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Shawn Smith got a full-time helper’s job with an electrical contractor in Philadelphia and is continuing his education at Delaware County Community College. Lauren Pelley went to work at a mental health center in Cherry Hill and is set to begin training to become a Certified Recovery Support Practitioner. As for Tamico Flack? “I wrote a self-help book,” she said. “The title is Becoming the ...

I first came across the application programming interface (API) directory, ProgrammableWeb, in September 2005, shortly after it was launched by John Musser. At the time, the directory had just 54 listings. How times have changed, because nearly 16 years later ProgrammableWeb lists over 24,000 APIs. It’s an indication of how pervasive APIs have become on today’s internet. There are even API providers worth tens of billions of dollars, such as Twilio and Stripe. It’s a massive market, prima...

Posted By Thadeus Greenson@ThadeusGreenson on Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 11:34 AM click to enlarge León Villagómez The North Coast Journal is now running free online obituaries, allowing people to share news of a loved ones passing with the community and celebrate their life. Readers can submit obituaries ho...

CSI promotes technical service manager Heather Erskine Pasadena, Texas-based Control Solutions Inc. (CSI) has promoted Heather Erskine to technical service manager of its pest control division. Erskine joined the company in 2017 as project manager on the Product Development Team. In that role, she has been involved in a variety of product stages and milestones from concept to commercialization, including manufacturing, formulation and regulatory. She has also worked to support CSI’s new produ...

BBC News Published image captionThurso is renowned for its surfing conditions A surfing competition which will help in the selection of the Great Britain team for the Tokyo Olympics is to take place in Caithness this weekend. The qualification event at Thurso was postponed last year due to the Covid pandemic, but can now take place under relaxed Scottish government rules. Scottish, English and Welsh surfing federations will each have four women and four men taking part. It is the first time the...

Lunch has become the preferred time to get a sweat on, as the pandemic has changed the way we exercise

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Heroic South Jersey Officer Honored for Helping to Deliver Baby According to 6ABC, a Delran mother probably wasnt counting on going into labor during a major snow storm, but thats exactly what happened on a day in early February where more than 10 inches of snow fell in Burlington County. The quick-thinking dispatcher, Mark Boyd, realized that the new mom would not make it to the hospital in time with a raging snow storm happening outside. Police officer Keith Upton was the first to arrive at ...

DELRAN, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Going into labor in a snowstorm can invoke worry in any expectant mom. Thats just what happened in Delran, New Jersey on February 2. A mother and her newborn baby are happy and healthy today thanks in part to the quick actions of a communications dispatcher and police officer in Burlington County. "This is my first time doing it truthfully, but I knew I had to remain calm for him and for the dad because at that point, Im a parent, I have a 10-year-old daughter, its ...

WESTAMPTON — Staying calm, cool and collected were key for two Burlington County first responders who helped welcome a baby girl into the world from a Delran living room during a snow storm. Mark Boyd, a 911 dispatcher for Burlington County Central Communications, received the call at 9:54 a.m. on Feb. 2. It was from the father. "I think he knew it was time," Boyd said. The couple had the car packed up and ready to go to the hospital, but the mans wife was having contractions every five min...