Japan and South Korea marked on Monday the fifth anniversary of their agreement to resolve the issue of Korean women forced into Japanese wartime military brothels, but their relationship remains far from the "future-oriented" they had hoped for at the time. The agreement, struck between the governments of Japanese Prime…
With new Fulton County elected officials being sworn in next month or earlier this month, outgoing politicians reflected on their time in office during interviews with the Neighbor.
Sheriff Ted Jackson, who was appointed by Gov. Sonny Perdue as the interim sheriff for the last six months of 2004, was elected to the post in 2008. He served as sheriff for three terms before being defeated by Pat Labat in the Aug. 11 primary runoff election.
Jackson said he inherited an office that was dealing with a federal consent decree regarding issues with the county jail and the aftermath of the 2005 incident in which inmate Brian Nichols escaped custody in the courthouse during his trial and killed four individuals, including the judge presiding over his case.
Health lessons learned this year
Mumbai Mirror / Updated: Dec 15, 2020, 07:13 IST
You may well have taken y
our first steps towards a healthier lifestyle through the lockdown. Now, you just have to stick to it.
It’s been such a taxing year that most of us would rather not reflect on it: 2020 is a year one wants to forget. But if you look at it through a different lens, you may just find that it yielded some pearls of wisdom. Through every hardship, battle and trial, there are lessons learned and if there’s one thing this year highlighted, it’s the need to take care of your health. Here are some lessons the year drove home, which you’d do well to stick to well after the pandemic passes.