United Way of Salt Lake and Greystar Properties Partner to Encourage Community to Give the Gift of Literacy this Holiday Season
Salt Lake City, December 5, 2017 – United Way of Salt Lake is excited to partner with Greystar properties this holiday season. Greystar is committed to supporting United Way’s goals in local communities. This year, 10 of Greystar’s properties are hosting holiday celebrations and partnering with residents to give back in local neighborhoods. Specifically, Greystar’s 4th West Apartments property is working with United Way of Salt Lake to support literacy initiatives.
Along the Wasatch Front, 2 of 3 third graders from low income families are not reading on grade level and 35 percent of low income children who are not reading at a proficient level by the time they are in third grade, do not graduate from high school. As a community, we can do better. This is why, this holiday season, United Way of Salt Lake is working to give more children learning and supportive opportunities to read proficiently.
Media is invited to join United Way of Salt Lake donors, partners, and community leaders for an inspiring evening to celebrate the holidays while giving back to support literacy initiatives that help kids who need it most.
Location: 4th West Apartments
255 N 400 W, Salt Lake City
Date: Thursday, December 7, 2017
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Give Back: uw.org/giving-tuesday
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Insanity of Wars: Choosing Medicine and the Military
Author Shares His Fascinating Life Being A Doctor And A Soldier
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, UNITED STATES, December 5, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Everybody has their own struggle. Some people get up at night with thoughts weighed on their soul, but among them are those that do not let struggle define their life. A. David Barnes, MD. PhD, MPH FACOG pens an edifying memoir of an English boy who had conflicts within himself, but had worked his way up and recovered from his failures in life.
Insanity of Wars: Choosing Medicine and the Military accounts explorations from London to France; Germany; Switzerland; Denmark; Italy to Dublin; New York; Berkeley, California; the Hawaiian Islands; Japan; China; Beverly Hills, California; Austria; and Scotland, exploring the Middle East, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Edifying and captivating, the book describes the life of an English boy towards the German Blitz of London, whose dream of becoming a doctor was unattainable at the beginning. Being a traveler, Barnes does not only reveal intimate personal details, but also he discloses interesting historical references. Growing up from the modest neighborhood of London, he divulges his provoking opinions on the British educational system that could be model for the USA; compares life as a gunner with his privileged position as an officer in the British Army serving in England and the Far East; and tells how pioneer family practice in the wild areas of Canada; and obstetrics-gynecology professorial roles extending from Okinawa through Hawaii to Florida.
The life of David which revolves on being a traveler, medical doctor and soldier gives a significant lesson about how resilience and determination can bring success to a person’s life. The ability to pull through from a failure is something that every individual must possess, as the battle that life demands to be fought for can be unpredictable. Insanity of Wars: Choosing Medicine and the Military is a brilliant and relatable piece of Barnes’s fascinating life; it is definitely a must-read memoir!
About the Author:
David Barnes, MD, PhD, MPH, FACOG, is a son of a Royal Navy Veteran and recalls the bombing of London and the hatred toward Germans, Japanese, and the Communists now ISIS. He attended King's College, London University, for premed and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland for medical school. He completed eight years in the British Army, serving in Germany, England, and Malaysia as a family practitioner. Dr. David married Dr. Valerie Frazer, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the Adelaide Hospital, during the internship year. After Singapore, they crossed the Atlantic with a ten-week-old son as Armstrong and Aldrin were landing on the moon. They became pioneer physicians with their own hospitals in Northern Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. Subsequent OB-GYN training took them to New York, then the University of California-Berkeley. Both Dr. Val and Dr. David joined the US Army Medical Corps, serving in Texas, Hawaii, Japan, California, Colorado, Alaska, Europe, and Central and South America. Dr. David remained in the US Military for twenty-two years, both active duty and reserves. His work included academic, administrative, private practice, humanitarian medical missions, and multiple scientific publications. Dr. David has completed nineteen marathons and one triathlon and believes Park City has the best snow for skiing. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife Mary. He has three children and three grandchildren.
Product details:
Hardcover: 422 pages
Publisher: Xlibris (February 29, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1514427907
ISBN-13: 978-1514427903
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
Book Availability:
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Monster Jam® Triple Threat Series™
Returns to Salt Lake City to Kick Start 2018
with Three Action-Packed Events January 5th & 6th
**Highlighted by 4 Trucks Making Utah Debut Appearances**
[Salt Lake City, UT] – Monster Jam® Triple Threat Series™, the most family-friendly, action-packed motorsport in the world races back to the Beehive State to keep Utah motorsport fans on the edge of their seats with adrenaline-charged, high-flying, four-wheel excitement that is fun for the entire family.
Featuring the eight most intense athletes of Monster Jam, Salt Lake fans will witness a fierce battle for the championship that tests the versatility of the athletes as they go head-to-head in seven different competitions driving three customized high-powered vehicles: the larger-than-life 12,000 lb. Monster Jam trucks, Monster Jam Speedsters and Monster Jam ATVs. These extreme athletes battle for points in challenging Racing and Freestyle events that push themselves and their machines to the limit – delivering what fans want to see the most… more trucks, more racing, more freestyle, more donuts, more wheelies, more action!
This year will be highlighted by 4 new trucks making their Utah debut appearances including the newest member of the Monster Jam beasts family – the menacing giant shark Megalodon, along with construction crew themed EarthShaker™, Alien Invasion™ and Pirate’s Curse™.
Monster Jam Triple Threat Series world-class athletes vying to become champion will be:
*Four new Monster Jam Triple Threat teams coming to SLC 2018 event (not featured in 2017)
Unexpected, unscripted and unforgettable, Monster Jam takes center stage in the world’s most iconic venues, sporting meticulously manicured dirt tracks created with the sole purpose of pushing these perfectly engineered, larger-than-life trucks to the limit. Monster Jam is one of the only sports where male and female world-class drivers, some generational rivals, are equals competing for the same championship on the same track. New in 2018 across all Monster Jam events, fans in every city will have the chance to vote for the truck winner in the donut, wheelie and freestyle competitions by real-time, in-arena fan voting on their smartphones.
Plus, fans are always encouraged to come to the arena early on Saturday for the Monster Jam® Pit Party pre-show experience which provides unprecedented access to the Monster Jam trucks and drivers – you can see the trucks up close, meet the athletes, get their autographs and take photos! *Pit Pass required for entry; purchase price $10 for all ages.
WHEN: Friday, January 5, 2018
Saturday, January 6, 2018
Pit Party open from 10:30 AM–12:00 PM
**Saturday 1PM event ticket & Pit Pass required for entry
WHERE: Vivint Smart Home Arena – 301 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
TICKETS: Tickets are affordably priced for the whole family with seats starting at just $20 each*
Pit Passes available to purchase for $10 each
Tickets are now available for purchase online at Ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or visit the venue Box Office.
*ticket prices subject to change – additional venue/ticketing fees may apply
ONLINE MEDIA GUIDE: Media members can download truck/driver photos and other press materials directly at www.feldmediaguides.com/monsterjam
Monster Jam 2018 Season Kick Off Show can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plDF43RVZks
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“Working Hunger” Epidemic Engulfs 147,394 Utahns;
New National Report Details Utahns and Other Americans Employed but Food Insecure
10.5 percent of Working Utahns Struggle against Hunger;
Minimum Wage Hikes Decrease Hunger
Approximately 10.5 percent of Utah working adults suffered from food insecurity in the years 2014 to 2016, according to a new report by Hunger Free America based on an analysis of federal data. In other words, with a state minimum wage at $7.25 an hour– a poverty wage – one in 10 hungry Utah residents worked but still struggled against hunger. The report also found that, nationwide, increased state minimum wages correlated with declined hunger among working people.
Said, Joel Berg, CEO of Hunger Free America, “While unemployment decreased and wages rose during the last few years of the Obama Administration, the United States still faced an epidemic of the ‘working hungry.’ This shameful data is the latest evidence that the American dream is seriously at risk unless we change our current economic and political policies nationwide. Low wages are still the top cause of U.S. hunger and malnutrition. The good news is this data proves that states that hiked their own minimum wages were less likely to have workers struggling against hunger.”
Hunger Free America’s analysis of federal data also determined:
Fully 41 million Americans – including 13 million American children – struggled against hunger nationwide. About 15 million, equaling 10.3% of American working adults lived in households that couldn’t afford an adequate supply of food.
Approximately 34.5% of food insecure Americans are employed adults. This is approximately 4.7% of the entire US Population.
In states with a Minimum Wage of $10 or above, 9.3% of the population was working hungry, compared to 10.3% in the states at $7.25 or below.
The states with the highest rates of food insecurity among working adults were New Mexico (15.3%), Mississippi (14.0%), Louisiana (14.0%), Arkansas (13.5%) and Maine (12.9%).
California leads the nation in the highest numbers of food-insecure working adults at 1.8 million, followed by Texas (1.4 million), Florida (902,150), New York (841,625), and Ohio (594,635).
Nearly 5.5 million, or one in 12, Americans over 60 are facing food insecurity.
The federal government spent nearly $91.3 billion on nutrition assistance programs for children, seniors, and adults in the 2016 Fiscal Year. The top ten states receiving the largest federal anti-hunger spending per capita, are New Mexico, Louisiana, Hawaii, Mississippi, Georgia, Alaska, West Virginia, Alabama, South Carolina, and Florida.
Berg continued, “Disproving the stereotype that federal food benefit recipients are mostly in ‘inner cities’ or blue states, the states most reliant on this aid are Southern, highly Republican, states, often because their wages are so low. For instance, in Utah alone, where the state minimum wage is only $7.25 per hour, federal nutrition aid equals $430 per year for every resident of the state. This provides the latest evidence that it would be both hard-hearted and economically counter-productive for Congress to further slash these programs.”
The study, “Working America’s Still Hungry” National Hunger Report is available on Hunger Free America’s website, www.HungerFreeAmerica.org, through which anyone can also donate or volunteer, or find food if they need it.
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December 5, 2017
Judicial Watch: New Justice Department Records Show Strong Support by Mueller Deputy Andrew Weissmann, Other Top DOJ Officials for Yates’ Refusal to Enforce President Trump Travel Ban
‘I am so proud. And in awe. Thank you so much. All my deepest respects’ – Andrew Weissmann, then-Chief of Justice Department Criminal Fraud Section
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today released two productions (335 pages and 44 pages) of Justice Department (DOJ) documents showing strong support by top DOJ officials for former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates’ refusal to enforce President Trump’s Middle East travel ban executive order. In one email, Andrew Weissmann, one of Robert Mueller’s top prosecutors and formerly the Obama-era Chief of the Justice Department’s Criminal Fraud Section, applauds Yates writing: “I am so proud. And in awe. Thank you so much. All my deepest respects.”
Judicial Watch obtained the documents through a May 2017 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed after the Justice Department failed to respond to a February FOIA request seeking Yates’ emails from her government account (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:17-cv-00832)) for the time period she served as Acting Attorney General for President Trump.
The emails, several sent from official Justice Department email addresses, show strong support for Yates, who was fired for disobeying a direct order from the President:
“This is an astonishing and disturbing find. Andrew Weisman, a key prosecutor on Robert Mueller’s team, praised Obama DOJ holdover Sally Yates after she lawlessly thwarted President Trump,” stated Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton. “How much more evidence do we need that the Mueller operation has been irredeemably compromised by anti-Trump partisans? Shut it down.”
Yates was appointed by President Obama as U.S. Attorney in northern Georgia and was later confirmed as Deputy Attorney General. In January 2017 she became acting Attorney General for President Trump.
Yates was involved in the controversy concerning Gen. Michael Flynn, allegedly warning the Trump White House in early January about General Flynn’s contacts with the Russian ambassador, Sergei Kislyak. (Judicial Watch is separately suing for records concerning the surveillance and subsequent leaks regarding General Flynn.)
On January 30, Yates ordered the Justice Department not to defend President Trump’s January 27 executive order seeking a travel ban from seven Middle Eastern countries. That same day, President Trump fired her for refusing to defend the action.
In a late October article describing Andrew Weissmann as Robert Mueller’s “Pit Bull,” The New York Times wrote, “He is a top lieutenant to Robert S. Mueller III on the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible links to the Trump campaign. Significantly, Mr. Weissmann is an expert in converting defendants into collaborators — with either tactical brilliance or overzealousness, depending on one’s perspective.” Weissman oversaw the pre-dawn home of former Trump aide Paul Manafort in what one former federal prosecutor described as “textbook Weissmann terrorism.”
