Visions’ ‘Mini Strides’ walk for Breast Cancer Survivors
ENDWELL (WBNG) — Visions Federal Credit Union and the American Cancer Society teamed up for a mini Making Strides event. Due to the pandemic, the event was restricted to only Visions employees this year. The day began with survivors leading a walk around the parking lot, which is reminiscent of the walks where thousands usually march in support of Breast Cancer awareness. But despite the smaller size and venue, organizers and survivors say they are happy to be celebrating and continuing to raise awareness of Breast Cancer.
The event also had food trucks, merchandise for sale for fundraising efforts, the inflatable pink chair, and a mobile mammogram truck that people could use to get screened. They stress the importance of getting screened and encourage everyone to do so.
Categories: Letters to the Editor, OpinionOn March 1, a great man was laid to rest. A man who spoke of God’s great love for mankind and of the gift of eternal life through the sacrificial gift of His son, Jesus Christ.Yet, the liberal media relegated coverage, including this newspaper, an almost “Oh, by the way, Billy Graham died and was buried.”I have seen more coverage given to the deaths of alleged criminals and convicted felons than given to Billy Graham.God help us as a nation.DAVID BROWNSchenectadyEditor’s note: The Gazette published a staff-written article on the front page with three photos that included information about Graham’s 1990 visit to Albany, a column at the top of the Opinion section, and five articles online. The day after Graham’s death, The New York Times published nearly two full pages of coverage with a front page story and eight photos. The Washington Post published a 2,600-word obituary that included 28 photos.More from The Daily Gazette:Schenectady, Saratoga casinos say reopening has gone well; revenue down 30%Troopers: Schenectady pair possessed heroin, crack cocaine in Orange County Thruway stopFoss: Should main downtown branch of the Schenectady County Public Library reopen?EDITORIAL: Find a way to get family members into nursing homesEDITORIAL: Urgent: Today is the last day to complete the census
“Regional [governments’] capability in managing the economy is key. With electronification, income rises and spending is accompanied by an increase in capacity in handling expenses and promoting growth,” Perry said at the Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister on Thursday. Electronic transactions have contributed to an increase in regional government’s revenue by a significant margin. In Sleman regency, Yogyakarta, the local government’s income grew fivefold in the last four years. Other regional governments have also seen drastic growth, including Banyuwangi regency in East Java and the Jakarta administration. BI has also been pushing through electronification for payroll within region-owned enterprises (BUMD), reaching 31 provinces, 84 cities and 291 regencies thus far. Bank Indonesia (BI) is continuing to accelerate electronic transactions as they will provide a source of income and strengthen financial infrastructure within regional governments, BI Governor Perry Warjiyo has said. Perry said the central bank was aiming at digitalizing vehicle taxes (PKB), regional levies, as well as restaurant and hotel taxes in 2020 after it successfully digitalized payroll for regional government officials at the provincial, city administration and regency levels. Besides creating efficiency within the regional government payment system, the push for digitalization has resulted in faster public services, increased transparency and has prevented “leakages”, Perry said, noting some of its benefits. Apart from that, BI is working closely with other ministries to support their programs. In 2019, it supported the Finance Ministry in digitalizing the government’s social assistance program (Bansos) and Family Hope Program (PKH), among others. It helped the Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry in establishing digital payments to assist the growth of small and medium enterprises. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Thursday that the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the acceleration of the electronification of regional government transactions (ETP) was designed to increase the quality of financial management, in line with the principles of good corporate governance. “We are hoping the ETP, by employing automatic payments, will be able to automate tax [payments] and bring about improvements in our tax collection,” the finance minister added. (ydp)Topics :
Amundi, AXA Investment Managers and BNP Paribas Asset Management are among 60 investors that have backed a set of principles intended to provide a clear market standard for impact investing.The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the emerging markets-focused private sector arm of the World Bank Group, led the development of the ‘Operating Principles for Impact Management’.The IFC said the principles “bring greater transparency, credibility, and discipline to the impact investing market”, addressing concerns about “impact washing”.“Impact washing” refers to a perceived inappropriate labelling of investment strategies or products as “impact”. The term has gained currency as impact investing has gained attention in mainstream institutional investment. The IFC has estimated that appetite for impact investing could be as much as $26trn (€23trn), while the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has sized the market at $502bn. “Trends in the asset management industry have made it increasingly attractive for managers to use the ‘impact’ brand while marketing their funds to asset owners,” said the IFC.“Given that until now there have not been standards regarding what it means to manage for impact, asset owners will have difficulty assessing which… funds are truly managed for impact, and which are not.”The Operating Principles for Impact Management#*#*Show Fullscreen*#*# Source: IFC, ‘Creating Impact: The Promise of Impact Investing’According to the IFC, the principles were intended to answer demand from asset owners and asset managers for a market standard for impact investing.They were developed in collaboration with financial institutions with expertise in managing for impact, and the IFC said they built on and complemented the range of existing standards, tools and frameworks in the impact investing and broader responsible investment field.The IFC also worked with the GIIN and the Impact Management Framework, two influential organisations in the impact investing field, in developing the principles. The GIIN recently set out what it identified as the four “core characteristics of impact investing”, a move that also sought to bring clarity and establish standards for credible impact investing practice. ‘Extremely important’The principles integrate impact into the key stages of the investment process: strategy, origination and structuring, portfolio management, exit and independent verification.The IFC stated: “Crucially, they call for annual disclosure as to how signatories implement the principles, and independent verification of impact management systems, which will provide credibility to the implementation of the principles.”It added that asset owners adopting the principles would “exert a powerful influence on asset managers to adopt them too”.BNP Paribas Asset Management said the principles represented “a significant step towards creating a consistent framework for impact investment”.Adopting the strategies was “another milestone in our commitment to sustainability, and in particular impact measurement”, it added.MicroVest, a specialist impact fund manager and another early signatory, said the principles were “an extremely important initiative”.Actis, an asset manager that was spun out of UK development finance institution CDC, recently developed an impact measurement framework. It said today that it had put this into the public domain, with real examples of its application.“Unverified, opaque and incompatible industry approaches to measurement must be replaced if impact investing is to achieve its potential,” said Shami Nissan, head of responsible investing at Actis. “Effective measurement and verification will expose ‘impact washing’ – a significant threat to investor trust.”Actis is a founding signatory of the new principles.IPE will publish a special report on impact investing in May
VILLAR MANILA – Sen. Cynthia Villar apologized over comments she made on the inclusion of middle-class sector in the government’s cash assistance program during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Villar said in a statement on Wednesday that she was just clarifying reports about middle-income earners who are receiving emergency subsidies from the social amelioration program (SAP).“My statements during the hearing yesterday [Tuesday] were not in any manner meant to be an affront to the hardworking middle class of the country,” Villar said. “I am aware that the middle class is the backbone of the economy.”“I might have framed my questions and statements in such a manner that made it seem I was insensitive to the plight of the middle income sector. I am not. I am concerned and I look out for the welfare of the middle income workers,” she added.“If I have offended anyone with my statements, I humbly apologize,” the senator further said.Villar, during the Senate Committee of the Whole hearing on Tuesday, said that the middle class should not be included as beneficiaries of the SAP, which is intended for the poor and unemployedAccording to Villar, the 18 million target beneficiaries of the emergency subsidy program represent 82 percent of the estimated 22 million Filipino families in the Philippines, which she said is too huge.“‘Yung 18 million is 82 percent. Bakit bibigyan ‘yung middle eh may trabaho sila, kahit lockdown nagsusweldo sila sa gobyerno kung employed by the government. Kung employed naman ng mga private, nagsusweldo rin sila,” Villar said.“Kaya nga nahihirapan ang mga companies kasi they have to pay the salaries even if there is no business,” she added. “Hindi ko ma-accept ang figures na ‘yun. Masyadong mataas. Nade-deprive ang mahihirap dahil binibigyan pati ang middle class.”Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua explained to Villar that the 22 million families being cited by the senator were based on data from 2015 and it has to be updated to meet the actual needs in the present.“Of the 22 million families, around 15 million are deemed to be low-income or working in the informal sector. However, to be accurate we had to do a projection from 2015 to 2020. Otherwise, kulang kasi may population growth,” Chua said.“The 2020 estimates now [is] 24 million [families] of which 18 million are considered low-income, basically working in the informal sector, no work no pay. That is the basis for the 18 million,” he added.Around 23 million families received help through the SAP during the first tranche of distribution. Under the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, the national government has allotted P200-billion-worth of aid for those most affected by the pandemic./PN
Liverpool star Fabinho’s home was burgled while he celebrated his side’s Premier League title win. The Brazilian midfielder’s house in Formby was targeted while it was empty between 3 pm on Wednesday afternoon and 4 am Thursday morning. Burglars are believed to have entered his home while he would have been at Anfield celebrating Liverpool’s momentous trophy win. Jewelry as well as a grey Audi RS6 – which was later found abandoned in the Wigan area – were taken in the raid, police said. The player discovered his house had been broken to when he returned to the property. A Merseyside police spokesman said: “Detectives in Sefton are appealing for information following a burglary in Formby.Advertisement “Police were called to an address in the early hours of this morning when the occupants entered their house to find it had been burgled.” The Premier League trophy was presented to Jurgen Klopp’s men after they thumped Chelsea in a 5-3 thriller in their final home game of the season. read also:Fabinho confirms part of Sadio Mane’s claim about Liverpool training sessions Supporters watched at home or partied outside Anfield because of the coronavirus pandemic. But Liverpool’s stars were keeping them entertained as they sprayed champagne and danced around the dressing room Fabinho is the latest Liverpool player whose home has been robbed over the years while he has been playing in a match. FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail分享 Loading… 
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VINTON, Iowa – Developments during the 40th annual Yankee Dirt Track Classic at Farley Speedway have led IMCA to state its official position regarding Late Model shock absorber rules“We do not have a rule that specifically prohibits air shocks in the Late Model division,” noted IMCA President Brett Root. “The nature in which air is introduced into the shock complicates this issue from a tech inspection standpoint.”“This is a new technology being introduced,” he continued. “We do not feel they are good for the division or for IMCA but until we are 100 percent confident we can write and enforce a rule prohibiting this type of shock, they will remain legal.”Two Late Model events remain on the 2017 schedule, Thursday night during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway and Sept. 22 and 23 at West Liberty Raceway.“The confusion that resulted at the Yankee was unintentional and not the fault of Farley Speedway officials,” Root said. “Our executive committee, in conjunction with Late Model promoters, will review the shock absorber rules before any clarifications are announced for future seasons.”
After talking with groups of seniors from Batesville, Jac-Cen-Del and South Ripley and listening to other coaches describe their senior athletes, I am even more certain now that our future leadership is in good hands. When you listen to these young athletes describe what they have accomplished in high school and what they hope to do in the future, your faith in the younger generation is restored.There are always those gloom and doom people who tell you how bad our schools are. When I interview these young people, I do not get the same idea. They do the normal education things that all of us expect, but the extras that they do in and outside the schools are amazing. One quick example is the future business group from OA (3 senior basketball players) who recently competed in a business contest at Ball State University. They were going for a large monetary prize to benefit their school.Even those who were not planning to attend 4-year colleges have definite ideas of what they plan to do and are as articulate as the college bound. Examples would be those going to the military and trade schools which fits their needs better than the 4-year college.
Benteke, who scored 23 times for the midlands outfit in all competitions last season, is without a goal in his last 10 Villa appearances and has been under considerable scrutiny in recent weeks. A few days ago pundit Jamie Redknapp said the striker was “playing like a pussycat” and it seems a subsequent translation of that quote by the media in Benteke’s native Belgium may have given a cruder impression, with the word “cat” being dropped. “The league is too powerful for players to go in there not at 100 per cent. “I think the (hip) injury was his first ever injury in football, so how he handled it, with it being his first, I’m not so sure. “It is not that he is not trying, not at all. I’ve never known a footballer go out there and not try. But you might get them lacking a wee bit of confidence when things are not going their way. “Because he set himself such a high standard last season, I think the little knocks that at the moment he is probably carrying are not helping him. My job is to try to rectify that. “I just think it is a bit of a confidence thing. “He is still a big, imposing guy when you stand next to him. He has definitely not shrunk, that’s for sure! “But the confidence thing is major. I think – ask any footballer – that if you are confident, you will do things off the cuff and will not think about it. “He is maybe thinking about things too much. He is trying to impress and trying to give it back. But I know the injury situation is hurting him a wee bit.” Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert is sure Christian Benteke will be feeling determined to respond to criticism of his form by “ramming it back down the throats” of his detractors. Lambert said on Thursday: “If he (Benteke) has read it, or has heard of it – which I’m pretty sure he would have with it being his native country – I’m pretty sure he would have thought ‘I’m going to ram that back down your throat’. “He is going through quite a hard time, the kid, but he’ll come back from it.” Lambert was speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday’s Barclays Premier League trip to Stoke, and it remains to be seen whether or not Benteke will be given the chance to end his scoring drought against the Potters. The 23-year-old suffered a hip injury in September that sidelined him for two league games and then a knee problem in November while on international duty. Lambert says that, with Benteke having been “carrying a few knocks”, the frontman’s confidence has been affected. And he has indicated he may opt to drop the player at least out of the first XI on Saturday, as he did for the 3-2 win at Southampton on December 4. Asked about possibly taking Benteke out of the firing line, Lambert said: “I might have to look at that. I need to get him at 100 per cent. “He always wants to play and he is not in pain as in ‘I can’t do this’ or anything like that. But it is just little things hindering him from having the movement that he had. Press Association
Madrid: Rafael Nadal’s academy in Mallorca said in a statement that it is planning to reach out to other professional players in the WTA and ATP circuit amid the coronavirus pandemic that has frozen tennis action around the world.Several players and coaches have expressed worries about how most players ranked before the top 100 or even the top 50 of the world rankings will be able to sustain their careers with no matches or tournaments.“Right now tennis takes back seat and the most important thing is everyone’s health, but if in the coming months the Academy can be used to help other professional players, I’d be delighted if they could come to train and also to compete,” said Nadal in the academy’s release. “Although we have no upcoming tournaments, I think competing among ourselves would help us maintain our game when the tour restarts.”The proposal would see the academy “possibly become a campus where elite players can reside, train and compete between themselves in matches that will be televised so that fans around the world can enjoy them.”Nadal had earlier said that he is not worried about the resumption of the tour and does not expect it to restart any time soon.“Tennis is not like football, our sport involves more travelling. Until there is a cure, the situation will be really complicated. We need to be responsible. I cannot see an official tournament at short or medium-term,” he said. IANSAlso Read: Roger Federer brings out funny side with Rafael Nadal remark to a fanAlso Watch: War against COVID-19: Assam Health Department signs 22 MoUs with private hospitals in Silchar