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KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed how the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion affects contraception on NPR/WAMU’s “1A” on July 6.
California Healthline reporter and producer Heidi de Marco discussed Marta Segura’s role as Los Angeles’ first climate officer on KPFK-FM’s “Enfoque Latino” on June 30, in Spanish.
KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.
RAPID CITY, S.D. ― Jeni Rae Peters would make promises to herself as she lay awake nights after being diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago.
“My kids had lost so much,” said Peters, a single mom and mental health counselor. She had just adopted two girls and was fostering four other children. “I swore I wouldn’t force them to have yet another parent.”
Multiple surgeries, radiation, and chemotherapy controlled the cancer. But, despite having insurance, Peters was left with more than $30,000 of debt, threats from bill collectors, and more anxious nights thinking of her kids. “Do I pull them out of day care? Do I stop their schooling and tutoring? Do I not help them with college?” Peters asked herself. “My doctor saved my life, but my medical bills are stealing from my children’s lives.”
Cancer kills about 600,000 people in the U.S. every year, making it a leading cause of death. Many more survive it, because of breakthroughs in medicines and therapies.
But the high costs of modern-day care have left millions with a devastating financial burden. That’s forced patients and their families to make gut-wrenching sacrifices even as they confront a grave illness, according to a KHN-NPR investigation of America’s sprawling medical debt problem. The project shows few suffer more than those with cancer.
About two-thirds of adults with health care debt who’ve had cancer themselves or in their family have cut spending on food, clothing, or other household basics, a poll conducted by KFF for this project found. About 1 in 4 have declared bankruptcy or lost their home to eviction or foreclosure.
Other research shows that patients from minority groups are more likely to experience financial hardships caused by cancer than white patients, reinforcing racial disparities that shadow the U.S. health care system.
“It’s crippling,” said Dr. Veena Shankaran, a University of Washington oncologist who began studying the financial impact of cancer after seeing patients ruined by medical bills. “Even if someone survives the cancer, they often can’t shake the debt.”
Shankaran found that cancer patients were 71% more likely than Americans without the disease to have bills in collections, face tax liens and mortgage foreclosure, or experience other financial setbacks. Analyzing bankruptcy records and cancer registries in Washington state, Shankaran and other researchers also discovered that cancer patients were 2½ times as likely to declare bankruptcy as those without the disease. And those who went bankrupt were likelier to die than cancer patients who did not.
Oncologists have a name for this: “financial toxicity,” a term that echoes the intractable vomiting, life-threatening infections, and other noxious effects of chemotherapy.
“Sometimes,” Shankaran said, “it’s tough to think about what the system puts patients through.”
Cancer Diagnosis Upends Family
At the three-bedroom home in Rapid City that Peters shares with her children and a friend, there isn’t time most days to dwell on these worries. There are ice skating lessons and driving tests and countless meals to prepare. Teenagers drift in and out, chattering about homework and tattoos and driving.
The smallest children congregate at a small kitchen table under a wall decorated with seven old telephones. (As Peters tells it, the red one is a hotline to Santa, a green one to the Grinch, and a space shuttle-shaped phone connects to astronauts orbiting the Earth.)
Peters, 44, presides cheerfully over the chaos, directing her children with snide asides and expressions of love. She watches proudly as one teenage daughter helps another with math in the living room. Later she dances with a 5-year-old to Queen under a disco ball in the entry hall.
Peters, who sports tattoos and earlier this year dyed her hair purple, never planned to have a family. In her late 30s, she wanted to do more for her adopted community, so she took in foster children, many of whom come from the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. One of her daughters had been homeless.
“Foster kids are amazing humans,” she said. “I joke I’m the most reluctant parent of the most amazing children that have ever existed. And I get to help raise these little people to be healthy and safe.”
In spring 2020, the secure world Peters had carefully tended was shattered. As the covid pandemic spread across the country, she was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer.
Within weeks, she had an intravenous port inserted into her chest. Surgeons removed both her breasts, then her ovaries after tests showed she was at risk of ovarian cancer as well.
Cancer treatment today often entails a costly, debilitating march of procedures, infusions, and radiation sessions that can exhaust patients physically and emotionally. It was scary, Peters said. But she rallied her children. “We talked a lot about how they had all lost siblings or parents or other relatives,” she said. “All I had to do was lose my boobs.”
Much harder, she said, were the endless and perplexing medical bills.
There were bills from the anesthesiologists who attended her surgeries, from the hospital, and from a surgery center. For a while, the hospital stopped sending bills. Then in April, Peters got a call one morning from a bill collector saying she owed $13,000. In total, Peters estimates her medical debts now exceed $30,000.
High Costs, Despite Insurance
Debts of that size aren’t unusual. Nationwide, about 1 in 5 indebted adults who have had cancer or have a family member who’s been sick say they owe $10,000 or more, according to the KFF poll. Those dealing with cancer are also more likely than others with health care debt to owe large sums and to say they don’t expect to ever pay them off.
This debt has been fueled in part by the advent of lifesaving therapies that also come with eye-popping price tags. The National Cancer Institute calculated the average cost of medical care and drugs tops $42,000 in the year following a cancer diagnosis. Some treatments can exceed $1 million.
Usually, most costs are covered. But patients are increasingly on the hook for large bills because of deductibles and other health plan cost sharing. The average leukemia patient with private health insurance, for example, can expect to pay more than $5,100 in the year after diagnosis, according to an analysis by the consulting firm Milliman. Even Medicare can leave seniors with huge bills. The average blood cancer patient covered by fee-for-service Medicare can expect to pay more than $17,000 out-of-pocket in the year following diagnosis, Milliman found.
Additionally, ongoing surgeries, tests, and medications can make patients pay large out-of-pocket costs year after year. Physicians and patient advocates say this cost sharing ― originally billed as a way to encourage patients to shop for care ― is devastating. “The problem is that model doesn’t work very well with cancer,” said Dr. David Eagle, an oncologist at New York Cancer & Blood Specialists.
More broadly, the KHN-NPR investigation found that about 100 million people in the U.S. are now in debt from medical or dental bills. Poor health is among the most powerful predictors of debt, with this debt concentrated in parts of the country with the highest levels of illness.
According to the KFF poll, 6 in 10 adults with a chronic disease such as cancer, diabetes, or heart disease or with a close family member who is sick have had some kind of health care debt in the past five years. The poll was designed to capture not just bills patients haven’t paid, but also other borrowing used to pay for health care, such as credit cards, payment plans, and loans from friends and family.
For her part, Peters has had seven surgeries since 2020. Through it all, she had health insurance through her employers. Peters said she knew she had to keep working or would lose coverage and face even bigger bills. Like most plans, however, hers have required she pay thousands of dollars out-of-pocket.
Within weeks of her diagnosis, the bills rolled in. Then collectors started calling. One call came as Peters was lying in the recovery room after her double mastectomy. “I was kind of delirious, and I thought it was my kids,” she said. “It was someone asking me to pay a medical bill.”
Peters faced more bills when she switched jobs later that year and her insurance changed. The deductible and cap on her out-of-pocket costs reset.
In 2021, the deductible and out-of-pocket limit reset again, as they do every year for most health plans. So when Peters slipped on the ice and broke her wrist ― a fracture likely made worse by chemotherapy that weakened her bones ― she was charged thousands more.
This year has brought more surgeries and yet more bills, as her deductible and out-of-pocket limit reset again.
“I don’t even know anymore how much I owe,” Peters said. “Sometimes it feels like people just send me random bills. I don’t even know what they’re for.”
Making Sacrifices
Before getting sick, Peters was earning about $60,000 a year. It was enough to provide for her children, she said, supplemented with a stipend she receives for foster care.
The family budget was always tight. Peters and her kids don’t take extravagant vacations. Peters doesn’t own her home and has next to no savings. Now, she said, they are living at the edge. “I keep praying there is a shoe fairy,” she said, joking about the demands of so many growing feet in her home.
Peters took on extra work to pay some of the bills. Five days a week, she works back-to-back shifts at both a mental health crisis center and a clinic where she counsels teenagers, some of whom are suicidal. Last year, three friends on the East Coast paid off some of the debt.
But Peters’ credit score has tumbled below 600. And the bills pile high on the microwave in her kitchen. “I’m middle-class,” she said. “Could I make payments on some of these? Yes, I suppose I could.”
That would require trade-offs. She could drop car insurance for her teenage daughter, who just got her license. Canceling ice skating for another daughter would yield an extra $60 a month. But Peters is reluctant. “Do you know what it feels like to be a foster kid and get a gold medal in ice skating? Do you know what kind of citizen they could become if they know they’re special?” she said. “There seems to be a myth that you can pay for it all. You can’t.”
Many cancer patients face difficult choices.
About 4 in 10 with debt have taken money out of a retirement, college, or other long-term savings account, the KFF poll found; about 3 in 10 have moved in with family or friends or made another change in their living situation.
Dr. Kashyap Patel, chief executive of Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates, said the South Carolina practice has found patients turning to food banks and other charities to get by. One patient was living in his car. Patel estimated that half the patients need some kind of financial aid. Even then, many end up in debt.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, which typically helps blood cancer patients navigate health insurance and find food, housing, and other nonmedical assistance, is hearing from more patients simply seeking cash to pay off debt, said Nikki Yuill, who oversees the group’s call center. “People tell us they won’t get follow-up care because they can’t take on more debt,” Yuill said, recalling one man who refused to call an ambulance even though he couldn’t get to the hospital. “It breaks your heart.”
Academic research has revealed widespread self-rationing by patients. For example, while nearly 1 in 5 people taking oral chemotherapy abandon treatment, about half stop when out-of-pocket costs exceed $2,000, according to a 2017 analysis.
Robin Yabroff, an epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society, said more research must be done to understand the lasting effects of medical debt on cancer survivors and their families. “What does it mean for a family if they have to liquidate savings or drain college funds or sell their home?” Yabroff said. “We just don’t know yet.”
As Peters put away bags of groceries in her kitchen, she conceded she doesn’t know what will happen to her family. Like many patients, she worries about how she’ll pay for tests and follow-up care if the cancer reappears.
She is still wading through collection notices in the mail and fielding calls from debt collectors. Peters told one that she was prepared to go to court and ask the judge to decide which of her children should be cut off from after-school activities to pay off the debts.
She asked another debt collector whether he had kids. “He told me that it had been my choice to get the surgery,” Peters recalled. “And I said, 'Yeah, I guess I chose not to be dead.’”
About This Project
“Diagnosis: Debt” is a reporting partnership between KHN and NPR exploring the scale, impact, and causes of medical debt in America.
The series draws on the “KFF Health Care Debt Survey,” a poll designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at KFF in collaboration with KHN journalists and editors. The survey was conducted Feb. 25 through March 20, 2022, online and via telephone, in English and Spanish, among a nationally representative sample of 2,375 U.S. adults, including 1,292 adults with current health care debt and 382 adults who had health care debt in the past five years. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for the full sample and 3 percentage points for those with current debt. For results based on subgroups, the margin of sampling error may be higher.
Additional research was conducted by the Urban Institute, which analyzed credit bureau and other demographic data on poverty, race, and health status to explore where medical debt is concentrated in the U.S. and what factors are associated with high debt levels.
The JPMorgan Chase Institute analyzed records from a sampling of Chase credit card holders to look at how customers’ balances may be affected by major medical expenses.
Reporters from KHN and NPR also conducted hundreds of interviews with patients across the country; spoke with physicians, health industry leaders, consumer advocates, debt lawyers, and researchers; and reviewed scores of studies and surveys about medical debt.
KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.
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Do you spend hours looking for tech that complements your minimal decor? So do we, and we know it isn’t always easy to find. But there are minimal gems out there, and we found 10 of the best below. From a slim water purifier to a wall-mounted record player, these products match your style.
1. The Graypants Chrona ceiling light adds a minimalist glow to your living space and has both horizontal and vertical configurations.
Graypants Chrona hanging from a ceiling
Inspired by the phosphorescent envelope around the stars, the Graypants Chrona ceiling light combines diffused acrylic and spun brass for a stunning visual feast. You can cluster several together or hang them individually.
Get them starting at $695 on the official website.
2. The SwitchBot Smart Lock looks modern on your front door with its clean lines and simple interface. Plus, it works with popular voice assistants.
SwitchBot Smart Lock product video
Even your door lock can match your minimalist decor when you have the SwitchBot Smart Lock. Even better, it opens or locks your front door via Hey Google, Alexa, Sirri, IFTTT, and SmartThings.
Ensure your drinking water is pristine with the Pentair Rocean The Reservoir water cleaner. Its 390-gallon water filter removes lead, cysts, chemicals, and more and works on demand. Meanwhile, the design is slim and pretty, which is why it made our list of unique gadgets with minimal designs.
4. The Cleer Crescent 3D smart speaker features a unique crescent shape and creates an all-in-1 audio system that looks amazing.
Cleer Crescent YouTube video
Who says your speaker has to look, well, like a speaker? The Cleer Crescent 3D smart speaker doesn’t. Stepping away from typical tech styling, this speaker offers a 3D sound experience with beam-forming technology and immersive audio modes. It even works with Google Assistant.
5. The Spark One charcoal grill is probably one of the most beautiful grills available. We love the insulated steel kettle.
Spark One grilling food
Looking for a grill that adds to your patio’s decor? Go for the Spark One charcoal grill. Its minimalist kettle design adds functional style to your backyard. Moreover, it features premium materials, easy use and cleanup, and a companion app.
6. The Robin Day Digital Clock has a sleek shape. Best of all, it reminds you about important events first thing in the morning.
Robin Day Digital Clock with a photo reminder
Choose a nightstand clock with a mindful design when you go for the Robin Day Digital Clock. Its buttons and interface are easy to use, and you can create as many alarms, custom messages, and reminders as you need. Meanwhile, it automatically adjusts for daylight saving time, making it one of our favorite unique gadgets with minimal designs.
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Visit the official website for more information about this concept gadget.
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Ensure every gadget in your home fits your minimalist aesthetic when you go for the unique and streamlined products on this list. Which ones did you love the most? Let us know in the comments.
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Are you booking an Airbnb retreat with the family this year? Sure, that lakeside getaway has a hot tub for the adults and a climbing wall for the kiddos. But what will you do during the inevitable downtime? Play some cool board games, of course. And here are some of the top crowdfunded ones of the week.
These titles will add a healthy dose of competition to your quality time, from a chemistry-based board game to a post-apocalypse deck-building game.
Splintered Lands deck-building game
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Plunge yourself into a post-apocalyptic world when you play Splintered Lands, a 2-player game. This game occurs 200 years in the future when humanity has been mostly destroyed.
While a small segment of people took refuge in domed utopian cities, those outside the domes became rugged, stubborn individuals—the survivors. But there aren’t enough resources left to sustain their growing numbers, leading to war.
As a player, you must spend your authority to gain power, assert your influence, and find skilled allies. On your turn, you’ll play cards, choose cards, and navigate your faction.
Compounded: The Peer-Reviewed Edition and Lab Notes: Roll-and-Write
Compounded: Peer Review box
Taking its 2013 board game to the next level, Greater Than Games is releasing Compounded: The Peer-Reviewed Edition as well as Lab Notes. In the new Compounded, scientists grapple for recognition and get credit for their discoveries while competing for resources.
This updated edition boasts new rules and artwork for easier, more fun gameplay. In the game, you’re a scientist attempting to create chemical compounds that receive a high score using the tools you collect along your way.
Then, in Lab Notes, you’re challenged to chemical bonds according to how you roll elemental dice for Oxygen, Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, or a Bunsen burner. Can you make the chemical on the card? The winner completes their sheet first, making this one of our favorite cool board games.
Pledge $15 to support Lab Notes or $35 to support Compounded: The Peer-Reviewed Edition.
Mini Express Map Pack Expansions 1 & 2
Mini Express Map Pack Expansion 1 & 2 components
Did you love Mini Express by Moaideas Game Design? Then the Mini Express Map Pack Expansion 1 & 2 is the natural continuation since it includes the UK, Taiwan, Japan, and Spain editions.
If you’re unfamiliar with Mini Express, it’s a strategic board game for 1 to 5 players where you and other wealthy capitalists run 4 railroad companies. Through careful planning, you attempt to be the most influential railroad baron.
The expansion maps take you to the UK, Taiwan, Japan, and Spain to build railroads, exerting your influence abroad. There, you’ll construct things such as the London Underground.
The DUNGENERATOR: Series 2 and Reprinting Series 1
The DUNGENERATOR dungeon cards
Are you and your family all about RPGs? Then maybe you’re getting used to the turns your DM throws at you. So check out The DUNGENERATOR: Series 2 and Reprinting Series 1 by ROLLINKUNZ. It belongs in your cool board games closet because this deck of cards randomly creates inky, organic dungeons.
This way, the DM won’t have to hand-draw a layout or borrow a map. Meanwhile, each room in the dungeon includes captivating visuals. The Standalone deck comes with 54 double-sided cards with over 60 pieces of hand-inked art by ROLLINKUNZ.
The DUNGENERATOR Series 1 is also available as a reprint in this campaign.
Pledge $5 for a digital DUNGENERATOR deck on Kickstarter.
Dice Throne: Santa Vs. Krampus
Dice Throne: Santa Vs. Krampus video
Going away for the winter holidays later this year? Then be sure to pack Dice Throne: Santa Vs. Krampus. It’s a 2–6-player game designed for ages 8 and up. Featuring fast playtime, easy rules, and super replayability, it’s holiday-themed fun for the whole family.
Simply choose your hero—Santa or Krampus—and roll the dice to activate their abilities. Then, you can use Upgrade cards to improve your abilities as you play. Action cards help you strategically manipulate the dice and catch your opponent off guard.
Claim victory when you reduce your opponent’s health to zero.
After a relaxing day of boating or hiking mountain trails, your group will undoubtedly be up for a bit—or a lot—of friendly competition. So games like Dice Throne: Santa Vs. Krampus, Compounded: Peer-Reviewed, and Splintered Land will fit right in.
What board games do you own and love? Tell us about them!
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According to AMD CEO Lisa Su's keynote last year, Genoa processors should have up to 96 cores based on the Zen 4 architecture and use the TSMC 5nm node. They're supposed to have twice the density and power efficiency of their preceding series, Milan, and 25% more performance overall.
This week, a federal grand jury indicted a Florida man for allegedly selling more than $1 billion of counterfeit Cisco networking equipment to several individuals, hospitals, schools, government agencies, and even the military.
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aletho posted: " By Francis Menton | Manhattan Contrarian | July 08, 2022 Last Thursday, June 30, the Supreme Court issued its decision in West Virginia v. EPA, holding that, absent a further explicit statute from the Congress, the EPA did not have the authority to" Aletho News
Last Thursday, June 30, the Supreme Court issued its decision in West Virginia v. EPA, holding that, absent a further explicit statute from the Congress, the EPA did not have the authority to orchestrate its planned fundamental restructuring of the electric power generation sector of the economy. More generally, the Supreme Court stated that in cases involving "major questions," including regulations that affect large portions of the economy, the government must demonstrate "clear congressional authorization" to support a sweeping effort to regulate.
Do you think that such a Supreme Court decision might cause the various regulatory bureaucracies to slow down and reconsider a little before plowing ahead with other dubious plans for fundamental economic restructurings? That's not how these bureaucracies work. And such is most particularly the case with regard to regulators of the energy sector, sometimes known as "climate change" arena, where the bureaucrats are burning with a righteous religious fervor that they believe entitles them to cast the evil sinners into the fires of hell.
And thus, contemporaneous with the Supreme Court's decision, several agencies promptly doubled down on efforts to strangle the oil and gas industries with regulatory restrictions, essentially daring the courts or anyone else to stop them. Thousands of pages of statutes give them thousands of arguments to claim they have the "clear congressional authorization," any one of which arguments might stick. They are now out to show who's boss.
[W]e are committed to using the full scope of EPA's authorities to protect communities and reduce the pollution that is driving climate change. . . . EPA will move forward with lawfully setting and implementing environmental standards that meet our obligation to protect all people and all communities from environmental harm.
In other words, we will just have to find other ways to implement the restrictions that we want to implement. The very next day, July 1, David Blackmon at Forbes reported that "EPA Targets Permian Basin, Widening Biden's War On Oil And Gas." The Permian Basin is currently the most productive oil and gas region in the United States, providing about 40% of the oil production and 15% of the gas of the entire country. The Permian Basin is also the site of about 40% of the nation's active drilling rigs. And so it seems that EPA is gearing up to declare the Permian Basin a so-called "non-attainment area" with respect to ozone. Blackmon:
[T]he Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced [this week that] it may soon issue a ruling declaring that vast parts of the Permian Basin are in "non-attainment" status under the agency's ozone regulations. If such a declaration is made, it will constitute a direct governmental assault on what is by far America's most active and productive oil-producing region and its second most-productive natural gas area.
What would be the effect of such a declaration on current and future U.S. domestic oil and gas production? Blackmon again:
Placing the Permian Basin in non-attainment status would force a significant reduction in the region's rig count, severely limiting the domestic industry's efforts to increase U.S. oil production at a time when the global oil market is already severely under-supplied.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott promptly called on the Biden Administration to back off, saying that an EPA "non-attainment declaration "could interfere in the production of oil in Texas which could lead to skyrocketing prices at the pump by reducing production, increase the cost of that production, or do both." But Blackmon notes that the plan comes from an office headed by a Biden-appointed anti-fossil-fuel activist, and thus is likely a core element of the administration's program:
Mr. Biden appointed Joe Goffman, another of the many anti-fossil fuel activists that now hold senior posts at his various agencies, to head up EPA's Office of Air and Radiation on an acting basis. That appointment might have been made with this specific policy action in mind.
Meanwhile, over at the Interior Department, July 1 was also the day for issuance of a statutorily-mandated five-year off-shore oil and gas leasing plan. Nicholas Groom at Reuters has a summary here. The bottom line is, we're going to completely shut down leasing off both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, but maybe we'll allow a little in the Gulf of Mexico or the Cook Inlet (Alaska). The number of auctions over the five-year period will be in the range of "zero to eleven," and supposedly we'll take public input as to which way to go. But Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in a statement left no doubt as to where she wants and expects this to come out:
"From Day One, President Biden and I have made clear our commitment to transition to a clean energy economy," Haaland said in a statement. "Today, we put forward an opportunity for the American people to consider and provide input on the future of offshore oil and gas leasing. The time for the public to weigh in on our future is now."
There is a 90 day period for public comment. You can be sure that environmental activist groups will flood the zone with thousands of comments to support the approach of the "zero" option of ceasing all further off-shore leases.
Other agencies were eerily silent in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's June 30 decision. Notable among those were the SEC and the Federal Reserve, both of which have recently ventured into adding "climate change" to their missions with only the most questionable of statutory support. Neither has given any indication of an intention to slow down.
And then on July 2, President Biden issued his now-famous tweet blaming the rising price of gas at the pump on gas station owners:
My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global peril. Bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you're paying for the product. And do it now.
A bureaucracy-wide campaign is ongoing under this guy's direction to suppress oil and gas production in any way they can think of, and yet he has the gall to blame high prices on "companies running gas stations," the majority of which are small independent businesses. At this point Biden has become malicious.
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Executive vice president/general manager Joe Sakic has been named the Avalanche's president of hockey operations, clearing the way for assistant GM Chris MacFarland to take over as the fifth general manager in Colorado team history.
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To dodge hefty costs for eyewear, California’s health insurance program for low-income people, Medi-Cal, has an innovative strategy: It contracts exclusively with the state’s prisons, and inmates make glasses for its beneficiaries.
But the partnership that began more than 30 years ago has fractured. Medi-Cal enrollees, many of whom are children, and their eye care providers say that they often wait months for the glasses and that sometimes they arrive broken.
“I understand the aim of trying to give prisoners a worthy occupation,” said Kelly Hardy, senior managing director of health and research for a California-based child advocacy group, Children Now. “But not at the expense of kids being able to see.”
Medi-Cal’s contract with the California Prison Industry Authority, or CALPIA, a business enterprise within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that employs inmates, has been in place since 1988. Other Medicaid programs — including those in Massachusetts and North Carolina — rely on prison labor to fulfill the promises of their vision benefit.
Experts noted, though, that such innovations work only if patients receive their glasses in a timely manner. Complaints from consumers and eye professionals have led California lawmakers to consider an expensive proposal that would allow Medi-Cal to purchase glasses from retail labs.
San Francisco resident Jane Angel said her 6-year-old son, David Morando, waited two months for his glasses to be delivered. He needed them because “he sits in the back of his classroom,” Angel said. She’s concerned because David is also on the autism spectrum, so not being able to see is another reason that concentrating in class is hard for him. “He’s not able to see the board, and it’s just hard for him to learn,” Angel said.
Optometrists, too, have been frustrated by slow turnaround times and frequent prescription mistakes.
“There’s nothing that we can do to get the glasses quicker,” said Joy Grey, the office manager of Alpert Eye Care in Mission Viejo. Her clinic tracks pending glasses orders by keeping empty trays for each on a shelf. A few months ago, so many CALPIA orders were pending that Grey and her colleagues were running out of space for others. “That’s how backlogged we are,” she said.
A third of Californians — including 40% of the state’s children, nearly 5.2 million kids — are enrolled in Medi-Cal. The federal government requires that Medicaid offer vision benefits for children. Medi-Cal has generally covered routine eye exams and a pair of glasses once every two years for this age group. In January 2020, California’s program expanded benefits to adults.
Orders for glasses from Medi-Cal to CALPIA rose from nearly 490,000 in 2019 to 654,000 in 2020 and then to 880,400 in 2021.
In an unscientific survey of 171 of its members in March, the California Optometric Association found that 65% of respondents had experienced waits of one to three months for glasses ordered for Medi-Cal patients. In comparison, the survey found that the average turnaround time for glasses from private labs was less than 15 days.
But CALPIA spokesperson Michele Kane said production has been moving much faster than that. She said orders from 2011 to 2020 were filled, on average, five days after labs received them, but turnaround times began to slip during the covid-19 pandemic and hit a peak in January 2021 with a 37-day average. Since then, she added, the wait times for orders have improved and reached nine days by April 2021 and are expected to get back to five days this month.
To speed up fulfillment of Medi-Cal glasses orders, Kane said, CALPIA contracts with nine “backup” labs. Five are in states outside California. Of the 880,400 orders CALPIA received last year, 54% were sent to the contracted private labs, Kane said. These labs send the glasses to CALPIA, which then mails them to the clinics that ordered them.
Kane blamed prison lockdowns and restrictions triggered by the covid pandemic for exacerbating what she said were previously system hiccups that could upend production in prison optical labs.
In the survey, however, more than half of the optometrists said they had not seen turnaround times improve significantly.
A bill under consideration by the California legislature seeks to address the issue by stripping away the exclusivity of the arrangement and allowing clinics to also order glasses from retail labs.
The measure is a “response to the shocking disparity in the level of optical care that the state provides to some of its most vulnerable residents,” state Sen. Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita), the bill’s sponsor, said in a written statement.
But it has a big price tag. An analysis by California’s Department of Health Care Services, which was referenced by lawmakers supporting the bill, estimates that the cost to Medi-Cal for a pair of glasses from private labs would be 141% higher than what it pays CALPIA.
CALPIA employs 295 incarcerated people for optical programs in three prisons: Valley State Prison in Chowchilla; the California State Prison Solano in Vacaville; and, most recently, the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla. When the optometric program at the women’s facility is in full operation, expected this month, that total will be 420.
One benefit of the partnership is that inmates learn skills they can use to get jobs after they complete their sentences. It also works to lower recidivism rates, Kane said.
Anthony Martinez, 40, knows the pros and cons of the system. He was incarcerated in 2000 at age 19. For the last three years of his decadelong sentence, he worked in the prison’s optical program. “That was an opportunity that I was going to take full advantage of,” Martinez said.
The day after his release, Martinez got a license from the American Board of Opticianry to manufacture and sell glasses. A month later, he was hired as a lab technician at a LensCrafters in Los Angeles and was eventually promoted to lab manager. By 2020, he had helped open three other eyeglasses stores across the state.
Martinez is aware of the benefits he gained from his experience in CALPIA’s optical program but understands the impact that long wait times have on patients, especially kids.
“I would think that it needs to be run better,” Martinez said. “I mean, being out there, I understand you have to have quality and precision for this kind of work.”
Dr. Premilla Banwait, a pediatric optometrist at the University of California-San Francisco, said that in addition to experiencing long turnaround times, she has received many glasses for Medi-Cal patients that were broken.
Kane said CALPIA must remake fewer than 1% of orders.
Clarice Waterfield, 64, who lives in Paso Robles, had trouble with her order.
Waterfield has diplopia, or double vision, and an astigmatism that causes her vision to be blurry. She’s a personal shopper for grocery delivery company Instacart, and without help seeing, she said, boxes of cereal and crackers blend together. Grocery store aisles become big, long blocks.
She got her glasses about six weeks after ordering them March 1. She eagerly put them on but found they weren’t the right prescription. They made her vision worse. “You could have held a stuffed animal or something right in front of my face, and all I could see was a big, blurry smear.”
The clinic had to return the glasses and reorder them. After another six weeks, Waterfield received the correct pair. But she remembers the frustration.
“I was like, 'Are you kidding me?’” Waterfield recalled. “I’ve been waiting too long for these glasses, and now that I have them in my hands, I have to hand them back?”
This story was produced by KHN (Kaiser Health News), a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.
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In the three-minute teaser clip, characters in the series got introduced. Netizens were intrigued [especially] by Janella Salvador.
One netizen noted Janella’s strong presence without even uttering a single word in the trailer.
the way Janella Salvador did not utter a single word but her presence was so charismatic. Her take on Valentina would absolutely EATTTT #DarnaTrailerhttps://t.co/LbkrJc5euE
— rich (taylor's version) (@richardmz13) July 7, 2022
Iba presence ni Janella ngayon. May ooomph. May power. I feel like she leveled up after TKB. I can't wait to watch her as Valentina.
yk talaga na her take on valentina would definitely eat bcus kalorkie oh, she did not even utter a single word but ur ghorl ate the entire trailer w her quick screen time!!!! then tignan niyo omg EVEN HER FINGERS ARE ACTING grabe janella is so so so backpic.twitter.com/hYFBOLUzbd
— ★BASTA POST NI IDOL ⓛⓘⓚⓔ KO YAN.!!★ SANA LAGi KANG (@user22895020449) July 9, 2022
Grabe! When I saw Janella sa trailer, i know right then and there na team Valentina ako https://t.co/llYSEZnzS8
Janella Salvador as Regina, a lawyer-vlogger and the human form of Darna's nemesis Valentina (You just know she's gonna EAT this because even her fingers are acting) #DarnaTrailerpic.twitter.com/syUQvKRNm5
I will be worse with Janella Salvador's Valentina than I was with DSMoM's Scarlet Witch. I'm a Valentina apologist from here on out pic.twitter.com/BtegVpaSdJ
— Kokomi (Taylor's Version) (@ryputation1999) July 8, 2022
Meet Regina, a lawyer-vlogger and the human form of Darna's mortal enemy, Valentina.
-Janella didn't even say word on the trailer but, urgh! The power! Sa madaming version ng Darna na napanood ko, etong version lang na'to ako kampi kay Valentina
this is so powerful!! this trailer made me finally see jane as darna. janella serving with that 2 second shot; i just know she's gonna devour that valentina role. and miss iza calzado???? my god!!!!!! https://t.co/wPeabyDZ3O
Soon after the Darna trailer was released, the hashtag #DarnaTrailer made the top trending list on Twitter, and keywords related to the show like Joshua Garcia, Janella, and Valentina, and [also] Iza Calzado trended.
In 2019, Jane De Leon, got announced as the lead star for classic superhero tale. But because of COVID-19 pandemic and the shutdown of ABS-CBN in 2020, production of the said series got postponed.
A strong advocate of quality education, Globe Business reaffirmed its support for the digital adoption of higher educational institutions and MSMEs at this year's Inclusive Innovation Conference of the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) Competitiveness and Innovation Group.
The two-day annual conference held at Batangas State University gathered university and college leaders, industry executives and start-up stakeholders. They identified and discussed the types of innovation needed to drive economic progress and competence in a 21st-century global economy through a mix of plenary sessions, keynote speeches, panel discussions and high-level presentations.
The impact of technology in Philippine education
Supporting the event, Globe Business put the spotlight on the critical need to reimagine technology's critical work in Philippine education and make learning more accessible to all Filipinos.
"Globe Business has always been at the forefront of promoting 21st century learning, believing it is the best source of hope for our country's future. As part of our mission to uplift Filipinos' lives, we are using digital technology to make education readily available to more people and also make the pursuit of learning a resilient one, so that Filipinos can continue to learn and progress even in challenging circumstances," said Marinella Suyat, Partnerships Manager for Globe Business MSME Group.
"Tuloy ang Edukasyon, Tuloy ang Pag-asa," a Globe advocacy campaign centered on the idea that education is the key to a better future was introduced to the higher education leaders who joined the event
Globe continues to support the education sector’s journey towards digitalization and create more spaces for learning for every Filipino through its wide array of innovative learning tools and digital solutions as this coming school year marks a new chapter of learning for Filipinos.
Leveraging Globe Business' digital solutions to drive business growth
Globe Business also showcased its wide range of business and connectivity solutions for MSMEs at the conference, including ChatGenie–Globe Business' newly launched addition to its roster of digital solutions that help businesses reach customers swiftly and effectively on Facebook, Instagram, Viber, GCash, and other social media apps. The app is also part of DTI's Global Acceleration Program, which is the first government program designed to help Philippine startups expand to international markets.
As the industry moves toward digital transformation, Globe Business recognizes the importance of making reliable technology attainable even to the smallest of players to help bridge market gaps and make their products easily accessible to customers; allowing them to generate new growth opportunities, noted Globe Business ICT Portfolio Marketing Director Anne Leonardo.
A trusted partner of every MSME, Globe Business empowers Filipino entrepreneurs to build their business better and stronger with reliable connectivity and innovative digital solutions, including products, platforms, and learning programs.
Join the Globe Business Academy today by signing up for free at http://glbe.co/GBAsignup and get access to business insights and networking opportunities for your business.
Missed the event? Watch the replay and gain insights at DTI Competitiveness Bureau's Facebook page.
Kyle Echarri swears to live by his "you only live once" motto as Chie Filomeno attempts to win him over in "Beach Bros." The iWantTFC original series, which also stars Angelica Lao, Kira Balinger, Brent Manalo, Raven Rigor, Sean Tristan, and Lance Carr, streams for free this July 16.
Kyle and Chie, who spread ‘kilig’ as former housemates of “PBB Kumunity” celebrity edition, will be playing each other’s love interest in the series. Dave (Kyle) is the charming leader of a group of happy-go-lucky teenage boys known as the "Baler Boys" – Billy, Jeremy, Jason, and Pete (Lance, Sean, Brent, and Raven).
The five boys are working hard as waiters and pool boys at a luxury resort in order to fulfill their dreams to live a comfortable life and move to Manila.
Despite their easy-going attitude, they are also dealing with their own inner struggles. Dave is trying to convince his mother to allow him to go to Manila for college; Billy is having problems with his goal-oriented girlfriend Yasmine (Angelica); Jason is secretly in love with rich girl Erika (Kira); while Pete has suppressed feelings for his best friend.
The boys' lives will change when they get entangled in the affairs of Nicole (Chie), an alluring, mysterious, and hot chick who will seemingly help them navigate through their teenage crises.
As Nicole gets closer to the boys, especially to Dave who seems to have fallen in love with her, they will soon find out that Nicole actually has a scheming hidden agenda.
The boys will find themselves going on a crazy adventure as a series of revelations, betrayals, and mishaps begin to unravel – that will ultimately test their maturity, and most importantly, their friendship.
Will Dave and his friends be able to resolve their issues? What deep secret is Nicole hiding?
"Beach Bros," which is directed by Victor Villanueva, will be available for free on the iWantTFC app (iOs and Android) and website (iwanttfc.com) beginning this July 16.
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Mo Twister has reacted to the renaming of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Ferdinand Marcos Sr. International Airport; Ogie Diaz, meanwhile, responded to the amendments regarding the terms of President and Vice President.
On June 30, Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. filed a bill that seeks to rename Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Ferdinand E. Marcos International Airport.
"It is more appropriate to bear the name that has contributed and [left a] legacy in our country to make the Philippines a center of international and domestic air travel, who has instituted and built or conceptualized the project," Teves stated in filing House Bill 610.
On July 5, Mo said that he expected to see such a move in six months under Marcos's Administration, but he did not expect that it only took six days.
Last year, I said it would likely take 6 months in a BBM administration to see movement to change the name of the airport. I said it would be inevitable but not in the first few days or months. Vanity cant be that important.
"Last year, I said it would likely take 6 months in a BBM administration to see movement to change the name of the airport. I said it would be inevitable, but not in the first few days or months. Vanity can't be that important. It took 6 days."
Diaz reacted to Pampanga 3rd District Representative Aurelio Gonzales Jr.'s filing of resolution to making amendments to the 1987 Constitution.
"Saka na muna ito. Trabaho muna."
Diaz said the proposals are not timely, considering that there are more important issues.
"Kung ito ang makakapagpabangon ng bansa, makaka-create ng maraming trabaho at makakapag-ayuda sa pamilya ng 10k kada buwan, by all means… Gooooow!!!" Diaz stated.
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"It's Showtime" is ABS-CBN's long-running weekday variety program for a reason. Aside from the great chemistry among its hosts, the show has been producing countless segments that have become the talk of the town. A number of them even turn into fan favorites or a source of viral clips on social media now and then.
As the noontime show spreads a daily dose of good vibes for Filipinos all over the world, "It's Showtime" doesn't plan to stop any time soon. In fact, they'll be giving laughter and joy to more viewers now that the show will air on TV5, back-to-back with the channel's variety show "Lunch Out Loud," starting July 16.
While audiences are excited about this big news, let's look back on the memorable segments that make "It's Showtime" one of the most watched local variety shows to this day.
Magpasikat
Every anniversary of "It's Showtime" has been extra special because of the yearly "Magpasikat" segment where the show's beloved hosts give an all-out performance. To make things more interesting, "Magpasikat" is a competition and the winning team donates the cash prize to their chosen charity or cause.
Tawag Ng Tanghalan
New powerful voices and musical abilities are constantly discovered in the amateur singing contest "Tawag Ng Tanghalan." Today's singing sensations Janine Berdin, JM Yosures, and Gigi de Lana began their journey in this very segment. Featuring fresh talents from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao since 2016, this singing contest is awaited every season up until this day.
Miss Q and A
Beautiful and witty gay and trans women were given a spotlight in "Miss Q and A." Structured as a beauty pageant, each candidate creatively introduced themselves on stage and answered questions by beginning their responses with the iconic pageant phrase, "I believe…" Former “Pinoy Big Brother Kumunity” celebrity housemate Brenda Mage reached the pageant's grand finals in 2019.
Reina ng Tahanan
The moving narratives of hardworking mothers touched viewers' hearts in the pageant "Reina ng Tahanan." This contest unveiled the beauty, wisdom, and talent of ReiNanays with big dreams for themselves and their family.
Kalokalike
Several Pinoys with a talent for impersonation were featured in the "Kalokalike" contest. This segment showcased look-alikes of local and foreign celebrities including Vice Ganda, Daniel Padilla, and Nicki Minaj.
MiniMe
"MiniMe" took impersonation to the next level with adorable little kids transforming themselves into mini versions of their favorite celebrity. Audiences were delighted with the kids' performances and funny banter with the show hosts.
That's My Tomboy
Good-looking tomboys were featured in the pageant "That's My Tomboy." Each contestant showed off their 'astig' and boyish charm while also inspiring viewers with their personal stories of bravery.
I Am PoGay
Further championing inclusivity, "I Am PoGay" offered a pageant for loud and proud gay men in the country. This gave them a stage to present their dashing looks, talent, and unique stories.
Sine Mo 'To
"Sine Mo 'To" brought amusing stories to life by having random audience members roleplay with the hosts on the spot. Viewers were hooked on each episode because everyone added their own humor to the sketch and no one, even the hosts, knew what to expect.
Madlang Pi-POLL
During the peak of the pandemic, viewers at home were able to participate in the live show's poll-based question game, "Madlang Pi-POLL," with the chance of winning cash prizes. This interactive segment challenged celebrity contestants to feel the pulse of the madlang people and determine how they stand on various topics and issues.
With more viewers awaiting "It's Showtime" on TV5, could the noontime show revive some of these segments or cook up something entirely new?
Find out what "It's Showtime" has in store for madlang people when it starts airing back-to-back with "Lunch Out Loud" on TV5, A2Z, and Kapamilya Channel. "Lunch Out Loud" will start at 11 a.m. followed by "It's Showtime" at 12:45 p.m.
Former beauty queen-actress-host Ruffa Gutierrez has denied allegations that she fired her 2 household helpers without paying their salaries.
On Friday, July 8, former COMELEC commissioner and now P3PWD Partylist Congresswoman Rowena Guanzon tweeted about a friend who rescued household helpers evicted by their employer without paying their salaries.
Without dropping names, she also asked the employer: “Where is your compassion?.”
“My friend has to rescue two household helpers, who were thrown out of a first-class village by their employers without paying their salaries. Where is your compassion?”
My friend has to rescue two household helpers who were thrown out of a first class village by their employers without paying their salaries. Where is your compassion?
Meanwhile, in the following tweet several hours later, Guanzon directly asked Ruffa Gutierrez if the allegations are true that she fired the household helpers without pay.
Gutierrez, on the other hand, vehemently denied the allegations.
In a tweet reply to Guanzon, Gutierrez said it is not true that she kicked out the 2 maids.
She explained that she was at the set of her upcoming movie when an incident happened in their house. Since she wasn’t there, one of her staff had to call security to appease the situation between the 2 maids and her mayordoma.
“There was a situation at home while I was shooting on the set of ‘Maid In Malacañang’, so my staff had to call security to make sure my children were safe.
"The 2 new kasambahays who have been in our household for only around 2 weeks were fighting our 68-year-old senior mayordoma (who has been under my care for more than 18 years)."
Hello Ms. Guanzon, No it's not true. There was a situation at home while I was shooting on the set of "Maid In Malacañang", so my staff had to call security to make sure my children were safe.
The 2 new kasambahays who have been in our household for only around 2 weeks were fighting our 68-year old senior mayordoma (who has been under my care for more than 18 years).
She also added that the 2 are the ones demanding to leave the house, but she advised that they should go to her first before they got to leave.
“Nang-aaway po sila sa ibang mga kasamahan sa bahay ng wala po ako. They were demanding to leave the house, which I said they were able to do AFTER I returned home from work, so I could talk to them before they leave.”
Nang-aaway po sila sa ibang mga kasamahan sa bahay ng wala po ako. They were demanding to leave the house, which I said they were able to do AFTER I returned home from work, so I could talk to them before they leave.
Meanwhile, in another tweet on Saturday, Cong. Guanzon slammed Gutierrez for not addressing her as Congresswoman.
The feisty Guanzon dared Ruffa to call her cong or she will call her something else.
“That Ruffa Gutierrez must learn to say “Congresswoman”. Hahaha ! You call me cong or I will call u something else. Sige ka #Bardagulan”
That Ruffa Gutierrez must learn to say "Congresswoman". Hahaha ! You call me cong or I will call u something else. Sige ka #Bardagulanpic.twitter.com/VnCP5j7F6J
Following Guanzon’s daring tweet, Gutierrez, meanwhile made a cryptic tweet saying she’s taking the high road together with a retweeted artcard from @livepositivity which says “I have no room for negative people in my life.
Cristy Fermin, on Thursday, July 7, figured out that there might be a problem between the collaboration of ABS-CBN and TV5, with It’s Showtime going back-to-back with Lunch Out Loud—Bobet Vidanes.
In the episode of Cristy Ferminute, the showbiz reporter recalled the issue between the hosts of the Kapamilya noontime show and Vidanes, its former director.
“In-announce na dito sa atin kahapon na magba-back-to-back na po ang Lunch Out Loud at It’s Showtime. Dito na po (TV5) mapapanood ang It’s Showtime. Ano na kaya ngayon ang magaganap?” wondered Fermin.
She then asked her co-host, Romel Chika, “Naalala mo ‘yung isyu ni Direk Bobet Vidanes?"
Fermin remembered that Vidanes made his way to TV5 after ABS-CBN lost its franchise license.
“Lumundag siya mula sa Showtime. Siya ‘yung kapitan ng barko, iniwan niya ang kanyang mga tripulante. Papano ‘yan ngayon? ‘Yung iniwan niyang programa, andito na ngayon sa TV5 at ka-back-to-back pa sa isa sa mga pinamamahalaan niyang programa, ang Lunch Out Loud. Pa’no na ngayon ‘yan?”
Chika then said, “Pressure para kay Direk, I’m sure,” which the entertainment reporter responded, “At sigurado maraming maraming mga lalabas na mga kwento diyan.”
Earlier on October 21 last year, Vidanes revealed that the reason for him leavingIt’s Showtime was to “prioritize his health.”
He explained that his exit was not because of money but because working with ABS-CBN became “toxic.”
“Pinili ko yung health kasi yung pagtatrabaho ko sa kabila hindi na po healthy, mamamatay po akong maaga. Ang ganda ng programa pero it's not healthy anymore.
“To make it short, I'm here sa Lunch Out Loud or any program, no pressure, I am happy now.
“It's not about the money, it's about health. Sana po naiintindihan n'yo.”
Meanwhile, ABS-CBN has announced that It’s Showtime will be aired on TV5 starting July 16 at 12:45pm.
Skusta Clee shed light on the issue with Zeinab Harake, saying he regretted what he did to the latter.
On July 2, via facebook live, Skusta apologized after Zeinab revealed that the former cheated on her again.
"Okay, sa mga na-disappoint, sorry, sorry. My bad, sorry, akin. Nagkamali ako, sorry. Pinagsisihan ko naman 'yon, mukha lang talagang hindi kasi kailangan kong mag-move on na din sa buhay.
"Though pinagsisihan ko 'yong mga naging consequence, pangit din naman talaga 'yong naging resulta. Tinanggap ko 'yong mga siyempre, naging kapalit. Hindi talaga maganda at hindi ako nagreklamo kasi alam kong 'yon naman talaga 'yong dapat mangyari sa akin."
Skusta admitted he made mistakes and accepted the consequences of his actions.
"Pero may personal akong dahilan kung bakit ko nagawa 'yon. Kaya bilang respeto na lang din sa nanay ng anak ko, hindi ko na kailangan pang i-explain. Kumbaga respeto na lang din.
"Hindi niya talaga deserve na ganunin at ako pinagsisihan ko naman 'yon. Pero may personal akong dahilan kung bakit ko ginawa 'yon," Skusta added.
Skusta shared that he can be a good father to his child with Zeinab, if given the chance.
On July 1, Skusta shared a tweet regarding having a toxic relationship.
If the other person is making you feel responsible for their happiness, that's a toxic relationship.
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Brenda Mage admitted he regretted joining Pinoy Big Brother: Kumunity Season 10, and wished for bashers to forget his mistakes.
On July 2, on Karen Davila's vlog on YouTube, Brenda confessed he regretted joining the reality show of the Kapamilya network.
"Noong pumasok ako sa Bahay ni Kuya, naniniwala talaga ako na ang Pinoy Big Brother ay teleserye ng totoong buhay. Ang natutunan ko is, minsan kahit na sabihin mong nagpapakatotoo ka bilang ikaw, i-consider mo rin na hindi lahat maganda ang paningin ng iba.
“Kailangan mo rin i-adjust yung sarili at ugali mo dahil alam mo naman na hindi siya appropriate sa ibang tao,” he recalled.
"Nagsisi ka ba na sumali ka sa PBB?" Davila asked.
"Yes…parang feeling ko, sa lahat ng na-achieve ko sa buhay ko ngayon, ang pinaka-achievement ko na akala ko imposibleng mangyari is maging housemate. Since 2010, nag-audition ako [sa PBB] four times na, pang-five yung last year. Tapos ngayon lang ako nakuha, tapos sa celebrity pa ako nalagay."
Brenda revealed that it was his ultimate dream to become a PBB housemate, saying he auditioned five times for the reality show.
"Iyon yung nagpa-realize sa akin na hindi pala lahat ng pangarap na gusto mong maabot, pag nakuha mo na ay magiging masaya at fulfilled ka. Yun din yung nagpa-realize sa akin na huwag mo nang i-push kung hindi talaga para sa 'yo."
He admitted that many bashers have wished him ill due to what he did during his PBB stint.
"Ang pangarap ko o wish ko lang talaga kay Lord is sana dumating sa oras na makalimutan ng mga haters ko yung mga nangyari at that time. Nagbabago naman na ako or iniiwasan ko na kahit papaano. Or as much as possible, kung marites man ako dito sa ano, wala na akong aapakan o sisirain na tao," he added.
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Cannabis News World posted: "Harborside Inc. (HBORF) Acquires Full Ownership of Seaside, California Store CANNANNEW REPORT Harborside Inc. Acquires Full Ownership of Seaside, California Store Harborside Inc. ("Harborside" or the "Company") (CSE: HBOR) (OTCQX: HBORF), a California" Cannabis News World
Harborside Inc. (HBORF) Acquires Full Ownership of Seaside, California Store CANNANNEW REPORT Harborside Inc. Acquires Full Ownership of Seaside, California Store Harborside Inc. ("Harborside" or the "Company") (CSE: HBOR) (OTCQX: HBORF), a California-focused, vertically integrated cannabis enterprise, today announced that it reached an agreement on May 18, 2022 to acquire (the "Acquisition") a further 50% ownership interest in its Seaside, California store (the "Seaside Store"). The Acquisition will result in the Company owning all of the issued and outstanding securities of 680 Broadway Master, LLC (the "Membership Interest"), which owns the Seaside Store, bringing the Company's interest in the Seaside Store to 100%. The Seaside Store, which is branded under the Urbn Leaf banner, has an unexpected origin, having transformed from a thrift store back in June 2019 into its current contemporary retail cannabis location. The Seaside Store is conveniently located in the heart of Seaside (on Monterey Bay), just off Broadway Avenue. Monterey Aquarium, Fisherman's Wharf, Ribera Beach, Lovers Point Park and other attractions are located nearby. "A leading retail footprint is fundamental to our objective of becoming one of California's leading, fully-integrated cannabis companies," said Ed Schmults, Chief Executive Officer of Harborside. "We're excited to acquire full ownership of the Seaside Store, a great location on Monterey Bay that caters to both area residents and tourists. We look forward to further expanding our retail footprint in Northern California." The Acquisition was the result of a legal settlement with the Company's former partner in the Seaside Store (the "Former Partner"). As a result, the total cost of the Acquisition was only US$440,000 (the "Total Consideration"), with US$100,000 to be paid upfront (the "First Installment") and the balance payable over seven years, with US$50,000 being paid on the first to sixth anniversaries of the First Installment, and US$40,000 being paid on the seventh anniversary of the First Installment. To secure the timely payment of…
Cannabis News World posted: "Hemp bill Passes New York Senate CANNANNEW REPORT 6KPVI A bill that calls for New York to promote additional uses for the hemp grown in the state sailed through the state Senate on Tuesday and will now go to Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul. The Senate vo" Cannabis News World
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The social skills module prepared by Watson's consultants breaks this down into two parts:
1. How to politely get your friend's attention
2. How to share and take turns when playing.
Part one teaches your child or student that in order to get a friend's attention, be sure you are looking directly at them or that you are in their line of vision and say their name aloud. If they are looking elsewhere, you may try gently tapping them on the shoulder while you say their name.
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Russian warships have destroyed stocks of US-supplied ammunition, by striking arms depots in Ukraine's central Dnepropetrovsk Region with Kalibr cruise missiles, the defense ministry said on Monday.
"Stores of ammunition for US-delivered HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and M772 howitzers, as well as for 2S7 Pion self-propelled guns have been destroyed," Defense Ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said during his daily press briefing.
Konashenkov added that Russian aircraft hit the bases of "nationalist battalions and foreign mercenaries" in the eastern city of Kharkov, killing around 250 fighters and destroying up to 25 military vehicles.
The US promised this month to supply Kiev with four additional HIMARS launchers, bringing the total number sent to Ukraine to 12. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov called them a "game-changer" on the battlefield.
Last week, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that it had wiped out two HIMARS launchers and two ammunition depots. The Ukrainian military dismissed the report as "fake," insisting that the US-made launchers were inflicting "colossal" damage and casualties on the "occupying forces."
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