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Fun and Creative Halloween-Themed Projects
DECORATING WITH CORK – Page 32
Turn tin cans into stylish organizers by following the simple directions of Country Home's green guru, Danny Seo. Using only scissors, a hot glue gun and a roll of eco-friendly cork shelf liner; empty coffee and soup cans become functional desktop organizers.
QUICK AND EASY ROOM MAKEOVER – Page 36
With only a hundred dollars and 12 hours start to finish, the Country Home Emergency Makeover Team turns a blank sofa wall into a personal gallery. Includes tips on how to find "economical art" for a vintage look without breaking your budget.
FIND OF THE MONTH: THROWS – Page 42
A collection of seven of Country Home's favorite warm and snuggly throws for autumn. Whether you prefer wool, cotton or mohair, you will find something here to layer your favorite nesting spot during the cool, crisp days of autumn.
SHOP TO SUPPORT BREAST CANCER AWARENESS – Page 46
Be Pretty in Pink and make a difference with these affordable indulgences all supporting breast cancer awareness. Country Home shares some girly picks to make a difference and treat the special women in your life, including yourself.
TRAVEL: WASHINGTON D.C.'S ARTSY DISTRICT - Page 50
Country Home Art Director Shelley Caldwell drops in on D.C.'s Greater U Street Historical District and shows us her favorite spots. The neighborhood that has long been the haunt of famous jazz musicians is also home to beautiful antique shops, restaurants, galleries and even a fair-trade home and living store.
WHAT'S HOT NOW: VINTAGE HALLOWEEN DECOR – Page 72
Classic Halloween papier-mâché lanterns, noisemakers and candy containers from 1915 to about 1950 are hot items on the collectors market. These items, originally used for adult-oriented parties, were not meant to keep, so finding undamaged pieces today is difficult. Learn where to look for them, what to pay and how to tell if a piece is truly vintage.
TURN YOUR JUNK INTO BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN PIECES – Page 74
Sue Whitney and Ki Nassauer of JunkMarket turn old castoffs into beautiful autumnal projects. Discover how to turn an old squeaky wheel into a classic front-door wreath, transform vintage jar-holders into stunning pumpkin chandeliers and more.
SHOPGIRL'S ADORABLE INTERIOR DOORS – Page 87
Leslie Segrete, a.k.a. Shopgirl, is Country Home's new do-it-herself expert. Follow her easy-to-follow instructions to transform an interior door using paint, wallpaper and decorative moldings. Shopgirl also includes her picks of the month, garden gear to make all your outdoor chores easier this fall.
APPLES: AUTUMN'S USEFUL DECORATING TOOL – Page 108
For the ultimate autumn look, grab a basket of apples and decorate your home with one of these 7 seasonal projects. Country Home features instructions on how to make a wreath, bouquet or placecards for an autumn dinner table using fall's favorite fruit. Editors also share tips on how to extend the life of the projects and both outdoor apple decorating ideas.
FLAVORFUL PIES FOR ANY OCCASION – Page 134
A sampling of autumn pie recipes, pastry pointers and the personal thoughts of Patty Pinner, author of Sweety Pies: An Uncommon Collection of Womanish Observations, with Pie. She sprinkles personal life lessons with six delicious recipes, including Mama's Mock Cherry Pie, made with cranberries, and a "ladylike" Old-Time Chocolate Meringue Pie.
The October issue of Country Home is on newsstands now.
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James McEnteer : The Pirates of Ecuador
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What We Need Is A Digital Bill Of Rights
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Paper 2018/206
Reading in the Dark: Classifying Encrypted Digits with Functional Encryption
Edouard Dufour-Sans, Romain Gay, and David Pointcheval
As machine learning grows into a ubiquitous technology that finds many interesting applications, the privacy of data is becoming a major concern. This paper deals with machine learning and encrypted data. Namely, our contribution is twofold: we first build a new Functional Encryption scheme for quadratic multi-variate polynomials, which outperforms previous schemes. It enables the efficient computation of quadratic polynomials on encrypted vectors, so that only the result is in clear. We then turn to quadratic networks, a class of machine learning models, and show that their design makes them particularly suited to our encryption scheme. This synergy yields a technique for efficiently recovering a plaintext classification of encrypted data. Eventually, we prototype our construction and run it on the MNIST dataset to demonstrate practical relevance. We obtain 97.54% accuracy, with decryption and encryption taking few seconds.
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- Preprint. MINOR revision.
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- Machine Learning on Encrypted DataFunctional EncryptionQuadratic polynomials
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- edufoursans @ ens fr
- History
- 2020-10-26: last of 2 revisions
- 2018-02-22: received
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- https://ia.cr/2018/206
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@misc{cryptoeprint:2018/206, author = {Edouard Dufour-Sans and Romain Gay and David Pointcheval}, title = {Reading in the Dark: Classifying Encrypted Digits with Functional Encryption}, howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2018/206}, year = {2018}, note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/206}}, url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/206} }


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This notice describes how information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully. This Notice is effective March 1, 2013 and applies to all protected health information as defined by federal and state regulations. (Rev. 3/2013)
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What is in your healthcare record and how your health information is used helps you to: ensure its accuracy, better understand who, what, when, where, and why others may access your health information, and for you to make better informed decisions when authorizing disclosure to others.
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There are many ways to begin hunting, and one of the most common ones is using a bow and arrow. This method allows hunters to enhance their hunting skills while enjoying every bit of it. Bow and arrow hunting is an efficient way to challenge yourself and the limits you can get to. It is quite different from using a hunting gun. In this discussion, we will look into the process of making a bow and arrow for hunting. The steps involved include;
Deciding the type of bow
The first step in making a bow and arrow is to decide the type that will best suit your needs. It can be a crossbow or a compound bow. The type of bow you choose should depend on its purpose. If you are using it for target shooting, you should choose a long-range crossbow. On the other hand, if you are going to use it for hunting, then a compound bow is a better choice. A compound bow has different limbs where the user can adjust them as per his need. This feature allows the bow to be used with more accuracy and speed.
Cutting the right piece of wood
Next is cutting the right wood. There are many kinds of woods available that can be used to make a bow. These are hardwoods like maple, oak, and ash. They are suitable for making hunting bows and other types of long-range crossbows. If you choose to make a short-range crossbow, then you should choose woods like pine, poplar, aspen, sycamore, hickory, or ash. The choice depends on your budget. If you want a straight bow, you can choose any type of hardwood such as white oak, ash, hickory, and even locust. For a recurve bow, you can choose softwood such as basswood or sweet gum. Before you begin, make sure you cut the pieces of wood accurately, because this will help you align the limbs when making the bow.
Determining its natural curve and laying out the ball
When determining the natural curve, make sure you take into consideration the strength of the bow. A stronger bow has a higher arc than the weaker ones. When making the bow, you must also consider the size of the arrow that will be used. You can determine the length by measuring the distance between the tip of the arrow and the bowstring.
Cutting and thinning the limb to shape the bow
Once you have determined the wood for the bow, it is time to cut the limb for the bow. You need to make sure that you are cutting the piece of wood at the right length. If not, you will get an off-balance bow. When cutting the wood, you must make sure to cut on the grain so that it gets straight when made. After cutting the wood to the right size, it is now time to determine the shape of the bow. There are several ways to make the bow, but the most common one is using a bow saw. If you are making a bow with a long-range crossbow, then you should cut the limb to the desired length first. If making a short-range bow, you should use a bow drill instead. The bow drill allows you to make the limb in the desired curve and length. To make a good bow, the pieces of wood that are cut must be thinned as well.
Adding a handle to the board
The next step is adding the handle to the bow. This can be done using a knife or a wood saw. Make sure that you are cutting the piece of wood at the right location so that the bow does not break. When cutting the handle, it is recommended that you make it at least one-third of the length of the bow from the top.
Tillering and Stringing the bow
Now that you have made the bow, it is time to tillering and string the bow. When tillering, you need to make sure that the limbs are in alignment with the center. If they are not, the bow will not be straight. Before you start stringing the bow, make sure that you have checked the limbs. If you find any defects, you should rework them. Once the limbs are in position, it is time to string the bow.
Making a string for your bow
To make a string, you can use either nylon or sinew. Nylon strings are usually more durable than sinew ones. Before you make the string, you need to make sure that the bow has been well-tilled. The string must be long enough to prevent it from slipping on the limbs. After making the string, you need to attach it to the bow. This can be done using a nail or a screw. When attaching the string to the bow, make sure that you align it properly so that the string does not come off later on.
Once you have finished the bow, it is now time to attach the string. When attaching the string, you mustn't use glue. Glue is not good for bows. It will prevent the string from moving when shot and it may also make the bow brittle. Instead, use wax to attach the string. It will help you keep your bow in shape.
Now we move on to the next phase. It involves is making the arrow for hunting. The big thing here is to ensure you make an arrow that has the right precision because any mistakes on that could lead to throwing off your shots. The steps of making the arrow include;
Selecting the arrow sticks
The first step is to select the sticks for the arrow. Before you make the arrow, make sure that you select a stick that is suitable for the type of bow you have. You can use a tape measure to measure the length of the stick before purchasing it. After measuring the length, make sure that the sticks are long enough to support the weight of the arrow. Another way is to use a bow gauge, which is similar to a tape measure. If using the tape measure, make sure that it is a flexible one. This helps to determine the length of the arrow by making sure that the stick is not compressed. When buying sticks, make sure they are not too thin. If not, they will bend when shooting the arrow and not be able to make a straight shot. To avoid this, make sure that you buy the right kind of wood.
Shaping the arrows
Once you have selected the right sticks for the arrow, you can start shaping the sticks into arrows. You must start with the nocks at the end of the sticks. You need to use your knife or hands to shape the sticks into arrow sticks. Once the arrow is ready to shoot, you need to add the feathers to the arrow.
Carving the arrowhead
You must now carve the arrowhead for the bow. There are several methods that you can use to make an arrowhead. The most common one is using the point of the bow itself. This method is the easiest one to make an arrowhead. Make sure that you are using a sharp knife to carve the point of the bow.
Adding fletching
The next step is to add the fletching to the arrow. Fletching is the part that helps to give the arrow its flight capability. Make sure that the feather is cut from a suitable piece of the same kind of wood used to make the arrow.
Attaching the feathers to the arrow
Once you have finished carving the arrow and adding the feathers, it is now time to attach them. The method that you use to attach the feathers depends on the type of feathers that you are using. The most common way is to glue them to the arrow with the use of an adhesive. You can also use a zip-lock bag to glue the feathers in place.
Putting the feathers in position
Make sure that you put the feathers in their correct position before shooting the arrow. You can use a sharp instrument or a pin to do this. When making the bow, ensure that you select the best wood and select the right materials. With these steps, you can make the best bow that will serve your purpose. It is also important that you buy the right type of material so that the arrows you make will work properly. There are many different kinds of bows used for hunting. They include compound bows and longbows.
Finishing the Arrow
Now it is time to finish the arrow. The final step in the process is attaching the nocks to the arrowhead. Before attaching the nock, first cut the end of the arrow. You must ensure that you make this cut at the right length.
After attaching the nocks to the arrow, it is now ready to shoot. You must now string the bow. The easiest way to do this is to tie the string to the string pulley that is on the top of the bow. You must then attach the other end of the string to the bow. This will prevent the string from slipping and make sure that the bow can shoot arrows with ease.
As you can see, making an arrow for hunting is not as complicated as one would have thought. All you have to do is follow the steps discussed in this article. You will make your bow and arrow for hunting and enjoy your time outdoors.


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Nearly four thousand years ago, the first piece of steel was discovered in Anatolia while performing an archaeological dig. At the time, no one really know how useful it would be in later years as it is the main product in creating many items. The first Recreational Vehicle was the Touring Landau manufactured by Pierce Arrow in 1910 and had a seat that folded into a bed along with a toilet and intercom system. As times advanced, so did the products made and now we currently have metal carports that are used to keep vehicles safe from the conditions. Some of these are portable metal garages and can be easily constructed just about anywhere and provide shelter no matter where you are at. There are metal carport kits out there that provide step by step instructions on how to erect these simple structures.
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You may have broken your toe if you dropped a heavy object on it or hit it on a piece of furniture and it hurts – sometimes so bad you cannot move the toe. This can also happen if you play sports and injure your toe. Most of the time if you break a toe, it should be taped to the toe next to it and you should stay off the foot as much as possible until it feels better. This is not the case if the broken bone protrudes from the skin, more than one toe is affected, or you think you broke your big toe - as more treatment is necessary. Broken toes at the end of the foot, such as the pinkie or big toe, tend to be more painful because more pressure is put on them when walking and they are more likely to swell. As blood and liquid collect at the site of the broken toe it will start looking bruised, it may appear deformed like it is no longer lining up with other toes, and/or it can feel weak. It is very important to seek the counsel of a podiatrist if you suspect you have a broken toe. As mentioned, certain situations are worse than others so it is suggested that a podiatrist take an X-ray for a proper diagnosis, and then a corresponding treatment plan can begin.
A broken toe can be very painful and lead to complications if not properly fixed. If you have any concerns about your feet, contact Thi Pham, DPM from Foot Specialists of Tri-County. Our doctor will treat your foot and ankle needs.
What to Know About a Broken Toe
Although most people try to avoid foot trauma such as banging, stubbing, or dropping heavy objects on their feet, the unfortunate fact is that it is a common occurrence. Given the fact that toes are positioned in front of the feet, they typically sustain the brunt of such trauma. When trauma occurs to a toe, the result can be a painful break (fracture).
Symptoms of a Broken Toe
Generally, it is best to stay off of the injured toe with the affected foot elevated.
Severe toe fractures may be treated with a splint, cast, and in some cases, minor surgery. Due to its position and the pressure it endures with daily activity, future complications can occur if the big toe is not properly treated.
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In many projects, the satisfaction of a positive project conclusion is so great that many partners forget about a "Lessons Learned" discussion. This is bad because the project partners miss the opportunity to improve and strengthen – mainly in project management. This analysis of the performance in the project, identifying mistakes made, and ways to avoid these mistakes in the future are crucial for project teams. Theoretically, making a mistake is not a problem, but learning from it and how to avoid it in the future is essential.
What are Lessons Learned?
Lessons learned are insights, new knowledge or experiences gained during the work on a project, and their documentation. The innovative character of projects requires that the project participants constantly gain new insights during a project.
Reggie Jackson
Do we learn during a project?
Project work integrates the cognitive, social, affective, and motoric performances of the participants. Project work enables learning through reflection: reflecting, trying things out, analysing and correcting mistakes, activating and using prior knowledge from the basis and occasion forever new learning experiences.
What is particularly exciting about projects is the fact that, due to their innovative character, a project does not offer any predefined solutions.
You only realize whether you have done things right during the project's lifetime, or even at the end. In any case, you have to regularly evaluate the course of the project and the results. This allows you to recognize and correct mistakes. The summary of all these corrections is summarised in the "Lessons Learned Meeting".
The Lessons Learned meeting
Lessons learned meetings aim to identify the newly gained knowledge, experience, and skills during the project. You should organise it as a collaborative feedback session in which you document what your team took away from the successes and missteps of a project. These meetings are a way to collect comments and observations and should include everyone on the team.
In our Lessons Learned meetings, we focus on four major items:
- What we learned in context with the project management
- What we learned in context with the partners
- What we learned in context with the content creation
- What we learned in general during the project's lifetime
We will present posts for these four issues. In these posts, we take feedback from project partners given in the frame of final project meetings. We analyse the given texts, interpret them and give you some hints and ideas about a good approach to the project from the beginning.
Peter Mazohl is the President of the "European Initiative for Education" and involved in European Projects since 1999. He is teaching "Project Management" for future project managers and for people involved in European Projects (for example in Erasmus+).


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Conjunctivitis is a common infection of the eyes. Conjunctivitis means inflammation of the conjunctiva. The conjunctiva is the mucous membrane that lines the inside surface of the lids and covers the surface of the globe up to the limbus (the junction of the sclera and the cornea).
- Bacterial
- Viral
- Allergic
Bacterial conjunctivitis is more common in children. It is commonly caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Steptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis. Bacterial conjunctivitis is spread by direct contact with the patient and his or her secretions or with contaminated objects and surfaces. Patients typically complain of redness and discharge of the affected eye.
Viral conjunctivitis is usually caused by adenovirus. The conjunctivitis may be part of a early onset of viral infection followed by adenopathy, fever, pharyngitis, and upper respiratory tract infection, or the eye infection may be the only manifestation of the disease. It is high contagious and spread by direct contact with the patient and his or her secretions or with contaminated objects and surfaces. Patients typically complain of watery discharge, burning, sandy or gritty feeling in one eye. Viral conjunctivitis is a self-limited process. The symptoms frequently get worse for the first three to five days, with gradual resolution over one to three weeks.
Allergic conjunctivitis is caused by airborne allergens contacting the eye. It typically presents as both eye redness, watery discharge and itching.
Conjunctivitis is usually diagnosed clinically. Sometimes, swab may be taken if there is no response to prior treatment.
- Bacterial conjunctivitis is usually treated with Chloramphenicol eye drop or ointment. Chloramphenicol eye drop or ointment does not require prescription from doctor and can be purchased over the counter in pharmacy. Expected response to treatment should take 2-3 days. If no improvement, patient should seek immediate treatment from a doctor.
- Viral conjunctivitis does not normally require treatment. There is no specific antiviral eye drop for viral conjunctivitis. Sometimes, lubricant eye drop can be used to ease the eye discomfort.
- Allergic conjunctivitis can be treated with antihistamine eye drop such as Visine Allergy eye drop. This can be purchased over the counter in pharmacy. If the allergic conjunctivitis is severe, mild form of steroid eye drop such as FML eye drop can be used but with extra cautious and for short term purpose. This will require monitoring by a doctor or an ophthalmologist. FML eye drop will require prescription from doctor.


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A Suicide Attempt and a Hidden Pandemic
written by: Rosie Christopher
This story could have had a different ending. At the time of writing this, and in my darkest moments, I'm worried it still might.
To be honest, I am dazed, unsure of how we even got here. When I look back to my cosy, secure self, six months ago, when I was still proud to have raised two such well-adjusted, happy girls, who were clearly destined to lead fulfilling successful lives thanks to the great start they had been afforded, I cringe. How could I of all people have got it so wrong?
You see, I am a Youth Offending Officer. I work with traumatised children every day. I know what makes a great parent and I've seen the damage that adverse childhood experiences such as exposure to domestic abuse and neglect can cause. I am familiar with the mental health concerns that plague young people who have been mistreated. I knew that my own children lived a world away from that of my cases, where poverty and violence are the norm. I knew that my girls would never be afflicted by trauma, anxiety, or mental health crises. How wrong I was.
On the face of it, this story is about a little girl – my little girl – who was so embarrassed by her friend exposing her "secret crush" that she Googled the fatal dose of paracetamol, took twenty-four of them first thing in the morning and then didn't tell anyone for over eight hours, because she wanted to compete in her horse dressage competition that afternoon (I know you are eager to learn how she did: she came second. The consultant later commented to her, "Lily, you do know that paracetamol is not a performance-enhancing drug, don't you?")
As a result, she spent four days on a drip, and at one stage the doctors were so concerned for her liver function that they consulted specialists in London.
But that is only one aspect of this story. During our journey, our lives have collided with those of other children on their own journeys, all of them tumultuous in their own way. All of them traumatic, and many of them from paths of life that you would have thought were well protected from the torrents of such destruction and harm.
It seems to me that child-rearing is a bit like white water rafting; we started our journey fourteen years ago when we welcomed our feisty eldest daughter into the world. She kept us on our toes, but the thrill of parenthood soon settled into a fairly smooth journey down the river, with only a few minor knocks and spins to contend with. Nothing that would upend us. Then, as we drifted towards her adolescence, the rapids loomed; we braced ourselves and the currents proved every bit as forceful as we had feared. Slamming doors, tantrums and defiance were the rocks and eddies we had to navigate. Do we go with the flow with our protective gear tightly attached, or are we actually losing control here? Is this safe?
Then suddenly, quite unexpectedly, we spun round a bend in the river and there we were, drifting peacefully once again: our reward for all the hard work was a pleasant, stable and happy teenager (so far! My sense of security has been a false friend that I have learned not to trust!)
"I see Thea has become the golden child," grumbled Lily. She was now twelve and we knew the rapids were approaching once again but hey, we'd done this once – we knew what we are doing. We were in control. How naive we were. In hindsight, how complacent.
Control, and a lack of it, is at the heart of this story – the concept of control underpins every aspect of this tale, and believe me, there are many aspects. Too many for this article. The mental health of our young is also an obvious theme here; it's a crisis we have all read about, and despite the adage that you don't think it'll happen to you being a well-worn warning, it still applies to all of us. To me, painfully so.
Perhaps I should start at the beginning, even though I am still unsure where the beginning actually started. If you know what I mean. Did I expose the entire root of the dandelion, or did I leave some buried? We may never know.
I think things began to take a dark turn for Lily a few months after her twelfth birthday. She had been muttering about feeling jittery at school and I light-heartedly put it down to her taking advantage of the school canteen and buying too many sugary doughnuts in the morning. A sugar-crash. Not a crash crash.
I didn't pay much attention until she pulled her sleeve up one day and, to my horror, I saw that it was covered in scratches she seemed to have made with her fingernails. "Lily" I exclaimed, flabbergasted. You've hurt yourself! That's awful! You mustn't do that"
She welled up. I know now that my overreaction was not a good way to handle the situation. It was one I had never thought I would have to prepare for, so it was off-the-cuff. I should have remained calm. My panic only made it harder for her to talk to me about it.
Over the next few months, she continued to scratch her arms, and I became concerned that she was making some kind of identity statement, so she could have a 'dark secret' to confide in her friends about. Despite Lily having many pals, I had always worried that she had never enjoyed a 'best friend', and I thought she might be looking for social status. The school ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) agreed and informed me that there was a bit of a wave of self-harming behaviours in her year.
However, when the school holidays hit, the self-harming stopped. At least I thought it did. I still almost think it did, though Lily has since told me it didn't. But it's hard to tell as she isn't always consistent. Confusion permeates this tale too.
The point is, I thought we were through a particularly nasty and upsetting phase, but I reassured myself that a phase it was. Even more promisingly, she made a new 'best friend'. Her novel social life quickly became all she talked about. The girl, Magda, lived in one of the edgier parts of the city and Lily was loving the buzz of it. Encountering local boys and exchanging lively insults across the park – flirting the twelve-year-old way, I fondly imagined, when Lily excitedly described her adventures. "I like road-men" she declared (these being what my generation described as 'bad-boys'). I recalled my own pre-teen adolescence when I was equally drawn to the darker, more exciting side of society, observing rather than partaking of course. Just like she's doing now, I reassured myself.
This friendship seemed fine, on the face of it. Magda was very quiet whenever she stayed with us, so it was hard to get to know her, but Lily seemed taken with her. "She likes crystals and spells", Lily told me, and I thought that was a good sign. The girl has a wholesome hippie streak, I thought. I dutifully spoke to her parents to reassure myself that the girls weren't being permitted out after dark. Lily described Magda's father as strict and her mother as a sweet pushover. Nice combination. They went for dog walks with her parents. I was relieved that Lily had finally found a bit of a soul mate she could gel with.
Violet would tell me all the gossip she cultivated from her trips out with Magda. I did question my daughter's reports of her friend's seemingly endless changes of 'boyfriend'. "Lily," I quizzed. "Why does Magda date a new boy every other day?"
"Oh," she confided. "It's because boys always like her where she's so pretty, but when they get to know her, they realise she's a bit of a psychopath". I was only slightly perturbed.
How funny twelve-year-olds are! I thought to myself, remembering the various boys I had labelled my 'boyfriend' at that age, simply because their friend had passed me a note popping the question, to which I had replied with a further note saying "yes" before a swift end to the relationship a day or so later, with a similarly to-the-point dumping note. I didn't dwell on the psychopath bit of Lily's explanation.
Then Covid hit our family, and Lily was the only one to escape the virus. We were in isolation, so she was asking to spend more time at Magda's – understandably, I thought. She doesn't want to catch Covid, and her friend can't visit here.
But it quickly became too much. Every day after leaving school she was on the phone. "Hi Mum!" she'd greet me brightly. And I knew she'd be asking to go to Magda's. We started to say no, which she took surprisingly well, especially as she had started to become moodier generally. I thought she was understanding and mature when her requests to see Magda were being declined. She later told us it had been a relief.
We gave her permission at weekends, though, and it was on a Friday evening that things took a turn for the worse, after Lily had spent the evening with Magda and her parents. The mortifying exposure of the secret crush, to the secret crush. Along with this exposure, it seems that Magda also relished telling the boy about all the screen shots Lily had taken of his social media. (Social media. We will touch on that later.)
"I did it because I liked him too", Magda informed Lily via Snapchat, while she was sitting up in bed wired up to her drip. "And we are getting close. I spoke to him for two hours, this morning," she bragged. "And by the way, I can't believe you chose to do this on my birthday".
How could Lily have tried to end her life over such a trivial thing as the exposure of a normal adolescent crush? I wondered. But of course, to a twelve-year-old, everything is embarrassing, let alone something personal that friends could use as ammunition. And at that age, they are still egotistic little things, with distorted perspectives. They think the whole world's focus will be on them forever. It's all that matters to anyone.
"That was just the trigger", Lily later confided. Gradually we learned that Magda had been manipulating Lily, and that when she has not able to go out with Magda, Magda was inviting Lily's enemy Hettie instead, the girl who for some reason had been calling Lily a slut and a whore, to her face and to other children. That was another issue Lily had told me about, which I had failed to realise was having such an impact on her. She described it in such a trivial way, and reassured me that this girl was horrible to everyone, not just her. So, I didn't label it "bullying". But now I realise that between Hettie and Magda, they were controlling Lily. It turns out Magda had been seen bossing Lily around, telling her to do jobs for her and carry her bag. Putting her down. We don't think of coercive and controlling behaviour within schoolgirl friendships but here it was, taking its toll on Lily every bit as if it were a domestically abusive intimate relationship. And it nearly cost Lily her life: if she had not had treatment, she would have died.
The hospital was an eye-opener. A true mix of highs and lows, and some both at the same time.
It's funny how problems seem big until a bigger one comes along. At A and E, I was reassured when we were directed at reception to the waiting area. If we are waiting instead of being rushed through, I misguidedly thought, then the fact that she took twenty-four paracetamols over eight hours ago can't be as bad as I would have thought. So, my next pressing concern was how to keep her entertained during the long wait. I fretted that there was no Internet reception, so I couldn't download a game on my phone for her to play. Forty minutes crawled by. Once triaged, though, we were ushered straight through. Lily had started being sick but no one seemed alarmed, so I concentrated on the problem at hand: keeping her hair out of the vomit. Of course, I'm grateful for the calm of the nurses and doctors. Protecting us from panic.
Bloods were taken and I broke the news to Lily that we would not be out in time for her and her sister to babysit tonight. They had planned to earn a little money by looking after my friend's two young daughters while we enjoyed an hour or so of child-free gossip. "No matter," I reassured her. "At least we have the takeaway tomorrow night to look forward to".
Needless to say, we missed the takeaway too.
By and by, Lily was wheeled in her bed to a new ward and attached to an intravenous drip to wash through her liver. Hospital admission during times of Covid meant that she got to have her own room, for the first half of the night. I was lucky to be able to stay with her – I had only come out of isolation two days before.
About three in the morning, Lily was attached to a fresh bag and wheeled to a pediatric cardiology ward. I didn't know it at the time, but she was lucky: children's wards that are concerned with life-or-death situations tend to receive more grateful donations, so it was the cheeriest ward around – fish tanks and colourful artwork on the walls. Lily's bed was even next to one of the tanks. The nurse charged her with an important responsibility: "Look after my shrimp while you're there".
Lily herself was variable; sometimes sick, sometimes well, sometimes cheerful, sometimes grumpy. I took her intermittent rejections on the chin and bribed her with chocolate and M and S watermelon when she was well enough to eat.
The paracetamol and the length of time before she had told anyone took its toll; on day two she felt rough: she barely ate, and her liver function tests continued to worsen. I knew things were bad when I actually felt relief at the consultant's disclosure that a liver transplant was a worse-case scenario. At least it was life in the short term: we have all heard of slow and painful paracetamol deaths.
By the end of day two, despite the nosedive in the condition of her liver, and while I fretted after an astronomically high liver functioning enzyme test of over 3000 (a thousand times over that of a healthy liver), Lily was beginning to cast her eye around at her fellow patients. I went to the toilet and came back to find that the lady with the baby in the cubicle next to Lily had engaged her in conversation. "They think I am abusing my baby," she confided, whilst cradling the infant aggressively. I hurriedly sat between them and invited Lily to play Squares with me; a two person only game. No wonder the woman was not allowed to draw her curtain, I thought to myself: the baby had to be in sight of the nurses at all times.
Thirteen-year-old Flora was in the bed opposite. She had anorexia and had been sectioned, so a carer had to accompany her at all times. Except for when the carer went to the toilet, whereupon Scary-Woman-With-the-Baby tried to ply the girl with coffee. "She knows Flora isn't allowed coffee, because she'd already been told!", the mother of another patient, Abigail, confided. Abigail was fourteen and in for exploratory work; she was often in pain, though the doctors wondered whether some of the problems were psychosomatic; she self-harmed and her stomach pain was not relieved with opiate medication.
But these girls were lucky: like Lily, they had loving parents either staying with them or visiting every day. Thirteen-year-old Aggie was not so fortunate. She was often kept away from other patients, and isolated in her own room due to her propensity to draw other people into her mental health problems. But on day two she popped out of the kitchen as Abigail's Mum and I were on our way to make tea. "I'm going into care today!" she exclaimed at us, before apologising profusely for being rude (she was never rude, but instead plagued with self-doubt over her manners: Asperger's meant she was unable to read social cues). "My mother is refusing to come and get me", she added. She was medically fit to leave as her horrendous self-inflicted cuts had healed enough, but no one was coming.
We didn't see Aggie again, until the next day when the particular nurses on shift allowed her to socialise with the other girls, including Lily, who by now had become firm friends with the teens. There seems to be mixed opinions on whether it's a good idea to let girls with psychiatric issues mingle. On the one hand, they might support each other and help reduce the sense of isolation. On the other hand, they might escalate each other's behaviours and swap tips. The nurses on day three seemed to be of the former mindset and Aggie was allowed out.
At one point during the day, Lily was inclined in her bed watching a DVD with her other hospital friends seated on either side of her. She was in her element. I took the chance to go and sit in the quiet area, whereupon Aggie tentatively asked to sit with me. "I'm still here," she pointed out needlessly. "They can't find a home for me, but I'm sure my mother would step in, even if they did. She'll never let me go".
That was when Aggie described her situation as she saw it. She said that she had only made it to the hospital due to a neighbour hearing her scream after cutting her arms. She asserted that her mother normally keeps her locked up with no access to a phone to summons help, and that she's often kept off school just to do housework. She added that her mother is emotionally abusive and refuses to get support for her, despite Aggie having apparently found her father hanging, four years previously. "My mother is Russian," Aggie explained knowingly. "So, she doesn't believe in mental health problems." The afflicted girl also told me that police and school had repeatedly made safeguarding referrals which weren't being acted upon due to her Asperger's. "My Social Worker tells me that because I have Autism my mother can manage me how she likes. Even when Mum assaulted me, she only got a Police Caution."
I don't know whether Aggie's mental health problems were creating a false reality, or whether the poor child really was living a nightmare. Imagine that! Getting to a place of safety like a hospital, only for the adults to think you're lying and send you home! Her mother didn't visit so I never got to make my own judgment. I told the nurse what Aggie had described and let them figure out how to help her.
The point is, despite this being a cardiology ward, the beds were full of girls whose physical health problems were related to their psychiatric issues, Lily included. Moreover, a work friend's thirteen-year-old daughter was in an orthopedic ward downstairs, having been admitted six weeks ago, again, for anorexia. This friend, Sarah, was a lifesaver for me. Despite the differing conditions of our children, we were both united in our confusion about where it all went wrong for them. What was going on? That was when I started thinking about control. Self-harm, eating disorders, emotional abuse. It all tracks back to the need to be in control. Or feeling out of it. Why is our society so out of kilter that many of us feel we have to claw back control with destructive means? Why are our children, many from seemingly loving, stable backgrounds, so vulnerable to terrible mental health problems? Could devices and the Internet be having an insidious and poisonous effect on our young? Or have they lost all resilience? Is this another impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? Or is this more deep-rooted, or even linked to what the press has coined, "the snowflake generation" that we have spawned? It's no wonder the system is buckling under pressure.
No wonder Lily didn't even qualify for a referral to the community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.
By the end of day three Lily was immersed in her new hospital social life, and Magda had been pushed from her mind. When I told her that I was going to ask her Dad to stay overnight so that I could get some rest, she tried to shoo me away. "I'll be fine on my own," she assured me. "Me and my friends have planned a game of Monopoly tonight."
I took her aside. "Look, I'm not going to leave you alone with Scary-Woman-With-the-Baby," I told her firmly. "I wouldn't sleep, especially as she tried to sabotage Flora's treatment plan. Imagine if you woke in the night to find her looming over your bed!"
"Fair enough," she conceded. "Get Dad up here, and stay with me until he arrives."
The next day she berated me for giving her a nightmare. "I had a dream that I woke up and she had put a goldfish in my bag!"
By the end of day, three Lily's worsening liver functioning had plateaued and she was discharged after four days and nights, much to her distress. She had become attached to her new friends and had enjoyed the break from life that the hospital had afforded her. She wanted to keep her cannula as a souvenir. I worried that she would sabotage her own health to get back to the ward, but we had planned some activities for her to look forward to, including a visit to her favourite friend from a different school, whom she had neglected during her friendship with Magda, as well as some rides and visits to the beloved pony that she loans.
The prospect of returning to school was stressing her out, but they managed it fantastically, with great support and sensitivity. The friendship with Magda, which Lily now described with hindsight as "toxic", was shut down and the offending girls were told to stay away from her, much to her relief. Her old friends from primary school enveloped her in their ranks again. They even formed a mini running club. She joined the school drama club. She started counselling. All within a week. "It's so nice to feel like a child again," Lily reflected. "And not to have to feel pressured into acting like a teenager." I was awash with relief that we were coming out of the woods.
So why, part way through writing this piece, did she start self-harming again, by cutting her arms? And why did she take an unnoticed second, then a third, overdose (this time of 13 Ibuprofen and a packet of antihistamine – not enough to be fatal but still enough to require a day in hospital having blood tests to check on her poor battered liver)? Three overdoses in three weeks! There must be something going on that we don't know about.
"I hated that I got a homework detention," Lily later informed us. "And Dad annoyed me about doing my homework too." I was alarmed, to say the least. Surely she can't be doing this every time she feels challenged? There's got to be a dark secret we've been unaware of. Something that has happened to her while she's been out? Has someone been grooming her online? Has she shared indecent images of herself? Has she been accessing these harmful chat rooms you hear about? (By this time we had imposed tight controls on her phone including a tracker, and a two-hour time limit, Snapchat was gone and apps were permission-only, but who knows what might have gone on before OD-Day?)
Scenarios rampaged through my head. I suddenly recalled a seemingly light-hearted conversation (I have also come to distrust my judgment of light-hearted!) whereby Lily had asked us what we would do if she killed someone.
"We would still love you," I had told her. "But we would have to go to the police of course."
"I can't believe you would tell on me!" she had exclaimed. My God! I suddenly thought now. Has she killed someone?
I tried to reassure her that she could talk to us, no matter what the problem was. I told her that our lack of understanding meant that all sorts of scenarios were popping up in our heads, but that no matter how extreme these were, not one would make us think any less of her.
"That's a bit sappy," she observed.
But it turns out that none of these horrific notions are factors. Put simply, although the toxic friendship had ground her down, she simply did not have enough resilience to cope with her overwhelming emotions. Did social media play a part? More than likely. You can Google the concerning research studies yourself, which link overuse of social media, especially in girls, to higher rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide ideation. Do the algorithms sense if a user is feeling low and send them what they want, even if this includes dark stuff? Probably. We live in a consumerist society after all. Has self-harm become so normalised that it is now an optional go-to as a coping strategy for many of our young? Possibly.
The only thing I know for sure is that no one knows anything for sure. Even the professionals. Lily left the hospital without even a referral to the community CAMHS team, so sure was the hospital team that she wouldn't try it again. Less than two weeks later, she had. Twice. Humans are immensely complex and so we have created, in our perhaps misguided mission to make life better, societies and systems that are so complicated that understanding the interplay of these complexities is almost impossible.
For now, all I can say is that Lily is getting every available help and support. Her parents, school and the various mental health professionals are working together, in constant communication, and we are walking the tightrope of putting our trust in her so she can develop, and keep her safe. (This is no mean feat; yesterday she decided to take a bath unexpectedly – she never takes baths! – after mysteriously using a dictionary. Any strange behaviour puts me on edge. But when she wedged a chair against the lockless bathroom door I had to intercede and forbid the door-wedging.
"Why, do you think I'm gonna die in there or something?" she moaned. She then tortured me with an hour-long soak, with me asking innocuous questions through the door every five minutes to reassure myself she was still alive!)
The professionals have told us we are dream parents. "We can tell you work in this field", they have observed. "You are doing everything right". But if even that's not enough to protect our daughter, where do we go from here? And what about the children who aren't afforded such support? Whose lives aren't so stable, with all the positive lifestyle factors that Lily enjoys. It's a miracle that anyone makes it through to adulthood!
I'm afraid there's no happy ending to this tale, but only because there's no end full stop. We are still going. And we will keep going. Because no matter what new dimension of this nightmare we are shunted into, we will cope. I know this because one positive about our journey is that I have learned how strong I am. I had always thought myself to be a coward, but I know now that I am not. I've even been able to maintain a dark sense of humour. I may go so far as to say that throughout this scary ride I have laughed. A lot. In fact, at times, I've speculated whether I've become temporarily psychopathic due to my ability to stay jovial in the face of such adversity. I've been told that it will all come crashing down once the storm is over, but we'll see.
I half think that my unflappability has been due to me being a talker. Offloading over and over to my many long-suffering but amazing friends has helped me process events and keep perspective. I'm forever grateful.
Lily has learned the value of true friendship too. We have started to do a gratitude journal, as a way of re-wiring our brains to be more positively focused. She's become closer to her sister. And she's been inspired to be a nurse one day. When she is thinking about her future.
It's been a learning journey for me, too. Like the ugly duckling, I have become a swan. Serene and composed above, treading water madly, below. I have learned to deal with the upset of seeing my own child damage her body, with calm and compassion, as well as the odd black joke. And acceptance that I can't understand everything. Nor can I control everything my child does. But I can support her. Without judgment.
I have also realised that mental health problems in children are a hidden pandemic. Since Lily's difficulties, friends from all walks of life have confided the struggles of their own children. A GP friend's daughter took an overdose a few years ago. By chance I became reacquainted with a long-lost old friend, as she was working on our ward one day. She told me that her own daughter has struggled with poor mental health for years, and is now prescribed an antipsychotic medication. It is a pervasive problem that people are afraid to talk about. I understand that. When Lily tells other children about what has happened to her, I brace myself. Might their parents prevent their kids from socialising with her, lest she taints them somehow? Thankfully so far, everyone has been supportive. But we need to bring this problem out into the open, remove the shame and urgently give resources to the overstretched mental health services that these children desperately need. They'll repay us in the end, when they are paying taxes and saving the world from climate catastrophe. Goodness knows they'll need to be resilient when that future comes knocking.
I don't know what the next chapter will be. I am hoping we are owed a good one. I'll let you know.
At the time of finishing this article, I have just found out. Lily has indeed killed someone.
Not really.
Now you can have a taste of the roller coaster we are on!
To be continued, no doubt…
- A Suicide Attempt and a Hidden Pandemic - October 7, 2022


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Detroit Lions' fans know the heartbreak of losing a key player on their team, especially when that retirement is, by league standard, a bit premature. Obviously, the loss of Calvin Johnson is still a wound too fresh to fully acknowledge. However, losing a player right before training camp is an entirely different hardship to take on — as Lions' fans know thanks to Barry Sanders.
The Minnesota Vikings find themselves in that very situation, albeit with a less spectacular player than Johnson or Sanders. Starting right tackle Phil Loadholt is expected to announce his retirement from the NFL on Monday.
Vikings' OT Phil Loadholt is expected to retire pending meeting with team officials today, sources told @caplannfl and me.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 25, 2016
Though Loadholt was expected to start at right tackle, the Vikings are somewhat prepared for his departure. After Loadholt missed the entire 2015 season with an Achilles injury, Minnesota inked free agent Andre Smith to a one-year, $3.5 million contract this offseason. Smith is expected to compete with 2015 fourth-round draft pick T.J. Clemmings for the starting position on the right side.
Clemmings filled in for Loadholt in 2015 and went through a lot of growing pains in his rookie year. The Vikings were in the midst of moving Clemmings to the left side — as a backup to Matt Kalil — where his skillset is a better fit. But the late retirement of Loadholt may have them re-evaluating that plan.
In addition to Loadholt, two other players announced their retirement on Monday: former Vikings and Packers receiver Greg Jennings and standout Cardinals defensive tackle Darnell Dockett. We wish them all the best in their respective retirements.


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What's America's Mission In Asia?
President Joe Biden's recent visit to Asia sent a clear and loud message to the global community: Asia is a too important region for America to be left at the mercy of China's ambitions to dominate it.
The president's trip came against the background of the raging Russia-Ukraine war, which has divided the world anew into two camps, the camp of the close authoritarian regimes on the one side and the camp of the open, liberal regimes on the other. China and Russia belong to the first group, while America and its allies belong to the second.
So what's America's mission in this new global landscape?
The obvious answer is that America wants to reassert its leadership in Asia by strengthening economic, political and military ties with its democratic allies in the region.
In South Korea, Biden discussed technology, supply chain and security issues, all critical in leading the global economy. These are the same themes the U.S. president discussed in Japan.
"Bolstering deterrence against aggression and tapping into the growing strategic ambitions of Asian democratic allies with bilateral and regional meetings were not the only goals of Biden's inaugural Asia trip," Mireya Solís, director of the Center for Asia Policy Studies, wrote in a piece posted in the Brookings Briefs Tuesday. "The tour also aimed to revive American economic leadership. With its new economic plan, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), the Biden team feels confident that it can square the circle: staying true to a worker-centered trade policy that deems tariff reductions harmful to U.S. labor interests, and stepping up to shape the economic integration rules for the most dynamic region in the world."
But Beijing sees another mission for America in Asia: corner China, according to a Global Times editorial following Biden's visit to South Korea.
"Biden's visit, which came 10 days after Yoon took his oath as South Korea's president, is the second time for a U.S. president to visit South Korea ahead of the new South Korea president's visit to the U.S. since 1993, and it's also rare to see [a] U.S. president make South Korea the first destination before Japan in an Asia trip," the editorial said. "Some observers said such arrangements underscored Biden's scheme to pull South Korea into its strategies to contain China."
What does "contain China" mean?
First, to tame Beijing's ambitions to dominate the South China Sea and get hold of the resources that are above, on and below the vast sea waterway. Second, to tame Beijing's ambitions to take over its Taipei or Taiwan breakaway province, a move that could disturb the global technology supply chain.
By stepping up its presence in Asia, America seeks to reassert its leadership in Asia and tame China's ambitions to dominate the region.
"We need to maintain our presence in the region and strongly support all of our allies in East Asia [which, importantly includes treaty obligations to Japan and the Republic of Korea]," retired Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett, professor of practice at Syracuse University's Maxwell School, told International Business Times. "At the same time, we need to work out regional and global issues with the PRC diplomatically — as that course is emphatically in their interest, and the interest of the U.S. and our allies."
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IotaMotion, Inc—a medical device company focused on developing advanced robotic systems for cochlear implant surgery—announced the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) with two key appointments: Craig A. Buchman, MD, and J. Thomas Roland Jr, MD two world-renowned cochlear implant surgeons, who join Dr Bruce Gantz (chair and head of the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Iowa) who serves as an esteemed advisor to the company.
The SAB will work closely with the iotaMotion management team as it advances its product pipeline. The company is developing technology that is designed to enable surgeons to achieve more precise, individualized solutions for patients experiencing various types of hearing loss. The company's first product, iotaSOFT™, is a robotic-assisted insertion device that is designed to allow surgeons to advance cochlear implant electrodes with the precision of robotics. According to the company, controlled insertion may lead to less surgical variability in outcomes and results, while helping to protect existing structures from the damage of manual insertion.
"We are thrilled to have attracted the world's leading experts in cochlear implants as we develop our suite of robotic-assisted systems that have the potential to significantly advance the state of technology for cochlear implant surgery," said Chris Kaufmann, MD, co-founder of iotaMotion. "Importantly, the formation of our SAB serves as an endorsement for scientific and clinical enthusiasm for the technologies under development. We look forward to working closely with Drs Buchman and Roland."
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Cory Henry – One of the best Keyboard players of his generation.
While some of us strive to find our place in the world, Cory Henry pretty much knew at a very young age where his path is going. His primary instrument is the organ, and he began pounding the keys at the age of two. At the age of six he competes at the Apollo Theater and makes it to the finalist round. Born and raised in Brooklyn, and today, he's not only a r&b/soul artist, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer, he's also become an international sensation playing all over the world.
It turns out that he most likely gets his musical genius from his mother (who also plays many instruments). Below is a video of Cory Henry playing at NAMM 2017. Which is very cool but also, Dr Lonnie Smith is hanging out behind him as well. Nice! As I'm watching the videos of Cory Henry I saw a comment that pretty much said it all. This man can play a Fischer-Price piano and blow everyone's mind! I agree.
Shortly after…Dr. Lonnie Smith, Cory Henry and Keyon Harrold Jam to "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise" Three generations of jazz! The interaction between all three players at the end is beautiful!
Cory Henry And The Metropole Orchestra
Furthermore, this guy can play the piano, violin, harpejji, and drums as well as other instruments. But what's more important is for you to check out is Cory's collaboration with the Metropole Orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley. It's a wonderful tribute to Prince, and is recorded live in Rotterdam, Netherlands at The North Sea Jazz Festival 2017.
Only a rare few musicians have such mastery over their instrument and he's one of them. While he's at the North Sea Jazz Festival, he performs his first concerts as a member of "Snarky Puppy" but left in 2018 to focus even more on his solo projects. Despite this change he's already performing at the festival with his own band "The Funk Apostles" in 2016 and 2017, creating big grooves with his jazz, gospel, funk, and pop sensibilities.
A Member of Snarky Puppy
Snarky Puppy is a collective of sorts with as many as 25 members in regular rotation. They each maintain busy schedules as sidemen (with such artists as Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and D'Angelo), producers (for Kirk Franklin, David Crosby, and Salif Keïta), and solo artists). At nineteen, Cory gets the opportunity to travel with Jazz Legend Kenny Garrett as his organist. A gig that lasted three years. Shortly after he does television work that includes the the third season of Sunday's Best for BET and on the Jimmy Fallon Show. As well as, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, The Roots, P. Diddy, Donnie McClurkin, Michael McDonald, Boyz 2 Men, NAS, and many more.
Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
"Henry's keyboard skills are on full display during a synth solo in "Trade It All," which also spotlights his entire band. To my mind, they'd have sounded right at home on Stax Records in the '70s — no small accomplishment. "Send Me a Sign" then showcases some of the roots of Henry's songwriting; it's inspired by church sermons that bloom into group sing-alongs. Just another way Cory Henry digs way back to give us something new and exciting". – NPR Tiny Desk Concert…Perfectly said!
Video Credits:
Phil Curry – Cory Henry plays the Hammond XK5 – Dr. Lonnie Smith jam (pt. 2), Cory Henry – Cory Henry Performs Purple Rain with the Metropole Orchestra, NPR- NPR Music – NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
More Credits – NPR: Producers: Abby O'Neill, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Colin Marshall, Beck Harlan, Bronson Arcuri, Kara Frame; Production Assistants: Marissa Lorusso and Fernando Gallardo; Photo: NPR


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Today Earl Antonio Joiner was adjudicated guilty and sentenced to 25 years in prison for one count of second-degree murder. It is a 25-year minimum/mandatory sentence.
He was also ordered to not have any contact with the victim's family.
Joiner was arrested in 2019 for the murder of his girlfriend, who was found shot to death in her Fort Myers apartment. She was murdered sometime between February 13, 2016, and February 14, 2016. Just after the murder, Joiner called 911 to report that he had discovered the victim bleeding and unresponsive. She had been shot once in the head.
The case was investigated by the Fort Myers Police Department. Early in the case, there was not enough evidence to make an arrest. A major source of evidence came from phone records retrieved from the defendant's cell phone. As more information was uncovered surrounding the crime, an arrest warrant was issued for Joiner.
The defendant was arrested in Lake Wales, in central Florida, with the assistance of the Polk County Sheriff's Office and Lake Wales Police Department.
Assistant State Attorney Sara Miller of the State Attorney's Office Homicide Unit and Assistant State Attorney Jennifer Royal, Assistant County Court Chief, prosecuted the case.
Samantha Syoen – Communications Director, State Attorney's Office


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Fiction Games Games released a new game called Big Brother In Space and the version is 0.2. The game's story is about A new take on the 'Big Brother game. You're stranded in space with your ship's hyperdrive damaged until you reach a space station of the Federation. Being the first humans who made contact with the Federation, you're assigned to your own section of the station and two of you (Ann and Lisa) are found to be useful by the station administration and are given jobs. The other two (Alice and you) are classified as drones, so you're not allowed to leave your section until the administrator decides otherwise. The other surviving crew member Kira is going under medical examination because of a parasite detected in her stasis pod.
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VIP Tours: Maple Syrup in the Park
March 16 @ 9:30 am - March 17 @ 12:30 pm
Experience the ultimate VIP Tour of Maple Syrup in the Park
Enjoy a gourmet buffet breakfast by On the Move Catering, an exclusive guided tour of our sugarbush and educational demonstrations. Taste a variety of maple syrup grades, get a free taffy sample, $5 voucher to the Park Store and more!
Enjoy free access to Maple Syrup in the Park once the tour concludes.
About the Event
This event is hosted at Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Reservations are required as space is limited to 20 tickets per tour.


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By Lila Nolan, Staff Writer
On Feb. 6, 2023, AMC Theaters introduced their newest initiative to moviegoers called the "Sightline at AMC" experience. The international company announced new ticket policies and some of the ways this will affect viewers' enjoyment have been highlighted.
This modern experience of seeing movies will propose buyers with different ticket prices based on where and when they choose to sit in the theater. The selection will be broken up into three different categories of seating which are Value Sightline, Standard Sightline, and Preferred Sightline. Each of these categories represents a different location in the theater and the prices will match accordingly. In their global press release, AMC Theaters took the time to break down this initiative and what it means exactly.
"Standard Sightline seats are the most common in auditoriums and are available for the traditional cost of a ticket; Value Sightline seats are primarily in the front row of the auditorium and are available at a lower price than Standard Sightline seats; Preferred Sightline seats are typically in the middle of the auditorium and cost slightly more than Standard and Value Sightline seats," AMC Theatres said in a press release.
AMC is titled the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States and this news hit movie lovers across the globe.
For young people, the movie theater experience is already dying and this new policy can be seen as a hurtful blow to the entire industry.
"Yeah, I like going to the movies and I like the communal experience of it all but I think this would definitely affect my trips to the movies," senior film student Matthew King said. "If AMC goes ahead and implements this policy I would probably go to another theater that doesn't have this type of pricing policy. I think a whole new policy of prices just based on the best seat location is nonsense. It would deter people from going to movies all together and just further promote home streaming services."
Many movie lovers and theater goers alike share the same type of responses. Over the past few years, the film industry has seen a massive surge in home streaming services and individuals' reliability on them. Due to this growth in popularity, viewers' enjoyment around the movie theater experience have already been limited. Upon the company's global news announcement, AMC's executives have flocked to try and expose the benefits of "Sightline Seating."
"Sightline at AMC more closely aligns AMC's seat pricing approach to that of many other entertainment venues," EVP and CMO of AMC Theatres Eliot Hamlisch said. "While every seat at AMC delivers an amazing moviegoing experience, we know there are some moviegoers who prioritize their specific seat and others who prioritize value moviegoing. Sightline at AMC accommodates both sentiments to help ensure that our guests have more control over their experience, so that every trip to an AMC is a great one."
Today, the entertainment industry serves as many individuals' source for relaxation, rest, and down time enjoyment. With the introduction of a policy like this, movie goers are forced to stress all viable options in the situation. They're left to explore what this means for them exactly and how the movie theater experience may look in the near future.
"Personally, when it comes to buying movie tickets, I'm a '$5 Tuesday' kinda girl. I do like going to the movies but usually only when I see something that piques my interest like if a movie is made by my favorite director or actor," junior film major Jada Smith said. "I usually pick the same row every single time because it's right in the middle and I can see [in] row C, so a rule like this is extremely annoying for me. Honestly it's very frustrating because not only do we already pay so much to go to the movies but to eat too– It makes you not want to go because what's the point if you aren't even going to be in an enjoyable spot?"
Many moviegoers have been faced with similar realizations to the company's press release. As the largest theatrical exhibitor in the U.S., AMC has potential to change the entire movie screening experience. This policy is foreseen to spread across other major companies and further solidify this change in the movie theater experience forever.
Moviegoers are far from pleased with this projected trend in pricing of tickets.
"If movie prices keep getting raised I think theaters will lose a lot of business to the much easier route of streaming services like they already have. Why pay extra for a seat you don't really want when you can have the best seat in the house, right in front of your TV?" Smith said.
Since the public was exposed to AMC's new "Spotlight Seating," there have been global reactions to the news. This Sightline initiative is AMC Theatre's latest trial to experiment with movie ticket prices as cinemas still struggle to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Moviegoers have already heard the policy change and have taken to the internet with heated backlash. This negative feedback has been fired at AMC Theaters across most social media platforms even including insights from Twitter's CEO, Elon Musk.
"The movie theater is and always has been a sacred democratic space for all and this new initiative @AMCTheatres would essentially penalize people for lower income and reward for higher income," Lord of the Rings star and Academy Award Winning actor Elijah Wood wrote. Wood later tweeted back at the global company, "Wouldn't it be nice to keep it this way?"
As things stand, AMC will be going ahead with the policy and a press release from the company specified that these rules will be in place every day after 4 p.m. and will not be available on "Discounts Tuesdays" effective immediately in select locations and eventually in all locations by the end of the year.


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