NHL CBA establishes a fund for retired players’ health care and wellness
11 Sep
Health News

NHL CBA establishes a fund for retired players’ health care and wellness

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Beyond the noticeable changes in the new NHL collective bargaining agreement like expanding the regular season to 84 games and implementing a playoff salary cap is an investment in caring for former players that has not existed until now. The league and union will contribute $4 million annually to the newly established Retired Players Emergency Healthcare and Wellness Fund. NHL Alumni Association president and executive director Glenn Healy, a retired goaltender, said the plan provides access to a family doctor and a mental wellness professional for any player, “whether you played one...
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A retired squadron leader, a food truck, and hungry IIT-M students
05 Nov
Business News

A retired squadron leader, a food truck, and hungry IIT-M students

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Business new tamfitronics How did a retired IAF squadron leader end up running a food truck at IIT Madras? Hemanth Sudev, an electronics engineer from Thiruvananthapuram, joined Tata Elxsi and worked for a year in 2010. An MTech dream took him to a coaching institute in Hyderabad, where he came across various options to write entrance exams including those for armed forces.From his childhood he had heard stories of valour from a MIG 21 pilot who was his neighbour. He took the SSD exams and got selected as a short service commission (SSC) officer in 2011. He joined IAF’s helicopter stream at Leh, and later served in Ghaziabad, Delhi and Tambaram.“I always loved good food and my days in IAF took me to different places. I spent my free time searching for good food and...
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On Ohio ballot, a retired justice’s crusade to make politics competitive again
10 Oct
Politics

On Ohio ballot, a retired justice’s crusade to make politics competitive again

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Politics tamfitronics Since retiring as chief justice of Ohio’s Supreme Court, Maureen O’Connor has become a prominent champion for reforming the process of how political districts are drawn in Ohio.That has pitted Ms. O’Connor, a Republican who previously served as lieutenant governor, against erstwhile GOP allies.Politics tamfitronics Why We Wrote ThisOne reason compromise has become so hard in politics is that many districts are no longer competitive – and therefore, candidates don’t have to win voters beyond their partisan base. Reforming how districts are drawn is an attempt to fix that. Republicans have fine-tuned the drawing of boundaries to maximize the number of districts where Democrats have virtually no chance of winning. That has enabled them to deliver veto-proof majorities in the legislature.So Ms. O’Connor has shaped a ballot proposal to instead empower an independent...
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