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In March, nearly 40 individuals from across the country will meet with their legislators to urge Congress to take bipartisan action to prioritize the battle against antibiotic resistance: a looming global health threat that threatens the future of modern medicine. As part of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Stand Up to Superbugs initiative, this year’s ambassadors include health care professionals, public health officials, scientists, farmers and ranchers, veterinarians, superbug survivors, and people who have lost loved ones to an antibiotic-resistant infection. They will meet virtually with federal agency leaders and members of Congress to share their superbug stories and expertise, and urge increased commitment and momentum to preserve the effectiveness of existing antibiotics and develop urgently needed new ones.
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In the fall of 2019, not every instructor at Samford University used Canvas, an online learning management system where they can post assignments and videos of lectures.
By the following year, things were different. “It’s not optional,” said Betsy Holloway, vice president for marketing and communications. “One hundred percent are in Canvas.”
The change, of course, is due to COVID-19. But once the pandemic ends, what elements of the new technology will remain a part of the higher ed landscape? Nearly a year in, administrators at Christian colleges are pausing to assess the real-world experiment with online education.
Ex-CIA Intelligence officer rates 11 CIA spy scenes in movies and TV
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February 10, 2021, 2:42 AM·19 min read
Former CIA agent Michele Rigby Assad reacts to espionage scenes in movies and rates their accuracy.
Assad rates Spy Game (2001), The Bourne Identity (2002), and Tom Clancy s Jack Ryan (2018).
She also looks at Spy (2015), Homeland (2011-2020), True Lies (1994) and Argo (2012).
Michele Rigby Assad served undercover for 10 years as a counterterrorism officer in the CIA. She is now a corporate consultant and keynote speaker. She holds a master s degree in contemporary Arab studies from Georgetown University and a political science degree from Palm Beach Atlantic University.
Assad rates Spy Game (2001), The Bourne Identity (2002), and Tom Clancy s Jack Ryan (2018).
She also looks at Spy (2015), Homeland (2011-2020), True Lies (1994) and Argo (2012).
Michele Rigby Assad served undercover for 10 years as a counterterrorism officer in the CIA. She is now a corporate consultant and keynote speaker. She holds a master s degree in contemporary Arab studies from Georgetown University and a political science degree from Palm Beach Atlantic University.
She is the author of Breaking Cover: My Secret Life in the CIA and What It Taught Me About What s Worth Fighting For.
Following is a transcript of the video.
- Now, we know you re a pretty good liar, but what if you re caught by the enemy and faced with a lie-detector test?