Related Shows Star Files Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Show Closed This production ended its run on Oct. 27, 2019 View Comments What’s our idea of “Some Kind of Wonderful”? Being trapped inside a giant mountain of ice cream, obviously. The cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical came awfully close on September 16 when they headed to Serendipity 3 to celebrate the ice cream shop and restaurant’s 60th anniversary. The iconic New York City dessert spot unveiled a new sweet treat inspired by the hit musical: The “Pleasant Valley” sundae! Serendipity 3 founder Stephen Bruce greeted Beautiful stars Ashley Blanchet, Jake Epstein, E. Clayton Cornelious, Joshua Davis, Alan Wiggins, and composing duo Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, whom the musical is partially based on. Check out this shot of the stars before they dive into their delicious sundaes, then catch Beautiful at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre! Jake Epstein read more
By Iris Amador/Diálogo April 03, 2017 Quisiera ser voluntario en las brigadas The Honduran Military has begun its annual civilian-military operation with public health brigades. The operations provide health care to thousands of people across the country and are held simultaneously in the cities of Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula. “We started on January 28th, and every Saturday since then we have held four or five health brigades at different points around the country,” Infantry Colonel Jorge Cerrato, a Honduran Military spokesperson, told Diálogo. “Last year, we treated more than a million people, and we expect to treat 1.5 million Hondurans in 2017.” For three consecutive years, the Military has increased its number of public health brigades. As a result, it also has increased the number of people benefitting from this social service, which the population now expects year after year. From 110 public health brigades in 2014, the numberjumped to 131 in 2015 and to 140 in 2016. For 2017, the Armed Forces have 143 medical missions planned. “The Armed Forces are always thinking of ways to help people identify their main needs,” Col. Cerrato said. “We’re aware that there are places where it’s hard for people to access health care, and that’s why we bring it to them.” Serving the public People stood in line early in the morning at two educational centers – one in the capital and the other in the north of the country – to receive health services and other assistance at the massive public health brigade run by the 105th Infantry Brigade in San Pedro Sula. “Ours is a public-service institution. We come to the people. We are part of the people,” Infantry Colonel Tito Livio Moreno told Diálogo. He runs the public health brigade in San Pedro Sula. “This effort is a priority because we know the limitations the population faces. We’re making use of the Armed Forces’ own capacities to reach out-of-the-way places that other agencies couldn’t get to.” In order to provide this service for free, military clinicians rely on volunteer support from civilians and staff at the Secretariat of Health. “Public and private institutions are working with us. Clinicians from other hospitals or private clinics join us. Sometimes they are local but many of them travel from their cities to the rural towns and communities that are our coverage targets,” Col. Moreno said. “We provide them logistical support. Without their efforts, this mission would be impossible to do.” Something for the entire family Health brigade attendees can receive treatment in the areas of general medicine, pediatrics, orthopedics, gynecology, and ophthalmology. They also can receive psychological services and dental care, as well as get lab testing done. “All the medications are provided free of charge,” Col. Moreno said. “The Armed Forces also runs vaccination campaigns and donation drives for food, clothing, and school supplies.” A wide range of services is offered, including haircuts for adults and children, which are offered free of charge. Over the past several years, the Armed Forces have even offered legal advice services since most people do not have the means to hire a lawyer. “We don’t resolve a person’s legal issue, but we do advise them, explaining what resources are available to them to solve their problem,” Col. Cerrato said. Since different members of the family unit attend these public health brigades, service members set up inflatable trampolines for the kids and make sure music, games, piñatas, and other recreational opportunities are available to them. “We are trying to make these health brigades family events,” Col. Cerrato emphasized. “Historically, the Armed Forces have supported the population, and this is a way of bringing it closer to the people so that relations between our institution and the civilian population are warmer and more cordial.” Duty calls The beneficiaries are always grateful for the opportunity to be seen by specialists, getting a new pair of glasses, or a medication, or being referred for more extensive treatments when their condition warrants surgery or further follow-up. “They are spontaneous in showing us their appreciation and gratitude, but that’s not why we do it; we do it because it’s our duty,” Col. Moreno pointed out. “In this first brigade, a child with severe malnutrition came in to see us. He was taken to the Military Hospital so that he could get specialized care,” he recalled. “People know they can count on us. We see it in their faces. They don’t have to say anything; we are here to help them with whatever is needed.” To the very last patient Units from all branches of the Honduran Armed Forces take part in these public health brigades — Army, Air Force, Navy, and Military Police — as well as medical groups from Joint Task Force Bravo, a unit of U.S. Southern Command that operates out of Soto Cano in Honduras. The two entities often join forces, especially when operating in remote areas such as La Mosquitia, in the east of the country. By the same token, if the school or institute where a public health brigade is being held is in need of repairs or some kind of improvement to its facilities, there is a group of service members in charge of putting a coat of fresh paint on the walls or fixing something that is damaged, or even doing roadwork in the village, to help the community. The health brigades start at 7:00 AM sharp, and they go all day, Col. Cerrato confirmed. “We don’t leave until we have served the very last patient,” he said proudly. read more
We’ve all heard study after study on how stellar credit union performance has been of late. There’s no doubt that credit unions are experiencing unprecedented numbers, but the folks at Cornerstone Advisors tell a slightly different tale — a Tale of Two Cities, if you will. continue reading » 2SHARESShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr
14SHARESShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr,Jill Nowacki Jill Nowacki started her career with credit unions in 2001. She has taken on leadership roles at credit unions and state and national trade associations. Now, she uses her experience … Web: www.humanidei.com Details “I was just thinking of myself as a guy at a party, asking out a girl. It was up to her to let me know if she was not interested.” I read this line with disbelief—the founder of a thriving tech firm was responding to allegations of sexual harassment. At a company party, he had come on strong to a female subordinate, insistently propositioning her as he followed her around the party all night. There was no shortage of witnesses to his behavior. He would not have denied his pursuit of her, anyway. From his perspective, he was simply acting like any man, interested in any woman, anywhere in America.Except he wasn’t any man. He was the boss. And she wasn’t any woman. She was a striving executive, trying to build a career.How could he not see the power differential at play? How did he not know the way everything would change for her with his attention, regardless of how she responded? From that point forward, her performance at the company would no longer define her. It would not be the single thing she would point to related to any success she achieved or any promotion for which she was overlooked. Instead, she would be that girl from the company party who the boss had a thing for.An employee’s job changes the moment someone in power makes a sexual or romantic advance. It robs the employee of believing the most important factor for their success is their effectiveness, and burdens them with the weight of navigating the feelings of another.Women have been conditioned from a young age to be careful in how they treat others, even strangers who give unwanted attention. They must be nice, they must put the feelings of others first, they must understand that to reject the wrong man in the wrong way may lead to devastating consequences. They have come to expect complications from misdirected attraction and have accepted a level of responsibility for managing this attraction.The burden is greater when the person stating his attraction has power over the other’s financial well-being, career growth, or professional reputation. There is no guidebook for politely rejecting your boss’ advances, while still trying to wow him with your professional excellence.“I was just a guy… asking out a girl…” In the early years, when young women are learning to carefully navigate their rejections, men are taught how to pursue them: Women must be won over and it may take time and persistence. We romanticize the notion that it must be true love if he demonstrates the depth of his interest by continuing his pursuit rather than just turning his attention elsewhere.It can be a complicated situation indeed, this attraction between men and women. It is certainly made more complicated when it takes place in the workplace. Suddenly, a dynamic lies in limbo, on a very fine line: A step in one direction could be sexual harassment. A different step may lead to what the actors believe is the greatest love story of all time.Yes. Attraction at work is a very real possibility. In an ideal world, people are bringing their best versions of themselves to work: Bright, thoughtful, engaging humans who connect well with other bright, thoughtful, engaging humans. They listen to one another, they laugh together, they share their visions and collaborate to build a better future.Sometimes, this leads to the very inconvenient reality of attraction at work.When is it acceptable to act on that attraction? Can consent ever truly exist in the workplace? Should a person in power ever make his feelings for a subordinate known?These may remain complex questions: Ones with answers as diverse as the people who may respond to them. Our world may never settle on an answer about what to do with attraction at work, but we must still have the courage to ask the questions.We are approaching the first anniversary of a conversation starter in the credit union movement. After last year’s CUNA GAC, one attendee shared her observations of unwanted advances, inappropriate propositions, and minimization of women as professionals during the conference. It was a conversation that started with a great deal of energy and ended with an industry-wide commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; to advancement of women and people of color; to words of encouragement and actions for change.This conversation is one of value, undoubtedly, but it seems somehow that it is also a conversation that has left sexual harassment behind. As we keep moving this industry forward, we cannot talk about gender balance and equality for women without consideration of sexual harassment.We are not just people at a party.We are at work and the power differential is real. It must be considered before acting on attraction. read more
Jan 17, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – The Swiss drug company Roche said today it would give another 2 million treatment courses of its anitivral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) to the World Health Organization for developing countries to use to fight avian influenza in humans.The announcement came as representatives from 90 countries and 20 organizations met in Beijing for a conference to raise funds to battle the H5N1 virus.Roche announced it would give 20 million doses of oseltamivir, enough to treat 2 million people with the recommended regimen of 2 doses a day for 5 days. This is in addition to 3 million treatment courses the company pledged last August for a WHO stockpile to be used to try to snuff out any emerging pandemic.”While the donation made last year is stored centrally, these additional 2 million treatment courses will be stored as regional stockpiles in locations to be determined by WHO to serve the needs of developing countries,” Roche said in a news release.The two donations, plus a smaller one made in 2004, add up to 5.125 million treatment courses of oseltamivir available to the WHO, the company said.The donations apparently are based on the standard Tamiflu regimen of 75 mg twice a day for 5 days. However, a report published in December suggested that a higher dosage or longer treatment course may be needed in some cases of H5N1 infection. The report said a Vietnamese girl with H5N1 avian flu died despite receiving prompt treatment with the recommended dosage.Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO assistant director-general for communicable diseases, said the latest donation would be stored in the WHO’s regional offices and distributed as needed to people in countries that can’t afford their own oseltamivir stockpiles, according to a New York Times report today.The previous gift of 3 million treatment courses is to be used only at the site of a spreading human outbreak in an effort to contain or slow it, the Roche statement said.At the Beijing conference, health officials predicted that governments will have to invest large sums for years to keep avian flu from evolving into a human flu pandemic, according to the Times report.The story said the 2-day conference is expected to yield promises of $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion to help needy countries fight avian flu. Pledges are expected from the conference’s sponsors—the European Union, the World Bank, and China—and other donors, including the United States, the report said.The funds raised are to be used to implement a 3-year action plan that was put together at an international conference in Geneva in November, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) report.The European Union said last week it would give 80 million euros, or about $100 million, to the effort. Today, Markos Kyprianou, EU commsioner for health and consumer protection, said the EU would increase its pledge to 100 million euros, or about $121 million, the Times reported.The funds will be used to help the neediest countries improve their ability to detect outbreaks and human cases, officials told AFP.The Times report said many countries have a severe shortage of veterinarians. For example, it said, Laos has only 69 veterinarians, almost all of whom were trained in other Communist countries before the fall of the Soviet Union.See also:Roche news releasehttp://www.roche.com/med-cor-2006-01-17Nov 9, 2005, CIDRAP News report on avian flu conference in Geneva read more
Jul 18, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) yesterday announced it was providing states, US territories, and four metropolitan areas with $896.7 million in public health preparedness funding, with $175 million of the total earmarked for pandemic planning.Preparedness grantsThe bulk of the money is allocated toward Public Health Emergency Cooperative Agreements, which public health departments use to build capacity.HHS secretary Mike Leavitt said in a press release that the funding represents the next step toward boosting state and local public health preparedness and emergency response. “It allows state, local, territorial, and tribal public health jurisdictions to build upon preparedness gains that have been made over the past 5 years of federal funding,” he said in yesterday’s HHS statement.According to the HHS, the funding amount also includes $175 million for pandemic influenza preparedness. In 2006 the HHS allocated $325 million for pandemic preparedness, which was intended to help states prepare and test their pandemic plans, then identify and fix their planning gaps.Von Roebuck, a spokesperson for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told CIDRAP News that in coming months the HHS will release additional pandemic planning guidance for states.The preparedness funds also include:$57.3 million to support the Cities Readiness Initiative, a program designed to help 72 major US cities and metropolitan areas respond to bioterrorism and other large-scale public health events by dispensing oral medications to the entire population$35 million to help poison control centers improve their early detection, surveillance, and investigative capabilities in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear event$5.4 million to help states that border Mexico and Canada develop and implement programs to detect, investigate, and report urgent infectious disease cases.The public health preparedness allocations, which include the pandemic planning money, range from $5,748,448 for Wyoming to $65,303,030 for California. Amounts for the urban areas range from $9,898,128 for the District of Columbia to $30,712,150 for Los Angeles County.The funds the HHS provided yesterday are in addition to $430 million the agency allocated in June to strengthen the ability of hospitals and other healthcare facilities to respond to bioterror attacks, infectious diseases, and other mass casualty events, the HHS said.Homeland security grantsIn other public health and emergency response funding developments, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced $1.7 in homeland security grants to help states, territories, and urban areas protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks and other disasters.According to a DHS press release today, the total includes almost $411 million for six urban areas that are at highest risk of a terrorist attack: New York City/northern New Jersey, the national capital region, Los Angeles/Long Beach, the California Bay area, Houston, and Chicago.The Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) and the Citizen Corps Program (CCP) are among the public health projects that are funded through the DHS grants. The amounts for each, announced in January, are $32 million for the MMRS and $14.6 million for the CCP.Communications grantsAlso today, US Commerce secretary Carlos Gutierrez and DHS secretary Michael Chertoff announced $986 million in Public Safety Interoperable Communication grants to help first responders improve and coordinate communications during natural or manmade disasters, according to a DHS press release.The one-time grants, for which localities can apply during the next 30 days, is designed to help public service agencies acquire, deploy, and train for interoperable voice, data, and video communications systems.Different jurisdictions and agencies use different communications technologies, which can impair critical communication among firefighters, police, and other emergency responders during a disaster, the DHS said.”When disaster strikes, first responders must have the tools to communicate,” Gutierrez said in the press release. “Under this streamlined program, states will be given grants to use technology that will make our cities and states safer.”See also:Jul 17 HHS press releasehttp://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/07/20070717c.htmlJul 11, 2006 CIDRAP News story “HHS to share $225 million for pandemic readiness”CDC Cities Readiness Initiative backgroundhttps://www.cdc.gov/phpr/readiness/mcm.html read more
But, he said, the outbreak of the new coronavirus will impact China and its close neighbors and trading partners, and there will “very likely be some effects on the United States.”“The question we will be asking is will these be persistent effects that could lead to a material reassessment of the outlook,” he said. The answer, he said, is still too early to know.Lawmakers peppered Powell with questions ranging from the Fed’s injections of liquidity into short-term funding markets to climate change to the community reinvestment act (CRA) to the space economy.Powell’s answers stuck largely to script. He defended the Fed’s plan to ease strains in the banking system with Treasury bill purchases and repo operations, and said the central bank will likely reach an appropriate level of reserves around mid-year. He repeated that combating climate change is the purview of other agencies but that it is the Fed’s job to make sure extreme weather events don’t destabilize the financial system.He offered little new on proposed changes to the CRA, which the Fed has so far not endorsed, and said he didn’t know much about the economic impact of activities in space.And he declined overall to bite on partisan politics.Asked by Kentucky Republican Andy Barr if US President Donald Trump’s policies including tax cuts and trade deals were helping the economy, Powell responded, “at a high level – of course they are.”But he also sounded a muted warning about the growing federal deficit, which is predicted to reach more than US$1 trillion in 2020 driven in part by the tax cuts.At one point, California Democrat Katie Porter noted Trump’s repeated criticism of the Fed and displayed a photo of Powell at a party in January hosted by Jeff Bezos and attended by Trump’s daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and JP Morgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon. She suggested that appearing there might show the Fed is under their sway.“I would certainly hope not,” Powell said, adding that he did not speak with any of the attendees Porter named.As Powell spoke, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index pared earlier gains and the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly dropped into negative territory.Trump also jumped in to again call for lower US interest rates.“Germany & other countries get paid to borrow money,” Trump tweeted, referring to negative interest rates and negative bond yields in Europe. “We are more prime, but Fed Rate is too high, Dollar tough on exports.”Powell, asked about the tweet and the market moves, said the Fed is focused only on achieving its goals of full employment and stable prices.Powell noted that the stronger labor market has made employers more willing to hire people with fewer skills and to train them.He also pointed to some troubling signs in the labor market including disparities across racial and ethnic groups and a lower rate of labor force participation by individuals in their prime working years than in most other advanced economies.He noted “subpar” productivity during the current expansion, and said that boosting labor participation and productivity “should remain a national priority.”Overall inflation based on the price index for personal consumption expenditures was 1.6 percent in 2019, below the Fed’s 2 percent target. Powell said he expected it to move closer to the target over the next few months. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday that the US economy is in a good place, even as he cited the potential threat from the coronavirus in China and concerns about the economy’s long-term health.With risks like trade policy uncertainty receding and global growth stabilizing, “we find the US economy in a very good place, performing well,” Powell told the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee. The US economic expansion, now in its 11th year, is the longest on record.“There is no reason why the expansion can’t continue,” he said, repeating the central bank’s view that its current target range for short-term borrowing costs, between 1.50 percent and 1.75 percent, is “appropriate” to keep the expansion on track. Topics : read more
27 Argyle Street, Red Hill Qld 4059. Picture: Realestate.com.auTHIS just-listed inner Brisbane fixer-upper, which last sold for a bargain $12,500, is so hot its second caller asked if he could put in an offer before auction – sight unseen.The 27 Argyle Street, Red Hill listing, which went live yesterday, ticks so many boxes that it’s set to fire up the chilly Brisbane auction market.The property last sold on February 8, 1973, according to official records, which in today’s dollars translates to purchasing power of about $114,000. It’s listed as “deceased estate – renovate or detonate”. The median house sale price in Red Hill was $850,000 in the last 12 months, according to CoreLogic. Based on 89 house sales in the area in the past year, the median three bedder sale price of 43 houses sold was $820,000 while that of four bedders was $1.057m. FIRST TIME TO MARKET IN HALF CENTURY EXTREME INNER-CITY RENOVATION WHAT A $700,000 RENO LOOKS LIKE 27 Argyle Street, Red Hill Qld 4059. Picture: Realestate.com.auMs Browne expected the home to generate some buzz given it appealed to multiple types of people – even in its current state.“If someone just wanted a block of land (to start fresh), it’s perfect. It’s post war so you can demolish the house,” she said.“But it’s also perfect for young couples as a first home, because it is entry level for the area. It’s a quiet street. Or you could renovate. It needs a lot of work.”It’s also in the highly sought after Kelvin Grove State College catchment area.The property has a driveway off Argyle Street, though it can also be accessed by walking through from Bathurst Street.The property is set to go to auction at 6.30pm on Wednesday August 30. FOLLOW SOPHIE FOSTER ON TWITTER & FACEBOOK 27 Argyle Street, Red Hill Qld 4059. Picture: Realestate.com.au 27 Argyle Street, Red Hill Qld 4059. Picture: Realestate.com.au 27 Argyle Street, Red Hill Qld 4059. Picture: Realestate.com.auMore from newsMould, age, not enough to stop 17 bidders fighting for this home3 hours agoBuyers ‘crazy’ not to take govt freebies, says 28-yr-old investor3 hours agoAgent Sonya Browne of Ray White Paddington said one of yesterday’s enquiries was “somebody even suggesting an offer sight unseen. That was exciting. I don’t know if they (estate lawyers) will accept an offer before auction but I’ll put it to them.”“We have a very motivated seller. It’s a deceased estate. The owner left the property to his nephew and the nephew doesn’t have any use for the property himself. He just wants to sell it.”The fixer-upper has three bedrooms, one bathroom and a single garage. It is a 506sq m block and “must be sold to finalise the estate”. 27 Argyle Street, Red Hill Qld 4059. Picture: Realestate.com.au 27 Argyle Street, Red Hill Qld 4059. Picture: Realestate.com.au read more
CANBERRA – Cardinal George Pell wasreleased from prison Tuesday, hours after Australia’s High Court quashed hisconviction for child sex abuse, bringing to an abrupt end the most high-profilepaedophilia case faced by the Catholic Church. Pell, who had steadfastly maintained hisinnocence throughout a lengthy court process, left the jail where he has beenheld for the last year and issued a statement saying that a “seriousinjustice” had been remedied by the decision. (AFP) The 78-year-old left Barwon Prison nearMelbourne after the court overturned five counts of sexually abusing two13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s. Cardinal George Pell leaves Barwon Prison near Anakie, some 70 kilometres (45 miles) west of Melbourne, Australia. AFP
LINCOLN, Neb. – Another 26 IMCA rookies have won career-first feature events in their new division and received gift cards good for $100 from Speedway Motors.IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified rookies winning career-first features included Gregory Gretz at Thunderhill Raceway on July 13; Jeff Larson at Redwood Speedway on Aug. 18; Nate Miller at Clinton County Raceway on July 19; Colton Osborn at Dawson County Raceway on July 21; Jesse Taylor at Phillips County Raceway on Aug. 24; Craig Ward at Skyline Raceway on Aug. 24; and Austin Wonch at Tri-City Motor Speedway on Aug. 23. Lyle Klein was the Aug. 16 IMCA Late Model winner at Farley Speedway. IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car rookie winners were Shawn Mize at Kennedale Speedway Park on July 27 and Aaron Wisch at Arlington Raceway on Aug. 17.Rookie K.C. Ansel became a first-time IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner at Dubuque Speedway on Sept. 1. First–time IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature winners were rookies Tyson Canas at Lincoln County Speedway on Aug. 10; Dalton James at Mid-Nebraska Speedway on Aug. 24; Patrick Thyfault at Thunder Hill Speedway on July 13; and Matt White at I-35 Speedway on Aug. 25. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod rookies racing to career-first victories were Ryan Maitland at Benton County Speedway on Aug. 18; David Partelow at Reno Tahoe Fernley Speedway on April 13; and Jeff Tuttle at Lovelock Speedway on Aug. 2.Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod rookies recording first wins were Katelyn Clarkson at Roadrunner Speedway on Aug. 24; Alexander Hickham at Boyd Raceway on July 26; Jarrett Roberts at Heart O’ Texas Speedway on Aug. 2; and Robert Scrivner at Heart O’ Texas Speedway on May 31. Mach-1 Sport Compact rookies winning first features were Ryan Bryant at I-35 Speedway on June 16; Jon Joehnck at Murray County Speedway on July 19; Adam Rehse at Crawford County Speedway on July 19; and Kasey Utley at Summit Raceway on Aug. 16.Gift cards were mailed directly from Speedway Motors. read more