Archive for March 2020
RI Weather Today, St. Patrick’s Day, 3/17/20
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Two weather systems will be working in tandem to give us a fairly unpleasant but not terrible morning through midday of light rain. A cold front sweeping in from the northwest presses up against and encourages a low pressure system rolling up from the mid Atlantic to move out to sea…
Read MoreMarch 12th, 2020 – a date that will live in Sports infamy
By John Cardullo, sportswriter March 12, 2020! Over history few dates have stood the test of time, dates that when you hear them it brings you back to where you were and what you were doing when you heard about the event that happened that day. Pearl Harbor, D-Day, the assassination of JFK or RFK…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update – Today – March 17, 2020
See bottom of page for CDC Chart – important! 15 Days To Slow The Spread INTERNATIONAL China relaxes travel restrictions in Wuhan Province. Some Airline employees being asked to take 8 week unpaid leave as 80% of planes will be parked. Peace Corps shutting down and working to protect their staff. Canada closed its borders…
Read MoreActing locally in the age of coronavirus
by Peter Simon, for ConvergenceRI.com Retired public health physicians really should stay away from social media. Unfortunately, I am married to a social media guru who felt it her mission to train me how to use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For the past month or so, you may have seen some of my posts and…
Read MoreDoulas make childbirth the normal healthy process it is
by Hilary Salk, guest editorial Providence, and Rhode Island, will support Doula services. I testified before the House Finance Committee at the State House on 3/10/20 to add my voice in support of the state providing medicaid coverage for doulas. My mother told me of her harrowing experience giving birth to me at Providence Lying-in…
Read MorePawtucket & Central Falls Thank Mutual Aid Communities
Over 60 Engines and Ladders Used to Help Extinguish Fire The Cities of Pawtucket and Central Falls thank the municipalities throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts who provided mutual aid to the hard working men and women of the Public Safety Department. Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien and Central Falls Mayor James A. Diossa recognize the…
Read MoreAARP What Seniors Need to Know About COVID-19
by Herb Weiss, Contributing writer on aging Twenty-four-hour programming on cable television, television networks, talk radio and newspapers report the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) across the nation. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), just days ago there were about 700 confirmed and presumed U.S. cases from 38 jurisdictions, that’s 36 states…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Monday 3/16/20:
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure to the north will eventually slip east and allow light winds to shift around to southeasterly, with the resulting increase in elevated moisture leading to increasing cloud cover later in the day. Cooler air will have settled in, morning lows in the mid 20’s warming only to the low…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update – Today – March 16, 2020
INTERNATIONAL Alaska’s Iditarod – race will go on without spectators 10 US service members test positive throughout the world 13,000 confirmed cases in Iran – many more expected Saudi Arabia – no flights in or out Spain, France, Italy – all to stay at home; lockdown Israel closed all restaurants, bars, movie theaters Singapore –…
Read MoreHow Employee Empowerment Leads to Cultural Change
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” – Theodore Roosevelt. The most compelling story I’ve heard recently was the success story of an executive…
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