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Middletown parents criticize school districts plan for return to classes FacebookTwitterEmail Middletown Superintendent of Schools Michael Conner.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media file photo / MIDDLETOWN — Schools will send students in pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade back to school buildings nearly full-time beginning March 15 four days per week, while keeping those in grades 6-12 continuing under a hybrid model, despite appeals from parents who say experts’ data supports fu...

Employment in January of this year was nearly 10 million below its February 2020 level, a greater shortfall than the worst of the Great Recessions aftermath. After rising to 14.8 percent in April of last year, the published unemployment rate has fallen relatively swiftly, reaching 6.3 percent in January. But published unemployment rates during COVID have dramatically understated the deterioration in the labor market. Most importantly, the pandemic has led to the largest 12-month decline in labo...

AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic If there’s one thing the mainstream media loves doing almost as much as they do shilling for Democrats and their pet causes it’s pointing out supposedly historic “firsts” in U.S. politics. With every election cycle comes the breathless stories about how so and so could be the “first woman with 7 degrees and a 4-car garage” to be elected to serve as county commissioner, or how another person has become the “first bixsexual man with two dogs” to win a cit...

GISuser.com 5 Concentration Apps That Will Get You Down to Business January 31, 2021 By Editor Getting Back to Work Made Easy with These Distraction Blocking Apps The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines focus as follows: ‘… A state or condition permitting clear perception or understanding…’ Getting into the zone and staying there is challenging at the best of times. The Internet presents as the greatest distraction to our focus, what with ubiquitous soundbites, social media, news, sport...

Small businesses have been among the hardest hit by COVID-19 in Australia but new research by Mastercard on the impact on their operations shows SMEs nationwide have adapted swiftly to the challenges by embracing digital commerce.

Audinate schedules education seminar USA - Audinate is offering a free seminar during NAMM 2021 on the topic of Getting Back to Music Education and Professional Live Performances. The seminar explores how Dante is enabling many different types of live performances while maintaining social distancing and room occupancy safeguards for all. Also available is a new overview of the Dante AV video-over-IP solution from Audinate, and Level 1 and 2 of the popular Dante Certification Course. That mean...

Why Israel is leading the world in vaccinating its population Israel’s vaccination rate is nearly 7 times America’s. Here’s how they did it. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine on January 9. Miriam Alster/AFP/Getty Images Share this story Nurse Elisheva Gasner reports for her shift about twice a week at Jerusalem’s Pais Arena, a sports stadium that has been transformed into a massive Covid-19 vaccination center. Patients arrive a...

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Producer Kurt in Kurts Blog (before I begin, I have to credit my 9 year-old daughter for the cover artwork for today’s blog…again, trademarks and copyrighted images are $$$…she works for much less (a.k.a. Twix bars) �� Do you know who’s great? Taylor Swift. With “ Evermore” and “ Folklore” being both fantastic albums, and albums I’ve been listening to a lot lately, thought it would only be fitting to do…A LIST! Here it is, m...

Years of emergencies have taught Israel life can change in an instance—and despite the chaos of everyday life, citizens and state can come together with remarkable efficiency in a time of need.

Taylor: Getting Back to Near Enough a Full Squad Friday, 8th Jan 2021 11:06 Assistant boss Stuart Taylor says the Blues are “getting back to near enough a full squad” with Town’s injured players having used the Covid-19-enforced Christmas break to get close to returning to action. Taylor was standing in for manager Paul Lambert at this morning’s press conference, the Blues boss having been one of those who tested positive for Covid over the holiday period. Positive tests at Town and t...