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The Richards Group Partners With Do What Matters to Forge Strategic DEI Path The Richards Group CEO Glenn Dady and Do What Matters founder and CEO Lauren Tucker outline plan for meaningful DEI initiatives News provided by Share this article Share this article DALLAS, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its commitment to implement meaningful, measurable diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, The Richards Group has formally engaged diversity consultant Dr. Lauren Tucker and her te...

Letter to THE EDITOR Letter to THE EDITOR Global warming Global warming is on the rise. As a result, the world’s climate is changing rapidly. If this continues Global warming Global warming is on the rise. As a result, the worlds climate is changing rapidly. If this continues, global warming will reach its peak and human civilization will be destroyed. Recently, a team of researchers led by Rob Jackson, a professor of Environment and Geology at Stanford University, presented a disturbing ...

Necessity, the ancient proverb observes, is the mother of invention. Perhaps that has never been more true than during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. While the virus may be remembered foremost for the illnesses and deaths it caused — 4,245 of the former in the county and 126 of the latter — as well as for business closures and toilet paper shortages, it also has left a legacy of unprecedented work-arounds and new strategies. They were solutions that not only propped up crumbling...

Could Covid lockdown have helped save the planet? Jonathan Watts © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Nasa/Reuters When lockdown began, climate scientists were horrified at the unfolding tragedy, but also intrigued to observe what they called an “inadvertent experiment” on a global scale. To what extent, they asked, would the Earth system respond to the steepest slowdown in human activity since the second world war? Environmental activists put the question more succinct...

Editor’s note: Our annual lookback at the top local stories of 2020 continues. Local government and the public schools saw some big changes in leadership in 2020, but likely the biggest was Elizabeth City City Manager Rich Olson’s departure for a job in Texas in August. Olson, Elizabeth City’s city manager for nearly two decades, announced his impending departure in June to take a town manager’s job in Argyle, Texas. City Council tapped Eddie Buffaloe, the city’s police...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Republican Commissioner Hester Peirce on Thursday tweeted congratulations to her Republican counterpart at the agency Elad Roisman, who would serve as the acting agency head after Jay Clayton announced https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-sec-clayton-idUSKBN28X2G0 he was stepping down on Wednesday.

Finally! Vacation time for me! Fun in [the] sun as I [earned] this moment! As of Monday, there have reportedly been 1.33M confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mexico leading to 119K deaths.    Werrrk! The Indiana-born, Michigan-raised beauty easily defied her 56 years in the one-piece and she shielded her complexion with a white sun hat Evergreen: Vivica maintains her 5ft7in figure with help from fitness trainers Joël Bouraïma and Maurisha Kay Hey, girl, hey! Fox was joined on the beach by her gal ...

Answer: Seven percent. Carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in RGGI states fell 51 percent between 2005 and 2016. (AP) Back in the spring when lockdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic were at their peak, countries the world over noticed an unintended benefit: a significant decrease in air pollutants. Now that the year is drawing to a close and the data is in, we know what that drop meant for global carbon emissions. According to the Global Carbon ...

Reporters note: This article was updated at 10:23 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, to include more information. BEAUFORT — Citing concerns over a predicted spike in COVID-19 cases following the Christmas holidays, the Carteret County Board of Education voted Wednesday to have students switch to remote virtual learning Wednesday, Jan. 6 through Friday, Jan. 15 after returning from holiday break. “We were told the week of Jan. 6 and 11th is when we will see a spike,” Superintendent...

The Secrets of How Fall Guys Creates Adorable Designs & Incredible Brand Collaborations After stumbling into our hearts with their distinct bean shape and terrible understanding of gravity, Fall Guys became one of 2020’s unexpected hits. What was even more unexpected was when we were given the chance to dress our little bean babies up as Sonic the Hedgehog. Or an Untitled Goose. Having cool skins in a game isn’t unusual, but having licensed costume collaborations celebrating so many differ...