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Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Joe Clifton On Monday, attorney Fred Lewis filed a complaint alleging that Steve Herbst, the lead consultant on Forvis Mathers’ contract to review the performance of Travis County’s Central Health, practiced law without a license. The complaint is based on the fact that Herbst told the Travis County Board of Commissioners that he was “pleased to report that there were no reportable conditions or violations of law that were discovered in the performance review of Central Health.” Lewis has waged a years-long campaign to show that Central Health’s $35 million annual payments to the University of…

Sylvain Roy has spent most of his career in technology roles at Amadeus, joining as a contractor in 2003 and rising to senior vice president of technology for Platform Engineering in 2019, before becoming Chief Technology Officer in 2023.Roy spoke to PhocusWire about the company’s technology priorities, its move to the cloud, and how it is using generative artificial intelligence both internally and externally. The interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.Given your role within Amadeus, what are your priorities for the next six months?Moving to cloud, no question about it. It’s a big program and it’s transformational. Different…

Finally, it’s time for a fantastic shopping event – the Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2024. It’s your chance to grab a wide range of fitness equipment, including yoga mats, dumbbells, treadmills and more, in Amazon’s most exciting early sale. Join the Amazon Sale 2024 countdown and explore exciting deals, discounts and offers. Whether you want to boost your cardiovascular health, intensify your strength training or simply create a home gym, this sale has you covered. Amazon Sale 2024 countdown: Get early access to fitness equipment at up to 80% off in Amazon’s Great Indian Festival sale. (Freepik) If you’re…

Investing.com — Chinese stocks are likely to rebound in the coming months as they are undervalued after a long period of weakness and Beijing is likely to announce further stimulus measures, Gavekal Research said in a note. Gavekal said in a note dated Monday that he is “very bullish” on Chinese stocks and advocates for maintaining long positions in the market. He recommended investing in Chinese stocks before the next bull market begins. Mr. Gavekal’s memo came just a day before China rolled out a series of stimulus measures, including cutting bank reserve requirements, lowering mortgage rates and possibly providing…

Can outbreak infectious diseases compete for capital with non-communicable diseases and other profitable indications? The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that it is possible. During the pandemic, numerous biotech startups and large pharmaceutical companies have invested significant resources into developing vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics. These investments have not only saved millions of lives but also significantly boosted revenues and valuations for several companies in the industry. Consider a few examples, including Moderna, Pfizer, and BioNTech.Now, mpox has become a new global health threat, and lessons from COVID-19 have demonstrated the importance and tools the biopharmaceutical industry has to work to prevent…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohioans will vote this November on Issue 1, a redistricting proposal that could dramatically shift the balance of power in the state Legislature.I spent a day with the proponents and a day with the opponents. Here’s what you need to know about constitutional reform.What am I voting for?Ohio will be voting on whether politicians should be removed from the redistricting process.Ohio lawmakers are currently drawing maps that will directly affect them and their colleagues.The Ohio Redistricting Commission (ORC) is made up of seven seats. In the state Legislature, two seats are always allocated to Republicans and two…

Alden Library has purchased Sage Research Methods, a research methods resource, to facilitate student and faculty research and instruction, according to university news. The Sage Research Methods package provides resources on qualitative research methods, including over 500 downloadable datasets, codebooks, and instructional materials that provide walkthroughs of data analysis. The Sage Research Methods package also includes resources for quantitative research, including software guides to familiarize yourself with common data analysis tools such as SPSS, R, Stata, and Python. According to Data Services Librarian Jonathan Brier, Sage Research Methods allows students to learn research methods from a collection of instructional materials.…

CNN — Donald Trump has issued an apocalyptic warning to a group of farmers in the battleground state of Pennsylvania: “If I lose the election, you won’t have your farms for long.” Speaking at an event on Monday highlighting his vow to protect rural Americans from China’s predatory influence, Trump also showed that with focus he can construct an effective, populist economic argument to help explain his lead in polls on the most important issue in the election. But Trump’s predictions of mass farm bankruptcies were also a familiar iteration of his gloomy political credo, a concept the former president…

CNN — The US believes Israel has significantly weakened Hezbollah with last week’s strikes but is concerned that escalating fighting could spark a wider conflict across the Middle East and is working hard behind the scenes to persuade Hezbollah not to escalate further and launch a ground invasion of Lebanon, officials told CNN. “This is the closest we’ve come to a regional war” since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks, one of the officials said. Hezbollah launched drone and rocket attacks on Israel the next day, sparking months of hostilities across a border that has long been Israel’s quietest. The situation escalated…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) – The Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame inducted its newest member on Monday: The Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2024 has ties to Eastern Kentucky through Hazard native Oscar Combs.”It’s been a dream of mine for years,” Combs said, “and I never thought it would come true. I never thought it would happen at Freedom Hall.”In 1976, Combs launched The Cats’ Pause, the first independent publication dedicated solely to covering a single college athletics program. Combs began his writing career at the Courier-Journal.Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame”As a high school sophomore, junior and senior in…