 2017 from BkMk Press. He is also the author of a nonfiction chapbook, Troubleshooting Silence in Arizona, released by Guillotine Series in 2012. Louis is currently Poetry Editor at RED INK: An International Journal of Indigenous Literature, Arts, and Humanities.
Layli Long Soldier is Oglala Lakota; her family is from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and northwestern Idaho. Her first chapbook of poetry, Chromosomory, released in 2009 from Q Ave Press. She received a BFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts, and she is a two-time recipient of the Truman Capote Creative Writing Fellowship. She is also a recipient of the 2009 Naropa University Poetry Scholarship. She has served as editor-in-chief for "Native Language Network" and other publications for the Indigenous Language Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Timothy Yu's debut poetry collection, 100 Chinese Silences (2016), was the Editor's Selection in the NOS Book Contest from Les Figues Press. He is also the author of three chapbooks: 15 Chinese Silences (Tinfish); Journey to the West (Barrow Street), winner of the Vincent Chin Memorial Chapbook Prize from Kundiman; and, with Kristy Odelius, Kiss the Stranger (Corollary). He is also the author of Race and the Avant-Garde: Experimental and Asian American Literature since 1965 (Stanford) and the editor of Nests and Strangers: On Asian American Women Poets (Kelsey Street).
For this event, the Poetry Center is proud to partner with the Phoenix Art Museum with support from the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing as a lead sponsor, as well as additional support from the ASU Creative Writing Program, the Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Chair in Modern and Contemporary Poetry, the Literary & Prologue Society, and Superstition Review.
For more information, check out the event's Facebook page.
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#ArtLitPhx: Brenda Hillman & Robert Hass at the Phoenix Art Museum
October 6, 2016 October 5, 2016 Superstition Review
The University of Arizona Poetry Center presents distinguished poets Brenda Hillman and Robert Hass at the Phoenix Art Museum. The event takes place on Friday, October 7th at 7:00 p.m. After the reading, there will be a short Q&A and a book signing. The Poetry Center is proud to partner with the Phoenix Art Museum with additional support from ASU's Creative Writing Program, Superstition Review, Four Chambers Press, and the Literary & Prologue Society of the Southwest.
Brenda Hillman is the author of nine collections of poetry: White Dress, Fortress, Death Tractates, Bright Existence, Loose Sugar, Cascadia, Pieces of Air in the Epic, Practical Water, for which she won the LA Times Book Award for Poetry, and Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire, which received the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize and the Northern California Book Award for Poetry. Among the awards Hillman has received are the 2012 Academy of American Poets Fellowship, the 2005 William Carlos Williams Prize for poetry, and Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 2016 she was named Academy of American Poets Chancellor.
Robert Hass has published many books of poetry including Field Guide, Praise, Human Wishes, and Sun Under Wood, as well as a book of essays on poetry, Twentieth Century Pleasures. Hass translated many of the works of Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet, Czeslaw Milosz, and he edited Selected Poems: 1954-1986 by Tomas Transtromer, The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa; Poet's Choice: Poems for Everyday Life; and Modernist Women Poets: An Anthology (with Paul Ebenkamp). He was the guest editor of the 2001 edition of Best American Poetry. His essay collection Now & Then, which includes his Washington Post articles, was published in April 2007. As US Poet Laureate (1995-1997), his deep commitment to environmental issues led him to found River of Words (ROW), an organization that promotes environmental and arts education in affiliation with the Library of Congress Center for the Book.
Leah Marché will be opening the reading. Leah Marché is an arts entrepreneur, performance poet and journalist/writer. In 2005, she co-founded BlackPoet Ventures, a Valley-based performance arts company that produces spoken word theatrical performances.
For more information and updates, please visit the Facebook event.
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U of A Poetry Center Fall 2016 Phoenix Reading Series
August 15, 2016 August 8, 2016 Superstition Review
Superstition Review is thrilled to co-sponsor the University of Arizona Poetry Center Phoenix Reading Series at the Phoenix Art Museum.
On September 2, 2016, Solmaz Sharif and Danniel Schoonebeek will read. Solmaz Sharif's work has been recognized with a "Discovery" / Boston Review Poetry Prize, and multiple fellowships. Danniel Schoonebeek was awarded a Ruth Lily and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry fellowship from the Poetry Foundation and his second book of poems was a winner of the 2015 National Poetry Series.
On October 7, 2016, Brenda Hillman and Robert Hass will read. Brenda Hillman authored nine collections of poetry and received the William Carlos Williams Prize for Poetry and several fellowships. Robert Hass is a former U.S. Poet Laureate, a MacArthur "Genius" Fellow, and National Book Critics' Circle Award winner.
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Health and social care in Somerset shortlisted for Health Service Journal award
26th August 2021 (last updated 26th August 2021)
Health and social care organisations in Somerset which make up the Somerset Integrated Care System (Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group, Somerset County Council and Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) have been shortlisted for the "health and local government partnership" category in the Health Service Journal awards.
The award recognises NHS health organisations and local authorities which have made progress in working together, with judges looking for evidence of strong, collaborative partnerships which are leading to demonstrable improvements for patients and citizens. Somerset has been recognised for its joint approach to providing intermediate care services across the county.
Pat Flaherty, Chief Executive of Somerset County Council and Chair of the ICS, which brings health and social care organisations in Somerset together, said: "The council and NHS organisations in Somerset have a shared aim to improve the health of the people living in our county. That includes working together to provide people with the right care and support in their own homes or in a community setting so that they do not need to go into hospital, as well as supporting them to leave hospital when they are medically fit to do so.
"Our work to improve how we provide intermediate care began five years ago when we looked together at how we could prevent people from being delayed from leaving hospital when they were medically fit. We launched an integrated hospital discharge service, called Home First, which had an immediate impact and has ultimately led to the services that we have in place today."
The integrated hospital discharge service has expanded to incorporate a range of services that prevent people from being admitted to hospital and support them to leave hospital, with teams co-located and services managed through a joint hub. The ethos is "home is best" and the teams aim to support local people to live independently in their own homes, or as close to home as possible.
Mel Lock, Somerset County Council's Director of Adult Social Care, said: "Our shared ethos is to provide people in Somerset with the integrated support and care they need to live independent lives in their own homes and communities wherever possible and we have worked together to design a blueprint for providing intermediate care which makes that possible."
Andy Heron, chief operating officer and deputy chief executive of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust said: "Our planning was in full swing when the world entered a global pandemic and we entered lockdown. We could have paused our development in the face of the unprecedented challenges we faced, but together we agreed that it was important to be ambitious and press on with, and invest in, our plans to expand and jointly manage services that support people in the community, also recognising that our acute hospitals were going to come under significant pressure."
As a result of this way of working, the services expanded to support 40% more people to leave hospital in 2020 than in 2019 and a higher proportion, including those with more complex needs, were supported at home than before. Since February 2021, 95% of over 65 year olds in Somerset have consistently gone straight home from hospital.
Tracy Evans, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust's service director for primary care and neighbourhoods, said: "We continually monitor feedback from patients so as to improve the support we offer and are delighted that our joint approach is enabling more patients to live independently at home and is valued by patients, their families and carers. Our next step is to invest further in this joint approach including funding for live-in carers to provide intensive home-based reablement in the future."
The HSJ awards ceremony will take place on 18 November 2021.


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By Meghan Florian (A)theologies December 12, 2013
Deception, Doubt and Divinity (School)
Teresa MacBain's story is a multi-layered one which has induced significant pearl-clutching and teeth-gnashing among my colleagues at Duke Divinity School. Divinity school students and faculty are the sort of people one would expect to express strong feelings about MacBain's story of "coming out" as an atheist, and the use of the word "church" to describe the communities she had sought to create in her role at Harvard. Now it turns out the credentials cited in her New York Times profile were falsified. "Ah!" we cry with glee. "She did not actually graduate from Duke Divinity School!" As if attending divinity school, at Duke or elsewhere, would have solved the problem.
Here, in the words of DDS Dean Richard Hays, from a letter to the community:
Ms. MacBain, who has recently been appointed the Director of an organization called the Humanist Community Project at Harvard, claims to have received a Master of Divinity degree from Duke Divinity School "in the early 2000s." We have checked our records carefully, and confirmed that her claim to have a Duke degree is fraudulent.
Here are the facts: Ms. MacBain attended one four-week session of our summer Course of Study program in 2010—i.e., year one of a five-year program designed to train licensed lay ministers. She did not return in subsequent summers to continue the program. She was never enrolled in our M.Div. program at any time. Ms. MacBain has subsequently acknowledged to the New York Times reporter that she misrepresented her credentials; she has done so in numerous other public venues.
It is completely proper to pause and express frustration that someone seems to have used fraudulent credentials to get ahead professionally. MacBain did, afterall, secure a position at Harvard (though she has since been dismissed). Not too shabby, compared to the more humble positions many who have actually graduated from Duke Divinity School now hold.
What strikes me as inappropriate is to use this as an opportunity to bash atheists—even those who we might feel misrepresent the Christian faith. Did it irk me when MacBain said, in an interview on Religion Dispatches, "I'd always been a thinker so when questions relating to my faith began to pop up, I ignored them at first. You see, questioning and doubts were sinful in my faith tradition"? Of course it did. I wanted to jump up and raise my hand, to shout, "I am a thinker too!" and "Doubt is not sinful! Who the hell told you that?"
But I am pretty sure that's not the right thing to do here. After all, growing up in a conservative Christian subculture myself, I wrestled with doubt for years also. In college I encountered professors who modeled a "faith seeking understanding" approach to both the study and practice of Religion. For me, that process of asking questions—of seeking—actually saved my faith. For MacBain, it appears to have been the opposite. I respect that, as I hope anyone who has seriously wrestled with doubt can respect that.
I cannot help but wish she could have at some point witnessed (and participated with) divinity school students grappling with the very kinds of questions she refers to in the Times. But, just as the revelation that MacBain falsely represented her educational background shouldn't become an excuse for atheist bashing, neither is it acceptable to act as if attending DDS would have drastically altered MacBain's path—though of course that is always a possibility.
When Dean Hays reflects further that, "I regret equally that [MacBain] did not in fact avail herself of the opportunity to come to Duke Divinity School and learn from our faculty, who might have helped her in wrestling with her questions and doubts," I agree, because that was my experience at Duke Divinity School. Yet it might not have been MacBain's if she had attended. Consider her story, after all. She is a woman who grew up in a conservative religious tradition and not only left it behind as an adult, but went on to become a self-professed atheist.
At the risk of being obvious, let me point out that this is not a new story. I can think of college classmates, childhood friends, family members, and yes, even a seminary colleague or two, who would narrate their lives in a similar fashion. My internal response to them often feels similar to that expressed by Nadia Bolz-Weber in another interview on Religion Dispatches, where she reflects on a time she met an atheist while working as a hospital chaplain. She describes the woman, saying:
…it was this old lady with her hair stacked high and I just thought for sure she'd have some cheesy Christian prayer books that she'd want me to read from. I asked if there was anything I could do for her and she said, "Oh, no, dear, that's all nonsense. I'm an atheist." I said, "Good for you. I wish I could pull that off."
There have been times in my life when I wanted to pull that off. When MacBain describes her atheist "coming out" I scratch my head, because what could be less shocking in the twenty-first century that being an atheist? I am not wringing my hands over the fact that she is the equivalent of an atheist church-planter because it just seems like old news to me. I am more concerned, truth be told, that the New York Times doesn't fact check its stories.
I can't pull off atheism. I am too enraptured by the mystery of the divine, too convinced of human limitations, too busy continuing this life of faith seeking understanding. I am not surprised that atheists are creating church-like communities. I believe atheists humans are created, like Christian humans, in need of one another. I have no desire to convert Teresa MacBain, though. I only want to say that I am sorry someone in a church somewhere taught her that doubt is a sin.
As an educator, this reminds me that my work is pastoral. Will any of my students ever leave the church, I wonder? What messages have they received in the past about faith and doubt? What fears do they bring with them to seminary? As I guide a discussion this week on Athanasius' On the Incarnation, how many people in the room will wonder in the back of their minds, "How can this be?" What could be a better way of grappling with that question than working through a text that ponders the mysteries of the divine with a group of eager first-year students, in hope that it will help us better serve our churches down the road?
This resonates with another comment made by Bolz-Weber in the interview quoted above. She describes Mary Magdalene, her patron saint, mistaking the resurrected Jesus for the gardener:
I'm sure her friends, for the rest of her life, when they'd be drinking, they'd be like, "Hey, Mary, remember when you thought Jesus was a gardener?" I absolutely love the fact that she didn't recognize him until he spoke her name. I relate to that. I don't think I recognized Jesus until it seemed like he was speaking my name. When that happens, we turn at the sound of the voice.
That's my story of being confused and hearing my name and turning over and over again. Not just like it happened once, this is a daily thing for me.
Being a Christian, especially a thinking Christian—a divinity student, or a divinity school teaching assistant like myself—requires a certain willingness to be confused, while also listening for that sometimes quiet voice, calling to you. I hear it now, and I hope my students hear it as well. I pray that in their studies they do not confuse Jesus with the gardener, but rather encounter him as one who calls them by name.
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Meghan Florian
Meghan Florian is a writer from Durham, North Carolina. She received her Master of Theological Studies from Duke Divinity School, and currently works for the Center for Theological Writing at Duke and the Resource Center for Women & Ministry in the South. Meghan is also pursuing an MFA in creative writing at Queens University of Charlotte, and is a contributor to the forthcoming book Talking Taboo: American Christian Women Get Frank About Faith (White Cloud Press, Oct 2013). She blogs at www.femmonite.com.
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KENDRICK LAMAR, EMINEM, DR. DRE, SNOOP DOGG & MARY J. BLIGE STAR IN "Big Game" HALFTIME SHOW TRAILER
Written by torresanz on January 20, 2022
The "Big Game" half time show is less than a month away with Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Mary J. Blige set to reunite in Los Angeles on the SoFi Stadium stage on February 13.
Pepsi delivered an exhilarating trailer to the highly-anticipated performance on Thursday (January 20) which finds all of the superstar artists making their way to Los Angeles from all over the country to essentially form the Hip Hop Avengers and save the world.
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Eminem kicks off The Call's trailer hard-at-work in the studio laboratory seemingly tapping into his Slim Shady persona until his focus is distracted by a message from Dr. Dre, which forces him to hit the road and head to meet up with the West Coast legend.
The three-minute clip is helmed by Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray.
"Each time I collaborate with Dre, it seems to mark an important moment in entertainment history, from projects like Friday, Set It Off, Straight Outta Compton, to now the Pepsi Big Game Halftime Show," Gray said. "As a super fan, I consider it an honor and privilege to authentically build and create this moment with five of the most legendary artists in music history. It's been a blast!"
Expectations are through the roof with the all-star lineup set to take the stage in Los Angeles and follow The Weeknd's performance from last year. Dr. Dre has also teased that the Super Bowl performance will lay the foundation for the "next saga" of his decorated career, which will find him "bigger and better than ever."
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