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Health tech startup Total Orbit turns to US Veterans Affairs to expand technology

3 years ago
St. Louis startup Total Orbit, which has developed a patient information and education platform used by health care organizations, has turned to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to expand its technology. Total Orbit has licensed eScreening health care software used by the VA with veterans with plans to commercialize the technology for broader use in health care.
Nathan Rubbelke

Stop Letting Nonsense Purveyors Cosplay As Free Speech Martyrs

3 years ago
A few people have been asking me about last week’s release of something called the “Westminster Declaration,” which is a high and mighty sounding “declaration” about freedom of speech, signed by a bunch of journalists, academics, advocates and more. It reminded me a lot of the infamous “Harper’s Letter” from a few years ago that […]
Mike Masnick

Mike Johnson is right-wing, but not as extreme as Jim Jordan

3 years ago
According to Voteview, here's the skinny on Mike Johnson, our new Speaker of the House: He's pretty conservative, but a little less conservative than Jim Jordan. According to their ideology rankings, he's the 82nd most conservative member of the House, compared to 9th for Marjorie Taylor-Greene and 20th for Jordan.
Kevin Drum

NTSB releases report on deadly Teutopolis ammonia crash

3 years ago
TEUTOPOLIS, Ill. (WTWO/WAWV) — A report from the National Transportation Safety Board is revealing more about what happened during a deadly anhydrous ammonia spill that killed five and injured eleven others in Teutopolis in September. According to the report, the crash was caused by a vehicle attempting to pass a tanker vehicle that was carrying [...]
Brandyn Benter

Glen Carbon Senior Center Reports Successful Year So Far

3 years ago
GLEN CARBON - 2023 has been a good year for the Glen Carbon Senior Center so far, with a wide variety of activities and programs for local seniors. Senior Center Administrator Felicia Voelkel gave a presentation to village trustees at their meeting this week to update them on the center’s progress this year. Voelkel said her time as administrator of the busy Senior Center has been “so far, so good.” “I’ve been at the Senior Center a little over a year, and so far, so good,” she said. “We’ve had a lot of activity, a lot of different projects going on.” The center hosts “Game Days,” which feature cookies, bingo, and the card game “Whoopee.” They also host an “Age Well” exercise class with a certified personal trainer, as well as a weekly Art Class which is currently working on a sculpture of a cardinal perched on a tree branch. Past activities included Chair Yoga and Tai Chi, the latter

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