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Larry Collins has met quite a few celebrities over the years at his job. Niners Hall of Famer Joe Montana stopped by with a trailer full of horses once. NBA legend Bill Russell was the nicest, stopping to chat with him for a few minutes. Another NFL Hall of Famer, Ronnie Lott, even gave him an autograph.
Collins said he’s probably met many more famous people without even realizing it.
The man accused of going on a shooting rampage at a Southern California business, killing four people, should not have been allowed to buy or own guns because of a California law that prohibits people from purchasing weapons for 10 years after being convicted of a crime.
Walmart said Wednesday that it will raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products and e-cigarettes at its U.S. stores to 21 amid growing pressure from regulators to cut tobacco sales and use among minors. The world’s largest retailer also said it will also stop selling fruit and dessert flavored e-cigarettes, which critics say can hook teenagers on vaping. The. Congress Apr 23, 2019
Walgreens is increasing the age to buy tobacco at its drugstores to 21 later this year as the retailer faces possible sanctions from the Food and Drug Administration for allegedly selling to minors. The FDA put Walgreens “on notice” in February, accusing the pharmacy chain of violating rules that prohibit selling cigarettes and other tobacco products to underage buyers. Walgreens,.
Three Floridians have made the cut, including Jane Shang, the city manager in Deltona, a city of 100,000 people. Broward County public works director Thomas Hurtka and Caryn Gardner-Young, a Florida Department of Transportation planning supervisor, are also still under consideration.
Some local employees with experience in government sought the job. Among the applicants were Fort Myers legal department administrator Phyllis Calloway and Public Works Director Richard Moulton.
Applicants Marie Francois, a deputy clerk in Lee County Tax Collector s office, and George Yilmaz, head of Collier County utilities, have also worked in local governments.
In whittling the field, Higginbotham showed a preference for candidates with formal certification as a public manager.
Founder of Zipaworld revisited his guilty reading pleasures during the lockdown
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Ambrish Kumar shares the names of the books he read and the lessons he learnt from them.
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Most of the books that Kumar read during the lockdown were highly inspirational and motivational.
Ambrish Kumar, Founder of Zipaworld and Group CEO, AAA 2 Innovate has been reading a lot during the last one year. The pandemic and lockdown had let me read a lot many genres. I managed to revisit all my guilty reading pleasures and the books I have loved reading again and again. I was just completing reading Creating Unstoppable Self-Confidence by Tony Robbins when the lockdown started. I also happened to read The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama.