9/11
“It’s important to
remember that good things can sometimes be born of tragedy, especially at a
time when so many Americans are dealing with so much adversity. Storms in the
South. Wildfires in the West. A nationwide opioid epidemic. And of course,
Monday was the 16th anniversary of 9/11.
On that day, Victor
Saracini, 51, was the captain of United Flight 175, the airplane that hijackers
directed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. Inside that building,
on the 84th floor, Patrick McGuire, 40, was working at Euro Brokers Inc. His
plan to evacuate had been interrupted by an announcement that the situation was
under control.
Each
man left behind a wife and children — the Saracinis have two daughters, the
McGuires have two sons and two daughters. On Sept. 9, Victor Saracini’s younger
daughter, Brielle, and Patrick’s McGuire’s older son, Sean, wed in Austin,
Texas, in front of a gathering that included their mothers, Ellen Saracini and
Danielle McGuire. It’s the second wedding this summer for the Saracinis.
Brielle’s sister, Kirsten, was married in June. Ellen Saracini said she is
certain that Victor, whom she describes as a “real participating father,” would
have been thrilled with their daughters’ choices.”
Hurricane
Irma, Pets
“Between 800 and 900 dogs — and a handful of cats —
became guests of the Hyatt Regency Orlando on International Drive this weekend
after hundreds of Hurricane Irma evacuees headed here from other parts
of the state.
“We’re always dog-friendly,” hotel manager
Kevin Kennedy said on Saturday night.
Marcus Newton and his daughter Adison, 11,
from Vero Beach planned this trip to Orlando nearly two months ago and decided
to keep the reservation as an evacuation plan.
“I couldn’t imagine leaving them in a
shelter,” said Adison, referring to their two dogs Reagan and Riley.
Mia Gallow drove up from Naples on
Wednesday with her golden retriever Scout to avoid the storm.
“I’m actually from California, so I’m used to
earthquakes and fires,” Gallow said. “This is my first hurricane.”
Gallow said she was surprised how many dogs
you can spot in the lobby at any given time.”
Wellness, Health
“If
you’ve visited a health website in the past five or so years, you know that
sitting is the new smoking. Now, there’s more data to add to the pile of
research showing that excessive sitting is hazardous to your health: a new study
in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that people who sat for longer
uninterrupted periods of time had an increased likelihood of dying over the
course of the study. But on a more hopeful note, the study suggested that
getting up at least every half hour could help.
Excessive
sitting has been linked to everything from increased risk of obesity
and depression
to heart disease,
as Clifton Leaf pointed out in Tuesday’s Fortune Brainstorm Health newsletter.
This new study comes from researchers at institutions including Weill Cornell
Medical Center, University of Michigan and Columbia University Medical Center.”
Health Care,
Insurance
“Coming less than two months after progressives and America’s families won
a huge victory by preventing GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and
to decimate Medicaid, the bill marks a new, less defensive Democratic position.
Vigilance and unity are still needed to protect against attempts to undermine
recent historic health improvements. But this bill aggressively advances the
debate over how best to advance the progressive goal of achieving high-quality,
affordable health care for everyone.
Maybe we should hit pause before we get on this bandwagon. The overriding
goal among progressives is to ensure that health care becomes a basic human
right — truly and affordably available for all, irrespective of income, race,
ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, and geography.
But there are several paths to universal health care coverage. Single-payer
can be one of them — but it isn’t the only one. Indeed, many countries have
reached the goal using methodologies other than single-payer, including varying
blends of public and private coverage.
Too many progressives and others fail to distinguish between “universal
coverage” and “single-payer.” The terms are used interchangeably in private
conversations and in the national arena.”
Travel
“This was where I was a year ago:
aware that I was ruining my trip, but unable to stop myself from doing it. Now
that I’ve had time to process — and thanks to Jaime Kurtz, Ph.D., and her book "The Happy Traveler: Unpacking the Secrets of Better Vacations"
— I can see quite a few factors that contributed to my guilt-laden discontent
in Paris. For me and anyone else who’s ever found solo travel wrought with
burden and shame as opposed to the wonder and delight they were promised, I’ve
laid out my mistakes and how I plan to prevent or work through them, with help
from Kurtz, on my next solo trip.”
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