Archive for August 2021
Your RI Weather Today, Aug. 15, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist We’ve been waiting for this kind of day for quite some time now… fair-weather high and climbing wispy cirrus, warm but not blast furnace air ushered in nicely by a light and dry northerly breeze. Afternoon highs in the low 80’s followed by evening lows in the what-will-feel-chilly mid 60’s. Dew-point…
Read MoreIn the Arena – Col. Hugh Clements, Chief of the Providence Police
Each week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews people of interest on his program, “In The Arena”. The show airs at 7am on Sundays on ABC6. This week his guest is Providence Police Chief, Col. Hugh Clements. They discuss violence in Providence, police recruitment, and how to make Providence a safer city and alleviate people’s fear for…
Read MoreLiverpool loses heritage status – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There Photo: Liverpool in 1915 as troops muster before St. George’s Hall for service in World War I. (BBC) Seventeen years after its bestowal, Liverpool has lost its status as world heritage site by an act of Unesco, the United Nations’ chief cultural agency. Sixteen years ago, in June…
Read MoreAfghanistan Past and Present – Timothy Ham
by Timothy Ham, special feature to RINewsToday The news reports of Herat Afghanistan falling to the Taliban on August 12, added another provincial capital to nine capitols captured over the previous six days. By August 13, it is now up to eighteen of the thirty-four provincial capitals that have fallen. To many, it is simply…
Read MoreOrganizing medical histories – Harris N. “Hershey” Rosen
by Harris N. “Hershey” Rosen – author, Why? Because I Love You We’ve probably talked about our health status more than ever in 2020 and 2021. We’ve reviewed in our own minds if we might be considered “high risk” in this time of COVID-19. Do we have asthma, high blood pressure, how overweight are we,…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap – Aug. 14/15, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 8/14/21: As we slog through this latest heat wave, take heart, ironically, in the midday cloud cover that will roll through with perhaps a shower or two over the area, because this action signifies a break in the wave. It’s over, for now. Some overnight cloud cover and spotty light…
Read More3rd “Booster” Vaccinations begin TODAY – what you need to know:
Third Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Available for some Immunocompromised Rhode Islanders beginning Saturday Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) are announcing that certain immunocompromised Rhode Islanders can begin receiving third doses of COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow, August 14th. Rhode Islanders who are moderately to severely immunocompromised are eligible for third doses.…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Aug. 13, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Day three, still hot. Another triple-H situation, morning lows in the mid 70’s and afternoon highs cracking 90 in most places away from the coast, where early mist lifts by mid morning. A light southwesterly breeze moves the near-stagnant air enough to take the edge of the blistering heat. We’ll have…
Read MoreUpdate: Legislation submitted to reestablish the House Permanent Select Committee on Aging – Herb Weiss
Cicilline, Schakowsky & Matsui Reintroduce Legislation to Reestablish the House Permanent Select Committee on Aging U.S. Representatives David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Doris Matsui (CA-06) reintroduced legislation to reestablish the House Permanent Select Committee on Aging to examine the challenges and issues facing the growing aging population in America. This legislation has…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: Acute grief and numb reality – Mari Nardolillo-Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo-Dias “Life changes in an instant. The ordinary instant” (Joan Didion) Many of you may be familiar with the Schrodinger’s Cat paradox, which posits a thought question: Can a cat in a sealed steel box be both alive and dead simultaneously? Although a question posed in quantum mechanics, many feel like the cat…
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