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Technology And Innovative Ideas At Center Of Alzheimer’s Foundation Of America’s New Dementia-Friendly Apartment – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America has just unveiled what’s called “The Apartment.” It’s a full-scale model of a home, designed with amenities to help people living with dementia, CBS2’s Cindy Hsu reported Wednesday. The Apartment was created to make life easier for people with dementia. It is filled with technology and …
Jasmine Hartin: Partner of British billionaire Lord Ashcroft’s son charged in shooting death of Belize police officer
Jasmine Hartin, the partner of Andrew Ashcroft, whose father is British billionaire Lord Ashcroft, was arrested and charged on Monday with manslaughter by negligence, her lawyer Godfrey Smith told reporters Monday. Smith said bail for Hartin was denied. The public relations department for the Belize Police Department issued a statement on Friday saying Henry Jemmoth, …
Kamloops residential school: Canadians demand action from officials as country mourns discovery of a mass grave of children’s remains
Leaders from the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc community in the southern interior of British Columbia, where the school was located, said that there are far more questions than answers so far regarding the discovery. “The federal government has to play a role in making sure that these families know what happened, these families know the truth, …
Brazilians take to the streets demanding Bolsonaro’s impeachment and better vaccine access
Demonstrators in some of the country’s largest cities, including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, called for the president’s impeachment and better access to Covid-19 vaccines. Many protesters did not appear to be practicing social distancing, although most wore masks. Brazil is facing a possible third wave of Covid-19, with the Health Ministry reporting …
Trudeau warns Canada faces a serious third wave of Covid-19 cases as officials toughen lockdown measures
“Canada continues to face an incredibly serious situation with this third wave, cases are rising rapidly in many cases, in many places, numbers are higher than they have ever been before and many hospitals are stretched way too thin,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during a press conference Friday in Ottawa. He said the …
Biden announces troops will leave Afghanistan by September 11: ‘It’s time to end America’s longest war’
“We cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan hoping to create the ideal conditions for our withdrawal, expecting a different result,” Biden said. “I am now the fourth American president to preside over an American troop presence in Afghanistan. Two Republicans. Two Democrats,” he added. “I will not pass …
Derek Chauvin is on trial for George Floyd’s death. America’s criminal justice system is not
But over the next four weeks, the debate in Chauvin’s trial inside a Hennepin County, Minnesota, courthouse will shift toward legal specifics. How exactly did Floyd die, medically speaking? How aware was Chauvin that Floyd could die? What does “culpable negligence” actually mean? As opening statements in the trial begin Monday, the gulf between the …
How technology won the America’s Cup >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News
The Little Blue Book Of Sailing Wisdom quotes 3-time America’s Cup winner Dennis Conner as saying, “Design has taken the place of what sailing used to be.” In this report by McKinsey & Company, they describe just how Emirates Team New Zealand defended the America’s Cup by utilizing a new crewmember: an AI bot created …
Dean: How to Fix America’s Supply Chains Before They Break Again
Text size Keep ’em coming. Christophe Ena/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Global supply chains are a lot like the plumbing or HVAC systems in our homes. We normally ignore them—until they clog or break. Then we have an urgent problem on our hands. We just experienced a gasoline supply crisis due to a cyberattack on a …