6 On a recent Saturday afternoon, Amy Bond was walking home from the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market with her husband when she saw something that caught her eye. Accompanied by her mother, a 16-year-old girl was attempting to climb onto a street pole and perform a gravity-defying move known as the “human flag.” Widely recognized as an advanced technique in fitness and pole-dancing communities alike, the maneuver requires individuals to hoist themselves onto a steel beam with their arms, using their core strength to suspend their body sideways so it is horizontally parallel to the ground. Bond, who is the owner of San Francisco Pole and Dance , quietly observed as the girl tried – and failed – to hold up her body in order to execute the move. “Of course, I come walking by and I’m like, ‘Oh wait, you’re doing it wrong. Let me show you how to do it,’” Bond says with a laugh. “And five minutes later, both she and her mom were doing … [Read more...]
What the JBS cyberattack means for meat supply
New York / Sydney (CNN Business) Some shoppers may want to brace themselves for yet another possible supply crunch — this time with meat. Major beef and pork producer JBS USA suffered a cyberattack last weekend, prompting reported shutdowns at company plants in North America and Australia. The White House has said that the ransomware attack was likely carried out by a Russia-based criminal organization, and that it is dealing with the Russian government on the matter. The Australian government has said that US law enforcement is taking the lead on investigating the attack. So far, some authorities and trade groups have assured that operations will be back to normal as soon as possible, allaying concerns of major disruption. But experts warn that it will depend on how quickly the issue is taken care of. Australia hoping to reach 'full capacity' soon Read More David Littleproud, the Australian Minister for Agriculture, Drought and … [Read more...]
Trump’s TPP withdrawal: 5 things to know
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump has begun carrying out his campaign pledges to undo America's trade ties -- starting Monday with executive action to pull the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. "Great thing for the American worker, what we just did," Trump told reporters Monday in the Oval Office as he signed the order. TPP vs RCEP: Key trade deals explained Here's what you need to know about Trump's move: What did Trump do Monday? Read More Trump formally withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership -- a 12-nation deal that had been negotiated under former President Barack Obama. Nothing changes because of Trump's move. Congress had not yet approved the TPP -- its fate was bleak on Capitol Hill no matter what the White House did -- and the deal had not yet taken effect. However, by pulling the United States out of the deal, Trump fulfilled a campaign promise. And in doing so, he ends … [Read more...]
UCLA: Mother Honors Daughter’s Memory By Endowing UCLA Chair In Liver Transplantation
0 Schools The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has received a gift of more than $1 million from Delphine Lee to establish the Kelly Lee Tar ... Press Release Desk Posted Reply Press release from UCLA: Julie Kirst May 21, 2021 The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has received a gift of more than $1 million from Delphine Lee to establish the Kelly Lee Tarantello Endowed Term Chair in Integrative Liver Transplantation in the school's department of surgery. The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has received a gift of more than $1 million from Delphine Lee to establish the Kelly Lee Tarantello Endowed Term Chair in Integrative Liver Transplantation in the school's department of surgery. Lee endowed the chair in memory of her daughter Kelly, who died in 2019 at age 32, three years after undergoing a heart and liver transplant at UCLA. At the time of Kelly's surgery, Lee, a member of the … [Read more...]
UCLA: UCLA Anderson Forecast: Pent-Up Demand For Leisure And Hospitality, Recreation, Health Care Will Fuel Recovery
0 Schools See the latest announcement from UCLA. Press Release Desk Posted Reply Press release from UCLA: UCLA Anderson School of Management June 2, 2021 In March, the UCLA Anderson Forecast's first economic outlook for 2021 touted "robust growth for the U.S. and California" in anticipation of an abatement of the COVID-19 pandemic. The remains optimistic but also acknowledges the historical reality that economic recoveries are never smooth, and that ups and downs in the data that inform such predictions are to be expected. The June forecasts for the United States and California still anticipate a robust recovery. The forecasts include moderately higher inflation in the short term, housing and services driving the recovery and employment levels recovering to previous peaks over the coming year, but some sectors not recovering until much later. The national forecast The June forecast for the nation is based on … [Read more...]
Surge of covid delta variant poses new political threat to Biden and his agenda
5 WASHINGTON - The rapid increase in coronavirus infections driven by the delta variant over the past month is turning the country's attention back to the pandemic and threatening to subsume President Joe Biden's agenda - just as the White House and its allies hoped to move on from the virus and focus on promoting the administration's other accomplishments. Inside the White House, top officials are growing increasingly anxious about the state of the pandemic and are gravely concerned about the situation spiraling out of control in some areas of the country with low vaccination rates, according to two people who work in the administration and two others in close touch with the White House. Biden's team had always expected to see additional coronavirus outbreaks, but the White House assumed the increases in infections would be "mounds" and not "peaks," according to one top administration official, who like others spoke on the condition of … [Read more...]
