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Washington Commanders tight end Zach Ertz and Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni were involved in an altercation after Sunday's game. Here’s a little bit of video from Zach Ertz and Nick Sirianni from postgame. Looks pretty clear Ertz took offense to something Sirianni said. (Video from @dckerNBC4 ) pic.twitter.com/vykAFGAB38 The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the two had to be separated by Eagles security officer Dom "Big Dom" DiSandro. They added that Sirianni called Ertz to apologize afterwards " Neither the Eagles coach nor the Washington tight end wanted to get into what happened afterward in Landover, Md. on Sunday, but their brief dust-up saw Ertz take exception to a comment Sirianni made about his performance in the game, sources familiar with the incident told The Inquirer." " The coach would later call his former player and apologize over a Zoom conference call, sources said. The ex-Eagles tight end played for Sirianni in the coach’s first year in Philadelphia. Ertz was asked about the incident on Thursday. "I'm not really going to get into the specifics, but just two people that really love to compete. Nick and I had a great relationship when I was there, we still have a great relationship. I think it's definitely been blown way out of proportion. We spoke, we're good. There's no ill feelings on my part and I don't think there's any ill feelings on his part," Ertz told reporters. Zach Ertz on the reported kerfuffle postgame with Nick Sirianni. Said it's "been blown way out of proportion." pic.twitter.com/FOpmsw4whh "Just something in the heat of the moment. Probably got blown out of proportion and maybe a misunderstanding but at the end of the day, he and I are fine. Everyone knows how I feel about that place and that building, but at the same time, I love being here. So everything's been blown way out of proportion," he added. This is not the first time Sirianni has been involved in an altercation this season, but for this one, it's clear that these two have put this in the past. This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. , Nov. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Beacon Healthcare Systems , is pleased to announce the appointment of Ayman Mohamed as its new Chief Technology Officer, effective November 18 , signaling a new direction in innovation and technology leadership. With over 20 years of senior leadership, strategic, and operational product management experience, Ayman brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the role. Ayman Mohamed is a seasoned technology leader with a proven track record of launching innovative products in new and existing markets, generating significant revenue streams, and creating profitable enterprises. His passion for building high-quality products and commitment to servant leadership have earned him a reputation for building trust and fostering collaborative, high-performing teams. Throughout his career, Ayman has demonstrated a deep understanding of software architecture and broad hands-on technical skills. He has successfully helped organizations succeed, with experience spanning startups and larger companies in the San Francisco Bay and Washington DC metro areas. In his new role at Beacon Healthcare Systems, Ayman will lead engineering and delivery teams, develop a product roadmap, and lead technology development, testing, and implementation efforts. "We are thrilled to have Ayman join Beacon Healthcare Systems at this pivotal time. Our vision is to harness cutting-edge technologies to enhance our products, implementations, and continue to give our clients the level of quality they expect," said Todd Petersen , CEO. Ayman Mohamed's previous roles include leadership positions at Amazon Web Services, American Well, Avizia, Intersections Inc, Zumetrics, Moasis Global, and Ultra Zoom Technologies. His strategic and operational skills, combined with his ability to thrive in dynamic environments and his bias for action, make him an invaluable asset to Beacon Healthcare Systems. About Beacon Healthcare Systems. Beacon Healthcare Systems streamlines the business of healthcare through reliable innovative SaaS technology delivered by industry experts. With a focus on appeals and grievances, compliance, and analytics, Beacon HCS is the first place health plans turn when looking for a trusted, experienced partner that can help them reduce costs, grow revenue, and achieve their strategic goals. Founded in 2011, Beacon HCS is a privately held California -based company. Visit our website at www.beaconhcs.com Media Contact: 9048744189 | Dkroog@ beacon@beaconhcs.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/beacon-healthcare-systems-expands-leadership-team-with-addition-of-ayman-mohamed-as-chief-technology-officer-302313686.html SOURCE Beacon Healthcare Systems“W hat just happened? It was the economy, stupid!” CNN news anchor David Goldman declared when Donald Trump (Republican) won as president of the United States of America for 2025-2029 at the Nov. 5 national elections (CNN, Nov. 6). The American people want a change. Goldman said, “a signi fi cant number of voters blame President Joe Biden and Trump’s opponent, Vice-President Kamala Harris, for failing to make enough improvements to Americans’ financial situations over the past four years. Poll after poll suggested that Americans hold largely negative views about the US economy” (Ibid.). They jealously want a return to “the American dream” of prosperity and indulgence. “Americans are living in the moment, optimistic that Trump can ease the pain of high inflation over the past four years. Election polls consistently showed the economy and inflation were top of mind. In the last Forbes/HarrisX national poll released the Monday before Election Day, 36% of respondents said prices/inflation were their top concern, followed by immigration and the economy at 32% and 31%, respectively,” post-election news analyses said ( USA Today, Nov. 7). The Center for American Progress Action Fund (CapAction), an independent, nonpartisan (US) policy institute and advocacy organization, volunteered an analysis of Trump’s economic plan based on what he had focused on in his first term (2017-2021) as president. “The most significant piece of legislation former President Donald Trump signed during his first term had a dramatic cut in the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% as its centerpiece. (This was supposed to create more jobs, bring down prices, stimulate the economy.) That corporate tax cut did not trickle down to ordinary workers but cost $1.3 trillion and helped fuel a record $1 trillion in stock buybacks the year after it passed ( americanprogressaction.org , June 12). “We know that ‘privately, Trump has told allies that he is keenly interested in cutting corporate tax rates again,’ according to The Washington Post , even as corporate profits hit near record highs in 2023... The Post also reported that Trump’s advisers... have discussed proposals to make deeper cuts to the overall corporate tax rate, potentially to as low as 15%. As antitax advocate Grover Norquist told The Post, ‘I would be very surprised’ if he abandoned the push for lower corporate taxes... ‘All the people advising him before for sure think the 15% is where we need to go’.” (Ibid.). Why the contretemps of Trump taking over the reins of the world’s leading economy, at this time of struggling out of the global recession caused by the four-year COVID pandemic and the disruption of world peace. The world economy will be affected by the US economy. Noam Chomsky, American professor emeritus (MIT) and a “public intellectual” known for his work in linguistics, political activism and social criticism, wrote a book, Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power (2017) in which he asks “why America seemed to reach the zenith of its economic and civic vibrancy in the 1950s and ’60s and then go into a decline that has left few except the top tenth of a percent of Americans truly fulfilled or satisfied.” Reviewer Godfrey Cheshire subtly connects Chomsky’s thesis of the change in American culture and thought to the socio-politics of Trump’s first term as President (coinciding with the launch of Chomsky’s book and the partner-documentary in 2017). “Chomsky aptly calls the process (the change) he describes a ‘vicious cycle’ — the more money that goes into politics with the intent of influencing it, the more our politics is ruled by money rather than any other definition of national welfare.” Is it suggested that Trump, being unchangeably a businessman, aka, a capitalist, will be guided by his affinity with the wealthy (as he was reportedly supported in the elections by “big business”) in guiding the economics of his country? Note that bringing down the US corporate income tax rate from the present 21% to 15% (the centerpiece of Trump’s economic plan) will give the largest 100 US companies (the Fortune 100) a total estimated annual tax cut of $48 billion. These corporations collectively reported $1.1 trillion in profits in their last annual reports ( americanprogressaction.org , op cit.). Cutting the corporate tax rate to 15% would cost roughly $1 trillion over 10 years based on Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) and US Treasury estimates. Yet the shortfall in government revenues will be suffered by the people, as the tax cuts (from 35% to 21%) in Trump’s first term did not trickle down to boost productivity, employment, and lower-level household income. The (US) Center on Budget and Policy Priorities judged that “the 2017 Trump Tax Law was skewed to the rich, expensive, and failed to deliver on its promises.” Close to the elections, the Center warned that “A high-stakes tax policy debate will accelerate this year through 2025 over the pending expiration of the individual income and estate tax provisions of the 2017 Trump tax law. Policymakers should use this opportunity to work toward a tax code that raises more revenues, is more progressive and equitable, and supports investments that make the economy work for everyone” ( cbpp.org , June 13). America is told by its own sages to “make haste slowly” and to weigh and vet its strategies for economic development. Priority is to watch and avert the social degradation and undemocratic exclusion of the less privileged from opportunities for a better quality of life. The rich already have all they need and all they want. Some less-developed countries like the Philippines might still subconsciously look up to America for how to think or act in national situations or issues — perhaps a vestige of the “relief” from 300 years of Spanish colonization. (No Filipino bashing here, for wanting to be “Westernized,” as the whole world is now actually still led by America.) Is it surprising that our socio-politics and economics are pretty much like those of the US? President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. signed on Nov. 11 a new tax law called CREATE MORE, or the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises to Maximize Opportunities for Reinvigorating the Economy Act. It will amend Republic Act 11534 or the original CREATE Act that was crafted to help enterprises recover from the impact of the pandemic by lowering the corporate income tax rates and making the country more appealing to businesses by rationalizing fiscal incentives ( manilatimes.net , Nov. 11). Its centerpiece policy is the reduction of the corporate income tax to 20% from the current 25%. There will be additional tax deductions and absolutely no taxes for specific registered business enterprises and incentives for foreign direct investors. Its implementing rules and regulations (IRR) will be released soon. Economist JC Punongbayan comments that official projections from Malacañang say the CREATE MORE will admittedly lower tax revenues by P5.9 billion. (Understated?) “That’s not a terribly large amount. In fact, such forgone revenues would be just 2% of the government’s revenues in September 2024. But still, it represents an erosion of much-needed revenues, at this time when the budget deficit and public debt remain too high compared to our nation’s income. If you check the latest debt statistics, you’ll see that the debt-to-GDP ratio has inched up to 61.3% in September 2024. That’s higher than the 2023 level of 60.1%.” ( Rappler , Nov. 15) Deloitte analyst Senen Quizon points out that CREATE MORE allows the president to grant incentives without the recommendation of the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB), the government body with the authority to grant tax incentives to Registered Business Enterprises (RBEs). At present, the President has residual power to grant incentive packages based on the FIRB’s criteria and recommendations ( deloitte.com/ph , Nov. 4). Oops! Hope the RBE/ Foreign Direct Investors will not have to worry about the “unexpected costs” of doing business in the Philippines. Amelia H. C. Ylagan is a doctor of Business Administration from the University of the Philippines. ahcylagan@yahoo.com

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In 2012, the then prime minister Manmohan Singh underwent operations for multiple coronary bypasses and never quite recovered physically as it slowed him down and this showed up in governance, veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar says in his latest book. He says that Pranab Mukherjee should have been given the reins of the UPA-II government and Singh elevated to President when the office of Rashtrapati presented an opening in 2012. Aiyar's insight into the period post 2012 comes into spotlight as Singh, who was the country's prime minister from 2004-14, passed away at AIIMS today. The 83-year-old Aiyar states in the book that if this step had been taken, the UPA would not have gone into a 'paralysis of governance'. He says the decision to retain Singh as the prime minister and shift Mukherjee to the Rashtrapati Bhawan 'doomed' any prospects the Congress might have had to form UPA-III. Aiyar puts forward these ideas in his forthcoming book 'A Maverick in Politics' published by Juggernaut. In the book, Aiyar talks about his early days in politics, navigating through the Narasimha Rao years, his time as a minister in UPA I, his Rajya Sabha term and then his 'decline...fade out...fall'. "In 2012, the prime minister (Manmohan Singh) underwent operations for multiple coronary bypasses. He never quite recovered physically. It slowed him down and this showed up in governance. As for the party, there was no official announcement about the Congress president's health when she took ill at about the same time as the PM," Aiyar says. It soon became clear that in both the offices --“ the PM's and the party president's -- there was stasis, a distinct absence of governance, while several crises, particularly Anna Hazare's 'India Against Corruption' movement, were either not handled effectively or not handled at all, says the diplomat-turned-politician. "The choice of Rashtrapati: Manmohan Singh or Pranab Mukherjee. Personally, I was of the view that Pranab Mukherjee should have been given the reins of the government and Dr Manmohan Singh elevated to President of India when the office of Rashtrapati presented an opening in 2012," he says. "This was principally because we needed a very active PM in good health and with the energy to lead the government (Pranab Da) and a person of high distinction who had served his country exceptionally well (Dr Singh) to preside over the nation. Pranab's memoirs indicate that this was in fact contemplated," Aiyar points out. He quotes Mukherjee as saying in his memoir that while Sonia Gandhi was 'on holiday in the Kausambi hills', she had given the 'vague impression' that she was considering making Singh the 'presidential nominee'. "This led Pranab to wonder 'if she selected Singh for the presidential office, she may choose me as the prime minister'. For reasons to which neither I, nor it seems anyone else, was made privy, the decision was taken to retain Dr Manmohan Singh as PM and shift Pranab Mukherjee upstairs as Rashtrapati," says Aiyar. That, in my view, doomed any prospects the Congress might have had to form UPA-III, he adds. While the Indian media slammed the government, Time magazine ran a very damaging cover story that described Singh as a 'Do Nothing' Prime Minister, he recalls in the book. Aiyar argues that Mukherjee's left-wing reputation would have disturbed the business community and the Americans if he were made PM, but there was no one more experienced than him. "I hazard the view that if this obvious step had been taken, we would not have gone into a paralysis of governance and thus opened the door to the worst excesses of Hindutva in the general elections of 2014," he says. In the book, Aiyar also recounts his own most telling memory of the 'meltdown of UPA II' was when he returned home one evening he found his wife, Suneet, sitting before the TV set with a shattered look on her face. "When I inquired what the matter was, she raised her stricken face and exclaimed, 'No scams today!' We, therefore, went into the 2014 general elections very much a runner up. In the event, the election exposed the Indian National Congress as a broken reed that fell from 404 seats in 1984 to 44 seats in 2014," Aiyar says.

What’s next for TikTok after US court ruling mandates ByteDance divestment by Jan 19?The Lasting Legacy of Jimmy Carter, Dead at 100The former Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh (1932-2024) , was a teenager when the country was born. Not only did he live, and experience first hand, nearly every historic turn — from the partition of the country to a pandemic that threatened human existence — in the fate of the world’s largest democracy, often, he was the one on the wheel. By the time he passed away, India itself had grown akin to an angry and aspiring adolescent, which is contemptuous of the previous generations’ failings, irreverent towards experience, and oblivious to its own frailty. However, the man soldiered on against a vicious public attack, spoke his mind on important national issues, in his own time and on his own terms. There is a lot that he said in his more than half a century long career as a public servant and a thought leader, but it is no surprise that his most famous quote will be, “history will be kinder to me than the media.” For an average Indian, any one of the following positions would be a dream come true. Singh, despite his humble beginnings, held many such dream chairs and left his mark in each of those offices. Year(s) Position 1957-1959 Senior Lecturer, Economics, Punjab University 1959-1963 Reader in Economics, Punjab University 1963-1965 Professor of Economics, Punjab University 1966-1969 He worked at the UNCTAD Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland 1971-1972 Economic Advisor, Commerce Ministry 1972-1976 Chief Economic Advisor, Finance Ministry 1976-1980 Secretary, Finance Ministry 1980-1982 Member, Planning Commission 1982-1985 Governor, Reserve Bank of India 1985-1987 Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission 1987-1990 Secretary General, South Commission in Geneva, Switzerland 1990-1991 Advisor (Economic Affairs) to Prime Minister March-June1991 Chairman, University Grants Commission 1991-1996 Finance Minister 1998-2004 Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) 2004-2014 Prime Minister of India That, after over six decades in public view, and holding so many positions in the government, Manmohan Singh managed to maintain an image that was more of an academic than a politician, or a power broker, says a lot about his ability to keep the spotlight on the issue at hand and not on himself. Singh had no delusions of grandeur about his achievements either. Even as he got the accolades for sealing the India-US nuclear deal, he was ready to share credit with his rival where it was due. ‘I have only completed what you began,’ Singh told his predecessor at the Prime Minister’s Office, Atal Behari Vajpayee, as documented by Sanjaya Baru’s book ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’. He wasn’t a complete pushover either, as many in India would like to believe, for much of his career. Despite carrying no political weight, Singh could threaten a resignation ⁠— and he did one too many times ⁠— and prevail over seasoned politicians across party lines and the many cabals within his party: the Indian National Congress. The many times Singh threatened to, or actually did, resign 1985: Singh resigned as RBI Governor after a disagreement with the then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Singh had proposed a scheme to allow NRI investments in India which the Late Mukherjee opposed. Pranab Mukherjee, in his own book, denied any role in Singh’s ouster from RBI. Aug 1991: When the government was accused of favouring a bank with dubious credentials, Singh was the Finance Minister March 1992: Singh was attacked by Congress colleague Arjun Singh, who was actually targeting the then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao. Both Rao and Singh stayed on. December 1993: After a parliamentary committee criticised the Finance Ministry’s handling of the Harshad Mehta scam. 2008: He resigned after members of the Congress party tried to stall the India-US nuclear deal. He prevailed and the historic deal for civil nuclear projects went through. Montek Singh Ahluwalia reportedly persuaded the Prime Minister to withdraw his resignation. Source: The Accidental Prime Minister, Author: Sanjaya Baru ‘No power on Earth can stop an idea whose time has come’ ⁠— Manmohan Singh said during his first budget speech in the Parliament as Finance Minister in 1991. Manmohan Singh is credited with the sweeping reforms of 1991 when India opened its doors to global capital. But he was pushing the envelope long before that. “...he had articulated decades ago in his doctoral thesis, on the importance of foreign trade and greater openness to the world economy in India’s own development. No Indian policymaker had till then held South Korea up as a role model,” Baru wrote in his book. He watched everything ⁠— from the Emergency in 1970s to the anti-Sikh riots, the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, stock market scams from the 1990s to now, the chaotic era of political coalitions to the emergence of India as a nuclear power in the new century, as well as an array of scams from oil for food in Iraq to cash-for-votes in India, from the 2G spectrum scam to Commonwealth Games and coal allocation scam⁠ — and he was in the thick of things. Very few have survived long enough to see all history unfold from such close quarters and even fewer would emerge such few bruises, after a long public life. His untainted image spiralled down only in the final decade and a half of his life when he became the punching bag for the opposition parties and the media as scandals tumbled out of the closet in a government that he led. Yet, the worst allegation against him is that he turned a blind eye when wrongs were committed around him. One could argue that he had never taken political responsibility before 2009. The success of single-handedly pushing through the India-US nuclear deal, possibly, gave him the credence and the confidence that would shape his career thereon. He has never gone on record explaining the choices he made, whether it was to silently remain the Prime Minister while Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her trustees called the shots, or surrender his persona to enable a transition for Rahul Gandhi to emerge as a national leader. Baru called it a ‘fatal error of judgement’ much like Bheeshma ⁠— from the Indian mythology, Mahabharata⁠ — a patriarch, who could choose his time of death, lived through generations ‘defending a disreputable lot’ , and suffered with them, with a false sense of righteousness. ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’, a book written by former journalist and Singh’s media advisor Sanjaya Baru, gave us a candid glimpse into the heart and mind of the statesman. “None of my predecessors in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has ever written a full account of his time there,” Baru wrote in the introduction. It could have been written by Singh himself.

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