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My commander and the command chief executive assistant set up a special yoga class for the whole office in the afternoon three days a week to help me lose weight and build up my stamina after my return to the office. They found a way I could exercise and helped to keep me motivated. Thanks to them I lost over 60 pounds, and my doctor said my diabetes issues may be a thing of the past. I couldn’t do the exercises the way they were intended, but they found alternative ways for me to participate by using a chair in the office. Turns out the morale in the whole office went up. Even the folks who didn’t participate cheered us on.
The Air Force has programs available to help you with your leave if you are a civilian like me. Once the doctor documents the illness, you can sign up for individuals to donate leave. The only problem was unless they told you, you didn’t know who they were. So please know the time you donated to me really made a difference. I could never repay you. This Air Force Program takes individuals use or lose leave and allows them to donate it. Thank you DoD.
They have other leave programs as well. You can, with your supervisor’s permission, borrow leave as well. I had to use it as well. And now I am working hard to pay that time back. These are programs you might not know about, which is why I wanted to write this editorial.
But the greatest thing the Air Force did for me is to allow me to work. The ability to go somewhere and do something for someone else, really made a difference. I have never been able to just sit around and wait for the worst to happen. I have to do something. And the love, care and smiles I received from my command every day helped me make it through this challenge. So know that I am here today healthier and happier because of this great U.S. Air Force and the programs it has in place to help.
But, it all started with that mammogram. Don’t wait. Go get yours today. It may be uncomfortable, but it really can save your life!
Oscars: Louis C.K. Hilariously Introduces Best Documentary Shorts: "This Oscar's Going Home in a Honda Civic"
"It's going to give them anxiety to keep [the Oscar] in their crappy apartment," joked the comedian about the winner of the category.
When comedian Louis C.K. took the stage to introduce the nominees for best documentary short on Sunday night, he took a brutally honest approach.
Calling the category "the one award that has the opportunity to change a life," the Louie star joked about how the nominees will never make millions like the honorees in the rest of the night's categories.
"This is documentary short film — it's not even documentary feature," he said, to much laughter from the audience, naming Al Gore and Michael Moore as recipients of the latter. "No, you cannot make a dime on this. These people will never be rich as long as they live, so this Oscar means something."
He continued: "This Oscar's going home in a Honda Civic. This Oscar's going to be the nicest thing they ever own in their lives. It's going to give them anxiety to keep it in their crappy apartment."
The comedian then announced Mad Max as the winner, before eventually naming the real winner: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness.
"Thank God I have two [Oscars] now," Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the film's producer, said as she took the stage for a powerful speech. The documentary tells the story of a woman in Pakistan who is sentenced to death for falling in love, and becomes a rare survivor.
"This is what happens when determined women get together," she said before thanking the "men who champion women ... and push women to go to school and work and want a more just society for women."
The film beat out Body Team 12, Chau: Beyond the Lines, Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah and Last Day of Freedom.
The 88th annual Academy Awards, hosted by Chris Rock, took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and aired on ABC.
GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN — Hurricane season is five months away, but Grandfather Mountain has recorded winds that reached the equivalent of a Category 3 storm and set a record in the process.
Mountain officials posted to social media that winds reached 121.3 mph at approximately 4 a.m. Wednesday. The previous record of 120.7 mph was set on Dec. 21, 2012.
Officials said that at 7 a.m., wind gusts were reaching in excess of 100 mph.
Kelvin Davis has challenged his teammates to rise to the challenge of playing back-to-back ‘must-win’ games.
The Saints goalkeeper is targeting a third successive St Mary’s clean sheet to keep the play-off dream alive ahead of this weekend’s trip to fellow promotion hopefuls MK Dons.
Swindon currently occupy the sixth and final play-off berth, have not been out of the top six since the turn of the year and arrive in Southampton fresh from a 1-0 win at Brighton.
But Saints need to beat them to stay in contention.
“We walked into the ground on Saturday knowing it was a must-win game and we walked out after beating Leeds knowing we have another must win game against Swindon,” said Davis.
“We’ve got an opportunity to make ground on them and then we go to MK Dons and play Hartlepool at home so we’ve got an opportunity and we’re working very hard to make sure we achieve our highest possible position.
“Swindon are in there for a reason, they’ve picked up points from good play and being resilient so it will be a big test for us.
After losing at Tranmere, Saints have had their confidence renewed by beating Leeds.
“We’re playing very well at the moment, especially at home as the results have shown,” continued Davis.
“We kept another clean sheet on Saturday so defensively we’re getting things right and could have had a couple more goals as well.
“We’ve worked very hard and that’s what you have to do to achieve things. Our preparation and everything else has been spot on “It’s a bit of a pat on the back for everyone at the club.
A settled and solid back four of Jon Otsemobor, Radhi Jaidi, Jose Fonte and Dan Harding has been a significant factor in Saints’ recent performances, although Otsemobor is unavailable tonight after limping off after 15 minutes of Saturday’s win.
Is Mob Boss Murder Suspect Anthony Comello Just Nuts—or a QAnon Crazy?
When he raised his manacled left hand in a New Jersey courtroom on Monday afternoon, the 24-year-old accused of gunning down the boss of the Gambino crime family revealed that he had scribbled the QAnon symbol on the palm, along with some right-wing watchwords.
Has the QAnon fixation been extended from the Clintons to the Gambinos?
With his ballpoint pen scribblings, Anthony Comello seemed to affirm the opinion of three NYPD detectives who had independently described the Staten Island resident with the very same word after his arrest over the weekend.
The only question seems to be how nuts.
Maybe Comello is a Staten Island variation on the QAnon believers who imagine that a series of anonymous clues posted online since late 2017 prove that Trump is engaging in a secret war against the deep state and high-ranking pedophiles in the global elite. Your basic QAnon whacko blames a wide variety of targets for the world’s ills, including the media, the federal bureaucracy, the Democratic Party, and Hollywood.
But a Staten Island QAnon paranoid seeking to do battle with a permanent elite might very well include the Mafia. That could be particularly true if he had an interest in dating the niece of the Gambino crime family boss and had been told to stay away.
If Comello is a QAnon kook, he wouldn’t be the first believer to turn violent.
Last year, an armed QAnon believer allegedly shut down a road near the Hoover Dam with an improvised armored truck.
In January, another QAnon believer allegedly committed fratricide with a 4-foot sword because he was convinced his brother was a lizard.
Comello stands accused of shooting Mafia boss Frank Cali 10 times in front of his Staten Island home while his wife and niece sat inside at an interrupted family diner.
Comello was arrested early Saturday morning at his parents’ house in New Jersey. He had been identified by fingerprints he left at the crime scene and he had been traced from there by his cell phone. License plate readers recorded his pickup truck crossing into New Jersey. The pickup truck was in his parents’ garage when he was taken into custody. He had on the same coat and sneakers the gunman was seen wearing on the surveillance video of the shooting. He is said to have made incriminating statements.
But what remained unclear was the motive. One theory was that Comello became enraged when Cali forbade him from dating his niece. Another theory was that Comello is a drug user and pushers may have put him up to killing Cali.
And then there was this QAnon craziness at Monday’s hearing. One cop joked that this MAGA stood not for Make America Great Again but Make Another Gambino Appointment.
Comello waived extradition and is scheduled to be arraigned on murder charges in Staten Island next Monday. His declared allegiance to QAnon is not exactly a guarantee of personal safety in the New York City jails. Nor is being accused of killing a mob boss.
“Because of serious threats, he has been placed in protective custody, where he will remain while this case in pending,” the accused killer's attorney, Robert Gottlieb, reported in a statement.
Gottlieb repeated an earlier assertion.
By one report, Comello has tried to say that he was acting in self-defense. Those who have seen surveillance video of the fatal encounter say that Cali posed no manifest threat and in fact had his back to Comello when he was gunned down. The video is said to show Comello then standing over the sprawled Cali and firing numerous times.
The gunman in the video holds the gun in right hand, the same one that Comello apparently used to write on his palm and offered evidence that he is indeed a nut of whatever kind.
The last mob hit in New York involved a wise guy who was whacked while buying coffee at a McDonald’s.
But a QAnon rubout of a mob boss?
St. Louis Park-based Knutson Construction has promoted Ryan Christenson to project manager.
The Goodwill/Easter Seals construction training program mixes classroom instruction with onsite work.
The new parking garage project is the first parking structure to be built on the St. Paul College campus.
West Village$2.1 millionBedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 1,220 Common charges: $747You can “easily convert” this corner condo loft on West 13th Street into a two-bedroom, or you can keep the current open layout with a home office. Either way, you’ll enjoy the 111/2-foot beamed ceilings and the marble bath with a soaking tub. The kitchen has a pantry, a dishwasher and, perhaps best of all, a washer/dryer. Agent: Danielle Sevier, JC Deniro & Associates, (212) 741-2874.
Maintenance: $1,075The layout may be perfectly square, but there’s nothing uncool about this “spacious” co-op in a luxury doorman building on East 81st Street. The apartment boasts “abundant” closets, and the windowed alcove dining area is convertible to a second bedroom.
Agents: Frank J. Cuneo and Frank Ragusa, Bellmarc, (212) 239-0900, ext. 288 and ext. 258.
Square feet: 3,200Think of this Willoughby Avenue townhouse as a great two-bedroom duplex with business opportunities, thanks to the two one-bedroom floor-through rentals. The owner’s unit features a new kitchen, floor-to-ceiling windows and an “extra large” private back garden. And the location, on a landmarked tree-lined street, offers views of Fort Greene Park. Agent: Rodolfo Lucchese, The Corcoran Group, (718) 210-4015.
Maintenance: $3,100Unless you’re the nocturnal type, this “sun and outdoor lover’s delight” might be for you. The two-bedroom duplex on Broadway includes a 200-square-foot terrace and large windows with unobstructed views of the Upper West Side and beyond. The luxury doorman building also offers a sun deck. Agents: Abe Botha and John Redler, Prudential Douglas Elliman, (212) 769-6558 and (212) 769-9830.
Common charges: $395A waterfront Connecticut home for less than $1 million? It may not be an estate, but this “luxurious” condo, located in a trendy part of town, includes a large balcony and “breathtaking” views of the harbor, so you can keep an eye on your private 36-foot boat slip!
Agent: Doug Bross, The Riverside Realty Group, (203) 226-8300.
Midtown East$775,000Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 850 Maintenance: $1,394This “huge” corner co-op on the 28th floor of a luxury doorman building on East 54th Street offers great city views – whether they’re from the “state-of-the-art” windowed kitchen, the renovated windowed bathroom, the bright living room or the building’s sun roof. Agent: Rita Friedman, Bellmarc, (212) 688-8530, ext. 219.
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Eugene 9, Spokane 4: Tyler Durna hit a two-run home run as part of a five-run 11th inning and the visiting Emeralds (10-17) beat the Indians (9-18).
Starter Tai Tiedemann was roughed up for three runs on four hits and four walks over 3 2/3 innings.
Vancouver 7, Boise 1: Otto Lopez went 3 for 5 with a solo home run and three RBIs and the visiting Canadians (14-13) topped the Hawks (15-12). Griffin Conine went 3 for 5 and scored twice for Vancouver.
Hillsboro 9, Tri-City 5: Ryan Dobson went 2 for 5 with three RBIs and the Hops (19-8) handled the visiting Dust Devils (13-14). Francis Martinez and Joey Rose added a solo homers and Tre Holmes scored three times for Hillsboro.
Salem-Keizer 3, Everett 1: Joey Bart, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 MLB Draft by San Francisco, hit his sixth home run in his first seven NWL games, and the visiting Volcanoes (15-12) got past the AquaSox (13-14).
Round Rock (AAA) 8, Oklahoma City 4: Hanser Alberto went 3 for 4 with a three-run home run and four RBIs and the Express (44-46) beat the visiting Dodgers (46-40). Willie Calhoun went 2 for 4 with an RBI for Round Rock.
San Antonio at Frisco (AA): Postponed due to rain.
Buies Creek 2, Down East (High-A) 0: Brandon Bailey struck out six over five innings and the Astros (52-39) shut out the visiting Wood Ducks (44-48). Emerson Martinez was the hard-luck loser, allowing two unearned runs on three hits and a walk with six strikeouts over six innings.
West Virginia 8, Hickory (Low-A) 2: Fabricio Macias drove in three and the visiting Power (48-38) handled the Crawdads (40-48). Tyreque Reed went 2 for 4 for Hickory.
The Ganja Motor-Car Assembling Works has announced a tender on delivering of car component and spare parts to Azerbaijan from China, the press-service of the Plant told Trend today.
It was pointed out in the message that the Ganja Motor-Car Works cancelled the agreement with the previous companies which was to deliver the component and spare parts of China`s Chan Gan to Ganja even in August this year.
It also pointed out that the receiving of component and spare parts for 18 cars within the initial stage was about two month tardy. According to the agreement with the company Chan Gan, within the second delivery of component and spare parts, the Ganja Plant is expected to receive the parts for 50 cars.
Neil Titterington and Graeme Lloyd, of 2020 Vision Systems.
A company is celebrating after landing a £1.2m contract after bolstering its management team.
North Shields-based 2020 Vision Systems Ltd has been selected to provide a security system for the University of Birmingham, after winning a competitive European tender.
Sales manager Neil Titterington and engineering manager Graeme Lloyd gained diplomas in leadership and management.
Neil said: “It became clear to us that to remain competitive during the pre-qualifying questionnaire (PQQ) stage for European contracts, we needed to be able to prove on paper we are fully qualified to manage large scale projects.
“All managers can learn more, even if you’ve been doing it for decades.
The higher apprenticeship run by Access Training is designed for managers to support the development of their leadership and management skills.
It covers strategic decision making, managing budgets, planning and implementing change, leading teams and managing projects.
The University of Birmingham contract will see five 2020 Vision Systems technicians on site for two years.
The deal involves supplying video surveillance and access control for a new 780-bed student accommodation block, a sports centre, library and a comprehensive school.
2020 Vision Systems is owned by Peter Houlis, managing director, and operations director, Peter Jones.
Now employing 31 people, the company has evolved and supplies fully-integrated, cutting edge security systems to large organisations from central Scotland down to the M4 corridor.
Access Training is an award winning training provider with offices in Gateshead, Newcastle and Chester-le-Street and has helped over 5,000 people start and develop careers.
We don’t like Bob Hugin or Bob Menendez. We chose not to simply hold our nose and endorse the candidate we felt was least flawed.
We don’t take the political endorsement process at the Asbury Park Press lightly. We spend a lot of time talking to candidates, examining their track records and backgrounds, assessing their positions on issues and their character, and debating who would best represent constituents.
In the U.S. Senate race between Democratic incumbent Bob Menendez and Republican Bob Hugin, we were faced with one of our toughest endorsement choices in years — for all of the wrong reasons. We don’t like either of them. Ultimately, we decided not to endorse. We chose not to simply hold our nose and back the candidate we felt was least flawed.
We have long believed that if we don’t feel strongly about something, we shouldn’t waste our time taking an editorial position on it.
In the case of the Menendez-Hugin Senate race, we actually did feel strongly — strongly that neither of these ethically challenged candidates warranted an endorsement.
Our non-endorsement doesn’t mean we think you should avoid voting for one of them. You need to decide yourself whether you think any ethical shortcomings are secondary to their positions on issues.
Menendez is a staunch liberal. Some of his policies have been good for the state; others not so much. Hugin, former CEO of Celgene, a pharmaceutical company, has tried to sell himself as a moderate in the mold of former N.J. Gov. Tom Kean. But his serving as chairman of Trump’s New Jersey presidential campaign and his $200,000 in campaign donations to him strongly suggest otherwise. And on the health care issue, which voters have identified as their top concern in New Jersey and elsewhere, Hugin’s actions as head of a drug company don’t bode well for patient-centered reforms.
Bottom line: We can’t get past both candidates’ ethics. It’s depressing that the Democratic Party couldn’t come up with someone to better represent New Jersey than a sleazy incumbent, and that the Republicans chose to line up behind the poster child for drug company greed — yet another candidate who is wealthy enough — at the public’s expense — to try to buy an election.