Food & Beverage News: Insights, Safety, and Dining Trends Grain, freight, and factory input costs all fell together this week. In 15 weeks of tracking the Food Industry Executive Input Cost Index, that’s never happened before. Ocean freight rates dropped for a third straight week. Grain prices went flat after months of sharper swings. The ISM Prices Paid reading, our stand-in for factory input costs, eased for the first time since spring. If your Q4 procurement plan assumes costs keep climbing, this week complicates that. The index is still deep in High Pressure territory. But every input eased at once,…
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Faith & Reflection: Voices from the Black Church and Beyond Jordan is convening an emergency meeting of foreign ministers from the Arab and Islamic world over what it says is an “imminent” threat of an Israeli takeover of the most important Muslim site in Jerusalem, with the potential to “trigger a religious conflict”.The meeting on Wednesday – and the Jordanian warning – follow an escalating pattern of government-backed incursions by Jewish religious extremists on the compound around al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of the Rock, in violation of a status quo treaty overseen by Jordan’s Hashemite monarchy, by which only Muslims…
Style Spotlight: Looks, Trends & Fashion Inspiration We started a pile in the corner of the living room for everything going with Jadyn, and it’s slowly growing as move-in day gets closer. Her doormat is already in there, the one from our Target run last week. When we get back from 30A we’ll repack the car and gather the rest of her things to drive her back to college. The kids have been having so much fun with Jay living in our ADU, and they always want to go out and visit her, so it will be sad when she…
Black Arts & Culture Feature: Reading Time: 4 minutesKoyo Kouoh trained in banking administration. It is the sort of biographical detail that gets mentioned once in an obituary and then dropped, and it is in fact the key to everything that followed. The art world produces curators in reasonable quantity. What it produces far less often is a curator who understands that an exhibition is a budget, a lease, a payroll and a governance structure before it is an idea — and who can therefore build institutions that outlast their founder. Kouoh built two. She died on 10 May 2025,…
Black Background & Cultural Point Of Views: Frequently ignored, health care is an important part to background and conservation of a people. From innovations in medicine and development for a much healthier area, the health of a community is indicative of their continued success and durability with times of battles. The African American community particularly is a beaming example of these attributes. The background of our battles and injustices in health care make it that a lot more crucial that we document our history and battles. From the scarring past of the Tuskegee syphilis experience to the creation of the…
Aging Well: News & Insights for Seniors and Caregivers Home » Blog » Amateur Baseball Tournament Honors Maryland Baseball Icon from Afar AAABA Hall of Famer, former national president Charlie Blackburn Helped Build PA Event QUEENSTOWN, Maryland – Charlie Blackburn wasn’t able to attend the weeklong 81st All American Amateur Baseball Association (AAABA) Tournament in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, this August. But organizers, players and ambassadors made sure Charlie knew how much he means to the event. On the eve of the 16-team college-level baseball tournament’s first pitch, an oversized greeting card circulated through a banquet hall filled with more than 250…
Real Estate News & Market Insights: Estimating how much you’ll make in an as-is transaction can help you decide whether it’s worth making a few updates or simply selling the home in its current condition and moving on quickly. Renovate first vs. sell as-is: Side-by-side net proceeds example If you’re debating whether to fix up your home or sell it as-is, the real decision comes down to the bottom line. Renovations can significantly increase your sale price, but they also require upfront cash and extra time before closing. Here’s a simplified example to show how the numbers might compare. Let’s…
Savannah Chatham County Public School System (SCCPS) Update: More than 50 Savannah-Chatham County Public School System art educators received a boost for the new school year thanks to the generosity of long-time community partner SCAD. Through its annual art supply donation event, SCAD provided classroom materials and creative resources that will support arts education across SCCPSS schools. The donation included boxes of classroom essentials for every SCCPSS school, along with additional supplies such as paint, brushes, sketchbooks, organizers, classroom décor, and other materials to help teachers engage students in creative learning experiences throughout the year. The supplies were collected through…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Savannah Steel beat Greensboro Groove for third-straight winSAVANNAH, Ga. —The Savannah Steel won their third-straight game Saturday, beating the Greensboro Groove 79-58 at Enmarket Arena and handing Greensboro its seventh consecutive loss.Savannah controlled the game inside, outscoring Greensboro 42-32 in the paint and holding a 20-3 edge in second-chance points. Olivia Cochran led that effort with 15 points, while Zee Spearman added 13 points off the bench on 5-for-5 shooting.The Steel’s depth again proved decisive. Savannah’s bench outscored Greensboro’s reserves 36-8, continuing a strong stretch from the second unit.Que Morrison…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights The Savannah Bananas might not be part of Major League Baseball, but they’re one of the hottest teams in the baseball world, and… Read the full article on the original site