It is with great sadness that we share the news of Monica Jill (Bierman) Acton’s death on January 22, 2023.She was born January 8, 1954 in Denver, Colorado, the middle child of Oliver and Janet (Gauchat) Bierman. After several moves, her family settled in Hastings, Nebraska. She graduated from Hastings High School in 1972. After high school, she moved to Texas and received a BSN degree from Texas Women’s University in Denton and later lived in Dallas for a decade. She bounced around a little bit, even working for a short time as a nurse on a cruise ship out…
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A kids camp aimed at connecting and supporting children with type 1 diabetes has been awarded a Lotterywest grant, co-funded by the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS). A collaboration between Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) and Diabetes WA, the 2023 Superhero themed kids camp features morning fitness sessions, games, races, dress up discos and more. “Our type 1 diabetes kids camps give children the opportunity to build their confidence by being away from their families, to have fun with their peers and to be supported to focus on self-care, while learning how to independently manage their diabetes throughout their stay,” said…
Biden administration pledges renewed trade, investmentU.S.-Africa relations damaged by Trump yearsChina and Russia also vying for influenceU.S. rate hikes hurting African economiesLUSAKA, Jan 24 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s three-country trip to Africa – the leading edge of a new diplomatic push by the Biden administration – aims to show the continent the United States is a true partner, one here for the long-haul.But after decades of losing ground to China and the tumult of the Donald Trump years, when the former president threatened to slash aid and roll back military support, it is a tough sell.As Africa…
Aboriginal Studies Press (ASP), the publishing arm of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), has announced the release of the Warlpiri Encyclopaedic Dictionary: Warlpiri Yimi-Kirli Manu Jaru-kurlu. Warlpiri is spoken in and around what is known as the ‘Warlpiri Triangle’, an area that extends across the Northern Territory from Willowra to Nyirripi and Lajamanu in the Tanami Desert. It is believed that around 3000 people of all generations speak Warlpiri as their first, second or third language. It is also the language used at Yuendumu and Nyirripi schools. Writing a dictionary so that it will…
DELANO, Calif. (KERO) — 23ABC is celebrating our 70th anniversary at KERO in Bakersfield this year, and in honor of this major milestone, we will be giving back to our community on the 23rd of each month in 2023.On January 23, students at the Del Vista Math and Science Academy in Delano gathered for an afternoon assembly where they shared a reading of the book “More Than Peach.” After the reading, 23ABC personalities announced that all of the students would be able to choose two books from a special collection in the library. 23ABC 23ABC anchors (L-R) Mike Hart, Marc…
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Six Nations Chief Executive Ben Morel said there are no plans to expand the championship or change the participants, amid media reports of interest from South Africa’s rugby union.South Africa have been increasingly aligning themselves with the northern hemisphere, with four clubs joining the United Rugby Championship in 2021 and three entering Europe’s Champions Cup last year. “I can understand that dynamic, but the players in the club game in South Africa needed a competition to play in, which has been an issue on their side,” Morel told the Telegraph.”There has obviously been some interest, but we are not…
By Abhishek Mishra and Sophia Donald Prakash At a time when the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the United States (US)-China great power competition is grabbing most of the limelight in mainstream media, the shocking reality of the unfolding food and health crisis in the Horn of Africa (HOA) continues to be overlooked. The Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in more than four decades. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Eritrea have each experienced five failed rainy seasons consecutively. The United Nations (UN) estimates that more than 37 million people in the Horn are facing acute hunger. Nearly 7 million children…
At 7 p.m. on Feb. 1, the Ridgefield Library and Poet Laureate Barb Jennes will host the second event of the series “Poems of the Four Corners,” an online series. Join us for an evening of poetry, featuring readings by emerging and established poets from throughout Connecticut. Our February reading will feature poets representing each of the state’s four corners, plus one from the central Hartford area: Gemma Mathewson, Laura Mazza-Dixon, Claudia McGhee, Garrett Phelan and Jack Powers. The ”Poems from Connecticut’s Four Corners” series takes place on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. All readings are online.…
Investment in advertising for children is growing, but tight regulations mean that many demand-side platforms, including The Trade Desk and Yahoo, shy away from transacting on children’s inventory. As a result, some kids-focused publishers, such as HappyKids, are losing out on potential revenues of hundreds of millions of dollars annually. According to December data by advertising intelligence platform MediaRadar, ad investments in children’s content and programming increased by 50% in 2022 in the U.S., reaching $1.6 billion. The industry’s second-largest programmatic bidder The Trade Desk doesn’t accept bids on child-directed inventory, across various channels, including streaming and digital video, “based…