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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2023 7:43

Jeffrey Mosher welcomes Margaret Dimond, Ph.D., President, E.W. Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, MI. Dimond joined Sparrow Health System in May 2023, their conversation in this interview covers her background, and some of her experiences already while with E.W. Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, MI. --Tell us about your background and your Michigan connections? --I understand you've been involved in merging hospitals with health systems like the one Sparrow is now undergoing with the University of Michigan Health. Tell us about that? --What are your initial impressions of Sparrow? --What are your priorities as hospital president? --There's been a lot of talk about the labor shortage in healthcare. Do you have any thoughts on how to address it? --I understand you have a passion for behavioral health issues. How well are behavioral health patients in Michigan being addressed? » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Subscribe to MBN's YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCqNX… » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/

Meet Robyn Fralick, Michigan State University's New Women's Basketball Head Coach

MSU Today with Russ White

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 13:10

Bringing with her a proven track record of success and program building, Robyn Fralick is Michigan State's new women's basketball head coach. Fralick becomes the sixth coach in Spartan women's basketball history.“I was born in Sparrow Hospital. We just drove by that the other day. I graduated from Okemos High School in 2000. I was born and raised here and have family here. It's a wonderful place to grow up. I have so many good memories, and to come back feels a little surreal. It's been interesting, even as we look for houses and places to live. There's a lot of nostalgia. Obviously, I've been back to Okemos a good amount with my family being here, but I've been back as a visitor. Now I'll be back as a community member' it's pretty cool for it to come full circle.”What attracted you back to the lead the MSU program?“I feel so fortunate for the opportunity. Suzy's been the head coach for the past 16 years and has done a wonderful, fabulous job. And for the opportunity to come about at this time in my coaching career just feels really fortunate.”What are some of your immediate short-term goals and some longer-range ones you're thinking about?“Short term is all about people. You've really got to get to know the kids and get your staff. We're right now in the process of getting the staff here and then getting everyone on the same page on what we're about. But that does take time because right now I think the roster is evolving. Who's here? Who's leaving? Who's coming in? Long-term is getting all the people under the same expectations, system, and guidelines. I've done this before. I'm actually having flashbacks. I remember when I went from Ashland to Bowling Green. I remember all the sort of transitional energy that goes into the change. But it's really exciting. And so far, the kids I have been able to meet with have been great.”What are some challenges and opportunities you see?“A challenge is always in the newness when you're taking over a team and teaching a new system and teaching a new way of doing things. I think that always takes time. And I always say the trust piece is so important and it'd be ridiculous of us to think that that just happens with a magic wand. I love to say trust is built. It's not built in a day. It's built every day. And so that's going to be two-way with staff and players. Getting on the same page takes time, but it's an exciting piece of it. Trust is fast to lose and slow to earn. You can't speed that process up, but we can invest in it every day.”Women's college basketball has never been more popular. How has the game evolved over your time in it? And where do you think it's headed?“There are more opportunities. We've been able to play since we were younger. We've had higher level opportunities. So, the quality's been better. The players are better. When there's a better product, there are more eyes on it. And then when the product continues to be so fun to watch, people keep coming back. Title IX's been a big piece of it, and we're continuing to stay in pursuit of more opportunities. And through that, I think we've all seen what it looks like when girls get a chance and when girls also are on TV.”What about the whole world of intercollegiate athletics? We hear about name, image and likeness and the transfer portal. What's your assessment and where do you see it all going?“It's part of our world. And I think to think anything different is a bit naive. Adapt and embrace. And yet I still also believe that the things that matter always matter. That won't change. I was a Division II coach for 10 years. I was at Bowling Green for the past five. And the things that make a quality experience don't change - true relationships, a culture people want to be part of, expectations, standards, being able to help, and being able to provide support. Those things really make an experience. And then the added resources are a bonus and they're part of it. And I think it's really cool. But I've coached really happy kids at DII where we drove a van and ate Subway because they were part of something. And I think the things that matter like feeling part of something and staying in pursuit of something together really matter. “I'd love to have the community come out. I think such a big piece of a student athlete experience is having a crowd that cares and having a student section and an engaged community. And I know that's twofold. I know we have a real responsibility to get into the community and give back to the community. And I always say, you cheer a little differently when you know the kids, right? You cheer a little differently when you really know them and know who they are. I want Breslin to be the ultimate home court advantage.“I've always operated under five core values. I call them the traveling core values when they become really part of a team, and I know that takes time. You see a connected team. You see a spirited and a competitive together team. And that's going to be what we're going to work really hard towards is playing in a way that is inspiring. I always think people are drawn to a team that has that sort of spirit. We're going to work hard to get that.”What are your five core values?“Be a great teammate. That's trendy and easy to say but is actually really hard to do. But when you can do it, your whole experience changes. And our second one is manners matter. We get so many opportunities. We can do so many cool things and we want to make sure we're operating out of gratitude instead of entitlement. Our third one is trust, an important piece for an experience and a career. And then toughness. It's literally how we play. I've never, in all my years of coaching, coached a kid who finished their career and thought, ‘Oh, that was just so easy.' Even the absolute best players I've coached on the best teams have peaks and valleys through a season. There are peaks and valleys through a career. To think anything differently is really naive. There's a toughness piece to the endurance of a career. That's how we'll play. And then our last one is commitment, which is central to doing anything well.”Listen to “MSU Today with Russ White” on the radio and through Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your shows.

Bomb threat made at Lansing hospital | 3rd suspect could be arraigned in connection to murdered woman in Monroe County

WWJ Plus

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 7:32

There has been a heavy police presence at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing this morning, but a crisis seems to have been averted. WWJ's Beth Fisher with more. A third suspect could be arraigned today in connection with the murder of a woman whose body was found inside an abandoned building in Monroe County last month. WWJ's Charlie Langton has more. (Credit: Getty)

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April 6, 2023

The State - A Podcast from The State News + Impact 89FM

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 5:41

In the news today: For our first headline of the day focusing on city news, final MSU shooting survivor released from Sparrow Hospital to other facility. For our second headline focusing on campus news, petition demands end to MSU's gambling deal, in line with interim president's goal. For our final headline of the day focusing on culture, Capital City Film Fest brings global multimedia experience to Lansing.

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February 24, 2023

The State - A Podcast from The State News + Impact 89FM

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 6:31

In the news today: For our first headline of the day focusing on city news, MSU shooting survivor has been discharged, Sparrow Hospital confirms. For our second headline focusing on campus news, student workers at MSU Union given help to find other jobs on campus. For our final headline of the week focusing on culture, MSU researchers discover how switchgrass can reach full potential as a biofuel candidate.

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February 24, 2023

Michigan News from MLive

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 5:18

A package of bills would ban guns at the polls in Michigan, one of five MSU students wounded in a mass shooting has been released from Sparrow Hospital and Michigan could spend another $750 million on a Ford battery plant in Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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February 20, 2023

The State - A Podcast from The State News + Impact 89FM

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 6:37

In the news today: For our first headline of the week focusing on campus news, GoFundMe organized for international student paralyzed in Monday's shooting. For our second headline focusing on more campus news, MSU to pay hospital bills for 5 students injured in Sparrow Hospital following mass shooting. For our final headline of the day focusing on MSU Men's Basketball, Michigan tops Michigan State on night where basketball takes back seat.

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Daily News Brief for Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 [Daily News Brief]

FLF, LLC

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 20:50

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily Newsbrief for Wednesday, February 15th, 2023. Fight Laugh Feast Conference - Ark Encounter This year, our Fight Laugh Feast Conference is at the Ark Encounter in Kentucky on The Politics of Six Day Creation. The politics of six day creation is the difference between a fixed standard of justice and a careening standard of justice, the difference between the corrosive relativism that creates mobs and anarchy and the freedom of objectivity, truth, and due process. The politics of six day creation establishes the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word for all of life: from what is a man or a woman, when does human life begin, and how is human society best organized? Come hear Ken Ham, Pastor Doug Wilson, Dr. Ben Merkle, Dr. Gordon Wilson, me and more, and of course a live CrossPolitic show! Mark your calendars for October 11th-14th, as we fight, laugh, and feast, with beer & psalms, our amazing lineup of speakers, our Rowdy Christian Merch, and a Sabbath Feast to wrap up the occasion. Maybe an infant baptism while we’re at it? https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ohios-apocalyptic-chemical-disaster-rages "Get The Hell Out Of There" - Ohio's Chemical Disaster Rages On While the US government is dispensing millions of dollars in resources to treat balloons as an existential crisis, a small town in Ohio finds itself engulfed in what actually looks like the apocalypse. Perhaps by design, all of the drama surrounding violations of US airspace by Chinese spy initiatives has done well to keep what is becoming one of the worst environmental disasters in recent memory from getting any headlines. The chaos began early last week when a train of more than 100 cars derailed in East Palestine, Ohio near the state’s border with Pennsylvania with roughly 5,000 residents. The accident launched fifty of those hundred freight cars from the tracks. Twenty of the freight cars on the train were carrying hazardous materials, ten of which were derailed. While the accident had no fatalities, of those ten cars, five contained pressurized vinyl chloride, a highly flammable carcinogenic gas. https://youtu.be/DHiXZUgQEwc - Play Video In order to address the volatile scenario around the crash site, the Ohio Emergency Management Agency executed its plan of venting the toxic gas with a controlled burn in order to evade an uncontrolled explosion which presented the risk of catastrophic damage. “Within the last two hours, a drastic temperature change has taken place in a rail car, and there is now the potential of a catastrophic tanker failure which could cause an explosion with the potential of deadly shrapnel traveling up to a mile,” Gov. Mike DeWine warned in statement explaining the decision to take action to avert widespread devastation. However, that operation sent large plumes of smoke containing vinyl chloride, phosgene, hydrogen chloride, and other gases into the air as the flames from the controlled burn raged on for days. Phosgene in particular is a highly toxic gas that can cause vomiting and respiratory trouble. The toxicity of phosgene gas is so potent that it was previously used as a chemical weapon during the First World War. https://twitter.com/i/status/1625155991724605440 - Play Video The hazardous airborne chemicals prompted officials to issue mandatory evacuation and shelter-in-place orders within a one-mile radius of where the train derailed. Those orders forced nearly 2,000 residents of East Palestine out of their homes. Despite the public safety risk in proximity to the crash site, over 500 people within the parameters of the evacuation order refused to leave their homes. However, those orders were lifted on February 8th, allowing residents to return to the area adjacent to the disaster. Dead fish are being pulled from rivers outside East Palestine, Ohio. The trucks doing the work are labeled EnviroScience, an Ohio-based company that provides "time-sensitive solutions to environmental challenges." https://twitter.com/i/status/1625214717945057282 - Play Video Amanda Breshears found her chickens dead ten miles from East Palestine. https://twitter.com/i/status/1625214716443504641 - Play Video Holzer’s concerns were echoed by reports from other residents who described similar conditions near their own properties. One of those residents was Katlyn Schwarzwaelder, the operator of a local dog kennel in nearby Darlington, Pennsylvania. The catastrophe caused her to leave her home despite the fact that it lies more than 10 miles away from the site of the controlled burn. After fleeing to Boardman, Ohio, 15 miles away from the derailment, Schwarzwaelder stated she received multiple reports of dead chickens, fish, and other animals from friends and acquaintances. One affected resident told Schwarzwaelder that they let their 2-year old dog out to use the bathroom only for it never to return. When they embarked upon a search for their missing pet, they found it dead in their yard. Testimony from Holzer, Schwarzwaelder, and others paints a drastically different picture than the official narrative tailored by officials who assured residents that the situation was under control. The poor air quality presents short and long term health risks to the public considering the carcinogenic effects of the chemicals. Carcinogens like vinyl chloride can cause cancer in organs including the liver, according to Kevin Crist, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering who also serves as the Director of Ohio University’s Air Quality Center. The magnitude of this story has been seemingly scrubbed from the public view as national media outlets continue to run sensationalist headlines about issues that look innocuous in comparison. It is an instance of history being rewritten in real time, setting a precedent that would allow victims of other widespread devastation to be swept under the rug. However, the scenes of the horror engulfing this small town in America’s heartland may prove to make this disaster impossible to ignore, rightfully putting the spotlight on the shortcomings of state and federal agencies tasked with emergency response management whose continued lack of accountability enables them to fail the American public time and time again. Before I move on, I want to remind everyone, that the federal government isn’t who we should be relying on. All their authority was granted by our creator. It’s our Lord and savior Jesus Christ who our faith must lie upon. So we take our prayer requests about Ohio to our Lord. CrossPolitic Email List: Are you subscribed to our CrossPolitic email list? If you’re not you really should be. Being subscribed to our email list means you won’t miss any updates about CrossPolitic or the Fight Laugh Feast Network! You’ll hear about what’s on the schedule for the week, live events, conference updates, Rowdy Christian Merch, updates from other shows within the Fight Laugh Feast Network, and you’ll hear from sponsors on the show, as they seek to take dominion for God’s Kingdom in the business world. To subscribe, simply enter your email address at the bottom of the page at fightlaughfeast.com. Again, that’s fightlaughfeast.com. https://www.yahoo.com/now/us-sell-26-million-more-200426064.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9ib25naW5vcmVwb3J0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIRfGaa1QNkAfNxqnKns3HFDpurTPZEMAJQbZHkm9Kd8dvCnqjRS3cHiKD959zLzu9NcskeVkzAiZKU6-n5SA1uQw2mlegpwCbky6OuwDVOwvPMNPu1RNebs3YtTmaKn3QVrOwnVrhWKovrJhtBzNcYaY6q1wDmiRxlbXfOk4Udi US to Sell 26 Million More Barrels From Strategic Oil Reserve The Biden administration plans to sell more crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, fulfilling budget directives mandated years ago that it had sought to stop as oil prices have stabilized. The congressionally mandated sale will amount to 26 million barrels of crude, according to people familiar with the matter. The sale is in accordance with a budget mandate enacted in 2015 for the current fiscal year, said a spokesperson for the Department of Energy. The Energy Department has sought to stop some of the sales required by 2015 legislation so that it can refill the emergency reserve, which currently has about 371 million barrels. After this latest release, the reserve will dip to about 345 million. Biden officials decided last year to tap 180 million barrels from the strategic reserve in an effort to ease supply issues after Russia invaded Ukraine, upending global oil flows and sending crude above $100 a barrel. Some Republicans have criticized the Biden administration for that drawdown, which was the biggest release ever and helped drain the SPR to its lowest level since 1983. Critics admonished the move as a political stunt intended to combat rising gasoline prices ahead of midterm elections. Biden officials have since spoken with energy companies about purchasing oil to refill the SPR when prices approach $70 a barrel. The latest release comes after Russia unveiled plans to curtail production by half-a-million barrels a day next month to retaliate against sanctions. Russia’s move, which was downplayed by the European Union, follows China’s rapid economic reopening with the scrapping of Covid-19 restrictions. The SPR release may give pause to the OPEC+ alliance, which earlier said that global oil markets remain balanced. So how did the market react? The US House last month passed legislation meant to curb the Energy secretary’s ability to use the reserve unless the government increases the amount of federal lands available for gas and oil drilling. Other congressionally required releases — about 140 million barrels slated for fiscal years 2024 through 2027 — were canceled at the Energy Department’s behest after lawmakers in December approved a provision in a giant spending bill. West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark for crude, fell 1% to trade near $79 a barrel after the announcement of more barrels. https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-suspect-in-michigan-state-university-shooting-found-dead-from-self-inflicted-gunshot-at-least-3-people-killed?utm_campaign=64487 Suspect in Michigan State University shooting found dead from self-inflicted gunshot, at least 3 people killed The suspect in the Michigan State University shooting was found dead off campus late Monday night from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. MSU Police Interim Deputy Chief Chris Rozman said, “There is no longer a threat on campus and the shelter-in-place has been lifted.” Police had earlier described the suspect as a "black male, shorter in stature, red shoes, jean jacket, wearing a baseball cap that is navy with a lighter brim." Rozman said the deceased individual matched the description of the suspect but did not reveal the suspect's identity. During a press conference late Monday night, Rozman said 3 people had been killed and 5 have been hospitalized. The victims, some in critical condition, were transported to Sparrow Hospital. Police responded to reports of an active shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing Monday night and students were ordered to shelter in place. The incident took place at 8:18 pm inside Berkey Hall the location of MSU's Department of Sociology on the northern boundary of the campus. The shelter-in-place order went out at 8:31 pm telling students to stay inside and barricade themselves. "Run, Hide, Fight. Run means evacuate away from danger if you can do so safely, Hide means to secure-in-place, and Fight means protect yourself if no other option," MSU said in the alert. According to authorities, the suspect walked to the MSU Union, approximately 19 minutes away from the initial shooting site and opened fire. Hundreds of officers from the FBI, ATF, Michigan State Police, and other agencies are still assisting on campus. All campus activities have been canceled for 48 hours and authorities have asked people not to come to the campus on Tuesday. Now that was some heavy subject matter, so let’s go ahead and end with this… this is the fight laugh feast network afterall! https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/14/man-facing-jail-over-theft-of-almost-200000-cadbury-creme-eggs Man facing jail over theft of almost 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs A chocolate thief is facing jail after admitting he stole almost 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs in a heist worth more than £31,000. Joby Pool, 32, dubbed “the Easter bunny” by police, used a stolen lorry cab to make off with chocolate after breaking into a Telford industrial unit with a metal grinder on Saturday. He is expected to be jailed for about two years next month, after pleading guilty to theft and criminal damage. Opening the facts of the case on Tuesday, prosecutor Owen Beale told Kidderminster magistrates court: “I don’t know if you have seen the news recently – there was a load that was stolen and on the trailer was Cadbury’s products, a large number of Creme Eggs.” He said Pool, a self-employed ground worker, used a tractor unit that had been stolen in the Yorkshire area in October to tow away the trailer full of chocolate, which was then driven away, eventually reaching the northbound M42. Pool was spotted by police and “gave up at junction 11 and walked towards the police with his hands up. He was arrested and the load was recovered”. “This clearly wasn’t spur-of-the-moment offending, if I can put it like that, because he had taken with him a tractor unit and he had to know that the load was there in the first place,” said Beale. Magistrates were told Pool, from West Yorkshire, was previously convicted of theft, handling stolen goods and driving while disqualified in 2019. Beale said: “This is clearly an organised criminal matter. You don’t just happen to learn about a trailer with that kind of value being available.” Defence solicitor John McMillan, told the court that Pool understood a substantial sentence was likely. In a series of tweets on Monday, West Mercia police described the incident as an “eggs-travagent theft” of a “chocolate collection box”. “Shortly after the theft a vehicle, presumably purporting to be the Easter bunny, was stopped northbound on the M42 and a man was arrested on suspicion of theft,” they said. Pool will be sentenced at Shrewsbury crown court on 14 March.

Daily News Brief for Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

Daily News Brief

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 20:50

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily Newsbrief for Wednesday, February 15th, 2023. Fight Laugh Feast Conference - Ark Encounter This year, our Fight Laugh Feast Conference is at the Ark Encounter in Kentucky on The Politics of Six Day Creation. The politics of six day creation is the difference between a fixed standard of justice and a careening standard of justice, the difference between the corrosive relativism that creates mobs and anarchy and the freedom of objectivity, truth, and due process. The politics of six day creation establishes the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word for all of life: from what is a man or a woman, when does human life begin, and how is human society best organized? Come hear Ken Ham, Pastor Doug Wilson, Dr. Ben Merkle, Dr. Gordon Wilson, me and more, and of course a live CrossPolitic show! Mark your calendars for October 11th-14th, as we fight, laugh, and feast, with beer & psalms, our amazing lineup of speakers, our Rowdy Christian Merch, and a Sabbath Feast to wrap up the occasion. Maybe an infant baptism while we’re at it? https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ohios-apocalyptic-chemical-disaster-rages "Get The Hell Out Of There" - Ohio's Chemical Disaster Rages On While the US government is dispensing millions of dollars in resources to treat balloons as an existential crisis, a small town in Ohio finds itself engulfed in what actually looks like the apocalypse. Perhaps by design, all of the drama surrounding violations of US airspace by Chinese spy initiatives has done well to keep what is becoming one of the worst environmental disasters in recent memory from getting any headlines. The chaos began early last week when a train of more than 100 cars derailed in East Palestine, Ohio near the state’s border with Pennsylvania with roughly 5,000 residents. The accident launched fifty of those hundred freight cars from the tracks. Twenty of the freight cars on the train were carrying hazardous materials, ten of which were derailed. While the accident had no fatalities, of those ten cars, five contained pressurized vinyl chloride, a highly flammable carcinogenic gas. https://youtu.be/DHiXZUgQEwc - Play Video In order to address the volatile scenario around the crash site, the Ohio Emergency Management Agency executed its plan of venting the toxic gas with a controlled burn in order to evade an uncontrolled explosion which presented the risk of catastrophic damage. “Within the last two hours, a drastic temperature change has taken place in a rail car, and there is now the potential of a catastrophic tanker failure which could cause an explosion with the potential of deadly shrapnel traveling up to a mile,” Gov. Mike DeWine warned in statement explaining the decision to take action to avert widespread devastation. However, that operation sent large plumes of smoke containing vinyl chloride, phosgene, hydrogen chloride, and other gases into the air as the flames from the controlled burn raged on for days. Phosgene in particular is a highly toxic gas that can cause vomiting and respiratory trouble. The toxicity of phosgene gas is so potent that it was previously used as a chemical weapon during the First World War. https://twitter.com/i/status/1625155991724605440 - Play Video The hazardous airborne chemicals prompted officials to issue mandatory evacuation and shelter-in-place orders within a one-mile radius of where the train derailed. Those orders forced nearly 2,000 residents of East Palestine out of their homes. Despite the public safety risk in proximity to the crash site, over 500 people within the parameters of the evacuation order refused to leave their homes. However, those orders were lifted on February 8th, allowing residents to return to the area adjacent to the disaster. Dead fish are being pulled from rivers outside East Palestine, Ohio. The trucks doing the work are labeled EnviroScience, an Ohio-based company that provides "time-sensitive solutions to environmental challenges." https://twitter.com/i/status/1625214717945057282 - Play Video Amanda Breshears found her chickens dead ten miles from East Palestine. https://twitter.com/i/status/1625214716443504641 - Play Video Holzer’s concerns were echoed by reports from other residents who described similar conditions near their own properties. One of those residents was Katlyn Schwarzwaelder, the operator of a local dog kennel in nearby Darlington, Pennsylvania. The catastrophe caused her to leave her home despite the fact that it lies more than 10 miles away from the site of the controlled burn. After fleeing to Boardman, Ohio, 15 miles away from the derailment, Schwarzwaelder stated she received multiple reports of dead chickens, fish, and other animals from friends and acquaintances. One affected resident told Schwarzwaelder that they let their 2-year old dog out to use the bathroom only for it never to return. When they embarked upon a search for their missing pet, they found it dead in their yard. Testimony from Holzer, Schwarzwaelder, and others paints a drastically different picture than the official narrative tailored by officials who assured residents that the situation was under control. The poor air quality presents short and long term health risks to the public considering the carcinogenic effects of the chemicals. Carcinogens like vinyl chloride can cause cancer in organs including the liver, according to Kevin Crist, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering who also serves as the Director of Ohio University’s Air Quality Center. The magnitude of this story has been seemingly scrubbed from the public view as national media outlets continue to run sensationalist headlines about issues that look innocuous in comparison. It is an instance of history being rewritten in real time, setting a precedent that would allow victims of other widespread devastation to be swept under the rug. However, the scenes of the horror engulfing this small town in America’s heartland may prove to make this disaster impossible to ignore, rightfully putting the spotlight on the shortcomings of state and federal agencies tasked with emergency response management whose continued lack of accountability enables them to fail the American public time and time again. Before I move on, I want to remind everyone, that the federal government isn’t who we should be relying on. All their authority was granted by our creator. It’s our Lord and savior Jesus Christ who our faith must lie upon. So we take our prayer requests about Ohio to our Lord. CrossPolitic Email List: Are you subscribed to our CrossPolitic email list? If you’re not you really should be. Being subscribed to our email list means you won’t miss any updates about CrossPolitic or the Fight Laugh Feast Network! You’ll hear about what’s on the schedule for the week, live events, conference updates, Rowdy Christian Merch, updates from other shows within the Fight Laugh Feast Network, and you’ll hear from sponsors on the show, as they seek to take dominion for God’s Kingdom in the business world. To subscribe, simply enter your email address at the bottom of the page at fightlaughfeast.com. Again, that’s fightlaughfeast.com. https://www.yahoo.com/now/us-sell-26-million-more-200426064.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9ib25naW5vcmVwb3J0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIRfGaa1QNkAfNxqnKns3HFDpurTPZEMAJQbZHkm9Kd8dvCnqjRS3cHiKD959zLzu9NcskeVkzAiZKU6-n5SA1uQw2mlegpwCbky6OuwDVOwvPMNPu1RNebs3YtTmaKn3QVrOwnVrhWKovrJhtBzNcYaY6q1wDmiRxlbXfOk4Udi US to Sell 26 Million More Barrels From Strategic Oil Reserve The Biden administration plans to sell more crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, fulfilling budget directives mandated years ago that it had sought to stop as oil prices have stabilized. The congressionally mandated sale will amount to 26 million barrels of crude, according to people familiar with the matter. The sale is in accordance with a budget mandate enacted in 2015 for the current fiscal year, said a spokesperson for the Department of Energy. The Energy Department has sought to stop some of the sales required by 2015 legislation so that it can refill the emergency reserve, which currently has about 371 million barrels. After this latest release, the reserve will dip to about 345 million. Biden officials decided last year to tap 180 million barrels from the strategic reserve in an effort to ease supply issues after Russia invaded Ukraine, upending global oil flows and sending crude above $100 a barrel. Some Republicans have criticized the Biden administration for that drawdown, which was the biggest release ever and helped drain the SPR to its lowest level since 1983. Critics admonished the move as a political stunt intended to combat rising gasoline prices ahead of midterm elections. Biden officials have since spoken with energy companies about purchasing oil to refill the SPR when prices approach $70 a barrel. The latest release comes after Russia unveiled plans to curtail production by half-a-million barrels a day next month to retaliate against sanctions. Russia’s move, which was downplayed by the European Union, follows China’s rapid economic reopening with the scrapping of Covid-19 restrictions. The SPR release may give pause to the OPEC+ alliance, which earlier said that global oil markets remain balanced. So how did the market react? The US House last month passed legislation meant to curb the Energy secretary’s ability to use the reserve unless the government increases the amount of federal lands available for gas and oil drilling. Other congressionally required releases — about 140 million barrels slated for fiscal years 2024 through 2027 — were canceled at the Energy Department’s behest after lawmakers in December approved a provision in a giant spending bill. West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark for crude, fell 1% to trade near $79 a barrel after the announcement of more barrels. https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-suspect-in-michigan-state-university-shooting-found-dead-from-self-inflicted-gunshot-at-least-3-people-killed?utm_campaign=64487 Suspect in Michigan State University shooting found dead from self-inflicted gunshot, at least 3 people killed The suspect in the Michigan State University shooting was found dead off campus late Monday night from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. MSU Police Interim Deputy Chief Chris Rozman said, “There is no longer a threat on campus and the shelter-in-place has been lifted.” Police had earlier described the suspect as a "black male, shorter in stature, red shoes, jean jacket, wearing a baseball cap that is navy with a lighter brim." Rozman said the deceased individual matched the description of the suspect but did not reveal the suspect's identity. During a press conference late Monday night, Rozman said 3 people had been killed and 5 have been hospitalized. The victims, some in critical condition, were transported to Sparrow Hospital. Police responded to reports of an active shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing Monday night and students were ordered to shelter in place. The incident took place at 8:18 pm inside Berkey Hall the location of MSU's Department of Sociology on the northern boundary of the campus. The shelter-in-place order went out at 8:31 pm telling students to stay inside and barricade themselves. "Run, Hide, Fight. Run means evacuate away from danger if you can do so safely, Hide means to secure-in-place, and Fight means protect yourself if no other option," MSU said in the alert. According to authorities, the suspect walked to the MSU Union, approximately 19 minutes away from the initial shooting site and opened fire. Hundreds of officers from the FBI, ATF, Michigan State Police, and other agencies are still assisting on campus. All campus activities have been canceled for 48 hours and authorities have asked people not to come to the campus on Tuesday. Now that was some heavy subject matter, so let’s go ahead and end with this… this is the fight laugh feast network afterall! https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/14/man-facing-jail-over-theft-of-almost-200000-cadbury-creme-eggs Man facing jail over theft of almost 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs A chocolate thief is facing jail after admitting he stole almost 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs in a heist worth more than £31,000. Joby Pool, 32, dubbed “the Easter bunny” by police, used a stolen lorry cab to make off with chocolate after breaking into a Telford industrial unit with a metal grinder on Saturday. He is expected to be jailed for about two years next month, after pleading guilty to theft and criminal damage. Opening the facts of the case on Tuesday, prosecutor Owen Beale told Kidderminster magistrates court: “I don’t know if you have seen the news recently – there was a load that was stolen and on the trailer was Cadbury’s products, a large number of Creme Eggs.” He said Pool, a self-employed ground worker, used a tractor unit that had been stolen in the Yorkshire area in October to tow away the trailer full of chocolate, which was then driven away, eventually reaching the northbound M42. Pool was spotted by police and “gave up at junction 11 and walked towards the police with his hands up. He was arrested and the load was recovered”. “This clearly wasn’t spur-of-the-moment offending, if I can put it like that, because he had taken with him a tractor unit and he had to know that the load was there in the first place,” said Beale. Magistrates were told Pool, from West Yorkshire, was previously convicted of theft, handling stolen goods and driving while disqualified in 2019. Beale said: “This is clearly an organised criminal matter. You don’t just happen to learn about a trailer with that kind of value being available.” Defence solicitor John McMillan, told the court that Pool understood a substantial sentence was likely. In a series of tweets on Monday, West Mercia police described the incident as an “eggs-travagent theft” of a “chocolate collection box”. “Shortly after the theft a vehicle, presumably purporting to be the Easter bunny, was stopped northbound on the M42 and a man was arrested on suspicion of theft,” they said. Pool will be sentenced at Shrewsbury crown court on 14 March.

Welcome to the Nut House (Guest: AFL CIO President Ron Bieber)

A Republic, If You Can Keep It

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 48:06

The horror of this week at Michigan State University casts a cloud over our state, and especially the campus just five miles east of the Capitol building. It was the 67th mass shooting in the first 46 days of 2023. As we recorded this week's podcast, a memorial service was gathering in the center of the East Lansing campus in remembrance of Arielle Anderson, Alexander Verner and Brian Fraser … and with prayers for five more students hospitalized at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital. Brian Fraser, Alexandria Verner and Arielle Anderson =========================== This week it's the “Perry for President” (be still, my heart) edition of “A Republic, If You Can Keep It”. Yes, Perry Johnson thinks he's ready to be America's Quality Guru in Chief … along with the somewhat more qualified but equally unlikely to win former South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley. Maybe a Perry - Nicki ticket? Also this week, Michigan Republicans head to their state convention this weekend secure in the knowledge their next chairperson will be an Election Denier. The pre-convention activities begin, appropriately, with a Matt DePerno fundraiser at The Nut House (a sports bar across the street from the convention hall). We're joined this week by President Ron Bieber, who has served at president of the Michigan AFL-CIO since 2015. Bieber joined UAW Local 730 in 1978, after hiring into the General Motors Metal Fabricating plant in Wyoming, Michigan. He was elected to his first union position at the age of 23, and moved up the ranks, being appointed to the UAW International staff in 1992. In 2009, Bieber was promoted as an Administrative Assistant to the UAW President and named the Director of the UAW CAP Department. In this position, his responsibilities included the administration of the Political, Retired Workers and Civil Rights departments of the UAW. Ron currently serves on the boards of the Economic Alliance of Michigan, the Michigan Association of United Ways, and the Metropolitan Affairs Coalition. =========================== This week's podcast is underwritten in part by EPIC-MRAEPIC ▪ MRA is a full service survey research firm with expertise in: • Public Opinion Surveys • Market Research Studies • Live Telephone Surveys • On-Line and Automated Surveys • Focus Group Research • Bond Proposals - Millage Campaigns • Political Campaigns & Consulting • Ballot Proposals - Issue Advocacy Research • Community - Media Relations • Issue - Image Management • Database Development & List Management =========================== Links to stories we're following MSU shooting victims remembered: Alexandria Verner, Arielle Anderson, Brian Fraser - The Washington Post Twitter: "A survivor of the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting is a student at Michigan State University Oxford High student survives second shooting at Michigan State - The Washington Post MSU shooting 2023: ‘We cannot keep living like this:' Dems vow gun reform | Bridge Michigan Opinion | Michigan State shootings are a reminder: We must take the guns away - The Washington Post This week in politics Michigan House OKs Democratic tax plan as tensions hit Capitol Minority Leader Hall, Michigan Republicans Set To Turn Their Backs On Inflation Relief - Michigan Democratic Party Insider: Wentworth-linked nonprofit spent $137,000 on travel President Perry Johnson? Michigan businessman launches long-shot campaign | Bridge Michigan Finley: Perry Johnson's bizarro presidential campaign ad aims to shock Perry for Prez Super Bowl ad via Twitter Election deniers vie to lead broke Michigan GOP. Donors aren't happy. | Bridge Michigan Campaign donors love a winner, dump Michigan GOP for Democrats after election | Bridge Michigan National Task Force on Election Crises Report Sanctions for bogus election lawsuits spurs GOP proposal to protect attorneys from punishment - Raw Story

Nick Reed PODCAST 02.14.23 - Creating More Gun-Free Zones After Shootings

Springfield's Talk 104.1 On-Demand

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 42:41

Hour 1 - Good Tuesday morning! Here's what Nick Reed covers this hour: What did you think about the halftime show? Michigan State University Police announced Tuesday morning that the five wounded victims in the shooting on the school's campus Monday night remain at Sparrow Hospital in critical condition. The shooting inside an academic hall on university grounds also left three people dead. The gunman, a 43-year-old Black male, is not affiliated with the university. James Clapper is now claiming that he didn't call the Hunter Biden laptop ‘Russian disinfo' A new scientific review — led by 12 researchers from esteemed universities around the world — suggests that widespread masking may have done little to nothing to curb the transmission of COVID-19.

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Effective Emergency Management Planning with Alan Vierling and Scott Cormier

Outside the Patient's Door

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 37:13

When dealing with an emergency situation, the greatest strength in an organization is a well-developed plan. To discuss best practices for developing emergency management plans are experts Alan Vierling, the President of Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan, and Scott Cormier, the Vice President of Emergency Management, Environment of Care, and Safety at Medxcel. Alan and Scott's words of wisdom are to keep things simple. In this episode, they break the planning process down into manageable steps with tips on prioritizing and identifying who is essential to get on board. The age of the thick emergency management binder is over - it's time for simple plans that work.

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Rundown of this week's events and Dr. Surae Eaton-Sangster

City Pulse on the Air on Impact 89FM

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2022 29:12

Production Editor Skyler Ashley gives a breakdown of what's happening in Greater Lansing this weekend, and reporter Audrey Matusz interviews Dr. Surae Eaton-Sangster, a beloved 72-year-old family doctor from Sparrow Hospital.

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March 16, 2022

The State - A Podcast from The State News + Impact 89FM

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 2:43

In the news today: Ingham County's COVID-19 cases nose-dive. A look into MSU's relationship with campus workers. Taro Harasaki drums to his own beat in Drum Tao at the Wharton Center.

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March 1, 2022

The State - A Podcast from The State News + Impact 89FM

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 3:01

In the news today: MSU embraces virtual learning in online grad programs. How the pandemic sheds new light on MSU's supply chain program. Heart Healthy: Cardiovascular MRI imaging is now at Sparrow Hospital.

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Michael Lee on WJR: Museums to seek millage | Hospital pipeline backs up | Train station progress

Crain's Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 8:20

Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Guy Gordon on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue.

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Kathy Marble, Nursing Director for Pediatric Services, Sparrow Hospital

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Sarah Smith, Registered Dietitian, Sparrow Hospital

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 7:30

Sarah Smith, Registered Dietitian, Sparrow Hospital

November 5, 2021

The State - A Podcast from The State News + Impact 89FM

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 2:35

In the news today: Protesters gather outside Delta Kappa Epsilon to advocate for accountability. Hospital caregivers protest outside Sparrow Hospital demanding better conditions. Michigan State ranks #3 in college football rankings. Aiming for 9-0 with this weekends game at Perdue.

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Tiffani Dusang, MSN, Sparrow Hospital, Director of Emergency and Forensic Nursing Services

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 7:30

Tiffani Dusang, MSN, Sparrow Hospital, Director of Emergency and Forensic Nursing Services

Tyson Burghardt, M.D., Medical Director, Neurophysiology, Sparrow Hospital

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 7:30

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Jennifer Wood- Thompson, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Women's Services, Sparrow Hospital

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 7:30

Internal Marketing for IT, Do You Do it Well?

Today in Health IT

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 5:40

Great solution at Sparrow Hospital in Michigan. I like it when patients, family and clinicians are happy with a technology solution. These are feel good stories that everyone should know. Technology can make healthcare a better experience. My question for today is how good are you at telling your success stories internally and externally. Do people know when your Health IT team has hit it out of the park or just when they strike out.

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Interview with Dr. Jennifer Hoffman

Lifeboat Addiction Recovery Cast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 48:48

In todays episode Christian will interview Dr. Jennifer Hoffman. Dr. Hoffman is an Physician Ob-Gyn who was formerly women's service line and quality director at Sparrow Hospital. We hope you enjoy!

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What the Virus Spread

This Rural Mission

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 36:49

This Rural Mission is a podcast brought to you by Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation, and the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Family Medicine Department. We are so excited to bring you season three. I'm your host, Julia Terhune, and I hope you enjoy this episode. So, I remember it being the week of March 9th, that we got the news about us needing to pretty much convert our lives in the office, working directly with our students and I remember that being the last time that I walked into the office until I went back in late July. That's Susan Tincknell. She's the director of student programs at our Marquette Campus in the Upper Peninsula. In November, I asked her to recount what's gone on since that early March date last year. It felt like we were talking about a time long, long ago, but I also hear from Susan in just a bit the impacts of COVID on our health care systems and our medical education at MSU, all of those impacts are happening still and right now. To explain a few of these ongoings, I want to walk you through a very rough timeline of everything that happened to our students from that March 9th date, going onwards to today. COVID landed in the United States, but seemed to relegate itself to major cities. That was until it didn't anymore. When it hit Michigan, it felt inevitable and unbelievable at the same time. Maybe you can resonate with that feeling as well. Once it hit Michigan, our students were pulled first from the Traverse City Campus, and then from all of our other six campuses. The reason really was that there just wasn't enough personal protective equipment to keep our students safe. And the more people gathered in one space, the more likely they were to contract and spread the virus, so they were pulled. Since our curriculum at MSU put students in clinical settings starting year one, all 800 of our students at the college were not in clinical settings for several months. Now, doctors, medical students, residents, all of these individuals who go into a medical career are smart and resilient people. It seems like an understatement, they obviously are smart and resilient, but you'll never really know how smart and how resilient you can be until those skills are put to the test. And the physician faculty at MSU and our medical students are some of the most resilient and smartest people I know. Within days of things going into lockdown, our college had online learning that was keeping students on track with their education and helping give them the skills they needed to tackle COVID-19 when they return to the clinic. The online education that was implemented was revolutionary. But as we know from other forms of online experiences, it's not ideal and can't last forever, especially when you're talking about clinical learning. Nevertheless, it was the best thing we could do with what we had, but learning wasn't the only thing that moved online. Match Day 2020, and Match Day was Friday, March 20th. And that was supposed to be a grand celebration, in-person to celebrate some really hard work and accomplishment in finding out where everybody goes to residency. And that was converted last minute to virtual. It's not the same. That was really an eye-opener that this is actually happening and we're not able to gather with people. And moving forward, that same thing happened with commencement. We are going to share the perspectives of students on this episode. Something that I think many people are interested in, but there was a whole group of non-clinical people who have been affected by this pandemic and their story is important to hear too. There's something we at the leadership in rural medicine programs share about our campuses. And that's the real personal connection you have with our staff and faculty and preceptors. But we don't just say that to promote our program, we say it because it's true. Not only that, but we have staff members in these communities that want to have connection with students, that have gotten into this work because they like and desire to work and impact student lives. COVID-19 has taken away a lot of human connection for a lot of people. And that has extended to our medical school administrators as well. Very, very strange and somewhat difficult to change my life working with medical students to remote work. Zoom, although it's nice that we have it, isn't the same as meeting in person. And I'll just give you a little view of what the days were like if I were in my office. I would be sitting in my office and doing whatever it is I'm doing and a student would pop in and they'd say, "Hey, can I talk to you for a minute? I'm really wondering about finding a mentor in the specialty of surgery." And that would turn into a 30-minute conversation about their goals for their life, why they love surgery, who would be great mentors, okay? And then they'd leave and I'd have a smile on my face. And I'd think, "Wow, that was just a really great connection with that student." And then maybe an hour later, a student would come in and say, "Hey, do you have a minute?" And they're struggling with something personally and we talk about that, or they've decided that they no longer want to be an anesthesia. They don't want to do that anymore, they want to go into pathology. And so we just have this great conversation that happened on the fly, in-person. I could give them a hug if they needed a hug and Kleenex if they needed to dry their tears. And because now we have to schedule, schedule, schedule, schedule. We're going to now fast forward to the fall. The campus and the Upper Peninsula was able to send their students back to in-person learning first. At the time, there were limited cases of the virus in the Upper Peninsula region. It was a wonderful thing for these students and for the staff at the campus, but it didn't last long. After the summer months were over, Marquette County and parts of the Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin showed the highest rates of COVID-19 in the country. And all of a sudden, the situations that the UP campus had thought were in the past were blazing a new trail for their students. I am now finding myself having to tell students, I'm sorry, you can't do this elective because COVID has affected that physician's office. I'm sorry, they're shutting down whatever office it is due to COVID. And to be honest, that the UP was immune from all of that. I thought, "What? Can this be happening?" And it is, and our students are being affected by it. And our community is definitely affected. Our hospital is affected and I'm scared. I'm scared for the remainder of the year. I am not so much scared that it's going to be harder work for me, but I do worry about our students' safety first and foremost. They'll become physicians, okay? I truly believe that that is going to happen, but for them to have the potential of not being safe, scares me. When I reflect on what's gone on in our college, within our hospitals, within our personal lives and the lives of our students and faculty, preceptors, and doctors, I just feel heavy. I don't know if there will ever be enough words or interviews to tell you all what it's been like to be in medical education, let alone rural medical education during a pandemic. But like I said before, you just don't know how resilient or smart you are until it's been put to the test. And if the pandemic was a test for our medical students, I would say that they would graduate with the highest honors. I would say that since our world was turned upside down, I think the students' resilience has been absolutely amazing. They amaze me every day. I could actually tear up talking about it because they're the heroes in this, they made it through. I'm here no matter what. I get paid to do this job, right? These students, yes were scared about their future, right? They were asking a lot of questions. Their rotations were all affected by this virus. We had students that really had some big plans to go and do some pretty amazing away rotations and to check out residency programs and cities and towns that they'd never seen before. And they were so excited and we've been prepping them for the whole year. And then I know isn't going to happen. And these students took it with class. They just amazed me and still do. And they still do. I just think, "Wow, you'd never know that you guys have gone through medical school in the craziest time of this life." It's insane and they are rolling with the punches and they will do great things. We graduated students during a pandemic, okay? But then we kept the next group going and we started another group and all of these students have smiles on their faces. I am proud of our students. I am proud of our students. And what, if we didn't have great people helping the students and our staff has been amazing, it's just everybody's pulling together. Everybody's just wanting the same thing and that success for our students. So there it is in a nutshell, the timeline of COVID-19. Students were pulled in March, by May, June, we had students back in learning situations in hospital systems with fantastic PPE and lots of precautions and yet with surges, ebbs and flow, changes in vaccination availability and the like, our students are still always being tossed back and forth. But that's what this story is about today. It's about our students, our residents, our faculty, it's telling the true tale of the type of people that we recruit to the leadership in rural medicine programs, the people who are going to serve your rural communities as leaders in the future, and the people who are currently leaders in your hospital systems, rural communities and larger urban centers. Shelby, who you'll hear in our podcast about 20 Years of Medical Education in the Thumb was in the Thumb when she found out that she wouldn't be returning. Here's her story of leaving and coming back. Yeah. So I was actually working with Dr. Ramsey in Elkton, and we had been discussing the possibility that things could shut down from the MSU standpoint. The day beforehand and most of that day, I had heard other people had gotten pulled, another student that was in the clinic with nurse Burr in the system with the nurse and her sisters. She was pulled the weekend before and she had been my roommate leading up to that at the system. So we kind of knew that something might be coming down the pipe. So everything was pretty normal. We were seeing patients. This was before all of the mandated masks and everything, I believe. Things still seemed normal. So I went to see my patient and I came back and I could tell he was going to be a couple more minutes in the room he was seeing and so I checked my email. I don't know why I chose to check my email right then. And it said that we were being pulled from clinic at 5:00 PM that day and did not know when we were going to be coming back. So it was around, I think probably late afternoon, the day was already pretty much over. It was our last couple of patients of the day. We came back and asked about the patient and I told him what was going on. And then I said, "And also, I will be leaving at five o'clock today." And that was kind of it. It happened, he quick threw a bunch of lectures together because we had wanted to talk about it. I had another half of a week or so with him. We'd wanted to talk about these subjects, he threw them together really quickly. We said goodbye at the end of the day, hoped everything would be okay in the end and I went back to the house that she was providing and packed up my stuff and left. So I went back with Dr. Ramsey in Elkton. It kind of seemed like no time had passed when really a decent amount of time had passed. I had left his clinic that day to go home for an unknown amount of time. And just the same, I pulled up on that Monday and parked in my parking spot that I had been in the other weeks and walked in. And it was like nothing changed except now you have to check your temperature and wear a mask. And the whole office staff is just very like, "Oh, your back. We're so excited. Welcome back. What did you do in your time off? How did that work?" Dr. Ramsey went right back to our normal schedule of, "Well, you know how we did things. So here you go, go see this person." And it was like no time passed at all really, which was kind of an odd feeling like so much had changed, but also so little had changed. I had my own strife when the pandemic hit as we all did. At the time, I was not only working as the assistant director for our rural programs, but I was also filling in as an interim director at one of our campuses. A job that's not easy on a normal day, let alone when you have to keep up on the medical education of students who can't work. But you want to know what I took away from that was how gracious all of our students were, especially when they were lurched into a new reality. Shelby was so gracious. She made our lives easier. She made my life easier. I guess at the time, there wasn't really any other options. There was nothing that could really be done. So getting upset and being annoyed or frustrated or whatever it wasn't going to change what was going to happen. Obviously, MSU wasn't going to completely stop teaching students, no medical school in the country was going to just shut down. You can't. You can't just have a whole gap in students. So, I guess keeping the perspective that at some point it would be okay, maybe not perfect, maybe not back to what it was, but it would be okay, and we would get there. And in the meantime, I would get to spend some quality time in my apartment that I hadn't seen in a while. So overall, there just wasn't a good response that we would be productive, it was just kind of go with the flow and see what happens in the end. And that grace has been extended to the communities students are learning in. Emily, a student who is now completing her rural clinical medical education in the UP, chose to take the time she couldn't be in the hospital setting or the classroom to help the community she was living in. Yeah. So I Joined the MSU COVID volunteer team. And so I have been staffing the call center and also screening patients at some of our health office buildings to make sure that we're keeping our patients and our visitors safe during these scary times, and then also providing reassurance to patients as well. And so, I've been doing that and throughout my time in East Lansing, I've been volunteering at Cristo Rey Community Center, which is over in Lansing. And so they are still serving the community in this time and even may now be playing an even bigger role in helping the community get through this crisis. And so they provide a number of services to the community. They have free breakfast and lunch every day, they do food distribution. They also have a health center amongst another number of other services, many of which I think have been put on hold at this time just to reduce foot traffic inside the building, but they are still serving meals every day and distributing food. So I've been helping in those ways as well. The thing about working and learning through a pandemic as a medical student is that even the hard stuff is beneficial. I think it either builds you up, helps you grow, or it's something that you can use to say, "Nope, that's not how I'm going to do things when I'm a doctor." Because you'll be a doctor. That's what I learned from talking with Evan. He was also one of our Thumb Rural students and you will hear him again this season. But this is what he had to say about being uprooted from the clinical learning setting just a few short weeks before he started residency. On the one hand, it's certainly uncomfortable because like I said, I want to be in the clinic and I want to be using my skills and strengthening those skills as best I can and seeing the things I need to see to be prepared to start residency. But at the same time, I recognize that medical students are not necessarily essential team members at this point in time, and they would be using up that PPE that may be other team members would need. So I can totally understand why we might be asked to step out of the clinic for a few weeks. So I think at this point in time, while I may be feel frustrated, I think that's sort of a selfish thing to feel. And I'm trying to sort of understand the broader argument and appeal and looking to make the most out of these couple of weeks where I'll be doing distance learning and trying to make the most of that. Some of the advice that I got was take notes, everything you're seeing now take notes. What are your thoughts? What are your feelings? What are you seeing done right and what are you seeing done wrong? Take note because the next time this comes around, you're going to be in that leadership position helping to make those decisions. So I think for me, I'm trying to keep my eyes open as wide as I can and try to capture some of that so that maybe the next time this happens, people will be more prepared. So I think having an emphasis on preparedness is maybe one good thing that will come out of this. There may be some bad things that come out of this, but I think there could be some good things that come out of this too. So since we are on the subject of residency, let's talk a little bit more about it. Residency is the final step in medical education. Four years of undergrad, four years of medical school, which gets you a doctorate in medicine and three to seven years of residency, depending on what kind of doctor you want to be. It's a huge process. It's what you are working for every day of medical school. Without residency, you can't practice clinically. Students spend months applying, months interviewing and Match Day, which Susan mentioned earlier can be the happiest, saddest and most anxiety-riddled day of many students' lives. It's not just that they find out where they are continuing their education, these students will uproot their lives. And the majority of providers practice within 50 miles of where they went to residency. So having a clear picture of where you want to go, where you can go and why you want to go there, is huge, really huge. This year, everything is online. Students will meet with their residencies and complete interviews online. They can't travel to these facilities and these facilities don't get a chance to show them anything. So I spoke with Dr. Julie Phillips about this. She's also going to show up again this season. Dr. Julie Phillips is a professor at the College of Human Medicine and the assistant dean of student career and professional development, along with being a family medicine doctor who does OB. And she works for the Family Medicine Residency at the Sparrow Hospital in East Lansing. So I think she might be an expert on residency. One of the things that I think we have all experienced during the pandemic is that the outcomes of what we expected to happen have really thrown us for a loop. So when residency went online, we heard often from students that they felt like they wouldn't do well with interviews, turns out that might not be the case. I heard something about that in the beginning that the students were nervous about the video process itself. And the program was nervous about getting to know people on video, that it wouldn't be as easy. I actually think as we have done a few weeks of interviews now, we're getting a little more comfortable with that. And that doesn't seem to be quite so challenging as it did in the beginning. I think people are just more comfortable with the process. I do think though... Well, I don't know if this will be true, but I'm a little worried that it is harder for applicants to differentiate programs, one from another, and that it might be hard for them to actually put together a rank list. I was actually talking with an applicant the other day about a few different residency programs where she was applying. One of them was actually a rural program. And I remember saying, "A lot of this really depends on where you want to live and what it's going to feel like to you to live in this place versus this place. These are two very different places." And she was looking at a rural program in Michigan, and then we were talking about what it would be like to live in Grand Rapids. And she'd never really spent time in Grand Rapids. And I actually said to her... The words came out of my mouth, "When you go, you'll figure it out." But of course she's not going to go, so that's going to be harder to figure out. And I think that every year, applicants struggle a little bit with all the programs blurring together, especially at the end, which is one of the reasons why I really counseled them to take good notes and to really be thoughtful as they're going through the process about what they like about one program, what they like about another. But I am somewhat worried that this year that's going to be harder for them to really choose because they won't have seen many of the places where they will have interviewed. So residency placement is uprooted, but residency itself has also been changed. While residents weren't asked to leave the clinical setting, their workload has increased, their stress has increased, and the requirements that they need to finish residency have also been interrupted with limitations in clinical learning. But it seems like our affiliated residency programs at MSU do a pretty good job at recruitment, just like our leadership in rural medicine programs. There are some things that are unexpected and positive. I am incredibly proud of my residents and how much they have really stepped up and engaged and been cheerful and volunteered for things. And I have so much respect for them. I think they're wonderful physicians. And it makes me proud when I see them do great things for patients because the patients need it, even if it's not like the best learning experience. They take care of the patients first and they understand that and they take care of each other really well too. Just this week, our number of... This is such a thing that you wouldn't even think about. Our number of phone calls to inform employees that they had COVID, there was one day this week when it got crazy. Historically had been a couple of phone calls a day, and then all of a sudden there were so many phone calls. They just had to make so many phone calls and they're not easy phone calls because you have to help the person think through things. And I watched them really help each other out and take care of each other. And that made me very proud. So I think that even though we're in a difficult circumstance and we all recognize there's an added workload, I also feel very strongly that our residency community is coming together in taking care of each other and I'm grateful for that and pleased for that. I still feel close to my colleagues and to my residents, even though I don't see them as much and even though we're not in the same spaces very often. We're going to end today with words from two students, Logan and Emily. Both weren't born here in rural Michigan, but chose to stay in rural Michigan for the leadership in rural medicine programs and to stay in Michigan during the pandemic to support their friends, families, and communities. I wanted to highlight these two students because I think what they have to say brings hope for all of us. They are the next generation of physicians who will be serving you, your families, and maybe even your children. When were pulled out of clinical learning, their focus wasn't on the what's in this for me, but rather how could I be helping? I know that's what I want in a rural physician. And I hope it's what you want too. Here is Logan. If anything, I feel a lot of angst that I wish I could do more as a medical student and knowing that I'm years away from being really useful in a hospital and helping patients, but also that's the things that I want to do and that's why I chose to be a doctor and to have that drive and that want to help people but to know that I'm not useful yet, it's pretty hard, especially... I see my wife go and she is useful in a hospital and she also has that drive to take care of people and that's one thing that we both have, and she is at a place in her career where she can use her skills and take care of patients. And as this grows and grows, she's going to be on the front lines and I'm going to be home. And the only thing I can do is social distance and flatten the curve and I can be a responsible citizen that way, but I think a lot of things that I really feel is just like... I don't know, regret's the wrong word, but I wish I was born three years earlier. I wish I was born in 1993. That way I could be a fourth year medical student, maybe I could help out more than I can right now, because I know how useful I would be. I know I wouldn't be very useful at all. So, I don't think I should be in that situation, especially with the lack of protective equipment that we're having right now. I know that my me being in the hospital, taking up that protective equipment wouldn't be anything useful when there's other doctors and nurses and healthcare members who need it and are useful. So, it's not that I want to be in a hospital, I just wish I could be useful. I think as medical students, it's hard to feel like you're having an impact because we're not on the front lines. We're not serving in that position role that we foresee ourselves in two to three years. And our goal right now is just to study and be students. And I think that's not always fulfilling because you're like, "There's a greater purpose. Our communities are suffering and studying at home isn't really helping to fight COVID." But realizing that there is the balance between our studies, but also finding those things that you do enjoy to do like volunteering or in whatever capacity and [inaudible 00:32:35] if it's donating blood or it's helping gather PPE supplies or assisting your friends and neighbors if you are healthy, getting groceries for a neighbor or cooking meals for someone. Just finding that way to feel like you are playing your part. And I think as a community, and as a globe, as the world in general, we got into this together and it's going to take the entire world to get out of it. And so that means every person doing their part and individualism is not going to help us fight COVID, it's communities supporting each other and whatever that may look like for you. And I think that's going to help us in the days to weeks to come. If I spent my goodbye thanking every single person who has been helpful, kind, gracious and just all in all interested in making a difference in our medical education efforts at MSU and the leadership in rural medicine programs, I don't know when this podcast would end. I am so grateful to our rural hospital partners first and foremost, because so many of them when I put the call out saying, "If you're willing to take a student, please help us," answered saying, "Send them over." When surges were low in these regions, they took it as an opportunity to educate our students. And then when surges have gone up, they have been careful and protective of our students' safety and wellbeing as well. And I can't thank them enough. I am also grateful to all of the students at the Midland Regional Campus who were a part of my life when I was doing the interim work, because they really all were that gracious and completely understood the need to be cautious and protective. I know that our administration at our other two rural campuses felt the same about their students and I know those students were wonderful as well. I know how hard it has been for our medical students this year with everything being uprooted and unsure and just plain old different than what they expected their medical education to be like. My heart especially goes out to our first year students who entered medical school in the midst of a pandemic. I don't know what the outcome of all of this is going to be, but I have hope for it. I have hope that it's going to show the resiliency of our students, make better doctors and make us more proud of the efforts that medical scientists have made to protect us and to advance medical care. So thank you. Thank you to Susan, Shelby, Evan, Emily, Logan, and Dr. Phillips. Thank you for speaking with me and helping me tell a little bit of the story of COVID-19 in medical school. There's a lot more to tell and if you have your own stories to share about how the pandemic impacted your life, I encourage you to share those with us online. You can check us out on Facebook and on our website. I hope that learning about how our medical students, our residents, our faculty, and our administrators care and have worked hard even in the most uncertain of times inspires you to make rural your mission.

Andy Hetzel, VP of Corporate Communications BCBSM and John Foren, Spokesperson for Sparrow Hospital

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 10:46

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John Foren, Spokesperson for Sparrow Hospital

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Andy Hetzel, VP of Corporate Communications BCBSM and John Foren, Spokesperson for Sparrow Hospital

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 10:46

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John Foren, Spokesperson for Sparrow Hospital

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 4:00

Time to Prepare For Worst Case Scenario As Millions Just Traveled For Thanksgiving | Ep. 381

THE JEREMIAH PATTERSON SHOW

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020 46:23

On this episode, I open with with the status quo of the coronavirus pandemic in individual states and analyze the situation nationally. As 50 million people just traveled for Thanksgiving, I believe it's time to prepare for worst case scenario. Expect an exponential increase in coronavirus cases, deaths, and hospitalizations. After the opening, I interview Justin Hicks, a reporter for MLive. You may recall that I played a clip of interviews with doctors and nurses at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan last weekend. We'll the reporter who interviewed those doctors and nurses is Justin Hicks and he joins me to discuss his reporting. Furthermore, I speak about the Boeing 737 and play an ABC News report on it's revalidation. Finally, the Last Note is about what The Trump Administration has just done to bird environmental protections. Business Insider Interview with Mayor of Fargo, North Dakota- https://www.businessinsider.com/fargo-mayor-tim-mahoney-mandatory-mask-mandate-bring-cases-down-2020-10 TJPS Podcast Information: TJPS Website- futurepres101.wixsite.com/mysite DISGRACE- anchor.fm/disgrace U.S Presidents- anchor.fm/uspresidents --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thejeremiahpattersonshow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thejeremiahpattersonshow/support

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Episode 11 - Brittany Ladson

Journeys of Scientists

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 39:29

Brittany Ladson is a 3rd year medical student at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is currently rotating at Sparrow Hospital and is hoping to pursue a residency in emergency medicine and work for Doctors Without Borders. Her ultimate goal is to work in a resource-limited and Spanish speaking region and serve those in need. She is also the VP of Operations for MSUSciComm, Michigan State University's Science Communication Organization. You can learn more about MSU SciComm at https://www.msuscicomm.org/ To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram and Facebook. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics and astronomy at MSU, check out their website here. If you would like to leave comments, questions, or recommend someone to be interviewed on Journeys of Scientists, you can email Bryan at stanl142@msu.edu

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Dr. Paul Entler, Vice President of Quality and Performance Improvement at Sparrow Hospital

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 6:46

Dr. Paul Entler, Vice President of Quality and Performance Improvement at Sparrow Hospital

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 6:46

Dr. James Richard, Lab Director at Sparrow Hospital @SparrowHealth

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 8:21

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Dr. James Richard, Lab Director at Sparrow Hospital @SparrowHealth

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 8:21

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Amy Brown, Chief Nursing Officer at Sparrow Hospital and Adam Graber, Global Innovation Director of Dart Container

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 5:05

Amy Brown, Chief Nursing Officer at Sparrow Hospital and Adam Graber, Global Innovation Director of Dart Container

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 5:05

Quar vs Lockdown, 2 Many Girl Scout Cookies 4.17.20

The Daily Zeitgeist

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2020 67:23

In episode 611, Jack, Miles, and Jamie are joined by comedian and Scam Goddess Laci Mosley to discuss right wing organizations threatening public safety, why we need to be in quarantine, an argument against lock downs, an airline conducting blood tests on passengers, Ford testing buzzing wristbands for their employees who are to close to each other, the issues with immunity passports, Girl Scouts cookies needing a bail out, and more! FOOTNOTES: Poll: Don’t stop social distancing if coronavirus will spread DeVos Group, Right-Wing Fringe Organization Threaten Public Health 'Operation Gridlock' rally caused delays during shift change at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing The public health case against coronavirus lockdowns The reason we should not have lockdowns is not because their economic costs are too large but because they are not actually very good at reducing the number of fatalities. Airline conducts COVID-19 blood tests on passengers Ford Tests Buzzing Wristbands to Keep Workers at Safe Distances ‘Grave concerns’ about Covid-19 immunity passports GIRL SCOUTS PARENTS FRET OVER UNSOLD COOKIE TAB Org Vows To Bail 'Em Out WATCH: Against All Logic - If Loving You Is Wrong Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Past Deadline: Interviewing a nurse on the front lines

Central Michigan Life Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 14:58

On this remotely-recorded episode of Past Deadline, Editor-in-Chief Dylan Goetz interviews Jen Ackley, a nurse at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing about how she is protecting herself amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Dr. Dale Jackson, Director of EMS and Preparedness, Sparrow Hospital

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 8:40

Dr. Dale Jackson, Director of EMS and Preparedness, Sparrow Hospital

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 8:40

Hisham Qandeel, Sparrow Hospital 02.24.20

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 7:29

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Keith Urban Fans Donate Over 200 Stuffed Monkeys to Sparrow Children's Center

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 1:52

MBN was on the road to Sparrow Hospital to talk with Rebekah Wolff about a Keith Urban inspired drive that brings in over 200 stuffed monkey to the Sparrow Children's Center. Sparrow remains the only hospital in Michigan to receive stuffed monkeys from superstar singer Keith Urban’s annual Valentine’s Day Stuffed Monkey Drive. 220 stuffed monkeys were dropped off at the Sparrow Children’s Center by Rebekah Wolff who has been the collection home for the fans. Last year, the national drive collected over 4,100 monkeys in nine countries and 38 states. It’s the 14th year that Urban and his fans have distributed the monkeys, starting with a total of 50 were donated nationally the first year. Listen to an interview with Rebekah Wolff now! » Subscribe for More: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqNX... » Visit MBN website: https://www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ MBN ON SOCIAL: MBN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqNX... Like MBN: https://www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork Follow MBN: https://twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ MBN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/

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Sparrow Receives $100K Donation Thanks to Generosity of Spirit Halloween Part 1

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 10:40

Jeffrey Mosher hit the road, and was on hand at Sparrow Hospital January 15th. Shared here is an interview with Stephen Guertin, M.D. of Sparrow Hospital, along with excerpts from the check presentation. Spirit of Children presented an incredibly generous amount of money to the Sparrow Foundation for the Sparrow Children’s Center from donations and sales collected last year from Lansing-area Spirit Halloween stores. Spirit of Children officials presented a ceremonial check to Sparrow and discussed the company’s work on behalf of the hospital’s young Patients. Spirit Halloween, the largest Halloween specialty retailer in the country, has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Sparrow since 2007. Through its Spirit of Children program, the company collects cash and merchandise donations from customers and donates the proceeds to child life departments in children’s hospitals throughout the nation. It also traditionally holds a Halloween party for our Pediatric Patients. Their gift this time around not only exceeded 2018's but topped $100,000.

Santa Visits Sparrow's Youngest and Smallest Patients

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 10:40

Leading up to Christmas, Santa was at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, MI, this recent Friday to visit their youngest and smallest Patients, in Sparrow's Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It made for some touching moments.

Michigan Family Honors Care Received at Sparrow by Delivering Gifts to Hospital

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 4:35

In a true holiday story, a local Michigan family was so touched by the extraordinary care their loved one received at Sparrow that they have gathered gifts to deliver to Sparrow Patients. They deliver the presents during the week leading up to Christmas by first bringing them to Sparrow's Volunteer Services leaders for distribution throughout Sparrow Hospital. Thanks to Julie and Lindy Matulewicz, here you'll hear from them and a Sparrow rep discuss this special project now in its third year.

Sparrow Hosts Special Baby Shower

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2019 7:20

Jeffrey Mosher was on hand as Sparrow Hospital introduced their new mother and newborn simulator mannequins, lifelike moveable figures that portray the steps of labor and birth. These mannequins were funded by the Sparrow Foundation’s Women Working Wonders and will be used as a teaching tool for Sparrow Nurses, Providers, and medical students. For instance, they can show a baby being born with signs of distress, giving clinicians a chance to respond and put their training into action. We’re also looking for help choosing a name for the simulator baby.

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