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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Lurie Children's encouraging skin-to-skin contact for ICU babies
The Brief Lurie Children's is promoting skin-to-skin contact for babies with heart defects. New research shows it's safe and beneficial, even in intensive care. A new initiative, "Camp Cuddles," aims to increase parent-baby bonding in the ICU. CHICAGO - Bringing a baby into this world is a beautiful experience for new parents, but that feeling can quickly turn terrifying when the baby has a congenital heart defect. What we know One percent of babies born in the U.S. end up in the Cardiac Care Unit, and it's long been thought that holding those babies isn't safe. However, a new campaign by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is encouraging more cuddles. "That's one thing I was worried about." Tori and Jarett Austin are the new parents of Elijah Austin, who was born on May 5 with a congenital heart defect. "Not being able to do as much skin to skin with him, because I absolutely loved doing it with my first two," said Tori. What she is referring to is an intervention where babies are held primarily just wearing a diaper to a parent's bare chest. Dig deeper Skin to skin hasn't always been standard practice for sick infants in the Cardiac Care Unit. But now, Lurie Children's is spreading awareness about new research that not only says "kangaroo care" is safe for these babies, but it's encouraged. "There's a lot's of benefits," said Tiffany DeVries, who is the Manager of Patient Care Operations in the Cardiac Care Unit at Lurie Children's. "It helps with immunity. It helps with bonding. It helps with lactation for our moms. It helps with temperature regulation and postpartum changes for mom and baby." Lurie Children's is hosting the first multicenter Skin-to-Skin-A-Thon for infants in the Cardiac ICU. It's affectionately called Camp Cuddles. "A lot of our families are new parents, so not only is it their first time being a parent… they're scared of their newborn baby like every parent is," said DeVries. "But they also have the additional layer of having a baby in the ICU. So encouraging them that this is safe and not only safe but encouraged. We want new parents to pick up their babies and spend time holding them. This creates some semblance of being at home and not so out of their element in the ICU." Skin to skin isn't just for new moms either. The warmth of dad also helps temperature regulation for the baby. What's next Lurie Children's has set a goal for every baby in the Cardiac Care Unit to get 40-hours of skins to skin per week. The Source FOX 32's Brian Jackson reported on this story.
Press and Journal
24-05-2025
- Business
- Press and Journal
How Inverness takeaway owner launched business after learning how to make sushi on YouTube
There is something unique about the food in Sushiness, the deep-fried rolls the Inverness takeaway serves up are different to what you might usually expect. There is also nothing ordinary about the man behind the counter. Ignacio Reyes, 44, met his French wife Laura in his homeland of Chile in 2017 when she arrived for what was initially going to be a three-month internship in Santiago. The couple married in October 2019, exactly one week after widespread protests broke out in the capital. Just four months later the Covid pandemic started and led to Laura losing her job. 'We already had plans to move to Europe, but with everything going on we decided to bring them forward,' he explained. Laura landed a job as a support worker in Inverness and the pair moved to the Highland capital in March 2021. Mr Reyes, who has been in the hospitality industry since the age of 14, started working as a waiter. However, his dream had always been to own a restaurant, and he decided it was time to chase it. He explained: 'I invited some friends to my place and I prepared sushi, which I had learnt to make on YouTube. 'They really liked it and told me I should open a sushi restaurant.' So, he did. The 44-year-old explained that when he took the lease for his Lombard Street premises, the place was 'falling apart.' He said: 'It was a lot of work and money to renovate the place, I don't have a salary yet as I'm still in the process of recovering all the money I invested.' In late 2023 the place was finally ready to open. However, Mr Reyes was missing something crucial – a head chef. He had met chef Cristian Montero, 36, when they worked together at a mountain resort in the Andes. Mr Montero has 15 years of experience as a cook, including five as a sushi chef. Waiting for the approval of his visa led to long delays, but it was eventually given the green light in October 2023. Sushiness then finally opened in Inverness the following month. Their deep-fried sushi has been the most popular with customers since the beginning. Mr Reyes claims this is thanks to a 'secret' recipe. He said: 'The seasoning of the rice is my own recipe, but I won't tell you because it's a secret. 'The batter for the fried rolls and the teriyaki sauce are also my own recipe.' Mr Reyes wants to apply for permission to convert the takeaway into a restaurant. He wants to be able to fit 10 people inside, six on a large dining bench and four at the counter. The premises can currently host just six customers. He is also applying for an alcohol licence to sell wine and sake. The Chilean has also just launched a new menu. He explained: 'We have added to the fried sushi a delicious beef chimichurri roll and the chimichurri sauce is also my own recipe.' They have also added sashimi, pil pil prawns and paila marina, a traditional Chilean soup with seafood and fish. The council. It's incredible the lack of communication between different departments. There are some people that really helped me though. The Tori Furay because I always tell customers it's my favourite. I'm happier. I work more hours but I work for myself. It's like when you buy a house and stop paying rent. We get some drunk people that come in asking for kebabs. My nephews. Opportunities. It's impossible to get a big loan, like the one I got to start the business here, in Chile. How green it is. Youth anti-social behaviour. Lombard Street. It has so much potential; renovate it, remove the horrible graffiti and set a few tables outside.
Indian Express
11-05-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
From Debt to Dignity: How a Young Marginal Farmer built a farming empire by growing off-season Kaddu, tori, matar, and Lobhiya
In Punjab's Thuthianwali village (Mansa), 25-year-old Harpreet Singh Sidhu aka Happy, once buried under ₹12 lakh debt and living in a crumbling home without even a ceiling fan, has turned his life around through off-season vegetable farming in just few years. With grit and hardwork, this marginal farmer transformed personal and financial ruin into a story of success—proving that even small landholdings can yield big returns like Rs. 6-7 lakh per acre with the right effort. Harpreet's turning point came after tragedy struck—his elder brother was killed over a petty dispute, and the legal battle, which they won, that followed drained the family's savings. They sold gold, cattle, and land, forcing Harpreet to quit school after 10+1 and take up tent installation work for ₹600 a day. Despite the mounting debt and daily pressure from moneylenders, grocers, who would show up daily to demand their money, he refused to give up. In 2017, at just 17, Harpreet broke away from daily-wage work and traditional farming of wheat and Paddy to try off-season vegetable cultivation on 1.3 acre—the only land not mortgaged. Despite his parents' doubts, he borrowed ₹30,000 and grew Kaddu (pumpkin), tori (ridge gourd), zucchini, and matar (green peas) in off-season windows. The gamble paid off: he earned ₹6 lakh in 10 months from these vegetables and repaid ₹5 lakh in debt. 'Thankfully, my uncle returned the mortgaged land without transferring it to his name,' he said. By his second year, 80% of the debt was gone—until COVID-19 hit. The 2020 lockdown brought Harpreet's progress to a halt—vegetables rotted unsold, and the family bartered them for wheat but no income. But he didn't give up. In late 2021, a friend, Gurpyar, leased him 0.75 acres rent-free, even covering diesel costs. Harpreet later repaid everything—except, he says, 'the man's greatness.' By 2023, he had reclaimed all three acres and rebuilt his crumbling home. In 2024, he moved into a new 10-marla house. How he could do all this in just few years? His trick? Off-season crops. 'When the usual matar (green peas) season in Punjab ends in November, I sow them in tunnels. By early January, I start harvesting, and by that time, the market rates are excellent. From just one acre, I sold matar worth at least ₹2.20 lakh. After meeting the input cost of around ₹50,000, I earned ₹1.70 lakh from matar alone,' Harpreet explains. 'In the same field, I then sow an advance crop of lobhiya (cowpea), which is ready by March. I manage to sell around 70–80 quintals of green lobhiya at ₹80 to ₹100 per kg, earning a total of ₹7–8 lakh. After expenses, I make a profit of at least ₹4-5 lakh. After harvesting this crop in May, I sow lobhiya again in the same field but this time the yield is little less and rate is also little down but still quite profitable.' He continues, 'On the remaining two acres, I grow wheat for self-consumption on half an acre. The rest is used for vegetables like off season Kaddu (pumpkin), Tori (ridge gourd) zucchini, karela (bitter gourd), capsicum, tomato, bitter and pickle chillies, chappan kaddu, and ladyfinger (bhindi). My vegetable season starts in November and goes on till the end of September on two acres, and on remaining mone acres it ends in June month, depending on the crop.' 'In June, I sow either Basmati or PR-126 paddy on one acre, which I harvest by early October. For around the next two months—October and November—I give the fields rest and prepare nurseries for the next vegetable cycle,' said Harpreet. He emphasizes the economic advantage: 'Some vegetables can be harvested over 8–9 months depending on how you manage them. Their yield is 8 to 10 times higher than wheat or paddy. For example, pumpkin and several other vegetables can give you around 200 to 300 quintals per acre over several months, while wheat yields only about 20 quintals per acre.' Harpreet grows most of his vegetables off-season, earning premium prices. His parents—Paramjit Kaur and Khushwinder Singh—are his backbone. While his father sells vegetables at a roadside stall near Mansa railway fatak, Harpreet makes 3–4 supply runs daily. His mother helps harvest the produce with a few labourers, and they even send fresh vegetables to Chandigarh by bus. Starting his day at 5 AM, Harpreet uses tools like Google Pay to connect with loyal buyers. 'My mother once lived in a house without a fan. Today, she has an AC room—but still prefers the fields,' he says with pride. 'She even gifted me an iPhone, which I now use to make farming videos. It's not luxury—it's dignity.' 'I gained all my knowledge by attending numerous Kisan Melas in Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi,' he adds. Today, Harpreet mentors others in maximizing profits from small landholdings through off-season and smart vegetable farming. 'I tell every farmer: give me one or two years, and I'll help you become debt-free. But you must work hard.' With plans to buy more land and a vision to uplift every marginal farmer willing to learn, Harpreet Singh Sidhu is on a mission—to make every small and marginal farmer in Punjab debt-free. Eom
Perth Now
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Brian Austin Green 'doesn't remember' hooking up with Tori Spelling
Brian Austin Green "doesn't remember" hooking up with Tori Spelling. The 51-year-old actor starred alongside Tori, also 51, on the hit 1990s series 'Beverly Hills, 90210' and she recently reminded him that they had a sexual experience together as teenagers, but he had no recollection of it. Speaking during their upcoming reunion on 'The $100,000 Pyramid' - which will air on May 11 - she explained: "Yes, recently on my podcast 'misSPELLING', we did talk about when we were young teenagers and we hooked up, and he couldn't remember exactly the first time we hooked up. Brian replied: "I don't remember that story at all, which is crazy." Tori joked: "Which means I was really memorable." The actress previously revealed that it was like "going through a divorce" when she and Brian lost touch once she show had ended. Speaking to Brian on his 'Oldish' podcast, she explained: "I remember our last conversation and the last thing we said to each other before those 18 years. I was crying. I remember crying that we were going to lose touch because we were so close. It was almost like going through a divorce or something." Brian explained that he did try to maintain a "connection" between them in the time that followed the ending of the show but by the time they next really saw each other, she had married Dean McDermott - with whom she went on to have Liam, 17, Stella, 16, Hattie, 12, Finn,11 and seven-year-old Beau but split from him in 2024 - and he was with his now ex-wife Megan Fox. He said: "What I remember is going by [your then-boyfriend and our former costar] Vincent [Young]'s house to see you multiple days after we wrapped and trying to keep a connection going. But it got to the point where I just never got that from you. And then I remember being at the 90210 DVD release party and you were married to Dean and I was with Megan, when we were still just dating — you guys got there and you never said hello to me once. I just kept missing you guys and then you were gone. "It was just this thing of like, 'She just doesn't want to be my friend.' I genuinely felt that way. "I tried to visit you and I would call you. When that wasn't reciprocated and so I gave up. I didn't know what was going on in your life." Tori explained that she "shied away" from her former co-star because he didnd't necessarily approve of her relationship with Vincent but insisted that she "never stopped thinking about Brian in the years they lost touch. She said: "I shied away from you because you weren't a fan of [my] relationship [with Vincent]. You had a good working relationship with Vincent but I don't think you felt like our personal relationship was something that was correct for me. "My process was different and I would shy away from those that would really fight for me. I never stopped thinking about you and never stopped wanting to reach out and reconnect."
USA Today
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
'Unicorn': Meet the high school senior accepted into 5 Ivy League schools
'Unicorn': Meet the high school senior accepted into 5 Ivy League schools - live on TikTok The odds of any high school senior being accepted into an Ivy League school are small. Meet one senior who got into five of them. "She is a unicorn," her guidance counselor said. Show Caption Hide Caption Bensalem High School senior gets accepted by five Ivy League schools Victoria Mathieu talks about what it's like to be the first Bensalem High School student to be accepted into five different Ivy League schools. A TikTok video of Victoria Mathieu opening her college acceptance letters went viral. The teen credits her success to hard work and dedication. She hopes to inspire other young Black girls to pursue higher education. High school student Victoria Mathieu applied to 17 colleges this year. Her dream school was an Ivy in her home state: the University of Pennsylvania. The 18-year-old senior at Bensalem High School, who also goes by Tori, hoped her weighted 4.36 GPA, extensive afterschool activities list, summer legal internship and outside advocacy work would be enough to attract interest from the prestigious college. But she was also realistic, she said. The odds of being accepted into an Ivy League school are slim for even the brightest and most well-rounded of the high achievers. Penn admits only approximately 5% of those who apply for its undergraduate programs. Imagine her surprise — shock is a better word — when she learned that she was accepted into Penn. There were 14 other schools that accepted her as well, including four other Ivy League universities, two of them with even lower acceptance rates. "It's a blessing. I'm above the moon right now,' she said. 'I almost feel like it's still not real because it's something I never expected to happen.' Viral TikTok video: What Ivy League schools did Tori Mathieu get into? The teen's reaction to learning of her windfall was captured in what has become a viral TikTok video generating more than 5 million views since it was posted March 27, known to some as 'Ivy Day.' The nearly four-minute video shows Victoria and her family crowded around the laptop on the kitchen island as she opened each letter in her college portal. First, she learned she was accepted into Columbia University, which wasn't a total surprise. She received a letter notifying her that she was likely accepted into their prestigious legal scholars program. Dartmouth University was next, where she was waitlisted. 'That's not bad,' she said. Cornell University and Brown University were her second and third acceptances, generating screams and whoops. 'I got into ... Oh my God. This is not real," she said as the acceptances came in. Now Yale University. 'You're lying. You're lying. Oh my God," she said, "I got into Yale. I got into Yale. I got into Yale. Go Bulldogs.' Next up, Penn. Another yes. Bensalem High School senior accepted by five Ivy League schools Tina and Pierre Mathieu talk about their daughter being the first Bensalem High School student to be accepted into five Ivy League schools. 'What. Is. Happening?' Tori said. Last, Harvard University, where she was waitlisted. The only Ivy League school that Victoria neglected was Princeton University (sorry, Tigers). She said she ran out of time to submit an application. Her parents said they suspected another reason. 'We think it's because it's too close to home,' Pierre Mathieu said. Guidance counselor on what makes Tori Mathieu unique Victoria is one of five of Bensalem seniors this year accepted into one of the eight Ivy League colleges, a new school record, guidance counselor Dayna Harrison said. But Victoria is the first student to be accepted into five and waitlisted for two others. 'She is unheard of. She is a unicorn,' Harrison said. 'It's one of the greatest achievements I've seen in my career.' Harrison described Victoria, who ranks seventh in her class of 611, as a fiery spirit, a go-getter with a work ethic that few her age possess. In addition to a flawless GPA, she sits on the high school's mock trial team. During her junior year Victoria founded a local chapter of a global high school honors legal society at the high school. Last summer she interned for Legal Aid Southeastern Pennsylvania. She serves as a Bensalem School Board student representative, as well as captain of the Step Dance Team she founded, and the Reading Olympics team at the high school. She is a Pennsylvania global ambassador for ReSoap Foundation, a youth-led nonprofit fighting hygiene poverty and climate change. She is a member of the high school's DECA chapter, which is dedicated to preparing students for business careers. In her spare time, she also founded Still I Shine, a virtual community support group for Black high school-age girls dealing with 'colorism' — discrimination against people with a dark skin tone within the same ethnic or racial groups. 'She is going to change the world,' Harrison said. 'I keep telling her mom, I want her to run the world.' Victoria Mathieu hopes her college story can inspire other girls The oldest of four, Victoria takes her studies seriously — maybe a bit too seriously, said her mother, Tina. 'We didn't push Victoria. She pushed herself,' Tina said. 'If she gets a B, she is crying. It's like the end of the world. She'll be crying for an A-.' She and her husband instill in their children the importance of a good education. Pierre came to the United States from his native Haiti at age 18. Tina immigrated with her family from Nigeria when she was 10. The couple met at Philadelphia Community College, where Pierre was Tina's math tutor. He later graduated from Bucknell University, and she from Temple University. They both believe that education is the best way for immigrants like themselves to improve their lives and financial stability, Tina said. Added Pierre: 'Our belief is that education opens doors." With so many doors opened wide for her now, Victoria picked Yale University over Penn, specifically for its law school. She has aspiration for a legal career. At a visit for incoming Yale freshman in April, when Victoria introduced herself, the admissions officer hugged her. The woman told Victoria her essay left a deep impression on her. While they could not be more proud of their daughter and her accomplishments, her parents know there is more hard work ahead for her. 'This is only the beginning,' Pierre said. Victoria said to see her years of dedication and hard work pay off in such abundance has been rewarding. It's inspired her to find a way to pay it forward by helping to empower others. 'When I got my acceptance, one of the first things I thought about is, 'Wow, because I did it, I can tell the people it's possible,'' she said. 'A lot of girls, particularly Black girls I know, who don't think that it's possible for them, to have them get into one. I feel like I can kind of be that light for them.' #fyp ♬ original sound - victoria @ i'm sorry if this video is all over the place i just love to talk and i'm not an influencer😞😞 but also i may do an advice video cause i feel like that would be more beneficial tbhhh #ivyleague Reporter Jo Ciavaglia can be reached at jciavaglia@
