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Today begins a mini-series featuring one of several prominent members of the Stevenson Society of America in its formative years who had known Robert Louis Stevenson intimately and then outlived him. The story of this one begins in the American West. “Belle” is for Isobel, the older sister by 10 years of Lloyd Osbourne, the lucky American kid who got to have Robert Louis Stevenson for a partner and stepfather in many colorful enterprises, and to whom “Treasure Island” is dedicated. As Mrs. Isobel Field (her second marriage), Belle and Lloyd came to Saranac Lake in February 1917 at the invitation of the Stevenson Society, in which they were members, and the village of Saranac Lake. A headline from the Saranac Lake News, Feb. 8, 1917, reads: “ALL HONOR PAID STEVENSON FAMILY Stepchildren of Famous Author revisit Saranac Lake after Thirty Years Mr. and Mrs. Osbourne and Mrs. Salisbury Field, Entertained at the Baker Cottage, C
Published April 27, 2021, 9:46 PM
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Smart Omega is poised to rule the League of Legends: Wild Rift Southeast Asia Icon Series 2021-Summer Season Philippines South Luzon group stage after going undefeated in the first round over the weekend.
Having found their fiery form way back early in the preseason, Omega standouts Ronel “Stronger” Tan (support), John Lloyd “Impressive” Dela Cruz (midlaner), Gerald “Taymlaps” Bermundo (ADC), Maynard “Arise” Limon (jungler) and Jaiby “JLC” Paglingayen (baron laner) swept all their five series and only dropped a single game in the four-team, triple round robin regional group.
Winners of the Wild Rift Asia Brawl 2021, Stronger and his crew crushed Execration, 2-0, before capping their seamless first round run with a 2-0 decimation of Preseason runner-up Sunsparks on Sunday night, April 25.
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In 2019 Hackensack Meridian Health s former co-CEO, John Lloyd, was awarded $9.9 million in total compensation, making him the metropolitan area s top-paid hospital executive that year, according to a
Crain s analysis of the most recent financial information available.
His haul, of course, predates the pandemic, during the height of which hospital professionals took pay cuts and accepted smaller bonuses in order to keep their facilities bottom lines in balance. But experts say that belt-tightening was likely a temporary blip, not a bellwether, for the area s hospitals and health systems. Coming out of Covid, their job s gotten harder, not easier, said Allen Miller, CEO of Cope Health Solutions, a health care management consultancy, about the role of health system leaders. I would assume the upward trajectories over the years to continue.
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April 25, 2021
The EarthSky-recommended tide almanacs listed here are based on astronomical influences on the tides. They’ll help you in finding the next high and low tides.
This beautiful image is from EarthSky Facebook friend John Lloyd Griffith.
Ocean tides reflect the ever-changing geometrical dance between the sun, moon and Earth, and their gravitational interaction that arises as a consequence. Although high tides and low tides happen daily, extra large spring tides take place around the time of the new moon and the full moon. On the other hand, neap tides, which happen around the first quarter and last quarter moons, display the smallest variation between high and low tide. EarthSky has made a list of our favorite tide almanacs here, that are based upon the (relatively straightforward)