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Dreaming of a Cure: Heman Bekele Is TIME’s 2024 Kid of the Year

— By Jeffrey Kluger | Published: August 15, 2024

Photograph by Dina Litovsky For TIME

Heman Bekele whipped up the most dangerous of what he called his “potions” when he was just over 7 years old. He’d been conducting his own science experiments for about three years by that point, mixing up whatever he could get his hands on at home and waiting to see if the resulting goo would turn into anything.

“They were just dish soap, laundry detergent, and common household chemicals,�� he says today of the ingredients he’d use. “I would hide them under my bed and see what would happen if I left them overnight. There was a lot of mixing together completely at random.”

But soon, things got less random. For Christmas before his 7th birthday, Heman was given a chemistry set that came with a sample of sodium hydroxide. By then, he had been looking up chemical reactions online and learned that aluminum and sodium hydroxide can together produce prodigious amounts of heat. That got him thinking that perhaps he could do the world some good. “I thought that this could be a solution to energy, to making an unlimited supply,” he says. “But I almost started a fire.”

After that, his parents kept a closer eye on him. As it turned out, having adults watching what he does is something that Heman, now 15, would have to get used to. These days, a whole lot of people are paying him a whole lot of attention. Last October, the 3M company and Discovery Education selected Heman, a rising 10th-grader at Woodson High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, as the winner of its Young Scientist Challenge. His prize: $25,000. His accomplishment: inventing a soap that could one day treat and even prevent multiple forms of skin cancer. It may take years before such a product comes to market, but this summer Heman is already spending part of every weekday working in a lab at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, hoping to bring his dream to fruition. When school is in session, he’ll be there less often, but will continue to plug away. “I’m really passionate about skin-cancer research,” he says, “whether it’s my own research or what’s happening in the field. It’s absolutely incredible to think that one day my bar of soap will be able to make a direct impact on somebody else’s life. That’s the reason I started this all in the first place.”

It’s that ambition—to say nothing of that selflessness—that has earned Heman recognition as TIME’s Kid of the Year for 2024.

Born in Addis Ababa before emigrating to the U.S. with his family when he was 4, Heman recalls that some of his earliest memories were of seeing laborers working in the blistering sun, usually with no protection for their skin. His parents taught him and his sisters—Hasset, now 16, and Liya, now 7—to cover up, and explained the dangers of too much time outdoors without sunscreen or proper clothing.

“When I was younger, I didn’t think much of it, but when I came to America, I realized what a big problem the sun and ultraviolet radiation is when you’re exposed to it for a long time,” Heman says.

It didn’t take too long for him to start thinking about how he might help. A few years ago, he read about imiquimod, a drug that, among other uses, is approved to fight one form of skin cancer and has shown promise against several more. Typically, imiquimod, which can help destroy tumors and usually comes in the form of a cream, is prescribed as a front-line drug as part of a broader cancer treatment plan, but Heman wondered if it could be made available more easily to people in the earliest stages of the disease. A bar of soap, he reckoned, might be just the delivery system for such a lifesaving drug, not just because it was simple, but because it would be a lot more affordable than the $40,000 it typically costs for skin-cancer treatment.

“What is one thing that is an internationally impactful idea, something that everyone can use, [regardless of] socioeconomic class?” Heman recalls thinking. “Almost everyone uses soap and water for cleaning. So soap would probably be the best option.”

There was a long way to go between inspiration and application, however. Executing on his idea was more complicated than simply mixing the drug into an ordinary bar of soap, since any therapeutic power the imiquimod might confer would just be washed down the drain with the suds. The answer was to combine the soap with a lipid-based nanoparticle that would linger on the skin when the soap was washed away—much the way moisturizer or fragrance can stay behind after the suds are rinsed off.

There was only so much brainstorming Heman could do on his own, however. Then, in 2023, he came across the 3M challenge and submitted a video explaining his idea. Soon, he received an invite to the company’s HQ in St. Paul, Minn., to deliver a pitch in front of a panel of judges. Before that day was out, he’d been named the winner. The $25,000 prize, he knew, would go a long way toward helping him afford to pursue his research, but he’d still need a professional lab in which to conduct the work. That opportunity arrived in February, when he attended a networking event hosted by the Melanoma Research Alliance, in Washington, D.C. There, he met Vito Rebecca, a molecular biologist and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

“I remember reading somewhere something about this young kid who had an idea for a skin-cancer soap,” says Rebecca. “It immediately piqued my interest, because I thought, how cool, him wanting to make it accessible to the whole world. And then, by complete serendipity at this Melanoma Research Alliance meeting, the CEO of the alliance introduced me to Heman. From the first conversation, his passion was evident. When I found out he lived very nearby in Virginia, I told him if he ever wanted to stop by the lab he’d be more than welcome.”

Heman took him up on that idea, and Rebecca agreed to sponsor Heman, acting as his principal investigator and inviting him to work at the Baltimore lab, toggling between benchwork and schoolwork back in Fairfax.

Heman Bekele photographed at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore on July 11, 2024. Dina Litovsky For TIME

For close to half a year now, Heman and Rebecca have been running basic research on mice, injecting the animals with strains of skin cancer and preparing to apply the lipid-bound, imiquimod-infused soap and see what the results are. And though they’re getting ready to test it and a control against melanoma, Heman knows “there’s still a long way to go”—not just testing the soap, but also patenting it and getting FDA certification, which can take a decade altogether.

It is a measure of Heman’s enormous head start that when that decade passes, he will still be only 25 years old—the age at which medical students have not even completed their postgrad education. He’s making good use of that time. In addition to working on his idea, he’s promoting it. In June, he delivered a presentation before 8,000 people at Boston’s Tsongas Center, during a meeting of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists. “That was nerve-racking,” he says, “but it was fun.”

Heman has fun in more conventional ways too. He’s part of the Woodson High School marching band, on both flute and trombone. He plays basketball, reads voraciously (especially fantasy, though he recently reread The Great Gatsby, which he describes as “a pretty good read”), and considers chess “a turn-my-brain-off-and-play kind of thing.”

He credits his family, particularly his parents, for setting the stage for his achievements. His mother Muluemebet is a teacher; his father Wondwossen is a human-resources specialist for the U.S. Agency for International Development. The example of their sacrifice, coming to an unfamiliar country in service of their children’s education, has imbued him with a love of learning and a commitment to pursuing the improbable—or even the seemingly impossible. Nor are his parents and Rebecca the only adults stewarding him on his long scientific journey. He is also aided by Deborah Isabelle, his mentor from 3M.

“I got really lucky,” says Isabelle. “Last year was my first year participating as a mentor in the Young Scientist Challenge, and I was paired with Heman. He’s an incredible, passionate, very inspiring young man.”

That doesn’t mean he doesn’t make mistakes—and Isabelle, for one, has been there to catch him when he falls.

“At one point when he was making the soap, things didn’t work the way he expected,” she says. “So I asked him, What didn’t work? What did you do? And we talked about it, and he’s like, ‘Wow, I didn’t exactly follow the directions.’ And so we had a conversation about that, and he was able to go up and figure out some things, and say, ‘OK, this is what I learned from that.’”

That kind of trial and error will, Heman hopes, take him to the day that his health-giving soap can at last be used in early-stage cancers—including so-called cancer Stage 0, when there is just a small growth that has not yet had much effect on the surface of the skin—and then in later stages, when it would be an adjunct to other treatments.

For all of this, Heman remains humble about what he’s accomplished in just 15 years. “Anybody could do what I did,” he says. “I just came up with an idea. I worked towards that idea, and I was able to bring it to life.” But he confesses that he worries too: scientific breakthroughs seem to be coming faster and faster—in medicine, in engineering, in artificial intelligence—and he frets that people may have reached something of a saturation point.

“A lot of people have this mindset that everything’s been done, there’s nothing left for me to do,” he says. “To anybody having that thought, [I’d say] we’ll never run out of ideas in this world. Just keep inventing. Keep thinking of new ways to improve our world and keep making it a better place.”

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Heman Bekele Is TIME’s 2024 Kid of the Year

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Heman Bekele Is TIME’s 2024 Kid of the Year

Heman Bekele whipped up the most dangerous of what he called his “potions” when he was just over 7 years old. He’d been conducting his own science experiments for about three years by that point, mixing up whatever he could get his hands on at home and waiting to see if the resulting goo would turn into anything.

“They were just dish soap, laundry detergent, and common household chemicals,” he says today of the ingredients he’d use. “I would hide them under my bed and see what would happen if I left them overnight. There was a lot of mixing together completely at random.”

But soon, things got less random. For Christmas before his 7th birthday, Heman was given a chemistry set that came with a sample of sodium hydroxide. By then, he had been looking up chemical reactions online and learned that aluminum and sodium hydroxide can together produce prodigious amounts of heat. That got him thinking that perhaps he could do the world some good. “I thought that this could be a solution to energy, to making an unlimited supply,” he says. “But I almost started a fire.”

After that, his parents kept a closer eye on him. As it turned out, having adults watching what he does is something that Heman, now 15, would have to get used to. These days, a whole lot of people are paying him a whole lot of attention. Last October, the 3M company and Discovery Education selected Heman, a rising 10th-grader at Woodson High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, as the winner of its Young Scientist Challenge. His prize: $25,000. His accomplishment: inventing a soap that could one day treat and even prevent multiple forms of skin cancer. It may take years before such a product comes to market, but this summer Heman is already spending part of every weekday working in a lab at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, hoping to bring his dream to fruition. When school is in session, he’ll be there less often, but will continue to plug away. “I’m really passionate about skin-cancer research,” he says, “whether it’s my own research or what’s happening in the field. It’s absolutely incredible to think that one day my bar of soap will be able to make a direct impact on somebody else’s life. That’s the reason I started this all in the first place.”

It’s that ambition—to say nothing of that selflessness—that has earned Heman recognition as TIME’s Kid of the Year for 2024. 

Born in Addis Ababa before emigrating to the U.S. with his family when he was 4, Heman recalls that some of his earliest memories were of seeing laborers working in the blistering sun, usually with no protection for their skin. His parents taught him and his sisters—Hasset, now 16, and Liya, now 7—to cover up, and explained the dangers of too much time outdoors without sunscreen or proper clothing.

“When I was younger, I didn’t think much of it, but when I came to America, I realized what a big problem the sun and ultraviolet radiation is when you’re exposed to it for a long time,” Heman says.

It didn’t take too long for him to start thinking about how he might help. A few years ago, he read about imiquimod, a drug that, among other uses, is approved to fight one form of skin cancer and has shown promise against several more. Typically, imiquimod, which can help destroy tumors and usually comes in the form of a cream, is prescribed as a front-line drug as part of a broader cancer treatment plan, but Heman wondered if it could be made available more easily to people in the earliest stages of the disease. A bar of soap, he reckoned, might be just the delivery system for such a lifesaving drug, not just because it was simple, but because it would be a lot more affordable than the $40,000 it typically costs for skin-cancer treatment.

“What is one thing that is an internationally impactful idea, something that everyone can use, [regardless of] socioeconomic class?” Heman recalls thinking. “Almost everyone uses soap and water for cleaning. So soap would probably be the best option.”

There was a long way to go between inspiration and application, however. Executing on his idea was more complicated than simply mixing the drug into an ordinary bar of soap, since any therapeutic power the imiquimod might confer would just be washed down the drain with the suds. The answer was to combine the soap with a lipid-based nanoparticle that would linger on the skin when the soap was washed away—much the way moisturizer or fragrance can stay behind after the suds are rinsed off.

Read More: What’s the Best Skin-Care Routine?

There was only so much brainstorming Heman could do on his own, however. Then, in 2023, he came across the 3M challenge and submitted a video explaining his idea. Soon, he received an invite to the company’s HQ in St. Paul, Minn., to deliver a pitch in front of a panel of judges. Before that day was out, he’d been named the winner. The $25,000 prize, he knew, would go a long way toward helping him afford to pursue his research, but he’d still need a professional lab in which to conduct the work. That opportunity arrived in February, when he attended a networking event hosted by the Melanoma Research Alliance, in Washington, D.C. There, he met Vito Rebecca, a molecular biologist and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

“I remember reading somewhere something about this young kid who had an idea for a skin-cancer soap,” says Rebecca. “It immediately piqued my interest, because I thought, how cool, him wanting to make it accessible to the whole world. And then, by complete serendipity at this Melanoma Research Alliance meeting, the CEO of the alliance introduced me to Heman. From the first conversation, his passion was evident. When I found out he lived very nearby in Virginia, I told him if he ever wanted to stop by the lab he’d be more than welcome.”

Heman took him up on that idea, and Rebecca agreed to sponsor Heman, acting as his principal investigator and inviting him to work at the Baltimore lab, toggling between benchwork and schoolwork back in Fairfax.

For close to half a year now, Heman and Rebecca have been running basic research on mice, injecting the animals with strains of skin cancer and preparing to apply the lipid-bound, imiquimod-infused soap and see what the results are. And though they’re getting ready to test it and a control against melanoma, Heman knows “there’s still a long way to go”—not just testing the soap, but also patenting it and getting FDA certification, which can take a decade altogether.

It is a measure of Heman’s enormous head start that when that decade passes, he will still be only 25 years old—the age at which medical students have not even completed their postgrad education. He’s making good use of that time. In addition to working on his idea, he’s promoting it. In June, he delivered a presentation before 8,000 people at Boston’s Tsongas Center, during a meeting of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists. “That was nerve-racking,” he says, “but it was fun.”

Read More: Scientists Are Finding Out Just How Toxic Your Stuff Is

Heman has fun in more conventional ways too. He’s part of the Woodson High School marching band, on both flute and trombone. He plays basketball, reads voraciously (especially fantasy, though he recently reread The Great Gatsby, which he describes as “a pretty good read”), and considers chess “a turn-my-brain-off-and-play kind of thing.”

He credits his family, particularly his parents, for setting the stage for his achievements. His mother Muluemebet is a teacher; his father Wondwossen is a human-resources specialist for the U.S. Agency for International Development. The example of their sacrifice, coming to an unfamiliar country in service of their children’s education, has imbued him with a love of learning and a commitment to pursuing the improbable—or even the seemingly impossible. Nor are his parents and Rebecca the only adults stewarding him on his long scientific journey. He is also aided by Deborah Isabelle, his mentor from 3M.

“I got really lucky,” says Isabelle. “Last year was my first year participating as a mentor in the Young Scientist Challenge, and I was paired with Heman. He’s an incredible, passionate, very inspiring young man.”

That doesn’t mean he doesn’t make mistakes—and Isabelle, for one, has been there to catch him when he falls.

“At one point when he was making the soap, things didn’t work the way he expected,” she says. “So I asked him, What didn’t work? What did you do? And we talked about it, and he’s like, ‘Wow, I didn’t exactly follow the directions.’ And so we had a conversation about that, and he was able to go up and figure out some things, and say, ‘OK, this is what I learned from that.’” 

That kind of trial and error will, Heman hopes, take him to the day that his health-giving soap can at last be used in early-stage cancers—including so-called cancer Stage 0, when there is just a small growth that has not yet had much effect on the surface of the skin—and then in later stages, when it would be an adjunct to other treatments.

For all of this, Heman remains humble about what he’s accomplished in just 15 years. “Anybody could do what I did,” he says. “I just came up with an idea. I worked towards that idea, and I was able to bring it to life.” But he confesses that he worries too: scientific breakthroughs seem to be coming faster and faster—in medicine, in engineering, in artificial intelligence—and he frets that people may have reached something of a saturation point.

“A lot of people have this mindset that everything’s been done, there’s nothing left for me to do,” he says. “To anybody having that thought, [I’d say] we’ll never run out of ideas in this world. Just keep inventing. Keep thinking of new ways to improve our world and keep making it a better place.” 

—With reporting by Julia Zorthian

[mothdust-and-quills]

Inspiration boards for my OC, Fanny Merifeather.

Name: Fanny Merrifeather

Maiden name: Fanny Lovett

1st husband: Archie Fairfax. Fanny was young, impressionable, and was caught in an arranged marriage with an older bird. His death was a complete accident when Fanny was defending herself from him. But this taught Fanny that she wasn't as helpless as she previously thought.

2nd husband: Professor Gideon Forrest. He was a science professor who specialized in chemistry concoctions. Fanny fell for him when she had decided to attend a class of his. Through his library, Fanny learned about poisons. After catching him with another woman, Fanny used his own knowledge against him and framed it to look as though he had perished by accident when experimenting with his potions.

3rd husband: Richard Farrington the 4th. Fanny was starting to run low on funds, so she married this rich a-hole. He was super into Spiritualism, which Fanny did find intriguing. He was very pretty, but also full of himself. Must have come as a surprise to him when he died. Found drowned, poor thing.

4th husband: Cecil Merrifeather. He was actually a good guy and Fanny legit loved him. He was rich, but kind and very charitable. His death wasn't caused by Fanny, but she was suspected after he was found mauled to death by a wildcat, simply because she had a not so good track record of husbands. She was found not guilty, but there may be some inlaws who hold grudges against her for false beliefs they have as to the circumstances surrounding Cecil's death. (he may have also sacrified himself to save her, which lives rent free in her head)

Fifth husband: Sir Edwin Maplewood the second. An elderly gentleman with lots of money. Fanny only married him in hopes that he would die of old age soon, as his health wasn't the best. Offing him would look suspicious after the other 4 husbands, after all. He perished, however, when their house was caught in the fire. Fanny immediately went back to using her previous name.

[vladimir-soyfer]

Dr. Vladimir (Vlad) Soyfer, DMD, PhD: A Comprehensive Overview of a Career in Dental Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery

In the realm of dental medicine, few names resonate as profoundly as Dr. Vladimir Soyfer. With a career spanning over two decades, Dr. Vlad Soyfer has become a vanguard in the field, particularly in the areas of dental implantology and maxillofacial surgery. His journey, marked by relentless pursuit of knowledge and clinical excellence, has made him a revered figure in both the United States and Eastern Europe.

 Early Life and Education

Dr. Vladimir (Vlad) Soyfer was born into a family deeply valuing education and intellectual curiosity. His formative years were spent in an environment that fostered a love for learning, particularly in the sciences. Vladimir’s early interest in medicine was kindled by this academic atmosphere, alongside a natural inclination towards helping others. From a young age, Vladimir demonstrated exceptional academic prowess. He attended one of the top schools in his region, where he excelled, particularly in biology and chemistry. His keen interest in these subjects laid a solid foundation for his future career in dental medicine. During his school years, Vladimir was not only known for his academic achievements but also for his active participation in science clubs and local science fairs. This involvement provided him with early exposure to practical aspects of scientific inquiry and research. Upon entering university, Vladimir chose to specialize in dental medicine, driven by a fascination with the intricate balance of art and science in dentistry. His time at the university was marked by rigorous academic work and a series of scholarly achievements. He actively participated in student research groups, contributing to several papers in the field of dental health and oral surgery. His dedication and hard work earned him recognition among his peers and mentors. Vladimir’s education was not limited to the confines of the classroom. He sought out opportunities for learning through internships and apprenticeships with seasoned dental practitioners. These experiences were invaluable, providing him with practical skills and a deeper understanding of patient care, a cornerstone of his future practice. The culmination of his early education came with his graduation with honors, a testament to his commitment to excellence in his field. This period of his life not only provided Vladimir with the academic foundation he needed for his career but also ingrained in him a lifelong love for learning and a relentless pursuit of professional growth.

 Professional Journey

Embarking on his professional voyage in 1996, following the completion of his externship, Dr. Vladimir Soyfer joined the ranks of the esteemed American Dental Centers of Europe. Here, he has been serving diligently as a Board-certified Maxillofacial Surgeon, primarily focusing on Eastern European countries, a role he continues to uphold with distinction. In the time frame stretching from November 1996 to April 2008, Dr. Soyfer's professional endeavors took him across the European landscape. His tenure at the European Section of American Dental Centers saw him practicing in major urban centers including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Prague, and Warsaw. During this period, Dr. Soyfer's repertoire of services broadened significantly, encompassing not only general dentistry but also delving into specialized fields such as endodontics, preventive and periodontal care, cosmetic dentistry, and the complex arena of maxillofacial reconstructive surgery. Subsequently, from July 2008 until 2018, Dr. Soyfer enhanced his career portfolio through his association with AADA, INC, located in Fairfax, VA. In this capacity, he reverted to a more generalized practice, applying his extensive knowledge and skills to a broader spectrum of dental care.

Clinical Expertise

Dr. Vladimir (Vlad) Soyfer is not just a general dentist; he is a clinician with a comprehensive skill set that spans across various specialized areas of dental medicine. 

With over 15 years of hands-on experience, he has mastered both the surgical and prosthetic aspects of dental care. In the realm of implant surgeries, Dr. Soyfer is proficient in All-on-4 and All-on-6 techniques, which involve replacing missing teeth with as few as four or six dental implants, respectively. These procedures are particularly beneficial for patients who have suffered from significant tooth loss and are looking for a long-lasting and functional solution.

His expertise also extends to Zygomatic Implant Surgeries, a specialized technique used for patients with insufficient bone in the upper jaw. This procedure involves placing implants into the cheekbone (zygoma) rather than the jaw, offering a viable alternative for those who are not candidates for traditional dental implants.

Orthognathic surgeries, including Lefort 1-2-3 Corrective protocols, are another area where Dr. Vlad Soyfer excels. These surgeries are designed to correct conditions related to the jaws and face, improving both function and aesthetics.

Dr. Vlad Soyfer's clinical experience is not limited to elective procedures. He has also managed a variety of trauma cases, requiring quick decision-making and surgical precision. His skills in surgical extractions, particularly full-bony wisdom teeth extractions, have been invaluable in emergency dental care.

Beyond surgical interventions, Dr. Vlad Soyfer is adept at clinical crown lengthening surgeries, apicoectomies, and implant placement surgery. His work in maxillary and mandibular reconstructive surgery, as well as bone augmentation surgery has been admired by patients, offering new avenues for patient care.

Facial reconstruction is another area where Dr. Vlad Soyfer has made significant contributions. Whether it's restoring the natural contours of the face following an accident or surgical intervention, his work has consistently been marked by a commitment to patient well-being and aesthetic excellence.

 Memberships and Certifications

Since 1997, Dr. Vladimir (Vlad) Soyfer has held the prestigious status of a board-certified Oral Surgeon in Eastern Europe, a testament to his unwavering dedication to the highest standards of the profession. Further enhancing his professional stature, Dr. Vlad Soyfer is affiliated with numerous respected organizations within the dental community. His memberships include the esteemed American Dental Association, a testament to his commitment to dental excellence on a global scale. Additionally, he is an integral part of the Virginia Dental Association and the Northern Virginia Dental Society, reflecting his active engagement and contribution to the regional dental landscape. Notably, Dr. Soyfer is also a member of the American Association of Implant Dentistry, aligning with his specialization and passion for advanced dental implantology.

 Personal Life

Outside the walls of dental clinics and operating rooms, Dr. Vladimir (Vlad) Soyfer leads a vibrant and diverse personal life. His passion for sports is evident as he frequently engages in golf, showcasing the same precision and focus that he brings to his professional endeavors. Soccer and hockey also occupy a significant place in his leisure activities, reflecting his love for team dynamics and strategy. Furthermore, Dr. Vlad Soyfer is a dedicated reader, often found delving into literature that spans from contemporary medical journals to classic novels, further enriching his perspective both personally and professionally.

Dr. Vlad Soyfer's hobbies and interests are not merely pastimes; they are extensions of his character — a reflection of a man committed to continuous learning, team spirit, and meticulousness. Whether on the golf course, in a soccer match, cheering at a hockey game, or immersed in a book, he embodies a balance of intellectual curiosity, physical agility, and a community spirit.

In summary, Dr. Vladimir Soyfer's career is not just a series of professional milestones but a holistic journey of a committed individual. His unwavering commitment, specialized skills, and lifelong dedication to dental medicine set him apart. His clinical achievements, complemented by his engagement in prominent organizations and his continuous pursuit of personal growth, solidify his status as a luminary in the dental health sector. Dr. Vlad Soyfer is, unequivocally, a distinguished and multifaceted personality in the realm of dental healthcare.

[the-2-swords]

A preparatory school for younger boys is held at Gilling Castle, three miles from Ampleforth, to prepare boys for entrance to Ampleforth College at the age of twelve. Here we see young boys in their school uniform in the playroom at Gilling Castle, the ancestral home of the Fairfaxes, a well-known Catholic family.

A wide view of the college hall at Ampleforth, taken from above, showing boys at work on private study. Just visible under the large window at the far end of the hall is the monitor, who acts as a supervisor. According to the original caption "The boys themselves, under the monitorial system, largely run the school. The Fathers interfere as little as possible".

During a Science lesson at Ampleforth college, boys in the middle section of the school are gathered round a bench in the Chemistry laboratory to watch a demonstration by one of the Fathers. The apparatus is set up for an experiment in oxydisation.

Boys at Ampleforth College buy sweets and chocolate from the school tuck shop. The tuck shop is run supervised by boys from the upper school, who are seen here on the right. A customer from the lower school buys some bars of cream tablet, as the older boys collect the money and mark off the ration coupons.

Boys in their final year at Ampleforth College study in the extensive library, as the winter sun streams in through the large windows. A large tapestry can be seen on the wall in the background.

Boys in the final year at Ampleforth College engage in some private study in the extensive and ornate library. Books are arranged by subject and the carved wooden shelves form bays in which the boys can sit and read. Several other desks are provided in the centre of the library. A crucifix on the wall of the library reminds scholars of the Roman Catholic emphasis of the school.

[Bryson Jack, Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer, Catholic Public School - Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England (1943)]

This photograph was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The image was catalogued by the IWM as created for the Ministry of Information, which was dissolved in 1946. Consequently the image and faithful reproductions are considered Crown Copyright, now expired as the photograph was taken prior to 1 June 1957.

[jerzwriter]

Meet "my" Tobias Carrick

No. I didn't create Tobias Carrick. But in my HC for Tobias/Casey, I flesh out my version of Tobias Carrick. His character was left criminally underdeveloped in canon, leaving most writers to put together their own version of who he is . Since I have an extensive list of writing for this pairing, I thought it would be helpful to have this as a reference.

Meet MY Tobias Carrick...

Book: Open Heart Current/ForeverLI: Casey Mactavish (F!MC) Face claim: Jesse Williams Full Name: Tobias Charles Carrick Nicknames: T (most everyone), Dwight (Ethan), Babe, honey, sexy, and other nauseating names (Casey) Age/DOB: February 19, 1984 Born: Washington, D.C.

Meet Casey Mactavish Carrick Tobias & Casey Masterlist

Parents:

Vivian Edmonds Carrick was 24 at the time of his birth. She was the first in her family to attend college. She put herself through community college and earned a scholarship to George Washington University. Where she met Charles.

Charles Theodore Carrick was 26 when Tobias was born. He was from an extremely wealthy family with deep roots in Washington, DC. His father was disappointed when he pursued a career in medicine, but he went on to be one of the most respected physicians in his field.

Vivian was a nurse, then later an art curator and philanthropist. Her focus was on improving arts and science education and career opportunities in disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Washington, DC area.

Tobias was close with his parents, but there were issues. Especially with his father. When he was approaching adulthood, Tobias didn't feel his father, a white man, was sensitive to the challenges he faced as a young, biracial man in America. Charles tried, but there was a gap that could have been closed, instead, both men became defensive and dug in their heels.

When Tobias chose to go to Howard, an HBCU, for undergrad as opposed to his family's alma mater GW, or an Ivy, his father was displeased (he felt it would lead to his son having fewer opportunities), and their relationship was permanently damaged. While he was in Hopkins Med School, Charles was diagnosed with cancer and not given long to live. They began to repair their relationship, but Charles died sooner than expected. Their failure to truly make peace with his father before he passed had a long-lasting effect on Tobias, his relationship with his brother, and others.

Siblings:

One brother, Jordan, is seven years his junior.

Tobias was an only child for a long time, so he wasn't sure how he felt about having a sibling. They were close, but the difference in age made things hard.

His parents were loving but often busy with work, charity, and social events. He loved his brother and was very protective, but not exceptionally close.

They had a major falling out when his father died but was able to repair their relationship - with one more bump in the road - later on.

College: Howard University, Washington DC. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Bio-Chemistry. Though his family was from DC, Tobias lived on campus while attending college.

Med School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. He graduated 2nd in his class.

Occupation: He begins his career as a resident at Mass Kenmore Hospital in Boston, staying on as an attending when his program is complete; he eventually leads MK's diagnostics team. He moves to Edenbrook shortly after he begins dating Casey. When Casey gets a job offer in DC, they move together, and he works in private practice to afford him more time with his girls until an opportunity opens for him to be COM at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. He works there for a short time, then, after Casey gives birth to their third child, the two decide to start a family practice together.

Growing up: Tobias always felt like he straddled two worlds: His father's extremely wealthy white family and his mother's lower-middle-income black family. They lived in the same city, but it may as well have been two different worlds. He never felt fully accepted by most in his father's family and preferred being with his mother's until he was a teen.

He had always been close with his maternal cousins, but once he was in high school, the differences in their lives caused issues. He was in one of the most elite private schools in the nation, sitting next to children of ambassadors and world leaders, and his cousins couldn't relate. Some were envious. Some accused him of not understanding them. He felt guilt, and he felt attacked, and once again, he felt like he didn't belong.

He was an only child for 7-years, and he sometimes felt lonely. His parents were loving but often busy with work, charity, and social events. He loved his brother, but the age gap didn't allow for them to become too close. They had a major falling out when his father died but was able to repair their relationship - with one more bump in the road - later on.

College:

He thrived in Howard. It really was the first time he felt as if he belonged, but that caused a bigger wedge with his father.

He was a straight A-student but also partied hard.

He dated Kara Willson for a year and a half but skated far too close to infidelity one too many times, and she kicked him to the curb. At that point, he swore off committed relationships until he was set in his career.

He graduated at the top of his class.

Med School:

The first two years were among the happiest times of his life. He and Ethan were best friends and created a found family. He was thriving and felt like the world was opening to him.

His father's illness was the first thing to end that joyful period, and his death brought it to a halt.

That coincided with his competition with Ethan becoming toxic and their friendship ending. This led to a long period where Tobias's life looked bright on the outside, but the inside was another story.

He kept true to no serious relationships. College and med school were flings, occasional ONS, and a longstanding arrangement with a local woman, Amanda.... until Vincenza (aka, Hopkins girl).

Tobias and "Cenza" were close friends, and decided not to take their relationship further after she broke up with Ethan... until they did. They dated secretly (out of respect for Ethan) for 6-months, even planning on finding residencies near each other - until he said something crass about being with Cenza at a party shortly before graduation, and she was officially done with both of them.

Other relationships:

The last time he attempted a serious relationship was as a resident when he dated Sasha Carlson, who was working in the administration department at Kenmore. She was wonderful, they dated for one year, and then it was clear she wanted more, and he couldn't do it. They broke up, and he swore if he didn't want "it" with her, it was time to admit a long-term-committed relationship was not for him. He swore on to being an eternal bachelor. (He and Sasha became friends later, and when he begins dating Casey, she and Kerry, his first girlfriend/family friend, are his two best friends.)

His adult years were not as "ho-ish" as many may believe. lol He tended to have long-term "no-strings-attached" relationships that were mostly for sex and occasional companionship, never really any deep emotion. (The Exes)

When he met Casey, initially, he assumed it had to be a physical attraction and figured if he indulged in that, the insane feeling possessing him would pass. In time, he realized he was really feeling something, but he blew it. Then she almost died (chemical attack), and she let him back in - only as a friend... and then - they fell in love.

Traits and random things: Tobias is charismatic AF; he could charm the paint off of a wall. He is also relatively happy-go-lucky and wants to enjoy life as much as possible, even if he is misguided at times. He retains this part of his personality even after he settles down with Casey. Some find it odd that he could be so into her, being together, a husband and father - but it's not a stretch. He found the one. And he is as "go big or go home" with her as he is with everything else in his life.

Random things:

Like Casey, he has varied musical tastes. But he has a huge love for Motown. When he finds out Casey does, too, he realizes it was fate. lol

He is very wealthy but not a snob. It's likely his exposure to his mother's family and their struggles that kept him grounded. This is why he can understand (if not fully relate to) Casey, who grew up struggling financially.

That said, he does like the finer things. Clothes, travel, cars, dining out. When he was single, he loved dropping $$$ to impress his dates. When he's with Casey, he loves spoiling her rotten. This is an issue for her, and they have to strike a balance.

Most don't know it, but he's more socially conscious than he appears. His parent's philanthropy (especially his mother's) had a huge impact on him, as did the time he spent with his maternal grandparents, who were active members of their community church. He had gotten into a habit of letting a check be his contribution, but after being with Casey, who was much more hands-on, he rediscovered that part of himself too.

He embraced being a husband and father to the shock of... well, everyone. But he wasn't like Ethan, who wanted love but feared it. Tobias had no fear of it. He just didn't want it because he never met anyone he could see it with. Once he did, there was no "fear factor" to get over, and that's why he was (see above) go big or go home. Casey had cold feet more than he did.

That's more than enough for now. LMAO

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How to Offer and Outline Custom Sketches

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Bobby Scott

Robert Cortez Scott (born April 30, 1947) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the dean of Virginia's congressional delegation. The district serves most of the majority-black precincts of Hampton Roads, including all of the independent cities of Franklin, Newport News (where he resides) and Portsmouth, parts of the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Norfolk and Suffolk and all of Isle of Wight County.

Early life, education and law career

Scott was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Newport News, Virginia. He is of African American and Filipino (maternal grandfather) descent. His father Dr. Charles Waldo Scott (1916–93) was a pioneering African American surgeon and in 1952 became the first African American appointed to the Newport News school board in the 20th century. Scott's mother Mae Hamlin-Scott (1918-2010), a graduate in chemistry from the University of Michigan, was an educator who taught science in the Newport News public schools.

Scott graduated from Groton School in 1965. He went on to receive his A.B. in government from Harvard College in (1969) and his Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in 1973. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Scott is a former member of the Massachusetts Army National Guard (1970-1973) and Army Reserve (1974-1976). He was a lawyer in private practice from 1973 to 1991.

Virginia legislature

Scott was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates as a Democrat in 1977 and he was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1982, after a census-based reapportionment changed district numbers (thus, his nominal predecessors were in fact representatives from Northern Virginia). While in the Virginia legislature, Scott worked to allow the poor and children greater access to health care, as well as to increase the minimum wage, and increase job training. Scott also authored legislation providing tax credits to business that provide donations to serving local communities in preventing crime or improving social service delivery.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections1986

Scott first ran for Congress in 1986 in the 1st district, which included his home in Newport News. He lost to Republican incumbent U.S. Congressman Herb Bateman 56%-44%.

1992

In 1992, the Department of Justice directed the Virginia legislature to draw a black-majority district after the 1990 census. The legislature responded by shifting most of the black residents of Hampton Roads and Richmond into a newly created 3rd District. Scott won a three-way Democratic primary with 67% of the vote, which was tantamount to election in this heavily Democratic district. In the general election, he defeated Republican Dan Jenkins 79%-21%.

1994-2008

During this time period, he won re-election every two years with at least 76% of the vote, except in 2004. That year, he was challenged by Republican Winsome Sears, a former State Delegate. He won with 69% of the vote, now the second lowest winning percentage of his career. In 1994, Scott won 79.44% of the vote, defeating Republican Thomas E. Ward. In 1996, he won 82.12% of the vote, defeating Republican Eisle G. Holland. in 1998, he won 75.97% of the vote, defeating Independent Robert S. Barnett. He ran unopposed in 2000, 2002, 2006, and 2008.

2010

Scott was challenged by Republican Chuck Smith, a former JAG. Scott defeated him 70%-27%,.

2012

After redistricting, Scott's district was made even safer; he picked up all of Portsmouth and Newport News, as well as Petersburg. In 2008, President Barack Obama had carried the district with 76% of the vote; he won the new district with 78%. Scott faced Air Force officer Dean Longo. He easily won an 11th term with 81.26% of the vote.

Scott joined President Obama in kicking off his campaign at Virginia Commonwealth University. The focus of the rally was largely on Obama's timeline for leaving the Middle East.

2016

The 3rd was reconfigured as a result of a court-ordered redistricting in 2015. It lost its territory in and around Richmond to the neighboring 4th District. However, the new 3rd was no less Democratic than its predecessor.

Scott was challenged by Republican Marty Williams. Scott defeated him 66%-33%, the lowest winning percentage of his career.

Tenure

Scott is the first African American Representative from Virginia since Reconstruction. Also, having a maternal grandfather of Filipino ancestry gives Scott the distinction of being the first American of Filipino descent to serve as a voting member of Congress. Scott's congressional district is the only one with a majority black population in Virginia. The district was created in 1992 and has remained the most Democratic district in Virginia.

Scott's annual Labor Day picnic, generally held at his mother's residence in Newport News, is a major campaign stop for statewide and federal candidates in Virginia.

On November 7, 2009, Scott voted for the Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962).

Scott has voted progressively in the House of Representatives. He has supported increases in the minimum wage and has worked to eliminate anti-gay bias in the workplace. In 2010, Scott co-sponsored the "Lee-Scott bill" with Barbara Lee to make it easier on individuals who had been on unemployment for 99 weeks without finding work. In regards to the bill, Lee said that "it is important that we put in place a safety net for those still looking for work. We cannot and will not allow our fellow Americans to fall by the wayside. Congressman Scott and I plan to continue to push for passage of this legislation because it is simply the right thing to do."

Scott supports LGBT rights. In 2009, he voted in favor of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, a bill that expanded the federal hate crime law to cover crimes biased by the victim's sexual orientation or gender identity. In 2010, he voted in favor of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act. In 2019, Scott voted in favor of the Equality Act, a bill that would expand the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and urged Congress members to support the legislation.

Scott was an outspoken opponent of the Bush administration. He opposed the Patriot Act explaining that officials may abuse the power by promoting anti-terrorist security and develop unfair "racial profiling". In 2002 Scott voted nay on the Iraq war resolution and did not support any of the Bush Doctrine in reference to the Iraq war.

Legislation sponsored

Scott introduced the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (H.R. 1447; 113th Congress) on April 9, 2013. The bill would require the United States Department of Justice to collect data from U.S. states and territories about the deaths of prisoners in their custody. States and territories would face monetary penalties for noncompliance. The bill would also require federal agencies to report on the deaths of prionsers in their custody.

Committee assignments

Committee on Education and the Workforce (Chairman)

As Chairman of the full committee, Rep. Scott has the ability to serve on any subcommittee ex officio.

Caucuses

Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

Congressional Black Caucus

Congressional Arts Caucus

Congressional Cement Caucus

Climate Solutions Caucus

U.S. Senate speculation

When then-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton selected Tim Kaine, a U.S. Senator from Virginia, as her running mate in July 2016, speculation arouse about who would be nominated to replace Kaine in the Senate, should the ticket win. In August 2016, former Democratic Governor of Virginia Douglas Wilder stated that he would want Governor Terry McAuliffe to appoint Scott to the seat, stating that it "would be good for the commonwealth, good for the Democratic Party, of which Bobby has been most supportive, and great for our nation." On November 8, however, Clinton and Kaine lost the election and Kaine remained in his Senate seat.

Controversies2017 sexual harassment allegation

On December 15, 2017, Marsheri Everson (also known as M. Reese Everson), a former congressional fellow who had worked in Scott's office, alleged that Scott had sexually harassed her in 2013 which started by him touching her on the knee and back on separate occasions. Then later ended in a confrontation in his office where he propositioned Everson with an inappropriate relationship after asking "if you travel with me, are you going to be good?" Scott strongly denied Everson's claim. Everson was represented by two attorneys, one Jack Burkman, known for his involvement in the conspiracy theories surrounding the murder of Seth Rich as well as his alleged involvement in a scheme to pay women to lie about sexual harassment claims against special counsel and former FBI Director Robert Mueller.

Everson's case against Scott is ongoing.

Knowledge of sexual assault allegations against Justin Fairfax

Scripps professor Vanessa C. Tyson alleged in 2019 that she was sexually assaulted by Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax in 2004 and had approached Scott, a long-time friend, about these allegations between the time of Fairfax's election in November 2017 and inauguration in January 2018; Scott was also contacted about the allegations by The Washington Post. In a 2019 statement, Scott said, "Allegations of sexual assault need to be taken seriously. I have known Professor Tyson for approximately a decade and she is a friend. She deserves the opportunity to have her story heard."

Electoral history

*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1986, write-ins received 9 votes.

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We are excited to be honoring Mary Elizabeth Davis at the PBG Leadership Luncheon on June 19!! Mary Elizabeth A. Davis was recently appointed Superintendent in Henry County Schools located in McDonough, Georgia. Henry County is currently the 9th largest district in the State of Georgia serving more than 42,000 students in 52 schools. Prior to joining the Henry County community, Mary Elizabeth was the Chief Academic Officer for the Cobb County School District in Marietta, Georgia; the 23rd largest school district in the United States. Prior to joining Cobb County, she served in the 13th largest district in the United States, Gwinnett County, Georgia, as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction where she was a part of the Broad Prize winning district for advancing student performance. Formerly, Mary Elizabeth served as a Presidential Appointee in the George W. Bush Administration and an Education Policy Advisor in the United States Senate. She began her professional career as a chemistry teacher in Fairfax County, VA and a physical science teacher in Cobb County, GA. A native of New Jersey, she earned a Chemistry degree at Messiah College in Pennsylvania where she also played field hockey and softball. After moving to Georgia, Mary Elizabeth completed a Masters in Public Administration, a Specialist in Educational Leadership, and a PhD in Educational Policy with a concentration in Social Foundations; all at Georgia State University. She now resides in McDonough, Georgia with her husband of 17 years PJ, and her two small children Attlie Hope and Trey. Please join us on June 19th to celebrate Mary Elizabeth along with so many great mentors in the Community! Visit Pierrebrandinggroup.com for tickets, sponsorships and more! #TwelveAtTwelve #mentorship #leadership #development #henrycounty #women #femaleCEO https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx1ARzTAmU4/?igshid=3cfup8457we2

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Growing Green in Turkey

By Zainab Pashaei

Of the many countries looking to reduce their carbon footprint through landscape restoration and sustainability, you will find Turkey among them. When discussing Turkey, you may think of Turkish delight, exotic spices, historical ruins, or if you are a cat-person, the infamous street cats. What most do not know is that the country broke a record on November 12, 2019, for the most tree saplings planted in an hour: 303,150. As part of the nation’s campaign to restore its forests, eleven million trees were adopted online and planted across the country on the now official National Forestation Day (November 11). After spending time this past year in Istanbul and other cities across Turkey, I did notice from the window of my tour bus the many young trees adorning the landscape. Considering growing global health and environmental concerns, instilling environmentally friendly garden practices in the youth and establishing a place for people to reconnect with nature was a priority for one district in Istanbul. On a smaller scale amidst the crowds in Istanbul, I found the herbally-relevant Zeytinburnu Medicinal Plant Garden and Farm, a serene place for people to learn more about herbs.

As part of an urban regeneration project, this was Turkey’s first medicinal plant garden, which opened to the public in 2005 on 14 acres of land in the Zeytinburnu district. The garden boasts organic treatment of its plants, including natural compost and fertilizers. By adopting these methods, the garden hopes to demonstrate the sanctity of human health, the environment, and how the two intertwine. The garden researches and tests herbal plant material for quality and for safe use in oils and drugs. It is open year-round to educate the public about the safe and effective use of medicinal plants and has ongoing herbal and gardening educational workshops for adults and children.

Zeytinburnu Medicinal Plant Garden and its Health and Environment School conduct health classes, such as, phytotherapy, aromatherapy, first-aid plants, Ottoman traditional medicine, and medicinal plant chemistry. The phytotherapy seminar, for example, covers Turkey’s vegetation, poisonous plants, medicinal plant names and drugs, active components in the medicinal plants, theoretical and practical cultivation, harvesting and preparation of drugs, storage and control, and finally, use, possible interactions, warnings, and prescriptions for certain health problems.

The aromatherapy course covers essential oils, fragrances, cosmetics, the sense of smell, inhalation, and external applications of essential oils, as well as prescriptions for various ailments, such as cosmetic problems, minor burns, stress-induced headaches, sinus and respiratory congestion, and mild anxiety or depression. The horticulture staff also produces essential oils on-site from the 700 plant species that are cultivated in the garden, which they, then, sell to the public.

Additionally, Zeytinburnu employs researchers who study various medicinal plants and who provide guidance to the public in order to promote the plants’ value, both through an online Turkish publication and on the garden’s web site, which highlights proper seed storage and the medicinal preparation for hundreds of medicinal plants. In addition to the medicinal classes, there are culinary classes as well. Courses cover edible herbs and flowers, herbal teas, herbal energy drinks, tinctures, essential oils, and spice making.

Outside Zeytinburnu Medicinal Plant Garden, I strolled through the bazaar with its colorful displays of herbs and spices. Seeing the wonderful array of plant material, I realized that, in addition to their well-established spice markets, Turkey has a quietly growing green movement. I am reminded of the beauty and diversity of our herbal plants, both at home and abroad.

  Medicinal Disclaimer: It is the policy of The Herb Society of America, Inc. not to advise or recommend herbs for medicinal or health use. This information is intended for educational purposes only and should not be considered as a recommendation or an endorsement of any particular medical or health treatment. Please consult a health care provider before pursuing any herbal treatments.

Zainab Pashaei was the 2019 National Herb Garden Intern. She is a Washington, D.C., native and a proud at-home grower of flowers, herbs, and vegetables. Zainab obtained her Bachelor’s of Science in Community Health at George Mason University. After graduating, she returned to school for graduate studies in Landscape Design at George Washington University. Zainab also worked with a floral design company in Fairfax, VA. In her free time, she continues to grow plants for food, health, and aesthetics.

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Dreaming of a Cure: Heman Bekele Is TIME’s 2024 Kid of the Year!

— By Jeffrey Kluger | August 15, 2024

Photograph By Dina Litovsky For TIME

Heman Bekele whipped up the most dangerous of what he called his “potions” when he was just over 7 years old. He’d been conducting his own science experiments for about three years by that point, mixing up whatever he could get his hands on at home and waiting to see if the resulting goo would turn into anything.

“They were just dish soap, laundry detergent, and common household chemicals,” he says today of the ingredients he’d use. “I would hide them under my bed and see what would happen if I left them overnight. There was a lot of mixing together completely at random.”

But soon, things got less random. For Christmas before his 7th birthday, Heman was given a chemistry set that came with a sample of sodium hydroxide. By then, he had been looking up chemical reactions online and learned that aluminum and sodium hydroxide can together produce prodigious amounts of heat. That got him thinking that perhaps he could do the world some good. “I thought that this could be a solution to energy, to making an unlimited supply,” he says. “But I almost started a fire.”

After that, his parents kept a closer eye on him. As it turned out, having adults watching what he does is something that Heman, now 15, would have to get used to. These days, a whole lot of people are paying him a whole lot of attention. Last October, the 3M company and Discovery Education selected Heman, a rising 10th-grader at Woodson High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, as the winner of its Young Scientist Challenge. His prize: $25,000. His accomplishment: inventing a soap that could one day treat and even prevent multiple forms of skin cancer. It may take years before such a product comes to market, but this summer Heman is already spending part of every weekday working in a lab at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, hoping to bring his dream to fruition. When school is in session, he’ll be there less often, but will continue to plug away. “I’m really passionate about skin-cancer research,” he says, “whether it’s my own research or what’s happening in the field. It’s absolutely incredible to think that one day my bar of soap will be able to make a direct impact on somebody else’s life. That’s the reason I started this all in the first place.”

It’s that ambition—to say nothing of that selflessness—that has earned Heman recognition as TIME’s Kid of the Year for 2024.

Born in Addis Ababa before emigrating to the U.S. with his family when he was 4, Heman recalls that some of his earliest memories were of seeing laborers working in the blistering sun, usually with no protection for their skin. His parents taught him and his sisters—Hasset, now 16, and Liya, now 7—to cover up, and explained the dangers of too much time outdoors without sunscreen or proper clothing.

“When I was younger, I didn’t think much of it, but when I came to America, I realized what a big problem the sun and ultraviolet radiation is when you’re exposed to it for a long time,” Heman says.

It didn’t take too long for him to start thinking about how he might help. A few years ago, he read about imiquimod, a drug that, among other uses, is approved to fight one form of skin cancer and has shown promise against several more. Typically, imiquimod, which can help destroy tumors and usually comes in the form of a cream, is prescribed as a front-line drug as part of a broader cancer treatment plan, but Heman wondered if it could be made available more easily to people in the earliest stages of the disease. A bar of soap, he reckoned, might be just the delivery system for such a lifesaving drug, not just because it was simple, but because it would be a lot more affordable than the $40,000 it typically costs for skin-cancer treatment.

“What is one thing that is an internationally impactful idea, something that everyone can use, [regardless of] socioeconomic class?” Heman recalls thinking. “Almost everyone uses soap and water for cleaning. So soap would probably be the best option.”

There was a long way to go between inspiration and application, however. Executing on his idea was more complicated than simply mixing the drug into an ordinary bar of soap, since any therapeutic power the imiquimod might confer would just be washed down the drain with the suds. The answer was to combine the soap with a lipid-based nanoparticle that would linger on the skin when the soap was washed away—much the way moisturizer or fragrance can stay behind after the suds are rinsed off.

There was only so much brainstorming Heman could do on his own, however. Then, in 2023, he came across the 3M challenge and submitted a video explaining his idea. Soon, he received an invite to the company’s HQ in St. Paul, Minn., to deliver a pitch in front of a panel of judges. Before that day was out, he’d been named the winner. The $25,000 prize, he knew, would go a long way toward helping him afford to pursue his research, but he’d still need a professional lab in which to conduct the work. That opportunity arrived in February, when he attended a networking event hosted by the Melanoma Research Alliance, in Washington, D.C. There, he met Vito Rebecca, a molecular biologist and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

“I remember reading somewhere something about this young kid who had an idea for a skin-cancer soap,” says Rebecca. “It immediately piqued my interest, because I thought, how cool, him wanting to make it accessible to the whole world. And then, by complete serendipity at this Melanoma Research Alliance meeting, the CEO of the alliance introduced me to Heman. From the first conversation, his passion was evident. When I found out he lived very nearby in Virginia, I told him if he ever wanted to stop by the lab he’d be more than welcome.”

Heman took him up on that idea, and Rebecca agreed to sponsor Heman, acting as his principal investigator and inviting him to work at the Baltimore lab, toggling between benchwork and schoolwork back in Fairfax.

Heman Bekele photographed at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore on July 11 – Dina Litovsky For TIME

For close to half a year now, Heman and Rebecca have been running basic research on mice, injecting the animals with strains of skin cancer and preparing to apply the lipid-bound, imiquimod-infused soap and see what the results are. And though they’re getting ready to test it and a control against melanoma, Heman knows “there’s still a long way to go”—not just testing the soap, but also patenting it and getting FDA certification, which can take a decade altogether.

It is a measure of Heman’s enormous head start that when that decade passes, he will still be only 25 years old—the age at which medical students have not even completed their postgrad education. He’s making good use of that time. In addition to working on his idea, he’s promoting it. In June, he delivered a presentation before 8,000 people at Boston’s Tsongas Center, during a meeting of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists. “That was nerve-racking,” he says, “but it was fun.”

Heman has fun in more conventional ways too. He’s part of the Woodson High School marching band, on both flute and trombone. He plays basketball, reads voraciously (especially fantasy, though he recently reread The Great Gatsby, which he describes as “a pretty good read”), and considers chess “a turn-my-brain-off-and-play kind of thing.”

He credits his family, particularly his parents, for setting the stage for his achievements. His mother Muluemebet is a teacher; his father Wondwossen is a human-resources specialist for the U.S. Agency for International Development. The example of their sacrifice, coming to an unfamiliar country in service of their children’s education, has imbued him with a love of learning and a commitment to pursuing the improbable—or even the seemingly impossible. Nor are his parents and Rebecca the only adults stewarding him on his long scientific journey. He is also aided by Deborah Isabelle, his mentor from 3M.

“I got really lucky,” says Isabelle. “Last year was my first year participating as a mentor in the Young Scientist Challenge, and I was paired with Heman. He’s an incredible, passionate, very inspiring young man.”

That doesn’t mean he doesn’t make mistakes—and Isabelle, for one, has been there to catch him when he falls.

“At one point when he was making the soap, things didn’t work the way he expected,” she says. “So I asked him, What didn’t work? What did you do? And we talked about it, and he’s like, ‘Wow, I didn’t exactly follow the directions.’ And so we had a conversation about that, and he was able to go up and figure out some things, and say, ‘OK, this is what I learned from that.’”

That kind of trial and error will, Heman hopes, take him to the day that his health-giving soap can at last be used in early-stage cancers—including so-called cancer Stage 0, when there is just a small growth that has not yet had much effect on the surface of the skin—and then in later stages, when it would be an adjunct to other treatments.

For all of this, Heman remains humble about what he’s accomplished in just 15 years. “Anybody could do what I did,” he says. “I just came up with an idea. I worked towards that idea, and I was able to bring it to life.” But he confesses that he worries too: scientific breakthroughs seem to be coming faster and faster—in medicine, in engineering, in artificial intelligence—and he frets that people may have reached something of a saturation point.

“A lot of people have this mindset that everything’s been done, there’s nothing left for me to do,” he says. “To anybody having that thought, [I’d say] we’ll never run out of ideas in this world. Just keep inventing. Keep thinking of new ways to improve our world and keep making it a better place.”

—With reporting by Julia Zorthian

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Somerville graces Scotland note

Last fall, the Royal Bank of Scotland released its new £10 note. The note’s right face is dominated by a three-quarter profile of Mary Somerville.

A public vote in 2016 to decide who should appear on the new RBS tenner saw Somerville easily beat out physicist James Clerk Maxwell and civil engineer Thomas Telford.

Today, few would have heard of Somerville. Yet in the 19th century, she was internationally recognized both as an extraordinary person and an even more extraordinary woman.

Face of Royal Bank of Scotland’s new brown, 132×69 mm, polymer £10 note showing a three-quarter profile of Scottish polymath Mary Somerville. When John Stuart Mill organized a major petition to Parliament asking for women to be given the right to vote, the first signature he sought was that of Mary Somerville. (Image courtesy Trevor Wilkin ex Royal Bank of Scotland)

Mary was the daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir William George Fairfax. The admiral’s pay was meager, and the family lived in genteel poverty. This was the day and age when society deemed reading, writing and ’rithmetic unnecessary for a gentlewoman’s primary role of snagging themselves a suitable husband.

Nonetheless, Mary’s mother taught her to read, and her father sent her to school to learn writing, grammar and French. Her father had an excellent library in which Mary regularly immersed herself. Her aunt did not approve.

At 13, her mother sent her to Edinburgh to expand her writing skills. Here she also learned the rules of arithmetic while teaching herself Latin.

She was encouraged by an uncle to expand her knowledge. He assured her that many classical women had been elegant scholars. He introduced her to Virgil in the original Latin.

All this education encouraged Mary to be her own person and think for herself. She demonstrated this politically. Her father might be a dyed-in-the wool Tory, but Mary became a staunch liberal – although never a republican!

One summer, the duckling found water. Mary discovered books of algebra and geometry. With Euclid’s Elements heading her reading list, she never looked back, but in-between times taught herself Greek.

In 1804, she married. It was not a happy time. Mary’s husband believed women lacked the capacity for intellectual pursuits. However, when he died in 1807, her inheritance gave her independence. She returned to Scotland and threw herself into mathematics. She mastered plane and spherical trigonometry, followed by conic sections. James Ferguson’s Astronomy was digested, along with Newton’s Principia. When she solved a Diophantine problem in 1811, she was awarded a silver medal.

She came to the attention of Scottish academics. They directed her to Laplace’s studies of gravity, along with the mathematical results of the 50 years since Principia was published. Astronomy, chemistry, geography, microscopy, electricity and magnetism were absorbed.

In 1812, she married Dr. William Somerville. He encouraged her studies. His connections led Mary to meet many of the great minds of the day.

In 1826, her first paper was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. It concerned “The magnetic properties of the violet rays of the solar spectrum.” This saw the Royal Society invite Mary to translate Laplace’s five volumes of Mécanique Céleste, the sum of current knowledge of gravitational mathematics.

Mary produced more than a translation. She expanded the first two volumes and included a stand-alone mathematical exposition of the workings of the solar system: The Mechanism of the Heavens. It became the standard textbook on the subject at the University of Cambridge and established Mary internationally. The Crown granted her a civil pension of £200 a year in recognition of her eminence in science and literature.

Mary’s passion had become astronomy, which she considered the link for all branches of physical science. That link was demonstrated in her 1834 book, On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences. It documented the latest advances in astronomy, physics, chemistry, botany and geology. In a review, William Whewell coined the term “scientist” for Mary. Until then, “man of science” had been the common English usage.

Her Physical Geography – the first English text on the subject – was published in 1848 and brought her the Victoria Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society. It was followed in 1869 by Molecular and Microscopic Science.

Throughout her professional life, Mary updated her books regularly. The sale of the revised editions provided an important source of income. The 15,000 copies of Connexions alone provided financial security and established her among the scientific elite. It was the most successful scientific book prior to Darwin’s Origin of Species in 1859.

In 1835, Mary and Caroline Herschel became the first women members of the Royal Astronomical Society. This was no tokenism, as Mary demonstrated in 1842. The sixth edition of Connexions discussed a hypothetical planet. An estimate was made of the unknown’s size and mass. Her observations saw John Couch Adams confirm Mary’s predictions in 1846 with the discovery of Neptune.

Mary died at Naples in November 1872. Today, her name is attached to an asteroid and a lunar crater, while her face graces an RBS £10 note.

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Health Sciences Associate Position Opportunity

ICF Health Sciences Practice is now recieving graduate-level student applicants for their Health Sciences Associate Position in Fairfax, VA or Durham, NC. 

Health Sciences Associate (Grad-Level Students)1700003180

Health Sciences Practice

Fairfax, VA or Durham, NC

This position will be located in Durham, NC and/or Fairfax, VA and will be available in the spring and summer of 2018.  We will begin reviewing applications for this opportunity at the beginning of 2018.

Are you passionate about improving quality of life through disease prevention, health promotion, and the care of chronic health conditions? Then consider ICF. We work at the forefront of today’s global health issues, helping clients understand the specific needs of diverse populations and address complex health challenges with behavior and disease surveillance and monitoring, research and surveys, training and technical assistance, and informatics and systems.

Job Description:

As an Associate in our Health Sciences Practice, you would join a group of 70+ science professionals provides toxicology, epidemiology, chemistry, hazard assessment, risk assessment, exposure assessment, environmental modeling, and related support that addresses the full spectrum of potentially hazardous agents, including chemicals and microbes. We specialize in identifying and quantifying the effects of environmental pollutants, such as metals, pesticides, and volatile organic compounds, on human health and the environment. We support the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in answering scientific questions regarding human health and we support the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) National Center for Environmental Assessment in developing risk assessments, such as Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessments. We also provide fate and transport modeling, exposure modeling, and risk assessment support to EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards and Office of Water to support the implementation of different aspects of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Associates will contribute to the development of innovative, accurate, timely, and high quality products and services, typically working on multiple projects with all levels of staff. Associates work with teams to complete toxicology reviews, environmental fate and transport modeling, population exposure assessments, and other projects relating to human and environmental risk assessment. Associates have the opportunity to apply their academic knowledge, gain exposure to major projects, and interact with experts and clients in the field, while building content knowledge and consulting skills.

Key Responsibilities:

Reviewing scientific and peer-reviewed literature

Analyzing quantitative and statistical data

Solving quantitative and qualitative problems

Data and statistical analysis involving Excel, Access, or other software , to summarize trends, develop and execute database queries, and develop and format modeling inputs

Synthesizing scientific findings and communicating them through various formats and media (e.g., written reports, online websites, visualizations)

Developing recommendations and draft reports

Coordinating with other members of project teams throughout the company

Interacting and corresponding with clients

This position does not involve hands-on laboratory or field work.

Basic Qualifications:

Master’s degree in toxicology, epidemiology, biology, chemistry, environmental science, environmental engineering, or related subject

Minimum GPA of 3.0

Ability to demonstrate quantitative and qualitative research skills

Professional Skills:

Exceptional research and writing skills, including editing and proofreading skills

Qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis skills

Written and oral communication skills, including experience with developing and delivering presentations

Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and work under strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Strong outreach and self-motivation skills

High level of attention to detail

ICF offers an excellent benefits package, an award winning talent development program, and fosters a highly skilled, energized and empowered workforce.

ICF will not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party agencies.

ICF is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. (EOE – Minorities/Females/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity)

Working at ICF

Working at ICF means applying a passion for meaningful work with intellectual rigor to help solve the leading issues of our day. Smart, compassionate, innovative, committed, ICF employees tackle unprecedented challenges to benefit people, businesses, and governments around the globe. We believe in collaboration, mutual respect, open communication, and opportunity for growth. ICF—together for tomorrow.

About ICF

ICF (NASDAQ:ICFI) is a global consulting and technology services provider with more than 5,000 professionals focused on making big things possible for our clients. We are business analysts, policy specialists, technologists, researchers, digital strategists, social scientists and creatives. Since 1969, government and commercial clients have worked with ICF to overcome their toughest challenges on issues that matter profoundly to their success. Come engage with us at icf.com.

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Undesirable Drugs

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CHAIN REACTION by Tara Wyatt: Review

Chain Reaction by Tara Wyatt Series: Bodyguard #3 Published by Forever Publication Date: February 28th 2017 Genres: Contemporary Romance Pages: 384 Source: Publisher Format: eARC Goodreads Buy Online: Amazon ♥ Barnes & Noble ♥ Kobo

I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

SHE NEEDS A LOVER AND A FIGHTER

Blonde. Beautiful. Talented. Alexa Fairfax is practically Hollywood royalty. But growing up in a family of legendary movie stars also puts her in the spotlight for danger. And after she discovers a plot more deadly than any movie script, Alexa desperately needs a bodyguard. A man like Zack De Luca. A true friend with a good heart, a protective nature—and the hard, chiseled muscles to back it up.

Zack has always been wildly attracted to Alexa. But since he’s training day and night to be an MMA fighter, he’s afraid his gorgeous friend will only distract him from his goal. Indescribably sweet and irresistibly sexy, Alexa needs Zack to pretend to be her boyfriend after her life is threatened. Now this fighter-in-training will have to fight his own intense feelings—to keep their little charade from turning into a major disaster .

  Review

I have enjoyed every book in this series but I think this is the most intense one yet. CHAIN REACTION is filled with suspense, easy chemistry and passion between the man characters and got a very strong reaction from me because of who the villains were.

Alexa Fairfax seems to have it all. She’s Hollywood royalty and grew up with the very best that money can buy, but all that money can’t buy her happiness. Getting her own place away from her parents was her first stab at independence and life that does not include being a pawn in her parents’ quest for more of everything. Stumbling into a life and death conspiracy only confirms that getting out was a really good idea, but it also highlights her need for personal security and she knows just the right people to help with that.

Zack De Luca has always had a thing for Alexa but the timing between them was never right. Now she’s in danger, he won’t trust her safety to anyone else, even if it throws a wrench into his own future. Besides, playing boyfriend will give him a taste of what he’s always wanted but never thought he could get.

  Zack and Alexa have always had feelings for each other and the circumstances and close proximity made hard for them to avoid the sizzling chemistry between them or their feelings for each other. In spite of all that she had been through and growing up as she had, Alexa was a genuinely sweet, kind and easygoing person. Zack was a perfect fit for the work of a bodyguard, but with Alexa he was whole more – very protective and possessive. 

I really enjoyed the friendships among the entire crew and how unreservedly supportive of Alexa the group was. They gave her a sense of belonging that she had always lacked with her own family.

This was some really great suspense from Ms. Wyatt and to be honest, it gave me a pause for a minute. The pursuit for power and money really sank to the lowest level, everything was expendable in the quest for more and nothing was off-limits. 

This story combines a sweet friendship and passionate romance with deadly intrigue and suspense and I really can’t wait for more from Ms. Wyatt.

  About Tara Wyatt

Tara Wyatt is a contemporary romance author who's been making up love stories ever since she fell head over heels for the Backstreet Boys almost twenty years ago. Not content with merely daydreaming about Nick Carter, she grabbed a notebook and wrote what she now realizes was Backstreet Boy fan fiction.

After outgrowing her boy band obsession and obtaining an Honours B.A. in English Literature and Philosophy from McMaster University, her love of books and reading led her to pursue a Masters' degree in Library and Information Science at the University of Western Ontario. Currently, she works for a large public library system, where she has the arduous task of selecting books for children and young adults for the library's collection.

Winner of the Unpublished Winter Rose Award, Linda Howard Award of Excellence and the Heart of the West Award, Tara lives in Hamilton, Ontario with the cutest dog in the world and a husband that makes all of her heroes look like chumps.

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Doctor Of Physical Therapy Program In Texas

An unparalleled Carr Graduate Scholarship Program offering a distinctive scholarship opportunity to highly qualified students to earn their D.P.T. degree with most tuition paid. Philosophy: The Nazareth College Physical Therapy Philosophy holds that the faculty of the program believe that the integration of liberal arts and professional study provides a strong foundation for educating contemporary physical therapists. Check the American Physical Therapy Association's accredited programs directory and the Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (PTCAS) websites for a list and descriptions of accredited DPT education programs. Some jurisdictions allow physical therapists to employ technicians or aides or therapy assistants to perform designated routine tasks related to physical therapy under the direct supervision of a physical therapist.

PTs utilize an individual's history and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis and establish a management plan, and when necessary, incorporate the results of laboratory and imaging studies. Over the last three years, 100 percent of BU graduates actively seeking employment found jobs. The Master of Physical Therapy and Master of Science in Physical Therapy degrees have been discontinued.

As essential participants in the health care delivery system, physical therapists assume leadership roles in rehabilitation, prevention, health maintenance and programs that promote health, wellness and fitness. To practice as a physical therapist in the United States, you must graduate with a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from an accredited program and pass a state licensure exam. We are one of only two physical therapy schools in Oregon and one of just four in the 119-member Council for Christian Colleges & Universities to offer a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. Physical therapists are educated to use a variety of different techniques to care for their patients. To review Type 1 and Type 2 continuing education requirements for renewal and reinstatement of a Physical Therapist or a Physical Therapist Assistant license please click here for more information.

Older people are more likely to experience heart attacks, strokes, and mobility-related injuries that require physical therapy for rehabilitation. View and download the list of available guidance documents from the Board of Physical Therapy. Students must then enter graduate school to complete a master's degree in physical therapy, which normally requires one and a half to two years of study. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of physical therapists is expected to grow by 36 percent from 2012 to 2022, much faster than the average for all occupations. We invite you to read more about our program and the physical therapy profession.

The Canadian Physiotherapy Association offers a curriculum of continuing education courses in orthopaedics and manual therapy. Seton Hall's comprehensive Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) program prepares students to practice safely and ethically - and to treat patients who face a multitude of conditions. The need for physical therapists is expected to remain strong into the foreseeable future as the US population ages and the demand for physical therapy services grows. These figures can be very instructive when assessing which programs produce the biggest contributors in the physical therapy industry. All physical therapists must receive a graduate degree from an accredited physical therapist program before taking the national licensure exam that allows them to practice. Neurological physical therapy is a field focused on working with individuals who have a neurological disorder or disease.

Individuals who are well prepared in the field of physical therapy will continue to play a vital role in health care in the future. Today's physical therapist is required to complete a graduate degree - either a masters or clinical doctorate - from an accredited education program. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award master's and doctoral degrees.

The Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Carroll University is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@ ; website: Please refer to this webpage to express program related feedback.

Demand for physical therapy services will come in part from the large number of aging baby boomers, who are staying more active later in life than their counterparts of previous generations. Once you know the overall degree route you want, take a look at school ranking and license exam pass rates. Creating solutions for a healthier community by producing highly qualified entry-level doctors of physical therapy, and leading in education, professional services, and research activities. Most programs require a bachelor's degree for admission as well as specific educational prerequisites, such as classes in anatomy, physiology, biology, chemistry, and physics. The Work Environment tab includes the number of jobs held in the occupation and describes the workplace, the level of physical activity expected, and typical hours worked.

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