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Do Better, Writing Process: A Nonfiction Logline??

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

  This part of chapter one made me realize that I had no log line, although those are generally reserved, so I thought, for fiction work: 

The end goal of this project is to create a community and a plan that would implement all four of President Roosevelt’s stated freedoms, in a phased-in program that builds a movement across the next sixty to eighty years.

What do you think, Thoughtful Readers?

We now return to our French Fridays…

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B5, Hakan: Muhafiz/The Protector, Casa de papel/Money Heist or  Lupin Reviews

Holistic High School Lessons,

orLong Range Nonfiction, or Historical Fiction

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Quando a vida dilacer os sonhos na particularidade dos seus olhos, conjugues o trecho que precisa da tua intervenção. Muitas vezes, horas de lamentação, representa só um a unidade avulso; não uma vida inteira.

Marii Freire Pereira. Dilacerar

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Santarém, Pá 20 de maio de 2022

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When Roe vs Wade was passed there were thousands of women were freed from jail and prisons.

The Novel: UnHoly Pursuit: Devil on my Trail

When Roe vs Wade was passed there were thousands of women in jails and prisons throughout the country; charged with murder for abortions. Unsure, or mysterious miscarriage were sometimes deemed an abortion also.

It was once a law that if a woman had an abortion and her husband didn’t authorized it she could be sent to prison for murder.

Many of these women’s sentences were abolished with the signing of this bill. So, if Roe vs Wade is overturned, and if these women are still alive, they can be send back to prison.

These convictions can be reactivated because these women were in prison for murder and murder has no A statute of limitations. I’m not saying it will happen but it can.

On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued a 7–2 decision in favor of “Jane Roe” (Norma McCorvey) holding that women in the United States had a…

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Justice Department Files Proposed Settlement in Chambers County, Alabama School Desegregation Case | OPA | Department of Justice

The proposed consent order is part of a desegregation case monitored and enforced by the United States. In reviewing the district’s compliance with the previous court orders in this case, the United States found that the district failed to meet earlier commitments to build a single, consolidated high school and maintained racially identifiable Black schools with fewer academic and extracurricular offerings than most of the other district schools. If approved, the order will require the district to, among other steps:

  • Build and operate a single, consolidated high school on a neutral site to serve all district students in grades nine through twelve;
  • Establish a STEAM Academy for all district kindergarteners through eighth graders and later renovate an existing facility to accommodate the magnet school;
  • Make information about academic course offerings, extracurricular activities, and special programs, including gifted and talented programming, available on the district’s website and provide that information directly to parents;
  • Ensure non-discrimination on the basis of race in its discipline practices by engaging technical assistance and revising the code of conduct;
  • Improve its practices for recruiting and retaining diverse faculty and staff at each school; and
  • Work with a newly-created and diverse Desegregation Advisory Committee to mitigate any desegregation-related issues that may arise.

Source: Justice Department Files Proposed Settlement in Chambers County, Alabama School Desegregation Case | OPA | Department of Justice

Physician Assistant Convicted of Distributing Over 1.2 Million Opioid Pills | OPA | Department of Justice

Trial evidence showed that from June 2015 through July 2016, while at West Parker, Thompson helped a doctor unlawfully prescribe hydrocodone and carisoprodol, a combination of controlled substances known as the “Las Vegas Cocktail,” to thousands of individuals posing as patients. Thompson himself also issued unlawful prescriptions for carisoprodol (a muscle relaxant). So-called “runners” brought numerous people to pose as patients at West Parker and paid the clinic approximately $220 to $500 in cash for each visit that resulted in prescriptions for dangerous drugs. Throughout the scheme, West Parker made approximately $1.75 million from prescriptions, from which Thompson was paid over $208,000. A jury previously convicted James Pierre, the doctor who worked at West Parker, of unlawfully prescribing over one million opioid pills.Source: Physician Assistant Convicted of Distributing Over 1.2 Million Opioid Pills | OPA | Department of Justice

Defendants Sentenced in Tennessee for Multimillion-Dollar Nationwide Telemedicine Pharmacy Fraud Scheme | OPA | Department of Justice

Peter Bolos was convicted by a federal jury in December 2021. Roix, Assad, Palso, Smith, Maikel Bolos, and various associated business entities pleaded guilty to their roles in the conspiracy. Taneja, Kapoor, and Sterling Knight pleaded guilty to felony misbranding in a conspiracy with Bolos. U.S. District Judge J. Ronnie Greer imposed sentences this week for all of the defendants except Roix, whose sentencing hearing was rescheduled for June 15, 2022.

On May 16, the court sentenced Bolos to 14 years in prison and $2.5 million in forfeiture. On the same date, the court also sentenced Palso, 48, of Lutz, Florida, to 33 months in prison. Bolos and Palso also were each ordered to pay nearly $25 million in restitution.

On May 17, the court sentenced Smith, 52, of Tampa, to 42 months of imprisonment. The now-defunct corporate entities that Smith created, Alpha Omega Pharmacy, Germaine Pharmacy, Zoetic Pharmacy, ULD Wholesale LLC, and Tanith Enterprises, all were sentenced to pay nearly $25 million in restitution. The court also sentenced Taneja, 47, of Tampa, to 10 months of imprisonment and a $10,000 fine.

On May 18, the court sentenced Kapoor, 48, of Temple Terrace, Florida, to three years’ probation and a $10,000 fine. Sterling Knight, a now-defunct corporate entity that Kapoor and Taneja created, was sentenced to pay $21 million in restitution. The court also sentenced Maikel Bolos, 36, of Tampa, to 15 months of imprisonment and a $25,000 fine.

On May 19, the court sentenced Assad, 37, of Tampa, to 24 months of imprisonment and to pay nearly $25 million in restitution. HealthRight was sentenced to pay $4.25 million in restitution.

 

Source: Defendants Sentenced in Tennessee for Multimillion-Dollar Nationwide Telemedicine Pharmacy Fraud Scheme | OPA | Department of Justice