Travel writer whose features and personal essays have been published in time smithsonian Continuas Traveler and suburb. She is the author of the other side of Paradise Life in the new cuba. The daughter of a former Panam Executive Julia grew up in the Pan Am family a still strong network across the globe. She now lives in vermont from where she joins us today. Julia is literally going to fly solo tonight for her presentation, but well have some time for audience questions at the end. So please post your questions anytime during the broadcast in the ask a Question Button at the bottom of the screen. Ill take a moment to remind you that you can order your copy of come fly the world from books and books below by pressing the green button at the bottom of the screen. We appreciate each and every order and the generous donations from viewers everywhere and now without further ado. Id like to welcome julia to the stage. Hi, julia. Hi christina. Thank you for being here. Thank you for having
with the australian open just days away, the question is will djokovic get to play? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that can t wait to see what they come up with for wimbledon. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, january 14th. friday. let s start with the news. majority leader chuck schumer says the senate will take up voting rights legislation on tuesday of next week. schumer had originally promised to take action by mlk day that s monday but he delayed the vote citing covid-19 and an impending winter storm, but even with the delay, democrats face slim odds of passing anything. senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema reiterated yesterday they do not support changes to the legislative filibuster. senator sinema gave an impassioned speed on the senate floor yesterday right before president biden was set to meet with democrats to rally around the party changing the rules to pass voting rights. eliminating the 60-
The proposed class action suit claims the fintech lender purposefully pushed customers applying for HELOC loans into higher rates, or misrepresented rates at the beginning.
Ten exemplary students from schools in New London were honored by the New London Rotary Club at its annual Student of the Year program May 16 at the Pilot House at Ocean Beach Park.
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The North Carolina Biotechnology Center awarded 71 grants and loans totaling $2,757,090 to universities, bioscience companies and non-profit organizations in the third quarter of its fiscal year.The awards, made in January, February and March, will support life science research, technology commercialization and entrepreneurship throughout North Carolina. The funding will also help universities and companies attract follow-on funding from other sources.