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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Police: Passenger dies Sunday in Union Township crash
A driver was seriously injured and his passenger died after a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning in Union Township when a vehicle struck a building, police said. Deputies from the Porter County Sheriff's Department were called around 7:05 a.m. May 18 for a report of a single-vehicle crash with injuries at the intersection of Ind. 130 and Park Avenue. Police found a 1994 Nissan Altima had struck a building near the intersection and the driver and passenger had to be extricated, according to a release from Sgt. Ben McFalls, public information officer for the sheriff's department. The male driver was flown to the University of Chicago Medicine in Chicago for his injuries and the female passenger later died after being transported to a hospital in Lake County; the Lake County Coroner's Office is handling that report and additional information was not immediately available. An initial investigation shows the car is believed to have been traveling westbound on Ind. 130 when it went off the roadway for an unknown reason and struck a building at the intersection with Park Avenue. Porter County Crash Reconstruction Unit is investigating.
Chicago Tribune
19-05-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Police: Passenger dies Sunday in Union Township crash
A driver was seriously injured and his passenger died after a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning in Union Township when a vehicle struck a building, police said. Deputies from the Porter County Sheriff's Department were called around 7:05 a.m. May 18 for a report of a single-vehicle crash with injuries at the intersection of Ind. 130 and Park Avenue. Police found a 1994 Nissan Altima had struck a building near the intersection and the driver and passenger had to be extricated, according to a release from Sgt. Ben McFalls, public information officer for the sheriff's department. The male driver was flown to the University of Chicago Medicine in Chicago for his injuries and the female passenger later died after being transported to a hospital in Lake County; the Lake County Coroner's Office is handling that report and additional information was not immediately available. An initial investigation shows the car is believed to have been traveling westbound on Ind. 130 when it went off the roadway for an unknown reason and struck a building at the intersection with Park Avenue. Porter County Crash Reconstruction Unit is investigating.
Forbes
19-05-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Champions In The C-Suite: Reimagining Talent Strategy For ‘Wild Success'
In today's dynamic work environment, matching employee talent to business needs is a challenge for most organizations. Yet recruiters often miss a huge pool of high-potential candidates for one simple reason: They rely on a talent strategy that focuses on credentials at the exclusion of equally important success indicators — such as local knowledge and the ability and motivation to learn. Stand Together Casting a wider talent recruitment net can significantly boost business results. Three organizations that are engaged with the Corporate Coalition of Chicago — an alliance of companies working to address inequities in the Chicago region — are proof. Leaders at each had breakthroughs in their thinking about talent that delivered major business benefits: Each had a different catalyst that inspired them to make the change, but they all drew the same conclusion: Thinking outside the box on hiring practices created profound, positive change in their organization. Here's how Accenture, Brown, and University of Chicago Medicine did it. A 'wild success' is how Jim Coleman, former managing director of Accenture Chicago, described the company's learn-and-earn apprenticeship program, which launched in 2016. Tapping into and developing a new source of talent, Coleman said, 'gave us a more informed and diverse workforce.' This was a mission-critical goal for the people-oriented management consulting company. Prior to expanding its recruitment parameters, Accenture Chicago had a hiring system that required most job candidates to have a four-year college degree. This meant motivated talent without the credential didn't have a way to get in the door. Inspired by a talk from then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel about the need to make Chicago's community colleges more relevant — and reflecting on his own experience as a community college student when he was young — Coleman and his team crafted the Chicago Apprenticeship Network as well as Accenture's apprenticeship program. For the latter, Accenture recruiters identify promising local students and invite them to join a 12-month, on-the-job training program with salaries and benefits. Those who are judged to be a good fit at the end of the 12 months are offered full-time employment. 'The apprentices were … very dedicated, very hardworking — they brought a different perspective to our business,' Coleman said of the initial cohorts. Because they came from different backgrounds, they approached work from a nontraditional perspective. 'They were immediately additive to our culture — not only in the office, but in our client work as well.' Coleman noted that Accenture Chicago's goal in launching the program was never about philanthropy or being just a 'nice thing to do.' 'I knew it had to be purposely built into our P&L,' he said. 'To really achieve scale and full potential, it needed to have a place in our DNA.' Now, nearly a decade later, Accenture's apprenticeship program has proven to be good business for Accenture and transformative for the individuals involved. Coleman acknowledged that it's 'a big change,' in that it offers a different way to think about recruiting, onboarding, mentoring, and day-to-day management of the people who now constitute a significant portion of Accenture's national entry-level roles. While it can be challenging to alter the way things have always been done, according to Coleman it's well worth the journey. For Brown's Super Stores, a supermarket chain in the Philadelphia area, hiring from the local community gave it unparalleled insight into its customers that no degree could have provided. CEO Jeff Brown's inspiration came when he was challenged to solve another problem — food deserts, which were impacting health outcomes in disadvantaged parts of Philadelphia. Brown said these conversations revealed an important insight: Many customers had criminal records, creating barriers to employment and participation in the community. That realization reinforced the importance of removing those barriers and creating pathways for people to get a second chance and contribute. He also learned a hard lesson. At a town hall, an employee called Brown out directly. Overlooking hardworking people just because they've interacted with the justice system, they said, is a 'bad business model.' Brown knew that for a store to succeed, it has to meet the real needs of its community. In this case, that meant more than selling groceries — it was about creating a space where people could connect and feel a sense of belonging. That pushed him to ask a new question: What would it look like to build something that works for everyone? 'Investing in the community is good for business,' Brown said. Despite some pushback from his team, Brown made the call to hire six individuals with criminal records at a store in Southwest Philadelphia — giving people who had been impacted by the justice system a shot at meaningful work. 'I said, 'We're going to judge the future based on how these six people do. We're going to give them a fair chance and we're not going to worry about what they did in the past.'' Over time, the success of those six people led Brown's to hire thousands like them. Adopting a fair chance employment policy turned out to be a game changer (and inspired Brown to support the Chicago Coalition's efforts to promote these practices). 'While our competitors struggled during the pandemic and other times when the labor market was tight, we did not struggle at all,' Brown said. 'We could out-operate our competitors. Our policy led directly to better business performance.' Before implementing the new approach to talent recruitment, Brown said, the Southwest Philly store had annual revenue of $5 million. Afterward, he said, 'We ended up doing $35 million a year.' Brown admitted that developing more flexible hiring practices took some imagination, but the results created a new mindset among managers. A lot of the applicants had not graduated high school, and some had been in the drug trade, but they understood business. 'They're not permanently broken people,' Brown said. 'So many of the problems that occur can be addressed through education and training.' These hires also brought something new to the table: an elevated understanding of the business's social context. Brown recalled one supermarket that was having a problem with a local man with mental health issues. He would disrupt the store every day, late in the afternoon. The group replaced the store manager with a local hire and the problem evaporated. How? With food. 'When I asked what had changed, the new manager said, 'Yes, he's got problems, he's homeless, he comes every day at 5 p.m. for dinner, we make him a bologna sandwich. He leaves.' A Harvard MBA wouldn't see it, but a person from the neighborhood could.' Tom Jackiewicz, president of University of Chicago Medicine, which employs 13,000 people, adjusted his hiring practices after a chance conversation with an Uber driver in Las Vegas. She'd moved away from the South Side of Chicago, due in part to the fear of random violence in her neighborhood. 'Only innocent people get shot,' he recalled her saying. Her story was a reminder that barriers like safety and limited opportunity can quietly hold people back. For business leaders like Jackiewicz, addressing those barriers is part of creating a future where more people can contribute and thrive. Jackiewicz realized there was a huge untapped source of workers on his doorstep. If he could invest in them, it could rejuvenate the area and bring real benefits to the university's health system. The key to success was to look at what the community needed and build from there. 'It wasn't a case of 'here's what we're going to do,'' he said. 'We talked to community leaders to analyze the need and try to fill it, rather than just focusing on what we could bring.' The results of this experiment are paying dividends: 'Our participation is going to be tremendous for the South Side community, but it's also going to be tremendous for the University of Chicago,' Jackiewicz said. 'It's a true win-win situation.' Jackiewicz now understands firsthand the cost of untapped potential when people aren't given a chance. He sees this moment as a call to action: While business leaders can't fix everything, they can lead by removing barriers and creating opportunities. 'This is a time to be bold,' he said. 'We have a chance to change things for the better.' The Stand Together community is proud to support the Corporate Coalition of Chicago.
Miami Herald
26-03-2025
- Health
- Miami Herald
Kylie Kelce reveals ‘infuriating' symptoms as she nears ‘bitter end' of pregnancy
Kylie Kelce says her fourth pregnancy feels no different than the previous three. The 33-year-old podcaster, who already shares three daughters with retired NFL center Jason Kelce, 37, is opening up about some of her worst symptoms as she awaits baby No. 4's arrival. And one of those symptoms had her rather upset. Warning: The below link contains language some may find offensive. 'I will say she has dropped in a little bit, so I can eat again,' Kelce said in a March 24 clip posted to her 'Not Gonna Lie' YouTube channel. She goes on to explain that her incoming daughter's butt was so high up in her stomach that she would only be able to eat a few bites of her food before giving up and putting the plate back in the fridge. 'Coming from a hungry pregnant woman, that's frustrating,' she said, further describing herself as 'hangry' often. 'Infuriating,' she continued. 'Absolutely infuriating.' As she nears what she describes as the 'bitter end' of her pregnancy, Kelce says her inability to eat isn't even the worst of it. Her worst symptom? Insomnia. 'I was awake from 2 a.m. until 6:30 a.m. for no reason whatsoever,' she says in the clip, noting that her husband rolled over numerous times throughout the night to ask what she was doing. According to the National Institutes of Health, insomnia is characterized by 'trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or getting good quality sleep.' 'I couldn't tell you why I couldn't sleep, but for 4½ hours it was just me, myself, (and) my thoughts, which is lovely. Just lovely,' she joked. Even her productive thoughts, like doing a load of laundry, would get replaced by her false hope of eventually falling asleep. 'The good news is that my alarm went off at 6:45, so it was a nice 15 minutes. Power nap,' she quipped. Aside from her eating habits and insomnia, Kelce also says she's having trouble breathing — especially when sitting — and is missing some of her favorite foods due to acid reflux. 'I would love to eat some spicy foods,' she continues on her podcast. 'I would like to put Hank's hot sauce — if you know, you know — on some avocado (and) scoop it with a tortilla chip.' Acid reflux is a condition where stomach contents, including acid, flow back up into the esophagus. According to the University of Chicago Medicine, 'nine out of 10 pregnant patients develop symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) by their third trimester.' 'I can't have hot sauce…' Kelce says in dismay. 'I can't because I would then breathe fire for three days,' she continues. 'It's the miracle of life. It's so beautiful.' Another thing she can't do? Tie her own shoes. 'I want to be clear: I don't usually tie my shoes. But this is the point in time where I'm not tying my shoes,' she explains in the March 24 clip. She then mean-mugs the camera at the thought of someone telling her to tie her shoes. 'I'm not gonna do it,' she continues. 'And the fact that you looked at my belly and thought to yourself, 'You know what's probably easy for her? Tying her shoes...'' Kylie and Jason Kelce announced their fourth pregnancy in a relatable Nov. 22 Instagram post with their three daughters — Wyatt, 5, Elliotte, 4, and Bennett, 2. 'I feel like we captured a very accurate representation of how each of the girls feel about getting another sister,' she wrote in the caption. 'At least Ellie, mom and dad are on the same page!' Kylie Kelce is due any day now, hinting that she was 'nearly nine months pregnant' during the March 6 episode of her 'Not Gonna Lie' podcast.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Noah Medical's Galaxy System Surpasses 5,000 Procedures, Marking a New Era in Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy
Milestone highlights rapid adoption of the Galaxy System's advanced image-guided technology, transforming lung nodule diagnosis and patient care SAN CARLOS, Calif., March 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medical robotics innovator Noah Medical today shared that the company reached a significant milestone by completing 5,000 procedures with its Galaxy System™ in the United States. Dr. Abhinav Agrawal with Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY is credited with performing this milestone procedure. This milestone underscores the rapid adoption of the Galaxy System's advanced, image-integrated robotic-assisted bronchoscopy platform for early detection of lung cancer in the United States. The Galaxy System, developed in collaboration with physicians, offers a unique combination of innovative technologies, including proprietary integrated tomosynthesis (TiLT+™ Technology) with augmented fluoroscopy, a disposable single-use bronchoscope with continuous vision, and a compact design that seamlessly integrates into any bronchoscopy suite. Recently published results demonstrated the system achieved 100% successful navigation to small lesions in the periphery, 100% tool-in-lesion accuracy, and 89.5 (strict) to 94.7% (intermediate) diagnostic yield (Saghaie et al., 2024). Since its first-in-human trial at Macquarie University Hospital in Sydney, Australia and the first procedure performed in the U.S. at the University of Chicago Medicine in early 2023, the Galaxy System has seen swift deployment and acceptance among healthcare providers. "The Galaxy System has transformed our approach to lung biopsies, providing unparalleled clarity and precision," said Dr. Agrawal of Long Island Jewish Medical Center. "Reaching 5,000 procedures is a testament to its impact on patient care. We are proud to be part of this significant achievement, offering our patients access to this groundbreaking technology." "We congratulate Dr. Agrawal and the team at Long Island Jewish Medical Center for their commitment to exploring and implementing technology that saves lives through earlier lung cancer diagnosis," said Jian Zhang, PhD, Noah Medical founder and CEO. "Achieving 5,000 successful cases in the U.S. with the Galaxy System marks an important milestone in our mission to enhance patient care, transform clinical workflows, and shape the future of healthcare." The Galaxy System is Noah Medical's inaugural commercial robotic system. The company's mission is to deliver adoptable clinical solutions through innovative endoluminal technologies to enhance the quality of life for patients globally. To learn more about Noah Medical and the Galaxy System, please visit About Noah MedicalNoah Medical is building the future of medical robotics. Our next-generation robotic platforms and technologies target early diagnosis and treatment of patients across multiple indications. Based in Silicon Valley and backed by well-known institutional investors, our incredibly talented team of engineers, innovators, and industry leaders bring years of experience from the top robotics, medical device, and healthcare companies in the world. Learn more at Media Contact:Noah Medicalpress@ in to access your portfolio
