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My subjects are newsmakers: Actors who have starred in Academy Award-winning movies, Olympic gold medalists, book authors, runway fashion models, titans of business, U.S. Surgeon General, and two astronauts. I am an active member of the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).
Science magazine is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and one of the world's top academic journals.
Their article published February 9, 2022, begins with this: "COVID-19 takes serious toll on heart health - a full year after recovery. Giant study shows striking rise in long-term heart and vessel disease."
Here is the link to the article: https://www.science.org/content/article/covid-19-takes-serious-toll-heart-health-full-year-after-recovery
I knew viruses could cause damage, and I changed my lifestyle dramatically.
I continue to wear a mask for me, and for others.
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Wheatnsea (with the voguish yellow phone).
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I needed a bandage.
I chose this. It is one way I will show support for generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.
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Ger Duany is an actor, author, and model who was born in what is now South Sudan, Africa.
As a child in the early 1980's, Ger was recruited against his will to be a soldier in the Sudanese civil war.
When he was 14 years old, he escaped to Ethiopia, then Kenya.
A humanitarian effort brought 3,800 boys to the United States, and at 16 years old, Ger was one of them - one of the Lost Boys of Sudan.
There were also Lost Girls, however they are mostly ignored by historical narratives. Females were considered subordinate in every way, and there were overt inequalities regarding the Lost Girls.
Ger could neither read nor write English, however he learned, and eventually completed a college education.
In 2014, the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) helped Ger reunite with his mother, and family members in Kenya's refugee camp.
Ger now helps spread awareness about the work of UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency.
"The Good Lie" (2014), is a feature-length movie about an American woman, portrayed by Reese Witherspoon, welcoming Sudanese refugees to the United States, and one into her home. It was produced by Ron Howard.
Ger stars as Jeremiah.
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Clothing designer Coral Castillo made it to the final 4 on Project Runway (Season 19, Bravo). She finished as a runner-up.
Coral is from Mexico City, then lived in Tijuana, Mexico. Her mother was a dressmaker, so Coral was introduced to creating custom-made clothing with fine fabrics at an early age.
In 2001, the family moved to Los Angeles, and in 2005, Coral began designing, although she had no formal training.
She pursued her passion by enrolling in The Art Institute of California - San Francisco. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Coral has been honored with many awards, and her designs published in numerous magazines and newspapers.
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On February 8, 2022, the FBI issued a security-threat advisory to all healthcare organizations, regarding ransomware.
Health systems are being targeted in recent attacks, and threats are increasing.
In the summer of 2021, Scripps, a health system in California, was forced to close portions of their facilities due to a successful ransomware attack.
The attack meant turning away patients, and Scripps was unable to resume normal operations for about 4 weeks.
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Devil Doll by Audrey Lockwood.
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In early 2021, the COVID-19 vaccination plan in Kansas was to vaccinate those in jails and prisons, in the second round of injections.
That placed inmates ahead of Kansas residents aged 18 to 64 with severe medical risks, who were scheduled in the third round.
The plan, based on CDC guidelines, also meant inmates could be vaccinated before victims, and family, affected by the crime for which the prisoner was being held.
The Kansas Senate reviewed the plan, and it is now a year later:
- Early in the pandemic two-thirds of Kansas prisoners had been afflicted with the virus.
- Seventy-eight percent of Kansas inmates were eventually vaccinated, where only about 50% of all Kansans had received at least one dose, by choice.
- As Delta-variant infections surged, COVID-19 infections among Kansas inmates were very low.
- There were just over 6,100 cases of the virus from early 2020, through February, 2021, at Kansas Department of Corrections facilities.
- The Kansas prison system saw only 72 cases from March, 2021, through August, 2021.
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