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DINING WITH DIABETES: Dining with Diabetes - Tuesdays, May 11, 18, 25 and June 1. Virtual Program via Zoom. Adults with type 2 diabetes (or those who are at risk of type 2 diabetes) and their family members, caregivers, and support persons are invited to participate in Dining with Diabetes. This free virtual program will help you learn the skills needed to promote good health while living with diabetes. Dining with Diabetes is an Extension program taught locally by Karen Roberts Mort, MS of Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County. Participants will learn how to read the new food labels, count carbohydrates and plan meals using the Plate Method. There will also be time to discuss ways to stay motivated to eat he
Richard Cooper, Robert Mundell, and John Williamson made important contributions on a variety of topics in international economics throughout their careers, particularly in terms of how we think about currency arrangements. This column reviews the work of all three, tracing their ideas and drawing lessons for policymakers today.
After all the Golden Globes and the Oscars, I knew I couldnât let another week go by without watching âNomadlandâ â which couldnât be outdone Sunday night, even by Carey Mulliganâs gold dress that was larger than her table. But Careyâs gold dress was just wishful thinking (her Best Actress nomination was for âPromising Young Womanâ), because Frances McDormand is an Academy favorite. Not only did she win that Oscar, but âNomadlandâ took Best Picture and Best Director also.
Chinese director Chloe Zhao wrote this screenplay based on Jessica Bruderâs 2017 non-fiction book âNomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.â And I kept thinking up until the last quarter hour that this felt like an HBO documentary, with Frances McDormand as guide â but for the cinematography and an unobtrusively lyrical score by Ludovico Einaudi.
TV Editor
Tonight s top TV tips include I Can See Your Voice, Nomadland, Exterminate All the Brutes, the season finale of Keeping Faith, The Killing ten years on, and Mayo day . . .
Pick of the Day
I Can See Your Voice, 7.25pm, BBC One
In decades to come, future generations will see clips of this show and the likes of The Masked Singer and wonder what was going on.
Still, if you can’t have some silly fun on a Saturday night during a pandemic, when can you?
Former
Phoenix Nights bouncer Paddy McGuinness hosts the mystery singing game show (another South Korean import), in which contestants aided by a celebrity panel must spot good singers without hearing them.