Sullivan to share experiences as ‘Most Vertical Person on Earth’
By SCCF - | Jan 6, 2021
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Dr. Kathryn Sullivan
The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation announced that Dr. Kathryn Sullivan will talk about her career as “the most vertical person on Earth” at the 3rd Annual Paul McCarthy Memorial Lecture Series via Zoom. The 45-minute lecture will be offered live on Feb. 4 at 5:30 p.m.
“We are honored to have Dr. Sullivan share her fascinating story of being the first person to both orbit the planet and reach its deepest point,” SCCF Chief Executive Officer Ryan Orgera said.
Aside from her amazing experiences of spending more than 500 hours in space and plunging seven miles down into the depths of the ocean, Sullivan has held a variety of senior executive positions.
Jrue Holiday has decided to make a major commitment to supporting the lives of others during the 2020-2021 NBA season. In a lengthy Instagram post, Holiday announced that he has agreed to donate his entire 2020-2021 NBA salary to small Black-owned businesses and salaries. With the COVID-19 Pandemic and heightened racial injustices in 2020, many of us have been looking for answers. Lauren and I found ourselves searching for ways to help our community at a time when they needed it most, the Bucks point guard wrote. Pledging the remainder of our 2020 NBA salary to small black-owned businesses, nonprofits and initiatives is how we felt we could make a lasting impact.
Farm Follies: âYes, Butâ Economists Like Kaushik Basu Are Allowing Politics To Infect Their Critiques
by R Jagannathan - Dec 18, 2020 09:22 AM
Kaushik Basu and Nirvikar Singh
Snapshot
Kaushik Basu supports the idea of reform but not this specific one, and none of his criticisms is more than partially valid, and some are outright wrong.
Hereâs why.
There are simply too many yes-but economists trying to make the ideal the enemy of the good when it comes to the Narendra Modi governmentâs farm sector reforms. One of them is Cornell Universityâs Kaushik Basu, who was Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) to the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government between 2009 and 2012.
Black Mainers are less likely to own a business than white residents, and those who do report earning substantially less money than white peers, according to publicly available data.
While this is consistent with national trends, a lack of detailed, up-to-date statistics hampers deep, state-level analysis. Researchers and advocates say more information is needed to understand the situation in Maine and take steps to reduce disparities.
“The Census Bureau withholds a lot of the data for small groups, which unfortunately means not much data for Black communities,” said James Myall, a policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy.