VAIL When he first arrived on the job early lsat year, Vail Health CEO Will Cook wore a tie to work and had a very long to-do list. The tie is gone now, and there are some important items on the list crossed off, or at least well begun.

Cook recently sat down with the Vail Daily to talk about the past year and the months to come.

That first year is everything I thought it would be, Cook said, particularly regarding being able to see quick results from new and continuing initiatives.

Cooks most recent experience was working in large hospital systems. In those big-city settings, You couldnt mobilize the community as easily.

In the Vail Valley, mobilizing people and resources can happen fairly quickly.

Vail Health in April of 2019 announced it would pledge $60 million over the next decade to bolster the valleys behavioral health resources.

While the idea for increasing services had been percolating before Cook took the job, he said hed made that focus on behavioral health a priority when talking to Mike Shannon, the former chairman of the Vail Health and Vail Health Services board of directors.

Cook recalled that he told Shannon I need the support of the board, both financially and politically, Cook said.

That request came early on in his tenure.

It was by far the most wonderful experience Ive had in a boardroom, Cook said.

Today, Vail Health has added 30 behavioral health specialists out of a goal of 50.

Cook credited Eagle Valley Behavioral Health Director Chris Lindley for the progress on the initiatives. Lindley is a galvanizer, Cook said, adding that Lindley was instrumental in putting together the core working group.

Even with progress over the past several months, Cook said theres still a lot of work to do. But, he added, the support is in place.

Another big initiative was the acquisition last year of Colorado Mountain Medical. That acquisition of the physicians group will help create a more proactive system, Cook said.

Getting people to see doctors on a regular basis means patients can sometimes get early help and referral to specialists on potentially disastrous health problems.

All of that costs money, Cook said. But if you dont (have early care) and have a heart attack, a $10,000 issue becomes a $100,000 issue.

Vail Health entering that part of the care spectrum requires a big provider network. Cook said Vail Health could build its own network and compete with Colorado Mountain Medical, or Vail Health could merge with the established provider.

That expansion also allowed Vail Health to negotiate reimbursement rates with Anthem, the only insurance company for valley residents with private insurance.

The insurance landscape is shifting, and may change even more as the fight over a public option insurance option heats up in the state legislature.

Co-sponsored last session by Rep. Dylan Roberts, D-Avon, and Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, the public option bill directed state insurance regulators to draft a proposal for a state option insurance plan. The proposal was vetted in stakeholder meetings around the state before beingpresented to the legislature earlier this month.Roberts is now working on a bill based on some version of that plan, which has been opposed by many hospitals in the state.

Cook said he needs to learn more about the bill before offering support or opposition.

I need to see more of the details, Cook said. Im open to solutions that enhance (care).

Providing care to more people is important, not just for residents, but for the local hospital.

Cook said people leaving the valley for care tend to go either to Front Range-based providers or Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs.

Cook said theres a widely-held perception that Vail Healths services and procedures are more expensive. But, he said, a recent Rand Corporation study showed Vail Health is less expensive, on average, than either Valley View or St. Anthonys Summit County.

Part of getting people to stop seeking care elsewhere is a matter of education, Cook said. Thats particularly true in the western part of the valley, he added.

We have to rebuild trust, in the western valley, Cook said.

Part of building trust is working to be a more transparent organization. Vail Health is a private, nonprofit operation. Board meetings dont have to be open to the public.

Cook said hes working to open up one or two meetings a year. But, he added, that wont happen for a while.

Transparency also includes being more open about Vail Healths finances.

Some transparency is coming in the form of a federal mandate to post prices for procedures and services. Cook said he intends for Vail Health to go beyond whats required by law.

But, he added, Vail Health which is a complex organization that includes both nonprofit and for-profit arms needs to be better about its financial reporting.

That includes billing, which Cook acknowledged is broken.

That takes time, he said. We have to untangle how its been done, and totally rebuild it.

As Cook is becoming better known in the community, he fields plenty of questions when hes out and about. Most of those questions are about costs.

Most of those questions are from people who want to understand what Vail Health is doing to make care more affordable.

The answers are complicated, and could be some time in coming, he said.

Vail Daily Business Editor Scott Miller can be reached at smiller@vaildaily.com or 970-748-2930.

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The blockbuster trade sending Mookie Betts and David Price to the Dodgers is still more likely to happen than not but some involved are suggesting its not a certainty, according to reports from MLB.coms Mark Feinsand and MLB Networks Jon Heyman. According to Feinsand, the Red Sox, Dodgers and Twins are making progress on a revised deal after Boston was not satisfied with the medical records of pitcher Brusdar Graterol.

Talk between the Twins and Red Sox are going slowly, according to The Athletics Ken Rosenthal, who reports that the Dodgers may acquire a prospect from another club to help bridge the gap.

Boston, Los Angeles and Minnesota agreed to a three-way deal that would send Betts and Price to the Dodgers, outfielder Alex Verdugo and Graterol to the Red Sox and righty Kenta Maeda to the Twins on Tuesday night, but the deal still hasnt been formalized more than 48 hours later. The reason, as Rosenthal reported Wednesday, was Bostons assessment of the 21-year-old Graterol, who they now project to be more of a reliever than a starter.

The Red Sox are looking for more compensation as a result of Graterols medicals, either in the form of an additional player or further financial help. Its unclear if that would come from the Twins, who are sending them Graterol, or the Dodgers, who are sending Verdugo and paying about half of the $96 million remaining on Prices contract through 2022.

With pitchers and catchers due to report to spring training next week, the pressure is on for the clubs to finalize the much-publicized deal. The Dodgers have even more at stake than the other clubs, as they have another pending deal (sending outfielder Joc Pederson and pitcher Ross Stripling to the Angels for infielder Luis Rengifo) that is reportedly dependent on the finalization of the three-teamer.

At this point, it appears the teams are motivated to work out their differences to ensure a deal gets done. With all of the moving parts, it appears theres at least a remote chance that the blockbuster falls apart.

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HONOLULU (KHON2) Repairs are in progress to Alii Drive, which fronts Coconut Grove Marketplace.

This was due to a sinkhole that developed in late December 2019.

According to the Department of Public Works, the repairs initially would reduce traffic to one lane of alternating travel between Hualalai and Walua Roads from 7 a.m. to sunset, Monday through Friday.

However, due to construction conditions encountered during the repairs, starting Tuesday, February 11, 2020, the road will be reduced to one lane of alternating travel 24 hours a day for the duration of the project.

Its possible that Alii Drive may be completely closed within the work zone if the road becomes unstable during excavation work. Road crews may also work on Saturdays to ensure the repairs are completed as expeditiously as possible.

Repairs to the sinkhole include repairing road damage caused by erosion, as well as stabilizing the area surrounding the sinkhole to prevent future erosion. The makai shoulder of the road, which has been closed to pedestrians since the sinkhole appeared in late December, will remain closed while repairs are performed.

Motorists are advised to be aware of traffic delays and to drive with caution in the work zone. Signs will be posted on Alii Drive advising motorists of the roadwork and traffic signals will be installed on Alii Drive at either end of Coconut Grove Marketplace to facilitate traffic flow.

For questions or concerns, call the Engineering Division at 961-8423.

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PETERSBURG Melissa Face will read selections from her new book, I Love You More Than Coffee: Essays on Parenthood and sign copies on Friday, Feb. 14 from 4-7 at the Historic Farmers Bank Museum, 19 Bollingbrook St.

In the collection she writes about the emotions parents experience: anticipation, joy, fear, guilt, and worry. New and seasoned parents will find common ground in Faces heartfelt, humorous, and authentic stories of her life with two young children.

Face, who lives with her family in Prince George, has written for numerous local and national publications, including Richmond Family Magazine, Boomer, Guideposts, Country Woman, Farm and Ranch Living, and twenty-one volumes of Chicken Soup for the Soul. She is a member of James River Writers and Hampton Roads Writers.

She has a Bachelor Arts degree in psychology from Coastal Carolina University and a Master of Arts in human resources development from Webster University. She also holds teaching certifications in English, special education, and gifted education.

She has had a varied career, including as a newspaper reporter, addictions counselor, and master control operator at a television station, and currently teaches world literature at the Appomattox Regional Governors School for the Arts and Technology.

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A year ago, President TrumpDonald John TrumpFive takeaways: Fear of Trump hangs over Democratic debate Klobuchar raises million since start of debate Buttigieg, Sanders aim to build momentum from New Hampshire debate MORE announced a groundbreaking initiative to end HIV transmission in the United States by 2030. This forward-thinking and ambitious goal is achievable because of several significant developments such as President Obamas National HIV/AIDS Strategy (the first for the U.S., released in 2010 and updated in 2015), which identified a limited number of evidence-based actions to make the most significant impact on the domestic HIV epidemic; unprecedented scientific advances in HIV prevention and treatment; and community-based leadership in reducing HIV transmission in key localities nationwide.

Although fighting HIV is a truly bipartisan issue with champions on both sides of the aisle, President Trump recently claimed at a New Jersey rally that Obama"chose not to" end AIDS. I worked in the Obama White House and helped write and implement President Obamas National HIV/AIDS Strategy.

President Trumps rhetoric is not helpful. His comments overshadow real steps that his administration has made to combat the domestic epidemic in terms of funding and scaling up effective HIV prevention interventions.

More importantly, the Presidents statement highlights a blind spot: the biggest threat to achieving the goal of ending HIV is none other than the administration itself.

Various policies of the Trump Administration undermine this goal by targeting communities at the highest risk for HIV. For instance, cuts to Title X-funded providersaffect the availabilityof basic health care, reproductive, and HIV services for low-income women.

Thepublic chargerule discourages non-citizens from seeking government assistance (including health services) at a time when HIV rates are increasing among a segment of the Latino population. And anti-immigrant rhetoric and crackdowns only exacerbate HIV transmission when fearful undocumented immigrantsdelayseeking health care.

The administration has actively sought topermitdiscrimination against transgender populations in health care settings, supportsworkplacebias against LGBT people (note: many Americans are insured through their jobs), and wants to allow health care workers to object to providing care to LGBT individuals morally.

The administration alsofiredgay and HIV-positive U.S. Air Force airmen because of their HIV status, only to be rebuffed by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that said the administrationspolicyis at odds with current science. None of these actions help to engender trust with communities at risk for HIV.

Access to health care remains fundamental to eliminating HIV. Following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a large proportion of people living with HIV in the U.S.gainedaccess to comprehensive health insurance.

Medicaid expansion has enabled more people with HIV to obtain coverage. People living with HIV who are insured are less likely to transmit the virus, which explains why HIV diagnoses in Louisianafellto the lowest level in a decade two years after the state expanded Medicaid.

Yet, unlike President Obama, the percentage ofuninsuredAmericans has increased under President Trump. Although President Trumpclaimsthat he has saved Americans with pre-existing conditions from being denied health care, ampleevidencesuggests otherwise.

The administration downplays the impact of these policies on the Presidents goal of ending HIV transmission, but these issues demonstrablyunderminethe realization of the Presidents HIV initiative. Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently published astudyshowing that states with greater overall levels of health care coverage and LGBT anti-discrimination laws had lower mortality rates among adults living with HIV (aged 34-54).

Bold goals matter, but ending an epidemic remains hard work,we need things like:

1. A long-term commitment that will require an increase in investments in subsequent years

2. Public-private partnerships to help fill gaps in access to services and medicines

3. Supplementing sparse health services and health personnel in rural settings

4. Expeditious and affordable access to new HIV prevention and treatment innovations as they become available

5. A concerted effort to find an effective vaccine and ultimately a cure for HIV

6. Recognition that funding for HIV research hasbenefitedand led to scientific advances for other chronic health conditions.

I want President Trumps initiative to succeed and am encouraged by those people in the administration who are working in good faith to realize its goal. But it remains to be seen whether the administration and its policies will stop undermining their worthy objective.

Greg Millett is Director of Public Policy at amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, a former scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and an architect of President Obamas National HIV/AIDS Strategy.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio An effort to increase the minimum wage for Ohio workers is a step closer to the November ballot.

On Wednesday, the Ohio Ballot Board certified the language for the proposed amendment brought forth by Ohioans for Raising the Wage.

James Hayes, the coalition's spokesman, says the measure mirrors the 2006 initiative that indexed wage increases to inflation.

"We would be voting to raise wages to $13 by 2025," he states. "That rate would be connected to inflation so wages would continue to rise with the cost of living year after year as it has been thus far, but we would just have a higher floor to begin with."

The current minimum wage is $8.70 an hour. The coalition needs to collect about 450,000 certified signatures by July 1 to put the measure before voters in November.

While there is no formal opposition to the measure at this time, some concerns have been raised about the impact on businesses as well as the need for the measure given the 2006 amendment.

However, Hayes argues that the current minimum wage leaves even full-time workers without enough money to cover basic necessities.

"For the last 14 years the legislature has not been responding to the needs of working people as wages have stagnated," he states. "The communities that the organizations that are a part of our effort represent have been hurting for too long and we know that we can't wait for help from Columbus. "

Currently, an Ohioan working full time for minimum wage is paid just over $18,000. And according to research from Policy Matters Ohio, that would leave a full-time worker with a family of three approximately $3,000 below the poverty line.

This story was produced in association with Media in the Public Interest and funded in part by The George Gund Foundation.

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South Carolina Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp discussed the teams quarterbacks during the National Signing Day press conference on Wednesday.

Two new players were added to the position last month: 4-star Luke Doty and Colorado State graduate transfer Collin Hill.

Luke Doty has been outstanding, Muschamp said, as he updated the progress on some of the teams midyear enrollees.

Hill, who suffered a torn ACL during his final season with the Rams, continues to recover from the injury, which will keep him sidelined during spring practice. Day 1 of spring ball is scheduled for Feb. 26.

Collin is still rehabbing the knee and they think he is ahead of where he should be, as far as his strength is concerned, as far as his quad is concerned, Muschamp said. Thats the biggest thing, is strength levels, and they think hes ahead of where hes supposed to be. Hes working extremely hard to rehab the knee.

Muschamp added, I dont think Collin is going to take any snaps during the spring, based on what Ive been told. Ive been told he will not be fully cleared until June, possibly May Im trying to get my months (properly counted). He wont take any snaps this spring.

When asked about the quarterbacks picking up the system thats being installed by first-year offensive coordinator Mike Bobo, Muschamp referred to four players.

I think, as much as anything, theres going to be some new terminology, Muschamp said. Collins familiar with (it) and Ryan (Hilinski) and Luke and Jay (Urich) are not, at this point, but they will be. Those guys are working extra on their own every single day to come up here and learn, so when we do start with the coaches, theyve got a pretty good grasp of what were trying to do.

Weve got an outstanding group, as far as work ethic is concerned and intelligence is concerned and maturity is concerned. Those guys will be ready to go. Certainly, having Collins experience, can do nothing but help.

But Mikes also got a lot of experience in coaching young quarterbacks, so he can understand what a guy can handle, what he cant handle and what we feel like we can do on the field and what we cant do. I think that his experience will certainly help us with that.

Hill began last season as Colorado States starter, before he was injured in the third game. He finished his final season there with 840 yards and eight touchdowns. He completed 69 of 102 throws and had two interceptions.

Hilinski is South Carolinas returning starter. As a freshman in 2019, he completed 236 of 406 passes for 2,357 yards with 11 touchdowns and five interceptions.

Doty, a 4-star recruit, was trying to lead Myrtle Beach (S.C.) High School to a second-straight 4A state title before his senior season ended prematurely with a thumb injury.

Urich played some at quarterback last season for the Gamecocks, but he also saw time at wide receiver.

Redshirt sophomore Dakereon Joyner also split time between the positions. Joyner, however, was not mentioned by Muschamp on Wednesday, during his comments about the quarterbacks.

The belief is that Joyner will be among the returning skill players for Bobo to utilize during his first season with the South Carolina Gamecocks.

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Vigneault said he believes Claude Giroux, goal-less in his last 11 games, was pressing and trying too hard. .... Jonathan Bernier (2.92 GAA, .907 save percentage) is expected to get the call for Detroit, which dropped a 6-1 decision to the Flyers on Nov. 29. The Flyers pulled away from a 2-1 lead by getting three goals (Sean Couturier, Kevin Hayes, Oskar Lindblom) in a 69-second span that started late in the second period. Jake Voracek had three assists in that win against Red Wings goalie Cal Pickard. ... James van Riemsdyk and his wife, Lauren, are expecting their first child, a girl, in May. Van Riemsdyk said it will be his parents first grandchild. Ive never seen my dad so excited besides hockey and boating, he said with a smile. ... Nolan Patrick (migraine disorder) did not make the trip.

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Fishermen and conservationists have said they are frustrated by lack of progress after a decision to allow more scallop fishing in a spot off the Welsh coast.

In 2016, the Welsh Government said a more flexible area around Cardigan Bay would be introduced.

It said Brexit had slowed work, but expected to make "significant progress" this year.

Environmentalists said any increase had to be done with minimal impact.

But fishermen said an opportunity to make a decent living was being missed.

Father and son Robbie and John Gorman own a scallop trawler called the Joanna, moored in Aberystwyth harbour.

Lobster fishing is their main work but scallops provide much-needed income during the winter.

Current rules allow them to dredge for scallops only in one small area in Cardigan Bay for a limited period.

But they insist a larger area could be fished without damaging the marine habitat.

"It's nonsensical. It doesn't harm the environment - it's something that can be cropped sensibly," said Robbie Gorman.

"When you're fishing somewhere and picking up a relatively small catch of scallops and there's a closed area the other side of a line where they're knee-deep - it's a stupid waste and they're only going to die of old age and just lie there rotting."

Overfishing in the early 2000s led to a decision by the Welsh Government to close the scallop fishery, but 10 years ago a small area was re-opened.

Mick Green, a senior policy advisor with Whale and Dolphin Conservation, said the group was "not happy" about the 2016 decision, but had accepted it.

However, he added: "But we think there are other methods - for example Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have teamed up with people farming scallops in crates, so you don't have to scrape the sea bed, you just pick up the crates.

"If the Welsh Government had spent two years looking at things like that, we might have got somewhere by now, but at the moment we're all up in the air."

He said the group would work with fishermen to ensure it was "as least damaging as possible, so that they make their livelihood and we still have our wildlife".

Environment Minister Lesley Griffiths said: "I remain fully committed to introducing flexible management for fisheries in Wales, including our scallop fishery, to ensure sustainable management of this natural resource.

"While the demands of leaving the European Union have slowed this work, I fully expect to make significant progress on flexible management for Welsh fisheries in 2020."

The Welsh Government said there were 39 vessels permitted to fish for scallops with dredgers in Welsh waters and before any fishery measures are implemented, it must satisfy the rigorous environmental assessment process to demonstrate there was no adverse impact on the protected features of this marine site.

But those representing the Welsh fishing industry said a vital opportunity was being missed.

Jerry Percy, director of the New Under Ten Fishermen's Association, representing crews using boats smaller than 10ft, pointed to research conducted by marine scientists at Bangor University which contributed to the Welsh Government's consultation.

"The science says we can fish there sustainably without having an undue impact," he said.

"It is a special area of conservation and you have to fish in those areas without having a significant adverse impact on the integrity of the site.

"It's not for me as a fisherman to say there should be fishing there, the science says we can do that without adversely harming the dolphins or anything else there."

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Martin Luther King Jr. is a hero and icon of my lifetime.

When I watched him speak as a young girl growing up in Newark, I distinctly remember the sense of pride he brought to me and my family. He serves as a guidepost for those who seek to create a more just and equal society. When we honor his life and legacy every January, I think about how he will be a source of inspiration for generations to come and how much his civil rights activism improves the quality of our lives today.

King recognized that the past defines our present and future. He weaved historical references into his words saying, We are not makers of history. We are made by history. Its true that history is the roadmap that reveals the path our country and people have taken. From slavery in the South to the great migration north, history is an ever-constant reminder that change and progress are never easy or permanent.

Ending slavery and oppression, earning the right to vote, promoting equal opportunity for fair housing and employment these are all hard-fought issues that shape our lives.

Honoring the progress is important. It reminds us of how far weve come and how much work still needs to be done to achieve equality for all.

And we have some incredibly important and historic milestones that we are observing this year:

Four hundred years ago, on Aug. 20, 1619, the White Lion arrived in Point Comfort, Virginia. The captain brought not anything but 20 and odd Negroes. Their arrival marked the beginning of 250 years of slavery in North America.

155 years ago, on June 19, 1865 commonly referred to as Juneteenth all enslaved African Americans were emancipated throughout the United States.

100 years ago, on Aug. 18, 1920, the United States Congress ratified the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote. Even after its passage, black women faced extreme barriers to voting and were left disenfranchised, discriminated against and excluded for decades.

59 years ago, King famously wrote a letter proclaiming, Our battle cry is, let my people vote, urging the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which would end blatant discriminatory voting practices that were used at all government levels for African Americans.

We owe gratitude to the freedom fighters of the past who overcame hardship and changed the lives of the generations that came after them.

When King set his sights in the latter part of his life on the issues that he believed were the result of systemic racism poverty, a lack of affordable housing, homelessness and wage inequality he knew systemic change was the only way to incite social change.

Today, as Gov. Phil Murphy and I fight our own battles for a stronger and fairer New Jersey, we are reminded of the civil rights victories won by King and his predecessors. We hope to build on those victories in the name of social justice and equality.

We have been working to tackle the systemic racism that exists in our state. Our administration has signed laws that help ensure equal pay is received for equal work, restore voting rights to over 80,000 people on probation or parole, restore critical funding for family planning and womens reproductive health, and put us on a path to a fair minimum wage. Also, First Lady Tammy Murphy has championed a health care campaign called Nurture NJ to help protect black mothers and children from mortality during pregnancy and after childbirth.

We are doing our part. And we hope that you will do your part this year by exercising your hard-fought right to vote. Also, when the Census 2020 team sends you an email or comes knocking on your door, please participate. By participating, you are helping make certain that everyone in our state is counted. A complete count is important because it ensures that New Jersey will continue to receive critical funding from the federal government for education, infrastructure and public assistance programs. Voting and filling out the census form are small things you can do to make a big difference.

I firmly believe that change, no matter how big or small, is meaningful and impactful.

As we honor the progress of Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend and the freedom fighters of the past during Black History Month, lets keep their legacy alive and stay engaged to help make New Jersey and our country a better place to live.

Sheila Oliver, of East Orange, is lieutenant governor of New Jersey.

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New Report Examines Steps Taken in Recent Years to Attract Investment While Detailing Challenges Ahead

Through careful planning and bold regulatory reforms, the Kingdom of Bahrain is poised to become a major hub for finance, technology, and innovation, according to a new report released today by the Milken Institute. However, Bahrain needs to continue its efforts to overcome challenges and achieve the objectives laid out in the Kingdoms Vision 2030 strategic plan launched in 2008.

The report, Bahrain and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, is authored by Claude Lopez, Ph.D., Milken Institute director of research, together with research analysts Joseph Bendix and Cesar Servin.

"Bahrain has developed a business-friendly environment, regulatory framework, and support system that make the Kingdom an attractive destination for global companies, investors, and entrepreneurs," said Lopez, citing a six-fold increase in foreign direct investment between 2016 and 2018. "With its skilled population, low cost of living, and continued investment in technology infrastructure, Bahrain is positioned to continue to achieve positive outcomes."

The Milken Institute report points to recent policy changes that increase transparency, protect investors, align with international standards, and modernize access to Bahrains capital markets, which have yielded measurable results.

In addition, Bahrain has enhanced support structures for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups that connect government agencies, investors, and other stakeholders to help businesses grow. Today, three Bahraini firms are listed among the top-100 startups by Forbes Middle East, and the Kingdom boasts the largest share of female founders in the Middle East and North Africa in the 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report.

Bahrains strong emphasis on startups and technology comes with challenges that need to be addressed to ensure the resilience of the new economic model. Based on their analysis, the authors identify several challenges, including the need for startups to grow into larger firms that will create more jobs, access to highly trained labor to satisfy these additional jobs, and assistance for existing firms transitioning to the new digital economy.

The report offers several recommendations, including:

Bahrain and the Fourth Industrial Revolution was produced by the Milken Institute with support from the Bahrain Economic Development Board. The funders had no role in the research analysis or preparation of the manuscript.

Dr. Lopez is available for interviews on these and other topics related to international economics. She may be contacted directly at clopez@milkeninstitute.org.

These issues will also be discussed at the upcoming Milken Institute Middle East and Africa Summit, set for February 11-12, 2020, in Abu Dhabi.

About the Milken Institute

The Milken Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that helps people build meaningful lives, in which they can experience health and well-being, pursue effective education and gainful employment, and access the resources required to create ever-expanding opportunities for themselves and their broader communities. For more information, visit http://www.milkeninstitute.org.

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The present is female. And the future will be as well. This past week, as hands were wrung over whether a female president is possible, we learned that there are now slightly more women in the workplace than men. It happened before briefly in 2009, when the Great Recession destroyed industries where men were disproportionately represented. But the new stats, in a period of low unemployment, represent something like the new normal. Other recent stats have found ever-more female triumph: As of 2017, there were 2.2 million more women than men in college, and the Department of Education predicts that by 2026, women will make up 57 percent of college students, leaving men far behind.

Women now dominate the service sector, especially in health and education, where most new jobs will be found. In December 2019, a full 95 percent of net jobs added went to women a stunning statistic. To give some perspective on this, in 1970, almost 30 million women accounted for 29 percent of the workforce; nearly 50 years later, in 2019, 74.6 million women accounted for 50.3 percent of the non-farm labor force. If that isnt a massive victory for feminism, what would be?

Yes, the gender pay gap persists but in attenuated form. The number most commonly cited 81 cents to the dollar is just the raw annual total of all male annual wages compared with all female wages. It doesnt tell us if women are paid less than men in the same job; it doesnt account for choice of profession, or working hours, or use of parental leave. When you adjust for all that, women now earn 93 to 95 percent of male hourly earnings: not good enough, but still at record highs. In the past decade, parental leave has expanded, as has working from home, both hugely beneficial to tens of millions of working women. And as the economy shifts toward the sectors where women dominate, and as women get more education than men, this trend looks highly likely to continue and even intensify. NPR notes: Women hold 77 percent of the jobs in health care and education fast-growing fields that eclipse the entire goods-producing sector of the economy.

Yes, there are still notable exceptions at the very top: Most C-suite executives (four out of five) are male, even though womens presence there has grown 25 percent in the past five years. First-level managerial positions are still disproportionately held by men, which affects the rest of the pipeline. But all the stats point upward, and, for much of corporate America, a more diverse workforce is increasingly valued. In 1970, there were no women in the Senate; now there are 26 more than half the entire number of female senators in U.S. history. In the House, as recently as 1980, women accounted for only 3.2 percent of the members; now its 23.7 percent, and the Speaker is a woman. Theres work to be done. But this rise in womens earnings and power seems real and inexorable.

Im not dismissing the resilience of sexual harassment, although great journalism and the Me Too movement have undoubtedly helped raise the costs for abusive men. Nor am I dismissing all the myriad ways women meet obstacles where men dont. I see a lot more now than I used to, and Im grateful for having my blind spots pointed out. Im just noting that comparing the condition of women today with women in an era that, say, denied them suffrage, education, careers outside the home, or treated them as properties of their husbands, its a whole universe of advance.

And yet feminist rhetoric has intensified as all this remarkable progress has been made. A raft of recent books have been full of the need for renewed rage against the oppression of women. The demonization of white men has intensified just as many working-class white men face a bleak economic future and as men are disappearing from the workforce. It is as if the less gender discrimination there is, the angrier you should become.

This is not just in feminism. You see it in the gay-rights movement too. I get fundraising emails all the time reminding me how we live in a uniquely perilous moment for LGBTQ Americans and that this era, in the words of Human Rights Campaign spokesperson Charlotte Clymer, is one that has seen unprecedented attacks on LGBTQ people. Unprecedented? Might I suggest some actual precedents: when all gay sex was criminal, when many were left by their government to die of AIDS, when no gay relationships were recognized in the law, when gay service members were hounded out of their mission, when the federal government pursued a purge of anyone suspected of being gay. All but the last one occurred in my adult lifetime. But today were under unprecedented assault?

The right is not immune to the same syndrome. Donald Trump talks about crime as if we are still living in the 1980s. Heres a great tweet from the acting DHS secretary, Chad Wolf, this week: There has been a complete breakdown of law and order in NYC. Really? Last year, there were 295 murders in New York City; as recently as 1990, there were 2,295. Trump himself speaks of a surge in illegal immigration overwhelming the country. And its true that we are close to a record percentage of foreign-born Americans, and that last year there was a surge of asylum seekers from Guatemala (many fraudulent). But in 2018, to provide some perspective, there were 400,000 people caught trying to enter the U.S. illegally on the southwestern border; under Reagan and George W. Bush, those numbers peaked at over 1.6 million. It was only when such apprehensions were back down at levels not seen since the early 1970s that an insurgent anti-immigration candidate won the presidency. Go figure.

Why this sudden ratcheting up of rhetoric? On the right, its fueled by the kind of absurd hyperbole that Trump uses all the time. On the left, its Trump himself. His extremism, misogyny, transphobia, and racism have all provoked a sharp turn to the left among Democrats. But, as you can see from the workforce numbers for women, theres little he can actually do to prevent the future from being female. He could tip the Court, which could, in turn, repeal Roe, but that would be a highly unpopular ruling and likely provoke a backlash that could lead to more moderate federal legislation in its place. Marriage equality is settled law, according to the chief justice of the Supreme Court. Gay visibility is ubiquitous. Black unemployment is at record lows; black women are seeing real improvement in their careers and earnings; crime in urban neighborhoods is a fraction of what it was in the 1980s and 1990s. Yes, we have a bigot in the Oval Office but his ability to influence these broader cultural tides is quite limited.

Some of the rhetorical excess is also about money. Interest groups for various subpopulations have a financial interest in emphasizing oppression in order to keep donations flowing.

But a recent psychological study suggests a simpler explanation. Its core idea is what you might call oppression creep or, more neutrally, prevalence-induced concept change. The more progress we observe, the greater the remaining injustices appear. We seem incapable of keeping a concept stable over time when the prevalence of that concept declines. In a fascinating experiment, participants were provided with a chart containing a thousand dots that ranged along a spectrum from very blue to very purple and were asked to go through and identify all the blue dots. The study group was then broken in two. One subgroup was shown a new chart with the same balance of purple and blue dots as the first one and asked to repeat the task. Not surprisingly, they generally found the same number of blue dots as they did on the first chart. A second subgroup was shown a new chart with fewer blue dots and more purple dots. In this group, participants started marking dots as blue that they had marked as purple on the first chart. In other words, when the prevalence of blue dots decreased, participants concept of blue expanded to include dots that it had previously excluded.

We see relatively, not absolutely. We change our standards all the time, depending on context. As part of the study, the psychologists ran another experiment showing participants a range of threatening and nonthreatening faces and asking them to identify which was which. Next, participants were split into two groups and asked to repeat the exercise. The first subgroup was shown the same ratio of threatening and nonthreatening faces as in the initial round; subgroup two was shown many fewer threatening faces. Sure enough, the second group adjusted by seeing faces they once thought of as nonthreatening as threatening. The conclusion:

When blue dots became rare, purple dots began to look blue; when threatening faces became rare, neutral faces began to appear threatening This happened even when the change in the prevalence of instances was abrupt, even when participants were explicitly told that the prevalence of instances would change, and even when participants were instructed and paid to ignore these changes.

We seem to be wired to assume a given threat remains just as menacing even when its actual prevalence has declined:

Our studies suggest that even well-meaning agents may sometimes fail to recognize the success of their own efforts, simply because they view each new instance in the decreasingly problematic context that they themselves have brought about. Although modern societies have made extraordinary progress in solving a wide range of social problems, from poverty and illiteracy to violence and infant mortality, the majority of people believe that the world is getting worse. The fact that concepts grow larger when their instances grow smaller may be one source of that pessimism.

This study may help explain why, in the midst of tremendous gains for gays, women, and racial minorities, we still insist more than ever that we live in a patriarchal, misogynist, white supremacist, homophobic era. We constantly adjust our view of our fast-changing world to ensure we dont believe it has changed at all! Maybe this is simply another way of describing each generations shifting of the goalposts. Or maybe its because weve made so much progress that the injustice that remains appears more intolerable, rather than less. Or maybe, as these psychologists suggest, holding concepts constant may be an evolutionarily recent requirement that the brains standard computational mechanisms are ill equipped to meet.

But whatever the cause, the result is that we steadfastly refuse to accept the fact of progress, in a cycle of eternal frustration at what injustices will always remain. We never seem to be able to say: Okay, were done now, weve got this, politics has done all it reasonably could, now lets move on with our lives. We can only ever say: Its worse than ever! And feel it in our bones.

I watched the Democratic debate in Iowa with only one objective: to figure out who could best beat Trump. At this point, I dont care about their policies, although Im sympathetic to many and hostile to a few. All I care about is their capacity to end this emergency in liberal democracy. And, even with that prism firmly set, it wasnt that easy.

The Democrat I think is most likely to lose to Trump is Elizabeth Warren.I admire her ambition and grit and aggression, but nominating a woke, preachy Harvard professor plays directly into Trumps hands. And picking someone who has bent the truth so often about so many things her ancestry, her commitment to serving a full term as senator, the schools her kids went to, the job her father had (according to her brother), or the time she was fired for being pregnant is an unnecessary burden. The video she produced insisting that she was partly Native American, using genetic markers, should have been a disqualifier by itself. The lack of judgment was staggering.

And, to be honest, Pete Buttigiegs appeal has waned for me. Yes, technically, hes still the best debater of the bunch. And I dont take anything back that I wrote here. But, over time, the combination of his perfect rsum, his actorly ability to change register as he unpacks a sentence, and his smoothness and self-love have begun to worry me. My fear is that his appeal will fade. Klobuchar, to my mind, is the better midwestern option. She is an engaging and successful politician. But theres a reason she seemingly cant get more traction. She just doesnt command a room, let alone a stage. Setting aside everything else, Warren is presidential in a way that Klobuchar is not.

And I so want Biden to be ten years younger. I cant help but be very fond of the man, and he does have a mix of qualities that appeal to both African-Americans and white working-class midwesterners. What I worry about is his constant stumbling in his speech, his muddling of words, those many moments when his eyes close, and his face twitches, as he tries to finish a sentence. Perhaps these are ways to cope with a stutter, as John Hendrickson posits but they definitely seem more pronounced than I remember. He looks like a man past his prime. I worry whether Biden could stand up to Trumps psychotic energy and lies.

Which leaves us with Bernie. I have to say hes grown on me as a potential Trump-beater. He seems more in command of facts than Biden, more commanding in general than Buttigieg or Klobuchar, and far warmer than Elizabeth Warren. Hes a broken clock, but the message he has already stuck with for decades might be finding its moment. Theres something clarifying about having someone with a consistent perspective on inequality take on a president who has only exacerbated it. He could expose, in a gruff Brooklyn accent, the phony populism, and naked elitism of Trump. He could appeal to the working-class voters the Democrats have lost. He could sincerely point out how Trump has given massive sums of public money to the banks, leaving crumbs for the middle class. And people might believe him.

Is he an American Corbyn? I worry about that a lot. Sanders has been on the far left all his life, and the oppo research the GOP throws at him could be brutal. Hes a man, after all, who sided with a Marxist-Leninist party that supported Ayatollah Khomeini during the hostage crisis in 1979. He loved the monstrous dictator Fidel Castro and took his 1988 honeymoon in the Soviet Union, no less, where he openly and publicly criticized his own country and praised many aspects of the Soviet system. He saw the USSR and the USA this way: Lets take the strengths of both systems. Lets learn from each other. As he was saying this, the Soviet Union was already collapsing. And he paid no visits to dissidents. I think its fair to say that he has never met a leftist dictator he hasnt admired.

But Corbyn? The British Labour leader had a net favorability rating as low as negative 40. Bernie, with huge name recognition, is only at negative 6. After the GOP has nailed him as an ayatollah-supporting commie whos going to take your health insurance away and crash the economy, his negatives will rise. But its worth noting that Trumps favorable rating is negative 10. It was striking to me, too, that some leading conservatives rallied to Bernie in his spat with Warren this week. Some are actually quite fond of the old coot.

On two key issues, immigration and identity politics, Bernie has sensibilities and instincts that could neutralize these two strong points for Trump. Sanders has always loathed the idea of open borders and the effect they have on domestic wages, and he doesnt fit well with the entire woke industry. He still believes in class struggle, not the culture war. But he doesnt seem to be trying to capitalize on any of that. Take a look at his immigration proposals. They are the most radical Ive seen: essentially an end to any control of illegal immigration, with enforcement of the law at the border solely for human traffickers and gun smugglers; a moratorium on all deportations; an end to any detention of illegal immigrants; an open-ended amnesty for basically anyone who has gotten here. How you distinguish these policies from the open borders Sanders used to oppose is beyond my understanding. I believe that immigration control will matter in this election. The Democrats dont. Thats their gamble, and Sanders is doubling down on it.

So where am I? Not thrilled, I have to say. Bernie has the edge on energy and populism, but hes so far to the left the Democrats could end up where the British Labour Party just found itself: gutted. Biden has an advantage because of Obama, his appeal to the midwestern voters (if he wins back Pennsylvania, that would work wonders), and his rapport with African-Americans. But he also seems pretty out of it. The others are longer shots. Bloomberg? The ads are good, but a billionaire who helicopters into a race late isnt the right messenger in these times.

I should point out that Ill vote for whichever of these candidates wins the nomination. I regard a criminal, corrupt, impeached, delusional, and clinically sociopathic president as by far the greater threat to liberal democracy, or what remains of it, than any potential Democrat in the office. But between the front-runners, Biden and Bernie? Bernie, maybe, but by a smidgen.

I wonder if Meghan Markle has ever carefully watched an episode of The Crown. The entire story of the British monarchy for the past half-century has been the extreme difficulty for the queen or any member of her family to be a fully realized human being in public and private. And thats why the series has only magnified respect for Elizabeth II. Her resilience in performing public duties without ever revealing any political or cultural views is pretty remarkable. She showed grace even when her family was coming apart when her sister, Margaret, acted out in public, her daughter-in-law Diana tried to escape the inhuman scrutiny of royalty, or when her favorite son, Andrew, was credibly accused of raping children. She has had amazing staying power in her measured restraint and commitment to duty.

You can feel a great deal of sympathy for those human beings consigned by genes to this constricted if luxurious life. Harry had no choice to be prince or not and a spare heir as well. But for those who willingly join this family, and become a princess or prince through marriage? Im less forgiving. The fantasy of being a princess depends on its being rare. For a young American woman to become an official princess to have a wedding with a carriage, global adoration, and national applause must have seemed like a fantasy. And, of course, it was. The bargain the modern monarchy has made with the British people is that, in return for the glamour, the royals have to do some kind of public service, stay uncontroversial, and not rock the boat. Harry paid his dues: a ten-year stint in the armed forces, including fighting in Afghanistan, and the usual patronage of various charities. He was a bit of a rogue at times, but that was fine. We liked that.

But Meghan? She has been in the royal family for less than two years and now wants out. Her husband, who has hinted before at his discomfort with his princely duties, will leave with her. She has had all the perks of a princess but didnt want to be treated by the press the way it usually treats royals: with aggressive tabloid coverage of various levels of truth. There have been spells when the tabloid press adored her and others when it seemed to hound her. Last fall, Harry wrote a letter describing the toll this takes: My wife has become one of the latest victims of a British tabloid press that wages campaigns against individuals with no thought to the consequences a ruthless campaign that has escalated over the past year, throughout her pregnancy and while raising our newborn son. There is a human cost to this relentless propaganda, specifically when it is knowingly false and malicious, and though we have continued to put on a brave face as so many of you can relate to I cannot begin to describe how painful it has been.

Some are claiming that Markle is being treated differently because of her mixed ancestry. But she is certainly not being treated any worse than Diana, that whitest of princesses, whom the press effectively murdered. Or Margaret, who was always in the tabloids, to everyones great embarrassment. There are definitely some unfair tropes aired in the shifting contrasts between Kate Middleton and Meghan, but its hard to disentangle this from everything else princes and princesses are subjected to.

Its also very understandable, given what happened to his mother, that Harry would be intensely aware of the damage the press can do. But deciding to quit the royal family, move to Canada part time (if theyll have him), and make money through the celebrity industry is quite a leap from royal duty and stiff upper lips. The Sussexes already had their new house, Frogmore Cottage, renovated at a cost to taxpayers of $3 million, after finding Kensington Palace unsuitable to their needs. They fly free and have all their security provided by public funds. But all of this was too much for Meghan, who described royal life as toxic: She felt she had to escape because living within the royal confines was soul-crushing, a friend told the Daily Mail. She told her inner circle of friends that her soul was being crushed and that the decision to leave was a matter of life or death meaning the death of her spirit.

Sorry, but if you choose to marry into royalty, you have to take the rough with the smooth: The fame and luxury of being a princess comes packaged with bad press, intrusive photographers, and constant public duty. If Meghan didnt expect this, its hard to understand how not. The press coverage she will now get will be even worse: According to one poll, 72 percent of the Brits want them gone, 71 percent think posting the news on Instagram before telling the queen was shoddy, 60 percent want them out of their renovated cottage and forced to pay back the renovation, and 76 percent want them stripped of their royal security. In the same poll, the public supports their decision to adopt a new role and to pursue their own happiness but outside any connection to the royal family.

Its quite simple: You cant eat your royal cake and have it too. And Meghan and Harry now have no cake at all.

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Alain Vigneaults team could use a boost from the youngsters

Hardly anyone was expecting this years freshman class to produce a Travis Konecny or an Ivan Provorov, two players who made an instant impact at age 19 four seasons back.

That said, the Flyers were hoping a Joel Farabee, a Morgan Frost or perhaps a Mikhail Vorobyev might exceed pre-season expectations.

Farabee, 19; Frost, 20, and Vorobyev, who turned 23 early this month, have all had their moments.

But none of their performances are going to really help fill the void left by the loss of Oskar Lindblom, who is fighting bone cancer, and Nolan Patrick (chronic migraine headache condition).

Which leaves the Flyers a bit handcuffed, because they are pretty much up against the salary cap as the Feb. 24 NHL trade deadline approaches.

In last Tuesdays press briefing, general manager Chuck Fletcher acknowledged that all three aforementioned players still have work to do to become NHL regulars.

On the other side of that coin, the play of two other less heralded youngsters Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Connor Bunnaman has been a bit of a revelation.

Granted, Aube-Kubel is 23 and Bunnaman is 22, so theyre a little farther along development-wise.

Still, it bears watching whether Farabee, currently with the Flyers, along with Vorobyev and Frost (both back with the Phantoms), will continue to improve.

When he initially was called up from the Phantoms, Frost started off strong, scoring goals in his first two games. But things quickly leveled off from there.

He eventually went back to Allentown but played well enough to be named to the AHL All-Star Game.

Fletcher gives the impression Frost could be back with the Flyers this year. In all, the Flyers have brought up 10 players who werent on their opening night roster, some of them for multiple visits.

"We're trying to make sure we're calling up the right players in terms of how they're playing, Fletcher said.

If Frost keeps making progress, maybe hes back.

"I think, at some point, if he's the best player he deserves to be here, Fletcher said. "He'll be here. We have been trying to balance out long-term development versus short-term help for the Flyers and, and, I guess there's been a lot of juggling.

To be fair, both Fletcher and coach Alain Vigneault made it clear in training camp that there would be a "Phantoms Shuffle in the early part of the season.

"I think the players have handled it OK, but at some point certainly that's something where we'll have to put our best team out there and whoever's playing well ... and Morgan, I think, hes had six games since he's been back," Fletcher said.

"The first weekend was a little up and down, a little too high-risk, I think, for what we like and then this past week it was better and he made a tremendous play on the winning goal the other night and that's something he can build off of. He hasnt had a lot of offensive numbers lately so hopefully over the next couple weeks he continues to grow and build that and feel good about his game. You love bringing kids up and they feel good about their game, when they're in a good spot.

Vorobyev is the real mystery man.

He plays out of his mind when he suits up for the Phantoms but then has a bit of that deer-in-the-headlights look in a Flyers uniform.

He has 18 points in 24 games at Allentown, but just three points in 20 games with the Flyers. For his NHL career: Three goals in 35 games.

"The best forward down there by far this year has been Vorobyev, Fletcher said. "Not even close. When he's down there, he's a star every game. He was a star again this weekend. That's why we've given him 20 games. He keeps earning it.

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DENISON, Tex. (KXII) - "We've come a long way - there's been a huge evolution since the first time landlords have heard about this." said Ashton Smith.

Last May, Denison announced plans for a new rental registration and inspection program. They cited a slew of complaints and inspections that revealed issues on rental properties, like clogged plumbing, holes in walls and floors, and faulty electrical outlets.

In June, landlords responded by saying the plan the city proposed would force landlords to raise rent so they could cover the repairs they'd have to make to pass inspection - leaving some low-income tenants without a place they could afford.

"The city actually does care, not just about tenants that are living in sub-standard conditions but also about landlords and about the things that we deal with." Smith said.

Ashton Smith owns over 30 properties in Denison, he stood in opposition of the council in June, but has since worked with them to find a plan that suits more people.

That one is what will be presented on Tuesday. Smith said the city is calling their new solution the VIP program.

"And it's not going up for vote, and it's not an action item right now, but I think this is gonna be a place where the city is gonna give the big overview on how everything has shaken out." Smith said.

The Volunteer Inspection Program will be optional so it won't necessarily raise rent prices. Smith said he hopes what started as a contentious debate this summer, will be something that helps tenants feel safer and landlords feel like the city is on their side.

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Earlier this week, Showtime announced the renewal of The L Word: Generation Q and Work in Progress, both of which will return to the network for their second seasons.

The L Word: Generation Q serves as the sequel series to The L Word, which aired on Showtime from 2004 to 2009. The original focused on the lives of a group of friends living in West Hollywood. Not only that, but the show introduced television to an all-lesbian ensemble cast for the first time.

The sequel series takes place a decade after The L Word and introduces a new, younger set of characters, along with some of the main cast from the original series. A large part of the series showcases how the two generations come together to share their experiences of love, work, success, loss and joy.

Work in Progress focuses on Abby, a middle-aged lesbian who originally planned on taking her life before getting into an unexpected relationship with Chris, a transgender man. Like Generation Q, the show focuses on different generations seen in the LGBTQ+ community and how they communicate with each other.

The renewal of Generation Q and Work in Progress is definitely a win for the LGBTQ+ community. Not only that, but there are more LGBTQ+ characters on television now more than ever.

According to GLAADs Where We Are on TV report, 10.2% of series regulars on television were LGBTQ+ identifying, jumping from 8.8% in the previous TV season. GLAAD reports these statistics as the most LGBTQ+ characterization found since they began tracking it 24 years ago. There has also been an increase of LGBTQ+ people of color shown on television, where they outnumber white LGBTQ+ people, 52% to 48%.

LGBTQ+ representation in the media is the most important it has ever been. Shows like Orange is the New Black, Pose, Killing Eve, One Day At a Time, and more can help represent those who may be struggling with their identity. By seeing characters portray what they may be going through, it gives those viewers a sense of comfort. Not only that, but these shows may also help the viewers become confident enough to be their true selves.

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Whenever Andre Reed is around Ed Oliver or Josh Allen or pretty much any current Buffalo Bills player, he knows it's a virtual certainty they'll ask him to reach into the team's past.

What were those Super Bowl seasons like? How did those teams get to that level? Why were you able to stay so good for so long?

"So I can bring a little bit of that to the team now," Reed said by phone from his home in San Diego. "It's all love, man. I'm not in Buffalo as much as I used to be, but that's what I get from their players now. 'How did you do it?' "

Before the Bills' Nov. 24 game against the Denver Broncos at New Era Field, the Hall of Fame receiver was on the field talking with players, coaches and club officials. When Reed and coach Sean McDermott saw each other, they hugged and exchanged pleasantries. Before going their separate ways, McDermott wanted Reed to know how much he appreciated the knowledge Reed and other former Bills willingly shared with McDermott a few weeks after he was hired in 2017.

The team had arranged for Reed, fellow Hall of Famers Jim Kelly, Bruce Smith and Thurman Thomas, as well as Cornelius Bennett, Darryl Talley and Steve Tasker to have dinner with the coach at Sear. The idea was to create a casual setting where the members of those great teams would feel comfortable enough to share the ingredients of the secret sauce.

"I just want to thank you," McDermott told Reed during their chat. "I remember that first meeting that we all had and we talked about, not only how good of a team you guys were, but the camaraderie you guys had. That's what I want to get here becausethat is definitely going to breed success. As long as I'm here, that's what I want."

The Bills would beat the Broncos on the way to finishing with a 10-6 record and clinching their second postseason berth in McDermott's three seasons at the helm. Although the Bills lost their wild-card playoff game against the Houston Texans, there's optimism about their future, rooted in the leadership of McDermott and General Manager Brandon Beane and the roster's talented young core.

"If I had to say just one word, I would say, 'progress,' " Reed said of what he saw from the Bills in 2019. "Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott, from the time that I met both of those guys, said that they were going to change a lot about the whole situation in Buffalo from what it was before they were there."

In the latest edition of One-on-One Coverage, The Buffalo News spoke with Reed about the Bills' receivers, the team's dominance in the 1990s, the recent passing of fellow former Bills receiver and scout Elbert Dubenion, the Hall of Fame credentials of Steve Tasker and Reed's efforts to encourage youngsters to read.

Buffalo News: Some people see similarities between the current Bills and the team from the late '80s that was on the verge of becoming a serious Super Bowl contender. How do you feel about those comparisons?

Andre Reed: I think it's a fair assumption, but kind of unfair, too, because people in Buffalo and around the league, to a certain point, are going to always look at the team now and compare it to those teams. And that's kind of an unfair thing to do. We had a lot of veterans on the team and, basically, Buffalo is a pretty young football team now.

You've got to look at it from the standpoint that they're still growing to find each other, to play as a team, to embrace what's happening. The ups and downs of the season are all harder on young kids that have never been there before. And the job of the organization and the coaching staff is to make sure these guys are always, always on the same page, knowing that when it's good, it's good, but when it's bad, you need to kind of muster up something a little more. As a veteran team, I think it's a little easier to do that than as a young team.

Their biggest step this year, I think, was when they went to Dallas on Thanksgiving and beat the Cowboys. Dallas was not the team that people thought they were going to be; they had their own problems internally and all that kind of stuff. But it's hard to beat Dallas in Dallas, especially on Thanksgiving, and they went in there and pretty much dominated the game to a certain point. That kind of really showed me what kind of team they are and what the possibilities are of what they can do going forward. And then those two games against the Patriots, they should have beat them twice.

I think learning from your mistakes and some of the mistakes you make against good teams, that's going to take some time to do where they go, "OK, we didn't win the game because of this reason. It's not that we played bad. It's we just didn't make that play at that particular time that could turn the game around for us to win." That game against Dallas and then the two games against the Patriots, (had the Bills won), we'd be talking about them in the playoffs right now. No doubt about it.

BN: Wide receiver is a spot frequently mentioned as a key area of need this offseason. What's your perspective on that?

AR: I think getting a wide receiver, whether through free agency or in the draft, I guarantee you that's a priority for them, to give Josh more targets. I think they did a really good job (of addressing the position last offseason). Again, big kudos to Brandon and Sean for bringing in John Brown and signing Cole Beasley. Robert Foster didn't play that much this year, but he's an important part of that team. Whether he's going to be an important part next year or not, we don't know. But them all getting to know each other more, I think, it'll be a much better next year.

Buffalo Bills wide receiver John Brown celebrates a touchdown. (Mark Mulville/News file photo)

BN: Do you feel the Bills need to find a true No. 1 receiver or do they have one on the roster?

AR: That's a pretty good question. If you look at the league, you have to say every team has a No. 1 guy. In Cleveland, they have Odell (Beckham Jr.). Jarvis (Landry) is 1A. In Tampa, you've got two guys, Chris Godwin and Mike Evans. So having a No. 1, obviously, is vital for every team. But I don't think it's really the most important thing. I think continuity is really important.

I mean, look at me. I had James Lofton, I had Don Beebe on the outside. Even though it was hard, it made my job easier in the middle when I had that kind of presence on the outside. A true No. 1? I guess you could say John Brown's it. But maybe in the sense of being a bona fide, that-guy's-going-to-change-the-game-every-single-play-he's-out-there, I don't think John Brown is that if we compare him to other No. 1. But he has definitely done the job as a No. 1 for the Bills this year.

Cole Beasley has done a pretty good inside the hashes and is always a chain-mover on third down. That only makes it better for the guys on the outside. I thought he did a great job this year. I think towards the end of the season, probably the last maybe five to six games, he got lost a little bit. I think they could have used him a little more coming down the stretch. I think that definitely will be a subject that they talk about next year because he's really been a factor against really good defensive teams in the box, linebackers and defensive backs covering him. That could open it up on the outside for John Brown and for the other guys a little bit more.

The tight ends, I think they could have used Dawson Knox a little bit more this year. That game against Cincinnati, he really kind of showed himself. He kind of disappeared a little bit after that. (Reducing drops) will come with repetitions. More reps and being comfortable out there, especially in the offensive scheme. He'll be a lot better next year.

BN: What did you see from Duke Johnson?

AR: He came in and did a pretty good job. I think, if they re-sign him, he'll even be more of a factor because of his big body. You need that kind of presence in the red area, inside the 20, that kind of guy. He has a lot of enthusiasm. The guy catches a 10-yard out and he's like it's a 50-55-yard touchdown. So you need that on the team.

They could have used him even a lot more during the season if he was on the (active) roster. He's like Mike Evans, he's like some of these other big-body receivers that are in the league now. I hope that they re-sign him and he's a part of the team next year, and he gets a lot more reps and he gets a lot more playing time.

BN: What did you see from Josh Allen in his second season?

AR: Josh Allen, I think, definitely took a major step forward in a lot of ways. Maturity-wise, the way he played the game. I think he did a pretty good job to put the team on his back a lot of times. And the whole team, the whole organization can look at him and say, "Yeah, this is the guy that we drafted in 2017 that we thought that would make this kind of progress in his second year." And he has.

I think confidence-wise, he needed that. He needed confidence from the organization, from Sean, from Brandon, from (offensive coordinator Brian) Daboll. He took that step and everybody fed off of that. Jim was that kind of guy, too. But we had Hall of Famers.

BN: How impressed were you with Devin Singletary?

AR: He was a big surprise. That kid is very elusive. He kind of reminds me of a young Thurman, no doubt about it. He's hard to tackle. He's very elusive inside the hole. He makes a five-yard gain look like a 30-yard gain. And I'm sure, having Frank Gore back there as a mentor for him, has really helped him. Next year should be better for him. I think he should be the feature back next year.

Bills wide receiver Andre Reed is upset during Super Bowl XXVI against the Washington Redskins at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 26, 1992. The Redskins won, 37-24. (Mike Powell/Allsport)

BN: When you think of your time with the Bills, what's the first thought that comes to mind?

AR: That Buffalo was kind of the perfect spot for me at that time. Not only team-wise, but just me as an individual. Because it really reminded me of where I came from (Allentown, Pa.): blue-collar, people working hard, 9-to-5ers. Work all week. And then they go to the football game. That's Buffalo right there. It's been like that since that team has been there, for 60-plus years now.

I'm blue-collar. Who knows, if I'd have gone to Miami or played out here in San Diego or played with the Raiders, who knows if it would have been like that? I think Buffalo was a perfect spot for me at the time. Twenty-five, 30 years later, it's documented what we did. It's documented that the players that we had, the organization, there's Hall of Famers all over the place. And 25-30 years later, people always come up to me and say, "Hey, I remember when you played. Those were great teams. It was a great organization. You guys went to four Super Bowls, you didn't win, but you guys were a team that had to be reckoned with. You had to beat Buffalo to get to the Super Bowl."

That's the good thing that I think about. It wouldn't have happened without those guys and it wouldn't happened without those fans and that organization the Marv Levys, the Bill Polians and all that. We're our own dynasty.

BN: Elbert Dubenion, the former Bills standout receiver and scout who put you on the team's radar before you were drafted in the fourth round in 1985, passed away on Dec. 26. What are your thoughts about him?

AR: Let me tell you, he was a great football player in Buffalo, but it doesn't really give him any credit for what kind of guy he was. And I remember he came to Kutztown and scouted me this little, small kid from Kutztown University, a little town in Western Pennsylvania and really told the Bills' organization about me and what kind of player I was and what kind of person I was, and gave me a chance. And every time I saw him, he said, "Yeah, you still remember when I came and saw you and worked you out?" And I said, "Let me tell you, Dubie, I'll never forget that because you saw something in me maybe 31 other teams didn't see."

He said a lot of things to me. One thing he said was, "It doesn't matter where you're from. If you're willing to work hard and put in the extra time when nobody's looking and tend to details, you can play in this league a long time." I was a very detail-oriented guy. I got that not only from my upbringing, but from a mentor like Dubie. I remember those words because, as a young kid, a guy talking to you in that manner, he saw something in you that maybe you didn't see in yourself. And he said, "Just keep working hard. And if it doesn't happen for you, you can never say to you didn't put 100% into it."

BN: He also could relate well to you because he wasn't a big-school guy, either, having played at Bluffton in Ohio.

AR: That's even smaller than Kutztown. There were five cows in Kutztown, there were two cows in Bluffton. And I think that small-school mentality that I had really resonated with him and vice versa. We both knew that. When they drafted me, he actually was one of the first guys I saw at training camp, too. He was like, "Welcome to your whole life right now." And I didn't want to let him down because he came and scouted me. When I got inducted to the Hall, I got a call from his wife and I told her, "With him giving me those words of wisdom, he's got a lot to do with my Hall of Fame career. There's no doubt about it."

BN: Did you ever get to watch any film of him playing?

AR: Over the years, I actually did. Old black and whites. They didn't call him "Golden Wheels" for no reason. He was running past people. He'd catch the ball, he was very elusive in the open field. And I think, really, we kind of resonated with each other because of that, too. He saw film of me as a quarterback and that I was elusive running with the ball. And that was really my signature. But I'm just so grateful that he even blessed me with his presence as a person, not as a football player.

BN: Once again, Steve Tasker couldn't get past the semifinal round for induction into the Hall of Fame. What's your view of his Hall worthiness?

AR: This guy was an important factor in every single game, because one out of every four plays was a special teams play. Steve Tasker not only is the best special teams player ever, but he a lot of times accounted for wins by himself. He changed the game just like Cliff Branch, who didn't make it who should also be there. He was a game-changer. Matthew Slater (a special teams standout for the New England Patriots) and all these guys playing the league now attribute their success to what Steve Tasker did.

Every time I talked to Steve about (being shut out of the Hall), he would be like, "I don't want to talk about that." I would go, "Well, they said that to me, too." I think there's no more deserving guy that would represent that position, a straight-up special-teamer, better than Steve Tasker. Steve impacted every single game that he played in, and I think he should get the same recognition and be looked at the same way as a receiver or running back or a defensive back. Anybody. And that would open the door for the Devin Hesters and the Matthew Slaters maybe down the road.

BN: What are you up to these days?

AR: I'm doing my "Read with Reed" reading program through the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. We have impacted probably 4,000 to 5,000 kids a day with our reading program in the past two years. We're going into our third year of inspiring kids and telling them how important reading is for their futures.

We have an incentive-based program where you have to read a certain amount of books in a certain amount of time, and then the kids that read the most books get to go to an NFL game with me and (co-founder and brand manager) Theresa (Villano), and we get on the field. They see pregame, they meet the players that they want to meet. They just experience something they probably wouldn't have experienced before. And the last name's Reed, too, so there you go.

BN: What made you want to focus on reading?

AR: When Theresa and I talked about this a couple years ago, I said that I didn't remember my mom reading to me when I was at home as a kid. And that's really important in the structure of a family. You come home from school or whatever, you do your homework, and there's books around that your parents can read to you. I didn't have that.

And I wanted to tell these kids my story that I didn't have my mom reading books to me or my dad reading books to me because there was a lot of other (family) drama going on. So the kids read these books, they move their football (indicating how many books they've read in a given period), they score a touchdown, and then they get rewarded. We've done a supersized reading rally in every Super Bowl city for the past three years, so we'll be in Miami doing it.

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While the Affordable Care Act ushered in huge improvements in access to health care for black and Hispanic adults in the United States, that progress appears to have stalled, according to new research.

Between 2013 and 2016, the uninsured rate dropped from 24.4% to 13.7% among black adults, and from 40.2% to 25.5% among Hispanic adults, according to a report published Thursday by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit research foundation. Uninsured white Americans dropped from 14.5% to 8.2% during the same period.

Those gains narrowed the gap in insurance coverage between Americans of color and white Americans until 2016. Beginning that year, that progress came to a halt, with the gap increasing slightly for blacks and only decreasing slightly for Hispanics by 2018.

Uninsured rate among adults

The study examined federal survey data between 2013 and 2018 from adults ages 18 to 64, to determine how the ACA affected racial and ethnic disparities in health care.

"Historically, black and Hispanics in the U.S. have been far less likely to have health insurance," said Sara Collins, vice president of health care coverage and access at the Commonwealth Fund. She pointed to the changes in insurance rates since the ACA went into effect, which made it easier for people, especially low-income Americans, to get health care.

While disparities between black and white adults decreased, there's been "no improvement in this gap since 2016," she stressed.

That turning point can be linked to in part to congressional inaction, according to the researchers. Since 2010, there's been no federal legislation to enhance the health care law and myriad efforts to dismantle it. Weakening efforts include repealing the individual mandate penalty for having health care coverage and loosening restrictions on plans that don't comply with ACA guidelines.

In this June 26, 2018, file photo, demonstrators hold signs as Democratic leaders speak with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

In addition to examining the rate of uninsured adults, a key measure of health care access, the researchers also looked at Americans who went without health care because of cost during the previous year, as well as whether or not survey respondents said they had a regular health care provider.

In both cases, the researchers found improvements in the years after the ACA was implemented. Fewer adults in every racial group reported avoiding health care because of high costs between 2013 and 2018, and more adults reported having a regular health care provider during the same time frame. Similar to insurance rates, however, adults reporting consistent provider care tapered off after 2016, and by 2018 had decreased slightly.

One key driver of what Collins called "historic improvements" in health care access was Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. But while all states had the option to expand the program, many have chosen not to do so.

In states that did expand, black and Hispanic Americans benefited the most of any racial group, the report found. In turn, in states that did not expand their Medicaid programs, those groups suffered more from the decision. Expanded Medicaid isn't available to "nearly half of black adults and more than a third of Hispanics," who disproportionately live in non-expansion states, according to the report.

"This means that the failure to expand Medicaid in the remaining 15 states has a larger impact on black and Hispanic populations," said Jesse Baumgartner, a research associate at the Commonwealth Fund.

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Military leaders have incentive to lie on Afghanistan progress - special IG John Sopko, the special inspector general on reconstruction in Afghanistan, said commanders in Afghanistan have a 'disincentive' to tell the truth about the progress they're making in the country, thwarting efforts there. He also called the Afghanistan military and police a "hopeless nightmare." (U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee)

The sunny outlooks reported by senior leaders in Afghanistan over the last two decades created a vicious cycle, a Defense Department special inspector general told lawmakers on Wednesday, because each successive rotation of troops was expected to produce results.

In an exchange with the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction John Sopko explained his response to allegations in the Washington Posts Afghanistan Papers report.

The problem is, theres a disincentive, really, to tell the truth, said John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction. We have created an incentive to almost require people to lie.

Its an issue of mendacity and hubris, he added, which snowballed into years of continued deployments and aid to Afghanistan, without an exit strategy.

There was a disconnect, almost from my first trip over there, between what [the United States Agency for International Development], State and DoD said was going on, and what I saw and what my staff were seeing on the ground, Sopko said.

And yet optimistic reports always found their way to the people in charge of funding the efforts.

Year after year we heard, quote: Were making progress. Year after year we were told, quote: Were turning a corner, committee chairman Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said. While presidents and military officials were painting a rosy picture, the reality on the ground was a consistently deepening quagmire with no end in sight.

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But deployments only offer a snapshot in time, and while there may be some small steps made during that period, they were never enough to string together major sea change over the long term.

You create from the bottom up, an incentive, because of short timelines youre there for six months, nine months or a year to show success, he said. That gets reported up the chain, and before you know it, the president is talking about a success that doesnt exist.

Simply put, each commander on the ground wanted to justify his efforts.

Im not going to name names but I think everybody has that incentive to give happy talk to show success, Sopko said. Maybe its human nature to do that. I mean most of the lying is lying to ourselves. We want to show success.

One former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan is now the chairman of the joint chiefs.

This army and this police force have been very, very effective in combat against the insurgents every single day. And I think thats an important story to be told across the board, then-Lt. Gen. Mark Milley said in a 2013 briefing from Kabul.

When asked whether he ever misrepresented the situation on the ground, Milley told reporters at a briefing in December that he had never deceived anyone.

I could not look myself in the mirror,"he said. I couldnt answer myself at two to three in the morning when my eyes pop open and see the dead roll in front of my eyes.

Despite conclusions across the board that the Afghanistan situation would not be solved by the military, Engel said, President Trump in 2017 surged troops to the country.

Though the president shut down peace talks in September, negotiations seemed to rekindle later in the year, as Trump visited Afghanistan over Thanksgiving, and the Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. envoy for reconciliation in Afghanistan visited Kabul to sit down with leaders in December.

Sopko offered a warning, should all sides finally reach an agreement.

In light of the ongoing peace negotiations, Congress should ensure that the administration has an actionable plan for what happens the day after peace is declared, Sopko said.

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ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP A woman returned home for a lunch break Thursday to find strangers in her house eating.

Mackenzie Green, 32, and Daniel Skee Ball Anderson, both of Ashtabula, were charged with burglary, court records state. Anderson, who was arrested on an outstanding warrant, was arraigned Thursday in Ashtabula Municipal Court and Green is due in court for arraignment Thursday.

The homeowner, 74, came to her home in the 3900 block of State Road from work for a lunch break when she found a bald-headed male and two girls, eating in her house, the report states. A window next to her door was busted out so that the door could be unlocked, the report states.

Anderson ran from the residence and the homeowner, fearful, drove around the block and called for help, the report states.

Green was found by the homeowner hiding in an upstairs closet crying and clutching some of Andersons clothing. A deputy found Anderson across the street at his friends home where he was arrested on a warrant, the report states. The third woman, known only as Erica, was not located.

The homeowner did not report finding anything missing from her residence.

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Session I: Cervical and Vulvar Cancers: Debate Microinvasive Surgery in Cervical Cancer (LACC); Debate Neoadjuvant Therapy for Cervical Cancer; Case Discussion Vulvar Cancer With 1 Positive Lower Pelvic Lymph Node on MRI

Session II: Endometrial Cancer and Rare Tumors: State of the Art: Second-Line and Third-Line Treatment of Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia (GTN); The Question of Lymph Node Staging: Surgically (SLN or Systematic) or Radiologically or None in Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer?; Case Discussion Using MMR and Other Molecular Factors to Guide Treatment of Endometrial Cancer; The Day After Laparoscopic Assisted Supracervical Hysterectomy (LASH): Oops! The Pathologist Says Its Sarcoma What to Do Now?

Session III: First-Line Treatment of Ovarian Cancer: Case Discussion First-Line Management of the Patient With High-Grade Serous HRD-Positive Ovarian Cancer, FIGO IIIC, Primary Debulking With Macroscopically Complete Resection; Case Discussion -First-Line Management Following 3 Courses Carboplatin-Paclitaxel With a Good Response and Interval Debulking With Complete Resection in a Patient With an Undifferentiated HRD-Negative Ovarian Cancer FIGO IV B (1 Groin LN); Case Discussion First-Line Management of a Patient With High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer FIGO IIIC, Primary Debulking but Post-Op Residual Tumor of at Least 1 cm (Diffuse Small Bowel) and Ascites

Session IV: Management of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

Session V: Treatment of Ovarian Cancer: The More Unusual Cases

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