Archive for January 2020
GriefSpeak: Depression can be as fatal as cancer
By: Mari Dias What’s in a Name? One of my favorite childhood bedtime stories was an old Italian legend that I called ‘the miracle story”. “Once upon a time, in the Civita Hills in Itri, Italy, a deaf-mute cowherd lost one of his cows. He panicked and began to search high and low throughout the…
Read MoreThe Good, The Bad, and the Ugly – this week in RI, Jan 31, 2020
THE GOOD Living Longer For the first time since 2014, life expectancy at birth increased to 78.7 years, the best since 2014, when life expectancy was 78.9 years. In 2017, life expectancy was 78.6 years, according to the CDC. “Over half the increase in life expectancy in 2018 was due to declines in mortality from…
Read MoreDays turning into nights, into days, into nights…
By Michael Morse, contributing writer (Photo: M. C. Escher, Bond of Union, public domain, Boston Library) Feeling powerless and out of control, the world and everybody in it having their say, days followed by nights, then days and nights and days again. When will this impeachment be over? So many people; all of them lost…
Read MoreCoronavirus now a Global Health Emergency
The number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus has topped 8,000, with more than 12,000 suspected. Of the confirmed cases, 1,370 are severe and 170 people have died. 124 people have recovered and been discharged from hospital. China continues its efforts to build at least two hospitals in a less-than-two-week time period to handle the sick,…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Friday 1/31/20:
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist We’ll be back to the familiar pattern of Winter ‘20, cool mornings, lots of sun and warm afternoons, above normal high temperatures in the 40’s. No escape from the chilly morning lows however, readings expected to fall to the low 20’s and dipping into the upper teens in places as sinking…
Read MoreChicken Fried Chicken with Milk Gravy
by Anthony Salemme 4 boneless chicken breasts pounded out to about 1/3 inch (about 1/3 lb. each) 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp ground black pepper, divided 2 tsp salt, divided 1 tsp smoked paprika ½ tsp ground bay leaves 1/2 tsp onion powder 1 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp…
Read MoreHand Washing vs. Purell
The FDA has issued a letter to GoJo Industries, the manufacturer of Purell, the popular hand-sanitizer. It calls into question the firm’s marketing of the product as a “drug” designed to ward off germs, even making claims about MERS and Zika. What’s the best way to ward off germs? The old-fashioned hand-washing technique – but…
Read MoreCCRI Lady Knights Basketball Coach Doug Haynes – where sport benefits both student and athlete
by John Cardullo, sportswriter CCRI’s Women’s head Basketball coach Doug Haynes is on a mission and that mission is to bring the Lady Knights back to the top. Haynes knows how the view is from the top, an All-Stater in two different sports, football and baseball, while playing for the West Warwick Wizards. He may…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Thursday 1/30/20:
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure settles in nicely overhead, keeping winds light and variable through the day. We’ll still have a cool start in the low to mid 20’s warming to a seasonably fitting upper 30’s by afternoon, with lots of sun and rich blue sky aplenty in the dry late January air.
Read More2020 Meeting Street Telethon Raises Over $1 Million
Meeting Street is pleased to announce that its 44th annual telethon presented by Cardi’s Furniture and Mattresses raised $1,064,405 during its broadcast on WPRI 12 and WPRI.com on January 25th. The annual event, which is the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year, attracted hundreds of guests to its Providence campus, and tens of thousands of…
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