The Wisconsin Badgers signed 14 scholarship players during the early signing period of the 2022 recruiting cycle.

And while its possible that number could still change, Wisconsins class currently ranks 44th in the country, and 11th in the Big Ten with an average recruiting ranking of (0.87), per 247 sports.

In part eight of a position by position recruiting evaluation series, I will be handing out grades for each position from the early signing period.

So, without further ado, I evaluate the outside linebacker addition.

Commits: (1) Isaac Hamm

An argument could be made that outside linebacker is one of the deepest position groups in the entire program. So, Wisconsin was in position to be picky, and only take someone the program felt had a chance to be a difference maker at the position.

Wisconsin had to wait a while for the Sun Prairie, Wisconsin native to commit, but they finally locked Isaac Hamm in to their 2022 class.

Isaac Hamm is a four-star recruit per 247, and totaled 73 tackles, 18 tackles for loss and nine sacks as a senior despite playing with a labrum tear in each shoulder.

Accolades: Named the Large School Defensive Player of the Year, Won the Tim Krumrie Award, given to the top defensive lineman in Wisconsin, WFCA first-team selection as a junior and senior.

Isaac Hamm played defensive end at Sun Prairie, but Wisconsin sees him as an OLB in their defensive front. Hamm possesses some of the same qualities that TJ Bollers had, making him a versatile option as a pass-rusher or hand in the dirt defensive lineman.

Hamm is someone that already has great size and strength coming out of high school, while also having a frame that allows him to put on more weight if need be. The thing that stands out most about Hamms game is the way he explodes getting off the ball and shows good bend for a potential edge rusher.

There are many unknowns about Hamms ability in coverage or even how he plays in space, but with the talent ahead of him, hell have plenty of time to refine his game. What I can tell you is that he has impressive physical traits for a player his size all the tools are there for him to be a potential impact player for Jim Leonhard regardless of what position he ends up playing.

This is a big win for Wisconsin for several reasons: they picked up an impact pass-rushing prospect to add to an already deep room, and kept a premium in-state player home despite an impressive offer list.

Wisconsin has elevated their recruiting of the outside linebacker position, and the on-field success is assuredly a reason why. The arrow of this position group continues to point up.

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A family loses their entire home to a fire on Christmas Day. The father tells KENS 5 that his daughter was the one who helped them escape.

COTULLA, Texas A south Texas family lost their entire home to a Christmas Day fire, the father telling KENS 5 it was his daughter who helped them escape the flames with their lives.

The Tellez family said they were awakened around 5:30 a.m. on Christmas. Their youngest daughter, 11-year-old Deserae, alerted them about the fire.

Her father, Victor, shared that she was sleeping in the living room because she was waiting for Santa. He said the flames started behind the couch that she was sleeping on.

The room next to the living room where we sleep at was full of smoke. I dont know if we would have woken up if it wasnt for her, he recalled. By the time I got there, the whole living room was fully engulfed. Within a matter of seconds, like 20 to 30 seconds, the whole living room was done.

The family said they were lucky to escape with only minor burns. For now, they're staying at a hotel before moving in with a relative while they rebuild their lives.

The family did not have home insurance.

Im just blessed I still have my family. Everything can be replaced slowly but surely. The outpour from the community has been phenomenal. Its just been great, Tellez said.

He added that the La Salle County Sheriffs Office has even assisted the family. They have received some food, clothes and toys.

Victor and his wife, Nina, have six children; 16-year-old Dianarae, 13-year-old Davena, 10-year-old, 7-year-old Victor and 7-year-old Vincent, in addition to Deserae. If you would like to help the family, click here.

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Its time to start making plans for 2022. Maybe one of your resolutions in the new year is to make a little extra money. These days, there are tons of ways you can earn cash in addition to your full-time job so you can have more in savings, pay off debt or just splurge on something cool. Here are the side hustles that take the least amount of effort to get started so you can start collecting some easy money.

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The beginning of the year is a great time to purge. Go through your closet and see if there are any pieces of clothing or shoes you can sell on websites like Poshmark or thredUP. On Poshmark, you can list your items and set the price, while thredUP is a consignment model, so they select the pieces they want to sell. If you dont have clothes to sell, take stock of your electronics, appliances, or other things that are in good condition, but you just dont need anymore. You can put these items for sale on Craigslist or eBay and make some money without ever leaving the house.

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If you have a spare room and dont mind having people stay over, you might consider renting it out on Airbnb. If you rent, check your lease to make sure this is allowed with your landlord. If you own, youre free and clear, but remember to take into account the cost of having another person in the house when youre setting your price. If you are able to rent out the room pretty frequently, your utility bills will go up, so reflect that in the price of the room. You can always check how much similar listings in your area charge to make sure youre setting a fair price. Some other tips include taking great photos and accurately describing the home to ensure you guests see your place and keep returning.

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Taskrabbit provides taskers to customers who do everything from repairs to putting together IKEA furniture. Other common tasks include moving, cleaning, deliveries, gardening, and general assisting. On the Taskrabbit app, you can make a profile, set a price and list your availability. Customers reach out to you through the app to describe their task and set up the appointment.

If you have a specialized skill, there are a few sites that you might want to look into. To offer copywriting, graphic design, web design or something similar, you can set up a freelance profile on Fiverr, Freelancer or Upwork which is geared toward businesses looking for people to work on specific projects. Those seeking your area of expertise can contact you and book you based on your set price. Similarly, Thumbtack is another site that enables you to set up a profile for a wider range of services like DJing, event makeup, personal training and more.

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In a focus group, people pay you just to hear your opinion, and pay ranges are typically between $50-250 per group, though sometimes, you can get paid higher depending on the type of group or trial. You can look for these opportunities using sites like FocusGroups.org or FocusGroup.com to find local or remote focus groups looking for participants. Subjects include everything from how you interact in groups, to what ads you respond to, to clinical trials on new drugs and therapies.

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How easy is it to just sit at someone elses home and make sure nothing happens? Pretty easy, and you can get paid to watch TV while you do it. You can find gigs on sites like Housesitter.com or Care.com. People looking for someone to watch their house in your area have posted ads so you can look through the details and apply to them if you like the opportunity. In addition to looking after the house, and watering the plants, some of the ads require you take care of pets as well, or run some errands while the owner of the house is gone. Many ads say the pay is negotiable, but most of the posted rates are between $25-75 a day.

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Harmony Hall is the 1760s-era home of Colonel James Richardson, located in White Oak, North Carolina. In addition to the house, there are several buildings that were added over time, up until the year 1900. You can even find a one-room school on the property that operated in the late 19th century. Harmony Hall is certainly a great place to visit in the Mother County.

Colonel James Richardson, the original owner, was born in Stonington, Connecticut, and later made North Carolina his home. He died in Bladen County on September 29th, 1810, at the age of 76. Colonel Richardson was buried in Tarheel, NC.

In his life, Colonel Richardson ran a West Indies shipping line, according togeni.com. As a Connecticut native, he had been shipwrecked off Cape Hatteras. While he waited for one of his ships to arrive, he spent some time exploring the area. He liked it so much that he decided to make it his home.

Around the same time, he met a young Jamaica native named Elizabeth ONeal Purdy. According togeni.com, The two were soon married and moved up the river to build their new home. This house remained in the Richardson family until 1874, when it was acquired by Daniel S. Tatum. Tatum transferred the title to his daughter Sarah Margaret and her husband N. Austin Layton, Sr. In 1961, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Layton Jr., of Winter Haven, Florida, deeded the structure to the Bladen County Historical Society.

Harmony Hall can now be rented for all sorts of events weddings, parties, family reunions, and more. Treasurer Sunday Allen stated, We have bathroom facilities and lots of ground to explore, so it makes for a fun location.

For more information or to rent Harmony Hall for an event, call 910-866-4113.

Dating back to the late 18th century, the house has been restored as a local historical site. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. To maintain the historical beauty of the plantation, maintenance is important. If you would like to contribute by donating, scan the PayPal QR code below, or you can send a check in the mail.

On Harmony Hall Villages social media, the following information is shared:

Our funding comes through donations to our program. Harmony Hall Plantation Village Inc. holds a 501(c)3 tax exemption, and we will graciously accept your donation of any amount to continue preservation efforts and education. To mail your donation, please send it to:

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Mayor-elect Mark Beardmore says officials at City Hall should wait for bids to return on a Rec Center project before deciding its fate.

Depending on the bids opened at City Hall at 2 p.m., Feb. 1, it may make sense to move forward on a plan determined by the outgoing City Council, or scrap the proposal and send the matter back to a public referendum, Beardmore said in an interview.

Elected officials this week proceeded toward obtaining bids on what is estimated to be a $7.75 million project at the Carroll Recreation Center.

One big factor: the city already has $500,000 invested in the modernization of the Carroll Recreation Center.

Its going to be really challenging for myself and the City Council to go back on whats already been done, Beardmore said.

The current City Council voted 6-0 Monday to approve plans and specifications, as well as the estimated cost, for the improvements at the 1977 Rec Center, which would include a full-court gymnasium addition with a second-level suspended jogging track, storage-room additions, cardio and circulation additions, multi-purpose room renovations, locker room renovations, a lifeguard office and individual family changing room additions.

Carroll City Council members in March approved a $500,000 engineering contract with RDG Planning & Design, a prominent Midwest firm, for work associated with the improvements to the Carroll Recreation Center. The measure passed 6-0.

The city cant recoup that money if it drops the project, although the planning could be used as a basis to pivot in another direction with work at the Rec Center. Beardmore noted that, for example, building codes change regularly and that a shelved plan would have to be redone in the future at more cost to the city.

Beardmore has said the process did not have enough public input, and he thinks the city could have considered specific bidding on certain portions of the Rec Center plan and prioritized differently.

Ive voiced my concerns, but thats water under the bridge, he said.

The question for Beardmore and the other three newly elected members of city government who have expressed concern with the process is this: do they shelve a plan with a half a million dollars already invested, and one that might result in favorable bids, or move ahead to the bid stage to evaluate it then?

Maybe well get some really, really competitive bids, Beardmore said.

If the plan goes forward construction is expected to be completed by May 1, 2023. City officials have a plan to keep the Rec Center open during construction.

The vast majority of the funding would come through local option sales tax proceeds, which could account for $6.6 million of the project.

The city plans to issue $700,000 in general obligation debt, a figure just low enough that it doesnt trigger a public referendum a major point of contention in the November election.

City of Carroll voters on Sept. 8, 2020 rendered a split decision in a local election as they passed a continuation of the 17-year-old 1 percent local option sales tax but rejected the citys plan to use up to $5 million in general-obligation bond debt financing toward a $13.38 million modernization of the Recreation Center.

The more aggressive Rec Center plan included major pool additions. Those have been dropped from the current plan.

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Green Bay Packers cornerback Chandon Sullivan co-hosted Monday'sClubhouse Live, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsins weekly football show.

The virtual show can be seen live on any of our USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Facebook pages or websites, includingclubhouselive.com. It can also be seen on ourYouTube channel.

Here are select and edited answers from the interview:

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Q: The rushing defense surrendered 219 yards in Sunday's victory over the Browns. And that followed rushing efforts of 143 yards by the Ravens and 137 yards by the Bears. How do you get that shored up as you prepare for these final two games of the regular season and then the playoffs?

Sullivan: We're just going to continue to get healthy, continue to work on the fundamentals and just continue to stay confident. We got to where we were by sticking to the game plan. We're not going to let one game define who we are. We're going to fix it and more forward and continue to be the Green Bay Packers.

Q: Some might call your victory against Cleveland an ugly win. Why do you thinkfans and observers are often so focused on those proverbial style points? Does it really matter how you look when the ultimate goal is to win the game?

Sullivan: I don't think they fully understand. It's the NFL. Everyone is good. This is not like college where you have the Alabamas and the Clemsons, and they're just going to be the No. 1 seed every year. No, anybody can win any given day of the week (in the NFL). It's funny. You know you're on a good team when people complain about how you win. It would be different if we were losing. But they're complaining about us winning close games. Like at the end of the day, we won. Isn't that the goal? But we laugh about it. But at the end of the day, we're just fortunate. I'm just so fortunate to be on this team.

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Q: Rasul Douglas has been an outstanding addition to yourcornerback room after the Packers signed him off the Cardinals' practice squad in October. He had two interceptions against the Browns and currently leads the team with five picks. Where would the defense be without him and his contributions?

Sullivan: Man, it's just crazy to see all the adversity we've had to overcome this season. Losing (Jaire Alexander) early in the season, and everybody knows he's arguably the best corner in the game. So we definitely took a step back. And then we signed Rasul, and it was just so crazy. He calls me one day, and he was like, "Yo, I'm in Green Bay." I was like, "Huh?" He's like, "I just signed with the Packers." And I'm like, "Stop lying." Literally go pick him up from the hotel, and we catch up. This dates back to three years ago when we played together in Philly. We immediately just started getting in the playbook. And within the next two, three weeks, he's making plays in Arizona to seal the win. And he just continued to evolve and get better each week. You can make the case that he's one of the best corners in the game right now. I'm so happy for him.

Q: You mentioned you and Douglas were teammates withthe Eagles in 2018. Could you see this type of productivity and high level of play from him back then? Could you see this potential in him?

Sullivan: Of course. And we were in a loaded DB room. We had so much talent. I came in my rookie year, and they had just come off a Super Bowl win. It was just so much talent going on in the room. I came in as an undrafted free agent. I clinged on guys like Rasul just as like a mentor - a big brother. And just to fast-forward three years later and just see us on the field at the same time, making plays at the same time - it's like everything just came full circle. We've been talking about this for a long time. When we get our opportunity, we're going to run with it. And that's what we're doing. So, we're just very fortunate.

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. Noemi Guzman, a 17-year-old high school senior, usually has to find a corner someplace to practice violin the instrument she calls quite literally, the love of my life. But the other Saturday morning, Guzman joined a string ensemble practicing on a stage here that is nearly as grand and acoustically tuned as the place she dreams of performing one day: Walt Disney Concert Hall, the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

This is beautiful, Guzman said during a break from a practice session at the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center, her voice muffled by a mask. To have a space you can call your own. It is our space. It is created for us.

Inglewood, a working-class city three miles from Los Angeles Airport that was once plagued by crime and poverty, is in the midst of a high-profile, largely sports-driven economic transformation: The 70,000-seat SoFi Stadium, which opened here last year, now the home of the Rams and the Chargers, will be the site of the Super Bowl in February and will be used in the 2028 Summer Olympics. Construction is underway on an 18,000-seat arena for the Los Angeles Clippers, the basketball team.

But the transformation of Inglewood, historically one of this regions largest Black communities, is also showcased by the 25,000-square foot building where Guzman was practicing the other morning. The building, which opened in October, is the first permanent home for the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, and is the product of a collaboration involving two of the most prominent cultural figures in Los Angeles: Gustavo Dudamel, the artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which oversees YOLA, and Frank Gehry, the architect who designed Walt Disney Concert Hall.

This was an old bank, said Dudamel, who has long been friends with Gehry, a classical music lover who can often be spotted in the seats of the hall he designed. Then it was a Burger King yes, a Burger King! Frank saw the potential. What we have there is a stage of the same dimensions as Disney Hall.

The $23.5 million project is a high-water mark for YOLA, the youth music education program that was founded here 15 years ago under Dudamel and that he calls the signature achievement of his tenure. It serves 1,500 students, from ages 5 to 18, who come to study, practice and perform music on instruments provided by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. It was patterned after El Sistema, the youth music education program in Venezuela where Dudamel studied violin as a boy.

And it is one of the most vivid examples of efforts by major arts organizations across the country to bring youth education programs out into communities, rather than concentrating them in city centers or urban arts districts. You cant just do it downtown, said Karen Mack, the executive director of LA Commons, a community arts organization. If you really want it to have the impact thats possible with that program you have to bring it out to the community. It has to be accessible.

Gehry called that idea the whole game.

It becomes not the community having to go to Disney Hall, he said, but the Disney Hall coming to the community.

For Inglewood, the new YOLA Center is a notable addition to what has been a transformative wave of stadium and arena construction, which has spurred a wave of commercial and housing development (and with that, concerns about the gentrification that often follows this kind of development). Until 2016, Inglewood was known mainly as the home of the Forum, the 45-year-old arena where the Lakers and Kings once played before moving to what was known as the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, and Hollywood Park Racetrack, which closed to make way for SoFi stadium.

Weve never been known for cultural enrichment, said James T. Butts Jr., the mayor of Inglewood. That is why this is so important to us. Whats happening now is a rounding out of society and culture: we will no longer be known for just sports and entertainment.

Even before Beckmen Center opened, YOLA could be a heady experience for a school-age student contemplating a career in music. Guzman, who joined the youth orchestra seven years ago, has played bow to bow with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, under the baton of Dudamel. YOLA musicians have joined the Philharmonic at Disney Hall, the Hollywood Bowl and on tours to places including Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City.

Christine Kiva, 15, who started playing cello when she was 7, is now studying with cellists from the Philharmonic. Its helped me develop my sound as a cellist, and work on a repertoire for cello, she said.

Inglewood is the fifth economically stressedneighborhood where the youth organization has set up an outpost. But in the first four locations, it shares space with other organizations, forced to fit in without a full-fledged performing space or practice rooms. We were making the project work in spaces that werent specifically designed for music, said Chad Smith, the chief executive of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Now, the words Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center, named after the philanthropists and vineyard owners who made the largest donation to the project, stretch out across the front of the renovated building overlooking South La Brea Avenue and the old downtown. Dudamel has an office there. Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic regularly show up to observe practice and work with students.

This building has plenty of rooms for students to practice. There are 272 seats on benches in the main hall, which can be retracted into a wall, allowing the room to be divided in half so two orchestras can practice at once. The acoustics were designed by Nagata Acoustics, which also designed the acoustics at Disney Hall.

The building had been owned by Inglewood, which sold it to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. When we first walked into it, it still had the greasy smell of a Burger King, said Elsje Kibler-Vermaas, the vice president for learning for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Gehry, who had worked with Dudamel on projects before including designs for the opera Don Giovanni in 2012 agreed to take a look at the building, a former bank that opened in 1965.

He said that when they brought him there, he was struck by the low ceilings from its days as a bank.

I said, is it possible to make an intervention? recalled Gehry who, even at 92, is involved in a series of design projects across Los Angeles.

By cutting a hole in its ceiling and putting in a skylight, and cutting a hole in the floor to make the hall deeper, he was able to create a performance space with a 45-foot-high ceiling, close to what Disney Hall has. The kids will have a real experience of playing in that kind of hall, he said.

That turned out to be a $2 million conversation; the total price, including buying the building and renovating it, jumped from $21 million to $23.5 million to cover the additional cost of raising the roof, installing a skylight and lowering the floor.

The building was bustling the other day. Students had come for afternoon music instruction from elementary schools, most in Inglewood, and after snacks bananas, apples, granola bars they raced to their lessons in reading music, percussion and how to follow a conductor.

Pay attention! said Mario Raven, leading his students in a singing and music reading class. Here we go one, two, three!

The brass players were outdoors because of Covid-19 concerns (its hard to play a French horn while wearing a mask). As planes flew overhead, they performed High Hopes by Panic! at the Disco, suggesting that a youth orchestra need not live by Brahms and Beethoven alone.

Students typically sit through 12 to 18 hours a week of instruction for 44 weeks a year. About a quarter of them end up majoring in music. Smith said that was reflected in the broader aspirations for the program. Our goal wasnt we were going to train the greatest musicians in the world, he said. Our goal was we were going to provide music education to develop students self-esteem through music.

Dudamel said his experience as a boy in Venezuela had been formative in bringing the program to Los Angeles. I grew up in an orchestra where they called us, in the press, the orchestra without a ceiling, he said in a Zoom interview from France, where he is now also the music director of the Paris Opera. Because we didnt have a place where to rehearse. We have materialized a dream where young people have the best things they can have. A good hall. Great teachers.

Look, this is not a regular music school, he added. We dont pretend be a conservatory. Maybe they will not be musicians in the future. But our goal is that they have music as part of their life, because it brings beauty, it brings discipline through art.

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The Keys Weekly family loves animals as much as our friends at the Florida Keys SPCA do, and were honored to welcome to our pages some furever friends that are available for adoption at the organizations Key West campus.

From cats and dogs to Guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, reptiles and birds, the perfect addition to your family is waiting for you. The SPCAs knowledgeable staff will help with advice and care tips while working to ensure each pet is a good fit.

The SPCAs Golden Paw program also provides special assistance with vet bills and medications for special-needs and older animals that require a little extra TLC.

Check these pages each week for just a few of the animals waiting for a home.

And the SPCA tells one its favorite recent stories of a local couple, Geoff and Cecily, who adopted a skittish cat named Pansy: Cecily now reports, Shes a completely different cat. Shes still a bit skittish at times, but every day she comes out of her shell a little more. She sleeps on top of the bed on the pillows now and doesnt run away when we come into the room. She welcomes pets and loves ear rubs. She and our other cat, Mario, are best buds. Its funny because hes a solid chunk of cat, and Pansy is the most dainty thing. She shoves her head in his face for him to lick, and he grabs her. They play all the time. They sleep together. Its so heartwarming. I feel so lucky that we got the chance to give her a chance.

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The Covid-19 pandemic did not come to an end in 2021. The pandemic was the most worrying social issue this year. Korea has been fighting Covid-19 for two years but is still struggling. The pandemic was not the only issue in the medical community this year. For the first time in the world, Korea enacted legislation to mandate the installation of surveillance cameras in operating rooms. Korea Biomedical Review has compiled the five biggest medical industry stories in 2021. Ed.

On Aug. 31, the National Assembly passed a revision to the Medical Service Act to mandate the installation of surveillance cameras in hospital operating rooms. The revision bill was promulgated on Sept. 24 and will take effect from Sept. 25, 2023, after a two-year grace period.

Calls for protecting patients from medical malpractice grew intensely in December 2014 when a social media post revealed that plastic surgeons were having a birthday party and playing with breast implants in the operating room where an unconscious patient was lying on the bed.

The incident sparked a probe of the health authorities and finally led to the mandatory installation of CCTV cameras in operating rooms in 2021.

Korea is the only country in the world that obligates surveillance cameras in operating rooms.

A bill mandating the installation of CCTV cameras in operating rooms was first proposed by then Rep. Choi Dong-ik of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy in 2015. The bill used to be scrapped due to the medical communitys strong opposition to the bill but finally passed the National Assembly in six years.

According to the revised law, hospitals must install CCTV cameras inside operating rooms.

If a patient or a patients guardian requests CCTV shooting in the operating room, surgeons cannot refuse to do so unless there is a justifiable reason.

Justifiable reasons include cases where the operation is delayed, the patient's life is at risk, emergency surgery is performed to prevent serious physical and mental disorders, and high-risk surgery that requires active measures to save the patients life. In addition, if there is a possibility that the CCTV shooting may impair the training of a trainee physician, the shooting can be refused.

Those who breach the installation and shooting duties will be fined 5 million won ($4,215) or less.

A person who detects, leaks, falsifies, or damages CCTV information will face imprisonment up to five years and a fine of 50 million won ($42,626) at maximum.

Hospitals that lost, leaked, or changed the CCTV footage in the operating room due to insufficient measures to ensure the safety of CCTV cameras will face up to two years of imprisonment and a fine of up to 20 million won.

However, the medical community is already suffering a setback due to the mandatory CCTV installation. Hospitals recruits for 2022 showed that interns avoided choosing surgery for their residency, which was why doctors vehemently opposed cameras in operating rooms.

Application rates for surgery, thoracic surgery, and obstetrics/gynecology fell by about 10 percentage points, respectively. This phenomenon was observed across the nation.

The Catholic Medical Center and the Severance Hospital in Seoul failed to fill vacant positions in surgery, thoracic surgery, and obstetrics/gynecology departments.

The Korean Medical Association, which could not block the parliament approval for CCTVs in operating rooms, formed a task force to pre-emptively respond to future discussions over subordinate statutes.

The KMAs response will decide how strong the ramification of the mandatory CCTV law will be next year.

Subordinate statues are expected to include CCTV installation standards, the scope of recording and the procedure for recording request, detailed reasons for refusal to shoot CCTV due to emergency surgery that can be life-threatening, justifiable reasons for refusal to shoot filming, procedures for viewing and providing recorded video, storage standards and reasons for extension of the storage period.

Thus, there will be a second battle between doctors and the government over setting the subordinate statutes for the mandatory CCTV installation law in 2022.

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The worse things get at linebacker for the Bengals, the better they are in the secondary. Attrition in one room, addition in the other. But its hardly a zero-sum game, especially this week when preparing to face a Ravens offense that stresses linebackers more than others.

One of the key pieces to defensive coordinator Lou Anarumos game plan for the Bengals 41-17 triumph at Baltimore in Week 7 was playing a lot of 4-3 base defense, relying on Akeem Davis-Gaithers speed alongside starters Logan Wilson and Germaine Pratt to help limit Ravens quarterback Lamar Jacksons ability to run on first down and then letting the defensive line tee off on second and third and long, as its done all year.

But Davis-Gaither was lost for the season due to a foot injury against the Browns. Wilson will miss his third consecutive game due a shoulder injury suffered against the Chargers, while backups Jordan Evans (knee, Week 5) and Joe Bachie (knee, Sunday at Denver) are out for the year.

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