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A researcher argues that humans evolved on a different planet and were eventually brought to Earth in the very distant past. A researcher argues that humans evolved on a different planet and were eventually brought to Earth in the very distant past. What if we are the aliens we’ve been searching for all along? Despite the progress made in various science branches like biology, chemistry, and astrophysics, we are still unable to say for certain how life started on Earth. Was this a unique event across the universe? Or is it possible that there are out there planets eerily similar to Earth, which harbor life, even if it is just primitive? The truth is that we have theorized about the origins of life ever since the human mind was capable of thinking. Did life come from space? Did life originate on the planet, without ‘extraterrestrial’ (Comets, Asteroids, etc.) influence? What’s the science behind human origins? If amino aci...

Problem Solvers Caucus key to bringing back House Aging Committee By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues H.R. Res. 583, Reestablishing the Permanent House Select Committee on Aging (HSCoA), chances were growing slim in getting Congressional attention for passage in the final days of the 117 th  Congress. Extensive media coverage of the ongoing Ukraine War, the wrap up and issuance of the Jan. 6 th  hearing’s report and midterm election coverage kept Congressman David Cicilline’s (D-RI) resolution from getting political traction from being considered by the House Rules Committee for ultimate passage and floor action. The HSCoA was a permanent select committee of the U.S. House of Representatives between 1974 and 1992. The committee was initially created with the intent not of crafting legislative proposals, but of conducting investigations and holding hearings to put the Congressional spotlight on aging issues. Its purpose was to push for leg...

By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL, contributing business leadership writer “We like to give people the freedom to work where they want, safe in the knowledge that they have the drive and expertise to perform excellently, whether they [are] at their desk or in their kitchen. Yours truly has never worked out of an office, and never will.” – Sir Richard Branson In our post-pandemic work environment, flexible schedules and remote work are expected perks for many working people. There are fewer and fewer reasons to maintain a strict 9-5 schedule during the day, especially with the freedom most people enjoyed under lockdown. As the old post World War I song says, “How Ya Gonna keep ’em Down on the Farm After They’ve Seen Paree?” In fact, many Business es have abandoned their office space completely, and ordered just about everyone to work remotely. While this practice creates issues when there are distractions at home, there is now a resulting boom in remote workplace rentals fo...

by John Donnelly, meteorologist The Low pressure system and associated frontal boundary remains close to the New England coastline, with an impulse of low pressure driving an intensification of rainfall potential with some offshore thunderstorms that may be heard in the far distance. Additionally, winds will be stronger in response to the stronger pressure gradient, northerly winds gusting into the mid 30 mph range. Still we’ll have a tight temperature range, morning and evening lows around 30 bookending a daytime high in the mid 30’s. ___ John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved back to Rhode Island and settled in Johnston, where he grew up until graduating from Lyndon State College in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. As a child John always wanted to know how air moved, and he ran towards, not away from, thunder and lighting and various other ominous weather phenomena. He returned in 2001 to the old family neighborhood of Elmhurst wher...

A new endeavor, grand opening and rebranding marks a monstrous start to her year. Four years ago, Dolly Towne found herself at a crossroads.  She held a comfortable job working as a payroll tax analyst at an established company. She and her husband later welcomed their son into the world. It would be a tug-of-war between raising their newborn and continuing to work on site. After much thought and discussion, Towne decided to leave her job and strike out on her own—while raising her son. The result became the formation of  Bookkeeping Towne, LLC.,  based in East Providence, in 2019. She offers bookkeeping services for various small Business es. While she maintains a diverse clientele, Dolly’s primary clients came from the food industry. Towne found those particular clients had plenty going on besides dealing with the...

by John Donnelly, meteorologist The cold front squeezes out what seems like all of the rain in the sky through the latest Friday the 13th morning, blown around by occasionally high wind gusts approaching 40 mph out of the southwest. Rain should come to an end around noon, but not before a possible thunderstorm adds some intrigue to the last stages of the storm. Temps stick to the mid 50’s through a good deal of the day, and then cool as winds swing around to the northwest and die off in the evening, midnight low around 40 under still cloudy skies. ___ John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved back to Rhode Island and settled in Johnston, where he grew up until graduating from Lyndon State College in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. As a child John always wanted to know how air moved, and he ran towards, not away from, thunder and lighting and various other ominous weather phenomena. He returned in 2001 to the old family neighborhood of E...

by John Donnelly, meteorologist A warm front extending out from a mid-western low pressure system will push in light rain beginning around 11am and gradually become a little steadier by evening with some heavier pockets thrown in. Morning lows in the misty low 30’s will rise to a midnight high in the upper 40’s and climb through the night. Winds out of the southeast will gust towards 25 mph and a bit higher later in the evening. ___ John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved back to Rhode Island and settled in Johnston, where he grew up until graduating from Lyndon State College in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. As a child John always wanted to know how air moved, and he ran towards, not away from, thunder and lighting and various other ominous weather phenomena. He returned in 2001 to the old family neighborhood of Elmhurst where the McCabe’s, Donnelly’s, Walker’s and Callan’s have been since after the Civil War . Source: https:...

Despite a crisis in homelessness and a desperate need for expanded mental health services, the state evicts a community agency by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo by Richard Asinof The eviction letter sent to Community Care Alliance, asking them to vacate 181 Cumberland St. in Woonsocket. A professor of American musical blues and heart ache, Tom Waits, once penned a lyric that captured the inherent nature of American capitalism, in his song, “Step Right Up.” Step right up. Everyone’s winner. Bargains galore. The closing lines, after a humorous if not tragic journey through the jargon of advertising slogans and come-ons, captured the bathos of consumerism: “The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away.” That was the lyric ConvergenceRI found himself singing out loud after a source sent him the news that Community Care Alliance of Rhode Island, the nonprofit community agency headquartered in Woonsocket, had been no...

by Nancy Thomas Join Dr. Mari Nardollllo Dias for an informal conversation about grief. If you believe in signs… If you  feel overwhelmed, directionless, confused or stuck in your grief… If you or someone you know has experienced the loss of a spouse, parent, sibling, child…  If your loss is due to a sudden, traumatic event… If you know someone who is grieving…  If you or someone you know has experienced a loss due to a miscarriage, stillborn, SIDS or abortion… If you want to know what to say to someone who is grieving… If you want to know what NOT to say to someone who is grieving… If you or someone you know has experienced a non-death loss, i.e. divorce, home, job, Alzheimer’s/ Dementia… Then this is the event for you. Mari, also known as “The Grief Whisperer,” brings years of experience as a Thanatologist, and more recently as a Death Doula, Mari works wit...

By Nick Landekic We are all tired of dealing with COVID, and desperate to return to normalcy. The unpleasant truth is the virus is not yet done with us. With the year-end holidays upon us and infection rates rising across the country, the stark new reality is COVID is now a pandemic of older people. Right now is a particularly risky time with a ‘tripledemic’ of COVID, flu, and RSV, with almost the entire country at ‘high’ or ‘very high’ levels of infection. Hospitalizations and deaths are both up sharply over the past two weeks, with deaths increasing as well. The single greatest predictor of a poor outcome from COVID is age. Older people are thousands of times more likely to die of infection than younger. 90% of COVID deaths are now among those over 65. Over 300 Americans continue to die of COVID every day, and nearly 1,000 just on December 7 – a rate of over 100,000 a year – and most of them are over 65. This is primarily happening because of t...

by Dr. Vincent Pera – and team members, The Weight and Wellness Institute, Cranston Weight control, wellness and improving health are for many a lifelong endeavor that can require discipline, motivation and sacrifice. The holiday season brings along a new level of challenges sometimes making it more difficult to succeed with this endeavor. Limiting high calorie foods that are special and made only during the holiday season becomes a greater challenge. Festive gatherings with many offerings of food and drink test our willpower and can result in excess caloric intake. The busy schedule of the holidays makes it more difficult to take the time to continue exercise routines and eat healthy planned meals. It is not surprising that the holiday season often results in falling off the wagon of our Health y routines and typically experiencing some weight gain. The new year is then often started with a desire to recommit to a Health ier Lifestyle and a desire to lose weight. ...

By Herb Weiss COVID 19 cases across the nation are fewer in number than this time last year. But health care experts say that the Covid-19 is here to stay. A new poll released by the Washington, DC-based American Psychiatric Association (APA), the nation’s oldest medical association, shows that while nearly a third of Americans report that while they anticipate being more stressed out this holiday season than last year, they are less worried about spreading or contracting COVID at a festive family gathering. Researchers say the findings, reported in the Dec. 2022 Healthy Minds Monthly Poll, reported they were more worried about affording holiday gifts. The APA’s study was conducted online by Morning Consult from Nov. 9-14, 2022, among 2,209 U.S. adults, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. Holiday Worries, Less Concern about COVID Pandemic   According to the poll’s findings, 31% of adults say they expect to feel mor...

by John Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 1/7/23: The threat of rain having ended, we’ll still have some mid-level cloud cover due to an upper low swinging through, but this one is moisture-starved, so we’re not expecting any rain or snow out of the deal. Should be a decent day, with afternoon highs in the low 40’s and morning lows in the low 30’s with a light northwesterly breeze. Sunday 1/8/23: Cool high pressure settles in over the area keeping things calm and clear through the day, lot’s of low-angle early Winter sun and slightly cooler temps, low in the mid and upper 20’s warming to an afternoon high in the upper 30’s with nearly calm winds. ___ John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved back to Rhode Island and settled in Johnston, where he grew up until graduating from Lyndon State College in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. As a child John always wanted to know how air moved, and he ran towards, not away from, thunde...

Mastery Martial Arts students, family members, and instructors held a toy drive and participated in Wreaths Across America as a part of a volunteer initiative this holiday season. Mastery collected more than 1,200 toys for child ren in need across Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Donation bins were placed in all six Mastery locations in Cumberland, East Greenwich, Johnston, Smithfield, Warwick, and North Attleboro. Mastery also collaborated with local fire and police departments, as well as the Happy Basket Program of Cumberland to deliver holiday cheer across the Ocean State. The team held a collection party on December 9 to culminate the toy drive and to celebrate those who volunteered their time to gather up toys in their communities. “Being a part of these charitable events helps our students learn the true meaning of the holiday spirit,” says Anthony Pezzillo, partner at Mastery Martial Arts. “It teaches students how they can make a positive impact on so...