July 21, 2024

I recall I never voted for Gerald Ford, either!

Joe should resign entirely and make Kamala the President; make his final "official acts" and just swear her in!

I will never vote for that Orange non-compis mentis; dictator on Day 1....indeed. UGH!

July 16, 2024

How can an Ohioan speak with a person at ODJFS these days?

We are seniors in our 70s. Their phone system is always full or non-functioning. Gasoline is expensive and standing in a hot summer queue isn't useful. DH was working a FT job at a big box retail store and got laid off on May 17. It sure feels like age discrimination...but this is an at will state so any reason will do. He has filed for unemployment on the website three times and yet has still not received a claim number or any funds to tide us over until he has started receiving a paycheck from his new job. Did his previous employer ever pay into this insurance fund?; DH told me they did take payroll deductions out of his check but stubs are on-line behind his passwords. Why else would he be ineligible? I'm at my wit's end. We are rent poor as costs have escalated, but what good is a roof over one's head without certain basics that I cannot afford to pay as "emergency" funds are exhausted. Is he lying about the lay off? Signs of dementia, though otherwise healthy, that he won't acknowledge? Perhaps this is how employers and the state are keeping unemployment numbers low and "raping" senior spouses of their savings and making more and more homeless seniors on the streets. I don't have enough shovels to deal with this. I need suggestions and HELP!

July 14, 2024

Will TSF require ear reconstruction?

https://plasticsurgerykey.com/ear-reconstruction-4/

The ear is a complex structure whose lateral surface provides minimal loose tissue for side-to-side or flap repair. The skin on this side is bound down to a convoluted cartilaginous structure with convex and concave surfaces. As such, repair on the lateral surface is usually limited to second intention healing, skin graft, or a flap from the medial pinna or other nearby cosmetic unit (i.e., preauricular cheek or postauricular scalp). The skin on the medial surface of the ear is a little looser and may provide adequate tissue for side-to-side or flap repair of small- to medium-sized defects, although flap repair frequently recruits tissue from the postauricular sulcus area. The helical rim provides the characteristic shape to the pinna, and reconstruction is most successful if the shape, size, and appearance of this contiguous structure is maintained. Fortunately, for many defects on the helical rim, the inferior helical rim and lobule provide an adequate reservoir of loose tissue from which to fashion a local flap repair.


Read more and view photos from simple to complex closures at the link

July 14, 2024

Former Fire Chief Corey Comperatore Killed At Trump Rally

Source: Daily Voice Franklin County, PA

Story by Jillian Pikora - 1h

(snip) Corey was from Sarver, PA, according to his Facebook profile. He is survived by his wife, daughter, mom, and sisters.

His sister Dawn wrote the following in a Facebook post:

"The PA Trump Rally claimed the life of my brother, Corey Comperatore. The hatred for one man took the life of the one man we loved the most. He was a hero that shielded his daughters. His wife and girls just lived through the unthinkable and unimaginable. My baby brother just turned 50 and had so much life left to experience. Hatred has no limits and love has no bounds. Pray for my sister-in-law, nieces, my mother, sister, me and his nieces and nephews as this feels like a terrible nightmare but we know it is our painful reality."
The other two audience members who were shot remain in critical condition at Allegheny General Hospital officials said on Sunday, July 14.
A GoFundMe has been launched by former president Donald Trump to help the victims and their families. Click here for the details. (snip)

Related stories:

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-fire-chief-corey-comperatore-killed-at-trump-rally/ar-BB1pXVHS

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Very sad no matter what the motivation was for attending w/family members.

July 1, 2024

Would it be possible to reduce the power of a hurricane

by rocket or drones of many baby-sized slow-released supercooled liquid nitrogen into a warm sea water environment in which there are high spinning winds?

June 28, 2024

I'm self-diagnosing myself with complex PTSD. I've had previous counseling w/inadequate

results and, at my age, there aren't many solutions that make any sense in pursuing. Everything triggers the feelings of fear and terror. Can anyone tell me how to cope; nothing is normal from my still married status to my country's precarious constitutional guarantees should that monster be re-elected. I'm feeling poor, invisible, and useless. I desperately want to live--just not like this! I manage the anger but not the acceptance that I've wasted my life. Everything's a trigger...some things not even current traditional civic rules, by tradition, could force ME to reveal what crimes I have been subjected. Are there any human beings that would convince me I still have any worth in this world???

June 22, 2024

Hundreds of Coffee Products Recalled Nationwide for Potential Botulism

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-coffee-products-recalled-nationwide-170000085.html


Robin Shreeves
Fri, June 21, 2024 at 1:00 PM EDT
(snip
How To Identify the Recalled Canned Coffees
The canned coffees were distributed nationwide through various coffee roasters and retail locations. They were also sold directly online from Snapchill, although to date, the company’s website makes no mention of the voluntary recall.

The canned coffees were sold under various roaster and brand names in can sizes ranging from 7 ounces to 12 ounces. The FDA lists the specific products, over 250 of them, that fall under the recall.

There are over 100 brand names associated with the recall. All products contain the language “Produced and distributed by Snapchill LLC” under the nutrition facts panel on the can. The recall is for all products on the list, regardless of purchase date or expiration date (snip)

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/snapchill-llc-recalls-canned-coffee-products-due-potential-clostridium-botulinum.


Something weird about this voluntary recall...(a form wasn't submitted?)

June 3, 2024

Glitch at New York Stock Exchange Throws Markets Into Chaos

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/glitch-york-stock-exchange-throws-162500832.html
Maxwell Zeff
Mon, Jun 3, 2024, 12:25 PM EDT



snip

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) said it was investigating a technical issue on Monday morning that caused roughly a dozen stocks, including Chipotle and GameStop, to experience volatility halts, according to Bloomberg. Berkshire Hathaway and the Bank of Montreal appeared to briefly trade at a 99% discount to their opening prices on Monday, seemingly related to the glitch.

“A technical issue with industry-wide price bands published by the CTA SIP triggered halts in a number of stocks listed on the NYSE Group exchanges this morning,” said the stock exchange on its status page at 11:08 am in New York. “Impacted stocks have since reopened (or are in the process of reopening) and the price bands issue has been resolved.”

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Wow, does any computerized stuff of importance work correctly anymore?

April 18, 2024

U.S. Postal Service shipping contractor shutting Columbus operations, cutting 82 jobs

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/04/18/usps-contractor-evo-transportation-closing.html

(Paywall promotion to subscribe to all relevant stories outside of a free newsnote) Not sure this link will correctly work but condensed and copied/pasted here by recipient OP of the newsnote as a quasi-governmental notice related to USPS management. Please read and alert me in comments, and I will delete if rules prevent publication condensed as is and pasted here.

By Carrie Ghose – Staff reporter, Columbus Business First
Apr 18, 2024

A major shipping contractor for the U.S. Postal Service is closing its Columbus operations center, ending 82 jobs, according to a notice filed with the state.Evo Transportation and Energy Services Inc. is "permanently ceasing all operations" at its 3115 E. 17th Ave. facility as of June 15, according to the WARN notice to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

The closure is "caused by a large client unexpectedly notifying Evo that it is terminating its contract with Evo, resulting in a significant loss of work and revenue at the impacted facility," the notice said. The notice did not name USPS, but mail transportation under 200 Postal Service contracts represents 90% of Evo's revenue, according to its latest annual report. The company believes it is one of the largest ground transportation contractors to the agency.

"Over the past few years the USPS has consolidated the number of carriers it utilizes and Evo expects further consolidation of this transportation supplier base," according to Evo's latest annual report, but the company believed at the time it could win more contracts in the process.

Phoenix-based Evo was delisted in March and has been selling off assets, according to its filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Its shares are now trading over-the-counter. The company filed its 2022 annual report late in November and has not filed a 2023 report.

Evo shuttered its Austin location in 2020, and filed a WARN notice for its Atlanta location this January, affecting 71 jobs. Besides Columbus, other operations centers are in Des Moines, Indianapolis, St. Louis, suburban Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin. The company had 1,760 employees overall at the end of 2022, according to the annual report.

The company went public in 2017 in a reverse merger of a natural gas company into a shell company, then started acquiring regional trucking carriers.Otherwise in Central Ohio, logistics has been booming, with new carriers attracted and local companies expanding.

March 28, 2024

ADVISORY: Serious event and delays

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/francis-scott-key-bridge

Anticipated Delays Due to Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Community Physician locations: Due to changing traffic patterns resulting from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, please anticipate delays when traveling to your appointments in the Baltimore city region. If you need to reschedule or conduct a virtual appointment, please contact your doctor’s office.

Johns Hopkins Care at Home: Due to changing traffic patterns resulting from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, please anticipate delays when traveling to your appointment at our Holabird location in Baltimore. If you need to reschedule, please contact us at your earliest convenience. Additionally, your in-home care, home medical equipment and/or medication delivery may be delayed as we adjust our routes to new traffic patterns. Thank you for your patience.