MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WKRN) —A Mt. Juliet animal shelter took in 72 animals from Eastern Kentucky after assisting with rescues in the devastating flooded area.  

Currently, there are 30 cats and dogs in foster care. However, there are at least 42 more cats, kittens and dogs that need a home of their own.

“These recent floods in Kentucky were devastating,” Kristin Condit with True Rescue said.

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Two weeks ago, Condit and a team from True Rescue animal shelter loaded up two SUVs full of supplies to help out an emergency hub for animal rescue in Perry County. 

“Everyone was impacted. Our initial plan was to bring pet food, tarps, water, really anything we thought they may need,” Condit said.

According to Condit, when they arrived the animal shelter was without power.

“Although they didn’t take on water, they did have quite a substantial damage in the shelter, so there was a lot of disinfecting and cleaning that needed to be done first before they could take on animals,” Condit said.

On top of that, before the shelter in Eastern Kentucky could bring in displaced animals, over 200 animals needed to be moved to other facilities.

“After a few days, all of their dogs were cleared besides for 20 or 30, but unfortunately during that time animals started to come in,” Condit said.

She said that’s when the plan diverted, as True Rescue brought a few dozen cats and dogs back early to Mt. Juliet.

“These animals had low blood pressure, were malnourished, dehydrated, suffered some injuries while they were out as a stray, but all of that was handled first in Kentucky,” Condit said.

She said now the animals are all healthy and safe after facing true devastation.  

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“Given the opportunity to be in a stress free environment, there is not a lot of loud noises; they are calm and the forgiveness sets in, and they are just happy to move forward,” Condit said.

A few cats and kittens have already been adopted from Kentucky, but True Rescue currently has over 300 animals under their care.

If you would like to adopt a furry friend or are interested in volunteering please go to their website truerescue.org.

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Ruth Jones will be joining us at Good Housekeeping Live in partnership with Dyson, a two-day event at Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 October in celebration of our 100th anniversary.

As an award-winning actor, screenwriter, producer and bestselling author, Ruth has more strings to her bow than most. On Saturday 15 October at 10.10-11.10am, enjoy brunch while discovering the secrets to Jones’ many achievements, including creating the much-loved sitcom Gavin & Stacey with James Corden. Guests will also get an exclusive insight into her new novel, Love Untold, which promises to be another sensational read.

Brunch includes pastries, a fruit bowl, scrambled eggs and smoked salmon, fresh juice, tea, coffee and a glass of fizz.

Those attending will also take home a signed copy of Love Untold, as well as a special 100th anniversary GH goodie bag.

Book before August 31 and tickets are only £57.60, thanks to a 20% early bird discount.

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All ticket holders can also enjoy a full day relaxing in the beautiful surroundings of Carlton House Terrace, grab light refreshments in the GH Cafe, browse the GH Bookshop and have the opportunity to attend the following free workshops and experiences:

• FREE fashion talks – browse the latest looks and learn how to style them with the help of GH fashion director Oonagh Brennan.
• FREE tablescaping demonstrations from the GH Homes team.
• FREE cake and biscuit decorating demos from professional bakers.
• FREE flower-arranging workshop from the experts at Bloom & Wild.
• FREE guided taste test with the Good Housekeeping Institute team.
• FREE guided tour of the Dyson Healthy Home exhibition area, plus floor-care demonstration by experts from Dyson and the GHI.
• FREE mini treatments in The Beauty Parlour in partnership with Absolute Collagen.
• FREE talks by the fragrance and cleaning experts at Zoflora on how to create a beautiful-smelling home.
• FABULOUS live music.
• THE CHANCE TO meet and chat to the GH team about life behind the scenes of your favourite magazine.

Book before the end of August and you can take advantage of a 20% discount on the cost of all full-price Good Housekeeping Live tickets. Tickets for brunch followed by Ruth’s talk are only £57.60.

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Good Housekeeping Live in partnership with Dyson is a two-day event at Carlton House Terrace, London taking place on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 October in celebration of our 100-year anniversary.

We’re delighted to offer you the opportunity to join the Good Housekeeping team for a packed programme featuring some of our favourite stars, experts and authors, which encompass live talks, masterclasses and cookery demonstrations.

Other guests at our two-day event include Monica Galetti, Shirley Ballas, Fern Britton and Nadiya Hussain.

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The Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District has reported the first probable case of Monkeypox in Wichita County. In a press release from the city Wednesday, the Health District stressed there is no risk to the public at this time.

A probable case, as identified by the Texas Department of State Health Services, is “an individual who tested positive for an ortho-pox virus, and has exhibited symptoms, but has not had a confirmatory Monkeypox test,” the city said.

The patient is a 51-year-old male Wichita County resident who developed symptoms and was tested for Monkeypox in Fort Worth. The patient is no longer symptomatic or infectious. The Health District is investigating to identify any contacts or exposures that may have occurred.

JYNNEOS (also known as Imvamune or Imvanex) is an attenuated live virus vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent monkeypox. The Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District does not currently have any of this vaccine. The state allocates the vaccine to areas of the highest need. JYNNEOS, at this time, is given to those individuals who have been in contact with a confirmed case of monkeypox.

The Health District emphasizes residents can take the necessary measures to protect themselves and prevent the spread of Monkeypox by doing the following:• Avoid contact with people with new or unknown rashes, lesions, or scabs. This contact can happenduring activities such as wrestling, cuddling, or sexual contact.• Avoid contact with any material, such as bedding, that has been in contact with a sick person.• Isolate infected persons from others who can be at risk for infection. For example, after consultingwith the Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District, persons who do not require hospitalization for medical indications may be isolated at home using protective measures.• The home and other areas where an infected person spent significant time should be cleaned using an EPA-registered disinfectant. Cleaning methods such as disinfectant wipes, sprays, and mopping are preferred. Dry dusting and sweeping should be avoided, as these activities can spread infectious particles.• Practice good hand hygiene after contact with any human. Wash hands with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer when soap and water are unavailable.

The Health District will continue to monitor and respond to any Monkeypox cases in Wichita County and inform the public as the situation evolves. For more information on the Monkeypox visit the CDC’s website at: https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/index.html

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Welcome to Creators on the Rise, where—in partnership with global creator company Jellysmack—we find and profile breakout creators who are in the midst of extraordinary growth.

Miki Rai wants people to know what it’s like to be in her shoes.

Or, rather, in her scrubs.

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Rai is one of a growing number of healthcare professionals on YouTube and TikTok who share looks at their everyday lives. But while that sprang up as a growing trend during the pandemic, Rai has been making educational content about her job for years. She started on Instagram (where she currently has 625,000 followers), then expanded to YouTube because posting photos with captions wasn’t enough room to capture the day-in-the-life feel she wanted.

“There is a lot of misinformation as well as mystery about what healthcare providers do for a living, and I didn’t see content that reflected an accurate depiction of what our lives are like,” she says.

So, she started making it herself.



Rai uploaded her first nursing-related videos in 2018, with in-depth looks at how she got into her dream school (UCLA), tips on handling long night shifts, what she carries in her nursing bag, and what being “on call” is like. She still makes these longer, vlog-style videos (now costarring her boyfriend Kevin, who’s a doctor), but these days also makes around five videos a week on YouTube Shorts.

It’s not hard to see why she’s focused on short-form: Her very first Short, posted in 2021, was a comedic recreation of introducing Kevin to her parents, and it went viral, amassing nearly 40 million views.

Monthly view and subscriber counts from Gospel Stats.

Rai says the point of posting her videos on YouTube (where she has 972K subscribers) and TikTok (2.4 million followers) is not only to show people what nursing is like from the inside, but also “to document my own memories.”

In her years as a creator, she’s fallen “deeply in love with the art of creation, video editing, and interating with those who related to me,” she says.

Check out our chat with her below.



Tubefilter: So first, tell us a little about you! Where are you from? What did you get up to before launching your channel?

Miki Rai: I was born in Japan, and moved to America when I was three years old. My parents are from Taiwan, so growing up, my parents had a system where on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays I spoke Mandarin, and on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturdays, I spoke Japanese. I grew up in the Bay area and eventually ended up at UCLA (my dream school) as a nursing major. I started creating content in undergrad and continue to document my journey as a nurse and creator on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. I primarily focus on creating content geared towards medical professionals, couples, and the AAPI community.

Tubefilter: As anyone who watches your videos will know, you’re a registered nurse. What made you want to become a medical professional? What made you choose nursing specifically?

MR: I think humans feel most fulfilled when you give yourself away in the service of others. Since a young age, I was always interested in a career that would give the opportunity to combine my love for science and supporting others, and there really is no better way to do that than a career in healthcare!

Nursing is a career that combines critical thinking, leadership, delegation, prioritization, and requires the highest levels of empathy, compassion, and care. It’s also uniquely a job that is incredibly flexible—you can change specialties at any time, there are lots of opportunities to work part-time or add on extra shifts, and there are opportunities in the hospital, clinic, cruise ship, and planes, you name it.

Tubefilter: You started your YouTube channel way, way back in 2010, but didn’t start regularly making content until 2019. What was the catalyst for you deciding to make regular videos?

MR: Prior to starting on YouTube, I was creating lots of educational content on Instagram. Back in the day, photo content was king and the best way to provide insight into nursing and healthcare in general was through a written caption.

I initially started YouTube because I wanted to create a long-form, in-depth video detailing the “day in the life of a nurse.” There is a lot of misinformation as well as mystery about what healthcare providers do for a living, and I didn’t see content that reflected an accurate depiction of what our lives are like. I created those videos for others, but also to document my own memories. I was deeply in love with the art of creation, video editing, and interacting with those who related to me.

From there, I expanded to vlogs, Q&As, and other topics that captured not only my identity as a nurse, but the rest of me as well.



Tubefilter: How has COVID impacted your life as a nurse? How have things changed at your job in the past two years?

MR: The last two years have been challenging for all of us alike. My role does not directly interact with COVID-positive patients, and I have always been very fortunate to have access to PPE. It seems weird to think back to the beginning, when I would get one N95 and one regular mask a day when I arrived at work. I saved all of my N95s in a bag, because I was scared one day I might not have any left. My partner Kevin is a frontline resident physician, and out of fear that he may bring something home, we would disinfect all of our belongings and remove our outside clothes before entering our home.

Because of COVID, many patients did not receive the medical care that they usually receive, and treatments have been significantly delayed. Now that things are opening up again, we are seeing the aftermath of lack of access to healthcare. Many hospitals and clinics across the country are slammed, and incredibly short-staffed. After working tirelessly throughout this pandemic, many healthcare workers are exhausted and have left the field altogether.

On the positive side, I do think the pandemic has expedited the process for healthcare to move virtual and digital. Many people now have access to their care teams via Zoom or other platforms, which can increase accessibility of care and patient compliance.

Tubefilter: What made you want to share your life and job with the internet? What inspires you to make videos?

MR: I am an introvert and homebody, so in real life I typically skip out on social events and usually am very quiet in group settings. Speaking to a camera, however, feels like an intimate chat with a close friend. My subscribers and followers are like my closest friends, and have given me a community that I can depend on. Through social media, I’ve been able to connect with friends all around the world who share the same interests as I do!

Tubefilter: How does video-making fit into your daily schedule? Obviously as a nurse you’ve got a hectic job, so how do you find time to make videos? What does the average day look like for you in terms of how long you’re on shift, how much time you spend working on videos, etc?

MR: I think there is always time for the things that matter. It is my preference to cluster my work shifts and then cluster content creation days. On filming days, I typically batch at least four to five videos, and then schedule them to go live throughout the week. My schedule as a nurse is relatively flexible, but the hours tend to be very long, and I’m often running around all day with little to no breaks. On days I am working as a nurse, I often roll right into bed after I get home, so I typically do not do any filming or editing.

Tubefilter: What do you think draws people to your videos? Is there anything you try to specifically do to bring people in, or do you think your audience has sort of found you naturally?

MR: I think people are most interested in another person’s content when they feel it relates to them. I make a lot of videos discussing my identity as an Asian American, as a healthcare worker, and as a girlfriend, and those who choose to subscribe typically fall into those buckets as well.

In terms of analytics, watch time is most important to me and the YouTube algorithm. My short-form videos average watch times over 100%, which means people are replaying them. I think the longer you are able to keep someone engaged with watching your video, the more likely they are to convert into a subscriber.



Tubefilter: Your channel has recently seen a big boost in views and subscribers. Do you know if there was a specific video that took off and helped boost your growth, or was it a rise across all your videos?

MR: I think my bread and butter is in creating short-form videos between 10 and 15 seconds. While I’ve always had steady subscriber growth on my channel, when YouTube introduced Shorts, that’s when I started to see massive growth on my channel, averaging 30-60k subscribers a month. I credit a lot of my growth to “My BF meets my Asian Parents” and pay transparency videos such as “How much healthcare workers make.”

Whenever a platform pushes out new features, I’m always on board to adapt and try new things. If you can ride the wave before it starts, it often gives you an advantage while there is less competition.

Tubefilter: How have things changed for you, personally and professionally, since your channel started taking off? Have you had any cool opportunities?

MR: Thanks to social media, I’ve had opportunities I never even dreamed of having. I’m incredibly lucky to have signed with my brilliant manager Brittany from Select Management Group, who was integral in helping me work with brands I love, such as Disney, NEIWAI, FIGS, Infinit,i and much more.

We also recently launched a Good Morning Besties Bar with the YouTube Shorts team, and it was surreal to see Kevin, our pup Lucky and myself on a real-life cheesecake bar. But above anything else, the greatest gift I’ve gotten is being able to make real-life connections with industry leaders and creators both in and out of the healthcare industry.

Tubefilter: Do you have any plans or goals for your channel for the rest of this year? Any projects you can share?

MR: I often think about the 10 to 20 minutes a subscriber takes out of their week to watch our videos. Their time is a gift, and in return, my goal is always to provide the highest value I can with the content I create. Whether it’s videos about financial literacy, working in healthcare, or an everyday vlog, we are constantly working on providing educational value and hoping our audience leaves the video feeling better than they came in.

In terms of exciting projects…We JUST let our subscribers know that this year we will have the opportunity to intermittently live in different parts of the world while Kevin is on research year. We’ve decided on the first three countries we will be visiting this year, and will look forward to creating travel content in parts of Asia, where many of our subscribers reside! Many other secrets I can’t quite share yet…but please subscribe to follow along, because you won’t want to miss it!

Jellysmack is the global creator company that powers multi-platform social media growth for video creators, media companies, brands, celebrities, and its own online communities (Beauty Studio, Oh My Goal, Gamology, House of Bounce and more). The company’s proprietary technology optimizes, distributes, and promotes video content, resulting in meaningful audience growth and increased revenue in record time. Jellysmack is currently partnered with hundreds of talented creators including MrBeast, PewDiePie, Like Nastya, and Bailey Sarian. Looking to Go Bigger on social? Visit jellysmack.com.

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by: Jessica Jurczak

Posted: Aug 10, 2022 / 11:19 AM EDT

Updated: Aug 10, 2022 / 11:19 AM EDT

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – It doesn’t matter what time of year it is, it seems people are continuing to seek out ways to improve and change the look of their home. If you’ve been thinking about upgrading yours, we’ve got a great connection for you: Standale Home Studio! It’s a one-stop place to upgrade and beautify any room in your home! Today, the focus is on cabinetry so Rachael stopped by their showroom to learn more!

>>Take a look!

STUFF THE BOX: Standale Home Studio is partnering with the National Kitchen & Bath Association to collect school supplies for 2 classes at Townline Elementary School – the supplies collected will help about 60 kids as they head back to school. They’re taking donations of pencils, crayola markers, bandaids, post-it notes, glue sticks, ziplock bags, child scissors, hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, and more. You can stop by and drop donations in the box, every little bit helps in helping a child in need head back to school!

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4046 Lake Michigan Dr. NW – Grand Rapids
616-453-8201
Open Monday-Saturday
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If you have children or pets running around a lot, you might need to regularly disinfect your floors. Usually, this is done with a chemical like bleach or a product such as vinegar. However, we’ve already said those are two huge no-nos for travertine. To properly disinfect travertine floors, you can use mild, non-acidic dish soap. Add only about a tablespoon to a gallon of warm water and mop the floor following the above steps.

Using a soft cloth or towel, dry the floor as soon as possible to prevent streaks from forming. You can also leave the floor to air dry, but be sure to avoid walking on it until it fully dries off. On the other hand, you can let it mostly air dry, and use a dry cloth on any areas that are still wet.

Finally, every two years, apply a high-grade sealant to your travertine floors. Sealants come in two types, writes Elite Coatings – penetrating sealer and a surface sealer. While you could purchase just one, they are better used in conjunction to stop liquids from damaging the stone.

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On Aug. 4, the same day that the White House declared monkeypox a national public health emergency, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued significant, updated guidelines regarding the virus for cleaning professionals.

According to the CDC, monkeypox spreads between people through direct contact with an infectious rash, body fluids, or by respiratory secretions during prolonged, face-to-face contact. Transmission of Monkeypox virus is possible from the onset of the first symptoms until the scabs have separated and the skin has completely healed.

During the infectious period of time, body fluids, respiratory secretions, and lesion material from people with monkeypox can contaminate the environment. Poxviruses can survive in linens, clothing, and on environmental surfaces, particularly when in dark, cool, and low humidity environments. In one study, investigators found live virus 15 days after a patient’s home was left unoccupied. Studies show that other closely related orthopoxviruses can survive in an environment, similar to a household, for weeks or even months. Porous materials (bedding, clothing, etc.) might harbor live virus for longer periods of time than non-porous (plastic, glass, metal) surfaces.

With these facts in mind, all cleaning professionals and building facilitators should consider putting into practice these CDC recommendations:

• Communicate with staff, volunteers, and residents. Provide clear information to staff, volunteers, and residents about monkeypox prevention, including the potential for transmission through close, sustained physical contact, including sexual activity. Provide prevention guidance including considerations for safer sex. Keep messages fact-based to avoid introducing stigma when communicating about monkeypox.
• Respond to cases. Consider the following actions to respond to cases in the facility:
  • Test and medically evaluate staff, volunteers, or residents who are suspected to have monkeypox. Ideally, people identified to have monkeypox will remain isolated away from others until there is full healing of the rash with formation of a fresh layer of skin, which typically takes two to four weeks.
  • Consult your state, tribal, local, or territorial health department before discontinuing isolation.
  • Ensure that residents with monkeypox wear a well-fitting disposable mask over their nose and mouth and cover any skin lesions with long pants and long sleeves, bandages, or a sheet or gown if they need to leave the isolation area or if isolation areas are not yet available. Some facilities might be able to provide isolation on-site while others may need to move residents off site to isolate. Resident isolation spaces should have a door that can be closed and a dedicated bathroom that other residents do not use. Multiple residents who test positive for monkeypox can stay in the same room.
  • Isolate staff or volunteers who have monkeypox away from congregate settings until they are fully recovered. Flexible, nonpunitive sick leave policies for staff members are critical to prevent spread of monkeypox.
  • Reduce the number of staff who are entering the isolation areas to staff who are essential to isolation area operations.
  • Manage waste from isolation areas (i.e., handling, storage, treatment, and disposal of soiled personal protective equipment (PPE), patient dressings, etc.) in accordance with U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR, Parts 171-180.). Required waste management practices and category designation can differ depending on the monkeypox virus clade (strain) the patient has. Cases in the current outbreak have been identified to be West African clade, and waste from these patients is classified as regulated medical waste (Category B). See the DOT website for more information. Facilities should also comply with state and local regulations for handling, storage, treatment, and disposal of waste.
• Identify people who might have been exposed to monkeypox. Facilities should work with their health department to identify and monitor the health of any staff, volunteers, or residents who might have had close contact with someone who has monkeypox. Contact tracing can help identify people with exposure and help prevent additional cases. However, this might not be feasible in all settings.
  • Use exposure risk assessment recommendations to identify people who had high degree of exposure to someone with monkeypox, where possible. The health department can provide post-exposure vaccination for people with high degree exposures.
  • In facilities where contact tracing is not feasible, staff, volunteers, and residents who spent time in the same area as someone with monkeypox should be considered to have intermediate or low degree of exposure, depending on the characteristics of the setting (e.g., level of crowding). Post-exposure vaccination is not necessary for low or intermediate degree exposures unless deemed appropriate by the state or local health department.
• Ensure access to handwashing. Soap and water or hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol should be available at all times and at no cost to staff, volunteers, and residents. Anyone who touches lesions or clothing, linens, or surfaces that might have had contact with lesions should wash their hands immediately.
• Clean and disinfect the areas where people with monkeypox spent time. Avoid activities that could spread dried material from lesions (e.g., use of fans, dry dusting, sweeping, or vacuuming) in these areas. Perform disinfection using an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)–registered disinfectant with an Emerging Viral Pathogens claim, which may be found on EPA’s List Q. Follow the manufacturer’s directions for concentration, contact time, and care and handling. Linens can be laundered using regular detergent and warm water. Soiled laundry should be gently and promptly contained in a laundry bag and never be shaken or handled in a manner that may disperse infectious material. Covering mattresses in isolation areas (e.g., with sheets, blankets, or a plastic cover) can facilitate easier laundering.
• Provide appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff, volunteers, and residents. Employers are responsible for ensuring that workers are protected from exposure to Monkeypox virus and that workers are not exposed to harmful levels of chemicals used for cleaning and disinfection. PPE should be worn by staff, volunteers, or residents in these circumstances:
  • Entering isolation areas—Staff who enter isolation areas should wear a gown, gloves, eye protection, and a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-approved particulate respirator equipped with N95 filters or higher.
  • Laundry—When handling dirty laundry from people with known or suspected monkeypox infection, staff, volunteers, or residents should wear a gown, gloves, eye protection, and a well-fitting mask or respirator. PPE is not necessary after the wash cycle is completed.
  • Cleaning and disinfection—Staff, volunteers, or residents should wear a gown, gloves, eye protection, and a well-fitting mask or respirator when cleaning areas where people with monkeypox spent time.

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Bestselling author Jojo Moyes will be speaking at Good Housekeeping Live in partnership with Dyson, a two-day event at Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 October in celebration of our 100th anniversary.

Join us for a glass of fizz while GH books editor Joanne Finney introduces the award-winning writer, who’s celebrating 10 years since the publication of her phenomenal book Me Before You. As part of the talk, Jojo will discuss her latest novel, The Giver Of Stars, along with where she finds inspiration for her work.

Taking place on Saturday 15 October at 11.50am-12.35pm, those attending Jojo’s talk will take home a signed copy of The Giver Of Stars, as well as a special 100th anniversary GH goodie bag. Book before August 31 and tickets are just £33.60, thanks to a 20% early bird discount.

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All ticket holders can also enjoy a full day relaxing in the beautiful surroundings of Carlton House Terrace, grab light refreshments in the GH Cafe, browse the GH Bookshop and have the opportunity to attend the following free workshops and experiences:

• FREE fashion talks – browse the latest looks and learn how to style them with the help of GH fashion director Oonagh Brennan.
• FREE tablescaping demonstrations from the GH Homes team.
• FREE cake and biscuit decorating demos from professional bakers.
• FREE flower-arranging workshop from the experts at Bloom & Wild.
• FREE guided taste test with the Good Housekeeping Institute team.
• FREE guided tour of the Dyson Healthy Home exhibition area, plus floor-care demonstration by experts from Dyson and the GHI.
• FREE mini treatments in The Beauty Parlour in partnership with Absolute Collagen.
• FREE talks by the fragrance and cleaning experts at Zoflora on how to create a beautiful-smelling home.
• FABULOUS live music.
• THE CHANCE TO meet and chat to the GH team about life behind the scenes of your favourite magazine.

Book before the end of August and you can take advantage of a 20% discount on the cost of all full-price Good Housekeeping Live tickets. Tickets for Jojo’s talk are just £33.60.

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Good Housekeeping Live in partnership with Dyson is a two-day event at Carlton House Terrace, London taking place on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 October in celebration of our 100-year anniversary.

We’re delighted to offer you the opportunity to join the Good Housekeeping team for a packed programme featuring some of our favourite stars, experts and authors, which encompass live talks, masterclasses and cookery demonstrations.

Other guests at our two-day event include Fern Britton, Nadiya Hussain, Shirley Ballas and Lucy Worsley.

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Chapter Heading from “Still Left Out in America: the state of homelessness in the United States” by Pat LaMarche

I was working on my new book when the phone rang. One of the guys from the shelter where I was operations manager called to tell me that a fella I knew and cared about had died.

Jeff Johnson made quite an impression. He had grit and grizzle — a real fighter. But, in the end, the damage done by chronic homelessness wins. Last night Jeff lost. Here’s his story from my 2020 sequel about homelessness, Still Left Out in America.

Excerpted as follows:

Eight or so years ago, Jeff dragged himself out of the tiny space between a theater in downtown Harrisburg and its neighboring building. Jeff had carved himself a secret and secluded place to live. From this narrow passage, he could go out and return without his belongings. He left his large duffle bag in the space where he slept. Day after day, no one ever noticed he, or his bag, was there.

Jeff’s health had been declining for quite some time. He’d missed more and more work—until he lost his home. Jeff knew he needed some sort of medical attention, but he had no health insurance. For years Jeff had been plagued by gut issues, but homelessness seemed to be making him worse.

In 2011, a group of exasperated young people staged a sit in on Wall Street in New York City. In short order, the Occupy movement, spread across the nation with satellite occupations in cities large and small. Many critics of these protest franchises blamed them for not having an agenda. To many on the ground, the lack of agenda was the point. Young people, working for low wages, crippled by debt, had even less purpose than their movement had. Even though many of the occupation force left the camps daily to go to work, they were labeled as loafers. In their despair, these mass campouts signified both a real and a seeming lack of purpose.

The folks who occupied Harrisburg fed many of the street people. Most occupy forces across the country did as well. Jeff Johnson, sharp as a tack, went to the gathered protestors who fed him and tried to help. Jeff said they kept him alive for a while. Jeff felt he might not have survived as long as he did, without them.

Jeff was too sick. The protestors free soup couldn’t cure him. Jeff took his giant duffle bag and dragged it away from the camp. A passing motorist slowed to speak to Jeff. The motorist took him an emergency room.

There’s an abundance of scarecrows in inner city urgent care facilities. Jeff was told that he needed to go back where he came from—he couldn’t be helped. Jeff muttered under his breath that he shouldn’t have gone with motorist. Jeff said, “I should have gone up on the bridge, tied myself to my bag, and thrown myself in.”

Ironically, Jeff wasn’t suicidal. No, our smart as a tack friend was passing commentary on the sorry state of the U.S. healthcare system. He merely pointed out that he could be more useful if he actively assisted their Dickensian objective and just died “to decrease the surplus population.”

The moment he uttered suicidal language, Jeff landed himself three days in a hospital mental health bed for observation. Luckily, while in the hospital, one of the observing physicians noticed more than his cynicism. Jeff Johnson was scheduled for and received a colostomy and the cancerous sections of his colon were removed.

Of course, the hospital social workers didn’t want this gravely ill man to return to the crack between two buildings. That was no place to convalesce from his surgery. The administration arranged for Jeff to go to an emergency shelter 18 miles away. There, Jeff could recuperate at night on church floors. By day, he could rest in the shelter’s resource center wellness room—in the company of sixty or more total strangers.

Each night shelter residents would gather at the resource center and prepare to walk or—if they had better transportation—ride to a neighboring church to set up mats and sleep on the floor. The 3-inch mats gave little comfort. Covered in plastic, each resident was expected to disinfect their own mat—if they worried about things like germs or vermin left over by the last occupant.

I could tell you horror stories. Like the times that Jeff’s colostomy bag leaked in the night. Or when he ran low on supplies. Jeff recuperated in the shelter for months. I have no idea if his healing took longer than it would have, had he had a bed, a full set of sheets, a shower in the next room, assistance from a loved one.

During this fiasco, Jeff—I forget if he has two master’s degrees or one—applied for disability. He developed a surly tough exterior that he would let down on the rarest of occasions when he realized no threat existed.

I met Jeff about a month before the doctors reversed his colostomy and re-attached his bowel. The county had a van that transported the indigent to their medical appointments—but the van didn’t run early enough to take Jeff the 40 miles he needed to travel to get to the hospital in Hershey by 5:00 a.m.—for that Jeff relied on another homeless man. A kind-hearted morning DJ who got up early anyway. Jeff’s good Samaritan worked for a Christian broadcasting station. The DJ walked his talk on more than one occasion. Although with homeless DJ’s it’s arguable whether the station lived its mission as well.

Post-surgery, Jeff returned to the three-inch mats and church floors. Jeff agreed to do television and newspaper interviews so that folks in the area might understand that those experiencing homelessness had a bigger story to tell.

A lot of other things happened to Jeff along the way. People he loved died. He finally won his disability case. He got a home. Jeff’s tenacity, education and brains helped him survive the industrial world’s least humane healthcare system. Now he runs a non-profit that helps other down and out folks in the community where he nearly died.

I’m grateful he’s ok. What’s the sense in looking back? All’s well that ends well, right?

Last night Jeff’s ending got updated. Like most folks with histories of chronic homelessness — Jeff is dead more than a decade ahead of his time.

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With its irregularities and anatomical complexities, the root canal system is one of the most clinically challenging spaces in the oral cavity. As a result, biofilm not fully cleared from the nooks and crannies of the canals remains a leading cause of treatment failure and persistent endodontic infections, and there are limited means to diagnose or assess the efficacy of disinfection. One day, clinicians may have a new tool to overcome these challenges in the form of microrobots.

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers from Penn Dental Medicine and its Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD), have shown that microrobots can access the difficult to reach surfaces of the root canal with controlled precision, treating and disrupting biofilms and even retrieving samples for diagnostics, enabling a more personalized treatment plan. The Penn team shared their findings on the use of two different microrobotic platforms for endodontic therapy in the August issue of the Journal of Dental Research ; the work was selected for the issue’s cover.

“The technology could enable multimodal functionalities to achieve controlled, precision targeting of biofilms in hard-to-reach spaces, obtain microbiological samples, and perform targeted drug delivery, ” says Dr. Alaa Babeer, lead author of the study and a Penn Dental Medicine Doctor of Science in Dentistry (DScD) and endodontics graduate, who is now within the lab of Dr. Michel Koo, co-director of the CiPD .

In both platforms, the building blocks for the microrobots are iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) that have both catalytic and magnetic activity and have been FDA approved for other uses. In the first platform, a magnetic field is used to concentrate the NPs in aggregated microswarms and magnetically control them to the apical area of the tooth to disrupt and retrieve biofilms through a catalytic reaction. The second platform uses 3D printing to create miniaturized helix-shaped robots embedded with iron oxide NPs. These helicoids are guided by magnetic fields to move within the root canal, transporting bioactives or drugs that can be released on site.

“This technology offers the potential to advance clinical care on a variety of levels,” says Dr. Koo, co-corresponding author of the study with Dr. Edward Steager, a senior research investigator in Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.

“One important aspect is the ability to have diagnostic as well as therapeutic applications. In the microswarm platform, we can not only remove the biofilm, but also retrieve it, enabling us identify what microorganisms caused the infection. In addition, the ability to conform to the narrow and difficult-to-reach spaces within the root canal allows for a more effective disinfection in comparison to the files and instrumentation techniques presently used.”

A Collaborative System

This microrobotics system is the outgrowth of collaborative work that has been ongoing for several years between Penn Dental Medicine and Penn Engineering. In a recent separate study, Dr. Koo and colleagues constructed the platform to electromagnetically control the microrobots, in that case, enabling microswarms of the iron oxide NPs to adopt different configurations and release antimicrobials on site to effectively treat and remove plaque from teeth.

“We see potential applications of microrobotics systems for both at-home oral care as well as in the dental office for more precise and effective tools for clinicians,” says Dr. Koo.

To determine the effectiveness of the endodontic microrobotic systems to disrupt and retrieve biofilm from the root canal, the researchers conducted experiments in vertically placed 3D printed tooth replicas in collaboration with Dr. Bekir Karabucak, Chair of Penn Dental Medicine’s Department of Endodontics. A mixed-species biofilm containing endodontic bacteria (Streptococcus gordonii, Enterococcus faecalis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Actinomyces israelii ) was prepared inside the teeth replicas and the NP suspension was introduced to the root canal. Using electromagnets, microswarms of NPs were created and precisely controlled to disrupt the biofilm. Upon analysis of the collected biofilm, they found all four species were detected, and using a microscope, all nanoparticles appeared to be removed from the root canal.

Breaking the Mold

The second system tested exploits the flexibility of iron oxide NPs as building blocks and involves creating a molded robotic system. Soft corkscrew-like molds in the form of a helicoid (two helices wrapped around a central axis) were 3D printed and filled with a NP-embedded gel. Using a magnetic field, the helicoids were shown to move through the canal with high efficiency to achieve chemical and mechanical disruption of biofilm. Of particular note is the added ability to load the helicoids with therapeutics for targeted drug delivery at the apical region of the root canal where the infection is in close proximity to the surrounding tissues.

In addition, the research team showed the unique ability of track the microrobots in real-time using existing imaging technologies such as intraoral scanner, dental x-ray, and cone-beam computed tomography that were capable of locating the helicoids in the intact tooth canal.

“Importantly, we demonstrated in an ex vivo model that the robots could be controlled by the magnetic field without interruption by the soft and hard tissue surrounding the teeth. In addition, they showed tremendous maneuverability from the top to bottom of the canal,” notes Dr. Karabucak, who explains the magnetic field for both of the endodontic systems tested would be generated by a small device in the oral cavity.

Broad Applications

Along with the potential to enhance endodontic treatment and tissue regeneration, the researchers see this technology as something that could have broad applications across medicine and industry.

“From disinfecting medical devices like catheters to ensuring clean water lines, this technology holds the potential to transform areas far beyond dental medicine,” adds Dr. Koo. “It could disrupt current modalities across disciplines.”

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