characterized in terms of their functions (Hollingsworth et al., 1990; Sym et al., 1993; Keeney et al., 1997; Klimyuk and Jones, 1997; Yang et al., 1999; Li et al., 2004; Tang et al., 2014). Recent advances in transcriptomics, protein-protein interactions (PPIs), and phylogenetic analyses of genes and gene families related to meiosis have improved our understanding of this complex process dramatically (Kee and Keeney, 2002; Wang et al., 2004; Lin et al., 2006; Vignard et al., 2007; Chen et al., 2010; Tang et al., 2010; Yang et al., 2011; Dukowic-Schulze et al., 2014). The ever expanding studies of meiosis and the data accumulated, which are scattered in tremendously diverse literatures and a few of large databases, such as NCBI, Ensemble, and TAIR, call for an integrative and encyclopedia-like platform for meiosis (Hamant et al., 2006; Handel and Schimenti, 2010; Luo et al., 2014). Recently, two databases related to reproductive development, GermOnline and Plant Male Reproduction Database (PMRD), have been established. GermOnline is a cross-species microarray expression database focusing on germline development, reproduction and cancer (Lardenois et al., 2010). PMRD is a comprehensive resource for browsing and retrieving knowledge about genes and mutants related to plant male reproduction (Cui et al., 2012). Notwithstanding, neither databases provide comprehensive information about meiosis, because data related to meiosis is heavily fragmented. Therefore, researchers are in great need of effective tools or databases to quickly obtain precise meiotic data from the exponentially increasing amount of information.
FIGURE 1 | Screenshot of MeioBase homepage.
Here, by collecting and integrating all sorts of information related to meiosis, as well as including and developing powerful tools for search, comparison and analysis, we established a comprehensive and specialized database for meiosis, MeioBase. It will not only serve the meiosis research community, but also help any users who need an easy and efficient access to various kinds of information related to meiosis.
FIGURE 2 | The flowchart for construction of MeioBase. MeioBase is a comprehensive database for browsing and retrieving knowledge about meiosis, meiotic genes, and related data. MeioBase brings together three main sources of knowledge: (1) basic information about genes from public databases; (2) detailed curation of meiosis-related studies from the literatures; (3) public contributions from research community and other users. All of the information is stored in relational database tables that could be accessed by the utilities of MeioBase through any web browser.
RESOURCES Cytological features of meiosis have been described in detail for many species, which laid a solid foundation for the study of the molecular basis of meiosis (Zickler and Kleckner, 1999; Ma, 2005). Here, in the Cytology section, we provide an overview of the cytological process of meiosis, with special emphasis on the chromosome behaviors at different stages. To help understand the conservation and variability of the meiotic process during evolution, cytological features in model species are summarized and compared. Important advances related to meiosis can also be retrieved through clicking the Updated Advances links from the overview page. During meiotic prophase I, several critical events related to meiotic chromosome structure and interaction occur, including pairing, synapsis, recombination, and segregation. Consistent with this, genes regulating meiosis have also been grouped into pathways or networks, each of which corresponds to one of the meiotic events (Gerton and Hawley, 2005; Chang et al., 2011). For this reason, we have established the Pathway section, in which genes with similar or related functions, as well as the complex regulatory relationships between them, are visualized by diagrams. During the last 20 years, many genes involved in meiosis have been discovered and functionally characterized. By literature mining, 483 meiotic genes have been collected (Table 1). In the Species section, users can find the genes of a certain species and go into the details. In the Gene Detailed Information page, we have integrated useful information from references, databases and web servers. Data are organized by different aspects, such as General Information, Featured Domains, Protein Signatures, Gene Ontology, Protein Sequence, and References. General Information contains species name, gene name, gene family name, a brief description, gene model ID, and the coding sequence (CDS) of the gene.
Featured Domains provides protein domains predicted by Pfam. Protein Signatures and Gene Ontology provide more information of the functions of the proteins. References includes literatures with PMIDs in PubMed (Figure 3). We also include 11,201 pieces of PPI data of the collected meiotic genes of Arabidopsis, nematode, and budding yeast in MeioBase, and display them in the Interaction section (Table 1). The PPI data are retrieved from 283 literatures and 11 databases, such as BIND, BioGRID, DIP, IntAct, and STRING. Users can search for partners of the proteins of interest, for which corresponding sources and references are provided. To provide more comprehensive information on meiosis, references related to gene expression patterns are collected and displayed in the Expression section. Until now, important references of various species, such as Arabidopsis, rice, maize, petunia, wheat, mouse, rat, budding yeast, and fission yeast, have been listed in this section and more expression data of meiosis are being collected. In addition to the aforementioned five sections, MeioBase provides many other resources in the Links section, such as the commonly used databases, powerful web servers for molecular and genomic analysis, and experimental protocols for meiosis research, etc. An introduction to our "Plant Meiosis Project" can be found in the Project section. Important progresses and events on meiosis research are available in the News section. Release notes of MeioBase are announced in the Notice section. To provide an overview of our database, we also include a detailed introduction in the Help section.
1The number of functionally characterized meiotic genes that have been integrated into MeioBase. 2The number of PPI data that have been integrated into MeioBase.
FIGURE 3 | Screenshot of gene information. The Gene Detailed Information page of a meiotic gene consists of six aspects. (A) General Information; (B) Featured Domains; (C) Protein Signatures; (D) Gene Ontology ; (E) Protein Sequence; (F) References.
section, users can search genes not only by inputting their model IDs but also by providing keywords describing them. PPI data can also be searched with keywords. All data can be downloaded in the Download section, which links to the FTP site. Blast search against all the data in MeioBase is provided to facilitate users of finding similar sequence of a given sequence. In the Comparison section, users can add any two genes in the gene list and compare them. Users can also add any ten genes into the My Favorites section for fast checking afterward. Moreover, we have integrated sections specifically for contributing meiosis data or suggestions to MeioBase. In the Submission section, users can first download and fill in a customized excel file as directions with meiotic genes, PPI data, and other data not yet included in the database, and then upload it to the database. After checking the uploaded data, we will add the qualified ones into MeioBase timely. In Advice section in homepage and at the foot of every page, users could ask any questions or give us comments or suggestions about this database. We will appreciate every user for improving MeioBase and reply as soon as possible.
FUTURE PLANS MeioBase is the first web database providing comprehensive information on meiosis. It is only a start of establishing a large and well-known database on meiosis. We will reiterate the process of database structure and user interface development to enhance the data content and functionality. The major data content enhancement will come from elaboration of the gene annotation and incorporation of more meiotic genes in other species, various expression data from references and other databases, PPI networks of different species, and other vital pathways during meiosis. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We thank Yongjie Sui for assistance in developing web interface, Dr. Zhihao Cheng and Prof. Zhukuan Cheng for help in checking meiosis data, and Dr. Hong Luo, Dr. Zhe Li, Prof. Jingchu Luo, Prof. Fangpu Han, and Prof. Ji Yang for helpful discussions, and two anonymous reviewers for valuable suggestions. This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Sciences and Technology of China (2011CB944604).
Zickler, D., and Kleckner, N. (1998). The leptotene-zygotene transition of meiosis. Annu. Rev. Genet. 32, 619–697. doi: 10.1146/annurev.genet.32.1.619 Zickler, D., and Kleckner, N. (1999). Meiotic chromosomes: integrating structure and function. Annu. Rev. Genet. 33, 603–754. doi: 10.1146/annurev.genet.33. 1.603 Conflict of Interest Statement: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. Received: 31 October 2014; accepted: 01 December 2014; published online: 16 December 2014.
Citation: Li H, Meng F, Guo C, Wang Y, Xie X, Zhu T, Zhou S, Ma H, Shan H and Kong H (2014) MeioBase: a comprehensive database for meiosis. Front. Plant Sci. 5:728. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00728 This article was submitted to Plant Evolution and Development, a section of the journal Frontiers in Plant Science. Copyright © 2014 Li, Meng, Guo, Wang, Xie, Zhu, Zhou, Ma, Shan and Kong. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Location: New York, The United States
The program is a partnership between Vital Voices, a leading NGO in women's leadership and development and Bank of America, based on a shared belief in the need to invest in women who are creating economic and social progress around the world.
The Global Ambassadors Program (GAP) is designed for women entrepreneurs – providing mentorship, training and a network of support to help grow your business and your personal development.
The program includes one-on-one mentoring sessions and strategic workshops focused on building organizational management, financial acumen, and leadership skills.
This program provides a unique opportunity for women leaders in business and social enterprise to invest in themselves and their leadership journey. It is a one-week in-person training program in New York City including:
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A 1:1 mentoring relationship with an established woman executive. Previous mentors include: Susan Chambers, Executive Vice President, Global People Division Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Deborah Dugan, Chief Executive Officer, RED and Donna Langley, Chairman, Universal Pictures
Inclusion in the Vital Voices network of more than 15,000 women from 181 countries and territories around the world
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Participation in a half-day Global Forum, a thought leadership event and networking opportunity to engage with invited guests including business and community leaders
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Bug 152333 – Subfolder jars from V3 are not included in web project classpath on windows.
Bug 152333 - Subfolder jars from V3 are not included in web project classpath on windows.
Subfolder jars from V3 are not included in web project classpath on windows.
glassfish/modules/ejb/ in b28c of glassfish.
used to be) acts as a workaround for this problem (this was tested).
so the ejb container api's are not automatically added to web apps when the ejb container exists on disk.
Changeset 104249 which added support for subfolders to the new algorithm for finding api jars is incomplete.
javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.jar either which are in web subfolder and are in the stock V3 installation.
This broke the out-of-the box functionality of JSTL applications.
IMO should be fixed in a 6.5 patch.
hardcode strings and were normalized.
and / is wrong, as \ is a legal character (however uncommon) on UNIX systems.
i will work this one.
pcw: please take a look at this patch...  It seems to resolve the issue.
Unfortunately, I'm sure these rules will change.  Again.
never be passed a null FileObject.  (Or, allow nulls and eliminate the null check in the caller).
else case on the null check mentioned above.
Log: #152333: jars missing from GF library on windows.


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namespace Envoy {
namespace Config {
namespace {

class HttpSubscriptionImplTest : public testing::Test, public HttpSubscriptionTestHarness {};

// Validate that the client can recover from a remote fetch failure.
TEST_F(HttpSubscriptionImplTest, OnRequestReset) {
  startSubscription({"cluster0", "cluster1"});
  EXPECT_CALL(random_gen_, random()).WillOnce(Return(0));
  EXPECT_CALL(*timer_, enableTimer(_, _));
  EXPECT_CALL(callbacks_,
              onConfigUpdateFailed(Envoy::Config::ConfigUpdateFailureReason::ConnectionFailure, _))
      .Times(0);
  http_callbacks_->onFailure(http_request_, Http::AsyncClient::FailureReason::Reset);
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, ""));
  timerTick();
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, ""));
  deliverConfigUpdate({"cluster0", "cluster1"}, "42", true);
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(3, 1, 0, 1, 0, TEST_TIME_MILLIS, 7919287270473417401, "42"));
}

// Validate that the client can recover from bad JSON responses.
TEST_F(HttpSubscriptionImplTest, BadJsonRecovery) {
  startSubscription({"cluster0", "cluster1"});
  Http::ResponseHeaderMapPtr response_headers{
      new Http::TestResponseHeaderMapImpl{{":status", "200"}}};
  Http::ResponseMessagePtr message{new Http::ResponseMessageImpl(std::move(response_headers))};
  message->body() = std::make_unique<Buffer::OwnedImpl>(";!@#badjso n");
  EXPECT_CALL(random_gen_, random()).WillOnce(Return(0));
  EXPECT_CALL(*timer_, enableTimer(_, _));
  EXPECT_CALL(callbacks_,
              onConfigUpdateFailed(Envoy::Config::ConfigUpdateFailureReason::UpdateRejected, _));
  http_callbacks_->onSuccess(http_request_, std::move(message));
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, ""));
  request_in_progress_ = false;
  timerTick();
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, ""));
  deliverConfigUpdate({"cluster0", "cluster1"}, "0", true);
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(3, 1, 1, 0, 0, TEST_TIME_MILLIS, 7148434200721666028, "0"));
}

TEST_F(HttpSubscriptionImplTest, ConfigNotModified) {
  startSubscription({"cluster0", "cluster1"});

  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ""));
  timerTick();
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ""));

  // accept and modify.
  deliverConfigUpdate({"cluster0", "cluster1"}, "0", true, true, "200");
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(3, 1, 0, 0, 0, TEST_TIME_MILLIS, 7148434200721666028, "0"));

  // accept and does not modify.
  deliverConfigUpdate({"cluster0", "cluster1"}, "0", true, false, "304");
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(4, 1, 0, 0, 0, TEST_TIME_MILLIS, 7148434200721666028, "0"));
}

TEST_F(HttpSubscriptionImplTest, UpdateTimeNotChangedOnUpdateReject) {
  startSubscription({"cluster0", "cluster1"});
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ""));
  deliverConfigUpdate({"cluster0", "cluster1"}, "0", false);
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, ""));
}

TEST_F(HttpSubscriptionImplTest, UpdateTimeChangedOnUpdateSuccess) {
  startSubscription({"cluster0", "cluster1"});
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ""));
  deliverConfigUpdate({"cluster0", "cluster1"}, "0", true);
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(2, 1, 0, 0, 0, TEST_TIME_MILLIS, 7148434200721666028, "0"));

  // Advance the simulated time and verify that a trivial update (no change) also changes the update
  // time.
  simTime().setSystemTime(SystemTime(std::chrono::milliseconds(TEST_TIME_MILLIS + 1)));
  deliverConfigUpdate({"cluster0", "cluster1"}, "0", true);
  EXPECT_TRUE(statsAre(3, 2, 0, 0, 0, TEST_TIME_MILLIS + 1, 7148434200721666028, "0"));
}

} // namespace
} // namespace Config
} // namespace Envoy

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Yoon Bo-ra (born December 30, 1989), better known by the mononym Bora, is a South Korean singer, rapper and actress. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group Sistar and its sub-group Sistar19.

Early life and education
Bora was born on December 30, 1989, in Seoul. She majored in Musical Theater in Myongji University, and graduated in February 2015.

Career

2010–2011: Sistar and Sistar19

In June 2010, Bora made her debut as a member of Sistar on KBS' Music Bank with their debut single, Push Push.

In 2011, Bora and group member Hyolyn formed as a sub-group Sistar19 with the single "Ma Boy".

2011–2013: Variety programs
On October 17, 2011, it was revealed that Bora would be part of the new season of KBS2's Invincible Youth. The first episode of Invincible Youth 2 aired on November 11.

On October 21, 2012, it was revealed that Bora would join one of four groups that would perform a new song for the SBS' Gayo Daejeon music spectacular. As part of Mystic White, Bora released the charity song "Mermaid Princess" on December 26, 2012.

In 2013, Bora joined SBS's fashion program Fashion King Korea, where the cast members would team up with professional fashion designers to design and produce fashion items. The same year, she was announced as a fixed host for KBS' music program Music Bank alongside Park Seo-joon.
On December 21, 2013, Bora won Best Rookie Award  at the 2013 KBS Entertainment Awards for her work in Music Bank.

2014–2017: Television show and series appearances and contract end
In 2014, Bora made her acting debut in medical drama Doctor Stranger.

In January 2015, Bora was the new MC for KBS2's fashion and beauty show, A Style For You together with Heechul, Hara, and Hani. In April, she collaborated with Unpretty Rapstar contestants Kisum, Lil Cham, Jace, and male artist Adoonga for a hip-hop single titled "Feedback". She then starred in web dramas, Flatterer and High-End Crush. In November 2015, Bora joined the cast of SBS' survival show Law of the Jungle.

In June 2016, Bora was a contestant of Mnet's dance competition show, Hit the Stage.

In March 2017, it was announced that Bora would make her big screen debut in the family comedy film Sunkist Family. In June 2017, Bora signed a contract under Hook Entertainment as an actress going by her full name, leaving Starship Entertainment after seven years of being in Sistar. In November 2017, Bora was cast in tvN's fantasy drama A Korean Odyssey.

2018–present: Special MC, television show, series appearance and new label
In July 2018, Bora appeared as the special MC for Produce 48 on episode 6 and 7. She also appeared as one-day healing mentor on episode 11. In November 2018, Bora was cast in OCN's Quiz of God - Season 5 : Reboot.

In January 2020, Bora was cast in SBS' Dr. Romantic Season 2. In August 2020, It was revealed that Bora has left Hook Entertainment and signed with KeyEast Entertainment. In October 2020, Bora was announced as the ambassador of AIA Vitality. In November 2020, it was announced that Bora was cast in MBC's Late Night Café Season 2, Hit Up! Hit Up! as the female lead.

In January 2021, it was revealed that Bora will be the host for GlanceTV's beauty show, Unnie's Beauty Carpool together with Hyoyeon.

Discography

Filmography

Film

Television series

Variety show

Awards and nominations

References

External links

 Official website

Sistar members
1989 births
Living people
People from Seoul
Actresses from Seoul
Singers from Seoul
South Korean female idols
South Korean television actresses
South Korean film actresses
South Korean women pop singers
South Korean television personalities
South Korean web series actresses
Myongji University alumni
Starship Entertainment artists

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Rising stars of the American bluegrass scene, California band AJ Lee & Blue Summit bring an entertaining contemporary approach to bluegrass and Americana, combining virtuoso musicianship (on acoustic guitars, mandolin, fiddle and double bass) with soaring vocals and sweet harmonies.
A powerful singer, talented mandolinist and gifted songwriter, AJ Lee has been making waves on the acoustic scene for many years, performing with family band The Tuttles (alongside celebrated guitarist Molly Tuttle) since she was just ten! Still only in her early 20s, AJ is the bandleader of this stunningly talented quintet, which draws on a range of influences from western swing, country and folk to jazz and pop.
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Q: Flutter Dio HTTPS Certificate Validation Ignoring onBadCertificate - CA Cert Problem? I've run into a bit of a quandary. I'm writing a client/server application. The frontend is in Flutter and uses the Dio http package, the backend is Java. The backend REST API is secured via TLS certificate.
As many other questions have pointed out, Flutter doesn't seem to have access to the system CA Certificate store on all platforms. This is problematic because I intend to allow for self hosting of the server application, meaning certificates from all different CAs could be utilized server-side, so my HTTP client will need to support all of the CAs that a typical web browser supports.
Dio apparently allows you to set a trusted cert chain, but I'm wondering how best to leverage that.
Has anyone encountered this problem before. What solution did you implement to fix this?
These are the solutions I've thought of so far:

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*Allow user to "upload" ca cert bundle and store bytes in shared_preferences (difficult for users)

*Find another way to validate the certificate e.g. with user entered thumbprint? (less difficult, let all certs fail original validation, then do custom validatation with onBadCertificate against stored thumbprint)

*Find a package which offers access to system certificate store

*Ship inside the application a majority of big name CA certs and trust them with Dio somehow

The other issue I came here about is that Dio appears to be ignoring my onBadCertificate method. I declared this inside a ConnectionManager, should I not do that?
Here is the code that is being ignored:
var dio = Dio()
  ..options.baseUrl = server
  ..interceptors.add(LogInterceptor())
  ..interceptors.add(CookieManager(cookieJar))
  ..httpClientAdapter = Http2Adapter(
    ConnectionManager(
      idleTimeout: 10000,
      // Ignore bad certificate
      onClientCreate: (_, config) => {
        //config.context?.setTrustedCertificatesBytes(File("/assets/certs/wildcard.pem").readAsBytesSync()),
        config.onBadCertificate = (_) => true, // <-- ignored, should bypass check
      }
    ),
  );

EDIT:
As mentioned in the comments, Flutter was in fact capable of using the system CA Certificate store. As I test other platforms, I'll update if I run into any problems with certificates. But this one is solved!

A: I am also have same issue, because on some old models of phones, users see Certificate error. So, I found this solution:
_dio = Dio(_baseOptions);

    //check bad certificate
    (_dio!.httpClientAdapter as DefaultHttpClientAdapter).onHttpClientCreate = (HttpClient client) {
      client.badCertificateCallback = (X509Certificate cert, String host, int port) => true;
      return client;
    };

https://github.com/flutterchina/dio/issues/32#issuecomment-487401443

A: The core issue ended up being that the server did not provide the full certificate chain but only the leaf certificate. Some browsers hides this kinds of issues if the browser have seen the intermediate certificate somewhere else. So just because things works in the browser, it does not means the server is actually providing enough information for other TLS clients to verify the certificate chain.
The solution was therefore to configure the server to provide the full certificate chain.

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Ara Institute of Canterbury has cemented its reputation as the leading English language testing centre in the South Island by becoming an Official Test Centre for PTE Academic.
Ara Exam Coordinators Adilah Khan-Edmundson and Elisabeth Jaeger outside the testing centre.
PTE Academic is an English language test developed by Pearson, a world leader in academic testing. Securing the test centre is a coup for Ara.
"We're thrilled to add PTE Academic to our suite of English testing services," says Heather Knox, manager of Ara's School of English. "Pearson approached us to become a test centre, which is a compliment in itself and an acknowledgement of our many years' experience in providing high quality English testing services. Pearson is well regarded internationally and I'm sure many people will be pleased to know they can take the test locally now."
Knox says in the past, those wanting to sit PTE Academic needed to travel a significant distance to do so. "Last year alone, 500 local people travelled to Auckland to take the test." Ara's test centre only opened in late January, but already bookings are strong.
The PTE Academic test is highly rated by users because it's considered fast, fair and convenient, particularly when compared to other options. Tests can be booked up to 24 hours prior to the test session, there are two sessions available each week and results are provided within five business days (compared to over a month for some test services). PTE Academic results are widely recognised, including by all New Zealand universities, technical institutes, private training providers and Immigration New Zealand.
To ensure a 100% secure test environment, Pearson uses highly sophisticated technology. This includes palm vein identification of test-takers and closed circuit camera monitoring of each test session. Similarly, tests are marked by computer to ensure impartiality and accuracy.
Knox says test-takers generally tend to be migrants applying for residency, or international students who wish to apply for tertiary study and need to show they meet the English language entry criteria. The test is also used by many migrants who need to provide evidence of their English language proficiency when applying for a job.
Knox adds that from time to time, Pearson will offer a 10% discount on tests – "another appealing feature of this world-class service, which we're very proud to offer at Ara".


Good review. I have an SM-7 and hope to get a nice SM-9 this year. The quality and feel of the Olympia is supposed to be much better than even the Hermes 3000, also a very nice typewriter.
Never used a 3000, but the first typewriter I ever owned was a Hermes Nine. I wasn't collecting it or anything like that – I used it for business! Paid $10 for it in a junk store that had about a dozen of them. They were surplus from a school I presume, as they were teaching models with no symbols on the keys. I used it until I got my first computer, an Apple ll clone with a dot matrix printer. I painted the letter symbols onto the keys and put clear nail polish over it.
very nice review. I've wondered about those car guys too. My first typewriter was the family selectric. The first of my own I still have – a 1940's underwood.
I love the hoto with analog time stamp too – clever!
Thanks, I'm still trying to regulate that watch.. it's either fast or slow and I can't seem to get that darned lever to the right spot.
My friend Don Nathan, who designed my book Vintage Cars of Victoria, blogs at nathanguitars.com. This is a post from a few years ago about vintage car restoring, and typewriters. I hope you enjoy it.


Joseph J. Logan, DO, specializes in anesthesiology. Prior to joining Summit Medical Group, Dr. Logan was a staff anesthesiologist at Horizon Family Medicine Group in New York. He is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the New Jersey State Society of Anesthesiologists.
When he is not working with patients, Dr. Logan enjoys skiing, soccer and spending time with his family.


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The security deposit must be returned within 30 days after the tenant has moved out and returned the keys.
If the security deposit is kept in an interest-bearing account, interest must be paid to the tenant if the tenancy lasted more than five years (the landlord keeps any interest earned during the first five years).


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Memorial Fund Set Up for Children of Former Lizzy Borden Guitarist Who Passed Away in January 24 Car Accident
By Newsferatu, Writer
Monday, February 2, 2009 @ 7:09 AM
In the aftermath of Corey James (Daum)'s passing, (see story below), a memorial fund has been created to help the 2 children of former Lizzy Borden guitarist Corey James (Daum) who passed away Saturday morning in Nashville, Tennessee from an auto accident. Please make a donation, here is the information.
(denote in the memo section)
Julia P. Daum/Custodian for the Daum Children.
Mail the check to:
ATTN: Judy Adkins
Goodlettsville, TN 37072.
Frontman, and namesake, Lizzy Borden has issued the following:
"My Brother and former guitarist Corey James (Daum) passed away Saturday morning (January 24th) in Nashville Tennessee from an auto accident.
Corey was a Lizzy Borden guitarist from 1989 to 1995; he appeared in two Lizzy Borden video's 'We Got The Power' and 'Love Is A Crime' as well as on the Master Of Disguise tour.
We were looking for a second guitarist to play along side Alex Nelson and We had a cattle call of guitarist come down to audition. As soon as Corey walked in the room I had high hopes for him. He was a tall, bone skinny kid with long blonde hair and a giant Colgate smile. He started playing and singing away with no fear and gave it all he had, I liked him immediately and so did everyone else. After he was done I told him that we would get back to him after we finished the day, but in my mind I already knew that he was the guy. I called him later that night and asked him if he wanted to see the world and live in a tour bus for a couple of years, he was ecstatic and I could tell even over the phone that that smile would not leave his face while he slept that night…
Corey was an innocent young kid who came to Hollywood to fulfill his dreams of becoming a world famous rock guitarist. He found himself in an apartment complex on Yucca Street in a seedy part of Hollywood. The complex was filled with musicians from every other state and it was kind of the first place you had to live if you had the guts enough to come to Hollywood to pursue your dreams, a far cry from the small town in Pennsylvania that he came from. Inside of a week he knew everyone in this giant apartment complex and introduced everyone to everyone else. Corey was a guy that could get people together; everybody wanted to be where he was. He made a seedy apartment in Hollywood the place to be for all young soon to be rock stars and the girls that wanted to be with them. I even risked parking my jag on that famous street just to come to one of his '"we're in this thing together parties", that's the power of persuasion that Corey had.
We toured quite a lot over the few years we were playing together, we saw a good part of the world and had the time of our lives night after night, to say he was a big part of that would be the ultimate understatement. Corey was the clue that held us all together and the one that we would send in to be the ambassador to break the ice when we were with strangers, and he always did.
Corey moved to Nashville after the touring ended and we all lost touch for a few years. But when we were looking for a new guitarist for our latest tour I tracked him down and tried to get him to come back on the road with us, but he had a new family and it just would have been too much to make it all workout. I said my goodbyes to him and that we would see him when the tour came through Nashville, That was the last time I spoke to him because the tour never came through Nashville. but I I'm grateful that I at least had those last phone conversations with Corey; he was the nicest guy you could ever meet and the best friend you could want. You were privileged if you had the chance to know him. He was a great talent, an extraordinary guitarist and an amazing singer and performer.
After losing Alex nelson in 04' to an auto accident this is again extremely hard to take and we are all crushed by this news as I know his family and everyone that ever met him is right now. We send out our sincere condolences to his family and we will never forget Corey James, he will always be one of us forever…
Lizzy Borden."


That sounds like a fun community group to belong to. Do people pay to go and see the films?
It's brilliant! We usually put on films once a month, with a children's film in the afternoon and an adult's one in the afternoon. We have a wide range of films, not always the most popular. Some highlights for me, amongst many, have been Wajdja, Rams and recently A Man Called Ove. We usually set things out cabaret style, ver informally, and are just coming up to our 10th anniversary.
What bike camera did you buy?
A cycliq, front and rear. They are pricy, but include a light, a battery that last for several hours, an alarm and detector, so if the bike goes down it locks the video. Works OK for me, but not too good in low light or into the sun, which isn't surprising.
This was entertaining reading. Like you, I do enjoy winter riding but I'm usually alone. Unless of course we get a warm spell. Another reason is that the other winter riding friends I know, coast at a speed much too fast for me. Their average speed on a casual ride is around 18 MPH. (29 KPM). They are also 30 years younger.
I think my days of averaging those speeds are few and far between. Luckily the groups I go out with go at a mixture of speeds. I ride more solo than in groups though, summer and winter.


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2. Cut carrots, broccoli, and zucchini into bite sized pieces. Place carrots into the broth and get it to boil. Let it simmer and cover with lid.
3. Drain kelp noodles and drop them into the broth. Be careful don't let it spill.
4. Let both carrots and noodles cook for about 15 minutes.
6. Use tongs to scoop out most of the noodles from the broth.
7. Drop broccoli into the broth.
8. While broccoli is cooking, place cut up zucchini into the pan and lightly saute zucchini with some spray oil.
9. Once zucchini is done cooking. Take it out and use that pan to fry an egg with some spray oil.
10. Scoop out the broccoli and carrots.
11. Drop thinly sliced pork into the hot broth. Let it cook for a few minutes. Should cook very fast since it's a thin slice.
12. Arrange all the ingredients in a large bowl. Top with the desired toppings.


Representing adult nightclubs these days can be a thankless task for First Amendment lawyers, with recent court decisions often going in favor of cities and counties that claim the clubs are magnets for crime and antisocial behavior. But Wellman and Miller last year pulled off a rare victory in a marathon legal battle with the city of La Habra.
The two attorneys represented Badi "Bill" Gammoh, who first clashed with the city in 1995 when he applied for a license to open the Taboo Gentlemen's Club. The city tried to shut him down for violating its anti-lap dance ordinance, but an appeals court found the ordinance unconstitutional in 2002. At a trial that began in July, Wellman and Miller argued that their client was entitled to damages for the business he lost while the lap-dance ban was in effect. "It really hurt the business," says Wellman.
Matthew Heller is a freelance writer specializing in legal affairs.


Dangal's success in China opens up the world's second-largest film market for India. But there are risks, warns Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
IMAGE: Aamir Khan's Dangal sold sold 11.7 million tickets in China. That is over four times more than Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2, according to a Chinese media research firm.
Nitesh Tiwari's Dangal crossed $113 million (Rs 723 crore) in box office collections in China last week.
Shuai Jiao Baba or Let's Wrestle, Dad is one of the biggest foreign language hits in China.
The story of a father's struggle to help his daughters win a medal in international wrestling has sold 11.7 million tickets. That is over four times more than Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2, according to EntGroup, a Chinese media research firm.
Both these Disney films released in China on May 5.
As Bahubali 2: The Conclusion readies for its China release in July, the question is: Has Dangal cracked open the world's second-largest film market for India?
It has, subject to some ifs and buts.
Ying Zhu is a New York-based Chinese film and media expert. She says the 'revival of Indian films in China and the push for Sino-Indian co-productions in the last couple of years are linked directly to China's One Belt One Road initiative'.
Without state approval, it is impossible to get a release in China, which has a quota of 34 foreign films a year.
Khan and Tiwari went on a tour of Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu over nine days.
Khan interacted extensively with the local media, fans and audiences, kicking up a social media storm of sorts.
China is a market worth pursuing.
At $6.6 billion (over Rs 44,200 crore) in box office collections in 2016, it is just behind the US/Canada's $11.4 billion (Rs 76,380 crore).
At Rs 14,200 crore (in all revenues) India is way behind. Its creatively robust film industry wins critical acclaim across the world. But it suffers from a lack of screens and therefore poor profitability at home. So all new markets are an opportunity.
Since the 1990s when Indian films picked up overseas, the US, UK, Central Asia have been its natural markets because of the diaspora. There has been talk of taking Indian cinema global by 'crossing over' but that never happened.
IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan's films bring in roughly half of the Rs 1,000 crore that Indian films collect overseas currently. But South-east Asia and South Asia have eluded Indian films, except for the odd Rajinikanth hit.
The films of actor Shah Rukh Khan, which bring in roughly half of the Rs 1,000 crore that Indian films collect overseas currently, have crossed over into Germany and Poland and other European markets.
But South-east Asia and South Asia have eluded Indian films, except for the odd Rajinikanth hit.
Dangal holds hope for two reasons.
One: "It is a hit in a market with no significant diaspora, where the local population is watching the film. We keep talking of a crossover, this is a crossover," emphasises one senior film industry veteran.
At Rs 723 crore, Dangal's China gross is more than the Rs 571 crore in India.
Two: The timing is great. Because of the cap on foreign films, local films get 60 per cent of the box office in China. However, since mid-2016 there has been a slowdown as audiences look beyond Chinese and Hollywood films.
That is where Dangal stepped in with a series of happy coincidences.
IMAGE: Aamir's 3 Idiots and PK were huge hits in China. Disney simply leveraged this to release Dangal in 8,000 screens across China.
3 Idiots (2009) was a huge hit. The story of the pressures of the educational system in India resonated with the Chinese.
So did PK (2014), which appealed because atheism is popular. Both starred Aamir.
Disney simply leveraged this to release Dangal, a well-told story, across 8,000 screens in China.
There are risks. Most Indian films release on a fixed fee basis, thereby missing the upside if the film works. And the political winds could change any day, says Patrick Frater, Asia editor, Variety.
When China turned against Korea in mid-2016, co-productions were cancelled and talent removed. Korean films cannot get a release in China.
In spite of the risks, it is the perfect time to take a shot at China. There is a gap in the market and the audiences and trade are positively inclined to Indian films thanks to Dangal.
Bahubali 2 should go for it with all guns blazing.


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Assessment 1: Reflection of LearningInstructions: Write your reflection of learning into the template below. Remember that you need to use a minimum of six (6) sources of academic literature of which at least three (3) are peer-reviewed journal articles.Assignment Question: Why is it important for a nurse to know how the principles of Primary Health Care and social determinants of health influence health outcomes?Introduction (approx. 100 – 150 words) Nursing has become a very important part of health care and they are more people-centred than it used to be. Therefore, the study of nursing requires more than memorizing knowledge and following orders, we need the ability to think by ourselves and learn more about patients' situation so we can offer better treatment. During the study of primary health care and social determinants of health, the importance of understanding more than anatomy and physiology for nursing becomes really obvious. When analyzing the clients' health status, it is important that we know their living environment and habits, and we understand and respect their culture and provide a safe and fair service.Reflection (approx. 700 – 750 words) The declaration of Alma-Ata summarized primary health care as being fair and equal; assimilating among primary, secondary, and tertiary care; and boosting community care service(Crikey 2010). As stated in the Alma-Ata declaration, primary health care acts as a complete pathway to health system institution and intersectoral action for health. It appeared as a result of health system deficiencies that are prevalent in the late twenty centuries, many of which are still present today. These inadequacies included the disease-orientated system, which was costly and benefit only a small group of people; the approaches used by many health professionals that was partial and unfair; the lacking of comprehensive understanding of the importance of the social determinants of health; and failure to see the primary care as the core of health system (Hone & Macinco & Millett 2018). With this in mind, it is not hard to understand that primary health care is playing an important role in the health care system. It is usually considered as the first place to go when sick, so it was commonly considered to be fundamental and comprehensive. However, at the national level, it also assists a wide range of movements including intersectoral action for health and Health in All Policies; the advancement of well-being; focusing on the wider social determinants of health; world-wide health insurance; reducing health inequities; and the development of community health care (Hone & Macinco & Millett 2018). Therefore, nurses need a broader range of knowledge in order to work effectively within this primary health care setting (Fraser&Nadeau 2016). When discussing primary health care at the individual level, it can address almost 90% of the population's health issues, including pregnancy care, vaccination, treatment for chronic diseases and palliative care (The Lancet 2018). Under the setting of primary health care that makes health care economical, available and adequate, nurses are stressed to change from health care provider to facilitator (Rahaman & Homles & Chartrand 2016). What's more, by seeing being healthy as a human right and social engagement as an essential part of social justice, primary health care was proposed with a role in addressing social determinants of health (The Lancet 2018). Social determinants of health are defined by The World Health Organization (WHO 2013) as "the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, including the health system. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources at global, national and local levels". Despite this is the most commonly used definition, some considered it is not complete, so the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC 2010) suggests a more complete one that describes the social determinants of health as "the complex, integrated, and overlapping social structures and economic systems that include social and physical environments and health services. These determinants are shaped by the level of income, power, and resources at global, national and local levels. They are influenced not only through personal choices but through policy choices as well." The study of the social determinants of health is very important for nurses because it has the same or even more effect on health status than medical treatment or proper health habits (Mahony & Jones 2013). For example, children who are born at different places have a dramatic difference in life expectancy, and their health is closely associated with their economic position (Gibson & Odeyemi 2013). Nurses are usually the group that has the most contact with patients, which means nurses can have the chance to observe and analyse the effect of social determinants of health on their patients, but they do not have the ability to control (Mahony & Jones 2013). The reality that the social determinants of health are playing an important part in health care is very clear, and there are still inadequacies in the health care system. The inequity of wealth distribution and the distribution of social resources seriously affect the conduct of equal health care. In order to be a qualified nurse, it is very important to acknowledge the importance of the historical and practical status of primary health care. By understanding its origin, more attention would be paid to the improvement of the deficiencies and future developments. More effective strategies are expected in addressing social determinants of health and the further application of primary health care.Conclusion (approx. 100-150 words) Social determinants of health have a huge effect on population's health status, nurses would be able to offer better treatments when they have the knowledge base about social determinants of health and can make a proper prediction of the development of a patient's disease. Primary health care is intended to keep the fairness of health care, addressing social determinants of health so that health care can be shared fairly and equally. 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HYPERLINK "https://journals-sagepub-com.access.library.unisa.edu.au/doi/10.1177/0898010116650773" Rahaman, Z & HYPERLINK "https://journals-sagepub-com.access.library.unisa.edu.au/doi/10.1177/0898010116650773" Holmes, D & HYPERLINK "https://journals-sagepub-com.access.library.unisa.edu.au/doi/10.1177/0898010116650773" Chartrand, L 2016, "An Opportunity for Healing and Holistic Care: Exploring the Roles of Health Care Providers Working Within Northern Canadian Aboriginal Communities", Holistic nursing, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 185-197.The Lancet, 2018, "The Astana declaration: the future of primary health care?", The Lancet, vol. 392, no. 10156, p. 1369.World Health Organization, 2013, Social determinants of health, WHO, viewed 5 April 2019, < HYPERLINK "http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/" t "https://journals-sagepub-com.access.library.unisa.edu.au/doi/full/10.1177/_blank" http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/> HLTH 1036 Global and National Health Weighting: 22% of Final Grade Assessment Feedback Form: Reflection of Learning Students name:Student ID:Criteria HD 85% or above Distinction 75 – 84% Credit 65 – 74% Pass 1 55 – 64% Pass 2 50 – 54% Fail 1 40 – 49% Fail 239% or belowIntroduction 10 Marks As for Distinction plus – introduction presents an innovative justification/analysis of assessment purpose and intention of the assessment task. 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It's Almost Impossible To Overdose Just By Touching Fentanyl, But People Are Being Locked Up For It Anyway
Every year, police officers claim to have suffered near-fatal overdoses after accidentally touching fentanyl, a synthetic opioid more powerful than morphine or heroin.
"Deputy Nearly Dies of Fentanyl Overdose," read a headline from the Sacramento Bee this summer. "Officer Exposed to Fentanyl & Transported to Local Hospital," stated a press release from the Santa Rosa Police Department in 2020. "Police Officer Overdoses After Brushing Fentanyl Powder Off His Uniform," read the headline on a CNN story from 2017.
But there's something off about this seeming epidemic of accidental overdoses: It is virtually impossible to overdose simply by touching or getting too close to fentanyl. Doctors and toxicologists warn that the hype around this perceived threat is harming overdose victims, taxpayers, and first responders.
Accidental overdose by skin exposure "is chemically and physically implausible," said Dr. Ryan Marino, a medical toxicologist and addiction medicine specialist who serves as an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Dr. Andrew Stolbach, an emergency physician and medical toxicologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital, said, "It's not possible to overdose on fentanyl by touching it. If it was absorbed well through the skin, people wouldn't inject it and snort it in order to get high."
Despite this, people who use the drug are facing serious legal repercussions — such as charges of assault or endangerment of officers — for supposedly causing these impossible overdoses.
"People should not be in jail for imaginary crimes," Marino said.
A self-portrait of Justin Buckel in jail, taken on a prison-issue tablet.
"Bad timing. Bad luck."
That's how Justin Buckel describes what happened the night of May 12, 2017. He had just been released from jail on bond in East Liverpool, Ohio, when he was pulled over. The officer was quickly joined by Chris Green, a local police officer who was off duty but happened to be nearby.
The officers searched Buckel's car for drugs and found powder that later tested positive for fentanyl. Buckel said at the scene that the powder in the vehicle might include fentanyl. He was arrested. At least an hour later, Green complained to a colleague he didn't feel well. He had brushed some powder off of his shirt, touching it with his bare skin. The colleague later recounted in police documents that Green "became saturated in sweat and was barely coherent." Green told BuzzFeed News he remembers "panicking, trying to talk," and falling forward, but nothing after that. He was taken to a hospital and treated for an overdose.
Buckel pleaded guilty to charges including trafficking and possession and was sent to prison for six and a half years. In addition, he was charged with assault on a peace officer for "exposing" Green to fentanyl, which made up a year and a half of the jail time.
When he was sentenced, the Ohio attorney general's office put out a press release that led with the assault charge. Mike DeWine, who was attorney general at the time and is now governor, contributed a quote: "Fentanyl is so dangerous that even the slightest exposure can be deadly, but thankfully in this case naloxone was close at hand." (DeWine's office told BuzzFeed News in a statement that Green's overdose was a "documented, medical incident" and claimed it is "factually incorrect" that this overdose was medically implausible.) The news media picked the story up accordingly.
Buckel's arrest was one of many similar stories that got national attention. The prevalence of these tales of accidental overdose has increased along with the amount of fentanyl in the illicit drug supply in the United States.
A study published in the Harm Reduction Journal last year showed that stories of accidental fentanyl exposure made up over 150 media reports in 2017. Stolbach, the Johns Hopkins physician, was one of the authors of a 2020 Journal of Medical Toxicology study that traced the origin of the concern to a small number of reports from 2013, noting that such media reports increased in 2016, the same year the United States Drug Enforcement Agency itself issued a warning that "fentanyl can be absorbed through the skin or through accidental inhalation of airborne powder."
A DEA spokesperson confirmed the agency later took down an accompanying video warning of this supposed risk that was posted on YouTube and noted that the DEA follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for preventing occupational exposure to illicit drugs. More recent first responder guidance from the DEA says, "Incidental skin contact may occur during daily activities but is not expected to lead to harmful effects if the contaminated skin is promptly washed off with water." Representatives for the agency did not respond to a request for comment on the 2016 warning.
The Journal of Medical Toxicology study noted two distinct spikes in media reports about first responder opioid exposures in 2017. The bigger spike came in the second quarter of the year, the same time period Buckel was arrested.
Green appeared on CBS News five days after Buckel's arrest, when anchor Norah O'Donnell told viewers, "The opioid crisis is not only dangerous for those addicted to the drugs, but also for first responders." An on-air graphic declared, "OVERDOSE BY ACCIDENT." Representatives for CBS News did not respond to multiple requests for comment on whether medical experts were contacted for the story.
A few months later, CBS's fictional cop show Blue Bloods featured a harrowing plotline in which an officer was rushed to the hospital after touching a tray containing fentanyl. A suspect and doctor both proclaimed the officer had overdosed. Representatives for CBS did not respond in time for publication when asked whether toxicologists or other medical professionals were consulted about the episode. Over 8 million people watched it the night it premiered.
Logically, the argument that passive fentanyl exposure poses an overdose risk to first responders falls apart with a little questioning. If it did, why don't nurses who work with fentanyl in hospital settings experience similar symptoms? What about dealers, the loved ones of drug users, or volunteers at needle exchange sites?
Experts have long warned that this pervasive concern can create serious consequences for drug users, first responders, and taxpayers. Marino said he has seen first responders hesitating to resuscitate patients experiencing fentanyl overdoses both in the hospital and in the field. The 2020 Harm Reduction Journal study pointed out that officers report entering the field with significant fear of fentanyl. A study published the previous year in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness surveyed first responders in New York, finding that 80% of them believed "briefly touching fentanyl could be deadly."
While many first responders clearly experience physical suffering after a believed exposure to fentanyl, experts suggest it's possible they are experiencing panic attacks or "line-of-sight" afflictions, not overdoses, and are suffering negative consequences to their mental health. Some symptoms of opioid overdoses — such as perspiration and lightheadedness — are also associated with anxiety attacks.
Ryan McNeil, an assistant professor of medicine and public health at Yale University, said first responder descriptions of suspected overdoses sound like panic attacks, not toxicity, and "it's galling that we're treating that as an overdose when it's not even how an overdose presents."
In August, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department came under fire for releasing a packaged PSA and insisting, even after an outcry from medical experts online, that it showed a deputy overdosing from passive fentanyl exposure.
The body camera footage is dramatic. Deputy David Faiivae falls to the ground after touching a powder, and one of his colleagues assures him, "I'm not going to let you die!" In the PSA, officers involved that day sit down for confessional-style interviews and Faiivae states, "I almost died."
What made this instance different from its predecessors was that doctors and experts organized to push back. Over 400 physicians, nurses, and public health researchers signed a letter demanding retractions from the major outlets that credulously repeated the department's claim. They highlighted the 2017 findings of a joint American College of Medical Toxicology and American Academy of Clinical Toxicology task force, which found that "incidental dermal absorption is very unlikely to cause opioid toxicity," and "toxicity cannot occur from simply being in proximity to the drug."
Under pressure, the department admitted the deputy never underwent a toxicology screening to determine if fentanyl was in his system, but they refused to disavow the video, even weeks later. A representative for the department confirmed to BuzzFeed News that Faiivae never underwent a toxicology screening and the organization has "not revisited this topic since that time." They had no further comment. The story of the alleged overdose, dubious as it was, still spread. Green, who also says he is not sure he underwent a toxicology screening after his alleged overdose, posted an article about it to his own Facebook account.
Despite the very public myth-busting of fentanyl overdose from accidental contact with the drug, law enforcement officials across the country continue to go to great, very expensive lengths to avoid this "risk," and people continue to face incarceration for supposedly causing these accidental overdoses.
On Sept. 16, officials in Greene County, Tennessee, charged Tommy Starnes with two felony counts of reckless endangerment after a deputy and EMS worker both experienced "symptoms of an overdose" after treating him, according to a release from the Greene County Sheriff's Department. Greene County Sheriff Wesley Holt would not share additional information with BuzzFeed News on what those symptoms entailed.
Unlike Buckel, who was simultaneously hit with a variety of other trafficking-related charges, Starnes is not suspected of selling drugs. The first responders were called for an overdose. They were there to save Starnes' life.
Upon arriving at the scene after reports of the first responders' symptoms, Holt donned a hazmat suit to retrieve evidence. The Tennessee Highway Patrol even flew in decontamination equipment by helicopter. Holt estimates the total cost of the response was around $3,800.
Holt told BuzzFeed News it's "a sad situation" that taxpayers foot those bills. When asked if he was aware of the research showing passive fentanyl exposure poses no significant risk to law enforcement officers (thus rendering the helicopter decontamination unnecessary), he said he was not. He dismissed the idea that the first responders experienced anxiety or a so-called nocebo effect — the opposite of a placebo effect, wherein a negative outcome arises from negative expectations — and declined to say whether the deputy or EMS worker who came in contact with Starnes were given toxicology screenings.
Reporting by a local journalist later revealed that every officer in Greene County has been given a protective suit in the wake of Starnes' arrest. Holt estimates that cost the department another $800. The reporting also said the ambulance used to transport Starnes was given "an intense cleaning" with chemicals flown in by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations. Representatives for the TBI did not say what that might have cost.
Todd Estep, a public defender who represents Starnes, said he had not been aware of the body of research indicating that the endangerment his client was charged with is medically implausible until he was contacted by BuzzFeed News. Starnes, who also faces felony charges of possession, remains in jail awaiting an arraignment this month.
Green, like Holt, rejects the idea that any first responder's reaction to the presence of fentanyl is brought on by anxiety or a nocebo effect. "I'm a pretty hardened guy," he said. "Nothing really rattles me." He is no longer with the ELPD. A review of internal documents showed he was terminated after a number of violations uncovered by an investigation ordered by East Liverpool Mayor Gregory Bricker, including dishonesty and discourteous treatment of the public. Green told BuzzFeed News he believes he was let go because he raised concerns about corruption in the department and is mounting a legal challenge to ensure "the facts will come out."
He has since found employment working in drug detection for a private company and told BuzzFeed News it is essentially the same job he had with the ELPD, but he makes "a ton more money." Green is thrilled with his new gig, saying, "My passion is drugs. Like if I was allowed, I would literally be a cop for free if I could just hunt drugs and drug dealers all day."
He also dismissed doctors' insistence that passive exposure cannot cause an overdose, saying, "I don't really care what the naysayers say or feel or whatever. I know what I experienced, and it's godawful."
It's impossible to say for sure what is really going on in these instances, though Green and Holt both remain adamant that passive exposure is an overdose threat and the police are not lying or experiencing panic attacks. First responders, Green said, are either "really good actors and we have an elaborate hoax going on or the shit is real."
Stolbach, who helped author the 2017 position statement from the American College of Medical Toxicology and the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology task force, said that what happened in the San Diego Sheriff's Department video showed "some sort of medical event, but not opioid-poisoning definitive." He doesn't know why the message that these types of overdoses are impossible isn't taking hold in police departments, even years after the possibility of passive overdose was debunked.
"Every police officer or police official that I personally come into contact with, they're on board with me and they understand, and yet, somehow, this message isn't penetrating the police," he said, adding that between the medical and law enforcement communities, "there's not a lot of interface."
Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University who is a former senior policy adviser to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, believes resistance to accurate information about the possibility of exposure overdoses isn't just an issue among first responders. His concern lies with prosecutors.
"It may not be an entirely rational process for them," said Humphreys. "They could just be glad to have another way to charge people. Generally, as prosecutors, the more things you can charge somebody with, the more power you have, so even if they knew that this was mostly hysteria and hokum, they might still welcome the power. I don't know if you can change that."
Fentanyl can be absorbed through the skin, but only under unique circumstances. Fentanyl patches are used therapeutically by medical professionals all the time, which may have contributed to the belief that instantaneous absorption and subsequent overdose are possible.
The fentanyl patch is not just fentanyl, so that is definitely completely different from what's on the streets. The patch is fentanyl combined with an alcohol or glycol product so that it becomes a solution and so those compounds do absorb through the skin," said Marino, who explained that the 75-microgram patch does not contain "a big dose" and "takes 13 hours to get to just the therapeutic dose." Overdosing, he said, would require "many, many hours of holding this patch against the skin."
Green told BuzzFeed News he used hand sanitizer before brushing the powder off of himself that day in 2017 and believes that could have facilitated some kind of absorption. Asked why he had a reaction but Buckel — who handled the powder too, which led to his conviction for tampering with evidence – didn't, he said it was probably because Buckel used drugs and had a tolerance.
Green also pointed out that another suspect arrested with Buckel was transported to the hospital before he was, though at the time, he questioned whether the suspect was trying to get out of jail. Green and the police report from the time both noted the suspect said he had asthma. Per the police report, the suspect experienced "shortness of breath and dizziness," both of which are common symptoms of asthma attacks and do not align with the CDC's warning signs of overdose.
Both Stolbach and Humphreys expressed concern that fear of fentanyl exposure is increasing anxiety for police officers, whose job involves myriad dangers as it is. Humphreys said he would be willing to stand in front of cops and personally demonstrate the safety of touching fentanyl with his bare hand. Demonstrations and outreach, he said, could be one way to make the point. Stolbach said he met with officials from the San Diego Sheriff's Department in the wake of August's viral PSA (which has since been removed by Vimeo) and found them "receptive" to his feedback.
Fighting the misconceptions around fentanyl exposure is easier said than done, given the saturation of the narrative within the law enforcement community, as well as in the news and on TV. Buckel's lawyer, Coleen Dailey, said she tried to fight against Buckel's assault charge in 2017, "but for every article that said that passive exposure did not cause an overdose, there was one that said it did."
Buckel, who remains in jail, said all he cares about now is "getting out and getting established," reconnecting with his kids, and getting back to work. He will remain incarcerated for two more years, but he has advice for Starnes and others charged with endangerment or assault of an officer for fentanyl possession: "Fight the case," he said.
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