Archive for January 2022
What’s coming at us: 3,000 new cases a day. What do we do now? – Dr. Michael Fine
By Michael Fine © Michael Fine 2022 Ok. More than 3000 tested positive cases on December 30, 2021. I just saw that the positivity rate of testing at one New York Hospital is fifty percent. Which is no surprise. With a doubling rate of three days, we likely have 6000 test positive cases by yesterday,…
Read MoreSome Favs… Looking Back at 2021 – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss As an ‘age beat’ journalist for over 40 years, I have penned more than 813 articles covering aging, health care and medical issues. These authored and coauthored pieces have appeared in national, state, and local trade and association publications, dailies, weeklies, and in this weekly column in RINewsToday.com. Some were even republished in…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Jan. 3, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist A strong push of frigid air will be driven into southern New England by continental high pressure moving in from eastern Canada. The result for us will be afternoon highs in the upper 20’s, a full 20 degrees less than yesterday. A stiff northerly wind gusting towards 30 mph forcing wind…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Jan. 3, 2021
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Most schools are back to in-person learning today, with a few exceptions: Blackstone Valley Prep is on Zoom Monday & Tuesday with afternoon rapid testing set up on both days for all students and faculty. Barrington offers Zoom participation for students who are sick or because they were a close contact.…
Read MoreWhat’s an Executive Coach and what do they do? – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear, who has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you always knew you could be” – Tom Landry How do people achieve greatness? Practice? Yes. Repetition? Yes. Discipline? Yes. And how…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Jan. 2, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Low pressure trough moves offshore with light rain and drizzle continuing through early to mid afternoon. Winds will shift to west-northwesterly after the trough passes through with cooler air filtering in behind, temps dropping from afternoon high in the low 50’s to evening lows in the upper 30’s with a light…
Read MoreMy most popular reads as an “age beat” journalist in 2022 – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer As an ‘age beat’ journalist for over 43 years, I have freelanced more than 867 stories covering aging, health care and medical issues. These authored and coauthored pieces have appeared in national, state, trade and association publications and even statewide news blogs. In 2022, my articles appeared weekly in 52 issues…
Read MoreIn the Arena – Joe Paolino and RI House Speaker Joe Shekarchi
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 Paolino talks with House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi. They talk about marijuana legalization, which he says will not benefit Rhode Island financially almost at all. Issues of taxation, regulation, health…
Read MoreGimme’ Shelter – Angelica
Well hey there! I was getting around town when I followed some humans home. Guess I chose well since they let me in their home… well I kinda barged in but, who can verify? Anyhow, they called to have me picked up since I am a stray. Since being at PAC, it has taken me…
Read MoreBridge Freezes Before Road Surface – a short story by Michael Fine
by Michael Fine, contributing writer © Michael Fine 2021 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. It was a goddamn…
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