Tue, Jun 18, 2013 - 11:23am
Medellin is due to host a three-day jazz festival featuring US and Colombian university jazz orchestras for the fourth year running.
The University Jazz Festival, coordinated by language / culture institute Colombo Americano and the Medellin city government, will present three nights of concerts displaying “different interpretations of Jazz, from the classic to modern,” from three Colombia and three American jazz bands.
As well as putting on performances for jazz fanatics, the June 14-16 festival involves a foreign exchange program between young musicians in the US and Colombia, which will serve “to promote their professional...
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 - 11:22am
Michael Williams has been named the sole finalist for the position of president at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, where he has served as interim president since December.
The Board of Regents named him the sole finalist Tuesday evening after UNT system Chancellor Lee Jackson recommended Williams to the board. Before the meeting, Jackson received a unanimous recommendation from the presidential search advisory committee to select Williams as president of the Fort Worth school.
Williams can be formally named president of the UNT Health Science Center later this summer, after a state-mandated waiting period of...
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 - 11:20am
A recent health assessment of McLennan County gave many sectors of our community poor marks, especially regarding health care for women. As a woman with an adolescent daughter, I’m fearful for the future of area females if the troubling trends indicated in this study continue.
The 2013 Community Health Needs Assessment for McLennan County found a decrease in women who received mammograms — 59 percent in 2013, from 61 percent in 2009. It found that 10 percent of women have never had a Pap smear, up from 7 percent in 2009. And 71 percent of women polled said they never use birth control, compared to 17 percent who always use birth...
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 - 11:18am
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QLT Inc. (Nasdaq:QLTI) (TSX:QLT) ("QLT" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that at the annual general and special meeting (the "Meeting") held today, QLT's shareholders approved a special cash distribution in the amount of US$200 million, by way of a reduction of the capital of the Company's common shares (the "Shares"). As a result, QLT's shareholders as of June 24, 2013, the record date for the distribution (the "Record Date"), will receive a special cash distribution payment of approximately US$3.92 per Share (the "Distribution Payment") based upon the...
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 - 11:15am
He is standing outside the train station in downtown Dallas armed with a cellphone that can’t seem to lose my phone number. Barely 5 feet tall, his bean-brown skin is boiled from years of pushing lawn mowers in the Texas sun. A brisk March breeze cuts through the near-empty city streets this Saturday morning, tunneling down Young Street, where he’s waiting for a ride. Waiting for me. He’s been waiting for years. After decades, Ben Hernandez wants to be my father again. At 62, Ben relishes senior discounts. His pants are clean but torn along the hemline; the threads drag along the ground as he walks. He struggles to pay his...
