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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-07-03 18:29:44Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ July 3 The Chicago Tribune on the two deaths that one family hopes will spark a c
North Korea: Trump tries to undermine peace with 2019-07-03 16:23:55UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Three days after the U.S. and North Korean leaders held a historic third meeting, North Korea's U.N. Mission accused the Trump
Stage set for lackluster 2nd-quarter US corporate earnings 2019-07-03 13:13:23Uncertainty over U.S. trade conflicts and signs of a slowing global economy have led many S&P 500 companies to lower expectations for how much pro
Huawei still making deals, despite U.S. pressure campaign 2019-07-03 13:02:13Chinese high-tech giant Huawei is showing an ability to keep making deals, even as it copes with a pressure campaign from the Trump administration tha
UK summons Chinese ambassador over Hong Kong protests 2019-07-03 13:00:22LONDON (AP) - The U.K. government summoned China's ambassador for a dressing-down on Wednesday after Beijing officials accused Britain of meddling in
The Latest: 1 arrested in Hong Kong legislature 2019-07-03 12:40:57HONG KONG (AP) - The Latest on protests in Hong Kong (all times local): 2:30 a.m. Police say a 31-year-old man has been arrested after storming into H
Frenchman takes groping complaint case to Vatican 2019-07-03 12:39:05VATICAN CITY (AP) - One of a half-dozen men who have accused the Vatican's ambassador to France of groping them said Wednesday he plans to take his l
Putin pulls out of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty 2019-07-03 11:13:38Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday to formally suspend Moscow's participation in a 30-year-old strategic nuclear treaty, adde
Life sentence for accomplice of Kenya attack that 2019-07-03 11:00:06NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A Kenyan court on Wednesday sentenced one man to life in jail and two others to 41 years each for being accomplices to the 2015
22-week abortion ban moves closer to Colorado ballot 2019-07-03 10:39:50DENVER (AP) - A proposal to ban abortions at 22 weeks in Colorado moved closer to being on next year's ballot on Wednesday. The state's title board,
In Libya, a rogues' gallery of militias 2019-07-03 10:16:20BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - The airstrike that hit a detention center for migrants near the Libyan capital early Wednesday killing more than 40 people and
Putin signs bill suspending participation in nuclear treaty 2019-07-03 09:06:53MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill suspending Russia's participation in a pivotal nuclear arms treaty. Putin's decree, release
Hong Kong police arrest at least 13 after 2019-07-03 17:00:10Hong Kong authorities said they have arrested at least 13 people for Monday's pro-democracy protests.
Putin signs bill withdrawing from nuclear arms treaty 2019-07-03 15:57:35Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill Wednesday formalizing Russia's withdrawal from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty
Volcano erupts on Italian island popular with tourists, 2019-07-03 14:47:25An Italian hiker from Milazzo was killed on Wednesday as a volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted. According to fire brigade commander Giu
Chernobyl's $1.7B nuclear confinement shelter revealed after taking 2019-07-03 13:33:48A new structure built to confine the Chernobyl reactor at the center of the world's worst nuclear disaster was previewed for the media Tuesday.
French thieves steal over half a million dollars 2019-07-03 12:48:00Thieves in Paris made off with at least 150 bottles of wine, estimated at over half a million dollars, Monday after police say they cut a hole into th
China accuses UK of 'basking in the faded 2019-07-03 12:28:19China's foreign ministry lashed back Wednesday at criticism by Britain's foreign secretary on the recent protests in Hong Kong, saying the
More than 100 civilians killed by violence outbreak 2019-07-03 12:15:37The world's newest nation, South Sudan, has once again descended into a wave of fresh fighting that is said to have claimed the lives of more th
Thousands of mourners attend funeral of UAE prince, 2019-07-03 11:41:03A funeral was held Wednesday for the son of an influential Emirate sheikh who died on Monday during an alleged drug-fueled party in London.
Kenya's president blunt on scourge of al-Shabab: 'I 2019-07-03 11:03:43Wedged in the middle of chaos, bordered by the long-running instability of South Sudan to the northwest and Somalia to the east, the East African nati
Hundreds hospitalized with food poisoning during Imelda Marcos' 2019-07-03 10:29:44Outside Manila, about 260 people were hospitalized on Wednesday after experiencing food poisoning during Imelda R. Marcos' birthday celebration.
Indian man, 20, wakes up at his own 2019-07-03 09:21:41An Indian man thought to be dead woke up just before he was set to be buried during a funeral ceremony.
Airstrike in Libya flattens migrant detention center, killing 2019-07-03 08:43:56At least 44 people have been killed Wednesday in Libya after an airstrike flattened a detention center for migrants near the war-torn country's
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Stingless wasps released to combat invasive beetle that 2019-07-02 01:00:00A small but deadly army has taken to the skies to protect Newark from a winged invader: the emerald ash borer, which if left unchecked, could devastat
Duck Donuts fundraiser to benefit A.I. children's hospital 2019-07-02 00:30:00Next week, supporting Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children and the kids it serves will be as easy as buying a doughnut.
Main Street water main work prompts some restaurants 2019-07-01 17:41:00Ongoing water main work is continuing to affect Main Street businesses, with some restaurants choosing to close Monday instead of dealing with a requi
Bicyclist reports being robbed by two armed men 2019-07-01 16:22:00A bicyclist told police he was robbed by two armed men while riding through the Lumbrook neighborhood of Newark last week.
Newark Police arrest man accused in several burglaries 2019-07-01 15:38:00A man wanted in connection to several burglaries in northern Newark was arrested Monday morning, police said.
Delaware lawmakers end session with flurry of bills 2019-07-01 02:25:00Delaware lawmakers tackled dozens of measures both large and small before bringing down the gavel on this year's legislative session early Monday.
General assembly wrap-up: Social issues a focal point 2019-07-01 02:23:00Delaware's General Assembly addressed a host of social issues during this year's legislative session, which ended early Monday. Here is a look at so
Indictment: 'Devious' credit card skimming scheme discovered in 2019-06-28 17:56:00A credit card skimming device found on a gas pump in Newark in 2016 led federal investigators to uncover a broad conspiracy to steal credit card numbe
City of Newark will add electric cars to 2019-06-28 01:15:00The city of Newark is pursuing a plan to add electric vehicles to its fleet, a move that would save money, lower emissions and put the city at the for
Newark planning Independence Day festival, fireworks display 2019-06-28 00:30:00Bands will play, vendors will serve up a variety of food, and fireworks will light up the night sky next week as the Newark Parks and Recreation Depar
Retreat at Newark student housing complex sells for 2019-06-27 18:34:00A New York investment firm has purchased The Retreat at Newark student housing complex for $48 million, the company announced this week.
Defense bill includes $21 million for Army Reserve 2019-06-27 16:00:00The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a bill that authorizes $21 million in funding for a new Army Reserve Center in Newark.
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Poll: Kamala Harris surges in Iowa as Joe 2019-07-02 13:36:32A new Suffolk University/USA TODAY in Iowa, which holds the opening caucuses, shows Kamala Harris surging as Joe Biden struggles after the debate. &n
Fourth of July: How the weather could affect 2019-07-02 12:21:37Delaware is in a swath of states where thunderstorms are possible during July Fourth's barbecues, parades and fireworks. &nb
Charges reinstated against man arrested after fatal overdose 2019-07-02 11:58:18Federal prosecutors have reindicted an alleged drug dealer arrested more than two years ago after a woman died of an overdose. &nbs
Temperatures soar to 102 degrees in Serbia as 2019-07-02 11:47:39World Weather Attribution said that every heatwave occurring in Europe today "is made more likely and more intense by human-induced climate change."
University of Delaware, Delaware State add six football 2019-07-02 09:17:52For the first time, Blue Hens fans won't be on home turf in matchups against the Hornets. Two of the planned games are set for DSU's Alumni Stadium.
Here's where to celebrate the Fourth of July, 2019-07-02 09:14:09Fourth of July events in Delaware include favorites like Rehoboth fireworks and UD fireworks, as well as the Smyrna-Clayton parade and Dover celebrati
'Flesh-eating bacteria': What you need to know about 2019-07-02 08:51:11Here's what you need to know about Vibrio, the flesh-eating bacteria that can be found along the southeastern coast of the United States. &nbs
Bill would require restaurants to offer kids 'healthy' 2019-07-02 07:43:54A bill that recently passed the state House requires all restaurants to offer a healthy beverage as the first option in any kids meals. &
Brandywine Hundred Barnes & Noble moves down the 2019-07-02 07:25:46The Barnes & Noble in Brandywine Hundred has officially moved down Concord Pike, relocating from Concord Mall to the Concord Square Shop
Tower Hill's Ward works way back to top 2019-07-02 06:00:35Tower Hill's Robby Ward finished his career as Delaware's Boys Tennis Player of the Year for the third time. &n
Ocean City hotel worker convicted of stealing $160,000 2019-07-02 06:00:25Richard Perry of Berlin, Maryland, was found guilty of theft scheme over $100,000 after stealing from the Castle in the Sand hotel in Ocean City. &nb
Wimbledon 2019: Delaware's Madison Brengle earns first-round upset 2019-07-01 18:47:44For Brengle, who has had success of late, it marks three consecutive appearances in the second round at Wimbledon. &nbs
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An ever-expanding job for border agents: sensitive decisions 2019-07-03 14:26:43In a U.S. border patrol facility in El Paso, Texas, labels on holding cells indicate whether migrants have been selected - "yes" or "no" - for a
Harris, Gillibrand, Klobuchar call upon ORR to reform 2019-07-03 14:22:24Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) wrote a letter Wednesday to the Office of Refugee Resettlement
Democrats lead GOP on 2020 generic congressional ballot 2019-07-03 14:22:08Democrats outpace Republicans in the 2020 generic ballot in two recent polls as the party seeks to build on gains it made in the House in last year's
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Thunderstorm threat looms over Trump's Fourth of July 2019-07-03 14:21:04The threat of thunderstorms looms over President Donald Trump's Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall in Washington DC, but the Interior De
Senate GOP: White House backup government funding plan 2019-07-03 14:18:14Senate Republicans are raising concerns about a White House offer to use a one-year stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown starting
Joe Biden raises $21.5 million in second quarter, 2019-07-03 13:37:49Former Vice President Joe Biden took in $21.5 million in the second fundraising quarter of the year, his campaign said on Wednesday, placing him behin
China's military held 'emergency response' exercises in Hong 2019-07-03 09:21:39
Buttigieg rolls out national service plan 2019-07-03 09:20:45Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday rolled out a national service plan that would include 1 million members by 2026.The plan
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AOC knocks fellow Dems for refusing to pass 2019-07-02 15:25:23Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. has taken aim at her fellow lawmakers, including those in her own party, for failing to pass measures that
Howard Kurtz: Dems making themselves vulnerable against Trump 2019-07-02 15:25:02Democratic hopefuls adopting increasingly left-wing positions could leave themselves vulnerable to attacks from President Trump in 2020, acc
Halle Bailey Tapped to Play Ariel in 'The 2019-07-03 17:22:33Halle Bailey is set to star as a race-swapped Ariel in the upcoming Disney live-action adaptation of "The Little Mermaid."
Watch -- Former Disney Star Bella Thorne: I 2019-07-03 16:53:42Former Disney star Bella Thorne claims she was "molested" and "physically abused" during her years as a child actress in the entertainment industr
Report: Commerce Department Still Strictly Reviewing Huawei Export 2019-07-03 16:41:24This could allay fears that the Trump administration has gone too far in easing restrictions on the Chinese telecom company.
Sports Business Reporter Darren Rovell Says 'Betsy Ross' 2019-07-03 16:16:32Former ESPN writer Darren Rovell jumped to his Twitter account Wednesday to come to post a poll which claimed that the "Betsy Ross" flag has been us
Trump Meeting Revives Rumors Kim Jong-un Could Attend 2019-07-03 16:05:27A South Korean lawmaker suggested on Tuesday that, following this weekend's surprise meeting on the Korean border with U.S. President Donald Trump, N
Ilhan Omar: 'I Don't Know' if any 2020 2019-07-03 16:00:15Appearing Wednesday on BET Digital's "#BlackCoffeeLive," Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) expressed uncertainty about any 2020 Democrat candidate's abi
Ilhan Omar Admits Trump Continuing Some Obama-Era Policies 2019-07-03 15:54:32Appearing Wednesday on BET Digital's "#BlackCoffeeLive," Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) admitted that the Trump administration is implementing Obama-e
Kamala Harris Supports Busing: 'One of the Methods 2019-07-03 15:49:23Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) shocked many on Sunday when she told Bloomberg News she wants to bring back busing, calling it "one of the methods by which
Lindsey Graham to Float Alternative to Iran Nuclear 2019-07-03 15:45:57TEL AVIV - Senator Lindsey Graham, while on a visit to Israel, said he plans to unveil an alternative to the 2015 nuclear deal that would preven
Netflix Series 'Mr. Iglesias' Bashes Conservatives, Compares Gorbachev's 2019-07-03 15:41:56Last week, Netflix debuted its comedy series "Mr. Iglesias," starring comedian Gabriel Iglesias. The teen-oriented show is merely the latest pr
Delingpole: RIP Christopher Booker, the World's Greatest Climate 2019-07-03 15:01:36Booker - "Bookers" as I used to call him on our regularly weekly phone chats - would have hated being called the 'greatest' but he was, for a numb
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MoneyGram shares double on deal with Ripple 2019-06-18 10:48:16MoneyGram shares more than double on deal with cryptocurrency company Ripple
Tech, industrial stocks surge following big gains in 2019-06-18 10:30:24Stocks rose sharply in early trading on Wall Street, following big gains in Europe, as investors got back their appetite for risk.
Markets Right Now: US stocks rise following gains 2019-06-18 10:20:43Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street following big gains in Europe after the head of the European Central Bank said it was ready to cut interest r
US home construction slips 0.9% in May 2019-06-18 09:03:50US home construction slips 0.9% in May, reflecting big drop in single-family construction
US home construction slips 0.9% in May, reflecting 2019-06-18 08:32:11US home construction slips 0.9% in May, reflecting big drop in single-family construction
World shares rise after ECB says rate cuts 2019-06-18 07:53:12World markets advance on hopes that European Central Bank will cut rates, provide more stimulus
Asian markets mostly edge higher ahead of Fed 2019-06-17 23:50:15Asian markets rise ahead of interest rate decisions by U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks
Small media company to run Sports Illustrated for 2019-06-17 19:06:07The company that recently bought Sports Illustrated has found someone to run it: a small media company called Maven
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Sotheby's and Array soar while Align and Tyson 2019-06-17 16:47:24Sotheby's and Array soar while Align and Tyson Foods dip
How major US stock indexes fared Monday 2019-06-17 16:36:54U.S. stocks posted slight gains on Wall Street on Monday, adding a bit to the last two weeks of gains. However, trading remains choppy as uncertainty
Markets Right Now: Stocks climb, adding to recent 2019-06-17 16:20:23Stocks built on their recent momentum on Wall Street but the gains were relatively modest and trading remained choppy.
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Boeing makes $100 million pledge for 737 MAX 2019-07-03 18:31:03Boeing Co said on Wednesday it would give $100 million over multiple years to local governments and non-profit organizations to help families and comm
Pricier grills but cheaper meat: how Trump's trade 2019-07-03 18:25:59U.S. consumers likely paid more for grills to cook their Independence Day hot dogs and burgers this year because of the U.S.-China trade war, but they
U.S. reviews export requests to Huawei with 'highest 2019-07-03 18:13:05The U.S. government said on Wednesday it was reviewing license requests from U.S. companies seeking to export products to China's Huawei Technologies
Amazon can be held liable for third-party seller 2019-07-03 17:34:47A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled against Amazon.com Inc in a case that could expose the online retailer to lawsuits from customers who buy
Major averages close at record highs on dovish 2019-07-03 16:11:52U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with each of the major indexes closing at a record high, as expectations grew that the Federal Reserve would take a mor
U.S. judge blocks Qualcomm effort to put antitrust 2019-07-03 16:04:35A U.S. judge on Wednesday ruled against Qualcomm Inc's effort to block the implementation of a sweeping antitrust ruling against it as the mobile ch
Facebook, privacy activist Schrems face off in July 2019-07-03 15:33:52Facebook will face Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems next week at Europe's top court in a landmark case that could affect how hundreds of thousan
Oil prices climb as U.S. equities rally, rig 2019-07-03 15:05:38Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday ahead of a U.S. holiday, after falling steeply a day earlier as worries about a slowing global economy outweighed
Arizona cancels incentive for Nike plant after 'terrible 2019-07-03 14:19:37Arizona's governor on Tuesday withdrew a $1 million incentive for Nike Inc to build a plant in the state after the world's largest sportswear maker
U.S. trade, services industry data underscore slowing economy 2019-07-03 13:51:27The U.S. trade deficit jumped in May and trade tensions between the United States and China helped drive activity in the services sector to a two-year
Asda boss sees possible stock market listing in 2019-07-03 13:49:44The timescale for a possible stock market listing of British supermarket group Asda, by its U.S. parent Walmart , is two to three years, Asda's boss
Global stock markets, bonds rally in expectation of 2019-07-03 13:22:38Record low bond yields in Europe and the expectation of further interest rate cuts by central banks worldwide helped push global stock market indices
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Parallels and Winzip developer Corel acquired 2019-07-03 16:47:45Investment equity firm KKR snaps up Corel less than one year after Parallels deak.
The best VR laptops: these notebooks are ready 2019-07-03 16:24:29Don't have room for a VR gaming PC in the house? Then you're going to need a powerful laptop.
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Popular cloud storage app hides a rather nasty 2019-07-03 14:35:43Upstream has blocked over 114m suspicious mobile transactions.
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Nigerian Fintech Platform Okra Has Secured A $1 Million Pre-seed Fundraise From TLcom Capital
Nigerian fintech platform Okra has secured a $1mn pre-seed fundraise from TLcom Capital, strengthening its push to build the infrastructure for Africa's next wave of fintech innovation. With the first API in Africa to retrieve real-time financial data from a bank account to any web or mobile app, Okra's new investment will be used to scale their team and operations as they cater to their growing client base.
Launched in January 2020, Okra's "super-connector" creates a secure portal and process to exchange real-time financial information between customers, applications and banks. Currently, developers and organisations in Africa do not have access to real-time banking data, creating large hurdles during the onboarding and verification of customers. Okra is the first in Africa to bridge this gap, delivering a new layer of transparency between organisations and users in the lending, personal & corporate finance and real estate sectors.
Supported by the strong engineering background of their founding team, Fara Ashiru Jituboh (formerly of Fidelity Investments and Canva) and David Peterside (from UCML Capital and Fashion Map), the company's technical expertise has already seen them connect with all of Nigeria's commercial banks as well as the likes of Branch, AIICO Insurance PLC, Travelstart, Bamboo, Renmoney and Swipe (YC) amongst others. With the capacity to onboard new clients in under 24 hours, the startup has seen a 175% rise in demand since March 2020 as more companies digitise their services due to COVID-19 and is seeking to expand across Africa.
Speaking on the new investment, Fara Ashiru Jituboh, Okra's CEO/CTO stated: "Our thesis is simple — financial innovation cannot exist without the proper infrastructure, which is data. Essentially, how far the African fintech sector can grow is intrinsically tied to the success of an infrastructure like Okra and with our core market in Nigeria, we're opening the door to another level of innovation in Africa's largest market."
"There are approximately 125mn banks accounts in Nigeria alone — but over the course of the next two years, we will see that figure rise exponentially, which presents huge opportunities for growth. Our role within this is to deliver ease, speed and transparency to key players within the fintech space so they can get back to driving our continent forward."
The $1mn investment in Okra marks TLcom's first investment in the fintech sector and as part of the deal, Andreata Muforo, Partner at TLcom, will join Okra's board. Ido Sum, also a Partner at the VC firm, will join as a board observer.
Andreata Muforo, Partner at TLcom, added "We are always looking for startups with the potential for high value-generation and Okra's technology provides the foundation for new fintech solutions in Africa for years to come. Equally, it was important for us to know that their leadership had the entrepreneur-led focus which is crucial for execution. Fara's background was vital here — she's an expert in over 20 programming languages, worked with multiple Fortune 500 companies and is a great example of why we're committed to investing in more female founders. She leads by example and we have seen her and David build a really exciting business, in a little under a year, we're excited to help them grow further".
Okra marks the latest company to take advantage of Open Banking initiatives across the globe, which has attracted increasing attention from investors. In the USA, Plaid, which allows users to connect their bank accounts to an app, has been acquired by Visa for $5.3bn since launching in 2013. Yodlee, an American company offering a similar service, secured more than $140mn of funding before being acquired by Envestnet in 2015.
Okra's Co-Founder and COO, David Peterside, concludes, "When we started Okra last year, our priority was to help African fintechs and banks build the best in class technology and solve problems for their customers. This investment marks the next chapter of this mission. For too long, simple financial tasks like budgeting, internal reconciliations and credit assessments have been additional stressors for businesses and we're filling a long-standing gap in the market. Our aim is to make these processes as seamless and pain-free for our clients so they can focus on their core services."
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Discussion in 'iPhone' started by msa6, Mar 26, 2008.
We've been with Sprint for years, but service really has gotten poor and with my wife's birthday coming up, I'm thinking it might be time to spring for an iPhone for her (her Treo has about had it).
We live in a market formerly owned by Suncom (Charlottesville, VA). Needless to say, this essentially bankrupt company didn't put huge $ in the ground, and coverage was never great. I think ATT has put more money in the ground, but this isn't NYC. Friends with iPhones are happy with them, but they live in different parts of town, and getting service at the house is pretty important...lots of people call her exclusively on the cell phone.
So I got some freebie LG phone from ATT (just arrived today) as a way to test coverage around the house. It's sometimes two bars, but mostly I'm getting one bar or no bars. I'd test an iPhone, but there's the restocking fee, etc.
So, any thoughts on what to expect from iPhone coverage at the house given the 0-2 bar experience with the LG? Even with no bars I seem okay making calls (not getting "no service"). I guess the other question is whether I should believe what the guy in the local ATT store told me six months ago: that they're putting more cell sites up in my area soon. He's just a salesman, of course.
Guess I have one more: if I get an iPhone to test out, and decide to keep it, will I have any problem changing the number over to her Sprint number if I start service out with a new ATT number? Don't want to port the Sprint number unless we're sure we'll keep the phone with ATT...that number is important (to us!).
I'm a Sprint transplant after almost 10 years under their regime. The phone coverage is still the same at my house whether it's Sprint or AT&T. At the top of my street I get "FULL BARS" and when I pull into my driveway at sea level and in a slight dip or valley I drop to 2-3 bars. There are some days where I get 1-2 bars, and then the occasional "No Service" unless I move about the house and find 2-3 bars. It's frustrating, but I'm not willing to give up my house by the water! I even look at the coverage maps for "orange" & "blue 3G" and they both show "MODERATE" coverage, so it's not like I should be surprised. I'm finding that I'm looking at other houses near the water, on the basis of whether my iPhone has "FULL BARS!" That's messed-up isn't it? Anyway, AT&T has been better than Sprint by "leaps and bounds" but they are about even regarding coverage "INSIDE" my house. I love the rollover minutes, EDGE, Family Plan Unlimited Texting (one way to get over the "1-2 Bar" issue), M2M Unlimited Calls, WiFi connections at my house and the AT&T HotSpots and Unlimited Calls M-F starting at 7pm. I did notice that the iPhone seems to have 2-3 Bars more often than any Sprint phone that I owned, (and that was at least 8 phones). No problem porting your number over to AT&T, it took 2 minutes for all 4 of my Family Plan members to be up and running. Good Luck. Keep us posted on your results. PM me if you have further questions.
This morning the LG is not getting any service in the house...not a positive development!
I'm thinking I may need to get an iPhone and try it out...bear the restocking fee if it won't work.
Anyone else care to chime in on iPhone marginal coverage area performance? Thanks.


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Q: Difference between 2 columns 2 dataframes based on index I have 2 dataframes I would like to analyze.
df1:
          City         Time    Day
5866128   Los Angeles  3.5     01/09/2019
5172728   New York     14      09/09/2019
4787428   Boston       9       10/09/2019

df2:
          City         Time    Day
5866128   Los Angeles  3.5     01/09/2019
2478987   Denver       10      07/09/2019
5172728   New York     24      09/09/2019
4787428   Boston       4       10/09/2019
1478712   Austin       7       10/09/2019

I would like to create a third dataframe that would contain only the rows where df2['Time']-df1['Time'] != 0 based on the index and the rows that are only available in df2.
Desired output :
          City         Time     Day
2478987   Denver       10       07/09/2019
5172728   New York     10       09/09/2019
4787428   Boston       -5       10/09/2019
1478712   Austin        7       10/09/2019

I tried to play with numpy.where(), but I can't make it work to compare only the same index.
Thanks

A: df2['Time'] = df2['Time'].sub(df1['Time'], fill_value=0)
df2[df2.Time.ne(0)]

or
df2.assign(Time = df2['Time'].sub(df1['Time'], fill_value= 0)).loc[lambda x:x.Time.ne(0)]

A: Try this one:
df3 = (df1.join(df2, rsuffix="_2")
df3 = df3.loc[df["Time"]!=df["Time_2"]]
df3["Time"]=df3["Time_2"]-df3["Time"]
df3=df3.drop(["Time_2", "Day_2", "City_2"], axis=1)

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Tax filing: Retiring Lewiston CEO got bonus despite hospital woes
By Lindsay Tice, Staff Writer
New 2016 documents also show past financial troubles, spending cuts and salaries at CMMC parent.
LEWISTON — When longtime CEO Peter Chalke retired in 2016 from Central Maine Healthcare, its flagship hospital was millions of dollars in the red and Medicare penalized it for the first time for having infection and complication rates that were too high.
As his hospital system struggled, including losing $12 million in 2016, recently obtained tax documents show that Chalke received an extra $169,000 for a job well-done.
CMHC's financial problems have not been a secret. But how its leaders responded during that time — including giving Chalke a bonus equal to about 30 percent of his base salary — has been private.
For years, the Sun Journal has examined executive pay, perks and certain expenditures in nonprofit hospitals in Maine. This year it focused on Central Maine Healthcare, a hospital system that saw a major shift in leadership.
Chalke's bonus was one bit of information within the tax documents. Other findings:
How the former CEO left the place, what the new leaders walked into, and some hints of what they have done since.
'WORKING LIKE HELL'
Chalke worked for the hospital system for 33 years, starting at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston in 1983 as vice president for ancillary services. By 1995, a series of promotions had led him to become chief operating officer of Central Maine Healthcare, which is now the parent of CMMC, Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital.
He became CEO in the early 2000s and remained for about 14 years.
During his years with the system, Chalke helped develop CMMC's heart center and expand the system's network of primary care doctors and specialists. He was also involved in the start of LifeFlight of Maine, the establishment of what was then The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing, and the partnership between Central Maine Healthcare and Massachusetts General Hospital.
For his work, Chalke was generally paid in the upper six figures. Some years he earned more, such as the $2 million he received in fiscal year 2006-07 and the $1.2 million he got in fiscal year 2007-08, when the board said it was beefing up his retirement account to make up for a past lack of contributions.
He also received a large life insurance policy that named Central Maine Healthcare as beneficiary but that Chalke, for at least some period, could borrow against.
In early 2016, Chalke announced plans to step down as CEO. He was about to turn 67 and said he mostly wanted to retire because of his age.
By fall he was gone. CMHC's board of directors hired Jeff Brickman to be the new CEO.
Brickman almost immediately made public that Central Maine Healthcare had lost a "significant" amount of money that fiscal year. It needed, he said, a "transformational" plan for its future, including its financial future.
"I am working like hell to make sure that we can sustain this organization for the long term because of the community dependence on what we do for them," Brickman told the Sun Journal that December.
Chalke could not be reached for comment for this story. He did not return messages left at two numbers listed to him and his wife. Two other numbers belonging to the couple have been disconnected.
Central Maine Healthcare's spokeswoman said the system's human resources department typically does not share retiree information and she was unable to find anyone who has Chalke's current contact information.
Central Maine Healthcare was not the only hospital system losing money during that time. About half of Maine's hospitals were in the red for various reasons.
Some blamed low Medicaid and Medicare rates or private insurance plans with deductibles that were so high that patients couldn't afford to pay their share of medical bills. Other hospitals, particularly midsized ones, said they saw fewer surgeries as people put off care or shifted to major medical centers.
Brickman said Central Maine Healthcare's three hospitals lost a combined $12 million in 2016, mostly because the nonprofit hospital system hadn't been serving enough poor people and so had become ineligible for a federal program that paid hospitals to provide medication to those patients.
"When that went away, it underscored that we had a number of issues we had to address and had to address very quickly," he said at the time.
The system laid off 28 people and partnered with the local YMCA to take over CMMC's fitness and wellness center. Brickman also dropped a Chalke-administration plan to become an anchor tenant at Bates Mill No. 5.
Soon after Brickman took over in late 2016, he found that Central Maine Healthcare had 39 days of cash on hand, not the 117 days its current chief financial officer says would have been typical for a system its size.
"The organization was definitely headed in the wrong direction," CFO David Thompson said.
In addition to its financial issues, Central Maine Healthcare was dealing with some patient safety problems.
In fiscal year 2016, Medicare penalized CMMC for the first time for having too many infections and complications between 2012 and 2014. It penalized CMMC again the following year for infections and complications that occurred between 2013 and 2015. It penalized CMMC again the year after that for problems that occurred between 2014 and 2016.
In April 2018, The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that tracks health-care safety, quality and value at hospitals, graded CMMC a C for infections reported between 2016 and 2017 and for bed sores and treatable complication deaths reported between 2014 and 2015.
That C made it one of the lowest-rated hospitals in the state at the time. It has since rebounded.
While those safety issues weren't noted by an outside group — Medicare and Leapfrog — until 2017 or 2018, hospital leaders regularly discuss safety and quality problems and are aware of issues around the time they happen.
BONUS AND INCENTIVE
The hospital system's latest tax documents cover fiscal year 2017, which ran from July 2016 through June 2017. Salaries were earned during calendar year 2016.
According to those documents, Chalke made almost $940,000 in 2016, his last year as CEO. About $575,000 of that was his base salary. About $19,000 was earmarked as retirement or other deferred compensation.
More than $175,000 was categorized as "other." A Central Maine Healthcare spokeswoman said a "huge majority" of that was for unused leave that Chalke had accumulated. Some was also for a car allowance — an executive perk — that had not been previously paid out.
He received $169,000 as "bonus and incentive" compensation. It was almost twice the amount Chalke had received the year before and was his largest bonus since at least 2010, the last year records were immediately available.
That bonus could be considered either a little high or about average compared to current national trends.
A 2018 Hospital Executive Compensation Report by Total Compensation Solutions, a New York-based human resources consulting firm, showed that hospital CEOs who get bonuses see one that is, on average, 13.5 percent of their total compensation package. Chalke's was 18 percent.
It also showed that bonuses average about 33 percent of CEOs' base pay. Chalke's was about 30 percent.
In low-cost areas like Lewiston, CEOs average a base salary of $458,000 and a bonus of just under $145,000. Their average total salary is about $740,000.
Deborah Dunlap Avasthi is the current board chairwoman and was chairwoman when decisions about Chalke's upcoming 2016 pay were made. She said the board's compensation committee takes executive compensation seriously and spends a lot of time considering what's appropriate, what other hospitals pay and how well the executive has done their job.
"A lot of factors go into pay on an annual basis," she said in a recent interview.
One of those factors: how long Chalke had been with the system.
"In Peter's case, obviously as a long-term CEO — he had been with the organization upwards of 33 years — his salary obviously would have been more within the range as a seasoned executive," she said.
While the 2018 Hospital Executive Compensation Report considers the terms "bonus" and "incentive compensation" to be interchangeable, Avasthi said she considers Chalke's extra pay to be incentive compensation because he had to meet certain performance criteria to get it. She said she couldn't remember Chalke's specific criteria, but that it generally involved quality, safety, financial and other goals.
The hospital system declined to provide Chalke's specific goals or to say which goals were met.
"That falls under the category of HR information/employee performance review and we can't share that info," spokeswoman Kate Carlisle said in an email.
Alexander Yaffe, a Maryland-based consultant to the Central Maine Healthcare board, said Chalke could have gotten more money than he did. That $169,000 was about two-thirds of what Chalke was eligible for, he said.
Not every CEO receives a bonus. According to the executive compensation report, about 24 percent of CEOs get nothing.
Down the street at Lewiston's other hospital system, St. Mary's former CEO, Lee Myles, received no bonus when he retired in 2015 after 23 years with that hospital system, five as CEO.
His immediate replacement, Christopher Chekouras, earned $413,000 in 2016, his first full year with St. Mary's. He also received no bonus.
"For the past several years, we have not paid incentives or bonuses because the financial performance of the hospital has not warranted it," said Karen Sullivan, spokeswoman for Covenant Health, St. Mary's parent.
There have also been times Chalke got no extra money. Tax records show he received nothing in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
"There were goals and performance measurements that were created at the beginning of the plan year. At the end of the year, the results were not achieved and there were no bonuses provided," Avasthi said. "From a consistency standpoint … he had to achieve those goals or there would have been no payment."
Asked whether she thought Chalke earned the last $169,000 bonus he received, Avasthi said, "It's something where the compensation committee tries to find the balance."
She added that while the compensation committee focused on that year's goals when it gave him that money, members likely also considered Chalke's career with the system and his past achievements.
"There were a huge amount of accomplishments and things that this institution proudly stands behind, between LifeFlight, the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute, a number of initiatives that Peter really helped to push forward as an organization," she said.
"I'm sure the performance criteria that was established and measured at the end of the year, there was merit in any kind of bonus consideration that was given, but also recognizing that was his final evaluation."
NEW ADMINISTRATION
When Brickman took over as CEO in late 2016, he immediately began making changes. One of his first moves was to hire Illinois-based consulting firm Kaufman Hall to help develop what he called a "transformational strategic plan" for the system's future.
Brickman declined to say then how much Kaufman Hall cost. Like Chalke's pay, that amount was also made public for the first time in recently released tax documents.
The consultant cost $4.3 million.
Thompson, the CFO, said Kaufman Hall was needed "to help turn the organization around."
Those tax documents also show slashes in spending across all three hospitals and their parent organization. Advertising and promotion, for example, dropped from $1.2 million to $678,000 at CMMC and from $121,000 to $49,000 at Rumford Hospital. Spending on travel dropped from $233,000 to $117,000 at Bridgton Hospital. Office expenses dropped from $5.4 million to $2.6 million at Central Maine Healthcare.
Carlisle, the system's spokeswoman, said Brickman's schedule was booked and he did not have time to talk for this story. However, Brickman's CFO gave the new administration credit for the savings.
"That goes to the whole turnaround," Thompson said. "Those were areas we could immediately impact."
The tax documents show there were also areas not immediately affected. While Rumford Hospital and Central Maine Healthcare as a parent organization went from a shortfall to a surplus that year, CMMC's finances continued to sink. Its shortfall grew from $6.5 million to $9.8 million.
Thompson said things at the hospital were so precarious when Brickman arrived that it's taking time to turn things around.
The new administration also takes credit for increases in cash on hand. According to Thompson, it's taken almost two years, but the system now has just over 100 days of cash, up from the 39 he said Brickman found soon after he got there.
Not reflected in the balance sheets: the almost wholesale change in management and ensuing agitation in the ranks.
Since Brickman took over as CEO in late 2016, the hospital system's leadership team has almost entirely changed, including a new CFO, a new president for CMMC and a new chief nursing officer. (The former nursing leader, Sharron Chalke, Peter Chalke's wife, resigned the same week as CMMC's president.)
Among providers, there's been turmoil. This summer, medical staff at all three hospitals issued votes of no confidence in Brickman. Soon after, the board affirmed its support of him but voted to give doctors more of a say in how things are run. The day after that, the president of the Bridgton and Rumford hospitals resigned.
Not long after, Central Maine Healthcare officials acknowledged that the system's physician turnover rate stood at about 27 percent. By comparison, health care data company SK&A has said the annual turnover rate for office-based doctors in the U.S. is 8 percent and the average turnover for all hospital employees — doctors, nurses, support staff and others — is 18.6 percent.
Some current and former Central Maine Healthcare staff claimed that doctors were fleeing because working conditions had deteriorated, they were concerned about the quality of patient care and they considered the atmosphere "toxic" under the new administration.
The tax documents do give a first public look at how much Brickman is being paid. He earned $232,000 for the four months he worked as new CEO in 2016. (Tax documents for nonprofits are generally available one to two years after their tax year ends.)
Of Brickman's pay, $40,000 was a signing bonus.
He won't see another bonus this year.
"We're following a rigorous process. There were certain goals and objectives Jeff had established with the executive comp team that were not met this year," Avasthi said. "We did not pay out any variable pay bonuses."
That, she said, applied to the whole senior leadership team this year.
Because most of Brickman's new leadership team didn't begin until 2017 or 2018, their salaries are not listed in the documents. It's also unclear how some of the other changes Brickman has made — including the creation of the Topsham Care Center — will affect the hospital system.
That information will appear in future tax documents.
Peter Chalke stands next to a portrait of himself during a 2016 ceremony to rename a wing of Central Maine Medical Center in his honor. Chalke retired as CEO of Central Maine Healthcare that year. (Photo courtesy Central Maine Healthcare)
Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, the flagship hospital of Central Maine Healthcare. Newly released tax filings show the hospital was in financial trouble in 2016 even as CEO Peter Chalke, who retired that year, got an extra $169,000 for a job well-done. (Sun Journal file photo)
Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, the flagship hospital of Central Maine Healthcare (Sun Journal file photo)
Jeff Brickman stands outside Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Central Maine Healthcare's flagship hospital in 2016, shortly after taking over as CEO of the hospital system. According to newly released tax documents, Brickman earned $232,000 for the four months he worked as new CEO in 2016. Of that, $40,000 was a signing bonus. (Sun Journal file photo)
Deborah Avasthi, chairwoman of Central Maine Healthcare's board of directors (Photo courtesy Central Maine Healthcare)
Former CEO Peter Chalke's compensation package for 2016 (retired September)
Base salary: $574,851
Bonus and incentive compensation: $169,000
Other reportable compensation: $175,646
Retirement/deferred compensation: $19,320
Nontaxable benefits: $752
Total: $939,569
Current CEO Jeff Brickman's compensation package for 2016 (September through December only)
Bonus and incentive compensation: $40,000
Other reportable compensation: $13,867
Retirement/deferred compensation: $0
Nontaxable benefits: $4,700
Bridgton Hospital, central maine healthcare, Central Maine Medical Center, CMHC, CMMC, Jeff Brickman, Rumford Hospital


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A Week in Alaska
We spent Memorial Day week in the 49th state. I'm not sure why everyone in the Northeast seems to treat it like a once-in-a-lifetime trip. It's not that far, people. It's big. It's beautiful. I'd go again.
A layover in Minneapolis is highly recommended, as is lunch at Masu in the Mall of America, where I sketched these lovely ladies. M. noticed that there were multiple outlets of many stores at the MoA. "There's two of everything," he said. "It's the Noah's ark of malls."
We landed in Anchorage, Alaska's biggest city, and got our bearings. Anchorage isn't the most inspiring of cities to sketch. It looks perpetually stuck in the '70s -- because that's when the city's architecture dates from, due to the massive earthquake in 1964. With today's taste for retro chic, though, it's somewhat hard to tell what's actually from that era and what's just been built to look like a rec room on purpose.
Thankfully, the food scene is much more modern. Breakfast at Snow City Cafe was so good we went twice during our stay. Tip: They take reservations.
What Anchorage also has, randomly, is a fabulous art supply store.
The breadth of merchandise at Blaines is impressive. They even have a whole rack of the multicolored-lead pencils we urban sketchers like so much.
And next door was this little vignette, just begging to be photographed.
Still marveling at the fact that we'd never see nightfall for an entire week (the sun would set well after we'd gone to bed and rise before we woke up), we decamped to the lovely, slightly Grand-Budapest-Hotel-ish Alyeska Resort in Girdwood. We planned to go south into the Kenai peninsula; however, the air was thick with smoke from the wildfires so we decided to head to Whittier for a boat tour of the glaciers in Prince William Sound instead.
I sketched the surrounding landscape while we waited for the Whittier Tunnel to open for cars (the train line shares it, and you actually drive on the tracks). It's apparently the longest highway tunnel in North America.
The town of Whittier is tiny. Just about all of its residents live in one condo building. Then there's a marina for the glacier tours, and there are fishing boats during the season. That's all.
While on the glacier tour, I took out my watercolor kit and did a quick sketch of the landscape. This is what I'd always imagined Alaska to look like, and it didn't disappoint. (The finished work is at the top of this blog post.)
Next we headed north. We discovered that Wasilla -- yes, the town Sarah Palin put on the map -- has really good restaurants (mmm, Grape Tap) among its maze of strip malls. No, we didn't run into its most famous resident.
As we made our way to Denali National Park we made the obligatory detour to Talkeetna -- it's a quirky little town whose honorary mayor is this cat, Stubbs:
We reached Denali around dinnertime, and while M. hiked up a mountain, I tried to paint the view from our hotel and made a mess of it on account of the chilly, biting wind. My fingers were freezing by the time I called it quits.
The next day we boarded the shuttle bus, which took us 50 miles into the park. We checked off everything on my to-see list: moose, Dall sheep, bears, caribou. Oh, and the elusive Mt. McKinley graced us with its presence too. On the ride back to the park entrance, I sketched the typical tundra scene.
Lots more to see on a future trip someday: Alaska is over twice the size of Texas! I leave you with that.
Tags: Alaska, Anchorage, Denali, fjord, glacier, Minnesota, Prince William Sound, Whittier
Joan Tavolott June 5, 2014 at 2:55 PM
No wonder we haven't seen you in a while. Great sketches of the Alaskan landscape and the indoor sketches. Is the painting at the top the same one you are working on in the photo? It is always fun to find a good art supply store too. Looks like a great trip!
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Now we can do the same thing for F sharp.
because it's half way down.
which is the interval of a fourth.
I didn't really have to go that far down.
notes on third hole draw.
That was third hole blow I played, so.
this as being in the key of F sharp.
one, flatted three, one, two.
And then you can jump around in there too.
your fine control of these bends.
So, fourth hole draw is D.
difference, and this is a good one.
D, A, D, A flat.
>> You can do it fast, you can do it slow.
It's harder to do it slow.
That was D, B, D, A, D, B flat, D, A flat.
the better you're going to be at this.