Seventh-day Adventist Actor Portrays Muhammad Ali in New Film and More News Shorts
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February 24, 2021
In this week’s Adventist news round-up, a Seventh-day Adventist actor plays Muhammad Ali in a new film, plus news from Nigeria, California, and Tennessee.
Seventh-day Adventist Actor Portrays Cassius Clay in New Film. According to
DuJour, Seventh-day Adventist Eli Goree plays Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) in the recent film
One Night In Miami which tells the fictionalized story of a conversation between Malcolm X, Jim Brown, Cassius Clay, and Sam Cooke in 1964. The film depicts the humanity of four influential African American legends at the apex of their careers, while leaving some room for interpretation. Goree’s electric portrayal of Clay offers a look at the 22-year-old icon after having been crowned the heavyweight boxing champion of the world.
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Pooja Goel is a managing director at Virgo Investment Group. She is a seasoned healthcare executive with over two decades of experience in the healthcare services delivery sector. Goel was recently at Landmark Health, the nation s largest house calls provider, as its general manager of new business. She also spent more than 10 years at DaVita leading many innovative projects and holding several key operational roles in kidney care, international health and population health.
Prior to joining DaVita, Goel held many operations roles at multiple academic medical centers and began her career at Kaiser Permanente. She received her bachelor s in microbiology and molecular genetics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MHA from the Loma Linda University School of Public Health.
Pharmacists are hot commodity as U.S. ramps up COVID-19 vaccine rollout By Megan Cerullo COVID-19 vaccines being sent to pharmacies
The urgent need to administer COVID-19 vaccines across the U.S. is stoking demand for another suddenly hot commodity: pharmacists.
The federal government this week began shipping vaccines to drugstores around the country as part of an effort to jump-start immunizations. As a result, pharmacies are adding pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other support staff to deal with patients, manage vaccine supplies and give shots. Some employers are even offering five-figure sign-on bonuses for pharmacy students even before they complete their studies.
Some Grocery Stores Continue To Ban Reusable Bags, Despite Low Risk Of COVID-19 Spread
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Clare Skeehan holds up her reusable bag she was unable to use on her grocery shopping trip.
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The pandemic has led to a lot of confusion about whether it s safe to bring reusable bags into grocery stores. While some stores allow them, others don’t. The science on how the virus spreads has evolved and some question the need to continue reusable bag bans.
The environment has been important to Indianapolis resident Clare Skeehan for a long time. She’s vegetarian, she recycles, and of course she always brings her reusable bags to the grocery store.